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It's true—diabetes raises your risk of heart disease. That means your risks of heart attack and stroke are higher when you have diabetes. Diabetes is plenty to keep up with as it is. That explains why dealing with both heart risk and diabetes can seem like too much all at once.
But it's also true that good heart-health care has a lot in common with good diabetes care.
When you have diabetes, there are times when you have a higher-than-normal level of sugar in your blood. High blood sugar can damage the walls of your arteries. This damage can lead to plaque buildup in your arteries. The plaque buildup can narrow and even block your arteries.
Your risk of having heart disease is even higher if you have:
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This isn't as hard as it might sound. Many of the same healthy habits help control your blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight.
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Plan your foods with diabetes in mind. Then think heart-healthy, and make changes if needed.
You can choose from several heart-healthy eating plans(What is a PDF document?) to help control your blood pressure and cholesterol.
Being active is good for your diabetes and for your heart. It helps manage your blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol. And it plays a key part in controlling your weight. In turn, a healthy weight also helps control your diabetes and heart risk.
Your doctor might suggest a cholesterol and triglyceride test based on your age or your risk for heart disease. Talk to your doctor about when a cholesterol test is right for you.
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Years playing/experience: 3.5 years
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: right-handed
Throwing Style: RHBH, trying to learn to flick but failing.
Golf Distance (avg/max*) for putter/mid/driver: Ion: 225/250'; Axis/Vector: 265/285'; Volt: 295/320'; Destroyer: 315/365'(very inconsistent)
Age: 15
Sex: M
Injuries/handicaps?: Tore Rotator Cuff last year during baseball season by pitching.
Other sport proficiencies?: Baseball, Basketball, Football
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: The only thing that I have that is set is my Ion/Anode set up and my Volt. Everything else that I have, I am really uncomfortable throwing with.
Specific areas of desired feedback: Just help with everything. I am willing to start from the ground up.
Immediate and long-term goals: I'd like to have a lot more consistency in the short-term, and it would be nice to learn how to throw farther with each and every one of my discs.
Distance Drivers:
174 AJ Star Destroyer -used- main distance
172 Champ Destroyer -new- really OS
Fairway Drivers:
168 Star Teebird -brand spankin new- I dont really know
168 11x Champ Teebird -worn- pretty reliable fade
166 DX Teebird -beat- really flippy/roller
168 Opto River -new- insane glide
174 Neutron Volt -used- main driver used for everything
168 Neutron Amp -new- really understable, cant get used to it.
168 P PD -used- Developing into one of my most consistent disc. I love the feel of PDs
172 X Comet -new- lots of glide
172 Proton Vector -used- Supposed to have reliable fade, but its really inconsistent for me.
168 Neutron Axis -new- I like this disc. Can shape any line with it. Starting to become my main mid.
180 12x KC Roc -used- Reliable fade, but I can't seem to get used to the feel of Rocs even though every one suggests them.
166 DX Roc -beat- Really flippy mid.
175 Proton Ion -beat- Main driving and Putting putter.
168 Proton Ion -used- This is when I am having a harder time throwing the heavier Ion.
172 Eclipse Proton Anode -used- Insane line shaper. Can put it on any line I want. Becoming my favorite disc in the bag.I just love this thing.
172 Z Predator -used- meathook utility
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text: St. Albans CEO has health reform message December 28, 2009 Story Share W.Va. health insurance and median income chart at bottom of story This is part of an occasional series examining federal health care reform bills and their effect on West Virginians. ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- Richard Sinclair is president of Jefferds Corporation, a 225-employee operation sprawled over 4 acres in St. Albans. His company sells forklifts, conveyors, cranes and hoists.If Congress passes a health reform law, companies like his, with more than 50 employees, may have to provide health insurance or pay a penalty.But Jefferds has provided health insurance to its employees for at least 35 years. "It's been important to us to do that," Sinclair said.He does worry about the rising cost of health insurance.Employer-sponsored family health insurance premiums have gone up four times faster than median earnings since 2000, according to a Families USA study headlined "Premiums outpace paychecks in West Virginia."The cost of employer-sponsored family insurance is predicted to double again by 2020, a Commonwealth Fund study predicts. Nationwide, firms are paring employee benefits and increasing deductibles and co-pays. "I think everyone would agree that what we've got isn't working very well," Sinclair said.He probably has a better idea than most. In addition to his business responsibilities, he's served on the Charleston Area Medical Center Board of Directors for about 20 years, including several terms as the board's chairman.He's trying to get a grip on the complex bills before Congress. The situation is changing so fast and is so complex, he said, "we haven't a chance to examine it carefully for its impact on businesses of this size."It will be especially complex for businesses that self-insure, he said, which is the majority of large businesses in West Virginia."We need reform, but I'm not sure yet if this reform is the answer we need," he said. "It depends on what stays in the law and what is thrown out."A House-Senate committee, which includes Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., will meet soon to iron out differences between the two plans. Sinclair would like to give them this piece of advice: hike the penalties if you want it to work.He recently compared the amount his company pays for insurance with the highest penalties a firm would pay under the bills before Congress."I found it would be vastly less expensive for me to drop my insurance, pay the penalty, and let my employees choose from what's on the market," he said. "I'm not saying for a moment that I would do that, but I think other companies may."Under the House bill, companies with a payroll of $500,000 or more would have to pay 8 percent of payroll if they did not offer insurance. Under the Senate bill, companies with more than 50 employees would pay $750 a year for each employee who gets government-subsidized insurance.Since 2000, the average West Virginia employer's share for coverage of a single worker has jumped 88 percent, from $2,183 to $4,087, according to a 2009 Families USA report."It's a good thing this won't kick in for a few years, so they can look at things like this," Sinclair said. 'People will take their chances' Three or four years from now, every American would be required to have health insurance or pay a penalty, under the reform bills.About 260,000 West Virginians are uninsured, according to census data. The bills before Congress would insure 177,000 of them, according to Families USA.That would be good for health-care costs at the Jefferds Corporation, Sinclair said. Those who cannot now pay their hospital bills would be able to pay them, and emergency rooms would not be flooded with uninsured patients.From his 20 years on the CAMC board, Sinclair knows that hospitals and doctors, nationwide, shift part of the cost of unpaid bills onto their paying customers' bills.Between 2006 and 2008, total unpaid medical bills surged 75 percent in West Virginia, to $231 million."It's in everyone's interest to get that under control," Sinclair said.The bills before Congress offer help with insurance. Those who make up to $43,000 and families that earn up to $88,000 could get subsidies on their premiums. Small businesses can get tax credits. An expanded Medicaid would cover about 100,000 low-income West Virginians. The subsidies would be paid for either by a tax on "Cadillac" plans or a tax on the rich.But once again, Sinclair said, the penalty is too low. It's $92 the first year, growing to a maximum of $750 a year, under the House bill."Especially in a down economy where people have to make hard choices, a lot of people will take their chances and not sign up," he said.That would leave insurers between a rock and a hard place, he said, because, "As I understand it, insurers could no longer reject people who have pre-existing conditions such as cancer and heart disease."They would have to sign people up with little or no waiting period. "Whether or not you think that's good policy, it will clearly be expensive," Sinclair said.Theoretically, that new expense is supposed to be balanced by new premium-paying customers."But it won't work if people can just pay the penalty when they're well, then climb in the boat when they get sick," Sinclair said, "and that's not fair to the people already in the boat."His company is in the boat."What scares me is that my employees who have health care coverage today -- which we provide with some assistance from them -- may find that they're worse off if this thing gets passed."Sinclair sounds almost wistful when he says he hopes he likes the overhaul better than he thinks he will."We need reform," he said.He likes the fact that the plan contains billions for efforts to stamp out fraud and abuse within Medicare and Medicaid, but "I'll believe it when I see it."If Congress passes a national bill, nobody will be required to have insurance for at least three years."A lot could happen in that time," Sinclair said. "It looks like they'll have to come back to tweak it a lot." But at this point, he said, "If I weren't holding the phone, I'd put both of my thumbs in my ears and wiggle my fingers and give it a big razz."I don't know what the ramifications will be," he said, "but I hope I'll live long enough to figure it out."Reach Kate Long at email@example.com or 304-348-1798. W.Va. health insurance premiums rose four times faster than median income, 2000-2009Increases in premiums for W.Va. family job-based health insurance, 2000 - 2009Source of payment 2000 2009 % change Total premium spending per worker $6,844 $13,699 100.2%(employer and worker share)Share of premium paid by employer $5,195 $10,452 101.2%Share of premium paid by worker $1,649 $3,247 96.8% Source: Estimates prepared by Families USA based on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data. 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Jury selection is set to begin today in Solano County Superior Court for a Vacaville man accused in connection with a deadly July 2011 shooting that prosecutors say was gang related.
