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|June 12, 2002
Volume 4, Issue 24
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"Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM)"
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"The best way to avoid a cesarean is to stay out of the hospital."
- Brooke Sanders Purves
The Art of Midwifery
Pelvic Press: Use this technique during second stage if there is a delay in descent or caput forming due to malposition or cephalopelvic disproportion. It also is helpful in occiput posterior babies, deep transverse arrest or a tight fit. It increases mid-pelvic and outlet dimensions to make room for fetal rotation and descent. The woman is in a squatting position, the partner or caregiver kneels behind her; during a contraction this person locates the iliac crests and presses them firmly toward each other. When combined with squatting, movement in rotation or descent should be visible in three to four contractions.
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A University of California at Davis School of Medicine study found that extending breastfeeding from four months to six months after birth greatly reduced the number of respiratory infections. The study of 2,277 children between the ages of 6 and 24 months identified five groups: formula-fed only, full breastfeeding for less than one month, full breastfeeding from one to four months, full breastfeeding from four to less than six months and full breastfeeding for six months or more. Researchers found that the chance of contracting pneumonia was reduced fivefold with two added months of full breastfeeding, and the risk of recurrent ear infections was reduced twofold. This is one of the first studies to show that breastfeeding longer adds to its benefits. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans a campaign starting in 2003 to encourage breastfeeding. In the United States, 64% of women breastfeed their newborns but only 29% continue for at least six months.
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Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM)
Laboratory tests can confirm the presence of amniotic fluid:
Midwifery Parameters of Safety
Many midwives, after having dispensed the appropriate precautions to their client, will wait up to two weeks for labor to commence. Women who are 37 weeks or more may be encouraged to stimulate labor by various methods.
PROM and the Preterm Fetus
For very early PROM, most women will be given the usual precautions: bed rest and a tocolytic drug such as ritodrine. For those closer to term (35-36 wks), precautions will be given and the preferred treatment is waiting. Fetal lung maturity accelerates after membranes rupture and most healthy babies if larger than 2,550 grams will be good candidates for a homebirth.
Risks and Complications
A study by Dr. Lewis Mehl in California showed that infections dramatically increased after the fourth day. Another study in the Netherlands of 6,014 pregnancies found no increased risk of infection for PROM if no vaginal exams were done and delivery exceeded 24 hours from PROM.
Signs and Symptoms of Infection
Testing for Infection
Gram staining of the amniotic fluid can identify infection in up to 80% of women when the level of organisms has reached or exceeded 105. However, the presence of bacteria is suggestive and positive results should not be interpreted as confirmation of infection. Acridine orange staining may be used if gram staining yields a positive result because it can also detect mycoplasmas.
Gas-liquid chromatography is a reliable test. Others include C-reactive protein, leukocyte esterase test strip, and glucose levels in the fluid, although these tests have been reported to have questionable value.
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- Yvonne Lapp Cryns, "PROM by the Book,"
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Midwifery Tip from Gloria Lemay
Optimal Use of Language ("Speech Magic") to Assist our Clients
The only way we can undo the mass psychosis about childbirth in North America is to invent new language and new images. We midwives must make a conscious and disciplined effort to become "speech magicians."
I train my clients to ask for what they WANT rather than what they DON'T want. For example, the client doesn't want an episiotomy = the client wants an intact perineum. Or a client says "I don't want my baby taken away from me! = the client says "I want my baby 'Velcroed' to my skin from the moment he/she is born." All my notes in my chart are what the client WANTS, not the "Don't" instructions. This way, I am constantly picturing the image of what is wanted and so are my assistants. When everyone is picturing "Baby Velcroed to skin" then it happens. This technique is particularly effective at hospital births.
Another good way to create what you want with doctors is by using "indirect" hypnosis. For example, the doctor is starting to fidget as the baby's head distends the perineum. He reaches for the scissors and you know he's getting ready to do an episiotomy. So you speak to your client, not to him by saying something like "Linda, you are stretching beautifully; there's lots of space for your baby to come through. Everything is healthy and normal -- there's lots of room to stretch even wider. Breathe some oxygen down to your muscles." Everything you are saying to your client is really intended to chill out the doctor. Speaking to him directly is less effective (it makes him more resistant to your message) than speaking obliquely to him through your words to the mother. Once the doctor starts taking deep oxygenated breaths down to his muscles, you'll see him put down the scissors.
You'll notice that Dr. Odent does word magic, too. He talks about the "fetus ejection reflex" and the "ancient reptilian brain." I don't think anyone has ever located these things in the physical universe, but they are most useful concepts and ways of languaging that lead to better births for women and help undo some of the fear-based pseudo science that passes for obstetrics.
Gloria Lemay is a private birth attendant in Vancouver, BC, and is a contributing expert at BirthLove.
Read more from Gloria's article "Pushing for First-Time Moms" on Midwifery Today's Web site.
Question of the Week: Inverted Nipples
Q: I am 16 weeks pregnant for the first time at 36. I worked as a midwife for 4 years. I have deeply inverted nipples that are resistant to any attempt at rolling or suction and have been all my life. I would very much like to breastfeed my infant but have only seen failure in similar cases in hospital. Does anybody have advice/tricks that I could try in preparation?
- N Sutton, RGN, RM
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Question of the Week Responses: Cholestasis
Q: At 30 weeks gestation, G2P0, my sister is experiencing cholestasis of pregnancy. She has high bile acid levels and an unrelenting itch. They have tried solu-medrol pack, Questran rx, all to no avail. Any ideas for treating this condition? What about the baby?
Ellen Haynes, RN ICCE
A: Gentle choleretic/cholagogue herbs that are safe for pregnancy include burdock root, dandelion whole plant and yellow dock root. Both move bile through the gallbladder (choleretic) and stimulate the liver to produce more bile (cholagogue). The herbs can be combined and made into a tea, perhaps 2-4 cups sipped throughout the day. Alternately, tinctures are used either as simples or a mixture: one dropperful in a little warm water four times per day. In addition, use dandelion whole plant tincture as a bitter tonic by placing 5-10 drops on the tongue before meals and snacks. Bitters help set things up by stimulating the secretion of digestive juices all along the GI tract.
To help cope with unpleasant itching, scullcap tincture is my favorite. If your sister is brave she can drink the very bitter tea, which would also support her liver. I wonder if a relaxing oatmeal bath would also soothe her?
Your sister may be tempted to avoid fats right now. Even so, after a week or two on the herbs, I would recommend that she ingest some fish oil daily. The essential omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil are major components of breast milk and the rapidly developing fetal nervous system. They also decrease the inflammation around the bile ducts that occurs in cholestasis.
- Adrienne Leeds,
A: You will find an underlying problem of a stressed liver. I would address this by immediate use of dandelion tea: begin with one cup on day one, two on day two, and three on the third day and until birth, plus a few weeks beyond. I would expect my client to feel better within several days.
- Molly Germash, CPM,
A: I am a CPM and graduate RN. I recently worked with a primip who had cholestasis. Repeated attempts were made in the hospital to induce her beginning around 38 weeks -- they were unsuccessful. Her bile salts were high but not too far above the high end of normal. (Really high levels are cause for more concern.) She was managed by CNMs with Ob-Gyn consultation. The management style adopted was watchful waiting, but no one was alarmist. Finally she was given the option to go home and wait a few days before attempting induction again, with daily nonstress tests in the plan. The baby was reactive and great all along, which helped allay concerns. The parents were alarmed by dire information they had picked up on the Internet. With reassurance they were happy for respite from induction. Mom ended up going into labor spontaneously around 41 weeks and labored well but ended up with a cesarean due to persistent OP presentation. More research must be done about this condition and appropriate management. The itching is severe at first, but should subside.
