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Resting Metabolic Rate (or RMR) – Your Body Is Active Even When You're Not!
To define Resting Metabolic Rate or RMR, let's start by defining metabolism. Metabolism is the speed in which our bodies burn calories over a set period of time. Certain bodily functions remain active when we are at rest or even asleep. Breathing continues as well as brain functions, digestion and blood circulation. Your RMR calculation shows the rate of your metabolism during these times of rest. It is best to calculate resting metabolic rate after a full eight hours of rest. An alternate test called the BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate includes a 12 hour fasting period before testing to make sure digestion has completed.
I don't believe that knowing your resting metabolic rate (or rmr) is so important for losing weight, but everyone has heard of it so they naturally want to understand it better.
The equation for RMR basically boils down to your weight, plus your height, minus your age. It is called the Mufflin equation and it's a bit more complicated than the previous sentence, but luckily the online calculator can do the higher math for you. The input factors are different for men and women – individual body stature also plays a role. That being said, if you are hoping to get a clue of the ideal rate for you, there are too many variables. Calculate your resting metabolic rate first and then you can analyze the numbers.
Keep in mind that the RMR results are estimates. The test doesn't take into consideration body composition or in other words, the ratio percentage of muscle to fat. Since muscle burns calories and fat does not, an above average muscled person will calculate a little lower RMR than what their true resting metabolic rate is. Likewise, a person with less than average amounts of muscle will have a true resting metabolic rate a bit lower than their calculated RMR. Regardless, the results will be close enough to determine what action you need to take, or if any action is needed at all.
In order to create an optimum program for weight loss, the RMR is an important tool. Logic tells us that losing weight can be achieved by taking in fewer calories than we burn. Tracking the calories consumed when awake and active, combined with the results of the RMR will dictate the course of action. If a person takes in too few calories than what their body requires, it can lower their RMR and make the road to weight loss more difficult. In order to lose weight, the calories per day should not be lower than the RMR.
The first step is to determine your body's recommended total daily calories and divide them over 5 or 6 separate snacks or meals. Digestion consumes energy – so smaller, more frequent meals tend to raise your RMR. By the same regard, going long periods between meals will slow the metabolism. Exercise is the other companion you need by your side. Just 30 minutes of intense exercise can speed up your metabolism for up to two hours. Use the calculator to find your RMR and you are on your way to a slimmer and healthier you. Knowledge and determination go hand in hand and will lead to a successful program.
While it does seem that it would be important when losing weight, it's more important to have a better idea how many calories you burn each day when lifestyle and exercise calories are factored in. Try the Calorie Needs per Day Calculator to see your average calories per day. Or our Calories Burned Today Calculator where you can enter your actual exercises and activities to begin tracking the calories you burn each day.


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Friday hopefully will be dove hunting with my dad, and the republican party of Ky. Will be the first time dad and I have had the chance to hunt together. As far as that goes what are your "go to" shotshells? I'll be shooting a 12 gauge remmington 1100. I figured 7 shot in high brass would be suitable. This will also be my first outing dove hunting. Any feedback would be appreciated.
depends on your barrel. if your 1100 came with a modified barrel, then handle yo' bizness. lol if it's a full choke, either try to find a shotgun with a modified or improved cylinder, or wait til the doves are a ways away to shoot. you wanna leave some meat..........:rolleyes:. normally 7 1/2s to 8s are what we use with a modified choke.
just remember to bring plenty of shells (if you think you got enough, buy 2 more boxes ;)), and make sure you follow thru on your swing.
I'm not certain of the choke. It's stamped "skeet barrel." Maybe google fu is my friend.
skeet normally throws a pattern that spreads out quicker than improved cylinder. if you don't know your choke patterns, improved cylinder or modified is usually what is used for fast-flyin birds because of the "spread" of the shot @ distance. full choke being more of a compact pattern for a denser shot spread, and then modified, then improved cyl, then skeet (with a couple more chokes in between those, but i'll just list the typical)
with a skeet choke you will find that everyone around you will be droppin birds @ longer distances, and leavin you scratchin your head as to why you can't hit them. with that particular choke, birds will prolly need to be 15yds or closer..........or just buy some 6 shot and happy huntin.
i posted in the hunting section........our season opened this past weekend and we took 500+ birds. good luck to ya, and if you have anymore questions about bird shootin......just holla. :D
look @ this link, and happy huntin.
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Thanks for the insight. I have an 870 with a modified choke. Either way I know it will be fun. Again thank you.
Went today with dad. Took the 1100 out. Lots of people maybe about 50+. Got peppered a lot. Anyhow had a lot of fun. I shot 7 dad shot 9. Fella shot his limit and gave his to us. Great time. Big barbecue at the end of it.
Sounds like a great time - I am envious cause I won't be doing any hunting this season...broken ankle keeping me down for at least the next 2-3 months...:(
A republican party dove hunt? I hope Dick Chaney wasn't there.
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The Costa flight prices to Spain is just three pence
We reveal which routes offer the best value per mile
With Boeing announcing plans to develop the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney by 2020, we take a look at some of the world's longest and shortest flights to reveal which routes offer the best value per mile.
1. Westray (WRY) to Papa Westray (PPW) - £5.70 per mile
This two-minute island-hop in Scotland's windswept Orkney Isles (pictured) lays claim to being the shortest commercial flight on the planet, as well as one of the world's most beautiful air journeys. No need for in-flight entertainment on this route, which will cost you £17 one-way.
2. Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Singapore Changi (SIN) – 21 pence per mile
Connecting Asia with North America, the world's longest flight is Singapore Airlines' 9,519-mile, 18.5-hour journey between New York Newark and Singapore, notoriously pricey with the cost of an average ticket around £2,000.
3. Edinburgh (EDI) to London Gatwick (LGW) – 11 pence per mile
One of the UK's most searched for routes, this 331-mile trip between the Scottish and English capitals takes only around an hour and costs around £36.
4. Birmingham (BHX) to Dubai (DXB) – 10 pence per mile
The United Arab Emirate state of Dubai (pictured) has emerged as one of the UK's favourite long-haul holiday destinations in recent years, and it's perhaps no surprise with one-way tickets for the seven-hour 3,483 journey coming in at only £360.
5. London Gatwick (LGW) to Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) 8 pence per mile
A popular route for Brits looking for year-round sun, the 2,411 mile journey from London to the tourist hotspot of Sharm El Sheikh comes in at £207 and equates to only 8 pence per mile.
6. London Stansted (STN) to Malaga (AGP) - 3 pence per mile
The most searched for journey on Skyscanner in 2011, a one-way ticket to the sun-kissed Costa Del Sol can be yours for only £30, and the 1,042 mile journey comes in at a bargain three pence per mile, leaving you plenty to spend on ice cream and cold beers by the pool. To put this in perspective, the price of unleaded petrol at the time of writing was 140p per litre, equating to 18p per mile or nearly six times as expensive per mile as flights to Malaga.
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|New York to Singapore
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|Edinburgh to London
|11 pence
|Birmingham to Dubai
|10 pence
|London to Sharm El Sheikh
|8 pence
|London to Malaga
|3 pence
• All flight prices taken from Skyscanner and correct as at 30 March 2012 for the cheapest one-way fare available on 1 July 2012 • Westray to Papa Westray can only be booked by telephone via Loganair • Petrol prices taken from petrolprices.com and hmrc.gov.uk • Distances taken from mapcrow.info


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Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 6 "No-Kimono-Zone" airs Sunday May 13 at 9 pm on Showtime. Episode Synopsis : Jackie has a disturbing dream about using; Coop insists on being involved with O'Hara's child; Zoey loses her engagement ring; O'Hara takes action on Jackie's behalf when Kevin sues for full custody of the kids. Read More... http://www.tvequals.com/2012/05/13/nurse-jackie-season-4-episode-6-no-kimono-zone/


