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BSU Catalog Home | Health Program | All-University Courses and Descriptions
Check with department for semester when these courses are offered. Read each course description for prerequisites.
2200 FIRST AID AND CPR/AED INSTRUCTOR (1 credit) Designed to prepare First Aid and CPR/AED students to become instructors for Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED. American Red Cross Instructors Certificate may be earned. Recommended as an advanced course for professional educators. Law enforcement personnel are also encouraged to consider the course. Prerequisite: HLTH 2100 or equivalent.
2800 MULTICULTURAL HEALTH IN AMERICA (2 credits) Examines the health issues and problems faced by ethnic minority populations in America, specifically by African Americans, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, and Americans of Asian and Pacific Island descent. Since a disproportionate number of health problems confront these minority groups, this course (a) examines specific health problems, (b) evaluates what is known and unknown about these specific problems, and (c) re-evaluates the current health care system in America to resolve these special problems in health care delivery. Liberal Education Goal Area 7
2925 PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE (3 credits) This course builds upon the principles discussed in the large group, focusing greater attention on health issues related to the environment, including the food supply, water quality, air quality, and other environmental health risks. These are discussed in the context of common diseases such as cancers, asthma, communicable diseases, and other health problems associated with the environment. Liberal Education Goal Area 10
3150 THEORETICAL AND ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH (3 credits) Provides entry level health education and community health students with the theoretical and ethical foundations of health. Also examines health's history, philosophy, settings, literature, and credentialing.
3200 PERSONAL AND CONSUMER HEALTH (3 credits) A comprehensive study of personal health identifying ill-advised health behaviors and recommending strategies for positive behavioral change. From an opportunity cost perspective, personal health care options, products and services in the marketplace will be examined. Opportunities to network with local, state and federal consumer health agencies will be provided. Prerequisite: HLTH 3150 for community health/health education majors/minors. Non-majors/minors may select this class with consent of instructor.
3300 NUTRITION (3 credits) Fundamentals of food utilization in the body and diet planning including discussion of the relationship between dietary habits and disease. Also included are discussions of current trends in nutrition, dietary changes for special conditions such as pregnancy, infancy, teenagers, aging, athletes, and cultural differences in dietary practices.
3400 HEALTH AND DRUGS IN SOCIETY (2 credits) A study of chemical use and abuse as related to personal and community health. Various drugs and drug-taking behaviors will be defined and discussed. Historical, cultural, educational, and legal perspectives will be examined. Multi-faceted prevention and rehabilitation strategies promoting wellness will be discussed.
3500 COMMUNITY HEALTH (3 credits) Comprehensive study of the community health challenges confronting the citizenry of the United States of America. Examines the roles of federal, state, and local governments, as well as private agencies, in individual and aggregate health care. Provides opportunities for community health networking. Prerequisites: For health majors/minors: HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, and HLTH 3200; For non-majors/minors: Consent of instructor.
3600 EMERGENCY RESPONSE (3 credits) Designed to provide advanced students the knowledge, skills and training to administer initial first aid in emergencies. American Red Cross advanced certificate may be earned. Ideal course for law enforcement personnel, athletic trainers, and juvenile officers. Prerequisite: HLTH 2100 or equivalent.
3660 WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER MODULE (1 credit) Wilderness First Responder is the outdoor education/recreation medical training certification universally accepted as the industry standard for outdoor education professionals who lead groups into and teach in the wilderness. It is a requirement for anyone seeking this type of employment. Prerequisite: Current American Red Cross First Responder or concurrent enrollment in HLTH 3600.
3700 DISEASE IDENTIFICATION, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL (2 credits) Introduction to the identification, prevention, and control of disease and disorders in human populations. Focuses on the history and principles of disease occurrence, cells, aging, and immune system function in relation to infectious and chronic disease and disorders. Prerequisites: For community health and health education majors/minors: BIOL 1110, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, and HLTH 3500, or consent of instructor; For non-majors/minors: Consent of instructor.
3970 INTERNSHIP: PRACTICUM IN HEALTH (1 credit) When taken as Practicum in Health the following description applies: Community health majors will gain a thirty-hour experience in a local health facility in preparation for the application of previous course work. Prerequisites: HLTH 3150 and HLTH 3200.
4100 TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEALTH (2 credits) An integrated approach to the organization, content, goals, objectives, curriculum, methods and techniques of teaching health at the elementary level. Coordinating services and establishing collaboration will be incorporated. Elementary school state and national guidelines and mandates will be discussed. Teaching opportunities will be provided. Prerequisite: Entrance into the teacher education program.
4210 TEACHING SECONDARY SCHOOL HEALTH (3 credits) An integrated approach to the organization, content, goals, objectives, curriculum, methods, and techniques of teaching health at the secondary school level. Coordinating services and establishing collaboration will be incorporated. Secondary school state and national guidelines and mandates will be discussed. Teaching opportunities within the class will be provided along with a 30-hour practicum at an area high school. Prerequisite: entrance into the teacher education program.
4220 EPIDEMIOLOGY (2 credits) Provides the prospective health professional with sufficient introductory knowledge of epidemiology and health statistics to critique the scientific and educational health literature. Prerequisites: For health majors/minors: BIOL 1110, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, HLTH 3500, and HLTH 3700, or consent of instructor; For non-majors/minors: Consent of instructor.
4320 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND LAW (3 credits) Introduction to the health care provided in the United States. Analyzes the complexity of the American health system and the policy issues that must be confronted to achieve meaningful health reform. Examines specific health care organization aspects, such as the medical profession, hospitals, managed care organizations, and government health care programs. Provides useful insight into future directions for health care reform. Also details the relationship of the U.S. legal system, the law, and the American Constitution to health care policy. Prerequisites: For health majors/minors: BIOL 1110, BIOL 1300, BIOL 2110, HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, and HLTH 3500, or consent of instructor; For non-majors/minors: Consent of instructor.
4410 HEALTH PROGRAMMING (4 credits) A comprehensive study of the process of identifying health problems, establishing health programming, and promoting, implementing, and evaluating the program. Also examines vision and mission statements, along with goals, objectives, timetables, and interpretation of results. This course parallels CHES criteria and utilizes a local community health organization such as the B-TEAM to integrate student involvement. Prerequisite: For health majors/minors: HLTH 2800, HLTH 3150, HLTH 3200, HLTH 3500, HLTH 3700, and HLTH 4220; For non-majors/minors: Consent of instructor.
4920 DIRECTED GROUP STUDY: SEMINAR IN HEALTH (1 credit) Community health and health education majors are given the opportunity to prepare and discuss upcoming internship and student teaching experiences. Unanswered questions to date about the student's professional preparation will be addressed. Prerequisite: Senior status.
4970 INTERNSHIP: COMMUNITY HEALTH (1-12 credits) When taken for the Community Health major the following description applies: Students will gain field experience in a health related facility relevant to specific career goals. Opportunities will exist for the student to apply the different concepts and theories from course work directly in the work setting through observation, planning, decision-making, committee participation, leadership, operation management, and individual and group projects. Required: A minimum of 30 practicum hours per credit. Prerequisite: completion of all health course work and degree requirements.


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One afternoon last spring, Jaclynn was relaxing with some friends after school, watching the baseball team play, when everyone's phone beeped—except hers. As if on cue, her friends all reached for their phones at the same time, and they were shocked by what they saw next: a photo of Jaclynn in a bikini with a caption that read, "Jaclynn is such a ho!"
Jaclynn was devastated. She recognized the photo: It had been taken the day before while she was hanging out with her longtime best friend, Amanda*. "We were kind of showing off, but the pictures weren't inappropriate," stresses the fourteen- year-old, from Albany, New York. "Afterward, we were like, 'If we don't delete them, someone could get ahold of them.' But when I got home, I totally forgot about it." Apparently, so did Amanda—until a friend of hers who didn't like Jaclynn spotted the photo of her and forwarded it to their classmates. "I felt so betrayed. I couldn't believe that Amanda let the girl take her phone and never did anything about it," says Jaclynn.
When she reluctantly returned to school the next day, she was greeted with dirty looks in the hallways. "I felt horrible. Even my best guy friend wrote, 'Jaclynn, I've lost all respect for you' as his Facebook status," she remembers. "I think people made a big deal about it because I'm known as a good girl, and they thought I was sending the picture to guys, but I don't do that kind of stuff!"
It sounds like a messy situation straight out of Gossip Girl, but these days it's reality for many girls. Call it digital drama, digital abuse, or textual harassment: Now that we're always on our cell phones and multiple social networking sites, issues between teens can pop up in an instant and would-be bullies have easier—and more numerous—ways to pick on others. In fact, a new poll from MTV/Associated Press found that 56 percent of people ages fourteen to 24 have experienced some form of digital abuse, which includes everything from harassing someone via text and writing mean things online to sending around photos of others without their permission, as in Jaclynn's case.
