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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors held its first meeting of the year today with three newly elected members participating for the first time. Terms of office for all current board members began Jan. 1.
Gerald E. Connolly was reelected chairman in the November 2007 election. Today, Braddock District Supervisor Sharon Bulova was chosen by the board as vice chair for the four-year term. The complete list of board members and the districts they serve is below:
- Gerald E. Connolly, chairman, at-large
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According to our friends over at Pockett, The Reem will feature plenty of well known fighters in it. So far the confirmed members of this new game are Alistair Overeem, Spike Morrie, Cyrus Caspar, Stew and Tex Terryal Lavonn. OF course this won't be all and there will be plenty of other character to beat the living crap out of.
In this new game, there is a heavy emphasis on dynamic lighting as well from the sounds of it. Things like shadows being cast on the ground and reflections in windows and car windshields (since this is a fighting game in the streets) seem to be the norm in The Reem. Each fighter will be a specialist in specific fields of martial arts such as Muay Thai and other MMA styles. Controls are set up as two sets of four buttons along with an on screen analog stick for movement. Of course this is subject to change as development continues.
Now here comes the good part, or bad, depending on the device you own. While The Reem will be released sometime in the next few months, it will originally be exclusive for Qualcomm-based Android devices for a short while before coming to the rest of the Android world. Qualcomm is expected to show off this game during GDC 2012 next week so we will hopefully get some hands-on with it and bring back some footage for our readers.
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Former Loyola, Maryland Mentor Brings Knowledge, Expertise
Annapolis, MD- Chesapeake Bayhawks president Brendan Kelly announced on Monday that renowned college lacrosse coach Dave Cottle has joined the team as a consultant. Kelly, who took on the role of head coach last week, said Cottle will advise the staff on topics ranging from player evaluation to game strategies.
"I've known Dave Cottle for a long time and he's a good friend of the family. We're very happy to have him working with the Chesapeake Bayhawks," Kelly said. "This is huge for the Bayhawks and it's huge for Major League Lacrosse. We are fortunate that someone with Dave Cottle's expertise is willing to dedicate his time."
Cottle spent 28 seasons as a Division I head coach and boasts a sterling career record of 280-115 record. He led Loyola College to 181 victories and 14 consecutive NCAA appearances during a 19-year tenure. He moved onto the University of Maryland, which he directed to 99 wins and eight straight playoff berths.
"I like the Kelly family and I live right here in the Annapolis area so I was willing and able to help them in any way I could," Cottle said. "I'm here to do whatever is needed to help this organization, to help our local team get back to competing for the MLL championship."
Cottle attended a rare Sunday night practice and was able to meet members of the Bayhawks while taking a first-hand look at the available personnel. He came away very impressed with Chesapeake's talent base.
"I was so impressed with the size and overall athleticism of the players. This team has some very good lacrosse players that I went against for years and have a tremendous amount of respect for," said Cottle, who has watched many MLL games and eager to adjust to the unique elements of the pro game. "It's completely different from college. The teams practice one day a week, the players are given a shell of a game-plan and they have to come out each week and perform. As a result, it's a players' league in many respects."
Kelly expects Cottle to contribute greatly in the area of talent evaluation – whether in-house with the Bayhawks, scouting opponents or providing recommendations for the 2011 MLL Draft.
"Coach Cottle has recruited just about every current player in the MLL so he is very familiar with the talent around the league," Kelly said. "To have someone with Dave's experience sit in the film room with me and give his opinion is invaluable."
Chesapeake general manager Spencer Ford welcomed Cottle's assistance and was anxious to start discussing the makeup of the roster with him. "Dave is one of the most knowledgeable minds in the game of lacrosse at any level," Ford said. "Dave brings an awful lot to the table and will serve as a valuable resource to everyone in the organization moving forward."
hesapeake midfielder Jeff Reynolds played for Cottle at Maryland and was thrilled to have his former mentor helping with the Bayhawks. "I can't say enough about Coach Cottle as a coach and a person. He has a tremendous understanding of the game and should be able to provide the type of insight that will be very useful to helping this team win," Reynolds said. "To bring in someone with that level of experience shows that management is willing to do whatever it takes to be successful."
Midfielder Ben Hunt said the recent coaching change and the addition of Cottle as a consultant attests to Kelly's determination to have the team represented at MLL Championship Weekend, which is being held Aug. 21-22 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
"I guarantee we're the only team in the league holding a Sunday night practice in which we're going full-out," Hunt said. "We definitely know that Brendan means business. This league is a business and we take it very seriously. We're not here to mess around."
Kelly said Cottle will not be on the sidelines during games and has no interest in becoming head coach of the Bayhawks. Kelly stressed that Cottle is merely serving as a consultant and would not speculate as to how long the relationship will last.


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AS many as ten jobs could be created in Swindon after a major contract in the Great Western Electrification programme was signed in the town yesterday.
Network Rail agreed a deal with a consortium made up of ABB, a power and automation technology group, and transport infrastructure operator UK Power Network Services (UKPNS).
The consortium will build more than 30 power substations along the railway between Maidenhead and Cardiff as a part of the plan to electrify the western main line.
Network Rail's High Output Operation Base in Ocotal Way will be one of three hubs for the delivery of the substations, with five to ten jobs likely to be created.
Bryce Denboer, sector manager for rail at ABB, said: "There will be five to ten jobs created here at this facility in Swindon, though there will be many more delivered right along the line between Maidenhead and Cardiff."
The substations being created will provide power to the overhead lines which are at the centre of this electrification programme.
They will range in size from 25 metres by 14 metres, to 100 metres by 20 metres. The stations are expected to be separated by eight miles for the full length of the western railway.
One will be built in central Swindon, adjacent to the Steam museum, with another likely at Royal Wootton Bassett.
The station in Swindon is likely to be completed before the end of 2015.
The first on the line as a whole will be delivered in June next year, with a new station delivered at six-week intervals from then on.
The work programme will create around 100 jobs nationwide, helping with the continued development of both consortium partners' apprentice and graduate programmes.
The consortium is creating a fully integrated project delivery team with ABB and UKPNS people deployed in Swindon, London and Stone, Staffordshire.
Stewart Dawson, director of UKPNS, said: "This is a great opportunity for both of our companies to build on an existing long, successful relationship and demonstrate our complimentary areas of expertise and to support Network Rail's investment in infrastructure projects."
This will be the first large new electrification project delivered by Network Rail in more than 30 years and forms a key part in its national electrification programme for the UK.
Network Rail is electrifying the Great Western railway to deliver journeys that are more reliable, greener and smoother for thousands of passengers as well as quieter for people living near the railway.
Electrification will bring more trains with additional seats helping stimulate economic growth across the region.


