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Depression and Back Pain
Back pain includes depression, which emerges from fractures. Fractures include pathologic, complete/incomplete, avulsion, comminuted, depressed, compression, and oblique, greenstick, simple, compound, spiral, and transverse. The conditions noted in hip fractures include intracapsular, Intertrochanteric, and extracapsular. Each problem rests within the blood vessels, yet it starts with fractures. Blood vessels make up the arteries, capillary, and veins. As you can see chest pain can lead to back pain, since the blood vessels travel. Overexerting the bones can cause fractures, which lead to depression and related symptoms.
In fact, damage here may derive from osteomyelitis, Cushing's syndrome, bone tumors, aging, malnutrition, immobility, multiple myeloma, osteoporosis, trauma impacts, and so on. Fractures can lead to serious back pain. When fractures break the bones, it affects the bone covering known as penosteum. The covering is transparent and has a rich outlay of neurons. Fractures often are caused by trauma impacts, such as car accidents, falls from horses, etc.
The signs:
If neurological conditions are, involved the patient will feel toe numbness. The legs and feet may feel weak. Abolish reflexes are reduced if the fracture is at the lower region of the back. Muscle spasms and muscle reflexes often occur at the higher area of the back. If you have such fracture, bed rest is recommended to reduce the pain. If acute back conditions exist, experts will need to assess the problem. Broken back is an acute condition, which you should avoid rolling, or logrolling.
Fractures include the stable and unstable breaks. If the fracture is unstable, it can severely damage the spine. In such case, the doctor will surgically correct the problem or recommend that the patient wear a cast. The damage can tear the nerves. If you feel you have broken your back, you are wise to avoid atypical movement, since it will progress the problem when pressure is applied to the area.
If the fracture is spontaneous, the doctor can help minimize the pain by prescribing a brace. You will need to avoid applying weight to the area where the fracture rests. Bad falls can break the coccyx, which can sit in coccygodynia. Below the triangular bones at the lower back and near the baseline of the spinal column, the hips are joined with bones that set on either side and form parts that connect to the pelvis. (Sacrum) This area joins with five merging bones, which are fused with the sacrum and is commonly known as the coccyx.
Fractures emerging from the coccyx may include bruising of the periosteum, which is treated by steroid injections. Periosteum is a membrane, which the connective' tissues meticulously empower each bone within the skeletal structure, excluding the articular exteriors.
Fractures can also invent bursitis. When one of the bursa is disrupted it will inflame, swell, and cause pain. The problem emerges from friction. Friction is often increased when bursitis starts, since instead of separating particular tissues, the fluids emerging from bursa stand in the way. Bursitis includes obturator internis, trochanteric, and ischial. Bursa conditions such as the named rest near the buttocks, lower back, and hip.
To avoid bursitis you may want to avoid sitting, standing, or lying in one position at all times. Instead, shift your resting states. Doctors will often inject a mixture of anesthetic lidocaine and steroids to correct bursitis.
In addition to fractures and bursitis, back pain can start from gynecological conditions. The condition is related to reproductive organs and disease. Females are the prime targets who experience pain from this condition. The condition causes pain, swelling, and inflammation. The condition will affect the spinal cord.
Indicators in Back Pain
Back pain usually starts with signals or indicators. For instance, if your back hurt at one time and stopped, and later it started it again, you received your indicator at the start. In short, the first time your back started hurting is the sign. You want to pinpoint when the first pain started. Once you pinpoint the starting date, you will need to consider what inspired your back pain. For instance, did you fall? Were you in a motorized accident?
Once you find the trigger of your back pain, you want to consider the symptoms. Did you feel pain? Did you feel weak? Was your back stiff or numb?
Now you can use the indicators to discover where the pain started. Did the pain start at the lower back? Was the pain at the top area? Did the pain cause additional pain, such as around the neck? Was the pain intermittent? Did the pain consistently cause stress? Did the pain shoot to other areas of the body?
Did the pain get worse, when you walked, stood, sit, or lie down? Did the pain decrease, or did it increase?
When you first hurt your back did the pain stop, or did it frequently hurt? Did the pain cause long-term problems? Did the pain leave right away?
When you first injured your back, did the symptoms change gradually? Did the symptoms interrupt your daily duties? How did the symptoms change? How did the symptoms interrupt your daily duties?
Answering the questions can help you inform your doctor, as well as understand the cause of your condition. If you were in an accident and sought medical support when you first damaged your spine, you may want to consider what tests were used to spot your condition. What did you doctor find?
If you sought medical support and your doctor recommended treatment, what was that treatment? How did the treatment help your back condition? If the treatment helped your condition, can you try the remedies now?
Is your back pain caused from surgery, joint conditions, musculoskeletal disorders, or disease?
Does your job require mandatory lifting of heavy objects? Is your job emotional stressful? Do you stand long hours? Do you sit long hours?
How are your exercise habits? Do you workout often. Do you engage in stretch exercises? What is your stress level? Do you do something active to relieve stress?
Is there a hereditary back problem in your history?
Once you ask questions related to your back condition you might want to mark points that you can mention later to your doctor. Noting the problems can help you and your doctor find the cause. Often patients fail to do this, which is why many back pain problems go unnoticed.