Why are so many teens getting caught up in digital drama? One major reason is because technology makes it easy to hurt others without thinking through the consequences, according to Jill Murray, Psy.D., a psychotherapist from Laguna Niguel, California, who specializes in bullying and emotional abuse. "When we get away from interpersonal communication and do everything via text or computer where you don't really see anyone, an emotional detachment forms," she explains. "It becomes far easier to insult and degrade others."
Marissa*, from San Diego, says her life was completely turned upside down a few years ago when her ex-best friend started sabotaging Marissa's Facebook profile. "She knew my password, but I didn't think she'd be so low as to go on my page and change my status to make it really vulgar," says the 22-year-old. "When I found out about the hacking, I immediately changed my password, but I was already so ashamed and embarrassed by what she wrote. I never confronted her, though, because I didn't want her to make an even bigger scene."
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca*, from Atlanta, isn't surprised that people are willing to write things via text, e-mail, and social networking sites that they would never say directly to someone's face. "People feel protected by the distance. They can't see the hurt in the other person's eyes, so they don't think their mean words make as much of an impact as they do," she says. "But it can be really emotionally damaging when someone's telling you things like, 'You're ugly,' 'You're fat,' 'You should go kill yourself'—even if it's not in person."
Being connected to others through different digital networks gives people "the ammo they need to fire away at a person if they want," according to Marissa. It can also easily lead to misunderstandings that may hurt friendships, points out Jen Hartstein, Psy.D., an adolescent psychologist in New York City who serves on the advisory board of A Thin Line, MTV's anti–digital drama campaign. "There's no tone of voice in a text. If we infer a negative tone by mistake, that increases our emotional response and affects our reaction," she explains. In other words, a friend may playfully tease you over e-mail, but you might accidentally take it as an insult; on the flip side, someone may send a bullying text message and then later claim it was meant to be a joke.
Sexually aggressive texts are also a common cause of digital drama. Thirty-three percent of young people polled by MTV/Associated Press say that they've received messages with "sexual words and images"—not all of them wanted. When Amy*, a nineteen-year-old from Albany, Georgia, first started to get texts from Dan* during her junior year of high school, she was excited. "He had a great personality and was so fun to be around—everything about him was attractive," she says. The messages were innocuous at first: He'd simply ask, "Hey, what's up?" Amy thought he just wanted to hang out, but it soon became obvious that he was looking to hook up. Since she was into him and flattered by all the attention, she decided to make out with him. "Soon after that, the creepy texts started," she says. "I think he thought, If I can get her to go this far, maybe I can get her to go even farther. He began straight-up asking me if we could have sex, and even though I said no, he continued pushing. I felt sexually harassed."
Finally, she told Dan not to contact her anymore. His response? "Don't worry, I don't like talking to bitches," he texted back. Amy didn't reply. "I thought about reporting him, but the idea scared me because I went to a small Christian school; I cared about my reputation and I knew this would stir things up," she says. "I already felt guilty for hooking up with him. There was a lot of confusion and emotion that I didn't know how to handle."
Like Amy, many teens are unsure how to tackle problems that happen over a cell phone or online, which is why digital drama can be so emotionally damaging, according to Todd Caze, a mental health therapist in St. Paul. "Teens feel like they should know how to deal with inappropriate messages, and when they don't, it can trigger feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression," he says. "They need to know that it's OK to block a phone number or not respond to a text—and also tell an adult that this is going on."
If you don't feel comfortable approaching a parent about your situation, confide in another trusted adult or an older friend. For Jaclynn, talking to both her mother and her school's guidance counselor helped her put things in perspective. "I've lost some friends, but I've learned who I can and can't trust. Plus, I know other teens go through this too," she says. If you're experiencing online bullying and you're worried that it could escalate, start documenting it now, recommends Hartstein. "Save and print e-mails or texts, and take screen shots of posts on your Facebook page. You want to have the information to support your concerns and fears," she says.
Even though we are conditioned to immediately reply to every message we get, experts agree that you should step away from your phone or computer when you receive a hateful text or e-mail. "Turn your phone facedown and count to ten," suggests Hartstein. "If you can do this, you may find yourself in a calmer state of mind than when you got the message." Consider blocking the sender from your social networking sites, e-mail, and phone; or, you may even want to cut back on the number of places online where you're reachable. "A lot of my friends are deleting their Facebook accounts because girls are bullying them," notes Jaclynn.
Remember that if you do reply to a nasty message, it can end up making things worse. While being called a "bitch" deeply hurt Amy's feelings, she was right to simply ignore Dan, believes Murray, who says the best way to defuse digital drama is to stop perpetuating the cycle: "Don't react to the person's message. When dealing with a bully or any mean behavior, your only move should be to not respond."
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- auto-inhibition (1)
- p63 (1)
- sumoylation (1)
- transcriptional regulation (1)
- Starker Start ins Studium: Qualitätspakt Lehre (1) (remove)
- The C-terminus of p63 contains multiple regulatory elements with different functions (2010)
- The transcription factor p63 is expressed as at least six different isoforms, of which two have been assigned critical biological roles within ectodermal development and skin stem cell biology on the one hand and supervision of the genetic stability of oocytes on the other hand. These two isoforms contain a C-terminal inhibitory domain that negatively regulates their transcriptional activity. This inhibitory domain contains two individual components: one that uses an internal binding mechanism to interact with and mask the transactivation domain and one that is based on sumoylation. We have carried out an extensive alanine scanning study to identify critical regions within the inhibitory domain. These experiments show that a stretch of ~13 amino acids is crucial for the binding function. Further, investigation of transcriptional activity and the intracellular level of mutants that cannot be sumoylated suggests that sumoylation reduces the concentration of p63. We therefore propose that the inhibitory function of the C-terminal domain is in part due to direct inhibition of the transcriptional activity of the protein and in part due to indirect inhibition by controlling the concentration of p63. Keywords: p63, transcriptional regulation, auto-inhibition, sumoylation


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During the last years of his life, Philip K. Dick lived in, of all places, Orange County, a Southern California setting that made the life-battered sci-fi writer something of a stranger in a strange land (to borrow from Robert Heinlein). This is the final installment of a six-part series looking at those final years. The series is written by Scott Timberg, the L.A. freelance journalist who runs the West Coast culture blog the Misread City. He's also a longtime (albeit sometimes closeted) fan of science fiction.
Financial security and widespread acclaim were things Philip K. Dick had spent his career waiting for, always on the verge. He compared himself to the tramps in Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."
"If it does come for me, will it matter?" Dick wrote in 1976. "Will it make up for 25 years of shivering with fear as to whether, when I get up in the morning, the electricity will still be turned on?"
During those years, Dick's health problems continued, sometimes coinciding with money woes. After a 1976 heart attack that sent him to the county hospital and left him with a $2,000 bill, he had only 40 cents to his name. He was only saved from having his utilities turned off by a royalty check from France. "Here I am," he wrote, "after twenty-five years of professional SF writing, getting notices that they are going to turn off the water and gas and electricity if I don't pay in three days, and I say, What has it all been for?"
His finances would improve significantly by the end of the decade, but not his health or lifestyle.
In the winter of 1982, as "Blade Runner" was nearing release, Dick's health began to slip again. In February — after months of predicting his own demise — he was hit with a stroke while alone in his condo. Taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana after being discovered, unconscious, by neighbors, he regained consciousness, but more strokes and a heart attack killed Dick on March 2. He was buried in Colorado next to his sister Jane, who had died as an infant.
Few of Dick's early acquaintances would have imagined he'd live — and die — in Orange County. In short, the author's decade in Southern California had been as widely various, contradictory and extreme as the rest of his life — only more so. And it would continue to be in the aftermath of his death.
Ridley Scott's film opened in June and, despite enormous expectation, bombed, losing out badly to "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" at the box office and getting clobbered over the summer by the more crowd-pleasing blend of sci-fi in "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." Some critics disliked its pace: Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times called it "Blade crawler." It seemed like the kind of movie destined to be big in Japan.
But like Dick himself, "Blade Runner" died but then rose again. The movie went on to become an important part of film history, whether for its vision of Los Angeles as a post-ethnic, hyper-commercialized, Hong Kong-like urban hell, its melding of science fiction with film noir, its emotional seriousness or a visual aesthetic that's influenced everything from cyberpunk to video games to the acclaimed revival of the "Battlestar Galactica" television series. And Steven Spielberg, whose "E.T." was the antithesis to the author's oeuvre, would return to Dick's work for the 2002 film "Minority Report."
("Blade Runner" became a powerful enough point of reference that Google has dubbed its new mobile phone "Nexus One," a name derived from the replicant characters in the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and the ensuing film. The name has incensed the Dick estate, which may claim infringement of intellectual property and sue.)