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We've long suspected that Lauren Conrad will have the most Instagram- and Pinterest-friendly wedding of all time, based on her picture-perfect blog and gauzy engagement ring announcement shot. And her most recent wedding milestone — her engagement photoshoot — only confirms our suspicions further.
In a blog post entitled "Letter from Lauren: Fall In Love February," Conrad writes to her fans that she loves February for a number of reasons, including her anniversary with fiancé William Tell. And then she adds a postscript explaining the romantic photo of the two of them dancing.
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"The photo above is from my engagement shoot with William," she writes. "The very talented Elizabeth Messina came to our home to photograph us in our element. I love how the photos turned out!"
She shared another peek at the pics on her Instagram, posting a photo of herself wearing a filmy, flowy white dress with her hair down and her ring on display. "I'm so excited!" she wrote about receiving the photos from Messina.
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|Trad, 4 pitches, 400'
|YDS: 5.7 French: 5a Ewbanks: 15 UIAA: V+ ZA: 13 British: MVS 4b [details]
|Chuck Wilts, Don Gillespie & Jerry Rosenblatt, September 1946
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By Adam Stackhouse
Mar 6, 2006
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Outstanding/mega classic route on super quality rock.
By Chris Owen
From: Big Bear Lake
Mar 11, 2006
One could say that Fingertrip ends at Lunch Ledge, and many climbs end here. Above there are a couple of variations to finish from the Lunch Ledge terminus, both variations start with the same steep steps behind Lunch Ledge...
The left route traverses along a very exciting diagonal weakness to clip a bolt then head up a slab (5.4).
The right route follows a 5.6 crack, and I suppose is a more fitting finale to most of the routes below.
By Mark L
May 20, 2007
|If you want to preserve your sense of adventure dont read this. On the second pitch after the tree, go above tree 30-40' and you'll know when to traverse left by following the yellow band using your feet for a fun airy few moves before you gain a left facing corner. On the third pitch (approaching the roofs), aim for a bush up and left with a big hold 2 feet to its right.
By Christian "crisco" Burrell
From: PG, Utah
Aug 14, 2007
|The third pitch is terrific family fun. Well protected and fun moves. Great for someone who is trying to break into multi-pitch moderates. The exposure is really tame. Get on it. As many years as I have been climbing here, I am surprised how uncrowded it is.
By Jon Hanlon
From: SLO
Aug 17, 2007
Similar to the response to your comments on Piton Pooper, no convenience anchors have been required on Fingertrip since 1946. There's no need to add any now.
Fixed lines and added hardware will likely always "be removed before the next weekend." :)
By Chris Owen
From: Big Bear Lake
Apr 5, 2008
|Or perhaps a zip line back to Humber Park?
By The Gray Tradster
Mar 20, 2009
Tahquitz is not a sport crag. We must assume your feet work, you got up there somehow.
Walk off.
Do the Tobin Sorensen memorial tree swing if you dare.
(Woody told me it existed long before Tobin though)
By Leah B
From: Tucson, AZ
Jun 22, 2010
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Just did this climb for the third time and seems like every time I do something silly on the first pitch, thought others might want to avoid the same mistake...especially newbies. After the first bit going up there is a tempting continuation of the crack that goes left...don't follow this if you want to stay on route (it's fun and leads over the the climb next door, but that one's a good bit harder than 5.7), instead go straight up over some discontinuous cracks/jugs and up to the rest of the crack.
By BrendanC
From: Sherman oaks, ca
May 30, 2011
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Classic. Will not disappoint. On PITCH ONE, once you get into the final dihedral leading to the big tree, you will have two options for the last 25 or so feet. 1) Stay in the clean dihedral for an excellent fingers lie-back (5.8), which is the most direct line. OR 2) Take the splitter crack that angles up and left and belay at the bolts or traverse back to the tree across easy slab moves. The '85 Vogel (Red) guide shows the angling crack as the standard line with the dihedral as a variation, but the most current Gaines/Vogel guide makes no distinction, but lists the dihedral finish in the topo as .8 which I agree with completely. Either line is great. The pitch 2 crux --underclinging to the apex in the roof and pulling it-- felt pretty beefy for 5.7 too, but hey it's Tahquitz so... We did the friction finish (left) that I heard was 5.4...Ooookayyy. It's low angle but blank and the bolt is about 20' above the little tree/bush and then it's another 20+' to a little seam you can get something in and at that point it might actually be 5.4. So yeah a bolt and one piece for the final 60-70 feet. Add a couple nice strong gusts of wind and the fantastic exposure and it's quite a finish. Highly recommended.
By Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi?
From: Vegas
Jun 30, 2011
|The 5.6 crack variation on P-4 (as mentioned above by Chris Owen) was a blast, and a great way to finish this 4 star climb. Just climb straight up past a few short, and easy blocky sections from the Lunch Ledge, and veer right a few feet, or so to gain the clean, protectable 5.6 crack.
By John Hegyes
From: Las Vegas, NV
Jun 30, 2011
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Best 5.7 ever. Thanks for all the great beta in the comments above. The climb went like clockwork for us but I could see people getting off-route easily if they don't pay attention.
By Justin Tomlinson
From: Monrovia, CA
Oct 9, 2011
|Having climbed this route 1 year ago, i thought i remembered the route. On P2 I climbed too high, passing the traverse-left. Since the moves up to my position were too thin to comfortably down climb, I made easy moves out right to join Fingertip Traverse.
By Rob Donnelly
From: Riverside, CA
Oct 10, 2011
|I led behind Justin and used him as a route finder. This plan went south when he went off route. I traversed left on p2 but didn't know how far to go. I started climbing up the first left facing corner and thought it too gritty and too thin higher up. I down climbed and traversed left another ~4 ft into the left most left facing corner then belayed on top of some flakes just before the route starts arching left.
By Gabe K
From: Denver, CO
Oct 26, 2011
|Led this route twice in the past month. First time we went up and left from lunch ledge, following the traversing hand crack past a small bush then up a slabby finish (too far left to use the bolt). Second time I was leading and chose to take a hard right on a thin fin and found the great 5.6 corner to finish. I encourage anyone climbing this to take this much more enjoyable option!
By Nick Zmyewski
From: Newark, Delaware
Dec 18, 2011
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Super fun route, my favorite route in a 3 week trip including stays at J Tree, Yosemite, and Red Rocks. I did do a funky finish to the climb, I saw the bolt on the last pitch, but wasnt sure if that was the way to go(and I dont really like slab). So I thought if I kept going left along the traversing flake I might find something, but then it dead-ended and I ended up doing slab anyway, only my way it was 5.9ish and no bolt. Definitely an eye-catching finish to a great day.
By Tradiban
Feb 13, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Classic. I linked from the tree atop the first pitch to lunch ledge with a 70m rope. For the roof crux surmount just right of a tiny tree, then step over the tree to the left and up to easier climbing.
By Ryan Strickland
From: Idyllwild, CA
Mar 11, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Climbed this yesterday. Snow at the base but not anywhere on the route. A 60m will get you from the first pitch belay over the arch (next to Fingertip Traverse) with ~10 feet of rope to spare.
I recommend the slab finish, it's an exhilarating lead- pure friction to the bolt! When you reach that horizontal crack right before the slab, try walking the crack rather than hand traversing. It's easier and it feels pretty cool! I wouldn't call this pitch run-out at all, especially if you led the rest of the route. Past the bolt is very easy, turning into 4th class quickly.
By The Ruin-er
From: CA
May 15, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|loved this route so much i did it twice this week
By Jan Tarculas
From: Riverside, Ca
Jun 21, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Can rappel of tree on pitch 1 with 70 meter with only a few feet to spare.
By RockyR
From: Encinitas, CA
Jun 5, 2013
|Hey there! Nate and I went on May 16, 2013 and it was a perfect day of climbing; we swapped leads. This is my 1st time climbing this route and I loved it! Nate finished the 1 bolt slab finish b/c is also my 1st time topping off on that route! I usually prefer the 5.6 fingertip lieback!
By Yosemitesam
Jul 1, 2013
Only had one day in Tahquitz and decided to do fingertrip. Only people on route all day.
Felt like a beefy 5.7.
On the 1st pitch I got suckered into the beautiful .75 camalot sized hand crack that splits off left just before the top. It ended all too quickly and walking down the ramp back into the corner created rope drag. I felt like I cheated myself by not taking the 5.8 corner. It looked better.
I was not interested in roasting in the sun at a hanging belay so I linked 2 &3 to the optional belay below lunch ledge. Rope drag was not bad with strategically placed gear and long slings. It's also shady and comfy up there.
Thought the 5.0 up to lunch ledge felt more like 5.4. Unless I went the wrong way. Seemed there were multiple options.
Took the 5.4 slab finish. Got the heart pumping a little going to the bolt. It would suck to hit that ledge. Cruiser though after the bolt.
Pretty awesome route. Bad ass dudes in 1946.
By Chris D
From: the couch
Feb 13, 2014
@Yosemitesam, The "beautiful .75 camalot sized hand crack" that you got "suckered" into is actually the original "correct" route to take at the top of the first pitch, so don't feel too bad.
From the old Chuck Wilts guide:
"Where progress to the tree is blocked, ascend a narrow crack which leads diagonally up and left on the smooth face. Traverse back to the fir tree ledge."
This option is actually easier than 5.7.
By Chris D
From: the couch
Mar 10, 2014
In an attempt to get into the sun after freezing for three pitches this past Saturday, we skipped lunch ledge by continuing past it on easy terrain just to the right of lunch ledge and belaying at the first nice spot to stop at, which just happened to be right below where the crack/corner of the 5.6 finish begins. Nice!
Got us a little warmth, but I was thinking it would be a great way to skip lunch ledge on a crowded summer day, and the climbing was better than the broken blocks directly above the ledge. If you belay from the traditional start of the third pitch, a 60 meter rope is plenty to go this way.
By James Hermann
From: Ventura, California
Feb 21, 2015
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Great climbing on a winter day on 2/7/15. Second route for me at Tahquitz. A 'must-do'. Definitely lives up to the hype. Incredible exposure for the grade. Loved the cat-walk on P2. Posting the YouTube of my lead on P2. The mountain is open for climbing so get out there!
By jeffblankman
From: San Diego, Ca
May 25, 2015
Did this the 2nd time yesterday and have to second that it is a REALLY enjoyable climb.
Did the "slab" variation at the top this time and really don't see, personally, what the fuss is about. Once at the bolt, it's so easy you could crawl up on hands and knees. I really think there is zero chance of a long fall past the bolt . . . unless you were to choose to do something really weird and stupid.
By Colin Sander Secret Yinzer
From: Los Angeles
Mar 24, 2016
the large TREE at the base / start of 'fingertrip' has fallen over, (March 2016) It was a sad sight. Probably the crazy dry summer of 2015 and then some snowmelt eating away at the dirt. I think it was already dead but now it is down. It was massive.
I saw a party of two ladies climbing an off-route left-facing dihedral one tree over, (left) of the proper fingertrip start. I asked them what they were on, and they said fingertrip! 'we are in over our heads we think!'. It was a wide ish / off-width and hard to protect thing that looked like 5.8 R/5.9 I told them they needed to move one corner over. The leader was super run-out and they eventually lowered and left three pieces of gear.
They said they started 'next to the big tree, that's what the book said'. Not sure how anyone would make the mistake of choosing to start where they did- but just in case, it starts near the now FALLEN tree.
By Sean Milburn
From: Los Angeles, CA
Aug 25, 2016
|Just did this today. Great route 1st and 3rd pitch are a little awkward to lead but great. I set up the belay at the wrong spot for 3rd pitch. After getting over the roof keep going up the gully with trees at the last tree go left across a ledge to a huge belay ledge.
By Tradiban
Sep 4, 2016
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|If you take the left crack near the end of P1 to the bolted anchors there's two good choices to add some more difficulty. Clip a bolt above the bolted belay then go right for some 5.9+ or stay left through 3 bolts at 10b (Part of Crimes of Passion). They both join back up with Fingertrip.
By Rich and Ben
From: Temecula, CA
May 26, 2017
|Make sure you save a 0.3 or 0.4 micro cam to place in the thin crack at the top of the arch, just before you pull up over the arch. The holds just above the arch aren't the best, especially if your arms are pumped from all the undercling holds needed to get you there in the first place.
By Tradiban
May 26, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Say "arch" one more time. I double dog dare you.
By Jessica Bacon
Jun 24, 2017
|Lovely 5.7. The first two pitches were straightforward as long as you follow all the beta and pix on here. The 3rd pitch was ... foresty ... we got a little lost. I thought the traverse on pitch 2 was ... exciting if you like Type-2-squeezing-your-butt-cheeks-together kind of fun :-)
By Sean Cooney
Jun 25, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Beautiful moves in a beautiful location with stellar rock. You can climb from the ledge atop Pitch 1 to Lunch ledge in a single push with an 80m rope with about 10 feet of rope to spare. A beautiful 230'+ of climbing! Put 240cm slings on the gear immediately before & after the traverse left (and 120cm slings on the rest) and the rope drag is hardly noticeable.