Charged with murder in the July 30, 2011, shooting death of 20-year-old Vacaville resident Quinten Nears, is Rico Marquez Espitia, 22. In addition, prosecutors have charged Espitia with a gang enhancement that alleges the gunshot slaying was done to benefit a criminal street gang.
Prosecutors allege Espitia killed Nears in the driveway of the Alamo Gardens Apartments in Vacaville using a .38-caliber handgun.
According to preliminary hearing testimony, Nears was walking with a friend back to his apartment around 9 p.m., when the two were approached by a "dark-skinned white male" or a "light-skinned Hispanic male" who said, "What's up," to Nears.
Nears replied, "What's up," and a gunshot followed.
Police testified that, according to witnesses, minutes prior to the shooting, three men in another part of the complex were approached by a Hispanic male who accused one of them of being a "scrap," a derogatory name used for a member or associate of the Sureño street gang.
One of the men in the group told police it was Espitia and that Espitia, who prosecutors allege is a Norteño gang member, lobbed the insult at him before punching him in the face and continuing on through the complex.
Police also testified that a text message sent from Espitia's phone at approximately 9:30 p.m. on the night of Nears' death read, "I just fired on that scrap in the gardens."
However, Espitia's defense counsel, Deputy Public Defender Sara Johnson, at a recent hearing in which she argued to have the charges dismissed, stated that the text message did not support a prosecution theory that he was "bragging" about his alleged involvement in Nears' death.
No testimony has indicated that Nears was involved in a gang, however, Deputy District Attorney Julie Underwood has argued that the term "scrap" can be used generally for any perceived adversary.
It is unclear how a recent state Supreme Court ruling about gang participation will affect the prosecution's attempt to get a jury to find the gang enhancement against Espitia to be true.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that a suspect can't be convicted of felony gang participation if he committed the crime by himself.
Visiting Judge Gregory M. Caskey, who presided over Johnson's motion to dismiss the charges in December, stated that he didn't doubt Espitia's gang involvement, based on the evidence, however, he found that Nears was not a gang member and Espitia was alleged to have acted alone.
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American David Douglas Duncan (b. 1916) was an immensely courageous and talented combat photographer, beginning with his experience in the Pacific theater of World War II. After the war, Duncan became a photographer for Life magazine, covering conflicts all over the world including the Korean and Vietnam Wars. As a former Marine himself, Duncan had deep sympathy for the average man in uniform. His images are at once raw and deeply humane, emphasizing the personal experience of war—the danger, exhaustion, and emotion.
In 1956, impressed by the art of Pablo Picasso, Duncan presented himself at the artist's summer home, the Villa la Californie in southern France. He was immediately welcomed and the intimacy of their friendship is indicated by Duncan's very first photograph of Picasso—soaking in his bathtub! Until the artist's death in 1973, Duncan returned often to visit and photograph, creating an unparalleled visual record of the great artist at work and at play.
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esaka 江坂
esaka 江坂 (えさか) is in area north of umeda, on the midosuji subway line. esaka is home to perhaps the best fabric store in osaka (that i know of) otsukaya. there is also a small tokyu hands, a kawachi stationary/ art supply shop, and uniqlo nearby, so it's a convenient area for shopping for fabric and crafts.
〒564-0051 大阪府吹田市豊津町13−38
closed on wednesdays (except if it's a holiday, generally). cash only.
otsukaya website (in japanese): http://otsukaya.co.jp/
the 3rd picture from the top on the right side is the osaka, esaka store 大阪江坂
directions for how to get there:
take exit #4 from esaka subway station on the midosuji line.
after walking down these stairs, turn right and cross the brick paved plaza.
continue walking basically foward, across the street and down this street between the pachinko parlour and the shabu shabu restaurant.
it's several blocks.
on the left side of the street.
with a red awning.
tokyu hands/kawachi
the tokyu hands is very close to the station as well. to get there, just leave the same exit, and walk down the stairs and walk straight ahead. it's in a building on the right. the kawachi art supply is also in the same building on the ground floor.
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On Monday, I saw Doug Kass on CNBC's Fast Money. Doug was so negative on Apple (AAPL), I thought I was watching an episode of Doomsday Preppers. Doug talked so fast, I thought he was going to pass out from lack of oxygen. In the end, Doug said that Apple was only a trade and no longer an investment.
And it's just not Doug. The negativity surrounding Apple is amazing. When the stock was near $700, I never heard a peep out of the Apple bears. Now that the stock is down 25%, all of a sudden Apple is the next Pets.com. Lighten up, guys. It's just not that bad.
First, I think it's clear that taxes are going up next year. Investors who have large capital gains are taking a little off the table to avoid the higher tax rate. Second, the stock has been hit by a wave of hedge-fund selling. In the first half of the year, Apple was the most widely held name by hedge funds. (In fact, 146 hedge funds owned the stock.) Once the decline started catching fire, the hedge funds moved fast to dump the stock. For example, Lone Pine Capital's Stephen Mandel cut his Apple holdings by 43%. These hedge fundguys just don't ride a stock down 25%. They act quickly to stop the bleeding.
