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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, expressed gratitude for the passage today in the US Senate of the ban on partial-birth abortion, clearing the way for this bill to reach the desk of President Bush.
Along with praising legislators, Fr. Pavone thanked the pastors of every denomination who have had the courage to preach to their people about partial-birth abortion over recent years, and who have mobilized their congregations to lobby their elected officials about it.
"Priests for Life began bringing the partial-birth abortion procedure to the public's attention in 1993, after having come into possession of Dr. Martin Haskell's September, 1992 medical paper about the procedure. It was primarily through the pulpits of America that we were able to tell so many people for the first time about this procedure."
"Since Roe vs. Wade, public opinion on abortion hasn't changed much, except when this procedure came to light in the mid-nineties. At that time, there was an observable decrease in the percentages of those who claim that abortion should be allowed in all cases. Most decent Americans just couldn't get their minds around this particular procedure. Nor should they," Fr. Pavone said.


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Hi - not sure where the best place to put this is, but I've been poring over the 2010 Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple, and the data on counting diapers is not quite as clear as it seemed.
Here's what it says:
"There are several ways to gauge whether the baby needs a supplement. The most reliable is the baby's weight gain. ....
A less reliable gauge of milk intake - but one that can be helpful in combination with weight checks - is diaper output. In the first week of life, some aspects of diaper output can provide good clues about whether the baby is receiving the milk he needs. A transition to yellow stools by Day 6 or earlier was associated with acceptable levels of weight loss and earlier weight gain (Shrago, Reifsnider & Insel 2006). Day 4 breastfeeding inadequacy was predicted by less than three stools per day along wtih the mother's perception that her milk had not yet increased within 72 hours postpartum (Nommsen-Rivers, Heinig, Cohen & Dewey 2008). However, breastfeeidng was actually going well with 41% of the mothers with these indicators.
Although diaper output is not as accurate as weight gain in determining wehther a baby is getting enough milk, it can be used as a rough gauge between weight checks. During the first 6 weeks or so, daily stool output can be a helpful sign of whether milk intake is adequate. An average is at least four stools the diameter of a US quarter (2.5 cm) or larger (Shrago et al 2006). If the baby is having fewer stools but gaining weight well, this is not a problem. After 6 weeks of age, stool count is no longer reliable because many breastfeeding babies have fewer stools, even when getting plenty of milk." (p108)
"Two US studies examined whether diaper output accurately reflects adequate milk intake. Both found that there was much room for error. One study of 73 exclusively breastfeeding mother-baby couples monitored the babies' weight loss and gain, breastfeeding patterns, and diaper output for the first 14 days (Shrago, Reifsnider & Insel 2006). Th researchers found that more stools during the first 5 days were associated with positive infant outcomes. More stools during the first 14 days were associated with the lowest weight loss and early transition to yellow stools. (Mean number of stools per day was four, but some babies had as many as eight.) The first day of yellow stools was a significant predictor of percentage of weight loss (the earlier the babies' stools turned yellow, the less weight was lost.) The average number of daily stools was not an accurate predictor of initial weight loss, but the more stools passed during the entire 14-day study period, the earlier birthweight was regained.
Because some newborns breastfed ineffectively, number of daily feedings at the breast were not related to initial weight loss, start of weight gain, regainin of birthweight, or weight at Day 14. (Mean number of daily feedings at the breats was 8.5, with a range of 6 to 11.) In fact, the researchers considered unusally frequent feeding with low stool output a red flag to check baby's weight, as the study baby who breastfed the most times per day had the poorest weight outcomes. They found that frequent feedins with good stool output was a sign of effective breastfeeding, but frequent feedings without much stooling should be considered a red flag of breastfeeding ineffectiveness.
The second US study followed 242 exclusively breastfeeidng mother-baby couples, also for the first 14 days of life. These reserachers found that "diaper output measures, when applied in the home setting, show too much overlap between infants with adequate versus inadequate breastmilk intake to serve as stand-alone indicators of breastfeeding adequacy" (Nommsen-Rivers, Heinig, Cohen & Dewey 2008 p32). The most reliable predictor of poor milk intake was fewer than four stools on Day 4, but only when paired with the mothers' perception that her milk had not yet increased. But even when both of these criteria were true, there were many false positives, meaning that many of these babies' weight was in the normal range.
So at best, diaper output can be considered a rough indicator of milk intake. While it can be helfpul to track diaper output on a daily basis between regular weight checks, diaper output alone cannoe substitute for an accurate weight. Regular weight checks during the first weeks are vital to identifying breastfeeding babies at risk of low milk intake.
Also, diaper output patterns change over time. Four stools per day are average during the early weeks, but after 6 weeks of age stooling frequency often decreases, sometimes dramatically. Some breastfed babies older than 6 weeks may go as long as a week between stools, which is not a cause for concern from a breastfeeding perspective as lon as the baby is gaining weight well." (p215-216).

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Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott, center, to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, who is stepping down from the position in January to lead a conservative think tank. (Photo/James T. Hammond)
By Chuck Crumbo
Published Dec. 17, 2012
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, who rose through the political ranks to become the first black Republican from South Carolina to serve in Congress since 1901, was named today to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Jim DeMint.
The 47-year-old Scott, who'll be sworn into office Jan. 3, sought to downplay the historical significance of his appointment, instead praising his single mother for the 16-hour days she worked as a nurse's assistant to support her family.
"I am thankful to the good Lord and a strong mom who believes love has to come at the end of a switch," said Scott, who boasts credentials as a Tea Party favorite and evangelical Christian, and was backed by DeMint.
Scott's appointment was announced by Gov. Nikki Haley at a noon news conference in the Statehouse lobby. Also attending the event were fellow Republicans DeMint and Sen. Lindsey Graham.
"It is very important to me as a minority female that Congressman Scott earned his seat," said Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants. "He earned this seat for the person he is. He has earned this seat for the results he has shown. He earned this seat for what I know he will do in representing South Carolina."
Scott was one of five Republicans Haley reportedly considered to succeed DeMint. Also on the list were U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, former state Attorney General Henry McMaster, former S.C. first lady Jenny Sanford and Catherine Templeton, director of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Filling Scott's House seat
Although state law allows the governor to appoint U.S. senators when seats become vacant in mid-term, Scott's successor in the U.S. House will have to be picked in a special election.
South Carolina law is specific about special elections to fill unexpired U.S. House seats. The timetable triggers automatically once the seat is vacant.
After Scott takes office in the U.S. Senate Jan. 3, filing for the primary election to fill his U.S. House seat would begin Jan. 18, and last for 10 days.
The primary election would be held in early March. If a runoff primary is necessary, it would take place two weeks after the first primary election, in late March.
The special election to select a new congressman for the First Congressional District of South Carolina would be on the 18th Tuesday after the election occurs, probably in late April.
Although DeMint was re-elected to a six-year Senate term in 2010, Scott will fill DeMint's term until the general election in 2014.
