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SALT LAKE CITY — Auto repair workers stood in the aisles of a packed room Thursday to tell lawmakers they feared for their jobs and thousands of their employees if the state cuts back on required vehicle safety inspections.
But Utahns, who would undoubtedly like to spend less time and money at auto shop, would be safer with more troopers on the road than with more inspections, countered the sponsor of the bill that would reduce the frequency of the inspections.
"It's a trade-off," said Rep. John Dougall, R-American Fork. "Where do you invest the most resources for safety on our roads?"
If HB298 becomes law, auto safety inspections would be required when cars and light trucks are 4, 8 and 10 years old, then every year thereafter. Current law requires inspections every two years until a vehicle is 8 years old, and then each year after that.
The proposal would allow the Utah Highway Patrol to re-assign six troopers, who administer the inspection program, to patrol duty, Dougall told the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, which passed the bill on a 13-2 vote.
The Utah Department of Public Safety supports the measure, said department director Lance Davenport. The proposal would reduce safety inspections each year from 1.7 million to 1.1 million, he said.
"Equipment failure is not a major cause of crashes," Davenport said. Speeding, impaired driving, improper restraint and other factors cause more accidents and fatalities, he said.
"We need more troopers on the highway," he added. "We've been asking for that for years."
The bill was a compromise to Dougall's original proposal to do away with most state safety inspections altogether. Requirements for emission inspections would not be affected.
Davenport said DPS officials would prefer to keep both inspections as they are now and have more officers on the road. However, given the state's limited resources, the proposal would lead to safer highways, he said.
"It's a compromise that we feel we can support."
Before the standing-room-only audience, representatives of auto dealers and vehicle inspection shops told legislators that the measure would cut into their business and lead to employee lay-offs.
Jiffy Lube franchise owner David Neff estimated that the bill would lead to the loss of 9,000 jobs statewide.
It's a matter of safety, too. A father of 10, Neff said he often awaits his children's safe arrival home most Friday and Saturday nights.
"It's socially irresponsible to put our children in a position where they're less safe," he said, struggling to restrain his emotions.
The proposal would also leave inspection-only shops stuck with unneeded building leases and equipment, said Dan Northrup, representing the Vehicle Emission Testing Association. Business owners need more advance notice to prepare for lost revenue, he told lawmakers.
In response to that concern, the committe voted to set back the bill's effective date one year — July 1, 2013.
Contacted at his neighborhood auto repair shop in Salt Lake City, Bobby Rose said he's opposed to the proposal. From his experience, inspections turn up safety problems about 50 percent of the time, even if it's only a missing light bulb.
A car inspected Thursday at his 3rd Avenue car clinic turned up problems with wiper blades, a marker light assembly and a bad tire, Rose said.
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"Some of these cars we've seen from up in Idaho have never seen a safety inspection, and it would scare you," he said. "If you see one, you need to pull over to the side of the road."
And Bountiful auto shop manager, Steve Eggleston, said inspections often turn up problems drivers aren't aware of — especially bad brakes, worn tires, and loose suspension and steering.
"Most people will come in and say, 'O.K., I want if to know if it's going to last another year,'" Eggleston said. "They rely on (the inspection) to tell them."
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Ab-initio calculations of bound and unbound nuclei in the Berggren basis: The No Core Gamow Shell Model
|Thursday, 26 Sep 2013 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm
|A401 Zaffarano Hall
|Prof. James Vary
|Nuclear Physics
A brief overview of the nuclear many-body problem will be given, followed by a discussion of the No core Gamow shell model (NCGSM) as it applies to study selected well-bound and unbound states of helium isotopes. This method, formulated in the complex energy plane and using a complete Berggren ensemble, is appropriate for a description of bound states, resonances, and the many-body scattering states. For the diagonalization of the very large complex symmetric matrix, we apply numerical algorithms, such as the Lanczos method generalized to complex eigenvalue problems and the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method. The latter is a truncation algorithm and will help us explore properties of heavier systems in the NCGSM. The ab-initio NCGSM calculations start from either bare interaction or various renormalized two-body interactions such as Vlow-k. The single-particle Berggren ensemble consists of bound, resonance and non-resonant continuum states. To test the validity of our approach, we benchmarked the NCGSM results against Faddeev and Faddeev-Yakubovsky exact calculations for 3H and 4He nuclei. We also performed ab-initio NCGSM calculations for the unstable nucleus 5He and determined the ground state energy and decay width. Additionally, we are calculating microscopically overlap integrals and spectroscopic factors and we also apply our machinery to the excited states of 4He. If time permits an alternative method formulated in the complex energy plane, the Complex Scaling method, widely used in Quantum Chemistry for the determination of resonance parameters, will be introduced. Certain advantages of the approach will be discussed.

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Cranberry Eye Makeup For New Years
Get a Gilded Look Just in Time For New Year's Eve
The following post was written by Kayla S. who blogs at Sheer Beauty and is part of POPSUGAR Select Beauty.
Christmas is right around the corner, and with Christmas comes the start of a new year. Here is a makeup look you can try to ring in the new year with.
I first groomed my brows with a brow brush, and then I applied Make Up For Ever Aqua Brow ($20) in number 3 with an angled brush. To clean up around my brows, I line them with MAC Pro Longwear Concealer ($19) with a flat liner brush and blend the product for a seamless finish.
Before applying eye makeup, I used Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden ($20). Using a copper or gold pigment, wet a flat shadow brush with MAC Fix+ ($21) and apply that pigment to your eyelid. I used Gosh Mineral Waterproof Eyeshadow in Copper ($17). Then, with a blending brush, use a dark plum red shadow. I used the darkest shadow in the Maybelline EyeStudio Color Plush Quad Mad For Mauve ($5, originally $10). I applied that shadow to my crease with a Sedona Lace brush, and then blended the shadow using windshield wiper motions.
Once that shadow is blended, use a cranberry shadow and apply that to your crease as well. I used MAC Eye Shadow in Cranberry ($15). Next, use chocolate brown shadow above your crease to blend out the other two shadows even more. Using MAC Eye Shadow in Swiss Chocolate ($15), blend the shadow above the Cranberry shade. Blend Swiss Chocolate up almost to your brow bone, and then use the lightest shade in the Maybelline palette, a shimmery pink, to your brow bone and blend. Next, I used a dark brown and a bronze shadow from the BH Cosmetics 120 Eyeshadow Palette 2nd Edition ($18, originally $50), and I apply those two colors to the outer corners of my eyes and my crease with a blending brush from Makeup Geek. You can also go back and do a little touch-up of the Cranberry and Copper shadows.
Apply gel liner in a winged style. You can make your liner as thin or thick as you like — mine is thick because I also applied false lashes. I used Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner Blackest Black ($10).
Once my eye makeup was done, I applied L.A. Girl HD Concealer in Toffee ($3) using the Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush ($18). I set my concealer with Ben Nye Banana Luxury Powder ($26) and a setting brush. I lightly contoured my face and nose using Love & Beauty By Forever21 Bronzer, and I highlighted my nose, chin and forehead with the Toffee concealer. I just used my ring finger to blend the product into my skin.
Back to the eyes, I curled my lashes using an eyelash curler and applied L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes in Carbon Black ($9) to my upper and lower lashes.
I used my current favorite blush, MAC Blush in Ambering Rose ($21). And for my lips I used two products: BH Cosmetics Crème Luxe Lipstick Moody Merlot ($8) with MAC Lip Glass Strawberry Malt ($15) on top. To finish the look, I applied my favorite pair of lashes, Velour Lashes in Doll Me Up ($30).
And that completes the look! Have a happy and safe New Year!