- Jennifer McGeorge, CPM
A: This happened to me too, but it resolved on its own after about one week without medications.
- Anonymous
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Re: difficult clients [Issue 4:23]: At no point does the article suggest that the midwife should reflect on her own behaviour if the mother shows herself to be difficult. Written birth plans are seen as aggressive and fearful of birth when they could be a result of assertive behaviour and knowledge of an overly interventionist hospital. Women who are overfriendly are seen as being difficult, instead of reacting to a system of care that demands they have no previous knowledge of the important caregiver in a frightening and difficult time and is trying to make the best of the situation by getting to know her caregiver in a short space of time.
A woman's reaction to the oppressive authoritarian system in hospitals is not to blame if women become childlike in labour. No, it is due to previous ways she has had to cope with life.
I spend some time on my local Maternity Services Liaison Committee in the UK as "patient representative," trying to ensure that doctors, midwives and NHS managers do not spend their time blaming women for their own bad practice, inability to communicate and insensitivity to women's needs at this momentous time in women's lives. I frequently have to defend women against comments such as "the sort of women we get in here." This article would do much better to analyse why, if midwives' behaviour is not "adult," what happens to women. It would be better to analyse what happens to sane, assertive, intelligent women when treated inappropriately by hospital staff and how easy it is to change these women into "difficult clients."
- Susan Treacy Wolverhampton, UK
Re: fistula [Issue 4:23]: How VERY distressing for you -- so many areas of yourself affected by what should have been a beautiful, exciting experience. I don't have much knowledge about fistulas; however, one thing I would consider asking is what type of suture material was used for repair. I have seen women who have reacted to manufactured synthetic suture material such as Dexon, Vicryl, etc. and whose stitches "broke down" before complete healing took place, or whose healing was prevented by an allergic reaction to the suture material. The next wound they had was sutured with organic suture material (Chromic "catgut" and silk) with no problems.
- MJM, midwife
I too developed a fistula after the delivery of my first child. I was laboring fine at home, got to the hospital, was offered a bed, an epidural, Pitocin, etc. and ended up with a face-presentation baby who was a bit big for me. The doctor gave me a fourth degree epidural and the baby was vacuumed out. I noticed only air leaking and was told not to worry, this was normal. Two babies and one unsuccessful corrective surgery later I also do not know how to really fix the problem.
- Kim, CT
There are stories on my Web site, BirthLove.com, about fistula. You're not alone by any means.
- Leilah McCracken
Re: tight vaginal opening months after birth [Issue 4:23]: If the skin or vagina feels too tight, you may try a perineal massage. Basically you sweep with two fingers down in and on the vaginal opening. Use lubricant or natural olive oil or something similar. By doing this on and off for some time, you condition the skin to stretch. For future pregnancies you may take a bit more time and ease stretching to avoid a tear, but easing the baby out is best anyway.
- Heather Zanon
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What is this medicine?SELEGILINE (se LE ji leen) is an monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). It is used with levodopa-carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It is usually added to therapy when there is a decrease in response to levodopa.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth in the morning. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Do not push the tablet through the foil backing. Peel back the foil with dry hands, gently remove the tablet, and immediately place the tablet on your tongue. It will dissolve in seconds. Do not swallow it. Wait about 5 minutes after taking your medicine before ingesting any food or liquid. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on the advice of your doctor or health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. It can take up to 4 weeks to see the full effects of this medicine. Do not suddenly stop taking your medicine. This may make your condition worse or give you withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor or health care professional for advice about gradually reducing your dosage. Even after you stop taking this medicine the effects can last for at least two weeks.
Patients and their families should watch out for depression or thoughts of suicide that get worse. Also watch out for sudden or severe changes in feelings such as feeling anxious, agitated, panicky, irritable, hostile, aggressive, impulsive, severely restless, overly excited and hyperactive, or not being able to sleep. If this happens, especially at the beginning of antidepressant treatment or after a change in dose, call your health care professional.
This medicine can interact with certain foods that contain high amounts of tyramine. The combination may cause severe headaches, a rise in blood pressure, or irregular heart beat. Foods that contain significant amounts of tyramine include aged cheeses, meats and fish (especially aged, smoked, pickled, or processed such as bologna, pepperoni, salami, summer sausage), beer and ale, alcohol-free beer, wine (especially red), sherry, hard liquor, liqueurs, avocados, bananas, figs, raisins, soy sauce, miso soup, yeast/protein extracts, bean curd, fava or broad bean pods, or any over-ripe fruit. Ask your doctor or health care professional, pharmacist, or nutritionist for a complete listing of tyramine-containing foods.
You may get drowsy, dizzy or have blurred vision. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may increase dizziness or drowsiness. Do not drink alcoholic beverages while taking this medicine.
This medicine can make your mouth dry. Chewing sugarless gum, sucking hard candy and drinking plenty of water will help.
Do not treat yourself for coughs, colds, flu or allergies without asking your doctor or health care professional for advice. Do not take any medications for weight loss without advice either. Some ingredients in these products may increase possible side effects.
If you are diabetic there is a possibility that this medicine may affect your blood sugar. Ask your doctor or health care professional for advice if there is any change in your blood or urine sugar tests.
There have been reports of increased sexual urges or other strong urges such as gambling while taking some medicines for Parkinson's disease. If you experience any of these urges while taking this medicine, you should report it to your health care provider as soon as possible.
You should check your skin often for changes to moles and new growths while taking this medicine. Call your doctor if you notice any of these changes.

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Homecoming Fun and Games at Prince's Point
October 9, 2009—
About 150 students gathered Thursday night at Prince's Point, a cozy fringe of beach with a backdrop of moving water and turning leaves. Natalie Noha, a fourth-year student from Menominee, summed up the goings-on: "Things fun and different," she said.
She was talking about homecoming, of course, which sported several new activities this year, four of which were at Prince's Point: a tug of war, sand castles, a relay race, and a bonfire. The sand castles were autumn's snow statues.
The festivities began at five o'clock in the soft glow of the evening sun, which proved fleeting. Soon the sun died and the chill air had people hunching and putting their hands inside their long sleeves. The students of Delta Sigma Phi built a small, half-hearted fire. "For warmth," one said. "We're hoboes."
The tug of war was loud and boisterous. The team from Theta Tau was strong, and they learned the ropes quickly—kicking footholds in the dirt before a match.
The sand castle work was more subdued and intent. One tall young man came on the scene and said, "I came to build a sand castle. I've got knives and spoons. Is that legal?" No, he was told. The rule: use anything natural on the beach. Each team had a plot and a bucket and the charge: display Husky pride and be in good taste. Thirty-six groups participated. There were castles, moats, drawbridges, and tunnels, palisades of twigs and rock and sand, as well as forests of ferns and grasses and weeds.
"We have no game plan," one group reported. "We're just doing whatever. It's a work in progress. It's called the 'please-God-stay-up.'" As we spoke it collapsed under the weight of a new bucket of wet sand.
Marc Starnes, a fifth-year student from Kingsford, loves Tech, loves the location, and loves these doings. Homecoming is his favorite campus event, especially the new events this year. High on his list: the community service component. He worked Wednesday at the Little Huskies Child Care Center. The next evening's cold didn't dampen his enthusiasm. "I keep moving, keep busy, and keep warm thoughts," he said.
Rachel Wussow, of Student Activities, had her hands full Thursday night, directing all the helpers, answering questions, and keeping events moving along so they were done by dusk. Wussow loves working with students. She said that these guidelines underscored the overall homecoming effort: "No risk involved and keep it fair." She has the attitude of a servant. "They pay my salary," she said of the students.
