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GENERIC NAME(S): BicalutamideFind Lowest Prices
Bicalutamide is used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other areas of the body. It is used in combination with hormone treatment. This medication works by blocking the action of male hormones in the prostate, slowing growth of the tumors.
This medication should not be used in women or children.
Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking bicalutamide and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor, usually once a day (either in the morning or in the evening).
Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. Remember to use it at the same time each day.
Do not increase your dose or take this medication more often without your doctor's approval. Your condition will not improve any faster, and the risk of serious side effects may be increased.
Since this drug can be absorbed through the skin, women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should not handle this medication.
Flushing and sweating (hot flashes), body aches and pains, breast swelling/tenderness/pain, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, trouble sleeping, weakness, hair loss, weight changes, constipation, diarrhea, stomach upset, gas, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: decreased sexual ability/desire, vision changes, numbness/tingling of the hands or feet, swelling of the arms/legs, unusual or easy bleeding/bruising, signs of kidney problems (such as change in the amount of urine), painful urination, signs of infection (e.g., fever, chills, persistent sore throat), trouble breathing, persistent cough, mental/mood changes (e.g., anxiety, depression).
Get medical help right away if you have any very serious side effects, including: chest/jaw/left arm pain.
Rarely, bicalutamide may cause growth of other types of tumors. Consult your doctor right away if new lumps or growths occur.
This medication may rarely cause serious (possibly fatal) liver disease. Get medical help right away if any of these side effects occur: dark urine, yellowing of the eyes/skin, unusual tiredness, severe stomach/abdominal pain, persistent nausea/vomiting.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
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Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
Bicalutamide should not be used in women or children. It must not be used in a woman who may be pregnant or breast-feeding. This medication may cause harm to an unborn or breast-feeding baby.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
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One thing I learned while in Washington, D.C., for last month's USDA Outlook Forum: The U.S. government is heavily invested in the business of influencing what Americans eat.
With that investment comes significant responsibility.
I didn't learn that amidst all the numbers and projections tossed around at the forum. I learned it over a dish of crab cake and coleslaw at Jose Andres' America Eats restaurant, just around the corner from the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover building.
America Eats opened last Fourth of July for a yearlong run as a benefit supporting the National Archives' "What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?" exhibit, an in-depth look at the role the federal government has played in farming and the eating habits of the American people from horse-and-plow days to today.
According to the exhibit, the government has had a hand in the production, regulation, research and economics of food for more than 100 years.
It has variously told Americans to grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables or support farmers, to eat carp or cottage cheese, to go meatless on Mondays or have beef for dinner.
It's tweaked official nutritional guidelines many times — during World War II, butter had its own category, fruits and vegetables were split up into three groups, and Americans were urged to "in addition to the basic seven ... eat any other foods you want."
Federally set school lunch guidelines and military rations have influenced dietary habits for several generations.
The USDA's recent MyPlate effort is no different. It demotes carbs and sets the ideal plate as composed of 50% fruits and vegetables. And it talks up the nutritional value of a diet with a foundation in fresh produce.
However, the USDA is missing a valuable opportunity to back up its talk by "walking the walk" when it comes to fresh produce.
As I sat through session after session at the Outlook Forum, I was struck by the relative paucity of produce-related data. The forum has outlook sessions for livestock and poultry, dairy, grains and oilseeds, sugar, and farm income, but none specifically for fresh produce.
Furthermore, the USDA's 96-page agricultural projections book, distributed at the forum, contains numerous graphs charting exports, imports and prices of those outlook categories — meat and grains and oilseeds in particular.
"Horticulural crops" garner just one page of analysis, one graph and two pages of charts.
When I asked Brenda Chapin, spokeswoman for the USDA's Office of the Chief Economist, which puts on the forum, about the lack of a produce outlook session, she said it isn't an oversight.
"We do not provide an outlook on produce because space and time are limited, and we have to make choices," she said.
The Office of the Chief Economist, however, does try to incorporate produce in some way, whether through produce-oriented plenary speakers or a luncheon speaker, she said.
She also pointed out that the produce industry has access to ample data produced and posted online by the Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Granted, there was a produce-related session tacked onto the end of the forum, about the growth of food hubs as a tool for local farmers.
However, I had just spent two days watching numerous attendees take the mic at each commodity outlook session to ask panelists — many of them USDA's own economists — questions and provide feedback about the data and how it was calculated.
I sat there and thought: Where is the opportunity for produce growers to step up to the mic and ask USDA's economists these questions? Where is the opportunity for them to engage in dialogue with economists and each other about key factors that influence horticultural projections for the next year and decade?
What does this neglect of a fresh produce outlook say about attitudes within the agency toward certain commodities?
Yes, the USDA and OCE have to make choices. But so do the American people. The agency has been urging consumers to be responsible and eat their fruits and vegetables.
Americans seem to be listening. Meat and poultry per capita consumption has fallen to about 200 pounds, while consumption of fruits and vegetables has grown to 269 pounds and 417 pounds, respectively, according to the USDA.
However, the USDA also has to be responsible. Its ability to influence others must begin within, with an attitude that grants fresh produce just as much importance as meat and grains — an importance in line with its consumption figures.
The USDA should walk the walk by adding a produce outlook session to its forum and bringing produce industry participants into the general conversation about commodities and projections and what Americans — and the rest of the world — are buying, selling and eating.
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Sara H wrote:I feel like it would be helpful to quote a Zen Master on this subject:
" The Zen Master is not released from all future karma result-
ing from his actions as a reward for ascending the mountain ;
he is just as much bound by karmic consequence as is every-
one else. Should he commit acts that result in bad karma he
will enter real hell for he knows the joy of Union with God
from the visions and has turned his face away thus placing
himself in the same position as Marlowe's Mephistopheles
whose hell was not to see God. "
-Rev. P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennet, Rōshi, Page 51,
The Book of Life © 1979, Rev. P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennet, Rōshi, and Rev. Dazui MacPhillamy, Shasta Abbey Press
In Gasshō,
Sara H
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Dr. Robert A. Watson, M.B. Ch.B., was born in England and graduated from Leeds University in 1993. From 1993-1998, he underwent postgraduate medical and surgical training in the United Kingdom, obtaining fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons F.R.C.S (Eng).
