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Workers' Compensation Impairment Rating
Adopted from the AMA 5TH GUIDE for Teaching Purposes
By Nachman Brautbar, M.D.
Maximal Medical Improvement = MMI
Evaluating an Individual
This concept is very important to understand when the physician qualifies an impairment at a certain range, and has to choose a number out of that range; i.e. 10-18% whole person impairment. What will make it 10% or 12% or 18%? One of the criteria is the clinical judgment of the physician, and no one else but the physician! Other factors such as activities of daily living "ADL", are also important to assess the range.
So that if disagreement might arise on the rating of impairment, an AME or a court appointed physician will decide. For example, 40-60%, one physician feels it is 40%. On the other hand, clinical judgment, ADL tend to support 50%.
Physician's Role In Impairment Rating,
|Self-care, personal hygiene
|Urinating, defecating, brushing teeth, combing hair, bathing, dressing oneself, eating.
|Writing, typing, seeing, hearing, speaking.
|Physical activity
|Standing, sitting, reclining, walking, climbing stairs.
|Sensory function
|Hearing, seeing, tactile feeling, tasting, smelling.
|Non-specialized hand activities
|Grasping, lifting, tactile discrimination.
|Riding, driving, flying.
|Sexual function
|Orgasm, ejaculation, lubrication, erection.
|Restful, nocturnal sleep pattern.
Thirty percent (30%) whole person impairment secondary to a heart condition, does not automatically equate to 30% disability [if the job is sedentary, then the 30% may not be a major disability. On the other hand, if the job is that of a mover, then 30% will take him out from his regular job, to 100% disability (AMA page 5). Therefore, the physician should, in addition to impairment rating, opine on limitations or ability to go back to a certain job]. So that I always opine: Impairment and work restrictions.
The patient qualifies for Class 2 AMA 5th Guide, page 104, Table 5-10, for 10-25% whole person impairment. Based on the records [recurrent asthma and visits to the company clinic [and ADL: shortness of breath, severe, climbing stairs] the patient qualifies for 20% whole person impairment.
He should not be returning to a work environment where exposure to fumes, dust and bioaerosols over the ambient background is expected (AMA 5th, page 5).
The AMA Guide does not cover all conditions. Therefore, the Guides state, "in situations where impairment rating are not provided, the Guides suggest that physicians use clinical judgment, comparing measurable impairment resulting from the unlisted condition to measurable impairment resulting from similar conditions with similar impairment of function in performing activities of daily living."
Therefore, the physician must use sometimes extrapolation from similar conditions.
Now that we understand some basics, let us see how the Guides apply to internal medicine and toxicology. Study these examples to master the Guides.
Fifty-year-old, hypertensive, diabetic. Hypertension requires three medications, diabetes is type II, needs diet, medication and exercise. [Assumption for purposes of today's talk: Causation AME/COE: accepted injury, apportionment not discussed today]. So we have here three regions to address, in this patient:
So that in this case, blood pressure is 160/100, requires medication and has proteinuria. Per Table 4-2, he qualifies for 30-49%. So is it 30, 40 or 49%? His ADL indicate that none of the criteria is impaired. Records do support an uncontrolled blood pressure despite medications. He already has end organ damage, which is already addressed in Class 3 Table 4-2, he qualifies for 30% WPI.
Based on Table 10-8, he qualifies maximally to 10% [type II diabetes]. Since he requires medications and diet, but his ADL are not altered he will qualify for 6% WPI.
Combined Impairment Ratings
Now we need to take the combined impairment rating table, which will bring the whole person impairment to 32% in this case.
The report in this case will say:
Impairment And Work Restriction
The patient is MMI. It will explain the steps I took to derive the figure of 32%. I will also state: The patient should not work in an environment with heavy public contact, firing and hiring people, because his blood pressure and diabetes are out of control and stress-related, with already end organ damage (proteinuria).
Let us take the same case with some changes.
So, now we have four regions: Hypertension, diabetes type I with frequent hypoglycemia, stroke with residuals, gait impairment and speech impairment, and sexual dysfunction.
Based on the data in Table 4-2, hypertension requiring medications and still uncontrolled, stroke secondary to hypertension, he qualifies for class 4: 50-100% impairment. Based on severity of ADL, the speech impairment and gait impairment, he qualifies for 100%. What about sexual dysfunction? Yes, it is ratable, but post SB899, an injured worker cannot reach more than 100%. For teaching purposes, let us study the other regions of impairment in this patient.
Diabetes Mellitus
In this case, the patient qualifies for class 4, 21-40% impairment. There is frequent hypoglycemia with good compliance, patient qualifies for 30% WPI. (Diabetes Table 10-8)
Sexual Dysfunction
In reliance on the ADL, history given, no sexual function, he qualifies for 20% whole person impairment. (Sexual Dysfunction Table 7-5)
Let us move now to a very common segment of the injured workers: Failed back with chronic pain [assumption for today's discussion, accepted back injury].
A 40-year-old, failed back (3 surgeries in 1997, 1999, 2002) developed high blood pressure [compensable consequence], abnormal EKG, sexual dysfunction, kidney disease, biopsy proven compatible with phenacetin and medication induced.
So here we have to address: 1) Hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy; 2) sexual dysfunction, 3) medication induced nephropathy with a creatine clearance of 40 ml/hr.
