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BOSTON -- After nearly two months of waiting for Secretary of State William Galvin's office to produce an accounting of how much money the secretary has spent on public service announcements since he took office two decades ago, Galvin's Republican challenger David D'Arcangelo is calling "outrageous" the $5,300 bill he has been asked to pay to see the public records.
D'Arcangelo, a Malden city councilor, requested in April copies and cost breakdowns of all the TV advertisements Galvin has run since 1995, calling them "flashy, campaign style commercials" paid for with taxpayer dollars.
Galvin's office initially told D'Arcangelo that he filed his request with the wrong office, and now Administrative Services Budget Director Paul McCarthy is telling D'Arcangelo's campaign that it will cost $5,300 for the office to produce the requested documents.
Custodians of public records are allowed to charge for the labor costs associated with complying with a public records request. In a letter dated Monday, McCarthy wrote that the "expansive" request from D'Arcangleo spanning 19 years includes records "not susceptible to ordinary means of reproduction" and requires a search through a state accounting system "not currently in use."
McCarthy suggested D'Arcangelo could reduce the cost if his request was "more narrowly tailored."
D'Arcangleo on Thursday said he is being given the "runaround" by Galvin.
"The taxpayers of the Commonwealth deserve to know how much of our hard-earned money has been spent on these PSA's during his two decade reign as Secretary," D'Arcangelo said in a statement, adding, "No wonder people have such little faith in government. It's not right. Charging someone $5,300 to gain access to an open public record is outrageous."
Galvin is running for a sixth four-year term as secretary of state.
A spokesman for D'Arcangelo's campaign said the candidate has the money to pay for the records, but had earmarked those funds for other purposes. "We won't pay it immediately, no. We're trying to raise the money now," said Scott Ciccone.
The secretary of state's office is responsible for a wide variety of functions in addition to overseeing elections, including securities enforcement, lobbyist registration and oversight, and providing general information to connect citizens with government at all levels. Some of that information is provided online or through brochures like the voter information guide mailed to voters' homes.
Galvin has routinely over the years appeared in television advertisements encouraging people to vote or alerting them to potential securities fraud schemes, and his office has defended the expense as a public service alerting residents to important civic information.
D'Arcangelo told the News Service in May that if he is elected he would not run public service announcements on television. "You will not see me putting my face on TV," D'Arcangelo said.

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A head-on crash and a big-rig accident have killed three people and shut down parts of major Southern California freeways.
The California Highway Patrol says one person died around 1:15 a.m. Friday on Interstate 10 in Santa Monica area after a speeding wrong-way driver slammed into a westbound car.
Friends tried to pull a man from the second car but he died when it was rammed by a third car and caught fire.
The wrong-way driver was cut free. He and the driver of the third car were arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
Two hours later, a man and a woman died in Hawthorne.
Authorities say their disabled car was on an Interstate 405 off-ramp when a big-rig smashed into it and overturned. The trucker was injured.


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The mad scientist behind this hack was faced with a problem. His beloved Amazon Kindle had a shattered screen and was all but dead. Distraught, he thought to himself: "what if I could sacrifice a Sony reader and perform and unholy cross species screen transplant? Yeah, it just might work because the e-ink screens on both devices are nearly identical."
Sure, destroying a US$300 device to save a US$360 device is pretty ridiculous, but there must have been a Frankenstein type of allure to this hack that was too good to ignore. There are instructions on how to do this yourself, but I don't suggest trying it. Like the original Frankenstein, there are some serious bugs resulting from the operation. I guess the moral of this story is that it is best not to play gizmo god...and to check on the internets for parts before you blow US$300. [Instructables]


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Be warned: What happened to poor Igor Golushkin in the video above is not for the squeamish. These details are unconfirmed, but according to this report by Red Hot Russia, Golushkin was trying to bench press 185 kg (approximately 408 pounds) when the bar fell on his chest, tearing his diaphragm and breaking his ribs. The spotters, for some reason, didn't spot him at all. Golushkin reportedly died at a nearby trauma center a short time later. He was 34.
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Oil Paintings about Oil (Apr, 1946)
Sponsored by Standard Oil of course.
Famous Artists Portray Petroleum Industry
NO COMMUNIQUES were issued on the effort of the petroleum industry that boosted production 38 percent to provide three fourths of United Nations oil in World War II but prominent American artists have captured the drama in oil paintings.
Controverting Napoleon, General Patton said: "To hell with rations. Give me gas." The petroleum industry did—5,250,000 barrels a day. A priceless contribution was 600,000 barrels of aviation gas daily for the air offensive that stopped Hitler's own gas supply.
Even more remarkable than expansion of production were the technological miracles worked. The industry discovered or increased output of such invaluable war materials as gel gas, toluene, camouflage smoke, noninflammable gas, anticorrosives, insecticide bases, all-temperature lubricants, and butadiene and Butyl.
Popular Science Monthly on this and the following two pages presents a representative group of the paintings. The Standard Oil Co. (N. J.) sponsored the project.


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The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT) wanted a campus transit service for their students, faculty, staff and visitors that would provide a safe, customer-focused, cost-effective, efficient and reliable services. They were looking for a provider that would carry out their mission, goals and objectives.
First Transit was selected as the campus's new transit system operator in fall of 2012. We not only were able to meet these service requirements, but we also provide the best value and partnership. With a staff of 42 employees, we operate 20 newly designed shuttle busses throughout the 550-acre campus and transported more than 814,000 passengers throughout the year.
The new fleet of 20 campus buses are customized to the university's branding including colors and Smokey, the UT mascot. Specially manufactured for the university, the buses are equipped with USB charging stations, real-time GPS tracking to monitor their location and arrival time, and bicycle racks. Each bus runs on the highest level or biodiesel fuel, and outputs a much lower amount of soot emission than the campus's previous buses.
Riders may track their buses on the schools Translōc site, though the GPS tracking which is integrated into the UT mobile app. Route updates and service changes are also available through the UT. All of the buses are accessible to passengers with disabilities.
"The new transit system responds to what students have been telling us they want; that is, new uniformly-branded buses with UT graphics & colors, real-time bus location technology and more flexibility to meet campus transportation needs."
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Effective New Treatment for Chronic Pain
January 22, 2012
by Robert Wascher
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New research shows that behavioral therapy combined with an exercise program may be the most effective treatment for chronic pain.
According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, chronic pain afflicts nearly 1 out of every 3 American men, women and children, and is associated with an estimated cost to society of $560 to $635 billion per year. While there are many causes of chronic pain, they all share a common trait in that almost all types of chronic pain are associated with significant physical and psychological disability in afflicted patients.
Unlike acute pain (like the pain that follows a fresh cut on your hand, or spraining your ankle, for example), which subsides very quickly, chronic pain usually does not improve on its own. Moreover, while you may hop around and shout out a few choice words after smashing your thumb with a hammer, the acute pain caused by a poorly aimed hammer usually does not leave a person feeling depressed or completely disabled like chronic pain so often does. Over time, as chronic pain persists, the area in the brain (the limbic system) that attaches emotional content or value to our experiences and sensations becomes increasingly involved with interpreting the chronic barrage of pain sensations from damaged nerves or chronic inflammation, which leaves many chronic pain sufferers debilitated, and often depressed. Because of the biological complexity of chronic pain, when compared to acute pain, it can be very difficult to effectively treat this lingering form of pain. Patients suffering with chronic pain frequently find their symptoms both physically and emotionally disabling, and medications commonly used to treat acute pain are often ineffective in managing chronic pain. As I have noted, depression is a common feature of chronic pain, and often requires treatment with antidepressant medications and behavioral therapy in addition to treating the original cause (or causes) of a patient's pain.