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The hospice nurses treat on a daily basis through a drop-in centre, in-patient unit or out in the community. Care home patients often present an added challenge as they suffer not only from life-limiting illnesses but other long-term conditions such as dementia.
This can complicate their care as few are able to point to the origin of their pain.
"Someone with dementia may have pain but they may not be able to express it verbally," said Sarah Powell, one of three clinical nurse specialists working in care homes. "Other people we support at the hospice may have one illness but here they often have multiple illnesses and they have a different set of needs.
"It's like detective work. You have to pick up a lot from non-verbal behaviour and we try to work with their families and GPs to help them."
In these circumstances, working closely with care home staff is essential and a task Prospect Hospice takes extremely seriously. "It's about our team working closely with staff within care homes because they know residents well," said Catherine Piggin, clinical nurse specialist team leader. "It's really about knowing what is normal for them and noticing any changes. Many are frail and vulnerable at the end of their lives and have multiple illnesses.
"A lot of what the team is doing is enabling and empowering care home staff to deliver the care. We do this through education and increasing skills and confidence. We really want to invest in this whether it is through a session at the hospice or by answering their questions and helping them in care homes."
While providing emotional support to patients and families is crucial to hospice staff at every level of the charity, the care homes team must also ensure care workers' needs are met in order for them to look after their charges to the best of their ability.
"We provide direct emotional support to residents living in care homes but we provide a lot of support to the care home staff," added Catherine. "They are often attached to the patient and it can be hard for them. They are the extended family often."
More recently the team started visiting patients in need of palliative care also suffering from mental health problems or with learning difficulties. This has been a learning curve but one which has taught Sarah never to take anything for granted.
"We and care home staff are all learning together and from each other. Patients may not shout for help. Establishing trust with both patients and staff is very important. It has been challenge but it is also very interesting and rewarding. It's really a privilege to do this work and we are very lucky."


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KEARNEY, Neb. - The 55th annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl will kick off today at 2 pm in Kearney. The game will be televised statewide on NET.
As things get closer to kickoff, here are five things to watch in Saturday's Shrine Bowl.
A new venue
For the first time since 1960 the Nebraska Shrine Bowl won't be played in Lincoln. In fact the only time the game wasn't played in Memorial Stadium since 1960 was in 2004 when construction forced the Shrine Bowl to be moved to Seacrest Field.
Today's Shrine Bowl will be played at the University of Nebraska-Kearney's Foster Field. The biggest change we'll probably see today is a much better game atmosphere. UNK's Foster Field has seating for about 6,000, and the last two years the Shrine Bowl has drawn roughly between 6,000 and 8,000 at Memorial Stadium.
The "full-house feel" should make for a better game atmosphere than the desolate feel you had at Memorial Stadium. The biggest drawback is you probably lose most of the Omaha and Lincoln fans, but you definitely will gain several more fans from Western and Central Nebraska. If Kearney can deliver this weekend they may be able to make a strong case to permanently keep the game for the future.
The North front seven
One of the real strengths in today's game will be the North front seven on defense, led by Iowa lineman recruit Nathan Bazata of Howells-Dodge and North Dakota State linebacker recruit Nick DeLuca of Omaha Millard North.
Husker walk-on Erik Evans from Waverly will also start at linebacker for the North, which should make it pretty difficult for the South offense to gain much up the middle.
Top-notch QB play
When you look at the quarterbacks in this game, it's safe to say the Shrine Bowl coaches got it right. For the North they will be led by Omaha North's Zach Martin and Millard North's Isaac Aakre, while the South will be led by Lincoln Southeast's Najee Jackson and Kearney's Luke McNitt.
These were arguably the top four senior quarterbacks in the state of Nebraska this past year and it will be fun to watch them all on the field together. Both Martin and Jackson will attend Iowa Western C.C. next year, while McNitt will play for UNK. Aakre is still undecided on what he plans to do, but as of now he's not playing football in college.
Five future Huskers
In all five future Husker walk-ons will be on the Shrine Bowl roster, led by Omaha Westside fullback Harrison Jordan and Bellevue East defensive back Zach Stovall for the South.
On the North squad Norfolk Catholic tight end Connor Ketter and punter Jordan Bellar, along with Evans will lead the way.
I'm really intrigued to watch Bellar punt and Ketter at tight end. I think both these players have a shot to play for NU someday. I've been impressed with Jordan's physical ability at fullback.
Other notable names to follow
A few other names that have jumped out this week for the South are Omaha Central wide receiver Tra-Deon Hollins, Papillion La Vista wide receiver Tyler Wrice and Lincoln Southeast running back Devin Washington. These will be three of the main offensive weapons for the South.
On the North, look for Wahoo running back Tyler Kavan, Blair linebacker Colin Mertlik, South Sioux City wide receiver Nate Rogers and Omaha North tight end Casey Sayles to be standouts .
I'll take the North 31-24. The North defense is probably the strongest unit in the game, followed by the South offense.


