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British Airways is planning to cut the pay of 36,000 workers, as part of its efforts to reduce costs following the US terror attacks.
The airline is proposing to withdraw the annual extra one week's holiday pay, due to be paid next month, and to stop the annual increment next year.
Unions say they will oppose the cuts, when they meet management for talks later this week. BA says the proposals would save �37m.
The proposed pay cuts would affect 36,000 non-management staff based in the UK, including flight crew, cabin crew, engineers, administrative and ground staff.
Six hundred senior managers were told they faced a 10% pay cut last week.
The company's directors have agreed to reduce their own pay by 15%.
Thousands of middle managers have been warned their pay is also being reviewed.
One union official said the plans would be opposed.
"Senior managers can afford to take a pay cut when they are earning hundreds of thousands of pounds a year," said Ed Blissett, an official of the GMB Union.
"It is a different story for our members, some of whom earn as little as �8,000. They cannot afford to reduce their pay."
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More than 100,000 jobs have been shed by airlines around the world as they attempt to cut back costs.
Since the attacks, BA has said it plans to cut 7,000 jobs and it has withdrawn and suspended a number of its regular services.
Last week the company said it had seen a 22% fall in total passenger traffic during September month, and that it expected further falls.
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Hall and Meadow hold out as Americans run riot in Curtis Cup
Ireland and Great Britain got off to the worst possible start in defence of their Curtis Cup crown as they lost all three fourballs on the opening day at the St Louis Golf Club in Missouri.
Stephanie Meadow and Georgia Hall succumbed 2&1 to Mariah Stackhouse and Emma Talley in the top match.
Meadow, Ulster's world No 7 who plans to turn professional after this event, and 18-year-old Hall, who succeeded Meadow as Amateur champion last year, lost the first hole but squared the match with a birdie at the third.
But Stackhouse and Talley birdied three of the next five holes to assume a commanding lead.
Remarkably, Meadow's Alabama college mate Talley, the 2013 US Women's Amateur champion, and Stackhouse, the first African-American player in Curtis Cup history, played to the equivalent of eight-under par 63, with the usual match-play concessions.
The other two fourball games were won 4&3 by the home team, world No 2 Alison Lee and Kyung Kim beating Annabel Dimmock and Gemma Dryburgh, and Annie Park and Ally McDownald overpowering Bronte Law and Charlotte Thomas.
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>I don't think he's really trying to redefine "rights," so much as he is trying to present an alternate hypothesis for their basis. To follow his "memory" analogy, we all know what memories are, but science has provided a better understanding of their basis, and what they are in actual reality.
> I'm not industrious enough to point out all the instances of the genetic fallacy in Roy's comments below. I just point out that whenever one wants to suggest a new meaning for some term already in use the burden is always on him to show why such a change would be better. It doesn't matter where the current usage came from or where his new one was developed. All that is actually irrelevant.
- JDK,Those who survive are presumably the fittest to survive for the "fittest" just describes those who have survived.With regard to your last sentence – Stalin got there first.Harry
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On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:54 AM, JDKromkowski <jdkromkowski@...> wrote:Evolution is not really: the survival of the "fittest" It is just survival of that which survives. Evolution is a way of describing the process of how variation within a population will lead to variation eventually of species. There are plenty of genes along for the ride which are not particularly "the fittest".Yes the survival of the two apostolic lungs of Christianity (Catholics and the Eastern church) despite its massive weakness and in fact embracement of weakness of the god who becomes human and is rejected and put to death is a puzzle and crazy on its face. It drove Nietzsche crazy (well that and syphillus drove him crazy). It also drove the communists crazy too. Massive defense? How many tanks does the church have?Jdk
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> > The catholic church has one real function: serving the clergy. When it
> > was able to, it dominated a large swath of the earth in an imperial form.
> > It can't now, so it fills out whatever niches it can; but the main thing is
> > ensuring that members of clergy don't have to go and get real jobs.
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> Thanks for sharing this one too. I'm getting better picture of Land Cafe.
> It really is best if we get it all out in the open. It's for the same
> reason I won't hide my background.
> This isn't a cocktail party, where we need to avoid the topic for
> charitable purposes - or at least for the purposes of not interfering with
> mutual love of beer or gin or your choice. I'd still have a beer in
> Baltimore (once), with any of you clowns.
*shrugs* Whatever one thinks of Roy's evolutionary basis for morals, I think there's fairly clearly a pseudo-evolutionary basis for ideas and institutions. Dawkins made this case in his "The Selfish Gene." Basically, ideas are duplicated, with variation, in the minds of individuals; from there, it's survival of the fittest. The conceptual equivalent to a gene being a "meme." Why do religious institutions survive despite being a load of crap that generally act as a drain on society? They're very advanced critters in the world of memes; they've evolved a whole host of defenses to offset their massive weaknesses, such as the notion that it's not polite or even acceptable to question a man's faith, or that without beliefs in these memes, we have no basis for social behavior.
Catholicism isn't necessarily the most egregious case of this sort of memetic virus (that has to go to Scientology, don't you think?), but that's what it is, and all the bottom line of them all is the same: enrichment (both financial as well as emotional) of clergy. Still and all, its senseless and generally ad-hoc opposition to contraception, even in the light of AIDS epidemics, is horrible enough in and of itself to give me a fairly thoroughgoing distaste for it in particular, and I'd pretty much rather not see any meme I deem useful or good to be mixed up with it.
Personally, I think one of the best parts of online discussion is that there's less tendency to hold back one's beliefs; many lament this, saying that the internet just makes everyone rude because they don't fear social repercussions, but I believe there's inherent value there, as it allows for a more rapid evolution of memes. The noise and nastiness comes with the territory, and I think people will just eventually find a new normal.
One common Christian meme is certainly right though: hate the sin, and not the sinner. I agree, I'd have a beer with any of you. It's worth making a conscious effort not to take attacks against our beliefs too personally, because it turns out everyone tends to be wrong quite often.


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I told my daughter (then three) the same thing when we were fighting and he moved into another bedroom. I think you've explained it enough.
My kids fight (normal) and my WH and I are trying to reconcile. I explained it as "mom and dad fight just like you and your brother, but we still love each other, and we still love you. It isn't your fault we fight. But we need to go to time out for a while for fighting. Grown up time out means living apart. "
I just wanted to offer my support. Yes, I think you're doing the right thing with the lawyer, etc.
The other thing you need to do is tell your husband's married girlfried's husband what is going on. he deserves to know. And remember, whatever your H has told you is most likely a lie. And whatever she has told your H is probably a lie too. (her H is abusive, he already knows, etc.)
This is abusive. It's mindfucking the kids...they have to be so confused.
He is having an affair right in front of you and putting your kids in the middle. Tell him to GTFO. File,and have him removed from the home.
His behavior,especially with the kids,is appalling.
..that feeling you get in your stomach, when you heart's broken. It's like all the butterflies just died.
have your shark attorney request a hearing so you can ask the judge to order your H to keep your children away from the OW and her children.
When your kids see you crying let them know that someone hurt your feelings - they can kinda get that at age three - but tell them that Mommy is going to be OKAY and that they are the best children in the entire world.
Maybe draw a big poster that says that and get them to help you colour it/decorate it. Put it up on the wall.
Kids just need to know that they are safe and loved.
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Buying used heli can be a lot like gambling, maybe you get a good one, maybe not. Buying new you know what you should be getting.
Would my e-sky honeybee fp 4 channel transmitter work with the quark?
As the quark isn't 2.4Ghz. As long as l had the same frequency on both - should work right?