Now, a newly published prospective randomized clinical research study offers new hope for the estimated 116 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain. This study, which appears in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, randomized 442 patients with chronic pain to receive one of the following interventions for a period of 6 months: (1) telephone-based behavioral therapy, (2) a graded, step-wise exercise program, (3) a combination of both telephone-based therapy and a graded exercise program, or (4) standard treatment for chronic pain. All of the study volunteers were assessed at the time that they entered into the study, 6 months later, and again at 9 months.
The results of this innovative study were quite interesting. Following 6 months of standard chronic pain management, only 8 percent of the study volunteers randomized to this intervention group noticed any significant improvement in their symptoms, and this result was unchanged 9 months after the start of this clinical study. Among the patients who underwent 6 months of telephone-based behavior therapy, 33 percent felt that their chronic pain was improved at 9 months. After 6 months of treatment, 35 percent of the patients who participated in a graduated exercise program felt improved, although this effect decreased over time, with 24 percent of this group of patients reporting improvement in their chronic pain symptoms at 9 months. Finally, the combined therapy group (behavioral therapy and exercise) experienced the greatest improvement in their symptoms, compared to the other treatment groups, with 37 percent of patients in this group reporting significant improvement at both 6 months and 9 months.
This study represents an extremely important advance in the management of chronic pain, a condition that is highly resistant to most conventional therapies and medications. As a cancer physician who regularly treats cancer patients with chronic pain, I am not surprised by the extremely poor response of patients to conventional chronic pain management approaches in this study. While the 37 percent positive response rate noted in this study to combination therapy may seem like a rather poor result, chronic pain syndromes are so difficult to effectively treat that this study's 37 percent response rate is actually extremely impressive. Based upon the results of this important study, behavioral therapy combined with exercise therapy appears to be the most effective and long-lasting treatment approach for patients with chronic pain. At the same time, the dismal response rate associated with standard chronic pain management approaches, as noted in this study, should cause pain management specialists to seriously reevaluate current methods of treating patients with chronic pain.
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.2 Cape Town feb. 2011
Assessing menopausal status in women aged 40 - 49 using depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate, norethisterone enanthate or combined oral contraception
Mags E BeksinskaI; Jenni A SmitI; Immo KleinschmidtII; Tim M M FarleyIII
IPhD Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Overport, Durban
IIPhD London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
IIIPhD UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
BACKGROUND: Determining symptoms of menopause in older users of hormonal injectable contraceptives may be challenging, owing to method-induced amenorrhoea, suppression of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and vasomotor symptoms.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate menopausal symptoms in women aged 40 - 49 using injectable contraceptives depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), norethisterone enanthate (NET-EN) or combined oral contraceptives (COCs), compared with non-users of hormonal contraception.
METHODS: Women using DMPA (N=127), NET-EN (N=102), COCs (N=106) and 161 non-hormonal contraceptive user controls were recruited. Baseline visit serum FSH was measured and information was collected on vasomotor symptoms and menstrual regularity.
RESULTS: There was no difference in reporting of vasomotor symptoms between the groups. There was no evidence of a difference in FSH level between non-users (mean FSH 26.7 IU/ml, SD 28.7) and DMPA users (mean FSH 23.1 IU/ml, SD 27.8) (p=0.64). However, the NET-EN (mean FSH 11.0 IU/ml, SD 10.9) (p=0.003) and COC groups (mean FSH 12.5 IU/ml, SD 18.7) (p=0.001) had significantly lower FSH levels compared with the non-user group.
CONCLUSION: The lower FSH levels found in the NET-EN and COC users compared with controls may indicate a greater degree of suppression of FSH levels in these two methods, compared with DMPA. Measuring FSH levels may therefore be informative of menopausal status in DMPA users but not in NET-EN or COC users. Vasomotor symptoms may assist in assessing menopausal status in DMPA, NET-EN and COC users.
Determining the onset of menopause in older users of hormonal injectable contraceptives depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and norethisterone enanthate (NET-EN) can be challenging.
These contraceptive methods may mask menopausal symptoms such as amenorrhoea, which is a common side-effect of the method itself and increases in incidence over length of time used.1 DMPA has been shown to relieve vasomotor symptoms in perimenopausal women.2,3 Furthermore, DMPA and NET-EN are known to suppress the mid-cycle surge of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH), thereby reducing raised FSH levels, although the tonic release of these gonadotrophins continues at luteal phase levels.4 Detection of menopause or perimenopause may, therefore, present difficulties in this group of contraceptive users. In older combined oral contraceptive (COC) users, it is recommended that FSH is measured on the seventh day of the pill-free interval.5 However, appropriate advice for DMPA and NET-EN users is less clear, and it has been suggested that the options are to continue using the method until the woman reaches 55 years or to change to a non-hormonal method of contraception.6
In South Africa, 63.1% of women aged 40 -44 and 57.2% aged 45 -49 use contraception.7 Of these women approximately one-third use injectable contraceptives DMPA or NET-EN. Less women (10%) use COCs.7 While our primary aim was to study bone density in older women using hormonal contraceptives, a secondary objective was to investigate the menopausal status in participants who used hormonal contraception. This article presents the baseline results of the latter component of the study.
Subjects and methods
A cohort of women aged 40 -49 were recruited from a large family planning clinic in Durban. Eligible participants had used a hormonal method of contraception for at least 1 year (hormonal user group) or had not used a hormonal method for at least 5 years (non-user group), had not lactated or delivered in the past 6 months, had never used medication known to affect calcium metabolism for more than 3 months, and did not have a chronic disease affecting calcium metabolism. Women who had amenorrhoea for at least 1 year were excluded.
On recruitment, a questionnaire was administered to elicit information on lifetime contraceptive history, fertility history, menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, night sweats, skin changes and dry vagina in last 3 months) and menstrual cycle regularity. Questions were also asked on smoking, diet, exercise and caffeine and alcohol intake.
Hormones and assays
A blood sample was drawn on the day of recruitment regardless of timing of the menstrual cycle or injection/COC dosage interval. Many women were experiencing irregular menstrual cycles owing to the use of injectable hormonal contraception or perimenopause. Consequently, a blood draw in the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle was not specified.
Serum FSH levels were determined by immunoassay on the Roche Modular Analytics E170 (Elecsys module) immunoassay analyser. A FSH level >25.8 milli-international units per millilitre (mIU/ml) was considered to be in the menopausal range (King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban; Chemical Pathology Laboratory criteria using Roche Elecsys FSH expected values).
Assay specificity
Regarding analytical specificity, the following cross-reactions with other hormones have been determined for the monoclonal antibody used: luteinising hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, human growth hormone and human placental lactogen at <0.1%.
Assay sensitivity
The lower detection limit is <0.10 mIU/ml. The maximum of the measuring range is 200 mIU/ml. Values above this figure are reported as >200 mIU/ml.
Test precision (reproducibility)
The within-assay coefficients of variation ranged between 0.78% and 1.5% for quality control samples with mean values of 9.53 and 33 mIU/ml. Studies have shown that DMPA and NET-EN suppresses raised FSH and LH levels in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in the early phase of the injection cycle; however, the suppressed levels almost always remained in the menopausal range.8,9
To investigate whether DMPA and NET-EN interfered with the FSH assay, control test samples and patient samples with high and low values of FSH were spiked with both contraceptives at levels above the highest circulating levels of MPA and NET described in the literature.10 Only very small differences were observed, which fell into the quoted within-run precision of the test.