If he chooses to defend the seat, Scott will face election at the same time S.C. voters will vote for the state's other U.S. Senate seat, currently held by Graham, and the governor.
Scott made it clear he intended to run in 2014.
"I look forward to having an opportunity in getting around the state and introducing myself," Scott said.
"The future is incredibly bright for America," Scott said. "We have our challenges, we have things that we have to overcome, but boy does the future look great in South Carolina."
Place in history
Scott's place in S.C. history was cemented when he was elected to the Charleston County Council seat in 1995. At that time, he became the first African-American Republican elected to any office in South Carolina since Reconstruction.
The first African-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina was Joseph H. Rainey of Georgetown, in 1870, according to Walter Edgar, author of South Carolina: A History.
"During Reconstruction, there were 15 persons of color in the U.S. House, and six of them were South Carolinians," Edgar said.
"Between 1857 and 1876 there were 487 elections for state and federal offices in South Carolina. Of these black Carolinians won 255, or 52%," Edgar said.
Edgar added that until U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat, the state's last black Congressman was George Washington Murray of Rembert who was defeated for re-election in 1896.
Rainey and Murray and all other African-Americans who held public office in South Carolina from 1867 to the 1890s were Republicans, he said.
Clyburn congratulated Scott, noting that they do not always see eye-to-eye on issues.
"The historic nature of this appointment is not lost on me, and I am confident Tim Scott will represent South Carolina and the country honorably," Clyburn said.
DeMint, of Greenville, announced Dec. 6 plans to resign from the Senate in January to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
DeMint was first elected to the Senate in 2004, after serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 2010.
At the nonprofit Heritage Foundation, DeMint succeeds Ed Feulner, who helped develop the conservative advocacy group in 1973.
DeMint was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 after owning an advertising and market research company for 20 years. DeMint left the House after limiting himself to three terms.
A fiscally conservative record
A business owner, Scott considers himself a fiscal conservative, and an advocate for smaller government and lower taxes.
Scott also has been a critic of President Barack Obama's policies. The first bill he authored after his congressional seat in January 2011 sought to defund and deauthorize the president's health care law.
Scott was named to the House Rules Committee, asked to serve as a deputy whip and was one of two freshman congressmen serving on the Elected Leadership Committee.
Scott, a backer of state right-to-work laws, was a vocal critic of the National Labor Relations Board's decision to sue Boeing after announced plans to open an assembly facility for the 787 Dreamliner passenger plane.
A social conservative, Scott has co-sponsored bills protecting family values and reaffirming the right to bear arms, which is covered by the 2nd Amendment.
In his 2010 run for Congress, Scott defeated Paul Thurmond, son of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, in a runoff for the Republican nomination. He then captured 65% of the vote in the general election.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Scott served on Charleston County Council for 13 years, including four terms as chairman. In 2008, he was elected to the state House of Representatives for one term.
Scott is a graduate of Charleston Southern University.
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Guess what? That thing your friends, weird coworkers and confused relatives have been sharing on Facebook is pretty much a useless chain letter. Surprised? You shouldn't be.
That thing I'm referring to, specifically, is the "copyright notice" being copy-pasted into Facebook statuses for the past few days that claims to claim copyright of the poster's content on Facebook, despite the new Proposed Statement of Rights and Responsibilities Facebook posted last week, along with the decision from Facebook HQ to end the feature that allows users to vote in or out new proposed features and privacy or usage statements. Here's the part some users have taken issue with:
You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. In addition:
1. For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to yourprivacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.
The "copyright notice" being shared uses a lot of legal jargon that probably sounds legit to some. But to the rest of us who spend our weekends on the couch watching "Law & Order: SVU" marathons, it sounded like a bunch of made-up malarkey. Here's the text in full:
"In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above, my written consent is needed at all times! (Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws.) By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or i ts contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook's direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute).
Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates."
Snopes.com points out that this has happened before, a few years ago when web users posted a similar notice on their websites claiming to protect them from prosecution of piracy. In that case, as well as in the case of this bogus Facebook "copyright notice," it's pretty simple, as Snopes says: The law just doesn't work that way.
So, sorry, Drunk Cousin Jim. That status update that took you 10 seconds to copy and paste isn't going to do jack to protect anything you post on Facebook. Suggestion: If you're really that worried about your content falling into the wrong hands at the Facebook HQ, then...delete your account. Brilliant, I know!
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Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said large banks are vulnerable to runs from non-deposit liabilities, and regulators need to do more to curb such risk.
"These vulnerabilities involve both large, prudentially regulated institutions, and thus too-big-to-fail concerns, and the broader financial system," Tarullo said today in the text of remarks to the Cornell International Law Journal Symposium in New York. "The liability side of the balance sheets of financial firms has been barely addressed in the reform agenda."
Fed bank supervision and monetary policy is increasingly focusing on stemming threats to financial market stability. Tarullo, the Fed governor in charge of financial regulation and bank oversight, has worked with Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on the overhaul of the central bank's risk surveillance and bank oversight.
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danabike wrote:Figured out the fender problem with mounting IRC NR77's. I ordered 2 of the NR 77 front tires, which were the same size as the stock rear, but larger than the stock front tire. I first made some extensions for the fender stays, but they were bulky and the hardware required put them too far away from the tire. It looked like crap and I was stuck. I ten considered making a fork bracket to mount at the base of the headtube under the fork, like a bicycle. Then I was looking in my shop loft and found some universal fender stays for 26" fat tire bicycle fenders. I believe the manufacturer is Wald. I used the old fender stays and a fender as a pattern to shape the top of the stays since they are not a straight arc. After a little bending by hand and with some pliers, the tops were shaped and fit nicely into the underside of the fender, without the little bend inward that the stock stays have. That little inward bend is what screws us on the use of the stock ones, so the bicycle stays provide an immediate 1/4" on each side simply by virtue of not having that second bend. I gave myself a little more extra clearance on the tire, and then lined up the stays to the same holes on the fork for the stock stays and cut the new ones to fit. I then took a hammer and and pounded the first inch of the cutoff end of the new stays flat on the anvil of my bench vise. Since the new stays are formed where they were cut off, there's a clear center line on the flattened blade end. Center punch the new hole location and drill it out. Voila! new stays that are almost indistinguishable from the stock ones! You can even use the mud flap! I attached everything with carefully measured stainless screws and nylon nuts. The rear tire I had no fit problems with and used all the stock stuff. Check it out!
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CameronR wrote:Hi everyone, I have just recently acquired a 1980 QT50 that starts only half the time. When I was buying it I started it up to test drive it and it started the first time. Drove it around and it seemed to run great. I shut it off and started it back up a few times just to make sure. The guy I bought it from said that every so often it doesn't like to start up but if you "mess with it a bit" then it will start just fine. So I loaded it into my trailer and drove about an hour and a half on a really bumpy road to get home. It was really getting shaken around. So I unload it from the trailer and go to start it up and it starts just fine. I went to give it some gas and nothing happened. So I took apart small case around the throttle handle and noticed the cable snapped. I replaced the cable and now I can't get it to start at all. I can get it to start but it will run for maybe 8 sec. before the engine cuts out. I'm mechanically smart but not as engine smart as I should be to figure out whats wrong with it. I'm not sure exactly I need to "mess with" to get it running or maybe it just needs a general tune-up. Any Ideas?
