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Police investigating an attack upon Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper
Chris Kirkland during a Championship match with Leeds United have arrested a 21-year-old man.
The man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assault in Cheltenham, where he is from.
'The investigation is being led by South Yorkshire police,' Gloucestershire police said. 'The man currently remains in police custody.'
Former England goalkeeper Kirkland was shoved in the face after a man ran on to the pitch during his team's match with Leeds United at Hillsborough on Friday night.
The game was televised live on Sky Sports and the man suspected of being involved was widely named on social media sites.
South Yorkshire police Detective Inspector Mark Monteiro said: 'I'd like to thank the supporters and general public who have provided information and assisted with our inquiries.'
Leeds United issued a statement apologising for the incident as police said five people were arrested before and after the game, which finished 1-1.
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|This thesis entitled' On Queues with Interruptions and Repeat or Resumption of Service' introduces several new concepts into queues with service interruption. It is divided into Seven chapters including an introductory chapter. The following are keywords that we use in this thesis: Phase type (PH) distribution, Markovian Arrival Process (MAP), Geometric Distribution, Service Interruption, First in First out (FIFO), threshold random variable and Super threshold random variable. In the second chapter we introduce a new concept called the 'threshold random variable' which competes with interruption time to decide whether to repeat or resume the interrupted service after removal of interruptions. This notion generalizes the work reported so far in queues with service interruptions. In chapter 3 we introduce the concept of what is called 'Super threshold clock' (a random variable) which keeps track of the total interruption time of a customer during his service except when it is realized before completion of interruption in some cases to be discussed in this thesis and in other cases it exactly measures the duration of all interruptions put together. The Super threshold clock is OIl whenever the service is interrupted and is deactivated when service is rendered. Throughout this thesis the first in first out service discipline is followed except for priority queues.
|Department of Mathematics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
|Nature is full of phenomena which we call "chaotic", the weather being a prime example. What we mean by this is that we cannot predict it to any significant accuracy, either because the system is inherently complex, or because some of the governing factors are not deterministic. However, during recent years it has become clear that random behaviour can occur even in very simple systems with very few number of degrees of freedom, without any need for complexity or indeterminacy. The discovery that chaos can be generated even with the help of systems having completely deterministic rules - often models of natural phenomena - has stimulated a lo; of research interest recently. Not that this chaos has no underlying order, but it is of a subtle kind, that has taken a great deal of ingenuity to unravel. In the present thesis, the author introduce a new nonlinear model, a 'modulated' logistic map, and analyse it from the view point of 'deterministic chaos'.
|Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
|The present study on some infinite convex invariants. The origin of convexity can be traced back to the period of Archimedes and Euclid. At the turn of the nineteenth centaury , convexicity became an independent branch of mathematics with its own problems, methods and theories. The convexity can be sorted out into two kinds, the first type deals with generalization of particular problems such as separation of convex sets[EL], extremality[FA], [DAV] or continuous selection Michael[M1] and the second type involved with a multi- purpose system of axioms. The theory of convex invariants has grown out of the classical results of Helly, Radon and Caratheodory in Euclidean spaces. Levi gave the first general definition of the invariants Helly number and Radon number. The notation of a convex structure was introduced by Jamison[JA4] and that of generating degree was introduced by Van de Vel[VAD8]. We also prove that for a non-coarse convex structure, rank is less than or equal to the generating degree, and also generalize Tverberg's theorem using infinite partition numbers. Compare the transfinite topological and transfinite convex dimensions
|In this thesis we have developed a few inventory models in which items are served to the customers after a processing time. This leads to a queue of demand even when items are available. In chapter two we have discussed a problem involving search of orbital customers for providing inventory. Retrial of orbital customers was also considered in that chapter; in chapter 5 also we discussed retrial inventory model which is sans orbital search of customers. In the remaining chapters (3, 4 and 6) we did not consider retrial of customers, rather we assumed the waiting room capacity of the system to be arbitrarily large. Though the models in chapters 3 and 4 differ only in that in the former we consider positive lead time for replenishment of inventory and in the latter the same is assumed to be negligible, we arrived at sharper results in chapter 4. In chapter 6 we considered a production inventory model with production time distribution for a single item and that of service time of a customer following distinct Erlang distributions. We also introduced protection of production and service stages and investigated the optimal values of the number of stages to be protected.
|Department of Mathematics, Cochin University of Science And Technology.
|Zinc aluminate nanoparticles with average particle size of 40 nm were synthesized using a sol–gel combustion method. X-ray diffractometry result was analysed by Rietveld refinement method to establish the phase purity of the material. Different stages of phase formation of the material during the synthesis were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and differential thermogravimetric analysis. Particle size was determined with transmission electron microscopy and the optical bandgap of the nanoparticles was determined by absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet-visible range. Dielectric permittivity and a.c. conductivity of the material were measured for frequencies from 100 kHz to 8 MHz in the temperature range of 30–120◦C. The presence of Maxwell– Wagner type interfacial polarization was found to exist in the material and hopping of electron by means of quantum mechanical tunneling is attributed as the reason for the observed a.c. conductivity
|Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 34, No. 2, April 2011, pp. 251–259
|On structural, ... luminate nanoparticles.pdf
|This study is to look the effect of change in the ordering of the Fourier system on Szegö's classical observations of asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues of finite Toeplitz forms.This is done by checking proofs and Szegö's properties in the new set up.The Fourier system is unconditional [19], any arbitrary ordering of the Fourier system forms a basis for the Hilbert space L2 [-Π, Π].Here study about the classical Szegö's theorem.Szegö's type theorem for operators in L2(R+) and check its validity for certain multiplication operators.Since the trigonometric basis is not available in L2(R+) or in L2(R) .This study discussed about the classes of orderings of Haar System in L2 (R+) and in L2(R) in which Szegö's Type TheoreT Am is valid for certain multiplication operators.It is divided into two sections. In the first section there is an ordering to Haar system in L2(R+) and prove that with respect to this ordering, Szegö's Type theorem holds for general class of multiplication operators Tƒ with multiplier ƒ ε L2(R+), subject to some conditions on ƒ.Finally in second section more general classes of ordering of Haar system in L2(R+) and in L2(R) are identified in such a way that for certain classes of multiplication operators the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues exists.
