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Mitt Romney needs to run on more than just the economy.
Apr 30, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 31 • By JEFFREY BELL
In 1996 and 2000, this strong Democratic advantage was significantly offset by Republican leads among voters who chose "Taxes." In 1996, the 11 percent of all voters choosing "Taxes" favored Dole over Clinton 73-19 percent. In 2000, 14 percent of voters made this choice, and they favored Bush over Gore 80-17 percent. Dole in 1996 and Bush in 2000 offered specific tax cut proposals as centerpieces of their campaigns.
In 2004, with two Bush tax cuts approved by Congress and having taken effect, only 5 percent of voters chose "Taxes" as their leading issue. Bush carried these voters over Kerry, 57-43 percent, not nearly enough to overcome Kerry's overwhelming advantage among the 20 percent who chose "Economy/Jobs."
In fact, 2004 was the year when, for the first time since 1988, social issues came to the forefront of a presidential election. As in 1988, they proved critical to GOP presidential success. In 2004 they mainly took the form of a controversy over judicial imposition of same-sex marriage, beginning in Massachusetts but showing strong signs of spreading nationwide. The 22 percent of voters who that year chose "Moral Values" as their top motivator went for Bush by a margin of 80-18 percent—an advantage that more than offset his net deficit in all the other issues tested by the exit poll combined.
There are several takeaways from this history as it relates to the present political landscape.
n The idea that Democrats sweep the field whenever social issues emerge is a myth.
n Republican presidential nominees do better with economic issues when they have a future-oriented agenda, usually, since the Reagan era, built around specific tax cut proposals.
n A future-oriented economic debate is even more urgently needed, given the trend in the economic narrative's third phase toward more favorable results for the president and his fellow Democrats.
n Going back to Andrew Jackson's crusade against the Second Bank of the United States, there has often been a moral component in the American economic debate. In the Obama years, marked by the phenomenon of the Tea Party, this moral dimension is on the rise.
In pursuit of an economic issue strategy, Republicans have a decision to make that is both substantive and stylistic: a choice between a technocratic, utilitarian approach personified by Mitt Romney's years of business success at Bain Capital, and the moral argument in favor of limited government that has characterized the Tea Party movement. Especially in today's context of an improving economy, it would not be wise to consign moral arguments to the primary season.
Finally, social issues like the HHS contraception mandate and same-sex marriage seem increasingly likely to play a significant role in this year's general election. A big reason for this lies in the dismissive headlines quoted at the beginning of this article.
The left is dominant on social issues in the Democratic party. But despite huge success in the larger culture, the left has on occasion come to grief by overplaying its hand in presidential politics. The palpable desire of Republican elites to avoid confrontation on social issues leads the social left to move in for the kill on the assumption that the battle is already over.
But Democrats have not reckoned on the resilience of social conservative forces. The Roman Catholic bishops under the formidable leadership of Cardinal Timothy Dolan are just beginning to mobilize against the contraception/sterilization/abortion-pill mandate as a direct threat to the religious freedom of Catholics. And Obama and his team may be on the verge of putting an explicit commitment to same-sex marriage into the Democratic platform, which would make gay marriage a fully polarized issue this fall after the Democratic National Convention.
There is a demographic reason why social issues of this type have (in the 1980s and in 2004) favored Republican nominees in presidential elections: Swing voters in the pivotal heartland states are more conservative socially than they are economically—a mirror image of swing voters in the Northeast and Pacific Coast. Democrats may relearn this lesson after it is too late, assuming Republican elites—and the Republican nominee—take the minimal steps necessary to allow these issues to be part of the debate in the campaign leading up to Election Day this November.
Jeffrey Bell, policy director of the American Principles Project, is the author of The Case for Polarized Politics: Why America Needs Social Conservatism (Encounter Books).
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PGI allows this and runs fine, gfortran exhibits the same problem as the Intel compiler.
---------- test code ---------- program main implicit none
integer karray(10) call factarray(karray, 10, 3)
write (*,*) 'result = ', karray(1) end
recursive subroutine factarray(karray, ksize, n) implicit none integer karray(ksize), ksize, n integer, pointer :: ktemp(:) => NULL()
if(.not.associated(ktemp)) then write (*,*) 'Allocating for n = ', n allocate(ktemp(ksize)) else write (*,*) 'Already allocated for n = ', n endif if (n.eq.1) then karray = 1 else call factarray(ktemp, ksize, n-1) karray = ktemp * n endif
write (*,*) 'Deallocating for n = ', n deallocate(ktemp) return end
--------- end test code --------
$ ifort -recursive -o recursive.x recursive.f90 $ recursive.x
Allocating for n = 3 Already allocated for n = 2 Already allocated for n = 1 Deallocating for n = 1 forrtl: severe (174): SIGSEGV, segmentation fault occurred Image PC Routine Line Source
recursive.x 0000000000402A71 Unknown Unknown Unknown recursive.x 00000000004029D2 Unknown
But, you wrote this:
integer, pointer :: ktemp(:) => NULL()
that gives the pointer the SAVE attribute, and therefore it is the same variable across all instances.
Quoting the standard:
"Each instance [of a RECURSIVE subprogram] has an independent sequence of execution and an independent set of dummy arguments and *local unsaved data objects* ... All other entities are shared by all instances of the subprogram." [Emphasis mine, 184.108.40.206, Instances of a subprogram]
Rather than use an initial value of NULL() this way, leave off the initialization and know that as you enter the routine, the pointer is undefined. You are then free to allocate it without asking if it is allocated. (Or you can add a NULLIFY statement if you want.)