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The new Steve Jobs biography by award winning author Walter Isaacson is on sale now.
Available on iBooks (of course):
iTunes - Books - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
As well as Kindle, Audiobook and Hard Cover
Mr. Isaacson began working on the only biography authorized by Steve in 2009 and last interviewed him three weeks before he passed away.
NOTE: Apparently some early iBooks copies of the biography didn't work properly for a few folks.
If you had trouble with yours Apple recommends deleting the iBook from your iDevice and downloading it again...no charge.
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Lenny Abrahamson is the director of Frank, a comedy drama inspired by the late Chris Sievey's comic persona.
This is what happened when he spoke to journalist and author Mick Middles about their take on the surreal character and putting Michael Fassbender behind the mask.
THERE is a moment, and it is only a moment, towards the end of Lenny Abrahamson's courageously existential film, Frank, that takes my breath clean away.
This 'flash' occurs when lead actor Michael Fassbender, having finally lost his Frank head following a collision with a speeding car, stands in a room at his parents house and twists himself gently towards the camera.
Right there…right in that split second, I glimpse the sight of Frank Sidebottom's creator, Chris Sievey. It is in the light, in the face in the hunch of the shoulders. Not sure anyone else has noticed.
"You know what…I am pretty sure I know the moment you mean," said director Abrahamson.
His disembodied Irish tones skipping through the phone from – where else? – L.A, where he is currently casting for his forthcoming cinematic venture, Room.
I tell him that I found the film to be compelling and, although dark clouds drift around the edges, full of shards of brilliant with, no doubt injected by writer, Jon Ronson.
"So pleased to hear that," he admitted.
"It is the kind of film that could so easily have been a disaster. We had no way of knowing whether having a movie where the lead character's face is hidden inside a huge head, could possibly work."
The film, released in the UK back in May, is now steadying itself for exposure to US audiences on August 22.
It is, to say the least, an abstract and difficult sell. Ronson's official line, that is 'Inspired by Frank but not actually about Frank', has not necessarily cleared the fog.
I wonder if Abrahamson, when presented with the initial script, immediately 'got it'.
"I took me a long time to decide to do it," he admitted.
"But sometimes you just have to take the chance. As it turned out, the majority of people tend to understand it straight away.
"There was a bit of unrest from a few of the hardcore Frank Sidebottom fans in the UK, (I bet) but I think in general the reaction has been extremely positive."
Fassbender's performance is spectacular. Somehow, though the distance of that head, he conveys the twin artistic pillars of vulnerability and uniqueness. I wonder if the actor had studied the real Frank in preparation for the role.
"Michael says not," explained Abrahamson.
"He wanted to used the concept of the head to create his own thing…and he is such an exceptional talent, that he succeeded and, I think, discovered something of himself. There are two ways of watching the film.
"Either you fall for Frank and go with his aesthetic flow or you kind of project your own emotions onto that head."
* Frank will be released on DVD on September 15. Mick Middles, a former Warrington Guardian writer, is the author of Frank Sidebottom: Out Of His Head, the official biography of the late Chris Sievey.


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Brrrrrr! It's cold. The thermometer is not doing us any favors right now. It would be nice if we could get a little global warming right now. I guess we have to take what we get since this is Illinois.
Well, January and February do bring us some good outdoor shows so I'll try to pass those dates on to you. While you're waiting, go out and get some coyotes.
One date I would like for you to write on your calendar is Jan. 25. This is the 2014 Bureau Creek Gobblers Annual Banquet. It is the 17th Annual National Wild Turkey Federation Hunting Heritage Banquet and it will be held at the Bureau County Metro Center.
The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. to allow participants plenty of time to look over all the prizes and raffle items. This year's menu will feature rib eye and chicken. It sure was great last year.
I got to see a brochure that featured all the items in this year's auction. There is really some nice items to make an outdoorsman happy.
There will be eight NWTF guns including the Gun of the Year, a Browning Silver 12-gauge automatic. There will be 11 framed prints and two sculptures.
The committee is offering a pre-banquet gun raffle. It's a good one. This gun is a Remington 887 Nitro Mag 12 gauge with 3 and 1/2 chamber. It is a 28-inch solid rib barrel with HiViz Sight and is Max 4 Camo Synthetic Only 125 tickets will be sold for this gun.
The committee would really like for you to call and reserve your tickets as soon as possible. It helps us prepare for the meal.
Here are the committee members that you can call and reserve tickets: Kurt and Ginger Freeberg at 815-875-4089, Chris Wilson at 815-878-8572, Mark Hall at 815-872-6012, Bill Clark at 815-872-0096, and Ed Foley at 815-228-6584.
Hope to see a lot of outdoorsmen at this banquet' This organization gives back a lot to Bureau County.
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hello fellow metroidians. Welcome to my blog of Sr388.As you know the planet is filled with X and metroids but how about the other wildlife? You know before the disaster strucked on the planet...Well then who is your favrouite creature of Sr388 (p.s no robots in this part)
but If I choose from my favrouite creature I will choose
now then choose your creature and show their feature (uh the rhyming was just meant as a joke)


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"Flightplan" stayed aloft at the box office, as the airplane thriller took in $15 million to remain the No. 1 movie over a rush of new wide releases
Over a rush of new wide releases and critics pointed to "Flightplan," the airplane thriller keeps going on, rocketing to the highest place in box office for the second week with $15 million. The science-fiction tale "Serenity" comes behind at No. 2 with $10.1 million, ahead of "The Corpse Bride" at No. 3 with an estimated gross of $9.8 million.
"A History of Violence," in continuation, taking in for $8.2 million to be at No 4. Another new thriller titled "Into the Blue" successfully opens at No. 5 with $7 million. Coming at No. 6 is "Just Like Heaven" with $6.1 million, followed behind by "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" at No. 7 with $4.4 million. "Roll Bounce," in addition, secures the No. 8 with $4 million.
Elsewhere, the new movie "The Greatest Game Ever Played" manages $3.7 million in 1,014 movie houses secures the 9th place, while "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" closing this weekend Top 10 with only $3.1 million.


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These are my liveblogged notes from a concurrent session with Julie Dirksen. I'm at the ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Conference in San Jose, California. Apologies for typos and incoherence.
In ID school, we learned about the A and the D-esign part is mostly -- then all this cool stuff happens in this black box.
There's a lot of cool stuff from game design that we can apply.
It's not about making a multiple choice test look "gamey".
We can make stuff look like games, but it doesn't have the fundamental elements that make games engaging.
Gamification has gotten conflated with the idea of extrinsic rewards: badges, points, etc. The scooby snacks approach to tricking people into it.
More on extrinsic rewards on Julie's blog.
How do we make the most boring topics interesting?
Raph Koster -- "in games learning is the drug" in A Theory of Fun. It's learning, but it doesn't feel effortful.
Let's start with attention
How long is the avg attention span? We hear that it's 7-10 minutes. But there's really not a practical limit to our attention span if we WANT to pay attention. Think a 13 hour Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon.
What about elephants? Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis
You have a rider -- the conscious, verbal thinking brain -- and the elephant -- the automatic, emotional, visceral brain.
Your rider says things and your elephant feels stuff. We think the rider is in charge. but the elephant is much bigger...and sometimes they compete. The elephant wants to eat the french fries and take a nap now....
When there's a conflict -- it's very easy to distract the elephant. We are creates of urgency. The elephant has a hard time waiting. Your elephant is really concerned with what is happening RIGHT NOW.
"I know, but..." activities -- I know I shouldn't smoke, but... I know I should exercise, but....
So for our learners -- I need you to pay attention now, but when are you actually going to need this? It's not going to feel urgent or important until they get to that point.
so how do we get them to "I'm really glad I know this right now."
Hyperbolic discounting -- behavioral economics. (I'll give you ten dollars today or eleven dollars tomorrow? Ten dollars today or eleven dollars in a year? Ten today or 1,000 in a year?) If it's really important and I know I'm going to need it I can wait.
Cake vs. Fruit Salad research study: Shiv and Fedorikhin 1999 (Stanford)
- Higher cognitive load in one group vs. the other who had easy math tasks.
- Then they asked each group if they wanted cake vs. fruit salad.
- When we ask people to concentrate and use cognitive resources, it has an impact on will power. The people with the harder tasks took the cake 2:1. We've depleted their willpower.
- We think it has to do with brain glucose. (Willpower by Baumeister)
The rider has to drag the elephant behind.
So if our learners are forcing themselves to pay attention we are lucky if we get 7-10 minutes.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -- what does it look like when people are really engaged? When you're in flow state, you work on something for three hours without noticing.
It has to do with challenge vs. your skill level. When things are too hard, it's hard and you might stop. (e.g., a game that's too hard). If your ability exceeds the skill level you might get bored.
The flow channel is in the middle -- keeping people on the edge of the flow channel. How do we keep people engaged? It looks like an upward sloping wavy line.
When you play a game, the first levels are easy. Then it gets harder and you get more challenged.
When you use a regular pattern you already know, it's the cognitive equivalent of coasting.
Your brain on Tetris. Study showing glucose levels in brain when first learning Tetris vs. after a few weeks of practice. Much less glucose used -- you're good at it now. It becomes automatic.
Putting people back into the beginner state can make them grumpy. It's hard.
Learning activities are often just straight uphill climbs. Here's some info, here's some more, some more, more...
What games do well is give you a period of biking up hill, with a downhill slope, then another uphill climb -- so the slope goes up not just in a steady climb but in a bumpy road.
Structure a flow of goals - smaller goals that lead up to larger goals. Ultimately you get to the boss fight.
Even a jigsaw puzzle has structure goals -- you find the corners and build the borders....
Monopoly -- first you buy property, then get a monopoly, then buy houses, then hotels...
Game designers think about this a lot. Plants vs. Zombies is a great example of flow. (She mentions a good slide share that talks about how they created that game).
Purpose is a big part of this.
Why am I doing this?
How do you take something that you won't need for six months so it feels important enough that you should learn it now?
Instead of WIIFM (what's in it for me?), how about WCIDWT (what could I do what that?)
Teaching remedial math in the context of creating a new coffee shop. Instead of just teaching math skills, give it a purpose that will connect with your audience (what do they want to do with that math?)
Instead of a photoshop on working with layers, why not "how to create swanky blog headers?"
How do we give people the feeling that they're accomplishing something?
Restaurant Management course. Instead of doing modules on Food Safety and Management....how can you make this more interesting?
Scenarios -- can you level up your scenarios? Start with easy scenarios and get them harder...
First module could be a slow lunch shift and you're dealing with an employee who is late and a customer complaint. Doing all the skills at a really easy level.
Then move out a week, a month, a year...have customer service as a topic spread throughout all the scenarios. So you're touching the topics more than once (as in a traditional elearning mod).
How can we make you need this right now? How can you create structured goals or a series of quest? What are the immediate goal? short-term goals? mid-term goals? The long-term goals?