|For a set S of vertices and the vertex v in a connected graph G, max x2S d(x, v) is called the S-eccentricity of v in G. The set of vertices with minimum S-eccentricity is called the S-center of G. Any set A of vertices of G such that A is an S-center for some set S of vertices of G is called a center set. We identify the center sets of certain classes of graphs namely, Block graphs, Km,n, Kn −e, wheel graphs, odd cycles and symmetric even graphs and enumerate them for many of these graph classes. We also introduce the concept of center number which is defined as the number of distinct center sets of a graph and determine the center number of some graph classes
|arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3182
|On The Center S ... of Some Graph Classes.pdf
|Suneela S S 1989.PDF
|Activation energy for crystallization (Ec) is a pertinent parameter that decides the application potential of many metallic glasses and is proportional to the crystallization temperature. Higher crystallization temperatures are desirable for soft magnetic applications, while lower values for data storage purposes. In this investigation, from the heating rate dependence of peak crystallization temperature Tp, the Ec values have been evaluated by three different methods for metglas 2826 MB (Fe40Ni38B18Mo4) accurately. The Ec values are correlated with the morphological changes, and the structural evolution associated with annealing temperatures is discussed.
|The temperature and frequency dependence of dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss of nanosized Mn1−xZnxFe2O4 (for x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1) were investigated. The impact of zinc substitution on the dielectric properties of the mixed ferrite is elucidated. Strong dielectric dispersion and broad relaxation were exhibited by Mn1−xZnxFe2O4. The variation of dielectric relaxation time with temperature suggests the involvement of multiple relaxation processes. Cole–Cole plots were employed as an effective tool for studying the observed phenomenon. The activation energies were calculated from relaxation peaks and Cole–Cole plots and found to be consistent with each other and indicative of a polaron conduction
|J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 (2009) 146006 (12pp)
|On the dielectr ... se zinc mixed ferrites.pdf
|The set of vertices that maximize (minimize) the remoteness is the antimedian (median) set of the profile. It is proved that for an arbitrary graph G and S V (G) it can be decided in polynomial time whether S is the antimedian set of some profile. Graphs in which every antimedian set is connected are also considered.
|On the generali ... blemantimedian subsets.pdf
|Magnetic nanowires (NWs) are ideal materials for the fabrication of various multifunctional nanostructures which can be manipulated by an external magnetic fi eld. Highly crystalline and textured nanowires of nickel (Ni NWs) and cobalt (Co NWs) with high aspect ratio (~330) and high coercivity have been synthesized by electrodeposition using nickel sulphate hexahydrate (NiSO4·6H2O) and cobalt sulphate heptahydrate (CoSO4·7H2O) respectively on nanoporous alumina membranes. They exhibit a preferential growth along〈110〉. A general mobility assisted growth mechanism for the formation of Ni and Co NWs is proposed. The role of the hydration layer on the resulting one-dimensional geometry in the case of potentiostatic electrodeposition is verified. A very high interwire interaction resulting from magnetostatic dipolar interactions between the nanowires is observed. An unusual low-temperature magnetisation switching for fi eld parallel to the wire axis is evident from the peculiar high fi eld M(T) curve
|Nano Res (2008) 1: 465 473
|On the Growth M ... ir Magnetic Properties.pdf
|Mathew P M 1988.pdf
|Photoluminescence, thermoluminescence and phosphorescence studies of cerium and copper doped BaS phosphors are attempted. Cu+ centres in BaS lattice activate red emission while Ce3+ sensitize the blue emission. Results are explained on the basis of superposition theory involving monomolecular kinetics. In Randall and Wilkins model, the decay and TL studies are found to corelate each other.
|Nickel nanocomposites were prepared by incorporating nickel nanoparticles in a neoprene matrix according to a specific recipe for various loadings of nickel particles. The dielectric properties of these composites were evaluated for different frequencies ranging from 100 kHz to 8MHz at different temperatures from 30 ◦C to 120 ◦C. The dielectric permittivity increases with increase of nickel concentration. Increase in temperature enhances the permittivity initially, till 40 ◦C and thereafter the permittivity decreases. The dielectric loss exhibits relaxation peaks and the peaks shift to lower frequencies with increase in volume fraction of the nickel nanoparticles in the matrix. The evaluation of magnetic and dielectric properties of these composites suggests that the dielectric permittivity can be tailored by an appropriate loading of the filler using semi-empirical equations and the magnetic properties vary according to simple mixture equations
|Materials Chemistry and Physics 121 (2010) 154–160
|On the magnetic ... eoprene nanocomposites.pdf
|Rubber–nickel nanocomposites were synthesized by incorporating freshly prepared nanometric nickel particles in two different matrices namely natural rubber and neoprene rubber according to specific recipes for various loadings of nano nickel and the cure characteristics of these composites were evaluated. The maximum torque values register an increase with the increase in loading of nickel in both composites and this is attributed to the non-interacting nature of nickel nanoparticles with rubber matrices. The cure time of natural rubber composites decreases with increase in the content of nickel, and in neoprene rubber cure, time increases with increase in filler content. In natural rubber, the curing reaction seems to be activated by the presence of nickel particles. The magnetization studies of the composites reveal that the magnetic properties of nickel are retained in the composite samples. The elastic modulus of natural rubber and neoprene rubber are largely improved by the incorporation of nickel particles
|Polym. Bull. (2010) 64:907–923
|On the magnetic ... –nickel nanocomposites.pdf
|Zinc ferrite belongs to the class of normal spinels where it is assumed to have a cation distribution of Zn2`(Fe3`)2(O2~)4, and it is purported to be showing zero net magnetisation. However, there have been recent reports suggesting that zinc ferrite exhibits anomaly in its magnetisation. Zinc ferrite samples have been prepared by two di¤erent routes and have been analysed using low energy ion scattering, Mo¬ ssbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. The results indicate that zinc occupies octahedral sites, contrary to the earlier belief that zinc occupies only the tetrahedral sites in a normal spinel. The amount of zinc on the B site increases with decrease in particle size. The LEIS results together with the Mo¬ ssbauer results and the magnetic measurements lead to the conclusion that zinc occupies the B site and the magnetisation exhibited by ultraÞne particles of zinc is due to short range ordering
|Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 189 (1998) 83-88
|On the magnetic ... ltra-Þne zinc ferrites.pdf
|this paper, the median and the antimedian of cographs are discussed. It is shown that if G, and G2 are any two cographs, then there is a cograph that is both Eulerian and Hamiltonian having Gl as its median and G2 as its antimedian. Moreover, the connected planar and outer planar cographs are characterized and the median and antimedian graphs of connected, planar cographs are listed.