If your back pain has recently started again after the initial indicator, you may use treatments at home to relieve the pain, unless it is demanding. Rest is a common treatment doctor prescribes to reduce back pain. I am a fan to chiropractor support, yet some people have issues with this notion, therefore if you feel a chiropractor can benefit you, seek support. Massage and physical therapy is also recommended to reduce back pain. In many areas, massage therapists are available, which charge reasonable fees. Check your areas to learn more about massage therapy. Common stretch exercises can reduce back pain, which has emerged from tension. If you overworked the muscles, you may want to rest and do a few exercises later.
Whatever you do, avoid ignoring the indicators. Once pain starts in the back, note the area and discuss the problem with your doctor.
Bones and Back Pain
In the entire body are around 206 skeletal bones, which include the long bones, short, fat, and uneven bones. Inside the bones are red blood cells, (RBC), bone marrow, phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium. Magnesium is silvery white elements of metallic that start from organic compounds and works with calcium to afford support and strength to the muscles, which the bones connect with to defend the internal organs and movement. Calcium is similar to magnesium, yet it is produced from alkaline metals from the earth.
The body's skeletal muscles give us the support we need to move, stand, walk, sit, and so while supporting the posture. Muscles contract, shorten, and expand. The muscles attach to bones, as well as tendons. Once the muscles begin to contract, it stimulates the muscle fiber, which feeds off the motor neurons. The nerves are made up of extensions of nerve cells, which are thread-like and transmit impulses outwardly from the body of cells. (Axon) The cell bodies are branched extensions of nerve cells (Neurons), which receive electrical signals from other nerves that conduct signals back to the body of cells. This action emerges from dendrites. Dendrites transmit nerve impulses to the main area of the body that when interrupted can cause major problems. We call this large, major system the Central Nerve System. (CNS) Dendrites are also called the tree sometimes, since it stores minerals that crystallizes the system and forms the shape of a tree. The CNS is a network of neurons, or nerve cells that include the muscle fibers. The fibers and nerve cells chain together and consist of cell bodies, dendrites, axon, etc. Messages are conveyed through these neurons, which sensations are transmitted to the brain, thus carrying motor impulses that reach the vital organs and muscles.
We use our muscles and the components combined to move. The skeletal muscles are transmitters also, since these muscles send energy that creates muscle contractions and forms as ATP. The muscles also form as adenosine Triphosphate, ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate Phosphate), and hydrolysis. Hydrolysis is reactions that occur with fluids. Thus, chemical reactions emerge with compound reactions and causes decomposition. In addition, it reacts by producing two or more additional compounds, which may include a combo of glucose and/or minerals, etc.
Adenosine Triphosphate is components of our RNA. The compounds of adenine and organic ribose sugar, which makes up the components of nucleic acid and energy, which is carried via molecules. Ribose has five-carbon sugars, which is discovered in living cells. Its constituents, RNA, plays a vital part in the metabolically structure, since compounds include nucleic acids, riboflavin, and ribonucleotides exist. Riboflavin is necessary for growth and energy. The pigments are made up of orange-yellow crystals, which derive from Vitamin B complex. Riboflavin is vital to particular enzymes also. Riboflavin is sometimes known as Vitamin G and lactoflavin as well.
We achieve tone from our muscles, since they act as retainers. The action causes the muscles to hold back a degree of contractions, which breaks down the transmission of nerve impulses or white crystalline compounds that release from the ends of neuron fiber (Acetylcholine) by use of enzymes known as cholinesterase.
The enzymes of the brain, blood, and heart decomposes acetylcholine, breaking it down into acetic (Vinegary) acids and choline, which suppresses its' stimuli and affects the nerves. The action is sometimes known as acetyl-cholinesterase. Enzymes are proteins, which are complex. The elements produce from the living cells and promote specific biochemical reactions. Enzymes act as catalysts.
Each element outlined makes up the parts of the body that when affected can lead to back pain. For instance, if the muscle tone fails to hold back contractions, and breaking down of nerve impulse transmission at a given time, the muscles are overexerted, which causes back pain.
Gynecological Conditions and Back Pain
Women may sometimes achieve gynecological conditions, which start PMS (Premenstrual syndrome), endometriosis, inflammatory pelvis disease and so on. The condition causes back pain from inflammatory and swelling symptoms. Endometriosis occurs when endometrium is present. The mucous membrane, i.e. endometrium has a lining that is only present in the womb. The lining functions with the ovaries and other areas of the body. When inflamed, it causes back pain.
PMS is overrated. The condition is chiefly physiological, i.e. it only has physical traits that appear. PMS includes backaches, swelling, bloating, headaches, leg pain/cramps, cramps, abdomen pain/cramps, and other related physical conditions. PMS DOES not have mental and emotional symptoms, yet the emotions can act out when pain is present. Bloating, inflammation, swelling, etc causes back pain. Bed rest, regimens of over-the-counter PMS painkillers, compression, ice packs, etc can take care of the common pain caused from PMS.