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Forty year old knee injury- new technology?
I have been an active 63 YO male who had ligiment/cartilege damage to my right knee in the late `70s that was never medically attended to at the time (other than an ER physican removing fluid from the knee an hour after the injury). Because I have always been active, problems were not manefested until the past five years. In 2007, "loose bodies"(4) were found to have migrated into muscle tissue in the back of my knee. One additional loose body that had migrated to the knee cap area and was sometimes limiting movement was surgically removed. At that time, I was told that there was nothing that could be done to remove the irritating loose bodies that found their way to the knee muscle at the back of the knee.
I have become somewhat less active since 2009. Three days ago, after moving around my garden on my hands and knees for an hour, standing upright caused severe pain in that area that has not subsided. Is there technology now available that could possibly pulverize these loose bodies in there place? It feels like I squeezed or scrunched them while I was on my knees in the garden. I, now, can not fully extend my knee or fully bend the knee.
You are likely suffering from arthritis in the knees which sets in all people as they age. Having had an injury or trauma in the past predisposes to earlier degeneration or arthritis in some people. You would benefit from having a simple knee X-ray and seeing an orthopedic surgeon. The problem may not be loose bodies (which are usually ligament fragments) as much as progression of arthritis. Newer technologies have resulted in smaller incisions for a number of surgical procedures including those of the knee, such as in knee replacement surgery.
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Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who took part in the event, offers steps government and industry should take
In mid-February the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted Cyber ShockWave, a simulation of how our nation might respond to a catastrophic cyber event. The simulation was conducted through the lens of a notional National Security Council (NSC) meeting convened to advise the president on how the federal government should respond to the crisis and what the president should communicate to the American people to reassure them.
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Cyberattack simulation highlights vulnerabilities
The presentation of Cyber ShockWave was well timed. Right now, the U.S. government is involved in a significant debate: How important is cybersecurity among the many security matters competing for attention?
My view is that cybersecurity issues transcend the protection of personal data or networks from hackers or even organized crime. Rather, cyber warfare is a major national security issue — protecting the security and freedom of our networks is as critical as protecting freedom of the seas and space. As Congress debates competing legislative proposals to marshal our government's resources in this critical conflict, Cyber ShockWave provided important benchmarks to guide these deliberations.
It was my privilege to play the role of the national security adviser during the Cyber ShockWave NSC meeting. From that vantage point, here is my perspective of what we learned.
Two key real-world elements arose, however, to complicate NSC's consideration of response actions. First, it is difficult to establish evidence that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that a particular entity staged an attack — the issue of attribution. Not only is it difficult to identify and prove whether the attacker is sanctioned by a foreign government, it is also hard to distinguish between active direction by foreign officials and mere tolerance or lax enforcement. Consequently, accountability for cyberattacks is extremely difficult to determine.
Furthermore, even if there were an ability to demonstrate a specific entity's or a foreign government's complicity in an attack, what are the options for response? The United States has long declared that a physical attack on us is an act of war that will be met with retaliation. How should that same principle be contemplated in the context of attacks in cyberspace? Should our cyber policies hold a hosting state responsible for attacks launched by its agents, sanctioned or not? Is our response to a cyberattack limited to the cyber world, or are physical responses on the table? Cyber ShockWave demonstrated that these decisions need to be debated and translated into a national declaratory policy to govern future U.S. cyber response actions.
In spite of these complications, the notional NSC meeting concluded with surprising unanimity that we needed to authorize very aggressive, vigorous response actions, and from the outset, Congress needed to be involved and on board. Additionally, we recognized that timely public buy-in was critical.
In the aftermath of Cyber ShockWave, it is clear that there are concrete, practical steps that government and the private sector need to address. These include:
Finally, we must recognize that everyone is a combatant in the world of cyber warfare. Civilians are on the front lines because our personal communications and network systems are the conduits for Internet warfare. This means that the responsibility for cybersecurity must be a joint effort involving not only our government's national security and homeland security elements and private enterprise but also individuals who must do their part to practice safe computing. To be responsible Internet citizens, we must each commit to employing well-documented security techniques, such as creating and renewing passwords for protecting our individual computing resources. The Web site (www.uscert.gov) of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team provides very useful information to this end.
Additionally, in this regard, I would note the well-known sports adage: "While offense wins games, defense wins championships." Each of us must resolve to make our individual contributions to the defense of cyberspace.
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Is "cloud computing" the answer to endangered or vulnerable infrastructure? Where is the protection to be applied to insure the reliability and availability of "cloud computing"? Indeed, precisely where is the "cloud computing" capability that services our critical needs located? Don't you have to know where your infrastructure is located physically as well as logically in order to protect it?
Totally agree with this article. It also supports Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra's words, "The path we are on does not make sense... cloud computing could be a solution"http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/26/government-specific-clouds-a-boon-to-feds-kundra-says.aspx
Of course, there are another dangers that seems to accompany these 'sweeping new policies', especially these days. the first is the government trying to tell us how to run our daily lives. Nothing wrong with good security practices, but do we need to do it the government's way only? The second is a possible unnecessary, unreasonable and unconstitutional invasion of people's privacy, all in the name of 'security'. At first face this looks fairly benign, but there is always some ugly detail lurking beneath the surface. Another thing to bear in mind is that if a wide mix of security procedures are used independently of each other, you will have a system that is much less vulnerable to attack than if one homogeneous, government-mandated approach is used.
Why is it that when Chertoff was heading DHS, he was clueless about cyber security and did absolutely nothing to move the ball? Now a mere year+ later, he is all of a sudden a cyber security expert. Cyber ShockWare was an ill-informed media stunt between CNN, BPPI and the Chertoff Group where individuals who have been colossal failures as policy makers got together and potificated about things they know little about and certainly didn't help solve when they were in government service.
This is the big picture. But the main reasons from my pov is quite simply that most of the people who manage these infrastructures are clueless. They have no idea what security is. Ask anyone of them to define the role of security and I'll bet 80% of them give you a basic answer that you can relate to the security guard in the lobby.
Government and private sector managers think their interpretation of security is the right one. We can fire teachers in an entire school district. Why can't we make these clueless managers accountable? Believe me it's simple. But the other problem is if you let someone like me go out and put their problems on the table image the embarrassment when 80% of the individuals responsible for these Governments systems are found to be incompetent in understanding security?
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Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds was sickened by the dozens of racist and vulgar comments that Twitter users directed at his close friend, Washington's Joel Ward, after he scored an overtime goal to defeat host Boston, 2-1, in Game 7 of their first-round series Wednesday.