Shortly after Dick's death, his novel "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer," based loosely on the life of the controversial Episcopalian Bishop James Pike, was published. His first novel with no science-fiction elements since the beginning of his career, it was also deemed among his most serious.
Even with the rise of Dick's reputation during the '80s, his work could be hard to find, even in California. "In my world," recalls daughter Isa Dick Hackett, "they never had the books in the libraries. Never, ever had the books in the bookstores. Anytime I was anywhere, I'd go to the bookstore and see if they had any of my dad's books. And never! Never! And I'd ask the clerks, hoping for some validation. 'Dick? Who?'"
Going from blank stares from clerks and librarians to seeing her dad become one of the best-regarded writers of his day, admired by Hollywood and the literati, makes Hackett wonder what her father would make of it. The half a dozen or so film projects in the works include "Flow My Tears" and "Ubik," perhaps his most philosophically realized novel. Dick's early realist novels — writer Jonathan Lethem describes then as living somewhere between Richard Yates and Charles Willeford — are being published after nearly a quarter-century out of print. "Puttering About in a Small Land," set in L.A. and Ojai, was just reissued by Tor.
"He would either be laughing hysterically or just saying, 'This isn't real,'" Hackett says. "'This is just a figment of my imagination.' And he'd be totally paranoid about it: 'Something is wrong here.' I just shake my head and say, 'Dad, this is so amazing. I wish you could have had a glimpse of this.' He would love to hear that other creative minds were sparked by what he wrote."
— Scott Timberg
PART 1: Philip K. Dick in O.C., stranger in a strange land
PART 2: Philip K. Dick in John Birch territory
PART 3: Philip K. Dick, an uneasy spy in '70s suburbia
PART 4: Philip K. Dick find God and madness on the doorstep
PART 5: Philip K. Dick scans the darkness of O.C.
The family of Philip K. Dick looks to the future
Tim Powers sets sail with "Pirates" franchise
Michael Chabon on writers who "dwell between worlds"
Bradbury brings "Dark Carnival" to Santa Monica
"Fahrenheit 451" and the credibility of comics
Ron Howard has a Hollywood plan for H.P. Lovecraft
Photos: Top, Ridley Scott, left, and Philip K. Dick. Credit: The Philip K. Dick Trust. Second photo, Sean Young in "Blade Runner." Credit: Warner Home Video. Third, the headstone for Philip K. Dick and his sister. Credit: The Philip K. Dick Trust. Bottom, the author in the 1970s. Credit: The Philip K. Dick Trust.
UPDATE: An earlier verison of this post has Steven Spielberg's name misspelled.


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FULLERTON — The final play of Frankie Palmer's incredible high school football career was easily his best.
The La Serna senior quarterback capped Saturday's CIF-SS Southeast Division final with a game-winning, championship-clinching touchdown pass to Matthew Rosales on fourth-and-5 from the 19, giving the Lancers a thrilling 41-38 victory over Norwalk in double overtime.
Palmer first looked to his left, but pressure from Norwalk's line forced him the other way. While scrambling to his right, he found Rosales uncovered near the 5. Rosales made a nice over-the-shoulder catch and crossed the goal line, giving La Serna its first CIF title since 1967 and setting off a wild celebration among the team's players, coaches and fans.
"Frankie scrambled out, and I just tried to keep the route alive," explained Rosales, who caught five passes for 89 yards. "We deserved this, for all the hard work we put in."
The final play was a fitting end to an incredible championship contest. Top-seeded Norwalk (13-1) held the lead four times, and was poised to close out the game late in the fourth quarter with a field goal.
But it was blocked by La Serna linebacker Tony Ceron, and Kevin Ramos returned it 75 yards for a touchdown. Trailing 29-27, La Serna went for a 2-point conversion, and Palmer scored with a dive at the goal line.
Both teams scored TDs on their first OT possession, but each missed the PAT to continue OT. Norwalk's Jorge Perez made a 21-yard field goal in the second session for a 38-35 advantage, but La Serna's TD won the game.
Before the final play, La Serna called a timeout, and head coach Margarito Beltran briefly considered a 37-yard field goal from Alex Vasquez. But he trusted his three-year varsity starting quarterback, and that trust was justified.
"(Palmer) said, 'If you put the ball in my hands, I'll get it done,'" Beltran said, "and that's exactly what he did."
The victory snapped a two-game losing streak in the Southeast final for La Serna (12-2), which ended the season with nine consecutive triumphs.
"This is the greatest feeling in the world," said Ramos, who also added a first-half TD. "Words can't even describe the feeling of redemption."
Norwalk senior Rashaad Penny finished with 121 yards and scored four touchdowns, including a 61-yard run in the fourth quarter. But he had only three runs of 10 yards or more.
The biggest play of the first half came on a rare Norwalk punt, when the ball was snapped over Penny's head. By the time he tracked the ball down, Joel Viera tackled him for a 32-yard loss, giving La Serna the ball at Norwalk's 10. Two plays later, Palmer scored from four yards away to give La Serna a 21-14 lead just before halftime.
Each team marched down the field on its first drive for a score. Norwalk faced fourth-and-9 from the La Serna 35 on its drive, and scored when quarterback Jacob Carr faked a pitch and threw to Penny for the score, but a botched PAT snap-and-hold kept the score 6-0.
La Serna answered on its first drive, moving 79 yards in eight plays. Palmer was 2 for 2 for 26 yards on the drive, and he ran for another 45 yards. One scramble resulted in a 22-yard gain, and he moved the ball to Norwalk's 1 with a 22-yard draw. Palmer capped the drive with his first score of the game.
Norwalk gave La Serna another gift earlier in the half when it was called for roughing the kicker on a field-goal attempt. Alex Vasquez made the 33-yard kick, but the penalty gave La Serna first-and-goal at the 8. Beltran chose to take the points off the board, and was rewarded on the next play when Ramos scored from 8 yards out.
Penny was held to 23 first-half rushing yards, and never had a run of more than five yards. He had more success as a receiver, catching two passes for 65 yards. Penny's second touchdown came on a 1-yard run in the second, a drive that was set up by a short punt from deep in La Serna territory.


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ORDERS UP: U.S. demand for long-lasting manufactured goods rose 4.6 percent in December on strong gains for volatile aircraft orders.
BUSINESS INVESTMENT SLOWS: Orders that signal business investment plans edged up just 0.2 percent. That followed 3 percent gains in November and October.
OUTLOOK: Business investment rebounded at the end of 2012 after slowing earlier in the year. Most economists expect demand to weaken again this year, mostly because Americans are paying higher Social Security payroll taxes without much gain in wages.


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The 76ers have reportedly signed shooting guard Nick Young to a one-year contract for close to $6 million and are ready to use their amnesty clause on Elton Brand, reports say.
The signing of Young, a 6-6 shooting guard, certainly seems to indicate that Lou Williams will not be back with the team. Williams opted out of the last year of his contract with the team, worth about the same amount of Young's reported contract.
Williams seems to have confirmed that idea today when he tweeted the following:
Philly, I appreciate you all. Unfortunately I will not be coming back, as an organization they decided to move in a different direction.
— Lou Williams (@TeamLou23) July 6, 2012
The 27 year-old young was a first round draft pick (16th overall) of the Washington Wizards in 2007. In 62 games last season, 40 with the Wizards and 22 with the Clippers, Young shot 40.3 percent from the floor, including 103-for-282 (36.5 percent) from three-point range. He averaged 14.2 points, slightly over his career average of 11.4 points. He is a very good free throw shooter at 83 percent for his career, but his main attribute is his outside shooting.
By using the amnesty clause on Brand, the Sixers will probably use that money ($18.2 million) on finding a veteran big man who may be able to start at the power forward position and a backup point guard. Right now Jrue Holiday is the only real point guard on the roster, though Evan Turner and Andre Iguodala could handle the ball when necessary. A true backup point guard would allow the team to not only use him when Holiday is out of the game, but move Holiday off the ball at times also.
Williams, 25, spent all of his 7 NBA seasons with the Sixers after being taken with the 45th overall pick in 2005 out of South Gwinnett High School. He led the team in scoring this past season with 14.9 points a game despite not starting a single game. For his career he has averaged 11.3 points and 3 assists.
Brand, the top overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in 1999, will turn 34 this upcoming season. He averaged a career-low 11 points this past season but was able to grab 7.2 rebounds and block 1.6 shots in 29 minutes of play.
Today's reported moves appear to be the beginning of more. Coach Doug Collins and his assistants are down in Orlando preparing for next week's summer league. President Rod Thorn is still in Philadelphia, though he will join Collins and company in Orlando on Monday.
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CagePotato Presents: The State of the UFC's Middleweight Division
(So, Anderson, who would *you* like to face next?)
