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Ploughman's Rest is one of the longest established Bed & Breakfasts in the area. When Malcolm & Peggy Saunders, Karoo Farmers retired to the Tsitsikamma it seemed appropriate to name the establishment "The Ploughman's Rest" the old English word for farmer.
It is only when one gets to the Ploughman's Rest with its beautiful evergreen garden and abundant birdlife that you feel that you have left the city life behind.
We offer quality B&B and Self-Catering accommodation to all travelers passing through. Situated in Storms River Village in the Tsitsikamma region of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, our relaxed farm-style atmosphere is ideal for families with children wanting a quiet break from the hustle of the city life.
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His mediation practice pays the bills. But Steve Rupert's longtime hobby might finally bloom into a legitimate business.
Since 1997, Rupert, 54, has been an unofficial guide for friends and acquaintances seeking to visit Cuba. The government still bans tourist trips. But Rupert became an expert in exemptions that let Americans visit legally for business and humanitarian missions.
With President Barack Obama relaxing travel restrictions, travel to Cuba by Americans is expected to boom. Rupert obtained a federal "people-to-people" license to sponsor cultural exchange trips for individuals and small groups.
He partners with travel agents to promote a variety of tours on the website CubaTravelAdventure.com. Rupert talked recently with the St. Petersburg Times about political pushback on his early Cuba ventures, the complexities of travel rules and a possible tourist boomlet for the area from new flights to Havana from Tampa International.
How did you get interested in going to Cuba?
It intrigued me that there was an island just off Florida and I wasn't able to go. I'm allowed to go to North Korea or Iran without restrictions.
I got a humanitarian travel license from the Treasury Department in 1997 and went to a hospital in Havana with computers, antibiotics and asthma inhalers.
I could only carry so much, so I started bringing other people with suitcases to make it worthwhile. The license was designed for aid groups. The Cubans and government people here kept asking, "Who's your group?" I had to find some vehicle to continue.
How did that work out?
I wrote a story for Creative Loafing that got on the Internet. All of a sudden I was getting calls from California, New York, everywhere for the Cuba guy from Tampa. One was from the U.S.-Cuba Sister Cities Association. Mobile, Ala., established the first one with Havana.
I went to see (then-Tampa Mayor) Dick Greco, but feelings in Tampa were still white hot. I talked to the Port of Tampa, and they treated me like I was radioactive. But the Port of Manatee welcomed me with open arms. We did a sister city with a place called Manati in 2002.
I took groups — doctors, teachers — for cultural exchanges. We've gone to hospitals, schools, retirement homes, orphanages. Then, President Bush shut down people-to-people and sister city exchanges in 2003.
How has that changed since President Obama loosened the restrictions?
I can license any American with a passport to travel to Cuba for cultural exchange. This is not about tourism. You can't just go to drink cocktails on the beach. But if you want to enjoy the culture and happen to have a good time, come on down.
What qualifies as a cultural exchange?
I took some photographers in June. They'd shoot pictures in the morning, then go to art galleries and photograph indoors when the light was too bright. They stayed in seventh-floor apartments overlooking the port that are owned by an 86-year-old woman, a historian. She told them what it was like living in the old city in the '50s.
Every time, we've stayed in private houses with Cuban families. I can do history tours, music. I'm taking five architects in November. It's like going back in time. The buildings are old. The cars are old. There's no neon flashing anywhere. You see a '56 Chevy buzz by; it's like a time warp.
The federal licensing rules can be confusing. You can set up tour programs but can't sell them, right?
Everything is complicated about Cuba. I can't sell you a ticket for the airline trip or hotel. You need a travel service provider (a specially licensed travel agent).
Can local businesses benefit from out-of-towners flying through Tampa International to Cuba?
I think these new flights have the possibility for being an economic boom. Any time you bring people to your city, it's a plus.
Let's fill the hotel rooms, get them into the restaurants. I'll take them down to Ybor City. This is a Cuban city right in America. There are a few streets in Ybor where you can picture life from 100 years ago.
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computer-assisted text analysis, Digital Humanities, Digitization of archives, encoding, historical data, History, text analysis, Text Encoding Initiative
Through the history, lacking electrical ways of keeping information, people were forced to write down everything in order to keep trace of activities of interest. Tons of journals, account ledgers, bills, receipts, polices from the past survived until today. Somebody may think, a lot of unnecessary information that can't be used. On the contrary, we can use those documents to obtain important information about specific customs, relationships, events in a certain community or wider.
Astonishing growth in digitizing documents happened in the last few years and it is very important for conducting idea given above. We have tendency to convert all literal legacy: books, maps, documents of all kinds to digital form by scanning. Big projects like "Venice time machine" are starting all over the world, in order to make that huge amount of information available to people, through web and digital libraries.
Thus we will have access to loads of official data like this. Crucial point is how to interpret these documents accurately both in encoding and text analysis sense. We will discuss some of the articles that use these techniques.
In the article "Encoding Historical Financial Records" authors proposed a way of encoding old financial documents using generalized TEI markups. In the second article authors dealt with understanding slavery in Washington by analyzing documents issued after April act when slave owners required compensation for freed slaves. It tried to give an evaluation of today's equivalence in estimated value of the slaves. Third article describes analysis of old Assyrian merchants' letters. By analyzing them it tries to infer social rank between merchants.
First two articles use TEI markup for encoding documents of interest while the third one doesn't deal with encoding, it only concerns text analysis. In document concerning slavery from the second article, TEI markup is used to identify the names of people and places, important dates and values of the slaves, places left blank in document. All analyzed documents have the same form, so TEI developed here is very specific; it searches for well defined information. TEI markup used in financial records encoding in the first article tries to be more general because of the higher variety in the form of these documents. It includes 3 levels of data: layout, textual expression and financial semantics [1]. Thus it will be more robust and able to analyze different kinds of financial records with no necessary same form. Both of the approaches have good reasoning, classifying the encoding problem to two approaches: exact – when we know the form of document and searching for exact information, and general – when we need to go deeper in understanding one in order to be more robust and to try to get desired information that can vary in formal shape.
On the other hand, third article concerns analyzing useful data rather than obtaining it. It tries to derive structure of the trade network by analyzing orders and contracts between merchants. It makes a network of individual merchants and ranks them by their importance in the trade network. However, a lot of mistakes have been made here, because of non-conventional addressing between merchants – one merchant can have more different nicknames or more of them can have the same name, thus model faced a lot of inconsistencies. This was one example that shows how hard it is to derive nicely classified information in a big system. Proposal in the article is to observe rather smaller instances of the system and later to combine them into a global outline that fits best. For example, observe pairs of merchants and rank them mutually in order to combine rankings into a global one that is most logical.
To conclude, there is big variety of different encoding and text analysis techniques; here we underlined some of them that seem to be promising in the future work. As we said, upcoming mass digitization will force these techniques to be developed rapidly in the next years, hoping that soon we will be able to infer important conclusions analyzing formal text.
[1] Encoding Historical Financial Records
[2] Expanding the Interpretive and Analytical Possibilities for Understanding Slavery and Emancipation in Washington, DC
[3] Inferring Social Rank in an Old Assyrian Trade Network