Third, as the stock fell through support after support, the technicians jumped on board and declared that Apple would go lower. That was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Fourth, the analyst community pounced on the company. Analysts are worried that Steve Jobs is still dead and that the company will never be able to innovate again. All the products going forward are simply incremental improvements over existing products, they say, and the company's drive for innovation has run out of gas. Poppycock! Steve Jobs wasn't the only person who worked at Apple. The company has a deep bench, and lots of innovative products will come out over the next few years.
While there may be truth in all of the concerns raised by Doug and others, I don't believe things are all that bad for Apple. As tax selling dries up at the end of the month, investors will be left with a much less expensive stock that is growing revenue at 15% annually. While that's down from the 23% posted last year, it's still a respectable growth rate for a company that achieves $192 billion in revenue. How bad could things be? For fiscal 2013, Apple has an estimated 40% gross margin and a $72 billion operating profit.
I keep hearing how cheap Apple shares are, but tech investors are momentum investors. They don't care about valuation. Doesn't matter. Top-line growth of 15% is irresistible to these guys. They will be back. Apple shares will go higher as the negativity ebbs, the tax selling slows and the greed comes back.


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In a bit of a departure from the usual routine, today I am going to talk about everyone's favorite stock, that market darling, recently fallen from grace. Apple (AAPL) and its related index, the Nasdaq-100, have taken a pretty serious hit over recent sessions, after scoring multi-year highs just a few weeks ago.
Of course, the Nasdaq-100 was trading much higher, near 4800, at the top of the dot-com bubble in early 2000. But even at current levels below 2700, it has been among the strongest of indices. On Sept. 21, it scored an 11-year high at 2878. From there it has taken quite a spill, bottoming last month (Nov. 16) at 2494. That's a drop of 13.3% from the highs. Of course, you don't have to look much further than Apple to see the reason for the sharp selloff. So let's start there, with Apple, which accounts for about 20% of the value of the index.
As you know, Apple is under pressure for a bunch of fundamental reasons that you've no doubt heard about, so I won't go into them here. What I will note is that the stock is also getting lots of negative press for some technical reasons, none of which really sound too serious to me.
First, there is the dreaded "death cross," which appears to be pretty much a foregone conclusion. This, of course, occurs when the downtrending 50-day moving average crosses through the uptrending 200-day moving average. That's apparently going to happen tomorrow or the next day at the $601 level, and it really doesn't matter much what the stock does -- I mean, unless it jumps up about 100 points in the next couple of days.
But my point is, so what? How many times have we seen death crosses amount to nothing in the S&P 500 or Dow? About as often as they amount to something. So who cares? I don't. In fact, because the stock has been so strong over recent years, there aren't many instances of death crosses occurring in Apple. But apparently the one that occurred in 2006 marked a great buying opportunity for the rally into the 2008 top. Then there was a death cross in 2008 that did amount to something. But so what? Everything dropped from the late 2007 early 2008 highs. OK, so there's that -- the dreaded death cross. It probably marks a buying opportunity, since everyone is fretting about it.
Then there is the developing head-and-shoulders topping pattern. Ooh! Now, granted, this one could amount to something nasty on the downside, but if the recent lows hold at $506, it probably won't.
More important, from my perspective, is what happened today, at least as of 3 p.m. Eastern as I am writing this column. The stock sold off to the $518.63 level this morning, and that was enough of a drop to fill the big Nov. 19 gap at the 527.68 level, but, at the same time, the stock held above the Nov. 16 lows. From the morning lows, the stock has now rebounded 35 points back up above $553. So does that mean that we're out of the woods? Not really, but it suggests that there are still trading opportunities in both directions, and for now, though I am well hedged, I am willing to write the distant February puts into weakness.
A similar pattern is seen in the Nasdaq-100, which I highlighted on Tuesday as signaling a near-term top in the market. Bigger picture, there is also this developing head-and-shoulders pattern which could point lower, but it's still too soon to tell. Here, what is noteworthy is how much this looks like Apple. And why not, since it's 20% Apple?
But in the short term here as well, I like what I am seeing. Granted, I would have preferred a pullback to the Nov. 23 gap at 2600 as the spot to buy, but in fact, I bought back my positions yesterday morning at the 2629 level after selling them last Thursday when the Nasdaq-100 filled its Nov. 7 gap at 2681. So I won't complain. If the Nasdaq-100 fills that gap at 2600, I will add to my mutual fund positions and probably write some more of the PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) puts.


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yeah except now i see Deborah has signed off :(
R. re Che, yeah I know, he's the insurgent's insurgent, him and that Hamishm, but you know, everyday above ground is a good day. What is funny is how they pictured me on Che's blog, I freakin' loved it, not only am I insecure regarding Asoc.Profs I have always had this goombah other personna, which cracks up my Part Italian Partner (PIP not her name), indeed her Grandfather was Garibaldi's bodyguard, Cherman's and Italians, it's all about the shoes, all.
BTW, could thread creep be called SCREAP.
Deborah, come back or The System Has Failed.
R. By way of explanation Goombah
just read the rest of object dart. nice pun that. i don't especially see you as that at all, in fact the tash is slightly surprising. and i took the moniker as a reference to soldier of fortune, not a car.
i do quite like the goombah word and style though. reminds me of spag westerns.
and yes for chermans and italians, and andy warhola, it's all about the chouxs.
Ditto re: sadness about Deborah. Cue the final curtain. Darkness in the th*ar*e.
yes, it's not meant to be a dark theatre.
That is a bad outcome. I hope she reconsiders because it is a good place that Bishop Brown of the All- Seeing Carpet Slippers, has made.
As for being an insurance gent, I would put a low premium on that.
The 'tash was a beard thing, I shapeshift regularly of course, no one recognises me but I see them, it is evil but necessary. Besides I fully recommend exercising all the personna's you got, really...
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom, Blake.
I have been thinking (not like Prebble) about Deborah and Craig. I was going to pull from PAS in support, but I feel that Deborah should stay and meet Craig on her terms. I would like to say that I will support her in this because, I have read all Craigs posts and then some on other blogs, I note a distinct pattern. I don't think he fully appreciates his impact, I did not like his "apology" post I agree with all that Malcom said, I disagree with RB stopping the thread. RB seems to have a blind spot when it comes to Craigs more vituperative postings, RB; it is not robust and it does verge on cyber-bullying, in my opinion.
Seeing as Craig has blankly refused to hold himself up to account for some very oblique, threatening behaviour, I will not read anything he posts from here on.
i sprout and go all talibany, then shave, then do it again. i like not recognizing myself in the mirror after a shave.
i thought about pulling out too. i would like to see Deborah back. i like her elegant gravytar. i regretted posting what i did on that thread just before RB called closed; i hope it didn't contribute to her going, i certainly didn't mean it to, quite the opposite. he is vituperative. not a problem in itself but it seems a little too consistent and unleavened to be welcomed. i could go on but i don't feel free to, which is probably just as well; the inability to properly apologise however is a revealing weakness.
as it stands there is now a pall about the place. i hope the trade proves worth it for PA.
i bet you wouldn't know me from yourself is nice.
I think you're too hard on yourself, I thought your post was well intended and in no way would have lead to The Closing. You know, 1000's of people read your posts and I've always found them to be insightful and considered.