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text: i have to say that i find the folklore sieve quite acceptable as a sieve, whereas the faster test-against-primes is obviously different. but the discussion has prompted me to write yet another sieve, perhaps more acceptable to purists. instead of using (mod p) repeatedly and filtering directly, we zero out multiples of p, for all p, then filter out non-zero elements in a second phase: primes = 2 : filter (>2) (foldr sieve id primes [0..]) -- start sieve for p at position p*p, zeroing position off=(p-1)*(p-1) sieve p f xs@(off:_) = 0: tail (applyAt (p*p-off) (f . sieve' p) xs) -- zero positions that are multiples of p sieve' p = applyAt p (\(_:b)->sieve' p (0:b)) -- like splitAt, followed by (++), where only suffix is operated on -- infinite lists, non-negative offset applyAt 0 f xs = f xs applyAt n f (x:xs) = x:applyAt (n-1) f xs it seems to be a lot faster than the folklore sieve, and within a factor of 2 of the faster test-against-primes (given the repeated use of applyAt, I guess it could be sped up further by using a piecewise contiguous list representation, aka polymorphic ByteString). claus


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In reversal, new Ashkelon ER will not be moved
Israel's prime minister decided not to relocate the site of a new protected emergency room in southern Israel despite the presence of ancient graves.
Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision Monday, a day after Israel's Cabinet gave him the authority to determine whether or not to relocate Barzilai Medical Center's planned underground emergency room in Ashkelon, which is within range of Gaza's rockets. The graves, which Israel antiquities experts have said are likely pagan, will be dug up and moved, Netanyahu announced.
The Cabinet last month had approved by one vote a plan to relocate the hospital's planned ER to a site farther away because ancient graves were found on the site, and ultra-Orthodox, or haredim, opposed building the ER on an ancient gravesite. The Cabinet vote sparked a public outcry in Israel; the cost of moving the emergency room to the new site would have been an additional $42 million, according to estimates.
As a result of the outcry, Netanyahu appointed a task force to reevaluate the decision.
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, a haredi lawmaker from the United Torah Judaism Party, initiated the ER's site change after the discovery of the bones on the site set aside for the new emergency room. Experts from the Israel Antiquities Authority assured Litzman that the bones are pagan or Christian and may be moved, but Litzman says they are Jewish.


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Ford Motor Co posted lower-than-expected first-quarter profit on Friday as the No. 2 U.S. automaker increased warranty reserves in North America for older vehicles by $400 million.
Net income fell 39 percent to $989 million, or 24 cents a share, from $1.61 billion, or 40 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.
The quarter included $400 million in additional costs for warranty reserves in North America for vehicles from as early as the 2001 model year, and $100 million in costs related to higher freight and other items due to the quarter's harsh winter. It also included previously disclosed costs of $400 million, mostly due to the currency devaluation in Venezuela.
Excluding one-time items for European restructuring, Ford earned 25 cents a share, 6 cents below analysts' estimates in a poll by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, or about the same amount as the warranty reserves.


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Balitmore's Rock And Roll HOF InducteesThis week showing off my vacation pictures from Cleveland Ohio and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's my second visit since 1998. So much has changed about The Hall. Today's featured gallery: "Baltimore's Rock And Roll HOF Inductees". Click the link http://todays1019.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2014/09/05/rock-and-roll-hof-baltimore-inductees/ for a tour. Don't forget to read the descriptions under each picture during the slide show.
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I took Solid for two months. It kind of had a delayed effect. After three days of being off the product I noticed I was looking quite a bit more defined than before I started taking the product. I didn't do any extra cardio or change my diet. I would probably recommend Solid.
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Seems to help with fat loss. Other than that I can't tell much of a benefit.
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Great product! I used this a couple of years ago and stacked it with A-HD. I noticed the hardness in my muscles lasted longer, and was more apparent. The problem, however, is the need to stay on the cycle, or the benefit goes away with time.
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I keep this stack supplied. It has given me a great base.
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I used 1 bottle just by itself.. This is the best product i have ever used for hardening. i am east Indian and we tend to bloat with everything. Low carbs or no carbs still bloating happens.. I used this and tried multiple diets on 4 days basis and it worked on everything. It did the job made up look more dry and hard. my quads and arms specially became more rounded and rock hard.. I would absolutely recommend this product to anyone who wants to look dry or hard..
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Nov 22, 2013
I have bought this supplement but have not started with it jet. I thought to read some reviews for some advice on taking/stacking it. But i noticed that Oct 16, 2012 popped up on reviews for about 4 pages. Thats more then half of the 202 reviews on this product, that is written/posted on that day... What makes it extra suspicious is that every review on that day is about how awsomme the product is... I wished i saw that before i bought this.... A month of trying it have gone by, and i must say it does do something but not even close to what they try to sell you... you cant really point your finger and say 'thats it'! :-). so not bad but probably wont buy again...
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amazing product stacked this with A-HD and felt the results within the second day. this is my second week and I am more defined more vascular leaner and my muscles feel.harder also experienced an increase in strength these two are probably the best supplements I've ever tried.
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I take this product once a day every morning my muscles feel more full and just stronger. On days I forget I can feel the difference when I workout in the pump I get as well.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Turkish warplanes continued to strike separatist Kurdish rebel targets inside northern Iraq Saturday, military officials said.
Fighter jets bombed 31 targets in the Hakurk region and "successfully completed the operation safely returned to their bases," the sixth time in seven days Turkey has attacked positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, officials told CNN.
The airstrikes have come in response to last week's attack by PKK rebels inside Turkey that killed at least 15 Turkish soldiers. The PKK, labeled by both Turkey and Iraq as a terrorist organization, is continuing to operate in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq bordering Turkey and Iran, officials say.