I'm sorry that the Intel support rep who took your issue didn't notice this fine point. I was consulted about it but what I was asked was if -recursive caused allocations to go on the stack, which is another thing entirely (it doesn't.) I didn't look at your original question.
You say that the PGI compiler "works" with your code. I suggest you ask PGI about that.
Steve Lionel Developer Products Division Intel Corporation Nashua, NH
User communities for Intel Software Development Products http://softwareforums.intel.com/ Intel Fortran Support http://developer.intel.com/software/products/support/ My Fortran blog http://www.intel.com/software/drfortran
Yes, you may have a pointer in a recursive procedure. However...
If you think about what initialization means, you'll realize that it pretty much has to be this way. (Well, even if you don't realize that, that's the way it is, but I'm trying to explain the rationale). Initialization is designed to be a one-time thing on program load/startup. Other implementations are allowed, but that's the way it is designed. It specifically is *NOT*, I repeat that "not" something that happens on every entry to a procedure. Having the initialization be a one-time thing is fundamentally incompatible with having an arbitrary number of instances, depending on how many levels of recursion there are. That's assuming you intend a single initilization for each level, even if there are multiple instances of that level (as, for example, if the top-level one is called multiple times). If you expect a separate initialization every time the procedure is called, then you just don't understand Fortran initialization at all; it doesn't work that way.
Note that this has nothinbg in particular to do with pointers. It is also true of non-pointer local variables with initialization. The initialization causes the variable to implicitly get the SAVE attribute, which in turn causes it to be shared by all instances of the procedure.
At a quick glance, I think your crash is because you attempt to deallocate the variable multiple times. (You intend it to be multiple variables, but it isn't.)
I could imagine that someone might want to start debating yet again whether it was or was not a good idea for initialization to imply save. If that happens, I won't participate, as all the points on all sides have already been said many times. I restrict myself here to the fact that it is what the standard specifies and thus is not a compiler bug. Well, it isn't a compiler bug for those that follow the standard. SOunds to me as though you might have found a compiler bug in the PGI compiler.
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Video Find: C5 Corvette Takes on C6 Corvette – Both Lose
Ohhh will... So confused.
So you are calling everyone including yourself an uneducated fool? We all find some car exciting, otherwise we wouldn't be going to Motortrend
A 300 horsepower 5.9 was in the Viper CONCEPT, but every production Viper has had a V-10 (which is based on the same LA series of engines as the 5.9) in it.
The little Geo Tracker has gotten a little boring....
Why does everyone on this forum want to provoke? Everybody is entitled to their own opinion and they should not be put down for what they believe. And frankly, calling people names is very elementary.
He could spend $2K on a used Miata and get something fun.
depends are you selling the G when you buy a new car (new to you doesnt have to be brand new)?
Well it sounds like i have gotten bored with my cars, i have already owned 5 cars (still have 4 of them though) and in college. My first was a little 91 accord station wagon. That was one of the best cars, you run that thing as hard you wanted and never broke down. Only gripe was in the winter i would get ice rinks in the back cause of the honda cancer. Miss that car it was the only manual in the car i have owned, but had to sell it in rough times. But since then a Camaro, Bravada, Vtec accord, and a K1500 (and all were bought with my own money).
Never get tired of the camaro or the K1500. The bravada is fun to work on but not to drive (so slow). The accord is nice but it is an automatic (never buying a honda with an auto again) and 4 gears isnt enough.
Yes! When I graduated college 6 years ago (and was driving a 94 Buick Century), I was so sick of the car that I bought a 04 Accord Coupe EX-V6 before I had even started my post college job. Less than a year and a half later, I was sick of that car (in fact, I had grown to hate it because of it's ride), and ended up with a new BMW. I actually loved that car (wished I had gotten the sports package though), but when that lease was over, got an Infiniti. I'm about a year into that car now, and I've been looking at cars for probably 4 months... but I'll probably wait for the new 3 series/ATS/A3 to come out before switching, which means maybe another 10-12 months worth of waiting.
Basically I tire of a car quickly if I feel it falls short in an area or is missing some key features that I want.
I become bored with every car I buy within a few months. My BMW X6 50i, 2011 Infiniti QX56, 08 Range Rover, 07 Excalade, 05 BMW 545, Z4. The only I car I truely ever loved was my 02 BMW 325 with a manual transmission. (I loved it for over one year) How often do you truely get to drive your car to the extremes? Never for most of us. Extreme for me is entering the highway on ramp, or turning left onto a busy intersection and gunning it. Besides that most driving is ho-hum, take the kids to school.
Ahh.. young padawan. It is not the R32 that would bore you. It is the fact that it would always be in the shop waiting to get fixed that would bore you - unless of course, they fill the waiting room with balls of yarn.
As an impulse shopper, I'm addicted to the excitement of buying a new car and thrashing it for the first time. However, that's about where it ends. After that first, taking off of the wrapper experience, the shine has already worn off, and I'm left shopping for mods to make another first slideways drive.
Too bad I'm poor white trash & can't afford a 15 year old pick-up like $BIGWILLY$!
CHEERS! HILARIOUS! I've never seen a post so quickly, & easily own the whole d@mn thread!
