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Hi all, thought I would seek out advice from other surfers dealing with ankle issues. Four months ago I had a serious ankle break due to a rock climbing accident. I am just now able to walk normally and attempt surfing again. I am dealing with a lack of mobility in my right ankle that makes it difficult to plant my back foot when I go for steep waves. I end up on my toes when I push up, only when my knee straightens out can I plant my foot, which by then is too late. I have a few pins and a metal plate in my ankle that makes the joint stiff and until those get removed it is uncertain if full mobility will return. Wondering if anyone has any advice or techniques that might help me transition into gimp surfing. Goddamn this is frustrating.
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Jul 3, 2013, 09:24 PM #1Junior Member
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Besides basic ankle physical therapy exercises (google them) which will help get strength and range of motion I would recommend some balance exercises as well because I would imagine with the extra "hardware" in your ankle its going to feel a little different too. I was in the same boat back when I was a teenager; but due to the injury to my ankle and knee I went through a physical therapist to get my movement back.
Best tool I used for balance was a indo board at the doctors office and then I made a DIY for home that I still use and now my kids use it for balance training (or playing depending on when you see them).
Also be careful with the therapy if your doing it on your own as you don't want to re-injure any part of your ankle by going to fast! If you have a doc your going to he/she should be recommending something based on your activity level too... if not he/she sucks in their profession
Jul 3, 2013, 10:23 PM #3
That sucks... I had a tore all the ligaments in my ankle (not nearly as serious as your injury) 12 years ago, so I feel you pain. It is very hard to do anything when you're that stiff.
Like Drast said Indo Board was super helpful. Also standing on that balance ball thing while lifting or doing squats.
But the best thing for me was running in the sand. It really helped me get more stability. Walk at first if it's hard to run or it hurts too much.
Other than that, just keep surfing as long as it's not painful. You'll loosen up and get back eventually. 4 months is nothing with a break that bad.
Good luck
Good luck buddy. I have broken my right ankle a few times and sprained it numerous other times, it's arthritic now. My doc told me to do a static stretch which helped me regain flexibility in the achilles. Sounds like that is your main hold up right?
Here's how it works, just stand on the stairs, weight all on the ball of your foot and just let your heel hang down. Stand there for a minute or whatever you can bear without causing too much pain. If you can stand there for 5 minutes or more, you will notice some strides in your flexibility. Good luck man, like NYNJ said, 4 months is nothing, be patient and persistent and good luck.
repeat 2-3 times a day, 5 minutes on each foot.
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Hope you heal up soon. Shattered my Tibia/Fibula/Ankle a few years ago, had 21 screws and 2 plates installed, mine was my back foot too, so I know exactly how you feel. Best advice is to absolutely do your physical therapy until they tell you you are done. DO NOT try to do it yourself when you start feeling better, it's almost impossible to push yourself towards recovery the way a professional can, and that will be the best way to get your ROM back and break up all that scar tissue.
Second, is to go to a Chiropractor, if you don't already. Hobbling around on one leg at this point probably has you COMPLETELY out of whack, I started having weird knee/hip pains during my recovery because of how much my body was compensating for the constant limp. Getting back into alignment is one of the best ways to get back at it again. They can also help to adjust your ankle so that your bones/muscles/nerves all begin communicating correctly again. Some also do massage work, which is really good at loosening things up. If you don't believe in Chiro's at least do some good full body stretches and core works outs (planks, balance ball etc) to recondition the muscles that are compensating.
As for home work-outs:
Kahuna Kai was spot on with the heel-drop excersize, just take it SLOW.
Balance on one leg: Start on flat ground, stand on bad ankle and raise other foot 6" off ground, hold and then extend your foot 6" in front of you, hold, extend 6" behind you, hold. Repeat. After you are comfortable on flat ground, you can move to standing on a piece of foam, then a balance ball to progressively decrease the stability. DO BOTH LEGS, it's amazing how out of whack you feel on the other leg too. Do this 10 mins 2x-3x a day
Use resistance bands to strengthen calf muscles: This is one of the best things you can do, this will help strengthen your calf muscle and the muscles it works with, doing this is going to mimic a front-side bottom turn where you're pushing on your back foot. It will also help to stretch your achilles.
Go to the gym and strength train your legs: Hopefully you were lucky like me and you can do this at your PT center (I hate going to gyms), but strength training your legs is going to be the only way to get your muscles anywhere near their original size after the atrophy.
Walk on sand: this is one of the best things to help break up scar tissue and increase your ROM
The last thing to think about is to get a new leash that has REALLY GOOD padding, or modify your existing leash with some extra neoprene, you have no idea how scary/painful it is to have your board tomb-stoning and your leash cranking on your bad ankle, especially if your scars are tender. To this date my leash and COLD water are the only things that really let the hardware hinder me.
For me it's been about 4 1/2 years and I'd say it's going to take you solid year to feel somewhat confident again and probably 2 years where you realistically regain your normal line of progression. But it's so worth it, after an injury like that, you will never take a surf session for granted again!!