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Development of Emergency Department Quality Indicators (QI) (Text Version)
On September 14, 2009, Kathryn M. McDonald made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (1.36 MB).
Slide 1
Development of Emergency Department Quality Indicators (QI)
Kathryn M. McDonald
Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University
September 14, 2009
Slide 2
- Development of AHRQ QI Using ED Data
- Patient Safety Indicators (PSI)
- Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI)
- AHRQ QI Development Methodology
- Adapting the AHRQ QI to the ED
- Potential QI ED Indicators
- Patient Safety Events
- Avoidable ED visits
- Data Issues
- Summary
Slide 3
Development of AHRQ ED QI
- Purpose of this New Task
- Develop a set of quality indicators that is applicable to the emergency department setting
- Incorporate set into the publicly available AHRQ QI software
- Implement the established AHRQ QI measurement development process
- Adapt existing AHRQ QI to ED setting
- Conduct a review of new candidate indicators
Slide 4
Existing AHRQ QIs: Patient Safety Indicators (PSI)
- Death in low mortality DRGs
- Decubitus ulcer
- Failure to rescue
- Foreign body left during procedure *
- Iatrogenic pneumothorax *
- Selected infections due to medical care *
- Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma
- Postoperative hip fracture
- Postoperative physiological and metabolic derangement
- Postoperative PE or DVT
The indicators marked with * are also provided as area level indicators.
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Patient Safety Indicators (cont.)
- Postoperative respiratory failure
- Postoperative sepsis
- Postoperative wound dehiscence *
- Technical difficulty with procedure *
- Transfusion reaction *
- Birth trauma - injury to neonate
- OB trauma - vaginal delivery with instrument (w/ and w/o 3rd degree lacerations)
- OB trauma - vaginal delivery without instrument (w/ and w/o 3rd degree lacerations)
The indicators marked with * are also provided as area level indicators.
Slide 6
Existing AHRQ QIs: Prevention Quality Indicators
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Dehydration
- Urinary tract infection
- Perforated appendix
- Low birth weight
- Angina without procedure
- Congestive heart failure
- Hypertension
- Adult asthma
- Diabetes cx - short term
- Diabetes cx - long term
- Uncontrolled diabetes
- Lower extremity amputation
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Measure Development and Validation Process
An flow chart showing Literature, Actual Use, Concept pointing to Candidate Indicators, which is pointing to Evaluation, which is pointing to Selection. Selection then points back to Literature, Actual Use, Concept.
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Starting Point #1: Adapting the AHRQ QI
- Developing emergency department PSI shall involve several challenges. Conceptually patient safety issues may manifest themselves at different points in time and in different settings:
- Within the ER visit, or
- In an admission to the same hospital (promising area of focus) or
- Outside of the ER of interest or the same hospital (e.g, home, another ER, another hospital)
- Development effort might consider the relationship between the PQIs and potential PSIs in the ED context
- For example, a patient that presents at the emergency department with a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and then gets admitted as an inpatient. This patient will flag as a PQI at the ED level and at the inpatient admission level.
- However, another patient that presents with a UTI and then is sent home, but returns the following day and needs to be admitted might be considered a patient safety problem.
- Our development effort will consider these issues and relationships to develop indicators of two types - potentially preventable ED visits, and potentially preventable patient safety events.
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Starting Point #2: Conceptualizing Quality Issues
- What types of adverse events might occur during an ED admission/encounter?
- Conditions worsens while waiting (related to ED crowding)
- Occult GI bleeds, sepsis, hypoglycemia, atypical heart attacks
- Cardiac arrest in waiting room, death of asthma patient
- Air embolism from IV lines
- Medication error
- Wrong medication to wrong patient (e.g., with too many patients in one treatment room)
- Incorrect dose (e.g. patient not weighed, transcription errors)
- Medication give when patient has known allergy
- Drug interaction reaction (e.g., coumadin with certain common antibiotics)
- Inadequate monitoring (e.g., hypoglycemia after insulin, resp distress with narcotics)
- Hemolytic reaction due to administration of incompatible blood or blood products
- Falls
- From Stretcher, Bed, Bathroom, Wet floor
- Conditions worsens while waiting (related to ED crowding)
Slide 10
Patient Safety Events
- What types of adverse events might occur during an ED admission/encounter or soon after?
- Alarm malfunctions
- Not audible to or not seen by nurses
- IV Pump issues
- Back up battery failures stops meds, unintentional change of settings, inadequate monitoring
- Patient specimen errors
- Patients not fully registered or identified when specimen leaves ED, leading to lags in results communications, or assigning results to wrong patient
- Infection control failures
- Incorrect diagnosis & "bounce back"
- Patient returns to ED for abdominal pain (missed AAA)
- X rays interpreted as negative, fracture dx on later read or when patient returns
- Death in a psychiatric patient admitted to psych ward within 72 hours of ED visit (missed organic causes)
- Missed injuries (Traumatic brain injury)
- Alarm malfunctions
Slide 11
Potentially Avoidable Visits
- What ED encounters are potentially preventable by high quality outpatient care?
- Diabetic Complications
- Hyperglycemia
- Infections
- Asthma
- Acute respiratory event
- Bronchitis
- Hypertension
- Hypertensive urgency
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Colds, Flu & Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
- Poor hand hygiene
- Lack of primary care
- Missed Flu shot
- Missed Pneumococcal Vaccine
- Diabetic Complications
Slide 12
Potentially Avoidable Visits
- What ED encounters are potentially preventable by public health interventions?
- Falls
- Hip Fractures, Long bone fractures, Pediatric (e.g., due to poor window guards)
- Brain injury secondary (not wearing helmets)
- Fireworks injuries
- Dehydration
- ETOH intoxication
- Overdose/substance abuse
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Obstetric complications
- Motor vehicle collision
- Drowning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning (poorer quality furnaces)
- Accidental hypothermia (homeless sleeping in cold)
- Food poisoning (poor restaurant sanitation)
- Falls
Slide 13
Potentially Avoidable Visits
- What ED encounters are potentially preventable with health care system changes?
- Primary care provider told patient to go to ED over the phone when office practice is closed
- Weekend
- Night Time
- Inadequate care outside ED for Aging population
- Unable to provide self care, and inadequate support available
- Incontinence issues
- Care given due to lack of adequate insurance for non-ED care
- Ingrown toe nails with infection
- Vaginitis
- Urethritis
- Otitis Media
- Running out of home oxygen
- Possibly due to lack of primary care doctor
- Sore throat
- Urinary tract infection
- Primary care provider told patient to go to ED over the phone when office practice is closed
Slide 14
Potentially Avoidable Visits
- What ED encounters are potentially preventable with improvements to post-surgical care processes?
- Unable to care for self post-operatively (return visit)
- Outpatient Surgery Complications
- Wound dehiscence from outpatient surgery
- Post op Infections
- Hemorrhaging
- Other post op complications
Slide 15
Data Source & Issues
- State Emergency Department Datasets (SEDD)
- Treat and release encounters from 27 states
- Encounters resulting in subsequent admission to the same hospital from 41 states
- How do records for the subsequent admissions relate to corresponding hospitalization records in the SID datasets?
- Diagnosis and Procedure Codes
- May be that ED diagnosis codes are dropped or incorporated into a longer list when the patient is admitted
- May be no effective method to evaluate the quality of ED care for patients who were hospitalized from the ED
- These issues will be evaluated in detail
Slide 16
Summary: Project Philosophy
- Emergency medicine is particularly sensitive to guidelines and quality measures from other specialties (e.g., cardiology, infectious disease, pediatrics).
- The EM community is not always included in guideline and quality measure development at the initial stages, even though they are affected most.
- Therefore, a focus on ED quality needs to starts with the EM community (doctors, nurses, department managers).
- Use existing data sources available from AHRQ
- Therefore, this project's indicators will not cover all important ED quality concern (e.g., ambulance diversions from overcrowding)
- Start with existing AHRQ measures and development approaches
Slide 17
Funded by AHRQ
Support for Quality Indicators II (Contract No. 290-04-0020)
- Mamatha Pancholi, AHRQ Project Officer
- Jeffrey Geppert, Project Director, Battelle Memorial Institute Sciences
Data used for analyses:
State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD), 2002-2006. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


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Joe Mixon is just finishing up his junior season highlight tape and already more programs are getting involved in his recruitment.
Arizona State offered the 2014 running back from Oakley (Calif.) Freedom on Tuesday, adding to a list that already includes Cal, Colorado, Oregon State and Washington.
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Mixon, a 6-foot, 180-pound prospect, hopes his stellar season leads to more offers coming up.
"This week I'm going to finish the highlight tape with my coach and then we're going to send it out," Mixon said.
"I'm really looking forward to it. I'm going to shoot up hopefully. I'm just waiting for all the colleges to come.
"I'm going to start off with the big ones and then I'm going to work my way down. I want to start with Alabama all the way down the list."
The Oakley Freedom standout is hopeful the coaches will like it.
After rushing for 1,354 yards and 20 touchdowns on 182 carries this season, Mixon thinks his recruitment could get much busier once coaches see what he's accomplished.
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The Court made the ruling in 2010 but reiterated its decision last week in a separate case involving a lesbian couple from France.
The Strasbourg-based Courtâs original decision on same-sex marriage came after a homosexual couple asked the Court to reinterpret Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
didact wrote:No! The elect are justified by the righteousness of Christ.
Luke 18:9-149 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Mike wrote:Justified by election?
The elect are justified by the righteousness of Christ.
The Arminian philosophy is different though! As John confirms below.
Grace wrote:"13For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."-Romans 2:13The "doers of the law shall be" __________ ?
Can you remove the guilt and penalty of sin? Can you keep the law perfectly in thought, word and deed "constantly, without the least failure in matter or manner of obedience, such shall live in them and by them; the language of the law is, do this and live; because this is what God commands?" If so then you will be justified. If not then what?
Didact "Only the elect of God are justified"
Mike "Justified by election?"
He didnât say justified by election, he said the elect are justified which they are and anyone reading the post should be charitable and give him the benefit of the doubt that he means the elect of God are justified by faith.
didact wrote:Only the elect of God are justified. ---
Grace wrote:If the Arminians and RCC are wrong, then when they point to this crystal clear verse as evidence for their justification, why wouldn't God let them into His Heaven?
Sermon on SermonAudio:-Justification. By Imputed Righteousness.
Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
NOTbyworks wrote:Yet again you err towards the heresy of Arminianism. The papal antichrists "salvation by works" philosophy.Only the Arminian/RCC seeks sinner contributions to salvation.
NOTbyworks wrote:The papal antichrists "salvation by works" philosophy.Only the Arminian/RCC seeks sinner contributions to salvation.
-Romans 2:13
The "doers of the law shall be" __________ ?
If Arminians and RCC are wrong, then when they point to this crystal clear verse as evidence for doing the law to be justified, why wouldn't God let them into His Heaven? The Covenant setting isn't that of a courtroom but a family room. When dad tells his children to clean their rooms and take out the trash, he means it. God means it, too.
John UK wrote:1) The call of Christ does not require indwelling of the Spirit:2) Matthew 4:17-223) The voice of Christ can reach anywhere.4) The one who is adamant that God has decided to save sinners without reference to their will nor to their thinking nor to repentance nor to believing on Christ
2) Matt 4 - IS BEFORE glorification and Pentecost. Check your Bible!
3) We are discussing the indwelling of the Spirit - NOT the earthly work of Christ.
4) God saves the elect without their cooperation or acquiescence. GOD DOES NOT NEED PERMISSION TO SAVE. As Christ states He came to save sinners - under the dominion of sin, who at that time are spiritually blind.Yet again you err towards the heresy of Arminianism. The papal antichrists "salvation by works" philosophy.
Only the Arminian/RCC seeks sinner contributions to salvation.
ISBE wrote:Revelationâ¦â¦These two species or stages of revelation have been commonly distinguished from one another by the distinctive names of natural and supernatural revelation, or general and special revelation, or natural and soteriological revelation. Each of these modes of discriminating them has its particular fitness and describes a real difference between the two in nature, reach or purpose. The one is communicated through the media of natural phenomena, occurring in the course of nature or of history; the other implies an intervention in the natural course of things and is not merely in source but in mode supernatural. The one is addressed generally to all intelligent creatures, and is therefore accessible to all men; the other is addressed to a special class of sinners, to whom God would make known His salvation.â¦
Neil wrote:Contrary to what Aquinas taught, there is no such thing as Natural Law.
"13For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14(For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another)"
-Romans 2:13-15
These pagans even have the "work of the law written in their hearts."
Though they don't have the Book of God but do it, they're reading and following the Book of Nature.
Amazing grace His!
EU wrote:Natural Law is clear, even for the EU, that "Gay marriage isnât a human right."
Marriage is Biblically heterosexual, which is the only sound reason why gay marriage is perverse & absurd.
Once all married couples are doing it and nothing's coming out, eventually everyone will do it with anyone just for the thrill of it.
Love the one you're with.
Matthew 4:17-2217 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
The voice of Christ can reach anywhere. His healing power depended not on proximity, but on his omnipotence and omnipresence.
The one who is adamant that God has decided to save sinners without reference to their will nor to their thinking nor to repentance nor to believing on Christ, is a lone voice without suppport, either biblically or from other believers.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (justified, adopted, sealed, filled with the Spirit, glorified).
NOTbyworks wrote:In the plan purpose and foreknowledge of God re the elect - once the "unpardoned" is indwelt he becomes pardoned.
No other species reproduces via homosexual copulation.
Mike wrote:but the Spirit does not indwell the unpardoned.
Curious wrote:Mike you've got the wrong Gay marriage thread!
Mike wrote:You would have an unbeliever indwelt before faith, but.. ...