The examination included height, weight, blood pressure and waist and hip measurements using a standard protocol. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated from the weight and height as kg/m2. Participants were followed-up at 6-monthly intervals for a total of 5 years. Our findings are based on the baseline data collected at recruitment and are cross-sectional in nature.
The characteristics of women in the study were quantified as means (±SD), or percentages. Differences in characteristics between the contraceptive groups were assessed using one-way analysis of variance. FSH levels were in addition classified into 2 categories according to laboratory cut-off levels for premenopausal (<25.8 mIU/ml) and perimenopausal/menopausal (>25.8 mIU/ml). The effect of DMPA and NET-EN on the menstrual cycle meant that perimenopause could not be indicated by amenorrhoea in these hormonal contraceptive users. We therefore classified menopausal status using FSH and vasomotor symptoms. Women with an FSH outside the normal range and with at least one vasomotor symptom reported in the last 3 months were classified as perimenopausal. The association between vasomotor symptoms and contraceptive method user group was assessed using chi-square analysis and adjusted for age using logistic regression analysis. The association between FSH level and user group, adjusted for age, was estimated by using multiple variable linear regression. The study was powered to detect differences in bone mass between users and non-users of hormonal contraceptives; detailed methodology for this study is described elsewhere.11
Data were analysed using the statistical package STATA (V.10 College Station, TX, USA). Recruitment commenced in 2000 and was completed in 2003. The study was completed in 2007. Women were informed about the study and, if they were interested in volunteering to participate, they were asked to give written informed consent. Ethical approval was granted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Human Subjects Research Committee (Protocol Number M981001), and by the Scientific and Ethical Review Group of the World Health Organization.
Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of subjects
A total of 496 women were recruited. There were some differences between the characteristics of the 4 groups in the 40 -49-year age group (Table I). Most women presenting as non-users tended to be >45 years, resulting in this group being on average 2 years older than the 3 user groups (p<0.001). There were a similar proportion of African women in both the injectable and non-user groups, but there was a significant difference in the composition of the COC group, where 26% were Indian women. Across all groups, few women exercised, and none in the 2 injectable groups reported following a diet in the last 6 months. Less than a fifth of the women had ever smoked, and few were current smokers.
Reproductive characteristics
Reproductive characteristics are shown in Table II. Age of menarche was around 15 years, and parity was between 3 and 4. The majority of women had used their group method for over 3 years at recruitment, and most were long-term users of the study methods.
Menopausal status
All FSH samples analysed for this study were above the lower detection limit, and no sample >200 mIU/ml was reported. FSH level was associated with age, with an increase of 3.19 IU/ml (p<0.0001) per year of age (40 - 49) for all groups combined. The FSH levels were significantly lower (p<0.0001) in the NET-EN users and COC users compared with the controls (Table III). There was, however, no difference between the DMPA users and the controls (p=0.2). After adjusting the FSH level for age, the difference between the NET-EN and COC users compared with the non-users persisted (p=0.003 and 0.001 respectively) and there was no evidence of a difference between the DMPA users and non-users (p=0.64).
Table IV shows the proportion of women experiencing menopausal symptoms in each group. Although FSH levels were found to be lower in the COC and NET-EN groups, there was no evidence of a difference in the proportion of women falling into the perimenopausal FSH range compared with controls after adjusting for age (DMPA p=0.51; NET-EN p=0.16; COC p=0.06). The non-user group experienced a higher proportion of night sweats; however, after adjusting for age, we found no difference in reporting symptoms between hormonal contraceptive users and non-users. In total, 48.5% of women in the non-user group were classified as perimenopausal (reported at least one vasomotor symptom in the last 3 months and had an FSH in the perimenopausal/menopausal range). This was a higher proportion than in the other 3 groups (40.2% DMPA, 31.4% NET-EN, 30.1% COCs); however, after adjusting for age, there was no evidence of a difference between the 4 groups in terms of menopausal status (DMPA p=0.48; NET-EN p=0.93; COC p=0.29) (Table IV).
Only 19.7% of women in the DMPA group and 33% of the NET-EN group reported a regular menstrual cycle (between 21 and 35 days), compared with 90% of the COC group and 93% of the non-users.
Although there was no age difference between the ethnic groups (p=0.28). The Indian and coloured women had lower FSH values (9.6 IU/ml and 16.6 IU/ml respectively) compared with black women (20.5 IU/ml) (p=0.03).
After adjusting for age, we found no difference in reporting of vasomotor symptoms between the hormonal contraceptive users and non-users. DMPA has been used successfully to treat vasomotor symptoms2,3 and, in one study,4 vasomotor symptoms were relieved in 96% of women treated with one dose of DMPA, the relief beginning within 4 - 7 days. Relief was sustained for between 8 and 20 weeks, with symptoms returning from around 2 months. In the study by Bullock et al.,2 89.5% of women experienced relief from vasomotor symptoms; however, in this study, women received a monthly injection of DMPA (150 mg) which is more frequent than the dose used for contraceptive purposes. In our study, we asked about any episode of vasomotor symptoms in the last 3 months; however, the study was not set up to collect frequency within that time period. It might have been that women in our study using DMPA were relieved of symptoms in the first 2 months of the injection cycle but symptoms returned towards the end of the 3-month injection cycle. This requires further investigation. There are no data on NET-EN and suppression of vasomotor symptoms, which may be because the method is not as widely used as DMPA. However, this study shows slightly lower reporting of night sweats in NET-EN compared with DMPA users, which may suggest that it also has the potential to relieve some vasomotor symptoms in women.
Our study found evidence that, although mean FSH was lower in NET-EN and COC users compared with DMPA and non-users after adjusting for age, there was no evidence of a difference in the proportion of each user group classified in the perimenopausal FSH range. COCs are known to suppress FSH levels to a greater extent than DMPA;12 however, limited information exists on NET-EN suppression of FSH in this age group. Ethnic differences in age at natural menopause could also be another possible explanation for the lower FSH levels in the COC group.13 This group comprised the highest proportion of Indian women (25.5%), and Indian women had significantly lower FSH than the black women of the same age, which adds to existing evidence that there are differences associated with ethnicity and age at natural menopause.13
In South Africa, alternatives to hormonal contraception such as sterilisation and the IUD are not readily accessible in the public health sector, and women will often continue to use hormonal injectables into their late 40s and beyond.7
Our study suggests that some women use hormonal contraception when they are in the menopausal transition. The variability of FSH levels during the perimenopause has called into question the reliability of using the FSH measure to diagnose or predict menopause.6 However, in hormonal injectable users, it may be one of the only means of assessing approaching menopause without discontinuing the method. This finding has important implications for guiding family planning providers, as South Africa has no guidelines on how to manage older injectable contraceptive users. In the public health sector, women are normally advised to remain on their methods until at least 50 years or until they report menopausal symptoms. In some cases, a single FSH measurement will be taken, normally after a method has been discontinued. Women could have FSH levels measured without discontinuing the method provided that the test is taken at the end of the injection cycle for both NET-EN and DMPA. A benefit to continuing use of injectables may be some relief of vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.
Our study has several limitations. Cross-sectional in design, the data include only one FSH measurement where the timing of measurement was not always at the end of the injection cycle or 7th day of the pill-free interval. Women were asked whether they had experienced any symptoms of menopause in the last 3 months, but the study was not set up to ask about the frequency of these symptoms over the 3-month period. However, the study indicates that menopausal symptoms and high FSH levels can be detected in some women, and this warrants further investigation with a larger sample size.
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Since our family first began building wooden arrows, over fifty years ago, the choice of fletching has always been real turkey feathers. In furthering our education, we have tried other
Compound Bows For Sale
Compound bows represent the latest technical achievements in the field of archery and while their older cousins the recurve bows are fairly simple in construction, compound bows are anything but.
