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Crater Mountain Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014
|Posted Jan 26, 2015 7:38 pm
|Snow capped peaks
Date Climbed: Nov 28, 2013
|I hiked Crater Mt and South Crater from the east on Thanksgiving. Enjoyed dramatic views of a cloudy and snow capped Sierra.
|Posted Dec 2, 2013 10:36 am
|Fabulous views
Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2012
|Took my sons Stephen and Christopher and nephews Rand and Finnley with their dog Oreo. Hit the summit 10 minutes before sunset -- the crystal clear air and evening light gave us fabulous views of the entire Mono basin along with the eastern Sierra mountains -- Dunderberg to Morrison -- and the White mountains to the southeast. Unfortunately a bitterly cold wind did not allow us to linger.
Drove up the dirt road to within a mile of the summit, some 1,500' elevation gain, but on steep sandy slopes -- took just over an hour to climb.
|Posted Feb 25, 2012 10:25 pm
|Via north slope
Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2009
|Climbed with Maianh. Due to heavy snow fall in Sierras, made last minute decision to climb this peak. Snow last 500 ft. Some of the best summit views I've seen. Only 3 people signed summit log that year. Found summit log dated from 1966 - which I wrapped in a plastic sandwich bag to help preserve.
|Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:14 pm
|Range snowed in
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 1998
|so I went for desert views
|Posted Nov 4, 2008 10:33 pm
|Route Climbed: Crater Mountain Pumice Scree Slog Date Climbed: 17 July, 2005
|Started out @ 12.20 from the car, fearing I'd get back & not be able to extricate the rental car from the sand trap. Went up the steep cinder slopes with much effort, sweating like a pig the whole way.
Summited @ 13.52 (enjoyed scrambling up the subpeak & summit block!) & enjoyed the bountiful views of Mono Lake, the Tioga Pass-area Eastern Sierra, & the Great Basin. Left somewhat prematurely as threatening clouds were floating overhead. Got down to the relative safety of one of the false summits & enjoyed a sandwich, beer, & smoke, & taking the view in some more (felt safer than previously up on the summit). Left subpeak ~14.55.
Got back to the car at 15.49 and removed car from trap after much patience, throttle control, and praying. Went to Whoa Nelli & enjoyed a mango margarita under a warm Eastern Sierra sun. Great day, & glad to finally have done this!
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29th April 2013
Name: Alan Milway
From: Belbroughton, West Midlands
Joined the team: November 2012
On duty: Team Fitness Coach
Off duty: Cyclist, Husband, Father-to-be, often found in my workshop working on one of my bikes listening to music.
Previous Lives: I used to live and work in France, Fitness Coach to a British Championship Motocross team, Fitness Coach to professional downhill racers, including 2011 World Champion Danny Hart.
First impressions/how did you get this job? Gee and Dan Brown approached me; we sat down to discuss our aims and realised we shared many of the same goals and approaches, so we worked hard to put it all together.
Responsible for: Getting the team physically prepared for racing – getting them strong, fit and in the best shape possible for their discipline.
I'm responsible for planning all the team training; from an annual overview to each specific session. Each rider has different areas of focus and there are variations between each of the two disciplines – Downhill and Enduro. It's great to have a different focus with Athy as I am looking for different things from him and it keeps things very motivating. I conduct strength and conditioning sessions at the team gym at Atherton HQ, and organise their monitoring and testing sessions at a University Lab.
This winter we have been away on two training camps, where every session was planned and recorded. I was also out on the road bikes with them. We try to ensure that all training can translate on to their discipline, and as the season continues we are looking to research some new areas and try some new things to find further gains…a sport scientists dream!
Best bit of the job: Seeing them progress in the gym, and seeing the results translate on to the bike. Having an athlete see how their fitness is integral to their performance and appreciate how this helps them is very rewarding.
Worst bit? Injuries are frustrating.
Secret talent? I am quite a good cook I think- but you better ask my wife!
Secret vice? I like to line my trainers up in pairs.
3 words: Work. Life. Balance.

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DDA Shares Things To Come For Downtown Shreveport in 2014
The new year will bring lots of exciting changes to downtown Shreveport. That's the word from Downtown Development Authority Director Liz Swaine, who tells KEEL News the UNSCENE! features in Shreveport Common will be back in 2014.
"Those are wild! I mean they're crazy!" Swaine says. "You don't know from month to month what you're going to be able to participate in. If you go online and look at the calendar of events, it runs the gamut of insanity, but in an artistic way." She says the monthly projects are guaranteed to feature something you've never seen before.
Swaine says one of the things the folks in her office are excited about is that Shreveport may be the debut location of a new Dave Matthews group. Matthews may be coming to town, working with Brady Blade. She says she should know something soon about that.
Another thing coming to the nine-block Art and Culture District envisioned for the west side of downtown involved the DDA and Swaine's other organization, the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation.
"We're working with SRAC and the city and a number of other partners on a Shreveport Common Market Study," Swaine says. "That's really important, because developers who are going to be spending lots of money on building and rehabilitating structures in Shreveport Common want to know that there's money to be made. Let's face it, developers aren't doing this because they're a non-profit. They're not doing it because they're altruistic. They're doing it because they want to have a return on their investment." Swaine tells us the market study will be unveiled around the first of the year.
If you've driven through downtown lately, you might have noticed several buildings are currently under construction, and there are several more that will soon be under construction. "The old Sears building in the 600 block, right across from Robinson Film Center, lots of work going on there," she says. "The owner of that hopes to get a live music venue in the basement of that building before year's end, and there'll be other work on the two buildings beside it."
Other buildings, like the Lake Street Dance Hall, have changed hands. So there are exciting changes to come for those, as well.
Then, there's the history of downtown Shreveport, which Swaine calls "fascinating from get to go." The very popular Hidden History Tour is back in May, and celebrates the 90th birthday of the Shreve Memorial Library.
What about new businesses for the Red River District? Swaine says there are a few of those to come, too. One of them is a new burger restaurant called The Fully Stacked, which should be open by early January. The business passed all its inspections last week, and is getting a few small details finished up before throwing the doors open.
Cohab will be starting something new, too, utilizing its commercial kitchen. It's called Lunch Counter, and will feature chefs from across the area preparing different types of food each day. Another restaurant we could see there in the new year is owned by a popular country artist.
"Kix Brooks is still working on this fabulous Kix Brooks Wine Dive and Steakhouse that's going to be in the old MacArthur's Steakhouse and Chop Shop. He's putting together packages on that," Swaine says. "They're talking about putting lots and lots of money into the refurbishment of the building. It'll be prime steaks, it will be wine from his own vineyard, which you can only get there. And they're also talking about doing some sort of food-based reality program during the build-up of that restaurant." And that translates into great publicity for Shreveport.
Swaine says the DDA's job is to keep up with the property that's available and make sure developers know what we have to offer. You can find out more on the downtown Shreveport website.


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I'm a TextMate-convert (probationary, at least. Though I did buy a license to show support: I may end up going back on the mac and keeping Sublime for windows), and like what I'm seeing here: not least of which is the possible future dream of finally being able to use the same editor even when I need to be working in windows.
I have a couple suggestions to improve projects though (which is not to say that TM had them, mind you).
The first would be the ability to have a project be "cross-platform": looking at the sublime-project file, basically what I think I'm asking for is for (as an option?) the paths to be stored relative to the location of the file. I.e., in my project it says:
If this is saved as "Test.sublime-project" in the test folder, then it'd be great if that could say "trunk" as a mount_point and find it. Then if I move the 'test' folder elsewhere -- most importantly, if I check it into a repository and check it out on a different machine -- it'll still work.