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All runners announce their entry into the sport with the most basic of athletic actions: A step. A simple foot plant that leads to millions more; some faster, some slower; at home and around the world; in sun, blizzard and driving rain; on pavement, dirt, mud, gravel, sand, grass and oval all-weather tracks with eight lanes that measure exactly 400 meters around. A splendid step, a quiet step, a lonely step; born of some inner dialogue, some longing to be different, to be -- not the best -- but at least better.
The step takes less than a second. Doubts are silenced in that whisper of time. Lives are changed.
Almost every runner, even now, can trace their first step to 1967, when a Dallas physician named Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper published Aerobics. And so can I. Aerobics was running's version of Mao's red book, a revolutionary tome that spawned a movement and made us all see the world in a different way. It was as if the sun came up navy blue instead of orange one morning, then stayed that way evermore.
Aerobics has become synonymous with nylon/Lycra and synchronized group exercise set to pulsating synthesized music. There are substrata of aerobics like high impact and low impact and body pump and even spinning, which is basically aerobics on a stationary bike.
Back in 1967, aerobics (the term refers to oxygen consumption) meant just one thing: running. Dr. Cooper believed that a workout stressing the heart and lungs was a means of staying fit, a way to prevent keeling over at 40 from a massive clogging of the arteries. Thus, with one simple premise and a bestselling book, running ceased to be the sole domain of Olympians, fitness zealots and men like Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was considered eccentric for running three miles each day.
All that changed with Aerobics. Running was soon practiced by the masses.
Beginning to run
My Dad, as all this was going on, was a bomber pilot with a fondness for Spanish cigars and Bombay gin. He was also in danger of being pulled off flight status due to a bloated waistline and recently collapsed lung. In desperation, he took up aerobics.
We lived at Bunker Hill, an Air Force Base in Indiana soon to be renamed for hard-luck Apollo astronaut Gus Grissom. The base gym was sponsoring a hundred-mile club in order to encourage running. Members' names were posted on a laminated board near the towel window. For each mile run, a mark was added next to that person's name in red grease pencil. A hundred red marks and you were in the club.
I can't remember whether there was a T-shirt to celebrate the achievement or a next level for the truly ambitious, but at that time running a hundred miles was a very big deal. The club filled up quickly -- which is to say that the board, from top to bottom, was lined with names and red lines of varying lengths, like a horizontal bar graph.
My folks both signed up. They would run two to three miles at a time -- 10 laps around the gym's laminated, wooden basketball floor per mile. My little brother Matt and I would play beneath the fold out bleachers as they ran, always keeping one eye out for fallen change.
Sometimes we snuck over to the hundred-mile board and penciled phantom red marks next to my mom's name. We had noticed that another woman was running several miles more per week. It didn't seem right that she would get to a hundred first.
One day, having already penciled an auspicious amount of mileage on our mother's behalf, Matt and I came out from the shadow of the bleachers and spontaneously began running. My first step came with my little brother at my side, on planks of polished hardwood. Our goal was a mile. It seemed an impossible distance. When I think of how far a 50-mile trail run feels to me today, it was very much like how a mile felt back in 1967.
I was a small, awkward child, with skinny hips, a goofy smile that accentuated vampire-like canine teeth, and blond hair combed straight forward in bangs that ended an inch above my eyebrows. I looked like a very young, very towheaded version of George Harrison; or Moe, the stooge.
Matt was even smaller, with fiery red hair and huge blue eyes. We probably looked even younger than six and five as we ran those first tentative steps in our jeans and BX sneakers.
The gym was warm. It smelled of sweat, floor wax and leather basketballs. The basketball courts were busy with three-on-three games. The echo of dribbles on hardwood and the distant thwack of handball games in the nearby courts drowned out the sound of our own labored breathing.
Matt would go on to become a record-breaking collegiate runner. But on that day so long ago, he started walking after a few laps and then sat down. I pressed on. We had gone out too fast. I had to drastically cut back my pace to keep going.
After five laps I was about to quit, but the young airman working the towel counter yelled encouragement as I chugged past. I felt, for the first time in my life, the galvanizing burst of adrenaline that comes from being cheered. I kept going.
After seven laps I was close to stepping off the track when my parents lapped me and added their own words of praise. There was surprise in their voices and a relieved sort of pride, as if they'd been secretly worried that the athlete gene had skipped a generation. After eight laps I was fairly certain I would finish, but thought I might have to walk. But that would mean I had not technically run a mile. I put thoughts of walking out of my head.
After nine laps my legs were so heavy that the final circuit loomed like a mile unto itself. There was no thought about proper form or looking good. I just prayed that I would finish. Hail Marys. Our Fathers. Nonstop lobs to Heaven, pleading that God would carry me. I was a year from making my First Communion. Spontaneous prayer was as automatic as giving up chocolate for Lent.
With 30 yards left I kicked it in.
There was no cheering crowd at the finish line, only Matt, who wasn't all that impressed. But hearing my folks talk as we stepped out into the humid Indiana summer and squeezed into our Ford Country Squire, you would have thought I'd just made the Olympic team. When I watched Jim Ryun on television the next year, racing Kip Keino in Mexico City, I began to dream of doing just that.
On the day I ran my first mile I didn't understand the concept of something "coming naturally." But I had learned that distance running wasn't so tough. In fact, I liked it very much.
I've considered myself a runner ever since. It is a time that encompasses, literally, the entire modern running movement.
Built to run
We are born to run, all of us. The human body is designed specifically for loping miles at a time. We are blessed with splendid and pronounced buttocks (necessary for, of all things, balance), narrow hips, a small and well-balanced head, short toes and a spectacular jack-of-all-trades ligament running from the base of the skull clear down to the thoracic vertebrae. This not only forms a natural shock absorber for the brain, but also helps the arms and shoulders counterbalance the head while running.
These characteristics have nothing to do with walking. The bones, tendons and muscles necessary for long distance running are quite different than those required for a casual saunter.
Most of all, we have the Achilles tendon to thank for our running ability. The human Achilles is a marvel, a taut cable stretching from the back of the heel clear up the lower leg until it almost reaches the back of the knee. Apes, by comparison (who walk on their knuckles, lack a rear end of any dimension and balance ponderous skulls atop thickly muscled shoulders) have a nub of an Achilles. This prevents them from storing and releasing the mechanical energy necessary to run.
So we are truly all runners, genetically programmed to handle roughly 15 miles each and every day. Even during long (or, in the case of some, lifetime) hiatuses, the primal tug to run whispers in our ear. In that way, being a lapsed runner is like being a lapsed Catholic: Whether out the front door of your house or into the front door of the church, you're always just one step away from being right back in.
Martin Dugard is an Active Expert and the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Lance (Little, Brown, 2005). Contact him at www.martindugard.com.
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Maybe you're finding your legs on the singletrack, or perhaps you're just dirt-curious? Either way, the Rockhopper Sport 29 is the only bike you need to live out your trail fantasies. It places a focus on long haul performance, and we're not talking about 100-mile trail rides. Its corrosion-resistant hardware is built to last, while all of the components are purposely selected for their balance of strength and capability. And setting everything over the top is our Trail 29 Geometry that's guaranteed to leave you feeling planted, confident, and efficient out there on the dirt.
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What was supposed to be a cheerful holiday spent with family and friends, quickly became a day Lawrence Johnson wishes had never happened.
It was Christmas morning when a fire engulfed the Main Street Café in Meredosia.
The restaurant had only been opened for five years when tragedy struck.
Restaurant owner Lawrence Johnson says when he first heard the news, he thought it was all a bad dream.
"Yeah, it couldn't have happened at a worse time," Lawrence said. "We'd planned to have our Christmas dinner here, you know, the family and everybody, so everything was here."
Lawrence says he feels bad and worried about his employees.
Cory Johnson is Lawrence's son and a volunteer fireman in Meredosia ... he was also one of the first on the scene.
"It was very upsetting because, you know we put time and hours and everything into everything we do here, and try to make sure that we give quality food to the community and everything surrounding it," Cory said. "It's just devastating to know that it's all gone."
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Written on: 05/08/2014 by Wyatt295 (1 review written)
I would like to talk about three pistols made by Daisy. Daisy 617x and 622x and Daisy 008. Daisy Daisy 617x and 622x are same from looking just different in caliber. Actually I found out the two other differences; the rifling of 617 deeper, the piece that rotate mag of 617 longer and thinner. when it comes to 008 has real similar mag as 617 except it dose hold two more shots. I would say Daisy 617x and 622x better made than 008. Both barrel locks for 617 and 622 are able to settle down the… Read Full Review
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This is my review how come it become someone else review???
Written on: 24/05/2009
This Daisy Powerline 617x is a great gun! the first one I bought though broke somehow and so did my friends. The O ring inside the pressure compartment got knocked out of alignment on both guns allowing the gas to just SHOOT out very fast. My new one has had none of these problems and shoots great… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/05/2009 by Dainorin712 (4 reviews written)
The Daisy Powerline 617x is a decent inexpensive gun. It's definitely powerful, ~430fps for pellets & ~480fps for BBs (CO2 repeaters don't go much beyond this). Accuracy is good up to 30', and it can plink even further. Double action feels alright, but in single action the trigger feel is poor. The hammer also wants to overcock. The gun's mostly plastic, so it feels pretty cheap, but having dropped it several times I can say it's pretty durable. However, watch it when you're cleaning. The… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/01/2009
Overall as i said the 617x is a good beginner gun and i recomend it to people wishing to take up the sport however i wouldn't recomend it to a profesional because it's acuracy could be better and the pistol tends to jam up… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/09/2008 by npa4863 (1 review written)
It'S a very good gun tho. I can shoot a crab apple from 25 feet, and I'm not good at shooting. Nice power. Those 6 shots go fast… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/08/2008 by AirGunswithDan (1 review written)
The Daisy Powerline is definitely the best bb gun ive ever bought (the best pistol). This gun has great power for the price at 485 its one of the most powerful guns on the market for under 100$.acurracy i can hit cans at 60 ft. Pretty durable ive dropped it a few times nothing happens. And for those people that say it pops up.. it doesnt as long as you line up the rotary clip… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/07/2008 by RamsesTK117 (1 review written)
Yeah, it's a fantastic gun, so don't let those bad points of mine let you down or anything, they could just certainly be improved on. Especially the rotary action. It's pretty unreliable if you look at exactly how it actually works. And mine stopped working correctly; the gun spins the clip to chamber the round, fires it, and then when you let go of the trigger, the mechanism that spins the clip goes back to its resting position for the next shot, but when mine does so, it catches on the clip… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/03/2008 by CuneydO (1 review written)
Ok so I just got this gun a while ago and I have to thank Pyramid Air for the shipping, it was great and fast, it came 3-5 days early. :) When I first held this gun I knew it was special, for an incredible price of $60 this gun is a must have! Usually a gun this strong is atleast $150. So anyway way after shooting plastic cups from about 30 yards, and the BBs going (these cups were very strong, a 315FPS gun could not even go through one side from about an inch away they weren't the same cups… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/03/2008
I definately loved this gun, well first I have to thank Pyramid Air for shipping, it said the gun would come on Feb 18th-21st or something like that but it came on the 115th. Now lets talk about power. I don't see how this gun ONLY shoots 485FPS! I shot a plastic cup with my 315FPS airsoft gun from about an inch or less away and it only put a dent in it. Now this gun I shot a plastic cup from about a good 30-50 yards away and still went through both sides! The aim on this gun is very good, the… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/12/2007 by 617xblows (1 review written)
Being a daisy I at least expected it to FIRE. These clips just do not seem to work!… Read Full Review
Written on: 25/11/2007 by 1830 (1 review written)
good for your money.remember if you like blowback guns do not buy this.blowback guns are ALWAYS less powerful.this is the most powerful pistol you can buy for 50 bucks!!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/02/2007 by thepaladin (49 reviews written)
I like this little pistol. I'd like the CO2 twist key to be a little less obvious, but it's handy. A lot of people seem to have trouble with the fixed sights, I haven't. You will have to use a little of what we used to call Ky windage, but the pistol is pretty accurate. Use pellets, stay away from BB's if you want accuracy.
For the money (especially )good buy. I would recommend this pistol… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/08/2014
good review, just wonder Daisy 008 and 617 which one better
Written on: 08/12/2006 by Snaredrummer (1 review written)
I bought this gun for personal safety use, as an 18 year old that can't quite get a hold of a Concealed permit until 21 without any millitary background. I could hit a bottlecap from 10 yards off of a table. The sight is not adjustable, but it doesn't really need to be with how accurate the gun is in the first place. This gun is great for its price especially...no more 1008 for meh :-D… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/03/2006 by alphabravo (1 review written)
This Daisy Powerline 617x pistol is a great buy, the only problem is the opening hatch which has tendency to pop up when firing. However, instead of returning this well crafted airgun. I have found a way to keep this from happening without effecting the gun's performance. Simply open the latch so that the clip is exposed, then look near the hinge and you will see the spring that assists the opening action, gently pull it out with tweezers and you're good to go. Just open the latch manually… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/02/2006 by James Underwood (13 reviews written)
This is a fun gun, no doubt about it. I am usually leery of CO2 guns, and I bought this Daisy Powerline 617x on a whim, probably because it looked like a Beretta.
At first heft I was pleased that the gun had some weight to it. On further inspection I realized this was due to the metal frame and inner workings of the gun, which may be cheap metal, but are at least better than plastic.
I was also pleased when shooting the gun - it is remarkably accurate. It's a "compromise" gun, designed for… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/12/2005 by Penn (1 review written)
I bought Daisy Powerline 617x a month ago. A good performer from day one. I bought it for self-defense as I currently live in South Africa. But now I enjoy using it for fun. This machine is very accurate. I'm not at all a good shooter and never used a gun before. Last week I tried to hit coke can from 10 meters away and I could easily hit them. Now I tried to hit 25 meters away. I got 2 out of 3 shots and one right in the center. I used the TRUGLO fiber optic front sight and it's very… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/12/2005 by alex6392 (1 review written)
I bought my Daisy Powerline 617x from a local well known gun shop it look good and is very light, but that's were the good points end. Mine would not fire and the barrel kept opening when I fired it. Also the index is not right. They are no good for match card shooting, ok for plinking e.g shooting cans of a wall no good for serious shooters. They are quite pricey for what they are. if you are a serious shooter in competitions I would not recommend this pistol. But if you are just wanting have… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/02/2007
Hi. If you read the other reviews you probably know this, but almost everybody ends up pulling the spring out of the barrel assembly. That will stop the popping up.
Written on: 04/08/2014
i have both 617 and 622 , i also have umarex Beretta and cp 88 , cp99 ,i would say daisy 617 and 622 are good co2 pistol. The problem is you putting long pellet or pointed pellet it could have make barrel open and it may damage the barrel lock. try a flat pellet.
Written on: 27/03/2005 by Animal 007 (1 review written)
This Daisy 617x pistol is the first CO2 powered pistol I have ever owned. I am a genuine handgun shooter with several pistols and revolvers of differt makes and calibers. I am surprised and very pleased with both the power and accuracy of the Daisy. It has got to be the best choice for anyone who cannot afford the expesive target models available. I love the gun and use it for shooting pesty pigeons, and I rarely ever miss a shot. Equally accurate with BBs, round nose pellets, or high… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/04/2005
I should have added to my review that although the rear sight has no obvious adjustment, it is still quite simple to modify it's position if you need to correct any sighting error. And never file down the front sight, as that will not help. It is the bright red dot that is supposed to be placed at the top of the rear sight notch, not the top of the black plastic front sight. Make any needed correction at the rear sight only. Up, down, right, or left... it's really quite simple.
Written on: 17/03/2005 by Jimw (1 review written)
I bought the Daisy Powerline 617x at Wal-mart after my son got one, His worked great! Mine was a dog. I couldn't hit anything and I'm not that bad a shot.
I returned it and bought another one hoping something was wrong with the first one.
The second one worked great right out of the "box". I am hitting pop cans at 25 yds consistently.
I think the 617X is a very good air pistol for the price. if you get the right one… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/03/2005 by jmurda (2 reviews written)
I got the Daisy Powerline 617x gun last September. At first I thought that it was going to be weak but after I used my thoughts changed. The gun could shoot through centimetre thick glass vases without shattering them. This gun looks like the actual beretta f 92 also has a good feel in the hand (solid). The co2 tanks can be left in for months without leakage and is very accurate and nothing should break.
lets talk power the 617x is one of the most powerful pistols out their. I mean at 425fps+… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/03/2005
No offence but about 50% of what you said is not true!