I think 2.4ghz version will be coming out soon. I believe the reason it took so long for futaba was because of Japanese law did not allow it for RC use. Now that 2.4 is available in Japan there are rumors of a 2.4 quark.
Maybe be patient for it to be released.
Thanks guys that's what l figured, l was going to buy a used quark with had no transmitter, so that's why l was wondering.
So there's going to be a 2.4Ghz version out? is it worth me holding off to buy that one.
Heres what I'm hoping they come out with a 2.4 thats compatible with spectrum and futaba 2.4 radios. Probably choose your RX scheme.
But if and when it does I hope it's compatible with Futaba 2.4. With my luck it won't be. After having flown one though, I would hate to give it back and wait on a 2.4 Ghz version. I can see it now, a 2.4Ghz version with CP. Yea, I know, but it's my fantasy. Got to go. It's the 4th qtr in the national championship game.
Not having much luck so far.....
I'm rather ashamed to say that I'm not having much luck hovering my Quark at the moment. I've been used to flying a Blade mcx and haven't adjusted yet. With the Blade you increase the throttle and it rises straight up - it's all far too easy. With the Quark everything is happening too quick and I run out of space in my living room - hence most of my flights have been short hops. What I'd like to do is slowing raise the throttle, apply some right rudder to keep the tail in line and then get to a point where it goes up. But at the moment I'm finding it hard to judge how much rudder to give and end up rushing the throttle just to get it off the ground. Then it tends to fly to the left and back towards me until I run out of space - get scared and bring it down - sometimes a little quickly. I understand about ground effect but at the moment don't feel in control. I need to wander along to my village hall where I have a bit more room to practice. I know I have a lot of practicing to do but at the moment it feels like I'm not making progress. Maybe I'm a slow learner and should have got a bigger coaxial like the Hirobo XRB Lama first
First, there is absolutely nothing for you to be ashamed about. Take a deep breath and be patient. I started on a trainer that I crashed trying to lift off the first 40+ times. Slow and small corrective movements of the stick is the number one lesson to learn. For some of us it's very hard in the beginning.
Spend some none flight time practicing with the transmitter turned off. Slowly move the throttle up and down until it becomes almost fluid. There is a slight delay from stick movement to helicopter movement with the Quark. Focus on just moving the sticks ever so slightly. This will take time to get adjusted to. The normal tendency is to move the stick more and more in reaction to where the model is heading. Problem is, the more you move the sticks the greater the corrections will have to be at some point. If the model is close to a wall or furniture the urgency of the correction gets a lot sooner and makes the model almost impossible to control.
Advance the throttle slowly while giving very slight right aileron (right stick moving right a couple of millimeters) to bring it up into a hover about knee high to get out of the rotor wash and slowly lower the throttle to land. Just practice this slow and gentle up and down movement with the tail pointing at you gradually bringing it up a little higher after a few times to waist high and slowly landing.
Practice with the model and transmitter off advancing the throttle to 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 position while moving the the left stick left and right slowly. The point of this is to give the model rudder while not increasing or decreasing the throttle position. This will help maintain a level hover. In the beginning, that was very hard for me for some reason. I fly mode 2 and when I gave left or right rudder I would slightly increase or decrease the throttle unintentionally. My helicopter was always bobbing up and down.
Just remember, if it is not doing what you want it to do it just means you need to practice some more (kind of a great benefit). Small rudder movements, slow and smooth throttle movements and short hops up and down working on keeping the tail pointed at you. Watch the nose of the helicopter. If the nose goes right, slowing move the left stick (mode 2) to the left and pay close attention to whether the model starts to drift left or right and slowly move your right stick left or right to level your helicopter.
Take your time and don't be like me and get frustrated and walk away from it. I did for 7 or 8 months because I didn't feel like I was progessing. I came back and struggled some more until it just clicked. At that point what I learned on the simulator transferred to controlling my model. I got very upset because I could fly the simulator but couldn't hover the helicopter. Just don't walk away.
Keep asking questions because there are a ton of fantastic people on this forum that may be able to help you with getting past a difficulty you have based on their own experiences and things that they have learned or been taught. You have more courage than I had just starting which tells me you will fly sooner than I did.
By the way, excellent choice on the Quark. Not a better FP single rotor out there. It's total quality. I wish every heli was built as nice. Only problem is they are a tad high priced for an entry level for the beginner.
Like helinut says, practice, practice and more of the same! I started out in 2006 with a Esky V3 and then bought a CX and then a CX2. Months of flying and becoming familiar with each heli's individual characteristic and I finally reached a point where I wasn't robbing the bank to purchase replacement parts. Then I "tried" a HBFP..................forget it! I could hover and that's about it, any FF and if you're not immediately ready to compensate for undesired directional flight and it's all over and more money down the drain! Then came the Quark. After one month of 3 - 4 packs a day, I finally feel comfortable in doing basic circuits, etc, in the house without crashing. Anyway, what this all boils down to is this, it takes time to become familiar with the flight characteristics of any heli, the Quark is no exception. You're new to this and thus it will be a while until you get to fine tuning and trimming out your new bird, but be patient, do as the guys stated above before you start making adjustments. The Quark is very forgiving when trimmed out properly, almost to the point of hands off hovering like your MCX for seconds at a time. This feature has saved me from disaster many, many times!
Good luck and be PATIENT!
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Thanks again Mike,
It certainly took me awhile.
I wrote down the many things that helped me deal with a single rotor in this thread:
Not all will be applicable for you as I was not flying a Quark.
Good luck and no need to be ashamed. It may be easy for some,
but it is not for many others.
Thanks for your encouragement - it's really helped. I suppose 'ashamed' was too bigger word - I've set my expectations beyond my capabilities and just felt a tiny bit discouraged - but no longer
All this time I've been a little too cautious so this morning I tried again and promptly crashed into the sofa and broke my first set of blades. This has been a bit of break through in a way (no pun intended!) because I found out that nothing really bad happened just a set of blades. I balanced up a new set and noticed an immediate difference - more stability when taking off. So you do have to read the manual after all
A QUESTION: I recognise that I don't have precise joystick control and alter the throttle when adjusting rudder and the suggestions given will help.
However, when things look bad I cut the throttle too quickly - any tips on how I should get out of this bad and potentially damaging habit?.
And it goes without saying that concentration is the key, unlike the Blade mcx that can almost fly itself without much intervention. And I suppose if it were too easy then it wouldn't be fun.
So I'm in a much happier mood now and will get back to relentless practice - thanks for all your help it is much appreciated!
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I saw Wyatt at Clockers Cornor one morning at the 2012 Breeders Cup. So glad to read his story here. Thankyou. What a wonderful horse and friend for you. Makes me so sad to think he could have been slaughtered.
I like the point system, but a few more races need to be included.
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'Nothing Lasts Forever' director recalls his favorite sketches
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11:34AM, Thu. Dec. 20, 2012
In this week's Chronicle, we talk with former Saturday Night Live writer Tom Schiller about his 1984 film, Nothing Lasts Forever, which was never released despite appearances by SNL stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
Though his father, Bob Schiller, wrote for I Love Lucy and All in the Family, early on Schiller wanted a different path. "At the age of 15, when I saw the films of Truffaut, Bergman, and Fellini, I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker," says Schiller. "In some sort of pre-adolescent rejection of the father figure, I never wanted to write for television sitcoms. Now I see that as silly snobbery. TV can be excellent at times, but there is still nothing more satisfying for me than to watch a grainy, black-and-white movie from the Thirties or Forties."
