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Alendronate for Vascular Calcification in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients?
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Hyperphosphatemia is frequently seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Hyperphosphatemia usually results in a high calcium-phosphorus product (CPP) which may subsequently lead to artery and become a risk factor of cardiovascular complications. Alendronate, due to its effect of inhibiting osteoclasts, is approved for treatment of osteoporosis. Previous reports found the use of bisphosphonates could suppress arterial calcification in hemodialysis dialysis patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of alendronate to suppress coronary artery and aortic calcifications, as well as to improve bone density in chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
This study will include ESRD patients who had received maintenance PD for more than 3 months, have high CPP level (≧55), and have chest X-ray proven aortic calcification or coronary artery calcification. All participants are randomly allocated to either group 1 or group 2. Group 1 patients receive alendronate 70 mg once weekly in the first 16 weeks, while group 2 patients receive the same dose of drug every week in the second 16 weeks. The extent of coronary artery and aortic calcification is evaluated by using multi-detector spiral computed tomography, whereas bone mineral density is measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Both examinations are performed at week 0, 16 and 32 for each participant. Laboratory studies and possible adverse reactions were regularly monitored.
We expect that alendronate can alleviate the progression of arterial calcification or even improve it. Bone density may also be improved after treatment. Besides, we wish to find the independent factor(s) influencing the efficacy of alendronate. These results may help clinical physicians for early intervention and prevention of cardiovascular complications in ESRD patients.
|Peritoneal Dialysis
|Drug: alendronate (Fosamax)
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Can Alendronate Suppress Aortic and Coronary Artery Calcification and Improve Bone Mineral Density in Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Patients?
- 1.Changes of calcification score of coronary arteries and aorta
- 2.Changes of bone density
- changes of parathyroid hormone
- changes of serum calcium and phosphate level
- changes of C reactive protein
- changes of lipid profile
- adverse reactions
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2006
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- receive maintenance peritoneal dialysis for more than 3 months
- have high calcium-phosphate product (>55 (mg/dL)2)
- have chest X-ray proven aortic calcification or coronary artery calcification proven by coronary angiography
Exclusion Criteria:
- had been hospitalized in recent 3 months due to severe comorbid disease
- hypersensitive to alendronate or any of its components
- have esophageal disease
- not able to stand or sit upright for 30 minutes
- have refractory hypocalcemia
- being pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00299572
|Contact: Chun-Fu Lai, M.D.
|886-2-89667000 ext 1162
|Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|Taipei, Taiwan, 220
|Principal Investigator:
|Chun-Fu Lai, M.D.
|Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00299572 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 5, 2006
|Last Updated:
|March 5, 2006
Keywords provided by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital:
peritoneal dialysis
vascular calcification
bone mineral density
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Vascular Calcification
Calcium Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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The search of the Ukiah home a deputy district attorney shares with his mother turned up 150 marijuana plants this week, according to the Ukiah Daily Journal.
Deputy District Attorney Sergio Fuentes has been placed on administrative leave with pay while the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office conduct an investigation, according to the district attorney's spokesman Mike Geniella. Due to the nature of the ongoing investigation the DA cannot make any further comment until "all the facts have been developed and presented for review and any action if necessary taken."
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The plants found at the site reportedly ranged in size from small starts to large "mother plants."
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Chris Jensen wrote:Someone, elsewhere on this forum, has asked the question "Why is this aspect of the tragedy so controversial?"
The answer is simple and direct for the following reasons.....
1]- Maximum distance for lookouts....
In conversation with the crews of the various tender vessels that I have spoken to operating from our local port, it becomes clear that the maximum possible distance for sighting a vessel before the curvature of the earth intervenes is 18 MILES (and that is in DAYLIGHT). Captain Stanley Lord claims that his vessel, the Leyland Liner CALIFORNIAN, was stopped over 20 MILES away. If this is true, then lookouts would be UNABLE to spot an object at this distance, so the inescapable conclusion must be drawn that Californian WAS between 8 and 12 miles from the stricken Titanic. This is confirmed by Californian Fireman ERNEST GILL.
2]- Fireman Gill claims to have seen "A large steamer....firing rockets....between 8 and 10 miles distant." The very fact that he did not inform the bridge and the watch officers should not be held against him, but this testimony reveals that somebody was not telling the whole truth about the location of Californian in relation to Titanic.
Gill had little or no reason to tell fibs about this, but watch officer Herbert Gibson had every reason to cast doubts.
3]- "Lordites" have always claimed that another vessel was in-between their ship and Titanic, with the most likely candidate stated as the sealer SAMSON. This holds no water, for if the 'Samson' were present, the very LAST THING an illegal sealer would do would be to fire rockets of any description. No other vessel was in distress on April 14-15 in the vicinity, and the Samson would have been the least likely candidate of them all for advertising it's presence.
4]- Watch officer of the Californian, (Third Officer Charles Groves), is on record as being the only officer or crew member to show any interest whatsoever in the Marconi Apparatus of his ship. He regularly visited Operator Cyril Evans and could even understand the signals, provided the message was not transmitted too swiftly. Why an officer who had knowledge of the possibilities of wireless telegraphy should not think to call awake Cyril Evans is totally inexplicable. The same applies to Captain Lord, befuddled by sleep or not. Captain Arthur Rostron was also retiring to bed, and in a befuddled state when Harold Cottam brought him the news....he became instantly awake and acted accordingly, unlike Lord.
5]- The subject of Third Officer Groves and his inaction becomes damning when his own conversation and testimony alludes to the fact that white rockets were sighted by Officer of the Watch Groves, all eight of them, observed from the bridge of Californian. Titanic passenger Lawrence Beesley has stated that these rockets were an indication "...even to the rankest landlubber" of a VESSEL IN DISTRESS....Herbert's inaction is further damned by his assertion that the mysterious ship observed on that fateful night had "...come to a halt....". Moreover, he also saw it " looking queer....her big end looks like it's out of the water..." The failure of Groves or Herbert to do anything at all in a positive manner is inexcusable, particularly as Cpt. Lord was fully aware of the disturbances observed.
6]- Captain Lord started up Californian's engines at dawn, and then proceeded WESTWARD to the OTHER SIDE OF THE ICEFIELD. On hearing of the exact position of CARPATHIA, he then proceeded THROUGH the ice, mostly at HALF SPEED. This is said to have taken all of two hours to reach the site of the sinking...Lordites have pointed to this "fact" as an example of the true distance of Californian from the wreck site, but most have neglected to mention the speed or the direction taken by Lord when Californian was underway. As a counterpoint, Carpathia steamed into the icefield in the dead blackness of the morning at 17.5 knots, twisting and turning to avoid collision.
All of this adds up to NEGLIGENCE by the officers of Californian.
They were aware that Titanic was the ONLY vessel in the vicinity....Marconi Operator Cyril Evans had told Captain Lord this. The inaction by Californian constitutes a disgrace to every member of the ships officers. The wonder of it is that many Titanic passengers could clearly see this vessel.....boat No. 6 rowed and rowed in a futile attempt to catch this vessel, stationary as she was.
