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Trying to check how LV 2011/Mathscript supports clusters, I tried a Matlab script written by a colleague (function definition) and could not get it to pass the parsing stage in the Mathscript node.
After correcting a few things that are not supported yet (such as the use a "~" for a dummy variable name, or anonymous function declaration), I ended up with a bizarre message:
unexpected token: {
The details show:
Line 346, Column 4: unexpected token: {
Line 346, column 4 is the end of the script, following a "end" declaration, which ends a sub-function declaration. There is no "{" character there.
What gives?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Would you mind posting a screenshot of the MathScript node and the error message?
Patricia B.
Sure, here is the VI. I cannot define an output variable (it is a cluster), as LV won't let me define its type (since it does not understand the script).
The errors, as reported by the Error List window are:
I am attaching the script, if this can help (BTW, it appears impossible to attach a file with a ".m" extension...)
08-15-2011 01:11 PM - edited 08-15-2011 01:14 PM
Hi X.
The { token error refers to the syntax you are using to define cell arrays. Currently, cell arrays are not supported in MathScript. You should be able to rewrite the mscript using structs instead of cell arrays.
K Scott
All right then. Thanks for taking a look at the script. I guess that makes an easy feature suggestion for MathScript/LV 2012...
Just checking if you guys are still willing to help. The author of the script removed cells and function handles from his script, but still MathScript does not seem to understand what's going on:
The modified script, with no cells, is attached.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Hi X.,
There are a couple more issues in your script:
1. When using multiple functions within a single m-file we currently don't support the use of "end" at the end of a function description. For example, this would be ok:
function a = foo(x)
function b = bar(y)
if y>3
wheras this would error:
function a = foo(x)
function b = bar(y)
if y>3
2. If possible you may wish to refrain from using global variables since it causes the MathScript Node to run in decreased performance mode. For more info look here.
3. You are still using varargin (which is not supported) in the Likelihood_subfunction parameters. You should treat this like you treated the original function call by replacing it with the total number of inputs you wish to use. In this case the four inputs required for the subfunction call.
4. You are using optimset to pass options to fminsearch. Currently optimset is not supported. Our default values for max iterations and max function calls are 100 and 1000 respectively. If you really need to set these values to something different we may have some ideas. Please send me a pm if that is the case.
5. Finally, the syntax you use for fminsearch is not correct in MathScript. Our current implementation of fminsearch only supports two outputs. Having a third output (errflag) will cause this function to give an error.
This script has been very useful to use in providing a usecase for support that we currently lack. Thanks for sharing and let us know if we can be of more help.
K Scott
Thanks for the detailed answer, that is very helpful.
Not as much can be said of the LabVIEW error message!
I am attaching the modified version that now works (with the project, VI and a test file). However "works" is an overstatement... The first time the VI is run, processing takes ~100 s on my 3.4 GHz computer. The second and following times are down to ~20 s but that's anyway light years away from the ~50 ms reported by my colleague using Matlab...
I have tried to remove any reference to global variables (which returns the wrong numerical results but does not break the code) and the speed is barely improved (it gets a bit faster, ~ 8s after the first run, maybe because the number of iterations is reduced).
So why is such a code so much slower than when run in Matlab (to the point of being useless)?
Another puzzling behavior is that the MathScript node seems to return no error and then still keeps LabVIEW busy for a few seconds (I see that because I have an OpenG tick counts VI connected to the Error output of the MathScript node, and the tick counts value is updated on the front panel before the VI ends (and eventually outputs the numerical values). Why would that be?
Hi X.,
Sorry for the delayed response. After further investigation we have found that our current implemenatation of fminsearch runs very slowly. Couple that with the globals that still exist in the code and this script is going to run with reduced performance. We are aware of these issues and are working on solutions to them. I am afraid that I can offer no further advice other than rewriting that piece of the script in LabVIEW native code.
-K Scott


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The holiday season brings with it all sorts of rich tastes and smells: eggnog and warm apple cider; the scent of baking cookies and gingerbread; cozy spices of cinnamon and nutmeg. But then there's peppermint, and the million different ways restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops in this city incorporate it into desserts. From housemade peppermint patties to candy cane ice cream, deciding where to start is the hardest part. Check our ten of our favorites.
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Have you guys ever had any problems from Ebay? I think someone from Kentucky is trying to stiff me for a card I paid for August 16. Its been almost two weeks and no word.
Some sellers are just slow in shipping their cards out. I've had sellers that took around 2 weeks; I would get concerned, but they showed up sooner or later.
I have like a million baseball cards, most from the early-mid 90's. They are just sitting here in my house...if anyone is interested in buying any of them I would love to start unloading some. If anyone wants to meet up with me somewhere and look I've got most of the cards in big 3-ring binders I can bring those.
I'm in the process of trying to find auto Pacers cards of Mark Jackson, Sam Perkins, Brad Miller and Chris Mullin. Very fustrating, still no luck!
They have certified autographed card of Jackson and Mullin in Pacers uniforms and the other two in other team uniforms.
I've got an autographed yardstick and an autographed trial size bag of planters peanuts signed by Brad Miller lol.
Are there any Shawn Marion fans out there who would be willing to trade something Pacers-related for a Shawn Marion signed ball (I got it signed a couple years ago at the Vince Carter Charity All-star game). It also has Milt Palacio's autograph on it.
I can vouch for the Marion Signed ball as I was at the Same Vince Carter Charity All-Star Game with rcarey when the ball was signed
I buy cards on Ebay, to me that is the cheapest place to get them. I sold my whole collection last year although, I kept a few of my favorites. I got a REALLY good price so it wasn't as painful as I thought. I just started putting together a book of one of nothing but rookies, vintage dodgers, one of pacers rare, and of course the reggie album . If you have any favorite sellers let me know, I like the dealers with low shipping... ellsworthcards is one of my favorite dealers he has awesome deals and low low shippingOriginally Posted by Pacers#1Fan
anybody have a signed Reggie Millers jersey? if you do and its for sale plz repost here or pm me.. im looking for one to put up in my new room
I have the signatures of every major record holder in baseball history (except Bonds who I don't want and Jack Chesbro who I can't find), 13 of the Perfect Game pitchers and an additional 40-45 Hall of Famers.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
I was at a flee market down here a couple of moths ago and saw a JO autographed card that seemed pretty cheap at the time, but I can't remember how much it was. i need to go back and check that place out again.
The best card I have is a Ripkin rookie that i have in a box somewhere.
i had a question for you guys. i lived in Indy forever and Reggie has always been my favorite player. Didn't know if you guys knew of any autograph sessions Reggie did near Indy or anywhere else?? i live in Knoxville, TN so i'm far away from any Reggie Miller news.
...oh wait, I just noticed that Milty signed it too....I'll give you FOUR.
ok wait... that Dale Davis card... uh he's in a pacer uniform and at the bottom it says Portland Trailblazers????
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4/9/2014 - Luis Scola also recorded a season high with 24 points and Evan Turner added 23 for Indiana.
I have a Dwayne Wade Rookie Topps Cromographs card. I would be willing to sell it if the price is right. Value is currently at $200.
The only thingwe have so far is a personal note to Geezer Jr. on a banquet menu signed by Mickey Lolich. Go ahead....tell me what he's famous for.
Well, not exactly true....I have a framed signed pix of The Kingston Trio and a 45 RPM record signed by Bob Shane the leader of the trio. (They sent them to me after I had been in contact with them regarding some music I was wanting to perform).
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WoW there is a forum where people just talk about HD products all of the time. Nice set up on your theater and cool Pacers stuff. Where did you get those old signed Pacers shorts?
BB, the shorts were from a charity event sponsored by the Pacers some years ago. The MCD parachute Mrs. RWB caught last year was signed by Marquis Daniels and Jermaine's older brother.
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New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman has a new approach to eating and health and wants you to share it with him. He also wants you to buy his new book, of course, which describes this new diet: VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health…For Good.
As the title suggests, Bittman believes a vegan diet before dinner time and a "reasonable" diet late in the day is the recipe to health and happiness. Bittman claims he is not a vegetarian, and that he enjoys a steak once in a while. But he has routinely criticized livestock production and animal foods. For instance, in a January column for The Times, Bittman wrote, our food system has "been a major contributor to climate change, spawned the obesity crisis, poisoned countless volumes of land and water, wasted energy, tortured billions of animals…I could go on." Bittman asks his readers to start a movement to improve the conditions of livestock.