It may not have been where he planned to start, but Schiller has plenty of favorite sketches from his time with SNL. "I'm fond of 'Samurai Hotel,'" says Schiller, "because that was a sketch I wrote using a character that [John] Belushi auditioned with. He was marvelous as the Japanese speaking Samurai Futaba, a character incidentally based on Kurosawa's movies. The Samurai became sort of a trademark icon of the 1970s show."
He also wrote "Schiller's Reels," a series of short films starring original SNL cast members. One, "La Dolce Gilda," stars Gilda Radner as a tormented Fellini-esque character. (Schiller got to screen that for Federico Fellini.) Schiller also worked closely with Aykroyd and Murray on SNL, both of whom would end up in his black-and-white, Manhattan-centered film Nothing Lasts Forever, which enjoys a rare screening at the Alamo Ritz this weekend. "[Murray] is a superb actor and comedian and continues to surprise with his shenanigans," says Schiller. "I was fortunate to hang out and work with him during his transition from obscurity to stardom, which we dubbed 'the final days of anonymity.'"
A 35mm print of Nothing Lasts Forever will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 7pm. Writer/director Tom Schiller will be in attendance, and prior to the feature, a rare reel of Schiller's short films will be shown.
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Sino-Forest Corp., already reeling from fraud allegations, has been slapped with default notices from debt holders, a setback that could mark the beginning of the end for what was once Canada's largest publicly traded forestry company.
Sino-Forest management, including its Canadian chief executive officer Judson Martin, are now pleading with debt holders not to tip the company into insolvency. The TSX-listed Chinese timber firm had less than $600-million (U.S.) in cash in early November and more than $1.8-billion in debt.
Mr. Martin, a former executive of one-time Canadian entertainment giant Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., has less than a month to persuade a majority of Sino-Forest's debt holders to waive their rights to declare the company in default.
Sino-Forest is asking for more time so it can restructure and is considering selling assets, or the entire company, to avoid insolvency. It has formed a directors' restructuring committee to help manage the process.
The dire situation marks a dramatic fall from grace for a company that, as recently as March, boasted a market value of more than $6-billion and was a Canadian market darling. With help from top Bay Street firms, Sino-Forest raised billions from investors by promising rapid growth from China's soaring demand for wood.
But a scathing research report issued in June by short-seller Carson Block and his firm Muddy Waters LLC, which called Sino-Forest an elaborate, long-running fraud, caused the company's shares to collapse, wiping out more than 70 per cent of their value. Sino-Forest has denied wrongdoing, and no allegations have been proven.
Sino-Forest is unable to file its third-quarter financial results because its own investigators have failed to unravel the tangle of potential related-party transactions with its suppliers and the brokers who sell the company's trees to customers.
Without financial results, the company, which is based in Mississauga and headquartered in Hong Kong, has breached its debt covenants. Certain holders of notes due in 2014 and 2017 served Sino-Forest with written notices of default on Dec. 16.
"The company does not expect to be able to file the Q3 results and cure the default within the 30-day cure period," Sino-Forest said in a statement.
Sino-Forest's directors have now shifted focus, from trying to complete a report addressing the fraud allegations first raised by Muddy Waters, to keeping the company afloat. Sino-Forest chairman William Ardell, who led a committee of directors probing the company, is now also heading the restructuring committee.
If Sino-Forest fails to win the support of a majority of its debt-holders within 30 days, its collapse would mark the largest-ever default of Asian corporate bonds. Despite the fact that the value of Sino-Forest's bonds have sunk to less than 25 cents on the dollar, distressed debt funds, which usually pile in to troubled companies in hopes of earning a return on a restructuring, are understood to be avoiding Sino-Forest. One source who had canvassed such "vulture funds" said these investors were not interested in buying Sino-Forest's debt because of the difficulty valuing the company's assets.
The Ontario Securities Commission, which in August levelled fraud allegations against executives and suspended Sino-Forest shares from trading on the TSX, has raised "grave concerns" that only 18 per cent of Sino-Forest's timber assets have actual plantation rights certificates that prove legal title in China.
Anticipating a default, Sino-Forest's two largest shareholders have turned against the company. Richard Chandler Corp. of Singapore, which owns almost 20 per cent of the stock, has called for Sino-Forest's directors to resign and for Mr. Martin to be sacked.


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When in Milan, forget the Galleria, visit the Princi Bakery — some of the best baked goods we have had in Italy and produced in a significant work of architecture and design. The elements involved in making bread — earth, water, air and fire are all presented in a meaningful way.
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To call The Fat Duck in the Berkshire village of Bray a restaurant is merely to skim the surface of what has become one of the world's most distinctive dining experiences. Originally a pub, the Fat Duck was recently voted the best restaurant on the planet, a tribute to the creative culinary skills of Heston Blumenthal, the self-taught chef who has rewritten the rules with dishes such as salmon poached with liquorice, lasagne of langoustine, carrot toffee and smoked bacon and egg ice cream.
The current tasting menu at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck includes nitro-green tea and lime mousse as well as snail porridge, salmon poached with licorice and mango and Douglas fir puree.
Reservations recommended, three stars in the Michelin Guide, at The Fat Duck
Renowned Cognac maker Hennessy have released a specially designed Cognac which incorporates all the talents of master blenders from seven generations dating back to 1800 with Hennesy's first master blender, Jean Fillioux. The cognac has an intensely complex bouquet with notable hints of candied fruit, wild roses and rancio, that earthy aroma that comes from the aging process.
Ellipse Cognac, $4000, from Hennessy
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Bella Italia Weine, Stuttgart, Germany by Ippolito Fleitz Group
Light in Design, the B3 system by bulthaup is the measure of all kitchens; by focusing on ergonomics, task management and keeping it utilitarian, the visual aesthetics are not compromised here. The entire kitchen "floats" by using a supporting frame inside the wall that can bear up to one ton in weight per meter. This is ideal for architects and designers, providing them with an unprecedented level of freedom in design and the efficient use of space. The range of accessories and the way in which spices, tools and even cleaning supplies are tucked away compliment the design. You may never dine out again!
Bulthaup B3 Kitchen, by Herbert H. Schultes, for Bulthaup
"The Giant Japanese Hornet is the largest species of wasp in the world, and it contains special enzymes in its body which are reputed to increase strength and energy levels. Giant Japanese Hornets have one of the most incredible stamina's of any living creature and this stamina can be temporarily passed into the system of those who consume it."
Hormigas Culonas are harvested in the Colombian Amazon by the Guane Indians, during the short rainy season between March and June. They are then toasted in a mud pot over an open fire by the Indians. The Guane Indians believe that these Ants have youth giving and Aphrodisiac properties and they are often served as fertility giving marriage food during nuptial ceremonies. Hormigas Culonas taste similar to crisply fried bacon with an earthy taste.
(Left) A Toffee flavoured Candy, which contains a real edible scorpion. (Right) This vodka contains a farm raised yellow scorpion (buthus martensii) Infused in pure grain English vodka. Alcohol infused with a scorpion is said to remove toxins from the body when consumed.
Insects and Scorpions, from Edible.
The latest in a string of interesting design collaborations with Veuve Clicquot including Karim Rashid and Porsche design
The Cruiser Bag: Limited Edition piece (only 300 pieces available) – includes a bottle of La Grande Dame 98 and two champagne flutes. Available from July and costs $425
The Cruise collection: a "made to measure" piece and costs $80,000 – comes with 4 bottles of La Grande Dame 98, 2 magnums of La Grande Dame 88, 6 champagne flutes Riedel and 6 water tumblers, plates, table mats and cutlery.
Cruise Collection, by Riva for Veuve Clicquot
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As a caterer for upmarket parties, Maison Van Den Boer, is one of the best known in Holland. The Amaison shop is conceived like grandma's kitchen, sample the flavours as you watch food being prepared. We like the way in which a single geometric element is repeated throughout the Shop.
