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Sunday morning I read a post on WildernessDave's blog that delved into how diffident you can feel when you've decided to host a group hike but haven't yet explored the trail you're going to be hiking.
As Dave recounts:
We got an early start on a cold morning just as the sun was coming up. I may not have made it entirely clear from the beginning, but I had never hiked this trail before. I was going off of a pretty decent map and a trail description found online. I didn't know if there would be trail markers or not, or how easy the trail would be to follow once we got out of Spur Cross Recreation Area. There is an expectation, when hiking with the person who has suggested the trail, that they are leading the hike. This dawned on me shortly after we got started and I felt the pressure of needing to know where we were, where we were going and how far we still needed to go. Every time someone asked, "is this the trail?" or "do we cross the creek here?" I felt like I should not only know the answer but be confident about it.
I appreciate Dave's frankness in spite of what we may suppose are his ideal notions of himself; he encapsulates his experience well. I've certainly experienced the emotional struggle he was feeling; after all, every new trail is one you haven't walked before. But when you've got other people joining you who may be new to hiking or haven't yet hiked with you, or even seasoned hikers who may respect your abilities by reputation or proxy but don't know the trail either, delivering on expectations can be of prime importance well before everybody arrives at the trailhead.
So how do you deliver?
Certainly a responsible hike organizer doesn't show up at a trailhead as host of a group hike without doing as much advance research and planning as possible, as I figure Dave tried his best to do. Trail research can mean a good scouring of the available guidebooks, online trail descriptions, route-finding apps, weather predictions, seasonal trail conditions and hardcopy maps that you can lay your hands on – even enlisting the help of one or more of your fellow hikers – then taking the next step by setting proper expectations for the group. By all accounts, Dave is an experienced outdoorsman and, as he and I have learned from honest experience, one must also have confidence in one's abilities as a seasoned hike leader, as well as confidence in the tools one uses to navigate the trail safely and as planned.
Which, for me, naturally begs two questions: what tools do you trust while researching a new trail and, aside from much of the typical gear you might pack with you, what tools do you trust once your group convenes at the trailhead?
I alluded to these questions in my comment on Wilderness Dave's post:
Once, in Paria Canyon, having seen 3 different GPS waypoints for the same trail destination prior to a hike into the Coyote Buttes, I'll be danged if I'll ever solely trust a GPS. Thank goodness I had my wits, a friend, trail descriptions and a map – and we reached our gruesomely twisted sandstone destination, The Wave (where we took another GPS reading that yielded yet a 4th coordinate).
While it's preferable to have scouted a trail prior to leading a group hike over it, one doesn't always get the opportunity, especially when the trailhead is a little further afield. But whether you know the trail or whether the hike will be a new experience, it always pays to set the group's expectations early – once in the event write-up, then again at the trailhead before embarking down the trail. It's at the trailhead that I tend to use words such as "discovery" and "adventure", which I find resonate with folks. I also ask my fellow hikers to confirm my map readings so that there's more of a consensus than an undue trust in my map-reading abilities. And that means more than any GPS interpretation can provide.
It's best to know what you're getting everybody into…
Experience aside, you don't want to lead other trusting souls on a group hike if you don't know what to expect once you're committed to leading it. But if you first take pains to characterize your hike so that you are reasonably satisfied with your expectations of what lies ahead, then when you publicly convey it as a bonafide hiking event, you'll likely also attract the right people to your hike, simply because they will have reasonable expectations about the outing too.
Setting these kinds of advance expectations in your event write-up also raises the probability that you'll keep out the riff-raff, which is to say, you'll discourage those would-be attendees who, by seeing how you've characterized the hike, will likely realize they are not adequately conditioned or prepared; most will simply not show up for it. (Seasoned hike leaders will tell you: that's a good thing.) Over time, you'll become aware, and even thankful, that setting adequate expectations for your group will mean that your experience will be the fun outing that you planned rather than, as Dave may have experienced (and as I have too), an endurance exercise in people management.