The power of the 617 is quite average for a CO2 pistol, Actually I think that the velocity is closer to 400fps (with a pellet); guns with 6in barrels have velocity of about 425fps (Daisy only has 4 ¼ in)

The fact that 617 fires both pellets and bb's means that the accuracy is compromised. There are some really weak airrifles that shoot at the same velocities as 617, but most are 550-1200fps.

Real handguns shoot at about 800-1600fps, and not 2000+ (depending on a caliber and load), but that doesn't mean that airguns (@400fps) have half the power of real guns. For example 9mm handgun has muzzle energy of about 325-400 ft-lb, .177 airguns with velocities of 400fps are about 2.5 ft-lb, so you can see the difference is HUGE (BTW there are a LOT of more powerful calibers than 9mm)

Also hunting with such underpowered guns is just inhumane!

Just curious what kind of groups (in inches) are you getting at about 7-10m?

Ps: I have a Umarex Beretta 92, which is an overall better gun; all metal (but about 3 times the price)
Written on: 18/03/2005
well, most multi shot 'replica' types of airguns are up to 450fps in .177 caliber; Not enough power for hunting anything (humanly). Single shot pistols are usually more powerful, but even they don't go over 500fps. If you want a cheep but (relatively) powerful pistol I would recommend a Crosman 2240; a single shot .22 @ 460 fps, they go for around $50.

Rifles a usually more powerful up to 1200 fps in .177 or 800 fps in .22. That why it's a lot easier to get the 'right' power in a rifle.

For under $120 I would recommend a Crosman 2250XT. A .22 caliber single shot CO2 rifle

@550 fps gives you around 8 ft-lb of energy (not bad compared to 2.5 with Daisy) comes with a scope too.

I'm not really into rifles so if you want do some more research

go to www.pyramidair.com they have a lot to choose from...

check out http://groups.msn.com/AirCO2pistolsForum
Written on: 18/03/2005
Thanks for your honesty. I get groups of a little less than an inch at 7-10 meters. about hunting small animals I noticed that the 617x doesn't have the power to kill in the first few shots. when I shot a squirrel in a high tree it fell out the tree and was just limping around and I had to finish it but it took five shots of gamo magnum pointed pellets. but I agree that it is not humane. I want a pistol/rifle that can kill a medium size animal in a few shots. do you have any suggestions? without going over $120
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Guilderland Archives The Altamont Enterprise, June 3, 2010
Lynnwood Elementary honored for teaching the whole child
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
GUILDERLAND Lynnwood Elementary is one of four schools in New York State being honored for teaching the whole child.
"It's almost like The Wizard of Oz," said Lynnwood's principal, James Dillon, referring to the scene where the Scarecrow gets a diploma as an outward recognition of the brains he had all along.
"We've educated the whole child for years. It's no surprise," said Dillon yesterday. "But it's nice to get some recognition…We give kids a lot of different ways to succeed. It is nice to get external validation."
This is the first year that the New York State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development has given the Educating the Whole Child for the 21st Century Award.
Anthony Mellow, the executive director of NYSASCD, told The Enterprise yesterday, "Our board decided to be advocates for the whole child approach by selecting individual schools as models." The practices used by the selected schools will be posted on the NYSASCD website, he said, and written about in its journals and newsletters.
Mellow described the not-for-profit international ASCD as the largest educational group in the world with 180,000 members in 80 countries around the world.
"ASCD is very much in favor offaccountability," he said. "But we object to one test for determining a child's success."
The ASCD whole-child initiative is meant to encourage communities to work with their schools to see that each student is challenged in a healthy and supportive environment.
The national group, Mellow said, is not aligned with any unions, but pushes for legislation that will benefit the whole child.
He summed up the whole child movement this way, "If a child doesn't feel safe, he won't learn. He must feel both physically safe and intellectually safe. You have to feel free in order to learn."
Dillon read about the award which is billed as a celebration rather than a competition in an ASCD journal and decided Lynnwood should apply. An application was filled out showing how Lynnwood met each of these criteria:
Clearly articulated goals for all five whole-child tenets healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged;
Relationship of the whole-child emphasis to the school's stated vision or mission;
Evaluation data as to measure of success of whole-child tenets;
Evidence to the degree which whole child tenets are being implemented; and
Degree of collaboration with stakeholders in promoting the focus of whole-child tenets.
After the application was submitted, a team of evaluators visited Lynnwood. They observed a student newscast, talked to parents, visited Lynnwood's outdoor fitness trail, and ate in the school's cafeteria.
"It's funny, they said they just enjoyed themselves here," said Dillon of the evaluators' daylong visit.
Mellow said that 21 schools sent in applications and a dozen completed the process. "A committee of educators rated the applications on a rubric," he said and then visited the finalists.
Many of the schools that were too late for the first year are interested in applying for next year, he said. Public, parochial, charter, and independent schools are all eligible to apply for the award.
The three schools selected for the award, besides Lynnwood are described by Mellow this way: Port Jervis Middle School, in a small city near the Pennsylvania border, the Pine Grove Middle School in the Minoa School District in East Syracuse, and the Lima Primary School in western New York near Rochester.
The award will be formally presented to Lynnwood Elementary School at the June 8 meeting of the Guilderland School board. The school will receive a professional library of 15 books, a banner, and a plaque.
The award will cap Dillon's career in education. He is retiring after being Lynnwood's principal for 17 years.
He credits the entire school community teachers, staff, parents, and the students themselves for Lynnwood's success.
"People need to see it's important to look beyond test scores," he concluded. "You want people to develop a love of school and lifelong learning."