Amaison, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Concrete
An interesting blend of the traditional and current objects like Tom Dixon lamps and Bisazza mosaics.
Pearls & Caviar, Abu Dhabi, UAE, by Concrete
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Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Servers (M6432)
In this instructor-led course, students will gain the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain Windows Server 2008 Active Directory servers.
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Learn to deploy proven methods to harden the Active Directory servers.
In this instructor-led course, students will gain the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain Windows Server 2008 Active Directory servers. Students will focus on the Active Directory server lifecycle, learning to create baselines, monitor the system health, and maintain security for the Active Directory servers. Students will also learn to manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory service roles.
This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product
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- Plan an Active Directory server deployment
- Strategies for developing, monitoring, and reviewing baselines
- Create baselines for different Active Directory roles with the appropriate metrics using the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor (WRPM)
- Determine the health of Active Directory servers using performance monitoring and event log triggers
- Configure effective alerts and responses as well as evaluate alternative recommendations for AD DS servers to meet a business goal
- Perform AD DS maintenance and administrative tasks
- Deploy the proven methods to harden the Active Directory servers
- Deploy an Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) server role
- Operate an AD LDS server role
- Server Administrators familiar with Windows Server 2008 who are responsible for management and maintenance of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory servers
- Server Administrators responsible for network application servers
- Enterprise Administrators who want to understand the operational requirements of Windows Server 2008
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1. Managing an Active Directory Server Lifecycle
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- Using Active Directory Server Deployment Technologies
- Adding AD DS Server Roles
- Removing AD DS Server Roles
- Baseline Methodologies for Active Directory Servers
- WRPM Overview
- Using Metrics to Create Baselines for Active Directory Servers
- System Health Overview
- Using Long-Term Monitoring to Identify Trends
- Setting Thresholds and Alerts for Short-Term Monitoring
- Choosing the Appropriate Windows Server 2008 Monitoring Tools
- Restarting and Restoring Active Directory
- Overview of the Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Roles
- Planning Sites and Replication
- Managing RODCs
- Methods of Managing Windows Server Core
- Best Practices for GPOs and Links
- Delegating Active Directory Administration
- Server Hardening Techniques
- Using the MBSA to Discover and Remove Security Holes
- Using Fine-Grained Password Policies to Simplify Network Organization
- Planning Security Auditing
- Enhancing Physical Security
- Using Windows Server 2008 Tools for AD CS
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- Evaluating the Need for AD DS Promotion
- Meeting the Need by Adding a Role
- Managing a Change Request for an RODC by Using the Command Line
- Developing a Management and Maintenance Plan
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- Involving Users in Baseline Development
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- Discussing Alert Response Strategies
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White Sox endure long night in loss
White Sox endure long night in loss
It slowed down the high-powered offense exhibited by the host squad.
By the time the third rain delay arrived, the game didn't look worth resuming, with the White Sox already trailing by eight runs. But given the chance to keep playing, even with a fourth stoppage taking the total to two hours and 27 minutes of rain-induced delays, the White Sox certainly tried to make the most of their opportunity.
Although they didn't come all the way back, the White Sox put a serious scare into the Rangers before falling, 9-6. The South Siders scored four in the sixth on A.J. Pierzynski's seventh career grand slam, coming off of reliever Luis Mendoza, tying him with Jorge Posada for most among active catchers.
But too much damage already had been done against Contreras. The right-hander was lit up for seven runs on seven hits, striking out three and walking two, leaving manager Ozzie Guillen once again questioning Contreras' future in the starting rotation.
"To be honest with you, we try to figure out everything we could," Guillen said of Contreras, who was removed after throwing 37 of his 63 pitches for strikes. "I don't get it. You can be throwing great and all of a sudden you lose everything.
"I don't want to give up on him. It's not my style. But I would like to know what's going through his mind. I'm going crazy about it."
Guillen pointed out that a lack of stuff is not the problem for Contreras. In fact, Guillen added that he's seen pitchers with less stuff win more frequently than Contreras.
Contreras, speaking through interpreter Ozzie Guillen Jr., mentioned that he doesn't feel any pain whatsoever. The fact that he feels so good and his stuff seems so crisp, especially coming out of the bullpen for Saturday's effort, makes his lack of success far more frustrating.
"That really is the most frustrating part," said Contreras, who has not won since June 27, 2008, against the Cubs, covering nine straight starts. He has a 1-7 record in his past eight decisions. "I feel as strong as I have in a couple of years. One hit, two hits come, and the next thing you know, the team is down. For some reason, I can't find a way out of it."
"Jose is such a great guy and he works so hard," Pierzynski said. "You just want him to succeed. We are all frustrated like him because we all want him to do well. We need him to do well."
Saturday's game changed direction in the third inning, with the White Sox clinging to a 1-0 lead, when Hank Blalock took Contreras deep on a 2-1 pitch with runners on second and third and two outs. Contreras struck out Michael Young to get the important second out of the frame, but Blalock broke a 0-for-8 career drought against Contreras with a 423-foot home run, his seventh.
Texas (11-12) scored six in the fourth off Contreras (0-4) and reliever Clayton Richard, courtesy of five doubles. The outburst made a winner of Brandon McCarthy (3-0), who was facing his original team for the first time in his career. He gave up one run on three hits over five innings.
When McCarthy departed after rain delay No. 3, the White Sox began to work their way into contention. They followed Pierzynski's grand slam with a run in the seventh on Jim Thome's 400th career double, but runners were stranded at second and third when Brent Lillibridge struck out against Darren O'Day.
Lillibridge replaced Jermaine Dye, who left the game in the sixth after being hit in the left hand by a Mendoza pitch. X-rays were negative on Dye, and he is listed as day-to-day.
Frank Francisco (seventh save) pitched a perfect ninth to match a club record with his 11th straight scoreless appearance to start the season and snap a two-game winning streak for the White Sox (12-11).
By the time this game came to a close, a little more than five hours after it began, the White Sox seemed ready to move on to Sunday's series finale with John Danks on the mound.
"Usually, you get one here and there but not a couple like that," Pierzynski said of the four rain delays. "It was just a long day. You get here early to prepare for the game, and then you look up and it's 12:15 [a.m.] and you are in the ninth inning. It was one of those games. We got so far behind early, and that's what made it worse."
"Two things were good about this game. [Lance] Broadway and [D.J.] Carrasco threw the ball good, and we never quit," Guillen said. "Otherwise, it was an ugly game. Early in the game, the weather was better than our pitching. We came up short, but we fought back."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For my learn and memory class we have to write a paper on operant conditioning: applying animal research to human behavior. The objectives of the paper are to discuss how processes discovered with rats, pigeons and other animals can be applied to human behavior. Such process include reinforcement, punishment, stimulus discrimination, schedules of reinforcement and secondary reinforcers. The general approach of the paper is to define and give examples of the concepts (other specific concepts) and apply one or two concepts to 2 published operant conditioning experiments with human participants.
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Changes to the ordinance protecting "vulnerable road users" – more commonly known as bicyclists – will go to the Dallas City Council just as our Robert Wilonsky laid it out over the weekend.
At a joint meeting this morning, the Public Safety and Quality of Life & Government Services committees unanimously recommended that these protections be passed along to the full City Council for approval Wednesday. And that seems likely since eight of the 14 members of the council – not including the mayor – were on those two committees that endorsed it.
The changes would allow drivers to be fined up to $300 for endangering bicyclists, and that maximum could increase to $500 if the rider were injured. Ultimately, the actual amount of the fine would be up to a judge.