They are constructed out of advanced materials such as military grade aluminum and carbon fibers and feature a complex pulley system in order to achieve the maximum possible let off.
Compounds can truly be said to be the pinnacle of engineering.
Most people will want to find the best compound bow for the money, but of course first you have to decide what exactly you expect from it.
Also you'll need to decide whether you need a right handed or left handed compound bow, take note however that if you are right handed you will hold the bow with your left and draw with your right hand..
BowTech Assassin
This is BowtTech's bestselling bows that introduces novices and experts alike to a new level of bow hunting. The Assassin is proof that the company has given it all it they got to design this magnificent looking bow with features such as the accredited Binary Cam System and rotating draw modules.
Next you'll also need to determine the draw length that suits you best; the quickest way to determine this is simply to measure your outstretched arms and divide the result by 2.5 and that should give you the draw length that's best for you.
To determine the proper length of arrows you will use simply add 1-2 inches to the previously established draw length.
|Draw Weight
|Very Small Kid
|55 - 70 lbs
|10 - 15 lbs
|Small Kid
|70 - 100 lbs
|15 -25 lbs
|Larger Kid
|100 - 130 lbs
|25 -35 lbs
|Athletic Older Kid
|130 - 150 lbs
|40 -50 lbs
|Small Frame Lady
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|Medium Frame Lady
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|Large Frame Lady
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|Small Frame Guy
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|Large Frame Guy
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Our website will also provide links to the best price vs. performance compound bows for sale online.
There are various compound packages available online, but keep in mind that most of them will also try to sell you things you don't need, of course if you are a seasoned archer you probably won't need our advice, but if you are a beginner who desperately needs to buy one you would be wise to follow our links.
Best Compound Bow
Since nowadays the archery industry has become a highly competitive market it has become increasingly difficult to determine which one is the absolute best choice, but this also means that when you are buying a high-end compound, you will probably get a high quality bow no matter from which manufacturer you are buying it.
PSE Bow Madness RTSThe PSE Bow Madness 3G Compound Bow is made right here in the USA and is one of the best-selling bows in the market. The bow is available with your choice of 50, 60, or 70-lb draw weight with a max arrow speed of 330fps. The PSE Bow Madness 3G Compound Bow has ready-to-shoot features and is equipped with reformulated Vibracheck for reduced vibrations, and weighs in at 4lbs.
If this is the model you seek, then it's probably best to buy from manufacturers that have a proven track record as usually only such companies can afford to have compound bows for sale cheap while still retaining proper quality.
We will of course provide you with links to cheap compound bows for sale and despite their low cost you can still expect solid performance, whether they will be used for hunting or target shooting.
Best Compound Bow For The Money
Diamond Infinite Edge BowThe Infinite Edge by Diamond Archery features an incredible draw length of up to 13 to 30 inches and a draw weight range of 5 to 70 lbs. The Infinite Edge is so versatile that it's perfect for novices, expert archers, and even bow fishers. The Infinite Edge is designed to push performance to the limit.
Youth Compound Bows for Sale
If you are considering buying a compound for your child there are several factors you should pay attention to. You should never buy a model with too much draw weight and you should also pay attention to draw length as described above, since it would be really sad for your child to lose interest in this beautiful hobby just because of the wrong choice.
You should probably not buy the most expensive model you see (unless you have unlimited budget) since children quickly outgrow their first model, but should instead focus on getting best compound bow for the money.
Since kids compound bows for sale usually vary widely in both price and quality, so you best bet is probably to choose something in mid-to-high range. Again our website will provide you with links to what our experts deem to be the best (we have considered price vs. performance ratio) compound bows for sale online.
Best Compound Bow 2014
2014 has seen a lot of great models produced by all the major companies (and some relatively unknown ones) but in my opinion if you are looking for the best compund bow for the price, I'd recommend Bowtech Assassin. If you ask archery enthusiasts what's the best manufacturer, the vast majority will tell you that this title of course belongs to Bowtech. It can manage respectable 333 fps IBO speed, also handles pretty smooth and is probably one of the quietest models available. It also offers easily adjustable draw lengths and weights (no additional tools are needed).
You'll find this model scoring high on most compound bow reviews even though Assassin price is only 699$. This is a rare thing as usually you have to pay at least a grand for similar performance. Bowtech Assassin for sale has been a hit ever since it hit the market and so if you are willing to spend a little more for your first compound bow it is a perfect choice and if you are a beginner you may also appreciate all the accessories that come with it. It is also available in Infinity Camo but I think the original color scheme much more in spirit with its silence and name Bowtech Assassin Black Ops.
There is no other model in this price range that even comes near it.
Compound Bow Accessories
Accessories such as grips, scopes, stabilizers etc. won't seem too important in the beginning. The accessory you will need most now is a good case to keep your compound bows and arrows out of harm's way, fortunately with most models you will also get a quality bow case.
Of course there are plenty of useful accessories available and when you will become a more seasoned archer, you will likely begin to see them as crucial. Check out archery supplies for reviews and recommendations. This is especially true for those among you who will pursue the path of hunter as in the wilderness sometimes even the best laid plans go awry and you will need things such as backup string, additional arrows and arrowheads, to name just a few.
I sincerely hope that the above text has shown you that becoming an archer needn't be too expensive or time consuming and I hope that many of you will choose this rich and rewarding hobby, whether as a better way of hunting or just to do some relaxing target shooting.
The choice of a proper compound model
How to choose it?
Whilst searching for an admirable compound model, you might encounter various set-backs, especially if you are only a beginner in the art of archery. Since every individual has his or her own bodily proportions, such as lenght of arms and legs, height and weight- The compound bow is made in the same fashion, to suit the needs of its user perfectly. There are also many terms an unexperienced practicionist might wish to learn about first, which will be presented in the following article.
Draw Lenght
The perfect lenght to suit any individual archer, can be very simply measured by your arms –like already holding a bow and picking the string -or just having them outstreched by the sides and halving that lenght. This is a most suitable lenght that is wise to measure before getting a bow, to get the best results possible. The optimal results are measures by the view, speed, accuracy, control, and the whole power of the shot.
Draw Weight
Other than that, from a purely physical point of view 'draw weight' is the force a user feels when he/she starts pulling back the string making it tense when aiming. The logical conclusion is that –the more you pull- the more power you can achieve by pulling back the string. The results can verify based on the tensity of the string being pulled back, meaning the angle of the shot and also its power. Therefore when choosing the right model, you shouldn't feel too much pressure when pulling back, neither too little- the right amount should be chosen by selecting a proper compound bow and testing various models, until the one is find to accomodate the user's preferences. If the pressure is too high the arm and the aim will start trembling thus, making the shot very inaccurate.
Left Off and Brace Height
It makes perfect sense as the models vary in height the pulling- drawing of the string will need more- or less power. For an example, a short model will need less strenght while drawing and the shot will be a bit less powerful according to that, and the llonger models will need more strenght to fully draw the string but the shot will have a longer range and a more powerful shot. Still, the optimum has to be chosen according to the archer's physical capabilities.
The Lenght
Through many, many years of hunting and battling using bow and using different materials the patent has been developed to a very fine and sophisticated structure making it much more accurate, lighter, stronger and easier to shoot with over the ages. This leads to a sensible conclusion, that according to each person's bodily functions and measurements a compund should be chosen with care and consideration of one's strenght, height and lenght of the limbs. Meaning longer models will be easily fired by people with longer arms, and the shorter ones will do better with people that are smaller and have smaller limbs. Of course, as there are exceptions it is best to test any compound bows before actually buying them permanently.