Gynecological conditions can lead to limitability of spacing, which adds pressure. The pressure when overloaded can cause injury. The pelvis and spinal canal can suffer serious injury if too much pressure is applied, and insufficient spacing is present. Pressure can lead to sticking, scarring, and/or spinal cord damage, which can devastate you with pain. In addition, sciatica can set up, as well as movement restriction of the muscles, which of the two, sciatica is next to impossible to resolve.
Adhesive can cause back pain as well. Adhesive is seen as two connecting substances, chemicals, etc, such as bone and muscles. Adhesive means that potential scarring is present, which the scar has bridged two joining skeletal, or non-skeletal structures amid and that the structures were ordinarily not connected. For instance, the muscles do not connect to the flesh directly, which is an abnormal structure.
Gynecological conditions may include symptoms that emerge from gonorrhea, pelvis inflammatory conditions, PMS disorders, etc. Endometriosis is a condition that sets up gynecological problems as well, which is the migration of liner tissues deriving from the uterus and expanding to exterior locations outside of the female womb. This condition affects women, yet some men have been known to suffer gynecological symptoms as well.
Regardless of what started gynecological issues, the symptoms all include back pain, and specifically around the lower region. The condition can damage the nerves, which revolve around the Central Nervous System. (CNS) This baby is the largest structure in your system, which has confused medical experts for years. The central nervous system houses vital nerve roots, endings, etc, which if these nerves are disturbed it causes neurological conditions. Sometimes gynecological conditions move with neurological flow, since scarring and inflammation causes interruptions to a few of our bodies leading nerve endings.
When the nerves are irritated, fluids begin retention cycles and cause a person to gain weight. For instance, did you know that during the female cycle, she will gain around five pounds a week or so before the period starts? Yes and the weight gain will remain in tact up to one week after she has stopped her cycles.
Now, the problem here is water retention, yet behind this fluid buildup is a basic scar. The scar is usually hidden in the bands of connective tissues, buried deep that it takes special gadgets above x-rays to find the problem. The bloating you notice women may derive from "Pelvic Congestion Syndrome," (PCS), which sometimes can link to fractures. You can quickly make the congestion disappear by lying flat on your back and resting for a short while.
However, if the congestion continues you may need to contact your doctor. Sometimes the swelling emerges from tumors, or prior surgeries. Make sure that your doctor is aware of previous surgeries.
Leaning Toward Back Pain
We all lean toward back pain when we fail to note warning signs. Before the back begins to ache, our body sends messages, transmitting them along a channel of nerves, fibers, roots, muscles, etc, thus reaching the brain. The brain spills out the details of the messages sent, which includes the message, stop leaning toward backaches.
Backaches are often caused when the muscles are overexerted. In some instances, hereditary of involuntary diseases cause back pain, which is out of our body's control?
In life we all may enjoy sports, running, exercise, jogging, sitting, standing, leaning, bending, twisting, dance, etc, yet all these fun activities can cause back pain. You can stop leaning toward pain by using common sense and basic strategies to avert the pain.
For instance, if you weight train and experience pain, you can use over the counter medications on short-term basis to relieve pain. Take the meds prior to workout to stop leaning toward back pain.
In addition, when you lean forward or back you can learn proper methods to avert back pain. In all things we do, there is a wrong and right way to act in life.
Fact: Did you know that practicing to lean correctly has proven to be a mind-blowing treatment for the joints known as sacroiliac derangement?
If you have practiced leaning toward back pain now is the time to stop your action and take control of your body.
Fact: Did you know practices of incorrect leaning could prevent you from bending forward and performing simple actions, such as tying your shoes?
When you learn how to lean correctly, it trains the joints by stretching the muscles that rest amid the pelvis as well as the thoracic spinal column.
Let's relax your back. If you have stenosis and/or generalized muscle conditions, the action will not reduce your pain. Otherwise, find a hard surface, such as your kitchen table or countertop. Make sure that you can level your weight at the height of your table and/or countertop. Move your feet so that they are slightly apart, and place the palms of your hands on the hard surface, facing backwards. Now, lean to the front while slowly lifting your heels off the floor. Hold your position up to 15 counts, slowly release, and wait a few minutes before leaning toward a healthy sacroiliac joint.
Did you know small things such as wearing the wrong shoes or sitting suddenly could cause back pain? If you didn't, well you are in for a surprise. When sitting you should always lower the body weight into the chair while using your hands and arms to support your weight. In other words, avoid sitting in chairs that are missing rest arms. What do you think they call them rest arms?
Did you know that curling into a fetal position could relieve pain that emerges from Herniated Slipped Disks? The same position will reduce pain that emerges from arthritic symptoms as well. In addition, if you have muscle spasms, PMS symptoms, etc, curling in a fetal position can reduce your pain.
Hop to it! Lie on the bed, lying on the right, or left side. Bring the knees, extending them upward and toward the torso. (Chest) Take a soft cushion-like object, such as a pillow and place it amid your inner areas at the knees. The cushion will assist in reducing pressure at the hips and pulling of the legs. Do not curl up tightly, or else raise the hips.
Stretching the muscles daily can benefit the joints, cartilages, muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, etc exceptionally providing you do the stretch workouts correctly.