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Thanks for the recommendations! I will look into a chiro for sure. I have been in PT for the last three months, slow going but my therapist is hopeful that the discomfort and ROM will improve once the metal is taken out next month. You are spot-on about the leash issue. I have a calf leash that I have been using but it can get sketchy and often ends up wrapped around my ankle anyways. Fear of my ankle colliding with the board is a HUGE issue for me now, I don't have the confidence to really charge anymore. Anything risky and I sit it out. You all are right, it is going to take more time. If anything this accident has been a real practice of patience. Thanks again.
broke my fibula 8 weeks ago. i feel you man. just surfed the other day first time. ive been doing toe up and heel ups in a pool as deep as i need to take the body weight off. the biggest thing for me was the double strap ankle brace. it really helped. you WILL get better. be blessed.
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Came up on this while thinking how nice it would have been to have surfed last month or two after that dead flat summer. Broke the inside of my ankle, medial malleous in an accident (car ran a stop sing and hit me on the bike)..I am almost at 6-week mark and everything feels pretty good.
People say "don't push", but to them I say, "listen to your body, first and foremost".
I was supposed to have been in air cast boot now (swapped fiber cast for air cast at like 2 week mark) but took it off about a week ago because it was starting to hurt my knee. I have no PCL (many years now) in the same knee, and dealing with the boot was toublesome. Some told me not to do it but it's really just there for protection. It is my back right foot, but I was driving as soon as swelling would let me and riding stationary bike. Already can see stretching back (ach) tendon will be the last ROM thing. Aside of that, my quads are probably stronger than before because now I am actually hitting the gym and have not as many distractions. Still on both crutches, but hope to drop one or two next week. Work my ankle just about all the time and contentiously stretch. I feel me being back on moto and bicycle day isn't that far off..but not sure about surfing. My ligaments should be okay for the most part as I was impacted with no twisting, but we will see. My soft deadline for water time is 12.1
Fair to say, though I had surgery and all, my ankle injury isn't as bad as some. I'd say bellow average fixation.
If anyone is wondering while laid out how will this ankle thing go, I'd say, go as your body will allow you. You will know. There may be some minor setbacks but it is important not to panic. Everyone messes up and puts their foot down at some point when the should not-- it will not break your ankle again. No sweat. Drive on the left, it's fine..unless you have no control. Drive on the right as soon as you can, it's great PT.
I went to PT early, as I am still not weight bearing, as I wanted to get ahead. It wasn't useful. Get the band(s) and get to work yourself. Hit the gym. Do core. Leg extension.
If someone else has any experience, I would like to hear it. Gonna be in the water soon.
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I am building a prototype of the amp, it will be monoblock, 200W output, 4xGU-50.
I have a dilemma, which side should be the face, with front panel?
Usually monoblocks have short face. But if to make the front panel on the long side it will be 19" rack mountable. Which road should I choose?
The front panel will contain only power switch and volume control. Rear panel will contain power socket, fuse, output binding posts, RCA and XLR sockets, RCA-XLR switch.
Wow, this is an interesting amp
With the layout you have chosen, I vote for short face as the front, then when you look at it you see row of shielded tubes and behind a row of monsters!
200W Amp Schematic?
Any chance of a schematic or a description of your new creation?
If to make the face short It would be better to put input sockets on the front panel, but power switch on the rear one.
May be I will sell PCBs, if somebody wants.
can you tell part numbers of those Edcor's please......
thanks, i like the beige colored traffos.....
So, I am curious. Will this be pentode operation of the ordinary sort, or incorporate some of your Schade magic? I suppose what I am asking is, Can you give some basic circuit description? I have read more than a couple of threads regarding the gu-50. I have noticed that you have put quite a bit of time into developing circuits with this valve and will follow this thread. GU-50...Wavebourn...these two are always found together, it seems.:cheers:
Wavebourn, I have been meaning to ask about the GU-50 sockets. Is it necessary to have all the metal support pieces, or can they be removed to make a more "normal" looking socket? Thanks, gary
Yes, it will be in pentode mode, with local feedbacks across output tubes. The difference from previous Pyramids, MOSFET followers to drive output tubes, and 2 tubes in parallel for twice higher power. However, the power will be rated for frequencies from 40 Hz, instead of 20 Hz, but it is plenty, since such amps either drive Magnepans at homes, or concert line arrays. For subs (frequencies below 40 Hz) I believe class D amps are better.
I would not suggest to remove all that "extra metal" from sockets: pins are thin, and key is on the glass, so it is easy to insert tubes wrongly damaging the amp.
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Dr Joe Ravetz - research
Research interests
The Synergistic City-Region programme runs an active portfolio of UK and EU funded research, with 5 main strands:
• Foresight, futures and information studies: including foresight and scenario methods, information technology applications, science policy / knowledge management, and innovation studies.
• Environment-development studies: urban-regional modelling, alternative economic strategies, resource flows and externalities, business-environment issues:
• Spatial development studies: spatial frameworks, landuse & infrastructure planning, urban design and policy analysis at local, regional and national levels.
• Sustainable production & consumption studies: business-environment issues, heterodox economics, cultural consumption and place identity.
• 'Urban Synergistics': an innovative and trans-disciplinary approach to understanding and mapping the evolution of complex inter-connected and multi-layer systems of social learning and intelligence, which combine economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and spatial relationships.