He qualifies for Class 3 30-49% [hypertension over 160/100 and left ventricular hypertrophy]. In this case, since none of the ADL seems to be affected by this condition, the whole person impairment is 30%. (Hypertension Table 4-2)
Sexual Dysfunction
In this case, baseline ADL qualifies for 20% whole person impairment.(Sexual Dysfunction Table 7-5)
Kidney Disease
In this case, he qualifies for 35-59% whole person impairment. Based on ADL, he will qualify for 35%. [None of his ADL other than sexual functions are addressed].(Kidney Disease Table 7-1)
Based on the combined impairment table, whole person impairment [internal medicine and toxicology], 30% + 20% + 35% = 51% whole person impairment.
The report will explain how I derived 51%, each step, each table. I will also opine that the patient should not be exposed to emotional stress [hypertension, chronic pain syndrome].
There is no excuse for the physicians rendering care for these patients not to measure blood pressure, not to do a chemistry panel, blood count and urine analysis [failed back, chronic pain].
Spray painter, 35-year-old [5 years] asthma, requiring medications, [accepted as an industrial injury]. The treating physician notices abnormal liver functions, liver biopsy: Non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis [assume all other causes for liver diseases have been ruled out]. While on asthma medications, patient is prescribed prednisone 30 mg for one month, throughout the years, asthma not controlled and FEV is 48%. He develops gastric ulcers [endoscopy proven] and bone osteoporosis [severe]. At home, while getting out of bed, the patient fractures a vertebra. So now we have: 1) Asthma, 2) liver disease, 3) gastric ulcers, 4) osteoporosis and bone fracture.
In this case, we have impairment class 4, qualifying for 51-100% based on ADL qualifies for 80% WPI [ambulation, sleep].(Asthma Table 5-10)
Patient qualifies for class 3, 25-49% WPI. Based on ADL, inability to eat without pain and nausea, patient will qualify for 35% WPI. (Gastric Table 6-3)
Liver Disease
He qualifies for class 2 WPI 15-29%. Based on the advanced liver disease (biopsy), and the extreme fatigue affecting ADL, WPI of 20%. (Liver Disease Table 6-7)
Based on the combined impairment chart from an internal medicine/toxicological impairment: 80% + 35% + 20% = 86% WPI.
The metabolic bone disease (osteoporosis) caused by steroids is ratable, but requires range of motion and therefore an orthopedic consult for the specific range of motion secondary to osteoporosis fracture is required. This will be added to the WPI.
The report in this case will say:
Impairment and Work Restrictions:
Explaining the WPI of 79% the potential added on impairment from osteoporosis. Impaired, nevertheless, taking into account his severe asthma, weight gain of 75 pounds, secondary to steroids, severe osteoporosis and risk of more bone fractures, practically the patient is not fit for employment. Now, this may not grant 100% impairment, but the raters will clearly look at this recommendation.
This is a 40-year-old city maintenance worker with 15 years daily exposure to solvents, paints and pigments containing chromates and isocyanates. He developed shortness of breath and flare up of prior pemphigus of the skin. His physician diagnosed asthma and pemphigus vulgaris with constant skin rashes, ongoing need for medications. Since the asthma and pemphigus deteriorated, he has been on disability mainly at home secondary to severe skin rashes.
He has gained 50 pounds secondary to steroids, and developed sleep disorder, diagnosed about 2 years ago by certified sleep study experts as severe. The patient developed tingling sensation of the extremities, and loss of sensory capacity of upper and lower, and peripheral neuropathy secondary to solvents was diagnosed. The patient's ADL was assessed as follows:
|Self-care, personal hygiene
|Urinating, defecating, brushing teeth, combing hair, bathing, dressing oneself, eating.
|Writing, typing, seeing, hearing, speaking.
|Physical activity
|Standing, sitting, reclining, walking, climbing stairs.
|Sensory function
|Hearing, seeing, tactile feeling, tasting, smelling.
|Non-specialized hand activities
|Grasping, lifting, tactile discrimination.
|Riding, driving, flying.
|Sexual function
|Orgasm, ejaculation, lubrication, erection.
|Restful, nocturnal sleep pattern.
Asthma Exercise testing showed VO2 max if < 4.3 mets.(Asthma Table 5-12)
Patient qualifies for class 4, 51-100%, based on ADL 60%.
Based on ADL constant symptoms and constant treatment Class 4, 55-84%, baseline ADL 70%. (Skin Table 5-12)
Peripheral Nervous System
Based on the loss of sensory feelings, and NCV studies of upper extremity functions, class 3, 25-39% whole person impairment. (Nervous System Table 13-16)
Based on ADL 30% based on the combined impairment rating table, 70% + 60% + 30% = 84% WPI.
In my report, I will also recommend neurocognitive and psychiatric evaluation. I will also request sleep studies, by a certified expert since most recent ones were some 2 years ago.
From a practical point of view, since this patient insists on working (computer science), he should be accommodated at this level.
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Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental Economics: From Theory to Policy
A lack of awareness and understanding of risk and uncertainty can lead to poor decision making and higher costs for policy providers, as not accounting for them may produce policy which is inflexible and with a negative effect on welfare. Further, misunderstanding of and/or failure to account for risk and uncertainty can inhibit research and development for policy to which environmental economics can contribute (for example, in developing effective measures of sustainability). The aim of this project is to develop guidelines for 'Best Practice' approaches to risk and uncertainty in environmental economics for guiding policy development and implementation, taking into account key issues such as costs, irreversibility, adaptation and dynamics. These guidelines are developed by examining the frameworks commonly used by environmental economists to account for risk and uncertainty (such as the Precautionary Principle and Cost Benefit Analysis) as well as specifically developed theories (e.g. Quiggin's Rank Dependent Utility Theory), borrowing from other disciplines (e.g. Prospect Theory) and drawing attention to lesser known ideas (e.g. Shackle's Model).