Not so much any more. As long as the car looks and runs good, is reliable, has enough style to make a statement about my tastes, and does what I want, I'm good. Especially if it's paid for:)
R32? THAT IS A BORING CAR!!! It's a little more expensive & a whole lot slower than everything it competes with! You must be another of those people that never learned car control & therefore embrace the flappy-paddle-gearbox, all-wheel-drive, & electronic nannies that sort everything for you. THAT'S NOT DRIVING! YOU'RE CAR IS CHAUFFEURING YOU, YOU'RE NOT DRIVING! I bet you even like those cars that park themselves too!
i dont believe the 5.9 was ever in the viper, and it will never be
the 5.9 liter wasnt even a hemi, that was the 360, which had less torque and hors power than either the chevy 350, or the ford 351
I never get bored of my 1977 dodge w200 truck.
I think you mean 5.7 hemi
I have an '09 Accord EX-L, and, while I love it, I'm ready for something else
"Only an uneducated fool would find a car exciting". Only an asshole would say something like that.
I think we all get bored with whatever we drive every day. What matters is how you feel about a vehiclle after you have been away from it for a while. After driving something else, like after a vacation trip and driving a rental for a week, or after an accident where your regular car is in the shop for a few weeks, how does your usual car feel when you get back into it?
You've obviously never driven an R32... I dare you to get bored
I love to drive for long trips my 2003 Mercedes C320, it so comfy and fast, although it is a shame I have to take it to the workshop every freaking month, this car is taking me to the bankruptcy, any little repair is a big amount of money. I wouldn't recommend to anybody to buy a MB with less than 50k miles.
I will like to drive a diferent car every month. I love cars and will like to try as many as posible. Actually i take drive tastes every month from new car dealers.
Dodge did used to offer (Mitsubishi supplied) 2.6 liter hemi headed four bangers in their K cars and Minivans, so he's sort of correct, in a drunken guy that's not worth kicking the crap out of sort of way. The 5.2 and 5.9 liter LA motors were called Magnum V8's from 1992 to 2003 when they were given a well earned retirement)
My Ranger would make short work of a full size Ram on anything other than a straight line and you'd need some high tech military spotting equipment to glance my Impala's stylish in bumper taillights if it dropped one of its' high 12 second (12.96 at 112 mph last time out ) passes (from 331 cubic inches) on your Ram !!
Ask any driver, any real driver, its not what you drive, its how you drive it.
Well, unless you drive a VW. But then again, if you did you're probably like a cat with a ball of yarn, too dumb to ever get bored of it.
The Goob hath ruled.
"the 5.9s the best y do u think they used it in the viper"
I think this is the most intelligent thing you will ever say in your life.
I love my G37 and its exterior is one of the most sexiest on the road. However, I'm starting to sometimes wish that the interior was that of an Audi--Audi interiors are just so cool.
Is it normal to feel guilty of "cheating" on your car, just because you start looking at other cars or wishing that you've had another car? Someone help me.
Nothing is impossible.
Hands down the dumbest comment ever posted on Motor Trend... worst part is he made it look so easy. LOL!
BITCH!! I bet my 2001 Toyota Corrolla will beat your shit ass truck...
You think he went to college? And don't use big words like eloquent around him. And I am a mopar guy...
At the time I was in a good place and able to spend that kind of money on new cars, Ive had my current vehicle for almost 5 years now and am content but the urge is always there. So i guess in a way, it did come to an end.
How eloquent; your parents must all be so proud of you, not to mention your college English professor.
I love my 2011 Subaru WRX STI hatchback. One of many great things about these cars is that if you start to get bored you can modify the car quite easily. It is a great car in stock form but none of us stay stock for long...just too much fun!
You are blowing your financial future and I truly hope the memories will be worthwhile. Have at it and enjoy yourself. It will come to an end,
Current economic conditions and the resulting lack of opportunities do not favor your new car endeavor. Good luck!
All the time... but I'm a broke student so my current vehicle, 1996 Lexus ES300, was purchased as it was a great deal for the little cash I had at the time. I graduate in May and look forward to buying something fun once I have stable income.
What a dumbfuck, now i'm ashamed to be a Mopar guy
I work for a dealership and I access to chevy, Toyota, Ford and Lexus. If i get bored with my beater I jump into something that strikes my fancy. after a test test in a new or unique used car I get my fix and continue to drive my, no monthly payment reliable car.
or his brain is infected....
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! "Everything from Dodge is a Hemi" Yes the Dodge Neon was a Hemi, the Dodge Grand Caravan..........you guessed it HEMI!, I think we all know how this is gonna end........... The Chargers and Challengers arent HEMI? Check your information before you post.......
Hey Big Willy,
Get educated please before you post.
@ autoK.I.A.
The whole paragraph you typed was absolutely pointless. You are wasting your time and energy arguing with a troll.
When I was able too, I was switching vehicles every 6 months - 1 year. Its soo easy to get bored with your car when something new and interesting crosses your path. I am Automotive ADD for sure, in 7 years I have gone through 5 new vehicles and numerous used cars in-between. I am itching for the chance to get another vehicle, my car has just gotten a little stale. I guess according to Big Willy Im white trash.....well Asian Trash cause I have a F150 parked in my driveway. Correct me if Im wrong, when did the C5 come with a V6? When was the 5.9 a Hemi. Only thing in this thread that Im jealous about is that someone else got too correct you before I did.
5.9L 245HP even with a chip your truck is still crap BTW cool story brow but unless the vett was missing on all 8 you must have breathed in all the fumes from the vetts tires as it passe u.