Current Research Projects
- One Planet Economy Network (OPEN): this is led by CURE and sponsored by WWF-UK. This builds on the REAP evidence base, as a programme for the transformation of the UK economy to a one planet level of resource use, in production and consumption.One Planet Economics Network (OPEN) Download Centre
- Ecological Budget UK: this was launched as Counting Consumption with national and regional analysis of sustainable consumption and production. The REAP tool was part- developed by CURE in collaboration with SEI York.
- One Planet Economy Regional Analysis (OPERA):this project based in the South East (SEERA / SEEDA / DEFRA) provides guidance for the tools including the REAP and REEIO, with a detailed methodology for policy analysis and evaluation.
- Eco-region NW applied the REAP modelling and the Resource Analysis Framework method to the home region. There is a pilot set of interactive tools and business applications on the website, and feedback is welcome, particularly on the interactive NW Quest.
- Sustainable Communities for a One Planet Economy (SCOPE): this applied the REAP modelling and Resource Analysis Framework to a sample of local neighbourhoods around the West Midlands, in order to map out practical pathways for urban regeneration and community development.
- PLUREL. This is a major 4 year EU integrated project on 'peri-urban land use', started in Jan 07, coordinated by Copenhagen University. Peri-urban land use is one of the key challenges of urban regional analysis, in a rapidly urbanizing and modernizing world. This agenda includes a return to the City-Region 2020 case study of Greater Manchester.
- SUREGEN: we are a lead partner in this EPSRC-funded project, coordinated by the Salford School of Built Environment, starting in late 2007. This is developing semanticweb / virtual community opportunities for digitally enabled urban regeneration, using the wikipedia concept to build a virtual community library / simulation / evaluation / training landscape. This builds on CURE experience of the previous EU project INTELCITIES and the agenda set out in City-Region 2020.


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Posts tagged OpenMP
Synchronizable objects for C++
Feb 2nd
Posted by Daniel Rákos in General
Previously I talked about how one can easily take advantage of multiprocessing using OpenMP. Even if the C pragmas introduced by the parallel programming API standard is very straightforward for simple programs, it simply doesn't fit nicely in a complex C++ application that is built from the ground with the OOP in mind. To smoothly introduce OpenMP into such projects one need higher level constructs that hide the actual implementation details. This is the first article of a series that will try to provide reference implementations of such an abstraction. First, we will start with synchronizable primitives that try to reflect the functionality provided by the "synchronized" statement of Java.
Exploit parallelism with the least effort
Jan 19th
Posted by Daniel Rákos in Multiprocessing
Multiprocessing has been there for decades as a premium feature for enterprise applications but adopting this technology still brings huge burden to software companies that still maintain and develop legacy code. Nowadays, as most commodity hardware already have highly parallelized architectures, a modern application is almost unimaginable without proper multi-threading capabilities even if we talk about text editor or a multimedia application. The transition from traditional software development to multiprocessing is not an easy and painless task. Fortunately we have such tools in our hand like OpenMP.


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Plumi is a video sharing content management system based on Plone. It enables you to create your own sophisticated video sharing site. By adding it to an existing Plone instance you can quickly have a wide array of functionality to facilitate video distribution and community creation.
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


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I remember we used to show it at the Midtowne Spa in New Orleans. I wish I remembered the name. That's how I found this article. I was searching for the name to tell others. It seems like a bar scene from what I remember. I just can't remember if it was connected to those truck stop videos or something similar
5 Hours of Nuts and Butts
No, that's not the title of my latest scene. Nor is it a description of my last sexcapade. (It was actually much longer than that…)
It was the title of the first piece of porn I ever owned.
Not the first piece of porn I ever watched, mind you. That was a video that I watched in my father's apartment one night when I was 12 or 13 while attempting to sleep on the couch in his living room. I remember secretly stealing an unmarked VHS tape from his usually locked vault of videos and popping it into the VCR after everyone had gone to sleep. What I saw on the screen likely defined the future of my sexuality.
There, in a gaudy but luxurious looking bed, was a man with a giant penis and two naked women. The man talked to the camera, bragging about his exploits to me, the viewer, while the two women took turns enjoying his manhood and salivating over his body. I was awestruck. It didn't take long for my adolescent brain to come to the conclusion that…the more, the merrier.
Alas, I had to return that to my Dad's secret stash and I never saw it again. It wasn't until a few years later, after stealing an International Male catalog from my neighborhood grocery store and finding ads in the back where I could order porn by mail, did I have my very first taste of the gay sex that I eat, sleep, and breathe today.
5 Hours of Nuts and Butts. That's what it was called. I figured, as a teenager with little cash to spare and the shame of gay porn to hide, that 5 hours of nuts and butts would be all I ever needed! So I ordered it.
I remember checking the mail every day for 6 weeks, which felt more like 6 months or 6 years to me at the time. But finally, it came. Small. Brown. Unmarked, except for the address.
And, boy, was it worth the wait. To this day, I can remember scenes from it vividly. It was a compilation of mostly pre-condom era scenes with beautiful, muscular, blond men with fat, juicy, huge cocks, sucking each other… fucking each other… eating ass… swallowing cum… twosomes, foursomes, groups, even a fucking orgy at a bar with dubbed sex sounds over the looped Laura Branigan song "Self Control".
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I must have masturbated to that scene alone a hundred times. (No pun intended.) Looking back, I wonder when it is that my Mom figured out why I was spending so much time upstairs by myself.
Because eventually she did…figure it out.