IF this is a site dominated by "Lordites".....what say YOU?
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Billy Ayers brings toughness and smarts to the mic as Wild Bill
Wild Bill looks like the kind of guy who'd elbow his way to the front of a Brutal Juice show. Even from afar, Bill — the hip-hop brainchild of Denton's Billy Ayers — cuts a Goliath-size figure. He stands well above 6 feet tall (maybe well above 6-foot-6), sports a pair of warrior Saxon shoulders and long red hair.
But Wild Bill is also a 20-something, which means he's heard his share of hip-hop music — enough to have an incredibly reflexive sense of rhythm and a keen ear for flow. And now he's the voice and the character behind two solid albums — Tommy Pickles and the more recent Rico Dynamite.
Ayers was born and raised in North Carolina. He rolled into Texas at age 20. To play football. In other words, Ayers was putting his impressive height and intimidating wingspan to godly use.
"I figured if I was going to make football my thing, Texas was a good bet. They make movies about football here," Ayers said.
The thing is, Ayers was a football player and an independent thinker. Football and his preferences were the centerpiece of his four-year plan.
"Through four separate universities, junior colleges, getting kicked out for disciplinary reasons, never grades — I was removed from four different football teams and four different schools while still rapping. That kind of stayed consistent," he said.
Wait. Before you start sizing Wild Bill up as a petty criminal or enfant terrible, it wasn't like that.
"Let me rephrase," he said when asked about a police record. "By disciplinary reasons, I mean like at one point in time I was attending a Baptist university, and they were incredibly strict. And I did things like never attend chapel. Not once. Like, so much so that the dean cited me and I had to go meet with him. It was like a credit to graduate."
He intended to transfer and graduate from a different school, prolonging "all the things I liked to do." Rapping was a hobby for him. He was bounced from another team when he declined to give a urine sample for a drug test — one of many stubborn whiffs of libertarianism from the artist.
Then, Billy Ayers got drunk and "had kind of a freak accident" in San Marcos that ripped clean through the three big ligaments that move the knee and everything below it.
"That put me immediately on bed rest after three surgeries," he said.
Wild Bill was born in that sickbed.
"I wrote all of Tommy Pickles on painkillers, smoking weed in the bed over the course of 60 days," he said. "I was writing like a verse a day. And then at the end of it I was like, 'Wow, I got like 30 songs worth of material.'"
The grind began. He shared the verses with his buddy and beat maker, Ben Waid. They floated the album to people who knew of Ayers and his rapping hobby. It got an "OK" response. Ayers worked up his set and performed in San Marcos and then came back to Denton.
"Denton is the best training ground," said Pudge Brewer, Fab Deuce's lyrical linchpin who is both mentor and manager to Wild Bill. "You can do a couple of shows a week here, do a bunch of shows."
Wild Bill the MC is both a hip-hop wunderkind — smart rhymes peppered with clever pop culture references just roll off his tongue — and a protege of Denton hip-hop institution Fab Deuce. Denton's national reputation often is framed through indie-folk outfit Midlake, and just as often for mall rockers Bowling for Soup. But the city's hip-hop scene is fierce. You have to have confidence and game, or the competition rolls over you without even feeling the bump.
With Brewer managing Wild Bill's North Texas musical freight, crews like Fab Deuce, Rec League and the likes of San Francisco's ridiculously talented Qm are at Wild Bill's disposal. Those crews stand by being in perpetual motion. To stay alive and relevant, Denton hip-hop artists need to challenge themselves to write better and work with artists who won't cut you slack.
"There's people like Fab Deuce and AV [the Great] who are good in Denton," Ayers said. "And then there is a great group of hip-hop people that all probably consider themselves in the same echelon as Fab Deuce and AV, and consider themselves great and Denton legends, but they're really not. I think that kind of stuff is [shoddy] and a waste of time.
"Just rap good. I don't care about your hustle. I just hate rappers who suck."
Where Tommy Pickles is brimming with attitude and rapid-fire pop culture references, Rico Dynamite is more focused, even in its irreverence. It gets started with a blaze of horns, bass-heavy beats and more confidence. On Rico — the title is a hat tip to Napoleon Dynamite's Uncle Rico — Wild Bill is still dedicated to good times, but there's a more mature authority to it all. Where Tommy Pickles wears its written-in-a-haze-pot-smoke buzz proudly, Rico is deeper, poetical. The party boy is gone. At this party, Wild Bill is the boss.
The artist admits that he has little patience when it comes to giving a track, beat or line his seal of approval. That applies to his music and everyone else's.
"People like music that sounds good, makes them feel good. But they also like music that is authentic," Ayers said. "I think that makes the best well-rounded projects. … Ben Waid will generally send me 10 [beats], and I'll have like five or six songs. It needs to catch the ear of the listener. I probably am a bit of a troll in rap music — I hate a lot. I'll listen to 30 seconds and I'm like, 'I hate it.' Even if they're like, 'Dude, it gets amazing after 35 seconds.'"
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"Crawford" — This searing-hot track is among the best of the criminally overlooked Tommy Pickles. The big, fat verses get better verse on verse, chorus for chorus. Check this out: "Sleepin' on a jet plane/Too much dro' and too much champagne/I don't really care where we land, I'm gon' hop out and still be the man." That would be a reference to the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — ancient history for a cat Wild Bill's age. "Crawford" ticks off the box for puffed-chest braggadocio, then moves on to claim the rapper's space among the other junkyard dogs: "Oh no, check your HMO. I'm certain your provider not coverin' suicide and definitely not this assault."
"Erik Deker" — Everything about this track from Tommy Pickles should strain your red-blooded American eye-roll muscles if you're like Lorde and "over being told to throw my hands in the air." It's a song about Wild Bill gaming the hip-hop system so good that "I'ma marry a model, like Eric Decker do." It's that old hip-hop saw, a fiefdom where all the chieftains are male and all the women are slight variations of the maddening cardboard cutout: cute face, slim waist with a big behind. But then Wild Bill pulls a fast one on us: "Pardon the appearance, your playa clearance got revoked, fool. Guess the 'massah' couldn't see it while he was gettin' choked. … Big lurch lurkin', eatin' up your 'who's who,' funky like Jimmy, children of the voodoo." It's Wild Bill who's the outsider, scrapping for the credibility he earns with good poetry. (If you want to assume the "come at me bro" posture with Wild Bill? Vaya con Dios.)
"Poptart" — The standout track of Rico Dynamite is evidence that Wild Bill can take a risk on an unlikely beat and go places lyrically. "Intelligent rap, we call it smart-hop, and you all wanna see the tart pop." He throws Lymel Bivens into the track, too. Bivens' verse is more organic than Wild Bill's incisive, hyper-literate writing. It adds the needed buoyancy to Bill's lyrical weight — which is as substantial as the man himself.
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My beloved brothers and sisters across the world, I express my deep admiration for the faith and courage I see in your lives. We live in a most remarkable time—but a challenging time.