By Jared Jones
Let's face it, the current state of the middleweight division is that of anarchy, a notion made all the more bewildering when you consider that it has been trapped beneath the crushing, totalitarian rule of the same king for the better part of a decade now. Yet somehow, it seems we can barely go a day without hearing that Vitor Belfort wants to fight so-and-so for the next title shot, or Michael Bisping wants to fight this guy for the right to do the same. Or that guy. Or that guy.
And indeed, the issue of solving who should rightfully receive the next
beatdown shot at Anderson Silva is a tough one, dividing fans on a level that only TRT, vaseline, or Steven Seagal could match (scratch that, *no one* likes Sensei Seagal). Thankfully, CagePotato is here to clean up the mess instead of making it for once, so join us as we lay out in detail what must be done to organize the middleweight division's long list of contenders in order of title shot worthiness (I swear to God I had something better for that). Feel free to debate this list if you want, but this is how it's got to be.
On the Outside Looking In
We know we like to poke fun at the guy, but in total seriousness, you'd have to be insane to believe that Bisping deserves a shot at the middleweight title. Yes, he is 4-1 in his past 5, as is the case for many of the UFC's top middleweights, oddly enough. And yes, there's little denying that Bisping has looked more tenacious and well rounded as of late than he ever has. But first, take a look at the names that make up his win streak. The biggest win he has under his belt in the past few years is Yoshihiro Akiyama, a 1-4 now welterweight who has been a complete bust in the UFC. Other than that, you have a now retired reality show host, a retired journeyman, and Dan Miller, who we absolutely refuse to say anything bad about.Read More DIGG THIS


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Purity in Ministry: Biblical Principles
- Leaders are held to a higher standard (James 3:1)
- I Tim 4.12- youth (thirty something)
- II Tim- youth (teenage)
- Ecc. 8.11- why we still sin (because He doesn't drop the hammer doesn't mean He won't)
- Eph. 4:17
- Process of Church discipline—Matt. 18.15-17 (transcending fifth step of judgment on a leader) –group rebuke to safeguard your own self—vv18-20 (controversial) God confirms His support of spiritual Church Leaders who make difficult spiritual decisions!
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University men's basketball coach Butch Estes will host two summer camps at the school's Health & Sports Center, beginning July 7.
Open to kids ages 5-16, the Butch Estes Rising Stars Basketball Camp first session runs July 7-11. The second session runs July 14-18. Both camps are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.
Estes guided the Buccaneers to a 19-9 record and trip to the NCAA Tournament in his first year at Barry in 2013-14. In his 31-year career, he has also served as head coach at Furman University, Presbyterian College, Guilford College (N.C.), Palm Beach State College, Miami Dade College and Shoreline Community College (Wash.). He has been an assistant coach at the University of Miami, Rice University, East Carolina, The Citadel and Seattle University.
Camp Highlights:
Instructional stations taught by experienced coaches and players
3-on-3 and 5-on-5 league play and playoffs
Daily shooting contests
Basketball video and movie sessions
Special guest speakers
Camp T-shirt and daily awards
For more information, visit www.rsbacademy.com or call 561-383-0403.


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Mayor Gatsas will present Manchester budget proposals next weekBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 13. 2013 11:14PM
MANCHESTER - Mayor Ted Gatsas is set to present his budgets for the next fiscal year at the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Tuesday.
Gatsas will lay out his proposed spending plans for the city and schools a month earlier than he did last year.
In a statement, Gatsas said: "I feel that it's of the greatest importance that we begin this budget deliberation sooner rather than later. It is my hope that we can finalize this budget well before late June. To help meet this goal it's imperative to deliver my presentation to the Aldermen well before the guidelines set forth in the City Charter."
The tax cap will limit any budget increases over last year to 2.17 percent, the average rise in the Consumer Price Index.
Last year, the mayor proposed budgets of $133 million for city services and $150 million for the Manchester School District.
Superintendent Thomas Brennan has proposed a tax cap budget of $155 million for the schools, and a "school approval" budget of $160 million, which aims to ensure that the district meets minimum state standards.
The school board is expected to propose its own budget, however, the aldermen have ultimate authority over establishing the budgets, and they have traditionally deferred to the mayor on the matter.
The budget presentation will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the aldermen's meeting, following a public comment period.
The mayor declined to release or discuss the budgets prior to next week.


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As a result of incorrect data provided by Zillow, an earlier version of this story gave an inaccurate generational breakdown for negative home equity. It has been recast and corrected.
Millennials have long been blamed for the weakness in the property market due to their inability to buy. But new research suggests that so many homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, that it may be prohibiting people from putting their homes up for sale.
The number of underwater homes is nearly twice as bad for both millennials and Generation Xers than baby boomers. The percentage of homes mired in negative equity — where the home is worth less than the mortgage — was just 19.6% for millennial homeowners in the second quarter of the year compared to 18.7% of Generation X homeowners and 10.9% of baby boomers, according to a report released Tuesday by real-estate website Zillow.
It's extremely difficult for an underwater homeowner to list their home for sale and the wide disparities among generations have "ripple effects" throughout the housing market, the report concluded. It's a trickle-down effect, starting with middle-aged homeowners, says Zillow chief economist Stan Humphries. Baby boomers may not be able to find buyers who want to upgrade to bigger homes as Generation Xers are mired in negative equity, he says, while millennials can't move into the more affordable starter homes currently occupied by Generation Xers.
See also: The worst markets for underwater mortgages
The oldest and youngest generations have the most spending potential in terms of numbers. There are 89 million millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), 75 million boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) in the U.S., and 49 million in Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980). Given the sheer number of millennials and boomers, their ability to buy and sell homes impacts the housing market, says Stuart Gabriel, director of UCLA's Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate. "For those who remain deeply underwater, it may take years of single-digit appreciation to ultimately achieve positive home equity," he says.
And because so many homes are stuck in negative equity, the inventory of homes for sale is severely constrained for the creation of new households, Humphries says. Many millennials don't have the resources to compete with cash offers or engage in bidding wars with older buyers, he adds. "The reality is, negative equity is part of the new normal, and finding creative solutions to keeping homes affordable, available and accessible to this generation will be critical," he says.
Also read: This housing market is falling apart
As house prices gradually improve, fewer homes will be underwater. Negative equity will recede as home values rise, but the rate of growth is weakening and expected to continue to slow. (U.S. home prices rose just 1.1% in May, according to the most recent Case-Shiller 20-city composite index.)
Also see: 10 things Generation X won't tell you
And the rates of negative equity vary wildly from market to market, Gabriel says. Some 29% of homes were in negative equity in Atlanta, followed by Chicago (27%), Las Vegas (also 27%), Orlando, Fla. (25%) and Tampa, Fla. (24%), according to Zillow's report on the second quarter of 2014. However, San Jose, Calif. (4.6%) and San Francisco (8.2%) had the least amount of homes in negative equity — as the low inventory and booming tech industries fuel demand for homes in those cities — followed by Denver (9.7%) and Houston (8.4%), Zillow said.
Even if more middle-aged Americans could sell their homes for a tidy profit, many millennials may still not be in the mood or financial position to buy them, says Jed Kolko, chief economist at real-estate website Trulia. Young adults are still much less likely to be employed than before the recession, compared to Generation Xers and baby boomers, he says. "But today's millennials are different from young adults 20 years ago," he says. "They're far less likely to be married or have children. These and other demographic shifts make them less likely to own homes than previous generations of young adults did."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican congressmen, Spencer Bachus and Walter Jones, say the Justice Department inspector general's office is declining to look into a complaint by a businesswoman whose identity was leaked to the news media after she reported to the FBI that she was the victim of a cyberstalker.
Jill Kelley is suing the FBI and the departments of Defense and State in an effort to learn who in the U.S. government leaked her name and some of her emails amid the uproar over Gen. David Petraeus' affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The FBI determined that Broadwell was the cyberstalker who sent harassing emails to Kelley.
The Justice Department says it is reviewing the information from Bachus and Jones. A spokesman for the IG's office, Robert Storch, declined to comment.


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Crudup and Hensley to join McKellen, Stewart
NEW YORK (AP) — Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will get some high-caliber help onstage this fall — Tony Award winners Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley.
Producers of the upcoming Broadway revivals of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" said Monday that Crudup and Hensley will join their illustrious colleagues at the Cort Theatre.
Crudup, last on Broadway in "Arcadia," won a Tony for "The Coast of Utopia," while Hensley, who played The Monster in "Young Frankenstein," won a Tony for "Oklahoma!"
Both works by Pinter and Beckett will play in repertoire under the direction of Sean Mathias. Previews begin Oct. 26.
Prior to Broadway, "No Man's Land" will play a brief engagement at Berkeley Rep from Aug. 3-31, with McKellen, Stewart, Crudup and Hensley all aboard.