|On the median and the antimedian of a cograph.PDF
|Polyaniline is a widely studied conducting polymer and is a useful material in its bulk and thin film form for many applications, because of its excellent optical and electrical properties. Pristine and iodine doped polyaniline thin films were prepared by a.c. and rf plasma polymerization techniques separately for the comparison of their optical and electrical properties. Doping of iodine was effected in situ. The structural properties of these films were evaluated by FTIR spectroscopy and the optical band gap was estimated from UV-vis-NIR measurements. Comparative studies on the structural, optical and electrical properties of a.c. and rf polymerization are presented here. It has been found that the optical band gap of the polyaniline thin films prepared by rf and a.c. plasma polymerization techniques differ considerably and the band gap is further reduced by in situ doping of iodine. The electrical conductivity measurements on these films show a higher value of electrical conductivity in the case of rf plasma polymerized thin films when compared to the a.c. plasma polymerized films. Also, it is found that the iodine doping enhanced conductivity of the polymer thin films considerably. The results are compared and correlated and have been explained with respect to the different structures adopted under these two preparation techniques
|Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 29, No. 2, April 2006, pp. 159–163
|On the optical ... of rf and a.c. plasma.pdf
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We call it an "Intimate Acoustic Show," Nashvillians and country musicians refer to it as a "Guitar Pull." According to one website it's
an informal get-together of songwriters to test new material on each other, play each others' songs and party.
I call it a good time, Randy Houser, Andy Gibson and Heidi Newfield will all appear at our 2nd Acoustic Show/Guitar Pull at Rome Capitol Theater, October 1.
All three artists will be on stage at one time sharing their songs and the stories behind them. Usually a few tales from the road pop up too.
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Randy has gone through a couple of record label changes since hitting number 2 on the charts with the song, "Boots On" and thetop 20 with his debut, "Anything Goes." Check out his latest hit, "How Country Feels."
Andy had a top 30 hit with his debut, "Wanna Make You Love Me" and co-wrote Jason Aldean's hit with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay." Andy revisits summers in the past with his new hit "Summer Back."
Heidi Newfield
Heidi of course was a member of the trio Trick Pony that banged out several hits in the early 2000's, she left for a solo career with the debut of her song, "Johnny and June." I still don't understand how that song wasn't a number one hit! Check out Heidi's new song, "Why'd You Have To Be So Good?"
The show is October 1 at the Rome Capitol Theater, tickets for the show are just $12 in advance, $15 at the door. You can get tickets at our business office, 9418 River Road in Marcy or by calling 315-768-9500 during normal business hours 8 to 5 Monday thru Friday. They're also available on line by clicking here.


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Zack Gerber has officially parted ways with Snafu to explore a new opportunity. No word on what exactly that opportunity is yet, but we'll keep you posted. Here are statements from Snafu brand manager Matt Bischoff and Zack himself on this change -
"I have personally known Zack Gerber for a long time and was really stoked on having Zack a part of the Snafu team. Zack has always had a great attitude, being very appreciative of everything we did for him. Zack does what every Pro rider should be doing these days, Ride his bike, create his own media, and have fun doing it. We are sad to see Zack go, but wish him the best of luck in the future." - Matt Bischoff
"Since the day Matt Bischoff called me to join the team, things have been nothing short of awesome. Both working with and riding for Snafu. I cannot describe my gratitude for everything Matt has done for me. Everything from taking care of me as a rider to the in depth conversation we'd have about every topic in BMX, and even being a true friend. I'm stoked on where Snafu is headed, but I had to explore new opportunities for myself and my future. Thank you Matt and Snafu for such an awesome experience. You guys rule." -Zack Gerber
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The military wing of Syria's biggest Kurdish party employs child soldiers in its fight against Al-Qaeda in areas where abuses in detention and arbitrary arrests are also rife, an international watchdog says.
In a report published today, Human Rights Watch accuses the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which in alliance with a number of smaller Kurdish parties declared self-rule over three enclaves in northeast Syria in January, of harassing and arbitrarily arresting political opponents while turning a blind eye to abductions and murders committed under its jurisdiction.
The PYD is in de facto control of Afrin, Ain al-Arab and Jazira, running them as ministatelets, complete with their own courts, police and prison system, making the enclaves a good example of the kind of autonomous state stretching from north Syria across to eastern Iraq that the Kurds hope to eventually control.
However, HRW says that the PYD is failing to protect the basic rights of citizens, particularly political opponents and children, although it has taken some positive steps to enshrine individual rights through a new constitutional law.
In the report, "Under Kurdish Rule: Abuses in Kurdish-run Enclaves of Syria," the watchdog documents cases of individuals charged with petty crimes who were attacked by the police force, known as the Asayish, and forced to confess under torture.
"They punched me in the head, face and stomach ... I didn't confess right away, and they beat me. ... They started to beat me on part of my legs ... bottom of my feet ... with a thick stick ... My eyes were blindfolded. Two people held my legs. They caused a big shock. They used electricity also. Because my flesh can't handle the stick, I confessed," one former detainee recounted to HRW. Several people have died as a result of attacks in jail, the report says.
Alongside abuses in prison for apparently minor crimes, arbitrary arrests of PYD political opponents are also common, HRW says.
In April, 13 people had been convicted of bomb attacks and were sentenced based on confessions made under torture, an official with knowledge of the cases said. The opposition Kurdish Democratic Party of Syria, from which five of the convicted hailed, slammed the verdicts as "politically motivated."
"You can't say anything because they're the power," the daughter of one of the men told Human Rights Watch, referring to the PYD.
The watchdog also accuses the PYD of failing to properly investigate unsolved disappearances, such as of KDPS leader in Malikieh, Bahzed Dorsen, who vanished on the border with Iraq in October 2012. His family blames the PYD, and although HRW does not have evidence to assign blame for his disappearance, it is clear that the PYD has failed to properly look into his abduction.
Since assuming power at the end of the 2012, the PYD's military wing – the People's Protect Units (YPG) – and the Asayish have used boys and girls under 18 to internally police enclaves and on the front lines in their war against Al-Qaeda.
HRW interviewed several soldiers who said they were underage.