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Mico Headphones Function as Musical Mood Ring
Mood rings were cool as a kid, but now that you've moved on to bigger tech horizons, your mind-reading technology has got to move on up as well. From Neurowear, the creators of the Necomimi Cat Ears Headset ($70), which use brain-wave technology to move up and down depending on your mood, comes Mico, a pair of brain-wave-sensing headphones that make song recommendations based on the user's current state of mind. The gadget, which is strictly prototype only for now, made its world debut this year in Austin, TX, at SXSW Interactive.
The over-the-ear headphones (seen above) slip on like normal, except with two sensors, one that slips on the earlobe and one that touches the forehead. Those sensors work with Mico's accompanying music app to measure brain-wave activity and decipher mood, which then queues up songs based on the user's feelings.
In its current state, Mico has a catalog of 100 songs, but imagine the possibilities if Neurowear were to partner with a music service like Spotify or Pandora, with a library of millions of songs. Anxious and stressed in the office? Allow Mico to play some Frank Ocean to soothe your soul. A Friday at 4 p.m., ready to hit happy hour calls for a dose of the latest pop princess, says the headphones.
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I had to plea guilty to exchange very light sentence. Noway I can win this because my criminal attorney told me too.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently construed this Supreme Court opinion to hold that effective assistance of counsel during a plea bargain now requires the attorney to also advise a client of the consequences of rejecting a plea offer.
Specifically, the attorney in that case was ineffective when he advised the client to reject a plea offer for 6 years in prison but did not also advise the defendant that if he was convicted at trial, the conviction would be counted as his third strike and he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 25 year prison sentence.
Attorneys have long had a duty to relay all formal plea bargain offers to their clients. Now they additionally have a duty to advise their clients of potential consequences of not accepting those offers.
A failure on an attorney's part to discuss the consequences of rejecting an offer does not mean automatic reversal.
In order for a defendant to prevail when making a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in the plea bargaining process after conviction, the defendant must show the attorney gave him "ineffective advice which lead him to reject a plea offer, that but for the ineffective advice, there is a reasonable probability that the plea offer would have been presented to the court, that the court would have accepted its terms, and that the conviction or sentence or both, under the offer's terms would have been less severe than under the actual judgment and sentence imposed."
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In Reply to: Scotch down posted by Baceseras on December 04, 2008 at 14:01:
: : : : : I grew up in rural southeastern Virginia. Many of the older men would use the term "scotch down" as a substitute for "hunker down". For example, when I would hunt with them, they would say, "Go over to that bush and scotch down while I drive the animal your way." I can't find references to the phrase "scotch down". I have read that "hunker" is based on Scottish. Perhaps these facts tie together? Any info on the "scotch down" phrase would be appreciated.
: : : : The Oxford English Dictionary had no helpful definitions of the verb, to scotch. However, the well-known verb, to scooch (down), seems like what you want. According to the OED, it means "To crouch or stoop (chiefly with down). Also: to fit oneself into a small or crowded space; to squeeze in."
: : : : The OED considers it as originally an American colloquialism, and cites, as its first example, "1858 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 421/2 She scooched down on the floor and pulled my two hands away, and looked me in the face."
: : : : I first heard the expression from my wife, who was raised in Philadelphia and uses it freely. So I suppose it must be fairly common.
: : : : As for the origin of the word, the OED speculates that it may be a variant of scouch or scrooch or crouch or scoot, which may or may not be helpful. It does seem that "scooch" is used exactly as you indicate "scotch" is used.
: : : 'Scooch' is also used as a noun meaning a small amount, like a 'tad'. ("More gravy?" "Just a scooch.")
: : : As a verb 'scooch' often signifies to make a small movement or adjustment, as when trying to add oneself to an already crowded couch - "Scooch over." - and everyone shifts a little.
: : The noun meaning a small amount is SKOSH from the Japanese 'sukoshi' (not even related to scooch).
: Interesting if true. What does the Japanese 'sukoshi' mean? How old is it in Japanese? And when did it make its way into American spoken-English? (Whichever one made it first, I suspect the coincidence of sound between 'sukoshi' and 'scooch' is what clinched the colloquialism.) - Bac.
Skosh is skO-sh not skoo-tch. I have no resources to determine the age of Japanese words, but it came into English in the early 50's by troops on R and R in Japan from the Korean War. I don't think the "similarity" is that great (since you thought they were the same word, they may seem more similar to you than to others).


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CLEARWATER — Scientology. Taxes. Shutting down libraries. Drilling for underground water.
What do the candidates for Clearwater City Council think about these hot topics?
Six men are running for two council seats in the March 9 election, which is just a little more than two weeks away. They have fielded dozens of wide-ranging questions from the public at a series of candidate forums. It's all been leading up to a forum that will be televised live on the city's TV channel, C-VIEW, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday
Meanwhile, more than a fourth of the likely electorate has already voted. Nearly 3,400 Clearwater residents have sent in mail ballots, while only about 13,000 people voted in each of Clearwater's past two municipal elections.
Over the past few weeks, voter forums have been held by the Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition and by civic groups in Clearwater Beach, Sand Key and Morningside.
Here are some highlights:
Gibson vs. Riordon
The sharpest exchanges have come between incumbent Paul Gibson and challenger Mike Riordon, who are both vying for Seat 5.