The Lord Alerts Us to Dangers Ahead
The Lord has not left us alone in our quest to return to Him. Listen to His warning words alerting us to the dangers ahead: "Take … heed, watch and pray." 1 "Beware lest ye … be deceived." 2 "Be watchful and careful." 3 "Beware lest ye also … fall from your own stedfastness." 4
No one of us is immune from the influences of the world. The Lord's counsel keeps us on guard.
You will remember Jesus's experience in Capernaum as disciples who had followed the Savior would not accept that He was the Son of God. The scripture reads, "From that time many of his disciples … walked no more with him." 5
Jesus then turned to the Twelve and asked, "Will ye also go away?" 6
Will Ye Also Go Away?
In my own mind I have answered that question many times: "Absolutely not! Not me! I will never leave Him! I am here forever!" I know you have answered the same way.
But the question "Will ye also go away?" makes us think about our own vulnerability. Life is no spiritual picnic. The words of the Apostles from another setting come quietly into our mind: "Lord, is it I?" 7
We enter the waters of baptism with joy and anticipation. The Savior beckons, "Come unto me," 8 and we respond, taking His name upon us. Not one of us wants this journey to be a brief flirtation with spirituality or even a notable but finite chapter. The road of discipleship is not for the spiritually faint of heart. Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." 9 "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." 10
As we follow the Savior, without question there will be challenges that confront us. Approached with faith, these refining experiences bring a deeper conversion of the Savior's reality. Approached in a worldly way, these same experiences cloud our view and weaken our resolve. Some we love and admire slip from the strait and narrow path and "[walk] no more with him."
How Do We Remain True?
How do we remain true to the Savior, His gospel, and the ordinances of His priesthood? How do we develop the faith and strength to never leave Him?
Jesus said, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." 11 We need the believing heart of a child.
Through the power of His Atonement, we are to become "as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father." 12 This is the mighty change of heart. 13
We soon see why a change of heart is necessary. Two words signal danger ahead: the words are offended and ashamed.
Choose Not to Be Offended
To those troubled by the Savior's divinity, Jesus asked, "Doth this offend you?" 14 In the parable of the sower, Jesus warned, "He … [endureth] for a while: [but] when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended." 15
Offense comes in many costumes and continually finds its way onstage. People we believe in disappoint us. We have unanticipated difficulties. Our life doesn't turn out exactly the way we were expecting. We make mistakes, feel unworthy, and worry about being forgiven. We wonder about a doctrinal issue. We learn of something spoken from a Church pulpit 150 years ago that bothers us. Our children are treated unfairly. We are ignored or underappreciated. It could be a hundred things, each very real to us at the time. 16
In our weakened moments, the adversary seeks to steal our spiritual promises. If we are not watchful, our injured, childlike spirit will retreat back into the cold, dark crust of our former bloated ego, leaving behind the warm, healing light of the Savior.
When Parley P. Pratt, in 1835, was judged unfairly, bringing embarrassment and shame to him and his family, the Prophet Joseph Smith counseled, "Parley, … walk such things under your feet … [and] God Almighty shall be with you." 17
Another example: In 1830, Frederick G. Williams, a prominent medical doctor, was baptized. He immediately gave of his talents and prosperity to the Church. He became a leader in the Church. He donated property for the Kirtland Temple. In 1837, caught up in difficulties of the times, Frederick G. Williams made serious mistakes. The Lord declared in a revelation that "in consequence of [his] transgressions [his] former standing [in the leadership of the Church had] been taken away from [him]." 18
The beautiful lesson we learn from Frederick G. Williams is that "whatever his personal weaknesses, he had the strength of character to [renew] his loyalty to the [Lord,] the Prophet and … to the Church, when it would have been so easy to have disintegrated in bitterness." 19 In the spring of 1840, he presented himself at a general conference, humbly asking forgiveness for his past conduct and expressing his determination to do the will of God in the future. His case was presented by Hyrum Smith, and he was freely forgiven. He died a faithful member of the Church.
I recently met the president of the Recife Brazil Temple, whose name is Frederick G. Williams. He recounted how his great-great-grandfather's decision of character had blessed the family and hundreds of his posterity.
Choose Not to Be Ashamed
Offended has a corrosive companion called ashamed.
In the Book of Mormon, we learn of Lehi's vision of the tree of life. The vision speaks of those noble souls who "[pressed] forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron," arriving and "[partaking] of the fruit of the tree." 20
Nephi described the tree as "the love of God," 21 bearing fruit that "filled [the] soul with exceedingly great joy." 22
After tasting of the fruit, Lehi saw "a great and spacious building … filled with people … old and young, … male and female; and their … dress was exceedingly fine; and they were … mocking and pointing their fingers [of scorn] towards those who … were partaking of the fruit." 23 An angel explained that the mocking, the scoffing, the fingers of scorn represented the pride and wisdom of the world. 24
Nephi declared plainly, "We heeded them not." 25
Sadly, there were others whose courage faltered. The scripture reads, "After they had tasted of the fruit they were ashamed, because of those [who] were scoffing at them; and they fell away into forbidden paths and were lost." 26
As disciples of Christ, we stand apart from the world. There may be times we feel uncomfortable as the fingers of scorn mock and dismiss what is sacred to us. 27 President Thomas S. Monson warned, "Unless the roots of your testimony are firmly planted, it will be difficult for you to withstand the ridicule of those who challenge your faith." 28 Nephi said, "[Heed] them not." 29 Paul admonished, "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; … Be not … ashamed of the testimony of our Lord." 30 We never leave Him.
While accompanying President Dieter F. Uchtdorf to Eastern Europe last year, I marveled at the faith and courage of the Saints. One priesthood leader in Ukraine told us of being called to the branch presidency in the spring of 1994, only six months after his baptism. This would require becoming public with his faith and helping to register the Church in the city of Dnipropetrovs'k. It was at a time of uncertainty in Ukraine, and openly showing faith in Christ and in the restored gospel could mean difficulty, including the possibility of losing his job as a pilot.
The priesthood leader told us, "I prayed and prayed. I had a testimony, and I had made a covenant. I knew what the Lord wanted me to do." 31 Courageously, he and his wife went forward with faith, unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Where Much Is Given, Much Is Required
Some ask, "Do I have to be so different from others?" "Can't I be a disciple of Christ without thinking so much about my behavior?" "Can't I love Christ without keeping the law of chastity?" "Can't I love Him and do what I want on Sunday?" Jesus gave a simple answer: "If ye love me, keep my commandments." 32
Some ask, "Aren't there many of other faiths who love Christ?" Of course there are! However, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having a witness of His reality not only from the Bible but also from the Book of Mormon; knowing His priesthood has been restored to the earth; having made sacred covenants to follow Him and received the gift of the Holy Ghost; having been endowed with power in His holy temple; and being part of preparing for His glorious return to the earth, we cannot compare what we are to be with those who have not yet received these truths. "Unto whom much is given much is required." 33
The Lord said, "Thou mayest choose for thyself." 34
I promise you, as you choose not to be offended or ashamed, you will feel His love and approval. You will know that you are becoming more like Him. 35
Will we understand everything? Of course not. We will put some issues on the shelf to be understood at a later time.
