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One device for measuring weight or mass is called a weighing scale or, often, simply a scale . A spring scale measures force but not mass, a balance compares weight, both require a gravitational field to operate. Some of the most accurate instruments for measuring weight or mass are based on load cells with a digital read-out, but require a gravitational field to function and would not work in free fall.
The measures used in economics are physical measures, nominal price value measures and real price measures. These measures differ from one another by the variables they measure and by the variables excluded from measurements.
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In the 1950s new psychiatric drugs, notably the antipsychotic chlorpromazine , were designed in laboratories and slowly came into preferred use. Although often accepted as an advance in some ways, there was some opposition, due to serious adverse effects such as tardive dyskinesia . Patients often opposed psychiatry and refused or stopped taking the drugs when not subject to psychiatric control.
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You can't prove truth, but using deductive and inductive reasoning, you can get close. Learn the difference between the two types of reasoning and how to use them when evaluating facts and arguments.
As odd as it sounds, in science, law, and many other fields, there is no such thing as proof — there are only conclusions drawn from facts and observations. Scientists cannot prove a hypothesis, but they can collect evidence that points to its being true. Lawyers cannot prove that something happened (or didn't), but they can provide evidence that seems irrefutable.
The question of what makes something true is more relevant than ever in this era of alternative facts and fake news. This article explores truth — what it means and how we establish it. We'll dive into inductive and deductive reasoning as well as a bit of history.
— Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
The essence of reasoning is a search for truth. Yet truth isn't always as simple as we'd like to believe it is.
For as far back as we can imagine, philosophers have debated whether absolute truth exists. Although we're still waiting for an answer, this doesn't have to stop us from improving how we think by understanding a little more.
In general, we can consider something to be true if the available evidence seems to verify it. The more evidence we have, the stronger our conclusion can be. When it comes to samples, size matters. As my friend Peter Kaufman :In general, we can consider something to be true if the available evidence seems to verify it. The more evidence we have, the stronger our conclusion can be.
What are the three largest, most relevant sample sizes for identifying universal principles? Bucket number one is inorganic systems, which are 13.7 billion years in size. It's all the laws of math and physics, the entire physical universe. Bucket number two is organic systems, 3.5 billion years of biology on Earth. And bucket number three is human history….
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Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Shanghai Supercomputer Center (SSC), and Dawning Information Industry (DII) have signed an agreement to construct "Shanghai Super Computer Center" with RMD$200,000,000 budget. This Shanghai Super Computer Center is expected in December, 2008. It is built up by ICT, SSC and DII together and equips 1,920 pieces of server motherboard from TYAN. For this project, TYAN developed and manufactured 4-Way Server motherboard – S4982 with AMD quad-core microprocessor. It has 230TFlop/s computing performance, and will become the fastest and biggest Super Computer Center in China. Also, with these Super Computers, the center will be ranked in TOP 10 of the world again.
"Shanghai Super Computer Center" is one of important projects in "National Project - 863". This project is executed by Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Shanghai Supercomputer Center (SSC), and Dawning Information Industry (DII) together. From evaluation, planning, deploying, software services and so on, Dawning is leading this project from beginning to the end. And, it is expecting to be online in December, 2008. According to computing ability, system stability, and routine requests in "Shanghai Super computer Center", Dawning developed and designed a Super Computer - "Dawning 5000A" by itself. Also, Dawning and TYAN cooperated with system integration and construction together. In "Dawning 5000A", it equipped TYAN's S4982, 4-Way Server motherboard with low power consumption CPU – AMD Opteron 8300 Series (Model: 8347HE). In "Shanghai Super computer Center", it composed of 1,920 computing notes, at least 30,000 CPU cores, 100TB memory, and 700TB Disk capacity. For operating system, it configured as Linux, and WHS 2008 systems, performance reaching to 230 TFlop/s floating-point computing. And Linpack performance is predicting to utilize over 70% of computing ability.
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Vice President of Dawning – Mr. Nie Hua mentioned Dawning has Software and Hardware deploy ability to win Super Computing customers' trust and help Dawning to become a leading brand company in High Performance Computer market. With outstanding planning ability, Dawning has won "Shanghai Super computer Center" contract two times in a row and helps "Shanghai Super computer Center" to reach TOP 10 Super Computers in the world. In these two experiences with "Shanghai Super computer Center", Dawning has chosen TYAN as server motherboard design and manufacturing partner. It is because of TYAN's reliable and high quality of design capability and products. Also, TYAN provides trustful support to back up Dawning as a leading company in Super Computer field.
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DB App needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Need vector-based images to be used as button icons in a software application.
The images are not branded.
We are creating a database application for small and medium
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A little background: I work full time and bed share. My DS, 10.5 months old, has been going through a little teething in weeks prior where his sleep was really fitful and he constantly nursed all night (so fun for me). However, last 4 or 5 nights he has been doing much better, as that 7th tooth is now in (yay!). Last night he went for 7 hours though without any nursing at all. I put him down at 8p and he and I woke simultaneously at 3a. Then of course this morning I've been starting to have that old familiar feeling - menstrual cramps. I have not had a period yet, I bled forever post partum, about 12 weeks, and I really don't want this to start up right now as we are about to embark on a week trip across the country to visit relatives. I know that when periods return supply often dips. Has anyone found something different to be the case for them? On our trip he will be having no bottles - I'm not even taking that blasted pump. Last trip we went on where we were together 24/7 was around 5.5 months. He was so fussy all the time and it made me wonder if my supply had dipped then, but then again it could have been just being in unfamiliar territory. If I nurse and pump as usual today, could I possibly reverse the start of my period? I know I'm asking like this is an exact science, when it doesn't seem like it is. Plenty of women bleed and lactate, just not me and I think I'm not looking forward to it. The other issue which I posted about in another thread is that he is still so distractible and nursing in the mornings is a wrestling match, which doesn't help with supply either. This morning I resorted to nursing with the Ergo carrier on and it seemed to do the trick, just like I do when I get home from work, go for a walk and reunite and nurse.


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"It's over. The magic is gone. The dream is dead. The egg has fallen off the wall and no amount of 'sudo' super glue can put his pieces back together again. I'm referring, of course, to the not-so-recent departure of Con Kolivas from the Linux kernel development community. Con - that champion of all things desktop centric - hung-up his keyboard this summer, the victim of an ideological rift within the Linux community." Update: And the first rebuttal appeared.
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These are bits of news from the Ionia Daily Sentinel in 1889, when the editor was James H. Kidd.
These are bits of news from the Ionia Daily Sentinel in 1889, when the editor was James H. Kidd.
Oct. 21, 1889
Kansas City. A large number of small incendiary fires have occurred here recently. The police have discovered that the incendiaries were a band of school boys ranging in age from 11 to 15 years. They were regularly organized and called themselves "Capt. Kidd's Pets." The members are bound by blood-curdling oaths not to reveal the secrets of the order, and all their plans were carried out according to written orders signed with blood from the arms of the young desperadoes. There are six members of the band, and one confessed they set many small fires. Band leaders are under arrest.
Baker City. The Baker City and Canyon stage was held up at 6 o'clock Friday morning near Union Creek and the mail sacks robbed of all registered matter. The robber was disguised by having a dark woolen scarf tied over his head and face. He was about 130 pounds and dressed in dark clothes. All regular mail was replaced in sacks, thrown in the stage and the driver ordered to proceed on his journey which he did without delay.
Indianapolis. Ensley Wright, the aged farmer who shot a tramp near his residence some days ago, was arrested on an indictment charging him with murder. All the circumstances of the killing appear to prove that the tramp was killed without cause. The prisoner is 72 years of age, and when incarcerated he was so feeble that he tottered into the cell.
LOCAL LACONICS. How's this, Deputy Chapman? The Detroit Journal says: "They are killing quail up in Ionia County, law or no law, but they defend themselves by saying the quail are so plentiful and so tame that they have to kick 'em to death to get them out of the road."