Just before dark there was a three-part relay race:
1. Transfer water from a full bucket to an empty bucket, 15 feet apart, with sponges.
2. Transfer a tennis ball, tucked under the chin, from one person to the next, no hands. It was a cozy affair.
3. And pull a small sled on skis, for a hundred feet, with a passenger, Blizzard T. Husky, sitting on a chair with no legs. He weighs 200 pounds.
Blizzard also played a role in a sand castle fashioned by Chelsea Garceau, a third-year student from Negaunee, and her partner. They presaged the outcome of the football game Saturday against the Findlay Oilers. Their castle depicted a knocked-down oil tank and a clue to how it was done: Blizzard's telltale paw prints in the sand.
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Boost your beauty regime with at-home massage. Lisa Haynes reveals the therapists' secret tricks and tips.
By Lisa Haynes
Many of us make the mistake of reserving massages as a 'treat' confined to spa visits and special occasions.
The truth is that you can reap the beauty rewards of massage in your home: after your morning cuppa, while you're watching television or just before you put your pyjamas on.
If you're not engaging in self-massage rituals, then you're missing out on the opportunity to develop younger-looking skin or a leaner body.
"If you spend time massaging skincare products into the skin instead of just rubbing them on, the ingredients are pushed to a deeper level in the skin to repair and replenish at a cellular level," explains Nichola Joss, Sanctuary Spa's skincare expert.
"People often neglect massage at home. It only adds a couple of extra minutes onto your daily routine and makes such a difference that everyone should start incorporating massage into their beauty regime."
Limber up your fingertips and palms for pampering with benefits.
Bright eyes Puffy bags, dark circles and laughter lines. The skin around your eyes is thinner and more fragile than anywhere else on the face so it requires extra TLC. Self-massage should be attempted with a softly-softly approach using your middle or ring finger, which apply less pressure than your forefinger.
"For bright, younger-looking eyes, massage the eye area daily to de-puff, stimulate the lymph glands and keep the whites of the eyes clear and sparkly," Joss advises.
"Eye cream needs to be gently pushed into the correct part of the eye contour to nourish, brighten and repair the delicate skin."
To mark the launch of Sanctuary Spa's Peptide Repair Eye Cream (£18, Boots), Joss has developed a six-step eye massage to keep fine lines and bags at bay.
:: Gently place a pea-sized amount of eye cream onto your middle finger.
:: Take your index fingers and place them on your temples.
:: Gently tap your middle finger from the outside of the cheek bone inwards along the upper cheek bone and into the eye area and the bridge of the nose. The tapping movements will gently massage the cream into the skin.
:: Moving upwards, apply more pressure and sweep along the eyebrow and brow bone to the outer corners of the eye. This will gently lift the brows and de-stress the muscle.
:: Repeat and circle the eye six times.
:: Finish by massaging any remaining product into the temple area.
Glowing face Whether it's talking, blinking or making facial expressions, our facial muscles are getting a constant workout. Manipulation of these muscles can improve the flow of blood for a more radiant, toned appearance.
"A home facial massage is simple and can be incorporated into your everyday skincare routine," suggests Susan Harmsworth, founder of ESPA.
"Always remember that all facial massage movements should be worked in an upward direction to lift the muscles, and outwards towards the lymph node to remove excess fluid and toxins from the system."
Warm up your facial muscles with Harmsworth's tips, using a product like ESPA's Regenerating Face Treatment Oil (£65, www.espaonline.com).
:: Pour a few drops of face oil onto your hands, warm between your palms and spread evenly.
:: Place your fingertips on your jawbone and, with light pressure, make a large, sweeping circle from the jaw line up either side of your nose to the centre of the forehead, out along the hairline and down the temples to meet at the jawbone. This gently stimulates energy and spreads the oil.
:: Use circular movements with the tips of the index, middle and ring fingers, starting at the chin and travelling along the jaw line and then up from the angles of the jaw to the temples.
:: Pinch the skin on each side of the nose, close to the base of the nostrils, moving first under the cheekbones and then up toward the tops of the ears.
:: Placing the tips of the middle fingers at the inner corners of the eyes, slide your fingers upward, pushing against the orbital bone, and then outward, just above the eyebrows, towards the ears.
:: Use circular movements to massage the forehead, starting just above the top of the nose, moving up towards the hairline, and then outwards until you reach the temples.
Body beautiful The more attention you pay to your skin, the more supple it is. Regular massage can even help diminish those cellulite dimples that just don't seem to shift - kneading the skin helps increase circulation, which lessens the lumps.
"A circulation-boosting massage is fantastic for helping skin feel firmer and more toned," says Karen Bevan-Brown, Liz Earle treatments expert.
"A DIY body massage can help to encourage lymphatic circulation, aid the removal of waste, toxins and excess fluid and reduce muscular tension."
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:: Apply your body cream or gel with firm sweeping movements, using alternate hands from knees to hips, making sure to cover all the problem areas.
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:: Using your fingertips, perform circular movements, concentrating on areas that feel sluggish.
:: Follow with a slightly deeper massage technique. Clench your fists and use your knuckles to perform circular upward and outward movements - this is great for the hips, thighs and bottom.
:: Finish by using alternate clenched fists to lightly pound the outer thighs. This helps to stimulate the area and break down any build-up of waste.
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Double-A prospect Edwards placed on DL
CINCINNATI -- Right-handed pitcher C.J. Edwards was placed on Double-A Tennessee's disabled list Wednesday, retroactive to April 25. Edwards was 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA in four starts this season.
Ranked No. 4 on MLB.com's list of top 20 Cubs prospects, Edwards underwent an MRI on Friday in Chicago which revealed some fatigue and inflammation in his right shoulder. There was no structural damage. The plan was for him to rest, then resume his throwing program.
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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David N. Snyder wrote:That is debatable, of course, but in my opinion it is a sport. See this article I wrote:
The Zen of Chess
especially this section:
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... t_of_Chess
See also the video posted by MP. Carlsen does soccer (football), tennis, runs on a treadmill and works out in a gym.
dagon wrote:When have you ever see government give grants for games - well sport is a different matter.
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GRK recently opened their first location in the Financial District, and you can get frozen ($3.45 for a small) and fresh ($4.60) Greek yogurt with a combination of toppings. The yogurt is flown in from Greece on a weekly basis, and the quality shows. Appropriately tart with a smooth, creamy finish, topping options are seemingly endless. Go for the rose petal preserves: fragrant but not flowery, sweet and perfect with almonds and figs. A recommended pairing of granola with strawberries and black cherry preserves was also reliable. And lest you forget, fresh yogurt with savory toppings is always an option. Olives, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers and olive oil make for a clean lunch.
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WHEN THE Branson School girls soccer team takes the field for its MCAL opener on Tuesday, it will look dramatically different from the squad that won the North Coast Section championship a season ago.
Gone are eight starters from that team — the goalie, the entire back line and a good chunk of the offense. But the fact that player-of-the-year candidate Darcy McFarlane is still anchoring the midfield and coach Tom Ryan gets another two months to work with a new cast of characters means the Bulls will still likely be a factor come playoff time.
"(Darcy) puts the team first whether she has to play defense to prevent the other team from scoring "... or if they need a goal they'll put her up top," Marin Catholic coach Rob Funes said. "That shows a lot about her character.
"Not only do we put our best ball winner on her, sometimes we even pull a double team and sometimes even that's not good enough."
While trying to neutralize McFarlane on the field is difficult, trying to match wits with Ryan on the sideline is no picnic either.
"Preparation is the key and he always has his team super prepared and super focused," Funes said. "Again — just like Darcy — it's whatever they need to do to get the result there. Tom is such an inspirational person. When I was a young player growing up, he was someone I looked up to. He's not just a great coach but he was a tremendous player. One thing that makes him a great coach is he's able to get as much as he can from every player in terms of work rate, skill and desire. That's one reason why they are always a team that's talked about at the end."