The second suggestion I have is to build on the layered way your preferences work-- and allow projects to have a layer of their own. Meaning, instead of setting settings on a global, then user, then per-language basis, I'd really like to be able to set them on a 'per-project, per-language' basis: I have two projects in Python that I work on with different standards, for example. Being able to set one to the proper 4-space indent, and another to the painful 2-space indent, would be ... sublime.
Finally! A preference such that dragging files onto the Sublime icon, or right-clicking and doing "Open with Sublime Text 2", always creates a new window would be very, very welcome. I.e., to make those UI integrations behave as if one did "subl -n" instead of "subl" from the command line. It bugs me that these files get merged into my projects
Great work, though.
Looks like you mixed up the words "proper" and "painful" when you were talking about your indentation there...
"Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no less. Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either indent thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Tabs are right out."


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Blizzard sues cheat-bot developers
Once again Activision Blizzard files a lawsuit against the developers of cheat-bots for the popular Blizzard games. This time the course of anti-cheat battle had an unexpected twist, which made it look a bit like a spy story with a lawsuit against Blizzard on top of it.
This is not the first time that Blizzard suits the developers of programs, which enables cheating. Previously the giant of the game industry won the case against MDY Industries, the creator of WoWGlider. Not only do cheat-bot makers infringe the copyright, earning money on the results of other's intellectual work, but they also interfere and ruin the game process of thousands of players, by creating a product, which makes a game abusive and senseless.
The current crusade has been undertaken against German company, Bossland GmbH. This time Blizzard decided not to limit themselves with the ongoing proceedings, which are constantly subject to delay due to Bossland's tactics in court. They directly addressed one of the enemy's developers, James "Apoc" Enbright, with a secret offer. Having accepted the offer, Apoc gave the source code of Stormbuddy, Heroes of the Storm cheat bot, to Blizzard. There's no information, if Blizzard's representatives approached other developers of Bossland with an offer related to other cheating products Honorbudd and Demonbuddy (for Diablo and Warcraft). Anyway, the disabling Stormbuddy is reasonable, taking into account HotS increasing popularity as eSports title.
The representative of Bossland GmbH made a very controversial statement, promising to file a lawsuit on Blizzard on the next week for the copyright infringement, as the source code of Stormbuddy is intellectual property of Blossom GmbH. Seems like the company representatives don't like their methods of making business applied against them.
Suiting the cheat-bot developers is not the only means to fight against cheating used by Blizzard. "We'll continue to aggressively defend our games and services, within the bounds of the law, in an effort to provide the best possible experience for our players. We want to use this as an opportunity to remind players who might not be aware—using bots, such as those distributed by Bossland, to automate gameplay in our games will result in a loss of access to those games," said the company's representative.


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The first night of Matchday Two may not have had the drama of a fortnight ago, but the groups are beginning to shape up. The night's biggest winner was Arsenal, who coasted past Napoli, while Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund also got their campaigns back on track. We also saw Barcelona struggle without Lionel Messi. Here are the stories that caught our eye:
Party time for Arsene Wenger
Seventeen years to the day Arsene Wenger officially began his career as Arsenal coach -- a few months after London paper the Evening Standard infamously unveiled its 'Arsene Who?' headline (when he stayed in Japan to finish his contract) -- Arsenal took control of Champions League Group F's Group of Death with a clinical demolition of high-flying Napoli.
Its 2-0 win over a team that was previously unbeaten this season -- though missing center forward Gonzalo Higuain with a calf injury -- saw Wenger's philosophy come to life as, in the first half at least, it played football as breathtaking as at any time in the previous 17 years.
And to think that just a few months back, the Arsenal fan base was split between those who wanted a change in the dugout and those who still believed that 'Arsene Knows.' Rather than celebrating 17 years, the most significant anniversary to mark at the Emirates was one month: It was only on Sept. 1 that Mesut Özil joined Arsenal for £42.5m and, in no time, helped galvanize the club.
Arsenal's first four league goals after the transfer were all made by Özil, and it was the German who broke the deadlock against Napoli after eight minutes, masterfully drilling home Aaron Ramsey's cross from the edge of the area after a brilliant move initiated by Olivier Giroud. Seven minutes later, Özil was at it again, jinking into space down the right for Giroud to tap home.
If the wonderful 'Wizard of Özil' was lighting up the game, his backing cast was rather impressive too. Arsenal may have only spent money on one signing this summer, but Mathieu Flamini, a free transfer, was outstanding. And while the preseason gags suggested Abou Diaby would be hailed as 'like a new signing,' it has in fact been Aaron Ramsey who has surpassed expectations (maybe not Wenger's) and become indispensable to this team. So much so that Jack Wilshere, the talisman last season's team was built around, started this game on the bench. And Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott were both out injured.
And what of Giroud, the striker who yesterday celebrated his 27th birthday by watching "Gladiator"? On the day of the game, he admitted the pressure of replacing Robin van Persie had affected him last year.
"When I started, my finishing was off and I played as stiff as a stick," Giroud told France Football. "As I won my place, I played with the handbrake off a little more."
Giroud also suggested there was more to his game than goals. He proved as much with his crucial role in that first goal.
"People will now say that it is easier to score for Arsenal now Özil is there," Giroud said. "And when Giroud scored it will be because Özil was there. But Giroud, he was already scoring before Özil arrived."
Arsenal was helped by a woeful Napoli performance in the first half. It was wearing a camouflage kit, and too many players went missing, especially Camilo Zuniga, the left back who was AWOL for both goals just one day after celebrating (maybe too much?) a new contract with Napoli to keep interest from Juventus and Barcelona at bay. With a €35m buy-out clause, I can't imagine those two clubs will ask again for him anytime soon.
The subplot to this game, indeed this period in Arsenal's history, is that Wenger's contract expires at the end of this season, and there is the feeling that he is assessing his team before deciding whether to stay or not -- despite him saying last week that he "wanted to stay forever". If Arsenal continues to hit the heights of this performance, Wenger might want to stick around and whisper it quietly. Could Arsenal's eight-year trophy drought be coming to an end?
BERLIN: Top of the table Arsenal look like they believe in themselves
Mourinho ends Mata exile
That didn't last long, did it? Less than a week after Jose Mourinho said that Oscar was his first-choice No. 10, the Chelsea coach restored Juan Mata to that position for the Blues' crucial 3-0 win at Steaua Bucharest. Mata played a role in Chelsea's first goal in which Ramires toe-poked a Samuel Eto'o flick into the goal to ensure a happier return to Romania after last season's 1-0 Europa League defeat.
Ramires added a booming third from Oscar's pass to cap a fine night for Chelsea made better by FC Basel's 1-0 loss at home to Schalke. Julien Draxler's volley for the outside for the lone goal in that contest may have been the goal of the night. Schalke's win was held up as Greenpeace activists abseiled down stands and onto the pitch protesting against UEFA sponsors Gazprom. Given that Basel is bidding to host matches at EURO 2020, the repercussions could be severe.
Mourinho also used the trip to catch up with old friends. He met former Inter Milan defender Cristian Chivu on the afternoon of the game but had a request to visit Steaua owner Gigi Becali in a Bucharest jail turned down.
"I can't have him seeing me like this!" exclaimed Becali.
Barcelona wins, but goalkeepers dominate
Lionel Messi missed Barcelona's trip to Celtic, and the Spanish champion struggled to break down the host at Celtic Park. This was the big chance for Neymar to shine in Messi's absence, but it didn't quite work out like that. Neymar proved to be a key player in the game, drawing the fury of home fans for making the most of a kick on him from Scott Brown for which the Celtic captain was sent off. Despite the exaggerated response, it was still a kick and red was the right decision.
Celtic, with ten men, managed to frustrate Barcelona for almost 20 more minutes before Neymar and Alexis combined for Cesc Fabregas to head home the winner. One minute earlier, Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes had kept the scores level with a fantastic save from James Forrest before Charlie Mulgrew grazed the crossbar.