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Nicole Kidman: Pilates Princess
Nicole Kidman keeps her form with a morning Pilates class in Los Angeles yesterday morning. To avoid causing a stir up front, Nicole entered and exited the gym through the side entrance. She may be nearly 40, but Nicole was recently announced as Hugh Hefner's top pick of Australians to feature in Playboy. "She's bewitching, and the vision of her with a cigarette in one hand and her knickers in the other as a delicious French au pair will haunt my fantasies for months," said Hugh. More pictures in the gallery!
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Led by director Dave Vincent, the Vancouver Thunderbird Chorus performed Christmas songs at Crossroads United Church in North Delta on Dec. 9.
The event was organized by the Delta Arts Council.
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Blair Waldorf's style sense is far more sophisticated than the average high school senior. Women of all ages can look fabulous in Catherine Malandrino's Belted Skirt Dress.
Green with envy! perfect for a formal lunch!Tags: green, dresses, formalwear, roland mouretAdded 6 Years Ago from Net-a-Porter
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I was thisclose to turning off the tv and having an early night and then I checked out the Fort discussion thread(I'm on the West Coast)and the chatter seemed fairly positive so I watched it and I will definitely watch again.
I was thisclose to turning off the tv and having an early night and then I checked out the Fort discussion thread(I'm on the West Coast)and the chatter seemed fairly positive so I watched it and I will definitely watch again.
FANTASIZE!!!!!! It's better than the real thing.
This is one of the reasons I got excited about this show before it came out. Instead of watching a spotty teenager scratch his behind and wonder what to do we should be seeing intelligent people reacting to a very high pressure situation. The prize is something they really want and the tense atmosphere plays totally real. I had high expectations going in and I wasn't disappointed - I thought the premiere was entertaining and fun.Originally Posted by Fox
Bring it on, Trump!
You've gotta hustle if you want to earn a dollar. - Boston Rob
I think you are on to something. A Reality TV Nework would be fantastic!! I bet it would be watched more than some of the other junky networks our there on cable or Direct TV.Originally Posted by pinkieparrot
Deffinetly going to be watchin this one again. Fun to watch and has all types of personalities. Just don't like that everyone is succesful already, like Fox said, should have some people who are assistants or low level people. Should have some actual underdogs, not millionaire underdogs.
Yes, of course. Money, power, good looks, New York...this show has it all. It looks like it will be alot of fun, and I love the way Donald "fires" the apprentice at the end of each episode; more of the Mark Burnett drama we have come to love.
Yeah. It's now on my season pass. The backstabbing is inevitable.
For sure. I really liked it and the fact that it actually has a good purpose.
Oh ya and Donald Trump's place was pimp!! BLING BLING
Yahtzee! Game on! We will make your life here a living hell. She's constantly in my ear, constantly in my ear. I'll see you in Arizona...with about 50 guys. If you thought you were running sh*t, that's gonna change!
Of course I'll watch it again and again and again! I love it! Someone told me they will show a rerun of it tonight.
That's what I'm saying I would rather see some real underdogs who are business savy but are just at dead end job. There has to be a ton of business graduates with a 4.0 GPA who got stuck in crappy job.
I'm not gonna watch this show but if one of them attacks Donald's comb over please tape it for me.
I don't know, Fox. If the underdog has so much business savvy, what is he doing stuck in a crappy job? I think Trump is looking for go getters who take risks. I believe that being "stuck" is a state of mind, far more than it is a state of circumstances. You have to make your own opportunities. Underdogs stuck in crappy jobs either don't know how, or are afraid to try, to make those opportunities happen. Note, I didn't say they lack resources, because savvy go-getters who take risks will scramble and find resources, wherever they have to, instead of sitting at their desk bemoaning the lot that life has dealt to them.Originally Posted by Fox


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What error are you seeing in the server logs ? Are the columns unreadable at all Consistency Levels ? i.e. are the columns unreadable on all nodes. What is the upgrade history of the cluster ? What version did it start at ? Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 10/10/2011, at 7:42 AM, Thomas Richter wrote: > Hi, > > here is some further information. Compaction did not help, but data is > still there when I dump the row with sstable2json. > > Best, > > Thomas > > On 10/08/2011 11:30 PM, Thomas Richter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> we are running a 3 node cassandra (0.7.6-2) cluster and some of our >> column families contain quite large rows (400k+ columns, 4-6GB row size). >> Replicaton factor is 3 for all keyspaces. The cluster is running fine >> for several months now and we never experienced any serious trouble. >> >> Some days ago we noticed, that some previously written columns could not >> be read. This does not always happen, and only some dozen columns out of >> 400k are affected. >> >> After ruling out application logic as a cause I dumped the row in >> question with sstable2json and the columns are there (and are not marked >> for deletion). >> >> Next thing was setting up a fresh single node cluster and copying the >> column family data to that node. Columns could not be read either. >> Right now I'm running a nodetool compact for the cf to see if data could >> be read afterwards. >> >> Is there any explanation for such behavior? Are there any suggestions >> for further investigation? >> >> TIA, >> >> Thomas >
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SAN PEDRO - To the tune of "Anchors Aweigh," dozens of veterans representing 50 years of service were called forward Wednesday to line the rail of their old ship, the USS Iowa.
It was an emotional climax to the ship's commissioning ceremony at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro.
Charlotte Barrera waved from onshore to her husband of 60 years, Alfred, who served on board the battleship in the 1940 s. Spotting her from afar, he waved back.
"He's very happy," she said of her husband's reaction to seeing his old ship once again.
A contingent of dignitaries were on hand for the noon event, including Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad; U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Councilman Joe Buscaino; and Julianna Roosevelt, the great-granddaughter of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was probably the ship's most famous passenger during World War II.
But most of all, the day - and the celebration marking the ship's new life as an interactive museum - belonged to the veterans.
Hundreds of the ship's former crew members were in town for this week's USS Iowa Veterans Association reunion.
"It was our home, we grew up" on the ship, said David Burt of Norman, Okla., who served on the Iowa from 1985-87.
"She's a grand old lady, they're never going to make these girls again," said Joseph Brown of Jacksonville, N.C.
Brown, who served on the ship from 1987-91 and was part of its final decommissioning crew in October 1990, said seeing the ship again was an emotional reunion.
"This is an important occasion for us, getting to go back on her, bringing her back to life," he said with a catch in his throat.
Brown and his buddies this week helped decorate the ship with red-white-and-blue bunting in preparation for the commissioning ceremony and for Saturday's grand opening to the public.
It still needs work, he said.
"We took care of those decks and it kind of hurts to see what shape they're in," he said.
While the ship opens to the public this weekend, it will remain a work in progress as fundraising and refurbishment efforts continue. Over time and in phases, more areas of the vessel will be opened up for tours.
Speakers at the 40-minute ceremony hailed the ship's storied history as well as its future in making sure new generations learn about the bygone era of America's battleship fleet.
"This is a momentous achievement," said Villaraigosa, who served as master of ceremonies.
Speaking from the podium on board the ship - hundreds of audience members and veterans were seated on the pier at Berth 87 below - Hahn said it was the perfect way to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.
"This is so much fun to be standing on the deck of American history" to celebrate the nation's birthday, said Hahn, one of the early supporters of the project while she was still the area's councilwoman.
"I don't think I've ever celebrated July Fourth on a battleship before," she said in an interview after arriving for the ceremony.
"We're just proud it's still here and that they didn't scrap it," Harkin said in an interview also before the ceremony began.
There were several false starts over the years as the Navy sought to place the nation's last remaining battleship in one of the nation's ports as a museum.
In the end, the Pacific Battleship Center headed up by Robert Kent managed to do what the others couldn't accomplish. In fairly short order, the nonprofit managed to piece together a proposal to berth the ship in the Port of Los Angeles.
Harkin said he's returning in a month to take his grandson on a tour.
"I want him to get a sense of how amazing these ships are," Harkin said.
Among the most moving moments, though, came at the end when veterans were called forward to line the ships rail one last time. Some walked arm and arm while others saluted the crowd below and waved.
Then the formal commissioning began, led by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Gerald Gneckow. After the presentation of the colors, the naval pageantry - with piercing whistles and other sounds - were clearly familiar to the veterans standing on board, some of them nodding in recognition.
Gneckow read from the ship's final decommissioning document in 1990 beginning with "We are the men of the Iowa ..."
"We are the life, the spirit, the soul of the Iowa ... We are part of every rivet ... We are permanently fused."
Asked what made the Iowa unique among all the nation's historic battleships, Brown, the veteran from North Carolina, was quick to mention the bathtub.
The tub was installed to accommodate Roosevelt who traveled across the Atlantic on board the Iowa to meet with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in Tehran.
The Iowa remains the only battleship with a bathtub on board.
"They can brag about anything they want," Brown said of the other memorial ships. "We got the tub."
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THE MOMENT performers have all been anxiously awaiting – the annual music festival's instrumental championship – is just a few hours away and will see one of them crowned Swindon's most talented musician.
A dozen outstanding players from primary school pupils to experienced senior pianists, who each came top in their respective categories over the past few days, will take to the stage at the Arts Centre this evening for a final test of their expertise, natural musicality and passion at the championship.
So far more than 300 vocalists, duets, guitarists and woodwind musicians have competed to be named best in their class since the launch of the 105th annual showcase last Thursday. A further 700 are still due to perform for the event's panel of adjudicators until Saturday.
Sheila Marcer, vice chairman of Swindon Music Festival, said judges and organisers had been extremely impressed by the competitors' talent.
"One of our adjudicators, Caroline Clemmow, told us how much she had enjoyed it and that the performances were of a high standard – and that's really good for us to hear," she said.
"We had had quite a variety of genres and we have had quite a lot of pianists this year, especially little ones. And I think it's very good for children to get up on stage and perform. It helps them improve their technique.
"Competitors get written feedback with the adjudicator's remarks and it helps their teachers and provides another perspective."
She added: "It's an important event in Swindon and we are proud to run it. We celebrated our centenary a few years ago and we are hoping it will continue for a long time and that people will take on some of the posts on the committee."
Again this year, the festival has attracted musicians and singers from as far as Gloucestershire and Birmingham.
"It's growing and we have had quite a lot of people coming from Cirencester and we had one or two from Birmingham and Chelten-ham. It's good that it's spreading and to get some recognition elsewhere," said Sheila.
The junior vocal championship will take place on Friday followed by the senior vocal championship and supreme championship on Saturday.