"It's the Internet. They can say whatever they want, and they don't have to show their faces," said Simmonds, who, like Ward, is one of 28 black players in the NHL. "It's disgusting. Things like that have happened to me before. It's not something you want to happen, but it's sad in this day and age that it continues to happen."
Simmonds, 23, and Ward, 31, both grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, but they didn't meet until about five years ago. They have trained together in the last two off-seasons.
"We're good buddies and it was nice to see him score. You could see the relief on his face," Simmonds said after the Flyers' practice Thursday in Voorhees. "The celebration was classic. He just smashed his stick into the ice, and it was pretty funny."
Simmonds, who denied tweets that he received racial slurs during the Flyers' recent games in Pittsburgh, said social media is getting out of hand.
"It is what it is. People can be as gutless as they want," he said. "They don't have to show up. They just throw a comment out on the Internet and it's getting kind of ridiculous. Social media is not meant for that. It's for 'Say, hey, nice score. Congratulations.' You're not supposed to throw things out like that."
In the preseason, a fan threw a banana peel at Simmonds during a Sept. 22 exhibition in London, Ontario, against Detroit. The 26-year-old man was fined $200 for "provincial trespassing," but police said there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with a hate crime.
"I guess it is what it is, but it's sad I have to say that, though," Simmonds said of the latest incidents.
Ward told USA Today the slurs were "shocking to see, but it didn't ruin my day. It doesn't faze me at all. We won, and we are moving on. … People are going to say what they want to say."
Ted Leonsis, the Capitals' owner, wrote on his blog that "there should be zero tolerance for this kind of hate mongering. Their messages should now stay glued into the algorithms to place a forever warning and a mark upon these people and their actions."
Leonsis called Ward "a great teammate and a great citizen. He is now the star of stars in our city for his heroics" on Wednesday night.
Ward said he thought it was "just kids" who tweeted the comments.
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Physiotherapy for Football Players in Birmingham
Physiotherapy helps in restoring movement & function when a footballer is affected by an injury. It basically takes a holistic-approach which involves the patient-directly in their very own care. The physiotherapist treats the footballer, helping him manage the pain by using various methods to aid in the recovery.
Physiotherapy involves the use of massage, manipulation & special exercises so as to improve the range-of motion & return normal functioning of the injured area. For instance, a footballer like Wayne Rooney of Manchester United who is currently recovering from an ankle/foot injury, can benefit from the programme of walking & swimming which helps in strengthening the muscles in the-affected area.
Sports Massage
Some sports therapists & coaches believe that a massage can speed up the recovery-process. They argue that a massage can help in encouraging the blood flow into the affected areas and nutrients in the blood may help in repairing any damaged tissues. A massage might also increase flexibility-in the affected body areas. However, massage isn't recommended if you've a serious soft tissue injury, like a torn-ligament, as it might make that kind of injury worse.
A sports therapist or a local physiotherapist such as a sports injury clinic birmingham may also help in identifying the root cause of an injury & offer advice on just how to avoid such an injury from happening again, for instance, by correcting poor-exercise technique. Some sports' therapists say that using heat-therapy (that is lamps and/or heat pads) and ultrasound therapy (that is, high energy sound waves) might work in a much similar way to massage-by stimulating the blood flow to affected areas. The ultrasound speeds up the healing-process of the fractured bones. The heat treatment also helps in relieving pain. Generally, a sports massage is quite useful as part-of an overall sporting-regime. It helps reduce risk of injury, helps in improving flexibility & encourages relaxation. Sports massage uses a variety-of classic massage strokes along with specific deep-tissue techniques, which work on your body's soft tissues, tendons, muscles and fascia.
Sports injuries
Some of the more common football injuries are to the-head, ankles, shoulders, knees and hamstrings. Most of these injuries are preventable, that's where a physiotherapist comes in. They will aid you rehabilitate from the injury, they'll show you just how to prevent another one occurring and they can work with you so as to improve your general sporting performance.
How Physiotherapy and Sports Massage Can Help You;
-Eases the soreness, tension and the tightness in your muscles.
-Improves recovery-time from your training, thus leading to an improved quality performance.
-Assists in preventing soft tissue injuries and reduces recovery-time in case an injury occurs.
-Helps in general relaxation and stress relief.


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HP OpenVMS SystemsC Programming Language
Language Reference Manual
Order Number: AA-PUNDJ-TK
January 2005
This document is the language reference manual for HP C.
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This manual supersedes the
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
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This document was prepared using DECdocument, Version V3.3-1e.
This manual provides reference information for using the HP C language on HP systems. HP C is an ANSI compliant C compiler for the OpenVMS operating system on VAX, Alpha, and Intel Itanium processors and for the Tru64 UNIX operating system on Alpha processors. HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers is the full product name of the OpenVMS operating system on Intel Itanium processors. The shortened forms, OpenVMS I64 and I64, are also used throughout this manual.
HP C is compliant with the International Standards Organization (ISO) C Standard (ISO 9899:1990[1992]), formerly the American National Standard for Information Systems-Programming Language C (document number: X3.159-1989). By the use of command-line options, HP C is compatible with older dialects of C, including common usage C (Kernighan and Ritchie C) and VAX C.
This manual is based on the ISO C Standard (ISO 9899:1990[1992]), formerly the ANSI X3J11 committee's standard for the C programming language (called the ANSI C standard in this manual). 1 All library functions and language extensions to the ANSI C standard are also described.
You may send comments or suggestions regarding this manual or any HP C document by sending electronic mail to the following Internet address:
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This manual is intended for programmers who need reference information on the HP C (formerly Compaq C) language. There is little task-oriented material or platform-specific material in this manual; for that type of information, see your platform-specific HP C documentation (user's guide and online help for OpenVMS systems, programmer's guide and reference pages for Tru64 UNIX systems.)
Purpose of the ANSI Standard
The ANSI C standard was developed by a committee of program developers and knowledgeable C users to address the problems caused by inexact specification of the C language. These problems were primarily related to portability of programs between different types of machines. The committee analyzed the language for areas where its syntax and semantics were vague or indeterminate, and then chose precise definitions for those C constructs. The result is an unambiguous, machine-independent definition.
The ANSI C standard states that it:
" specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of programs expressed in the programming language C. [The standard's] purpose is to promote portability, reliability, maintainability, and efficient execution of C language programs on a variety of computing systems. "
The standard specifies:
The ANSI C standard does not specify:
Manual Structure
This manual has the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1 describes the elements of the C language.
Chapter 2 discusses some of the basic concepts underlying the C language.
Chapter 3 explains HP C data types and type qualifiers.
Chapter 4 describes the declaration of identifiers in HP C. The declaration of constants, variables, structures, unions, pointers, and arrays is covered.
Chapter 5 describes function calls, function declarations, function definitions, function parameters, and function arguments.