It was the late saves from Fraser Forster that marked this match. The goalkeeper has been called up by England coach Roy Hodgson in the past but never selected. With concern growing about the form of Joe Hart, it might be an interesting time to give him a chance. On the opposite side, Valdes has confirmed he is leaving Barcelona next summer, and it is looking for a new keeper.
The Far Post: Messi in Kolkata: The gods of football visit India
Time to take Atletico Madrid seriously
If Napoli failed to live up to expectations on Matchday Two, the same cannot be said of Atletico Madrid. The Spanish side is seven-for-seven in La Liga and even without top scorer Diego Costa, was able to overturn a 1-0 deficit at Porto to win 2-1. This was a significant victory, not just because it broke a 74-game unbeaten home record for Porto.


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I have just installed wordpress on my web server, however in the admin section there appears to be a problem with the CSS file paths.
The file path shown is,
It would seem that I need to remove "../../../wordpress/wp-includes/" from the start of the path.
Does anyone know why this has occured and how to resolve the problem as the back end admin system isnt looking right without this being resolved.
Many thanks in advance.
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Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Netflix series The Get Down, which follows a group of young musicians, graffiti artists and dancers in the Bronx in the late Seventies, chronicles the simultaneous rise of hip-hop, disco and punk within the New York art scene. The music-driven drama's lengthy first trailer previews that invigorating hodgepodge with shots of stage performances, nightclub shootouts and artists struggling to hone their crafts.
"The pale-faced media tells us we're all going to hell," goes the opening narration. "But maybe we just the first ones to light the fire. I'm trying to snuff it out, but that's like oxygen to a flame."
The trailer glimpses the show's disparate cast, which includes Jimmy Smits, Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola, Shameik Moore, and features a standout scene where groundbreaking DJ Grandmaster Flash (Mamoudou Athie) schools his young crew on "Universal DJ Rule 17": "In order to fly, a DJ must trust his wings."
The Get Down will premiere on Netflix later this year, though Netflix has yet to give a specific release date.


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Patriots Injury Report: Rob Gronkowski Among 4 Players Listed As Limited
FOXBOROUGH — There is a slight disconnect between Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and head coach Bill Belichick as to whether the former will participate in Sunday's season opener against the Miami Dolphins.
The player says he will play, although "definitely not every snap." The coach says Gronkowski's participation in the game will depend on how things go in practice. Based on the injury report released by the team on Wednesday, Gronkowski begins the week as a limited participant.
Gronkowski (knee) came on slowly in training camp, beginning with 1-on-1 drills paired against Darrelle Revis, with both men running less than full speed. He participated in his first 7-on-7 work on Aug. 11, and his first 11-on-11 work in the Patriots' final public practice of training camp on Aug. 18.
Even if Gronkowski only plays a limited number of snaps, he could still play a big role in the outcome of the game. The Patriots scored on 68.8 percent of their red zone possessions with Gronkowski in the lineup in 2013, but just 42.4 percent without him.
Defensive end Michael Buchanan (ankle), and defensive tackles Chris Jones (ankle) and Sealver Siliga (hand) were also listed as limited participants. The Patriots are not incredibly deep at defensive tackle: Vince Wilfork, Dominique Easley, and Joe Vellano are the only players on the roster who are suited to line up in the middle.


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I Think Lindt Chocolate Is the Best
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Best Flavors...I'd have to say the Orange and Chili varieties are my favorites. But really they make anything taste good. They even managed to not screw up Seasalt with dark chocolate, something that's very difficult to pull off.
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Memorial services for Joe A. Stanley, 84, of Lubbock, will be at 3 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. John H. Ballard officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Rix Funeral Directors.
He died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000, in University Medical Center.
He was born in Fort Worth Sept. 30, 1915. He was a graduate of Brownwood High School and Texas Tech University, and did graduate work at Vanderbilt University. He was a registered professional engineer and had been employed by the U. S. Public Health Service as a civil engineer.
He was the owner of Hygeia Bottled Water Co. for many years. He was a founder and past president of the International Bottled Water Association, a board member of the South Plains Food Bank, a member of the University Medical Center Foundation Board, and was a founding board member of the Lubbock County Hospital District.
He belonged to the Lubbock Rotary Club and had been honored as a Paul Harris Fellow. He was named distinguished engineer by Texas Tech in 1983 and distinguished alumnus in 1993. He was a member of First Baptist Church and the Timothy Sunday School class. He married Mildred Knox July 28, 1940, in Pecos.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Jay of San Antonio; a daughter, Carole Ann Stenberg of Houston; a sister, Mary Beth Robinson of Wichita Falls; and six grandchildren.
Friends may visit in the church parlor for one hour prior to services.
Memorials are suggested to South Plains Food Bank, 4610 Locust Ave., Lubbock 79404.
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The Center for a Vital Community will hold a Priority Setting Meeting Thursday, November 3rd, and invites the public as they begin to form an action plan from the themes gathered during last year's Community Follow-Up Assessment.
Numerous roads in Sheridan County were severely damaged from springtime flooding this year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the Department of Homeland Security have awarded a grant to Sheridan County for disaster assistance and emergency relief. Commission Chair Tom Ringley.
Two individuals were arrested on Friday who police believe to be responsible for a string of counterfeit $100 bills passed last week in Sheridan.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Sheridan and Johnson Counties in effect through all of Tuesday lasting until midnight tonight.
Johnson County's Board of Health gave a report to the county commissioners at their last meeting concerning the status of influenza in the county and on radon testing, among other things.
The annual Monster March happened Monday afternoon in Buffalo, during the last few daylight hours of Halloween, and it was another success, according to Buffalo Chamber of Commerce Director Angela Jarvis.
The City of Buffalo will begin the search for a new Chief of Police after Mike Chapman resigned his position effective last Friday.
Wind howling through the trees as leaves swirled in the street set the scene for an abundance of Halloween activities these past two days.


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What a difference a week makes. Last week the Ravens whipped the previously unbeaten Houston Texans to advance to (2-1) and this week they lay yet another road egg, seemingly an annual ritual for John Harbaugh's teams, dropping "one" to the great EJ Manuel and the Buffalo Bills. Now they sit at (2-2) at the season's quarter pole tied for first in the average at best AFC North.
We knew entering the season that the Ravens would be a work in progress. We knew that the defense would take time to gel and that eventually they'd be a better defense than the one that won Super Bowl XLVII. We knew that it would take time for Joe Flacco to develop chemistry with the members of his receiving corps, both old and new.
What we didn't know is that now with 25% of the regular season in the rear view mirror, the same questions remain and new ones have surfaced, the most glaring of which is, "What has happened to the running game?"
The Ravens hired Juan Castillo and gave him what they thought was a way cool title – Run Game Coordinator. Now by definition a coordinator is a person who organizes or integrates (diverse elements) in a harmonious operation. Marinate in that for a moment…
Last season the Ravens had the 11th ranked rushing attack averaging 118.8 ypg and 4.3 ypc. In the postseason the Ravens committed even more to the run racking up 134.8 ypg despite a falloff in per carry production to 3.9 yards, keeping in mind those numbers were against the best teams in the league.
This season, the running game has struggled from jump-street, averaging 3.0 ypc in the preseason and today the Ravens sport the league's 28th ranked rushing "attack" with 64.0 ypg and 2.6 ypc. That average is better than only the 32nd ranked Jaguars who average 2.3 ypc.
Last week Jim Caldwell told us that the running game was getting close – that they were just missing on some big plays. Now that painted rosy picture just sounds like coaches' speak, perhaps to protect his struggling colleague Castillo.