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Mark Wills Finally Giving Us A New Album
Mark Wills's new album has been two years in the making, but it sounds like it will be worth the wait. The album is called 'Looking For America' and it hits stores Tuesday! This is Mark's 7th studio album and he says it's "a personal album". I'm looking forward to hearing some new music from him, I feel like it's been a long time.


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Talking Trash: Smart B*tches Tell Us How to Buy Romances
Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan have helped romance readers discern the good smut from the bad for years with their blog Smart B*tches, Trashy Books. And now with their book Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart B*tches' Guide to Romance Novels, they offer a guide through the heady world of the $6.99 novel and defend it with wit and intelligence.
What's up today? Candy and Sarah tell use how they assign grades (they're harsh) to novels on Smart B*tches, Trashy Books and how to navigate book shelves packed with romance novels.
You grade books on Smart B*tches, Trashy Books, A-F; what makes an A? What loses points?
Sarah: A grade-A book for me is one that has a strong plot that takes familiar concepts and reinvents them into something new and different, with memorable and realistic characters, dialogue that is authentic and human, and a story that stays with you long after you've finished. I also find that books that reach A level with me are impossible not to read, so if I pick up the book to look at a page I end up rereading the whole thing.
Candy: An A book generally means that a) I loved it, and b) it's at the very least competently written. There's a certain floor to the craft for an A book. That's not to say I don't love schlock, because I do, but a schlocky book probably won't get an A, no matter how much I love it.
Generally speaking, books lose points if they don't engage me — if I'm able to step back from my immersion in the fictional world and I'm taking a hard look at the gears and bits that drive the machine, so to speak. When my internal editor has slowed my reading pace to a crawl, that's usually the kiss of death. Good books shut my internal editor up, and that's hard to do, honestly — hell, it's hard to get me to shut up, period, much less the pedant who lives in my head and gripes about how people just don't use the subjunctive properly nowadays.
Beyond Throbbing Bosoms was originally titled The Top Ten Signs You're Reading a Very Bad Romance Novel. Is there a way to know to recognize a bad romance before wasting $6.99?
To see their answers,
Sarah: If a book, any book, doesn't grab you after the first 30 pages or so, it's probably not to your tastes. That rule has served me well in any genre.
But the original title of the book wasn't Signs You're Reading a Bad Romance Novel, though that was part of the book that didn't make it into the final edition. My favorite was the poor copyediting that made a horse change color three times in two pages. Magic chameleon horse in historical England? Not good.
Candy: I call it the 10-page test. It's kind of analogous to bad visitors. The really bad ones generally announce themselves early on and proceed to eat all the hors d'oeuvres you've set out, then belch in your face. Many others, however, survive the 10-page test and prove to be awful visitors when it's too late to get them out of your house. So flip through the first pages, see if there are egregious plot or grammar flaws, figure out if the characters and storyline are your cuppa. It won't catch the more sneakily awful romance novels, but you should be able to root out most of the worst ones.
Check out previous posts from Candy and Sarah, and stay tuned tomorrow for recommendations for romance-novel virgins.


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THE opening of Parliament by the Queen yesterday had more than its usual constitutional significance. It came at a time when the authority and status of Parliament is being questioned as never before in recent history.
The Damian Green affair, and in particular the ease with which the police were able to invade Parliament without a warrant on what appears to have been the slimmest of pretext, has brought to a head the whole question of the sovereignty of the people through Parliament.
No one should be under any illusion as to the importance of this question.
The Speaker of the Commons called it "an issue of grave concern".
We do not have a written constitution in our country. In its place we have the theory, and until the European Union came along, the practice, of rule by the people through the House of Commons.
It is how we guard ourselves against a dictatorship. A government only remains in office if it can command the support of the House of Commons, as determined by the electorate.
Since the Single Act and the Treaty of Maastricht the British Parliament has hung on to its sovereignty by a thin thread.
Its superiority over the European Court is under intense pressure.
It just remains true in the view of most lawyers that the British Parliament has the edge because it can still rescind our tie to the European Union.
Against this background, the Damian Green case has shattered any remaining illusions about the nature and stability of British democracy.
For the first time for nearly 400 years an outside body has been able to crash through the barrier of parliamentary privilege.
The matter goes well beyond the interests of an individual MP or indeed of MPs in general.
We are talking about the constitutional rights of the people as a whole.
These have been the envy of the world. Perhaps not any more.
It is a matter of supreme irony that two measures mentioned yesterday by the Queen were: "My Government will continue to take forward proposals on constitutional renewal, including strengthening the role of Parliament."
And "A Bill will be brought forward to increase the effectiveness and public accountability of policing."
It is just as well that the world knows that her Majesty's speech is written not by her but by the Prime Minister.


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GWEN IFILL: The campaign spotlight may be missing some issues, but it is also missing some of the candidates, including four who are running for president. Last night, they held their own debate in Chicago.
Kwame Holman has our report.
KWAME HOLMAN: With the presidential race in a dead heat between the two major contenders, third parties could draw just enough votes in some states to tip the balance.
GARY JOHNSON, Libertarian Party: Look, there's only a couple of voices being heard here, and it's Tweedle-Dee and it's Tweedle-Dum.
KWAME HOLMAN: The Libertarian Party nominee, Gary Johnson, was one of four alternative candidates featured in last night's debate at the Chicago Hilton Hotel. Jill Stein of the green party also took part, along with the Constitution Party's Virgil Goode and Rocky Anderson, nominee of the Justice Party.
The nonprofit Free and Equal Elections Foundation hosted the debate, and former CNN host Larry King moderated, with questions culled from social media.
There was some momentary confusion at the outset.
WOMAN: Let's go ahead and do — let's do opening statements. My apologies.
LARRY KING, moderator: I didn't know we had opening statements, and I thought we were right to the questions.
KWAME HOLMAN: The candidates then proceeded to address everything from halting the war on drugs to reducing military spending to curbing the influence of money in politics.
The Justice Party candidate, Rocky Anderson:
ROCKY ANDERSON, Justice Party: The corrupting influence of money in this country is at the root of every major policy disaster. It's why we don't have health care for all, as in rest of industrialized world.
It's why we aren't providing international leadership on the climate crisis, because all the corrupting money coming from the fossil fuel industry.
KWAME HOLMAN: On that subject, Gary Johnson, a former Republican governor of New Mexico who had first sought the GOP's nomination, but dropped out of that race early in the primary season, said transparency is key.
GARY JOHNSON: I think that when it comes to political campaign contributions that candidates should have to wear NASCAR-like jackets with patches on the jackets.
KWAME HOLMAN: On the war on drugs, most of the candidates agreed it's time to legalize marijuana and more.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein:
JILL STEIN, Green Party: Marijuana is a substance that is dangerous because it's illegal. It's not illegal on account of it being dangerous, because it's not dangerous at all.
KWAME HOLMAN: Rocky Anderson echoed that sentiment.
ROCKY ANDERSON: We need to end drug prohibition, just like we ended alcohol prohibition, and treat drug use and abuse as a public health and education issue, and get it entirely out of the criminal justice system.
KWAME HOLMAN: But Virgil Goode disagreed. The former congressman from Virginia was once a Democrat, then a Republican before joining the Constitution Party.
VIRGIL GOODE, Constitution Party: And let's be clear about my position on this. Unlike Gary, unlike Rocky and unlike Jill, I'm not for legalizing drugs. If you want that, vote for one of them. Don't vote for me.
KWAME HOLMAN: All of the candidates agreed on another proposition, that the Pentagon's budget is too big.
JILL STEIN: A foreign policy based on militarism and brute military force and wars for oil is making us less secure, not more secure. We need to cut the budget and bring the troops home.
JILL STEIN: And we need to end the drone wars.
GARY JOHNSON: We shouldn't bomb Iran. We should get…
GARY JOHNSON: We should end the war in Afghanistan tomorrow, bring the troops home tomorrow.
VIRGIL GOODE: If I'm elected president, I will balance the budget and part of the cuts have to be in the Department of Defense. We cannot do, as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan suggest, increased military funding by $2 trillion over the next decade.
KWAME HOLMAN: To get on the stage last night, the candidates had to be on the ballot in a minimum number of states, or they had to be polling at least 1 percent in any national survey. In the case of Virgil Goode, Republicans tried to keep him off the ballot in Virginia, fearing he might siphon votes from Mitt Romney.
Goode took on both Romney and President Obama on student loans, Pell Grants and rising tuition costs.
VIRGIL GOODE: You might not get what you want to hear from me, but you are going to get straight talk. We can't afford more federally subsidized student loans, and we can't afford more Pell Grants.
KWAME HOLMAN: But Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson argued that the real problem is that the Obama and Romney prescriptions for higher education don't go far enough.
JILL STEIN: I think it's time to make public higher education free, as it should be.
ROCKY ANDERSON: We cannot afford not to provide a great education and equality of opportunity for all of our young people in this country.
KWAME HOLMAN: Gary Johnson, however, said the loans and grants are to blame for the rising cost of higher education.
GARY JOHNSON: That is another one of government's unintended consequences that have college tuition at such a high rate.
KWAME HOLMAN: Recent history suggests the independent standard-bearers can have an effect. In 2000, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader took votes from Democrat Al Gore in Florida and other key states.
And in 1992, billionaire Ross Perot captured nearly 19 percent of the total vote in his race with the first George Bush and Bill Clinton. Twenty years later, he's endorsed Mitt Romney.
GWEN IFILL: You can watch the rest of the third-party candidates' debate online. That's in the Rundown.