From 1998 to 2003, he completed general surgery training at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, including a clinical attachment to Oxford University. From 2003-2005, he was a clinical transplant fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2008 he became Assistant Professor in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation at UNC-Chapel Hill.
He is a member of national and international organizations including the American College of Surgeons, The Royal College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He is involved in teaching activities at the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of North Carolina and has an active interest in novel techniques in surgical education. Clinically his specialty interests include liver transplantation, renal transplantation, and dialysis access surgery.
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Cincinnati -- The Kroger Co. announced the promotion of Jeff Burt as president of the company's Central division. Kroger's Central Division operates 136 food stores primarily in Indiana and Illinois.
Burt, 50, has been group VP of perishables merchandising and procurement since 2010. He succeeds Bob Moeder, who recently announced his plans to retire this spring.
"In his 27-year career with Kroger, Jeff has demonstrated strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of our business," said Rodney McMullen, president and chief operating officer of Kroger. "His enthusiasm, keen sense of the customer, and experience in merchandising and operations will be tremendous assets to the Central Division team."


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TMS in the Treatment of the Sequelae of Closed Brain Injury
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|Depression Closed Head Injury
|Device: rTMS Device: Sham rTMS
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Use of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of the Sequelae of Closed Brain Injury
- Depression Symptom Severity [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]
- Cognitive Tasks [ Time Frame: 4 Weeks ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: 1
Device: rTMS
Bilateral rTMS
|Placebo Comparator: 2
Device: Sham rTMS
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It is plausible to propose that the same treatment paradigm may result in an improvement in mood and cognition with the possibility that these changes will be self reinforcing resulting in enhanced quality of life and reduced service demands.
The proposal for the use of rTMS in the treatment of post TBI depression is also supported by aetiological models. In particular, rTMS would seem to have considerable potential to improve pathophysiological changes relevant to the treatment of post TBI depression and cognitive dysfunction. Early models of the mechanism of action of rTMS treatment in depression were based on the observation that rTMS is able to produce localised changes in cortical activity [7]. The standard treatment paradigm generally has been found to produce an increase in local prefrontal cortical excitability. However, more recently there has been an increased understanding that rTMS modulates distal brain regions as well and potentially the strength of connections between brain regions. It has been proposed that its therapeutic effects in non TBI-related depression occur through modulation of dorsal frontal - subcortical limbic connectivity and potentially the actual integrity and strength of connections between these regions. If this is the case, altering cortical - cortical or cortical - subcortical connectivity may lead to therapeutic benefits in post TBI depression due to likely involvement of white matter changes in the development of TBI related mood disorder.
Aims/Objectives/Hypothesis/es Primary Aim: To assess the effectiveness of rTMS in treating depression post traumatic brain injury.
Secondary Aim: To gain preliminary data as to the possible effectiveness of rTMS in treating cognitive deficits post traumatic brain injury.
Hypothesis 1: Active bilateral sequential rTMS will lead to an improvement in the symptoms of post TBI depression, as measured by MADRS scores, when compared to sham treatment Hypothesis 2: Active bilateral sequential rTMS will lead to an improvement in cognitive executive functioning in individuals post TBI, when compared to sham treatment Hypothesis 3: Active bilateral sequential rTMS will lead to an improvement in life satisfaction and level of functioning in individuals post TBI, when compared to sham treatment.
Methodology Experimental Design and Randomisation Procedures The study has been designed to allow the reporting of results in a manner consistent with the international CONSORT guidelines. The study will involve a 4-week (20 session) randomized double-blind clinical trial with 2 treatment arms conducted at the Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre in Melbourne. Randomization will occur via the generation of a computer number sequence. Subjects will be randomized immediately prior to the commencement of the first treatment session, after the measurement of bilateral resting motor thresholds with standard means.
The main study phase (phase 1) will involve the 4 week randomized controlled trial conducted under strict double-blind conditions. Fidelity of the blinding process will be assessed at the end of this period with patients and raters. Phase 2 will involve the provision of open label treatment to patients who received sham treatment and wish to receive 'active' rTMS.
Responders to active treatment from phase 1 or 2 (defined as a 50% reduction in MADRS scores persisting for 1 week following the end of acute treatment) will enter phase 3, a 6 month maintenance phase. During this time, a single rTMS treatment session will be provided every week for 2 months and then every 2 weeks for 4 months. Acute treatment for up to 4 weeks will be reinstated if there is a persistent (2 week) increase in MADRS score of >25%.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion criteria:
- Be aged 18-60 and have capacity to consent
- Currently meet DSM-IV criteria for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (expect for the exclusion of causality by a general medical condition referring to the TBI) and have the persistence of depressive symptoms for at least one month at sufficient severity to warrant the diagnosis.
- Have experienced a closed head injury of mild to moderate severity (Glasgow coma scale score (GCS) of greater than 8), preceding their depression, and are at least 3 months post injury. The injury must not have involved specific direct damage to either frontal lobe.
- Have a Montgomery Asberg Rating Scale Score of > 20 (moderate - severe depression). Including only a more severely ill group of subjects limits the placebo response rate.
- Have had no increase or initiation of new antidepressant (or other psychoactive) therapy in the 4 weeks prior to enrolment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have an unstable medical condition, neurological disorder or any history of a seizure disorder or are currently pregnant or lactating.
- Patients who have experienced clear structural damage to the left or right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as documented on MRI scan
- Have a current DSM IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependence disorder.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00531258
|Contact: Paul B Fitzgerald, MBBS, MPM, FRANZCP, PhD
|+61 3 9076 6552 ext 66552
|Contact: Kate E Hoy, BBNSc (Hons)
|+ 61 3 9076 5030 ext 65030
|Australia, Victoria
|Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre
|Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 3181
|Principal Investigator: Paul B Fitzgerald, MBBS, FRANZCP, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul B Fitzgerald, MBBS, FRANZCP, PhD
|Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre
|Responsible Party:
|Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00531258 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 17, 2007
|Last Updated:
|May 5, 2008
Keywords provided by Bayside Health:
Major Depression resulting from a mild to moderate closed head injury
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Wounds and Injuries
Brain Injuries
Craniocerebral Trauma
Head Injuries, Closed
Behavioral Symptoms
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Jones Dairy Farms in Fort Atkinson, Wis., for 15 safety and health violations, including employee overexposure to respirable dust, failure to implement a respiratory protection program and failure to properly store hazardous chemicals. The company faces fines of $70,000.