I have posted a photo for you, it's of the cave below the turfed out Terns and the secretive Gannets, did it in 2003 (sigh), and can you see the hidden face?
How does this fit in with the thread? Well I too have been got at by Craig on NRT and I kind of placated him then, then I thought to myself, never operate from fear, always try to give more of yourself, maybe this will reduce fear in the world, it's my Beauty Pageant Speech, meh.
That's why I post stuff that I've created.
Sheesh, you're quick, thanks for that. I had to surf through that cave once, or be pinned under the Gannet cliff...
interesting to hear that. he's the only person i ever felt threatened me on here, not that i felt threatened.
didn't see the face the first time but yes now i see. surfing through it would be a dag. being stuck under a gannet colony would be daggier though.
sadness is not the opposite of happiness. fear is the opposite of happiness. your modus operandi is a good one me thinks.
now off to be human.
merc, I like the cave. I think surfing through it would be another story in the "Injuries" thread tho'. I realise that this might not mean much as I could write my knowledge of poetry on a stamp however I think your stuff is very good.
Riddley, O shaven Guinea pig I do not think that your post would have made any difference as leaving a forum is usually a cumulative result (take it from one who's left a forum after near 2,000 posts). It is sad however and I really hope that D comes back.
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cats and dogs hate it but it does them no harm, so if you get woken at 4am you spray a little citronella and maybe it will stop.
Of course if i was you I'd just ask miles for cat help, he is rather a cat whisperer
I agree with all that Malcom said, I disagree with RB stopping the thread. RB seems to have a blind spot when it comes to Craigs more vituperative postings, RB; it is not robust and it does verge on cyber-bullying, in my opinion
Sigh ... I stopped the thread because David Slack rang up and asked if there was any way of stopping it, because the issue seemed to have been settled and Malcolm was being inflammatory and provocative and stirring it all up again. And that seemed to be what people wanted. But that intervention hasn't gone down well with some people, which I fear will be the case any time I do something like that. My opinion on Tze Ming's recent thread copped at least one angry response.
The Compromise thread unfolded over the weekend, while I was taking a break from reading the site, and the dispute had got some way by the time I caught up. So I had to work out what I thought, and say it.
Go back and read it again: it's a really pointless scrap. Deborah did imply that Craig was being sexist when it's clear to me that wasn't his intention (the original line ended in a smiley, remember). It could have stopped right there on page 8 if Craig had just said no, you've missed my point. But he felt attacked, in part because Danyl had had a crack at him. Then Deborah posted again.
Craig responded to them both:
Now, Deborah and Darryl, do you think I really need to put sarcasm tags around every damn thing or can I assume PA readers are smart enough to not require spoon-feeding?
Tart, but not bullying, I think. Could have stopped there too. But no, Deborah had to imply, again, that he was sexist. Craig makes a lively put perfectly reasonable reply to a post about Brian Tamaki by Hadyn. Could have stopped there.
But now Craig's seen Deborah's third post. Explains himself again then - uh-oh! - says "and if you just don't get it, that says much more about you than me. I don't appreciate being belittled, illegitimately, as a sexist arsehole."
Here we go: Page 8 where Riddley suggests that it's Craig that's rude and Craig responds with that stupid "reading disability" crack in a reply , which might have passed right by people more used to Craig's rhetorical style - but was was rude and worthy of an apology.
Heather chips in to say she's find the conversation "weird" and correctly interprets Craig's point. Page ends with Craig, again responding to Riddley: "I also do try and pay people the courtesy of not ripping what they say so far out of context - or just making shit up - it verges on psychosis."
Then Malcom arrives and starts needling Craig.
Heather calls theatre. Che calls theatre. Another page or two. 3410 responds to Malcolm, stands up for Craig, says people should waste less time scrapping and be "a bit more forgiving of slips of the tongue". Could have ended there.
Deborah comes back with a very unhappy post, and while she has every right to state her feelings, I think she did exaggerate when she said this: "So I had been told that I couldn't get a joke, that I am stupid, I am sexist, I have a reading disability, that I had made up shit, and that perhaps I was suffering from some sort of psychosis." I just don't think that's what was said, and some of it was in response to other (male) people Craig was responding to.
But she has taken it personally and she's obviously really upset and several people are very supportive, which is good. Deborah says she feels better and "Can we go back to the silly jokes now?" Most be over now.
There's some more discussion, including a useful post by Span. 3410 explains several times that he was responding to the newbie, not being unsupportive of Deborah.
Deborah says: "And everyone, I know I made an issue out of it all, with reason, but nevertheless, let's remember that Craig is a very brave man." Not sure what this means.
And then I possibly blow it by trying to give my perspective on the dispute. Craig, who has been steering clear of the thread to try and let it calm down, comes back in at my request and writes a sincere response to Deborah that could have been more like an apology, but is understood and accepted by Deborah who suggests it is time to move on.
It must be settled now!
And then ... it's our new friend Malcolm, employing the only tone he has demonstrated so far in these forums: a sneer - directed at Public Address. He then makes a pointlessly inflammatory paragraph out of every rough word written by Craig over pages and pages. And then, when regular posters are trying to tidy up and move on, he comes back for another go, ignoring Che's request to lay off, he writes yet another post which is largely about Malcolm.
And he's not finished yet. Che again suggests the respective parties have sorted it out, and Malcolm responds with a lecture about "the type of public space this blog wants to be."
I'll tell you Malcolm. It wants to be the kind of space where, ideally, adult members of its community are able to sort out their differences and move on. At some level, for the sake of my sanity, it needs to be that.
I was surprised when Deborah emailed me to say she was leaving and I hope I can change her mind. But this has all been fairly taxing.
I'm thinking of a collaborative culture guide for this sort of thing. If someone has misinterpreted you, say "not what I meant", don't get off your bleedin' bike. If someone says you've misinterpreted them, take them at their word. If you take personal offence at something someone says, say promptly and plainly that you're offended. That sort of thing ...
it can't be easy being the meat in the sandwich sometimes. thanks for writing that Russell.
Gee, Russell. I'm kind of amazed that you are willing to label me inflammatory, provocative, needling, sneering, saying pointless things and imply that I'm self-absorbed. Nobody else comes in for this heavy use of negative adjectives, despite their behaviour, just your 'new friend'. Yet I couldn't see any effort on your part to take my arguments seriously, or to recognise that I was genuinely standing up for a principle. Or that a number of people agreed with me, and some were empowered to express apparently long-held concerns.
Fine, I'll consider myself appropriately tarred, feathered and run out of town.
Gee, Russell. I'm kind of amazed that you are willing to label me inflammatory, provocative, needling, sneering, saying pointless things and imply that I'm self-absorbed. Nobody else comes in for this heavy use of negative adjectives, despite their behaviour, just your 'new friend'. Yet I couldn't see any effort on your part to take my arguments seriously, or to recognise that I was genuinely standing up for a principle. Or that a number of people agreed with me, and some were empowered to express apparently long-held concerns.
Fine, I'll consider myself appropriately tarred, feathered and run out of town.