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Short track speed skater Elise Christie qualified in trouble-free and impressive style from her 1000 metres heat at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The 23-year-old has had a difficult time in Russia, starting with disqualification in the final of the 500m last week for crashing into Italy's Arianna Fontana.
Then, in her 1500m heat, she was judged to have failed to finish the race for crossing inside the finish line, despite being involved in an apparent photo-finish.
However, the European 1000m champion, racing at the Iceberg Skating Palace in heat seven on Tuesday, where two of four progressed to the quarter-finals, took no chances of suffering another mishap.
Christie showed why the distance is her favourite, staying at the back for the first few laps before making her run to the front - staying well away from any of her opponents - before leaving the rest in her wake to win with ease.
Christie was also subject to some abuse on Twitter which caused her to come off social network sites, but the Scot stressed how the support she has had from people back home brought the smile back to her face when she was at her lowest ebb.
She said: "Obviously I spent a few days feeling quite down and struggling psychologically.
"I came here to train yesterday and found that really difficult, it was quite emotional.
"I was then told about all the good support back home and that really boosted me.
"I smiled for the first time in a while when I heard that and I can't get across how thankful I am because I was considering not getting back on, and the support I have had is what has pushed me to get back on and do that."
Asked if she had seriously considered pulling out, Christie said: "I did after the 1500. I thought, 'I don't want to do this' but I would never pull out really because I always have that grit in me that keeps me carrying on.
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Dan Brawner (2007)
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BFA Graphic Design, Middle Tennessee State University
MA Illustration, Syracuse University
MFA Illustration, Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford
Nashville-native, Dan Brawner, creates idea-based art that reaches a wide audience through its appearance in print and multimedia. Commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi, Hal Riney & Partners, McCann-Erickson, and Porter Novelli, Dan's clients have included: BASF, Bridgestone, Children's TV Workshop, Coca-Cola, HCA, Kellogg's, KFC, Simon & Schuster, Sonic, WGBH-Boston, and Zanies. His character designs have even marched in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Book projects include The Prayer of Jabez for Kids, named by Publisher's Weekly as the best-selling children's book of 2002. Published work has garnered awards from Advertising Age, American Ad Federation, American Illustration, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Illustration West 45, Print, Society of Illustrators, and Society of Illustrators-Los Angeles. Work has been juried into American Illustration's Distribute, Illustration 50, and 3×3's Annual #5. In 2005, Brawner won Best of Show at Huntsville Museum of Art's Red Clay Survey, while recent drawings and books have been exhibited at Billy Shire's Fine Art Gallery, Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, and IAGO's El Libres de Artista Ilustrados in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2010, Dan was honored with a Graphis New Talent Annual Top Instructor Award.
Judith Sweeney O'Bryan (2009)
Assistant Professor
BFA Graphic Design, Parsons School of Design
MAT, Belmont University
Before moving to Nashville in 1987, Judith spent 12 years working for advertising agencies in Manhattan. Her professional experience includes: Assistant Art Director at Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Art Director at Kallir, Phillips & Ross, and Senior Art Director at Sudler & Hennessey (Healthcare division of Young & Rubicam). For the past 16 years Judith had been principle owner / creative director of Sweeney O'Bryan Design, a graphic design studio which provides brochures, annual reports, corporate identities, branding, and advertising for both regional and national clients.
Steve Wilkison (2011)
Associate Professor
A veteran of the music industry, Steve Wilkison has been designing and developing websites, eCards, digital press kits and other interactive media for over fifteen years. He has worked with artists such as Willie Nelson, Keith Urban, June Carter Cash, Guy Clark, Nickel Creek, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Chely Wright and many more. Wilkison owns and operates Digital Vision Media, an award winning website, interactive and multimedia design and development company based in Nashville.
Joel Anderson
Ringling School of Art & Design
Julee Brand
MFA in Media Design, Full Sail University
Heather (Baker) Dryden
BFA in Graphic Design/Illustration
Giada Coppi
MA Information Design (2007) University of Reading (UK)
Travis Foster
Ringling School of Art & Design
Louis LaPrad
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Middle Tennessee State University
Healther Lose
Master of Art in Communications and Media Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Angela Lee
BFA Design Communications, Austin Peay State University
M.A. Corporate Communications, Belmont University
MFA Visual Arts, Azusa Pacific University.
Jim McAnally
BFA Graphic Design & Art History, Birmingham-Southern College
MFA Graphic Design, Louisiana Tech University
Greg MacLachlan
BFA Graphic Design, Middle Tennessee State University
James Muspratt
BA Swarthmore College
MFA Graphic Design, Yale School of Art;
Bryce McCloud
Justin Meyers
Daryl Stevens
BFA Graphic Design, Middle Tennessee State University
Lucie Rice Wulliman
MFA in Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design
David Carson – David Carson Design (New York City, South Carolina)
Jody Cates – Gish Sherwood & Friends (Nashville)
Gail Anderson – SpotCo. (New York City)
Robynne Raye – Modern Dog Design (Seattle)
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GI Joe Wave 5, new Joe comics, latest 1:6th scale arrivals, more!
The Pursuit of Cobra Wave 5 figure assortment has arrived as IN-STOCK NOW! This set includes Cobra Trooper, Cobra Commander, Blowtorch, Jungle B.A.T., General Hawk, and Steel Brigade Trooper.
Pre-orders for the upcoming GI JOE Skystriker w/ Ace, Black Dragon VTOL w/ Cobra Air Trooper, and VAMP jeep will be listed on June 1st so be sure to check back with us then.
Small Joes has listed a whole bunch of new GI JOE comic books! IDW has changed the GI JOE ongoing series line-up a bit. Beginning with the Cobra Civil War storyline we'll have three ongoing titles: GI JOE, COBRA, and SNAKE-EYES. The first issue of each of these three new titles is now available. Note that Small Joes has created new categories for these titles to help you find what you need. Be sure to check out the IDW comics sub-menu category within the GI JOE comics menu category.
Last but not least, the latest issue #166 of the Larry Hama-authored "A Real American Hero" classic series is also available now.
Great news for all customers! To make Small Joes' customer loyalty reward program more accessible for all customers they've decided to dramatically lower the points threshold that you need to achieve to qualify to use your points.
Previously, you needed to earn 50 points before you were eligible to apply those points to an order. Small Joes have reduced that threshold to just 10! You will now be able to use your earned points much more quickly.
This change applies to all points already earned so if you are currently enrolled in the reward points program be sure to log in to your customer account to see if you have enough rewards accumulated to use them today!
If you are not already enrolled in the program you can read more about it HERE.
Marvel Universe 4" action figures Wave 3 2011 are available for pre-order by the case, set, and as singles. Small Joes also have listed the Super Hero Team 3-packs including Classic Avengers, X-Force, and Fantastic Four. All of these are expected in June.
The Elite Force 1:18 scale modern and historical military line is making a limited return in 2011. The first two products are the F-16 (Operation Enduring Freedom) and the WW2-era German BF-109 (Black Devil of the Ukraine) as flown by Erich Hartmann. The F-16 will be available in July, and the BF-109G in October.
Small Joes also has been able to obtain a limited supply of the modern-era LAV-25 Marine amphibious vehicle - AVAILABLE NOW.
Small Joes have two new 12" figures from Soldier Story at the usual ultra-premium quality - a U.S. WW2 USMC M1917A1 Machine Gunner (Tarawa, 1943) and a modern U.S. 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) Night Stalkers Pilot.
Check out Small Joes' complete slection of 1:6th scale action figures HERE. Small Joes have hundreds of 1:6 scale figures in stock and ready to ship. Other new items include:
* German Supply Duty - 69 Division, Norway 1940
* French Resistance Fighter
* From Dragon Models, StuG Crewman and WH Anti-Tank Gunner
Assassin's Creed 4" action figures are coming in July, be sure to pre-order yours today to insure order fill. Small Joes also have restock on sets of the Crysis 2 4" game characters.
The clearance aisle is a great place to find super-low pricing on items Small Joes want to move out of inventory. Be sure to check out some great deals on bulk buys for GI JOE comic books, among others HERE!
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I need to design about 20 forms for various business processes. We have to do this for about 10 countries and need some form of object prietnted approach because each country has different business rules and some different bits of data. However, there is also common data between some of these countries.
For example, we have 5 bits of data, 4 are common to every country, 1 is specific for individual countries. eg common Name, Address, Telephone, Male/Female eg Bonus payment
To avoid having to have 200 forms (20 forms x 10 countries), what is a good way to go about designing forms that can inherit from each other?
It's more complicated than that but should we have a base form that all countries can inherit and then specific country forms or 1 form with a base and then country specific validation rules.
It's a question of how do you manage all the code changes easily in an enterprise application without the code being too unwieldy?
Perhaps peruse the Symfony Form component, and see if it's to your liking.
Yes you can save your time and reduce no. of forms,by making common forms in multi-languags.Noow its possible to convert page content according to there country's language.Rest form that are specific for that country need not to make it in multilanguage. Once you consult your web designer company ,they will surely suggest about the technology.
It's not just the languages, that would essentially be driven by a config code that lists the names for the lables....but also each form may have 60% of it's design from a gloabl form and then 70% from a local form, local to the specific country.It would seem better to me to instead of having 20 or 100 local forms that it should be just 1 global form that can have some config code written for each country. That config code would determine what to display on the form.
anyone?any ideas on forms inheritance or other?
I would opt for the first, because that keeps the objects leaner. That is to say, if you have an object with the standard rules and then a list of multiple exceptions (most likely ending up in an if/then/else galore) it's not very clear what's happening, whereas separate classes that just list the differences between them and the base object are easier to follow.
In terms of front end I would make it so that PHP can read the form model and build input fields accordingly, so you don't have to code each any form yourself, and change it when the form changes, etc.
My :twocents:
If you do it that way then you 1 main form and then each country has it's own form, then you have another form for each country business process.So you might have:MainformUSA_SendLetterUK_SendLetterARG_SendLetterUSA_ProcessBonusUK_ProcessBonusARG_ProcessBonusx another 100 countiesx another 10 business processes
Isn't there some way to build a dynamic form on the fly so that you have 1 form ProcessBonus for every country, that form inherits fields from MainForm, and then it checks configuration Class in the background to build the form dynamicaly for each country?
I'm trying to avoid having 10 form types and then another 100 local forms for each country, that would be well over 1000 forms and would be unmanageable wouldn't it?
Sure can, but that would be an enormous config class. Not sure if that's workable.
Probably, yes.
Or, given the amount of data, maybe you could create a config file, like a JSON file or something that defines which fields every class should have, and then create classes that can load their config from that?
Something like
'ProcessBonus': {
'fields': ['first_name', 'surname', 'bonus'],
'businessrules': ['payment'],
'per_country': {
'additional_business_rules': ['payment2'],
'additional_fields': ['state']
And then if the country is not in the per_country list assume it has no additional fields/business rules.
Just thinking out loud here.
I hear there is something called Java Interfaces as well although it sounds like another OOP, I'm not sure what's it's called in .NET.There could be some combination of forms inheriting using "Interfaces" and then configursation items for each form taken either from a DB or from JSON?