McFarlane made her mark all over the field for the Bulls last season, pushing forward to join the attack when the team needed to score or dropping back into the defense when it needed to protect a lead — and being equally effective in both roles.
"Darcy is better than everybody at everything," Tam coach Shane Kennedy said. "Put her at holding (midfielder) and she's the best holding mid in the league. We scrimmaged them (a few) weeks ago and she must have won 25 head balls. I looked at (assistant coach Mike) Carbone and said 'Are we ever going win a head ball?'"
McFarlane's biggest impact last season came in the playoffs, accounting for all of her team's goals in the NCS quarterfinals, semifinals and in the championship game. Her ability to strike from distance while on the move proved to be the difference against both Tam (quarterfinals) and Drake (semifinals).
"She's probably the best in our league at hitting the ball from distance on frame," Ryan said. "Twenty-five of 30 meters (away from goal) is as far forward as you'd want her to go as a holding mid but from there she can threaten the goal with the power of her shot."
As a senior on a young team, McFarlane has added more of a leadership component coming into this season.
"We definitely have a lot of younger players this year, a lot of new girls on varsity," McFarlane said. "The role I've taken is to help them and teach them. "... It's important for them to know the history of Branson — what we've accomplished in the past and motivate them to do the same."
What Branson has accomplished in NCS competition — on both the girls and boys sides with Ryan as coach — has been considerable. Branson has won eight section titles on the girls' side and five more on the boys side.
"I think with Tom, no matter who's on the Branson team, they always have a chance with Tom as coach," McFarlane said. "He's a great coach because he's so competitive but has a good perspective. He develops players and develops the team to be a good soccer team. "... He cares about us as students and people. He really cares about developing the characters of all the players. I think that's what makes Tom special."
Ryan, already a member of the Marin Athletic Hall of Fame, began playing soccer at the age of 9 in San Francisco. He had an MVP season at Riordan High and played collegiately at San Francisco City College and San Jose State in the late 1970s.
Ryan said his relationships with coaches during his youth inspired him to follow in their footsteps.
"I wanted to be a coach because I looked up to those coaches in my life when I was younger," Ryan said. "You look for role models when you are younger, for adults you can emulate. It was easy for to do that with the coaches that I had my life."
Ryan began his coaching career in 1979 as the JV coach at University High under Rusty Taylor. A stint as a JV coach with Terra Linda followed in 1981 before Ryan got his first head coaching gig with the Redwood boys in 1984. Ryan was offered a job at Branson in 1989 and has been the school's boys and girls soccer coach ever since.
"I've been lucky to be at same school for 23 years coaching boys and girls," Ryan said. "There's a way of doing things — the older players sort of teach the younger players what that way is. For us, it's individual discipline and team discipline and dedication to what we're doing as a group. We have a captive audience who really believes in what they are doing and it's not necessarily me telling them how to do it but Darcy telling them this is the way to do it. Before her, (former players Kelly McFarlane and Amy Schlueter) told the younger ones how it's done around here. A partnership between myself and this committed group has made for a pretty difficult opponent on game day.
"In terms of their commitment to what they are doing, this group — they are already starting to coach each other and believe in one another."
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TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the computer software & services industry higher today, Nov. 14, 2012.Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 47 points (-0.4%) at 12,708 as of Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 733 issues advancing vs. 2,191 declining with 116 unchanged. The Computer Software & Services industry currently sits down 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. A company within the industry that increased today was Qlik Technologies ( QLIK), up 3.8%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include International Game Technology ( IGT), down 2.7%, Konami Corporation ( KNM), down 2.4%, Amdocs ( DOX), down 1.5%, Wipro ( WIT), down 0.8% and Thomson Reuters Corporation ( TRI), down 0.7%. TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today: 5. Fortinet ( FTNT) is one of the companies pushing the Computer Software & Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, Fortinet is up $0.50 (2.8%) to $18.31 on average volume Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Fortinet exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $18.12-$18.46 after having opened the day at $18.13 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.81. Fortinet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides network security solutions to enterprises, service providers, and government entities worldwide. Fortinet has a market cap of $2.9 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 49.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 15.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Fortinet a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Fortinet as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and disappointing return on equity. Get the full Fortinet Ratings Report now.
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Every day we accept a level of risk because of the rewards associated with our decisions. Those decisions might be to climb a steep mountain to enjoy a spectacular view, trich-test an 1,800-pound bull to prevent the spread of disease, or simply to get in a vehicle to run out for groceries.
As a society, we likewise have adopted a precautionary approach, crafting rules and regulations intended to balance risks with rewards. Speed limits, for example, help to reduce the danger of driving while allowing reasonable travel times. In veterinary and human medicine, federal regulations require extensive testing to help ensure drugs and other products are safe and efficacious, even if there are some risks associated with their use.
Some segments of society have decided, however, in regard to food and agriculture, no risk is acceptable. They have embraced a philosophy known as the "Precautionary Principle," which takes the concept of "better safe than sorry" to an extreme, potentially stifling critical innovation in agriculture just as the world needs more efficient food production to keep up with explosive population growth.
The Precautionary Principle served as the primary theme for April's National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) annual conference in Omaha. Throughout the discussions, there was a general consensus that some level of precaution in adopting new technologies is wise and prudent. We must, however, accept some level of risk to achieve progress, and we also should consider the risk of doing nothing.
The NIAA program kicked off with a presentation from Mark Walton, PhD, a veteran of agricultural biotechnology who now serves as chief marketing officer for Recombinetics, a Minnesota-based animal-genetics company that uses genome-engineering methods to develop animals for the biomedical and food industries.
Walton provided background on the Precautionary Principle and its implications for agricultural technology. A widely accepted definition of the principle, he says, comes from the "Wingspread Consensus Statement on the Precautionary Principle" developed in 1998. That statement reads, in part, "When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof."
In other words, Walton says, technology such as recombinant genetics, which could increase food production and improve human health, should be held up indefinitely, with no evidence of harm, until its supporters "prove" it is without risk, which is functionally impossible.
Another portion of the statement reads, "The process of applying the Precautionary Principle must be open, informed and democratic and must include potentially affected parties. It must also involve an examination of the full range of alternatives, including no action." Walton argues that while transparency and dialogue are important, placing the power to block implementation of valuable technology in the hands of all "potentially affected parties," including those who do not understand the technology or simply oppose modern agriculture, is counterproductive.
Walton provided examples of how the Precautionary Principle currently is blocking products that could significantly benefit society.
- Lysozyme is a naturally occurring antibacterial enzyme that protects human eyes from infection. Lysozyme also is present in bird eggs, protecting the developing embryo from disease, and also helps protect infants from potentially fatal diarrhea. Regulators list lysozyme as "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS), and cheese makers use it to control bacteria on cheese rinds. Scientists have used biotechnology to breed goats that produce milk high in lysozyme that reduces diarrhea in infants, but the company cannot gain FDA approval and moved to Brazil where officials are more accepting of the technology.
- Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) causes up to 500,000 cases of irreversible blindness and 2 million deaths each year, with the greatest impact on pregnant women and children. Across the globe, an estimated 19 million pregnant women and 190 million children suffer from the condition. Plant breeders have developed a genetically modified rice variety, known as golden rice, that is high in vitamin A. Estimates suggest that supplementing golden rice for 20 percent of the diet of children and 10 percent for pregnant women and mothers will be enough to combat the effects of VAD. The product has been widely tested and U.S. volunteers consume it regularly with no ill effects. And yet, the environmental group Greenpeace has targeted it and blocked its release, portraying its sponsors as greedy profiteers.