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Not even Pol Pot succeded in killing proportionately as many Cambodians as the Indonesian dictator Suharto and his fellow generals killed in East Timor. Its 1975 population of 688,000 should have been expected to rise to around a Million by 1993 but it was actually counted to be less at around 650,000. Worse than Ethiopia after the famine of 1984. 200,000 people, a third of the population had died since the Indonesian invasion upon the materialisation of a power vacuum. It all started with the April 1974 "Carnation Revolution" which deposed the Portugese dictator Salazar and promptly left her colonies in a state of flux. Suharto had already killed between 300,000 to a 1 Million of Indonesia's own people in seizing power, all with the backing and assistance of the US. Australian insecurity conspired for them to condone it, declaring ET to be an unviable state, and nobody stopped to ask the local populace their wishes. In an attempt to escape from her racist, isolationist past and fearful of a renewed threat from the "Yellow Peril", East Timor was an inconvenience to be denied by Australia, perhaps even an opportunity to be exploited. Indonesia infiltrated and destabilised ET's burgeoning independence movement, with a coup pushing the Portugese on their way and creating a month long civil war. Despite unprecedented support from the local populace, Fretelin the now de facto government was similarly ignored by the UK and absorption into Indonesia was mooted. With the "Big Wink" from the US coming, a clandestine invasion ensued with a view to provoking incidents which would justify overt Indonesian intervention. Fretelin declared independence on the 28th November 1975 and Indonesia invaded, President Ford having just left Jakarta within hours.
Though the heat of my Indonesian visa pressure was now off, I still unfortunately couldnt adopt the requisite mode of relaxation. With the non-availability of reasonably priced flights and still the awareness of much to fit into my remaining months left, I had had to settle for only a week in East Timor although 3 would have been preferable. After availing myself of a superb and enormous Martabak brekkie at the adjacent "Sun" Indian Restaurant, sat with a trio of armed Australian soldiers and a lone UN policeman from Malaysia, I stumbled out onto Dili's streets thoroughly stuffed.
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Square Enix has released "Introducing the Living, Breathing World of Hitman: Absolution," a new video demonstrating the interconnected world that awaits players in IO Interactive's upcoming action title. Absolution will feature a more involved world than previous entries, populated with characters, both those crucial to the story and those simply living in the cities, going about their everyday life. The capabilities of IO's Glacier 2 engine, the new tech powering the series, is also highlighted.
Hitman: Absolution is set to hit store shelves on November 20 for 360, PC, and PS3.
Official Site: HitmanSniper.com


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Looking for my family William and Sarah Barnett, New Zealand
Researching my family tree which includes the names Barnett/Neems/Williams on my mothers side.
My gr grandparents were William and Sarah Barnett.
I am seeking any information on them and their family.
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by ngairedith on 2011-11-29 15:41:20
hi cherylhb,
do you have Sarah's maiden name which would make research much easier as there were many William Barnett
by ngairedith on 2011-11-29 15:44:16
I think it may have been Sarah McKeown who married William 'Willie' Herbert Barnett in 1896
Correct ??
by cherylhb on 2011-11-29 18:22:12
Hi, Sarah's maiden name was McKeown. William was William Herbert Barnett. I don't know who her parents were or where Sarah was born. I have been told Kihi Kihi but that has not been confirmed.


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Visit the award-winning Riverbend Inn in Chocorua, New Hampshire for an unforgettable experience. Down a driveway through the forest, on a bend in the Chocorua River, awaits the luxurious Riverbend Inn. Its 15 acres include a cool, pristine river, hammocks under maples and pines, and a private island. Ten guest rooms offer casual luxury with mahogany beds, cable television and plush terrycloth robes. Riverbend Inn is a White Mountains B&B experience above and beyond the ordinary!
- Wifi
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- Pets Allowed
- Property Size 10 units
- Conference Facility
- Kids Allowed
- Nearby City North Conway
- Nearby Water Lake Chocorua
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Riverbend Inn is the most luxurious property you'll find in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Awarded for its unique and lavish décor, the inn offers details like terry cloth robes in every room, a lake setting and pure serenity for your NH getaway.
This is a place with no distractions...no kids under 10 years old are allowed, romance packages featuring champagne and chocolate are available and in-room massages area favorite. Let the concierge help you plan your romantic activities on- or offsite.
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Black Keys' 'Lonely Boy' Video Features Awesome Guy Getting His Boogie Rock Groove On
The Black Keys decided that they didn't want a long, complex video to go along with their new single 'Lonely Boy' and instead opted to just feature a guy dancing along to the song. And it works. Clearly the guys in Black Keys know the internet.
The new Black Keys album, 'El Camino,' drops on December 6. (You can score a limited edition 12″ single of "Lonely Boy" on November 25.) Watch an awesome guy get his '60s go-go rock groove on below.
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Just like LaQuisha below ..
I thought it was time for a lighter, brighter look to the blog.
Loved the old one, but change - as they are want to say - is as good as a holiday..
What you think???
2 Cents Worth Down Under. Explore everything from Ballet & Boyz, to People & Pop with me. With a healthy dose of gorgeous lads. Oh.. and some Wonder Woman!
Friday, 16 November 2012
Posted by Damien at 11/16/2012 10:37:00 am
5 comments:
- MissMiriam said...
Love the old one too, but this one is very nice!
- Sat Nov 17, 05:47:00 am
- MAC said...
Oh, I love what you've done with the place!!!
- Sat Nov 17, 06:55:00 am
- Stan said...
Now if you could just do away with the word verification.
- Sat Nov 17, 10:54:00 am
- Damien said...
Miriam - thank you :)
MAC - you happy to get your well manicured approval :)
Stan - Id love to get rid of that too - but the amount of spam I get without it is up to 130 emails a day......
- Sat Nov 17, 03:43:00 pm
- Kyle Leach said...
Love it Damien!
- Tue Nov 20, 11:54:00 pm
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LONDON (Jul. 3)
Two Polish policemen have been executed by the Gestapo in Cracow for befriending Jews confined in the ghetto there, according to information reaching Polish circles here today.
The policemen were ordered to accompany Gestapo men who went to the ghetto to seize all available clothing which could be used by the German army. As the clothes were collected by the Gestapo agents they were handed to the policemen to guard until the Germans were ready to take them out of the ghetto. Observing the great distress of the Jews who were being robbed of their last few garments, the policemen contrived to leave two old coats behind. When the Gestapo men discovered this, however, the two were summarily executed.


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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
I am already spayed, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and not good with cats.
NOTE: This dog is located in San Rafael area. All inquiries should contact: email@example.com
Transport is available to Sac/Davis area etc for approved adopter or foster.
Gemma is a sweet girl that definitely suits her name, meaning "precious gem or jewel". She is a female brindle Boxer/Plott Hound mix that is about 4 years old and weighs 45lbs. She has a very unique look and is one special girl!
Gemma had lived with a family that came onto hard times and could no longer care for her anymore, so sadly they dropped off at a rural high kill shelter. She was a shelter staff favorite, and when we heard her story we knew had to help save her, to give her a second chance for a loving forever home. She is currently in temporary boarding, waiting for a suitable new family to come along and take her home.
Gemma is a mellow, well-behaved dog that appreciates every bit of human attention she can get. She is a good listener and walks well on a leash. She has likely not had any past training, but she is a good learner and would appreciate new owners that will work with her on basic training. She would be great in a family with kids and also seems to do fine with dogs her own size, but likely not so good with cats.
Gemma is not a demanding dog and would love to be your loyal companion and just hang out with you.
If you can provide this "precious gem" the kind of loving forever home that she deserves, please first submit an application form, found at:
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Gemma, a Sacramento Boxer/Plott Hound dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Boxer/Plott Hound for sale in Sacramento, or seeking a Boxer/Plott Hound dog from a breeder in Sacramento.