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Hmm wish i could try its amazingness on my 32 GB 4S. Great job to everyone involved!
Me too ^^^
The only thing that really sucks is with there being no way to downgrade on the 4S right now you could get stuck having to upgrade IF you have an issue with jailbreaking or some other issue (once 5.1 is released). I'm pretty sure TU has been updated to save the APTickets/SHSH for the 4S so hopefully after the exploit is completely found and released somebody will quickly find a way to resolve that issue. I've been using my i4 due to no jb for the 4S so I'm getting on right now and updating my 4S to 5.0.1 and saving the APTicket/SHSH so I have then before 5.1 is released.
Great work Dream Team, we're all excited to see how amazing this jb is and will be....
Wow no where did he say anything we didn't already know. This site is starting to feed into the hype. It's so close you can smell it cooking in their oven, what? Really? He never said wow we're this close and it's amazing. He just said that it's turning into the most amazing one yet. Now how I take this is the "tricks/exploits" used In the POC (and maybe the actual jailbreak) to obtain payloads needed are going in a way never expected. Like 5 userland exploits to achieve injection, which is amazing in itself, if it were true.
Now what I'm seeing is people (including mods) on this site saying upgrade now or you'll miss out, 5.1 is coming soon update now, and other miss leading info. Which is true 5.1 is coming soon, but not this week or next for that matter. The 4s people have no reason not to upgrade now but people on 4.3.3 jail broke really there's no hurry until you see the GM released. The mods and the news writers should know this if they have been around and actually followed the betas. The expiration date of the beta USUALLY gives the rough time frame for testing said beta. Beta 2 expired the 12th of this month beta 3 released what three days before 2 expired. There has always been a GM release before a public release heck sometimes two GMs get releasted before going public. So please stop feeding the trolls, stuff like this causes the negative comments and posts no one likes to see.
I've never seen so much fanfare on twitter. We went from it's coming...made some progress...hopped over some hurdles etc and lately it's been it's coming! It's amazing, spectacular, pixie fairy dust magical clapping fanfare hooray. We blew past Steve jobs level of description and went Steve Balmer! Lol.
So, I am not sure why you are attacking MMi writers and mods. The only people who dont have to rush to update right now in my view are iPad 2 owners on 4.3.3.
Sorry Simon I wasn't attacking writers or mods. I agree with what you said and it's basically what I said. Its just that posting stuff like this leads to the negative comments and flame wars on the dev blogs and on here. I may have come off wrong and I'm sorry if I did.
It's unfortunate for me to say this will be my first time donating for a jailbreak, but I'm thinking at least $25 a Dream Team member. Too little? My first time
if this happens soon, i may just pick up a contract 4s


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Study of Specimens Obtained During Epilepsy Surgery
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This study will collect brain tissue samples for research purposes from patients undergoing surgery to treat epilepsy. The standard surgical procedure for medically intractable epilepsy i.e., epilepsy that cannot be controlled with medicine requires removal of more brain tissue than is needed for diagnostic study. This extra tissue, which would otherwise be discarded, will be used for research purposes. In addition, a blood vessel in the scalp, called the superficial temporal artery, is also normally cut during surgery, and a piece of this vessel will be taken for research use.
Patients 4 years of age or older who undergo surgery for medically intractable epilepsy may be eligible for this study.
Brain tissue collected under this protocol will be used for studies of brain cells in other diseases and of serotonin receptors. Any remaining brain tissue will be frozen for use in future research. The superficial temporal artery will be used for comparison with carotid arteries (a neck artery that supplies the brain) from patients with blockage of this blood vessel.
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|Research Study of Specimens Obtained During Epilepsy Surgery
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This is a protocol to perform research studies on tissues that are removed in the operating room during surgical procedures for medically intractable epilepsy. Our aim is to acquire and supply useful tissue specimens for intramural NIH research projects.
The investigators will be free to select which patients will undergo surgery. However, the total number of patients that can be enrolled in the protocol will be restricted. This protocol is not designed to test any new treatments. Any treatment under this protocol will be based on the current standard of care for epilepsy surgery. The goal of the surgical procedure is to remove the epileptic focus. Standard procedures to be performed are 1) anterior temporal lobectomy or 2) amygdalohippocampectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy, and 3) focal cortical resection for epilepsy that arises outside the temporal lobe. These are the research aspects of the protocol: 1) Any brain tissue that is removed and is not required for diagnostic studies will be used for laboratory studies, consistent with institutional guidelines. 2) Meningeal samples, dura only, will be taken to examine for tissue markers of lymphatic vessels. 3) Blood tests to test for immune and inflammatory mediators will be performed. 4) Saliva will be collected to test for immune and inflammatory markers.
Participants in this protocol will be evaluated for potential eligibility for other NINDS clinical trials as they are developed. However, they will not be required to enter any protocol and their decision to participate will be entirely voluntary. No more than 120 patients will be accepted in this protocol.
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To be eligible for entry into the study, candidates must meet al the following criteria:
- Be 4 years of age or older.
- Have simple or complex partial seizures.
- Seizures must persist despite medical therapy.
- Able to give informed consent, or, assent if a child.
- Have been determined by the NINDS neurology staff to have medically intractable epilepsy.
- Have agreed to undergo brain surgery to treat medically intractable epilepsy.
- Have agreed to allow some of the tissue removed during the surgery to be used for research.
Candidates will be excluded if they:
- Are pregnant. (Women of childbearing age will be tested with a urine pregnancy test and will have agreed to avoid being pregnant by practicing a reliable form of contraception or by abstinence from sexual intercourse.)
- Cannot have an MRI scan as determined by the radiologist.
- Have a bleeding disorder that cannot be corrected before testing or treatment.
- Are unable to understand the risks of the testing and surgical therapy. (A clinical neuropsychologist that is not an investigator for this protocol examines all patients before epilepsy surgery. She will determine if a subject is unable to understand risks, unable to reach reasonable decisions and incompetent to give informed consent.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00025714
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|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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|October 11, 2001
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|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ):
Serotonin Receptor
Cell Culture
Temporal Lobe
Endothelial Cells
Superficial Temporal Artery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Intractable Epilepsy
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Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
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Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Positive Phase 3 Study Results for Benlysta™
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, and LONDON, UK – July 20, 2009 – Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that BENLYSTA™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B®) met the primary endpoint in BLISS-52, the first of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in patients with serologically active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the placebo-controlled BLISS-52 study, the results showed that belimumab plus standard of care achieved a clinically and statistically significant improvement in patient response rate at Week 52, compared with standard of care alone. Study results also showed that belimumab was generally well tolerated, with adverse event rates comparable between belimumab and placebo treatment groups.