If you need evidence that even Caldwell has no confidence in the running game, just look to a first and 5 situation yesterday at the end of the third quarter trailing by 9. Caldwell who had not called for a run the entire third quarter even bailed on the run when facing a first and 5 against the 30th ranked rushing defense. Flacco threw 3 straight incompletions and the Ravens were forced to punt.
What does this tell you?
The Ravens offense is an absolute mess. Four games is a decent body of work to help gauge where these guys are and where they are is the 28th ranked offense – an offense that has the league's second highest paid quarterback and running back and a fullback and right guard who are also among the league's highest paid at their respective positions.
Naturally the inability to run puts more pressure on an already challenged passing attack. The Ravens don't have many receivers who can read zones and know where to sit down in the soft spots. Therefore, Flacco can't trust them to be there and he is limited in his ability to throw to desired spots.
He needs to wait for his receivers to clear. By the time the ball arrives, even with Flacco's rocket, those windows can close leading to more interceptions. And that's exactly what we've seen during camp, preseason and now the regular season.
Some might say that Flacco isn't getting ample time to set and throw. The evidence doesn't support that. Despite the team's obvious abandonment of the running game in Buffalo and facing a formidable pass rush, according to Pro Football Focus, Flacco was not under pressure on 32 of his 50 throws. On those throws Flacco was intercepted four times, completing 19, one for a score all adding up to a QB Rating of 57.7.
The lack of offensive balance yesterday was alarming. Here's an interesting stat tweeted out by ESPN's John Buccigross that you should clip and file away. Since 2008, teams that don't rush on more than 20% of plays are 1-56.
Ray Rice is anxious and wants to get untracked but his patience is getting the best of him. He's not allowing plays to develop in front of him and now he's even getting flagged for false starts. Vonta Leach has been rendered meaningless and Bernard Pierce has to be wondering if he'll ever see the field again.
The Ravens front office was horrified last year while witnessing the Dallas Cowboys dismantle them on the ground. Despite all of the additions to repair such atrocities, yesterday was nearly a carbon copy and the Bills don't have Tony Romo, Dez Bryant and Jason Witten to loosen things up for the tailbacks.
Communication breakdowns plague the secondary, particularly at safety and the Ravens' depth is razor thin at cornerback with just 4 on the roster, one of which (Webb) is on the mend.
But with all that said, the Ravens are right about where many thought they'd be record wise – (2-2). But it's how they've arrived here coupled with their most recent effort that is a major cause for concern.
Looking ahead, the next 5 weeks will take the Ravens to the halfway point. Three of their next four games are on the road (Dolphins, Steelers, Browns), the home game being against the Green Bay Packers. The way the Ravens are playing at this point, a split should be considered a moral victory.
But as in any season, the first thing that the Ravens need to do is take care of business within their division. If they can do that, maybe during the second half of the season they'll find that traction that so far has eluded them and make a late season push. At this point, even if they can wrestle away the AFC North, they will be traveling in the postseason.
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Iran Says Sanctions Not To Impact Nuclear Ambitions
Iran sent a letter to the fifteen members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday saying that the newly imposed sanctions on the country would not impact its nuclear program.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wrote that the Islamic Republic "considers that the adoption of such (UN) resolutions will not affect its utterly peaceful nuclear programme," the IRNA news agency reported. He added that Iran is even "more determined" to develop its nuclear program.
One June 9, twelve members of the Security Council, including the five permanent members, voted in favor of imposing a fourth set of sanctions against Iran for its controversial uranium enrichment program.
Mottaki thanked Turkey and Brazil for "resisting the pressure of some specific nations and voting against the resolution."
Mottaki also criticized the European Union for their support, warning of "dire consequences in the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union." The EU's decision "will definitely cause far greater losses for the European Union itself rather than for the Islamic Republic of Iran as this is amply demonstrated in all previous statistics," he wrote. The EU "will practically deny itself of the potentially strategic cooperation of a powerful and influential partner in the sensitive region of the Middle East and Persian Gulf."
The United States and European Union have accused Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons and have called on the Islamic Republic to freeze its uranium enrichment activity. Iran has maintained that its nuclear ambitions are for peaceful purposes only. Mottaki reiterated that Iran's "nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's defence and security policies."
"Let us hope that the European Union will not succumb to U.S. pressures to march on a wrong path that will only produce everlasting shame before the free-minded nations of the world," Mottaki wrote.


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That's a lot of ice! Thanks, Chickie!!
It's gorgeous simply!! Thanks so very much Sandy!!
Thank you Celeste, warbler, Wally, Suzy, robryan, laura, morria and shirley.Funny Suzy.
Thanks, chickiemama, great picture.
Well said, laura!!
This is something that I may normally drive by, taking it for granted. But seeing how nicely you captured it, makes me pay closer attention the the every day details in the world around me!
WoW!! That's a great shot chickie - thanks.
Too warm in SC for PG's sheet to freeze on the fields.
looks like glass, good picture Nadia!
Nice one! That line of red twig dogwood at the far edge of the corn field is a nice touch.
great pic Chickie.
Thank you young man.
There are no ice sheet in my fields here in SC young lady. We are a little more civilized in this area. Nice set Chickster.
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The model, designer, professional selfie taker and aspiring actress Kylie Jenner and her better half rapper Tyga have been seen in pictures recently, going to shopping sprees together and on numerous trips in this eerily similar outfits.
Well, though it might be purely coincidental that two people in love decide to wear white outfits on a certain day, it is not possible for them to go about donning similar parkas and sweatpants unless they are doing it on purpose. And that is what Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian's baby sister, and her lover are doing. They love each other and they like similar outfits.
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Well, I had something called CUP (Cancer of Unknown Primary), but it had similarities to squamous cell and small cell cancer. I was treated with taxol/carboplatin, and then 5 weeks of radiation therapy. Carboplatin/taxol are both used for squamous cell cancer.
The taxol/carbo chemo was a bit weird. Because my oncologist is wonderfully proactive about preventing nausea, I had absolutely no nausea and no loss of appetite. In fact, I gained two pounds during chemo! (Then I went on a cruise and lost two pounds...my doctor has determined that my medical diagnosis is "weird syndrome", lol). At any rate, the taxol did cause excruciating pain, but not on the day it was administered; rather, the pain would start about 36 hours afterwards and last for about 3 days. I would spend those three days doped up on Vicodin, and then be okay for the next three weeks (until the next treatment). Now, I have fibromyalgia, so I'm pretty much in constant pain anyway...people without FM usually don't have quite so bad a response.
At any rate, I have been totally cancer-free for 3 1/2 years...and CUP usually has a terrible prognosis.
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RH9 and WinXP_seperate drives dual boot + XP wireless network hardly works anymore?
Can anyone out there help please?!
I am relatively new to Linux but am experienced with Windows. Wanting to learn Linux/unix in general I have added another hard drive to my Windows XP system and installed Red Hat 9 on it.
I initally had my Win XP Pro HD set as the Master with a second drive as the slave. So I have left the config like this and just installed Rhat9 on the slave drive using LILO as the boot loader.
Expecting lots of problems I was pleasantly surprised for it all to go well and me to be offered a RedHat Screen giving me the choice of which OS to boot into!
So far so good. Except when I boot in to XP Pro my wireless network no longer works properly and I cant get internet,network etc
Before installing Linux I had a fully operational Netgear WG311 wireless pci card connecting to my Netgear dg834g wireless router. My internet etc all worked perfectly and I could network with other computers on the network.
Since the install of RH9 on to the slave drive my wireless card at first worked but the internet was very intermittent. After a few reboots my wireless connection would not work at all on this machine although everything else in both OS's seems to be fine (except I havent got round to sorting all of the hardware drivers for linux yet due to this problem).
I tried disconnecting my second hd(the slave with RH9) on it but I just get the 'L' for LILO after the post check and thats all!