H. E. Kidd will find awaiting him when he returns home a fine, 8-pound boy who arrived this morning at his home.
M. E. Church Reception. The trustees of the M. E. church and their wives will hold a reception at their church on Saturday evening for the purpose of meeting all the members of the church and the strangers who frequently attend worship with them, for the purpose of getting better acquainted and thus being in a position to be of material aid and sympathy. A program of entertainment will be prepared. Let every member of the church be present. H. Rich, Chairman of the Board.
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Consent Education Takes to the Stage
Student actors Natalie Goodnow, Ja'Michael Darnell, and Megan Nevels perform "Get Sexy. Get Consent." in the Texas Student Union Building. Photo by Marisa Vasquez.
By Kelsey Jukam
For Reporting Texas
"Get Sexy. Get Consent." is not a typical theater experience. The program, designed to get students thinking about negotiating sexual boundaries, keeps the audience laughing even though it touches on a deadly serious topic – sexual assault.
"I really like sex," an actress begins in one of the monologues, drawing out the "really." She continues, emphasizing her enthusiasm and describing a recent one-night stand. The sex begins as consensual, but then her partner attempts an act she wants nothing to do with.
"I didn't want to disappoint him by saying no," she says. "I did say no, but I think he thought it was just part of it."
The program is part of the Voices Against Violence initiative at the University of Texas' counseling and mental health center. Voices Against Violence provides counseling and legal, medical, academic and housing services for survivors of dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. It also conducts prevention programs across campus.
"Get Sexy. Get Consent." uses an audience participation format to help students understand that any sex or sexually suggestive act that occurs without consent is considered assault.
Three students — two women and a man — act out a series of sexual situations. Audience members are asked to come up with their own definitions of what constitutes consent, and to say "stop" during any scene they think portrays a non-consent situation. The student actors are trained to guide the audience through the presentation.
"I think of it as building up your verbal toolbox so you know what to say when a situation arises," said Megan Nevels, one of the actors.
The group is invited to perform for classrooms, athletic programs and student organizations, and gave about 30 performances across campus this school year.
Lynn Hoare, the Theatre for Dialogue specialist for Voices Against Violence, said many UT students come from public schools, where "their sex ed has been extremely limited." Thus opportunities like "Get Sexy. Get Consent." help students have "honest conversations" about sexual situations, she said.
"This piece attempts to really give them the opportunity to realize that maybe talking about sex is not that big of a deal," Hoare said. "Just cultivating a sense that it's OK to create boundaries and talk about what you want and don't want."
In surveys of students who have attended performances, more than 45 percent said they now felt more comfortable in talking about consent, while about 20 percent said they felt only slightly more comfortable.
Leslie Sulcher, a student at St. Michael's High School in Austin, attended one recent performance with her mother and a classmate. She would like the program, or something similar, to be performed at high schools.
"Society surrounds us with sex, but we never talk about it," Sulcher said.
Nevels said that issue comes up frequently during the program.
"People say, 'You know, well, in movies you never see the consent, they were just at the bar, then they're in the bed,'" Nevels said. "You never see that middle point."
Glenn Stockard, a program specialist for the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, said educational programs are important on college campuses, where the incidence of sexual assault is high. A 2008 U.S. Department of Justice study found that women ages 16 to 24 are four times more likely to be the victims of rape than all women and that college women are more at risk for rape and other forms of sexual assault than women the same age who are not in college.
The actual number of sexual assaults on college campuses is unknown. Stockard says that such assaults are "tremendously underreported" mainly because victims are "revictimized by the system." When a rape is reported, he says, someone such as a defense attorney — even the victims' peers or family – often tries to blame the victim for what happened.
There were nearly 20,000 undergraduate women at UT in 2011, but only 18 forcible sexual offenses against students were reported that year, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Education.
According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, fewer than 5 percent of completed and attempted rapes of college women are reported to law enforcement officials. In the general population, nearly 40 percent of sexual assaults are reported.
Many college women who were assault victims report that they did not consider what happened to them to be rape. "Get Sexy. Get Consent." strives to make such situations easier to recognize by defining consent as "an enthusiastic yes."
In the case of two high school students accused of raping a teenaged girl in Steubenville, Ohio, the defense argued that since the victim — who was unconscious at the time — didn't say no, the incident could not be considered rape.
One defendant said during the trial that he didn't really know what rape was.
But Nevels has been encouraged by the responses of students who have attended the UT program.
"A lot of people are saying, 'I already do this,' so that's been really nice," Nevels said. "Because with everything that you hear on the news, like with Steubenville, you kind of fear for mankind, and then you find out that these young people are already thinking about these things."
Jaron Alvin Porter, a UT sophomore who has seen the performance, said he thinks it is a "very fresh" way of teaching students that "consent is key."
"It's a great idea. You got all of these young bucks eager to go out and get it with whomever catches their eye…it's human nature," Porter said. But if one is going to do that, they need to learn the right and proper way to go by asking for permission to do things with a person."
Incoming freshmen at UT will have the opportunity to participate in "Get Sexy. Get Consent." during orientation this year, though it won't be required.
Kristen Jones Harris, associate director of new student services, said one reason the "Get Sexy. Get Consent" program will not be mandatory is because it works better for smaller audiences. Hoare agreed that the ideal audience is 30 students, but said it's effective for audiences as large as 100.
Hoare said she doubts the program ever will be made mandatory, because too many people might feel it's not appropriate for entering freshmen. She said there are some "tricky moments" in the performance where certain types of sex or sexual assaults are discussed. "There always needs to be a level of choice about whether you're ready for that conversation."
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I happen to think the Newberry has the best-run, most thoroughly enjoyable Book Fair around. And that's not just my opinion, banana etoufee; it's my mother's.
However, there have been suggestions made over the years for a different style of sale. Some of these, frighteningly enough, were actually considered for more than fifteen seconds. I won't tell you which ones: guess for yourselves.
SORT BY PRICE INSTEAD OF BY SUBJECT: "Why can't you have one room where all the books are under five dollars, and a room where they're five to sen dollars, and another where they're ten to twenty-five…." One difficulty of this is, of course, that if we put out really expensive books, we need to add extra rooms to the building. Another suggestion was that books be placed on the tables by price, with the cheaper ones at the end nearest the door. All of this was intended to soothe people who pick up a book and find it costs more than they thought. If these people cannot bear the shock, I'm glad I'm not with them at the gas station.
USE A CONVEYOR BELT: This was meant as a joke, I think, but it was suggested that all the books in the Fair could be lined up on a big conveyor belt and just rolled past an unmoving horde of customers. This was for people who are afraid they won't get to see every book in the sale.
USE A MONOPOLY BOARD: This was meant to correct those people who refuse to see every book in the sale. By this method, you could not reach Check-Out until you had followed the Monopoly board on the floor and went through every single aisle. (A Monopoly Board is NOT shaped like our Book Fair, but let that pass.) The only thing that appealed to me about this idea was the thought of a Go To Jail card for certain customers.
HAVE MORE SALES: It's like Fozzie in the Muppet Christmas Carol, remarking that he loves these annual traditions, why not have them more often? The suggestions have ranged from quarterly sales (in which one fourth of our subjects would be featured each time) to weekly sales out on the loading dock. At one point, the suggestion was made that I could simply have a bookstore in the lobby, making possible a daily book sale. And people wonder why I sometimes wake up screaming.
HAVE AN ONLINE CATALOG: It can't take all that much time to list 120,00 books online, can it? Cross-referenced by author and subject, of course, with notes on condition and an explanation of the price? Heavens, no. I can always search for pictures of the outside world if I want to remember what it looks like.