"Well-cared-for animals will necessarily be more expensive, which means we'll eat fewer of them; that's a win-win," he wrote. "They'll use fewer antibiotics, they'll be produced by more farmers in more places, and they'll eat less commodity grain, which will both reduce environmental damage and allow for more land to be used for high-quality human food like fruits and vegetables."
If you're a livestock producer it is likely you are more than mildly offended by Bittman's claims. "Tortured billions of animals?" Seriously? Any livestock producer knows well-cared for animals are cheaper to produce and result in higher quality meat and increased profits.
Unfortunately, other prominent writers are repeating wild claims against the livestock industries. For instance, David Sirota, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, magazine journalist and best-selling author, also believes livestock production contributes significantly to climate change.
In a column written for Salon.com, Sirota cites a study that declares the livestock industries "produce between 18 percent and 51 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions." The study claims those percentages account for feed production, deforestation and animal waste.
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In a report published last year (and reported by Drovers/CattleNetwork) titled "Clearing the air: Livestock's contribution to climate change," Frank Mitloehner, animal scientist and air-quality specialist at the University of California-Davis, says that, in the United States, raising cattle and pigs for food accounts for about 3 percent of all greenhouse-gas emissions, while transportation creates an estimated 26 percent.
Mitloehner says analysis of livestock's environmental footprint is often flawed and can confuse the issues. Additionally, he says, "We certainly can reduce our greenhouse-gas production, but not by consuming less meat and milk. Producing less meat and milk will only mean more hunger in poor countries."
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Mixed results for Redmond, Rogers vs. Yanks
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- It was a tale of two innings for right-hander Todd Redmond during Sunday afternoon's game against the Yankees.
Redmond entered during the third and walked the first batter he faced. Eduardo Nunez and Carlos Beltran then stepped up and recorded back-to-back homers that easily cleared the wall.
The 28-year-old Redmond eventually settled down and got through the rest of the third inning unscathed before pitching a clean fourth. The wind was blowing out at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, but it was the location of his early pitches that caused most of the problems.
"When I started Spring Training, I felt good. That was the first time so far this spring I got underneath a lot of pitches," Redmond said. "But besides that, I made the adjustment after that first inning and was able to come back out and perform where I needed to be."
It was a minor setback in Redmond's quest to secure the final spot in Toronto's rotation. He was coming off a pair of scoreless innings against the Phillies, but this outing won't help his cause. Still, there's plenty of time remaining this spring, and the club isn't going to make a decision based on one appearance.
Right-hander Esmil Rogers got the start and also had an up-and-down performance. He recorded a three-up-three-down first inning, but then allowed three singles and one run during the second. The consolation is that only one of those three hits was well struck.
Rogers is set to earn $1.84 million this season and likely has a guaranteed job. The question that still hasn't been answered, though, is whether that job will be in the rotation or the bullpen. One big key for Rogers this season could be his changeup, which is what he was working on vs. the Yankees.
"I'm getting confident right now with my changeup and all of my pitches," Rogers said. "I didn't throw the curveball today. ... I threw the cutter, slider and changeup. My sinker was good today, too.
"[The changeup] is what I'm working for, and [playing] Dominican winter ball, I was working on my changeup. Now I feel more comfortable. I had it before, but I didn't have much confidence in it. Right now I can throw it any time I want. I threw it today to [Jacoby] Ellsbury [on a] 2-2 [count]."
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DETROIT - The Lions have a big game on Sunday, to say the least.
A victory over the 49ers in San Francisco on national TV on Sunday Night Football would do more than just give the Lions a 2-0 record. It would send a message to NFL America that the Lions honestly have something going on -- that they aren't just winning games now, but are real contenders in the fight to get to a Super Bowl.
Hence, it's a statement game. Perhaps, the biggest the Lions have had in more than a decade.
The Lions have gotten a lot of love since they starting winning games last season and are no longer the laughingstocks of the league. But still, few NFL experts have been ready to pick the Lions when they play elite teams. They believe the Lions are good, but not all the way there yet.
Plus, the 49ers are the `it' team this season. They opened the season by beating the Packers in Green Bay in impressive fashion. Last season, they went 13-3 and lost in the NFC championship game. Many are picking the 49ers to get to the Super Bowl this season.
"We believe we can play with them," Lions' DE Cliff Avril said. "Nobody is giving us a chance, but us, within this locker room, feel like we can play with them and pull out a 'W.' That's the goal and that's what we're going to try to accomplish."
Avril understands why the 49ers are the favorites.
"They got all the hype behind them, which is fine," he said. "We're used to being the underdogs."
Questioning how good the Lions are is legit. Despite winning 10 games last season, the Lions didn't beat a single team that finished with a winning record. Plus, against NFC playoff teams in 2011, the Lions had an 0-5 record.
Not surprisingly, coach Jim Schwartz downplayed the importance of the game. We get it. He doesn't want to put too much stock in one game in case they lose.
"They all count,'' Schwartz said. "It's counts a little bit more because it's an NFC game on the road. Those are important things against a team that won the West and was in the championship game."
When asked if the league would look at the Lions differently if they won, Schwartz pooh-poohed the notion that it mattered at all.
"We don't care how people look at us," Schwartz said. "That's fine for fans, and for TV and websites and everything else. Power rankings and all that other crap doesn't mean anything to us. It's about getting a win."
The Lions (1-0) will need some luck because the 49ers (1-0) have owned them recently, winning 13 of the last 14 meetings -- including eight straight. Last season, the 49ers beat the Lions 25-19 at Ford Field with a last-minute TD to snap the Lions five-game winning streak to open the season.
"A win is what's important," Schwartz said. "However you can do that, that's the only thing that matters in this league. Everything else is fun for people to talk about. It's great. It's a big game and people are talking and we're certainly excited to play."
The Lions won't be able to play as poorly as they did against the St. Louis Rams and expect to win. The 49ers defense is the best in the league. "It's going to be a very tough game," Schwartz said. "We're going to have to play our very best."
Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson said the game could be looked at a measuring stick. "We definitely want to see where we stack up to them," he said. "We feel we have a good shot going in there, a great shot. It (a win) could propel us throughout the early part of the season."
The last thing the Lions want to do is a lay an egg, like they did against the Saints last year on national TV. Here, though, much can be gained with a winning performance.
"If we get the win, I definitely think people will kind of give us more respect," Avril said. "But respect is earned. That's just in anything. So we definitely have to go earn it and try to get that 'W.'"
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The library's Local History and Genealogy Web site is one of the most-visited places on the thelibrary.org. Now it offers even more for visitors after a recent redesign.
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It's time again for Chapter & Verse: Music on a Sunday Afternoon at the Library Center. "Dusty Creek" will play traditional bluegrass for all ages at 2 p.m. today, July 11. The concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
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Everyone's doing their part
Not only have the very wealthy profited handsomely from the Great Recession, but the vast and growing disparity of wealth between them and the rest of the country is like a cancer that threatens our body politic.
President Obama's opening bid to raise taxes and increase stimulus spending has hit a brick wall. Republicans in Congress agree that taxes must rise, but they are refusing to increase rates on the wealthy. Unless both sides come to an agreement, taxes will go up for everyone anyway, rich or poor.
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Tributes have been paid to a man who was stabbed in Braintree.
Michael Haastrup, 24, from Southend, was attacked in Cressing Road on Wednesday night and died the next day at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.
He had recently become a father.
His family said: "Michael was a new father, a son, a brother and a good friend who had his whole life ahead of him.
"He had just got a new job and had a lovely new home with his partner and new son.
"He was loved by many and helped people when he could.
"He used to bring in young homeless children to spend Christmas with his family to make them feel a part of this world again and bring hope into their lives.
"May his humble soul rest in peace."
A 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of his murder currently remains in custody being questioned by detectives.
A 20-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Michael was one of two men injured just before 11pm on Wednesday outside a home in Cressing Road.
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Clean living doesn't have to be a hardship. Lisa Haynes reveals how to achieve the body beautiful - minus the personal trainer.