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Castro hopes to improve by batting second
ANAHEIM -- When rookie outfielder George Springer was put in the No. 2 spot in the batting order behind Jose Altuve, he began to shine offensively. Astros manager Bo Porter is hoping the same thing will be true for catcher Jason Castro, who entered Thursday in a 15-for-85 (.176) funk.
Castro had only 14 plate appearances in the No. 2 spot in the order prior to Thursday, but he wasn't hitting behind Altuve. The dynamo second baseman leads the Major Leagues in hits and leads the American League in stolen bases.
Porter hopes Castro, a left-handed hitter, will not only come to bat with a huge hole on the right side of the infield with Altuve on first, but he's a threat to steal so Castro should see more fastballs.
"I'm just trying to get him going," Porter said. "Hitting behind Jose Altuve seemed to be a good spot for anybody who's hit in that spot. [Castro], being one of our better hitters the entire last year, and if you look at the offensive woes in which we had, we felt like if we can get him going it will really helps us."
Castro buys into the notion of pitchers throwing more fastballs with a speedy runner at first, helping the defensive team's chances of throwing him out on the bases.
"It's definitely on a catcher's mind," he said. "It definitely plays into the decision-making a little bit when it's a situation where you really need to keep that guy at first and you want to keep him out of scoring position. You'll definitely think about what to throw."
Springer hit primarily second from May 13 until June 1, batting .357 in that span.
"When you get to hit behind [Altuve] and in front of Springer, it's definitely a good spot in the lineup," Castro said. "I'll definitely take advantage of the opportunity."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. Teddy Cahill is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @tedcahill. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Avila bothered by back spasms, available as PH
CHICAGO -- For the second straight game, Tigers catcher Alex Avila was not behind the plate Tuesday. This time, however, it's not the bruised shin that forced him out over the weekend in Minnesota, but the back spasms that date back to Spring Training.
Avila experienced a recurrence of the back spasms on Tuesday, and was scratched from the lineup for the series opener against the White Sox. Bryan Holaday started behind the plate in his place.
Avila was available off the bench if needed, manager Brad Ausmus said, but not available to catch. He's considered day to day.
"He's not going to play [Wednesday] regardless," Ausmus said after Tuesday's 4-3 victory. "We've got the off-day on Thursday, so I think giving him the two days will be better. As long as he's fine, he'll be back in there on Friday.
he history of Avila's back gives his day-to-day status some level of concern. He missed some time early in Spring Training with lower back issues, but returned early in the Grapefruit League schedule and caught his fair share of games. This is the first time his lower back has been a topic since then, though it's unclear whether it has flared up since.
Avila bruised his shin sliding into home plate Friday at Minnesota, eventually leaving the game. He did not start Saturday, but entered the game as a pinch-hitter.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nibbida wrote:Ben,
Be careful when posting to a thread on masturbation when your signature line mentions the "compassionate hands foundation." I wasn't being cheeky. I was just reading down the thread and for some involuntary neurological reason the phrase "compassionate hands" kinda jumped out at me.
This meditation has a special place in the Dharma. It is one of very few subjects of meditation which contain both a tranquillity aspect and an insight aspect. As well, it is a very useful practical meditation, providing a powerful antidote to the hindrance of lust.
There is nothing here to beat yourself over. If anything, you might try extending some compassion towards yourself. And when you are having these urges, before get out of hand (or in hand), best when you just feel the initial inkling, just sit quietly and pay attention without comment to what you are feeling, the urge to resist the action, the urge to act on the desire. Even though the habits are deeply established, you can choose how to act here, to sit quietly, paying attention.UrgeSurfer wrote:I find myself browsing inappropriate websites and engaging in self-sex. I spend way too much time fantasising about other women even
tiltbillings wrote:… the basics are there to just pay attention to what arises and falls in your mind/body as the urge to act out starts to present itself. Like the habit you developed, it will need to be done over and over. There is really no other way.
"Having thought of a mind object, one loses mindfulness. Getting involved in the attraction of it, one feels the onset of desire that tries to imbibe it."
"A multitude of passions such as covetousness and rage, springing from ideas, torments one who takes a firm hold of it, with the result that his mind becomes burdened with vexation. Therefore, nibbāna remains remote from one who would rather carry the burden of suffering than practise meditation."
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Samatha meditation is not enough — one should practice vipassanā meditation.
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Agriculture provisions of comprehensive immigration legislation should come through upcoming Senate hearings intact, industry leaders say.
Senate Judiciary Committee consideration of S. 744, called the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act," begins May 9, possibly continuing as late as the week of May 20.
More than 300 amendments were offered to the Senate bill by May 8.
Other provisions of the bill — including border security, cost and a low-skilled worker visa program — likely will get much more scrutiny than the agriculture provisions.
The full Senate could debate and vote on the legislation in June.
The Senate's reform legislation creates a "blue card" system for the estimated 1.2 million undocumented foreign workers in the agricultural sector. That program would continue for five years. Under the plan, undocumented employees will be required to pay a penalty of $100 and prove they worked in the agriculture sector before Dec. 31, 2012, to be able to receive a blue card.
Under the legislation's agricultural guest worker program, 112,000 new workers could gain legal entry during each of the first three years of the program. In years four and five, the number would be capped at a cumulative total of 337,000. After the fifth year the U.S. Department of Agriculture would set a cap based on the needs of U.S. producers.
Agriculture advocates are optimistic about a favorable result in the Senate for the legislation, said Frank Gasperini, executive vice president for Vienna, Va.-based National Council of Agricultural Employers.
"We're still confident that the bipartisan coalition in the Senate is going to honor the hard-fought and well thought out ag (provisions)." Gasperini said.