Riordon opposes the city's plan to drill a dozen more drinking water wells, saying it's unsafe and ineffective. He says Clearwater should instead partner with other local governments to build a seawater desalination plant. He also says Penny for Pinellas taxes should be funneled into revenue-generating projects like wind turbines on government buildings to eliminate power bills.
But an exasperated Gibson says this is all a fantasy because the city is facing severe budget cuts, and its priority must be public safety. Like the rest of the current council, Gibson voted for well drilling after being convinced the plan is sound. He says it's clear that he has more experience than his opponent.
"We need to be realistic. There's a lot of 'blue sky' stuff up here," Gibson said at one forum. "We can't be building desalination plants and putting up windmills, guys. We don't have any money."
Riordon retorted that his plan would cut costs: "I'd rather look at pie-in-the-sky results … than keep getting the pie in the face we've been getting from certain members."
A scalpel or an axe?
City budget cuts are a sure thing this summer due to a shrinking tax base stemming from declining property values. The latest estimate is that Clearwater will see a $9 million shortfall. Gibson keeps noting that, for perspective, the library system costs $5.6 million to run.
Some of the candidates running for Seat 4 have different views on how steep the cuts should be.
Conservative activist Joe Paige is campaigning on a platform of smaller government and lower taxes. He says Clearwater is on a fiscally unsustainable path. In talking about "right-sizing" city government, he is blunt about the fact that he would close several libraries and recreation centers.
"I hate to be the skunk at the garden party, but the city's in trouble," he said. "It's time for the city to join the new economy. It's going to take some really tough decisions — not with a scalpel. It's going to take something larger than that."
Former two-term councilman Bill Jonson, a retired accountant, says he can't make any guarantees about keeping all the libraries open, but the city has to be thoughtful about its budget cuts.
A retired accounting executive, Jonson comes across as a policy wonk. He calls for the return of a budget task force that looked at city spending in 2007. He wants a "continuous improvement process" in which city employees suggest ways to make their jobs more efficient.
"We're not going to cut off something with a meat axe," Jonson has said on several occasions. "We're going to be very careful and deliberative with that process."
Of the other two candidates, Wayne Carothers says his 23 years as a business owner have taught him how to cut a budget. And Herb Quintero focuses on raising the city's tax revenues by making Clearwater more inviting to businesses.
All six candidates have been publicly questioned about the Church of Scientology's dominating presence downtown.
None of them have ties to Scientology. At their first forum, several of them distanced themselves from Scientology, telling the audience that they're Catholic or Episcopalian.
But they're not running anti-Scientology campaigns either. Several said Scientology has been in Clearwater for 35 years now, and people who don't like that will just have to deal with it.
Riordon said, "I don't think the Scientologists are going anywhere. If anybody has that delusion, I want to talk to you about some condos."
Gibson said, "The IRS says they're a religion, and I've got to tell you that's the end of it. There's nothing we can do to change the way things are."
Paige added, "I certainly don't believe what they believe. But this is America. They have a right to believe what they believe."
Small business woes
A major theme of this election is whether Clearwater is hostile to small businesses.
Two candidates, Quintero and Riordon, got into the race because they're store owners who have skirmished with the city over red tape, code enforcement and sign standards. Based on their personal experience, they say Clearwater is a tough place to open a business.
Quintero, who sued the city after it cracked down on a mural at his tackle shop, says stores should be allowed more flexibility in marketing themselves.
Paige, a remodeling contractor, also complains about "draconian overregulation" and suggests a rewrite of the community development code. At one forum, he displayed the U.S. Constitution and compared its size to a much larger document that a Clearwater homeowner needs to remodel their bathroom.
Sheriff's Office
None of the candidates are in favor of having the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office take over law enforcement in the city. The Sheriff's Office has said it could save Clearwater $10 million a year, but the candidates doubt that it could do that without cutting the number of officers on the street.
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Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates remains atop Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people, and the founders of the Google Inc. search engine joined him on this year's list of billionaires.
Gates is No. 1 on the list for the 10th straight year. His net worth is estimated at $46.6 billion, still less than half the $100 billion it peaked at in 1998, but up about 13% from the $40.7 billion Forbes attributed to him in 2003. Microsoft's other co-founder, Paul Allen, is fifth on the list at $21 billion.
Financier Warren Buffett increased his net worth by $12.4 billion to $42.9 billion, significantly narrowing the gap between him and Gates, with whom he competes in bridge tournaments.
In all, the magazine listed 587 billionaires around the world, up from 476 in 2003. Their total net worth jumped to $1.9 trillion from the $1.4 trillion the magazine counted in 2003.
There were 56 billionaires who returned to the list after dropping off in the past few years, including Yahoo Inc. founders David Filo ($2.2 billion) and Jerry Yang ($1.9 billion). They returned to find their upstart search-engine rivals, Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page ($1 billion each), making their debut on the list.