I really want to keep both Linux and XP on the seperate drives if I can egt my wireless going but if not can anyone tell me how to get XP to boot up on it's own again?
All of the XP drive filesystem is NTFS and I have not modified the boot.ini - do I need to just install compatible wifi drivers for my linux install? Surely not. Surely hardware in XP should not be affected by Linux compatibility problems?? Please Help!
Thaks in Advance
The 'L' means - The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started, but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error codes indicate the type of problem. (See also the LILO Disk Error Codes section, below.) This condition usually indicates a media failure or bad disk parameters in the IPCop PC's BIOS.
Try formating your Master Boot Record, in windows I believe the commands is 'fixmbr'
Re: How to Dual boot rh9 and XP on seperate drives
Thanks for the Lilo info. I was about to rewrite the mbr in xp to let me just access my xp drive when I noticed that the antennae on my Netgear wg311 wireless card was slightly loose!!! (ummm.I wonder which tw*t did that!?)
Anyway, I tightened it up and lo and behold - a fully functioning wireless network in XP and a fully functioning linux (red hat 9) install on my second hard drive! As soon as I can find a suitable driver for my wg311v2 for linux I will get the network going in Linux (much more stable I feel - no unexplainable connection dropoffs!)
The moral of the story?? For anyone out there unsure as to whether a dual drive dual boot install is a good plan........Well it is!
Just install Windows Xp (I used pro) on your first drive and set it to master. Set your second drive to slave and install Red Hat 9 (in my case - and it has to be a newish kernel for Lilo to work with XP/ntfs I believe?) on to your second drive while installing Lilo as the bootloader during the install.
The installer will recognise the two hard drives present in your machine - obviously just select the slave drive that you intend to install Linux on to!
Follow the install procedure....Reboot.. and hey presto... a linux boot selection screen from which you choose your preffered OS (for that boot)
Also, the Red Hat install gives you the option to set either Windows or Linux as the default OS if you don't select one and also the timeout for the selection screen.
I have a similar problem - two hard drives with Windows and Linux:
Hard drive 1: 160GB, 3 partitions, Win98, Win2000, WinXP.
Hard drive 2: 30GB, 1 partition, Red Hat Linux 7.2
When I initially installed using GRUB, the install process went smooth - I chose to load the boot partition to the MBR of my Windows hard drive. But when I rebooted, all I got was "GRUB hard disk error".
Next, I reinstalled Linux using LILO. Again I loaded to the MBR. This time when I rebooted, all I got was "L".
Am I having the problem of the Linux boot partition being located above the 1024 cylinder limitation? If so, how can I fix that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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They made space in Kelvingrove tonight by clearing out the fossils, stuffed otters and the giant elephant.
I can't say the fine old museum looked better for having concealed its treasures. It replaced them with two politicians, both of whom were nicely warm, dry and talcumed after their desperate grab for YouTube votes earlier this week, but there were signs on social media that some are getting weary of the campaign or, at least, of the same faces reciting the same phrases: Plan B, Project Fear, oil reserves.
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Salmond didn't begin with promise. I'd been expecting extravagance and vigour to try and overcome his poor show in the last debate but he went for the safe option, listing the goodies Holyrood has given us: free personal care and no tuition fees and then the bad stuff Westminster apparently forces on us: bedroom tax and nukes. Nothing new here, then. These are old, weary words which any slabbery toddler could recite if you just handed them a sweetie and asked them what Salmond thinks.
Darling was no better. He opened with the old chestnut of Plan B which is a phrase so sodden with repetition it just makes him look timid and tired. He seemed to have retreated back into his familiar 'bank manager' shell, perhaps unwilling to gamble on another uncharacteristic display of spirit which saw him 'win' the last debate.
Incredibly, the audience were equally as dull. 'Would we be financially safe in an independent Scotland?' was the first question and I challenge you to think of one more boring. There was a priest on Father Ted who might have managed it. They could have got him on to ask 'what's your favourite raffle ticket number?'
The question was so open-ended and flimsy it allowed the politician to skate off in any direction he pleased. It's also a pointless question, so adds nothing to the debate: there can't ever be guarantees of financial safety in any country. Globalisation has seen to that. So this watery question allowed Darling to wander over old arguments on currency and the nation surely sighed and sunk low into its sofa.
But when Salmond's turn came we sat up. To the question 'will we be safe' he answered bluntly, 'Yes we will' and came out from his podium to speak bravely and plainly of sharing the pound, reminding Darling that 'we don't need permission to use our own currency'.
He was keen and composed whereas Darling was simply back to being Darling.
The first half hour was taken up with oil and currency, both worthy and essential but never likely to fire up the audience who remained unnaturally sedate. If the indyref debate is a meal, currency is the broccoli. If these men want to engage the audience - and the huge swathe of the electorate who don't bother to vote - they need to dish up pudding sometimes: jobs and schools and hospitals.
The second question was another predictable bore: 'what would be the best for an independent Scotland?' Again, you've heard this question put to them a thousand times and it certainly doesn't force them onto anything specific.
The audience finally perked when discussing the NHS. Darling was furiously mocked when he accused Salmond of scare-mongering about privatisation. That was a terrible error which showed contempt for the audience.
He tried to edge his way back to safe territory by returning to the currency issue but this threw up a tremendous moan from the audience. 'I've heard of one-trick ponies,' said Salmond, gleefully catching the mood.
The debate now belonged to Alex Salmond. Once he was unshackled from the repetitive sniping about Plan B he excelled, especially on the 'bedroom tax' and child poverty, issues closer to people's hearts than whose smug face adorns our bank notes. Darling again stumbled, misjudging the mood and adopting a dismissive tone. 'Too many children are moving into poverty!' he declared, as though it was their own fault. Will those council-house brats never bloody learn?
Salmond was now charging ahead under social issues and took the audience with him, and they were now noisy as an audience should be. An obedient, respectful audience would be the kiss of death to any debate.
Admittedly, Salmond did seem a bit too pleased with himself at times. Having the crowd cheering at his back, it teetered on the verge of pantomime. 'Name three job creating powers!' he kept yelling, turning the debate into a tipsy parlour game.
Glenn Campbell was invisible by now, doing nothing to control or restrain or guide. This was a particular omission as the audience seemed heavily biased in favour of Yes. I began to feel sorry for Darling but, with politics as with sex, once you feel pity for a man, it's over.
We finally moved onto Trident. Darling bumbled again, making the pitiful argument that Trident creates jobs, therefore it's good. I believe Auschwitz employed a few people too, as did the Southern cotton plantations. A pathetic argument yet, again and again, he clung to the mantra '8,000 jobs', just as he can't help repeating Plan B. It demonstrated again his eerie detachment from the mood of the audience.
Salmond seeks to connect with them by wandering on the podium, but Darling's little attempt - saying 'haud on' - backfired. His verve and spirit from the first debate was gone. It seemed his mum had dished out his pocket money - 'you've got £2 worth of charisma, now don't use it all up at once!' - but it was too late. Like any kid, he spent it all in the first shop and had none left for tonight.
So if we can reduce this to winners and losers, Darling lost, but the BBC also lost to STV. They chose to place the opponents close together with no moderator physically between them, but this approach failed: the debate wasn't enhanced by their proximity, but lost under whoops, shouting and pointing, and wispy Glenn Campbell receded from sight.
None of this will matter to Alex Salmond though, who'll be happy with tonight's result but he must know that such a noisy display does nothing to sway undecided voters.


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Christine Logan disappeared on Saturday, when she and a friend were stabbed by assailants while hiking at an archaeological site in a forest outside Jerusalem.
A female American tourist who was feared kidnapped by Arab assailants was found dead on Sunday in a forest outside Jerusalem, with multiple stab wounds and her hands bound behind her back.