Tips on Looking for a Good Crossbow
For every hunter and target shooter in the world, Crossbows are increasingly becoming their favorite product. Crossbows bring in this natural feeling while hunting. It makes one feel like the red Indians as they went hunting. Though they are still a modern type of innovation, they still provide a different feeling than shooting with a rifle.
The advantage of using a crossbow is that they are compact and easy to carry while travelling. It is also light to haul around in the hunting field. The crossbow arrows are only sixteen inches long. The only disadvantage is that it can be tough to master the art of using a crossbow in either activity. Crossbow shooting requires a certain level of precision and also patience while doing it. It can be hard for a beginner since all these traits have to be mastered and also done with finesse.
In order to be good at target shooting and hunting, the type of crossbow matters. It is often said that a carpenter is only as good as his tools. Therefore, to be an expert, you have to use the best crossbows for money. There are some specifications that someone intending to buy a good crossbow has to look at. One of them is the velocity and the draw weight. The best crossbows usually have a draw weight of 150 to 175 lbs. as well as a velocity of 235-315 feet per second. This type of crossbow is very beneficial in many ways. It allows any beginner to train with it as the speed and draw weight are really low and at the same time strong enough to take out a deer. Such a crossbow is very powerful and accurate for about 20 to 40 yards while deer hunting. If you want to use it during target practice, it is accurate for up to 100 yards.
The next thing to look out for is the accessories. Always pay attention to the accessories that the best crossbows for money come with. If it does not have accessories, do not buy it since you will spend much money buying them. Always ensure that as you buy the crossbow, it is fully packed with the rope cocking device, extra string and enough wax for the string. It should also contain a shoulder sling and at least four arrows. This is important when out in the field. Do not spend time looking for padded slings as there are very few.
Another you should look out for is the warranty. This is very important for the beginners. The best crossbows have one year warranty. If there is one with more warranty years, you should look out for them.
The final thing you should look out for is the price. Always buy the best crossbows for the money that is within your budget. With around $200, you will be able to find a good crossbow with many accessories.


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Good Housekeeping's always advocated for safety in and around the home. When you think of baby proofing, the first things that come to mind are covering outlets and sharp edges, gating stairwell entrances, and locking up medicines, alcohol, and cleaning products. What you might not consider is whether or not your television is secured. Unfortunately, a growing number of injuries and deaths have been caused by unanchored flat panel TVs. When the numbers crossed my desk, I was shocked. A recent CPSC report indicated that a child dies every three weeks from a toppled television. And it's estimated that nearly 20,000 people seek treatment for related injuries from tipping TVs each year - 50% of them under the age of 9.
As televisions get larger and thinner, physics dictates they'll readily tip when bumped. That's why it's crucial to properly mount or secure your television. Sanus, a manufacturer of wall mounts, has teamed with Safe Kids Worldwide to educate consumers about the associated risks of not properly securing televisions.
Some tips for securing your televisions and other furniture with the potential to tip over:
- Anchor furniture and TV stands to the floor or wall with appropriate hardware, like brackets.
- If the TV isn't mounted, make sure it's on a sturdy, low base. Keep the television as far back as possible on the stand.
- Store remote controls and other attractive items like toys away from the TV stand to prevent children from knocking the TV if they go to grab them.
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US Intel case delayed again
Competition punch-up set for 2010
AMD vs Intel The Intel AMD antitrust case has been delayed and now won't be heard until 2010.
The case is being heard in the District Court in Delaware and will now start in February 2010 rather than April 2009.
The original case was brought in 2005 and accused Intel of offering discounts to computer makers who pledged not to use AMD chips and pressuring retailers to reduce shelf space offered to the rival chip maker. Intel denies all charges.
The two sides have recently been in discovery - showing each other the evidence they will present. AMD has demanded emails and other documents from all the major computer manufacturers.
The case was delayed in 2007 when Intel admitted a lot of relevant emails to and from senior executives had mysteriously disappeared.
The European Commission has a separate antitrust investigation into the chip giant and raided Intel and Dixons Store Group offices in February.
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Academics / Courses / DescriptionsCOMP_ENG 303: Advanced Digital Design
Quarter OfferedFall : TuTh 3:30-4:50 ; S. Memik
Spring : TuTh 3:30-4:50 ; Gu
PrerequisitesCOMP_SCI 203
Overview of digital logic design. Implementation technologies, timing in combinational and sequential circuits, EDA tools, basic arithmetic units, introduction to simulation and synthesis using VHDL.
- This course fulfills the Systems breadth requirement.
- M. Morris Mano and Charles R. Kime, Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Pearson/Prentice Hall, latest Edition
- Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms, Hachtel & Somenzi, Springer
- CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective, Weste & Harris, 4th Ed., Addison Wesley
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Seda Ogrenci Memik (Fall), Prof. Jie Gu (Spring)
COURSE COORDINATOR: Prof. Seda Ogrenci Memik
COURSE GOALS: To teach design and synthesis of two-level/multilevel combinational logic as well as finite state machine design, optimization, and synthesis. Material reinforced with the use of contemporary EDA tools. Introduces the use of a hardware-description language (VHDL).
- 1) Number systems
- 2) Logic simplification using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps
- 3) Combinational logic implementation using AND/OR/NOT, NAND/NOR gates, PLAs
- 4) Exposure to basic components, e.g., adders, decoders, and multiplexers.
- 5) Exposure to memory elements and flip-flops
- 6) Basic FSM design experience
Week 1: Introduction to logic design: class administration, digital design methodology, review of two level minimization, Karnaugh maps.
Week 2: Two level logic minimization algorithms: Unate covering, Quine McCluskey Method,
Week 3: CAD tools for two level minimization, ESPRESSO algorithm.
Week 4: Multilevel logic synthesis: Mapping 2-level logic to NANDs and NORs, CAD tools for multilevel logic, Factoring, Extraction, Simplification.
Week 5: Technology Mapping, Binate covering.
Week 6: Memory elements and clocking: Sequential logic networks, latches, flip-flops, timing issues, setup and hold times. Timing Analysis for Sequential and Combinational Logic.
Week 7: Finite State Machine Design: Review of state machine design, Moore/Mealy machine, finite state machine word problems. Motivation for FSM Optimization, state minimization algorithms, implication chart method. Finite State Machine Assignment: motivation for state assignment, example for state assignment, paper and pencil methods for state assignment, one-hot encodings.
Week 8: Programmable Logic Technologies.
Week 9: Introduction to VHDL: VHDL language basics, interface, architecture body, behavioral VHDL, process statements, delay models.
Week 10: VHDL Structural Modeling: Review of VHDL, structural VHDL modeling, use of hierarchy, combinational designs, component instantiation, concurrent statements, test benches.
COMPUTER USAGE: Students learn to use industrial EDA tools such as Altera Quartus, ModelSim for VHDL simulation. In addition, students also use the SIS synthesis tools. Students use the Unix workstations in the ECE Wilkinson lab as well as Web Edition software on their own PCs.
Lab 1: Use of ESPRESSO for two-level minimization.
Lab 2: Quartus and ModelSim for VHDL simulation and synthesis.
- Homework & Lab assignments - 45%
- Midterm exam - 25%
- Final exam - 30%
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students completing this course should be able to
1) Do two-level logic minimization using Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, the Quine McCluskey method, and the Espresso software;
2) Do multi-level logic simplification using factoring;
3) Understand and use advanced technology mapping algorithms;
4) Understand advanced two-level minimization heuristics;
5) Draw and interpret timing diagrams;
6) Identify and accelerate a circuit's critical timing path;
7) Do efficient FSM state minimization, assignment, and splitting;
8) Design combinational circuits using VHDL;
9) Use a research-quality EDA software to perform two-level combinational logic minimization; and
10) Use industrial EDA tools for schematic capture, gate-level logic simulation as well as HDL simulation and synthesis.