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September 30th is the last day they can use Reconciliation rules to try to pass a healthcare bill or repeal Obamacare which would let them pass legislation with a simple majority or 50 votes. After that, it will require at least 60 votes. They have been struggling to get that simple majority. Reconciliation runs out with the end of the fiscal year. ...Last Post By: Dr.3D 09-22-2017, 12:57 PM
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The Government Publishing Office is supposed to have a history of bills down to the author but I think they are faking it. https://www.gpo.gov/help/about_history_of_bills.htm E.g. PDF File of All Code of Federal Regulations - https://gpo.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/792/Last Post By: timosman 09-23-2017, 04:32 PM
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Active 33 years old, male. I have diastasis recti. I am 145 pounds, 31 inch waist, 5 feet 6 inches. What are other options/surgeries to fix diastasis recti besides tummy tuck?... READ MORE
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This is a wonderful technique for anyone using Ableton Live that does not have a lot of experience wit or understanding of music theory. The ideas shared in this tutorial are probably the best advice a beginner could get![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvTngLxmaH0[/youtube]
[aside title="Tips & Tricks!"] This method is a sure fire way to help all of you beginners out there with your chord progressions![/aside] There are probably too many tutorials out there trying to show you a good way to go about creating chord progressions if you don;t understand music theory. I say this because many of them do not really approach it in a way that is truly understood by the viewers, or does not provide the reasoning behind the steps taken throughout the process. This video tutorial is a little different, in that it shows you a little trick to help you work with only relevant notes when programming your MIDI. Find the notes that work well together first, and then move forward. It doesn't teach you theory, but it also doesn't confuse you either.
It starts off by selecting all of the notes in an A Minor scale and drawing in one note for each note into the piano roll. Once the notes are in place, they are copied up an octave or two to provide a wider range to work with. After this is done, the notes are dragged back to a point before the beginning of the track. Now that this is complete you simply click the Fold button, which hides all of the unused notes in the piano roll. This basically gives you a snapshot guide of only the relevant notes, makign it much easier for you to begin building your progression from, because much of the confusion and frustration involved in not knowing music theory stems from note selection, and whether you are staying in key or not.
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first calculate the time it takes the ball to reach 2.1 point above the groundwe have h=vo*t*sin(50)-0.5gt^2hence2.1 = 11.49t - 4.9t^2solution of this quadratic equation ist1=0.20 (this time corresponds the moment then the ball is moving up)t2=2.15 (this time corresponds the moment then the ball is moving down)only the second solution is relevant as the delay of the player is 0.3which is more than 0.2during 2.15 sec the ball covered the horizontal distance of d=vo*cos(50)*2.15 = 20.73 meters, so the player needs to run back 20.73-10=10.73 meters and the time he has for that is 2.15-0.3=1.85 secondsso the average speed needs to be V=d/t = 10.73/1.85 =5.8 m/s
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A brief history of libertarian conservatism, and the questionable future of statism 1
This is from Reason, February 27, 2008:
"I share about 90 percent of the views of most libertarians."
So said the famous conservative William F. Buckley in a 1983 discussion when he "sat down with reason to discuss, among other subjects, libertarianism, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, and the decriminalization of marijuana."
The interview, which must have been interesting, is now hard to find. However, all we need from it is Buckley's statement that he "shared about 90% of the views of most libertarians", because we do too. But, like him, we still describe ourselves as conservatives.
Buckley was influenced by Albert Jay Nock, "whose elegant criticism of statism seems to grow more relevant with each passing day", as Jonah Goldberg wrote in an essay on Nock in the National Review in 2009. Here are some extracts from it:
Albert Jay Nock … was one of the great men of letters of the 20th century. He counted among his friends and admirers H. L. Mencken, Charles Beard, Dwight Macdonald, Oswald Garrison Villard, Frank Chodorov, William F. Buckley Jr., and William Jennings Bryan (for whom he did some work as a special envoy when Bryan was secretary of state). … [He] was born in 1870 … in Scranton, Pa., and raised in Brooklyn, Nock was an autodidact who mastered numerous languages, including French, Latin, and Greek. He spent a good deal of his youth in a small town in upstate New York, where he imbibed from the wellspring of American individualism and gained an enduring appreciation for the power and magisterially ennobling competence of what we would today call civil society (he used the word "society" or "social power" to denote the good and decent realm of life not corrupted or coerced by the state). In 1887 he went to St. Stephen's College (now Bard), where he was later a professor.
After college he attended divinity school, and he became a minister in the Episcopal Church in 1897. A dozen years later he quit the clergy and became a full-time journalist and editor, first at American Magazine and then at The Nation (which was still a classically liberal publication). In 1920 he became the co-editor of the original Freeman magazine, which, in its four-year run, managed to inspire the men who would one day launch National Review and the second incarnation of The Freeman, run by Nock's disciple Frank Chodorov. …
He wrote a few books, including biographies of Thomas Jefferson and Rabelais. His most famous and successful works were Our Enemy the Stateand Memoirs of a Superfluous Man. But he was not prolific. As Chodorov put it, he "had a rare gift of editing his ideas so that he wrote only when he had something to say and he said it with dispatch." …
Among virtually all of the political writers of the Left and the Right in the 1920s and 1930s, Nock shines brightest for seeing from the outset that the differences between the various collectivist schemes then circulating amounted to differences in branding. "Communism, the New Deal, Fascism, Nazism," he wrote in his Memoirs, "are merely so-many trade-names for collectivist Statism, like the trade-names for tooth-pastes which are all exactly alike except for the flavouring." …
A cold river of anarchism runs across the landscape of Nock's work, but … he was not an anarchist, as many fans claim. … Nock understood that the state is not the "proper agency for social welfare, and never will be, for exactly the same reason that an ivory paper-knife is nothing to shave with." Government intrusions "on the individual should be purely negative in character. It should attend to national defense, safeguard the individual in his civil rights, maintain outward order and decency, enforce the obligations of contract, punish crimes belonging in the order of malum in se [evil in itself] and make justice cheap and easily available." Such a regime would amount to a government by and for the people, not a state in which the citizens are mere instruments of the statists. …
He denied that the state was the proper object of hope or a worthwhile agent of change. Moreover, he had contempt for the vast bulk of humanity, the "Neolithic mass" and those who spoke to them. In the dark, or at least darkening, age in which he believed himself to live (Nock died two weeks after Hiroshima), he cared only for the Remnant — a tiny slice of humanity he could describe but not locate. … the Remnant was his audience. At times, the idea of the Remnant is unapologetically elitist, but in a thoroughly Jeffersonian way. The Remnant were not the "best and brightest," the most successful, the richest. Rather, they were those occupying the "substratum of right thinking and well doing" (in Matthew Arnold's words). "Two things you do know, and no more: First, that they exist; second, that they will find you. Except for these two certainties, working for the Remnant means working in impenetrable darkness."