Chapter 6 discusses the types of expressions you can build in C. It also explains the effects of operators available in C, including unary, binary, conditional, primary, and postfix operators.
Chapter 7 describes the C statements that provide flow control, conditional executions, looping, and interruption.
Chapter 8 explains the purpose of the C preprocessor directives and predefined macros.
Chapter 9 lists and describes the functions, macros, and types in the ANSI C standard library, arranged by header file.
Appendix A provides a syntax summary of all C language constructs.
Appendix B describes the extent of the ANSI conformance of HP C, including exceptions and extensions to the standard.
Appendix C provides the ASCII octal, decimal, and hexadecimal equivalents for each character in the ASCII character set.
Appendix D lists the common C extensions supported by HP C using the common C compatibility option.
Appendix E lists the VAX C extensions supported by HP C using the VAX C compatibility option.
Associated Documents
You may find the following documents useful when programming in HP C:
Conventions Used in This Document
New and Changed Features
HP C Version 7.1 runs on OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 systems. The compiler behaves much the same on both systems, with some differences, primarily in the support for #pragma linkage , built-in functions, default floating-point representation, and predefined macros. These differences are noted in the relevant sections of the documentation.
Chapter 1
static int x=0; /* Could also be written "static int x = 0;" */
The compiler breaks the previous line into the following tokens (shown one per line):
static int x = 0 ;
As the compiler processes the input character stream, it identifies tokens and locates error conditions. The compiler can identify three types of errors:
char x[3] = (1,2,3);
int *x = 5.7;
Logical errors are not identified by the compiler.
An important concept throughout C is the idea of a compilation unit, which is one or more files compiled by the compiler.
The ANSI C standard refers to compilation units as translation units. This text treats these terms as equivalent.
The smallest acceptable compilation unit is one external definition.
The ANSI C standard defines several key concepts in terms of
compilation units. Section 2.2 discusses compilation units in detail.
A compilation unit with no declarations is accepted with a compiler
warning in all modes except for the strict ANSI standard mode.
A compilation unit with no declarations is accepted with a compiler warning in all modes except for the strict ANSI standard mode.
A character set defines the valid characters that can be used in source programs or interpreted when a program is running. The source character set is the set of characters available for the source text. The execution character set is the set of characters available when executing a program. The source character set does not necessarily match the execution character set; for example, when the execution character set is not available on the devices used to produce the source code.
Different character sets exist; for example, one character set is based on the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) definition of characters, while another set includes the Japanese kanji characters. The character set in use makes no difference to the compiler; each character simply has a unique value. C treats each character as a different integer value. The ASCII character set has fewer than 255 characters, and these characters can be represented in 8 bits or less. However, in some extended character sets, so many characters exist that some characters' representation requires more than 8 bits. A special type was created to accommodate these larger characters, called the wchar_t (or wide character) type. Section 126.96.36.199 discusses wide characters further.
Most ANSI-compatible C compilers accept the following ASCII characters for both the source and execution character sets. Each ASCII character corresponds to a numeric value. Appendix C lists the ASCII characters and their numeric values.
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In character constants and string literals, characters from the execution character set can also be represented by character or numeric escape sequences. Section 22.214.171.124 and Section 184.108.40.206 describe these escape sequences.
The ASCII execution character set also includes the following control characters:
The null character is a byte or wide character with all bits set to 0. It is used to mark the end of a character string. Section 1.8 discusses character strings in more detail.
The new-line character splits the source character stream into separate lines for greater legibility and for proper operation of the preprocessor.
Sometimes a line longer than the terminal or window width must be interpreted by the compiler as one logical line. One logical line can be typed as two or more lines by appending the backslash character ( \ ) to the end of the continued lines. The backslash must be immediately followed by a new-line character. The backslash signifies that the current logical line continues on the next line. For example:
#define ERROR_TEXT "Your entry was outside the range of \ 0 to 100."
The compiler deletes the backslash character and the adjacent new-line character during processing, so that this line becomes one logical line, as follows:
#define ERROR_TEXT "Your entry was outside the range of 0 to 100."
A long string can be continued across multiple lines by using the backslash-newline line continuation feature, but the continuation of the string must start in the first position of the next line. In some cases, this destroys the indentation scheme of the program. The ANSI C standard introduces another string continuation mechanism to avoid this problem. Two string literals, with only white space separating them, are combined to form one logical string literal. For example:
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We tend to get so caught up in the news of the moment that even the recent past recedes all too quickly. But sometimes there is value in looking backward, if only to square accounts with history, to flesh out the details of events that seemed somewhat sketchy at the time - and to better determine whether the people in power lied to us.
The Bush administration ended just seven months ago, yet dipping into its archives already seems akin to tuning in an '80s rock station and hearing A Flock of Seagulls, or maybe The Thompson Twins singing "Hold Me Now." Nevertheless, this morning there are newsworthy reasons to blast the archival political music - if only to better determine whether the Bush people in power lied to us.
Well, they did. Their own sworn testimony and emails, harvested by the House Judiciary Committee and released yesterday, prove that they did.
This isn't about Iraq; those deceptions have been well documented for years. This about another scandal that has receded all too quickly, the Bush team's firing of nine U.S attorneys back in 2006 - known on this blog as the prosecutor purge scandal. The clear suspicion at the time was that the Bush team had seriously politicized the once-independent U.S. Justice Department, that federal prosecutors around the country were getting pressure to conduct themselves as partisan lackeys for the Republican party, and that their jobs were being jeopardized if they refused. And now, thanks to the release of 700 pages of sworn testimony and 5400 pages of emails, we have proof that this was indeed the Bush agenda.
The White House claimed at the time that these federal prosecutors were fired because they performed poorly on the job. As Bush press secretary Tony Snow insisted on March 15, 2007, "It's pretty clear that these things are based on performance and not on sort of attempts to do political retaliation, of you will." And as President Bush himself insisted five days later, "There's no indication whatsoever, after reviews by the White House staff, that anybody did anything improper." And as Bush political guru Karl Rove has repeatedly insisted ever since, he had no role in whatever did happen.
Before I cite the new evidence that exposes the falsity of those denials, it's important to explain the significance of this scandal. The firing of nine U.S. attorneys, midway through a president's tenure in office, is unprecedented. Once appointed, they traditionally stay on the job until a new president arrives to clean house. Repeat: Federal prosecutors are replaced at the start of a president's term, not in midterm. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has found that, of 486 federal prosecutors appointed between 1981 and 2006, only three were fired in midterm, apparently for documented performance reasons. (For instance, a Bill Clinton appointee was forced to quit under pressre - after he'd lost a big drug case and had subsequently gone to a topless bar. Where he bit a dancer on the arm. That was too much even for Bill.)
Secondly, the Justice Department mission statement does not remotely suggest that U.S. attorneys are supposed to serve the partisan interests of the ruling political party. Rather, the apolitical statement makes it clear that "each United States attorney exercises wide discretion in the use of his/her resources to further the priorities of the local jurisdictions and needs of their communities."