Hah hah, when did dumb rednecks learn to use the computer, or more so learn how to use the internet? I can sum you up in a few sentences. You are an ignorant S.O.B. who thinks V8's are the only engines a "man" should drive and you think you are so smart and high class that you call everyone else white trash and Nazi's. The fact that you chose $BigWilly$ as your name AND you drive a Ram with a HEMI in it just shows in fact that you are indeed too cocky about you d*ck size. Just from reading your below post, I can tell you really are a dumb-ass. No Corvette has ever had a V6 in it, EVER!! There was an I-6 but never a V6, the fact that you even mentioned that obviously means you do not know cars and do not belong here on this forum. Go back to shooting squirrels and leave the men alone to discuss cars on which we are bored of driving.
WOW. I really hope you're messing around.


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Over the years, we've added quite a few under-desk wire organizers, and they've all been great in one way or another, whether they've been designed to keep cables neat as they travel between your desktop and floor, or handle all of the cable slack that's known to entangle your feet as you sit at your computer. They've looked like boxes, raceways, baskets, even spines (that one's actually not as weird or gross as it sounds). And now I have another excellent addition to the lineup, which happens to hinge, quite simply, on the power of the hook.
I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure that the Under-Desk Wire Tray was designed around the the concept of cable hooks, which have long been used to support certain types of aerial and wall mounted cable runs. Cable hooks are generally lined up at short intervals, after which small cable bundles can be run through them, with the hooks conveying and providing support for the cables as they travel from Point A to Point B.
The Under-Desk Wire Tray, being made up of a row of 15 slightly-spaced hooks, is more or less set up to work the same way, but just on a smaller scale. That, and it hides under your desktop as opposed to being suspended from the ceiling or mounted on a wall. I don't know about you, but this really appeals to me, because I prefer my cable management to be invisible, if at all possible.
So why would someone go and miniaturize cable hooks and stick them under a desk? Probably because that row of little hooks gives you the freedom to add or remove cables at any point along the way, and works as a nice place to stash power strips and bulky power adapters out of range of your feet (this sounds really good to me, because I'm always accidentally kicking my surge protector). Another benefit of having cables and power strips up off the floor is that they're less likely to become dust bunny traps when they're kept elevated, so that makes it a lot easier for you to keep your workstation clean, and gives you a lot less to sneeze about. And that, my friends, is nothing to sneeze at.
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This sleek little beauty has clean lines, a satiny aluminum finish, and mounts more or less dead-flush into your worksurface, so visually speaking, there's absolutely nothing to complain about. Flip the lid open, and you'll find a neat row of the outlets and ports of your choice: power, data (internet), USB… you can even order one that has an iPod dock in the mix. Nice. It's work and listening pleasure, all rolled into one and stashed just below the surface of your desk. Sneaky, efficient, aesthetically pleasing – what more could you want?
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It seems to be one of the Laws of the Universe that if you leave a disconnected cable lying on your desktop, it will pretty much stay put until you reach for it. At that point, it will start to slip away, eluding your outstretched hand by only an inch or so. That is, until it reaches the very edge of your desk, at which point it will plunge into oblivion just a fraction of a second before your fingers can grab it. Sigh.
Then comes retrieval. Crawling beneath your workstation isn't at the top of most people's "to-do" lists in the first place, but it becomes even more of a chore if the area under your desk has the typical pile of computer and peripheral cords mixed with the occasional dustball. Now, you get to sort through the mess and find the right cable, maneuver it back up to your desktop, and then plug it in fast before you risk having to go through the whole ridiculous slapstick routine all over again.
If you can think of better ways to use your time than chasing after loose cable ends, then you may want to make friends with the Cable Caddy, a cool little desktop cord organizer that hides behind your computer to neatly route USB and other peripheral cables while they're plugged in, and holds them securely in place when they're unplugged.
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REDLANDS — Last Saturday, the University of Redlands spoiled Cal Lutheran's Senior Night when Marika Staton hit a basket at the buzzer to defeat the Regals.
Saturday night, turnabout means NCAA play for Cal Lutheran. Chelsea Hastigan scored 16 points, including a key 3-pointer in the second half, to lead Cal Lutheran to a 61-58 victory in thechampionship game of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament.
Cal Lutheran (18-9) won the SCIAC tournament despite being the fourthseed in the tournament. The Regals, who were last in the tournament in 2006, will have their NCAA opponent announced on Monday. Redlands finished with a 19-8 record.
"Our team did a great job and came through in some tough moments," Cal Lutheran head coach Roy Dow said. "We were tough and showed resilence, and we beat the two top teams in the conference to reach the tournament."
Cal Lutheran held Redlands without a point for 6:21 in the second half. Channing Fleischmann hit a 3-pointer from the right side and followed with a layup, and Starla Wright's short jumper in the lane gave the Regals a 50-40 lead with 9:19 remaining in regulation.
Hastigan, who drew her fourth foul with 15:40 remaining in the second half, missed eight minutes but played well and wisely. The 5-foot-6 senior from Saugusdrilled a 3-pointer to give the Regals a 58-52 lead with 3:17 left in the second half.
"I tried to be aggressive while being aware of the foul situation," Hastigan said. "My teammates moved the ball well and helped me get open."
Staton, who paced Redlands with 14 points, cut the lead to 58-55 with a 3-pointer at 1:41. Victoria Fakalata hit a layup with 27 seconds remaining to move Redlands to within one point, 58-57. Fakalata hit one of two foul shots with 12.8 seconds remaining.
Cal Lutheran's Erica Whitley hit three of four free throws, including two with 8.9 seconds remaining. Ashley Sevilla missed a potential game-tying, 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Redlands, No. 2 seed, reached the final with a 70-53 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scrips on Thursday night. Cal Lutheran upset regular-season SCIAC champion Occidental 51-49on Thursday.