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When Andrew Carnegie immigrated to the United States as young boy he discovered that the library welcomed him and provided an opportunity to pursue his education. His first job was working in a cotton mill 12 hours a day, 6 days a week for $1.20 a week. He became an iconic figure of the self-educated, self-made man whose philanthropy funded public libraries and cultural institutions across the nation.
In Carnegie's day, the library provided books along with recommended reading lists of the great works of literature. Today public libraries continue to support lifelong learning. You can find books on almost any topic that interests you. In some cases, we may point you to electronic resources that offer current information as well as self-directed instruction. Learn4Life offers online courses led by an instructor that you can do from the comfort of your home. If you are interested in personal development, you can take a class on leadership or interpersonal communication. Perhaps you are thinking about changing careers or starting a business, try a course on writing a business plan or supervision & management. If you are thinking about going back to school, sign up for a class to prepare for the GRE or LSAT.
Use the Testing and Education Resource Center to search for a college that offers the courses you need. Don't want to leave home? You can limit your search to online degrees. Looking for a specialized program in physical therapy or alternative health? You can find colleges that offer these degrees. Need help navigating the application process? There are tools to help you write your application, build a resume and complete the process.
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These are just three of the many online resources available to support lifelong learning. The library offers lots of stimulating programs taught by local experts. In the past year we offered programs on financial planning, hiking, fly fishing, gardening and beekeeping. This month we are partnering with the Washington Humanities to present Hope in Hard Times, a series of author talks, music programs and stories about the Great Depression. Visit the art exhibit at the North Spokane Library or go to our website and listen to oral histories of people who lived through this historic era.
No matter what your age or stage in life, I hope you will find something that sparks your imagination and stimulates your mind at the library. Keeping an active mind is just as important to maintaining good health as good nutrition and exercise. Feed your mind and enjoy all that the library has to offer.
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Last year, Scott McKeever won over $900,000 on Del Mar's Pick Six bet.
McKeever, of Huntington Beach, won $1,109,920 for being the only person to pick the third through the eighth races at Del Mar on July 27 last year. He also had 20 of the 85 consolation tickets, with each worth $4,386 for another $87,720. His total haul was $1,197,646 and after visiting the IRS window at the track, left with a check for $900,000 and $70 in cash.
At the time, McKeever, now 46, owned racehorses, including one a race in the Pick Six he picked. But he said he became discouraged with the game after losing "75 percent" of his horses to injuries. When his best horse, The Black, was injured, he decided to sell all his stock and concentrate more on his metal business, Universal Metal, a company that deals metal to companies like Boeing and Lockheed. McKeever once had a Website, www.myhorsplayer.com, where he gained a reputation for being able to pick winners. He was a guest analyst on TVG and to this day does some time in the booth during quarter horse racing on weekends at Los Alamitos.
"I love talking about horseracing," McKeever said Tuesday. "But I've been really busy with the metal business and haven't played as much."
McKeever said he'd like nothing more than to "make history" and win over $1 million on the Pick Six again this meeting at Del Mar.
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Did you know that water makes up about 60% of your body's total weight?
With water being such a big part of your body's makeup, it is important to replenish the water that your body loses throughout the day during normal bodily activities such as sweating, going to the bathroom, and even simply breathing. Staying hydrated is the key to being able to function at an optimum level!
How much water do you need?
The general guideline of 6 to 8 glasses per day has been used a lot in the past, but this is not necessarily the right number for everyone. How much water a person needs depends on a variety of factors, including how much exercise they get in a day, if they are going to be outside in hot weather, or if they are pregnant or breastfeeding. Some people may not need 8 full glasses of water per day to stay healthy, while others may need more.
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- Keep a bottle of water with you throughout the day
- Drink before, during, and after a workout
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Edna Eguchi Read was an influential arts administrator who championed art for the citizens of her local town of Milton Keynes. She also had an extraordinary childhood that harboured an intriguing mystery she managed to solve only in her mid-sixties.
Read was born in London in 1929 to a Japanese father, Takayuki Eguchi, and an English mother, Winifred, née Thompson. Shortly after her eleventh birthday, on July 14, 1940, 17 months before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, her father was arrested and imprisoned under articles of the Aliens Order 1920. Edna never saw him again. He was to remain in detention for almost six years and went to his grave without ever being told why.
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We asked our poll respondents about their use of various vendors in four areas. For Tier 1 and Tier 2 primary storage, deduplication, and backup and archiving, we trended their responses over 12 months. We also asked respondents for the first time to rate 15 storage virtualization vendors. Full results are available in our 2011 State of Storage report.
For primary storage, Hewlett-Packard came out on top in our latest poll, followed by EMC, Dell-EqualLogic, IBM, and NetApp, which posted the biggest gains among the industry leaders, up 9 percentage points from last year's survey. Copan and Sepaton also advanced; both are up 10 points year over year, from 4% to 14%. IBM and Sun each slid 3 points, to 47% and 30% among respondents.
The deduplication field is dominated by EMC-Avamar-DataDomain, which was selected by 59% of respondents, up from 50% last year. Runners up NetApp, HP, IBM-Diligent, and Microsoft lost ground, while fifth-place Symantec-NetBackup gained 8 points.
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BREAKING: BMW i3 REx Gets Green HOV Sticker, TZEV Rating
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It's official.
The California Air Resources Board just moments ago listed the BMW i3 REx (range-extended version) as a TZEV (Transitional Zero Emissions Vehicle) and thus awarded it the coveted green HOV sticker. That is assuming you can sneak in your application before they expire.
"As of April 28, 2014, 39,359 "green" stickers have been issued."
Per CARB, the TZEV designation is typically assigned to plug-in hybrid vehicles:
Not to be confused with BEVx, which CARB lists separately as follows:
BEVx is further defined as such:
"BEVx, or a battery-electric vehicle with a small "limp-home" range extending engine or APU (auxiliary power unit)—i.e., not a series-hybrid type vehicle equipped with a full-capability engine."
Presumably, the BMW i3 REx didn't qualify for BEVx, hence it being listed as a TZEV. These four criteria must be met for BEVx status, in addition to what we noted above:
- The APU range is equal to or less than the all-electric range
- Engine operation cannot occur until the battery charge has been depleted to the charge-sustaining lower limit
- A minimum
75 miles electric range
- Super ultra low emission vehicle (SULEV) and zero evaporative emissions compliant and TZEV warranty requirements on the battery system.
Additionally, CARB makes several statements regarding performance limits on charge-sustaining APU mode operation, including speed restrictions. Somewhere within this laundry list of requirements, the i3 REx presumably slipped through the BEVx category and landed as a TZEV.
Though not listed as a BEVx, that has no impact of the i3 REx getting the green sticker, which you can see it clearly receives:
UPDATE: However, unlike the Chevy Volt, the BMW i3 REx will qualify for the full $2,500 California Clean Vehicle Rebate. The only TZEV that so qualifies.
That rebate program recently used up available funds, so all applications after March 28th, will go on a wait list until September. At that point an additional $30 million dollars has been added to cut checks to plug-in owners. (details here)
The CVRP site has not yet been updated to show the status of the i3 REx:
Hat tip to David Vottero!!!
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So by the time you apply for the sticker they will all be gone. Nice.
Since it didn't get the BEVx status, will they now allow the engine to come on earlier than the 6% point it comes on now? A manual button like in Europe?
That should be a simple software change. As opposed to the gas tank which is wedged under the frunk basket between the aluminum framing.
If it didn't qualify for the BEVx designation, that will hurt. One way or another. I'm curious to learn more.
Pardon my ignorance, but I do not understand "If it didn't qualify for the BEVx designation, that will hurt."
Could you please elaborate how it will hurt?
It doesn't get the full tax credit. I don't know if BEVx qualifies for the white sticker.
So, essentially, BMW gimped their genset and fuel for absolutely no CARB benefit, or didn't do some arcane bit of needful to pass as BEVx.
Here's hoping the aftermarket has a bit of fun with the REx then!
Tomorrow one of the local car dealers is going to have a party for this electric car. I plan on going to it and taking some photos of it and getting information.
Per the ARB website, as of 4/7 they'd issued 38,478. If the total is 39,359 as of 4/28 (I couldn't find that number on their site), that's 881 in 21 days, or just under 42/day,, so at the same rate the remaining 641 will all be gone in 15 or 16 days.
What a complete waste of effort by BMW, to cripple the car to meet the standards and then not get it into production early enough to matter.
Per BMW: the REx version was NEVER promised to get a white sticker, regardless of the BEVx designation. It was always going to get a green sticker:
"Jacob Harb, head of electric vehicle operations and strategy for BMW, told AutoblogGreen that it's not all that complicated. The pure electric version of the i3 will get the white sticker, the REx version will get the green sticker."
The BEVx designation has absolutely nothing to do with the white and green sticker program. It only applies for CARB ZEV credits.
Right. In the ARB's HOV sticker list, the i3 EV is listed not as a BEV but as a ZEV, which is the pure EV classification for the sticker program.
Well that does it BMW you got screwed by CARB.
Now go away and UN CRIPPLE the range extender.
In what way did they get screwed by CARB? They received the green sticker they knew they were going to be entitled to and they will be eligible for the $2,500 rebate. Just because folks like to conjecture (in this case about the i3 REx only being eligible for a PHEV rebate amount) doesn't make it true.
Seems like they could increase the gas tank size back to the European size now, right?
There are no surprises here. i3 BEV was always going to get a white sticker and the i3 REX was always going to get a green sticker. The BEVx designation has nothing to do with the sticker program. It does have to do with how many ZEV credits BMW gets for the REX vehicles. This story does not shed any light on that. In addition, the CVRP rebate level for the REX has not been certified yet either.
Where is BMW in all of this? PR and information is not easy to come by. If the gas range can be extended now, maybe I will wait.
What about the news that BMW announcing a best dc fast charge system.
Isn't BMW on board with the Combined charging standard for DC fast charging?
Yes, they are. National infrastructure and roll-out plans for the US are yet to be announced.