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Discussion in 'College Football & the NFL Draft' started by amazingandre, Feb 3, 2007.
i would say yes!!!!!!!we would be lucky to have him at the 3rd round pick 9
I would say yes as well. However, after seeing how we passed on the hometown boy Vince Young last year, I would be willing to bet that Cleveland doesn't make the same mistake with their hometown boy Troy Smith. I'm expecting Cleveland to pick Troy a few picks ahead of us in the 3rd round.
lol these choices make no sense. What about an option for Yes, I'd be ok drafting him in rounds 4-6 or 2-3 etc
b/c it is more fun this way.....and i made the thread lol j/k..........
No we don't need him
our of curiousity old football fan why?
I'm sick and tired of all the "non-winners" on here that STILL think David Carr can lead us to the playoffs, and eventually to the Super Bowl. I think it's time we stop looking to how the Oilers may have done things in the past. Let's go out and get Kevin Kolb in the 3rd round, since Smith will probably be off the board, most likely to the Cleveland Browns. What's up with everybody coming here (player or coach) having a prior Denver Bronco or Houston Oiler connection?! That's getting kind of old too. Go get the best guy, no matter where he's from.
I just don't think he is a good fit for us. Neither is Kolb. From what I have heard John Beck, from BYU, would be a better fit. They say he has good arm strengh good foot work and is good at reading defenses, but I'm not a scout so what do I know.
wow john beck.............averaged a league best 323.8 yards passing per game.........wow thats impressive......but i found this......Dave Thompson's Scouting Report:
John Beck looks to be a top 10 QB, perhaps going as early as the third round, but more realistically probably fourth or even fifth round. His age (at 25) is a concern, as well as being a product of the BYU system that typically plays weaker teams. His arm strength is average, but his strengths include his accuracy and great decision-making ability, thus avoiding turnovers. He also has a pretty quick release and a good presence in the pocket. His height is average for a QB, and is shorter than the premier QBs in this year's draft (Quinn is 6'4 and Russell is 6'6). 25??????kinda old....but could be ok with kubiack as his coach....i say get him if there in the 5th.........
Who's to say that Quinn does'nt fall to them in the first. He's the hometown kid too...
good point I do remember Brady saying he grew up a Browns fan
Don't worry, that doesn't stop others on this board from speaking in certainty.
Even though Kitna had a pretty good year, no way in my mind does Detroit pass on Brady Quinn...no way!
ya but how much money do they have (lions) they may go ol or dl if they dont have too much......
Like i said on another thread, THIS IS MATT MILLEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. Expect the unexpected...
while not as enthusiastic as andre, i think troy smith is a great value in the third round and shouldnt be passed if he fell that far. van pelt isnt a starting option, and carr's welcome has worn out (whether he stays or not), so quarterback is a position of need.
i only endorse this pick if we draft an offensive lineman in the first or second round however. we NEED to pick up a first day O-lineman.
I say no. The opp cost is still too high.
Probable round 1/2 Texan scenarios (absent any moves):
Under those scenarios, I do wonder if we can "afford" to draft a QB in the 3rd.
I said no but it depends on who else is available. If Smith is the PBA then yes I think we should, BUT if there are CB, S, O-Line, D-Line, or LB prospects that rate as high then I say no, I think we need to address those problems first, if not then sure lets pull the trigger! It also depends on what we do in the first 2 rounds, imo.
i agree if he is the bpa......i am hoping for our 1st 3 rounds to go as followed........levi brown at 8......i think that with our current situation this wont be a reach b/c it is a player in which we desperately need therefore why wait until the later rounds where the opposition gets worse?????? then with the 2nd round pick i think chris houston, brandon merriweather, eric weddle, or if lucky daymeion hughes......then in the 3rd if we get lucky yet again troy smith......hey maybe when or maybe in 07 right?
On the one hand he's the Heisman and has a rocket arm... on the other hand, he has a major weakness that has been exploited. He's good when he gets out of the pocket, bad when penned in. He should be worth a 3rd rd. pick based on talent alone... but probablyy not a #2 like I thought, and I could understand why some teams would consider him unworthy of a 1st day pick.
I think this is one of the few offenses where he could thrive, based on the primacy of the run game, moving the pocket/bootlegs, and value of the PA deep ball. But ultimately he'll fail in big moments if he can't find a way to handle a speed rush, step into the pocket and throw over the line.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Vince Wilfork was a champion as a rookie with the New England Patriots. So, he wondered, how hard could it be to win the Super Bowl every year?
After the past seven seasons without another title, he has his answer.
"Winning one early in my career, you kind of get the sense that it happens like this all the time, but it doesn't," the defensive tackle said. "It's very, very hard to win at this level, at any level."
His college teammate at Miami, Andre Johnson, never reached the playoffs in his first eight seasons with the Houston Texans. He finally got there last year. Today, he faces Wilfork and the Patriots in a divisional-round game.
"It means a lot," the wide receiver said. "It makes you appreciate all the tough times you went through to get to this point."
The Patriots (12-4) have a rich tradition of three titles in four years before the current championship drought. They won nine of their last 10 games, are coming off a bye and are heavily favored, having routed Houston 42-14 Dec. 10.
The Texans (13-4) have a poor history with just two postseason wins in 11 years of existence. They lost three of their last four regular-season games, then edged the Cincinnati Bengals 19-13 Jan. 5 in the wild-card round.
Those differences aside, both teams are hungry to keep the season going – all the way to a Super Bowl triumph.
New England nearly won it last season, falling to the New York Giants 21-17 on a last-minute touchdown. That was a huge disappointment for special teams captain Matthew Slater, a rookie in 2008 who wasn't part of any of the championships. He didn't even win a playoff game in his first three seasons.
"To be able to come as close as we did last year and have past failures in my previous seasons here, it just drives you and motivates you more," he said. "We don't feel like we've accomplished anything. We don't feel like we've arrived at all because it's all for naught unless you do something in the postseason. We're very driven, very motivated, very focused."
Focused on the future.
The past – that 28-point romp last month – has no bearing on the rematch, coaches and players from both teams insist.
"I think it's a bunch of garbage," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "The game will have its own elements and it will write its own story."
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt is tired of all the talk about that beating his team took.
"Obviously, we didn't play good last time we were up there," he said. "I don't think we need to keep rehashing it. I think we just need to play our style of football."
That style depends on Arian Foster running the ball. Do that well and the Texans can maintain possession and keep Tom Brady and the Patriots' league-best offense on the sideline.
It worked last Saturday against much weaker competition. The Texans outgained the Bengals 420 yards to 198 and held the ball for 38:49 compared to 21:11 for Cincinnati. Foster ran 32 times and caught eight passes, a total of 40 plays. The Bengals had just 48 plays all game.
And Foster's 140 yards rushing made him the only player with at least 100 in each of first three playoff games.
"There's nothing he can't do," Texans offensive coordinator Rick Dennison said. "He catches the ball extremely well. He blocks very well. The little things, as far as seeing somebody, it's almost like a chess move. He knows a couple moves ahead when a guy is coming so he doesn't take a solid shot."
The weak link could be quarterback Matt Schaub. He threw for more than 4,000 yards for the third time in four years, but in his last five games has just one touchdown pass and four interceptions. His passer rating against the Patriots of 68.8 was his third lowest of the season.
But now that he's gotten past the first postseason game of his career, he expects a much better performance.
Brady's next postseason win will be his 17th, breaking a tie with Joe Montana for the most by any quarterback.
Falcons try to end playoff woes: It's 2010 all over again for the Atlanta Falcons.
Just like two seasons back, the Falcons finished 13-3 in the regular season. Once again, they have the top seed and home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs.
This time, they vow they're mature enough to make the most of the opportunity.
The Falcons will try to end their recent trend of first-game postseason exits today when they play the streaking Seattle Seahawks in the divisional playoffs. The Falcons had a first-round bye last week while rookie quarterback Russell Wilson led Seattle to a 24-14 comeback win at the Washington Redskins.
The Seahawks (12-5) bring a six-game winning streak to Atlanta.
Atlanta had never managed back-to-back winning seasons before a new era began in 2008 with general manager Thomas Dimitroff, coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan. The Falcons have five straight winning records and four playoff seasons, including three straight.
So far, all the regular-season success has led only to postseason disappointment. Smith and Ryan are 0-3 in the postseason, including a home loss to Green Bay in 2010 and an ugly 24-2 loss at the Giants last year.
The Falcons say they've learned from the playoff defeats and are better prepared this year.
"We've been here in the past before and now we're more mature," said safety Thomas DeCoud. "We know what we can and cannot do.
"It's a sense of pride, more of an internal sense of pressure rather than anything external. As professional athletes we all want to go out there and perform well and get this monkey off our backs, so to speak."
The Falcons can only marvel at Wilson's ability to pull off a road win in his first playoff game. Wilson completed 15 of 26 passes for 187 yards and ran for 67 yards in last week's win. Seattle overcame a 14-0 deficit to beat the Redskins.
Wilson, a third-round pick, has outlasted Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III in the playoffs.