Will everything be fair? It will not. We will accept some things we cannot fix and forgive others when it hurts.
Will we feel separated on occasion from those around us? Absolutely.
Will we be astonished at times to see the anger a few feel toward the Lord's Church and their efforts to steal the struggling faith of the weak? 36 Yes. But this will not deter the growth or destiny of the Church, nor need it impede the spiritual progress of each of us as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Never Leave Him
I love these words from a favorite hymn:
Perfection does not come in this life, but we exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and keep our covenants. President Monson has promised, "Your testimony, when constantly nourished, will keep you safe." 38 We push our spiritual roots deep, feasting daily on the words of Christ in the scriptures. We trust in the words of living prophets, placed before us to show us the way. We pray and pray and listen to the quiet voice of the Holy Ghost that leads us along and speaks peace to our soul. Whatever challenges arise, we never, never leave Him.
The Savior asked His Apostles, "Will ye also go away?" 39
Peter answered:
"Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
"… We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." 40
I too have that witness. I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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See David A. Bednar, "And Nothing Shall Offend Them," Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2006, 89–92.
Joseph Smith, in Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, ed. Parley P. Pratt Jr. (1938), 118.
In History of the Church, 3:46, footnote.
Frederick G. Williams, "Frederick Granger Williams of the First Presidency of the Church," BYU Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (1972): 261.
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1 Nephi 8:26–27; see also verse 33.
See 1 Nephi 11:35–36; 12:18–19.
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1 Nephi 8:28; emphasis added.
President Boyd K. Packer said, "Largely because of television [and the Internet], instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it" ("Finding Ourselves in Lehi's Dream," Liahona, Aug. 2010, 29; Ensign, Aug. 2010, 23).
In the same talk, President Thomas S. Monson said, "The great and spacious building in Lehi's vision represents those in the world who mock God's word and who ridicule those who embrace it and who love the Savior and live the commandments" ("May You Have Courage," Liahona and Ensign, May 2009, 126).
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From personal conversation and from a translated excerpt of an oral history by Alexander Davydov, recorded July 16, 2010.
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"How Firm a Foundation," Hymns, no. 85.
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One thing I love about the arts -- both covering the arts and participating -- is that each time, there's a new opportunity for learning.
Recently, I was cast in a nonmusical production of "Les Miserables," which will be staged at ANTIC in Cuyahoga Falls. The play, which is based on Victor Hugo's famous novel, opens Aug. 1.
This particular production presented two different and fun challenges. One, is I was cast as two different characters. My first character is the sister of the kindly bishop, whose assistance and forgiveness towards the main protagonist Jean Valjean helps Valjean turn his life around. The second is the wealthy aunt of the young hero Marius. This is the first time I've ever played two separate characters in the same show, so I worked on creating a different persona for both. The characters have some similarities -- both are proud and unsympathetic to the less fortunate. But I envisioned the sister as not quite as refined and a bit hyper, while the aunt is all about dignity and appearances.
The second challenge was costuming. With costumer Kristen Smith's blessing, I was given free reign in designing the costumes for my two characters. One reason was pragmatic. Anyone who has ever met me knows I'm very short -- about 4 feet, two inches tall -- and squat. Any costume ANTIC would have had on hand would have needed a massive rebuilding to fit me. But I always wanted to try my hand at designing my own costumes. I've been told I have a good eye for design. I designed my junior year high school homecoming formal dress and won first place in a small paper doll dress design contest two years in a row.
There is one hitch, though: I'm good at design. My sewing skills are another story. I can sew on a button. I can patch a rip. I can sew a slow, straight line on a sewing machine with close supervision without sewing my fingers together or doing (much) harm to the sewing machine. That's the extent of my sewing skills. Thankfully, I have a handy phone number to call when I encounter a situation such as this, and I dialed it as soon as I knew that I'd need help.
"Hi, Mom? Can you help me sew my costumes for the play?"
I love my mother. Unlike me, she's very adept with sewing and she's a good sport when it comes to my hare-brained schemes. She agreed to help me out. I even offered to try to sew the dresses myself, but she pointedly ignored this. Just as well, because what little sewing I did do -- a couple loose-stitched accessories I attached to the aunt's dress as decoration -- was slow, laborious and a bit frustrating (I did finish, though, and the result turned out rather well considering I'm all thumbs with a sewing needle). Sewing a whole dress would have led to blood, sweat, tears and not a little swearing.
The first dress mom gave me was actually an old one she had made for herself that was just the right cut and length. I am using this dress for the sister. I took the dress, bleached it to try to lighten some of the patterns in the fabric panels (I had mixed results with this), and then put the dress in a strong instant coffee and water mix to make the dress more uniform (this was more successful). Some things I tried to keep in mind with the design included the time period (1815, toward the end of the Empire period), when beiges, tans, browns and lighter neutral colors were the vogue (hence the coffee bath). The sister wouldn't be poor (in the novel, the bishop Monseigneur Myriel's family is from the noble ranks), but she comes from a small town, where fancy fabrics wouldn't have been readily available. I pictured her as fashionable but conservative.
The second dress was more of a challenge. Mom made the cut similar to the first one, but with longer, looser sleeves for me to modify and a larger skirt. The second act takes place in the spring and summer of 1832, the Romance era. I think of it stylistically as a cross between the Empire and Victorian. You still see the high waist from the Empire period (although not as high), but you start to see the fuller skirts that would later become the rage in the early and mid Victorian era. Notable about this time period is the emphasis on the sleeves and shoulders -- for both men and women. As an aristocrat, the aunt would wear richer fabric (I picked a warm burnt burgundy color, similar to a shade I saw in a woman's dress I saw online in a portrait in that time period). I found a pink and silver scarf, which I loose-stitched to the back of the neckline, and I had an antique-looking necklace with pink stones I loose stitched on the front of the neckline as decoration.
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Shows are Fridays and Saturdays Aug. 1 through 16, with curtain at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and $6 for seniors and children under 12. This is a family-friendly production.
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Sloane Stephens, a 19-year-old from Florida, reasserted her case for a spot in the top rank of women's tennis Monday with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 win over World No. 56 Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
"Little kids go home first week, big girls stay for the second week," she said ahead of the victory, which propelled her into the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. It's her seventh try.
Stephens, the 29th seed and soon-to-be second-ranked American, landed 80% of her first serves and made 20 winners in the match that lasted one hour and 53 minutes—her longest of the tournament thus far.
"I'm sure my mom had like four heart attacks," she said. Her mother, Sybil Smith, and brother Shawn Stephens, were watching at home in Coral Springs.
Stephens said though her opponent's hard, consistent ball-striking— Jovanovski "brought it full-force"—made it hard to find a rhythm, she was able to refocus.
"I didn't want to stay out there all day," she said. "You got to hit the ball or go home."