1. M. Morris Mano and Charles R. Kime, Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Pearson/Prentice Hall, latest Edition.
2. Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms, Hachtel & Somenzi, Springer
3. CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective, Weste & Harris, 4th Ed., Addison Wesley


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Jennifer Lopez and "Hamilton" star Lin-Manuel Miranda performed a song penned to benefit survivors of the Orlando club massacre, on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning.
The two stars released "Love Make the World Go Round" last week, with sales of the single going toward the Somos Orlando Fund. They performed the song live for the very first time on "Today" in front of an audience that included 50 Orlando survivors and family members.
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"The world needs this right now — the world really needs the message of love being the answer," Lopez said of the dance track. "That's what really matters and that's what makes the world go 'round, and nothing else. Hate, anger — it's not going to get us anywhere."
Lopez said she knew Miranda was the perfect artist to collaborate with, especially after hearing his "Love is love is love" speech at the Tony Awards following shooting.


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"SOUTH ELMHAM ST. MICHAEL, a parish in the hundred of Wangford, county Suffolk, 4 miles S. of Bungay, its post town. The living is a vicarage annexed to the perpetual curacy of Rumburgh. The church is ancient. Sir R. Adair is lord of the manor.
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I was looking at a 0-dimensional matrix model, where the variables are $N\cdot N$ Hermitean matrices. It had a gauge symmetry, e.g. $U(N)$. And in the path integral, the Faddeev-Popov trick was used. So instead of integrating over the set of matrices, one was reduced to integrating over the $N$ (real) eigenvalues. Or, I tried counting the number of degrees of freedom and I was puzzled:
N by N Hermitean matrices have $N^2$ real independent variables ($N(N-1)$ values for the triangular part (non counting the diagonal ones), plus $N$ real variables for the diagonal ones, giving us a total of $N^2$
$U(N)$ has real dimension $N^2$, classic result from group theory
At the end, I arrive at $N^2 - N^2 = 0$ variables instead of $N$ real eigenvalues.
I tried seeing it from another point but I can't derive what I'd like to. What I am thinking/doing wrong?


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New Practical Nursing Program Starts this Fall at SUNY CantonFriday, May 29th, 2009
SUNY Canton is broadening the spectrum of its career-driven healthcare options by adding a Practical Nursing program.
The one-year certificate program will begin this fall alongside the College's recently added four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
"The Practical Nursing program rounds out our nursing options to serve a greater population," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "Students can come for the one-year certificate, two-year Registered Nurse major, the four-year bachelor's in nursing, or progress through all three programs. Students in all of these programs will have fantastic career opportunities waiting for them when they graduate."
Nurses from all three programs are in high-demand locally and nationwide. According to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of LPNs is expected to grow 14 percent between 2006 and 2016, which is faster than the average for all occupations.
"The Nursing program perfectly reflects our ladder curricula, where students start in a one-year program and then stay for a two or four-year degree," said William R. Trumble, the College's Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. "We've seen fantastic success by students who choose to utilize this approach to their education."
The program was designed to meet the needs of local health care organizations as well as those of the incoming students, according to Nursing Program Director John F. Conklin. "Previously, students would have to commute to Saranac Lake or Watertown to earn a similar degree," Conklin said. "Were it not for this degree, we could very well have seen a decrease in qualified staffing here in St. Lawrence County."
Career opportunities for LPNs include hospitals, nursing homes, mental health institutions, private homes, community health clinics, and public health departments.
Coursework in the program covers English, anatomy and physiology, psychology, and nursing courses that include supervised clinical practice in a patient care setting.
"Students who graduate from our Practical Nursing program will have met the prerequisites for admission into the RN program," Conklin added. "They can also accumulate additional college credits through electives and supplementary courses that will help no matter where life leads."
SUNY Canton is now accepting applications for admission into the competitive one-year Practical Nursing program. For more information, or to apply, contact the SUNY Canton Office of admissions at 315.386.7123, 1.800.386.7123, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
"We'd encourage prospective students to apply to this program as soon as possible," Director of Admissions Jonathan Kent said. "All of our nursing programs are highly competitive and spots fill up quickly with extremely qualified students. The Practical Nursing program is particularly appealing because students know that they can begin their career with a terrific job after just one year of study."
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs, as well as three master's degrees in conjunction with SUNYIT, Utica. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.


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I go back to work in two weeks. TWO WEEKS. Where did the time go?
I am freaking out, to be honest. It wasn't like this with Jack. Back then, I couldn't wait to go back to work. This time is so, so different. I want to stay home with my baby and watch him grow! I want to be able to pick Jack up from school and help him get his homework done!
I don't want to spend 3 soul-crushing hours a day in a car commuting to a job where I take care of other people while I pay someone to take care of my kids.
This all makes the daycare search harder. I mean, aside from the fact that there are so few places in my area that take infants (which feels like silent judgment that I should be home with my baby), it's difficult to find a provider I trust. If I'm going to outsource parenting to someone else, I want them to be AWESOME and better than me! I haven't found that so far, though. I've found one place that is acceptable, but she has a tiny house and limited hours and only takes kids until they are 2 years old. And because she's the only one taking care of the kids and there is a toddler and a 6-month-old, she wouldn't be able to help Dez get to sleep – he would have to learn (quickly!) to fall asleep in a strange place by himself.
It doesn't feel right.
I'm still searching. I know it's down to the wire and so incredibly close to the holidays, but I'm doing my best to shove any rising anxiety to the back of my mind and continue about my business. This is how I'm getting through things (like yesterday's nightmarish task of taking Jack to get his blood drawn – he is deathly afraid of needles and pain in general).
It's not strength – it's denial. LA LA LA EVERYTHING IS FINE. JUST KEEP SWIMMING.
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So I was on an Online Dating site for gay men. Anyway this guy PM's me, and I have to admit that he wasn't bad looking at all. I started chatting away with him trying to get to know him. We eventually get around to telling each other what we do for a living. So he tells me that he is self employed, to which I said "fair play to you thats really cool". Which is very impressive in these economic times and what not. Then he breaks it to me "I'M A MEDIUM".
I have to admit I was really taken aback by that and kinda disappointed. I didn't want to be rude at first, so I just said "Oh really that sounds really interesting"
Then he said "yes I am"
So then I just blocked him lol. I just cannot see myself dating someone who is basically making money from lying to people. No offence to anyone who might believe in this . Realistically speaking, it would just never work out. I think its best that when it comes to dating, I'm best to just date other atheists. And yes it is possible to date believers who are somewhat more mellow about their beliefs than others, but with a lot of believers it can create a big difference that can be quite frankly very hard to get passed and compromise over.
What are your views on this people? Would you ever date a medium?
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Hell yeah! I'd love to date a Medium, imagine the conversations and deep discussions you could have!
I have met several people who believe they have a gift and they are always great to talk to. The number of dates might be limited when they realise how much of a sceptic you are and that you are amused by their bullshit!
Mediums and astrologers know that the victim has to be a believer in order for the bullshit to work, it is akin to auto suggestion, victims want to believe so they make the medium's (informed) guesses fit their reality. Quite sad that human nature predisposes some people to this way of thinking. But that is how religion flourishes...
Let's distinguish between dating, which is often done by one or both partners strictly for the pleasure (certainly including sex), and marriage which is a contractual "lifetime" (LOL) commitment.