Police say the attack appears to have been politically motivated, but are also looking into possible criminal connections. There was no claim of responsibility, suggesting the assailants did not act with the backing of a terrorist organization.
"The main lead line is that the attack was nationalistic, but we haven't ruled out the possibility that it was criminal," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The tourist was identified as Christine Logan, 40. Police said she was American but that they did not know her hometown.
Authorities began their hours-long search for Logan after children found a woman near Moshav Mata, southwest of Jerusalem, who had multiple stab wounds and hands tied behind her back.
The woman, a friend of Logan's named Kaye Susan Wilson, a 46-year-old Israeli citizen originally from Britain, told paramedics and police officers that she and Logan were assaulted by two Arab men while hiking at Khirbet Hanut, a nearby archaeological site.
Gidi Bashan, a Jewish National Fund forester who questioned Wilson to pinpoint the location of the attack, said the incident was "a tale of bravery, in which she fought for her own life and that of her friend."
Bashan said many Palestinians illegally seeking work in Israel come to that area on Saturday night or Sunday and stay in Israel through the week, where they typically do construction work in the Beit Shemesh area.
After the incident, Border Police bolstered their forces in the area.
Wilson, a Messianic Jewish tour guide who lives in Givat Ze'ev, said she escaped after pretending to be dead. She was stabbed 12 times in her back and chest and is being treated at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, where doctors said she was stable and fully conscious.
Wilson said on Sunday that the attack began with a request for water.
"We went off the path to go up this little hill," she said. "We sat down and suddenly two Arabs passed by who asked in Hebrew if I had any water. I told them 'yalla, bye,' they left, but I felt that something wasn't right."
She suggested to Logan that they get back on the path and saw the men had come back. One was wielding what looked "like a bread knife with a serrated edge."
She said Logan "became hysterical" at the sight of the knife and that she warned her in English to keep quiet, to no avail. The men began to stab them.
"It was clear that they came to kill," she added. "Who carries around a knife like that?"
A senior police official made a similar comment, saying, "With the victim having this many stab wounds, there's no doubt that this is attempted murder."
At one point, Wilson said one of the assailants took a Star of David chain off her neck, "then turned me around and stabbed me in the place where the Star of David had been."
"I played dead," she said. "While I was lying there I heard my friend dying. Her breath was like bubbles. I waited two minutes. ... It was very hard for me to get up, but I managed to walk."
Wilson walked to a nearby parking lot and saw a car with Israeli license plates, but it didn't stop and she realized the passengers couldn't tell the condition she was in.
"I couldn't scream because of my breathing, and the car started going," she said. "So I had to walk another 20 meters and there were children there, and I didn't want to scare them with the blood, so I just turned around with my back to them so they could see that my hands were tied, and then they called the police."
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I've been practicing along with BIAB for a few months now - I've not used any of the many playalong music books since I started using BIAB. Here are some of the useful things you can do with BIAB:
You can find any songs in MIDI format and convert it to BIAB format for playalong (even though some are poorly sequenced, but generally you should be able to find a good one).
The melody of the song can be "ripped" so that you can get a notation and print it out if you like. You can also get BIAB to transpose the notation to Eb or Bb instrument while playing the accompaniment in concert.
Most jazz standards in MIDI format would also contain a good solo section which again can be ripped for practice.
BIAB allows you to loop scan a section of the music with the notes so that you can practice until perfect any section. You can also slow the tempo while practicing.
With a good sound card or software synth, you can get some awesome and realistic backup accompaniment eventhough MIDI format. I use the VSC software synth ($20). I think it is free if you buy one of the BIAB package deal.
The "Soloist" program in BIAB allows you to generate an improvised solo basing on a selected "Style" to your liking. For example, you can put in a few bars of chords with a selected style (Charlie Parker 16th Swing, for example) and instruct BIAB to create a solo basing on the chords.
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Safety and Tolerability of AQW051 in Elderly Healthy Volunteers.
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The purpose of this study is to assess safety and tolerability of AQW051 administered in single and multiple doses to elderly healthy volunteers. In addition, pharmacokinetic effects will be assessed and the possible effects on cognition.
|Drug: AQW051
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|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Ascending Dose, Placebo-Controlled Single Dose Study in Non-Smoking Healthy Elderly Subjects Interleaved With a 2-Week Multiple Once Daily Dose Study to Explore Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Cognitive Effects After Oral Administration of AQW051
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety and tolerability.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pharmacokinetics at the end of the study.
- Effect of AQW051 on cognition as assessed by a computerized cognitive test battery.
- To assess a potential food effect on pharmacokinetics of AQW051.
- To explore the drug abuse liability potential of AQW051.
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- Postmenopausal women must have no regular menstrual bleeding for at least 1 year prior to inclusion.
- Male subjects must be using a double-barrier local contraception.
- Body mass index must be within the range of 18 to 33. Subjects must weigh at least 50 kg to participate in this study.
- The regular intake of concomitant drugs including thyroxine, paracetamol, low dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, lipid lowering drugs, vitamins and dietary supplements without caffeine and nicotinic acid, and hormone replacement therapy is allowed, if on stable treatment for at least 3 months. Intake of nutritional supplements (e.g. omega-3, vitamins, minerals, cod-liver oil) is allowed.
- Able to communicate well with the investigator, to understand and comply with the requirements of the study. Understand and sign the written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Smokers (use of tobacco products in the previous 3 months).
- Use of any prescription drugs within 4 weeks prior dosing, or over-the-counter medication (e.g. herbal supplements) within 2 weeks prior to study start except noted previously
- Use of any central nervous system active drug and anticholinergic drugs during the previous 3 months and use of any drug or treatment known to cause major organ system toxicity during the previous 3 months is prohibited.
- A past personal or close family medical history of clinically significant cardiac abnormalities.
- Current diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia derived from ECG and/or Holter ECG.
- Current diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
- Current diagnosis or history of autonomic dysfunction (e.g. history of fainting, orthostatic hypotension, sinus arrhythmia).
- History of Acute or chronic bronchospastic disease (including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Clinically significant drug allergy or history of atopic allergy (asthma, urticaria, eczematous dermatitis) Known hypersensitivity or severe adverse event to darifenacin or similar drugs Any surgical or medical condition which might significantly alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of drugs or which may jeopardize participation in the study Immunodeficiency diseases, including a positive HIV (ELISA and Western blot) test result Positive Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or Hepatitis C test result. Drug or alcohol abuse within the 12 months prior to dosing.
- Diagnosis of cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Exam < 27).
- History or current diagnosis of a cerebrovascular disease (e.g., stroke, transient ischemic attacks, aneurysms).
- Current DSM-IV diagnosis of major depression and/or any other DSM-IV Axis 1 diagnosis that may interfere with the evaluation of the patient's response to study medication, including other primary neurodegenerative dementia, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder.
- History or current diagnosis of an active, uncontrolled seizure disorder.
- History of head injury or any other neurological disorder.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00418002
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Unfortunately, many people have fears of public speaking and, for some, it is personality driven. Personally, I'm introverted and shy, as I feel most comfortable in small groups. So, in order to talk to dozens, or even hundreds, of people for an extended time period, I must devote quite a bit of effort to either preparing speeches or presentations. As I look back at my high school and college years, two significant events contributed to refining my public speaking skills, helping me not only evolve as a presenter, but also have more confidence in myself and my speaking abilities.
High School: First Experience
When I was in high school, my art teacher encouraged me to become involved with the VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America), and participate in the regional art competition. In order to participate in the competition, I would have to present to a panel of judges, while demonstrating one of my art projects. At first, the idea was a bit overwhelming. However, after some thoughtful consideration, decided it was worth a try. Luckily, my teacher volunteered to work with me, helping me prepare and practice my speech. To this day, I still remember her emphasizing how important it was to continue the speech, even if I encountered some distractions. Admittedly, I spent quite a bit of time practicing, but all of the hard work was definitely worth it. I placed first in the regional competition. As a result, I was even invited to compete in the state finals!