CATER TO THE CUSTOMER'S SWEET TOOTH: Sell cookies in the lobby. Have popcorn vendors walk through the crowd. Offer free snacks to the people waiting in line to get in. This last is especially unnecessary: those people don't eat. They want to keep their hunger fresh when they charge down the aisles of cookbooks. At the longlost Very Merry Bazaar we DID try the cookie idea once, and for several years had volunteers operating a real carnival popcorn machine. As I recall, the medical costs of this outweighed the profits from the popcorn.
SELL MYSTERY BOXES: Don't put the books out on tables at all, see. Just have people bid on sealed boxes of books. Won't they be surprised when it turns out to be a box completely filled with copies of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood! People would pay just for the joy of watching them chase the Manager around with a box cutter.
So far, no one has suggested Blind Man's Bluff (blindfold the customers and let them buy the first ten books they touch) or charging double to any customer who forgets to say "Mother, May I" at check-out, bit I'm sure it's only a matter of time. I did think of suggesting a special discount to everyone who could quote from this blog, but I realized all someone needed to do was whisper "banana box" or "tapioca tartare" to the person behind them in line and EVERYONE would be getting in on it. So I think I'll stick to the come in, walk around, buy books type of Book Fair. Kind of old hat, but…hey! We could sell hats! That'd knock their socks off…hey! Socks! We could put each book that's bought into a sock instead of a sack, so everybody would have to buy an even number, and that would…wood! I could hit everybody who comes up with an idea like this with a large wooden object!
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Scrappy Sea Eagles sneak home against Warriors
The Manly Sea Eagles return to the top of the table after defeating the New Zealand Warriors 20 to 14 in a scrappy encounter at Mount Smart Stadium.
It was a match defined by wayward passes and loose carries of the ball as both teams struggled to hold possession and capitalise on attacking field position. Manly grinded out a win as they were disallowed three tries by Video Referee Graeme West.
In a clash that saw the best attack in the NRL (Manly) line up against the worst defence (NZ) there was every indication that this match would be a one-sided affair. However it was the Warriors that opened the scoring in the 14th minute thanks to a dashing sixty-metre effort to Manu Vatuvei. After receiving a short ball from Jerome Ropati that appeared to travel forward Vatuvei found some space and made Manly pay as he fended away from David Williams and Brett Stewart to score.
The Sea Eagles hit back soon-after through Brett Stewart as he finished off a simple second-man play. Just before the halftime break Manly looked to go ahead but Michael Robertson was robbed of a four-pointer by Video Ref Graeme West as he was ruled to go into touch before getting the ball down in the corner. In a half where there were no real standouts the Warriors went into halftime leading 6-4.
Manly returned from the halftime break confident they could come away with a win and they helped their cause seven minutes in as Glenn Stewart touched down. Just when it looked like Manlys


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When the Patriots signed receiver Brandon Lloyd, the perception was that he would provide the outside-the-numbers threat the team had been lacking since the trade of Randy Moss.
While he hasn't been Moss — no one should have expected him to be — Lloyd has been a viable boundary threat. Lloyd has caught 50 passes, which is as many as Vincent Jackson of the Buccaneers, who signed a five-year, $55.6 million contract in the offseason.
The Bills' Stevie Johnson (55), and Davone Bess (56), and Brian Hartline (60) of the Dolphins are the only other AFC East receivers to have as many receptions as Lloyd. None of them play in an offense with Wes Welker (92 catches), Rob Gronkowski (53 in 10 games), and Aaron Hernandez (27 in six games).
Still, the fact that Lloyd Sunday tied a season low with one reception for 10 yards (on the only ball thrown to him, late in the fourth quarter) seemed a bit odd and caused some consternation among fans.
After viewing the coaches film, it appears that Lloyd's lack of action likely didn't have anything to do about him being frozen out; it was simply part of the game plan tailored to the Dolphins.
It's no coincidence that Lloyd's previous low output was one catch for 6 yards against the Jets in Week 7 (though he was much more involved with eight targeted passes).
The Dolphins, under new coordinator Kevin Coyle, have become very similar to the Jets by mixing up pressures and coverages against Tom Brady. Both teams also feature one dominant cornerback (Antonio Cromartie for the Jets, Sean Smith for the Dolphins) and linebackers that are slow and don't cover very well.
Most NFL teams have a saying when it comes to passing offense: "Take the easy money." That means, take the higher-percentage play even if it might not be a big play. Keep the clock and the chains moving. The Patriots and Brady seem to live by this credo, outside of a few designed shots down the field. Welker and Hernandez, who combined for 20 of Brady's 24 completions, were the easy money when matched up against the Dolphins linebackers.
Lloyd, who often runs slow-developing downfield routes, is almost never the easy money. That's just the way it goes.
Against the Dolphins, the Patriots showed no interest in throwing at Smith, Miami's excellent fourth-year cornerback. We counted just three times that Brady threw in Smith's direction: two were throwaways because of double coverage, and the third was an incomplete pass to Julian Edelman.
Lloyd was in on 34 pass plays, and Smith lined up on him 12 times. So on 35 percent of Lloyd's snaps, he wasn't going to get the ball anyway unless there was a breakdown in coverage.
Of the other 22, Brady completed half of those passes to other receivers.
In all, there were nine times Lloyd could be considered open. Almost every time, Brady's decision not to throw to him had to do with circumstances that led him to throw elsewhere.
A breakdown:
■ Dolphins blitzed and Brady quickly completed a pass to Welker on a designed hot route to avoid the rush.
■ Welker was open against a linebacker and Brady hit the mismatch.
■ Brady was pressured and threw the ball away.
■ Brady was pressured and threw quickly to Hernandez, who was more open against a linebacker.
■ Brady threw deep at the mismatch of Shane Vereen against linebacker Karlos Dansby, and the result was a 31-yard pass interference penalty. Not a great decision, but result was good.
■ Brady threw incomplete to Welker when Lloyd was the better option. However, Lloyd rounded his route and didn't show as open as he could have to Brady. Still, Brady probably would like this play back.
■ Lloyd and Welker ran a smash concept with Lloyd coming open on an in-breaking route, and Welker going to the sideline from the slot. It's a play Brady completes to Welker all the time at the sideline — and he was open again — but Brady threw late and high.
■ On the one completion to Lloyd, he was the hot route against a zone blitz and even then, the ball was almost not completed because Lloyd faded after his cut to the sideline, instead of running straight across.
■ Lloyd was the only viable target in the corner of the end zone on third and goal before the field goal that made it 20-10, but Brady didn't find him quick enough and was sacked.
So it wasn't as though Lloyd was open all day and Brady ignored him. When Edelman is in the lineup, he's going to get the shorter passes because he's much better than Lloyd after the catch. Now that Edelman is on injured reserve, expect Lloyd to be in the mix a little more.
But it always comes down to matchups and philosophy for the Patriots' passing game. Lloyd may still have a big game or two, but it's easy to see why he wasn't a big part against the Dolphins.
On to the positional ratings against the Dolphins:
Quarterback (3 out of 5):
Brady was probably groaning watching the tape because now he has another defense to grind against, along with the Jets and Ravens. Coyle did a nice job blending blitzes (10.6 percent) and some zone exchanges with linemen dropping into coverage. It was a carbon copy of Rex Ryan's approach, and Brady had his struggles.
But he wasn't bad. He just had to grind it out. Brady's best play by far was a terrific audible on the touchdown to Welker. Brady saw the safeties come forward, indicating all-out blitz. Then Danny Woodhead picked off Jared Odrick, Donald Thomas pancaked Dansby, and Lloyd, Ryan Wendell, and Nate Solder finished the blocks in front of Welker. Tremendous.
Great play by Brady on the second play of the game to find Welker as he was being knocked down. Not a terrible decision by Brady to go to Hernandez on the interception — good things usually happen throwing to Hernandez one-on-one — but safety Reshad Jones, an emerging player, just made a terrific play. However, both Edelman (best option) and Stevan Ridley on a checkdown were wide open.