As the only one still standing of the 17 teenagers who began in the women's singles draw, Stephens has a chance to become the first teen Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova hoisted the U.S. Open trophy in 2006.
But that will take three more wins, of which the toughest could well be the next: Her opponent in Wednesday's quarterfinal is fellow American Serena Williams, winner of 15 major titles.
"It will be tough obviously—it's quarters of a Grand Slam," said Stephens. But she declared that it "won't be that like first-time 'Oh, my God, I'm playing Serena'" experience she had in Brisbane earlier this month. Williams took that meeting 6-4, 6-3.
"You have to go out and play your game, no matter what," she said. "Without the titles, with the titles, it's still a tennis match, the court's the same size, you're still playing a regular person across the net."
Williams described herself as a "big fan" of Stephens before their Brisbane match, saying, "I think she can be the best in the world one day," after it. It was in her own seventh Grand Slam, the 1999 U.S. Open, that Williams broke through—making the quarterfinals for the first time and going on to win the title.
The younger American hasn't planned how she'll spend her guaranteed paycheck of 250,000 Australian dollars (US$262,910), apart from a pair of Jimmy Choos. "I try to save all my money because I don't want to be old and broke," she said with a smile.
Stephens revealed that with Monday's victory she also won a bet with America's second-ranking player on the men's side, world No. 22 Sam Querrey, with whom she shares a coach, David Nainkin. Querrey was knocked out in the third round Friday.
"He's never been in the quarters of a Grand Slam, so… I got him," grinned the teen, who is projected to crack the world top 20 in post-Australian Open rankings.


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What's next for Kern County's marijuana dispensaries?
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Medical marijuana users in Kern County are asking what's ahead, now that a judge threw out Measure G.
County lawyers say dispensaries are now not allowed anywhere in the county, because that was the rule before voters passed Measure G. Dispensary attorneys disagree.
And it all leaves medical marijuana users confused.
"The county basically lost, because they failed to do an environmental report," Armando Espinoza said Monday. He'd heard about Friday's ruling and the county attorney response. "But, they still came out saying that somehow they won, which doesn't make sense to me."
On Monday, Kern County Counsel Theresa Goldner insisted to Eyewitness News the dispensaries are not allowed as a result of the ruling.
"Without Measure G, the county can enforce zoning ordinances, which don't allow dispensaries," she said.
It goes back to Kern County zoning rules, what was on the books, and when.
Goldner said Kern County has "permissive use" zoning ordinances. Only the uses that are listed are allowed.
"Without Measure G, dispensaries are no longer listed as permitted, or allowed," she said.
Kern County leaders had taken several different approaches to "pot shops" in the last few years.
In August 2011, Kern County Supervisors enacted an emergency ordinance on how much marijuana could be grown for medical use. That limit was 12 plants per parcel. At that time, the board also enacted an ordinance that banned store-front medical marijuana dispensaries. That was set to take effect on Sept. 9, 2011.
But, the ordinance for the dispensary ban was suspended when supporters got enough signatures challenging it.
In February 2012, county supervisors then repealed the ordinance banning the dispensaries, and put Measure G on the ballot, according to the county counsel's office.
Measure G permitted dispensaries only in areas zoned medium or heavy industrial, with some additional restrictions. Measure G passed by voters, and later the legal challenge was filed against it.
"Although Measure G is invalidated by the court, what it does to dispensaries, is now they're not allowed in any zone district in the county," Deputy County Counsel Charles Collins said after the Friday hearing before Judge Kenneth Twisselman.
But, the attorneys who represented the dispensaries disputed that.
"He's a lawyer, he has a legal opinion," attorney and medical marijuana advocate Phil Ganong told Eyewitness News on Friday. "We have legal opinions of our own."
But, officials with the county counsel's office said their position goes back to what was on the books before Measure G. They said the ordinances that permitted dispensaries and the zoning chapters permitting them had been repealed.
"Right before Measure G, nothing was in the zoning ordinance that permitted medical marijuana dispensaries," Goldner said.
"We don't agree," Ganong countered. "We can have another legal battle."
Attorneys for the pot shops also argue most of the dispensaries had been operating legally before Measure G.
Deputy County Counsel Devin Brown told Eyewitness News that it's their position the board's action to repeal the previous dispensary ordinances was "separate and independent" from its decision to put Measure G on the ballot. So, the ruling on Friday has no bearing on the previous repeal of the prior ordinance.
County officials said they know of five dispensaries now operating in the county.
The ruling becomes effective when the judge signs it, and it's not clear when that will happen.
When it does, Goldner said the county has several options. They can decide to "abate" the still-open dispensaries, starting with a hearing before the board of supervisors. The county could file lawsuits against the operations or start criminal proceedings.
"On Friday, the court invalidated Measure G, which is the only county ordinance that permits medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in the county," Goldner said Monday. "The county will evaluate its options after this ruling and will continue to enforce zoning ordinances to stop any use that is not permitted under the zoning ordinances, including medical marijuana dispensaries."
Meanwhile, Armando Espinoza said he worries what he'll do to get his medical marijuana if dispensaries are all shut down in the county.
"I want to make sure that I have my safe access to it," Espinoza said. "I don't want to get it from some back channels or some gang bangers."
On Friday, the county's Collins said there is no victory from the judge's ruling kicking out Measure G. Goldner echoed that.
"The court ruling presents a situation where there are no winners," she said. "A popular ballot measure was struck down, at the same time medical marijuana dispensaries are no longer a legally zoned use."


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I suffer from bruxism (grinding of teeth at night) and recently woke up one morning with pain in my jaw and without being able to close my jaw on the left side. I thought it would eventually correct itself, as I sometimes get pain in my jaw in the morning. However, it appears that my jaw is permanently misaligned or dislocated. I now wear a protective mouth piece at night, but my jaw still won`t close completely on the left side. How can this be fixed?
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This bread was so flavorful it didn't even need anything on it, and it was a good thing I sent most of it home with a visitor or I would have eaten far too much of it after it came out of the oven.
I found a recipe for Za'atar, Feta, and Olives Quick Bread at Chico's Kitchen and but ended up making several changes for my version. I used a blend of whole wheat and white whole wheat flour, used buttermilk instead of milk, and added thinly sliced green onions. Next time I might chop the olives and onions a little smaller, but this was one of the most interesting quick breads I've ever made and I'd definitely make this again.
100% Whole Wheat Quick Bread with Za'atar, Feta, Olives, and Green Onions
(Makes one generous load of bread, recipe adapted from Za'atar, Feta, and Olives Quick Bread at Chico's Kitchen.)
1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
3 T Za'atar, plus more for sprinkling on top
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
2 T olive oil
1 1/2 cup crumbled Feta cheese (not packed down)
1/2 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
Transfer the batter to the loaf pan and sprinkle a little more Za'atar over the top. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until bread is cooked through and lightly browned on top. (You can use a toothpick to see if the bread is done; the toothpick should come out dry when it's cooked through.)