Jones Dairy Farms is a sausage-maker, not a farm with live dairy cattle.
Yet, it serves as a possible warning for dairy farms. Earlier this year, Mary Bauer, an OSHA compliance assistant specialist, announced that Wisconsin would be stepping up its inspection of dairy farms, noting that a recent increase in on-farm fatalities is prompting the inspections.
"Employers have a responsibility to ensure all employees have safe working environments, which includes taking all necessary precautions to protect them from exposure to hazardous substances," says Kimberly Stille, OSHA's area director in Madison, Wis. "Employers are responsible for knowing what hazards exist in their workplaces and ensuring that workers are not exposed to unnecessary risks."
Regarding Jones Dairy Farms, OSHA conducted an inspection in January. Citations for eight serious safety violations, with proposed penalties of $42,000, were issued for open-sided platforms; damaged storage racks; a missing tongue guard on a grinder; having a compressed air gun registered over 30 pounds per square inch; storing oxygen and acetylene cylinders together; failing to have a working pressure gauge on the acetylene cylinder; missing a flash back arrestor on the acetylene cylinder, and using electrical equipment that was not free from hazards.
Additionally, citations for six serious health violations, with proposed penalties of $28,000, were issued for failing to establish and implement a respiratory protection program; failing to have written operating procedures for high stage compressors; failing to establish procedures to manage changes to process chemicals; storing incompatible hazardous chemicals together; using equipment that had not been approved for ignitable or combustible properties and failing to train employees on the physical and health hazards of chemicals in the work area.
A serious citation is issued when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Jones Dairy also was issued one other-than-serious health citation for not providing employees with basic advisory information on respirators. No penalty was assessed for this violation. An other-than-serious citation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious injury.
OSHA fines can range from a couple hundred dollars to $70,000, depending upon the seriousness of the violation. Some penalties may even result in jail time.
Jones Dairy has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
The citations at Jones Dairy farm are a good reminder that it's time to make sure your farm is ready for an OSHA inspection. For more information, look to the June issue of Dairy Herd Management to read: Knock, knock, it's OSHA. Resources on where to go for help are also included in the article.


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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 has delivered over 15,000 electric vehicles to customers in 31 countries. Model S is the world's first premium sedan to be engineered from the ground up as an electric vehicle. Model S was named Motor Trend's prestigious 2013 Car of the Year, achieved the best safety score of any car ever tested by the NHTSA, and Consumer Reports is calling it the best car it has ever tested.
Tesla Motors is committed to hiring and developing top talent from across the world for any given discipline. Our world-class teams operate with a non-conventional automotive product development philosophy of high inter-disciplinary collaboration, flat organizational structure, and technical contribution at all levels. You will be expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate. These jobs are not for everyone, you must have a genuine passion for producing the best vehicles in the world. Without passion, you will find what we're trying to do too difficult.
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Tesla Motors is looking for an experienced Service Advisor to work on one of the most progressive vehicle brands in the world. This position requires a high level customer and employee interaction, so the ideal candidate will not only possess the technical acumen, but also the ability to provide a strong level of customer service. This position is located at our Service Center, however the role will require travel as needed and directed by management. If you are interested in becoming a part of a world class service team supporting the latest EV technology, we are interested in hearing from you.
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The Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors announced Wednesday it needs more time to decide who will lead campuses in Alexandria and Monroe.
The appointments were tentatively scheduled for the board's regular meeting Wednesday in Baton Rouge, but board members emerged from a lengthy closed-door session undecided.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System President Joe May said the board will hold a special meeting at a later date to make the announcements.
"In the interest of selecting the best person for these roles, postponing our decision at this time is the right thing to do for each institution," May said in a prepared statement.
Louisiana Delta Community College in Monroe and Central Louisiana Technical Community College in Alexandria have both been without chancellors since June.


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Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer says his concussion-like symptoms are improving. His teammates, no doubt, hope that's true.
"Hopefully (a return comes) soon," Reimer said on Tuesday, his first comments in nearly a month. "The symptoms are getting better, are almost gone, so it's just a matter now of getting back in shape and getting the timing and everything back."
Reimer was hurt in a collision with the Canadiens' Brian Gionta on Oct. 22. The injury was initially characterized as similar to whiplash.
"When it's concussion-like symptoms and you have to err on the side of caution, the only thing you can't do is get your heart rate up," Reimer said. "You're just kind of sitting on your butt for a month."
Coach Ron Wilson, whose team has gone 6-7-1 without Reimer after a 5-1-1 start, wouldn't set a timeline but said he expects Reimer to play in the near future.
Backups Jonas Gustavsson and Ben Scrivens have struggled to find consistency in Reimer's absence, and the team has seen injuries to several key players, like Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur and Mike Komisarek.
"We've got a lot of people out with injuries and we'd like have our full lineup. It starts in goal," Wilson said. "We've had some really good games from our goaltenders and some mediocre ones. It would be nice to get our No. 1 goalie involved."


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I'm a Cuse alumni...wanna try again or can we get back to Pacers basketball?
Who the hell is Antic? Why can't we guard him?
West needs to rest for the rest of the night.
This game will be ours
This team is depressingly bad right now. JOB-era teams never played this poorly.
Oh yes they did. Way worse.
The Vogel era Pacers have stretches of games and entire games where they can't score and play crappy defense. If it hasn't been fixed yet it won't ever be.
Call me crazy, but I have a feeling we're going to get a typical 3rd quarter Pacers onslaught tonight. Just close out the half well and regroup.
My 'out of state fan' game reports over the years
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Nah. Travis Diener wouldn't have allowed it.