Imagine my embarrassment as my mother pulls out a VHS tape clearly labeled "5 Hours of Nuts and Butts"… I did the only thing a mortified teenager would think to do.
I overreacted.
Without a single word, from either of us, I snatched the VHS out of her hand, ran downstairs, through the back door, grabbed a hammer from the shed, and immediately began smashing the tape to bits and pulling its guts out like a madman, all while wailing uncontrollably.
5 Hours of Nuts and Butts. Gone. Never to be seen again.
Over the years, I've searched for it, but to no avail. I know it must be out there somewhere. If any of you know of its whereabouts or actually own a physical copy of it… I will perform sexual favors for it.
There. I said it. Sexual favors. (And I'm not even kidding…) >;)
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Ruben Ramirez Reply
So after you whacked the living daylights out of that tape, how did the conversation with mom go? You left me dangling here with seven and a half!
willyboy6126 Reply
Great story Adam….got me thinking about my first time seeing porn…was one of hot guys doing solo whacking off…I was a young teen and to me it was the hottest thing I had ever seen (at the time)….of course, now I am so far beyond that to get me excited! I had to virtually keep the volume so low, I could hardly hear it….because my Mom and Dad's room was next to the living room. Anyway, that was my beginning of my love affair with gay porn….I only get into bareback porn and TIM is a God send……LOVEEEEE it!!!!!!! HUGZZZZ, WILL XXX 😉
Tom Reply
Wanna come up from Philadelphia soon so you can write about ME!
larry Reply
Publishing a child's photo on a porn site may be the most twisted thing Treasure Island has ever done. And that's saying something! lol
Adam Reply
I……absolutely think it MIGHT be by Leisure Video! ….What's your price, sir? >;P
Adam Reply
I……absolutely think it MIGHT be by Leisure Video! ….What's your price, sir? >;P
tkestud Reply
Was it by leisure video?? I think i may own a copy.
ASubmissivebottom Reply
Wow! Great story man. I imagine that video is out there somewhere. Don't suppose you know the company that produced it by any chance? Hope you can find it and relive your roots…


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Awsome… Love the colors and the splashes, +1
Looks awesome, but given the background image is pixelated, is the actual file big enough to be printed on a t shirt?
oh gosh, you're totally right, but the actual file is bigger. I guess I mixed up the images and upload the wrong one. So, here it is:


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Title: Surface Water Testing
In this environmental science lab you will chemically test a nearby creek or pond for dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, hardness and turbidity. This is a field test and will determine the water quality of standing body of water. The lab will also test for the presence of coliform bacteria.
Standard(s): [S1] MAR (9-12) 5: Discuss physical and chemical properties of saltwater.
Title: Weather and Agriculture
In this Xpeditions lesson, students research, discuss, and write reports on the relationship between climate and agriculture. They pretend that they've just purchased farms in specific parts of the United States and investigate that region's weather and climate in order to maximize the chances that their farms succeed.
Standard(s): [S1] GEL (9-12) 9: Describe the movement and storage of water in terms of watersheds, rainfall, surface runoff, aquifers, and surface water reservoirs.


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In 2011, Teddy Namuyiga was desperate.
She was living with her three daughters outside Kampala, Uganda, on less than $1 a day. Her husband had left her after their third child was born deaf, and Teddy was forced to ask neighbors if she could wash their clothes or fetch water for money.
"All the money I got, I used to feed my children," she says. "Life was very hard."
One day in the courtyard near her home, Teddy met a worker with BeadforLife, a group started by three Colorado women to teach Ugandan women the art of paper bead making and – more importantly – how to manage money and become entrepreneurs on their own.
"I saw I could start a new life," she says.
She joined the 18-month training program, earning money from the beads she crafted from recycled paper, and she learned how to start her own business. By the time she graduated, Teddy had invested her earnings in a 5,000-liter water tank and began selling water to neighbors.
Today, she also owns 500 laying chickens, 16 pigs and three milking cows. With a monthly income nearing $400, she is able to send her girls (ages 16, 14 and 10) to good schools.
"Now I'm sure I can support my family," says Teddy, 36. "BeadforLife saved my life."
Namuyiga is one of 2,026 Ugandan women whose lives have been touched by BeadforLife, an idea that began with a chance meeting in a Ugandan slum ten years ago.
Getting Started
In April 2004, Devin Hibbard and a family friend, Ginny Jordan, traveled to Uganda to visit Hibbard's mother Torkin Wakefield, a Peace Corps veteran who was volunteering with AIDS patients while her physician husband was training health providers in HIV care. The three women were walking together through the slums on the outskirts of Kampala when they came upon a woman called Millie who was rolling slips of scrap paper into beads.
Taken by her story – she survived on 70 cents a day by breaking boulders into pebbles with a mallet – and her handiwork, they bought a few of her bead necklaces and went on their way.
"We had no idea that our lives and thousands of other lives were about to change," says Hibbard, 41. "But we'd wear the necklaces and, literally, every day people would say, 'Where did you get that?' "
The women went back to find Millie and learned that many of her neighbors also knew how to make the beads. They bought 200 more necklaces from the women, taking them home to Boulder, Colo., and threw their first 'bead party,' showing slides, telling stories about the women they met, and selling jewelry to friends.