And it is here that we find an explanation for why Nock is so admired by liberals such as The New Republic's Franklin Foer and the New York Times's Sam Tanenhaus: He openly embraced the idea that he couldn't change anything. History was driven by forces too large to be affected by politics or punditry. Any revolution would result only in a new crop of exploiters and scoundrels eager to pick up where the deposed ones left off. So, Nock figured, why bother with politics? Now what more could today's liberals ask for from a conservative pundit? …
He was wrong about many things, and his formulations were often too simple. … He bravely dissented from the overwhelming consensus that collectivism was the most desirable form of social organization. But he in effect surrendered to the same consensus that it was the "wave of the future." …
He was wrong that statism was inevitable, partly because he was right about the need to speak to the Remnant. Buckley, Chodorov, and countless others took inspiration from Nock or from Nockian ideas, but they did not write for their desk drawers. They shared Nock's fatalism at times — standing athwart history yelling Stop, and all that — but they actually yelled Stop. Nock did not believe in anything so crude as yelling, even in purely literary terms. His successors did, because they shared Burke's understanding that "when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Likewise, when bad ideas seem good, men who know otherwise must say so, lest society slip under their spell. That was the key lesson the disparate righteous took from Nock the Prophet as they associated to form the modern conservative and libertarian movements — even if, as Nock fully understood, they didn't know where their ideas came from, or that Nock's fingerprints were upon many of them. …
And that is why the Right is in so much better shape than it was during Nock's time, even as liberals are mounting a statist revival. Yes, statism is on the march again, but anti-statism isn't an amusing pursuit for cape-wearing exotics like Nock anymore; it is the animating spirit of institutions launched and nourished by lovers of liberty.
We are fascinated by this piece of history, glad to learn that "the disparate righteous … associated to form the modern conservative and libertarian movements".
But is statism not the "wave of the future"?
With the re-election of Obama and the apparent weakness of the Republican Party now, we cannot be confident that statism is a passing phase.
Jonah Goldberg remains full of optimism. Here he is again with a cheerful view. We quote from an article of his at Townhall today:
American conservatism began as a kind of intellectual hobbyist's group with little hope of changing the broader society. Albert Jay Nock, the cape-wearing libertarian intellectual … who inspired a very young William F. Buckley Jr., argued that political change was impossible because the masses were rubes, goons, fools or sheep, victims of the eternal tendency of the powerful to exploit the powerless.
Buckley, who rightly admired Nock for many things, rightly disagreed on this point. Buckley trusted the people more than the intellectuals … [and believed that] it is possible to rally the public to your cause.
It took time. In an age when conservative books make millions, it's hard to imagine how difficult it once was to get a right-of-center book published. Henry L. Regnery, the founder of the publishing house that bears his name, started his venture to break the wall of groupthink censorship surrounding the publishing industry. With a few exceptions, Regnery was the only game in town for decades.
That's hardly the case anymore. While there's a higher bar for conservative authors at mainstream publishers (which remain overwhelmingly liberal), profit tends to trump ideology.
And publishing is a lagging indicator. In cable news, think tanks, talk radio and, of course, the Internet, conservatives have at least rough parity with, and often superiority to, liberals. It's only in the legacy institutions — newspapers, the broadcast networks and most especially academia and Hollywood — where conservatism is still largely frozen out. Nonetheless, conservatism is a mass-market enterprise these days, for good and for ill.
The good is obvious. The ill is less understood. For starters, the movement has an unhealthy share of hucksters eager to make money from stirring rage, paranoia and an ill-defined sense of betrayal with little concern for the real political success that can only come with persuading the unconverted.
We have a sinking feeling that we are among the "hucksters … stirring rage, paranoia, and an ill-defined sense of betrayal with little concern for the real political success that can only come with persuading the unconverted", though we don't make money out of it, and we would very much like to achieve real political success.
A conservative journalist or activist can now make a decent living while never once bothering to persuade a liberal. Telling people only what they want to hear has become a vocation. Worse, it's possible to be a rank-and-file conservative without once being exposed to a good liberal argument.
We are amply exposed to liberal arguments, but have yet to hear a good one.
Many liberals lived in such an ideological cocoon for decades, which is one reason conservatives won so many arguments early on. Having the right emulate that echo chamber helps no one.
Ironically, the institution in which conservatives had their greatest success is the one most besieged by conservatives today: the Republican Party. To listen to many grassroots conservatives, the GOP establishment is a cabal of weak-kneed sellouts …
Well, yes. That is how we think of the GOP right now.
It's not that the GOP isn't conservative enough, it's that it isn't tactically smart or persuasive enough to move the rest of the nation in a more conservative direction. Moreover, thanks in part to the myth that all that stands between conservatives and total victory is a philosophically pure GOP, party leaders suffer from a debilitating lack of trust — some of it well earned — from the rank and file.