"They [YPG] would talk to us about the Kurdish situation and explain the importance of defending the [Kurdish] nation," a 16-year-old told HRW. "It is our choice to join ... My mom and dad were against it and said no but I wanted to."
In one case, a man whose 17-year-old son had joined the YPG, said he knew of children who had been sent to the front lines, some of whom had died.
Two separate U.N. reports last year documented the use of child soldiers as young as 14 by the YPG who were directly fighting the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front.
In a positive development, on June 5 the YPG publically admitted that the use of child soldiers was an ongoing problem and pledged to demobilize all underage fighters within a month and cease the recruitment of children.
In areas of social justice, too, the PYD is trying to reform.
The introduction of a new constitutional law brought into effect in January upholds some important tenants of international human rights. In particular it bans the death penalty, marking it out from Syrian law under which the practice was legal.
The Social Contract also enshrines the independence of the judiciary and guarantees the right to a fair trial, clauses that it nonetheless fails to uphold in cases of political prisoners, HRW argues.
"The Kurdish leadership in northern Syria can do much more to protect the human rights of everyone in the areas it controls – Kurds, Arabs, Syriacs, and others," Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at HRW says. "The Kurdish-run areas are quieter than war-torn parts of the country, but serious abuses are still taking place ... The PYD is firmly in charge, and can halt the abuse."
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In fact, there were more great tips than can fit into one issue. That's no problem: reader e-mails are always the heart of this column, and more of these tips will appear in future issues.
Although this is a special issue, all normal advice and cautions still apply: make a backup before doing system maintenance, select tips that match your level of knowledge and expertise, and so on. The opinions and recommendations expressed by the contributors are, of course, their own.
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Setting fees — it's a state of mind and economics
So why do we have such poor self-esteem? Is it getting worse?
Only eight years ago, an AVMA-sponsored study showed that measuring self-esteem in veterinary students was a losing proposition. With each year of study, the self-esteem of tested students decreased. It is a good thing that the curriculum is only four years or we might all graduate as simpering wimps.
Somewhere in the Bible is a parable about a man whose two sons were named Sickly and Weak. Surprise, surprise — they grew up to be sickly and weak. Why not? We are the products of our own estimation of our worth.Our profession is gullible. Just let any client tell a veterinarian that his/her fees are too high and you can bet that the next needed increase in fees will be postponed until the phantom image of bankruptcy looms.
We supply almost 3,000 veterinarians with fee schedules keyed to their actual local demographics. We know these fees should be handed to a tech for input into the computer with two simple words of instruction: "Do it!"
Yet we also know that at least half of these fees will be surveyed and reduced by the micro-managing practice owner, destroying any chance for a great and fair profit from clients who can well afford the local fare, so to speak. In fact, 54 percent of clients earn more than their veterinarian, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
JAVMA (Feb. 15, 2008 ) had a special 10-page report that we will only summarize here. Please read the entire report. You have it. It's in the 12 th journal down from the top in the pile behind your desk.
Go over this study with your staff. Give them the evidence that four out of five clients are not price-sensitive, and that even two-thirds of those who are will obtain for the pet whatever the client is assured it needs.
» Some 94 percent of clients coming in the door are not afraid of the cost if quality service comes first.
» Trust is derived from explanations of needed services. Clients buy from those they trust.
» Detailed medical history and examination forms used for every patient, every visit, and sent home with the client, verify your recommendations.
» Lower price does not mean better compliance.
» Safety is foremost. Blood testing should never be optional. Pain prevention is never optional.
The report is the culmination of discussions on "How companion-animal practices would maintain growth amid ongoing struggles with static service growth and poor compliance."
The study examined consumer willingness to undertake veterinary care for sick pets and to maintain wellness programs involving ongoing exams, vaccinations, preventive dental care, products and services.
The authors sought to reveal detailed data about the relationships between owners and their pets and the impact of those relationships on the care those pets received.
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Have any of you guy's seen this one? http://www.latrax.com/alias-details.htm
Looks like the WL Toys version only 3x more money. :)
Here's another!:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qZkcDUrdS8
I have a little experience with Traxxas...mostly their trucks/cars, my brother was into this biggg time, sponsored driver/rep.
Their electronic operating systems have come along way (although prioritized).......very good equipment......their motors are strong and durable...their gears and running systems are tough and available...I need to test drive (fly) one of these, noticed it's gear driven not direct drive, the battery compartment is clean and tight (organized) typical Traxxas. Like the features of radio/TX.....screen read out and antenna.........I'll report back on this one.
It does look nice - but not $150 nice to me at least. To be candid, it may be a bit lost on me. I am still trying to figure out what all the quad fuss is. ;)
The WL Toys quad will not hardly go beyond 30 flights without losing a motor. They're brushed and small and will burn out quickly. But what makes it at all palatable is that there are replacement motors available CHEAP and easy to get. This is especially criticle if you're going to have to replace them every 30 flights or so.
The advertisement for the Latrax makes very SIMILAR claims of flight characteristics, components, maneuvers, and flight times. What it does NOT specify is if the motors are brushless or not. If the motors are brushless - THEN it would be worth the triple price as it then would have much increased lifespan over the WL Toys version. If not I believe most people will just view it as a re-brand of the WL Toys - at triple the price and NO real advantages to warrant that higher price.
To me this is like a Meyers Manx being called a completely different CAR than a Volkswagen. Once the body is off - they're both exactly the same no matter how much you argue they aren't. Cosmetics do not change the basic design.
Just my opinion of course.
The thing about quads is,they all have 4 motors,and a basic design. Thje performance is what set's them apart. It does have "brushed" (coreless) motors on it,and Traxxas has had some problems with them,but are sending out replacement motors to all that have problems with them. The thing that really shines is the Alias just flat out performs,under almost any conditions. There are many video's of it flipping,rolling,spinning,ect. in strong winds. Not just hovering,trying to hold it's position. There are guy's already "hacking" aftermarket motors into them. There is talk of a 350 size,in development with "brushless" motors,but it's under wraps. Traxxas is a "stand up company and their support is some of the best in the RC industry. I ordered one I found in the classified adds on a web/site. They are hard to find at the moment. There are a few left on Flea Bay at "inflated prices". The after market motors are cheap,and easily installed into it. Check this video out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cAMq3vmd_A
This really shows personal preference is different...
As I said above much of the thrill is lost on me. I do NOT like heli's and I think I am bringing my bias into quads....
I will trust you - it is better, check.