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Not So Smart
The boasting and bluster that marked the just-ended era of easy money varied depending on the speaker and his stake in the boom. But the underlying message was consistent: This time it's different. When it came to the hazards associated with borrowing, the old rules no longer applied.
The titans of home loans announced they had perfected software that could spit out interest rates and fee structures for even the least reliable of borrowers. The algorithms, they claimed, couldn't fail. With similar bravado, buyout firms bid up private equity deals, arguing that investors had an insatiable appetite for the increasingly risky and mammoth loans used to fund them. "I don't think it's a bubble," David M. Rubenstein of Carlyle Group told the Financial Times in an interview last December. "I think really what's happening now is that people are beginning to use a different investment technique, and this investment technique, private equity, adds real value."
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Hedge funds were all too happy to enable the leverage arms race. They, too, borrowed to the max so they could gorge on the debt that financed the housing and buyout booms. "The consumer has to be an idiot to take on those loans," John Devaney, chief executive of United Capital Asset Management, said in May, referring to dicey adjustable-rate mortgages. But since there were plenty of "idiots" out there, and legions of lenders eager to serve them, Devaney and other hedge fund managers eagerly devoured the securities confected by investment banks from batches of dubious home loans. This securitization, the argument went, would spread the risk far beyond banks and mortgage companies. In March, Devaney bragged that mortgage-backed securities were one of his "best-performing investments."
It didn't work out that way. In June, Devaney's Horizon funds booked a loss of more than 30%, according to Hedge Fund Alert. Shortly after, United Capital suspended redemption requests by investors trying to pull out. Devaney did not return calls for comment. These troubles came amid similar havoc at other hedge funds and bankruptcy filings by scores of mortgage lenders. On Aug. 22, Lehman Brothers Inc. (LEH )shuttered its subprime mortgage group. Dozens of high-profile buyouts have stalled as the credit market has seized up. And during the past month, the value of U.S. stocks has plummeted by more than $2.2 trillion, or 10.5%, according to TrimTabs Investment Research.
Making sense of this mess is daunting. One good place to start: the ways various financial players indulged in layer upon layer of leverage, much of it far from transparent. Mortgage lenders threw out common sense underwriting standards. Wall Street sliced and diced the loans, creating the illusion that risk somehow disappeared in the process. Hedge funds then multiplied the leverage by borrowing copiously to buy securities based on the rearranged mortgages. In their version of the game, private equity firms used loads of debt to launch unprecedented buyouts.
What some of the smartest guys in each of these fields seemed to forget is that new paradigms can crumble suddenly. Many miscalculated how long the period of easy credit would persist.
Some are now backpedaling. Home lenders are tightening standards, once again demanding that buyers be able to afford downpayments. Banks are cutting credit to some hedge funds, forcing managers to sell some of their stocks, bonds, and other securities. But some financial players who vastly underestimated the implications of the leverage they employed aren't exiting entirely. Moreover, we don't yet know the full extent of the complex borrowing arrangements on which the recent boom was built. "There's embedded leverage all over the place, and no one knows how far it goes in the system," says Michael Greenberger, a former director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission who teaches law at the University of Marlyand. "There's billions and billions of dollars racing around the economy that no one can track."
Bruce Wasserstein, a veteran architect of mergers and acquisitions who heads the investment bank Lazard (LAZ ), warns: "Financial institutions spread the risk to people who weren't quite sure what they were getting. Others thought they had outsmarted the market and added leverage to make it interesting." He expects "lots more embarrassment in unforeseen places, where some people tried to spike their returns with this paper without regard to risk".
Mortgage lenders in recent years claimed they had perfected the science of underwriting. Armed with huge consumer databases, they mined thousands of variables, such as late payments, credit scores, and bankruptcies. Some, like Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC ), the nation's largest home lender, developed proprietary systems. Others relied on software they purchased and tweaked. "It's like having a secret sauce; everyone had their own best formulas," says Edward N. Jones, CEO of Austin (Tex.)-based ARC Systems, which sold technology to HSBC, (HBC ) First Franklin (now owned by Merrill Lynch & Co. (MER )) and many of their rivals.
It was the assumptions and guidelines that lenders used in deploying the technology that frequently led to trouble, notes industry veteran Jones. "It's garbage in, garbage out," he says. Mortgage companies argued their algorithms provided near-perfect precision. "We have a wealth of information we didn't have before," Joe Anderson, then a senior Countrywide executive, said in a 2005 interview with BusinessWeek. "We understand the data and can price that risk."
But in fact, says Jones, "there wasn't enough historical performance" related to exotic adjustable-rate loans to allow for reasonable predictions. Lenders "are seeing the results of not having that info now." In many cases, lenders and brokers dropped any pretense of seriously applying underwriting standards as they doled out loans without proof of borrowers' income or assets. First Franklin says it resisted making a lot of the unwise loans that its rivals did. Countrywide, which on Aug. 22 got a $2 billion equity investment from Bank of America (BAC ), and HSBC declined to comment.
The Street meanwhile helped power the home-lending binge by bundling the loans into securities sold to big investors. Innovations like collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) provided lenders with another potent option for selling off mortgages. These complicated investment pools filled up with mortgage-backed securities. CDO managers claimed they could diffuse the danger by spreading the risk to a broader array of investors.
So the mortgage business swiftly expanded to record volume of more than $3 trillion in 2005, but all the Wall Street money only made lenders more reckless. The fallout has been painful: Droves of buyers who couldn't afford their loans going into foreclosure, home prices falling nationwide, and fears of recession if consumer spending dries up. Still reeling, the mortgage industry has swung back toward convention. Downpayments are in; adjustable-rate loans, out. But with $750 billion of adjustable mortgages due to reset through June, 2008, most likely at higher rates, more defaults and foreclosures are coming.
As recently as April, buyout legend Henry Kravis proclaimed a "golden age" of private equity. Perhaps he should have called it a golden age of CLOs—collataralized loan obligations.
Like mortgage lenders, the giants of private equity have relied on complicated investment pools to fund their binge. CLOs are cousins of collateralized debt obligations. Managers of the investment pools buy groups of risky, junk-rated loans from banks that have financed buyouts by Kravis and his competitors. The CLOs package the loans, then divide them into risk levels. While the individual loans carry low credit ratings, three-fourths of the securities marketed by CLOs magically boast AAA marks. (That's because some investors give up extra yield in exchange for better protection against losses.)
The financial alchemy has allowed private equity firms to attract a whole new base of investors, including pension funds and insurance companies that never would have bought those risky loans outright. U.S. CLOs raised $100 billion in 2006, quadruple the amount two years earlier.
Buyout firms have generally fronted 30% of the equity in recent deals, vs. just 15% two decades ago. But that doesn't mean firms have been more cautious. Steeled by the seemingly insatiable demand for CLOs, they became bolder and bolder in the deals they pursued. After Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group's $44 billion bid for Texas energy giant TXU in February, analysts began putting odds on imagined future megabillion-dollar targets like Home Depot Inc. (HD )
As private equity firms bid up the prices for ever-larger LBOs, the transactions began getting riskier. A key measure of leverage, a company's total debt divided by operating earnings, skyrocketed from 4.7 in 2004 to 7.0 in the second quarter of 2007, according to Standard & Poor's (MHP ) LCD. Meanwhile, the ability of companies to cover the interest payments of that debt dropped sharply; the ratio of profits to interest fell from 3.4 to 1.8 in that period.
At the same time, loan terms got looser. For example, in the buyouts of Freescale Semiconductor and retailer Claire's Stores (CLE ), LBO firms peddled bonds that allowed the companies to postpone interest payments until the bonds matured—a previously unheard of feature. Such stipulations applied to 10% of all junk bonds sold in 2007, vs. virtually none 18 months earlier, according to Lehman.
The red-hot demand for even the junkiest of loans allowed many firms to delude themselves into thinking they could endlessly pursue deals. In the three months through July 31, firms announced $254 billion in buyouts, as much as in 2004 and 2005 combined, according to Thomson Financial (TOC ). One credit crunch later, the market for LBO financing has evaporated. Investors won't buy the loans at current prices, leaving banks on the hook for $300 billion in loans to buyout artists.
So far, no big deals have collapsed. The hope is that the credit environment will improve in the fall, and stalled deals will move through the LBO pipeline. But there may be more pain ahead.
Hedge funds helped power the mortgage and buyout booms by hungrily consuming securitized subprime debt and loans used to fund buyouts. By borrowing much of the money they invest, in some transactions up to 90%, hedge funds add another potentially dangerous layer of indebtedness to already highly leveraged markets. Because hedge fund disclosure is limited, huge pockets of leverage are barely visible. This stealth debt helped cause the problems in the subprime market to spread far beyond the housing sector.
One example: the hundreds of billions of dollars in so-called repurchase lines of credit, or repo loans, that Wall Street banks have lent to hedge funds. Disclosure of these esoteric agreements is murky at best, so their precise value can't be quantified. Another tool that pumps up leverage by untold billions is the total return swap. These arrangements allow a hedge fund to capture the gains of a security without having to buy it outright and with only limited collateral.
For some funds, extreme leverage became an acute problem when the mortgage crunch caused banks to doubt the value of the subprime bonds and CDOs the funds held. Banks pulled their lines of credit, forcing funds to come up with the full value of those assets. That caused dire consequences because, in some instances, the funds paid as little as 10 cents on the dollar and now had to come up with the remaining 90 cents. Many funds, including ones from Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS ) and Renaissance Technologies, were forced to sell better-performing bonds, stocks, and commodities to pay back nervous bankers.
Falling stock and commodity prices hurt others that weren't even exposed to the housing market. Ordinary investors saw their portfolios shrink suddenly as the Dow Jones industrial average lost 1,000 points only a month after hitting 14,000 for the first time in July.
For now, the unwinding and selling has slowed. Most hedge funds suffered double-digit losses during the first part of August, although some are already back buying CDOs and CLOs at sharp discounts and with large amounts of leverage. How much? No one really knows.
By Roben Farzad, Matthew Goldstein, David Henry & Christopher Palmeri