Redlands started quickly, taking a 10-5 lead in the first five minutes after Ashley Sevilla and Marika Staton hit 3-pointers.
Cal Lutheran began pressing midway through the first half, and the Regals appeared to throw Redlands off its rhythm. The Lady Bulldogs had 11 turnovers in the first half, while Cal Lutheran turned the ball over just four times.
The Regals ran off nine straight points late in the first half, taking a 34-26 advantage with 1:52 before halftime.Hastigan hit a 16-footer and the completed the run with a 3-pointer.
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A flaw in the antenna design of the iPhone 4, leading to degraded reception has Consumer Reports at odds with the newest generation of the iPhone.
Earlier this month Apple acknowledged a problem with reception and cited in a letter that it was all a miscalculation in signal strength that has existed from the iPhone's beginning. Below is an excerpt from the letter in which Apple states that the reception drop is not really real, basically.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong.
We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same— the iPhone 4's wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped.
According to Consumer Reports the problem lies in the exposed metal band wrapping the edge of the iPhone 4, serving as the antenna. The electrical conductivity of the human body interferes with reception when touching the metal band in certain spots. A simple solution is to cover the antenna with a non -conductive material, says the magazine.
Consumer Reports did note that the iPhone 4 ranked highest on the list of smart phone ratings that it released Monday, aside from the reception issues. But the magazine said it will not recommend Apple's new iPhone until the company releases "a permanent — and free — fix for the antenna problem."
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Oregon's Dion Jordan today was named a finalist for the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker.
A senior from Chandler, Ariz., Jordan has 42 tackles in 10 games for the Ducks this season, having missed the Cal game with a shoulder injury that also sidelined him for the second half at USC. He has 10 1/2 tackles for loss with five sacks, and has forced three fumbles.
Jordan is listed as a defensive end by Oregon but plays an outside linebacker role in the Ducks' base 3-4 defense.
The other finalists are Jarvis Jones of Georgia, Kevin Minter of LSU, C.J. Mosley of Alabama and Manti Te'o of Notre Dame, the presumed favorite to win, since he's also drawing Heisman buzz.
Jordan is the second Duck in two days to be named a finalist for a major award, after Kenjon Barner was named a Doak Walker finalist Monday.


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1 aAnd in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will atrust, and not be afraid; for the Lord bJehovah is my cstrength and my dsong; he also has become my salvation.
3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw awater out of the wells of salvation.
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5 aSing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
6 aCry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
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The Michigan Motorcycle Rider Safety Training Program uses both public and private organizations approved by the Michigan Department of State to offer motorcycle rider education classes. The department is committed to assuring instruction is given by qualified instructors in an approved facility certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF).
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Torin Halsey/Times Record News Joe Parker Jr. demonstrates how technology such as iPhones, iPads and laptops are becoming important tools in the age-old ranching industry. Up-to-the-minute cattle prices, real-time televised livestock auctions and more-accurate weather forecasts are a few examples of how the devices are used.
Torin Halsey/Times Record News Robbie Seward and his Border Collie, Hooey, inspect a group of Black Angus heifers on the Parker Ranch using a four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle.
Torin Halsey/Times Record News Stocker cattle at the Parker Ranch near Byers.
Torin Halsey/Times Record News Sonny Seward, left, and Justin Hensley move a group cattle up an alley toward the scales at the Parker Ranch headquarters. The cattle will be counted and weighed and then shipped to a feedlot in Kansas.
Torin Halsey/Times Record News Clay County rancher Joe Parker Jr. stands on a bluff overlooking some of the 4,000 acres he and his brother, Jim Parker, manage east of Byers.
Torin Halsey/Times Record News Robbie Seward uses an iPad to check the results from a remote wildlife camera that he uses for his guided wildlife hunts on the Parker Ranch in Clay County. The device is also helps him plan hunts based on better weather forecasts.
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Nadja got spayed about six weeks ago, but the area that was shaved has barely regrown any hair. She's still very bald in the area. See this picture? It shows the baldness well. She's got a little bit of regrowth, but not much.
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Our disc golf basket equipment rentals have proven to be most popular in the ski resort industry thus far, as it allows the resort to see what the sport of disc golf is all about — it's light environmental impact and high benefit to cost ratio in addition to the revenue it can create in the off-season for these winter Meccas of outdoor recreation. While many locations enjoy the small investment for 2-3 months of disc golf basket use, some prefer to contract The Mobile Disc Golf Experience to setup at a specific event to "test their market" and see if disc golf would be a successful venture. This is a terrific idea as it allows us to design, install and sign a course, in addition to providing a staff member that can hand out free disc rentals and give some insight on technique and beginner tips. As you can see in these two contrasting scenarios, it's really entirely up to the end client.
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Ablation or Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Treatment (FAST)
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The purpose of this study is to compare 2 invasive strategies for Atrial Fibrillation treatment, Endocardial catheter ablation isolation of the Pulmonary veins versus minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgical epicardial isolation. Both strategies are in use for several years now, and have been reported as a successful strategy with success rates of 60-90%. However, it is not known which technique is preferable in a given patient population in terms of efficacy to cure AF, safety, or patient discomfort. Therefore, in the present trial a randomized study is proposed to provide more insight into the relative merits of both techniques
Atrial Fibrillation
Procedure: Catheter Ablation
Procedure: Surgical Ablation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Atrial Fibrillation: Ablation or Surgical Treatment; A Randomized Study Comparing Non-Pharmacologic Therapy in Patients With Drug-Refractory Atrial Fibrillation
- Freedom from AF and/or secondary left atrial arrhythmias, lasting >60 sec, as determined by 7 day continuous Holter monitoring. [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Safety and/or adverse events [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Freedom of AADs, Decrease in the frequency and duration of AF episodes, Decrease in the number of AF related hospital admissions, Improvement in quality of life internet Follow Up, Decrease in number of cardioversions, PM implant [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 Months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Composite major complications, Serious Adverse Events, Serious Adverse Effects [ Time Frame: 12 Months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2007
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: 1
Catheter RF ablation with complete circumferential ablation around the right and PVs, and additional lines between the lower and upper PVs, and towards the mitral valve ring.