I feel we're right there if we stop playing around
Wow, so you apparently didn't follow the games back then....WOW! I remember sitting in front of my computer in 2009 and watching our Team lose like the Celtics did last night. We are the freaking best team in the NBA right now, we lost our NY dynamite and can't hit. It's still the first half though...let's wait and see.
Yes. The quote that I was replying said the following:
And that was simply wrong. Toronto didn't have a back to back when they lost by 6. They had a back to back when they beat us in Toronto (and we had a back to back as well).
I wasn't replying to you.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Danny is so good at pretending to play D lol he always jumps in the air even if his guy is 5 feet away lol
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Start the 2nd half w/ Butler starting and Granger in 2nd unit. Need more scoring and consistency off the bench.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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15 point game, we still have a chance to win this especially if we keep up to them this quarter and do our 3rd quarter run.
Pacers + Colts + Seahawks = Game mode on!
Does anyone know what the average record of teams on the second half of a back-to-back?
Thank god for hill
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Everyone knows in the past week the Pacers have played New Orleans then traveled to Cleveland and was delayed there because of the snow played a tough Toronto team last night and then arrived in Atlanta today and are playing without their starting SG, right?
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Maybe I'm still in a colts comeback state of mind but I'm not too worried by our start. I think the mistakes we've made are easily correctable and a lot of the shots we've missed have been good looks. I think we come out of halftime and make it a game by the start of the 4th.
Did our scouting report not say they liked to shoot the 3
Caroll throwing up garbage im done watching.
Hibbert misses more point blank looks than anyone I can recall.
Why is Hibbert launching so damn hard? Float the ball!


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A bus driver in Ohio is accused of choking a third grade special-needs student she was driving home.
The Columbus school district says a surveillance system recorded the assault Tuesday on the 9-year-old girl. A district spokesman says it's not clear what led to the encounter.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that (http://bit.ly/GFhB5A) the district is moving the fire the driver, who is suspended without pay pending a hearing on a district charge of malfeasance.
The girl's foster mother had reported the matter to police, who refer to it in a report as an endangering children offense.
Superintendent Gene Harris said last week that she was displeased her staff didn't quickly fire another driver accused of misconduct. That driver had resigned as the district moved to fire her.
Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com


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at the City Gates of Valetta, with a magical secret garden, the Hotel Phoenicia is perfectly placed for the discovering the historic walled city, feasting on Caravaggio's paintings and exploring the Grand Harbour. With award-winning service and excellent facilities, the luxurious Hotel Phoenicia is a sumptuous retreat for the discerning traveller – and a luxurious indulgence if you want to spoil yourself or a loved one. A national treasure opened in 1947, Hotel Phoenicia is a key part of Malta's social and cultural history. Stars, socialites and the crowned heads of Europe have enjoyed this 5 star hotel for over 60 years. Some of the world's greatest hoteliers have left their mark on the Phoenicia. Original features mingle with distinctly modern twists, refining the effortless Art Deco elegance that makes Malta's finest hotel so special. A stay at the Hotel Phoenicia is an unforgettable experience. Our charming staff will ensure your every whim is catered for.
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The Australian commando who died of gunshot wounds in Afghanistan on Tuesday night was a veteran of several tours to the war-torn country, it is understood.
The Defence Force announced the soldier, a member of the elite, Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment, died after what was believed to be a non-combat incident at the Australian Defence Force headquarters in Kabul.
But it has declined to give details of the circumstances of the soldier's death while military police are investigating and said that the man's family had asked that no personal details be released.
Defence Force head Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said the soldier's comrades found him with a gunshot wound about 2pm local time in an administration building. He was rushed to a hospital in the Afghan capital where he underwent emergency surgery.
''Sadly, the soldier's injuries were too severe and he later died surrounded by his mates,'' Air Marshal Binskin said. ''His death will impact the nation and we will do all we can to support his family, his friends and his colleagues through the difficult days ahead.''
Air Marshal Binskin said coalition military police had secured the scene and the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service was investigating.
He described the man as a ''brave soldier'' who was ''highly qualified, experienced and well-respected''.
Australia's special forces, made up of the Special Air Service and commandos, have carried out a large share of combat duties in Afghanistan, and correspondingly suffered the bulk of deaths and injuries.
About 400 Australians are still in Afghanistan, including members of the special forces, largely in training and advisory roles. No Australians are involved in combat.
Air Marshal Binskin declined to say whether post-traumatic stress disorder might have been a factor in the death.
''I am confident in what Defence does in the mental health space but in this particular case I won't speculate,'' he said.
''I need to let ADFIS determine the facts in the investigation and then we can make some decisions.''


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Canon EOS 7D Review
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Shots here are of our 'version two' resolution chart which provides for measurement of resolution up to 4000 LPH (Lines Per Picture Height). A value of 20 equates to 2000 lines per picture height. For each camera the relevant prime lens was used. The chart is shot at a full range of apertures and the sharpest image selected. Studio light, cameras set to aperture priority (optimum aperture selected), image parameters default. Exposure compensation set to deliver approximately 80% luminance of white area.
|Canon EOS 7D (4.8MB, 18 MP)
|Canon EOS 50D (4.1 MB, 15.1 MP)
|Nikon D300s (3.4 MB; 12 MP)
|Pentax K7 (8.6 MB, 14.5 MP)
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|Point at which all lines of a resolution bar are still visible and defined, beyond this resolution loss of detail occurs (below Nyquist frequency).
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The Canon EOS 7D makes the most out of its 18 MP sensor and delivers the highest resolution that we have so far seen on an APS-C DSLR. There are some signs of moire at very high frequencies but it outresolves all other cameras in this comparison in terms of both absolute and extinction resolution. However, when looking at these results it has to be considered that they, like in all our studio tests, have been achieved with stopped down prime lenses. In most real-life situations you would struggle to get the same amount of resolution in your images.
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I use a 7D as my main camera. I would consider myself to be an advanced learner and I've found this to be an easy camera to use. Study the handbook then go and play with the camera until you are well versed in the use of the control's. All you will be doing is gaining valuable experience. Get one, use it and enjoy it.