Nice job of making it all about you, Malcolm. Yes, I did find your approach sneering and provocative. Doing this thing requires a considerable investment of mental and emotional energy and I don't claim to get everything right. Be assured that I try.
R. to be human is all that we can attempt to do.
Hamishm. thanks, that means alot to me, I don't know much about poetry either, I just live it.
RB. phew great stuff, you have put alot of effort and thought in there and that's why I trust your judgement on these things.
Malcolm, you do make some good points of principle, I don't think you've been tarred and feathered though, so don't leave town just yet, remember if you stand for your principles, you can't leave town.
Deborah, likewise, it is your choice to stand or depart and I respect that, but I feel with RB's very detailed summary here, there is a case for reconsidering your departure.
Craig, I'm going to start reading your posts again, because they are valid and,
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves. Jung
I'm pulling your leg there a bit.
Oh and Hamish, I'm holding back on the injury thread because well, no one would believe me. From the cave exit though thank goodness just a split finger on a mussel spat covered rock, that time lucky, other times not so.
Oh, great. Another ad hominen attack.
On the other hand, thank you Merc. However, it's pretty clear that I don't fit in around here.
That's why you should consider staying, I don't fit in to alot of places either, trust me, but I have learned alot by sticking round.
thanks for your kind words yesterday m and E.
Spag Monster, Mercman Speak Truth - you should stay around. regardless of the justice of the matter, i think we'd all benefit if you did. besides, you should always quit mountain climbing at the top of the mountain, not the foot hills.
it'll pass and then there will be better stuff that'll make it more worthwhile.
it'll pass and then there will be better stuff that'll make it more worthwhile.
I think so. I've had many upsetting moments in (gak!) 13 years of online discussions, but each one is just a discussion thread. There'll be another one tomorrow.
Malcolm, it wasn't an ad hominen attack, just me voicing my feelings, but I can't stop you seeing it that way.
It'd be everyone's loss if Deborah stays away, and I've personally asked her to reconsider, as well as apologising for getting it a bit wrong in my handling of the matter.
I've also just knocked out 800 words on Monte Holcroft in under an hour. Now that's blogging. Please discuss.
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It's the Resolution, Stupid! Part 2
Resolution Is More Important Than Most People Think. Read On to Find Out Why.
By Cecil L. Smith, PE
From Part One: The traditional use of current loops as inputs to control systems is being replaced by measurement devices and/or input systems that provide the measured value in engineering units. In the era of digital technology, this is indeed appropriate. But unfortunately, the resolution of the digital values is often less than what became the norm for current loop inputs, specifically, a resolution of approximately 1 part in 4000.
Normally such a resolution is far beyond what is required on displays to the process operator, management reports, etc. The value chosen for the resolution is usually based on two factors:
- How many digits after the decimal point do operators really need to see?
- What is the accuracy of the measurement device itself?
This article examines this issue from the perspective of regulatory control, or more specifically, the impact of the resolution of the measured value on the performance of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. Control calculations often need a greater resolution than is required for data presented to humans. Furthermore, the performance of regulatory control actually depends on the repeatability of the measurement device, not its accuracy.
The impact of poor resolution on the three modes is as follows:
Proportional mode: Causes the output to change abruptly from one value to another.
Integral or reset mode: Not significantly affected by resolution.
Derivative mode: Causes pulses or "bumps" to appear in the controller output.
Part Two: When the input for the measured variable is the result of an analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion, the result (called the "raw value") is stored in a 16-bit integer format. As more "smarts" are incorporated into either the measurement device or into the input module, the "raw value" can be in engineering units. How does one incorporate this capability into systems whose original architecture contemplated the use of A/D converters?
A common answer: represent the engineering units value in a 16-bit integer word. Let's illustrate this "solution" for temperature inputs. For thermocouples and RTDs, input cards are available that perform the linearization and, for thermocouples, the cold junction compensation to give the temperature in either °C or °F (a configuration option). The result is typically the temperature to the nearest 0.1°, which can be stored in an integer word.
For example, the upper limit of the type J thermocouple is about 1320°F. This would be represented as 13200, which can be stored in a 16-bit integer word. The lower limit is typically -200°F. This would be represented as -2000, which can also be stored in a 16-bit integer word.
Unless one resorts to custom calibration or other methods, representing the temperature to 0.1°F is superior to the accuracy of thermocouples. With RTDs, the current technology provides an accuracy approaching 0.1°F. From an accuracy standpoint, this appears to be a perfectly satisfactory approach. In most applications, it is. However, there are a few exceptions.
As noted previously, the parameter of importance for control applications is repeatability, not accuracy. While 0.1°F is probably adequate for thermocouples in high temperature applications, it is not adequate for RTDs. In applications such as reactor temperature control, the sensor of choice is an RTD. Furthermore, in applications such as reactor temperature control, the derivative mode is frequently used. Today, product chemists expect the reactor temperature to be maintained within 0.5°C of set point, so control performance is of utmost importance.
If one considers the entire measurement range of the type J thermocouple, the input range is -2000 to +13200. The resolution over this input range is 1 part in 15200. For the A/D converters used in most industrial applications, the resolution is approximately 1 part in 4000 (some are slightly better; some are not quite this good). Over the entire input range, the integer representation of the engineering value is superior to what can be achieved with an A/D converter.
In control applications, the question is not the resolution over the entire possible input range; instead, the question is the resolution over the range required for control. For example, applications such as fermentation involve water under atmospheric pressure. The maximum possible input range is from 32°F or 0°C (the freezing point of water) to 212°F or 100°C (the boiling point of water). Over this range, the resolution is as follows:
- For °F, the input range is 320 (32.0°F) to 2120 (212°F), which gives a resolution of 1 part in 1800.
- For °C, the input range is 0 (0.0°C) to 1000 (100°C), which gives a resolution of 1 part in 1000.
If the field transmitter is set to output 4 mA at 32°F or 0°C and 20 mA at 212°F or 100°C, the resolution from the A/D converter would be superior. This issue is compounded by the fact that derivative is normally used in the temperature control loop in applications such as fermentation reactors.
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Blood thinner, aspirin, insulin and oral diabetes drugs account for two-thirds of nearly 100,000 hospitalizations.
An estimated 100,000 older Americans are hospitalized for adverse drug reactions yearly, and most of those emergencies stem from four common medications, a new study finds.
The four types of medication — two for diabetes and two blood-thinning agents — account for two-thirds of those drug-related emergency hospitalizations.
"Of the thousands of medications available to older patients, a small group of blood thinners and diabetes medications caused a high proportion of emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events among elderly Americans," said lead study author Dr. Daniel Budnitz, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's medication safety program.
Medications previously designated "high-risk" were implicated in only 1.2 percent of hospitalizations, the study found.
Working with a nationally representative database, CDC researchers identified more than 5,000 cases of drug-related adverse events that occurred among people aged 65 and older from 2007 to 2009 and used that to make their estimates for the whole population.