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This trailer is of course done by Seth Green and the guys over at Robot Chicken who are famous for their animated stop motion sketch shows.
To make this animated short, we got one of our Head Writers Douglas Goldstein and our super gamer writers Mike Fasolo and Rachel Bloom (check out her geek videos on YouTube) to create this fun off-hours scenario for all our favorite PlayStation characters." said Matthew Seinrich, co-creator and executive producer of Robot Chicken. "Then we got our super geek director/writer Zeb Wells (who y'all may know from his comic book writing history) to dive in and direct. Magic in a bottle."
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MacMillan Hat Trick Leads U.S. to 3-2 Win Over Denmark; U.S. Women Finish Algarve Cup in Fifth Place
ALBUFEIRA, Portugal (Thursday, March 7, 2002) - Forward Shannon MacMillan continued her torrid scoring pace, notching her second career hat trick to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 3-2 victory over Denmark in the 5th place match of the 9th Algarve Cup.
MacMillan scored seven of the USA's eight goals in the tournament, upping her 2002 total to 10 and her career international goals to 45. She has now scored in five consecutive matches for the USA, dating back to the game vs. China on Jan. 27. Her two goals in a five-minute span in the first half and her one score in the second kept the Americans just ahead of a skillful and tough Danish team who pulled to within a goal twice.
The game was played on a postage stamp-sized field, measuring 64 by 106 yards, which made space tough to come by for both teams, but also provided end-to-end action for the entire match. While 5th place was not the finish that the U.S. wanted, it was a fine ending to the tournament as the American women attacked well all game.
"We saw a lot of good things out there," said U.S. head coach April Heinrichs. "It was a very, very small field and that doesn't favor the U.S. team. But the bright spots were that Joy Fawcett is stepping up her leadership for us and we were able to play some younger player and invest in their development. We were able to play some players to help us evaluate them for the long term and find out which ones will be able to help us in 2003 and which ones are continuing to grow."
The USA withstood a shaky start that saw U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo save a breakaway from Merete Pedersen in just the third minute before Lene Jensen hit the crossbar a minute later.
Forward Kelly Wilson, a freshman at the University of Texas, got her first career start for the full National Team and played a solid 90 minutes, creating MacMillan's first goal in the 29th minute. Wilson sent a high cross from deep on left flank. Demark goalkeeper Tine Cederkvist misjudged the ball a bit and MacMillan, making hard run at far post, smacked a first-time volley into right corner with the inside of her right foot, grazing the right post on the way in.
MacMillan made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, courtesy of a fine pass from Danielle Fotopoulos, who ran onto long ball and touched it perfectly over defense into the right side of the penalty area. MacMillan let the ball come to a roll finished clinically, striking a first-time bullet into the lower left corner at the far post.
The USA was aided by the booming punts of Solo, which kept Denmark on its heels, but on more than one occasion sent kicks that ended with a bounce into the arms of the opposing goalkeeper.
Firmly in control of the match, the USA let Denmark back into the game less than two minutes into the second half. Halftime substitute Janne Madsen crossed from the right side to Lene Jensen, who was slashing through the middle and lifted a header over Solo who had taken a step towards the cross.
With new life, the Danes battled for an equalizer, but it was MacMillan who once again gave the Americans a two-goal cushion, this time in the 64th minute as a third U.S. player notched an assist. In a wild sequence, MacMillan's corner kick from the left side was headed back out to her on the flank. She spun a high cross into the middle that bounced around before the U.S. latched onto the ball, with Devvyn Hawkins feeding a quick pass to Kylie Bivens in the right side of the penalty area. Bivens then bent another high cross to the opposite post, where MacMillan jumped over a defender to nod her header into the right corner.
"Without Parlow and Hamm, it is difficult for us to score and Mac (Shannon MacMillan) stepped up to score seven goals in the tournament," added Heinrichs. "That boosts her confidence and she is reaching a new level for us where she is scoring, making space for us, holding possession and creating chances."
The final 20 minutes featured chances from both teams. Merete Pedersen volleyed past the right post from 22 yards out after a counter attack. In the 72nd minute, MacMillan sent a screaming corner kick to the near post where it was flicked on by Joy Fawcett and into the hand of a Danish defender, but there was no call. On the ensuning corner kick, MacMillan hit the top of the crossbar with her cross.
Denmark pulled a goal back again in the 74th minute as captain Lene Terp sliced through the U.S. defense on a corner kick to hammer home a beautiful header into the upper left corner from six yards out, but Denmark would not get another.
The USA got a break in the 84th minute after a Denmark attack put the USA under pressure and ball squirted out across the top of the penalty area. A Bivens slide got a bit of the ball and a lot of the player just inside the penalty box, but the referee let the play go on. One minute later, 17-year-old Heather O'Reilly, who came on for Fotopoulos in the 59th minute, beat a player in the right side of the penalty area, but hammered her shot into the side netting. In the 85th minute, Kate Sobero sent a wonderful pass over the defense on the left flank to MacMillan, who cut her cross back to Wagner, who dummied the ball for Lorrie Fair, but the U.S. midfielder shot wide right.
The ball winning of Fair, and especially Hawkins, who was dominant in the air, was key to the USA's ability to salt away the match with the one goal lead. Hawkins made her first start of the tournament and went 90 minutes.
Sobrero started in the center of the defense in the tournament for the first time, and displayed her usual rock solid play next to Fawcett, who captained the team. Jena Kluegel also played a tough 90 minutes at left back. Midfielder Aly Wagner was once again the USA's creative force, as she played 90 minutes for the second time in the tournament.
Heinrichs gave the day off to Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbrett, Julie Foudy and Cindy Parlow, who together have 726 caps for the USA, but the performances of Under-19 National Team stalwarts O'Reilly and Wilson bode well for the future.
With the hat trick, MacMillan moved past Tisha Venturini into seventh place on the all-time U.S. scoring list. She is one goal short of Cindy Parlow, who is in 6th place. Heading into tonight's championship game between China and Norway, two Chinese players have four goals, but unless they can equal MacMillan's feat, she will win the tournament's Top Scorer award.
"The most important thing is that individuals get playing time and experience and grow," said Heinrichs. "Our Norway loss really exposed a lot of our weaknesses, and they don't get exposed as much back in the WUSA, or playing for their college team or their U-21 team or when we are playing a team that isn't in the top-5 in the world as we don't get stretched as much. We did a lot of self-evaluation and players know where they stand and what they need to work on over the next two to three months. The big picture is that it's more important to build on these erformances and how to play out of multiple formations against different conditions to develop players and the team over the long haul."
The 3rd place game was a rematch of the 2001 European Women's Final, but this time Sweden came out on top, defeating Germany, 2-1, as Hanna Ljunberg and Malin Andersson scored for their country. It was the first win by the Swedes over the Germans since 1995. After Canada had defeated its three Group C opponents by a 14-2 margin, Finland, the last place team in Group A, gave the young Canadians a reminder of the strength of European women's soccer, winning 3-0 to take 7th place. England renewed an old rivalry with Scotland, and came out on top, 4-1, to take 9th place. Host Portugal got a bit of redemption, winning its first match of the tournament, 4-0, over Wales to take 11th place.
The U.S. women now return home to their WUSA training camps and will not be together again until the end of April, when they will regroup in San Jose, Calif. to face Finland on April 27 at Spartan Stadium as part of a doubleheader with the WUSA champion CyberRays.
Participants: U.S. Women's National Team vs. Denmark
Competition: 2002 Algarve Cup
Venue: Montechoro Training Complex - Albufeira, Portugal
Date: March 7, 2002 - Kickoff 3 p.m. Local (10 a.m. ET)
Attendance: 250
Weather: Sunny, breezy, beautiful - 76 degrees
Scoring Summary:
1st / 2nd / Final
USA - Shannon MacMillan (Kelly Wilson) 29th minute.
USA - Shannon MacMillan (Danielle Fotopoulos) 33.
DEN - Lene Jensen (Janne Madsen) 47.
USA - Shannon MacMillan (Kylie Bivens) 64.
DEN - Lene Terp (Signe Andersen) 74.
USA -18-Hope Solo, 3-Thori Staples (21-Kylie Bivens, 46), 14-Joy Fawcett, 15-Kate Sobrero, 7-Jena Kluegel, 10-Aly Wagner, 2-Lorrie Fair, 17-Devvyn Hawkins, 6-Kelly Wilson, 20-Danielle Fotopoulos (9-Heather O'Reilly, 59), 8-Shannon MacMillan.
DEN - 16-Tine Cederkvist, 3-Gitte Andersen (2-, 67), 4-Lene Terp-Capt., 5-Katrine Pedersen, 7-Cathrine Paaske Sorensen, 6-Louise Hansen (20-Signe Andersen, 53), 8-Christina Bonde (11-Janne Madsen, 46), 13-Sandra Jorgensen, Merete Pedersen, 10-Julie Rydahl Bukh (18-, 57), 12-Lene Jensen.