I have been looking to purchase this camera for some time now and have just read your review. In the pros and cons you state that it's no good for the beginner. What reasons is it not good ? I was combining an entry level spec to amature pro as my budget is limited and won't be able to get anything later.
Joel, I have a 30D, 40D and 7D. Reviewing some pictures I took a few years ago when I lived in the States ( Boston ), what struck me about a bunch of pics that I took with my trusty 30D at the Zoo there, was just how smooth and natural looking my pics looked taken at ISO 800, and even the ISO 1600 shots looked very decent indeed. Ideally I found that ISO 1250 or below gave me the best results, but 1600 on the 30D was very close to my 7D can output. Probably due to the far less crowded sensor. I think the colours on the 30D are my favourite of all my Canons. I also prefer the metering on the older Canons to the 7D`s fancy new system that tied in the metering to the focusing area and often ends up with eithir too dark, or too bright exposures, though I have learnt how to work around this. I did a test a while back and put my Canon 70-300 MM L lens on the 30D and the resolution and sharpness was amazing for an 8 MP camera.
I think what the reviewer meant that it is quite a complicated camera to learn fully, but of course you can pace yourself with this, and just learn as you go. There are so many options available on this camera, it takes a long time to fully learn them and get the best out of the camera. I would highly recommend the camera and it will last you a lifetime. To get the best out of it, try and get some really good lenses over time, as these you can keep forever. The premium L lenses are worth every penny, and if you ever trade up to a Full frame, you can bring the lenses along, so they are truly a lifetime investment. My best ever purchase was a second hand Canon 70-300 L 4- 5.6 lens. This is incredibly sharp with fantastic colour and contrast, as well as amazing focus abilities and tank like build quality.
I was busy shooting today, battery full, CF card in the camera and everything went black? It will not switch on at all?
Have checked the battery - put my spare in, also fully charged but still no luck?
I was using studio lights - so does that effect the camera?
If you were using the PC Sync or hotshot to sync the flashes, they may have a trigger voltage beyond what the camera can handle. If that was the case they may have smoked your camera. There are companies that make trigger isolation units to protect the new modern cameras from the older strobes that use high voltage sync. Have your camera looked at by a repair shop or canon to determine if it is worth repairing.
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I've been struggling to find the replacement for my 5 year old Canon 40D. The images from the 40D are excellent, but it is technically behind times.
When the 7D was first released, I bought one, but returned it because of what I perceived as sensor noise. Bad decision on my part! The camera was technically all my 40D is not. So, now that there are scant few left as the shelves clear for the 7D Mk II, I just ordered a brand new 7D (not Mk II) at a bargain basement price. I can't wait to revisit this incredible camera once again.
Hey! I'm curious what bargain basement price you paid for your 7D?
Does anybody know if a Canon 7D will be compatible with a Canon 17-85mm IS and a Canon 70-300mm which I currently use on my Canon EOS 450D?
Any feedback on what people think of the 7D would be greatly appreciated as I am considering purchasing one.
of course. why not. its apsc
Yes, it is.
I bought this camera (body only) about 4 years ago with a 24-105mm f4 L IS USM lens. After using it for about 8 months, I compared it side by side with a co-worker's T2i (with various lens). In each case I noticed that the T2i had a sharper (cleaner) image. I was very disappointed. Tried the in-menu focus compensation... didn't work. Finally sent it back to Canon. They fixed it under warranty. It has been good ever since. I shoot mostly my kids at their sporting events... track n field, cross country and tennis. All outdoor sports, so about 2 years ago, I purchased the 70-300mm f4-5.6 L IS USM lens. Both lens work really well with the camera... very sharp results. I would say about 90 ~ 95% of the shots are keepers.
I think that initially looking at the Canon 7D MK II's specifications they might seem conservative, but as with the EOS 5D Mark III and the 1D X updates to these models were refined, with well measured features that met the needs of photographer in quality and reliability, rather than boasting headline hitting new technological advancements.
I love this camera/disappointed in Canon/customer support/service. The 1st 7d I purchased had a pixel issue. Seems to be notorious in Canon lenses. My 1st PowerShot S2 IS had a pixel issue. I didn't realize was present until camera was out of warranty-had to fight like a dog to get them to replace it. My 7d SAME issue, issue found after first test shots I took in the store downloaded! Didn't want the store to send it back only to send a "fixed lens" I returned it, bought anothernew 7d, but still a problem. Once again found a mo after warranty when a little bracket inside the lens was detached from inside, only 1 screw was holding it in place, there was supposed to be 2 this bracket keeps the extension within the lens. A quality control issue that went unnoticed during manufacturing according to the camera guy that had to fix it but it didn't matter the damage to the focus computer chip inside had already been damaged & Canon refuses to do a thing about it par for the course.
I've just switched from Nikon to Canon and am completely lost, I shoot birds in flight a lot and cannot get my head around how to engage burst on the 7D, can't get built in flash to "raise it's ugly head" also how to change menu settings. Wish Canon had stuck to more universal icons and menu.
Despite all that was very impressed with fast focus on few single shots that I took
Could any one please help?
If you have a filter fitted to protect the lens try shooting without. After buying my 100-400 lens I returned to the shop after finding my images soft using a 7D. They tested my lens with a second one they had in the shop and agreed the first lens was faulty. When I got the second lens home I found it as poor as the first until I realized the second lens tested had not had a filter fitted when tested in the shop and I had transfered my filter to the second lens when I got home.
Conclusion: I only use filters for effects and I have remove all my "protective filters" from my L lenses. Why spend hundreds of pounds on lenses just to add a piece of cheap glass on the front.
I am 7D user and have noticed that my images are considerably soft. I mostly use canon 100-400L lens. Initially I thought that its problem with the way I use camera. I tried all possible things. Searched lot and found many discussion about AF problem with 7D. Can someone share their experience?
It seems 7D AF is not consistent although manual focus gives considerably crisp and sharp image.
I'm a wheelchair user and have gone for the 7D because of the increase in range when using a shorter lens over full frame which means though I often cannot get close I often achieve a useable image.