Another presentation focused on a fish, possibly the ubiquitous "big one that got away." Ronald Stotish, PhD, executive director of AquaBounty Technologies, provided a case study of how a bias toward caution can prevent implementation of food technologies that could help feed the world.
Nineteen years ago, AquaBounty Technologies developed the AquAdvantage salmon, a genetically modified variety of Atlantic salmon with a single gene from a Chinook salmon spliced into its genome and accounting for a total of about one ten-thousandth of its DNA. This fish grows dramatically faster than other Atlantic salmon, reaching market size in half the time with 20 percent better feed efficiency and 5 percent better nitrogen retention. Because of its superior performance, it can be grown in tanks rather than in ocean pens.
Studies on 14 generations of the AquAdvantage salmon led to the FDA in 2010 determining the fish is an Atlantic salmon, is as safe to consume as any other Atlantic salmon and represents no significant risk to the environment under conditions of use in the application for approval. Those conditions for use include growing the fish only in a FDA-approved, physically contained, fresh-water culture facility and maintaining a population of only female fish for food production, to avoid any crossbreeding with wild populations.
From the beginning, though, environmental groups and other interests, including the Alaskan wild-caught Pacific salmon industry, opposed and lobbied heavily against approval of the AquAdvantage salmon, citing concerns over food safety, crossbreeding and environmental damage. As a result, the AquAdvantage salmon remains unapproved after 19 years in regulatory review and more than $70 million invested toward approval.
Successes and challenges in genetic technologies
Shifting to cattle specifically, Mark Allen, PhD, director of marketing and genomics with TransOva Genetics, described how assisted reproduction tools (ARTs), coupled with genomics, can accelerate the rate of genetic progress by two to eight times. Several of these tools already have contributed dramatically to genetic progress — artificial insemination (AI) since the 1950s, embryo transfer since the 1970s, in-vitro fertilization and cloning since the 1990s and sex-sorted semen since the early 2000s.
Allen presented a formula for the rate of genetic gain, saying it equals variation x accuracy x selection intensity, divided by the genetic interval. Accuracy and intensity of selection have increased significantly with the use of genomic predictions, AI, embryo transfer and sexed semen. In-vitro fertilization, meanwhile, has reduced the genetic interval by allowing production of multiple calves per year from elite cows and production of embryos from elite heifers as early as 6 months of age.
Allen says his company uses these technologies to qualify donor cattle using high-density genomic chips, collect ova from juvenile donors, conduct in-vitro fertilization using sexed semen and gestate resulting embryos in recipient animals.
The company also engages in cloning of elite beef and dairy cattle through its Viagen division. Cloning, Allen says, can greatly expand the reproductive potential of top animals and preserve genes as insurance against unexpected injury or loss. He cites an example of an outstanding Holstein bull with the pedigree and genomic numbers to serve as an elite AI sire. The bull, however, suffered from severe respiratory disease as a calf, which limited its performance. Its clone, however, sold over 100,000 units of semen into the dairy market. In the United States, the FDA declared in 2008 that food from cloned animals is no different from that of other animals, but the European Union has adopted policy that bans cloning of farm animals, imports of cloned animals and marketing of food from cloned animals.
Biotechnology applications in livestock also hold tremendous promise for food production and medicine, Allen says. Transchromosomic cows, for example, can be designed to produce human polyclonal antibodies. Pigs can be modified for use as medical models, speeding research into critical human diseases and producing human organs for transplant. Scientists have made progress toward introducing mastitis resistance and even BSE resistance in cattle. Much of the work, however, and commercial introduction of these technologies have been slowed or stagnated due to an excess of caution on the part of activist groups and regulators.
"The Precautionary Principle," Stotish say, "has become the weapon of choice to prevent innovation."
See this article and features on trichomoniasis, organic dairy production, vitamin A deficiencies, electrolyte therapy and a new approach to bovine veterinary practice in our May/June issue.


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I'm curious if you keep and maintain public profiles for your music on social networks other than MySpace. Last.fm? Imeem? Bebo, Fairlitzer? What about Pandora or The Hype Machine? Do you upload your full songs so services can stream them without compensation? Is it worth the promotion to you?
I bring it up because yesterday I got pretty frustrated using the new Last.fm. Once accepted as a label you get access to a part of the site called the Music Manager. You can upload and manage your tracks there. After I uploaded a new release I added in the album cover. The album art showed up in the Music Manager. However, it never show up in the general public area on Last.fm. I tried about 10 times, re-uploading the same album cover. Eventually I hit the help forums. Sure enough this is a known problem. How could image uploading be broken for more than two weeks? How could they not disable the uploader or put a note on the page so I didn't waste forty minutes on this crap?
Another other thing I really don't like about Last.fm is that you don't have any comment control on your own artist pages. People can log on and rail you and it's there forever. They could at least implement a comment voting system so nasty comments get greyed out using Ajax or something.
What finally ended my session yesterday on Last.fm was the events section. I wanted to add in a few upcoming live shows I have. I head to: last.fm/music/The+Horrorist/+events because that's where the shows for The Horrorist are listed. I search for a button that says "Add Event". Nothing! Nada! After twenty minutes of searching I find the only place to add a new event is if I go to last.fm/events. How frustrating.
Maintaining a your image and uploading fresh content on every site is impossible. Which sites deserve attention? I will always keep my own website on my own server but clearly the hearts, minds and ears are in lots of places. Do you simply cover the sites which have the most users? No matter how lame they are?
If you go to Alexa.com you can enter in the a few sites and see a comparison of how many users each site has over a time period (thanks Vergel for the tip). You maybe surprised that for example Imeem has so many users. MySpace still trumps them all by far though.
As more sites start to pay royalties for streaming and incorparate there own download stores the lines between iTunes, Beatport, Amazon and the social network sites will become blurred.
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Animal Life
Animal life in harsh terrain
Life is particularly tough for large predators. Apart from the cold, their prey are scarce and quick-footed. The rare snow leopard lives above the snowline in the mountains of central Asia, preying on ibex and tahr.
How do birds survive?
The winds that sweep around mountains make flight hazardous, but mountains are home to some magnificent birds of prey. Golden eagles are the masters of the mountain peaks and valleys, soaring on outstretched wings as they search for small mammals like pikas and marmots to eat.
Other aerial experts are scavengers: the Andean condor is a type of vulture that rides the mountain air currents looking for carrion. Another vulture, the bearded vulture or lammergeier of Africa and Eurasia, likes to eat the fatty bone marrow of dead animals. It carries the bones high up into the air and drops them to smash open on the rocks below.
Many smaller species of birds are found high up in the mountains. In the Alps, they include Alpine swifts, Alpine choughs and snow finches.


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KLA-Tencor Is Ramping
Shares of KLA-Tencor (KLAC) are among the top-five gainers on the Nasdaq today. The stock is surging more than 6% on extremely heavy trading, as it extends a powerful bull move off the November lows. The spark for today's breakout move came from earlier positive reports from both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) and ASML Holding (ASMl). For its part, ASML is ramping more than 8% on over triple its average trading. The jump has pushed the shares to new all-time highs while putting some distance on its 2012 peak.KLA-Tencor (KLAC) -- Daily Source: TradeStation View Chart » View in New Window »
KLAC put in a major bottom in November. A rally off the key support zone near $44.00 lifted the shares more than 15% in less than eight weeks. This impressive rally lacked volume for the bulk of the move and, by the time KLAC began to drive through heavy 200-day moving average resistance, the lack of positive trade momentum took a toll. Early last week, the stock faded back down to gap support left behind after the Jan. 2 open. This support area held, allowing KLAC to consolidate some of the big move off the Nov. 26 lows. Heading into today's news-inspired breakout, KLAC was well positioned for more upside....105 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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The Sukhoi Superjet 100 has gained Russian certification, more than two-and-a-half years after the first prototype embarked on its maiden flight.