Procedure: Catheter Ablation
RF ablation with complete circumferential ablation around the right and PVs, optional additional lines between the lower and upper PVs, and towards the mitral valve ring.
Active Comparator: 2
Minimal invasive thoracoscopic surgery including isolation of the PVs by AtriCure and removal of the LAA.
Procedure: Surgical Ablation
Minimal invasive thoracoscopic surgery including isolation of the PVs by AtriCure and removal of the LAA.
Detailed Description:
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affecting millions of people around the world. It is a large burden on health care resources and may even lead to a shorter life expectancy. Drug treatment has been found insufficient and sometimes even hazardous to the pt. Traditionally, there was only one invasive approach available, being MAZE 3 procedure by means of full open chest cardiac surgery. This was a very invasive approach, limited to only a few skilled surgeons, with insufficient options to treat large pt volume.
With the discovery that AF often is initiated and maintained by electrical instability inside and around the Pulmonary Veins, catheter ablation is now a widely accepted early invasive strategy to cure AF. Success rates of 60% to 90% have been reported, depending on technique employed and the type of AF (Resp, chronic versus paroxysmal)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 70 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has a history of symptomatic paroxysmal and/or persistent atrial fibrillation for at least 12 months
- Patient is refractory to or intolerant of at least one antiarrhythmic drug
- Patient has an enlarged atrium >40 mm and/or Patient has a failed previous catheter ablation and/or Patient has additional risk factors such as hypertension, increasing age
- Patient is between 30 and 70 years of age
- Patient is mentally able and willing to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cardiac ablation or surgical cardiac procedure in the last 3 months
- Previous cardiac tamponade
- Previous stroke or TIA
- Left atrial thrombus
- Left atrial size >65 mm
- Left ventricular ejection fraction <45 %
- Active infection or sepsis
- Pregnancy
- Unstable angina
- Myocardial infarction (MI) within previous 3 months
- Atrial fibrillation is secondary to electrolyte imbalance, thyroid disease, or other reversible or non-cardiovascular cause
- History of blood clotting abnormalities
- Known sensitivity to heparin or warfarin
- Life expectancy is less than 12 months
- Patient is involved in another clinical study involving an investigational drug or device
- Pleural adhesions
- Prior thoracotomy
- Prior cardiac surgery
- Elevated hemi diaphragm
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00662701
|Contact: Lucas V Boersma, MD/PhD
|Contact: WimJan van Boven, MD
|St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein
|Nieuwegein, Netherlands, 3430
|Principal Investigator: Lucas Boersma, MD
|Principal Investigator: WimJan van Boven, MD
|Hospital Clinic Barcelona
|Barcelona, Spain
|Principal Investigator: Lluis Mont, MD
|Principal Investigator: M Castella, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Lucas Boersma, MD/PhD
|St.Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein
|Principal Investigator:
|WimJan van Boven, MD
|St.Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein
|Principal Investigator:
|Lluis Mont, MD
|Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
|Principal Investigator:
|Castella M, MD
|Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
No publications provided by St. Antonius Hospital
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|L.V.A. Boersma, St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00662701 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 25, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 17, 2008
|Health Authority:
|Netherlands: Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
Keywords provided by St. Antonius Hospital:
Atrial Fibrillation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Atrial Fibrillation
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Pathologic Processes
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Thursday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and this year Care2 is bringing you personal stories from around the world on the fight to eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice and discrimination. For our complete coverage, please click here.
The hardest part of being out and bisexual isn't what you'd expect. Yes, I've experienced icy glares and unpleasant comments when out with female partners, and I know that being perceived as a lesbian in public could be dangerous. While I've thankfully been spared any personal experience, I'm acutely aware that hate crimes do happen. And bisexuals experience just as much homophobia as gays and lesbians when in same-sex relationships, and when publicly affiliated with LBGT events and organizations. Functionally, we're no different when we're involved in the gay community.
But there's another kind of homophobia we experience as bisexuals, and for me, it cuts deeper. By and large, it isn't perpetrated by people and groups who would hate me regardless of what I do and say. It doesn't come from bigots and hate groups. It often comes from friends, family members, co-workers and other people I see and interact with on a daily basis. Sometimes, it even comes from queer allies.
It is true that many bisexuals end up in long-term opposite-sex relationships — although characterizing those relationships as strictly "heterosexual" is not always accurate, since bi people can and do date each other. Since only 2-10% of the population is queer, depending on which study you read, it makes sense that there are many more opposite-sex prospects out there for bisexuals — particularly those who don't live in big cities.
And when a bisexual ends up with someone of the opposite sex, whether it's for a year or for life, something strange and disturbing happens. It's hard not to feel, sometimes, that people become too comfortable with the idea of you in a "straight" relationship. As if everyone you dated or had feelings for before ceased to exist. As if you'd always really been straight all along.