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Each time the body is exposed to a microbe, the adaptive defense system learns and remembers the most effective response to the antigen.
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Pentax 645D Photos
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Now that the Pentax 645D has made its way onto European shores, we got some time to take photos with this easy-handling 40 megapixel medium-format replacement, albeit only within the creative confines of the Pentax press area. Here are 19 full-size JPEGs taken at a variety of ISO speeds which provide some idea of what the Pentax 645D is capable of.
19 full-size JPEG photos taken with the Pentax 645D.
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Where the pictures of the bottles, items 15 through 19 taken hand held? The 1600 ISO was much sharper. Was it the difference in the camera or technique? The noise at 100 ISO was almost non existent, at 1600 more than acceptable!
Obviously handheld and blurred due to camera shake and possible front focus.
These photos are worthless as indicators of image quality except for noise.
Thanks for the shots. I wonder how accurate the AF is on the pentax medium format system. Is the mirror shake brutal ?
I'd love to see a foveon version by the way…
Here is more serious stuff from Chris Willson, he uses the Pentax since June this year:


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Thanks for sharing this information. Its helps those students who want to do CFA from ICFAI.
ICFAI has changed the criteria for CFA charter for its MS Finance students if they have completed the core groups needed for Investment management and financial analysis.
"Students who have successfully completed the Groups Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the subjects Security Analysis, and Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds of the MS (Finance) Program are eligible for Membership in the CFA Council established under IUT Tripura and award of the CFA Charter and Designation."
Thus one can now become CFA by passing groups Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta of MS (Finance) Program totaling 1600 marks, but will get their MS (Finance) only after completing another 1600 marks of exams or get an MFA Degree after completing 800 marks from CFA program conducted by ICFAI University of Tripura and enrolling for the same with additional costs.
Group Alpha
Group Beta
- Financial Accaounting - 200 marks
- Micro and Macro Economics - 200 marks
Group Gamma
- Quantitative Methods and Statistical Analysis - 200 marks
- Financial Management - 200 marks
Group Delta
- Management Accounting - 200 marks
- Economic Legislation - 200 marks
The revised format become applicable from July 2007 examinations onwards.
- Security Analysis - 200 marks
- Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds - 200 marks
With a view to improve the delivery of knowledge and to integrate different elements of finance domain in a cohesive manner, the subjects in Group Delta, Epsilon, and Kappa of MS (Finance) program were realigned, Thus one can become CFA through MS (Finance) only after completing 1600 marks or 16 Papers as against 1200 marks from MFA-IUT.
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Thanks for sharing this information. Its helps those students who want to do CFA from ICFAI.
Last edited by Gyan Guru; 08-05-2010 at 06:21 PM.
Hi ,
Thanks for the above information , I am a MS Finance Student , now would be appearing for Gamma in Jan 2011 . Is the above change already been affected by ICFAI , Tripura , . DO i need to call up their office and confirm .
Also i need SOlved Question Papers for Gamma Group for 2009 & 2010 , from where can i get them. Can u please guide me to whom i should contact.
Thanks once again for sharing above information.
you taking up gamma papers for msf? but its been said its papers are to be conducted just twice a year now? is it true? i am about to start after 2yrs and just came to know. how you prepared for alpha and beta? do throw some light on that.
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Release Information
Developer: Konami TYO
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Release date: 03/21/2001
Region: Japan
Catalogue number: AGB-P-ASHJ
Media: Cartridge
The Silent Hill: Play Novel is an loose adaptation of the original Silent Hill for the Game Boy Advance in the form of visual novel and was never released outside of Japan. A visual novel is a game that uses limited animation/sound in favor of static graphics and blocks of text to tell a story. Essentially these games are a "Choose Your Own Adventure" only in a video game format instead of a physical book or comic.
The Silent Hill Play Novel game play consists of reading blocks and when prompted make a decisions from a list of possible actions to travel down a particular story branch. From time to time you will also use a point and click element to solve some simple puzzles as well.
You can play as either Harry Mason or Cybil Bennett in two major story scenarios and both of which have multiple endings. One of the highlights of this game is to see the town of Silent Hill through Cybil's eyes and it gives you an possible idea of what she was doing while she and Harry were apart in Silent Hill. Additionally there were four other scenarios named after the seasons available for download only once the Cybil scenario was completed. These scenarios focused on a brand new character named Andy who was Mason's neighbor and found himself in the town after sneaking into the back of Harry's jeep. Unfortunately since Konami ended the download service and these were not part of the original cartridge all of these Andy scenarios are lost and are not available in any ROM or fan translation of the game. All we have is a brief summary, a couple screens and story branch chart from the Spring Andy scenario that was in the official Play Novel guide
I consider this game is a loose adaptation of Silent Hill because it takes great liberties with the plot such as having Cybil actually meeting up with Cheryl in Midwich or having Harry get possessed…neither of which happened or was the possibility of occuring ever hinted at the in Silent Hill. So with that said, even though this game was published by Konami take the events that happen within with a grain of salt as later titles have proved it does not fit within the established Silent Hill "canon."