Gently remove the hot bread from the loaf pan and let it cool on a wire rack for 10 or 15 minutes, then slice and enjoy. This kept well for one night in the refrigerator, but it's best freshly made. I don't think it would stay good much longer than one day, so be sure to share if you can't eat it all right away!
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Mummers strut for 125th time
The Mummers strutted up Broad Street in Philadelphia on New Years Day, as they have every year for 125.
Creeping up to 40 degrees, the weather was in the Mummers' favor this year.
Many of the comic brigades took a dark turn, with dancing skeletons, dancing zombies, dancers in medical scrubs strutting with skeletons, and at least two brigades riffing on the end of the world and the Mayan calendar. The Twelve Steppers had an "apo-calypso" theme.
Turnout seemed relatively light. The sidewalk crowds could be easily navigated, and at 11AM there were even tables available at the Starbucks at Broad and Pine.
A crowd gathered at the fire station at Broad Street at Bainbridge because string bands pause to perform there. They were each welcomed by Fire Chief Chuck Herran, in full formal uniform donning a series of silly hats. The lifelong Philadelphian was only too happy to dance in the street.
"The string bands, ever since 9/11, their tradition has been to come up and serenade the fire house, due to the large loss of firefighters in New York," said Herran. "We usually go out and meet the captain and we ask to give us a song. This is tradition that's been going on now for 12 years."
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2nd place: Quaker City
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"As anticipated, some accommodation of agricultural and food policy was made as part of the larger fiscal deal. Agricultural policy leaders in the House and Senate had hoped to graft an entire farm bill to this deal, but the politics that kept the House from voting on the Agriculture Committee's proposal this fall also made it impossible to squeak a new farm bill in through the back door. Although it was originally opposed by the leaders of both the House and Senate agriculture committees, what was done instead was an extension to the 2008 legislation.
"Some specifics of the extension include the 2008 Dairy Product Price Support Program reauthorized through Dec. 31, 2013. This means the new 'go back to the 1949 Act' dairy cliff is pushed to the end of 2013. It also means that the equivalent of a $10 support price for Class III and IV milk remains in effect, which is to say no effect at all.
"The Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program that compensates dairy producers when prices fall below specific levels is extended by simply changing all the 2012 dates for MILC in the 2008 Farm Bill to 2013. This means that the more generous formula and larger production cap goes back into effect and extends through Aug. 30, 2013. This raises the possibility of retroactive payments to farmers. Because of some ambiguity in the bill's language, it is not entirely clear whether this would include milk produced in September 2012, which is important to farmers because it is the only retroactive month with a significant payment opportunity.
"For all other agricultural support programs, the extension simply changes dates from 2012 to 2013, meaning that programs applied to corn, soybeans, wheat, sugar, peanuts and cotton for the 2012 harvest will apply to the 2013 harvest. It is extremely unlikely that any action of Congress in 2013 would change those programs and conditions in mid-stream. So, crop growers should plan on the familiar programs continuing for another year.
"In other parts of the bill, a number of programs are extended, but the provisions for funding them are not. Among the programs that are reauthorized are the following:
- "The Conservation Reserve program is similarly extended through 2013.
- "Nutrition Education and Employment and Training Programs associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are extended. The basic benefits of SNAP are continuing regardless of this extension.
- "Certain research programs are continued, including the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program.
- "Certain Bio-based energy and products programs are extended. This has nothing to do with the requirement to use ethanol in gasoline – that is a different bill.
- "Certain Horticulture and Organic Ag Programs are extended, including the Farmers Market Promotion Program and the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program.
"Lastly, the extension explicitly does not extend certain other Conservation, Trade, Rural Development and disaster assistance programs.
"A more interesting question may be, where do we go from here? A 2013 Farm Bill could look quite different from the 2012 Farm Bill that emerged from the Senate and the House Ag Committee discussions. Educated guesses are that the 2013 conditions will be less favorable for agriculture and food programs."


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With the ugliness of the presidential election finally behind us, some market players thought we might see relief buyers provide support. Instead the action reflected a great amount of unhappiness with the results and turned attention to the looming problem of the fiscal cliff and the deterioration of the economy in Germany.
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I'm not sure if this is even possible, but could my new(ish) Eagle be turning over already? It is DX, and has smacked a couple trees (and has a nick out of the edge already), but I can't imagine it's already beat in that much. I think I've thrown it less than 50 times.
But I am really loving the disc. Nice and straight, lots of glide, and it now fades right instead of left. Which is cool for me, I've always wanted a disc that does that for me.
So is it time to get a new Eagle? Another DX, or upgrade to Star or Champ (I fully intend to stay with this mold for awhile)? Heavier? My first one is 165 I think.


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Might be my favorite movie released this year. Lives up to it's 8.1 on IMDB.
Thor 2- Enjoyed it quite a bit. Better than the first, good comedy. You can definitely see Alan Taylors GoT pedigree, the battle scenes were more gritty than the first.
And I love Tom Hiddleston. His Loki is a fabulous character
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
The Heat - Meh
Pacific Rim- Awesome and cool movie, that is predictable and cliched.
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Halloween III
I haven't seen the first two or any of the following sequels, but I'm really interested in these characters and I can't wait to see their origin stories and how they develop over the course of the series.
What? Is this a joke? Halloween 3 has nothing to do with any other movie in the Halloween series.
Why's it so hard to make a stand alone Wolverine movie? "The Wolverine" sucks. I tried to just watch it as nothing but an action movie, but even just the stunts suck. There's tons of shot with visible wires and even if you can't see them it's obvious they're there, people floating and getting yanked back like they got shot out of a cannon and whatnot. It's just really shoddy work.
At the Indianapolis premiere of Medora.
Should be watching Catching Fire today. I'll let you all know how it is. Jennifer Lawrence is so freaking hot.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Catching Fire
Really fantastic. The writers, directors, and producers of this film should write, direct, and produce all book to movie films.
Jennifer Lawrence's acting improvement was astounding too. Huge difference. (Not that she wasn't great in the first.)
Also, Jenna Malone is hilarious.
Prisoners - Parts of it aren't too bad, and there are some parts that are hilariously bad. But it's mostly a network procedural on steroids. The end is pretty funny, but I think it was supposed to be serious. It's like they made a police procedural thriller with the same structure as From Dusk Till Dawn, but kept the same tone the whole way. And they never explained what happened with the dog. Poor dog. Not recommended, especially for dogs.
Real Steel
Pretty predictable and not without its faults, but entertaining all the same.
finally saw Prometheus yesterday on cinemax on demand.
extremely disappointed and found it to be one heaping, steaming pile of dung
i suppose the writers felt if you throw out a thousand questions and don't answer any of them, it displays that you are a profoundly deep thinker.
plus most of the characters were dumber than a sack of rocks. i mean like the 2 guys who tried to leave but got lost- what was the point of bringing those flying scanner things since that guy who brought them in didn't even bother to look up what they mapped out?
and i know movies often require suspension of disbelief but they really pushed it too far with the guy who tried treating that little snake creature like it was some cute little puppy. you have just encountered some totally unknown wild animal with which you are completely unfamiliar and totally ignorant of what it is capable of or any diseases it might carry.
got many, many complaints with that film- so glad i didn't bother to see it in the theaters as i would have felt totally ripped off.