"People liked the jewelry, but what they were inspired by were these hardworking women who were doing everything they could to change their lives," Hibbard says. "They rolled their hopes and dreams into every bead."
Building Independence
With the profits from the bead sales, they made the organization official and began creating a training program to help Ugandan women not only sell their handicraft, but become business women through mentoring and classes on marketing and personal finance.
"What's offered to these women, who only months before had nothing, is the opportunity to empower themselves," says Brooklyn-based singer Maya Azucena, an artist ambassador for the group who visited the program in Uganda last year.
"It's someone saying, 'This is how you can take the power you have and use it.' It's not just dumping money on them and leaving – it's sustainable."
And it seems to be working. According to BeadforLife surveys, two years after graduating the program, more than 50 percent of the women have lifted themselves out of poverty and 81 percent still have successful businesses, including farming, running restaurants, making sweaters, crafting wooden toys and running grocery stores.
"People can transform their lives with just a little help," says Wakefield, 69.
Making Connections
All the programs BeadforLife runs, which include a 'street business school' that teaches business skills to locals not in the beading classes and a partnership with Habitat for Humanity that allows women in the program to buy their own homes, are almost entirely funded by the organization's bead parties, where beaded bracelets, earrings and necklaces sell from $5 to $50.
And the parties connect Americans like Ohio-based Kathy Cramer and her 8-year-old daughter Emma with the lives of the Ugandan women who make the recycled paper jewelry.
"Each time Emma sells a bracelet she really feels like she's doing something for these women," Cramer says of her daughter, who has raised more than $6,000 for BeadforLife through bead parties. "We feel like we've been blessed."
For Wakefield, the success of these woman has been humbling.
"On the one hand, the beads are quite simple," she says. "But when you think about trash becoming beauty, and that becoming income and hope and the ability to change lives, it's like a miracle. Each bead is a tiny miracle."
More Heroes Among Us:
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• Rhode Island Teenager Gives Thousands of Shoes to Homeless
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Broadcast Radio Industry Supports iTunes Tagging
CBS RADIO, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Cox, Entercom and Greater Media announced that they are in the process of installing iTunes Tagging technology. As a result, consumers who hear a song on their local HD Radio stations – and want to preview, buy and download it later on iTunes – will soon be able to do that with just the touch of a button on an enabled HD Radio receiver.
Broadband World Forum Features Impulse Noise Protection Technology
Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, will demonstrate its innovative impulse noise protection technology at next week's Broadband World Forum in Berlin, Germany. The recently announced Broadcom® PhyR(TM) (pronounced "Fire") firmware enables service providers to deliver a ten-fold improvement in noise resilience resulting in more advanced triple-play services for ADSL and VDSL networks. From a user perspective, the improvement in performance provides better service coverage, fewer errors and a better viewing experience when watching IPTV systems equipped with PhyR.
EDA Tech Forum Reveals Keynote Speaker for Boston
EDA Tech Forum, a key technical and networking resource for the electronics engineering community, has announced the keynote speaker for its October 18, 2007, event in Boston, Massachusetts. James McLurkin, robotocist and inventor, will be the keynote of the event. Along with a live demonstration of cluster robots, McLurkin will present "Dances with Robots: The Story of One Engineer, 112 Little Robots, and the Toys, Insects, and Star War Movies that Made it all Possible."
Mentor Graphics Keynotes International System-on-Chip Design Conference
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) announced that Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, will keynote at the International System-on-Chip Design Conference (ISOCC) in Seoul, Korea. The conference runs October 15-16, 2007.
Debug Store Offers Janatek LA-Gold-36 Logic Analyser
The Debug Store is pleased to announce that the New LA-Gold-36 Logic Analyser from Janatek is now in stock. The LA-Gold-36 is a high performance logic analyser with an integrated pattern generator. It was designed to be of superior technical quality to ensure measurements of excellent signal integrity. With class-leading specifications, it offers a comprehensive digital debugging environment for the electronics professional.
Great Western Microsystems to Distribute AVIX-RT RTOS
Great Western Microsystems Ltd has been appointed by AVIX-RT as it's European distributor for the New AVIX-RT RTOS, specifically developed for Microchip(TM) sixteen bit microcontrollers of PIC24 and dsPIC© families. The AVIX RTOS is available for purchase from The Debug Store, the On-line store of Great Western Microsystems.
Apache Design, Optimal Offer Webinar on IC-Package Co-Design
Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power signoff and complete silicon integrity platform solutions for system-on-chip (SoC), analog, and system designs, announced that it will partner with Optimal Corporation, a leader in 3D power, signal and thermal integrity analysis for IC Package, System-in-Package (SiP) and PCB design, to present a free online technical webinar that will explore the symmetrical use of package-aware chip analysis and chip-aware package analysis to address true IC-Package co-design.
Agilent Donates EDA Software to Georgia Electronic Design Center
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced an agreement to provide Agilent EDA software, support and training, totaling $13 million, to a new hub of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) in Atlanta. The new Agilent EDA Simulation Center will facilitate RF and microwave-system and circuit-design instruction and research for students, and serve as a catalyst for start-up companies involved in wireless communications design. The venture, sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), is expected to be fully operational by year's end.


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Goldschmidt elected to start at first base in 85th All-Star Game at Target Field
By / MLB.com
PHOENIX - Paul Goldschmidt has been elected as the starting first baseman for the National League All-Star Team in the 85th Midsummer Classic to be played July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn.