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Saying Goodbye (sort of) to the Whitney Museum: A Day of Jeff Koons
Can you believe there is not one museum in all of New York City?
Ok so that's obviously a lie – it's just that it's hard to craft an original sentence when starting a blog post about a museum in NYC. I've been staring at a blank page all morning trying to think of something clever to say and well, I came up empty. Therefore, I'm going to skip the part of the story about how New York is an international hub for art and culture and how a trip to one of the major museums is a must do for any visitor.
I'm certainly not going to tell you that the city boasts some of the finest collections of art dating from pre-historic times all the way up to works as recent as July and that the art scene is constantly changing and evolving so fast that if you blink, you might just miss the world's best exhibits.
No, I'm not going to bore you with any of that. What I am going to tell you is that if there is one museum you must visit before mid-October, it's the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Why The Whitney?
If you're tired of viewing artwork from long dead guys like the ancient Romans (who really just copied art from the even deader Greeks), the impressionists or the unintentional works of art like fossils made from extinct dinosaurs, then this is the place for you.
Initially birthed in the early 1900's out of one woman's collection and desire to showcase innovative and virtually unknown American artists, The Whitney went on to become the first museum devoted to exhibiting the works of living artists and it still remains the leading institution for modern American art.
The museum has been housed in the same iconic building on the Upper East Side since the 1960's. Much like the art it displays, the building itself is a bold representation of innovation and modernism that truly stands alone in its very classic and traditional neighborhood. It has become a popular and recognizable New York City landmark, but sadly, the legendary building will be closing down come mid-October.
Ok ok sorry! I couldn't help but throw in a pause for some dramatic flair (blame it on all those middle school drama classes). Yes it is true that The Whitney will no longer be in the Breuer Building (still a bit sad) but it is not gone for good. It's simply moving into a striking new facility located in the Meatpacking District and will reopen in the spring of 2015.
The Closing Exhibit
Proving once again that The Whitney is a ground-breaker when it comes to modern American art, the museum decided to go out with a bang (more like the brightly-colored confetti type than the gun powder type – you'll see why later) by choosing to use almost the entirety of their exhibit space to cover the 35 year career of artist Jeff Koons for their last exhibit.
Those familiar with the art world no doubt know exactly who he is. Those not so familiar with the art world probably still recognize the name as he made headlines recently when Las Vegas casino magnate, Steve Wynn purchased his sculpture of 'Popeye' for $28m. The year before that he also sold a 'Balloon Dog (Orange)' piece for $58.4m, which is the most expensive work of art ever sold by a living artist at an auction.
Whether you are a fan of his or not (trust me the critics are very divided on the issue of whether this is actual 'art') it is unarguable that Koons is one of the most influential and renowned artists of our time and this exhibit is not to be missed.
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective
As this piece of prose is centered around an art exhibit, I felt it apropos to tell you about my visit in photos and captions…..
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Hammond readies for Heartland Days rush
Steve Miller has been keeping an eye on the weather since Sunday night.
"I hope the weather stays good," said the coordinator of the 2006 Hammond Heartland Days celebration. "It can kill your weekend."
Such is the focus of the organizing committee for the annual gathering, set for Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 10-13, this year. There are worries about things you have control over, and worries about things you can't do anything about.
Miller, who has been heading Heartland Days for more than 10 years, tries hard to concentrate on the things he can control.
"I'm a detail kind of person," he admits. "I do get really hyper, and I get stressed out."
The stress slowly gets wiped away once the annual celebration begins.
"I love it when I see the tent start to fill up," Miller said.
The Hammond Lion's Club is behind the huge community celebration. Members of the eight-member Heartland Days sub-committee have been working hard the past couple months to pull everything together.
"We've (the committee) pretty much been together since day one," Miller said. "Everyone is doing the same jobs they've always done, so everything flows together quite nicely."
The Heartland Days schedule isn't the same every time, however. Each year, organizers try to add a new twist or two to the annual celebration to keep things fresh.
Miller said a new Bean Bag Tournament (similar to horseshoes) and a Texas Hold 'Em tournament are two additions that promise to be popular events.
"We try to do something new," he said. "Every year, Heartland Days keeps getting bigger and bigger. For a small community, Hammond really does a good job."
In the days leading up to the weekend's celebration, Lion's Club members have been traveling throughout the area putting up promotional posters and placing ads in area newspapers.
Their goal is to get as many area residents to attend Heartland Days as possible. They've gotten their fair share of interest since the celebration combined with United Fire's annual car show to put on a joint gathering.
"We all try to work together," he said. "I don't think people realize how much work a celebration can be. Our community does a good job with it."
The hard work appeared to be paying off as of Monday. Miller had already fielded 10 phone calls about Heartland Days before noon, with the expectation that more calls would come.
Now, if only the weather will cooperate.
Some of the weekend events are as follows:
4 p.m.: Free Appreciation Dinner, sponsored by First National Bank in Hammond.
5:15 p.m.: Pie and Ice Cream Social.
6 p.m.: Wisconsin State Kids' Pedal Tractor Pull, open to ages 1-12.
6 p.m.: Baby Show at the Hammond Community Library, for ages 0-12 months.
6:30 p.m.: Panther Pant 5K Run/Walk at the Middle School.
7 p.m.: Music by John and Dave with Trigger Happy at the Park.
Area garage sales throughout the community.
7 p.m.: Hammond royalty pageant at the High School.
7 p.m.: Live music at the park with Point Blank and The Dweebs.
7 p.m.: Farm Stock Tractor Pull on Fithian Street.
8 a.m.: The 19th Annual United Fire & Rescue Car Show and Swap Meet, on the street.
8 a.m.: Best Ball Golf Tournament, Hammond Golf Course.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Craft Fair on the street.
9 a.m.: Hammond Library Book Sale.
Noon: Texas Hold 'Em card tournament under the tent.
1 p.m.: Gopher State Garden Tractor Pull at the Village Park.
2 p.m.: Bean Bag Tournament, partners tourney, at the Village Park.
Dusk: Grand Fireworks display.
7:30 p.m.: Live music with Jamm Jarr and Jonah and the Whales.
12:30 p.m.: Grand parade.
1:30 p.m.: Auggie the Clown Show.
2 p.m.: Polka Busters live music show.
3 p.m.: 3-Person Scramble Golf Tournament, Pheasant Hills Golf Course.
3 p.m.: Live music featuring Boondoggle.
For more information about softball tournaments, volleyball tournament and other events, see the advertisement in this week's Scotsman or the News.