As evidenced by the sworn testimony of Karl Rove and Bush counsel Harriet Miers (testimony that was taken in private, after both had repeatedly resisted congressional subpoenas), and by the White House emails (which were finally extracted after a long legal struggle), it's now clear that David Iglesias, the U.S. attorney for New Mexico, was fired by the White House in 2006 precisely because he resisted Republican pressure to prosecute cases that would help the GOP win elections. A Republican appointee, Iglesias sought to exercise "wide discretion," and he paid the price.
In the House's document dump, the Iglesias case is by far the most substantiated. As early as June 28 2005, Rove deputy Scott Jennings complained in an email to one of his Rove office colleagues that Iglesias was refusing to play ball with New Mexico Republicans, that Iglesias was refusing to prosecute Democrats in vote-fraud cases. Said Jennings, "I would really like to move forward with getting rid of NM USATTY." The Jennings email dovetailed nicely with a Miers email, which indicated - also in June 2005 - that a "decision" had been made to dump Iglesias.
Top New Mexico party leaders, most notably Senator Pete Domenici, kept complaining. So did Republican congresswoman Heather Wilson, who was locked in a tight 2006 re-election race against Democratic challenge Pat Madrid. The New Mexico GOP, hoping to give Wilson a much-needed boost that autumn, wanted Iglesias to bring a corruption case that would ensnare Madrid. But he didn't. Jennings emailed his boss, Rove, to complain that Iglesias was being "shy about doing his job on Madrid."
It should be noted that, throughout this time frame, Iglesias was getting high marks for his performance in office; in writing, the Justice Department lauded his "exemplary leadership." But apparently that didn't cut it with Rove - at least not according to Harriet Miers.
Miers sat for a 10-hour House deposition a few months ago; nearly 150 times, she claimed that she could not recall key events. But she did recall one phone conversation with Rove in September 2006. In her sworn testmony, she described Rove as "very agitated," and she came away believing that Rove wanted Iglesias taken down: "It was clear to me that he felt like (Iglesias) was a serious problem and that he wanted something done about it. He was just upset. I remember him being upset."
Miers relayed Rove's sentiments to a deputy attorney general, Paul McNulty. The documents also show that Rove went directly to attorney general/Bush loyalist Alberto Gonzales with his complaints about Iglesias. Maybe it's just a wild and crazy coincidence, but within weeks, Iglesias' name was added to the official list of prosecutors who would be fired. (Iglesias, interviewed after he was fired, said that he and his bipartisan task force had spent two years probing allegations of Democratic-inspired voter fraud in New Mexico, but, in the end, "we didn't have any prosecutable cases.")
Nothing in the new document dump is particularly shocking, given what we already knew about the previous regime. More than two years ago, for instance, we learned that Rove had suggested to Kyle Sampson, a top Justice official, that perhaps the U.S. attorneys should be screened for partisan loyalty and that those who failed the test should be purged. Sampson subsequently told a White House aide that 15 to 20 percent of the prosecutors could not be considered "loyal Bushies." As for the purge idea, Sampson wrote that "if Karl thinks that there would be a political will to do it, then so do I."
The House document dump is not the final word on this chapter in history, however. All the evidence is being forwarded to a federal prosecutor who is conducting a probe into whether anybody should be criminally charged with making false statements or obstructing justice in connection with any of the firings. There are serious unanswered questions about the firing of a U.S. attorney in Arkansas, and the fact that was replaced by Rove loyalist Tim Griffin. There was also a report last year, by the Justice Department's inspector general, which found that highranking loyal Bushies had made "misleading" and false statements to Congress about the firings.
So even as we continue to dwell on all things Obama, there may well be fresh newsworthy reasons to spin this particular Bush oldie. Even if we have already overdosed on the tune.


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Flower Pots – Day 1!
Usually each year my mom comes out in May and one of the things we always do is plant flowers for the summer. She is a green thumb, me - not so much! This year she came early, so I was on my own! YIKES! A big thanks to Bernie at Kenyon Noble for all his helpful advice! I got all of my flowers, a bag of potting soil and a week killer...for under $50!!! The sale doesn't last long, so get there TODAY!
Check out some of my Mom's Flowers! See why I was worried to do it by myself! A big thank you to Sue for my new pink pig pot! I LOVE IT!


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As dusk fell upon Onset July 5, more and more people dotted the beach and the bluffs for the annual fireworks display until there was barely any sand or grass peeking through.
As dusk fell upon Onset July 5, more and more people dotted the beach and the bluffs for the annual fireworks display until there was barely any sand or grass peeking through.
Turns out, there wasn't a bad seat in the house for the annual show, which elicited a chorus of "oohs and ahhs" from the crowd from about 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with a big cheer for the fan-favorite smiley face firework.
Many plan their vacations around the big display.
Brockton's Mary Pentz rents a home in Onset for the whole month of July so she can enjoy the festivities.
"We love it. I love it," she said. "My family has been coming here for years."
Wareham residents also flock to the fireworks every year.
Cindy Hicks and Missy Brundage brought their little ones to spend the whole day in Onset before the evening show.
"It's a great, family-friendly atmosphere," Hicks said. "There are so many things to do here."
Brundage agreed, adding, "It's fun to walk around and go to the beach and get ice cream. We're taking the kids to the playground right now."
Fireworks event organizers wanted to thank the Community Events Committee.
"Without their continued support, the fireworks would not take place," Jackie Lindsey said.
She also thanked the Mezza Luna Restaurant and E. J. Cubellis for his fourth year of providing the venue and hors d'oeuvres to make the fireworks fundraiser successful.
Sponsors included A. D. Makepeace, Cape Cod 5, Hy-Line, Salerno's, Onset Village Market, Manomet Beach Club, A Storage Solution, Cape Clog, Guido's Ice Cream, SOCO magazine.
"Thanks to our residents, summer residents and vacationers," Lindsey said.
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Top Reasons to Visit Lake Louise Inn
- The inn is set in a remote town surrounded by pine trees and glacial mountains in the heart of Banff National Park. Known as the "hiking capital of Canada," Lake Louise offers other recreational opportunities including world-class skiing in the Rocky Mountains.
- A complimentary shuttle transports guests to The Lake Louise Ski Area, where 4,200 acres of Rocky Mountain terrain include glades, bowls, and long cruising runs.
- Enjoy a fireside prime-rib dinner at Legends Restaurant, or share a pizza topped with AAA Alberta beef strip loin at Timberwolf Pizza and Pasta Café.
- Guest rooms are scattered among five lodges constructed from wood and fieldstone. Bighorn loft and family suites feature full kitchens and gas fireplaces, and some executive rooms offer views of the mountains.
- Explorers Lounge caters to a lively après-ski crowd with a variety of draft beers and burgers topped with onion rings and deep-fried pickles.