But politics is about persuasion, and a party consumed by the need to prove its purity to its base is going to have a very hard time proving anything else to the rest of the country.
We applaud – and often quote – conservative and libertarian writers who attract millions of readers and may be persuading them.
And eagerly – though full of misgiving – we await their success: await the defeat of collectivist statism; the fall from power of the now far left Democratic Party; the final disappointment of the world government fans and the Big Green fanatics; the enlightenment of feminists and pacifists; the stopping of the Islamic onslaught on the West.
And the regeneration of the GOP.
The Mount Vernon Statement 7
In the following report the names of conservative leaders who will be signing The Mount Vernon Statement today may be found. We have omitted them only to shorten our quotation.
What we also omit are these few words: 'God, they say, is proudly mentioned – by name – in the Mount Vernon statement.'
We've cut them out because God is superfluous.
The Framers of the Constitution saw no reason to put God into it, and they did not.
We believe wholeheartedly in the principles which The Mount Vernon Statement declares to be those of American conservatives, while not believing in God.
So plainly, though believers may not like this fact that we boldly and simply demonstrate, belief in a supernatural maker and law-giver is inessential to conservatism.
(In the document itself, God is referred to as 'nature's God'; ie the 'God' which Spinoza and Einstein believed in, little more than a euphemism for 'nature's laws' – also mentioned – with which we have no quarrel.)
From Fox News:
More than 80 of the most influential and respected conservative grassroots leaders in the country plan to recommit themselves Wednesday to constitutional conservatism in an attempt to reunite and reground the movement, following a period when many thought conservatism was adrift.
They have named the document they will sign "The Mount Vernon Statement." The signing ceremony is taking place at a library that was part of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate.
The event comes on the eve of annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) which brings thousand of conservatives from around the country to Washington D.C. every year.
The long term goal at CPAC and of the Mount Vernon statement is reestablish First Principles of Constitutional Conservatism.
The more immediate goal is to galvanize — for maximum strength — the various factions of the movement in advance of the 2010 midterm elections.
The statement draws heavily on the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
It will speak directly to the three pillars of the modern movement: economic conservatives, social conservatives, and national security conservatives.
It will underscore the founding principle that constitutional self-government should be moral, responsible, and limited.
While some republicans have suggested in recent years that the GOP moderate it's social views, or be more tolerant of government growth, or even accept bellicose tyranny overseas, conservatives argue now is the time for more backbone, not less.
Conservatives, republicans, right leaning independents, libertarians and teapartiers are searching for direction and leadership…listen up… today the leadership of some of the biggest grass roots conservative groups are speaking out. …
Organizers say no elected politicians are invited to this.
The signing ceremony harkens back to a similar event nearly 50 years ago at the home of the late William F Buckley in Sharon, Connecticut.
The Sharon Statement was penned at a meeting of 90 young conservatives as they created a group known as "Young Americans For Freedom."
Their statement amounted to a guideline for young conservatives in the turbulent 60's that individual liberty, limited government, a free-market, a strong economy, and strong defense are fundamental American ideals conservatives must defend.
There is no doubt today that conservatives again feel compelled to protect constitutional liberty anew.
This document seeks to be a conservative line in the sand against left-wing political advances during democratic control of Congress and the White House.
The Tea Party movement has shown full well that large swaths of previously disengaged Americans fear for the future of the republic.
Organizers say modern constitutional conservatism requires application of the rule of law to all proposals, advancing freedom, and opposing tyranny….
Conservatives now plan to directly challenge the notion that positive change in America means abandoning old ideas for new.
They assert instead that positive change means reaching back and re-embracing founding principles rather than rushing for new alternatives.
By late summer republican politicians in congress hope to lay out their 2010 election agenda.
Today conservatives grass roots leaders hope their Mount Vernon statement shows Republican politicians what should motivate them.
You can sign the document here.


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X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Sabretooth by dinohead
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Xmen VS Street Fighter EX (PSX version)
OK. Let me start out by saying the PSX version DOES suck, it's slow, the frames are chopped
severely, and you can only use one guy (with a partner that only shows up during variable
counters and team supers) at a time.
In my opinion, Sabretooth is the best balance of speed, height, specials, and he has the BEST
supers. His supers are some of the most powerful in the game, especially because 1 of them
hits around 40-50 times and the other one doesn't follow the stupid MAGIC combo system
(the one where the first hit in a combo does 100% damage, next one does 50%, next does 25,
next does 12.5, etc. etc.). And the other one could be one of the longest and cheapest super
move in the game.
Onwards! To the FAQ!
Why should I read this faq?
Because I include the cheapest EX combos in the world at the bottom (better than gambits 99-hitter!)
Now, how do you choose Sabretooth?
You navigate the blinking cursor until you see one that is labeled "Sabretooth".
To get the standard yellow color, press any punch button.
To get the pink color (with the pink claw marks and the pink bullets), press any kick button.
Who should I team this sucker with?
Well, there are some you should team him with and some you shouldn't (I don't list all
the people because they don't fall in any category). All sabretooth basically does for his
team move is a medium berserker slash, which freezes or knocks back the opponent.
Should (in order):
Chun Li
Shouldn't (in order):
M. Bison
How do you bust a move with Sabretooth?
Normal attacks
LP= Weakest punch; hits 2 times; pointless
MP= Medium punch; *dont' remember what it does*
HP= Hardest punch; hits 2 times- one slash down one slash up; a GREAT attack and launcher
I *think* it can be OTG'ed (hit off the ground)
LK=Weakest kick; it appears he tries to stomp on the floor
MK=Medium kick
HK=Hardest kick
Well, personally, I'm a "scrub" and when I go in the air I generally mash the buttons praying for a hit.