;) If you like the Nano QX,you will like this one! It's like a nano on steroids!:D I have problems with heli's at distance. They look the same coming,and going (to me)!
My friend has a 350 QX,and it fly's nice,but those "break away props" are a problem. Nothing can compare to watching your 400.00+ quad fall out of the sky,because of a prop failing!:( I like all aspects of RC. I've had cars,trucks,boats,sailplanes,helis,ect. The only 2 I got bored with was the sail planes,and sail boat (it was really boring,when the wind would die down,with it in the middle of the lake).:sad: My friend (another plane guy) talked me into trying quads,and I ordered a Nano QX to fly inside during winter,little did I know how well it would fly outside in the wind,until I tried it! I just couldn't believe how well it flew in the wind!:eek: After reading and seeing other guy's reviews/video's of the Alias,I knew I was wanting one! They just rave about how "locked in" it feels,but still being able to do any stunt in the book,at the same time. I'll let you know what I think of it,once it get's here.
The biggest issue seems (to me) the difference between the direct drive vs. geared, brushless vs. brushed, speed of electronic control system and the RTF TX/RX compatibility and assortment of on board information.
I just got my hands on the Traxxas last night. A buddie of a buddie has one.
I have now flown these quads:
Blade Nano QX
Blade 180 QX
Blade 350 QX
Phantom DJI
They all have (to me) performance strong/week points and based on size quality vs. dollar, seem to all be within a few bucks + $10 of each other (except Phantom). The TX's (RTF) differ considerably....I like the Traxxas features but would prefer to be able to bind with a Spektrum.
I have found the performance of the Blade's to be close to the Traxxas, although (like stated previously) Traxxas is much quicker and sensitive in both low rate stability and low rate agility modes......did not fly the Traxxas in high rate agility mode, was in doors and not feeling real comfortable with my ability just yet. But the stability modes seemed a hair more predictable with the Traxxas.
I'm still on the bubble as to purchasing a 180-200 size quad....I moved up the scale latter with heli's with some success....and intended to do the same with quads....but the prices and performance issues are changing so quickly with these, I may just opted out and jump onto the 350 class instead.
Also, it was mentioned "what's all the fuss about quads" now.....? IMO, I believe that it's due to two things:
The cost, technology, flexability, availability (parts) and quality today has sparked a very serious interest in the flying RC world.
Quad pilot "friendliness" seems to be somewhere between that of mild 3d (low wing) planes and collective pitch heli's......and much easier for the entry level multi rotor guy to get a handle on (quicker learning curve)) rather than jumping from planes into CCP/fixed pitch rotors.......just my personal observation!
Regardless, with all the decent selections arriving on the market, It's a great time for us RC consumers who desire something a little bit different to fly other than what was around just 10 years ago.....! I know it's sparked my interest and continues to refine (or redefine) my pilot skills in a positive way.
I've got the Blade NQX and 2 450 quads I built from parts. The 450's are great flyers,but I need something in between them in size. So I can rip it around the spare lot I have. The little Nanno is a great flyer,but is hard for me to see,with any real altitude. To be honest,the only quads I'm hearing not having problems are the ones that are assembled from components by the owners,like my 450's? I also noticed the Alias has one of,if not the best led lighting systems. Watching the video's it is easy to see,and keep track of when night flying. I use the Red Gem Fan props, and Red front arms,on my 450's,but haven't bothered to add lights to them.
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On the eve of Veteran's Day, Senator Akaka said, "Let us allow our deeds to speak for us." He continued, referencing Tom Coburn, "the senator who has been blocking parts of this bill since the summer argues that this bill is too expensive. I believe that when we vote to send troops to war, we have an obligation to take care of them."
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Supreme Court witnesses are reporting the high court seemed sympathetic to Arizona's defense of its divisive immigration law SB 1070 that it works in conjunction with federal immigration laws but questioned both sides about federal preemption of state laws.
The Court heard oral arguments in the case, Arizona vs. United States, Wednesday morning. The Justices will release their opinion on the case sometime before the end of the annual term in June.
The Arizona law, most of it under injunction, allows police officers to require documentation from anyone they perceive to be in the country illegally and to detain those they deem deportable. It also makes it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to apply for work and to not carry documentation.
It was the latter of the law's provisions - the creation of state crimes for illegal immigrants who do not carry documentation of legal status and, or, apply for jobs - that seemed to concern the justices, according to reports and the transcript.
While protest and opposition over the law, signed in 2010, have been deeply rooted around the potential for racial profiling the justices made it clear the federal argument should have nothing to do with racial or ethnic profiling during the hearing.
The hearing was reminiscent of the health care arguements last month, pitting lawyer Paul Clement for Arizona against U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli for the federal government.
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@SenatorDurbin - Instead of measures that hurt law enfrcmnt like #SB1070 we need practical solutions to fix our broken #immigration system like the #DREAMAct
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Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.


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excel 2007 is the excel version I am using
Thanks for your quick answer. I will follow your indications.
Just to be sure that I expressed my question correctly, what I need is to call and run a specific macro if and only if the value in a specific spreadsheet cell, say a1=1.
There will always be a value in A1 because the value in A1 will be a streaming price (from reuters) and I only want the macro to run if the value in A1 equals 1. Any other value for A1 should not run the macro. Tks for your help!
Hello Richie,
After I have created the code below, supposed to write "game over" in cell c13 if cell a1=1 but it does not seem to work. Did I forget something or did I mistype anything?
Tks for for your help
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
Call mymacro
End If
End Sub
Sub mymacro()
If Range("A1") = 1 Then
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "game over !"
'your code
Thanks Richie. Here is the code I have now but still no reaction triggering the macro to run when a value is entered in A1, it seems.
Can I send you the spreadsheet. I think the problem is simple and easy for you but I am missing something very basic, I think...sry
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
Call mymacro
End If
If Range("A1") = 1 Then
Range("C13") = "Game Over"
Here it Richie. Thanks for looking into it.
Yahoooo!!!! it works. Tks vm for your help. I will now close the question and rate you with a big smile.
Thanks again
Thanks again for your help today. I have now tried to put in the same sheet 2 such Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Unfortunately I get the following message:
Ambiguous name detected worsheet_change
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I would really appreciate your help to fix this as I would like to have several such triggers in one spreadsheet.
I have uploaded the file again and the link can be found below:
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Unfortunately, my body doesn't… Hmpft!