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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
As a farm machinery mechanic and writer, Dan brings a hands-on approach that only a pro can muster. Along with his In the Shop blog, Dan writes a column by the same name as well as the Shop Series for Farm Journal magazine. Always providing practical information, he is a master at tackling technical topics and making them easy for all of our readers to understand. He and his wife, Becky, live near Bouton, Iowa.
I'm probably overlooking a really simple solution, but I have yet to find a good way to clean modern seed treatment residue from the inside of planter seed tubes. Specifically, I'm trying to clean residue from the "eyes" of the seed tube monitor sensor.
In the old days a good brushing with a seed tube brush, or a swipe with a shop rag on the end of a long screwdriver, wiped away 90 percent of the dry, dusty seed treatments seed companies used. But the new seed treatments are thicker, stickier and harder to remove. I've tried seed brushes, I've tried Simple Green, I've tried window cleaner---and still don't get the insides of the tubes as clean as I'd like.
Anything is better than nothing---simply brushing with a seed brush helps to a degree, and washing with water or spritzing with some sort of cleaning product THEN brushing is even better. But I'm enough of a perfectionist that I'd like to find some thing or some way to get all the seed treatment off the inside of seed tubes so I know my seed tube sensor is "reading" as accurately as possible.
With that preface, here are my top three reasons seed monitors don't accurately monitor seed drop:
-the monitor's speed sensor isn't calibrated. Whether it uses radar, a wheel sensor or a satellite signal, seed monitors generally need to be calibrated to that signal. Read the owner's manual for instructions on how to calibrate speed/distance.
-incorrect set-up of the monitor. On old monitors it was common to have to re-set them from "high" rate to "low" rate when switching from last year's soybeans to this year's corn, but new monitors that track field, variety, weather, moon phase and your wife's birthday are incredibly finicky about having EVERY box on every page filled withe the correct info. Owner's manuals give instructions on how to set monitors up accurately--somewhere in the hundreds of pages of computerese.
-dirty seed tube sensors. Now we're back to where we started. If all rows are reading uniformly low after several days of planting, the sensors are probably dirty. Cleaning them will help. And--this will sound weird but I guarantee it happens---on dry, windy days, seed monitors may read "odd" when driving with the wind blowing from behind the planter. It sounds stupid, but dust can blow up into seed tubes and cause erratic population readings when there is a strong tailwind in a dry, dusty field.
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CHICAGO, IL (April 5, 2011) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Thursday that the club has re-signed Ghanaian forward Patrick Nyarko. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Keeping Patrick with the Fire was a big goal of ours over the last year," said Fire head coach Frank Klopas. "With his speed and ability to change pace, he's shown to be one of the most threatening attackers in MLS over the last few years and is key to our attack."
Selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Nyarko heads into his fifth season in Chicago as one of the most experienced players on the Fire roster with 99 games played since his rookie year. Following his initial season in MLS, the Virginia Tech product became an integral part of the Fire, with his 90 regular season appearances being the most of any Fire player the past four seasons while also leading the club with a combined 19 assists from 2010-11.
Originally selected as a forward, the fleet-footed 26-year-old has shown the ability to play on either wing but it was his move back up front with fellow country man Dominic Oduro midway through last season that propelled the Fire to the brink of the MLS Cup playoffs and the second best finish in club history at 7-2-1.
Nyarko recently began his international career, earning his first cap while playing 45 minutes for Ghana in a 1-1 draw against Chile on February 29 in Chester, Penn.
Name: Patrick Nyarko
Position: Forward/Midfielder
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Date of Birth: January 15, 1986
Place of Birth: Kumasi, Ghana
Hometown: Kumasi Ghana
Citizenship: Ghana (U.S. Green Card holder)
Last Club: Virginia Tech (NCAA)
Acquired: Re-signed on April 5, 2012
Twitter: @PattyBerron


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Parenting has partnered with O Story Story to create a series of educational and entertaining mobile apps, one of which is centered around a little girl's upcoming birthday. Wendy's Birthday Party is an interactive book and series of games that takes kids through all the steps needed to get ready for the big day, like planning the party, sending out the invites and decorating the cake.
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Following is my letter to ** Ford Customer Service.
I have finally reached my limit of tolerance with your total lack of commitment to service. I purchased my Expedition in March 2007. I had no problems with the vehicle until I bought a boat in 2008. As an aside, the weight of the boat with trailer is approximately 2200 pounds. The vehicle developed a problem when I attempted to back the boat up an incline, or go forward on an incline. When I depressed the gas pedal, the engine would not respond.
I subsequently took the Expedition to the dealer where I bought it; Fisher-Vincent Ford in Belton, TX. The dealer could not find the problem, but felt that a piece of foam might have been the culprit and removed it. I was told to continue driving it. Since the problem is intermittent, it gave me no problem for a couple of trips to the lake. It happened again, and continued for a few of the trips. I could not allow anyone else to drive my car since I was afraid they would encounter the situation and wouldn't know what to do.
I took the vehicle back to the dealer and they allegedly contacted Ford engineers. They were told that I should disable the Advance Trac system when pulling the boat out. I did this and it worked for a couple of times, but the problem happened again. Again, the problem is intermittent, but it is enough to cause concern. On one occasion, I had driven to someone's home who has a driveway that goes down a steep incline to their house. When I attempted to back out of their driveway, the engine would not respond. After turning off the engine at least twice and restarting it, I was finally able to back out of the driveway.
Again, during this boating season, the same problem developed. Since Fisher-Vincent is no longer in business, as well as another dealer (Cove Ford in Copperas Cove, TX), I chose to contact Ford using your online form. I received no response except for the attached survey request. I answered the survey by stating that I NEVER HEARD FROM FORD ABOUT MY PROBLEM. Again, I received no response.
I sent another online form outlining my problem and today received a call from Denver from a representative named **. Frankly, I had a difficult time understanding him and doubt the call came from Denver. Like many other companies, you apparently outsource your complaint department. ** stated in his call that he checked and discovered that Ford had failed to send me a mailing after my initial complaint. He apologized and assured me Ford would handle the problem and made an appointment with a dealer in Temple, TX.
I received the attached email from ** stating that since the car was out of warranty, a diagnostic service would be charged to me. Oh really? Ford failed to fix the problem to begin with and now I am being charged because I am now out of warranty. Also, please note from his attached email that Ford admitted to not answering my online request due to a "computer glitch".
As a result of the foregoing, I now write to you for assistance. Frankly, I am sure to get the usual "you're out of warranty" response. In short, I am being told that it is now my problem that Ford wasn't able to fix the problem to begin with. I was told by ** that since Fisher-Vincent Ford is no longer in business, there are no records to indicate what they did to rectify the problem. Further, Fisher-Vincent gave me no paperwork to verify.
At this point, I am very angry. I have had Ford products in the past and have had no problems. I didn't realize that when a problem occurs, Ford simply does not care. This is my last Ford vehicle because I cannot trust your customer service; however, I am sure that your big corporation will not miss me.
I "own" a 2002 Ford Eddie Bauer Expedition. I would like to voice a formal complaint to the world that this is the most blatant rip off that I have ever experienced. After buying this majestic beauty I noticed motor rapping. Complained to the dealership regularly about this issue and was told to use heavier oil in it. Now, three motors later it runs like a top.
However, it is going to the scrap yard because it has rusted out rocker panels, floor boards, cross members to the point that my mechanic stated that the only thing stopping him from putting his hand through the floor was the carpet! Can you believe that! A once $50,000 vehicle. It currently has 3,000 miles on the motor and 82,000 miles on the body.
I spoke to FORD MOTOR CO, and what they said was not only laughable but insulting. They offered me a $3,000 discount off (X- Plan) of the purchase of a new FORD vehicle. How amusing. That is just what I want to do. Bend over and take it one more time... I suggest that anyone thinking about a FORD product consider throwing their money in a roaring fireplace. It will be quicker and less painful than the screwing you'll get from FORD.
My son woke me up because he heard our car trying to start and when he looked out the window he saw the lights were on. He thought someone was trying to steal our expedition. I hit the unlock button in the house and saw that no one was in the car. I had to call the police because the ignition was grinding so much and making so much noise I thought the car was going to explode.
My husband was on his way home from work when I called him. He could hear the noise. He told me to go out and start the car with the key. When I turned the key the engine did start but at the same time it was grinding and gunning so loud, I ran out of the car because I thought it was going to blow up.
When the police arrived the battery died and the car quit making the noise but the lights wouldn't go out. So the police officer pulled out a few fuses but the lights still wouldn't go out. Then my husband arrived and he had to disconnect the battery for the lights to go out.
Since then we charged the battery but to no avail the car won't start. The lights will come on and it beeps when the keys are in the ignition. So I think my starter blew up. Has anyone else had this freakish experience and how did you handle it? Did Ford take responsibility?
I am sending you this email regarding severe electrical problems I am experiencing with my Ford Expedition. Per service personnel at the Jenkins & Wynne Ford dealership in Clarksville, Tennessee, these problems are a direct result of water intrusion into the GEM/CJB due to a faulty windshield outlined in a special message sent directly from Ford to all Ford dealerships in April of 2002.