"My expectations are very high," Wilson said. "That's allowed me to be where I am today. If I listen to everybody who said I can't do it, there's no way I could play in the National Football League, there's no way I'd be starting in the National Football League. There's no way I'd be here today."
Center Todd McClure, in his 13th season, is the only holdover from the last Atlanta team to win a playoff game, in 2004.
"I feel like this is the best team I've been on since I've been here," McClure said. "I'm not just saying that. I feel like this is the best opportunity I've had and we've had to make a run. We have to go out on Sunday and execute. We have to play our best football to win this game and I think we're ready for it."
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AMERICAN CANYON -- Whether it's the size of swimming classes or the size of a new housing development's lots, this city is listening to its residents' views like never before.
Or as City Councilwoman Belia Ramos Bennett said recently, community engagement is not simply a suggestion, "it's how we roll."
American Canyon's effort at listening more closely is just a few years old and appears to be part of a growing trend among municipalities, such as Walnut Creek and even Vallejo, with its participatory budgeting.
American Canyon's community engagement moves have their own identity, one top official says.
"Vallejo's participatory budget efforts are excellent and well-suited for the city of Vallejo's needs," American Canyon City Manager Dana Shigley said of the neighbor to the south.
"Vallejo has suffered financially over the past several years, and is working toward fiscal recovery," she added. "Asking its citizens about budget priorities, and even letting them make some spending decisions directly, are excellent ways to work toward building community trust and being sure their resources get devoted to the projects where they are most wanted."
Defining moments
Shigley said her city's needs are different. Having largely escaped fiscal disaster, officials believe American Canyon most needs to define itself, she explained.
"(Ours) is a relatively young city, just 22 years old, and half that time was spent growing like crazy with new homes," she said. "With so many new residents and so many long-time residents, we often find conflicts or uncertainty about what the community wants to be. A quiet commute suburb? Wine-centric Napa neighbor? Tourist destination? If so, for what? Family-focused community? Or a little bit of many things?"
Stakeholders were asked those questions and the answers will be formed into a strategic plan.
There are already examples of this concept at work, Shigley said.
"Most notably, right now, we have a citizen steering committee providing input on the Canyon Estates and Watson Ranch residential developments," she said. "They've provided direction concerning architectural style, site design, lot sizes, features, and other aspects of the projects."
These projects will eventually be presented to the entire community in workshops and meetings, Shigley said.
"I can guarantee you that these two projects will come out much different after going through this process than they would have been if staff had simply processed the applications like normal," Shigley said. "The projects will be better, and more in keeping with the community's interests."
Vision, strategies coming
Meanwhile, the effort to define the city has begun, with public workshops aimed at taking what's been learned during a nine-month information-gathering process and turning it into a vision, a set of values and goals, a mission statement and a strategy for reaching them.
Outreach coordinator Deanna Parness said some 1,200 people have participated in one way or another -- in focus groups, workshops, surveys or gatherings -- so far, "a lot in a city this size."
In 2011, officials decided to create a way to engage residents in decisions, and the culture in City Hall has changed as a result.
For instance, client input resulted in a restructuring of swim classes offered by the Parks & Recreation Department, director Creighton Wright said.
"We started this last year doing surveys, especially in summer, to ask people how they felt about the department's offerings, in the swim programs specifically, and two main themes emerged -- there were not enough lessons; they were always full and there was not enough space," Wright said. "Second, people wanted the kids-to-instructor ratio to be smaller."
Staff crunched numbers and devised a plan, he said.
"What we came up with is we reduced the ratios, which had been 4 to 1 and now it's 3 to 1 at the preschool level," Wright said. "Also, we reduced class time to be able to add more classes, taking eight minutes off each class, and found there's not actually any less instruction.
"Before the surveys we really didn't have a good mechanism for parents to give us good feedback," Wright said.
More than listening
The resident-business involvement in decisions is more than officials simply listening.
"The standard is now engagement instead of exchange with limited citizen input," Parness said. "(Engagement) has been a tool, but, now it's a style in American Canyon. It builds relationships, promotes transparency and promotes the city as friendly and interested. It's a new way, a different way, to run a city."
There was no particular incident that sparked the greater interaction movement, Shigley said.
"When I came here (in 2011), the council expressed to me a desire to step up our community engagement," Shigley said. "There seemed to be a disconnect with the community on how to grow, so, we decided to get as many people involved, get as much feedback, as possible."
Several facts make the city's new approach possible and desirable, Shigley said.
"There are so many people of different ages, ethnicities and economic levels in this city, and the occasional press release wasn't getting through to the diverse community," she said.
New methods v old ways
Technology that wasn't available before, like Facebook, Nextdoor, weekly e-mail updates, along with "old fashioned press releases," are now employed, she said.
"We recognize that our community is so diverse you need to broaden your horizons on how you reach out," Shigley said. "It's important for people to offer their feedback."
City workers who have done things a different way for a long time, don't necessarily embrace the new attitude right off the bat, Shigley said.
"There is sometimes a reluctance among staff at all levels concerned about losing control. It can be unnerving to local government officials. It can be scary to have so many people involved in the decision -making process," she said. "We've done a good job of overcoming that fear, because it's not a control issue. And once you start down that path, you find it's not scary at all. It helps us do a better job."
At least some longtime city residents say they've noticed and appreciate the new effort.
Barry Christian, an open space committee member, said, "It keeps getting better and better. The city creates and sponsors these committees, and they listen to people."
American Canyon Chamber of Commerce President James Cooper said he's impressed by what he's seen.
"With the business community specifically, I sense a strong desire from the city to engage, and they do seem to be listening," Cooper said. "I feel it's an honest effort by officials to really engage residents and businesses. It seems like it's genuine and a fairly strong effort and something I've been happy to see evolving."
City Councilwoman Joan Bennett said one reason American Canyon can take this new approach is because of its relatively small size.
"We're small enough not to have to do things the same way everybody else does," she said.
Since community engagement is working so well, Councilman Mark Joseph said the council should consider doing do the same with good customer service.
"Citizen engagement is how we need to do business," said Joseph, once American Canyon's city manager. "It's like technology was a goal once and now it's just part of how we operate."
Contact staff writer Rachel Raskin-Zrihen at (707) 553-6824 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at Rachelvth.
Through its workshops, focus groups and surveys, American Canyon officials have devised the following proposed vision and mission statements:
* Vision Statement -- American Canyon... Home to an engaged, diverse community; Destination for outdoor recreation and natural beauty; Hub of opportunity and economic vitality.
* Mission Statement -- Our mission is to deliver exemplary services that are responsible to community priorities, ensure a healthy and sustainable organization and drive us toward our shared vision for the future.
Source: City of American Canyon
Surveys and workshops that brought together city staff, business owners and residents helped officials identify the following community priorities:
* Public safety -- 93 percent of survey respondents ranked this their first or second highest priority.
* Community and sense of place -- City character, community events, beautification and community identity were recurring themes, with sub-categories including building community relationships, which they see as including increased opportunities for low- and moderate-income housing, reestablishing a farmers market, a community gathering place.
Another sub-category included creating identifiable gateways into the city, improving Highway 29's "curb appeal" and establishing new guidelines for architectural and landscape style within certain areas.
* Economic Development and Vitality -- Attracting and expanding diverse business and employment opportunities. This, too, was broken into sub-categories, including, finding ways to improve opportunities for emerging/non-traditional retail business models like pop-up retail and food trucks and providing specialized small business assistance through permitting and related city requirements.
* Outdoors and Recreation -- Highly valued among residents and presents a "tremendous opportunity" for creating the unique city identity many desire. Achievable by enhancing recreation programs and events, and by developing capital plans and investing in parks and open spaces.
* Transportation -- People want to mitigate traffic problems and circulation, recognizing that some of this, particularly as it relates to Highway 29, is basically beyond the city's control. They hope to improve safety and access for bicycles and pedestrians.
* Infrastructure -- Develop and upgrade infrastructure resources to support sustainable growth. This includes finding a way to ensure a stable, long-term water supply, treating residential and industrial wastes effectively and efficiently and reducing flooding possibilities with improvements to the city's storm drain system.
* Quality services and organizational effectiveness -- If the city is to provide the services people want, they must do it efficiently, effectively and in an engaged and fiscally prudent way.
Source: City of American Canyon