Simultaneously, Russian certification authority IAC AR granted a design organization approval certificate to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company based on an audit of the aircraft development quality system and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) performance.
Presented during a February 3 ceremony at IAC AR headquarters in Moscow, the SSJ100's ticket is the culmination of what company officials describe as "an unprecedented vast campaign" by certification centers, the Russian airworthiness authority, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Italian partner Alenia, which helped conduct noise and Hirf (high-intensity radiated field) testing.
The certification campaign involved some 200 programs of static, fatigue and flight tests. Sukhoi and its partners ran the certification campaign with four prototypes for flight testing and two prototypes for static and fatigue trials. Four flying jets accumulated 2,594 flight hours during 1,087 flights. The quartet visited more than 20 airports in Russia, the CIS and Europe, proving the airplane's ability to operate into even the most remote destinations. Fifteen pilots from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, IAC AR, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Russian certification centers flew the SSJ100 at different times during the certification program. During the tests, said SCAC, the aircraft proved to be quieter and cleaner than demanded by ICAO CAEP 6 requirements.
Meanwhile, the Superjet 100 became the first Russian aircraft to accomplish the full scope of the certification Hirf testing program in Italy in collaboration with Alenia Aeronautica. Hirf testing demonstrates that external electromagnetic fields do not influence the aircraftπs on-board systems and electronic equipment.
Although the initial certificate issued by Russiaπs AR MAK/IAC AR certification authority will allow for only Category 2 landing capability, the final version of the flight mission software expected from Thales by the end of the year will allow for Category 3 landings. In the meantime, "the factory and the production processes have already been certified by EASA," recently appointed Superjet International chairman Carmelo Cosentino told AIN in January.
SCAC expects to deliver the first production examples to Aeroflot and Armenia's Armavia early this month. By the end of the year SCAC plans to have delivered six or eight aircraft to Russian and CIS operators. Thereafter, the company expects production to accelerate rather quickly, reaching an annual rate of 40 to 50 aircraft in two to three years, according to Sukhoi general director Mikhail Pogosyan.
Sukhoi expects to gain EASA certification some time this summer. Italian support and marketing partner Superjet International has signed orders for 71 aircraft–30 from Bermuda-based Pearl Aircraft, six from Willis Lease Finance of the U.S., 20 from an undisclosed customer and, most recently, 15 from Mexico's Interjet. For its part, SCAC has collected 99–namely 30 from Aeroflot, 30 from Indonesia's Kartika Airlines, 24 from Russia's Avialeasing, 10 from Russia's FLC (Financial Leasing Company), two from Armavia and three from Laotian start-up Phongsavanh Airlines.


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Police warn of legal high danger
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4:11pm Thursday 15th May 2014
Dyfed-Powys Police have issued a warning of the danger of 'legal highs' following an incident at Pembroke School yesterday.
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesman said: "Dyfed-Powys Police can confirm that a number of pupils were treated at Pembroke Comprehensive school yesterday following what is believed to have been a reaction to a new psychoactive substance.
"Although the majority were taken to Withybush hospital as a precaution, none were admitted and soon returned to their parents.
"Officers will be visiting the school today to provide advice, support and reassurance, and conduct further enquiries."
Substance misuse and the associated dangers are addressed in the All Wales Schools Liaison Core Programme, and the subject is updated regularly in light of new emerging substances.
New psychoactive substances (so-called legal highs) frequently contain substances that are not legal and cannot be assumed safe police warn.
These substances have not been properly tested to see how toxic they are to humans so there is no way of telling how a psychoactive drug will affect you. Information on substance misuse for parents and pupils can be found at www.schoolbeat.org
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Topic Overview
The levonorgestrel (LNg) intrauterine device (IUD) releases small amounts of levonorgestrel, a form of progesterone, into the uterus each day. This type of IUD reduces cramping and heavy menstrual bleeding. And it is a highly effective method of birth control.
Hormonal IUDs prevent pregnancy for 3 to 5 years, depending on which IUD is used.
How well does it work?
Most women have a significant decrease in uterine blood loss with the LNg IUD. Some studies report up to a 95% reduction in blood loss.footnote 1 Increased spotting during the first couple of months is common, followed by less bleeding thereafter.
What are common side effects?
The LNg IUD can reduce menstrual bleeding and cramps and, in many women, eventually cause menstrual periods to stop altogether. In this case, not menstruating is not harmful.
The LNg IUD may cause hormonal side effects similar to those caused by oral contraceptives.
- Breast tenderness
- Mood swings
- Headaches
- Acne
These side effects are not common. But if they do happen, they usually go away after the first few months.
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So we can either use "Direct Closer Pro", "RemoveBG" toggle in Sbsettings and now the new "KillBackground"
My favorite app that does the same thing is called "Remove Background" in Cydia. What I like best about it is that after set up all I have to do is short hold the home button for one second and it automatically removes all apps. Doesn't get any easier than that.
Love the idea but hate the interface, the buttons can be accidentally pressed easily where they are located resulting in losing unsaved data.
I'll give you a hand. Hit me up on Twitter (@sh8kespeare).
. . . or you could install SwitcherPlus for free from Cydia. A kill all badge is just one of its many features. AND it's implemented in a much nicer looking way than this.
It's also been out for almost a year too
I agree w all multifl0w users. It's the best 1 for me. Takes less time to open up and looks much much nicer. Been using it ever since it came out a little over a year ago for my 3GS.
I'm personally happy with multifl0w, switchermod, and sbsettings.
I never really saw much need for killing all apps in iOS (most of them are suspended anyway). If you're really just trying to free up memory manually (iOS will often close apps and free memory up for you when it needs to), why stop short of respringing?
The only complaint I have about this is that you can't set certain apps to keep running


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Does this mean that we've seen the last of JJ as a Pacer?
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Does this mean that we've seen the last of JJ as a Pacer?
I hope not
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Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
I think its according to what he's offered elsewhere. If New Orleans(for example) offers him 3-4 M a yr the Pacers may not want to match it.
"He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)
I think so...but I hope not.
I think it would be good to keep him, gives Granger some competition for minuates.
If we lose him it will be the only bad part of drafting Granger, the fact we might lose such a quality player and person on the team. But hey, Granger isn't a bad compramise...
Doubt it, aren't all the Pacer Franchise High on this Kid, I think he's a Stayer, they make room for him, if anything I think Jack'll be the First to Go
JJ is cool but if he can get more experience somewhere else than he should go. I wish he'd stay but contrary to what a lot of you believe it would not be the end of the world. I met James Jones a few times this year and I was so impressed at how nice and friendly he was and I would love for him to remain a Pacer but he needs to do what is best for him.
It would be great to keep JJ, he progressed so much this year, but unless we do something with the logjam at the forward spot, by doing something with Cro, and or Bender, then I'm not sure where he'll get too many minutes, unless a trade is still going to happen.
At least it will keep the rest of the offseason interesting
I don't think there will be a trade of eather right now, this year unless something surprising happens, JJ and Granger are both on Rookie contracts still and can't really go anywhere and have to be content with the PT they will be getting
for the PG,SG,SF we have
PG Tinsley/AJ/Freddie
SG Jax,Artest,Freddie,Granger
SF Artest,Jax,Granger,JJ,Bender
I really see that after Ron, Jax has the highest trade value and could be in demand by more teams then anyone else and if was to get a C or a future Lottery pick for him I woulden't be upset
Artest can play both SG/SF, we lose 3's if he plays SG but gain 3's at SF, it's tough..