Running backs (4 out of 5):
Ridley has had bigger games, but this might have been his best individual effort because he had to work for everything against a stingy Miami front and with some sloppy run blocking by the line. His 2-yard touchdown run to open the game should have been stuffed, but Ridley broke a tackle. He ran really hard, and some of his second efforts were reminiscent of BenJarvus Green-Ellis. Woodhead's screen in the first quarter was set up perfectly, but Thomas, Wendell, and Dan Connolly all missed their blocks.
Receivers (2.5 out of 5):
Welker, Hernandez, and Edelman each had a standout catch, but there were drops by Welker (10th on the season) and Hernandez (third). There was some really shoddy blocking out of this group, especially from Hernandez (quarterback hurry, 1.5 run stuffs, and three other poor blocks). Daniel Fells wasn't much better and had a holding penalty. The Patriots are really feeling the loss of Gronkowski blocking on the edges. It seems they've cut down on their outside zone runs as a result and are staying mostly inside.
Offensive line (3 out of 5):
Outside of right tackle Sebastian Vollmer, this group actually did a solid job. But Vollmer had his worst game of the season with one full sack, two half-sacks, three hurries, and a knockdown allowed (in addition to a holding penalty) against stud end Cameron Wake. The good news is that four of Vollmer's pressures came on the first series, and he settled down a bit. It was reminiscent of Matt Light's early struggles against the Eagles last year, after which Light caught fire. Wendell did terrific work holding the point of attack against much larger players in the run game, and Solder also did well on the ground. Outside of the sack he allowed, Thomas continued to show well. Don't look now, but Solder was open on a tackle-eligible goal line play.
Defensive line (4.5 out of 5):
Tremendous work by all but the bit players in this group, led by Vince Wilfork (hurry, knockdown, two stuffed runs, fumble recovery), Kyle Love (1.5 hurries, stuff), and Trevor Scott (two sacks, forced fumble, 1.5 hurries, stuff). Don't know where Love has been the past two games, but I'm sure the Patriots are glad to have him back in the groove. He was stout and played very smart, snuffing out a screen and drawing a hold. Scott played surprisingly solid all-around, and tougher against the run than his reputation. On Scott's second sack in the fourth quarter, the coverage of Jerod Mayo underneath Bess and Kyle Arrington under Hartline allowed the sack to get home in 4.89 seconds. Rob Ninkovich got sucked in by the play-action the Dolphins ran on the read option touchdown by Ryan Tannehill. Looked like the first Broncos game last season.
Linebackers (5 out of 5):
Saw only one minor error in this group (a slow run fit by Dont'a Hightower), but otherwise it was exceptional work. Mayo had his finest game this season even before his well-executed sack as the Dolphins tried to cut the deficit to 3. Terrific back-to-back plays by Mayo in the third quarter to help stuff Reggie Bush to just 1 yard on each carry. Mayo perfectly crashed the blocking scheme to make the running back hesitate. Key pressure from Mayo on Tannehill on third down with three minutes left in the third quarter. Hartline had beaten Aqib Talib again, but the pressure made Tannehill throw an errant pass out of bounds. Brandon Spikes played very mature in this game, which bodes well, as do his two pass breakups.
Secondary (2 out of 5):
Arrington had his third straight standout game playing in the slot position, and he's obviously more comfortable in that role. The Talib trade has definitely helped there. Talib himself really struggled (two 20-yard passes, pass interference), and a better quarterback would have burned him a handful of times. He's just very undisciplined. He'll have a great play where you marvel at his skills, and then he'll get lazy and/or peek into the backfield on the next three. The Patriots really need to zero him in down the stretch. Steve Gregory either got the wrong call or simply bit hard on play-action in the first quarter when Tannehill missed a wide-open Hartline for a touchdown. That was not Talib's error. Tavon Wilson and Alfonzo Dennard, who was otherwise solid, each gave up 20-yard pass plays.
Special teams (4 out of 5):
Matthew Slater, who had two phenomenal tackles, including the muffed punt, should add this to his Pro Bowl reel. Stephen Gostkowski was booming his kickoffs again, but another field goal miss raises eyebrows. Punter Zoltan Mesko, who was solid, appeared as if he did not like his hold on the missed field goal.
Situation: Trailing, 2010, with 8:53 remaining, the Dolphins had third and 4 at the New England 7-yard line. (Video breakdown of the play.)
What happened: The Patriots showed two-man coverage — Cover 2 with two deep safeties and man coverage underneath. Linebacker Jerod Mayo (51) had running back Daniel Thomas (33) in man coverage. Mayo often has the option of rushing the quarterback if the running back stays in to block, which is commonly called a "green dog." The Patriots refer to it as a "hug blitz" — hug coverage and then go. Depending on the situation, Mayo varies his aggressiveness. This time, he was very aggressive. At the snap, he hopped to the outside to make Thomas, who has the option of helping inside if he feels Mayo will rush, think he was in coverage, but it also hid Mayo a bit behind left tackle Jonathan Martin (71). Patriots right end Trevor Scott (99) helped by running to Thomas, who fell for it and chipped Scott. That left Mayo to shoot himself out of a cannon for the sack on Ryan Tannehill (17), which took just 2.2 seconds.
Jerod Mayo, linebacker
The top standout in a terrific front seven, Mayo was sensational: sack, two knockdowns, two half run stuffs, forced fumble, great openfield tackle, and standout pass coverage. An All-Pro performance.
Sebastian Vollmer, right tackle
Hopefully, this was just a case of Vollmer being outmatched by Cameron Wake and not an injury, because the Patriots need better than a sack, two half-sacks, three hurries, and a knockdown allowed from their Pro Bowler.Greg A. Bedard can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @gregabedard.


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A Chinese cash-crunch concern is really hitting markets today, as Chinese officials indicated that the era of easy, cheap credit is over. Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. slid more than 2.8% as banks tumbled. The Chinese central bank has refrained from using open-market operations to ease the cash crunch. Combined with the concern over the U.S. Fed's potential tapering of stimulus, the markets have a lot of potentially bearish news they are trading today.
Equities: The SEP13 E-mini S&P 500 is below a key volume pivot of 1577, and is now down 25 points to 1559. Our next key technical target is 1546. The markets are trading down on heavy momentum selling, and we could potentially see more downside trading from here, however, we believe the markets might find selling exhaustion very soon and rotate back up to 1565. The market seems to be forgetting the strengthening U.S. economy and just focusing on the China news this morning.
Bonds: The bond market and Eurodollar market are continuing their recent trend of higher yields this morning. The SEP13 U.S. 30-year bond futures are down 1'09 points to 133'24. We have a key short term magnet level at 133'31, and a potential short term buying zone starting below 133'19. The bonds have gone very far, very fast, and as the stocks go down, we might see some short term reversal in the bond markets. The MAR16 Eurodollar futures are down 13 ticks to 9800.5, and we have our next key downside target/level at 9788. If the market does get down to this level, we believe it will be overextended and could see some buyers bring it higher.
Currencies: The overall trend of U.S. dollar strength seems to be continuing, with the euro and British pound trading down today. The yen and the Aussie are both up, with the yen up 24 ticks and the Aussie up 4 ticks. The Aussie bounced off a key level of 91.00. We have a key market profile pivot level of 91.40 for the Aussie. This is our line in the sand level. If the Aussie can stay above here, it could make a run into the mid 92′s. The Euro is down 37 ticks to 131.09. Even with the recent correction in the Euro, we believe the Euro is still more stable than it has been over the past couple of years, and believe it could be searching for a base around these levels. Our pivot level is 131.10, and there seems to be a short term bullish structure, with a near term target of 131.66.
Commodities: Gold is down $9 today to $1,283. We have key resistance at $1,292, and two downside targets of $1,264 and $1,242. We believe gold could head to these targets. The grain markets have taken a hit today as well, with DEC13 corn trading down $0.11 and JUL13 wheat down $0.16. It seems as though outside markets are taking a toll on the grains, combined with the China news, as China is a very large consumer of grain products.