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Gasoline trade flows in the Atlantic Basin are changing. Access to less-expensive crude oil and natural gas is making U.S. refineries more competitive, boosting refinery runs and putting Gulf Coast refineries at an advantage to supply Atlantic Basin gasoline demand. With U.S. gasoline demand mostly declining or flat, Gulf Coast refineries are increasing supply to markets in Latin America and West Africa and redrawing the map of Atlantic gasoline flows.
Price differences among the U.S. East Coast (PADD 1), U.S. Gulf Coast (PADD 3), and Europe determine gasoline flows in the Atlantic Basin. With U.S. East Coast demand exceeding available domestic sources of supply given existing infrastructure and regulations, the marginal barrel of gasoline supplied to the East Coast is imported. Historically, much of this supply has come from refineries in Europe.
European refineries were originally built to maximize gasoline production, but European diesel demand has grown much more quickly than gasoline demand, in part due to policies in many European countries favoring diesel-fueled cars, which have steadily increased the diesel share of motor fuel. This shift in demand has led Europe to export large amounts of gasoline and to import substantial volumes of diesel. A typical trade pattern has been to ship cargoes of gasoline from Europe to the U.S. East Coast, and to return to Europe with a cargo of diesel from the U.S. Gulf Coast. This flow, also known as the trans-Atlantic arbitrage, is made possible when the price of gasoline in New York Harbor is greater than the price of gasoline at Europe's main oil trading hub at Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) plus the cost of freight, or when U.S. Gulf Coast diesel prices are sufficiently discounted to ARA prices to cover the cost of shipping to Europe.
Before 2012, Atlantic Basin gasoline trade was fairly predictable. Cargoes from Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean were exported to the U.S. East Coast (Figure 1). Additionally, European cargoes were supplied to Africa and Latin America. The United States also exported more modest amounts of gasoline from the Gulf Coast to Latin America, mostly Mexico.
However, these patterns are changing. Increased global demand and higher prices for diesel fuel have increased refining margins, encouraging U.S. refineries to increase crude runs to record levels to maximize diesel production. High refinery runs have also increased gasoline production at a time when U.S. consumption is mostly declining or flat due to vehicle efficiency gains, resulting in high gasoline inventories and lower prices.
As a result, U.S. refineries have become more active participants in the Atlantic Basin gasoline market. Average U.S. Gulf Coast exports to Latin America for the period January through September increased from 74,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2011 to 96,000 bbl/d in 2012, and have averaged 105,000 bbl/d in 2013. In addition, exports of gasoline from the United States to West Africa have increased significantly. Exports to West Africa averaged just 6,000 bbl/d in 2012, but thus far in 2013 have averaged 26,000 bbl/d, with August 2013 setting the highest export level on record to West Africa at 53,000 bbl/d (Figure 2). The increase in exports to West Africa, a market traditionally supplied by Europe, signals the competitiveness of U.S. gasoline exports in new markets. Despite the significant growth in exports, the East Coast is also still a significant importer of gasoline as a result of capacity constraints on product pipelines serving the region from the Gulf Coast and the high cost of coastwise shipments between U.S. ports. In September, the latest month for which data are available, the East Coast imported 501,000 bbl/d of gasoline.
Gasoline and diesel fuel prices both slide again
The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline decreased three cents to $3.24 per gallon as of December 16, 2013, two cents lower than last year at this time. Prices decreased in all regions of the nation, with the largest decrease coming on the Gulf Coast, where the price was down six cents to $3.05 per gallon. The Midwest price dropped five cents to $3.08 per gallon, and the Rocky Mountain price was $3.06 per gallon, two cents less than last week. The East and West Coast prices both fell a penny, to $3.37 per gallon and $3.47 per gallon, respectively.
The national average diesel fuel price decreased one cent to $3.87 per gallon, seven cents lower than last year at this time. Prices increased less than one cent on the East Coast and in the Rocky Mountains, to $3.92 per gallon and $3.85 per gallon, respectively, while decreasing in the rest of the nation. The Midwest price declined two cents to $3.85 per gallon. The Gulf and West Coast prices were $3.77 per gallon and $3.98 per gallon, respectively, both down a penny.


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Bone Up on Menace of Osteoporosis
By Sangeeta Cavale Radhakrishna | Published: 05th January 2014 12:00 AM |
Last Updated: 04th January 2014 01:03 PM | A+A A- |
Osteoporosis has been recognised as the third most common disease prevalent in India by WHO (World Health Organization). One in three women and one in five men above 50 years of age around the world carry the chances of being affected by osteoporosis. It weakens bones and causes fractures which can result in severe disability. It is the third most common disease after hypertension and diabetes in the elderly population.
Nuclear medicine consultant Dr Mythri Shankar who is founder, Osteoporosis Foundation India says, "Osteoporosis can be easily detected using a DEXA bone scan which checks the density/strength of the bone. In an attempt to improve bone health, and create public awareness about this silent disease, Sagar Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, has recently introduced this novel technology and is making it available to patients at risk at a reduced cost."
Osteoporotic fractures lower a patient's quality of life. The estimated national direct expenditures (hospitals and nursing homes) for osteoporotic hip fractures are very high, and the cost is rising.
People may not know that they have osteoporosis until their bones become so weak that a sudden strain, bump or fall causes a fracture or a vertebra to collapse. Collapsed vertebrae may initially be felt or seen in the form of severe back pain, loss of height, or spinal deformities such as kyphosis or stooped posture.
Risk Factors: Certain people are more likely to develop osteoporosis than others. Factors that increase the likelihood of developing osteoporosis and fractures are called "risk factors". These risk factors include:
● Personal history of fracture after the age of 50
● Low bone mass
● Being female
● Being thin and/or having a small frame
● Advanced age
● A family history of osteoporosis
● Estrogen deficiency as a result of menopause, especially early or surgically induced
● Abnormal absence of menstrual periods (amenorrhea)
● Anorexia nervosa
● Low lifetime calcium intake
● Vitamin D deficiency
● Use of certain medications (corticosteroids, chemotherapy, anticonvulsants and others)
● Presence of certain chronic medical conditions
● Low testosterone levels in men
● An inactive lifestyle
● Smoking and alcohol
A Bone Mineral Density exam or DEXA scan is considered the gold standard in diagnosing osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks. These broken bones occur typically in the hip, spine and wrist. Hip and spine fractures can be very severe and debilitating.
Millions of normal appearing patients are at risk. While women are four times more likely than men to develop the disease, men also suffer from osteoporosis. For these reasons, accurate osteoporosis screening is crucial for fighting this disease.
DEXA scan's are an important tool for early diagnosis of osteoporosis and in many cases recognise the disease before the symptoms occur.
Although there is no cure for osteoporosis, the following medications are approved for postmenopausal women. It includes Bisphosphonates and Estrogen/Hormone Therapy.
Answer a few questions and take care of your bones
1. Age over 55 yrs (men and women)
2. Post menopausal women (not on estrogen)
3. If age under 55
4. Smoking
5. Alcohol intake
6. Family history of fractures
7. Diabetes and/or other diseases of the liver, kidney, thyroid
8. Medications like Dilantin (for seizures), Steroids (for asthma, arthritis etc.), Diuretics
9. Lost height more than one inch
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, it does not mean that you have osteoporosis, but you may be at risk.
It is recommended that you check with your doctor, who will advise whether further tests are necessary.


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Topic: I am so happy....
Since the beginning of November I have been on the cc rollercoaster. My doctor thought that the cancer had returned. I had a ct, MRI and PET scans with inconclusive results. I went back to the US and met with Dr. Sanoff at UNC-Chapel Hill. She too was unable to tell if the cancer was back or not. My original surgon in Scotland was sent the blood tests and scans and he too was unsure of what was happening. I have had 2 PTC brushings which came back negative, but my Swedish doctor was unconvinced as I also had a suspicious lymph node. That was tested as well as having tissue samples taken. In the last 3 months I have had 6 surgeries! Well, my latest results came back. The last MRI looked somewhat normal-the suspicous spot is clearing up. The lymphnode was clean and so was the latest brush scrapings and tissue sample. My bloodwork is now normal also. So final result after 4 months of tests, scans, and stress....it was a FALSE ALARM!!!! I had sludge. There is discussion of giving me medicine to help prevent it in the future, but nothing has been decided.
I AM SO HAPPY!!!! I have been so off center these last couple of months. My sister and I were fighting about me not being aggressive enough with the doctors. My husband and I have been on eggshells. Now, we can plan again for our furture.
I will have another scan in 3 months and the game starts over, but for now, I will bask in life.
36 year old patient with buckets of hope