These problems have existed for years. And although I have taken my vehicle in to have correct these problems, at no time did any service personnel reference the above message, or fix my vehicle in accordance with prescribed guidelines. The following is a summary of the services performed on my vehicle that are a direct result of this problem. I will be more than happy to provide copies of these documented services upon request.
Dec 2000: My husband and I purchased our vehicle in Washington with 13,000 miles on it while on Christmas leave from Germany, and our truck sat in storage until our return in Sep 2001. We then drove our vehicle from California to our new duty station at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Jan 2002: We had issues with the electrical and transmission modular. We took the vehicle to the World of Ford dealership in Arlington, Virginia. They replaced the power train control modular, airbag light, and the Check Engine light, and reprogrammed the GEM modular. The odometer reading at this time was 26,795 miles. Fortunately, the vehicle was still under warranty.
Jul 2002: I took the truck back to World of Ford in Arlington, Virginia for the following problems: transmission slipping, Check Engine light, airbag lights, and ABS lights. Ford said they could not duplicate problems. The vehicle was still covered under warranty with an odometer reading of 30,481 miles. Again, although the Ford Special Message had been released in April of 2002, at no time was it mentioned to me as a possible source for these problems.
Sept 2004: I went back to World of Ford with the same problems mentioned above, plus the trip meter/odometer was blinking in and out. They replaced the LED and electrical connections under the driver seat, and fixed the lights on the dash. I had to pay $600.00 for these repairs. The dealership wanted an additional $500.00 to fix the odometer/trip meter lights, but we simply could not afford to fix it at that time. Still no mention of the Special Message. The odometer reading at the time of these repairs was 56,076 miles.
May 2006: My vehicle is currently sitting at the Jenkins & Wynne Ford dealership in Clarksville, Tennessee because of electrical issues. I took it in because the transmission felt like it was slipping sporadically (mentioned above), the Check Engine light, the ABS light, and airbag light are still not working properly (mentioned above), and, of course, I still have the problem with the Odometer/trip meter.
A service employee, **, told me on 16 May 2006, that Ford had manufactured some front windshields incorrectly and that I needed to replace my front windshield, fuse box, and wires in my dash because of corrosion, and rust caused by the rain seeping through the windshield and running on the inside of the truck into the dash and fuse box causing extensive damage.
** told me he believes the extent of the damage is indicative of years of precipitation getting into my vehicle because of the faulty windshield. They had to replace the front windshield, electrical wires in the dash and fuse box, the fuse box, GEM modular, transmission modular, airbag control modular, and fuel injection gas pump.
My cost for these repairs is $2632.00. In addition, my transmission is on the verge of needing to be replaced - they found twice the amount of metal shavings in the pan than normal for a vehicle with only 81,000 miles. Replacing the transmission will cost $3000.00. Service personnel believe this problem may have also been caused by the faulty windshield/water damage.
For now, we do not have to replace the transmission; however, they are not sure how long it will be before I will have to. At this time, my truck is scheduled to be repaired tomorrow, but I can't afford these repairs, nor should I have to. It is my belief that this is a FORD manufacturing issue. Ford recognized the problem as far back as 2002, but did not recall or alert individual vehicle owners. Because of pure negligence on their part, I have had to take my vehicle in for repairs on 4 separate occasions.
Jenkins & Wynne of Clarksville TN, HAD to repair/replace the electrical issues (totaling $2632.00) before they could move on to the transmission problems. Now we've discovered we may have to repair/replace the transmission (an additional $3000.00), and this problem may be directly related to the faulty windshield.
In addition, ** said the truck was throwing electrical codes and did NOT have a spare digital dash to find the problems before repairing/replacing parts and charging for parts one at a time. I HAD NO CLUE this was going to COST this AMOUNT of money because I was not given an estimate prior to. Again, they couldn't give me an estimate because problems needed to be fixed before they could move on to the next set of problems and realize the full extent of the damages to my vehicle.
The payoff for my truck is $7400.00. And now I am looking at a minimum of an additional $2300 - $5300.00 worth of repairs that could have been avoided if Ford and/or their dealerships where I had repairs made to my vehicle would have fixed the problem from the very beginning.
The bottom line is I have sent this information to several agencies - Ralph Nader, Consumer Affairs, Better Business Bureau, National HWY and Safety, and the Center for Auto Safety - to report this because I feel that Ford neglected its consumers by not alerting vehicle owners to these potential problems and the safety hazards associated with them. I would appreciate any assistance or guidance with this issue.
NEW PALESTINE -- I own a 2000 Ford Expedition. Sometimes I wished I had never bought this SUV. I will tell you I have had more problems with this SUV. It has been to the dealership too many times for repairs. I have had to replace the brakes twice, the idle arm three times, the electric dashboard once, the inside door had to be fixed, the axle or differential in the back was leaking, and the seals had to be replaced. The airbag light kept coming on, alternator once, the emergency brake lines had to be repaired.
Now the dealership says that the engine is blown and the radiator needs to be replaced. The dealership says it will take 6,000 dollars to fix the engine. I have a problem with this because we had no warning that there was anything wrong with the engine. We had no service engine light come on. The only warning we had was that the engine started knocking when we were coming back from Nashville, TN.
When we got the Expedition home we parked it and then drove it to the dealership on September 6, 2004 to be looked at on September 7, 2004. The problem is that my Expedition has 83,000 miles on it. The dealership says it is not covered under any type of warranty.
I feel that I have a Lemon of a car. I have nothing but problems since I got this Expedition. I have had one person call and ask about it and I keep telling them it is a terrible car and they say there is nothing they can do. Anytime I call the service center they say will take down what you say and nothing ever happens. I feel that I have been mislead by Capitol City Ford and the Ford Company. This is not Ford Quality. If it is I would hate to see what happens if there is no quality. I am so disappointed in Ford at this time.
The bad part about all of this is that my husband has a 99- F150 and has only had to have the brakes fixed. So you can see that I feel that I have a lemon of a car. As a result, of all of the problems I am stuck with this car because it is not worth what I owe on it. I am the first owner of this car. This Expedition has been nothing but a money pit for me. The problem is the company says it is not their problem and the dealership will say there's nothing they can do.
As a consumer you will just have to pay to have it fixed. I have a better warranty on my heat pump that runs 365 days a year. I did buy a separate warranty for the Expedition through the dealership and that warranty was for 75,000 miles or 5 years as you can see it is out of warranty. Another thing is that there were no warning lights to come on to let me know there was anything wrong with my Expedition.
I took the Expedition in the dealership right before the 75,000 mile warranty was up. At that time they said nothing about something being wrong with the engine. They had to replace the electronic dashboard because I lost the lights on it. I would have thought if there was a problem then something would have trigger the check service engine light. The check engine light has never come on for anything.
I feel that Ford should stand behind their product. I feel that my Expedition has been nothing but a lemon of an SUV. When I did take the Expedition in to be serviced for a day, it usually took between 2-5 days to get my SUV fixed because they didn't have the parts to fix it.
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA -- I bought this car new from dealer 6 months ago. 3 months later, the air compressor jammed and the belt started to smoke and smell. I took it to local dealer 3 times so far, my A/C works for 2-3 days after dealer visit. I regret buying a Ford.
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Purchased a 2008 Expedition. After a few months and only 9000 miles, the driver door looks like it is 5 years old. And the "leather" seat looks very worn. I had a 2000 model that looked like new 7 years later! Ford is charging more but using CHEAP products. Even the carpet looks bad and I am very gentle on my vehicles and keep them very clean. After calling the 800 number, no one was willing to do anything! We live in Texas and they tried to blame it on our "dark Clothing". We rarely wear long sleeves here! This will be my last Ford. They lost a good customer.
CALIFORNIA -- The computer on my 2003 Expedition went out on 8/27/07. It has been in the shop waiting for them to send the part to the dealer. It is now 9/28/07, everyone I talk to keeps giving me the run around. Then they told me I would get a rental. When I called for the rental they denied saying it. We still don't have our car or a rental. We're paying for a car we cannot drive because it is still in the shop, and no one knows when the part will be sent. Ford and everyone that works for them care less...
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA -- After only 6 months of ownership on my new 2000 expedition, the transmission failed leaving me stranded on the first day of my vacation. It took ten days to fix and I had to return the car for adjustments three times in the week that followed. I was not offered a rental car until I complained in a fit! Even then, I was billed for it!!
The car continues to have transmission difficulties. One instance in June 2000 the car would not stop and placed me just inches from a pedestrian! Just this summer (2003) the car again lunged forward and placed me in the middle of the intersection in the midst of traffic! The following day the transfluid poured out of the transmission. Regarding the lunging, the Ford dealership said, "Sometimes the contacts get a little dust on them." I had to pay $150 for the extended warranty just to have them look at it. A week later the automatic suspension failed; another $150 out of pocket (NOT TO MENTION THE ORIGINAL $1,500 FOR THE WARRANTY!).