Finally saw "Man of Steel" and "The Avengers"
I like the Avengers better actually... Both were OK. I have a hard time getting up for these Comic Book movies these days. A tad bit overdone IMHO.
Actually, I got the feeling The Avengers was another Iron Man movie and I think I liked it better than Iron Man 3.
Man of Steel.... I dunno... The flashbacks got a little old. I suppose I know why they used so many flashbacks but there were so many that I the first time I tried to watch the movie I ended up zoning out. I was tired and expecting more action rather than the back story being slowly fed to me. So I saved the viewing for another time when I wasn't so tired.
But I enjoyed both. My review maybe sounds like I didn't.... but like I said... I have a hard time getting excited about another comic book movie.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Avengers was WAY better than Iron Man 3. I always thought that a movie called Iron Man would have some scenes with Iron Man in it. As it was the third movie he spent maybe 15% of it in the suit. Might as well have called it "Tony Stark walks around and is a giant smart *** for two hours".
Philomena - excellent movie. Judi Dench is always good. Interesting true story that was told with humor and respect for the subject matter. If you like this type of movie you will really enjoy it.
The, uh, birthing scene was extremely graphic and deeply unsettling to me for some reason.
The Departed. I had never seen it before. Very entertaining movie. Star-studded too.
God Bless America..... For those with Netflix do a search, find it, watch it, have a good laugh in a sick way.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Spiderman 2 trailer. Looks good. I really hated the first, but I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
So Rhino is some sort of mechanized suit or a robot? Huh?
I'm just surprised that it appears the Green Goblin is also in it. I thought Electro was going to be the main villain.
Electro is the main villain, but I think they're trying to set up a Sinister Six for the next movie. You have a teaser there for Doc Oc and Vulture as well
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Dallas Buyers Club. Not the movie you want to see for action or great dramatic arc, but rather for great acting. Jared Leto should get an Oscar for best supporting. Very compelling. It has stayed with me for a whle post-viewing.
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Court Vision: Reliving Vince Carter's performance in the dunk contest
By Rob Mahoney
• I remain convinced that Vince Carter is the greatest NBA dunk contest competitor of all time, and above you can see one of his finest contributions to the contest -- a dunk so vicious and fluid it's actually indescribable -- from every angle imaginable. (via Danny Chau)
• On a somewhat related note: Good news for fans of the dunk contest, as New York's James White is rumored to be in the field for this year's competition. I nominated White this morning for my dream group of contest dunkers among active players, and he's sure to amaze if he is indeed chosen to compete.
• Beckley Mason put together a list of smart observations regarding the Grizzlies' offensive operations over at TrueHoop. Among them:
The second unit runs a lot of double pick-and-roll action early in the shot clock in which the point guard, either Tony Wroten or Jerryd Bayless, comes off two screens in the middle of the court. One of the screeners will pop for a 18-footer, the other will dive to the rim. This movement takes advantage of one of the fundamental principles of basketball movement: You have to go away from the space you want to use. For most teams, and certainly in Memphis' case, that space is the paint. Sets that begin with both bigs away from the paint might sacrifice some offensive rebounding opportunities, but they also create space to post up for the big who rolls to the rim. This is a dynamic the San Antonio Spurs take full advantage of, even when they play Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan at the same time. Neither can shoot 3s, but they are so disciplined in their spacing that they keep out of each other's way.
• Brandon Jennings switches agents, and is now apparently looking to get a max contract this summer. Jeremy Schmidt of Bucksketball responds with an appropriate guffaw.
• The trickle-down effects of John Wall's return have -- unsurprisingly -- translated to huge improvements on both sides of the ball for Washington.
• ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz checks in with former colleague John Hollinger, who's still getting used to having a rooting interest as the Grizzlies' vice president of basketball operations.
• Tiago Splitter: coming on quietly, but coming on strong.
• Magic head coach Jacque Vaughn explains his usage of analytics to Evan Dunlap of Orlando Pinstriped Post, and draws a clear line internally in terms of the way the findings from that data are communicated:
Vaughn favors an approach that combines statistics with his own observations. "I look at 'em [the stats]," Vaughn said, "but I also base my ideals off of instinct and feel and when you watch the tape and you see where shots are coming from and who's getting shots and at what time of the game. So you can do it with numbers and feel."reversing trend Tyreke Evans
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It's been two long years since my darling Dad passed away, BUT I have come such a long way in that time and I know how proud he would be.
I have been busy at work today, I could have had the day off and worked a day at the weekend but wanted to take my mind off Dad's last day with us all... Friends at work knew the significance of today and were so sweet. On friend gave me a lovely bunch of flowers and card.
So Dad this is for you to say we all miss you dearly but we are doing what you would have wanted and moving forward, never forgetting you for one moment of the day.
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Senior Regional Sales Manager, Benelux and UK
About Tesla
Tesla's goal is to accelerate the world's transition to electric mobility with a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars. California-based Tesla designs and manufactures EVs, as well as EV powertrain components for partners such as Toyota and Daimler. Tesla achieved profitability early Q1 of 2013 and delivered more than 4,900 Model S to customers in North America. Model S is the world's first premium sedan to be engineered from the ground up as an electric vehicle and was named Motor Trend's prestigious 2013 Car of the Year.
The Role
The Senior Regional Sales Manager will be responsible for the development, operation and targets of the Sales and tactical marketing operations in their region. They will be required to lead, guide and manage the performance of employees, to achieve goals while operating to agreed budgets. Sales operations will be both via corporate owned (non-franchise model) Tesla stores and independent Sales Advisors. They will work closely with the HQ teams, to develop, support and implement appropriate processes, systems and tactical plans to achieve the determined organisational objectives, whilst ensuring reliable best-in-class levels of customer experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Benelux and the UK, and in the short term also will cover responsibilities for France and Italy until we appoint senior management in those regions.
Tesla Motors is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, colour, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, present or past history of mental disability, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law. A EU passport or work permit is required for this position.
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The winds in San Francisco are fairly regular, which is perhaps the reason they do not have names, as far as I know. The climate breathes in and out each day according the sun and the pressure of the torrid Central Valley, and we accept that this is the way of things. A well-known wind in Provence is theMistral that blows down theRhône Valley between the Alps and the Massif Central. It is a cold, dry, hard wind that nevertheless conjures images of olive groves, pissaladière, and red-tiled roofs. It was this wind that was blowing as we entered Provence the other night. We came to attend a gathering of organic vignerons at the Domaine de Sulauze, a largish estate that makes biodynamic rosé that is both typical and delicious. We ate and listened to music and tasted lots of wine. Small plates of hand sandwiches were passed. The Tramontane is another such named wind which I encountered yesterday as we drove from Provence through the Languedoc and up into the Roussillon, the Catalan part of southern France. It is also worth knowing.