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On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced a lineup of vexed, perplexed and otherwise agitated members of Congress, including Reps. Barney Frank, Ron Paul and Nydia Velazquez, all eager to ask some serious questions about the infamous bailout.
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"I will never apologize for changing a strategy or an approach if the facts change," explained Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who has retreated from his original plan of buying up near-worthless mortgage securities with taxpayer funds. Instead, Paulson will continue to pump money into troubled banks in exchange for equity, a scheme that has proved more expeditious and popular.
During his first press conference as president-elect, Sen. Barack Obama stressed that he's not in the Oval Office yet but offered a few specifics about how he plans to handle the economic crisis once he moves in.
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Barack Obama is rumored to favor Lawrence Summers as his treasury secretary. That's a terrible choice, says Robert Scheer, if the president-elect is at all concerned about the financial meltdown.
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While many of us are still celebrating Barack Obama's historic victory, rumors of a major buzzkill are flying: Lawrence Summers, a Clinton-era treasury secretary and deregulation enthusiast, is said to be the front-runner to take over the Treasury Department.
Military and economic disasters have caused Europeans and European governments to view the United States in a new, unflattering light.
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Wall Street has yet to recover after the economic shocks of recent weeks. Why? Two problems. One we already know: The "plan," even with revisions, is deeply flawed. The second problem has not been mentioned all that much because it's pretty scary: Put simply, we have no idea what we're doing.
Here's a question I'd like to ask Barack Obama and John McCain: Is the United States destined to look and feel increasingly like a "developing country"? Is this the way it's going to be?
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with much prodding from Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer, is thinking about using some of that $700 billion to buy ownership stakes in shaky banks. The scheme would ostensibly give taxpayers a share in the fortunes of the bailed-out institutions.
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Tight credit has put California's state budget into a bit of a pickle, with funding for the government's day-to-day operations drying up faster than Sarah Palin's popularity. A sign of trouble is a letter—leaked Friday—from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that warned of a potential emergency request for a $7-billion loan within the coming weeks.
The marriage of American capitalism and democracy has always been a Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee affair—stormy and erratic since its hasty wedding. But during the debate over a Wall Street bailout this week, we watched that matrimonial knot unwind into a tangled tale of terror.
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Giverning body considers following Australian Olympic Committee's lead for penalties for those who lie
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Cycling Australia is considering following the lead of the country's Olympic chiefs in having riders sign a statutory declaration regarding doping, with possible criminal sanctions for those who are subsequently discovered to have lied.
The news follows a meeting of Cycling Australia's board this weekend at which it voted to adopt 16 recommendations from a review the government ordered into its operations in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal, reports News.com.au.
Under Australian law (the Oaths Acts of the various states) penalities including jail can be imposed on those who lie when making any declaration under oath - as Cycling Australia's proposed statutory declaration would be. While the cycling body obviously has no power to institute criminal proceedings against those who lie the state does.
Those recommendations from the Wood Review include having riders and team staff sign a declaration regarding past or present involvement in doping.
Cycling Australia now plans to meet with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) to discuss whether to make that a statutory declaration.
The AOC and ASC have introduced such a statutory declaration into the selection process for athletes hoping to be chosen to represent the country at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
"We will discuss the declaration recommendation with the Olympic Committee because I think it would be particularly useful for most sports to be on the same page," said Cycling Australia's president, Klaus Mueller.
"So while we are committed to a declaration policy, whether that's a statutory declaration or just declaration, is yet to be determined."
He added that adopting a statutory declaration would be in line with Cycling Australia's "very firm position" in anti-doping, saying, "we want people to know it is a bloody serious document."
Mueller went on: "I think the community generally understands the seriousness of a false [statutory] declaration. One way or another we will go at least as far as Woods recommended."
Among the recommendations of the Woods Report was that there should be more doping controls and not just at elite level.
Mueller highlighted that the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency had carried out tests at a club-level event, news of which had been passed through the "cycling grapevine" which he said would make amateur cyclists aware that it wasn't just elite cyclists being targeted.
Following publication of the United States Anti-Doping Agency's Reasoned Decision in that case last October, Matt White left his positions as sports director at Orica GreenEdge and men's road co-ordinator at Cycling Australia after admitting to doping while riding for US Postal.
Cycling Australia also lost its vice-president Stephen Hodge, who finished the Tour de France six times, after he too confessed to having used performance enhancing substances during his road career.
It is not just cycling that is under the spotlight when it comes to doping in Australia.
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Criminal sanctions? Do these bodies have the power to apply criminal sanctions? Or do you mean something else? I suspect the answers might be "no" and "yes", and that your use of "criminal" in this article is a bit confusing.
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Criminal sanctions? Do these bodies have the power to apply criminal sanctions? Or do you mean something else? I suspect the answers might be "no" and "yes", and that your use of "criminal" in this article is a bit confusing.
Quoting here from the AOC statutory declaration:
"Making a false declaration is a criminal offence and may attract significant penalties. In particular, any person who wilfully and corruptly makes a declaration knowing it to be untrue in any material particular, will be guilty of a criminal offence (Section 25 Oaths Act 1900 (NSW)). If the offence is dealt with summarily, the penalty is up to 2 years imprisonment, or a fine of $5,100, or both. If the offence is dealt with on indictment, the penalty is up to 5 years imprisonment."