There's more but I just don't have time... I have to get back to work to pay for my blunder on wheels. I have lost almost an entire month of work and school taking care of my new patient, my car! In my 25 years of car ownership I have never had a car of such poor workmanship! In fact, I could tally all of the problems related to ALL of my past cars and they would not equal to the issues of this BRAND NEW CAR. DON'T BUY FORD!!!


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Most analysis solutions I work on contain other people's data, and I maintain a professional distance from the confidential details that data might reveal. If you're a DBA or developer, you're probably in a similar situation. But you gain more insight about OLAP when you analyze data that means something to you personally. My first meaningful experience with OLAP came when a friend sent me a cube containing 13 years of college football data. The cube contained all the teams and their win and loss statistics in different playing situations. I spent a couple of hours intently pivoting, drilling down, charting, and creating custom measures, and I found some interesting trends in the data. For example, some college teams are more likely to win on the road than at their home stadiums.
One way you can set up a cube that has personal meaning is to put your Microsoft Money data into an OLAP cube to explore. If you don't track your finances in Money—or if looking at your finances would be too depressing—you might still find this example valuable because it demonstrates all the steps involved in constructing a cube. You can download a trial version of Money from the Microsoft Web site and experiment with the Money sample file. I haven't tried to extract data from another application such as Intuit Quicken, but I'm sure if you use one, you can find a similar technique to extract data and build a cube. I think you'll find that being a user of one of your own cubes will help you create better analysis solutions. To build a cube, you need to get the data out of the application (in this case, Money) and into a table format (I chose Microsoft Access), then design a cube in Analysis Manager and process the cube (load the data from the table format into the cube).
Extracting the Data
The first hurdle was to get the data out of Money. The task seemed trivial at first, but the process wasn't obvious. I use Money 2003 Deluxe, and the only export option I found created a Quicken Import Format (QIF) file containing the data from only one account. This data would be usable, but exporting the data from each of my accounts (e.g., checking, credit cards, savings, investment, IRA) individually would be a tedious process. Plus, QIF isn't particularly database friendly; every field is on a different line, and the fields are wrapped in punctuation marks. I'd need some time to develop a script or small application to massage the QIF data into a format that I could easily load into a database table. Then, I discovered that I could generate a report in Money and export the report data to a comma-delimited format (CSV) file. That was definitely the ticket because the applications I wanted to use—Microsoft Excel, Access, and Analysis Manager—can readily access CSV files.
My goal was to export all the individual transactions (such as a check or a credit-card charge) but ignore interaccount transfers (such as a payment from checking to my credit card). I didn't want these transactions because I wanted to limit my analysis to my true expenses and income. I discovered a way to achieve this limited focus by creating what Money calls a "Transactions by Category" report. After I generated this report, I chose the Customize option and changed a few settings. On the Rows & Columns tab, I checked the boxes to include all fields, I set subtotaling to None, and I selected the Show Splits box. These settings gave me the maximum amount of detailed transaction data. Next, I flipped to the Category tab and clicked Select All, then cleared the Include Transfers box to include all the data except the interaccount transfers. Next, I flipped to the Date tab and typed the date range of the transactions I wanted to export: 1/1/2002 to the current date. (If you're using the Money sample file, you should choose 1/1/2000 to 1/1/2002.) Finally, I clicked OK and saw the report containing all the data I wanted to export.
When you've generated your report, you'll see on the left side of the report under the heading Other Tasks the option Export to Microsoft Excel. This option generates a CSV file, launches Excel, and opens a spreadsheet that contains your exported data. Click the Export to Microsoft Excel option, and type the name of the CSV file (I chose Sample .csv). After you select the filename and click OK, you'll see your data in Excel.
Now comes the fun part. Any experienced DBA knows that data is never in the right format for a direct import. When you inspect the Money data, you'll see some problems. A blank line separates the transactions, the Memo field in investment transactions contains multiple pieces of information, the category field contains both the category and subcategory, and split transactions are a mess. You have to create a script or use an extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) tool to fix all these problems. Every DBA has a favorite ETL tool, but I simply used Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel. I created a VBA macro that steps through Excel and reformats the data so that I can import it into Access and, from there, build my cube. For more information about the macro I created, see "Money Macro."
If you have an OLE DB driver that reads Excel documents, you could go directly from this step to designing and processing the cube. I didn't have the necessary driver, so I first loaded the Excel data from Sample.xls (the Excel version of Sample.csv) into an Access table. To do this, start Access and choose File, New, Blank Database. Pick a filename such as MSMoneySample.mdb. From the File menu, select Get External Data, Import. Select Sample.xls, and Access will show you the Import Spreadsheet Wizard. In the wizard, you need to make a few changes. On the wizard's first page, select the First Row Contains Column Headings option. In the first column of the third page, change the field option called Indexed to No. Finally, click Finish, and close Access.
Creating the Cube
Now you have the data in a format that you can load into a cube. Launch Analysis Manager to start the cube-creation process. Table 1 shows the dimension structure I chose for the Money cube. In addition to the dimensions that Table 1 shows, I considered making a dimension out of the Reconciled column, but I couldn't determine any value in analyzing reconciled transactions versus unreconciled transactions.
I won't bore you with all the steps that Analysis Manager takes to create the cube, but I'll give you a couple of hints that might help if you haven't created a cube before. First, right-click the Analysis Server you want to use, and choose New Database to create a database. Next, right-click the Data Sources folder in your new database, and select New Data Source. In this step, you can choose the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB driver if you have the data in Access, as I did. Finally, right-click the Cubes folder, and select New Cube, Wizard to step through the process of creating your dimensions and measures.
After you've defined your dimensions and measures, I suggest making two changes from the defaults in the cube editor. First, format the Amount measure as currency, and second, enable drillthrough. You can change the display format of a measure by selecting the measure in the cube editor, displaying the properties, and flipping to the Advanced tab of the properties. You'll see a property labeled Display Format that has a combo box of choices. You can also enable drillthrough from the cube editor. From the Tools menu, select Drillthrough Options. In the Cube Drillthrough Options dialog box, click Enable Drillthrough, and select the columns you want your OLAP front-end application to display when you drill through a cell of the cube. (I recommend selecting all the columns.)
Drillthrough lets you see individual transactions that make up cell values in the cube. For example, say your money-management application says you spent $1543.21 on dining out in March, and you can't believe it. Drillthrough lets you see exactly which transactions you, your spouse, or someone else in the family entered in the Dining Out category for March.
If you're like me, every chart or grid of numbers you see that's based on the Money data will answer one question and prompt you to ask two more. If you have a good OLAP front-end tool, you can quickly navigate the data by pivoting in and out of dimensions. Drill down or up, and you'll learn things about your finances that you never knew before. You could learn these things by running reports in Money, but analyzing the reports would take you a long time, and you mightgiveup beforeyou got any information.
Using What You've Learned
The approach I used to build a cube from my Money data reveals problems you might encounter when sourcing data for any analysis application. For example, you need to be sure to explore the source system's reporting capabilities as an option for extracting data. As I discovered in Money, you might find the results that the reporting capability returns to be closer to the data format you want. Also, the technique I used in Excel to massage the data is an example of how to be creative in fixing data-quality or format problems when you're performing ETL of your source data.
Besides learning about your finances and becoming more financially responsible (yeah, right), you can reap another benefit when you browse data that's meaningful to you: You learn what it's like to be a user of your own analytic application. This experience will make you better at your job of creating analysis solutions for other people. For example, after you browse your own data for about 5 seconds, you'll realize that drillthrough isn't optional. You'll no longer take a number at face value; instead, you'll want to see what factors created that number and whether it's legitimate. I hope you enjoy going through this exercise as much as I enjoyed creating it!


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A Frame With Architectural Interest
'Crossettes' in the corners add flair to this mirror or picture frame.
By Mark Arnold
Pages: 40-45
From the February 2012 issue #195.
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Architectural elements on which intersecting vertical and horizontal members extend beyond a simple lapped or mitered joint are said to be "crossetted." The term has been used to describe any projecting corner treatment and has been a decorative staple employed by artisans and designers for centuries.
WEB SITE: Visit Mark's web site to see more of his work and learn about his woodworking classes.
ARTICLES: Read the two following articles to make Robert W. Lang's waveform moulding picture frames: "Modern Wave-form Mouldings" and "Making Frames."
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Fallsview Casino turned 10 on June 10. The 24-hour casino resort, overlooking the mighty Niagara Falls - one of the top vistas in the world - celebrates a decade of gaming and strong community partnerships in Niagara.