The violations would apply not just to accidents, but to any act, such as throwing an object out of a car window. And someone could be fined if that was intentionally aimed at a cyclist or if it was just tossed out recklessly.
Assistant Police Chief Tom Lawrence said the department supports the proposal since it would clarify the rules of the road.
"It'll make it a little bit easier for them [officers] to understand what they can or can't do out there enforcing these issues with bicyclists-motorists encounters," Lawrence said.
The recommended changes would also make the rules apply to bicyclists as well as drivers.
This could be particularly critical as the city encourages bicycling as an alternative form of transportation and tries to figure how they can coexist with cars. Mayor Mike Rawlings – trying to make Dallas more bike friendly – placed an ordinance with some of these protections on the City Council agenda in October. But council members sent it back to these committees for further review.
Today, there were a number of questions and opinions about the issue of dedicated bike lanes versus shared lane, but that wasn't taken up. The City Council will be briefed on that separate on Feb. 6.
Also, any requirement for motorists to keep a certain distance from the bicyclists was tossed out as too difficult to enforce, Lawrence said.
"I appreciate your point about the distance issue, but understand there is a difference of opinion there," said Angela Hunt, chairwoman of the Quality of Life & Government Services committee. "But I do think it's absolutely critical as we become a bicycling city that we take this ambitious step to ensure that we have greater safety and respect for our cyclists on the road."
Council member Dwaine Caraway asked for a large marketing effort to inform the public about the rules, particularly in parts of the city with relatively few cyclists. Caraway singled out Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which has the city's first shared bike lane.
"They [cyclists] are protected by the rules," Caraway said. "But the people are not fully knowledgeable about what those rules may mean in those less traveled areas."
Lawrence said there are plans for an educational campaign, and the police intend to have a 30-day grace period before enforcement starts.


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More on amphibians as a bellwether:
Advocates for action on climate change in Puerto Rico have a mascot: the coquí, a tiny tree frog.
Named for its high-pitched calls, a familiar evening serenade, the coquí is the generic name for some 14 species of frog, some only half an inch long, that long inhabited the island archipelago. Three of the species have gone extinct since the 1970s because of a warming climate and habitat loss in the densely populated territory; scientists fear that the remaining 14 will also disappear unless the authorities take quick action to preserve more land and to slow rising temperatures.
Yet, as Rachel Nuwer reported here on Wednesday, the principal threat to frogs like the coquís is the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an organism that causes fatal skin infections in the frogs and that becomes more prevalent as temperatures rise.
"Climate change is making things better for the fungus and worse for amphibians," said Rafael Joglar, a professor of biology at the University of Puerto Rico and an expert on coquis and other amphibians. "The fungus infects the skin of the frogs and will eventually kill them."
Loss of the coquís would be unsettling for Puerto Rico, where the frogs' image can be found on everything from T-shirts to key rings to rock engravings. Because the frogs feed on mosquitoes, the decline of the tiny amphibians will mean that humans will be more exposed to mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue fever, Dr. Joglar said.
On Thursday, scientists led by El Puente, a community action group in Brooklyn, will issue a report calling on the federal government and the governor of Puerto Rico to combat climate change and to quadruple the amount of land shielded from development on the island to around 32 percent.
In a statement accompanying the report, Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of the Archdiocese of San Juan echoes the…


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The humanoid was unveiled at a media event in Tokyo, and can perform a range of tasks ranging from customer service to helping out around the home.
It uses an "emotional engine" - powered by a cloud-based artificial intelligence system – to analyse expressions, voice tones and gestures.
Developer SoftBank said Pepper can "make jokes, dance and amuse people thanks to a wide variety of entertainment capabilities".
Company president Masayoshi Son said: "People describe others as being robots because they have no emotions, no heart.
"For the first time in human history, we're giving a robot a heart, emotions."
It will go on general sale from February next year, costing 198,000 yen (£1,152), and is designed for personal use.
From today prototypes of Pepper will be deployed at two of the Softbank's stores in Tokyo.
The robots were developed by French robotics company Aldebaran, in which SoftBank took a stake in 2012.
Japan's overall robotics market was worth about 860bn yen (£5bn) in 2012 and is forecast to more than triple in value by 2020.


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I have a wolf one right now aswell!
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Full version of my avy is also my wallpaper
Been playing a lot of Fallout recently, can't wait until my Razer Black Widow Ultimate 2013 comes so I can stop playing on this laptop keyboard :P
time for a change :D
no more landscapes, i've gone tribal :snicker
Where do you get all these funky themes from?
I scanned the inside sleeve of the Music for the jilted generation album because I always liked this image.
Its 5MB so will not embed it.
I'm gonna give rainmeter a shot
this is my current wallpaper
Pretty old but i felt like it =p
This is my favourite wallpaper. Just switch back to it. Experimenting with rainmeter aswell
I stuck with this one, somehow , can't change this...;)
Science, bitch
Found some Spock wallpapers for the logical people out there.
THE best Doctor Who wallpaper out there. period
Well, more specifically my desktop.
Taking a cue from Shockwave and just doing a screenshot of the desktop.
Here is a link to the original picture. Warning, dimensions are 4352×2445.
My wallpaper right now. It's a pain in the ass finding nice wallpapers for 3 monitors, so I often just choose 3 papers with the same theme and then make them 1 piece myself :P
clicky here!
I got my computer on a rotation so it changes wallpapers every 30 minutes, but here are my favorite two
I'd recommend hosting them (like on imgur) because the native uploader on PSU kinda sucks. :p
Here are my current wallpapers. I have them change every 20 minutes.
They're very easy on the eyes and I like the soft elegance.
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Padres to wear throwbacks on Thursdays
Padres to wear throwbacks on Thursdays
For six midday tilts, the Padres will sport the brown and mustard uniforms of 1970s or '80s vintage, according to a report by The Associated Press citing team president Tom Garfinkel as a source.
Fans will have the opportunity to vote for one of the three throwback uniforms on padres.com: the white jersey/white pants combo or brown jersey/white pants combo Gaylord Perry wore during his 1978 Cy Young season or the white jersey/white pants combo Tony Gwynn and Co. sported in 1984 on their way to claiming the first National League pennant in franchise history.
The Thursday afternoon games will also feature organ music and reduced rates for parking and concessions.
The Blue Jays and Brewers are among other big league clubs who have worn throwback uniforms regularly in recent years, and the Mets have unveiled a retro jersey for the 2010 season.
Ed Eagle is a reporter and producer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Big Texas in Spring welcomes
Stoney LaRue
John David Kent
Big Texas - Spring
19959 Holzwarth Rd.
Spring, TX, 77388
Doors 6:00 PM / Show 10:00 PM (event ends at 2:00 AM)
This event is 18 and over
At 3 years old, Stoney LaRue could be found belting out "Swinging" by John Anderson on his Mr. Microphone radio. The son of a struggling bass player and a nurse, LaRue understood the allure of music at an early age, and recorded his first works at age twelve. He earned accolades through school for his unmatched vocal abilities and promising instrumental talents. Many subscribe Stoney LaRue to the category of artists that are simply natural born performers, just don't try to limit him by category.
From Willie Nelson to Ray Charles, to The Grateful Dead and Kris Kristofferson, LaRue's emerging style impressively blends varied elements of country, blues, and soulful rock into cohesive, vocal driven performances. His abilities earned the immediate respect of then "up and coming" peers including Cody Canada, Mike McClure, Jason Boland, and other cohorts of the revitalizing Texas and Red Dirt circuits (now electrifying audiences nationwide.)