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Volume 16 Issue 46 | April 9 - 15, 2004
100 years in Little Italy
By JERRY TALLMER
Downtown Express photos by Elisabeth Robert
Vincent Generosa, outside Vincents Restaurant (named for his cousin 100 years ago), near the spot on Hester St. where the original owners had a seafood pushcart.
And tell me what street
compares with Mott Street
in July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by . . .
Lorenz Hart
But Giuseppe and Carmela Siano decided to stay with their pushcart right there, at the corner of Mott and Hester, where Little Italy melts into Chinatown, and set up shop selling clams, mussels, scungilli in the shell, out of that pushcart. The year was 1894.
A block away is Elizabeth St. All the Sicilians lived on Elizabeth St., says Vincent Generoso, whose grandfather, Jimmy Generoso, was a cousin of the Sianos. They all came to this country together, as stowaways on ships. Then some moved to Brooklyn, to Westchester, some moved all over.
Vincent Generoso born 64 years ago in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn is co-owner with his brother Michael of Vincents Restaurant, which establishment is 100 years old this year at that very same corner of Mott and Hester.
Come look out the window, says Vincent Generoso a window of the little room three steps up at one end of the restaurant. That was where the pushcart was, right there. In 1904, Joseph [i.e., Giuseppi] and Carmela decided to move indoors. This room was where they moved. It was the whole restaurant. All the rest of this place was then the store next door.
Next to the window is a faded oil painting of Giuseppi and Carmela Siano. It was made from a photograph, says Generoso. When they moved indoors in 1904, they had a son. His name was Vincent, and they named the restaurant after him. What is today The Original Vincents Restaurant was then Vincents Clam Bar.
It was also in 1904 that Carmela Siano brought forth her Secret Old World red sauce from a formula of her mothers, back in Sicily a tomato-based sauce that comes sweet, medium, or hot, and, says this latter-day Vincent, goes on everything, chicken, veal, Parmesan dishes, and, of course, on pasta of all sorts. The restaurant also sells it and ships it by the pint, quart, or gallon.
Joseph died when son Vincent was somewhere between 14 and 16 years old. So the son and his mother and his sister, another Carmela who for some reason was nicknamed Jay, continued the business. Jay died in the late 1960s. I took over the building in 1976, says Vincent Generoso, but I didnt then operate the restaurant.
That happened in 1982, and two years later, in 1984, Vincent Generoso and his Uncle Frank (then 76) and others expanded and remodeled the entire premises, laying down black-and-white tile floor where there had been only sawdust, putting in beams, raising ceilings, painting, the works. With these hands, says Generoso.
A next-door neighbor had a cousin, a Chinese man, fresh from China. He landed on a Monday and on Tuesday he came here to work with a hammer and saw. His name was Alan. Hes still around.
As Vincent Generoso is telling this, the phone rings.
Hello. Yes, he says after listening a quarter minute to the caller. Party of eight? Okay? What time? . . . The entrees go $6.95 to $25.95. Highest thing on the menu us $25.95 . . .
There must be several hundred photographs all over the place. Mr. Generoso indicates one over his shoulder. Thats Michael Raguso, he says. Firefighter. Killed 9/11.
On another wall: Thats Sinatra, making his own pasta in our kitchen.
On another: Thats the [Siano] sister, Jay, and a fellow everyone just called Red. Started at Vincents when he was 10 years old. Ducked out of school and slept in the basement here. Worked here 50 years. And for 50 years made the sauce for the restaurant.
Nods toward an employee wielding a broom.
Thats Santo. Been with us 35 years. Helps all around, has done everything in the restaurant, even made the sauce. Hey, Santo, how long you been here?
Thirty-six years.
Nearby is a waiter straightening his bow tie a good-looking young man named Navin. Hes from Trinidad, and he started at Vincents at age 16. In my last life I was Sicilian, he announces.
The restaurant is run by Vincent Generoso, Michael Generoso, and Michael Jr., age 30.
One of us is always in the establishment, says Vincent Generoso. During the San Gennaro Festival and the smaller St. Anthonys Festival on Mott St., we sleep here every night, my God. We close four days in the year: Christmas Eve, Christmas day, New Years Eve, and Thanksgiving.
Vincents is open every day in the year with those four exceptions: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., Fridays and Saturdays to 3:30 a.m., the bar to 4 a.m.
The phone rings and Vincent answers. No cannelloni kits! he exclaims into it. He didnt give me the pasta or the cannelloni kits! Hey, Santo! he yells to Santo. Did you get the cannelloni kits?
Summertime the trade is maybe 60 percent tourists, 40 percent customers. Holidays its 60 percent customers, 40 percent tourists, Generosa adds. A lot of Jersey people, a lot of Westchester people.
And actors, of course. Not just Sinatra. A jovial hundredth-anniversary party last month was attended by Tony Lo Bianco and Sonny Grosso, alumni of The French Connection.
A lot of stars walk through those doors. You never know. Glenn Close, Tony Bennett. Dino [Martin] used to come here. Paul Sorvino. Renee Tayor and Joe Bologna. De Niro. And the greatest guy of all, WNEWs William B. Williams.
The restaurant has its own calamari boat out on Long Island. Were famous for our calamari and our shrimp and for the best meatballs in New York.
Vincent Generoso is second vice-president of the Little Italy Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife Margaret have three daughters, two of whom are teachers.
Its very fancy
on old Delancey
Street you know.
The subway charms us so . . .
I myself prefer the bus. Lexington/Third Avenue/Bowery southbound No. 103 to Hester Street, one block north of Canal. Get off at Hester, walk two short blocks west to Mott Street, and look for the pushcart which wont be there. Nor will Lorenz Hart. But the big red sign VINCENTS will be, at 119 Mott Street, and so will the heritage of Giuseppi and Carmela Siano and their clam bar on wheels. Happy hundredth birthday, you two.
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This is a comprehensive functional and biomechanical evaluation, as well as a rehabilitation and consultation service, for anyone who is looking to improve his/her running performance, or for athletes with lower body (for example, foot, ankle, or knee) musculoskeletal injuries. The analysis is performed on a state-of-the-art treadmill equipped with force sensors and cameras that provide meaningful biomechanical data and real-time biofeedback. Each athlete receives a personalized performance plan, including specific stretching and strengthening exercises, shoe/orthotic recommendations, and corrective exercise techniques. Our expert professionals will work one-on-one with the athlete to help achieve his/her specific running goals.
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This is an individual evaluation of an athlete in a specific environment using a temperature, humidity, and exercise intensity that elicited performance or health problems (for example, premature fatigue, heat exhaustion, or muscle cramps) or to simulate upcoming training or competition conditions. Sweat fluid and electrolyte (sodium, potassium, and chloride) losses will be determined and cardiovascular and thermal strain (heart rate, core body temperature, and physiological strain index) will be evaluated. Individual-specific hydration and dietary strategies are provided, so that each athlete can more optimally prepare for, manage, and recover from sweat fluid and electrolyte losses incurred during training or competition.