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Offensive Line Model and Notes vs. Steelers 12/1/13
The scoring of the offensive line is based on 59 offensive snaps for the Ravens (excludes 3 kneels).
Monroe: Monroe played well, primarily against Jarvis Jones. Eugene allowed 2 shared pressures, once beaten outside (Q1, 11:39) and a 2nd time bulled (Q2, 6:50) by the Steelers' first-round selection. He didn't have any negative events as a run blocker. Scoring: 53 blocks, 4 missed, 1 (2 x ½) pressure, 51 points (.86 per play). Jones is a mild disappointment as a pass rusher at this point, but he's still north of the replacement level, so I make an adjustment of .02 per play. A-.
Shipley: Shipley contributed 1 of the 5 false starts. That's an awful total for any game, but a head-scratching total at home. Heyward twice bulled him for pressures (Q1, 0:52 and Q4, 9:04). Scoring: 52 blocks, 3 missed, 2.5 pressures, 1/3 QH, 1 false start, 43 points (.73 per play). With an adjustment for the modest talent of the Steelers' interior line, that's still a D.
Gradkowski: Gino had one of his better games with much of his play opposite Cam Heyward, the Steelers best interior defender. Hood (Q2, 1:04) and Heyward (Q4, 6:27) each bulled him for a pressure. Scoring: 51 blocks, 6 missed, 2 pressures, 47 points (.80 per play). With an adjustment (.04 per play) for the Steelers' interior line talent, that's a C.
Yanda: Marshal has reestablished his Pro Bowl form over the last 3 games (A, A, A-). He made 8 blocks in level 2 and pulled successfully on 1 of 2 assignments. His only negative scoring play was a slow-developing QH by Ziggy Hood (Q2, 13:50) where he was beaten outside. Scoring: 55 blocks, 3 missed, 1 QH, 52 points (.88 per play). A-.
Oher: His penalties had been, and still are, the biggest source of improvement in 2013. Prior to Thursday he had been flagged just once (holding in the first Steelers game), but his 3 false starts had a significant drive-stalling impact:
• (Q2, 0:40) Dictated play calling at the end of the first half as 2nd and 3 became 2nd and 8
• (Q3, 9:50) Helped stall a drive that had reached the Pittsburgh 11
• (Q4, 14:53) Helped stall a drive that had reached the Pittsburgh 24
He didn't do a terrible job of blocking Jason Worilds who he allowed 1 sack, 1/3 of a QH, and 1 pressure. However, I have to believe a reason for the false starts were his desire to get set up against Worilds who knocked down Weeden/Campbell 6 times in week 12. Scoring: 51 blocks, 4 missed, 2 pressures, 1/3 QH, 1 sack, 3 false starts, 31 points (.53 per play). I assigned the largest adjustment of any lineman for opponent quality (.06 per play), but that still leaves him a point short of passing. F. Without the penalties, he would have graded a solid C.
Others: Rick Wagner made all 4 of his blocks and Jah Reid went 2 for 2 in jumbo packages.
Flacco had another solid day highlighted by long passes completed with ATS (Adequate Time to Set) to Torrey Smith (54 yards) and Jacoby Jones (34 yards). He and Jones generated an unflagged 50-yard pass interference (Q1, 12:24) when Jacoby outraced Gay, the pass was underthrown, and Gay made significant contact before it arrived. He would later generate a 26-yard pass interference flag on Ike Taylor who could not keep up with Torrey Smith down the left sideline (Q2, 6:45).
I will often see complaints about the Ravens' ability to draw PI flags. It's not bias from the officials, acting on the part of the Ravens' receivers, or some other inexplicable manifestation of luck. Flacco has one of the NFL's strongest arms and receivers that can outrace even fast corners over 40-55 yards. A desperate, trailing corner will frequently commit a foul.
The Ravens' line generated ATS on 19 of 36 dropbacks (53%):
Joe's aggregate results were approximately 5 yards better than expectation based on his ATS opportunity set.


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Marked by the confluence of Atlantic, Continental and Mediterranean climates, Navarra's location is the show. And being the Basque region, the wine here possesses an independent spirit.
Wine Regions in Spain
In Spain's central plateau lies the world's largests wine region. Lined with literary inflection and a variety of grapes, La Mancha tempts your taste buds from day to Knight.
The Jumilla wine region(one of over 60 wine producing regions) is famous for its Monestrell grape. Hidden in hills and valleys, the best way to experience this region is by combining rail and car.