Live on the coast so to avoid problems re dust on the sensor from the beach I purchased a second one a few months back which says, I think, just how pleased I am with the product. Re low iso and noise, possibly because of high light levels from sea reflection and living in a flat open area I personally find no problems but using 2.8 lenses helps. Not professional but have had people use my stuff on their websites - so for my needs the 7D works well - Oh, and if like me you have poor dexterity you'll find the raised buttons really helpful even when wearing gloves.
I have a 70D, am getting a used 7D at $ 800 next week, will provide a comprehensive review after that
My Review of the Canon 7d as the owner of one for 1yr is this.I shoot Professionally and have used the 7d for just about 1yr.It is a bit bigger,heavier than my other EOS Canon's.Picture quality is top of the line.Video quality is top of the line.The Grain Factor when using the ISO at a higher number is compensated by a setting in the Menu so no problem.At 8fps continuous it stands above the others.Weather proof as well (Body only).Recently my Canon 7d was knocked over while mounted atop a 6ft tripod landing on solid asphalt.A little scratch on the body was all the damage it received.Though bigger and heavier the construction,function,image quality of this Camera is incredible.I shoot Landscape,Portrait,sports(MMA Fights) and everything in between.Canon went above and beyond with this model.A+ is the grade I give for this one.
Which one is a better model 70d or 7d , I have read numerous reviews and seen plenty of videos, even though 70d is a much newer version I would like to know from some one who has used them side by side.
I think both are great, depends on your needs, the 7D is like a tank, the build quality is incredible, its AF is phenomenal (a cut above the 70D in terms of customization options), the 70D has slight advantage 2/3 of a stop at higher iso's, has wifi and touchscreen, the 7D has bigger and better OVF, and the 70D have awesome video capabilities. I played with both and went for the 7D (easy choice), the 70D felt like a toy and I didnt like the plasticky feel (compared to the 7D). Bit both are great, you'll enjoy either depending on your needs.
It depends on what you want to do. I use it up to ISO 6400 for street photography, and it's noisy but it adds to the mood of any photo I'd take at such a sensitivity. (Generally, silouettes at night, low key portraits...)
For a more general use, I'd say ISO 1600 with a good exposure is useable.
www.photobycarlos.com all my pictures with 7d
Checked your photos at photobycarlos.com. Really it was awesome :) Finally I decided to go for 7D after saw your website. Tnx !!!
please suggest me some good lenses which are more better for portrait & landscape shooting
which lenses you are using??
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Dr Barry Russell examining a lizardfish from the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection, 9 February 2011.
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One of the more mysterious figures in the dark electronics scene of the 2010s, Holy Other first emerged in 2010 with the We Over EP for Transparent Records, a release that set forth the tenets of his style: cavernous bass, abstract rhythms, pitched-down vocals, and oceans of reverb that come together in a sound that owes an equal debt to goth, dubstep, and R&B influences. Based at different times in Manchester and Berlin, the producer kept his given name a secret, never showing his face in his album artwork and performing in a mask. A split cassette with producer Indigochild followed later in 2010, and Holy Other signed to Tri Angle to release his first EP, With U, the following year. After touring the U.S. with Amon Tobin, Holy Other's debut album, Held, arrived in August 2012. ~ Heather Phares


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Jason Collins' NBA career might not be over.
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Whether Collins hooks on with a team for the 2013-14 season depends more on his ability to contribute than anything else. A solid starter for the New Jersey Nets last decade, Collins has worked on one-year deals for the last chunk of his career. He appeared in 38 games last season with the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards, averaging less than 2 points and 2 rebounds in 10.1 minutes per game.
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Margaret Reitz (piano) performed with the Glickman Ensemble in Birmingham, UK, at the International Double Reed Society conference. She was a guest recitalist in Grenada, Spain for Interpretation of Spanish Song 2009.
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PITTSBURGH -- From Andrew McCutchen to Carlos Gomez to Matt Holliday, the National League Central has no shortage of impact outfielders. Two players who are quickly traveling down that same path -- Billy Hamilton and Gregory Polanco -- met for the first time Tuesday.
Polanco debuted for the Pirates a week ago, and the 22-year-old right fielder has made an immediate impact. Through his first six games, Polanco was hitting .387 with five RBIs and a homer that proved to be the game-winner Friday night against the Marlins.
"As a fan, I'm looking forward to see him play, and hopefully we have something for him to make things a little bit more difficult than they've been so far," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Polanco.
The Reds counter with Hamilton, a 23-year-old center fielder who has a leg up on Polanco in terms of experience. Hamilton debuted for the Reds last September, but he still has his rookie status intact. And Hamilton's 63 games played entering Tuesday were the second-most among NL rookies, trailing only D-backs shortstop Chris Owings.
Like any rookie, Hamilton has dealt with some growing pains, which will probably come to Polanco at some point as well. In the first dozen games of 2014, Hamilton was hitting below .200, with an on-base percentage below .250.
But Hamilton has developed into a much more consistent leadoff hitter, raising those numbers to .264 and .301, respectively, entering Tuesday's opener vs. the Bucs. And once he's on, the lightning-quick Hamilton is always a threat to swipe a bag. He's second in the Majors with 25 steals.
"He's going to go through some tough knocks," Price said. "We just have to be patient enough to stay with it. Every time something doesn't work, it's an opportunity for him to learn from that experience. And I can't expect him to play like a veteran in his rookie year. He's not quite there yet, but he gets better every day and we're watching the evolution of a terrific player."
Hamilton and Polanco will likely have their names brought up when the discussion about the NL Rookie of the Year Award begins, and if things stay the way they are, they'll be seeing a lot of each other in the next few seasons.
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chicka-Dee wrote:[I]don't really understand the difference between killing an animal for self-nourishment, and digging up a potatoe (which kills the plant, doesn't it?) and eating it.
Peter wrote:chicka-Dee wrote:[I]don't really understand the difference between killing an animal for self-nourishment, and digging up a potatoe (which kills the plant, doesn't it?) and eating it.