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VO2max (maximal aerobic capacity) is the best measure of an athlete's cardiorespiratory fitness. Also referred to as aerobic capacity, VO2max reflects the body's ability to deliver and use oxygen to meet the energy demands of exercise. A high aerobic capacity is especially important in endurance-type activities (for example, distance running, cycling, and swimming); however, it is also important to enhance recovery between brief intermittent bouts of high-intensity activity in other sports (such as soccer, tennis, basketball, and football) during practice and competition. This is a progressive incremental workload exercise test using a treadmill or bicycle, depending on the athlete's primary sport or preference
Lactate threshold (LT) reflects the exercise intensity at which the production of lactate in the blood increases sharply. LT is a very good predictor of sustained endurance capacity and performance and is also helpful in determining an athlete's appropriate training intensity zones. A high LT is especially important in endurance-type activities (distance running, cycling, and swimming). Tracking changes in LT can assist an athlete in assessing the effectiveness of his/her training over several months. This is a progressive incremental workload exercise test using a treadmill or bicycle, depending on the athlete's primary sport or preference.
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Determining your REE, or roughly the minimum number of calories your body needs each day to function properly at rest, is extremely important when trying to personalize your nutrition and fitness strategies. Body composition (relative percentage of body fat and lean body mass) and REE are closely linked to one another and provide a foundation for establishing your nutrition and fitness goals. Body fat percentage is estimated from multiple skinfold measurements and REE is determined from measuring oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange while at rest.
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This is an evaluation of an athlete's current tolerance to exercising in the heat. Athletes should consider having this test performed if he/she has had a heat-related illness, especially exertional heat stroke, or a long period of no exposure to the heat. This test can also be used to evaluate an athlete's thermal and cardiovascular responses while wearing a particular clothing or uniform configuration during physical activity.
One or more athletes are evaluated during training, practice, or competition for hydration status (pre- and post-session), fluid intake, and sweat fluid and electrolyte (sodium, potassium, and chloride) losses. Individual-specific hydration and dietary strategies are provided for each athlete, so that each athlete can more optimally prepare for, manage, and recover from fluid and electrolyte losses incurred during training and competition. Thermal strain (core body temperature, heart rate, and physiological strain index) can be monitored in selected individuals.
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Call of Juarez is a DirectX10 First Person Shooter set in the Wild West of the late 1800s. The game is inspired in part by the movies of the Wild West genre of the seventies and eighties. The game can be played as both single player and multiplayer. The game focuses on realistic graphics and gameplay designed to take advantage of the latest video cards on the market.
The settings we will use are listed below.
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Testing between the three boards showed the level of performance by each board to be similar. In the end, at the 1920x1200 resolution, the performance difference was only two fps on the Maximus. In the lower resolution the difference was one frame per second or less.


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March 5, 2014
Federal Bill to End Cosmetics Testing on Animals Introduced in Congress
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund urge Congress to make the U.S. the next cruelty-free marketplace with H.R. 4148
Editors Note: The Humane Cosmetics Act HR 4148 has acquired a lead Republican sponsor on the bill, Michael Grimm, R-NY.
The Humane Cosmetics Act, a bill that would enhance worldwide momentum in ensuring animals are not harmed in the process of creating or manufacturing cosmetics, has been introduced by Congressman Jim Moran, D-VA. The Humane Society of the United States' Be Cruelty-Free U.S.A. campaign applauds Moran for introducing federal legislation to prohibit animal testing for cosmetics manufactured or sold in the U.S.
The Humane Cosmetics Act, H.R. 4148, would:
- Make it unlawful for anyone to conduct or commission cosmetic animal testing in the U.S.
- Prohibit selling, offering for sale or transporting any cosmetics in interstate commerce if the final product or any component was developed or manufactured using animal testing.
This bill is endorsed by The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Humane Society International, along with members and stakeholders of the personal care products industry, including LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, Jack Black, Biao skincare and Aubrey Organics.
Urge your representative to support the Humane Cosmetics Act »
Congressman Moran said: "I am delighted to be working with The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund on this bill, which will bring the United States into the 21st century and save countless animals from unnecessary cosmetics testing."
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS, said: "Americans deserve to have access to safe and humane products, and there is no compelling need for animal testing for cosmetics. We thank Congressman Moran for his leadership on this legislation, which will align the U.S. with the global trend moving away from animal testing of cosmetics. We have powerful and reliable alternatives available and it's time to embrace those new technologies and stop harming animals for unnecessary reasons."
Over the past year, the cosmetics industry underwent major regulatory changes across the globe, driven in part by HSI's multinational Be Cruelty-Free campaign. Israel and the 28 states of the European Union banned the sale of newly animal-tested cosmetics in 2013. India has prohibited domestic animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients, and is working on a follow-up import and sales ban. The State of São Paulo, Brazil, recently signed a bill prohibiting cosmetics testing on animals, and the Brazilian federal regulatory body for animal experiments will be voting on HSI's animal testing ban proposal later this month. In China, where animal testing has historically been required, the Chinese Food and Drug Administration announced it will remove the mandatory animal testing for non-essential domestically produced cosmetics in June 2014.
For more information, visit humanesociety.org/becrueltyfree.
- There are thousands of existing cosmetic ingredients with histories of safe use. These ingredients allow more than 500 cruelty-free companies to innovate while remaining true to their values. For new ingredients, a growing number of proven, non-animal tests are becoming available each year.
- Animal toxicity tests, which have never been validated by a regulatory body, represent an outdated science of techniques that are not adequate to predict human safety. The future of safety testing relies on advanced technologies, including computational and human cell or artificial tissue based models, which are already in use. These methods are based on human biology and are more predictive of human reactions than animal tests.
- Rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats are used in painful cosmetics tests that usually result in death.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not require use of animal testing methods to prove the safety of cosmetics.
- A poll conducted by Lake Research and commissioned by The HSUS and HSLF found that 73 percent of American voters would be in favor of federal legislation that would begin to phase out and eventually end animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients. The majority of voters (55 percent) said they would favor this legislation strongly. Three in four voters said they would feel safer, or as safe, if non-animal methods were used to test the safety of a cosmetic instead of animal testing.
- Be Cruelty-Free U.S.A. is led by The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Legislative Fund.
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Frutiger Arabic is designed by Lebanese designer Nadine Chahine as a companion to the Latin typeface Frutiger™ and with the consulting of Adrian Frutiger. It is based on the Kufi style but incorporates aspects of Ruqaa and Naskh in the letter form designs. This results in what could be labeled as a humanist Kufi, a Kufi style that refers to handwriting structures and slight modulation to achieve a more informal and friendly version of the otherwise highly structured and geometric Kufi styles. As with the Latin Frutiger, the design is targeted towards signage applications but is also quite suited for various applications from low resolution display devices to advertising headlines to corporate identity and branding applications. The font includes the basic Latin part of Frutiger and support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages.
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