Fans anxiously awaited the August 2005 release of Stoney LaRue-the Red Dirt Album, which hit the Billboard sales charts in its debut week. A far cry from the mixing trailer on the cliff, The Red Dirt Album was recorded with a tight circle of players and professionals in a studio setting. The record was a pinnacle effort for LaRue and has inarguably established his triple threat status as a truly gifted vocalist, player, and performer.
In 2006, Stoney released an addition to the famed Live at Billy Bob's series. His live single, "Oklahoma Breakdown" topped the Texas charts for over four weeks and has ignited Stoney's powerful support as an artist not to be missed. Armed with golden ear musicianship, an amusing wit, and soulful magnetism, LaRue's shows are infused with an uplifting quality, a cathartic barroom brand of spirituality, where venues are complimented for good bar "feng shui," and where time and dimension can be traversed via emotive lyrics and melodic riffs. A charismatic performer, LaRue's flawless vocals can draw a crowd to a open mouth level of sonic mesmerization, and next have them singing "Forever Young" so loudly that you can't hear anything else.
Walking into John David Kent's studio in Celeste, TX you see the walls covered with memorabilia from over fifteen years in the music business. A career that started for Kent at the age of sixteen with a record deal from Mercury Records. Kent was signed as the drummer for the buzz band Radish. Kent spent the next few years promoting the album, Restraining Bolt, on late night TV shows and world tours.
By eighteen, Kent took what he learned and built a studio and started writing his own songs. After he put his time in as a touring drummer for The Lemonheads, and former Radish singer, Ben Kweller, he started his own record label, Blackland/Roustabout Records.
JDK started his latest musical journey in 2009 with a five song EP. One of the songs, "My Girl" became a local radio hit and its video went into rotation on CMT, after it was picked as video of the week. Kent had a new career on his hands. With the momentum from the EP he went into the studio to record his debut album.
Kent's debut album, released in May 2011, is simply titled John David Kent. Kent's album takes you on a musical journey from Texas to the West Coast, only stopping to reflect on how far he's come. With the album he was able to satisfy himself artistically while still appealing to the masses.
While making music has always been a family tradition for the Kent's, JDK has passed the torch to younger brother, Tony Kent, who sees the show every night from the best seat in the house; from behind the drum kit. To complete his live show Kent enlisted, Colton Gilbreath on lead guitar, and Randall Fuller on bass. John David Kent has quickly become one of the hottest new artists in the Texas music scene and is currently on his third consecutive top twenty single on the Texas charts. His live shows are a must see. Each night he leaves everything on stage and makes the audience believe in him and his songs. Texas legend, Ray Wylie Hubbard, best sums up JDK by saying, "This kid, John David Kent, writes lyrics like they were shot out of a Smith & Wesson, has a band cool as Steve McQueen on a motorcycle, and soul where it's supposed to be."
$12.50 - $18.00
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Upcoming Events
Big Texas - Spring
Fri, November 24
Stoney LaRue
Fri, December 1
Scooter Brown Band
Fri, December 29
Sam Riggs
Fri, January 5
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text: I finally got some time to answer Simon's posting: Simon P-J: >| Between google searching and looking through the activity >| report, I take it that no one has really developed serious >| libraries for matrix manipulations, diff eqs, etc. >| >| Are there any practical reasons for this or is it just a >| matter of the haskell community being small and there not >| being many people interested in something so specialized? > >The latter I think, but it's just the sort of thing that a functional >language should be good at. Two other difficulties > >(a) It's hard to compete with existing libraries. The obvious thing is >not to compete; instead, just call them. But somehow that doesn't seem >to be as motivating. Perhaps some bindings exist though? Hard to compete, yes. But on the other hand, the rewards can be high. Numerical library code (especially matrix libraries) tends to be highly optimized for the hardware architecture at hand. As a consequence a small change in, say, the cache architecture, might require a thorough rewrite of the library code to regain high utilisation of the hardware. This is since languages like Fortran and C force you to code so close to the hardware. A high-level language, with good optimizing compilation, would make also library code more portable across hardware architectures. N.b. these optimizations are non-trivial to say the least. >(b) A concern about efficiency, because numerical computation is >typically an area where people really care about how many instructions >you take. It's a legitimate concern, but I don't think that it'll turn >out to be justified. With unboxed arrays, and/or calling external >libraries for the inner loops -- and the potential for aggressive fusion >and/or parallelism, there is plenty of upward potential. I also want to >work on nested data parallelism (a la NESL, and NEPAL) which fits right >in here. The number of instructions is only one side of the coin. For high-performance computing, memory issues are at least as important: both the amount of memory used (e.g., will the computation fit into memory at all), and how the memory hierarchy is utilized (caches, TLB:s, virtual memory, ...). This is a really sweet spot of functional languages, and laziness adds to it. On the other hand, the increased abstraction of functional languages gives an optimizing compiler larger freedom to reorder computations and choose memory layouts of data structures like matrices. This is potentially very useful, since optimizing for memory hierarchy utilization typically involves both data layout and order of memory accesses. However, to achieve a good result, the compiler must be able to predict a great deal of the computing and the memory usage. For instance, dynamic memory handling of numeric data structures will surely kill any serious attempt to predict the cache behavior. To achieve good optimizing compilation, we need either very good program analyses, or a library of recursion patterns or templates for which the compiler knows how to allocate memory statically and order the computations well, or possibly both. Some encouraging examples: Sven-Bodo Scholz has achieved very good performance for the restricted functional matrix language SAC, using optimizations for cache. My former student Peter Drakenberg invented a restricted functional matrix language, with analyses to infer matrix sizes statically, and sharing analysis, to find opportunities to allocate memory statically and update in-place. He also got some good experimental figures. This leads me to believe that compilers in more general languages could do something similar, by recognizing certain patterns or through advanced program analyses. However, both these languages are strict, and I am not sure at all how to do this in a lazy language. In any case, this is nontrivial compiler work and considerable research efforts would be needed. Unfortunately, I don't see how to fund such research, since the high-performance computing community largely seems to have given up on functional languages since the demise of the data-flow languages. >I'd love to see a little community of matrix manipulators spinning up. Yes. There might me a niche for high-level numerical coding, somehwere where MATLAB is today. MATLAB isn't exactly blazingly fast, still very widespread. On the other hand, MATLAB is already in that niche. The question to answer is what advantages a functional language like Haskell could offer in this niche. We need to come up with these answers, and then convince enough people outside our own community. Björn Lisper


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Goalless draws can sometimes be nail-biting thrillers, packed with incident, intrigue, drama and end-to-end action. They can have you perched on the edge of your seat, not wanting to look but compelled to peer from behind your quivering hands as a spine-tingling spectacle unfolds before you. You sit, open-mouthed, at the final whistle, drained of emotion, stunned into silence and blinking into the glare of the floodlights wondering how the contest you'd just witnessed ended in dead-lock.
Wednesday's game wasn't like that.
In fairness, we were spoilt by last Sunday's whizz-bang of a 3-0 win over Houston Dynamo – the equivalent of sipping champagne on a sun-drenched beach in the Maldives. The 4-1 home win over Montreal Impact was pretty exciting too. In contrast, the 0-0 midweek draw against Chicago Fire was like guzzling a can of flat soda in a traffic jam – little fizz and not much to look at.
I'm being facetious, of course, because not every game can be stacked with goals and not every match can be memorable. The effort was there. The end product was not.
So let's take the positives. A seventh clean sheet of the season which, from 14 games, is very impressive. And with the tie, the Rapids' unbeaten run stretched to three games, with just one goal conceded in that spell. Seven points from a possible nine, a solid base with which to take to FC Dallas on Saturday, for what will be the team's last MLS match for three weeks (returning with a home match against Vancouver Whitecaps on June 28).