By Lisa Haynes
January resolutions may be in full swing but who says you have to be cruel to be kind?
The dreaded detox doesn't have to be a chore. When it comes to January revitalisation, undoing the festive season damage can actually be quite pleasurable.
A little extra sleep and a whole lot of pampering can do wonders for December-induced dull skin.
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This is one detox you won't want to confine to January.
Heavenly hydration UK spa therapists named dehydration as the biggest skincare problem they see. Factor in a very 'spirited' festive season of excess alcohol and your skin is most likely screaming out for a detoxifying drink.
Water makes up about two-thirds of the weight of a healthy body and the slightest imbalance can lead to lethargy, mood swings and a lack of elasticity in the skin.
Emma Dunne, manager at The Ritz Salon, London, says: "Many clients come to the spa looking for a cure for dull and tired skin, assuming the ageing process is to blame.
"Usually the answer to their lacklustre complexion is in fact dehydration."
Increase your water intake to a minimum of two litres a day and look for products that deliver maximum hydration and moisture to quench thirsty skin.
Rest and relaxation Yes, you heard it right. Pounding the treadmill at the gym shouldn't be your only January prescription. Add sleep, according to Comfort Zone's spa gurus.
"Women spa visitors are showing more signs of stress and sleep deprivation than men with the majority of them falling asleep during a treatment," says Catherine de Villiers, spa manager at The Spa in Dolphin Square.
Counteract all those late December nights by snatching some extra shut-eye. Scientists from the University of Washington revealed sleeping for fewer than seven hours a night 'encourages' the genes that cause weight gain.
Turn your bathroom into a sanctum for rest, warmth and privacy before bedtime. Light calming candles and create a dreamy relaxing bath using sleep-enhancing essential oils like lavender, jasmine or sandalwood.
DIY spa Booking a visit to your favourite spa may be more of an occasional treat than a regularity, especially in budget-conscious January.
Recreate the spa atmosphere at home and you can reap the rejuvenation benefits.
The steam room is the easiest to replicate on a smaller scale with a facial steam for a deep cleanse. Simply fill a bowl with hot water and add a product like Dr Hauschka's Facial Steam Bath (£26.45 from www.drhauschka.co.uk). Lean over the bowl covering your head with a towel and breathe deeply for up to 10 minutes (three if you have sensitive skin).
A good spa therapist is never far away from a body brush so invest for noticeably smoother, softer skin.
Kelly Morrell, manager at Elemis day-spa, says: "A brush a day keeps dry skin away. Try dry body brushing before showering in an upward and outward motion."
Go organic No need to clear out your fridge and cupboards and replace with organic-only ingredients.
If you're aiming for the body beautiful, however, it's worth reassessing your beauty routine and seeking out products that are pure, natural and free of added nasties.
"Organic skincare has really come of age and the results we are seeing can at last compete with the more classic skincare lines," explains Liz Holmes, spa director at Rockliffe Hall, Darlington.
You don't need to go back to basics either. Brands like Organic Surge, whose skincare products hold the EcoCert certification, are launching indulgent ranges like their new 'Luxury Collection' alongside everyday products.
Vitamin shot Flagging on your five-a-day quota already? Vitamins have come a long way from chewable vitamin C tablets, focusing on our skin needs too.
"Today, it is very clear that correct nutrition, physical activity, the help of dietary supplements to improve organ function, along with a topical application of the latest skincare breakthroughs, are equally vital components needed for optimal health of our skin," suggests Davide Bollati, Comfort Zone founder.
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I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but I could not find an old thread with the search feature. I see in the Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta that it says:
"Abandoning idle chatter, he abstains from idle chatter. He speaks in season, speaks what is factual, what is in accordance with the goal, the Dhamma, & the Vinaya. He speaks words worth treasuring, seasonable, reasonable, circumscribed, connected with the goal."
However, I'm not exactly sure how this translates to practice in my everyday life. Any clarification on what idle speech is and what exactly I should be avoiding? Thanks in advance.


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While we're waiting for those summery tomato delights, here are some recipes that will help you get tomatoes on the table a little sooner. You can increase the flavor of out-of-season tomatoes by cooking them slightly or marinating the tomatoes in a flavorful dressing as these great cooks have done. And all these recipes are low on the glycemic index, which makes them perfect for South Beach Recipes of the Week, where I spotlight fabulous-looking South Beach Diet friendly recipes I find on my favorite food blogs.
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The big tray of tomatoes from Sam's is calling out to be used, last night it was roasted tomatoes and pasta. You've just given me great ideas for tonight.ReplyDelete
A fresh from the garden summer tomato is one of life's best simple pleasures. Thanks for sharing these delicious recipes that are great any time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2007 at 1:46 PM
nzpwfxfgtvI got some lovely little tomatoes, very sweet from the market... that and the unusual high temperatures make it like summer to the max.ReplyDelete
Kalyn, I'm so glad you like the recipe!ReplyDelete
I love tomatoes and my mom and I used to eat them raw with just a pinch of salt, watching TV. So delicious!
Blogging is making me hungry all the time! I cannot resist tomatoes.ReplyDelete
Kalyn dear,ReplyDelete
thanks for that mention and my tomatoes do feel quite happy in the midst of fellow tomato salads...nice round up! We are literally baking in the heat here and the oven has become a temporary storage of sorts, a small pantry kinda!
Hope you are in a better weather.
I'm so glad everyone likes all the tomato recipes. Honestly now, could there be a bad recipe using fresh tomatoes? Probably not, but I thought these were all outstanding.ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you're taking the time to comment on Kalyn's Kitchen! I love hearing from people who stop by, especially if you're sharing feedback or asking questions about a recipe I've posted here.
I've recently changed my comment settings so people can comment without signing in, but you will need to check the box to show you're a live person, and comments on older posts won't show up until I publish them. Thanks for understanding!
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Today while practicing warm up drives in preparation for playing a round of disc golf, I screwed up my low back and then some. I will admit that last night I was watching a couple of videos of Garrett Gurthie throwing these huge bombs. In one video, he was giving some tips on throwing for distance. Whether I tried to incorporate those tips or not doesn't matter, what I do know is I tried to hard to throw far and now I'm suffering the consequences.
Lets forget the fact that I turned 46 years old last week and some would say it's an age thing. Maybe it is.
Here's what happened...
I throw RHBH. Threw about a dozen warm up drives then decided to really get into a throw. I know as I began my approach, I took a bigger first step than normal, got into my x-step and reached way back - and I do mean waaaay back...much more than I normally do - at the same time I'm thinking about rotating through my hips more, so it was as I began to pull my arm forward and twist the hips that I felt a sudden and very intense stabbing pain in my low back. The pain stopped me in my tracks (couldn't complete the approach and follow through...didn't even release the disc). It was all I could do to walk the 10 steps to my SUV and rest my upper torso on the hood for support. Stayed there for about 5 mins. or so and realized I had to go pick up all those discs I threw. Endured that effort with a lot of grunting and grimacing. The drive home was the most difficult drive I've ever done.
Anyway, as I reflect on what happened, I am in a quandary about whether or not I pulled a muscle or ruptured a disc. 20 years ago, I was involved in a motorcycle accident where I rupture a disc in my low back. For several years I had some serious low back pain. Eventually it just went away and I've been virtually back pain free for 10-12 years now. I don't remember what it felt like to rupture that disc because a broken leg and concussion seemed to be the priority at the time. I don't recall hearing a 'POP', but I certainly felt trauma there.
So again, there is a real concern I may have ruptured a disc vs. pulling a muscle, but maybe that's just paranoia. Oh, and if you might be wondering why I just didn't go to the ER or doctor, I'm self-employed and have not had health insurance for two years. Bummer, I know!
Any expert back patients out there, or medical professionals that might have a thought or two on what happened?
The pain is centrally located along my spine, lower part of my back, and throbbing/pulsing constantly, slightly burning pain too. Since the injury occurred, I have had minor back spasms, but nothing that has incapacitated me. I've pulled muscles in the back before, but on those occasions the pain was localized to the right or left side of my low back. This pain is definitely in the center. I do not feel any bulging there and as I press along my spine there is tenderness but not an acute/sharp pain. However, it is very difficult to take a deep breath, and Lord knows what I'm going to do if I need to sneeze or cough.