Often, it's unintentional. Of course my family will focus on my marriage to my husband and not my ex-girlfriends they haven't seen in years, or perhaps never even met. To a certain extent, it's unavoidable in any long-term relationship. The past fades into the background. After a few years with someone, unless you have children or continuing legal disputes from a previous relationship, it disappears entirely.
But, just as often, the homophobia is blatant and deliberate. Marrying someone of the opposite sex is held up as evidence that same-sex attractions were "a phase" (or worse, a mistake). As if sexual identity is something you can outgrow. Some people seem to want to warp our relationships and experiences to fit their narrative that sexual identity is a choice, a lifestyle, a sin — rather than seeing that bisexuals, like anyone else, very rarely have any conscious say in who we are attracted to and who we fall in love with. The only difference is that sex and gender are not the same kind of limiting factors that they are for most other people.
Read more: biphobia, bisexuality, homophobia, IDAHOT, IDAHOT 2012, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012
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Thank you for writing this article- it's greatly appreciated.
I came out at 17 and suffered through all the BS a gay person would and tried to find refuge in the gay community. Then I fell in love with a lesbian and was ostracized by the gay community. To this day by saying "I am bisexual" means that I could be harassed at school or work - by both gays and straight people. My hope this all changes.
great article and an amazing idea to end bisexual and homosexual misconceptions. But, there will always be someone who doesn't want to know. People tend to like following a set form of rules. We don't talk about them and rarely do we acknowledge these rules at all. Yet one of the rules is that you are born as either a man or a woman and whichever one you are has to be attracted to the opposite gender. I know that you heard this in church with Adam and Eve, saw it in cartoons with only Mommy and Daddy characters, even in school where the teacher would ask you to draw a " Mommy" and a "Daddy" picture. I myself have seen people who are so set on these rules that it doesn't really matter to them if the way you act and the people you choose to hang out with or date reflects on who you are and what makes you happy. To them, all they see is someone "confused" who doesn't really seem to understand the rules and who needs "help." Maybe one day the rules will be rewritten or better yet just vanish. Perhaps all bisexuals, homosexuals, gays, lesbians, "freaks", weirdos, everyone who dares to see past these rules can be accepted and loved. Until then never stop fighting against them. Never break under those icy uncaring glares they give you. Stand up straight and tall and fight on.
Thank you for this post, I found it enlightening.
one must always address myths with facts
Bi-sexuals have it best. THEY can love ANYONE.
...and you know, love knows no sex (or has a particular sexual orientation). If it did, we could not love our pets...
Thanks Julie.
thank you for this post---I think we all need more information about bi-sexual people.
I'm tired of hearing, reading, and watching the whole thing. No ones breaking any governmental rules or bombing any countries so, PLEASE lets be accountable for our own lives!! Let's MOVE ON ALREADY!!!!!!!!!! There are more important things in the world than whose eating sushi or whose choosing beef!!
Thank you to the author of this piece.
It so clearly says much of what I have thought, felt, and/or experienced.
Lesbians have cut me more deeply than any others out there. I never know if it's insecurity or prejudice.
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In just eight months, the 10,000 square foot space attached to ETMC Crockett has transformed from four walls, a roof and a dirt floor into the shell of the new surgical center. On Wednesday, Aug. 29 the project passed Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) 80 percent completion check, and is slated to be done in November, well ahead of the contract's deadline of Dec. 31. "Everything is up, they hit the mark of everything's complete up to that point, and once it gets to 100 percent [TDSHS] will come out and do another inspection," ETMC Crockett Administrator Terry Cutler said. The new facility boasts three operating rooms, each about double the size of the current two, pre- and post-op areas, and rooms for sterilization, storage, locker and office space. In the current surgical section of the hospital, there are two operating rooms that are about half the size of the new ones, and a lot less space. "We have an OR that's just outdated. Is it still functional? Yes, it's functional, but it's outdated," Cutler said of the current facilities. While it can be hard to distinguish what the surgical center will look like at this point in construction, Cutler said the building is "almost identical" to ETMC Trinity, except Crockett's facility is larger. "All of this has a step in time to go in," Cutler said. "You can't have one thing unless you have something else, it's like putting a jigsaw puzzle together and they make it seem pretty easy." One of the more complicated parts will be ceilings in the operating rooms, which are currently uncovered and expose several air conditioning ducts and have a large structure hanging in the middle to hold the light. "There will be a ceiling that's actually built just for OR, and it will have all the gases and oxygen and everything will go up in this ceiling for anesthesia and everything," Cutler explained. Two of the rooms are fit for general operations, and the third will be specifically equipped for obstetrics. This type of surgery requires different equipment, but the room can be used for other types of general surgery. Conveniently, the specialized operating room is closest to the Labor and Delivery wing. The building will have multiple entrances to help accessibility, like from the Labor and Delivery wing and the Intensive Care Unit. Construction on the project was made easier by the fact that walls and a roof were already in place and shielded crews from any weather delays. The facade was built previously with funds from the Houston County Hospital District, with plans to expand the ICU or add a new wing, Cutler said. "It was one of those thought processes that reached further back," he said. "HCHD made some of those decisions and thought back then that this could be surgery, so it's kind of a cooperative where ETMC controls and does all the building out because they lease the facility, then HCHD has acquired the funds from taxes and the (Upper Payment Limit)." The $4.5 million dollar project was able to be completed because of Medicaid's Upper Payment Limit (UPL) matching grant program that covers the costs of construction, labor and equipment. About $1 million of Houston County Hospital District funds are part of the $4.5 million total. With the ongoing national and state changes in healthcare, Cutler said he isn't sure what the surgical center will be like in five years, but is sure it will be put to good use. "This facility is going to continue to strive for quality and move forward in treating patients," he said. "We'll always have patients – I think that's the one thing you can say. In five years we'll still have patients coming to healthcare facilities."