Also, I recently realized that I seem to be doing much better on 5-6 meals per day, as opposed to my usual 4 of the late.
If I don't eat often enough, I find myself mindlessly and uncontrollably munching on one thing or another, which probably leads to my consuming more calories than I should by the end of the day, especially since my favorite go-to munchie would be nuts, and nuts are sort of calorie dense.
Good for you, but they still rank pretty high on the calorie scale.
So what I've been doing for the past week is allocate 70% to 75% of my daily calorie intake to my 3 main meals, and divide the remaining 25% – 30% between 2 or 3 light snacks.
Now, with all that in mind, I decided to revisit this super awesome recipe.
These gorgeous fritters just happen to be a delicious way of sneaking veggies into my tummy while fooling my brains into believing that they are getting their precious carbs!
Hey, they LOOK just like little cakes, after all. You'd think that they are loaded with flour, breadcrumbs, or even mashed potatoes… And that is just what your brains will think, too. That's ok, you don't have to tell them the truth. 😉
Seriously, these things are so good, you just want to keep eating them, and the good news is, you can!
They are made with mainly… zucchini. There isn't much else that goes into the making of these cute little fritters. A tiny little bit of cheese, a few tablespoons of flour, a few eggs, and a full truckload of grated zucchini.
Now that's my kind of veggies! 🙂
Oh, I almost forgot…
Has any of you been waiting on these?
Cookies so healthy, they should be called plain oatmeal!
Well… they're coming tomorrow! 😀
Hey, I know, they're like concentrated carbs. But I still gotta have some, don't I?
And le me tell you, two of these babies makes for a wonderful light morning snack.
Been lovin' on them all week!
I know, lucky me!
- 450g zucchinis, grated (2 large)
- 30g (3 tbsp) Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 tbsp Whole Wheat Flour
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Pinch Chili Flakes
- Squeeze the zucchinis in a dish towel to remove excess water, then combine with the Parmesan cheese, eggs, flour, salt and pepper and chili flakes.
- Heat a splash of olive oil in a frying pan and add 2 tablespoons of the mixture for each fritter.
- Cook three fritters at a time for 2 – 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown, then keep warm while you cook the remaining fritters.
- Serve immediately.


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How (Not) to Make Healthcare Affordable
The market for healthcare is similar to the market for any other product, that is, in the sense that it is the basic laws of supply and demand that determine prices in both cases. If so be the case, the only genuine way to lower the prices of healthcare is to increase supply (ceteris paribus). The critics of this view of the healthcare market consider it to be rather too simplistic and allege that the healthcare market is wrought with various kinds of "market failures" that prevent healthcare prices from dropping. This is the case that Mint columnist Gulzar Natarajan argues for:
"There is a large body of academic research, starting with Kenneth Arrow's seminal half-century-old work, which illustrates that competitive markets do not ensure efficient outcomes in healthcare. They show the sale and purchase of health services are rife with market failures. Therefore, market competition does not keep costs down for the insurers or contain premium growth for consumers. Some form of regulation is needed to achieve these objectives."
As is explained here by Princeton economist Paul Krugman (who summarizes Kenneth Arrow's argument), the critics consider the healthcare market to be quite different from the market for other products. Most importantly, they say, the need for healthcare is unpredictable (especially when compared with the need for other products) which makes it harder for patients to make necessary contingency measures to deal with emergency medical needs. Thus, it is argued, there must be a third-party to pay for medical emergencies that patients may not be prepared for.
While this may sound like a convincing case, the unpredictability of healthcare emergencies is actually lower than that associated with a number of other life-threatening emergencies. As is shown here, there are various other emergency situations for which insurance coverage is provided by the market (and for which patients actually prepare for), whose odds are much higher than healthcare emergencies.
The other kind of "market failure" cited by the critics is the high premium associated with such insurance packages. It should be understood that the price of medical insurance packages covering high-risk medical emergencies is bound to be high since it requires treatments that are priced high. The answer to this problem, however, is not (as the critics would want it) arranging the government to pay for insurance but rather to lower the price of treatment procedures required for dealing with medical emergencies.
What becomes clear is, it is not the "unpredictability" of medical emergencies that is the problem but the price of treatment required to deal with these emergencies. If so be the case, it's only through policies that help increase the supply of healthcare can the price of healthcare be lowered. Government plans as grand as a "National Healthcare Insurance system" demanded by Gulzar do absolutely nothing to address the various impediments that lie on the way towards increasing the supply of healthcare (look here for a rebuttal of other "market failures").
The four principles of Gulzar's grand plan should offer no surprise to anybody who knows what to expect to be in a state-sponsored healthcare programme. There is no reason to believe why any of the four principles would do anything to improve the supply of healthcare.
"All successful cost-effective health cover systems across the world have four features. One, health insurance coverage is mandatory for all. Two, all citizens are insured for a basic benefits package. People can buy top-up plans privately, either directly or through employers, to supplement coverage."
The first two principles effectively mean that basic health insurance coverage is made mandatory for all citizens, irrespective of the ability of citizens to individually afford it, with the government taking the role of a third-party payer. In other words, the government takes over the role of a socialist state by redistributing wealth between economic classes. The fact that even basic healthcare costs would be subsidized by the government exposes the usual excuse that health insurance is essential to deal with rare, unpredictable medical emergencies.
The most pressing problem associated with such free-for-all healthcare programmes is the complete destruction of the rationing system provided by the market. As the laws of supply and demand are forgotten and citizens are allowed to access healthcare according to their needs, the demand for healthcare increases to an unsustainable level. The result is an increase in the price of basic healthcare that the government previously thought it could afford to subsidize through taxes. What follows is usually price-fixing in one form or the other to "control costs".
"Three, everyone living in an area and of the same age group, irrespective of their health condition, pay the same premium. Four, those who cannot afford the premiums, are provided support."
The third principle is the next interventionist measure that helps temporarily to deal with rising costs that follow nullification of the market's role in the healthcare market. Citizens in defined regions (what would be the government's arbitrary definition of a "region" is anybody's guess), irrespective of their health risks, will be stipulated to pay the same premium. This, of course, goes directly against the basic principle of insurance and is just another way of forcing healthy citizens (who would pay lower premiums otherwise) to subsidize the unhealthy ones (who would otherwise have to higher premiums). The consequence of such blatant economic redistribution, which makes price signals (healthcare premium) meaningless, is one of moral hazard that encourages citizens with unhealthy lifestyles at the cost of healthy citizens. The fourth principle is a minor one, and is redundant since it is no different from the principle of economic redistribution that underlies the other principles.