My immediate regimen has been to take a prescription dose of Ibuprofen (800 mg), ice for 20 minutes then ran a hot shower on the area for 20 minutes. Feels better, but still unsure of the degree of injury.


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EIGHTEEN high-earning council staff across Worcestershire were paid more than £100,000 last year, it has emerged.
The tally of so-called 'fat cats' include eight senior bosses at Worcestershire County Council, with a national pressure group calling the handouts "galling".
But the leadership at County Hall has pointed to a fall in the paying of big salaries in recent years, saying it has reduced by more than a third since 2008.
The new ' town hall rich list' data, published by the Taxpayer's Alliance, shows:
- In the 2012/13 financial year former county council chief executive Trish Haines topped Worcestershire's pay pile by earning £176,678
- Five county council directors took home between £112,998-£124,296 in basic pay including Gail Quinton, who is responsible for children's care, Dianne Tilley, who looked after planning before being made redundant, finance chief Patrick Birch, business director John Hobbs, and former adult services boss Eddie Clarke
- Other big earners include Worcester City Council managing director Duncan Sharkey, who earns £105,824 and Jack Hegarty, chief executive of Wychavon District Council who gets between £101,611 and £107,004
- Malvern Hills District Council boss Chris Bocock was also among the top earners, on £104,999
- Wyre Forest District Council chief executive Ian Miller earns £107,831 and Kevin Dicks gets £124,000 running councils in Bromsgrove and Redditch
- The rest of the list is made up of council employees who earned below £100,000 in basic pay but were made redundant and qualified for pay-offs, taking them over the six-figure threshold
The data does not include new county council chief executive Clare Marchant, who took over the top job in June on £151,000 per year and was paid £75,800 as the deputy previously.
Since the figures were compiled Mr Clarke has retired from County Hall and his old post deleted after his responsibilities were handed to Dr Richard Harling.
Mrs Marchant's old assistant county council chief executive brief has also been scrapped, meaning the figures for 2013/14 should show another fall in big earners, especially as it will not include Ms Tilley.
District councils in Malvern and Wychavon are also exploring sharing one chief executive to save cash.
Despite the fall the Taxpayer's Alliance says it is time for councils to stop "pleading poverty" and whacking up council tax.
In April the county council ended four years of freezes by increasing bills just under two per cent, saying it would help fund extra investment into children's services.
Jonathan Isaby, chief executive, said: "It is good news the number of senior council staff making more than £100,000 a year is falling, although that may only be because many authorities have finished paying eye watering redundancy bills.
"It's particularly galling in places where councils are pleading poverty and demanding more and more in council tax.
"Taxpayers expect their council to be filling potholes, not pay packets."
Councillor Peter McDonald, leader of the opposition Labour group said: "Paying the people at the top these sort of salaries cannot be justified.
"The highest earner is on around 13 times more than the bottom one - I don't think that can ever be right."
Councillor Adrian Hardman, the leader, said: "If you go back seven or eight years we had far more, it was seven directors.
"We've now got four directors and it comes to a point where it would be far more difficult to take more out.
"We've made a lot of savings in this area."
The county council now has five employees earning more than £100,000 per year, which is broadly comparable with similar-sized authorities around the UK.
The rich list shows 20 staff at Birmingham City Council got six figures, 10 at Gloucestershire County Council and seven at Wolverhampton City Council.
There were eight at both Herefordshire Council and Warwickshire County Council respectively.


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Vintage 1980 Board Game – IN THE CHIPS SILICON VALLEY – The Local Investment Game of the Santa Clara Valley – 1980 by Tega. For 2-6 players.
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- The Local Investment Game of the Silicon Valley"!
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- The game ends when every player completes the trip and all cash and investments are totaled.
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Dec 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota State Fair officials say the ice rink on the fairgrounds will close for good after this season.
The Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum ice rink be taken down when the current season concludes in February.
Fair officials said Tuesday the ice-making equipment was installed in 1975, and the pipes that circulate coolant have deteriorated beyond repair.
To continue operating, officials say the equipment would need to be completely replaced, and that cost would be prohibitive.
Fair officials also say the 5,200-seat coliseum currently hosts just a fraction of the games it did in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The closing means Hamline University women, St. Paul Como High School boys and some youth association teams will be looking for a new hockey home.
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Sort of like the Panthers have a superstar on their hands? You're pretty good at callin' this stuff.
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Sort of like the Panthers have a superstar on their hands? You're pretty good at callin' this stuff.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
This is totally new information, Blu. We never knew this about you. Why don't you go into detail, we'd love to hear this totally new information.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
They still do. He is off to a rough start but that kid, unlike Luck, is a great football player in a very tough division. Do you think they would trade Cam for Luck? I know damn well they won't. That team, like the Colts has lots of holes in it and lots of problems. It isn't all Cam Newton. It isn't all Andrew Luck in Indy either. They are about 25 players short of having an NFL team.....
I don't know what you are babbling about....
I guarantee that Cam Newton won't finish the season with more than 12 touchdown passes and won't win more than 2 games. I also guarantee that RGIII will end his first season struggling to throw more touchdowns than interceptions. Tom Brady is probably going to be traded at the end of the year because he just doesn't have what it takes anymore and Tony Romo will be MVP of the league. I like throwing out baseless guarantees too.
Weeden played minor league baseball for a number of years. Yes he is older AGE WISE but he is the same "age" as Luck in terms of NFL experience. Had Weeden been in the league for 6 years, you would have a point, but these are both rookie QB's--age difference aside. Him being older but being in the same draft class gives him ZERO advantages over Luck. Especially when you take into account that Luck was drafted number one overall and has been heralded as the best QB prospect in years whereas Weeden didn't even know if he'd start over Colt Mccoy in training camp.
You're right, Luck has out-preformed Weeden throughout most of the year. But again, I'd expect that when comparing a QB who was drafted number one overall and a QB that was drafted at the bottom of the first round. It's not impressive to be better than Weeden when you're supposed to be better. That's why he was drafted higher!
Also the Packers game was two weeks ago, the past two weeks we have struggled against the Jets and the Browns, and before the Packers game we struggled against the Bears, Vikings and the Jags. So far, the Packer game was an anomoly while 2nd half scoring struggles against the other 5 teams has been the norm.
I never once said we should get rid of Luck or even that he was bad. I've said, in other threads, he's blowing Peyton's rookie year out of the water. Rookie QB's nowadays are head and shoulders above the learning curve when compared to rookies in 1998. Luck will improve, but RIGHT NOW he has been out played by RGIII. That was the point I was making.
There's pretty good reason for his statistical numbers, which we've discussed in fairly long length here on these forums. If you're going to base your opinion of RG3 on passer rating and completion percentage, then congratz --- you've just bought into MIke Shanahan's simplied offensive system. Makes rookies look good. RG3 is a very good prospect, he's the 2nd best prospect in this draft. He also has a west coast and option- like style of offense to play in, which does exactly what you're seeing. He also has the #1 rusher in the league to hand the ball off to. He's also not faced very good passing defenses. He's also already missed time due to injury, and despite having an easier system and better supporting cast, he has more losses. We've gone over all of this. There's a lotta hype around that guy, it's gonna come down eventually.
If it were THAT easy, then every team in the league with a rookie QB would make their offense work that way. If it were that easy to look good in that offense, Rex Grossman, John Beck, D. McNabb, and whoever else Shannahan has had at QB while he's been there would look good. I'm a results type of guy. Idc if he's running a simplified offense, if it puts points on the board then what's it matter? One could argue the fact that if Griffin is more dangerous than Luck while running a simplified, dummied down offense, what's going to happen when he learns the entire playbook, runs a no huddle consistently, etc. YES he has a ground game to lean on. That is something nobody can deny. BUT the Colts ran the ball very well against the Browns yesterday, and still stalled offensively in the second half.
Alot like the Colts, the Skin's defense is one of the worst in the league, especially in the secondary. RGIII's only job is to direct the offense and put points on the board and he's got a top 5 offense without a number one, and maybe without a bonafide number two receiver.