This marks the second straight All-Star selection for Goldschmidt and the D-backs' fourth fan-elected starter, joining Jay Bell (second base) and Matt Williams (third) in 1999 and Luis Gonzalez (outfield) in 2001.
Goldschmidt received 3,516,890 votes, ahead of the Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez (1,888,648) and Cardinals' Matt Adams (1,746,904). The 2013 NL Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner at first base was in fifth place in the initial balloting figures on May 28, and accumulated 2,732,864 votes over the last four updates, when he was second with 784,026.
Goldschmidt, who is the first D-back to make consecutive All-Star teams since pitcher Dan Haren in 2008-09, is hitting .310 (104-for-336) with 32 doubles, 16 home runs, 58 RBI, 50 walks and 64 runs scored in 89 games this season. He entered today's games as the only player in the Majors with at least 15 home runs and 30 doubles (Detroit's Miguel Cabrera has 14 home runs and 32 doubles).
The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15. The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Year Players - Position (Starter in bold)
1998 Devon White - OF
1999 Jay Bell - 2B, Luis Gonzalez - OF, Randy Johnson - LHP, Matt Williams - 3B
2000 Steve Finley - OF, Randy Johnson - LHP
2001 Luis Gonzalez - OF, Randy Johnson - LHP, Curt Schilling - RHP
2002 Luis Gonzalez - OF, Randy Johnson - LHP, Byung-Hyum Kim - RHP, Damian Miller - C,
Junior Spivey - INF, Curt Schilling - RHP
2003 Luis Gonzalez - OF
2004 Randy Johnson - LHP
2005 Luis Gonzalez - OF
2006 Brandon Webb - RHP
2007 Orlando Hudson - 2B, Jose Valverde - RHP, Brandon Webb - RHP
2008 Dan Haren - RHP, Brandon Webb - RHP
2009 Dan Haren - RHP, Justin Upton - OF
2010 Chris Young - OF
2011 Miguel Montero - C, Justin Upton - OF
2012 Wade Miley - LHP
2013 Patrick Corbin - LHP, Paul Goldschmidt - 1B
2014 Paul Goldschmidt - 1B
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So I heard that downtown Napa is the Disney Land of wine tasting. I try to avoid tourists and exuberant fees where ever I vacation, however, the girls I'm planning the trip with really want to experience the hot spots.
I tried to suggest remote regions like Hess or Sonoma, Sonoma is about half the price of Napa wine tasting correct, and just as beautiful? Eitherway, any suggestions on how to do Napa on a budget would be much appreciated. Any districts, wineries, restaurants or hotels that provide deals, coupons, group discounts, etc. you could suggest would also be great. I really have to idea where to start!
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We are a group of four party girls
Ages 21-25
Vegetarian and omnivores
No wine tasting experience (so not picky)
Would like to spend ideally under $400 each for that Friday, Saturday, Sunday weekend. (Is this possible, give me a reality check if not and let me know my options)


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Von Speyr addresses the perennial and ultimate human question--the question of death. This book is not only a synthesis of the Christian view of death. It is also an antidote to the insipid sociological sentimentalism of so many books written about death and dying today. Death is not just the last stage of growth or something we must cope with or accept, nor something we must help people do without any fear or feeling of guilt. None of the merely human answers can satisfy because death is a mystery that only God and his Revelation can begin to explain.
"If God had not instituted death, man could have imagined that, each time he offended God, he could subsequently make it good, supply what he had failed to do, obliterate his turning away from God by turning toward Him. He would have felt that guilt and atonement were within his own power, that he could choose a punishment, a penance that would reconcile him with God if he persisted in it long enough. In other words he would have imagined that he was basically able to redeem himself. But by death and the finite time which leads up to it, God has shown man that his turning-away is far more serious than he thought, so grave that of himself he cannot make it good." — Adrienne von Speyr
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, on the legacy of Adrienne von Speyr
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) was a Swiss medical doctor, a convert to Catholicism, a mystic, and an author of more than sixty books on spirituality and theology. She collaborated closely with theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, her confessor for twenty-seven years, and together they founded the Community of Saint John. Her numerous books, published by Ignatius Press, are a major contribution to the wisdom of the Church. Among her most important works are Book of All Saints, Confession, The World of Prayer, Handmaid of the Lord, and The Passion from Within.


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Situated in Birmingham, this golf hotel is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Lickey Hills Country Park and within 6 mi (10 km) of Sanders Park and Cadbury World. University of Birmingham and International Convention Centre are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor tennis court, a business center, and conference space. Free English breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, dry cleaning, wedding services, and a garden are onsite.
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Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities measuring 323 square feet (30 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a garden and dry cleaning/laundry services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Old Rose and Crown Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Conference space size (meters) - 30
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
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- Conference space size (feet) - 323
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- Free breakfast
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- Total number of rooms - 11
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower only
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- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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A complimentary English breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9 AM.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor tennis court.
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Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 10.00 per night.