The difference is that one the Buddha teaches to be inherently unwholesome and the other not. A plant is not a living being. It is alive, but it does not have consciousness, does not act with intention, does not make karma, does not have taints, cannot be liberated from the taints, there is no "plant realm" for beings to be born into, etc. Whatever your personal opinion on the matter, the Buddha's teachings on this are clear.
As you said, waste and greed are unwholesome as well, regardless whether it concerns meat or plants or rocks.
Sentient beings is a technical term in Buddhist discourse. Broadly speaking, it denotes beings with consciousness or sentience or, in some contexts, life itself.[1] Specifically, it denotes the presence of the five aggregates, or skandhas.[2] While distinctions in usage and potential subdivisions or classes of sentient beings vary from one school, teacher, or thinker to another—and there is debate within some Buddhist schools as to what exactly constitutes sentience and how it is to be recognized[citation needed]—it principally refers to beings in contrast with buddhahood. That is, sentient beings are characteristically not enlightened, and are thus confined to the death, rebirth, and suffering characteristic of Saṃsāra.[3] However, Mahayana Buddhism simultaneously teaches (in the Tathagatagarbha doctrine particularly) that sentient beings also contain Buddha-nature—the intrinsic potential to transcend the conditions of samsara and attain enlightenment, thereby becoming a Buddha.[4]
"Those who greatly enlighten illusion are Buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about enlightenment are sentient beings."
In Mahayana Buddhism, it is to sentient beings that the Bodhisattva vow of compassion is pledged. Furthermore, and particularly in Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism, all beings (including plant life and even inanimate objects or entities considered "spiritual" or "metaphysical" by conventional Western thought) are or may be considered sentient beings
I did find this on wikipedia, though, and it seems not all would agree that plants are not sentient beings:
chicka-Dee wrote:I appreciate that Theravadin (and I'm sure many other) Buddhists do not consider plants as sentient.
chicka-Dee wrote:I didn't realize this forum was so narrow-focused as to only include 'Theravadin Buddhist' thoughts and ideas, and exclude all others.
uniformsquare wrote:"A lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison."
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By Aaron Hobson
From: Clinton, TN
Dec 7, 2007
|It's interesting to see where this topo shows belay 5. I've climbed this route half a dozen, each time with different partners, and we always avoid getting too close to the large overlap that this topo's belay 5 shows. I wonder if this was the original ascent route, and that now most people skip going there, because it involves a sketchy un-protected traverse?
By Lowell
From: El Paso, Texas USA
Dec 9, 2007
|Yes, I like to stick to the traditional line. The sketchy section you speak of is the well known "Friction Pitch" which is the original route mentioned in the Climbers Guide. It's a very simple 5.7R, nothing to really worry about these days. In fact it's super fun. Great rock. This route is also mentioned in the Tony Bird topos that were published in Rock-n-Ice #48. I've gone the other way and don't really like dealing with the veggy cracks and lichen.
By Charles Vernon
From: Tucson, AZ
Dec 9, 2007
|When I climbed this route we also didn't go to the overlap shown as belay #5. Instead, I traversed right lower and then went up to a set of bolts in the middle of nowhere (on the next pitch I continued up face climbing with no pro to belay #6 and then up the crack above). For me this was by far the scariest climbing on the route--over a hundred foot runout with absolutely no pro anywhere, with some 5.6/5.7 near the end. It is the one thing that gives me pause at the thought of doing the route again, but if I knew of a less scary way to go in that area, I might do it again (even just a 50 foot runout rather than 100 feet!)
By Lowell
From: El Paso, Texas USA
Dec 12, 2007
That's the thing with bigwall routes. There's many variations. But we all head for the same summit. However I checked the topo in Rock-n-Ice #48 and it shows the same direction as Ingraham's guidebook which goes like this -
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A Climbing Guide to the Organ Mountains -- R. L. Ingraham
"The 5th pitch leads up the gully until one can move out onto the face to the right. You should be in a shallow trough-like structure which turns into a thin ledge. Head up to deep sickle shaped crack and belay from ledges here. Off to your right (west) is a smooth face broken by a vertical rib. You should be more or less even with the bottom of the rib for your belay in the deep crack. You want to traverse right hitting the top of the rib and continuing past it. However, you cannot reach the next belay from the deep crack. You now climb straight up for a short pitch to a small, crumbly ledge, more or less even with the top of the rib on the right. Belay here. The 7th pitch (commonly called the "traverse" or "friction" pitch) leads straight over to the top of the rib. Then head up and right across a long face until you can see another vertical rib with a cruddy crack with bushes along it. Head for the base of this. On top of the rib is a bolt for a belay. This pitch is long (150 feet) and relatively unprotected."
This is the original First ascent: summer 1960; P. Wohlt, J. France. The Guidebook and Rock-n-Ice topo does tell us in detail that the route takes the slab pitch and not the dihedral crack from the mini roof/step with a ledge at its base.
There was four of us and we enjoyed breaking it into a two day ascent. So we went this way to hit the big ledge so we could bivi the night. And we didn't know exactly where the dihedral crack went. But it looked like the way to go with the crack for pro. I'll have to try it.
Although it really doesn't matter to me which way climbers go. I agree with it being a scary runout, but. Once you do it you'll fully understand how classic slab climbing is in the Organs. Like routes on The Tooth or the East Slabs of Sugarloaf. Which have never ending blank slab pitches for climbers with nerves of steel......YIKES :)
I spoke with Dick Ingraham on the phone for a report I wrote back in the mid 1990's and he said;
"Some of the routes might have thin slab sections. But the Organs will always give you a crack or ledge as a reward."
To me. Climbing in the Organs goes hand in hand with being able to climb blank slab.
When I dig up the blown up topo from Rock-n-Ice I'll post it.
By Aaron Hobson
From: Clinton, TN
Dec 18, 2007
|Looking at the route-topo more carefully, I realize I deviate even more. Above and right of the Pitch 5 belay is a large right facing corner. I've always climbed this (as evidenced by the other photo posted for this route). Almost near the top of this corner is a break where you get onto the slab. then 30 feet of slab to a small ledge with pro, and another 30-40 ft to the "Big Bivie" pitch 9 belay. I'll definitely try the other way next time I go out there.