Griffin has far less turnovers (5) to Luck's (11), better ypa (8.47 to 6.70), and total touchdowns (13 to 10). Also, the stats that you mention (QB rating, interceptions, and completion %) are pretty darn important when grading a QB. Those are the tools that we've used for years to grade QB's (along with 3rd down completion percentage/conversion rate) and now all of a sudden they don't mean as much?See, this is a big fat myth. The only stats he's beating Luck in are rating, interceptions, and completion rate. Again, all point to the system he plays in. All the reasons I just stated above. He's not beating Luck in passing yards per game, he's not running a no-huddle, he's only using half the field, he's not making as many reads. He has the same # of passing touchdowns in 1 more game than Luck. RG3 has more rushing touchdowns --- while getting his *** handed to him repeatedly on those designed run plays.
Yes RGIII has a MUCH better running game (emphasis on the MUCH) but it's not like he has an offense loaded with firepower. His number one receiver is.....Fred Davis? His second receiver is Santana Moss. Also, much like the colts, the Redskins have been killed with injuries (Orakpo, Carriker, Garcon (lol), and now his leading receiver Davis) Yes the Colts went through an ENTIRE organizational overhaul, but if you're lauded as the best QB to come out of college in years, then I expect you to handle it--which to Luck's credit he has done very well so far. But I don't think he is the MAIN reason we are winning these games. A reason? Yes. The Main reason (ala Peyton Manning all those years) no. If he were, he'd be putting up insane numbers, he wouldn't be turning the ball over, etc.The Colts are 3-3 and just like RG3, lost a game in the final seconds to a long bomb. So could be 4-2. Do you remember what the Colts did this off-season? They overhauled the entire organization. Look at what Luck has around him. Reggie Wayne. That's it. Where is Indy's rookie head coach? Fighting leukemia in a hospital. He has way more working against him, less to work with, and he's damn near 4-2, and even Luck will admit he's not played perfectly, which just goes to show how much of an impact this guy has even when he's not playing to his full potential. Who else are you going to point to for 3, almost 4 wins in 6 games?? Reggie Wayne? He's good, but he's not winning games by himself. It's Luck. He's made this team legit way quicker than we have any right to be. And his full potential is 2-3-4 years down the road --- at least. I think that's all that needs to be said.
Again, just because I say RGIII has outpreformed Luck, doesn't mean I think Luck has played poorly. I think Luck is good, and has been great given his circumstance. But RGIII has looked better, with only half a field and half the playbook.
There are multiple issues with what you said in your post, but this is a statement with simply no basis for any meaning. That incompletion occurred with 6:38 left in the game, not 0:05. That would-be TD pass would have given the Browns a 3 point lead, not 30 point lead. Saying Weeden would have won if it was caught means about as much as me saying Luck's 5 Yd TD run in the second quarter actually did win the game.
I can appreciate you trying to be the impartial poster who balances out the trolling that compares Luck to Tebow and such, and with the Colts homers, but you're starting to slip more and more onto the side of those who continue to say a lot of things, hoping for something to stick.
Great post.
Lets not forget that almost half of Luck's interceptions happened in the first game of his career against the Bears. Luck is also the first rookie quarterback EVER to top 1200 yards in his first 4 games. One more 300 yard game this season and he will tie Manning's record with four 300 yard games in a rookie season for the Colts. Something tells me that he's going to break that record with 10 more games remaining on the schedule. I don't want to say that Luck is going to be better than Manning but he is still having a hell of a start to a career and so is RGIII.
Again, for the sake of accurate statements and not sensationalized statements, Weeden was named the starter 10 days into camp. 4 days in advance of their first preseason game. McCoy didn't even get any reps with the first team those first 10 days into camp. Lets not pretend Weeden was kept in the dark about if he would be the starter.
This isn't a huge deal, but making sensationalized statement to prove people's points is the biggest problem in this Luck vs. Griffin "debate".
Hey I mean anytime you can draft a guy that is going to turn 29 in his rookie season with your first round pick...you have to do it.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
As for your last comment, I'm not hoping anything "sticks", I'm just calling it like I see it.
don't you think one reason Weeden fell so far was because of his age and not his talent level?
If you had 2 players of comparable talent level, then would you go with the 23 year old or the 29 year old?
Not saying the talent level of Weeden is comparable to Luck but may not be as far off as the draft position would otherwise indicate. Due to age, he won't likely have as long of a career as other rookies.
RG3 had some terrible mistakes, but I expect that from a rookie QB
Honestly I am a little surprised he has not had more. I remember saying that during the game.
I am not sure where this notion is coming from that we have a strong offense, but its laughable. Even moreso now that Davis is out for the year.
I swear a HS JV football team could beat our secondary. I hate our D coordinator and his repetitive stupid calls.
RG3 also made up for his stupid mistakes (really only the one I hated was the pick) with his nice plays, including a bomb (that was dropped), his 4th down play, and that damned nice pass to Santana.
You have statistically one of the best running backs in the NFL this season. That's pretty important.
Don't think anyone is saying your offense is "strong", but have you seen Indy's offense? It's literally Andrew Luck, Reggie Wayne, and then a buncha guys. Sometimes Donnie Avery resembles an NFL WR. Not saying that some of thes guys won't eventually develop, like our rookie TEs and WRs, but as of right now, it's a very raw, inexperienced, mistake-prone group of guys.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Allen and Fleener both look above average at TE already IMO.
I'll give you that Allen has looked better than your typical rookie TE. To say he's average as an experienced NFL veteran TE would be a big stretch. He'll get there, but he's not there right now. Fleener seems to be even behind him.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I found it difficult to take OlBlu seriously before, but after he used "Tony Romo" and "star" in the same sentence I've determined he believes the opposite of everything he posts and he's laughing his *** off at our reactions.
The only people who think Tony Romo is a "star" work at ESPN and the only "star" he'll ever be associated with is the one on the 50 yard line in his own stadium.
Allen, perhaps, but I see nothing special in Fleener...... We should have kept Thame and drafted two offensive linemen....
Fleener is on pace to get around 50 catches this season. That's pretty solid for a rookie tight end.
It's... okay. He's on pace for like 500 yards, too. Nothign earth-shattering, certainly not what we were hoping for as a round 2 draft pick. Zero touchdowns so far for a guy who was supposed to be a red zone freak.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
There are people all over the country in every form of media who think Romo is a star who is undermined by a bad owner. About like Luck will be undermined by Irsay but Luck will never be a star unless there is vast improvement down the line.
Romo's stat say "star" and he is always mentioned as one of the top ten QBs in the league by any expert I read. I would be very excited if Luck EVER got close to being as good as Tony Romo....


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Republican voters in the newly redrawn 53rd state Senate District will have a choice in next year's primary election, between Jason Barickman and Shane Cultra. Barickman, who serves in the Illinois House, announced last week he would run for the Senate seat.
Now, State Senator Cultra says he'll run for the office, too, even though he could be facing an expensive primary fight.
"I'm not over confident, but I enjoy my job," Cultra said. "And what I had to do was sit down and look at all the facts, and how my family felt about it. It's quite a commitment, a huge amount of money to raise. I wanted to make sure I had enough funds to be competitive, lined up and committed, before I made that decision."
Cultra was appointed to the state Senate just a few months ago, replacing Dan Rutherford when he became state treasurer. Barickman was chosen to take Cultra's old seat in the House. Cultra said he has more legislative experience than Barickman.
"I have a long history for people to look at," said Cultra, who served eight years in the Illinois House, prior to his appointment to the Senate. "I certainly represent well the district I'm running in. I've lived here all my life."
But Cultra and Barickman will be introducing themselves to a new group of voters in the 53rd Senate District. With its new boundaries, the 53rd District covers all of Iroquois and Ford Counties, most of Livingston County, and parts of Woodford, Vermilion and McLean Counties. It will no longer cover any of Champaign, Tazewell or LaSalle Counties.


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Modifying SIL-Certified Equipment Failure Rates on the Basis of Deployment
To Identify Estimates of Equipment Failure Rates, You Must Calculate the Probability of Failure on Demand
In order to calculate the probability of failure on demand (PFD) it is necessary to identify estimates of equipment failure rates. One approach is to rely on failure rate data declared in a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) certificate from a vendor or independent test house. These figures may however be optimistic in that they are typically for reference conditions which cannot necessarily be guaranteed to apply on an uninterrupted basis.