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10.00 per pet, per night
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A Very Black Ink
By Frog Artist
from Alexandria, Va
Comments about Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks:
Chris Sanders wrote that this ink, with the spider on it, was collected at great danger and expense from giant space spiders and creates the blackest black he's ever seen. I have found the ink to be very black and very nice for inking drawings.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Nut brown separated into yellowish and purplish in wash
By Bekah
from Washington
It was recommended to me by art teacher. However, when I made a wash with this ink, the brown color separated into a purply brown and yellow, I assume because the brown was a mixture of 2 pigments that reacted differently to the wash. So for straight drawing and writing this ink is fine, but for ink washes I much prefer the Daniel Smith walnut ink, which didn't separate in washes.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks. Great product!
By Sissi
from Glen Carbon Illinois
The colors of these inks are beautiful and vivid. I'd say they're of the top brands.
Love these products
By Sissi S
from Illinois
Will defiantly use this site again.
Love these inks!
By dory
from Delaware
These inks are not only beautiful but so are the bottles they come in. I don't have to mix "orange" but they do mix easily. Really nice product
By Potato
from North Las Vegas
It looks so pretty, I got the gold ink
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Quick Drying Solid Black Ink
By DouglasRagan
from Molena, GA
As a tattoo artist, this ink is perfect for shading and line work on flash paintings. It dry relatively fast, but can be shaded out if you brush it quickly with water. Blends easily. Solid packaging. The dropper doesn't creat let a mess either. This ink goes a long way, so only a few drops will help you create beautiful contrasting pieces of art. Mix with water to ratio and get excellent shading mixtures. You can re-wet drying ink in your palette just with a drop of water. Works perfectly with Sakura Koi Water brushes. Highly recommended!!
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Indian Headdress pain- Winsor and Newton India Ink
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Great Ink
By Caroline Apple
from Sherman Oaks, CA
Great inks! I love how the brilliant the ink colors are. The only problem I have is that the inks will fade so it's great for illustrations that you plan on scanning on the computer. I only feel this way because I created a small painting and ended up loving it so much but realize it will fade but at least the colors are perfect in the beginning!!!
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Best Indian Ink
By JCBarrett
from Shandon, CA
This is one of the best Indian inks and the highest quality of all of them I've tried. It is hard to find this, so I'm happy to know Blick is carrying it at a great price.
The gold is absolutely perfect
By Lex
The gold is absolutely perfect for what I need. It's a nice rich gold that isn't too light or too dark and had a good amount of sparkle to it that really pops off the paper. I also bought the silver and was vastly disappointed with it. It was thick, had no sparkle and smelled strongly of chemicals. I can still use it if I water it down, but it's still a bit sad compared to how wonderfully fluid the gold is.
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This new home occupies a truly breathtaking location near the seaside village of Aberporth, in Cardigan Bay, West Wales.
The new home will be for a large family. The architecture is a response to personality, circumstance and memories of childhood, creating substance and meaning for those contained within it.
Living spaces are found at first floor with 180 degree views of open ocean. On the ground floor bedrooms align with a shifted geometry to maximize views.
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January 9, 2014
DURHAM - The NC NAACP, along with the Durham Branch of the NAACP, Spirithouse, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and others will hold a news conference on Friday, January 10th at 3:00 p.m. The NC NAACP is concerned about police actions and willful police inaction including the failure to protect at risk persons from specific known dangers. Additionally, they are concerned about recent police encounters which have resulted in the injury, loss of freedom, or death of several Black and Latino Durham residents.
The news conference follows the public release of the Durham Police Internal Affairs report regarding the death of Jesús Huerta, a 17-year-old who died of a gunshot wound to the head while in the back seat of a police cruiser with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
Mr. Huerta was the third young man of color to die during an encounter with the Durham Police within three and a half month in 2013. Derek Walker and José Adan Cruz Ocampo were shot by the Durham Police in the summer of 2013. Those investigations are still pending.
Additionally, there are troubling statistics of widespread racial disparities in traffic stops, searches, and incarceration rates in Durham. 82% of people searched during a traffic stop are African American, even though they comprise just 41% of Durham's population. Since October 2013, the Durham Human Relations Commission has been examining claims of racial profiling and police misconduct and has planned a series of public listening sessions scheduled for January 14, 21, 28 and February 4.
"The NC NAACP believes that all citizens must be treated fairly, equally, and with respect," said North Carolina NAACP Legal Redress Committee Chair Irv Joyner. "Transparency and accountability are essential to ensuring this goal is achieved, especially for the Huerta family and their community, but also on an on-going basis."
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Research Topics
David P Hill
Affiliation: The Jackson Laboratory
Country: USA
Detail Information
- A method for increasing expressivity of Gene Ontology annotations using a compositional approachRachael P Huntley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Genomics Division, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 15:155. 2014..This has limited the specificity of knowledge that can be expressed by GO annotations...
- Dovetailing biology and chemistry: integrating the Gene Ontology with the ChEBI chemical ontologyDavid P Hill
Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
BMC Genomics 14:513. 2013....
- Gene Ontology annotations: what they mean and where they come fromDavid P Hill
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 9:S2. 2008....
- Application of comparative biology in GO functional annotation: the mouse modelHarold J Drabkin
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609, USA
Mamm Genome 26:574-83. 2015..Here the application of comparative approaches to capturing functional data in the mouse system is described. ..
- Methodology for the inference of gene function from phenotype dataJoao A Ascensao
The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 15:405. 2014..This work is in contrast to previous studies that have focused on inferring gene function from phenotype primarily through lexical or semantic similarity measures...