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I have recently had a Breast Cancer scare. I was living in Weston Super Mare at the time
I was having alot of pain in my breasts I desided to check them to be on the safe side.
To my horror I found large lumps on both breasts. I told a close friend and she said don't delay and get checked.
I went to see the Nurse at my doctors surgery she checked me and said there was lumps there and she would send me for fast track at the hospital.The wait seems for ever.Then thee weeks later I saw a Breast Surgeon. She sent me for a scan there and then.
I was too young for a Mamogram.
I got the results it is not cancer, but to do with hormone levels caused through exstreme stress. I'd been under loads after a horrible fall out with my best friend a few months before.
The surgeon also said I could be starting the menpause, this could also be a factor.
The surgeon recommended Star flower oil. This is a natural remedy for treating hormone imbalance.
Star flower is made from the plant known as borage a plant that originates from the Meditarainion however it is being grown more and more in the U.K. It has rectantangular petals that are hairy.
You may know Borage for being used in Pimms cocktail.If eaten raw it tastes like cucumber so I have been told. I have only ever had it in capsule form.
Star flower is used for various ailments. It is very useful for skin disorders such as exzema and use to treat urinary infections too.
I take mine for Hormonal problems. I take 1000mg of the supplement daily, I have found it's helped speed up my metabolism and has certainly given me more energy. The breast tenderness has improved a great deal. Although the Menopause has not.
WARNING. Advice from your G.P. is essential if you suffer from epilepsy.
I take on daily with food, as the tablet repeats on me if I don't.
Starflower is amazing and I will now take it for the rest of my life.
Thank you for reading.
Supplement can be found on amazon for 10.80 for 90 capsules. (Lamberts).
I have suffered from eczema ever since I was a baby and over the years feel like I have tried every lotion and potion available to cure it. Since last November, I decided to stop using steroid creams, as my skin was becoming addicted to them. I have now been steroid-free for a year and am a lot better for it, preferring to use natural remedies to help my skin.
Starflower oil, or borage oil was recommended to me by a lady in Singapore who had read my blog about my skin. Her little boy had also been going through steroid withdrawal and she used borage/starflower oil on his skin and internally as a supplemement. I decided to give it a go.
Starflower oil is usually available in 1000 mg capsules, and can be found in most health food shops and some supermarkets and chemists. I got mine from Superdrug, for £4 for a tub of 30 capsules.
Starflower oil is a source of a substance called GLA. GLA is also found in evening primrose oil. It is believed to regulate the hormones in the body. Each capsule contains 220mg of GLA. It is also high in essential fatty acids which are good for the skin. The superdrug starflower capsules also contain vitamin E, which is also a great ingreadient for healthy skin.
The capsules themselves are like huge torpedoes! I mean, they are seriously big! They are designed to be taken with water and despite the size, I have never had trouble swallowing one! They don't leave any kind of aftertaste and don't have any side effects that I know of. The capsules are best taken with a meal.
As well as taking the capsules orally, I also use the oil directly on my skin. I nick the end of a capsule with a sharp knife and gently squeeze the oil out onto my finger. The oil feels really nice when applied to the skin and goes on smoothly without dragging the skin. It does not irritate my sensitive skin at all and does not cause an allergic reaction on my skin, even when I use it in the delicate eye area. Another nice thing about the oil is that it is absorbed quickly by the skin, so it does not leave a greasy feeling on the surface. About 10 seconds after application, the skin feels normal, with no trace of oil or grease.
I have been using the oil for a couple of weeks now and I have noticed some improvements in the texture of my skin. It has been really good at combatting the winter dryness caused by going out in the chilly weather and then coming home and whacking the heating on. I think that this product would be useful for anyone with dry or sensitive skin, not just eczema.
The warning on the tub tells the user not to exceed the recommended dose. Also, those suffering from epilepsy, pregnat or brestfeeding women should consult a doctor before taking starflower oil supplements.
Starflower oil is a beneficial supplement and has had a good effect on my dry skin. The only disadvantage for me is the price. It is quite expensive in most shops.
I have suffered with varying degrees of acne for around 15 years, and consequently have learnt to deal with it, but never completely combat it! Mine seems to be of the cystic type, which I have inherited from my mother, (thanks mum) and just when I think it's cleared up it will come back with avengance. My skin is also quite sensative, and so a lot of the commercial 'spot fighting' products out there are way too strong and strip my skin leading to more spots.
A few months a go I made the decision to go natural with my skincare and make-up, and whilst this does in-deed seem to have helped dramatically I was still suffering from the odd cystic lump. I've been using Lush coalface soap, followed by an organic Green People moisturiser, and then using mineral foundation (bare mineral's made my skin worse, swapped to Lily Lolo) to cover old scars and give me an almost flawless complexion! After reading the rave reviews of Starflower oil, and seeing it in my local Tesco's for £3, (60 x 500mg) I decided to give it a try.
I bought the starflower oil about 3 weeks ago, and have been taking two capsules every day since. I have to say that the usual clump of nasty itchy red lumps that normally appear once a month decided to have a holiday this month. Instead I have noticed a couple of smaller spots, but these I can cope with and easily treat and cover. My cycle has been shorter than normal, and the tenderness, water retention, and cramps have also gone on holiday. Woo Hoo.
I am astounded by the positive affects of taking starflower oil, and the fact that it has worked so quickly too, especially considering the fact that I've only bought cheap supermarket ones. They are 500mg, hence why I've been taking two a day as the recommeneded dose is 1000mg. I spotted some in my local Wilko's the other day on offer, £2.50 for two pots containing 30 x 500mg capsules in each so bought those. If you suffer from hormonal blemishes/acne or painful/heavy cycles, then I would undoubtedly recommend giving Starflower oil supplements a try. In a month you should definitely notice a difference, I did and I will continue to take them indefinitely.
N.B. Sorry I forgot to mention that the Tesco/Wilko capsules aren't suitable for vegetarians, as they contain beef gelatine. I'm sure there are plenty of other brands out there that are though.
I have just started taking this in the 1000 mg form 6 days ago with 2600mg of evening primrose oil. Since having Swine Flu in July I have been having terrible difficulty keeping awake at work in the mornings (I am 44 far too young to be having these problems) and have generally felt under the weather. I started taking these on Friday and for the last two days at work (today being Wednesday) I have not nodded off in front of my computer screen. In fact I feel quite wide awake and alert. Quite full of energy. I also suffer from appalling breast tendernes for most of the month before my periods so I am hoping that this will help with these problems too.
I don't think it is physcological, because I had almost forgotten I was taking them when I noticed the improvement in my metablolism. These tablets are not cheap, but they are worth the money, because I am fed up of feeling down in the dumps and sleepy. I think they may also help with symptoms of SAD.
A few years ago i was attending the hospital for a breast lump i had discovered, i was in quite a bit of pain with this. After alot of investigation it was confirmed that the lump was not cancer but was tissue that was affected by my hormones, the consultant suggested i try taking 1000mg of starflower oil. The affect was amazing by the end of three months the breast had no pain at all and what was even better was that my periods where lighter and less painful,a big plus as i had always had heavy periods that lasted a week. I have been taking starflower now for 7 years it truly is great, and yes it can be expensive but it's worth every penny
I first started to take Starflower oil after a recommendation from my sister, who in turn had been recommended it by her dermatologist. She suffers from severe eczema and she swears by it, but Starflower oil also has many other uses.
It is very similar to Evening Primrose oil in that it contains GLA (Gamma Linolenic acid), an essential fatty acid that is naturally produced by the body. Many people have inadequate levels of essential fatty acids, reasons for this include the increased consumption of processed foods, glucose intolerance and ageing. Starflower oil is roughly twice as strong as Evening Primrose oil meaning you can take a smaller dose.
One of the main uses for Starflower oil is to help regulate the menstrual cycle and reduce the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). It can also help with lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol, reducing water retention, reducing inflammation of joints in arthritis sufferers, and weight loss. It is also known to help strengthen your hair and nails and keep your skin clear.
I have always suffered with PMS so this was the overriding reason for me trying this supplement. I was also interested to see if it would have any effect on my hair, nails and skin too.
Having taken it for just over a month the results are brilliant! The week leading up to my period is usually a struggle to say the least. Typical symptoms include moodiness, bloating, breast tenderness, fatigue and just a general feeling of melancholy. But this time around I felt great: no breast pain what-so-ever, drastically reduced bloating and my moods were a lot more stable. I had more energy than usual and felt upbeat.
Both my hair and nails have had a massive growth spurt (which is great as I am currently growing my hair) and they do look increasingly healthy. As for my skin, there has been an improvement there too. It was mainly my skin tone that I had a problem with and I can see that it is less blotchy and smoother already. I think I will see these benefits increase more the longer I take it.
The only downside so far is that they are quite expensive and were it not for this I would have given it five stars. I do believe it is well worth the money you pay though.
Also this supplement is not suitable for everybody and should be avoided if you are taking blood-thinning medication, have temporal lobe epilepsy or are pregnant.
1000mg of Starflower oil (borage oil) capsules provide 240mg of gamma linoleic acid (GLA) in combination with 378mg linoleic acid. You get them in capsules and they don't taste of anything. I am not an expert, but GLA helps our female hormones, which may not be working properly due to caffeine, alcohol, stress, lack of sleep, and poor diet. When our hormones don't function at their best we may have bad skin, irregular and painful periods, PMT, lethargy, headaches, and sometimes joint stiffness and dull, lifeless hair (ooo, I sound like an advert for L'Oreal!) GLA, also found in evening primrose oil in smaller quantities, is the active ingredient that is epecially good for: - hair (makes it strong and shiny) - nails (makes them grow and shine) - joints (makes them supple) and most of all: - skin (clears up spots and makes it bloom) - PMT (drastically reduces PMT and can eliminate it altogether) It takes about three months of taking 1000mg per day to achieve maximum results. I am a bit of a sceptic when it comes to taking supplements. They make more of an impression on my wallet than my wellbeing. However, after years of terrible PMT and a poor complexion I started taking Starflower oil, as recommended to me by a friend. Wow, this stuff is good! After 3 weeks I noticed my skin improving. My usual 2 weeks of PMT, including breast pain, mood swings, bloating and tiredness, followed by tremendous cramps and 8 days of heavy bleeding, was reduced to less than a week of PMT and a much lighter period, which only hurt during the first two days. I am now into my second month of taking it and people are always commenting on how much better my skin looks. Here is what Starflower oil has done for me: - dramatic improvement in skin condition (it is now soft and as flawless as it will ever be, only occasional spots just before period, less dry. - P
MT is reduced, less pain, less moody, less bloating - Nails are longer stronger and much nicer - I generally feel just a little bit happier in myself, whether this due to looking better, or even psychological, my mood has lifted altogether. Bascially, I think it is great stuff and would recommend it to anybody. It can be quite expensive, especially in Boots. I got a stash of the stuff from Holland & Barrett when they had a half price sale on. I recommend that if you spot it in the sale, then invest in some. Take it everyday. There is no recommended or maximum dose. When it get PMT I take 2000mg per day for an extra boost. If you are at the end of your teather trying to find a cure for your spots or PMT then start taking starflower oil, it is the best.