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19th February 2013 - 10:22
Nice one, Simon
Any news on what the implications might be for say a rider who signed a declaration that they had doped in the past?
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19th February 2013 - 10:45
Simon: That's a key detail that didn't come across to me from the article. Though, will it be these bodies who get to decide on the prosecution of the offence? I would assume it would be a public body or prosecutor that'd decide, as is the norm elsewhere in similar legal systems. The review itself says, in 3.71:
"In this respect, I consider it improbable that law
enforcement agencies would initiate criminal proceedings for the making of a false declaration (except in the most egregious cases)."
It also notes any such prosecutions could actually hinder ASADAs' own anti-doping investigations.
I think the story as it stands still perhaps risks giving an impression of Australian sports bodies being able to apply criminal sanctions to dopers, when they will not have that power, and when it's not envisaged that power will be exercised (by whoever has it).
posted by Paul J [817 posts]
19th February 2013 - 11:04
Hi Paul J
We've added an extra para explaining how the law on oaths works in Australia.
Reading the Australian media the impression seems to be very firmly that politicians and law enforcement agencies will prosecute and indeed the AOC has lobbied successfully for an amendment to the country's anti-doping laws giving increased investigatory powers with strong civil penalties for non-compliance.
The Australian Crime Commission report seems to have moved things on from where they were even when the Government started its review in to Cycling Australis and has made the whole subject of doping a political hot potato in a country that takes its sport very seriously indeed.
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19th February 2013 - 13:10
posted by Paul J [817 posts]
19th February 2013 - 15:04
I think the ozzies have taken a very positive step tieing in statutory legislation with contract law. The downside is that would only be applicable in the country in that country but given that it is invariably based on the English system, other countries might follow the lead. There is of course already contractual provisions with obtaining UCI license I imagine and sanctions in relation to doping but as Mueller pointed out he was 'bloody serious' about taking a firm stance in anti doping measures. Well done Oz
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For the second straight season opener, there are questions about the Westside offense.
The only problem this year for the Rams is they don't have a security blanket in Montez Hatten.
In last year's August T.L. Hanna-Westside game, then-sophomore quarterback Brandon McCann was 7-for-13 passing for 39 yards mainly because the Westside running game chewed up 261 yards.
After Hatten graduated, the Westside coaching staff only recently tabbed junior Savayea Glenn as the starter at running back. Glenn also starts at safety, so senior Justin Pressley and junior Hakeem Martin also expect to get carries this week.
"He's made some good runs, he's done the things he's supposed to do, he's blocked, he's stepped up in my mind," Westside coach Ted Luckadoo said of Glenn. "We've just got to be consistent moving the football. In every jamboree we do a lot of things right, then we do something ridiculous."
Glenn, Hatten's backup last season, hopes to take some pressure off of McCann, who lost the starting job midway through last season, and has competed with junior Tavius Jackson this preseason. Luckadoo said Jackson would also get time under center against Hanna.
Westside senior center Cameron McCarley said he has confidence in McCann, but the quarterback's emotions tend to fluctuate depending on the team's success rate.
"If we're doing really good, he'll do good. If we're doing bad, it's hard for him to come up to that next level," McCarley said. "But that's what he's working on."
McCann started the first seven games last season, when Westside started 5-2.
"Brandon needs to step up, he's a junior, and he played quite a bit last year," Luckadoo said. "He needs to accept some of that situation and be able to handle it, and I think he will. He shows a lot more composure this year."
In the August Hanna-Westside game last season, McCann was content to throw short passes, usually to a running back or tight end. Since Hanna isn't expected to respect Westside's running game as much as it did Hatten, the Hanna linebackers plan to pressure McCann.
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Veggies, hummus, pita, and some fresh fruit. Time to dig in.
Going on hiatus…
I've been finding that there are too many competing priorities for my time these days, and this blog is suffering because of that. If I could write faster – both my fiction and blog posts – this wouldn't be so much an issue.
I started this blog ages ago thinking of it as a diary. My kids had no idea what I did for a living. I wanted to share that with them. Do they read this blog? I highly doubt it unless I throw it in their faces. :) But who else wants to read about the daily life of a librarian? (We have Library Day in the Life for that – it's great to break the stereotypes, but I wonder if non-library types are interested.)
I don't blog anonymously so I don't spill the beans on the most interesting library-land encounters I've had. I don't vent. I'm not a philosopher, nor do I have great insights into the issues facing academic libraries. I have my opinions, but I'd rather be writing fiction.
And that brings me to the point of this post.
With the children grown and independent, even though the youngest still lives at home, my fiction writing is at the top of my list of priorities. (I'll admit it will take 2nd place with my daughter's upcoming wedding.) I have to write FICTION to hone my craft. I must have an online presence as a writer to build a platform. It's a tough, brave new world out there for writers, and I'll have to put effort into my fiction blog.