Nearly half (48 percent) of the hospitalizations occurred among adults 80 and up, according to the study, published in the Nov. 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Nearly two-thirds (66 percent) were the result of unintentional overdoses.
The four medications, used alone or together, most often cited:
- The blood thinning medication warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven), which is used to treat blood clots, was involved in 33 percent of emergency hospitalizations.
- Insulin, used to control blood sugar in diabetes patients, was involved in 14 percent of cases.
- Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix), which are used to prevent blood clots, were involved in 13 percent of cases.
- Oral hypoglycemic agents — diabetes medications taken by mouth — were involved in 11 percent of cases.
- With antiplatelet or blood thinning drugs, bleeding was the main problem. For insulin and other diabetes medications, about two-thirds of cases involved changes in mental status such as confusion, loss of consciousness or seizures.
"These are important findings," said Dr. Michael Steinman, an associate professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, who is familiar with the research. "This study highlights a few key issues that are important for doctors and patients to be aware of. The first is that serious adverse reactions to drugs are common among older people, particularly among people over 80. But even those 65 and older are at substantial risk of having an adverse effect from their drugs."
One challenge for doctors and patients is that the medications may be necessary, Budnitz said.
"These are often critical medicines for patients' health," he said. "Patients who are on these medicines should tell all their doctors what they are taking and work together with their doctors and pharmacist to make sure that they are taking these medicines correctly."
Among U.S. adults aged 65 and up, 40 percent take five to nine medications and 18 percent take 10 or more, according to the study authors. Prior research has also found that older adults are nearly seven times more likely than younger people to have an adverse drug event that requires hospitalization. "As most people age, there often are changes in how their kidneys, liver, heart, and other organs work that can make them more susceptible to adverse drug events," Budnitz said.
And though taking lots of pills raises safety issues, in 82 percent of cases the treating physician attributed the overdose to a single drug, Budnitz added.
To reduce risks, Steinman said doctors and patients need to discuss whether the drug is truly necessary. For people with very high blood pressure or blood sugar, "the answer is almost always 'yes,' you should treat it," Steinman said. "But if you have only mildly elevated blood pressure or blood sugar, the benefits of treating it versus the harms start to shift. Do these drugs really provide enough benefit that it's worth taking them?"
SOURCES: Daniel Budnitz, M.D., M.P.H., director, medication safety program, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Michael Steinman, M.D., associate professor, medicine, division of geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco VA Medical Center; Nov. 24, 2011, New England Journal of Medicine
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The tournament was sponsored by the Texas Field Archery Association, and complete results may be found on that organization's web site.
The tournament kicked-off a national program formally adopted in Texas Feb. 1. Groundwork for the TASP was laid in September 2004 when the first 17 trainers and six educators were trained. To date, 222 Texas educators have been trained.
Additional free training classes for educators are slated for venues around the state beginning in April.
The program is a joint venture of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Education Agency and is focused on providing Olympic-style target archery training in K-12 physical education classes.
"We hope the TASP program will accomplish a number of things," said Steve Hall, TPWD education director. "Archery is a sport that is accessible to all students, and studies have shown that students who are involved in extra-curricular activities are much less likely to drop out of school. In other states, the program has been shown to improve kids' self-esteem and engagement in school, and we believe that many of the participants will go on to become bow hunters and supporters of wildlife conservation."
In Kentucky, the first state to adopt the program, 315 (one-quarter) of the state's schools have adopted the program. The 2004 National Archery in the Schools Program championship, held in Louisville, attracted 1,291 student shooters.
In addition to Texas, 35 other states have adopted the program.
With more than two dozen national sponsors, the National Archery in the Schools program provided free equipment kits to instructor trainers to get the program kick started in Texas. Through a Community Outdoor Outreach Program Grant, the Texas Hunter Education Instructor's Association donated free training kits to ten pilot schools in 2005 and 2006 to help with implementation and evaluation of the program. Training is free to educators, but there may be a minimal cost to those who wish to offer training to educators. Reservations are required.
Upcoming TPWD staff-led training workshops include:
Basic Archery Instructor (formerly Level I NASP)
- April 1 - Lubbock (Lead Instructor: Jimmie Caughron; Reservation: 325-365-4543)
- April 19 - Fort Worth (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219 )
- April 24 - McAllen (Lead Instructor: Ty Harris; Reservation: 361-825-3249)
- May 26 - Corpus Christi (Lead Instructor: Ty Harris; Reservation: 361-825-3249)
- June 2 - Waco (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219)
- June 17 - Houston (Lead Instructor: Heidi Rao; Reservation: 281-534-0126)
- June 17 — Whitehouse (near Tyler) (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219
- July 12 - Paris (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219)
- July 14 - San Angelo (Lead Instructor: Jimmie Caughron; Reservation: 325-365-4543)
- July 19 - Wichita Falls (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219)
- Aug. 9 - Austin (Lead Instructor: Steve Hall; Reservation: 512-389-4568)
- Aug. 9 - Dallas (Lead Instructor: Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219)
- Oct. 9 - Austin (Lead Instructor: Steve Hall; Reservation: 512-389-4568)
- November 18 - Houston (Lead Instructor: Heidi Rao; Reservation: 281-534-0126)
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- June 16-17 - Houston (Lead Instructor: TBA; Heidi Rao; Reservation: 281-534-0126)
- June 16-17 — Whitehouse (near Tyler) (Lead Instructor: Norm McMinn; Kent Irvin; Reservation: 972-263-1219
- Aug. 10 - Austin (Lead Instructor: Norm McMinn/Steve Hall; Reservation: 512-389-4568)
- Nov. 17 - Houston (Lead Instructor: Norm McMinn; Heidi Rao; Reservation: 281-534-0126)
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson spent part of Thursday trying to convince Brad Keselowski that finishing 15th isn't as easy as making a layup.
At some point this weekend, Johnson said, Keselowski will feel the pressure of being NASCAR's Sprint Cup points leader, just as Keselowski's Penske Racing brethren found out in having the IndyCar Series title slip away in September.
Keselowski has a 20-point lead on Johnson heading into the series finale Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and just needs to finish 15th or better to win his first Cup title. He just laughed and shrugged off all of the five-time champion's attempts at trying to get into his head Thursday.
"There is pressure applied and pressure felt," Keselowski said. "Certainly he's trying to apply pressure. Certainly I don't feel any."
The 28-year-old Keselowski can chalk it up as all talk for now. But here's the catch: According to 1989 Cup champion Rusty Wallace, Keselowski doesn't know what's coming because Keselowski has never run a race to determine a Cup champion before.
"This is a mix of going to Talladega where you know you're going to bust your ass and you hope you don't die (and) this is like you go here and hope to God you don't screw up and lose a title. It's a different race," said Wallace, who lost championship battles both before and after he won the title in 1989.
"Johnson is right about that. I'm not sure Brad knows 100 percent total about it yet. He's getting ready to run a race (that) he's never run a race like (it)."
The drivers will get to concentrate on racing beginning Friday with practice and qualifying at the 1.5-mile track. For Keselowski, he not only swore that he wouldn't buckle under the pressure but even said he wished there were more.