The poverty of Gulzar's analysis continues on the question of how to price insurance, with the false distinction that he draws between the "all-payer system" and the system of price fixing that he admits causes "several well-documented distortions and inefficiencies" and "contribute(s) significantly to America's high health-care costs". There is essentially nothing that differentiates the all-payer system from the price fixing system that Gulzar denounces. The all-payer system is nothing less than a programme of fixing insurance prices albeit with slightly different (minor) attributes in its modalities.
The interesting thing is that Gulzar recognizes the nature of price fixing that characterizes the all-payer system in his personal blog. What is required to make healthcare affordable is increased supply which is only possible when supply-side impediments are removed. Rehashing old interventionist arguments in new terms to push forward grand plans is hardly the way forward.


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Powering the A400M was always going to be a challenge, requiring the development of the Western world's biggest turboprop, the 11,000-shp TP400-D6, and integrating a host of highly complex systems and associated software. "The complexity of the integration task on the TP400 has been bigger than it was for the Airbus A380," said Nick Durham, president of Europrop International (EPI).
The problems with the engine, centering mainly on the robustness of the high-pressure compressor, now appear to have been resolved, the TP400-D6 having notched a series of recent milestones on its way to its expected first flight not long after the Farnborough show.
In March, the last of the four engines that will power the flight test A400M went to the final assembly line in Seville, Spain. while on the test stand the TP400-D6 passed the 1,000-hour milestone. Two months later it passed the critical bird-strike test, maintaining more than 80 percent power after absorbing the impact of a four-pound bird. The test followed water ingestion and 150-hour cyclic endurance tests. Most recently, in early June, the TP400-D6 and its Ratier-Figeac propeller began the all-important ground runs aboard the C-130 Hercules flying test bed at Marshall Aerospace's Cambridge, UK facility. Those will lead to the first flight later this month, the company estimates.
EPI technical director Steve Morgan said the program has progressed at full speed, the eight test engines having accumulated more than 1,500 hours of ground test between them. He said the engines are built to the same basic standard as those aboard the A400M, although they feature "various design enhancements, and there will be further optimization of the overall propulsion system as we get on with the flying test bed program," he said.
"We've come a long way in the last nine months," said Durham. "We're working hard now on in-service support and a joined-up way of supporting the A400M customers."
Durham said the strength of the TP400 program has centered on the level of cooperation between the four partners–ITP, MTU, Rolls-Royce and Snecma. He revealed, however, that "some personnel changes were made within the consortium" following the emergence of problems with the compressor. "We focused on the way the companies worked together and took leads on the strong and weak points of each." As a result, he says EPI is "very pleased with the adherence to the design and manufacturing program for the new compressor."
Changes to the design focused on improving the robustness of the compressor blades and refining the engine manufacturing route. Morgan points to the enormous task of integrating the software associated with the full-authority digital engine control system. "It's a step beyond anything we've done before," he said.
Meanwhile, Marshall Aerospace continues ground run trials leading up to the first flight of the C-130 Hercules test bed. Head of systems design, Mark Johnston, describes the TP400-D6 test effort as "one of the most challenging projects around. It's been very beneficial to Marshall because it has used every single one of our capabilities to the full."
The company has been responsible for integrating the modern technology, digitally-designed and controlled TP400-D6 with the 1950s analogue-technology Hercules, a task made easier by Marshall's considerable experience with the type. Preparation for ground and flight testing has involved the development of a simulator program to enable test pilots to get used to the unusual characteristics of the re-engined aircraft long before it takes to the air. "We believe we've done a good job on modeling," said Marshall's chief test pilot, Iain Young. "We'll get the first feedback on handling qualities during the low and high-speed taxi runs and we'll feed in the data to check we've got it right."
The TP400-D6 produces almost three times the power of the Hercules' Allison T-56 turboprops, and because it is physically much bigger there is only 10.5 inches of clearance between the Ratier-Figeac propellers and the fuselage and 18 inches to the number one propeller. "This means we have to be very careful about things like acoustic fatigue to the fuselage and vibration levels inside the aircraft," said Young.
Both propellers are heavily instrumented to check strain levels when running.
Mounting the engine itself has been "fairly innocuous," added Johnston. "We had to strengthen the wing box and adapt the A400M pylon to the wing. On that level it's all been quite routine."
By the time of the airshow Marshall expects to have built around 14 hours of the expected 30 hours of ground testing leading to flight clearance. At present the company plans about 60 hours of flight tests aboard the Hercules, following which the Western world's biggest turboprop should be ready to power Europe's military airlifter into the air.


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Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia headlines the 10 Olympic and World champions added to a stellar world-class international field scheduled to compete in the adidas Grand Prix – IAAF Diamond League - on Saturday, 12 June.
The sixth edition of the adidas Grand Prix will be the deepest in its history, as 29 global champions and six IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors have been announced for the meet. The event, held at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island, will be the fifth stop on the inaugural 14-meet, international IAAF Diamond League circuit.
Thrilling match-ups are expected for the New York event, led by the six previously announced Ambassadors, including Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt, American sprinter Allyson Felix, Australian pole vault king Steven Hooker, javelin rivals Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway and Tero Pitkämäki of Finland making their U.S. debuts, and New Zealander shot putter Valerie Vili.
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Prep softball: SWU rallies to beat Worthington
OKABENA — Early in the 2014 high school girls softball season, the Worthington Trojans are discovering one thing for sure: They can hit.
The rest of their game still needs work.
As for the Southwestern United Wildcats, they have discovered they know how to make comebacks. SWU scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday for a come-from-behind 10-9 victory over Worthington. It wasn't always pretty, but it was very effective.
Down 9-6, the Wildcats got the rally started on a defensive error. A bloop single and a walk loaded the bases. A couple more errors and a couple of outs later, SWU's Mariah Crowell delivered a single to score the winning run.
Worthington out-hit the home team 17-9 but fell to 1-2 with the setback.
"I think we definitely proved in the last three games we have a very good hitting team," said Worthington head coach Josh Wasmund. "Overall we pitched pretty good. We just couldn't get out of jams. That's what hurt us."