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WALTHAM, Mass. and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics, today announced that it will be launching a major initiative to help hospitals reduce the number of unplanned readmissions for heart failure patients, beginning at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2012 taking place Nov. 3-7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Representatives at the BG Medicine booth (#1737) will be on hand to highlight the role that galectin-3 blood testing can play in helping hospitals address the urgent need to reduce readmission rates.
Since taking effect on October 1, 2012, new rules from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have made reducing unplanned hospital readmissions a critical priority. Hospitals that exceed the Medicare thresholds will be assessed financial penalties that are expected to reach an aggregate of nearly $300 million this year alone, and nearly $1 billion by 2015, if improvements are not made.
Even with optimal care, today nearly a quarter of all Medicare heart failure patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days1, making heart failure a major driver of hospital readmission rates, far ahead of myocardial infarction and pneumonia. Because heart failure patients with elevated galectin-3 are two-to-three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, identifying these high-risk patients through galectin-3 testing is a potentially valuable and cost-effective tool in a hospital's strategy to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions. Identifying those at greater risk with galectin-3 testing enables hospitals to better direct their intervention strategies and resources to those who need them most, potentially providing a way to improve outcomes while also controlling costs and avoiding penalties.
"Patient stratification tools that help predict risk of near-term readmission would allow the clinician to better direct more resource-intensive heart failure disease management efforts to patients at higher risk," said Rudolf A. de Boer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. "Such tools would be usable upon discharge, with a simple interpretation such as a single threshold value. Galectin-3 is such a tool and should be considered for heart failure readmissions programs. Baseline galectin-3 is a powerful predictor of unplanned hospital readmissions and, importantly, adds significantly to other risk factors such as age, reduced renal function, diminished left ventricular pumping capacity and BNP levels."
The BG Medicine booth at AHA will include an interactive demonstration that will enable health care professionals and hospital administrators to determine the financial impact of utilizing galectin-3 testing at their hospitals as part of a comprehensive readmissions reduction strategy. The BG Medicine Galectin-3 Readmissions Calculator being introduced at AHA will enable users to determine the potential financial impact of galectin-3 testing instantly, factoring in the costs of testing and of implementing a targeted intervention initiative, as well as the reduction in costs associated with lower readmissions and avoidance of Medicare penalties.
"Galectin-3 testing is a powerful tool for those seeking to make their intervention strategies on patients with clinical variations more targeted, efficient and effective," said Eric Bouvier, President and CEO of BG Medicine. "We look forward to expanding our efforts to help health professionals address this urgent issue."
The BGM Galectin-3® Test is cleared by the FDA as an aid in assessing the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure.
About Galectin-3 and Heart Failure
Galectin-3 is a unique carbohydrate-binding lectin, or protein, that binds to carbohydrates called beta-galactosides. Galectin-3 has been implicated in a variety of biological processes important in the development and progression of heart failure, and is believed to be a primary mediator of progressive cardiac fibrosis (abnormal thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle) and adverse remodeling (changes in the structure of the heart). Higher levels of galectin-3 are associated with a more aggressive form of heart failure and 30% or more of mild to moderate heart failure patients will have elevated levels of galectin-3. Heart failure affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans, with approximately 670,000 new cases occurring each year. The direct and indirect cost of heart failure in the United States for 2010 is estimated to be $39.2 billion.
About BG Medicine, Inc.
BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD) is a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics to address significant unmet medical needs, improve patient outcomes and contain healthcare costs. The Company's first commercialized product, the BGM Galectin-3® Test for use in patients with heart failure, is available in the United States and Europe. BG Medicine is also developing the CardioSCORE TM Test, a blood test designed to identify individuals at high risk for near-term major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke. For additional information about BG Medicine, heart failure and galectin-3 testing, please visit www.bg-medicine.com and www.galectin-3.com.
The BG Medicine Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10352
Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements made in this news release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the "safe harbor" created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seek," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate" or other comparable terms. Forward-looking statements in this news release address our understanding that heart failure patients with elevated galectin-3 are two-to-three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge than other heart failure patients; our belief that identifying these high-risk patients through galectin-3 testing is a potentially valuable and cost-effective tool in reducing unplanned readmissions; our belief that identifying patients at greater risk with galectin-3 testing enables hospitals to more efficiently and cost-effectively direct intervention strategies and resources; our belief that increased usage of galectin-3 testing by the healthcare system may improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, as a result of various factors including those risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We urge you to consider those risks and uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements. We caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
1 Data.Medicare.Gov Hospital Outcomes of Care Measures – National Average. https://data.medicare.gov/d/i2h8-79qx. Accessed September 28, 2012.
CONTACT: Charles Abdalian EVP & Chief Financial Officer (781) 890-1199
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In 2012, the year he made history as the first double-amputee Olympic runner, Oscar Pistorius bought six guns for what he planned to be a collection of U.S. and South African-manufactured firearms, according to the gun collectors' club he joined last April. Here is a brief look at the firearms South African police say he applied to have licensed:
Smith & Wesson 500: The Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturer calls this "the most powerful production revolver in the world." It fires .500-caliber shells and holds five rounds. Smith & Wesson says it is "a hunting handgun for any game animal walking." The company makes various barrel lengths for the 500. Its suggested retail price is US$1,249 for the version with an 8.38-inch (21.3-centimeter) barrel.
Smith & Wesson .38-caliber: Another revolver. Holds either five or six rounds, depending on the model. Most .38-caliber models from Smith & Wesson have short barrels, just 1.875 inches (4.7 centimeters) long, giving them a snub-nose appearance.
Three shotguns: South African police says Pistorius applied for licenses for models from Mossberg, Maverick and Winchester, all American makes.
Vektor .223-caliber rifle: A civilian version of the R-series assault rifle used by South Africa's military. Its innards are modified to make it only semi-automatic for civilian use. The Vektor was developed for sports shooters, security firms, farmers and collectors, said Carvel Webb, chairman of the National Arms and Ammunition Collectors Confederation of South Africa. For civilian collectors, "it is the closest thing to being able to get an original R5" that South African soldiers use.
Production was discontinued more than a decade ago. "It is rather scarce as not many were made and it has become a sought-after collector's item if in original good condition for those who are qualified to collect it," Webb said.


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Right to an opinion--or wrong?
When does a critic's right to an unpopular opinion become not a right, but a wrong?
A funny thing happened in Cleveland last week involving a newspaper, an orchestra, a critic suing both parties, and a stink that went back to 2008. That year, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reassigned its classical music critic, Donald Rosenberg, so that he no longer reviewed his beat's primary force, the Cleveland Orchestra, concentrating instead on other arts stories and reviews.
At issue was one person's opinion of another person's musical skill. In his orchestra coverage Rosenberg regarded music director Franz Welser-Most as disappointing and lackluster. For years Rosenberg had the support of his editor-in-chief, Doug Clifton, which, as any daily newspaper critic can tell you, is a good thing to have when angry arts administrators come calling to complain that a critic doesn't "get it."
But editors come and go. Despite his public support of Rosenberg, Clifton cautioned his successor, Susan Goldberg, about concerns regarding the paper's harsh coverage of Welser-Most. Goldberg also heard an earful from the orchestra's management and other factions of the community about Rosenberg's reviews and reports, which included extensive tour chronicles written by Rosenberg while accompanying the orchestra overseas. (In one piece, the critic quoted Welser-Most describing his Ohio city as "an inflated farmers village.")
In court last month, Goldberg said she took Rosenberg off the orchestra beat because "a hefty chunk of the community was saying (he) was biased and unfair and that he was compromising our integrity." She likened his perceived vendetta against the orchestra's music director, who has received mixed reviews internationally, to "a restaurant reviewer deciding the steak is tough before he even goes to the restaurant."