After seeing Johnson blow a tire and crash to lose his seven-point lead last week at Phoenix, Keselowski wanted a tighter championship battle instead of a somewhat comfortable 20-point edge.
"I was really disappointed (he crashed) because I want the pressure," Keselowski said. "I wanted the pressure coming down here and having to win the race to win the championship because that is the type of person I am. … I guess that shows you there definitely is some pressure.
"But I like it. I thrive in it. That's what I want."
Maybe he should be careful what he wishes for.
"This garage area is tough, the weight of this race, I don't care who you are, it'll show up at some point in time and thoughts will run through your head," said Johnson, who lost championships in 2004-05 before winning five straight titles from 2006-10. "With all that being said, a 15th-place finish is not a layup for these guys.
"So I have a little bit of stock in that, and we'll see how they respond."
Keselowski, who won the 2010 Nationwide Series title for Penske, said he will respond just like he had to when he drove his first Nationwide race for Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Chicagoland Speedway in 2007.
In that race, Earnhardt told him to run well and don't wreck the car. Keselowski, 23 at the time, had never driven at Chicagoland, never had been in such a fast car and was racing in an event that had 25 Cup drivers.
"Now that was pressure," Keselowski said. "Moments like that make this not seem so bad and they also build up a level of confidence that this is quite a bit easier than those moments."
Johnson, 37, swears this is different.
"He may be very comfortable and calm now, it may not happen until he's in the car, but at some point that magnitude hits," Johnson said. "I've lived through it five times. That's a turning moment, and we'll see how he responds.
"It also carries over to guys changing tires. There's some point where every member on that race team goes, 'This is it, this is what I've worked so hard for.'"
Keselowski response? What, me worry?
"The group that I have and that I'm surrounded by, whether it's in my personal life or professional life, they're not known for being very rattled in these opportunities, in these positions," said Keselowski, whose Penkse Racing team and team owner Roger Penske have never won a Cup championship.
"I think that's probably the biggest thing that you can do is be surrounded by people that share that same passion that you have but also put out a level of calmness that is somewhat addictive."
But Keselowski should be cognizant of what Wallace says. Wallace remembers that his team left three wheels loose in the season finale in 1989 when he won the championship.
"This isn't the Daytona 500, the first race of the year and everybody is excited," said Wallace, who helped moderate the contender's news conference.
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It's championship week, and the drama and distractions continue unabated for the LA Galaxy.
Iconic midfielder David Beckham chose not to wait until after Saturday's MLS Cup final and announced shortly after LA clinched its conference title that he would leave the league at the end of the season.
Cue the flood of tributes to his past and speculation about his future, none of which will help LA prepare for its rematch with the improved Houston Dynamo. The desire to send Beckham out a champion might even ratchet up the pressure in the Galaxy locker room.
Meanwhile, captain Landon Donovan continues to tease with hints he'll leave the club, or even the sport. Just six days prior to the final, Donovan told The Los Angeles Times that he will "take as much time as I need and decide if and when I'm ready to come back. ... If it takes two weeks and I'm ready to go again or two months or a year or two years. Or never. I don't know."
Speaking like a man far older than 30, Donovan must gather his fading strength Saturday against a Dynamo squad hungry to avenge last year's MLS Cup defeat (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Meanwhile, Donovan's coaches and teammates will be reading those comments and will be asked about his state of mind and how the club might prepare to move on without him.
The commotion surrounding two of the league's most recognizable players is far from ideal championship build-up. It might be enough to derail some teams. But the Galaxy have been through all of this before, and on Tuesday afternoon coach Bruce Arena stated emphatically that the buzz from fans and the media wasn't a distraction.
"All we're concentrating on is the game on Saturday," Arena said, cutting off a question about Donovan's future. "We're not worried about players retiring, players leaving, any of that stuff. Our focus is on getting our team ready to play on Saturday."
There's reason to believe the Galaxy will manage that task successfully. For the past four years, Arena and his staff have deftly handled the unique demands created by Beckham's larger-than-life persona and the upheaval created by his frequent midseason trips overseas, either for loans to foreign clubs or high-profile events back in the U.K.
On the way to two consecutive Supporters Shield titles and the 2011 MLS Cup championship, the Galaxy became a team on which stars like Beckham and Donovan worked as hard on the field as their teammates. Those teammates, meanwhile, took pride in their roles instead of agitating for a greater share of the spotlight.
When problems arose and the 2012 season looked like it was running off the rails, Arena & Co. handled that crisis with the same dexterity. Called by some the best team in MLS history and considered the heavy favorite to repeat, LA was embarrassed by Toronto FC in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals and stumbled to a 3-8-2 start that left them in the Western Conference cellar at the end of May.
Some of the problems were related to the serious knee injury sustained by defensive stalwart Omar Gonzalez. But there was more to it.
"I could see we were just playing not as a unit," Gonzalez told Sporting News recently. "People were looking around expecting someone else to make the play. We weren't shutting down offenses like we used to. We were giving up late goals. Just a bunch of things tie into it.
"I think once the team settled down and started working for each other, we started coming into our own and being more confident."
Arena had to work hard to keep his team and its championship defense from falling apart. He had honest one-on-one conversations with key players while resisting the temptation to make dramatic moves.
"One of Bruce's biggest strengths is communicating and certainly motivating, just letting people know what's expected of them," Donovan told the Times.
"Nobody panicked. There was a lot of concern over the start. Any time you're in last place with the Galaxy, it's not a good thing," LA defender Todd Dunivant told Sporting News. "We knew we had to get back to business, back to the basics—the fundamentals that made us successful over the last few years.
"You have to give (Arena) a lot of credit and our team a lot of credit for sticking with each other through that. It's easy to start pointing fingers and start blowing the whole thing up."
Reflecting on that turnaround—LA is 13-4-4 since July 4—Arena said Tuesday that experience played a significant role.
"With any team, there are things inside the team that you've got to correct. Whether it's chemistry, understanding your role, maybe the coach doing a better job with his leadership and trying to really get at some of those issues," Arena said. "All teams go through good stretches and bad stretches, and our bad stretch just lasted a bit longer than I would have liked."
He said last year's team, which won the Supporters Shield going away and was perfect in the playoffs, "had the same kind of issues. You just got to spend a little time together as a team and sort through those issues and steer everyone in the right direction.
"If you're coaching long enough or you're playing long enough, you understand that these issues are all part of the process and one isn't any easier than the other. That's why our profession is so unique and so challenging, and people from the outside don't understand it."
So while those people from the outside inquire about Beckham and Donovan and wonder whether their concern about their futures will impact LA's championship present, Arena and his veteran team will steer clear of those distractions. If they could handle the miserable start they all endured this spring, they can handle this.
"I think the experience I have over the last 16-17 years allows me to understand the kind of preparation we have to have as a team going into this game, and hopefully I position the guys to play at an optimal level," Arena said Tuesday. "We'll see come Saturday whether our team is positioned to be successful."