College: Speech or Group Dynamics Class
A few years later, I was enrolled in an undergraduate program, which required me to either participate in a speech course or a group dynamics class. Since I was still intimidated by public speaking, I always attempted to register for the group dynamics class. However, each time I did, it was full. So, one semester, finally decided to take a leap of faith and enroll in the speech course instead. To be honest, it was a little daunting. In addition to giving prepared presentations, students were occasionally selected by the professor to present impromptu speeches. Despite the challenges, this class actually turned out to be one of the best decisions of my undergraduate career. Without a doubt, each of the tools I learned that semester has been invaluable for me ever since, both personally and professionally.
Even the Best Speakers Have Struggled!
Last month I learned more helpful speech techniques at an "Enhancing Presentation Skills" workshop, which was presented by my co-worker, Brenda Meller. As an introduction to the workshop, she explained that public speaking did not come naturally for her either. In fact, it was quite nerve-racking and difficult. As I watched her explain this, it was obvious that she has worked really hard and has made considerable progress, as she is now a poised, confident, and energizing speaker. Brenda credits Toastmasters for helping her overcome her public speaking challenges. It is known to many as the "public speaking" association, but it focuses on improving communication and leadership skills. If you struggle with public speaking, you may want to consider joining Toastmasters. To learn more, the organization will be hosting its next Open House in June at the Novi Campus.
I know what you are probably thinking: I will never have to give a professional presentation. But, trust me; at some point in your life, you won't necessarily have a choice. Over the last 11 years, I've received many opportunities to create professional presentations and speeches, either on a voluntary or non-voluntary basis. For example, I have given project status reports at College-wide meetings, pitched ideas during officer meetings, presented at various regional and national conferences, and read passages at three memorials. The ability to convey your point to an audience is an essential skill in this day and age, especially in the corporate world. However, comfort and confidence, while preparing and presenting speeches, is equally as important!
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SOUTH-AFRICA-L ArchivesArchiver > SOUTH-AFRICA > 1998-05 > 0895855058
From: "Rita Sondergaard" <>
Subject: Re: Boer POW Records
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:37:38 -0000
Hi Conrod,
I replied to you on this a while ago, and mentioned that I was happy to
capture some of the data for you. What I was wondering is : while you're
all still discussing what and how of the details databases etc the data
could so long be captured in access or excel and then uploaded into a
required format with minimal changes if any. I am happy to start on this
so long and you can either fax or photocopy some of the pages and get them
to me (if we both live close enough) and I'll begin.
Just a suggestion.
Cheers Rita.
> From: Conrod Mercer <>
> To:
> Subject: Boer POW Records
> Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 9:39 PM
> Hi All,
> I have a xerox copy of the Red Cross Boer Prisoners of War from the
> Anglo-Boer War and following on from the previous discussions
> concerning a searchable data base of information here in South
> Africa, thought that this may be the ideal opportunity to get this
> information on line.
> I must say up front that there are 720 pages of names that are
> printed and in the format:
> Prisoner No.
> Name
> Christian Name
> Commando (on some sheets, Field Cornetcy on others)
> Home Address
> District (not on all sheets)
> Married or Single
> Where Captured
> Date of Capture (not on all sheets)
> Remarks (Normally shows place where a POW, i.e. Ceylon, St Helena,
> etc.
> The information is in a table format with the headings listed above
> across the page and the details of the individuals down the page,
> under the headings.
> The information is broken down into sections as follows:
> No's 1-206 List of Prisoners of War - Natal
> No's 480 - 2579 List of Transvaal Prisoners of War
> 2580 - 3019 Second List of Transvaal Prisoners of War at Simon's Town
> 3020 - 3271 Transvaal Prisoners of War (at Ceylon)
> No's 3272 - 3499 Transvaal List
> No's 3500 - 4396 List of Prisoners of War at St Helena
> No's 4397 - 4405
> No's 5000 - 7101 Free State Prisoners of War
> No's 7102 - 7328 Green Point Track
> 7329 - 7404 Free State List
> This section seems to cover all those Boer's captured up-to 1900
> The next section starts at 23455 -32561 and seems to be for prisonors
> captured between 1901 and the end of the war.
> These list provide the details for 7404 plus (+) 9106 Boers
> captured during the Boer War. Total records = 16510 soldiers.
> Obviously such a list would take-up a great deal of space and in
> order to capture the information, would require the assistance of as
> many volunteers as are prepared to come forward as possible.
> I am of course looking for volunteers to assist in capturing this
> information :)
> Some questions that need to be answered before a project of this
> nature is undertaken are as follows:
> What format (software programme) should be used by all the volunteers
> so that the information is in the same format?
> How does one set-up a searchable data base on the internet?
> How will the records be distributed to the volunteers?
> Who will proofread the information once it has been captured?
> I'm sure that more questions will arise as we debate this issue.
> What do the members of the list think of this as a potential project
> for us to undertake in achieving the dream of adding to the store of
> knowledge on the Internet about South African Genealogy? Is it
> feasable and can we tackle it?
> I look forward to your comments in this regard.
> Regards
> Conrod Mercer
> -------------------------------------------------
> 28 Hosking Street, Brenthurst, Brakpan, 1541, RSA
> email:
> Home Page: http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/
> South-Africa-L and South-Africa-D listowner
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Beckett steals show
It was a tale of two pitchers at Fenway — the ace of Red Sox past, Pedro Martinez, and the possible ace of Red Sox future, Josh Beckett.
Sox fans started the game by acknowledging Pedro's past accomplishments, but it was Beckett's performance that earned him the loudest ovation of the night after he left with two outs in the eighth inning. While Pedro was getting pounded by his former mates (eight runs, six earned, on seven hits in three innings), Beckett, who doffed his cap to the Fenway crowd as he exited, blew away the New York Mets. The righthander allowed two runs on five hits and struck out seven, leading Boston to its 11th straight win, a 10-2 shellacking of the National East Division leaders.
Sox manager Terry Francona said Beckett thrived on the big stage and that shouldn't come as a surprise. Game 6 of the 2003 World Series ring a bell to anyone?
"I think Josh has shown the ability at a young age that the stage isn't too big," said Francona. "He used it to his advantage. He didn't come out of his delivery all night and probably used the adrenaline to his advantage."
The only blemishes on Beckett's record were a pair of solo home runs he surrendered to Carlos Delgado and Jose Valentin.
Beckett demurred when asked if he'd stolen the show — and the fans –from Pedro.
"They went more nuts for Pedro than they did for me," he said. "I just go out there and try to do my job and help this team win. I was fortunate to get some big offense. On this little run we've put together it seems like every night we're scoring 7, 8, 9 runs and 12 hits. Those guys are unbelievable."
Beckett has now won his last three starts — all against NL East opponents — allowing just two runs in each start. That's probably not a coincidence, as even Beckett admitted that pitching in the AL is a more taxing task than hurling in the Senior Circuit.
"It really makes a difference not having the nine-hole in there. A lot of National League teams have a guy that has a specific thing that he does well. Some of them run well, some of them play defense well, stuff like that, but in the American League, it's one through nine. You have some really good hitters hitting eighth and ninth for American League clubs."
In case Pedro Martinez forgot that, he rediscovered it last night, when Sox shortstop Alex Gonzalez, Boston's No. 9 hitter, tagged him for a two-run homer in the third to put the Sox up 8-0.
"He's still a great pitcher," said Kevin Youkilis. "Today we just got the best of him."
And on the mound the Sox got the best out of Beckett.
Some post-game tidbits:
— The Red Sox tied the American League by playing their 15th straight errorless game, equaling the mark set by the Texas Rangers from Aug. 4-19 of 1996.