Deployment effects
In the real world, equipment may fail due to:
- Being stood upon
- Being dripped upon
- Scaffold strikes
- Lightning strikes/voltage spikes
- Process excursions
- Process connection failures
- Compromised ingress protection
- Environmental extremes
- Inappropriate modification/adjustment.
We might categorize these influences as being due to deployment. They are likely to be difficult to quantify, but may well dominate the actual failure rate of a function. It might be argued that these influences lead to systematic failures rather than random hardware failures, but although they may be systematic (in that they are '…related in a deterministic way to a certain cause' per BS EN 61508), they may still arise on a random basis, (unlike other systematic causes such as errors in the safety requirements specification) and would be revealed by a proof test. Unless they are specifically designed out, any PFD calculation that does not make allowance for these concerns is likely to be unrealistic. You might well see equipment with certified mean time between failure (MTBF) figures of, say 200 years, with a safe failure fraction of 80%, implying that the MTBF for dangerous failures will be 800 years. This might well be an optimistic claim for real-world circumstances where deployment influences might undermine the certified failure rate.
The SINTEF reliability data handbook [1] makes the point that "vendor estimates of dangerous undetected failure rate are often an order of magnitude (or even lower) than that reported in generic data handbooks. In their estimates of failure rate, they identify a parameter r as the fraction of dangerous undetected failure rate arising from random hardware failures. Values of r for field equipment (sensors and final elements) typically vary between 30% and 50%. It can be seen that systematic failures may be very significant and indeed will typically dominate. Although identified in the SINTEF handbook as a proportion of the overall dangerous undetected failure rate, that is not to say that the random hardware failures and systematic failures will be in a fixed ratio. I suggest that the contribution from systematic influences may be characterised as fixed for a given equipment type, installation and environment, and essentially independent of the inherent random hardware failure rate of the equipment.
Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) is often deployed as an evaluation tool as part of a certification process; it will examine the impact of component failures, but does NOT include any of the real-world influences listed above. The equipment is assumed to be operating at reference conditions. It is from these considerations that we might well come to have greater faith in reliability figures derived directly from plant history and associated judgments rather than declarations on certificates. What such judgments lack in rigor they make up for in being grounded in real experience. It could be argued that the real value of SIL certificates lies in the assessment of systematic capability (SC) rather than of failure rate.
Vulnerability categories
An initial figure might be adopted where the manufacturer's certified figure for an equipment item is combined with default figures for deployment on the basis of vulnerability; i.e., susceptibility to additional factors. For these purposes, the level of vulnerability may be assessed on the basis of three categories: environment, duty and exposure, as detailed in Table 1.
|Table 1: Vulnerability Level and Vulnerability Categories
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Level
benign - well within capability, IP rating not critical to suitability, not subject to excursions beyond capability
Not having a 'Reduced' vulnerability in any ONE category; environment, duty or exposure
Not having a 'Reduced' vulnerability in MORE than one category
benign - clean, non-aggressive (or not susceptible to fouling/attack) or not process wetted, little vibration, not subject to excursions beyond capability
Limited - no exposed process connections/ isolation points (e.g., impulse lines, press tx, valve manifold, capillary tubing) or protected from
Logic solvers and non-field equipment will typically be located in equipment/auxiliary rooms and not subject to the same range of influences as the plant sensors and final elements. They will, however, remain susceptible to unauthorised interference (probably well-intentioned, but perhaps ill-advised). Some equipment will be less susceptible to such interference, and it is here suggested that vulnerability levels may be assigned on the basis of security, together with an assessment of whether the assumption of benign duty and environment is valid.
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Us and Them
Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting,
theoretical issues, science and science policy.
In particular: gravitational radiation sources, black holes, planets and astrobiology.
I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever.
And, of course, cats.
Steinn Sigurðsson is an astrophysicist at Penn State.


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I don't want to mislead you about what's worked and what hasn't in commodities thus far in 2013 because there at two ways to play these markets, both long and short, so it's not all about price appreciation -- unless you are a long-only trader, which I am not.
But based on the chart below, the best performer has been pork bellies, which is also one of the most illiquid markets. I've been trading commodities for more than 12 years and I can count on one hand how many times I've traded this contract.
Most of the markets in the green have overshot to the upside and should see some back-and-fill action soon. Two exceptions are soybeans and soy meal. I have helped clients construct bearish trades in select stock indices and cotton anticipating lower trade in the coming weeks. Today was a painful day on both contracts for bearish trades but, thankfully, I am not a day trader.
As for commodities in the red, a handful are on my bullish radar. In recent sessions, I have advised clients to gain bullish exposure to these markets in no particular order: coffee, silver, gold, cocoa, lean hogs, sugar and wheat.
But trading commodities is not as simple as getting long or short and falling asleep at the wheel. The fundamentals and technicals are constantly changing as the market evolves, so a commodities portfolio needs to be actively managed, especially if an investor is in several markets. A commodities investor must consider risk tolerance, size of allocation, if trading futures or options is more appropriate, and expectations for a return.
If you don't treat commodities trading as a full-time job, then seek assistance from a qualified professional. Those who spend more time planning their vacation than tending to their investments will find that commodities trading can quickly become an expensive hobby instead of a viable investment vehicle.


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Its been one of those days at work. Nothings gone right, and nothing can make you feel any better. But then, as you step outside the office building, you remember: I drive a Corvette! If youre Brad Case of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the Corvette in question is a Bright Red 91 convertible. You take the top down, slide into the leather seat, and insert the key in the ignition. The 350ci L98 sparks to lifeand things begin to look up. You pause for just a moment as the throaty sound of your Corvettes heartbeat consumes you. Oh, yeah. Thats the stuff. As you ease her out of the parking deck, you decide to take the long way home, and whats a drive in a convertible without tunes? So you slip your favorite CD into the Bose CD player and youre on your way. Before you know it, youve left the day and all its worries behind.
Brads is a familiar story: I have always wanted a Corvette and now Im at a point in my life when I can afford one. I liked the body style on this oneand its a convertible! Brad spotted this Corvette increasing the property value of a Ford dealership by its presence. It was about six months before the moon and stars aligned and he was able to make his purchase. Brads owned his Corvette for only a short time, but he drives it every chance he gets. The 60,000 smiles on the odometer prove he has a surefire remedy when he has one of those days.


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Earlier this year, I wrote a story about a historic church that the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League was trying to save.
OOCCL president Michael Amonett reports that the group wasn't successful but did get a temporary reprieve of sorts. Dallas Independent School District Trustee Eric Cowan and OOCCL past president and counsel John McCall negotiated a deal. Anyone who can use part of the building and will haul it off, can have it for just a small payment.
They wrote:
Want it? Want just the front and sides? Want to build your new building with brick that doesn't come in sheets?
Make an offer and it might not be refused. Let's just say it's been marked down to sell from the previous 1.2 million. The only catch is that it can't stay here.
So if you want a beautiful facade, you can buy this one for a nominal fee.
We don't know how many feet tall it is but would be happy to stand on the roof and hold the tape measure, that way we could see which lucky area could benefit from this beautiful piece of architecture.
This is the last chance for some form of this church to live on elsewhere … as well as evade the landfill which as far from green or sustainability as one could possibly go.
Wouldn't those pillars look great somewhere, maybe in Bishop Arts? Bet those bricks could be re-used in some renovation project. Bid on it by Sept. 15 and haul it off by Dec. 31, when DISD tears down the building to make way for the new Adamson High School tennis courts.
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Derrick Rose is languishing on the bench while his knee recovers from last year's horrific injury. Meanwhile, the Chicago Bulls are winning without him.
Make no mistake, though: That doesn't mean the Bulls can do without him—especially if he returns with his full array of pre-injury capabilities.
The Bulls are in the thick of the Eastern Conference race, beginning Saturday's play a half-game behind the Brooklyn Nets for third place. Another piece could push them to an even more desirable spot, but that piece isn't likely to come by moving Rose, vice president John Paxson said on The Waddle & Silvy Show on ESPN Chicago 1000.