So this will be my last post here as this blog goes on hiatus. I'll continue to tweet @CharSimser on life at the library, on interesting articles I'm reading. Those tweets will appear in the sidebar here – you'll be able to link out to the things I find fascinating. :) If you interested in my fiction pursuits, follow me at charlenenewcomb.com.
Link round-up: what I've been reading
This post on Creating and Maintaining your CV was linked from one of the ProfHacker articles I mentioned in an earlier post. This one is worth checking if you missed it.
I don't have this bug yet but have a number of friends who've succumbed. And now libraries? Cool: 3 Ways College Libraries Are Exploring Pinterest
On the Open Access front:
- Wall Street and open access
- Crossing the Rubicon — Is the UK Going to Enable Open Access for All Taxpayer-Funded Research by 2014
I was on our task force ages ago that made recommendations for K-REx, our institutional repository. This article, "Fostering New Roles for Librarians: Skills Set for Repository Managers – Results of a Survey in Italy", makes for some fascinating reading.
For the American history buff & librarians:
A new (er, old) Paul Revere work: Stumbling Across a Rarity, Even for the Rare Book Room
And me, trying to come up with a book blurb.
May the 4th…
It is May the 4th…that's Star Wars day, don't you know? I can see that some of you may not have been initiated – what?!?!? You're not a slightly obsessed Star Wars fan? You don't know about May the 4th Be With You? Even the official Star Wars blog recognizes it's a special day!
Okay, some folks find it embarrassing; others think it's a play on words. Check out the post & associated comments on Club Jade for some fun. And MTV has a round-up on their site. You be the judge.
an inspirational keynote, reading & writing…
"…remember the nature of what it is you signed on for. You've come here to make a difference…" LeVar Burton at the 2012 O'Reilly Tools of Change conference.
Kent A. at the Scholarly Kitchen posted a link to LeVar's keynote address. It's 15+ minutes long, but worth every word.
That's a great way to start a Monday morning, but let me backtrack a bit. Time seems to fly these days. Since my last post, I've been to the Kansas Library Association annual conference, lost a tree in my front yard, turned in the ACRL survey, participated in the planning of our Employee Recognition Ceremony, and realize that NASIG is 6 weeks away and I need to work on my presentation & paper!
But let's go way back in history since one of my longer term goals is to write a novel that takes place in 1776. I'm keeping my eye out for things like this:
@RagLinen: RT @BostonHistory: Rare "lost" letter written by Paul Revere rediscovered and preserved. ow.ly/arxzU
@RagLinen also posted a teaser trailer for Reporting the Revolution! youtu.be/xBIofoTp6U8
I've been reading a number of books, fiction and non-fiction, about the life & times of Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade to immerse myself in the 'flavors' of the late 12th century. Two of my current fiction reads are King's Man by Angus Donald & Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman. My own fiction – next year's project – will feature 2 of Richard's knights.
Speaking of my writing… my manuscript is sitting with 2 beta readers right now. If you aren't familiar with the concept of a beta reader, JW Manus provided a great explanation in a recent post:
"Beta readers are not editors. You shouldn't ask them for editorial help. They should be reading as readers. If you want to get the most out of your beta readers, then along with the chocolate or cookies or other tokens of gratitude you send, you give them these instructions:
Dear Reader: As you read it will be very helpful if when you run across something that confuses you, you mark it with a big HUH? If something bores you, mark it with a big YAWN. If a passage requires you to reread or stop and ponder what it means, mark it DIB! (do it better).
I nearly copied her advice word-for-word! Round 3 of my revisions will begin when I get their comments. You can get a sneak peak at the book description for Keeping the Family Peace – what will appear when the book is available via Amazon & other venues – on my fiction blog. I imagine that blurb will change over the next few months. Let me know what you think of it! Would that make you click "Buy"?
I've also participated in a twitter exercise with other writer friends in #luckyseven. Go check out my blog post for short excerpts from my novel and one of my 12th century short stories!
Link round-up: what I've been reading
From ProfHacker, one my favorite blogs:
From the Archives: CVs and Annual Reports
New Online Journal Addresses Teaching
Day of Higher Education (like Library Day in the Life but for academic faculty!)
Jenica Rogers from Attempting Elegance has a snippet from her presentation to CARL: "Librarians, it's not okay to be clueless anymore." I hope she posts a link to her entire presentation.
Feral Librarian Chris Bourg says "Share Everything. With Everyone. Most of the Time." That's always been my philosophy.
Blog posts from UKSG's 2012 conference. Good stuff!
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things to smile about…
- SPARC Open Access conference – new colleagues to network with!
- Kansas City, MO – the Plaza, Brio Grille, Jack Stack, and a great view from the Intercontinental Hotel
- new Honda CR-V with heated leather seats and hands-free bluetooth
- kudos from a colleague at rival in-state school on our data and assessment strategies
- talking music, marketing and crazy people with son #1
- talking computers, cheer, and college with son #2
- having dinner, talking Fake Patty's Day and weddings with #1 daughter
- revisions to the first draft of my novel are at the 60% mark
- discussing Mark's options for marketing and making millions with his fiction!