Special moves
QCF (quarter circle frontwards; like the fireball)
QCB (quarter circle backwards; like the hurricane kick)
FCF (full circle frontwards; like the old yoga flame in SF2)
FCB (full circle backwards)
DB (dragon punch motion; front-down-down/front)
Beserker Slash
QCF and any punch
With this, Sabretoothbrush glides across the floor, gaining momentum, and as soon as he connects
with his enemy, he slashes through them with his mighty claw. It shows a pretty cool slash mark for
a half-second and freezes them there too. This move is awesome after you've done a super/combo or
some launcher, because it also hits them as they're in the air. This is like a fast projectile. It's better, though
because it actually inflicts damage. In fact, with the weak punch version, you can hit them and
even otg them because you barely travel a distance! However, if blocked, this attack now becomes
your weakness.
Wild Fang
QCB and any punch
Sabretooth screams "Wild Fang" (sounds to me like "Snack Time") and throws the opponent.
Big damage, except it's easy to block and tech hit.
QCB and any kick
Saby clicks his finger, calls his assistant, and she shoots around 4 or 5 bullets at the opponent.
Weak kick shoots downwards, medium is straight, and hard is upwards. This move is damn
useless because of it's initiation time. The only good part is, when you defeat your opponent,
press start (to lose the winning pose and let you walk around) and use the weak kick birdie to
shoot your dead opponent!
Super Combos (ow!)
Beserker Claw X!
QCF with all punches (L2)
Sabertooth rears back, gathers his energy, and does a normal beserker slash. Then, after slashing
his opponent once, he goes back and slashes him again. And again. And finally, again (the last
claw does the most damage). There's no fear that your opponent can get outta these because he gets
frozen after the first shot. This sure wastes the clock, but it's not the most powerful move. But it's good
to annoy your friends with.
Weapon X!
DP with all punches (L2)
Sabretooth rears back, gathers his energy, and leaps at his opponent as if he was doing a wild fang.
However, if he connects, he begins hitting his opponent at lightning speed for about 10-12 hits (I think)
and suddenly rears back again and yells "die" and slashes through the poor guy with a huge "X". I think
the last hit does more damage that the rest of the combo alone. I love this move.
Mega Birdie!
QCB with all kciks
Sabretooth snaps his fingers, and birdie comes back. But, instead of shooting 4 or 5 bullets, she shoots
an unbelievably large spray of 40-50 bullets! Oh man this move kicks @$$ when it connects. Of course, even
if they block it, they still take plenty-o-block damage. The only problem is the slow initiation. But it compensates
because Sabretooth recovers (i.e. is able to do other things instead of standing there) before the bullets stop.
So, if the opponent is being shattered by the bullets, sabretooth can furthermore add to that damage.
COMBOS! (I know you hate them, I hate them too, but these are good, cheap, loser combos!)
I have a few super combos combos that are really cheap. One of them even kills a guy with full life!
Amazing! (you need a full 3 levels super bar)
Combo #1. Does: 99%-110% damage (but hard to do, sorta)
Do a Mega Birdie, as close as possible to the opponent and make sure it will connect.
Then, right after the animation energy gathering stops and birdie appears, quickly initiate
the weapon X! As soon as the bullets start, he'll start doing a smashing on the guy at the same
time! I'm only saying to do the weapon X as soon as birdie appears because the bullets will
push the opponent back too far to do it successfully. But, if you cornered him, oh well.
Now, as soon as the weapon X finishes, wait a split second and initiate another one. As soon
as the opponent falls from the air, you should catch him and do another weapon X. Wait...
As it finishes, your opponent should be dead, even if they just had full life!
Unless it's juggernaut or zangief. If so, then just do a normal beserker claw right as your last
weapon x is done and it should kill em.
Cheap? yes.
Combo #2: Does 85-90% damage
Do a Beserker Claw X! On the opponent on the opposite side that you can easily do a dragon
punch motion (you have to do it fast; i.e. if you can easily do it on the left side like me, do the
Beserker Claw X! on the right side). On the 4th slash, saby should have his arms in an "X"
formation. AT THAT INSTANT, do a Weapon X!. After the 10th hit or so (or as many as you like
before the last hit), cancel that and do a Mega Birdie! Because of the nature of the Weapon X! combo,
the opponent will be frozen in place, helpless while watching Birdie s-l-o-w-l-y walk out : ).
Then they'll be hit badly.
IMO this is the easiest to do, and the easiest to connect, but the least damage (even tho it's still good : ))
Combo #3: Does 80-95% damage
Do the EXACT same thing as the above, except, don't cancel the weapon X. Wait as it finishes, and
RIGHT AFTER (like 0.05 seconds after it finishes), do the Mega Birdie! If you do it fast enough, Birdie
will come out and start shooting before the opponent reaches the ground. If the opponent DOES reach
the ground, then you're screwed and he'll block. But it's worth it, and it doesn't APPEAR as cheap : ).
Combo #4: Never done this successfully (I've only done 2 weapon X's in a row, but I'm sure it does
probably 95-100% damage.)
Do a Weapon X! on the opponent. As you finish, do another one. As that finishes do another one.
After each one, the opponent would be launched diagonally and you will catch him with your weapon
X! Sound easy? Nope. Nope. and Nope. I always end up doing the Beserker Claw X! So it screws up.
It's best done in the corner.
Well, that's all folks!
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