Certainly a lot of people in dating situations (women more than men) view it as hopefully leading to marriage, whereas a lot of other people (men more than women) will date until the "where is this going?" question (typically posed by the woman) comes to a head, which is when someone tends to get dumped.
I might like to talk to a medium for a few minutes until my bullshit-o-meter got buried in the red. I'd probably wander off after that,
Probably not - I went on a third date with a girl who was an atheist - I was having a lot of fun and then she said ... 'Hey I've always wanted to visit this fortune teller across the street there, I think that stuff is fascinating!' - So that kind of ruined the mood and it got awkward from there on out...because even I couldn't fake excitement about something like that even if it was to 'get in her pants'.
Actually upon second thought, it would depend on whether or not she was up front about manipulating the weak minded - Or if she actually believed it. One would be a turn on and the other would be a complete turn off.
Did you see the headline in the USA Today about the midget fortune teller who escaped from jail?
It read "Small medium at large"


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Data visualization
Visualization tools improve transparency by making sense of raw data
Navy creates a virtual world to test submarine design
Visualization tools support Army's criminal investigations
"When you are dealing with massive quantities of data, you want to make sure you are taking a visualization technique that is appropriate for your analysis task," said Andy Hoskinson, vice president of technology strategy and consulting at Unisys. When he was a field artillery officer in the Army, Hoskinson worked with geographic information systems on fire direction drills.
All too often, Hoskinson has seen the gratuitous use of graphs, pie charts or other techniques that, although visually appealing, did little to advance the agency's message.
"Instead of having visualization for the sake of having the visualization, figure out the message you are trying to convey and pick the most appropriate visualization type," he said.
Recently, Web 2.0 has brought a slew of new ways of depicting data — some better than others. Popular approaches include tag clouds, in which key words are placed on a backdrop, with the heaviness of their type signifying their usage within the dataset. Tree maps are another new technique in which topics are arranged in a simple branch-like fashion, showing their relationships to one another.
But it's important to make sure the form matches the content. "A lot of these techniques are unproved, so it is unclear how effective they are in terms in conveying messages about a large dataset to general users," Hoskinson said.
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Next up for Jen?
Tory Burch and Lance Armstrong are over. Distance is the official reason, the unofficial reason is probably because he's a dickhead. Don't get me wrong… once upon a time Lance was the ultimate Quiveration and a former #1 on the Freebie Five. But just because he crusades for cancer doesn't make him a nice boyfriend or even a considerate husband.
Lance is all about Lance.
And Lance is all about dating clones. Tory looks like his ex wife Kik, Tory also looks like Sheryl Crow, and Sheryl looks very much like her good friend Jennifer Aniston. Now that Jennifer isn't rocking Orly Bloom to sleep after sex, an Aniston/Armstrong is almost just as perfect as her fictional romance with Three Whiskers.
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Welcome to our coverage of WWE Money In The Bank. We will update this page throughout the evening with results from the show, so check back often.
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker welcomed us to the show, and they are kicking things off with the Smackdown Money In The Bank match. There were ladders set up all around the ring, and the ringside area. The stage also had ladders, as well as two armored bank vans with the MITB logo on it.
Money in the Bank Match: Big Show vs. Matt Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Kane vs. Christian vs. Drew McIntyre.
Each man had their full entrance, with Big Show coming out last. There was a spotlight above the briefcase that resulted in a white light coming down in the center of the ring. Big Show and Kane cleaned house at the bell, while Cody Rhodes brought in a ladder and tried to climb it, but he was tossed out as well. Kane and Show then faced off, with Show shoulderblocking Kane from the ring. Big Show went to climb a ladder, but the rungs broke under his weight. Wrestlers ran in, but Show swatted them back out, then tossed the broken ladder from the ring, hitting Kane with it. Big Show went under the ring, but was kicked by Ziggler and Rhodes, then everyone except Kane ganged up on Show and rammed him into the ring steps. The wrestlers then brawled on the floor, with Drew McIntyre getting the better of it, including catapulting Christian into a ladder on the floor.
Drew tossed a ladder in the ring and set it up, but Hardy came in and hit Drew with a ladder across the back, then knocked him out of the ring with it. Matt climbed the ladder, but Christian pulled him down. Christian then went to climb up, but Matt pulled him down. Matt and Christian brawled to the floor, while Rhodes tried to climb the ladder, but Kofi cut him off, rammed him in the ladder and tossed him out. Kofi went to climb, but Ziggler stopped him. Ziggler climbed and reached the hook, but Christian climbed up and stopped him. Christian and Ziggler fought at the top of the ladder, and Christian hiptossed him off. Matt tipped the ladder to knocked Christian off, but he landed on his feet. Hardy gave Kofi a Twist Of Fate and Christian gave Rhodes a reverse DDT. Hardy and Christian gave Kane a double DDT. Hardy and Christian gave Kane a ladder sandwich, then hit each other with the ladders. Christian gave Hardy a Hotshot into a ladder leaning on the ropes, then stood on Hardy.
Christian went to climb a ladder, but Rhodes knocked it over and Christian fell to the floor, crashing into Big Show. Rhodes and Kofi hit Kane with kicks, and Matt gave Kane a Twist Of Fate. Kofi went to climb, but Rhodes gave Kingston a back suplex off the ladder. Rhodes and Hardy climbed and battled at the top of a ladder, but Drew knocked it over. Drew tossed Matt shoulder first into the ringpost, then did the same to Rhodes. Drew climbed the ladder, but Ziggler stopped him, only to be tossed into the ringpost as well. Kane pulled McIntyre to the floor, then started to clear the announce tables. Kane went for a chokeslam, but McIntyre battled back, only to be kicked onto the table. Kane decked Christian at ringside with a right hand. Kofi hit Kane with a baseball slide kick as Kane was picking up a ladder. Kofi went to McIntyre and pounded him with punches and a Trouble In Paradise kick on the table.
Kofi looked at a ladder at ringside, and positioned it so he could dive onto McIntyre on the announce table. Kofi gave McIntyre a Boom Drop off the ladder, putting him through the table. In the ring, Ziggler climbed a ladder, but Big Show got in and knocked the ladder down. Show chokeslammed Ziggler, who rolled to the floor. Kane choked Big Show, but Big Show punched him away, then gave him a back splash in the corner, using a ladder. Rhodes ran in, but Show knocked him out. Christian and Hardy hit Show with a ladder, but on a second attempt, Show shoved the ladder, knocking Hardy and Christian down. Show splashed the ladder onto Christian and Hardy. They rolled to the floor, and Show was left alone in the ring.
Show went under the ring and pulled out his heavy duty ladder. They noted it was a 350 pound ladder, and could hold a ton. Show struggled to get the ladder in the ring, finally pulling it between the ropes. Show got it set up, but before he could climb, Rhodes came in with a small ladder and hit Show in the ankle with it. Rhodes started to climb the big ladder, but Ziggler pulled him off with an Electric Chair. Ziggler started to climb the ladder, slowly, but Big Show chopped him off. Show headbutted Matt Hardy away. Kofi Kingston springboarded onto the big ladder, but Show pulled him off. Kofi managed to hook Show in a DDT on the way down, then began to climb the ladder again. Cody Rhodes hit a top rope dropkick on Kofi to knock him off the ladder.