There were crucial minutes for rookies John Berner, Jared Watts and Marlon Hairston. There was also a debut for John Neeskens, and more playing time for Charles Eloundou.
But the stats tell the tale. Over 90-plus minutes, the Rapids managed two shots on target … which was two more than the Fire. That said, the visitors, had the best chance of the night when Juan Luis Anangonó headed narrowly wide following a hopeful hoof upfield from Jhon Kennedy Hurtado in the latter stages.
A Chicago colleague warned me before kick-off that, with the lineup put out by Frank Yallop, he couldn't see where a goal was going to come from. He was right. Defensively, the Rapids were not overly stretched. It was in the midfield where the battle was being fought. Chicago Fire have now drawn eight of their 13 games – more than any side in the league. And they'll be pleased with prizing a point away from Commerce City and avoiding the same fate which befell fellow-Eastern Conference teams, Montreal Impact and Houston Dynamo.
Yet, for all the stifling soccer employed by the lukewarm Fire, the Rapids struggled to shake off the shackles. Yes, there were many personnel changes, but where was the spark, the creativity, the understanding, the chemistry, the imagination and the speed of movement (both running off-the-ball and passing)? All were pretty much in evidence against the Dynamo. There was a dynamism to that display, not apparent 73 hours later against Chicago.
And, yes, I noted the succession of corner kicks, one of which produced a header wide of the mark from Drew Moor, but they were rare rays of sunshine on an otherwise gloomy night, literally and metaphorically.
I wholeheartedly accept that you cannot win every game, although that is your intention. I also acknowledge that squad rotation is a necessary evil to keep rested folk fresh, incoming starters sharp and maintain a happy locker room. The season is a minimum of 34 games, and it's impossible to expect the same 11 guys to see you through from March to October. There will have to be tinkering, for the reasons already given, but head coach Pablo Mastroeni admitted that the team lacked quality where it mattered.
"I don't think we were as clinical as we wanted to be in that final third," Mastroeni said afterwards. "And I think that in games like this, it's got to be real sharp, it's got to be done with a bit more urgency in that final pass, that final shot."
The tempo increased with the introduction of Deshorn Brown. His mere presence seemed to inject that urgency to the Rapids, while also instilling a fear in the Fire. But, by then, the game had also found its rhythm, from which it's often tough to alter. Game-changers rarely work in isolation, but need support. There were flickers of opportunity. A tidier touch here, or better finishing there, could've made all the difference.
Chicago – like others before them – came with the intention not to concede. They played their part in the performance. It takes two to tango. Thank goodness we don't have to trip the light fantastic with those guys again this season.


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Video Capsule Enteroscopy Shows Promise in Diagnosing Celiac Disease
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Celiac.com 10/30/2007 - A recent study published in the August issue of American Journal of Gastroenterology suggest that villous atrophy in suspected cases of celiac disease can be reliably detected by video capsule enteroscopy (VCE).
Reliable diagnosis presently demands the identification of tell-tale lesions in the mucosa of the small bowel. Accomplishing such identification requires an endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract, and multiple duodenal biopsies.
A team of Italian researchers evaluated the effectiveness of Video Capsule Enteroscopy against the standard endoscopy of the upper GI with biopsies of the second portion of the duodenum in patients suspected of having celiac disease. The research team included Emanuele Rondonotti, M.D.; Cristiano Spada, M.D.; David Cave, M.D.; Marco Pennazio, M.D.; Maria E. Riccioni, M.D.; Italo De Vitis, M.D.; David Schneider, M.D.; Tatiana Sprujevnik, M.D.; Federica Villa, M.D.; Jennifer Langelier, M.D.; Arrigo Arrigoni, M.D.; Guido Costamagna, M.D.; Roberto de Franchis, M.D.
The research team tested a total of 43 patients. In 41 patients, VCE reached the ileocecal valve during the reading time. 32 patients were found to exhibit diagnostic histology. Of those, 28 were diagnosed with celiac disease using capsule enteroscopy, for a total sensitivity of 87.5%.
Overall, for diagnosing celiac disease, VCE was shown to be 90.9% specific, 96.5% predictive, 71.4% negative predictive, with positive and negative likelihood ratios of 9.6% and 0.14% respectively. Four patients showed normal VCE findings, but were still diagnosed with celiac disease. Of these patients, three had Marsh grade III lesions, and one had Marsh grade I lesions.
The ability of VCE to offer high-quality images of small bowel mucosa including high-resolution of the individual villi led the team to conclude the VCE may offer an effective alternative to duodenal biopsy among some patients.
As VCE is also far less invasive than the endoscopy/biopsy approach, it may also generate greater patient acceptance. Also, unlike conventional endoscopy/biopsy, VCE offers exploration of the entire small intestine, and may lead to the discovery of damaged villi beyond those areas accessible via endoscopy.
Because of the small number of the test subjects, the results, though encouraging, invite a larger and more comprehensive study before VCE becomes an acceptable alternative to conventional endoscopy/biopsy method for diagnosing celiac disease.
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Pat AlfordRating: ( Author)
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Appreciate you updating the celiac community with latest findings, but significant error in this summary -- the sensitivity of VCE in this study is 87.5%, not 28%. That is, the VCE technique picked up 28 of 32 histology-proven celiacs.
This correction was added--Scott Adams.
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Barbara BonavogliaRating: ( Author)
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01 Nov 2007 6:53:03 AM PST
Very encouraging to know there might me a less invasive test for celiac disease. Many are fearful when they hear tge word 'biopsy.' I question whether this could ever replace a colonoscopy as well!
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BelindaRating: ( Author)
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01 Nov 2007 7:30:05 AM PST
Great article! Just wish they would of had this when they tried to diagnose me and my husband. We both have symptoms and both tested negative but have a son with celiac sprue--and we both have dermatitis herpetaformis--explain that one !
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01 Nov 2007 11:05:14 AM PST
That is very good. Now on the practical side, who is practicing VCE in the U.S.? Are health insurance companies willing to re-reimburse for it, and since I guess a lot won't, how much does it cost for the patient?
There are many more effective, less invasive methods of health screening available in Europe, and this since many years. However, since the U.S. health care system is based in profit first, we never have access to it.
Thank you for giving practical information that everybody could use.
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shirley gullaRating: ( Author)
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01 Nov 2007 3:07:28 PM PST
I was diagnosed with celiac disease in August of 2006. My Doctor did the upper endoscopy and also the capsule endoscopy. Given a choice I would have preferred only the capsule endoscopy rather than be put out for the regular endoscopy.
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Evelyn SchindlerRating: ( Author)
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02 Nov 2007 5:19:25 PM PST
I completely agree with this article.
My celiac disease was diagnosed this way nearly 2 years ago.
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Barbara CootsRating: ( Author)
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05 Nov 2007 5:29:53 PM PST
Does it pick up damage like scar tissue? I've not had the endoscopy the Dr. said that this was not necessary because the colonoscopy was negative Thanks
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SueRating: ( Author)
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07 Nov 2007 7:09:40 AM PST
Any non-invasive procedure is the way to go, however, like comment #4, you won't see it being done in the US. When I was diagnosed it took me 3 months to get in to see a GI doctor. My physician told me to stop eating gluten (I was so sick that my body was shutting down). I listened to my physician and felt better by the time I went to see the GI doctor. He wanted to do all sorts of tests, most I didn't allow because I was already gluten free. I changed doctors because it was obvious he was only interested in the profit. Until that changes in the US it won't matter what new tests they come up with, the doctors and the insurance companies will only do what profits them best!