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Oct. 4, 2010
Watch Martin's Punt Return for a Touchdown
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State junior Keshawn Martin has been named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the Spartans' 34-24 win over No. 11 Wisconsin last Saturday.
Martin accounted for 190 all-purpose yards against the Badgers, including a 74-yard punt return in the second quarter that gave Michigan State a 13-6 lead. It marked MSU's first punt return for a touchdown since 2002.
Overall, the junior wide receiver returned three kickoffs for 71 yards (23.7 avg.) and two punts for 83 yards (41.5 avg.) while hauling in two passes for 34 yards and adding a two-yard run.
In addition, Martin was also named the College Football Performance Awards National Punt Returner of the Week.
The Inkster, Mich., native has now been involved in a touchdown five different ways during his career - receiving (6 in his career), rushing (1 vs. Minnesota 2009), passing (1 vs. Notre Dame 2009), punt return (1 vs. Wisconsin 2010) and kickoff return (1 vs. Minnesota 2009).
This marks the second time in his career that Martin has been named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week. He also won the honor on Nov. 1, 2009, after accumulating 284 all-purpose yards, including a 93-yard kick return for a score, against Minnesota.


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I was fortunate to shoot Abel Gonzalez, a multiple winner of the Big Tex Choice Awards. His entry for this year is Fried Jambalaya. Click here to see photos of the finalists announced for this year's Big Tex Choice Awards. Less than a month to go until the Fair opens on Sept. 28.