Rhodes gave Kofi Crossroads on a ladder on the mat. Rhodes started to climb, but Ziggler knocked him off, then gave him a Zig Zag into the heavy duty ladder. Big Show headbutted Rhodes, then Ziggler. Show began to climb, but Kane toppled the ladder. Show fell into the ropes, and over the top to the floor. The other wrestlers piled and tossed a bunch of ladders onto Big Show, burying him. Everyone except Show and McIntyre were in the ring. Everyone tried to climb the ladder, but Kane pulled them down and cleaned house on them. Kane went to climb the ladder, but Dolph climbed over him and tried for the briefcase. Kane pulled him back and Dolph applied a sleeper on the ladder. Kane broke free by ramming Dolph's head in the ladder. Kane went to toss Dolph from the ring, but his leg got caught in the ropes. Kane freed him, then tossed him off the apron into the pile of ladders on top of Show. Kane was pulled from the ring by Kofi and Christian, so Kane blasted them, and tossed Kofi onto the pile of ladders on Show. Cody Rhodes tried to run from Kane, but Kane chased him and rammed him head first into the armored van. Kane went back to the ring where Christian and Hardy were trying to climb the ladder. Kane pulled them down and went to climb, but Hardy and Christian gave Kane a double powerbomb off the ladder.
Christian and Hardy climbed the ladder and slugged it out. Each went for the briefcase, only to be cut off by the other. They struggled right at the top of the ladder, then both shoved each other off, with Matt landing hard on the mat and Christian bouncing off the ropes before crashing. Drew McIntyre, slowly, crawled into the ring and began climbing the ladder. Kane got back up and climbed the other side. Kane grabbed McIntyre by the throat and tossed him off the ladder. Kane then grabbed the briefcase at the 23-minute mark.
Winner: Kane.
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Faculty, Alumni Integral to 2011 Sioux Falls Business Conference
Tomorrow's Sioux Falls Business Conference will feature Augustana alumni and faculty member as panelists and moderators. Themed "Innovation in a Changing Marketplace," the conference will bring together local and regional business experts to discuss the changing Sioux Falls marketplace.
New Art Exhibit to Feature Works by Students
The annual Juried Student Invitational will feature a wide range of works by students from Augustana art classes. The exhibit will be on view from Tuesday, May 31, through Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery.
Summer Kicks Off With Two New Exhibits at Augustana
From satellite images of the earth to a variety of works by students from Augustana's art classes, two new exhibits offer a treat for the eyes.
Former First Lady of Augustana, Anne Svendsbye, Dies at 84
Annelotte "Anne" Svendsbye, the wife of Dr. Lloyd Svendsbye, Augustana's 19th president from 1987-1992, died on Tuesday, May 24. She was 84. Funeral services are set for Wednesday, June 1, in Edina, Minn.
Sesquicentennial Class Celebrates Commencement
They began their journey at Augustana in 2007 and, on Saturday, they completed it. Three-hundred-forty members of the Sesquicentennial Class, the class of 2011, participated in the commencement ceremony at the Sioux Falls Arena.
Augustana Receives Presidential Recognition for Community Service
Augustana has been admitted to the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful volunteerism, service-learning and civic engagement.
In the News: Alumna Mary Hart Signs Off From 'Entertainment Tonight'
Friends share their memories of Mary Hart, Augustana class of 1972, best known for interviewing thousands of actors during her 29 years as co-host of "Entertainment Tonight." Hart's last show was Friday, May 20.
First Graduate of Luther House of Study to Receive Degree Saturday
After 20 years as a third grade teacher, Don Reiffenberger accepted God's call. On Saturday, he will become the first graduate of the Luther House of Study, a collaborative program between Augustana and Sioux Falls Seminary that is addressing the shortage of leadership in Lutheran congregations.
Augustana Dining Services Named Governor's Award Winner
Augustana Dining Services has been named a 2011 Governor's Award winner in the Outstanding Private Employer category for outstanding achievement in improving employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Gov. Dennis Daugaard will present the award to College officials in June.
Wright's Latest Book Explores '50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter'
From "Big Macs" to "Zombie Banks," "The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter," a new book co-authored by Dr. Robert E. Wright, Augustana's Nef Family chair of political economy, explores the global macroeconomic climate.


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Holidays on Reschenpass/Passo Resia and Reschensee lake
You will almost have to look twice on holiday at Reschensee lake as you view the lonely church tower protruding from the water or ice for the first time. It appears so illusory and fascinating like something from a film. Around the tower, an area bordering three countries, the Reschenpass holiday region includes the villages of Resia/Reschen, Curon/Graun, and San Valentino/St. Valentin, connected together by the antique Roman trading route, the Via Claudia Augusta. Holidays in Reschensee are ideal for water and wind-based activities, be it sailing in summer or snowkiting in winter. Little developed and quiet, the side valleys of Langtaufers and Rojen are perfect for relaxing excursions in nature.


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The good news is that over the last year, I've been able to make several big decisions about the direction I want to go with my DIY craziness, and figure out my overall "vision" for this house. It's not a rigid plan, but it's a basic set of colors and ideas that I can fall back on and use to stay on course when I get distracted by pretty shiny things... which happens a whole bunch, especially since Pinterest came on the scene. Zoinks.
Stain back deck
Break up concrete pad on side of house and begin conversion to side garden
Continue waging war on the evil squirrels
Front Room/Entry
Board and batten
Replace trim around doors
Build decorative leaning ladder
Repaint inside of front door
Create real entry space (bench or table, etc.)
Living Room
Paint remaining wood paneled wall to match the other three walls
Install baseboard
Convert back door into dutch door
Design and create large scale, fabulous objet d'art
Demo desk near side entry
Build bench in its place
Dining Room
Paint ceiling above dining table
Replace trim around series of 5 windows
Paint all the trim in room
Install baseboard. (Really gonna do it this year, cross my heart!)
Paint vanity
Master Bedroom
Add decorative moulding to walls
Replace trim around doors and window
Get some decent nightstands in there
Boys' Room
(Ha! The only photo of the boys' room is one from my "real home" post!)
DIY some cute striped curtains
Build storage or purchase Expedit for toys/books
Make the kids pick up their room
Guest Room
Find and fix up a chair for the corner
Create a sunburst mirror for above the bed
Build french cleat to hang headboard
Laundry Room
Install beadboard ceiling
Paint walls
Finish building W/D platforms
Paint cabinet
Install new countertop, sink, faucet, etc.
Install new lighting
Paint floor
Wish me luck! (I've got 12 months, right?)
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|2 USB 3.1 Gen 1
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|1 AC power
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|(Supports SD, SDHC, SDXC.)
|2 Integrated stereo speakers
|HP VGA camera
|Full-size island-style keyboard with numeric keypad
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When Ali Vincent was selected to be a contestant on the hit NBC show The Biggest Loser, her weight was at an alltime high of 234 pounds—and her life had reached an all-time low. Like millions of Americans, Ali struggled for years with poor eating habits, family problems, stress, and low-self-esteem. After years of being afraid, ashamed, and unhappy, she resolved to change her life, once and for all: to lose weight, get healthy, and pursue her dreams. Before she was even offered a spot on The Biggest Loser campus, Ali made up her mind that she was going to not only drop the weight—but win the competition.
In her bedroom at The Biggest Loser ranch, Ali rang a little bell she kept on her bedside table each night before she went to sleep and again when she awoke in the morning, repeating the phrase that had become her mantra: Believe it, be it. Seven months later, she emerged from the grueling competition as its first-ever female champion, claiming the title, the grand prize and, most of all, winning back her life.
In Believe It, Be It, Ali shares for the first time her intimate story of personal and physical transformation and provides a rare glimpse inside life at the famous Biggest Loser ranch. Ali also shares the weight-loss strategies, eating habits, and workout tips that helped her lose—and keep of—more than 100 pounds. For anyone who has ever battled with weight loss or struggled to accept themselves for who they are, Ali Vincent's story provides hope that a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life is within reach. It all begins with believing that it's possible. Believe it, and be it.