"We're up against what's called a hard cap," Paxson said on the show, according to ESPN Chicago. "In order for us to do something, we're not in a position to take on any real salary so we're kind of limited in what we can do.
"I think our team has grown—it's not always pretty, let's face it; we've had some ugly games this year and that's kind of who we are right now. But we do grind it out and play hard. You're always on the lookout to do certain things, but I think our move hopefully will be bringing Derrick back into the fold."
That doesn't sound like Rose is indispensable. Obviously the Bulls would like to keep him and get him healthy. And the cap would make a move difficult. But Paxson left a crack in the confidence code by saying "hopefully" the team can bring back Rose.
Chicago is a game-and-half behind the Knicks but has beaten them three times already. They trail the Heat by three games. Joakim Noah, Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer have carried the team in Rose's absence, and they aren't far off.
Another scorer acquired by the Feb. 21 deadline could allow the Bulls to take one more big step in the second half of the season. But it would come with a financial and personnel risk.
The most likely scenario is Paxson will keep an eye on trade possibilities but will hold steady as he awaits Rose's full recovery.


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TPWD To Host 2004 Texas Land Trust Conference
AUSTIN, Texas With each passing year, Texans trade in open ranges, grasslands and rivers for strip shopping malls and concrete parking lots. But landowners have other choices for the use of their wide-open spaces, even in a slow economy. The 2004 Statewide Land Trust Conference hopes to offer a few more conservation-friendly options for open lands.
Common Ground, Gaining Ground: Tools for Shaping the Texas Landscape on Feb. 27-28 in Austin will offer participants training for land conservation, networking opportunities and meetings with state and federal agencies. Carolyn Vogel, with the Texas Land Trust Council at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, encourages attorneys, appraisers, private landowners, and those involved in land trusts to attend.
Vogel said when land is passed down through a family, it often is split up through fences or partitions, which can harm the natural movement of wildlife. Sometimes the inherited property is too small to live off of, and parcels are sold off. Development affects water quality and the ecosystem.
"A lot of landowners feel they are backed against a wall," Vogel said. "The only thing they can do is sell since the land can no longer support them. Texas loses more farmland every year, (about 283 square mile), than any other state in the country."
Landowners, their advisors and the conservation community will come together at the 2004 conference to learn about the range of assistance available to them. This includes technical and financial assistance programs and potential tax incentives. These tax incentives will be discussed as part of an all-day conservation easement workshop on Friday, Feb 27. Another topic will be a recent study by the American Farmland Trust and Texas A&M University called Texas Rural Lands: Trends and Conservation Implications for the 21st Century. A session and workshop will discuss findings about how and why open land is disappearing and what the future may look like.
Continuing education credits in several fields are pending. Early registration by Feb. 6 is $65 for Texas Land Trust Council members and $85 for non-members. After that date, the fee is $100.
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Feeding of Wildlife Banned In Texas State Parks
AUSTIN, Texas Following the lead of other states and America's national parks, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday to amend state code to prohibit visitors from feeding wildlife in Texas State Parks.
The proposed state park operational rule change, which was published for public comment in the Texas Register in December and received only six comments — four against the proposal — is expected take effect in March in all 120 state parks.
Walt Dabney, Texas State Parks Director, told commissioners the feeding ban addresses a very real human health and safety issue and follows the lead of America's national parks and most park systems. He pointed out that the feeding of wild animals in state park campgrounds perpetuates habitat degradation, can lead to an unnatural and unhealthy increase in animal population levels, and increases the possibility of the transmission of diseases and of humans or pets being injured or killed by wildlife.
"When wild animals begin associating humans with food, they don't become less wild; they lose their inherent fear of humans. Thus, with animals and humans in close proximity, increased chances of wildlife biting, charging, goring, or kicking visitors becomes a real possibility. Having wild animals living in an unnatural environment where they are being fed is not what we want," Dabney said.
Dabney cited two close calls that could have been "horrible" for park visitors because of an aggressive javelina at Choke Canyon and aggressive feral hog at Fairfield Lake State Park. Park personnel, he said, were forced to shoot the hog and the javelina which were endangering campers.
"Our knowing about these incidents and allowing it (feeding) to continue is a tragedy waiting to happen," Dabney said. "In some parks, we were allowing people to feed them corn and even selling the feed. By continuing to allow feeding of wildlife in state parks, we would be knowingly allowing a dangerous situation to occur.
State park law enforcement officers and game wardens will have the authority to enforce the feeding ban rule and could charge flagrant offenders with a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by as much as a $500 fine. However, Dabney said the emphasis would be on educating park visitors about the rule change through posted signs and issuing warnings to first-time violators and other measures. Only in the most serious situations, according to Dabney, would violators be issued a citation.
The new rule, which applies to wildlife feeding only in state parks, is not meant to prohibit "reasonable things, like having bird feeders that are designed to keep out other animals" placed in designated wildlife viewing areas, the state parks director said. He said park managers may allow, on a case-by-case basis, bird feeders that do not allow other wildlife to access the feed. Park managers may also allow feeding outside of campgrounds or other developed areas to bring wildlife to observation or photography blinds in controlled situations that don't cause animals to associate humans with feeding.
"We're not trying to discourage one of the most enjoyable activities in our state parks the viewing of the wild animals but it's not acceptable to have these animals bedded down in our campsites or rummaging through coolers," Dabney said.
With the approved amendment, the "wildlife" section of the Rules of Conduct in State Parks now states that it is an offense to: "feed or offer food to any wildlife or exotic wildlife, or to leave food unsecured in a manner that makes the food available to wildlife or exotic wildlife, unless specifically authorized by the department. The feeding of birds may be permitted on a park-by-park basis as prescribed by the department."
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ATLANTA—What we learned while watching the Falcons emphatically erase any memories of last season's disappointing wild-card loss to the Giants with a dominating 34-0 victory over New York Sunday at the Georgia Dome.
—The Giants' Jekyll-and-Hyde season continued Sunday, which makes the final two weeks of the season more tension-filled than they probably needed to be.
Tom Coughlin's team has played, at times, like a defending Super Bowl champ should, with dominating victories over NFC contenders Green Bay (a 38-10 win in Week 12) and San Francisco (a 26-3 win in Week 6). But they've lost to Philadelphia, gotten blown out by Cincinnati and squandered a fourth quarter lead against Washington two weeks ago.
All of a sudden, at 8-6, the Giants' loose grip on the NFC East has disappeared. They play at Baltimore next week—the Ravens are hoping to have heart-and-soul linebacker Ray Lewis in the lineup for that one—and close with a home game against the Eagles, who have completely fallen apart in the weeks after beating the Giants.
—The 2012 Falcons have enough offensive options that they no longer win and lose depending on running back Michael Turner's game-by-game production. That's a big reason folks in Atlanta think this year will be different when the postseason rolls around.
They still are a better team, though, when Turner is at least mildly productive.
In Atlanta's two losses this season—at New Orleans and at Carolina—Turner rushed for a total of 29 yards on 20 carries for an anemic average of 1.45 yards per rush. In their 11 wins before facing the Giants, Turner averaged 3.95 yards per carry. That's still well below his career average of 4.61 heading into this season, but it's been enough to pick up the tough yards and keep the chains moving.
On Atlanta's first drive Sunday—which started at the Giants' 16-yard line when Asante Samuel picked off Eli Manning—Falcons coach Mike Smith put the ball in his veteran tailback's hands four consecutive times, and Turner delivered a touchdown. Those 16 yards rushing exceeded his game totals for both of the Falcons' losses.
On Sunday, Turner was productive enough with 52 yards rushing on 16 carries.
—Giants rookie running back David Wilson had a breakthrough performance last week against the Saints, filling in for an injured Ahmad Bradshaw and rushing for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns on just 13 carries. Add to that 227 yards and a score on kickoff returns and Wilson, a first-round pick out of Virginia Tech, had one of the best individual performances in the NFL this season.
With Bradshaw out with a sprained knee on Sunday, Wilson had his opportunity to prove he could be the Giants' primary ballcarrier. The results were mixed. He had six carries for 47 yards in the first quarter but newly signed Kregg Lumpkin shouldered most of the second-quarter load for the Giants.