Winning is all about Match Ups and I can see winners in every combo we can put out on the floor
Just a Thought..
JJ is a restricted FA and no longer on a rook contract.
I remain solid on the fact that JJ will move to the 2, he's a pure shooter and likely will be a nice matchup problem there.
JJ hs learned a lot from Reg this past year and will continue to get better, afaik the org is very high on him
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
I hope we keep JJ, if we don't I think that he will become of mythical proportions such as Brad Miller; we will all scratch our heads adn crinkle our brows in question after a game deciding shot doesn't fall in our favor and say 'What if?...'.
Life without water is tough, life without air is hard,life with one leg only is wobbly, Life without Reggie Miller, is impossible.
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I don't see why they can't keep everybody, at least for the moment.
Just take the 15 man roster from the end of the season and replace Miller/Edwards with Artest/Granger and let them compete.
This space for rent.
Yea i think so to... but we do get something very very much better in return
so where does this leave fred jones? Man we are so DEEP! that will work wonders in the playoffs.
I don't think anybody on this team that plays the 3 is safe from trade -- not even Granger.
I'm with gniknave on this one. Bird's "noone is safe" comment made me think that.
I think Freddie will be gone, if its got to be someone. Wait a minute, is that possible with his contact?
"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy
JJ is a Restricted FA...so we can match.
I would love to keep JJ...but I'm wondering how the minutes will be split up. I love the depth....but how are we gonna split 96 minutes of playing time?
SG - SJax / Freddie / Granger
SF - Artest / JJ / Granger
The problem is that I can't figure out how to give meaningful minutes to all 5 of them ( unless the minutes for SJax and Artest are cut down to about 28mpg )?
Odd man out...I would say that we let JJ go to another team. I would argue that we may not need JJ as much as we would need Freddie....IF we follow a SG/SF rotation of:
- SJax ( playing the majority of his minutes as the starting SG )
- Freddie ( playing all of his minutes as the 2nd-string backup SG )
- Granger ( playing a small # of his minutes as the 3rd-string backup SG...if needed )
- Artest ( playing all of his minutes as the starting SF )
- Granger ( playing the majority of his minutes as the 2nd-string backup SF )
- SJax ( playing a small # of minutes as the 3rd-string backup SF...if needed )
The flexiblility of SJax/JJ/Granger allows us to have them play multiple positions...but at this point...I am more excited about having Granger as the backup SF then having JJ be the backup SF.


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William F. Brinkman stepped down last month as the Director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, the leading funder of physical science in the federal government. He had held this post since June of 2009, prior to which he was a Senior Research Physicist at Princeton, and before that Vice President for Research at Bell Laboratories. He also served as APS President in 2002.
As he left office, Brinkman took time to share some thoughts with Michael Lucibella of APS News.
What can you say were the highlights of your tenure as the Director of the Office of Science?
Well, several things. I think we moved ITER [the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor] forward very successfully, we moved the free electron laser to completion and it's working. Those were very important accomplishments. NSLS II [National Synchrotron Light Source II] is moving forward. A lot of good science came out of things like the biofuel centers and the EFRCs [Energy Frontier Research Centers] I think they were very innovative and have produced a lot of very good science, whether it was on lignins [an organic compound that could be a renewable fuel source] or on breaking down cellulose and that kind of thing, but also on new types of solar cells with silicon pillars. A lot of good science came out and I feel pretty good about that. In addition, we've managed to build as good a staff as we've had in a long time. So I'm very pleased with that too, I think the people that I am leaving behind are very good.
How has the Office of Science changed under your watch? What have you done to make that change happen?
I think there were a couple things that were important. One was we tried to reach out more to the applied areas and energy, much more strongly than we have in the past, and I think that has worked. We have a lot of interactions with the energy side of the house. We have what we call "Tech Teams," members from ARPA-E and from the various energy [associate director] levels. We have these groups working together to try to figure out what each program is doing and how they fit together. I think we were particularly successful with respect to batteries, where the tech team was the team that worked out the FOA [Funding Opportunity Announcement] for the batteries, and did this as a group across the three boundaries. This was very successful, and I think that that was one of the important changes.
We've made a lot of changes administratively in the way we do business. We now have almost turned the whole business of applying for a grant into a totally electronic approach. We've sped up the process. A lot of things like that. We've worked hard at a lot of different aspects of running the organization well.
Was there anything you would have liked to have been able to accomplish that you weren't able to?
My biggest frustration had to do with two things. One of them was the fact that we couldn't seem to get enough money to do both ITER and the domestic program in fusion. That's hurt that field some. The other thing is, we're still struggling with the whole issue with what's going to happen at Fermilab and the shutting down of the Tevatron and making sure the US has a place in the whole international high energy physics milieu, and that's something that's really going to have to be worked on in the next year or two.
Do you think that America is losing some of its competitiveness in science?
One of the things that worries me is the very conservative fiscal attitude that's occurring in Washington. President Obama has been quite good about not cutting our program, but at the same time we were promised a doubling and none of that happened and it is unlikely to happen. What worries me is the rest of the world is building up their scientific budget substantially over the last few years. You look at Europe; there's a lot going on in Europe. You look at China; there's a lot going on there, South Korea too. Competitiveness is something I worry about a lot from a US standpoint. The X-ray free electron laser is great, it's leading the world, but there are four more that are going to be built in four different countries in the next years. So there's a lot happening out there.
What do you think will be the lasting effects of sequestration?
It's certainly going to delay a lot of programs and a fair number of grants are not going to be made and fulfilled, so it's going to have a real impact. It's $250 million worth of research that won't be done. It's that simple.
What about the recent travel restrictions that the administration has imposed? Do you think that's going to affect scientists' ability to do science?
Yes, very much so. It will affect the people trying to travel, and this whole conference thing has created a very large bureaucracy that I don't think is a very big benefit, and I think we're spending more on the bureaucracy than the savings we might accumulate from restricting conference attendance. So I don't see it as having been such a successful approach to science. Scientists have to travel, that's the thing that I tell people, scientists have to travel because that's what you do. You have to advertise the results, otherwise people won't pay attention to them. And you've got to go find out what other people are doing, because you want to be ahead of the field, not behind the field. There are very real reasons that scientists travel. I feel the same way about our program managers. Our program managers have to be able to travel, and we have certainly suffered a lot of restrictions on our end. Traveling is very important to science.
What do you think is going to be the future of nuclear physics and fusion physics. What do you see happening to those fields?
I think both of those fields are eventually going to be ok. We have to build the FRIB [Facility for Rare Isotope Beams ] machine at Michigan State, and it's going to take a while. We don't really have enough money in the nuclear physics program to put that in with everything else, but we'll get there. Likewise in fusion, the way we set up the ITER budget will allow fusion's domestic program to get back on its feet in a year or two. I'm hoping that will work out and I think that's very, very important. We have been very strongly pushing a programmatic side of our science relevant to near-term energy programs and issues, so we pushed basic energy sciences and computing and biological and environmental sciences, and maybe we've gone a little bit too far, and we have to pull back and help out fusion and [High Energy Physics] and the physics of the future.
Are you generally optimistic about the direction of science that the country is going in? What do you see coming up on the horizon?
It's a very interesting time because there is probably nothing more important to mankind than the climate issue. But a lot of the response to that is often applied research. We have to be careful, it seems to me, that even though that's extremely important, we have to watch out that we don't do in our basic research. That's a very real risk as we go forward. I personally came to work in Washington because I thought the climate situation was sufficiently bad that we really needed to try to do some things. I think Steve Chu was reasonably successful in starting a bunch of things that mattered from a climate point of view. But boy, we are a long way from where we need to be.
What kind of advice would you offer to your successor?