...as Waldo Lydecker in "Laura."
Rosenberg's lawsuit was against the Musical Arts Association, overseer of the Cleveland Orchestra. He charged it with pressuring his newspaper into his reassignment. He also sued the newspaper for age discrimination. (He was 57 at the time, replaced by a younger reporter.)
The jury didn't buy either count. Last week, after losing his case though retaining his job as a Plain Dealer arts writer, Rosenberg told the Los Angeles Times: "We knew from the outset that we would be charting unexplored waters. … I felt the issues of freedom of expression and critical independence needed to be addressed."
I don't know a single critic who doesn't feel seriously conflicted about this mess. Had Rosenberg indeed become an ineffective one-note harangue on the subject of the music director? Some feel he had.
On the other hand: Rosenberg's previous editor, Clifton, backed his critic for years. During Clifton's tenure, the paper's publisher was also an orchestra trustee, as is the current publisher (a common, civic-minded occurrence in many cities). "We must tread lightly on the independence of our critic," Clifton once said. "To overrule him in the face of protest would make a mockery of the critical process." Which is exactly what his successor did.
From Rosenberg's perspective, he was doing his job, adversarial and "unsupportive" as that job appeared to at least some of those he covered. From the paper's perspective, he was overdoing it. From the orchestra's perspective, they're now getting friendlier critical coverage.
The triangular relationship among critic, newspaper and artistic community can get sticky — in Rosenberg's instance, legally so. But that stickiness is to be expected. It's a good sign. Everyone's pushing back and forth to defend their beliefs and passions.
A critic axed: Joseph Cotten's Jed Leland (right, with Orson Welles) in "Citizen Kane."
There is so much fear and self-censorship in the critics' ranks in America today. There are so few full-time salaries. You can smell the caution and paranoia in too many reviews weighed down by generalities and a stenographer's devotion to "objectivity," which isn't what this endeavor is about at all. It's about informed, vividly argued subjectivity.
In 2003 a colleague of mine from my LA Times days, art critic Christopher Knight, reviewed an anti-war art exhibit. This came at a time when President George W. Bush was a couple of months away from prosecuting a war some felt was based on a pretty slippery set of excuses. Knight's review came out swinging, calling Bush's foreign policy "imbecilic." In my own theater reviews from that time, dealing with politically charged material, I expressed similar opinions and probably did so once too often, or too ham-handedly. These things happen. We live in the world; we write about more than the thing we saw the night before.
Two weeks after Knight's review was published, a peculiar editor's note appeared in the Times, apologizing not for an error of fact or omission but for the review's tone. Then-editor Dean Baquet overruled the arts editors and recanted Knight's "unusually harsh political judgment," as the editor's note put it. Knight's political opinions "should not have been published."
While Knight probably would've been more effective wielding a rapier than a bludgeon, I've been there. I've led a review with an assertion or an idea that would've been more profitably placed somewhere else, or phrased more deftly, in the same piece of criticism. These are discussions that should take place between a critic and an editor before something gets posted online, not after. It's called "editing," and I'm amazed anew every time I talk to a critic who believes editing consists of evading an editor's input altogether.
Approached the wrong way criticism is an inherently arrogant and narcissistic pursuit, yet what I'm left with, increasingly, is how humbling it is. It's hard to get a review right for yourself, let alone for anyone reading it later. It's even harder to be an artist worth writing and reading about, because so much conspires against even an inspired artist's bravest efforts.
Criticism is a way of writing about life, and the world, and a symphony's place in it, or a performer's, or a photograph's. Or a demagogue's. The other day Fox commentator Glenn Beck went after funding for the arts and public libraries, likening both to a society gorging itself on "Mountain Dew and Cheetos" while riots raged in streets, a society unable to afford police protection because of all the money going to "stupid, snotty" opera houses.
Opinions like that call for a counter-opinion or two. And no matter how frightening the economy, we must remind ourselves that we demonize the humanities (I mean, libraries? Who the hell is against libraries?) at the risk of becoming a nation we don't want to become.
As the Cleveland situation asserted, no critic has a "right" to a compensated opinion. We serve at the pleasure of our employers. And yet we're only worth reading when we push our luck and ourselves, and remember that without a sense of freedom, coupled with a sense that we cannot squander it, we're just filler. As David Mamet said to a gathering of theater critics back in 1978: If you are not "striving to improve and to write informedly and morally and to a purpose, you are a hack and a plaything of your advertisers."
The advertisers are fewer now. Times are not easy. But a critic must write as if he has everything and nothing to lose, just as a filmmaker or an artistic director or a music director should have no choice but to aim high and dig deeply and damn all the rest of it. Otherwise, it's steady as she goes and one more paycheck (if you're fortunate) gratefully received, and that simply is not good enough.


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Drew, I have direct personal experience with this when I was a TVRO installer up here in Alaska. Before the mid-1980's TV-satellites pointed their antennas at mid America around Kansas - Nebraska. Due to Alaska being not only at the far northern fringe but also western edge of the beam, signals were down around 6 to 10 dB (from memory). This meant that to receive the signal in Alaska one needed at minimum a 12 to 14 foot dish. IN Barrow (Lat=70) it took 16 to 20 foot dishes pointed a few degrees above the horizon (7-deg max due south). As time went on the satellite industry re-pointed some of the satellites to better favor Alaska and Hawaii resulting in being able to use 8 to 10 foot dishes. Today we get ku-band sat-TV with the use of a 30-inch dish (you use an 18-inch dish in the lower-48). We find that we need a 1-1.2 m dish to overcome rain/snow fading, though. OK how does this relate to P4? For far-north or far-south stations, it will require careful ham station antenna location that can see a clear low horizon elevation angle and probably more antenna gain to overcome being on the fringe of the satellite antenna "footprint". If the sub-satellite (straight down) position on the equatorial orbit is too far east or west of one's local longitude, there will be no view above the horizon for the extreme latitude stations. This will have no technical cure. So hopefully the orbit positions that can be obtained will be favorable to the maximum population. I would expect P4A and P4B will ride to mid-America and European positions. The Pacific sat probably would be the last launched if one were trying to reach the maximum ham population centers (only logical). So you can see why Alaskan satellite operators are hoping for the launch of P3E and Eagle. Otherwise we may be in for a long wait till P4C! PS: I'm taking the liberty of assigning the designations P4A, P4B, P4C (not AMSAT terminology). Following the saga with interest - and hope! 73, Ed - KL7UW At 08:50 AM 12/14/2007, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: >I noticed the new release of SATPC32 12.7 includes Intelsat >spacecraft in one of the keplerian/satellite options. You can scroll >through them and get an idea of the possibilities and range of >footprints. Real life performance will be, as Bob suggests, >dependent on our antenna pattern. Other services are usuable from >the poles, such as Inmarsat, given enough gain and a clear horizon. >MTI uses this as a selling point for their phone with the 4 ft >dishes we S-band types are so fond of. So we might work fairly well >out to the edge, again, dependent on the antenna. > >73, Drew KO4MA > > >From: Robert McGwier <email@example.com> > > > >We do not know the answer yet. Our request is for multiple payloads, > >covering with subsat over Atlantic, Pacific, and Central U.S. We would > >need one over the Indian Ocean to cover the 2 pi radians of the equator > >with antenna pattern. The north and south pole would be left out so I > >am sure the emperor penguins and polar bears would be upset! > > > >Bob > > > >Simon Brown wrote: > >> Where would this GEO be positioned? Even rough information would be > >> interesting. > >> > >> Simon Brown, HB9DRV > > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 73, Ed - KL7UW ====================================== BP40IQ 50-MHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com 144-EME: FT-847, mgf-1801, 4x-xpol-20, 185w DUBUS Magazine USA Rep email@example.com ====================================== _______________________________________________ Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Third Lecture in the Catholic Newman Community's Faith in America Series
Event Marks the 50th Anniversary of Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Rochester
WHAT: William Mumma, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will discuss religious freedom and how it is protected and applied by houses of worship and businesses in America. He will explore issues brought to light by the United States Supreme Court case involving Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic congregation of religious sisters who oppose certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Mumma's law firm is representing the sisters in the law suit.