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Corrie actress Samia Ghadie has been with Dancing On Ice boyf Sylvian Longchambon for the first time after splashing out on a £4,000 boob job.
The 30-year-old who plays Maria on Coronation Street hit the tiles, sporting her new chest for the first time since going under the knife.
A friend of Samia's told The Sun, "She's gone up a few sizes as a confidence boost. She's not trying to be the new Jordan.
"She's pleased with the results and has never felt sexier."
According to the tabloid, pals say Samia had felt flat-chested after giving birth to daughter Freya in 2009 when she also had a breast cancer scare AND during her recent performances on Dancing On Ice she asked for padded bras, saying, "My boobs have all but disappeared!"
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Avro should provide Hadoop Mapper and Reducer implementations that connect to a subprocess in another programming language, transmitting raw binary values to and from that process. This should be modeled after Hadoop Pipes. It would allow one to easily write efficient mapreduce programs in non-Java languages that process Avro-format data.
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To use an Avro protocol for this, we'll want request-only messages (
I think it is a very bad idea to make Avro depend on MapReduce. At the very least, please create a separate jar to put this stuff into rather than the main Avro jar so that MapReduce doesn't depend on a jar that depends on it.
Why not build this as a library on MapReduce? It shouldn't be bundled with Avro...
I agree that Avro should not require MapReduce – specifically the maven POM should not cause consumers to pull MapReduce by default.
But, I think we already prevent that. The POM generated by the build specifies hadoop-core as "optional" meaning downstream projects that consume Avro won't automatically pull the Hadoop jar. Another option for similar effect is to specify the dependency scope as "provided" instead of "compile" which makes the jar available for build and test but does not bundle it. This is probably preferred for MapReduce. If a user wants to use those APIs, they have to get a copy of their own hadoop-core jar or specify the dependency themselves.
Putting the code in Hadoop is probably a problem, unless we want to release new versions of 0.18, 0.19, 0.20, etc. Placing it in Hadoop means that changes to the Avro lower level APIs will break compatibility with the version in Hadoop. Honestly, some of those APIs are going to keep evolving and dot-releases of AVRO can break these APIs (but not encoded formats). Until these APIs are more locked down it is better to keep packages like this in the Avro project.
Going slightly off topic now:
A few other libraries Avro bundles have similar issues – optional side features should specify either "provided" or "optional" flags in the maven pom. Or, the project needs to be split up into a few jars.
-> avro-genavro
-> avro-protocol
-> avro-mapred
-> avro-reflect
probably covers the main dependency chunks. Avro-core can get away with only jackson, slf4j, and commons-lang, I think – meaning generic, and specific APIs, file formats, etc work.
Here's an early version of this patch. I think it's feature complete. It compiles but as yet has no tests or documentation.
I'm going to commit this later today, so that we can start trying to implement it in other languages. I've updated the documentation to note that this is an experimental feature, subject to change.
I think a deadlock can occur if the subprocess fails to start (e.g if the executable is specified incorrectly). This happens because the constructor for TetheredProcess starts the subprocess and then calls outputService.inputPort(). But inputPort() will block until the child process sends a configure message to the parent; but if the child process wasn't started then I think the parent deadlocks.
At a minimum we could check that the subprocess hasn't exited yet. This probably won't prevent all possible deadlocks but it might help.
Below is some code for checking if the process has exited.
//is there a better way to check if the process has exited then the roundabout way below?
boolean hasexited=false;
catch (IllegalThreadStateException e){ //it hasn't exited yet hasexited=true; }
if (hasexited){ //What's the best way to log this System.out.println("Error: Could not start subprocess"); throw new RuntimeException("Error: Could not start subprocess"); }
Small bug in the above code. Should be
if process hasn't exited this.subprocess.exitValue(); hasexited=false.
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Yes, this would be a good thing to fix. Can you please open a new issue for it? Thanks!


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I understand tere are more than one model of FW and I need bobbins and etc. Alll I have is the case and one bobbin.
AE 217104 serial number
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I understand tere are more than one model of FW and I need bobbins and etc. Alll I have is the case and one bobbin.
AE 217104 serial number
Welcome to the Vintage Sewing Machine thread. All of the Featherweight model sewing machines take the same size bobbins. The bobbins are available from many sources. Below are two of the sources for 221 bobbins.
According to the ISMACS website your Featherweight was allotted 13 July 1936, one of 15,000.
If you want to find out all there is to know about Featherweights I suggest purchasing the book, Featherweight 221, The Perfect Portable by Nancy Johnson-Srebro. The book also has the 221 manual at the end of the book.
Sweet Caroline
You definitely have an older Featherweight but Singer never changed the bobbins in any of the Featherweight variations. Black ones, tan ones and the white ones all need the same narrow bobbin. Your local sewing machine store may carry Featherweight bobbins even if they sell other brands as many people have a Featherweight and want more bobbins. I think new machines were only sold with five bobbins (that's what my MIL got with her new machine purchased in 1950). There's lots of information on the web if you google Featherweight.
Shelbie from the High County in Southern Ontario
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the info
Actually, I found my bobbins at JoAnn's!
Jeanette Frantz
Congrats on FW! I would like to endorse SewClassic.com she is wonderful to do business with, I've purchased FW bobbins from her and they work great, low priced shipping too.
Here is a link to a free FW manual.
There are 4 different models that are black. The one with the Egyptian scroll on the end of the faceplate, the one with the straight lines on the end of the faceplate, the one from England that has a detachable table with a free arm, and the one that has the black crinkle finish. Within this group there are also Centennial model (1851-1951) badge, the red 'S' badge, the black badge, the entirely gold badge. Think that I got them all!
There is a pale turquoise model and a tan model as well.
Visit my website for parts and accessories: www.thequiltgal.com.
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text: My brother and I are discussing building a RF smoker. He has seen one somewhere, and I am having trouble figuring out if what he is talking about will work or not. I have looked through the older posts and haven't seen one like it, but it might be here somewhere and I overlooked it. We have a 250 gallon propane tank. He wants to basically take about 1/4 of the tank and make it the firebox by adding a divider. Then cutting the opening between the firebox and smoking chamber towards the bottom of the divider, and adding a baffle in order to make it reverse flow. The entire smoker and firebox will be contained within the 250 gallon tank. I don't know if what I just explained made any sense or not, but if anyone has this type of smoker or has any experience with this type of smoker could you give some advice and/or pictures for me to look at before we begin the build. Any information will be greatly appreciated.


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"Lots of business opportunities come out of tragedy. It's the capitalist way of life. I think the a market for airport-friendly merchandise is a good thing."
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