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One of the continuing challenges of my spiritual journey is to always begin with God and not with myself. This comes in many sneaky ways. When I pray, I'm coming first to listen, then to speak my heart and mind. When I come to the scriptures, I come to listen. What are You saying to me, Father?
One scripture, for example, that really helped me recently is Isaiah 26:3-4…
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
Perfect. Steadfast. Forever. Eternal. These are solid, lasting words. Is it possible for me to be completely relaxed with God through Christ? I hope to keep growing in my confident reliance on God's trustworthy love.
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People with their minds set on you,
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- An 11-0 second half run had Wisconsin within three points, but a basket by Illinois stopped the rally and momentum as the Illini defeated the Badgers, 60-53, at Assembly Hall in Champaign Monday night.
A jumper by Morgan Paige just past the 14-minute mark in the second half sparked a UW (11-15, 3-10) run that had the Badgers within three, 43-40, with 10 minutes remaining in the game.
A bucket in the paint by Illinois' Adrienne GodBold stopped the Badgers' run and returned the momentum back to Illinois (15-9, 8-4). A quick 4-0 run by the Illini had them back up by seven and back in control.
Wisconsin fought to get the score within four, 47-43, but Illinois stepped on the gas and used a 13-0 run to pull away and take a 17-point lead, 60-43, with three minutes remaining in the game.
The Badgers couldn't find an answer to Illinois' surge and one last 3-pointer by Nicole Bauman made the final score 60-53 in favor of the Illini.
UW's troubles began in the first half where tough defense and cold shooting left the Badgers 8-of-23 (34.8 percent) from the floor. Illinois forced 13 Wisconsin turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
While Illinois' first half shooting performance wasn't any better (12-of-38, 31.6 percent) the more shot opportunities led to more baskets and a 31-22 halftime lead.
Paige and Bauman both ended the night with 14 points, while Cassie Rochel chipped in 11 points and 12 rebounds, her fifth double-double of the season.
Karisma Penn netted a game-high 26 points and 14 rebounds and GodBold finished with 16 points.
Wisconsin finished 19-of-51 (37.3 percent) from field goal range, shooting 5-of-24 (20.8 percent) from beyond the arch. Illinois posted a 31.8 field goal percentage (21-of-66), going 4-of-18 (22.2 percent) from 3-point range.
Both teams pulled down 39 rebounds, with the Badgers grabbing eight offensive and 31 defensive boards. Illinois pulled down 14 offensive and 25 defensive boards.
The Illini forced 27 UW turnovers on 17 steals, while Wisconsin forced 15 Illinois turnovers on five steals.
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McCourt states, "They cater to their customers in home decor and gifts."
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There are several X-linked (or sex-linked) recessive genetic disorders, (hemophilia, muscular dystrophy) which are inherited through a genetic defect on an X chromosome. A female has 2 X chromosomes, one she inherited from her mother and one she got from her father. A male has an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father. If a woman has the defect on one of her X chromosomes, and the father's X chromosome is normal, there is a 25% chance for each pregnancy to produce: an unaffected girl; a girl who carries the defect; an unaffected boy; or a boy with the disorder.
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Everyone is waiting for him, would you belive in him and have faith in Jesus if he returned and said he was him?
All of my friends know I am Jesus and insist I announce myself and even God has shown me the way. Yet they all say and I feel no one would belive it unless I can perfrom miricules but I never will. Nothing happens the same way twice and I wont be given physical proof but my heart will never be corrupted and I have always known I am him. I love you humans and creatures of this world, I am not just a man of the cloth. I am the giver of love and compassion.
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Staples Inc. (SPLS:US), the largest U.S. office-supplies chain, rose the most in more than two months yesterday after Fortune reported that private-equity firms including Bain Capital LLC are considering buying the retailer.
Staples climbed 3.6 percent to $11.96 in New York trading for the biggest gain since June 29. The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company's shares (SPLS:US) have fallen 14 percent this year through yesterday.
Discussions to take over Staples are preliminary and an offer wouldn't be made until late this year, Fortune reported, citing people it didn't name. Staples has a market capitalization of $8.16 billion.
"It's a low-probability event, given the size of the deal," said R.J. Hottovy, an analyst for Morningstar Inc. (MORN:US) in Chicago. Still, Staples is an industry leader, the world's second-largest Internet retailer after Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US), and its delivery business would make it an attractive buyout, he said.
Staples has posted sales declines in the past two quarters as workers shift to using fewer traditional office products, like pens and folders. The retailer also relies on job creation, especially at small businesses, for revenue gains and that's been damaged by the recession in Europe and high unemployment in the U.S. To revive growth, the company is shrinking stores and selling services and mobile computers.
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Potential buyers need time to arrange financing and don't want the public-relations challenges of buying a business associated with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the campaign season, Fortune said. Romney helped found Bain Capital, which was an early investor in Staples. He also served on the board at Staples.
Owen Davis, a spokesman for Staples, declined to comment. Alex Stanton, a spokesman for Boston-based Bain, didn't respond to a request for comment.
So-called same-store sales, a key measure of a retailer's growth because new stores are excluded, declined 2 percent in North America and 9 percent in Europe in the quarter ended July 28. A private-equity firm would probably shed the retail stores and focus on the online and delivery units, according to Hottovy.
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