TIME, DATE, PLACE: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, Interfaith Chapel on the University of Rochester's River Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public; visitors to the River Campus can park for free in most lots after 7 p.m.
ABOUT WILLIAM MUMMA: William Mumma has served as president of the Becket Fund since 2011. After graduating from Georgetown School of Foreign Service and obtaining his MBA at Columbia University, he spent 30 years on Wall Street. Most recently the CEO of Mitsubishi Securities USA, his prior roles included executive managing director of Nomura Securities International and global head of derivatives for Bankers Trust. His philanthropic service includes acting as chairman of Georgetown University's Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy and chairman of the board of Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, N.J., and chairman of the NY Men's Leadership Forum.
ABOUT THE CATHOLIC NEWMAN COMMUNITY: The Catholic Newman Community, on the web at www.urnewman.org, is a Catholic campus ministry at the University of Rochester that promotes strong faith formation through sacramental celebrations, educational opportunities, service, and social programming. The Catholic Newman Community has been recognized nationally as a leader in Catholic Campus Ministry.
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POMONA — Inland Valley Hope Partners still has a dozen families that that can be adopted for Christmas, with time running out.
The Adopt-A-Family program pairs families in need with caring individuals and groups to make magic happen at this special time of year.
Unwrapped toys are also very much in need. Those interested in donating or participating in the programs should call Inland Valley Hope Partners at 909-622-3806, ext. 234.


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Stockton, CA
Ping Leong
July 24, 1922 - Dec. 2, 2012
Ping Leong, 90, passed away on Dec. 2, 2012 in Stockton. Ping was born in Guangdong,
China and lived in Stockton for 62 years. He retired as the owner of Sonora Market.
Survived by wife Mee Fong;
children: Steven
(Cindy), Ronald (Wei Lan), Joanne Barosso (Jerry), Diane Jordan (Kevin), Donna Hori (Brian); grandchildren: Kelly Mao (Daniel), Shawn Leong, Michelle Hori; and great-grandchildren: Alison and Jackson Mao.
Family and friends are invited to a visitation on Dec. 7, 2012 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. and funeral service on Dec. 8 at 2:00 p.m., both at
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Minor Small Fruit Crops for New Mexico Gardens
Guide H-326
Revised by Ron Walser
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
Author: Urban Small Farm Specialist, Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas, New Mexico State University. (Print Friendly PDF)
The majority of small fruit cropssuch as grape, raspberry, blackberry, and strawberryare classified as "berry"-bearing plants. For the purposes of this publication, the term "small fruit crop" has been expanded to include some of the bush cherries.1
Many areas of the United States offer a great variety of small fruit crops for backyard production. Some, like blueberries, are not adapted to the alkaline soils that characterize most New Mexico gardens. For an uncommon small fruit, New Mexico gardeners can try tayberries, currants, gooseberries, elderberries, bush cherries, and sea buckthorn (sea berry). Improve your chance of success by planting in heavily composted soils in areas with good water quality (low salt levels).
Released in 1979 by the Scottish Crop Research Institute, the tayberry is a cross between a loganberry ('Aughinbaugh' blackberry x red raspberry) and a black raspberry. The tayberry has a growth habit and fruit similar to the loganberry, which in turn are similar to the blackberry.
Fruit of the tayberry are borne on short, strong laterals on prickly canes 6 to 7 feet long. The tayberry fruit, like that of the raspberry and blackberry, is an aggregate fruit consisting of a collection of drupelets. Plants are very vigorous and require a sturdy trellis for support. Commercial yields can be heavyup to 12 tons per acre. The juicy fruit are cone-shaped, deep purple, and up to 11/2 inches long. Like a blackberry, the core remains in the berry when picked. Tayberries are somewhat less acidic than loganberries, with a strong, slightly tart flavor, and can be eaten fresh or processed as jams or jellies.
Training and other cultural requirements are similar to those for trailing blackberries (refer to NMSU Extension Guide H-325, Blackberry Production in New Mexico). Plants will need protection below -15°F. Tayberries make an excellent crop to grow under windows as a home security barrier because the canes are so prickly.
Currants and Gooseberries
Currants (red and black) (Ribes spp.) and gooseberries (Ribes spp.) grow best in higher elevations of New Mexico under cool, moist growing conditions. Both can be grown in warmer areas of the state in partial shade or with a northern exposure. Avoid exposures subject to dry, desiccating winds. Currants and gooseberries are quite hardy (down to -40°F), but bloom early in the season, requiring good air drainage to protect them from late frosts.
Gooseberries reach a mature height of 4 to 5 feet with compact, arching, thorny canes. Currants grow 4 to 6 feet tall and have thornless canes. Both are deciduous shrubs.
Plants prefer well-drained, loamy to clay soils with a pH of 6.5 to 7.0. Complete a soil test before planting to determine initial fertility levels, pH, and salt content. Add ample quantities of compost and/or peat moss to help improve the soil structure and water-holding capacity.
Plant 1- or 2-year-old plants early in the spring 4 to 5 feet apart in the row. Remove any damaged roots from bare-root plants before planting. Set each plant 1 to 2 inches deeper in the garden than it was grown in the nursery. Cut the canes back to within 5 inches of the soil surface. Water immediately.
Maintaining the plants requires good fertilizer and pruning programs. Mulch the plants with compost, which will improve the soil and help keep it from drying out. Under good soil conditions, plants should thrive with an annual spring application of a low analysis fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) at a rate of 1/4 to 1/3 cup per plant. Composted manure can also be used.
Currants produce most of their cluster-type fruit on spurs 2 to 3 years old; older canes should be removed. Gooseberries tend to bear somewhat heavier and earlier than currants on 1-year-old and older canes. Fruit are borne singly along the canes. To prune both currants and gooseberries, remove any canes older than 3 years and thin the younger canes. Each bush should ideally have a combination of canes 1, 2, and 3 years old. Leave no more than 6 to 10 canes per bush. Both currants and gooseberries eventually form a hedge.
Pick currants when they are soft and have a deep red or black color. Pick gooseberries when they reach full size and the berries turn slightly pink or red. Both can be eaten fresh or used in juice, jam, jelly, and pie. Currants tend to have a milder flavor than gooseberries.
'Red Lake' and 'Perfection' are two of the most popular red currants while 'Crandall' and 'Ben Lomond' are popular black currants. 'Crandall' appears to be the best producer in NMSU Los Lunas Science Center trials. 'Pixwell', 'Poorman', and 'Welcome' are popular gooseberries with half-inch berries. Both currants and gooseberries are generally self-fruitful, so only one variety is necessary for pollination.
The most common elderberry in the United States is the American elderberry, or sweet elder (Sambucus canadensis). Reaching a mature height of 8 to 12 feet, it is a vigorous grower. Thick clusters of numerous creamy white flowers are borne on five-stemmed, flat to umbrella-shaped flower clusters. The elderberry produces round, 1/4-inch purple-black berries. The juicy fruit are a rich source of iron and vitamin C. Berries are used for making jelly, jam, pie, juice, and wine. Seeds are quite large and can become a nuisance if they get stuck in your teeth.
Elderberries will thrive in most soils, but prefer loams. Light, sandy soils should be well conditioned with ample quantities of compost and/or peat moss to hold water. Do not allow elderberries to be stressed for moisture, and protect them from dry winds, especially during fruit development. Mulch the roots to help control weeds and keep the soil moist. No fertilizer is required the first year, assuming they are planted in a fertile soil. In the spring of each following year, apply a balanced fertilizer at moderate rates.