- listening to Cathy's new prose & Marie's plans for her next novel
- life
dinner time
history comes alive
Spotted this article via Research Buzz: Confederate letters: we had apirty lively Christmas. Two researchers hope to set up a database with letters they are transcribing. What a great resource this will be – primary source material from the soldiers on the front lines or from their loved ones.
I've also been following wonderful, insightful tweets from @CivilianWartime, which tweets "in the words of those who lived it".
In other history news, did you hear that the National Archives will have one of the 1297 Magna Cartas on display? There are only 4 remaining of the 1297 version. I've seen the 1215 version at the British Library but would definitely check out the 1297 next time I have an opportunity to visit Washington.
reading round-up…
A sample of my readings in the blogosphere this week…
* Social Networking Experiment at Ohio State – campus admins say let students manage the marketing to other students. –via the Chronicle (not sure if this requires a subscription)
* on the Elsevier boycott here and here –via Scholarly Kitchen
* cool Library Data on tumblr –via @librarydata
* Joe Murphy's presentation topics at CIL2012. I'm not into Pinterest (who has time?!?!?!?!) but I'd love to see Joe's talk on it. Hopefully he'll post some slides :)
And on the fiction writing front:
* why writing in isolation is like singing in the shower –by me, on the benefits of critique groups on a new blog I'll be contributing to now & then. Join us over at Pen in Hand!
* on my personal blog I talk about being stuck in the middle (but you already knew that because you're following me over there, right?)
* and some disheartening information about Goodreads and mean author tactics — via Wringing Out Words


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Review: "Ghost the Musical" on BroadwayPublished by Clay Cane on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:00 am.
Morphing hit films into musical theater is the latest rage on Broadway. The most recent movie getting the Broadway remix is Ghost the Musical. In case you don't know, Ghost is the famous 1990 film staring the late Patrick Swayze as Sam, who is shot and killed but refuses to transition to the other-side in order to solve his murder. His grief-stricken girlfriend, Molly, was played by Demi Moore. The woman who connectz Molly and Sam, Oda Mae Brown, was portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg, a role which won her an Academy Award.
Ghost the Musical stays true to the original story even down to the film's signature song, which was "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. Directed by Matthew Warchus with music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard (who famously co-produced Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bad albums), the original songs aren't standard musical theater. There is a rock, pop or soul element in each number. Richard Fleeshman, who plays Sam, has a voice made for rock radio, Caissie Levy as Molly delivers the pop vocals with a mix of musical theater and Da'Vine Joy Randolph is stone-cold soul. Their three voices as the leads help make Ghost the Musical stand out from standard musical theater.
That said, Ghost does have its bumps in the reincarnation on the Great White Way. Molly and Sam's connection isn't as impactful as it was on film, which is no fault of the leads, who clearly give their best. Unfortunately, the legendary film haunts Ghost the Musical, a tearjerker of a movie that is nearly impossible to equate in musical theater — inevitably, the two will be compared.
Ghost in 1990 was known for its fascinating yet subtle special effects. The musical relies on lofty light projections and video montages (projections by Jon Driscoll and design by Rob Howell) that at times feel like Matrix the Musical, which might be a good sign if the production is appealing to a younger audience. Visually, the show is eye-popping and is never a bore, but the elaborate sets weren't matched with an emotionally satisfying storyline.
But let's be clear, similar to the movie: Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Oda Mae Brown steals the show. She was the comic relief, the big notes and made the crowd jump to their feet at the curtain call. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, a Philly soul girl, has a heavy task. The brilliance of Whoopi Goldberg was so powerful that her dialogue is retained nearly verbatim. Therefore, Randolph has to avoid the criticism that she is simply copying Whoopi. Fearlessly, Randolph soars in the music, like the gospel-inspired "Are You a Believer?" and the disco-infused "I'm Outta Here," allowing her to make Oda Mae Brown her own. The crowd pleaser of the night? "Molly… you in danger, girl!" I am hoping Ghost the Musical will get a spin-off: Oda Mae Brown the Musical: Molly, You in Danger, Girl!
Ghost the Musical is currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.


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October 8, 2015
Margaret Carol "Cissy" Williamson, 52, of Parkersburg, W.Va., passed away on April 29, 2014 at her home in her sleep surrounded by the love of family.
She was born January 31, 1962, in Parkersburg, W.Va., a daughter of the late Raymond Edgar And Carolyn Ellen Gay Ruckert Griffith.
Cissy was employed at Fed Ex in Martinsburg, W.Va. and enjoyed macramé and watching old TV shows.
She is survived by her husband, Shonn Williamson; two daughters, Carol Lea Williamson of Romney, W.Va. and Misty Ann Williamson of Parkersburg; two sisters, Teresa Shumaker (Jerry) of Oxford, Ohio and Ruth Ann Putnam (Jim) of Coolville, Ohio; three brothers, Nathan Ray Griffith (Judy) of Newark, W.Va., Robert Lewis Griffith (Summer) of Fayetteville, S.C., and Arthur Doyle Griffith (Patty) of Parkersburg; three grandsons; two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings, Alice Griffith, Robert Griffith and John F. Griffith.
There will be a private Celebration of Life for Cissy that will be held at the convenience of the family.
An online guestbook will be available at www.lamberttatman.com.
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