"This is an incredible milestone for our organization," said Art Frank, president of Fallsview Casino and Casino Niagara. "Despite the industry's ebbs and flows, we've remained a competitive player in our market and, as we reflect on our achievements and look forward to the next 10 years, we do so with tremendous gratitude to our patrons, employees and partners, who make us one of North America's premier entertainment and tourist attractions."
To mark its 10th anniversary in June, Fallsview Casino has been offering patrons an assortment of special festivities, from gaming promotions and dining experiences to promotional giveaways. A stellar live entertainment lineup featuring the likes of international percussion sensation STOMP and Grammy-winning Gladys Knight further bolster June's activity calendar.
When Fallsview Casino opened to the public June 10, 2004, it signaled the arrival of Las Vegas-style entertainment in Niagara Falls. It represented the largest privately financed construction project in Canada, and a defining role in the tourism revitalization of the city and the region from a seasonal stopover to a year-round destination.
Ten years later, Fallsview Casino still draws nearly 8 million visitors a year with its 2.5 million square feet of shopping, dining, hospitality and entertainment. It remains one of the region's largest employers and maintains a commitment to its legacy of responsible corporate citizenship and generous community support.
Looking back, Fallsview Casino has a lot to celebrate.
Since the legendary Paul Anka christened the Avalon stage with a pair of shows in June 2004, the casino has hosted nearly 2,500 performances, spotlighting many of entertainment's greats such as Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Ringo Starr, Carol Burnett, Keith Urban, Aretha Franklin, Reba and more.
As a four-year recipient of Hamilton-Niagara's Top Employers award, Fallsview Casino has earned recognition and honors highlighting everything from operational excellence and creating a healthy workplace to philanthropy and community partnerships. Grantors include Benefits Canada, Canada's Top 100 Employers, Canadian Cancer Society (Niagara Unit), City of Niagara Falls, United Way, CAA and Wine Spectator, to list only a few.
Readers of the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun and Hamilton Spectator newspapers recently voted Fallsview Casino Resort "Best Live Entertainment Venue," "Ontario's Favourite Casino" and "Favourite Entertainment Destinations (Casino/Slots)," respectively.
"The Readers' Choice awards carry a lot of weight for us, because it's awarded based on customer vote," Frank said. "The healthy workplace and philanthropy awards are equally as important, because they reflect the kind of company we strive to be for our employees and for our community."
Synonymous with excitement and entertainment, Fallsview Casino continues to push the bar higher to shape impressive audience experiences, including venturing outside the realm of traditional advertising. With a smartphone in nearly everyone's pockets nowadays, Fallsview Casino, in partnership with Toronto's Blammo Worldwide, leveraged mobile technology to launch its first augmented reality billboard in 2013, which gave onlookers a unique and interactive visual experience.
Its ability to push creativity to produce distinctive and humorous marketing campaigns hasn't gone unnoticed in the gaming-entertainment industry, garnering yearly nods in "Best Outdoor Advertisement" and "Best Broadcast Advertisement - Television."
Together, the casinos boast a proud history of corporate philanthropy giving more than $15 million to support an array of social service programs and providers within Niagara, including, but not limited to, the United Way of Niagara Falls and Greater Fort Erie ($3.6 million), Niagara Health System Foundation ($2.5M), Niagara Community Foundation ($750,000), Niagara College Foundation ($750,000), Boys & Girls Club for the Niagara Falls Community Centre ($250,000), and McBain Community Centre in Niagara Falls ($250,000).
Fallsview Casino has been a proud, long-time host sponsor of three Niagara signature fundraising events, namely the Niagara Wine Festival's Icewine Gala, Niagara Community Foundation's Cuvée and Niagara College Foundation's Seafood Gala.
The economic impact of Fallsview Casino doesn't stop with charitable contributions. Many employees, executives and senior managers donate thousands of volunteer hours each year serving on boards of local tourism and nonprofit organizations while helping to raise awareness for local initiatives.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs (1-1) continue to familiarize themselves with the new American Athletic Conference. After dropping an 80-62 decision at UConn on Monday, Yale travels to New Jersey to face Rutgers on Thursday. Tip off at the RAC is slated for 7:30 p.m. Video of the game is available at ESPN3.com and the Watch ESPN app with Jason Horowitz on the play-by-play and John Celestand providing color commentary.
Monday's game with UConn was closer than the final score indicated. The Bulldogs were within striking distance for much of the second half, including pulling within 11 with four minutes left, but the Huskies ran off 10 straight points to seal the win.
The Bulldogs have a +11.5 rebounding margin through their first two games. Much of the damage has come on the offensive end. Yale had 10 offensive rebounds against Central Connecticut, which led to 14 second-chance points and then had 22 offensive rebounds against UConn that led to 21 points. The Bulldogs also have been shooting well from beyond the arc (14-of-36, .389). Justin Sears has posted double-doubles in both games for the Bulldogs. On Monday, he was named the Ivy League Player of the Week after scoring 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds against Central Connecticut. He followed that up with a 17-point, 10-rebound performance at UConn.
3 Keys For Yale
Continue To Control The Glass: Yale has had a big rebounding edge in each of its first two games. The Bulldogs outrebounded Central Connecticut by 11 and No. 19 UConn by 12. Rutgers, on the other hand, has been outrebounded by seven per game so far this season.
Share The Ball: The Bulldogs failed to make the extra pass enough against UConn. More side-to-side ball movement against Rutgers could lead to easier scoring opportunities.
Hit The Threes: Through two games, it's become apparent that Yale's strength is in the post. If opponents start to collapse down low, the Bulldogs will need to knock down some threes to keep the defense honest.
Yale is making its first trip to the RAC since a memorable 67-65 victory over the Scarlet Knights in the 2002 NIT, the first post season tournament victory in school history. The teams are playing for the eighth time overall. Rutgers won the first meeting, 33-31 in 1918, and Yale has won the last six. Prior to 2002, the teams hadn't played since a 70-40 Yale victory in 1950.
Rutgers (1-1) is coming off a 79-76 defeat at Alabama-Birmingham on Monday night. Junior guard Myles Mack scored 12 points and dished-out nine assists, but the Scarlet Knights could not overcome a rebounding deficit that saw the Blazers establish a 26-10 advantage in second chance points. Mack's helper total was most since Marquis Webb had 11 on Jan. 24, 2005 against Syracuse. Senior J.J. Moore scored 12 points, redshirt junior Kadeem Jack added 11 points and redshirt senior Wally Judge (Washington, D.C.) had 11 points and eight rebounds. RU committed just three turnovers, its least amount of miscues since turning the ball over three times against Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2005. Jack was named the American Athletic Conference's inaugural Player of the Week on Monday. Versus Florida A&M in the season opener, he shot 12-of-18 to score a career-high 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (eight offensive) to help Rutgers to a 92-84 win at the RAC.
Justin Sears is a native of Plainfield, N.J., which is about 10 miles from Piscataway. One of his first basketball experiences was attending a Rutgers game when he was in middle school, although he says he wasn't a big Rutgers fan growing up. Sears, though, does have some fond memories of the RAC. His Plainfield High School team won state championships in the arena in both his junior and senior seasons. Sears played against Rutgers' Myles Mack a number of times. Mack attended St. Anthony's in Jersey City.
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Has anyone else had any luck getting Broken Sword 1 working on a Lifedrive?
I was stoked to find they'd added support for BS with 0.11.1 of Scummvm and was keen to play. I've since installed the necessary files and the cutscenes with the ogg vorbis sounds.
My Lifedrive used to get through the introduction cut-scenes OK (albeit with stuttering sound) but it would crash and auto restart when George gets up in the street. Since a few auto restarts it no longer even plays the intro.
If I was not in full-screen mode I could walk around in the street, but the game would crash and restart my Lifedrive if I clicked on the Palm OS menu drop down. I've tried Chrilith's svn version of 0.11.0 with much the same result.
I've also read of other people having problems with fullscreen and stuttering sound in 0.11.1 and I've found the sound quality way down in BSS, Lure of the Temptress and Flight of the Amazon Queen from what it was in 0.9.1.
EDIT: I did manage to get this error, when loading from the internal scumm manager (it didn't restart, just locked up)
MemMan::alloc(): Can't alloc 72844 bytes of memory.
Surely I've got 7k of memory spare somewhere?
try to experiment with UDMH (http://www.palmpowerups.com/downloads.php?cat_id=1), could be that game need so much memory that lifedrive simply doesn't have enough.... try to give scummvm about 16mb of ram and see what happens (this is how i play on my T5, but i didn't tried any of games you mentioned yet so i don't know if it will really help....)
I'll give it a shot and see if it helps anyways.
EDIT: Well UDMH stops it from crashing so often. The sound is still pretty average, but at least I can play it now. Thanks man!
Has anyone found a happy medium for good sound settings on a Lifedrive? All my games sound pretty bad at the moment. This seems a pity as 0.9 ran the sound fine.


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