Elderberries are partially self-fruited, but their yields will increase significantly with cross-pollination from another variety. Fruit are produced on 1- to 3-year-old wood. To prune, remove wood older than 3 years and thin weak wood to encourage strong growth of new wood.
Harvest the berries by removing the whole cluster with pruning shears. Then strip the berries into a clean bucket for processing. Strain the seeds from the juice and sweeten the juice with sugar.
Popular varieties include 'Adams', 'Johns', 'Nova', 'Kent', and 'York'. 'Nova' and 'York' are doing very well at the NMSU Los Lunas Science Center.
Bush Cherries
The Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa) is one of the most popular bush cherries, growing to a mature height of 10 feet. This deciduous shrub bears white to pinkish flowers early in the spring. The half-inch diameter, tart, red fruit are similar to sour pie cherries and make excellent pies, jellies, and jams.
The Nanking cherry makes an excellent windbreak for home gardens. Its relatively short height makes it easy to protect from light frosts in the spring with a tarp or blanket.
Hansen's bush cherry (sand cherry) (Prunus besseyi) is somewhat more drought tolerant than the Nanking cherry. Small, white flowers that blossom in the spring produce purplish-black fruit on a 4- to 6-foot shrub. The tart, tangy fruit are used in pies, preserves, and sauces. The silvery green leaves turn crimson in the fall, making it an excellent multipurpose shrub for landscaping and fruiting.
Sea Buckthorn (Sea Berry)
The sea buckthorn (sea berry) (Hippophae rhamnoides) is highly prized in Europe and Asia, but virtually unknown here. A fine ornamental shrub with narrow grayish-green foliage, it is particularly striking when covered with bright orange fruit. The berries are tart, but tasty and nutritious; are an excellent source of vitamins C, A, and E; and make a delicious juice and reportedly medicinally valuable oil. Available female varieties include 'Golden Sweet', 'Leikora', 'Titan', 'Amber Dawn', 'Botanica', 'Radiant', and 'Star of Altai'. Female varieties that are doing very well in the NMSU Los Lunas Science Center trials include 'Amber Dawn' (compact, 46 feet tall), 'Star of Altai' (medium, 68 feet tall), and 'Botanica' (large, 810 feet tall). One male plant is recommended for every 68 female plants for proper pollination. The male plants are also attractive ornamental shrubs and are covered with attractive large golden-brown flower buds in winter and spring.
Original author: George W. Dickerson, Extension Horticulture Specialist.
1 For more information on small fruit crops, see the following NMSU Extension publications, available at http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/ : Growing Grapes in New Mexico (Circular 483), Commercial Everbearing Red Raspberry Production for New Mexico (Guide H-318), Raspberries for the Home Garden (Guide H-320), Home Garden Strawberry Production in New Mexico (Guide H-324), and Blackberry Production in New Mexico (Guide H-325).
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Revised and electronically distributed July 2009, Las Cruces, NM


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Despite being a solidly entrenched Pentecostal, Dad often said to me, "Pay no attention to the name over the door, Son! You're not going to see Catholic Square, or Presbyterian Avenue, or Methodist Boulevard, or Pentecostal Circle, or Baptist Street or Nazarene Highway, or anything remotely like that in Heaven! The ONLY thing that counts is where people stand in their relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ."
As the years went by I realized the truth of what Dad was preaching, and when I met other Christians it never occurred to me to ask them whether they were Catholic or Baptist or whatever! If they knew the Lord there was an immediate witness by Holy Spirit and there was no need to ask what label they wore on their forehead.
In late 1970 I was able to participate in a pair of charismatic conferences; one with the Episcopal rector of The Church of the Redeemer in Houston, and one with a Roman Catholic bishop from Los Angeles. We shared together as members of the same family - the family of God! As we ministered together we saw the Spirit of God pour out on people irrespective of their denominational background. Lutherans and Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians, Mennonites and Amish, Seventh Day Adventists and United Brethren - you name it - were speaking in tongues and moving in the Gifts of the Spirit, laying hands on people, seeing folks get healed, delivered from evil spirits and made whole.
When you see God move like that, you very quickly realize that He is no respecter of persons, no respecter of race, no respecter of gender, no respecter of denomination - and certainly no respecter of doctrine! It all goes out the window!
It gets worse, folks! With a major portion of my extended family being Mormon, and having grown up in a culture of hearing that Mormons were all part of a cult that needed to be avoided like the plague, it was both eye-opening and rewarding to spend five years in Salt Lake City and watch God move among Mormons exactly as I had seen Him move among the so-called "denominational groups."
In the summer of 1971, I called Andrae Crouch (with whom I had done concerts and recorded with in the mid-1960's), Charles McPheeters and other friends in the Christian music realm to join me for a three-week "Jesus Festival" on the Salt Lake County Fairgrounds. During that three-week period we saw various Mormon bishops, members of the Council of Twelve and Mormons by the hundred receive healing, deliverance from evil spirits, and (for others to whom Mormonism was simply another "religion") genuine salvation through Jesus Christ.
There were miracles by the hundred with blind eyes opened, deaf ears unstopped, the lame made to walk again, etc., etc., etc.
Gotta tell you! You want to be delivered from religious bondage? Just watch God move among those whom you've avoided because they have "strange doctrines" and "really odd beliefs!"
After the festival had ended I spoke with a number of people who had consecrated their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ and asked them where they were "going to go to church" now that they had been "saved." A few said they weren't sure, but they were going to find a new church to attend. Some looked really puzzled at my question as if it really made no sense. Others boldly said, "We aren't going anywhere! We're going to stay where we are."
My religious prejudice suddenly got exposed. "How can you stay in the Mormon church when you've been saved?" I asked, absolutely puzzled at their response. After all, one couldn't remain in the Mormon church with its doctrines and still be saved and know the Lord - so I thought.
The answer I received hit me between the eyeballs. One lady really nailed me. "I thought you left your denomination because the Lord both opened an opportunity for you to leave and instructed you to do so. Did you leave before God told you to leave, or after He told you to leave?"
She continued. "I don't know how long I will remain in the Mormon church, but this is where the Lord has me. I have no intention of leaving unless and until He instructs me to do so, and then opens the door to leave."
By now you are getting the picture, I'm sure.
I know some of my Pentecostal brethren who have used exactly the same routine on Baptists or Methodists or Episcopalians after they were baptized in the Holy Spirit. And they got the same answer I got from that Mormon lady. "We're staying where we are unless Holy Spirit instructs us to leave."
I'm describing to you a prejudice and a religious bias that has existed throughout the body of Christ for many centuries. It is the underlying foundation of all racism, no matter by what name it is called. All racism has religious overtones. If one is ensnared by spirits of religion they tend to look with certain jaundice at those who are a part of a different denomination.
What Holy Spirit had awakened in me through those experiences was the reality was that I was a religious racist. What society refers to so glibly as "racism" is thoroughly rooted in the same religious spirit that spawns denominationalism and separation between believers because they look different, they dress different, they have some areas of belief or understanding that differ from those you (I) have.
We are chosen by the Lord because we choose Him! We choose Him above all else. No doctrine matters. No upbringing matters. No church label makes a pig's feet worth of difference. Whether we've lived on the streets and in the gutters of society, or whether we've lived in the most prestigious mansions and have been regarded as "the upper crust of society," everything - and I do mean EVERYTHING - becomes as a pile of horse puckey so that we can win God's best!
Those same rules apply with social, political, cultural and religious racism. We have no business calling ourselves white or black, or Hispanic or Latino since those labels set us apart as better than someone of a different color or race when we use them.
The same rule applies if we call ourselves Mexican-American, Russian-American, African-American or whatever. The terms are racist and divisive!
Can we just please be Americans? Can we please just be "people"? Can we as members of the body of Christ just be "heirs and joint-heirs with Christ"?
‑ Regner A. Capener is senior pastor of the Lower Yakima Valley River Worship Center.
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