Tramontane: tra – meaning over or across, and montane – mountain. It is a wind that here in the Roussillon passes between the western edge of the Massif Central and the Pyrenees to the Southwest. It blows air from the Atlantic coast into the South, howling through the mountains and gathering speed as it descends. We had come to the Roussillon to meet a Belgian vigneronne named France Crispeels from the Domaine de Réveil. We met her down by the coast at her winery in a little warehouse where she makes wine naturally and without sulfur. Her 2013 harvest had gone well, and the reds had finished fermenting and were in vat waiting it be transferred into the large concrete tanks she uses for aging. The Carignan Grenache blend that we tasted first was reduced, funky still. The wine needs air in order to mature. But the Syrah was sublime, bright purple fruit, black pepper, a hint of lavender, just enough animal to keep things interesting.
Then we followed her up into the higher altitudes to see the vines. She farms biodynamically, working hard to bring life to the vineyard so that the vines and the wine will be lively too. Picturesque old stumps of Carignan and Grenache with mountains in the behind, blurry clouds moving swiftly in the background. Scraggly wild herbs perfumed the air. A neighboring conventionally farmed parcel with its moonscape blasted look stood on stark contrast to the vibrancy o f her plots. Back at her home she served us a meal of locally made seed bread and homemade tapenade (black olives with pits, garlic, olive oil, anchovies, capers, c'est tout!) veal steak from her favorite ranch which raises the calves until 18 months of age and lets them wander free, a chicory salad with garlic lemon vinaigrette and avocado, and simple brown rice. We tasted the current vintages, all delicious. Réveil means to wake up. A nice black coffee finished us off.


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Maybe ambiguity and gray area is uncomfortable. I think it's a good idea to be totally honest; if we want to talk about sexism or racism or social issues and history, let's talk about it. But we don't have to project it onto a blurb from the Buddha about an extremely specific kind of awakening. In psychology it's termed "projection" to see our inner issues that bug us in outer phenomenoa or people.
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Hello Where could i find ideas how to create AI for economny game? Users have to produce cars, advertise, set the price for product, and in the same game will be 8 other players. How could ja make an AI to decide where to buy from and how much. example: Starter of the game will set, lets say 600 buys per round from AI. And all the players are going to produce cars, with different price and AD level.
You'll just have to find tutorials on general AI. Mainly, you give a rule to use for comparison of different choices and narrow it down to one or select randomly if there are more than one that pass the test.
Just set up conditions to help the computer win... like say if a car is only worth buying at \\$600, you have to actually code the computer to know this... give it some sort of logical path to win the game, then the player has to try and beat the computers path.
Try coding how a computer would win tic tac toe every time if it goes first, unless the player draws the game.
My small piece of thought:
First, predict prices, demand and supply over time with some algorithm (depending on difficulty level can be, for example, current values, some linear/exponential interpolated values, etc...).
Second, determine which strategy yields more profit over certain period of time (second parameter of AI -- short-term or long-term investor). Can be used some weighting here.
Third, for advanced AI, can be organized some feedback loop. I.e. update prediction with determined strategy and recalculate strategy anew. Or even calculate strategy for all players coupled with prediction (write optimization problem and get differential equations from it).
Where could i find ideas how to create AI for economny game?
That's a very broad question. What do you mean by "how"? Design or implement? And, what kind of economy-based game is it? Is it a complex simulation or a casual Farmville-esque game?
Designing a game AI is not something you can cut-and-paste from the net. Also, don't fall into the trap of think "game AI" rather than "game AI". Traditional AI is often much more advanced than needed for an enjoyable game; you're game is unlikely to have a need to be self-aware.
What you need a rule-based system that receives information, process it according to rules, and outputs changes that gets sent out to affected entities in the game world. The challenge is to establish how to this in a tangible way and code it out.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. - Melbourne police said one person was arrested after one of their officers had to jump out of the way from being run over before leading police on a pursuit.
Police said around 3:37 a.m. Saturday, an officer saw a car speeding on U.S. 1 near Old Colonial Way.
Police said the officer tried to stop the driver as he pulled into the parking lot of a Kangaroo Express on U. S. 1.
As the vehicle pulled into the parking lot, the driver, later identified as 28-year-old Brandon Culver, jumped into the backseat of the car, forcing the front seat passenger to move into the driver seat and stop the vehicle before it struck the building, police said.
Police said Culver fought with the officer, pushed him, then ran out of the car. The officer chased Culver who eventually made it back to the vehicle, police said.
Culver then attempted to push the passenger out of the vehicle in an attempt to steal the car, police said.
Police said Culver kept yelling at the passenger, who was sitting in the driver seat, to run the officer over, but he refused.
Police said Culver was eventually able to get the vehicle into reverse and push on the gas, forcing the officer to jump out of the way before he was run over.
When Culver drove in reverse, he struck the front of the police cruiser, kicked the passenger out of the car and kept driving into a dead end.
Police said Culver came back and almost hit the officer and the passenger in the car that was being questioned.
Police said Culver swerved at the last minute, narrowly avoiding hitting the detained passenger and officer, and led police on a pursuit up U. S. 1 into Rockledge.
Police said Culver was eventually forced to stop after hitting stop sticks.
Police arrested Culver who was taken to the Brevard County Jail to face a slew of charges including aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, violation of probation, reckless driving and many more charges.
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This document (book) was compiled in mid to late 1964. It is a report of the Ford Motor Company Archives Appraisal. The FMC Achives were appraised in preperation for its donation to the Henry Ford Museum.
I cannot imagine there were many of these documents produced.
Is this book in any way collectible? Could anyone out there even venture a guess as to how many would have been produced? I would think they were just meant for office/company use.
There are 140 pages...
Sorry for the poor pictures.
I appreciate any response.
I have had this book for about 25 years and just recently dusted it off from the safe.


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If you were ever wondering as an musician if your maximizing your revenue The Future of Music site lists 42 ways you can make green. They also explain some of the differences between royalties and publishing. Take a look at the list here: link
"If you're a musician or composer, you probably have a basic sense of the ways you can make money. Some revenue streams are simple to understand, like playing shows, or selling CDs or t-shirts. But there are many, many more ways that musicians can earn money from their compositions, performances, sound recordings, brand, or knowledge of the craft. We list 40 of them… So if you hear Patsy Cline singing "Crazy" which was written by Willie Nelson, Willie created the musical composition when he wrote down the notes and lyrics. Patsy created the sound recording when she performed Willie's song, and it was captured on tape. As you browse the list, it's important to keep these distinctions in mind since there are many times when different parts of the creative team are paid differently." – futureofmusic.org
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Two Buffalo Bills Up For 'Madden' Cover
Do you play Madden football? Ya know, the popular football video game commonly used by teens, college kids and occasionally the hubbie...heck, some girls even play.
Well, the popular football game created by EA Sports usually picks a popular/legendary NFL player to be the cover boy each year, and this year, two Buffalo Bills are up for consideration.