And once the Falcons went ahead 24-0 early in the third quarter, the idea of the Giants grinding out anything with the running game went out the window. Maybe the biggest thing in Wilson's favor was that he held on to the football. His Week 1 fumble against the Cowboys played a huge role in his limited contributions until last week.


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Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Continues Composer Portraits Series With ENNO POPPE, 2/23
A sensation on Europe's festival circuit and an established favorite among its leading new-music bands, Enno Poppe (b. 1969) is one of Germany's most talked-about composers. The founder and conductor of Berlin's ensemble mosaik, Poppe is as inspired by his experience with and love of chamber ensembles as it is by his theoretical interest in the nearly infinite permutations possible with even the tiniest musical motives. The new piano-percussion ensemble Yarn/Wire joins returning favorites the JACK Quartet for this fascinating Portrait.
JACK Quartet
Schweiss (2010)
Tonband (2008/2009)
Rad (2003)
Tier (2002)
Onstage discussion with the composer
Enno Poppe (b. 1969) was born in Hemer, Sauerland, Germany. He studied conducting and composition at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, with Friedrich Goldmann and Gösta Neuwirth, among others. He continued studies of sound synthesis and algorithmic composition at the Technische Universität Berlin and at the ZKM Karlsruhe with Heinrich Taube. In 1996 he took part in the Nachwuchsforum of the Gesellschaft für neue Musik and studied at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Since 1998 he has been musical director of ensemble mosaik; that same year he won the Boris-Blacher-Preis for his "Gelöschte Lieder." In 2001 Poppe was awarded the composition prize of the City of Stuttgart for "Knochen," and in 2001 he received the Förderpreis of the Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikstiftung, together with the ensemble mosaik, and in 2002 the Busoni-Preis of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. From 2002-2004 he was lecturer in composition at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.
Poppe's works have been commissioned by the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, the Berliner Festwochen, Ultraschall (Berlin), MaerzMusik (Berlin), Éclat (Stuttgart), musica viva (Munich), Musikbiennale (Munich), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Resonanz, the Donaueschinger Musiktage, and the Salzburger Festspiele, and performed in Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Saarbrücken, Vienna, Cologne, Barcelona, Lviv, Saint Petersburg, Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels, Graz, and more. Among the champions of his works are Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble 2e2m, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Contrechamps, musikFabrik, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Collegium Novum Zürich, Arditti Quartet, Kairos-Quartett, EXAUDI; SWR Vokalensemble, Stefan Asbury, Pierre Boulez, Martyn Brabbins, Susanna Mälkki, Emilio Pomárico, Kasper de Roo, Peter Rundel, and Ed Spanjaard.
Praised for its "powerhouse playing" by the Chicago Sun-Times and its "extraordinary precision" by The Boston Globe, the JACK Quartet has quickly established a reputation for giving high-energy performances of today's most demanding works for string quartet. In 2009, the quartet received an ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland, the quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall (United States), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), and the Festival Internacional Chihuahua (Mexico), with future appearances at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Germany), the Library of Congress (United States), and the Donaueschinger Musiktage (Germany). The commissioning and performance of new works for string quartet is integral to the JACK Quartet's mission. Upcoming premieres include works by Johannes Schöllhorn, Martin Smolka, Caleb Burhans, Peter Ablinger, and Alan Hilario. The quartet has led workshops with young composers at Columbia University, New York University, Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Victoria, and the University of Washington. The members of the quartet met while attending the Eastman School of Music, and they have studied closely with the Arditti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Muir String Quartet, and members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain.
Yarn/Wire is a chamber quartet that specializes in the performance of 20th and 21st century music. It is comprised of percussionists Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg and pianists Laura Barger and Ning Yu. The unique combination of two percussionists and two pianists allows the ensemble to interface with both traditional performance practice and emergent stylistic trends with ease. Founded in 2005, Yarn/Wire is admired for the energy and precision they bring to today's most adventurous music. The results of Yarn/Wire's collaborative initiatives are pointing towards the development of a new and lasting repertoire, and partnerships with genre-bending artists such as Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf and David Bithell have led to the creation of work that is "spare and strange and very, very new" (Time Out NY). Yarn/Wire's 2010 debut release of Tone Builders, recorded during a residency at EMPAC, showcases the ensemble's versatility, and documents a large portion of the ensemble's commissioning activities. In addition to the numerous world premieres of music written specifically for the ensemble, Yarn/Wire has presented a number of US premieres by many of Europe's leading composers. Based in New York City, Yarn/Wire maintains an active performing and teaching schedule at festivals, chamber music series, universities and colleges across the country. Highlights of recent seasons include appearances at Make Music NY, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Unruly Music Festival, 'April in Santa Cruz' Festival of Contemporary Music, Pixilerations Festival, North River Concert Series, Southampton Chamber Music Series, University of Notre Dame, Stony Brook University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Goucher College, and Rutgers University.


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Sports News of Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Source: Ghanasoccernet
Ghana's Sports Ministry is yet to take delivery of the money from the approved budget of the Black Stars for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Sports Ministry had forwarded a letter of approval from the Presidency for the revised budget of Ghana's campaign at the Nations Cup three weeks ago to the Finance Ministry but is yet to get a favorable response.
The Sports Ministry as a result is racing against time to have the cash ready before the Black Stars travel on Friday for their intensive pre-tournament camp in Abu Dhabi.
GHANAsoccernet.com also understands President John Mahama will be dissolving cabinet in a few days time upon his return from South Africa.
This puts even more pressure on the Ministry of Sports as they are racing against time on two fronts; to meet the Black Stars' departure and the imminent dissolution of cabinet.
It is however unclear why the approved budget is being delayed since it has received approval from the highest office of the land.
The Ghana FA had presented a budget close to $8m to the Sports Ministry for Ghana's campaign at the 2013 Nations Cup.
This figure is however believed to have been slashed following a revision of the budget by both parties after enduring an intense media uproar over sections of the proposed expenditure.
The Black Stars will be leaving for Abu Dhabi on Friday where they will be playing two friendly games against Egypt and Tunisia.
The team is expected to arrive in South Africa on January 16 ahead of their first group game four days later against DR Congo.
Ghana will be hoping to end a 31-year-wait for an African title by the time the tournament kicks off on January 19.


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A FORMER Winchester PE teacher, who went on to become the head of a major secondary school, has gone on trial for sex offences against a teenager during the late 1970s. Richard Hilary indecently assaulted a 15-year-old girl in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral under cover of darkness, the city's crown court heard yesterday. In her evidence, the alleged victim told how the defendant asked her to meet him by the Buttercross after school on a rainy, December night, then took her to a quiet area in the Outer Close beneath a tree, where the incident took place. "We stood under the a yew tree and the cars were coming round the corner so we moved so we were in the shade," she said. She said that immediately afterwards she secretly followed Hilary, only to find him happily chatting with his wife at the stall she owned inside the building which houses the Kings Walk Antique Market. "He was having a hot drink and laughing and joking with his wife," she said. "I walked home in a daze. I just locked it away." She tearfully described how, on another day, the then 28-year-old picked her up in his white Austin Allegro car, took her to the Farley Mount beauty spot and physically forced her to commit a sex act on him, which left her retching. But in response to this Hilary called her a "silly girl". "Almost the worst thing was that he started to laugh at me," she added. She said he also ended up "sort of laughing" when he discovered during the third incident that she was wearing childish "girly knickers" and then stopped lying on top of her. At the time of the alleged assaults, Hilary was a PE teacher at Winchester's at Montgomery of Alamein Secondary School, now part of Kings' School. Recently married, he was then living with his wife in a flat in Kings Worthy, to which he also took the teenager "to make up for all the bad things he had done". "I asked him why he was with me when he had really only just got married," said the alleged victim. "He said I reminded him of his girlfriend when he was in America doing a masters. The girl was the love of his life but he'd had to leave her behind." The witness said that when she discovered many years later that Hilary was a headteacher she considered visiting Southampton's Chamberlayne Park School in Weston to confront him. "He took advantage of me and, on two specific occasions, did things I now realise were abuse," she said. Prosecuting counsel Matthew Jewell said the alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was too young to consent to the acts with which Hilary is charged. Hilary, 63, of Northend Lane, Droxford, denies three counts of indecent assault between December 1977 and December 1979. Proceeding.
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