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RESIDENTS living near the former Groundwell park and ride site came together tonight to express their anger against plans to move waste from the Averies Recycling fire there.
Around 60 people protested against the plans which were announced on Wednesday. Around half of the non-hazardous waste from the Marshgate base will soon be moved to Swindon Council site owned to allow firefighters to deal with the fire faster.
The blaze has been going since July 21.
Firefighters are working with Averies, Swindon Council, NHS England, Wiltshire Police and the Environment Agency to deal with the incident.
Glynis Hales, who lives in Penhill, said: "This plan needs more thought as it was decided by a few individuals and not the full council. The feeling in Penhill is that the council think we are rubbish and that they're happy to dump rubbish here. I know that might not be the case but that is the feeling.
"I do appreciate that the people living at Marshgate are suffering but the council shouldn't make both areas suffer."
Residents are concerned by the affect the waste could have on air quality, nearby water and the wildlife living around the park and ride site.
Nigel Fraser, who lives in Queensfield, said: "I feel bloody angry. It is a private business who the council are putting before residents who live here. I've been told the waste could be here for three months but who knows it could be even longer."
Motorists beeped in support of the protesters who were waving banners which read 'don't dump waste on our community' and 'no fly-tipping'.
Some Swindon Councillors also went to the demonstration to give their backing to the residents.
Coun Joe Tray (Lab, Penhill and Upper Stratton), said: "I think this is such a fantastic turnout with just a couple of hours notice and shows the strength of feeling in this community.
"I understand the difficult issues this fire has created but to put the waste here is a knee-jerk reaction."
Coun Mark Dempsey (Lab, Walcot and Park North), the North Swindon Parliamentary Candidate, said: "I think it is clear to see that the residents are very concerned about this. If the council do not listen to these people they will be making a huge error.
"The site is not designed or licensed for the storage of waste. I think the authorities should be looking to use a specialised site."
As the park and ride compound is covered by trees, the authorities claim that the waste will be out of sight. All of the burnt waste will be fully extinguished and checked before being taken to the site. It will also be covered over to reduce any adverse smells.
In addition to the high perimeter fencing at the compound there will also be 24 hour security.
Once the Marshgate fire is put out the authorities aim to return the waste to Averies as soon as possible.
"Numerous sites have been considered and the former Groundwell Park & Ride is the least worst option. Unfortunately, nowhere would be popular with everyone and this site is safe and meets the necessary criteria agreed with partner agencies. Public safety is the number one priority and I can reassure residents that no waste which poses any danger to them will be transferred to the site," Coun David Renard, Swindon Council Leader (Con, Haydon Wick), said.
"We appreciate this is a difficult situation and remain committed to putting the fire out as soon as possible so normality can resume for everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to thank residents for their understanding and co-operation. We are also liaising with anyone who has raised questions and concerns."
Averies has repeatedly apologised for the issues that the fire has caused to Swindon's residents and businesses. North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson (Con) wants to see the Averies fire extinguished as quickly as possible.
He said: "Frankly, the Environment Agency should be forcing Averies' insurance to pay for the safe storage of the waste. I'm disappointed that the agency isn't using the full force of the law to bring this to a swift conclusion for the sake of local residents."
Concerned residents can attend a meeting taking place at St Peter's Church Hall, in Penhill, at 7pm tomorrow.


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randomseb wrote:This was addressed to the folk who claim science has a bias without realizing their own position is just as biased, if not more so, because they have a lot more to gain by some miraculous cloth being real than science does, as it's just information to science, nothing particularly important, you know?
Oh thank you for elaboration, maybe it was too early in the morning for me
I couldn't agree more.
With metta


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Skiers missing near Nelson's Whitewater
Nelson Search and Rescue are currently at Whitewater conducting a search for two missing skiers.
The search for two missing skiers has begun near Whitewater Ski Resort.
Nelson Search and Rescue are and other rescue personnel are currently on scene at the local hill.
At 7:20 p.m. the local search crew received a call about overdue skiers who are believed to have been heading out into the backcountry near the resort. Initial information has teams focussing on the the backside of Ymir peak.
Due to darkness and high avalanche risk in the area, no search was conducted last night. At first light crews were on the scene.
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Some years ago, I came across the book Massacre: A Survey of Today's American Indian published in 1931. Written by Robert Gessner, the book is an exposé. It provides what one Indian writer recently called "contextual and perspective research" of Indian boarding schools that helps us get "a total picture."
In chapter ten, "Flogging Children," Gessner explains "in the thousands of miles I have traveled I have heard one great plea: We are starving—yes, we are being robbed and oppressed—yes, but first save our children." Gessner's research "confirmed these verbal statements." "I learned," he wrote, "of children as young as six years of age being taken forcibly from their mothers' arms and sent to distant boarding schools until they were eighteen years old, without seeing their parents during that period." Gessner learned how Indian children in those schools "were underfed to point of starvation, roughly treated, even beaten, and all the time made to work half a day at hard industrial labor in their fields, in the bakery, or in the laundry—child labor."
Gessner said he had seen the jails Indian children were "thrown into after being flogged for infringement of minor rules." He detailed eye-witness accounts: Indian boys chained to beds at night; thrown in cellars under the building, which the superintendent called a jail; shoes taken away and children made to walk through the snow to help milk the cows; children whipped with a hemp rope, and a water hose; children forced to do work for employees and superintendents without compensation under the guise of industrial employment and education. The source? "Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Indian Affairs pursuant to S. Res. 341, p. 30."
One boarding school superintendent showed an investigator "a dungeon in his basement used for girls, up to his coming [to the school] two years ago." The dungeon "was 18' x 8', absolutely dark. Girls told the superintendent of two or three of them sleeping there on mattresses and rats crawling over them at night. Their food was bread and water. Brick walls showed where the girls had worked holes through and escaped."
Mrs. Gertrude Bonnin, Zitkala-Sa, was founder and President of the National Council of American Indians, which preceded the National Congress of American Indians. She related a story of Conquering Bear's two boys in the Oglala Lakota boarding school. The boys were captured after running away, and given a "severe beating. They were about twelve and fourteen at the time. Their heads were shaven, though it was winter." The boys ended up in a school jail. "They were in a dirty, filthy place, with a bucket to be used as a toilet."
"One of the boys had a ball and chain locked onto his leg and was locked to the bed at night." Zitkala-Sa said that "It hurt her to see the little boy carrying the ball when marching to meals…The boy even went to school with the ball and chain on, and it bothered the other children."
At Pine Ridge, a man named Philip Romero personally told Gessner: "They whipped Mary Rough, a young girl, and when her granddad went to see her the guard asked, 'What the hell are you going to do about it? We've got a right to give her a whipping."
An engineer at the Rice School on the San Carlos Reservation gave testimony under oath. He testified "about Indian girls, 11 and 12 years old, who escaped from the Rice School." They were "pursued and captured." "Part of their punishment," wrote Gessner, "consisted in walking with heavy cordwood on their shoulders, around and around the school yard the whole of an afternoon. One girl stood dumb [silent], her head and shoulders bowed, offering passive resistance. The principal 'seized a club from the ground, beat the girl until she fell, and beat her on the ground. Then the girl carried the cordwood for the afternoon."
Applying a strap to the bare backs of Indian children in the boarding schools was originally termed "a flogging," but this terminology was then changed to the euphemism "emergency measure." The "disciplinarians" were, according to Gessner, "guilty of the atrocities listed in this chapter." One white administrator "received protection from the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs for having 'children beaten with leather straps, knocked down for sarcasm to the disciplinarian, struck with fist and hard object until covered from face to knees with blood'."
While not every Indian child experienced such abuse, it is unconscionable for anyone to downplay generations of criminal and traumatic patterns of abuse that Indian children experienced in the boarding "schools."
Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) is the co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute, author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, and a columnist for Indian Country Today.


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Neighborhood presents their latest releases from its Fall/Winter 2011 'Gimme Shelter' Collection. For September the brand presents some great outerwear, shirting, t-shirts, new denim and also on point accessories. From bags to pillows and even a lamp, the accessories range we find most interesting in this latest drop. The printed shirts and t-shirts also look really good.
Check out the complete release, coming to stores in the following weeks, after the jump.


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So I've played in basketball shoes the past 8 months. They felt great, had nice grip, I had no reason to get hiking shoes or other more common 'disc golf' shoes. I got a pear of vibram bite shoes for cheap and today when I went to throw I think I almost pulled my ass muscles. Haha.
my foot will NOT pivet, and that energy travels up my leg to my lower back. With my basketball shoes, that had less grip, my foot would rotate clockwise like normal as my body turned. The added grip of the bite shoes doesn't allow for this and I had to take them off to finish throwing.
Is this normal? Is it a thing where I just have to get used to it and my foot will start turning? My back is killing me, and my right ass cheek is on fire. I hope its the shoes and not that prostitute the other night...


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Rio Announces the ce2100 and Carbon Pearl
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Portable Audio / Video
Check it out, instead of Rio letting the details on the much anticipated Chroma out of the bag, they instead made two small product announcements. First, the Rio ce2100. This player is said to be of a similar design as the Carbon, but with 2.5 GB of disc space. This makes it half the size of the Carbon, but it's only $50 less. Yippee. They also let it be known that the Rio Carbon will soon be available in a pearl white color. No changes as far as hardware goes. Not that exciting. It would have been nice to hear about more than these simple "Carbon copies". Heh.
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