— The 10 runs the Sox scored tonight tied the most Boston has ever scored against the Mets. They scored 10 against New York at Shea Stadium on June 15, 1997.
— The Red Sox 11 straight wins have all come in interleague play. Boston is now just one win shy of tying the major league record for consecutive interleague victories, which is shared by the New York Yankees (2003-04) and …. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The D-Rays won 12 straight in interleague play in 2004.


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NJIT Adds Men's Lacrosse
Matt Peloquin
NJIT has made some news of late as being the lone basketball program without a conference, participating this year as an independent. As a member of the Great West, the school suffered early after their transition from Division 2, setting the record for the longest losing streak at 52 losses. They then improved to 1-30. And then last year their basketball performance improved, with the school going 16-13 and winning the Great West.
But as the Great West started losing schools to other conferences (Utah Valley, Chicago St. and UTPA to the WAC with Houston Baptist to the Southland), NJIT was left be itself. With no other schools in the conference, the conference was no more…with a school just miles from the Atlantic Ocean the final member in the Great "West".
But despite this handicap, the school is doing what it can to improve it's chances of landing a conference home. For the 2015 season, NJIT will add men's lacrosse. In doing so, the hope is that the school will help reinforce an image of stability and become a more attractive candidate for conferences like the NEC and America East. While I wouldn't expect any of the college betting lines to be favorable for a quick NJIT to the NEC or America East move, the addition of lacrosse can only help improve the schools overall chances of finding a conference home.
Many schools have added lacrosse programs recently, as it's one of the fastest growing sports. While the schools adding the sport tend to be smaller schools or those outside of FBS, some of these additions are bringing some stability to the existing lacrosse conferences. Now, a conference with 6 members for the sport (the minimum), might find itself with 7 members to offer some protection in the event of a future departure.
For NJIT, while gaining full-membership in the NEC or America East is the goal, affiliate membership in a conference for lacrosse might be a step in the right direction.
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The news that 11 percent of school-age children have received a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — 6.4 million — gave me a chill. My son David was one of those who received that diagnosis.
He was in the first grade. There were psychiatrists who prescribed medication for him even before they met him. One psychiatrist said he would not even see him until he was medicated.
For a year, I refused to fill the prescription at the pharmacy. Finally, I relented. And so David went on Ritalin, then Adderall, and other drugs that were said to be helpful in combating the condition.
In another age, David might have been called "rambunctious." His battery was a little too large for his body. And so he would leap over the couch, spring to reach the ceiling and show exuberance for life that came in brilliant microbursts.
As a 21-year-old college senior, he was found on the floor of his room, dead from a fatal mix of alcohol and drugs. The date was Oct. 18, 2011.
No one made him take the heroin and alcohol, and yet I cannot help but hold myself and others to account. I had unknowingly colluded with a system that devalues talking therapy and rushes to medicate, inadvertently sending a message that self-medication, too, is perfectly acceptable.
My son was no angel (though he was to us) and he was known to trade in Adderall, to create a submarket in the drug among his classmates who were themselves all too eager to get their hands on it.
What he did cannot be excused, but it should be understood. What he did was to create a market that perfectly mirrored the society in which he grew up. A generation of students, raised in an environment that encourages medication, is emulating the professionals by using drugs as performance enhancers in the classroom.
And we wonder why it is that they use drugs with such abandon. As all parents learn — at times to their chagrin — our children go to school not only in the classroom but also at home. And the culture they construct for themselves as teenagers and young adults is but a tiny village imitating that to which they were introduced as children.
The issue of permissive drug use and overdiagnosis goes well beyond hyperactivity. In May, the American Psychiatric Association will publish its DSM 5, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It is called the bible of the profession.
Its latest iteration, like those before, is a window not merely on the profession but also on the culture it serves, both reflecting and shaping societal norms. (For instance, until the 1970s, it categorized homosexuality as a mental illness.)
One of the new, more controversial provisions expands depression to include some forms of grief. On its face it makes sense. The grieving often display all the common indicators of depression — loss of interest in life, loss of appetite, irregular sleep patterns, low functionality, etc. But as others have observed, those same symptoms are the very hallmarks of grief itself.
Ours is an age in which the airwaves and media are one large drug emporium that claims to fix everything from sleep to sex. I fear that being human is itself fast becoming a condition. It's as if we are trying to contain grief, and the absolute pain of a loss like mine.
Challenge and hardship have become pathologized and monetized. Instead of enhancing our coping skills, we undermine them and seek shortcuts where there are none, eroding the resilience upon which each of us, at some point in our lives, must rely.
That feeling of pain is the thing that holds me still to my son. So yes, there is a balm even in the pain. I shall let it go when it is time, without reference to the DSM, and without the aid of a pill.
Ted Gup is an author and fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.


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MELANIE BLOCKER STOKES MOM'S OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS HEALTH, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND SUPPORT FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION ACT -- (House of Representatives - March 30, 2009)
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise today in support of H.R. 20, the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act. Last Congress, the Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on this issue that were deeply emotional, especially when testimony was presented by Melanie Blocker Stokes' mother. This bill highlights the need to increase awareness of postpartum depression and expand the knowledge of its terrible effects.
It is important to note that as many as 80 percent of women experience some mood disturbances after pregnancy. For most women, the symptoms are mild and go away on their own. But 10 to 20 percent of women develop a more disabling form of mood disorder called postpartum depression.
This legislation encourages the continuation of research being done by Federal agencies to determine the causes of postpartum depression and how it can better be treated. I stand in support of this legislation and hope that my colleagues will join me.
I reserve the balance of my time.
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Prepare yourselves folks. According to a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, kids between the ages of ten and nineteen — are you sitting down? — play video games (gasp!). I know, I know, you're probably stunned speechless right now. Sit down and take a few minutes to collect yourself. Better? Good. Let's continue.
It turns out that video games are quite popular among young boys, and even girls too. Out of a sample of almost 1500 ten- to nineteen-year-olds:
A total of 534 teens (36%) played video games. Most of these (425 [80%]) were boys and 109 (20%) were girls. "Female gamers spent an average of 44 minutes playing on the weekdays and one hour and four minutes playing on the weekends," the authors write. "Male gamers spent an average of 58 minutes playing on the weekdays and one hour and 37 minutes playing on the weekends."
My initial reaction to this data was "Wow, I can't believe they wasted all that time and money to figure out something any gamer could have told you in about thirteen seconds."
After my inner cynic was satisfied, my silver-lining gnome came out and said "But wait! Isn't it an important sign that the habits of gamers are starting to be taken seriously? It's a good thing when the scientific community acknowledges our burgeoning new art form and gives it the stringent scientific inquiry it so richly deserves! I'm a happy gnome!" My silver-lining gnome went to pick daisies in a field draped in rainbow, and all was good with the world. Then I caught this little tid-bit:
"The rapid growth of video game popularity has generated concern among practitioners, parents, scholars and politicians," according to background information in the article. "Particularly during adolescence, when social interactions and academic success lay the groundwork for health in adulthood, there is concern that video games will interfere with the development of skills needed to make a successful transition to adulthood."
At this point my inner cynic came raging out of his cave bearing an assault rifle and gunned down my silver-lining gnome. Savvy consumers will quickly recognize this rhetoric for what it really is—a basis for demonizing video games and making it harder to create, sell, or buy them.
Mark my words, this will be the study that some crusading senator will cite when they introduce a bill that makes it illegal to play video games until you're twenty one. After all, what better way to ensure that today's young people can make the "successful transition to adulthood," a feat not too many of the adults I konw have accomplished. Be warned opponents of the video game!
My inner cynic is on to you, and he's just eaten my silver-lining gnome's liver.
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