By Lowell
From: El Paso, Texas USA
Dec 22, 2007
|When looking at your action photo it seems like following the crack would be the ideal way. Is it a clean crack (for the Organs)? A small amount of lichen and moss is cool with me, but not too much. It looks real good in the photo. I'd like to try it.
By Nathan Fry
From: Intervale, NH
Oct 8, 2011
A new question in the discussion:
1) Any info on the line of mysterious double bolt anchors directly up from the top of North Face Pitch 6? We went right of the line depicted on Lowell's map and discovered great anchors at the end of every rope length. It was a really great line that kept the climbing in a nice 5.7 range most of the way to the top.
By Lowell
From: El Paso, Texas USA
Dec 30, 2011
12/31 I went up to check things out. Knee deep snow all the way to base camp.
After the 6th Pitch the rock changes from blank slab to vertical jug holds. You can basically climb anywhere on low grades to the top.
Just watch for more loose rock on lines that aren't as popular.
Bigwall routes that are usually low grades always have optional detours. I stick to the original line for traditional values and cleaner rock. I am interested in trying the variations though.
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Fair trade isn't just coffee or handmade gifts anymore. There's a slew of beauty products to make your inventory unique.
Up until the last few years, the term "fair trade" brought to mind men harvesting coffeein sun-drenched plantations or women handbeading jewelry or clothing. But mention fair trade now and you'll likely be introduced to beauty products that fuel a cause and produce results. Beauty Store Business had a chance recently to chat with Maya Spaull, director of new-category innovation for Fair Trade USA (www.fairtradeusa.org), and is excited to share that interview with our readers.
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Fair Trade began modestly in the 1940s when a few small North American and European organizations reached out to poverty stricken communities to help them sell their handicrafts to well-off markets. Today, Fair Trade is a global movement to alleviate poverty by harnessing the power of markets and empowering farmers and farm workers to take control of and invest in the wellbeing of their families, businesses and communities.
Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, is the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. The organization was founded by its President and CEO, Paul Rice, in 1998, to help address some of the major social, environmental and economic downfalls of existing trade systems. Fair Trade USA now audits and certifies transactions between U.S. companies and their international suppliers to guarantee that the farmers and workers producing Fair Trade Certified goods are paid fair prices and wages, work in safe conditions, protect the environment and receive community development funds to empower and uplift their communities. Fair Trade USA also educates consumers, brings new manufacturers and retailers into the Fair Trade system, and provides farmers with tools, training and resources needed to thrive as international business people.
Fair Trade has expanded so much in recent years; it's no longer just coffee. Specifically speaking about beauty and fair trade, where do you see it going in the future?
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July 2, 2012
Have you recently been out on a hike in Summit County? Did you have the feeling that you were being watched? Believe it or not, you were surrounded by the FBI. Not the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but a plethora of decomposers and scavengers. FBI: Fungi, Bacteria and Invertebrates. Decomposers and scavengers play an integral part of the life cycle in the Montane Forest Life Zone. This coniferous-filled zone is located in the elevations of approximately 8,000 to 10,000 feet.
You may notice a "crime scene" when you come upon a fallen tree, a dead animal, or even animal scat. But have no fear – the FBI is hard at work. Fungi, bacteria and invertebrates begin the process of decomposing the once-living soon after they land upon the forest floor. Fungi and bacteria are the major decomposers of organic matter, such as dead vegetation. In the scientific world, the term "organic" refers to anything that has molecules composed of hydrogen and carbon atoms. By decomposing organic matter, fungi and bacteria produce important elements such as nitrogen, a crucial ingredient in new plant growth. Fungi and bacteria also use the organic matter to reproduce. After fungi and bacteria die, they are also decomposed. Those unique decomposers are called saprobes or saprotrophs.
Where, you may ask, do the invertebrates, or animals without backbones, come into play? Invertebrates find rotting vegetation, such as logs, a great habitat. It is a useful place for insects to lay their eggs, and then the larvae feast on the nutrient-rich fungi and bacteria. They speed up the decomposition process and add to the nutrients being released. Invertebrates also join in with fungi and bacteria, as well as some wildlife scavengers, such as ravens and coyotes, to break down animal carcasses.
The forest life cycle is a delicately balanced process. Animals rely on plants, or animals that eat plants, for their food source. Plants depend on nutrients within the soil for their growth. Decomposition breaks down the organic material to be used as a direct food source or breaks them down further until they become part of the nutrient-rich soil.
Imagine what would happen to the ecosystem if the FBI no longer performed their duties. Dead matter and waste would pile up on the forest floor and serve no purpose in the life cycle. The energy flow would cease to move on and would have to be stored in the pile that would keep accumulating. Without the energy becoming available for the other living species, more would begin dying, and life would change as we know it.
Be thankful for the FBI. The fungi, bacteria and invertebrates may be serving their own purpose, but they lend themselves to a much greater good. So the next time you are on a hike, be on the lookout for any crime scenes. Take the time to examine that fallen tree, the layer of pine needles, or even scat that is not so fresh. Become a person who appreciates the FBI for their part in keeping the forest life cycle ongoing and healthy. They may be small, but they are mighty.
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ROSEVILLE, Mich. - Several tombstones have been uncovered in the backyard of a Roseville home.
Police said a homeowner was digging for a patio in his yard on Tuesday and found 10 to 12 tombstones.
The dates of death range from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Police said they are reaching out to area cemeteries to see if they are missing any tombstones.
"They dug down several inches, 8 to 10 inches, struck these stones. They were laying facing down," said Donald Glandon, Roseville assistant police chief.
The stones were used by a previous homeowner to make a walkway or path. They either sank in the soil or were covered up.
"These were replaced stones. Basically a grandfather, grandmother passed away and when the other grandparent passed they replaced the original single stone with a double stone," said Glandon.
Glandon believes the stones belong to Mt. Olivet Cemetery where some of them were removed legally.
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AUSTIN, Texas — With spring come young, wild animals venturing from their nests and hiding places under the watchful eyes of their parents. Young animals often stray and appear to be abandoned — that's when humans need to resist the urge to help, wildlife experts say.
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