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Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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- Decision aids for patients considering options affecting cancer outcomes: evidence of efficacy and policy implicationsA M O'Connor
A M O Connor, School of Nursing and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr . 1999..The clinical importance of these differences and the cost-effectiveness remain to be established. On the basis of this review, several recommendations for research are made, and dissemination issues are identified...
- How interested is the public in genetic testing for colon cancer susceptibility? Report of a cross-sectional population surveyI D Graham
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Hospital Loeb Research Institute, Ont
Cancer Prev Control 2:167-72. 1998....
- The Ottawa patient decision aidsA M O'Connor
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Eff Clin Pract 2:163-70. 1999..Shared decision-making programs, or patient decision aids, have been developed for difficult decisions in which patients need to consider benefits versus risks...
- Progress of clinical oncology guidelines development using the Practice Guidelines Development Cycle: the role of practitioner feedbackG P Browman
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Oncol 16:1226-31. 1998....
- Pain in pure and mixed aetiology venous leg ulcers: a three-phase point prevalence studyK A Nemeth
Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Wound Care 12:336-40. 2003..It also collated profiles of individuals with venous ulceration and described the characteristics of people with and without venous leg ulcer pain...
- A survey of Cambodian health-care providers' HIV knowledge, attitudes and intentions to take a sexual historyG Webber
Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J STD AIDS 20:346-50. 2009..Attitudes about taking a sexual history did not contribute to intention. Interventions with Cambodian health care providers should focus on improving skills in sexual history-taking...
- A multifaceted intervention to improve treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with wrist fractures: a cluster randomized trialA Cranney
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Osteoporos Int 19:1733-40. 2008..Compared to usual care, women in the intervention practices were three times more likely to receive bone mineral density testing and prescribed osteoporosis treatments...


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Casting Call for Short Film "A Simple Life" (Washington, DC)
Casting Call Details:
Penny T. Hollis Films is currently in pre-production for a new short film about the daily trials and tribulations that a homeless man faces on one gloomy day in Washington DC.
We are holding an open casting call on Saturday, April 25th at the Wonder Bread Factory 641 S Street NW Washington, DC 20001 from 12pm to 4pm
We will be casting for the following roles:
– Ben: African American Male, late 40s to late 50s,
– Stanford: African American Male, 40 to 50 years old
– Paulie: African American Male, 30s and over
– Shelter Worker: Caucasian Female, 30s and older
– Restaurant Worker: Asian or Latino Male, 20s to 30 years old
Please bring a professional headshot and resume as well as a short monologue of your choice. Script sides will be provided as well upon arrival for your audition read.
If you have additional questions or would like to submit your headshot and resume prior to the audition send all inquiries via the submission from below.
Thanks so much
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Audition Date: April 25, 2015
Project: A Simple Life – Short Film
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My research has led the development of a 4D X-ray based imaging modality that measures tissue motion with very high temporal and spatial resolution for very low levels of X-ray dose; a tool for capturing and analysing haemodynamic forces involved in platelet aggregation and thrombus growth; and more recently, development of a powerful imaging and modelling toolbox to study the developing embryo.
Through my research I have created imaging technology that can provide spatially resolved, quantitative information on biological processes that involve motion, such as blood flow and breathing. I have specifically focused on utilizing this technology to image dynamic processes to better understand normal physiology and how it is altered by disease. This imaging technology allows the in vivo determination of dynamic quantities, such as speed and direction of motion of cells and tissue, volume flows of liquids or gases, stretching and shearing of tissue or the shear created by the movement of fluids or gases over tissue and cells.
Use of these tools has led to significant research findings. The platelet aggregation study found that haemodynamic shear alone, in the absence of soluble agonists, could be responsible for platelet aggregation (published in Nature Medicine 2009). The 4D X-ray modality has the potential to revolutionise our understanding of the lungs and diseases that affect the lungs. Small animal studies in models of Cystic Fibrosis, neonatal ventilation, pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma have all demonstrated the effectiveness of this technology and are generating significant levels of attention from both academic and commercial interests, including the largest NHMRC Development Grant awarded to date to translate the technology to the clinic. The embryo toolbox has already generated findings in opposition to the current state of knowledge showing that during the 8-32 cell stage, development is controlled directly by the balance of forces within the embryo.
In December 2012, I founded a medical technology company called 4Dx, with a mission to improve global health by providing non-invasive imaging technologies to create a step change in the capacity of physicians to diagnose, treat and manage respiratory diseases.
Future Plans
The first in-human studies for 4Dx commenced in early 2015 to definitively demonstrate the value of this technology in the radiotherapy setting. Following enhanced cancer treatment, 4Dx technology will enter a phase of massive opportunity in other diagnostic uses, targeting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, asthma and occupational health. Technology variants and dedicated hardware will also allow 4Dx to enter the neonatal, paediatric, pharmaceutical and eHealth spaces, striving for excellence and influence in markets where the technology can make a significant contribution to global health.


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In sunny Los Angeles we have "diners" that play diner dress-up that I'm assuming are no where near the real NJ thing. I've always loved the copycats for what they were but I know I'm missing out.
Luckily in a couple weeks I'll be driving from Manhattan to Virginia Beach, VA along the I-95 and I think this would be a great chance to stop for a true diner experience.
So here is my question: Where can I stop along the I-95 for breakfast or even lunch that would do a thoroughly job at schooling me in what a true diner actually is.


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Broyhill Maddie Sofa, Beige
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- Create an oasis of elegance and relaxation with the Maddie Sofa as your decorating inspiration. Maddie has slightly splayed arms and tapered feet.
- Versatility and comfort
- With both 74' and 87' sofa lengths, Maddie works well in compact spaces or larger great rooms