- Ontological visualization of protein-protein interactionsHarold J Drabkin
Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
BMC Bioinformatics 6:29. 2005..The work reported here presents a methodology for integrating and visualizing information on protein-protein interactions...


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Richard Ogle attributed much of his successful legal career to a work ethic he developed as a teenager growing up in Birmingham. He came from a family of modest means, so Richard often held one or more part-time jobs to supplement the family's income. "While I may not always be the brightest light on the porch, I can outwork almost anyone," Richard said
Self-deprecating humor aside, Richard's hard work served him well as primary counsel in a number of high-profile and first impression cases in the areas of fraudulent conveyance, third-party insurance bad faith and professional "divorces." One of his proudest achievements was being elected president of the Birmingham Bar Association in 1990. He said that he enjoyed practicing law at Christian & Small because the firm values positive client outcomes above all else.
Representative Experience
- Edwards v. Allied Home Mortgage, 962 So. 2d 194 (Ala. 2007). Obtained reversal of judgment against agent for broker relating to alleged improper handling of closing fees.
- Prince, et al. v. Poole, 935 So. 2d 431 (Ala. 2006). Obtained reversal of summary judgment against lawyer over dispute relating to plaintiffs claim of entitlement to portions of attorneys' fees earned in a $35 million settlement. At present, obtained summary judgment for client against claimant. Case now on appeal.
- Aldridge v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 809 So. 2d 785 (Ala. 2001). Represented large number of employees who were induced to accept a "voluntary" termination of employment with a representation that when "things got better" they would be first hired. When "things got better" they were told they were ineligible to be rehired.
- Pierce v. Hand Arendall Bedsole, 678 So. 2d 765 (Ala. 1996). Represented partner in law firm who left firm and was denied his "deferred compensation" for "violating" the terms of the partnership agreement which precluded former partners from practicing in certain counties. Lost at trial, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed the decision.
- Carrier Express v. Home Indem. Co., 860 F. Supp. 1465 (N.D. Ala. 1994). Represented wholly-owned subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel in suit against insurance carrier for third-party bad faith refusal to settle claim for policy limits. Insured ultimately had to pay more than four times the coverage in order to settle the case. Important case concerning defense under a reservation of rights.
- Am. Family Care, Inc. v. Irwin, 571 So. 2d 1053 (Ala. 1990). Obtained judgment against company, the court ruled that certain stock "held" by individuals was in fact paid for by the company, imposing a constructive trust on the stock in favor of the company. With that verdict, client became a majority shareholder and regained control of the company.
- J.C. Jacobs Banking Co. v. Campbell, 406 So. 2d 834 (Ala. 1981). A fraudulent conveyance case. A circuit judge (Campbell) barely escaped death when a wealthy, disgruntled constituent hired a hitman to wire a bomb to the judge's vehicle. Campbell lost both legs. After both the guilty party and the hitman were convicted, Campbell filed suit against the person who hired the hitman and obtained a $2 million judgment. He discovered during the pendency of that case that the defendant had disposed of virtually all of his extensive real estate holdings and filed suit to set aside the real estate transfers in the subject county; nine of the 12 conveyances were deemed fraudulent.
Reported Decisions
- Carrier Express v. Home Indem. Co., 860 F. Supp. 1465 (N.D. Ala. 1994).
- Am. Standard Credit, Inc. v. Nat'l. Cement Co., 643 F.2d 248 (5th Cir. 1981).
- Pierce v. Hand Arendall Bedsole, 678 So. 2d 765 (Ala. 1996).
- Am. Family Care, Inc. v. Irwin, 571 So. 2d 1053 (Ala. 1990).
- J.C. Jacobs Banking Co. v. Campbell, 406 So. 2d 834 (Ala. 1981).
- Robinson v. Boohaker, Schillaci & Co., P.C., 767 So. 2d 1092 (Ala. 2000).
- Aldridge v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 809 So.'2d 785 (Ala. 2001).
Professional and Community Involvement
- American Judicature Society: Board of Directors, 1988-1992
- Alabama Law Institute: Chairman, Committee on Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
- Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Alabama Rules of Evidence: Member, 1988-1998
- University of Alabama School of Law Foundation: Member, Board of Directors, 1998-present
- Unites States District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Panel of Neutrals
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA): Member, 2001-present
- Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- American Bar Association (ABA): Member, Litigation Section
- Birmingham Bar Association: President, 1990; President of Young Lawyers Section, 1977; Secretary/Treasurer, 1987; Executive Committee
- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce: Member, Taxation Committee and Sports Development Committee
- Birmingham Tip Off Club: Founder and President
- Children's Dance Foundation: Director, 1989-1990
- Birmingham Police Athletic Teams: Director, 1989-1996
- Birmingham Downtown YMCA: Director, 1996-2004
Awards and Recognition
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell*
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 1995-2012 in the field of Commercial Litigation; 2012-2017 in the fields of "Bet-the-Company" Litigation and Mediation
- Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® 2008-2016 in the field of business litigation
- Recognized as a top attorney for business litigation in the March 2010 Alabama Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
- Listed as a "2009 Top Attorney" in Birmingham Magazine for business litigation
- Outstanding Young Men of America, 1974
- Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976
- Who's Who in American Law, 1977