Statistical Summary: USA / DEN
Shots 15 / 11
Shots on Goal 6 / 6
Saves 3 / 3
Corner Kicks 9 / 3
Fouls 12 / 11
Offside 5 / 4
Misconduct Summary:
USA - Thori Bryan (caution) 21st minute.
DEN - Katrine Pedersen (caution) 29.
Referee: Vibeke Karlsen (Norway)
Asst. Referee: Kim Chalmers (Canada)
Asst. Referee: Allan Thurston (Scotland)
March 7 Placement Games Venue
Portugal 4, Wales 0 11th Place Match Montochoro
England 4, Scotland 1 9th Place Match Olhao
Finland 3, Canada 0 7th Place Match Lagoa
USA 3, Denmark 2 5th Place Match Montechoro
Sweden 2, Germany 1 3rd Place Match Faro
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Ask anyone about the Polo Park shopping district and they'll tell you they avoid the area like the plague because of the enormous traffic congestion. What they really mean, however, is they arrive and leave in a bad mood.
The City of Winnipeg plans to spend a minimum of $30 million to speed up traffic in the area and hopefully improve the mood of thousands of shoppers who fight their way in and out every day.
The operative word is "minimum" because it could take much more than $30 million to do what needs to be done.
The city is looking at extending St. Matthews Avenue, which currently ends at Empress Street, to Route 90, as well as expanding several intersections to create turning lanes. Those measures alone will require the purchase or expropriation of many private properties, in addition to new road construction in one of the city's busiest and most highly valued retail areas.
The goal is to move traffic faster and more safely, which will become more imperative with the new developments planned for the area.
American retailer Target is moving in, while Shindico Realty is lining up numerous tenants, including a possible hotel, to fill the space that will be opened when the old Canad Inns Stadium is demolished.
The pressure on roads will increase many times over when these developments are completed because all of them are intended to attract people and their cars. Even now, it can take 15 minutes to travel one kilometre from one shopping centre to another during peak times, a problem that won't be eliminated with the planned improvements.
The city should also consider whether an internal Transit service would be feasible. It could shuttle shoppers withing the sprawling district without requiring them to get in their cars to drive across the street to another store. Retailers might object to the idea of consumers leaving their cars on company lots, but it's an idea worth considering.
What's clear is the current situation is unsafe because of the way motorists jockey for position on the roads and at intersections, or on their way in and out of parking lots.
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The term Eriksen Flanker Task refers to a set of response inhibition tests used in cognitive psychology to assess the ability to suppress responses that are inappropriate in a particular context. In the tests, a directional response (generally left or right) is made to a central target stimulus. The target is flanked by non-target stimuli which correspond either to the same directional response as the target (congruent flankers) or to the opposite response (incongruent flankers). It is found that response times are slower for incongruent stimuli than for congruent stimuli.
In the original test described by Eriksen and Eriksen in 1974,[1] letter stimuli were used. Subjects were instructed to make a directional responses to certain letters, for example a right response to the letters H and K, and a left response to S and C. Each stimulus consisted of a set of seven letters, with the target in the central position. Examples of congruent stimuli would be HHHKHHH and CCCSCCC, where both the target and the flankers correspond to the same response. Examples of incongruent flanker stimuli HHHSHHH and CCCHCCC , where the central target letter and the flankers correspond to opposite responses. Other variants have used numbers,[2] or colour patches [3] as stimuli.
These examples all use an arbitrary mapping between the stimulus and the response. Another possibility is to use a natural mapping, with arrows as stimuli. For example, Kopp et al. (1994)[4] used left and right arrows, with flanker stimuli above and below the target. The flankers could be arrows pointing in the same direction as the target (congruent) the opposite direction (incongruent) or squares (neutral). More commonly, flankers have been arranged in a horizontal array, as with letter stimuli, so <<<<< would be a congruent stimulus, <<><< an incongruent stimulus.[5]
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The flanker paradigm was originally introduced as a way of studying the cognitive processes involved in detection and recognition of targets in the presence of distracting information, or "noise". Earlier work had used visual search,[6] but this makes it difficult to separate the effects of distraction from the effects of the search process. In the flanker paradigm, the position of the target is always known—there is no search process. Nonetheless interference still occurs, so it can be studied independently of search mechanisms. Eriksen and Schultz (1979)[7] varied a number of features of the flanker tests, for example the size and contrast of the letters, or the use of forward or backward masking. They proposed a continuous flow model of perception in which information is processed in parallel for different stimulus elements, and accumulates over time until sufficient information is available to determine a response. More recent work in this area has used neurophysiological measures such as event-related potentials [8] or imaging techniques such as fMRI.[9]
Many studies have investigated the effects of acute drug administration on Eriksen flanker performance. For example, Ramaekers et al. (1992) [10] used an on-the-road driving tests, and several laboratory tests including the letter version of the Eriksen task to assess the effects of two antihistamines and alcohol on driving-related skills. The flanker test was considered relevant, because dealing with distracting information is an important part of safe driving. Both alcohol and the antihistamine cetirizine impaired performance in the test measures, and their effects were additive. The non-sedating antihistamine loratidine had no effect on any of the measures studied. The arrows version of the flanker test has also been evaluated as a method of detecting impairment due to alcohol and drugs in drivers at the roadside.[11]
Various psychiatric and neurological conditions affect performance on flanker tasks, for example acute schizophrenia [12] and Parkinson's disease.[13]
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- ↑ Eriksen, B. A., Eriksen, C. W. (1974). Effects of noise letters upon identification of a target letter in a non- search task. Perception and Psychophysics 16: 143–149.
- ↑ Lindgren, M., Stenberg, G., & Rosen, I. (1996). Effects of nicotine in visual attention tasks. Human Psychopharmacology 11: 47–51.
- ↑ Rafal, R., Gershberg, F., Egly, R., Ivry, R., Kingstone, A., & Ro, T. (1996). Response channel activation and the lateral prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychologia 34: 1197–1202.
- ↑ Kopp, B., Mattler, U., & Rist, F. (1994). Selective attention and response competition in schizophrenic patients. Psychiatry Research 53: 129–139.
- ↑ Ridderinkhof, K. R., Band, G. P., & Logan, D. (1999). A study of adaptive behavior: effects of age and irrelevant information on the ability to inhibit one's actions. Acta psychologica 101: 315–337.
- ↑ Eriksen, C.W. & Spencer, T. (1969). Rate of information processing in visual perception: Some results and methodological considerations. Journal of Experimental Psychology 79 (2): Supplement 1–16.
- ↑ Eriksen, C.W. & Schultz, D.W. (1979). Information processing in visual search: A continuous flow conception and experimental results.. Perception & Psychophysics 25: 249–263.
- ↑ Heil, M., Osman, A., Wiegalman, J., Rolke, B., & Hennighausen, E. (2000). N200 in the Eriksen-Task: Inhibitory Executive Processes?. Journal of Psychophysiology 14: 218–225.
- ↑ Ullsperger, M. & von Cramon, D. Y. (2001). Subprocesses of performance monitoring: a dissociation of error processing and response competition revealed by event-related fMRI and ERPs.. Neuroimage 14: 1387–1401.
- ↑ Ramaekers, J. G., Uiterwijk, M. M. C., & O'Hanlon, J. F. (1992). Effects of loratadine and cetirizine on actual driving and psychometric test performance, and EEG during driving,. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 42: 363–369.
- ↑ Tiplady, B., Degia, A., & Dixon, P. (2005). Assessment of driver impairment: Evaluation of a two-choice tester using ethanol.. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 8: 299–310.
- ↑ Jones, S.H., Helmsley, D.R. & Gray,J.A. (1991). Impairment in selective attention or in the influence of prior learning?. British Journal of Psychiatry 159: 415–421.
- ↑ Wylie, S. A., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Bashore, T. R., Powell, V. D., Manning, C. A., & Wooten, G. F. (2009). The effect of speed-accuracy strategy on response interference control in Parkinson's disease,. Neuropsychologia 47: 1844–1853.


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A Study to Determine if Aquamin Modulates Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Blood of Osteoarthritis and Healthy Subjects
This study has been completed.
Andrea Doolan
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Andrea Doolan, University College Cork
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First received: March 22, 2011
Last updated: May 14, 2012
Last verified: May 2012
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|May 2012
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|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)