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This morning on the subway I was reading Best American Sports Writing's 1998 edition, in particular a Sports Illustrated piece by Rick Telander about New York City playground ball. Telander, as you know, wrote the iconic Heaven is a Playground back in 1974, and in this SI piece, was going back to NY to see how (or if) the playground game had changed.
In one scene, he's talking to talent-finder Rodney Parker (R.I.P.), a central figure in Heaven who used to ball with Lenny Wilkens and had seen Dr. J and Wilt and all the legends who came through spots like Rucker Park and West 4th back in the day:
"I got a kid who's 15, he's gonna be the next Jordan," he said. "His name is Smoosh. There's gonna be a sneaker named after him. Six-one, with arms that make him six-four. Best skills I've ever seen. Ever. Want to meet him?"
"What's his real name?" I asked.
"I don't know. Smoosh, that's all. Want to meet him?"
Maybe another day.
It's be easy to make fun of the elder Parker for seeing so much in the kid we came to know as NBA washout Smush Parker, but we all have had players we thought would be The Next Big Thing that fell short of expectations — our own, their own, everybody's.
I watched Kenny Gregory at Kansas and thought he'd eventually be doing what Vince Carter has done in the NBA. I watched Greedy Daniels at UNLV and thought he was the second coming of Gary Payton. I watched Korleone Young in high school and thought he didn't need to go to college to play pro ball. I could make a whole starting five of players I thought would be NBA stars who never got that high, or just guys I thought would make the NBA period who didn't pan out. All of us can.
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Unreal Tournament 2004
Review by Bacde
"This Game Rocks!"
This game has got to be one of the best games I have ever seen or played in my life. Almost everything in the game was original, awesome and completely cool. There is also the glamorization of gore that most of the unreal series have been expected to bring (HEADSHOT). But then, why is it an 8/10?
Gameplay 9/10
Everyone knows that its the gameplay that makes up a game, and this gameplay is AWESOME. There are multiple different modes of play, such as the regular deathmatch, team deathmatch, Capture the flag, Double Domination, Bombing run, Last man standing, Invasion, Mutant, Assault, and Onslaught. Yup, count em, thats 10 different modes of play! You might think that you would be overwhelmed, because you won't. Why? Because the main type of game you will play multiplayer will be Onslaught, which isnt a good thing when you think about it, but you hardly even notice because of you are driving so many cars and just running over people.
Wait, is this Halo, or Unreal Tournament?
Yup, there are cars now, Halo really seems to have raised the standard for Different games. I have to say, the vehicles are AWESOME. With 8 vehicles including 2 tanks, 2 trucks, a hovercraft and 3 airships, this game will be intense. If vehicles dont float your boat, there are also the turrets, 4 of them, that can save the day in any game. If neither of these appeal to you, there are still 9 other modes of play with minimal vehicles. But still, seeing how most online games are onslaught, as infantry, you will feel outgunned.
Thats not a good thing, with 16 guns, 7 items, and the translocater, you would think that you would stand a fighting chance. Not likely. About the only gun that works is the avril (or the redeemer, but that works against anything). You would want to see all the weapons in use, but the vehicles are just too strong. (On a side note, one gun will actually repair your vehicles, which is cool).
Graphics 10/10
The Graphics are PERFECT... So I have heard. My computer can barely run the minimum, but then again, my computer is a piece of (fecal matter). Still, under minimum, the area is eye candy, and I can only marvel at how it would look at the best, you would actually think you are in the game.
Sound 10/10
The sound is just the same as the graphics, so here goes: The sounds are PERFECT... So I have heard. My computer can barely run the minimum, but then again, my computer is a piece of (fecal matter). Still, under minimum, the music and sound effects are like an angels, and I can only marvel at how it would sound like at the best, you would actually think you are in the game.
Story ?/10
Some games have stories, others dont. Although the creators of this game scrapped up a tiny little story to go with the game, it doesn't even make any sense. It doesn't matter, a game about killing with no story is my type of game :)
Score Analysis
Gameplay: 9/10
Graphics: 10/10
Sound: 10/10
Story: ?/10
Reviewer's Swing: 10/10
Bad Computer: 6/10
Whats with that last score? The 6/10? I didn't talk about that one did I? This game is on 6 CDs and takes up 5 gigabytes of memory. Simply put, ITS HUGE!!! If your computer cant run it (mine can't) It will be a much less grateful experience.
Thanks for reading :)
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 03/21/04
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Energizer to Buy J&J's Feminine Hygiene Business in US, Canada, Caribbean for $185M in Cash
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR) today announced an agreement to acquire the Stayfree® pad, Carefree® liner and o.b.® tampon feminine hygiene brands in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean from McNeil PPC, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Inc., members of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies for an aggregate purchase price of $185 million in cash. Included in the sale are all brand assets, and the Johnson & Johnson, Inc. manufacturing plant in Montreal, Canada. Energizer estimates that the acquisition will be modestly accretive in fiscal 2014. Closing is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approval, and is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as financial advisor to Energizer on this transaction.
© 2017 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.


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Abortion, FirstThoughts, Nobel Prize, NRO, Obama, PeacePrize, Unborn
Join Obama, not in his "peace" prize but rather his inability to avoid prenatal violence
According to Lisa Schiffrin at NRO:
Some people have noted that Barack Obama has not actually achieved peace, anywhere, or diminution of hostilities, or the destruction of even one nuclear weapon, (or even any of his domestic agenda). But, as the Nobel Committee announced, this award is about a new climate of hope.
Ironically, the fact that the unborn has not achieved certain powers and abilities it may only actualize in the future, and does not actualize in the present, is employed by some bioethicists to justify abortion. So, Obama's potential gets him the Nobel Peace Prize, while the unborn's potential, unfortunately, is not enough to avoid being awarded the prize of prenatal violence.


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These are the kinds of days Montee Ball probably had in his mind when he decided to return for another season at Wisconsin.
Ball dominated Purdue and set the Big Ten record for career touchdowns with his 72nd, passing fellow Badger Ron Dayne in Wisconsin's 38-14 win.
His record-tying run was a thing of beauty. Ball juked a defender at the line of scrimmage, then a quick cut inside fooled three more Purdue defenders. He cut the run upfield and outran everyone to the goal line for a 67-yard score, for his 71st touchdown and a career long run.
The record setter was typical Ball. He ran off left tackle near the goal line and wouldn't be denied, running strong through a Purdue defender to break the plane and get touchdown No. 72.
Ball's senior season hasn't been as prolific as his junior year, when he was a Heisman finalist. Coming into Saturday he was averaging just 4 yards per carry, down 2.3 yards from last year. He lost his first career fumble and suffered a concussion on the same play against UTEP. Not to mention the ugly incident when he was attacked on campus before training camp began.
This was a classic Ball performance. He had 247 yards and three touchdowns, ran exceptionally hard and showed good vision hitting the hole against Purdue's defense. Wisconsin kept its hopes of making the Big Ten title game alive. A season that looked like it was headed to disappointment, for player and team, looks like it could turn out OK.
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2 bedroom apartment for saleThursday Street, Haydon End, Swindon
Sold STC £89,950
Property Description
Key features
- Two Bedroom Apartment
- Top Floor
- Allocated Parking
- Separate Kitchen/Diner and Lounge
Full description
Two bedroom top floor apartment located in the residential area of Hayon End, North Swindon, with excellent access to the A419, local amenities and schooling. Accommodation offers lounge, kitchen/diner, two bedrooms, bathroom, allocated parking and is being offered with NO ONWARD CHAIN.
Connells are pleased to present this two bedroom top floor apartment located in the residential area of Hayon End, North Swindon, with excellent access to the A419, local amenities and schooling. Accommodation offers lounge, kitchen/diner, two bedrooms and bathroom. The property further benefits from allocated parking and is being offered with NO ONWARD CHAIN.
Internal Features
Ground Floor
Communal Entrance
Telephone entry system. Stairs rising to upper floors.
Apartment Details
Entrance Hall
Accessed via the communal entrance. Doors leading through to the lounge, kitchen/diner, both bedrooms and bathroom. Airing cupboard. Further storage cupboard.
Lounge 11' x 10' 6" ( 3.35m x 3.20m )
Double glazed window to front aspect. Electric heater. TV point. Telephone point.
Kitchen / Diner 13' 3" x 7' 11" ( 4.04m x 2.41m )
Double glazed window to front aspect. Fitted kitchen comprising wall and base units with work surfaces over. One bowl sink and drainer unit with splashback tiling. Integrated electric oven and electric hob with an extractor hood over. Space and plumbing for a washing machine. Space for fridge. Electric heater.
Bedroom One 12' 2" x 10' ( 3.71m x 3.05m )
Double glazed window to rear aspect. Electric heater.
Bedroom Two 10' 2" max x 7' 2" max ( 3.10m max x 2.18m max )
Double glazed window to rear aspect. Electric heater.
Suite comprising bath with shower. Pedestal wash hand basin. Low level WC. Part tiled. Extractor fan.
External Features
Parking is situated to the rear of the property. Allocated parking space for one vehicle.
From Connells offices proceed Westbound on Thamesdown Drive. At Junction 8 turn left into Taw Hill onto Thursday Street. As the road splits into two, the apartment block is located ahead of you and will be indicated by a Connells For Sale board.
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3: The measurements indicated are supplied for guidance only and as such must be considered incorrect.
4: Potential buyers are advised to recheck the measurements before committing to any expense.
5: Connells has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures, fittings or services and it is the buyers interests to check the working condition of any appliances.
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New Episode PhotosBy Amy
November 4, 2000 - 4:14 PM
Three different sites have posted three different sets of new pictures online. Firstly, we have new photos of next week's episode, 'Inside Man' at both the official site and UPN. Secondly, SFX Network have posted three photos taken behind the scenes at the shooting of upcoming Chakotay episode, 'Shattered'. Those pictures appear to be taken during the filming of one of the scenes featuring holonovel, 'Captain Proton', with Chaotica and one of his henchmen clearly visible, not to mention that robot that made such a nuisance of itself in 'Bride of Chaotica!'. Also on the set are Kate Mulgrew and Robert Beltran, production staff and a few, unidentified extras. Click here for the StarTrek.com pictures or here for UPN photos, while the first SFX photo can be found here, the second here and the third here.
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