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|michi [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:12 pm ]
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|Drumming under water, part 2
The waters in Brisbane have mostly receded, but there are still many places that are inaccessible. I went to help friends of mine yesterday in one of the flood-affected areas. They were the lucky ones, living in a high-set house. They had three feet of water under the house and over their entire block. Despite the relatively mild flooding they experienced, the devastation is incredible. Everything is caked with mud, up to a foot deep in places. The smell is overwhelming: not only mud and rotting plant material, but sewage that got pushed out of drains and toilets during the flood. I saw many houses that were far worse off in the same area, some of them inundated to the roof line. People living in these houses have lost absolutely everything.
Traffic is chaotic with many roads closed. Those roads that are passable are covered in mud up to a foot deep. Driving along a flooded road, there are endless piles of destroyed household goods, furniture, clothes, books, and appliances lined up along the curb. Around 30,000 homes are still without power. Many of those won't get power back for quite some time: houses that have been inundated need to be individually inspected for electrical safety before they can be reconnected.
The death toll stands at 16, with about 60 people still missing. Many of the missing will be dead, and their bodies are unlikely to ever be found. Yesterday, one victim was found 45 miles away from the point where she was washed away.
Now the floods have moved south, with serious flooding in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. We are really copping it this time
The good news in all this is that I checked our teaching venue, and it came through it all remarkably well. A bunch of people got in there and starting cleaning as soon as the water receded. The wooden floor has survived remarkably well. It's warped and buckled in a few places and much of it will have to be replaced. But, after all the cleaning, the smell is tolerable. The venue is actually serviceable and we will start teaching there as planned on 29 January.
|BarefootJoe [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:04 pm ]
It's really sad for me to read this as i've had wonderful memories of Queensland. I spent a year there for my university studies and 3 months of backpacking, starting from Brisbane, all the way up north to Tully then back down south again. It's no exaggeration that QLD hosted me during the most enriching year of my life.
I'm wondering what has happened to my alma matter (UQ) and those great places i've frequented - Pancake Manor for my weekly Go (board game) games, the great fish and chips at Hawken Drive near the uni, my old apartment at St. Lucia, the banana and watermelon farm which i've worked at Tully, etc... And of course, all the wonderful Queenslanders whom i've met and have touched my life.
My thoughts are with you Queensland.
|michi [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:01 pm ]
Not surprisingly, St Lucia is one of the most affected suburbs. I know that many of the colleges suffered flooding. I also expect that the lower part of campus would have been hit pretty badly. The main part up on the rise should be OK though. (I haven't been over there. Quite a few roads are still closed, and it's best to stay away from the flooded areas unless you have a good reason to be there.)
The Pancake Manor and the fish and chip shop are still there
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According to New York Mets manager Terry Collins, there is a chance star-studded third baseman David Wright won't return to the field at Citi Field until the 2014 season, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.
The hope is still for Wright to be able to be back from a strained right hamstring for the month of September, but Collins is leaving open the possibility of Wright not returning.
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"There's nothing etched in stone," Collins told reporters Saturday. "We're hoping certainly that it's four weeks. If it's five, it's five. If it's six, it's six. If he gets back, tremendous. That means the healing process and all the rehab stuff will work. But there is absolutely no timetable at all."
The only activity Wright is taking part in right now is daily physical therapy sessions in Manhattan, N.Y. He will remain in New York until he's ready to resume baseball activities, but a timetable has not been placed on that, either.
Once Wright is cleared for baseball activities, that will give the Mets a better idea of when their third baseman will return to New York. He would report to Port St. Lucie, Fla. at that point.
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Millennium Chicken III in Hicksville is the third such Long Island enterprise from restaurateur Nury Borbon. (April 27, 2013)
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SCULPT: These are beautifully made figures. The minute details seen in the game's character designs - including small buttons, buckles, wrinkles and fabric rolls - are all included in each figure. In fact, it looks as if each figure literally walked out of the game and into three dimensions.
Dante features his DMC4 look with an almost "old west" style long coat, boots, and pants with chaps while Nero features a zipper-front, hooded jacket under a long coat, snug pants and calf-high boots. Each features the "white haired pretty boy" look made famous by Japanese anime and manga; however, neither character is simply that...
PAINT APPLICATION: As previously mentioned, both figures fulfill an archetype, but Dante in particular features a more rugged look and even sports expertly painted facial hair. Personally, I'm not sold on the painted facial hair and think it doesn't quite fit the look of the Dante I know, but it definitely matches his old west, vengeance-seeking, armed-and-dangerous character well.
Likewise, Dante features an expertly painted body and outfit. His coat, pants and boots an impressively shaded red, his chaps and vest a brushed black with shading to compliment the sculpting and detail. And speaking of detail, even the buttons, buckles and zippers have been painted gold and silver to give them a more pronounced look that'll catch the eye and impress even more.
Similarly, Nero's red vest, blue pants, brown boots and blue long coat all feature expertly applied colors. The minute details - including the silver and gold zippers, buckles and buttons - all stand out thanks to tight lines which have been perfectly applied.
Overall, these are some of the most attractive figures thanks to their high quality control and beautifully detailed colors, which are all accurate to the original character designs.
ARTICULATION: The Square Enix Play Arts Kai line is known for its super-articulation and neither Dante nor Nero miss the mark when it comes to being super poseable and ready to move. Each figure includes over 30 points of articulation, including a ball-jointed neck, ball-joint shoulders, double-hinge elbows, ball-socket/pin-twist wrists, twist biceps, a ball-socket chest and waist, ball-socket hips/twist thighs, double-hinge knees, hinge ankles, and a pivoting foot.
In all, these articulation points complement one another, allowing each figure to be posed in a variety of battle-ready positions directly from the game. Likewise, the joints are all of solid construction, easily holding the weight of the figure and/or accessories in place, allowing the figure to remain steady in whatever stance it's been placed.
ACCESSORIES: Similar to one another not only in look and design, but also in weaponry, both Dante and Nero figures include game accurate accessories. Similarly, both wield massive swords as well as unique firearms. Dante includes his family heirloom blade Rebellion and his trusty Ebony and Ivory semi-auto pistols while Nero wields the motor-cycle gripped Red Queen sword and Blue Rose revolver pistol.
Both figures also include interchangeable hands which allow them to hold their weapons. Lastly, both figures also include an interchangeable plug which allows each character to hang their swords on their back. As seen in the game, this allows the character to wield their firearms and have their blades ready for action at the same time.
COST & OVERALL IMPRESSION: With a retail price of approximately $40.00 each, these 9" tall, super-articulated and highly detailed figures are a solid buy for any fan of the action video game series. With game-accurate accessories and awesome sculpting, these are truly the high-quality, low priced figures fans of Devil May Cry have been waiting for.
Personally, I'm hoping Square Enix makes figures based on previously Devil May Cry games, though these plans are still unconfirmed. Let's just hope Square Enix continues to provide fans with this quality of figure in future Play Arts Kai releases.
Look for Square Enix's Play Arts Kai Devil May Cry 4 figures wherever fine figures are sold. Both Nero and Dante are available to preorder now and should receive a wide release soon.
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