For Trojans collected two hits or more. Paige Kinley went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored. Brooke Henning went 3-for-4. Rebecca Linder was 2-for-4 with three RBI. Miranda Le Brun was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Megan Haberman had three hits and two RBI for SWU.
Crowell started in the pitcher's circle for the Wildcats but the victory went to Ida Rogers-Ferguson, who toiled the final two innings in relief.
Allie Bruns started for Worthington and Carly Byrne also saw pitching duty. Kinley hurled the final one-third of the seventh and took the loss.
Both teams scored four times in the first inning, but Worthington assumed a 7-4 lead in the fourth.
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From the best information. the county of Wilkes originally embraced all the territory included in the following boundary lines: Beginning at the white oak mentioned as the starting point . . . and running west to the Mississippi river, then north with said river to the Virginia line (now the Kentucky line), then east with Virginia line to the north-west corner of Surry County, then south with the Surry county line . . . to the beginning. When the county was formed it included all of the counties of Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga and Mitchell, and a portion of the counties of Iredell, Alexander, (the line ran a mile or so south of where Taylorsville now stands) Caldwell, Burke and Yancy, and probably others, and also a large portion of Tennessee. In what is now Tennessee there were local governments organized within the borders of Wilkes and later were admitted as counties to the State of Franklin but until Tennessee was organized Wilkes County was the legal division of all the territory included in the borders of the county.
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1790 Census Morgans District encompassed Burke, Lincoln, Rutherford and Wilkes Counties. Wilkes then encompassed current Wilkes, Ashe and ??? These four are the only Jacksons listed for Wilkes County in 1790.
A) James Jackson Wilkes, NC 1790 First Company 1-3-2
B) Jas Jackson Wilkes, NC 1790 Third Company 1-4-2
A) Wm Jackson Wilkes, NC 1790 Third Company 1-3-5
B) Wm Jackson Wilkes, NC 1790 Eleventh Company 1-3-3
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B) Jas Jackson Wilkes, NC 1790 Third Company 3-2-1-0-1//0-0-1-1
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Clumsy clients can hurt themselves and your practice
As a general rule, if I'm able to get out of the office on time for lunch, and if I take it easy on the sugar and coffee, my afternoon will seem a lot less aggravating.
Last Tuesday, the rule failed. When I got back from the diner, my waiting room was so crowded that people were milling around outside. (That's not a good sign.)
I got the Mobys out of the office as soon as I could, but more trouble was just around the corner. I heard a loud crash followed by someone saying, "Did I do that?"
I knew who it was immediately.
Like Dick Moby, she has been coming to my office for many years. It was the world's clumsiest pet owner, Belinda Chinashop. On this particular occasion, her dog, Bulky, had wrapped his leash (12-feet long) around a waiting room chair and then decided to run the other way. My staff got the dog and chair untangled just in time for Belinda to accidentally knock all the brochures off of the counter with her purse.
"Oh my goodness," Belinda said. "Did I do that?"
"Don't worry about it," I responded. "No harm done. Let's get you and Bulky into an exam room for his shots."
We had gone only a few steps when Belinda accidentally kicked the wall. While yowling about her stubbed toe and hopping on the other foot, she fell against one of the doors so hard that a hinge broke. She stopped hopping and howling just long enough to ask, "Oh my, did I do that?"
Before she left that day, she managed to drop her purse on the computer keyboard, spill Bulky's medicine on the floor and almost choke herself by somehow managing to wrap the 12-foot leash around her neck. It's no wonder that Belinda has had trouble holding a job. She is a one-woman-wrecking crew.
Just when I thought things were about to go more smoothly, I saw Mr. Klutz working his way down the hall struggling with a gigantic wooden box.
"Do you like it?" he asked. "Built it myself!"
Mr. Klutz is an artisan when it comes to do-it-yourself projects. (Oh no, wait! That's his opinion.) His giant cat carrier looked like a third-grader built it. The tips on some nails were actually sticking out the sides. During his struggles down the hall, the nail tips were digging into my walls. He never seemed to notice. It took three of us to guide that box down the hall preventing further damage.
In one hour of one afternoon, my building had suffered a year's worth of trauma.
Before scheduling the repairs, I thought it might be a good idea to check with my insurance agent, Kent Paya. So, I called his firm—Rarely Paya and Associates—to ask if there could be any compensation for damage from Hurricane Belinda, et al. They weren't too helpful. They put me on hold for 10 minutes while the recording assured me that my call was important. They apologized for the wait, explaining that they are short-staffed (not my problem). Eventually, they were able to categorize my case as a YTLD (your tough luck, doctor).
They don't know it yet, but I'm going to help them with their staffing problem. I'm sending over two Mobys and Chinashop for interviews.
Dr. Obenski owns Allentown Clinic for Cats in Allentown, Pa.
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PImco has launched a select global multi-asset fund today as a part of its select fund range.
The fund will be managed by CEO and co-CIO Mohamed A. El-Erian. The team also includes including portfolio manager Curtis Mewbourne, who has responsibility for relative value strategies, and managing director and head of quantitative investment portfolios Vineer Bhansali, who has oversight of tail risk management. These "tail risk" hedging strategies will be used to explicitly protect against the adverse impact of market shocks and systemic risk.
The portfolio will invest in equities, bonds, commodities, real estate and inflation-linked bonds.
Bhansali says: "A greater risk of market shocks and policy mistakes is arising from the evolving macro economy and growing role of the government as a market participant. Meanwhile, the increasing divergence in monetary policies and inflation regimes across regions is coming to bear on investment returns. Against this backdrop, traditional asset allocation approaches to deliver long-term after inflation returns with effective risk management are being challenged."


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The 1/8 in. Firerod cartridge heater features a helically wound resistance wire that produces higher watt densities and contributes to longer service life in space-restricted areas, says Watlow, the manufacturer. The unit features a 1/8-in. diameter and internal thermocouple option for temperature control. The heaters can work at a high density, making them suitable for packaging and freeze-protection applications.
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An Olympic viewing party for Kikkan Randall's freestyle sprint race will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Flattop Pizza+Pool, next to Humpy's downtown.
The party is happening even though Randall, a medal favorite, was knocked out in the preliminaries early Tuesday morning. Tape-delayed coverage of the race will be shown.
On hand will be two members of the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center will be on hand -- development director Stephanie Haydn and coach Calisa Kastning, who will talk about upcoming races for Randall and other APU skiers in Sochi.
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