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Maryann SivertsonRating: ( Author)
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07 Nov 2007 9:11:55 PM PST
I was diagnosed in '99 via colonoscopy. I would not like to have had to do the endoscopy. I try my best to stay gluten free but find I am unable to do so completely. I thank gluten free website for all the help I have found there.
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tina ellisRating: ( Author)
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10 Nov 2007 11:18:15 AM PST
I love this article. My Doctor had recommended this procedure for me. The problem lies with the insurance company. My insurance denied this procedure, which to me meant no procedures to do the night before and less cost compared to an endoscopy, colonoscopy, outpatient room, etc., the cost and time seemed less, the pros of this procedure are excellent. The cons to the other procedures speak for themselves. I would have gone through the capsule endoscopy over the endoscopy, and colonoscopy any day. But the insurance claims that it is not FDA approved. I tried fighting the issue with them and of course they won. The insurance company spent hundreds of thousand dollars more than the capsule endoscopy, go figure, these insurance companies need to wake up. I have to have the endoscopy and colonoscopy done every year, It makes me unhappy to know that the capsule endoscopy would be so much better for me to have than the others. Time and the thought of the night before the colonoscopy just drains me and I feel so miserable afterwards. so please, please tell me why insurance companies have the say over this wonderful procedure vs. the old fashion ones. It is less than having many other tests and procedures. I just don't understand them.
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01 Dec 2007 4:25:54 PM PST
With my husband being new to this , I find this article and others very helpful.
Thank you
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The Misguided Man of Dark Knight Steel Justice League Lite Sequel
By jumping right into the whole Dark Knight/Clark Kent pairing, DC once again shows how clueless it is regarding the handling of their heroes.
Over the weekend of 4 April, HBO premiered last Summer's divisive DC tentpole Man of Steel. For those unfamiliar with the property, this was Warner Bros. attempt, with help of Dark Knight maestro Christopher Nolan (in a producer's role) of bringing Superman back to the big screen. After 2006's equally contentious take by Bryan Singer, Superman Returns, many saw limited possibilities for harnessing Krypton's last hope into a Marvel like movie dynasty. Indeed, while that comic label became a billion dollar multinational conglomerate, director Zack Snyder was still trying to map out a strategy that would make our greatest American hero "super" again. Some say he succeeded. Others had serious reservations. Overall, the film was a big enough hit that Warners ordered a sequel and that's when the shitstorm happened.
One day, without warning, a logo appeared online suggesting the direction that the studio was heading in. It was a clever combination of Superman's signature "S"... and another famous facade. The easy to identify bat symbol, clearly marking the return of everyone's favorite Dark Knight, spawned speculation that Warners and DC had decided to go into the long gestating Batman vs. Superman saga, something that has existed at the company for at least a decade. Names like J.J. Abrams, McG, Andrew Kevin Walker (of Se7en fame) and Wolfgang Peterson had been involved in the development, but the suits were never satisfied. This time around, Snyder seems to have found the right approach (though we still don't know what "that" is) and there's been casting carnival that's more sideshow than midway.
It all began with Ben Affleck as the aging Bruce Wayne. Cue Internet uproar. Then Gal Gadot was hired to play a character which turned out to be Wonder Woman. Amplify said web racket with additional sexism and inappropriate body shaming. Then the Messageboard mayhem went nuclear when Jesse Eisenberg was cast as... hold on, let me prepare my office work station... Lex Luthor (**ducks and covers**). Seems like no one is happy with any aspect of this intended title. Even those speculating that every new hiring (Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto being the most recent additions) is somehow connected to a pseudo-Justice League like event seem less than excited.
In fact, it's almost safe to say that DC doesn't know what the Hell to do with its characters. We've seen shabby treatments for Jonah Hex, Constantine, Green Lantern, and Catwoman, just to name a few. In fact, only Marvel's Hulk has had more false starts in the comic book genre universe. Most of that is because The Avengers' home base is controlled by one man with a vision - Kevin Feige. Since taking charge of their properties, the label has become a financial and aesthetic juggernaut, offering twice-yearly examples of their superhero movie expertise. While Singer was still struggling to find the right way to reinvent Kal-El, Marvel was learning from their past mistakes and planning for the future (a recent report says Feige and company have the movie universe mapped out for another 15 years!).
In fact, by jumping right into the whole Dark Knight/Clark Kent pairing, DC once again shows how clueless it is regarding the handling of their heroes. Christopher Nolan just spent the last nine years rejuvenating Batman, using his realistic artistic aims to incredibly fiscal and critical acclaim. Snyder's Superman, however, is akin to the 2005 effort Batman Begins: a good place to start, but far from perfect. For analogy purposes, Batman vs. Superman (or Man of Steel 2, whichever you prefer) has to be as good as The Dark Knight for audiences to have the same reaction. Remember, that movie had two villains (Heath Ledger's Oscar winning Joker, and Aaron Eckhart's equally impressive Harvey Dent/Two-Face) and lots of added characters.
But in the case of something like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which just spent the last few days dominating the box office, Marvel made a far wiser decision. They crafted an origin story for the character first, found a really inventive (read: '70s style spy thriller) to position Part 2, and have now successfully set up things for a showdown come 2016. And who will Steve Rogers and Company be battling at the box office that weekend (unless wiser studio heads decide to move it)? That's right, Batman vs. Superman. Because of the Captain's cinematic strength, and company's marketing genius, as well as the all important return of the Russo Brothers (who surprised everyone with their Winter Soldier efforts), there is genuine fear the now-picked "Unnamed Marvel Movie" will clobber the in desperate need of a home run competition.
DC has real reason to worry. In this critic's humble opinion, they are going about this all wrong. Man of Steel was all about discovery. It was about learning your limits (or lack of them), about defining your personal philosophy (limited casualties) and ignoring them when necessary (i.e. killing General Zod). It's about the assumption of responsibility, the risks of being different, and perhaps above all else, the acceptance that humanity might need some help from outside itself -- not just on Kal-El's part, but the planet itself. So how do you immediately jump into a pairing with Batman, the presence of Lex Luthor, and the addition of Wonder Woman (and god knows how many other heretofore secret superheroes/villains)? It's like watching a baby crawl initially before demanding it run a triathlon. We need to see Superman struggle, challenged, defeated and then re-focused.
Instead, DC and Warners is running right to the spectacle. Marvel made six movies before doing the whole group initiative thing (and they even tried, somewhat successfully, to reconfigure Hulk beforehand). DC has done one (they have made it very clear that Snyder is reinventing Batman for this installment, so don't expect your growling Christian Bale take on the character this time around). Man of Steel was very personal and kind of poetic before it went ballistic and big budget building destroying spectacular. Any other superhero in the Justice League running should have that shot as well. It's called creating a brand, not bashing people over the head. Perhaps they believe they can piggyback on Marvel's many successes, thinking that -- rightfully or wrongfully -- your average moviegoer doesn't care who is or how their superbeings are being served up. Who knows?
Of course, we could be over-thinking this. Most elephantine budgeted Hollywood fare is not fashioned on the fly. Unless the conversation went something like "So, we're a success. What do we do for a sequel?"/ "I don't know? Add Batman?", there must have been a plan. Discussions. At least a bit of preplanning. Man of Steel 2 is a huge risk for DC and Warners. The movie has to be a success or the first film will be seen as a fluke and all future projects will be instantly jeopardized. It was the same fate that faced Iron Man when it was first released. Had it bombed, Marvel's plans would have folded, or maybe reconfigured, but it would have been a major setback. It's just hard to see the explosion of the sequel matching the maturing intimacy of the first film. Maybe it will work. DC better hope it does.


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