My successor has to make the best of the issues that we just talked about. They are not easy issues, and he or she will have to figure out how to move forward.
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Hello all,
Does anyone know if there is a difference between paññā and ñāṇa? If so, what is the difference? Or are they total synonyms?
For example In Ptsm there is chapter called:
"Sotāvadhāne paññā sutamaye ñāṇaṃ."
"Understanding of applying the ear is knowledge of what consists in the heard (learnt)" - Bhikkhu Nanamoli translation.
Pali program that I have, has this translation:
paññā=f. wisdom; knowledge; insight.
ñāṇa= nt. wisdom; insight.
With metta,


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At this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo we had the opportunity to go hands-on with Saint's Row IV, the upcoming continuation in Volition's hallmark satirical sandbox franchise.
Our time with the game was outrageously fun and I for one was surprised with how far that the developers had come with the new release–they've covered a huge variety of topics with the Saint's Row series, and now they're throwing superpowers and aliens into the mix as well.
There aren't many games like Saint's Row IV; the game's sheer explosive superpower-infused gameplay compliments the innate freedom of a sandbox game to deliver something that's refreshing and unique–a game that seems to get better (and more hilariously enjoyable) the more you play it.
The developers at Volition have aimed to break the "GTA-clone" mold with their newest chapter in the definitive satirical crime-parody franchise, and they've certainly done so with Saint's Row IV–but they've also kept the hilarity and distinct action-packed gameplay intact.
With the introduction of an amazing array of superpowers, a whole new plot arc, and an array of wacky weaponry, Volition has fabricated a delightfully devious game that melds the enjoyable do-whatever-you-want elements of a sandbox title with the outrageous and ridiculous to deliver a refreshing gameplay experience that's all its own.
Aliens, Superpowers and the Hustler-in-Chief
In the game, players take on the role The Protagonist, the leader of the Third Street Saints who has actually been elected President of the United States. His vainglorious position as the self-proclaimed Hustler-in-Chief is cut short when an alien invasion sparks off a global war, pitting humans against the Zin Empire who are led by their ruthless leader Zinyak.
Zinyak. the Supreme Overlord of the Zin Empire, is a collector of the finest treasures in the universe, has had his eye on Earth's resources for some time and finally decides to take the planet for his own.
Zinyak abducts the president and his entire cabinet and inducts them into a virtual reality simulator with the goal of wearing down their psyches and breaking their will. Instead our heroes thwart the Zin Empire's attempts by imbuing themselves with superpowers and wreak total havoc in the streets of the simulated city.
The patriotic Third Street Gang is still active, even in the virtual confines of the simulator, however in the real world the Zin have all but overthrown the last vestiges of human resistance
Saving the World Saint's Row Style: Gameplay Mechanics & Controls
Every moment spent in Saint's Row IV was filled with riotous chaos, and much of the game's appeal was attributed to the impressive array of superpowers added into the mix.
The havoc that ensued when The Protagonist unleashed his inner Superman and scoured the city with his dynamic superpowers was quite possibly the most enjoyable aspect of Saint's Row IV. During the playthrough at E3, we sprinted like the Flash across the city's streets, knocking aside cars as if they were mere playthings, and leaped five stories in the air as if it was just a small jump–just a few of the many tools of destruction at your disposal that really reinforces that ultimate badass theme.
In true sandbox style, Saint's Row IV allows gamers to do whatever they want whenever they want. Do you feel like freezing a group of innocent passers by and smashing them to oblivion? Go right ahead. Want to leap from the top of buildings and deliver a super smash-kick to the vehicles below? Check. Along with the general mayhem, the game does feature its own dynamic main quest–one that takes players across an entire realm of parody-infused violence and ridiculous action–to partake in, but the E3 demo seemed to be just about inducing as much chaos as humanly possible.
The Protagonist wasn't given superpowers just so he could terrorize civilians, but mainly to put a serious hurting on the invading Zin Empire. The Zin aren't the type to just given in without a fight, though: they're actually pretty tough and use their space-age technology to blast any average human to smithereens. Luckily we're a superhero, so we can not only dish out some serious damage, but take that same damage in the process.
The Zin also have different grades of strength: there's your average lance of Zin soldiers that travel in packs and zap away with their rifles, then you have the hulking Wardens, which are actually the Guardians of the Simulation, and have some fierce powers. During the playthrough I didn't come across any Wardens–just a few scattered Zin troopers, and they weren't hard to dispatch.
Saint's Row IV keeps the general third-person view that's been established by the previous titles in the series, and the fourth chapter also instills that distinct humor that fits right into the game. The humor is quite evident throughout, affecting nearly everything in the game from the immense range of customizable weaponry to the city's billboards and everywhere in between–just about anywhere you look, that tasty brand of hilarity is there, spicing things up a notch with its wacky flair.
The most enjoyable aspect of the game was the fact that anyone could pick it up and play it and enjoy it. Saint's Row IV so perfectly captured that signature superhero mystique that wasn't played out by some epic story arc or led up to with a suspenseful plot: players felt like a superhero simply because of the powers.
From the very beginning I felt as if I was truly imbued with extraordinary powers that were hand-picked from some of the most well-known caped comic characters, possessing such superhuman feats as blinding-fast speed, the ability to leap insane distances, to command the elements like lightning, fire, wind and ice, and, of course, to manipulate gravity itself and soar through the skies. The latter isn't completely literal, as you can only glide after jumping super high–but it's still amazingly fun nonetheless.
The powers are wholly entertaining when used in combat, and provide for a huge array of combinations that afford for some pretty interesting results. Players can uppercut Zin warriors into the air, then execute a powerful dropkick to send them crashing to the ground, for instance, or a million other different power combinations.
Although the city in which the game takes place is within a 3-D simulator, it's still quite expansive and features that living, breathing aspect that can be found in other Saint's Row games. The environment is a sprawling metropolis that's replete with plenty of denizens that live out their lives, in true bizarre fashion akin to the series. As always, you can drive any number of vehicles throughout the city, but as a huge proponent of the powers, I spent most of my time gliding, sprinting and leaping across the cityscape.
Although my play-time with Saint's Row IV was somewhat brief, I enjoyed every moment of it: from the total mayhem that I caused with my superpowers in the heart of the city, smashing cars, freezing citizens and ka-powing Zin into oblivion just to name a few. Volition has created a sequel that's refreshingly original–even if it does parody about a million other pop culture references–and the developers have found a great way to bring something new while delivering that distinct Saint's Row flavor that so many gamers have a taste for.
While many gamers may be wary of the new changes and instead favor the series' gang wars and GTA-inspired mechanics, Saint's Row IV will most likely win them over with its sheer enjoyable gameplay. It's the kind of game you can just pick up and play and have a blast with, or you can partake in its objective story arc for some more linear action.
Overall Saint's Row IV was a surprisingly refreshing experience that felt like felt like a virtual vacation of sorts wherein I was able to play god for a bit and manipulate the world around me with superhuman abilities. One of the things that Volition does will with the new release is fully capturing that superhero feel by making players feel invincible, which can be extremely rewarding–but trust me, things can get hectic very fast and that feeling can wear off, which forces gamers to get creative and use strategic combos to win.
Saint's Row IV is slated to release on Aug. 20, 2013 in North American and Aug. 23 in Europe for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. For more information please visit the game's official website.
The Good
+ Superpowers are immensely fun
+ Combat is entertaining and rewarding
+ Anyone can pick it up and play
+ Zany, wacky Saints Row style
+ Massive array of weaponry
+ New gameplay mechanics break the mold
+ Infused with its own distinct humor
+ Freedom to do whatever you want
The Bad
– Felt too easy at times
– Easy to get side-tracked


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