So what kinds of expectations should you take pains to convey to your would-be group? The following list is a reasonably comprehensive one, and I consider its elements to be tantamount to crucial. So should you:
- Always list the total distance. If there's no adequate trail description handy, grab a good map and tally up the mileage between trail junctions/waypoints. Then, double-check your math – even triple-check it.
- Always characterize the outing as a function of terrain and distance, and include seasonal factors such as weather, potential thunderstorms/flooding, and boil it down to a basic difficulty level, i.e.:
- Easy
- Moderate
- Strenuous
- Very strenuous
As an example of this, a 10-mile hiking route in late Winter can be a very different experience than hiking the same route in the heat of Summer. What may seem like a moderate hike early on can seem brutal, unforgiving, and therefore very strenuous later in the year.
- Always offer as much detail as necessary to get your hikers to the trailhead. This consideration is likely the most important one once people have committed to a hike's distance and characterization, therefore requiring due diligence on your part so that all attendees arrive where you want them to – even when you want them to; i.e., how long they can expect to drive getting there.
- Always state when you will meet and when you will hike. Because some people will have a tendency to show up at the last minute, I usually set a 15-minute window to allow for traffic conditions and to give early arrivers adequate time to get parked and perform their pre-hike ablutions.
- If at all possible, always list an office phone number for the jurisdiction that manages the land you'll be hiking in.
- Always provide your own phone number or some other means of quickly contacting you during the hours and minutes preceding your hiking event. It's reasonable to share this information privately with confirmed attendees rather than post it publicly in your event.
- Optional, yet can make the difference in attendance numbers for many group hikes: a description of the expected experience, e.g., bird life, forests, grasslands, scenic views, tug-at-the-heartstrings chamber-of-commerce stuff if you prefer, plans for after the hike.
Do all of these things, and they will be the things that set a great hike leader apart from an armchair hike leader.
…so don't be solely reliant on technology.
I'm sure it's readily obvious from my comment to WildernessDave that I don't place much faith in GPS technology; I surely don't abide using a GPS system as the sole mechanism for safe and sane trail passage. I don't believe other folks should do so, either; GPS technology is not nearly as reliable as some people tend to believe it is.
But whichever technojimcrackery you may hold in your hand, just because it's got a microchip and software to control it doesn't mean that it's flawless! Don't let technology (and its flaws) control you – or, by extension, your hiking buddies.
That's not to say that GPS tools don't serve a useful purpose. After all, they're used to support land, sea, and airborne navigation, geophysical exploration, mapping and geodetic land surveys, vehicle location systems, and a wide variety of additional applications. The key take-away here is: a mobile GPS system is designed to be a support tool, not the only tool you should rely on.
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There are other life- and safety-critical reasons for not placing too much trust in your GPS system, as determined by researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University. To learn more, read an article titled Researchers Detect Big Flaws in GPS on the Tom's Hardware website (a self-billed Authority on Tech).
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Researching my brain for a few final thoughts about…you guessed it: research.
If I may make one additional observation about setting expectations for your group hike, it is this: do your homework. And also know that placing undue faith solely in technology in lieu of adequate research one too many times will likely result in your being shunned as any kind of responsible leader by your local hiking community.
It's a hard truth to saddle your horse with, but I've seen my share of this kind of bravado, and I cannot condone it. Indeed I've at times felt it necessary as a hike participant on another host's event to step up and, using not much more than my wits and experience at reading unknown trail, help lead others back to where we started when confidence in the hike leader has been lost. Deciding to override the presumed authority of the hike organizer does not come easy, but when it's a necessary decision, it's always been the right decision in retrospect. Nevertheless, the profound outcome is that the experiences of all concerned could have been much more satisfying if the group host had been responsible in the first place. Fortunately this type of episode was not nearly the case with WildernessDave at Spur Cross; after all, his confidence in his abilities is hard-won from years of experience and experiment, virtue and volition, the tried and the true.
And: pre-hike research.
For the greater good, then, it's better to deliver on your group's expectations by always conducting thorough research – which, for the sagacity (and therefore, confidence) of the budding hike leader, should always mean advance trail reconnaissance – prior to even thinking about posting your group hike at that new trailhead.
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Have you ever organized a group hike but hadn't first walked the trail?
Have you ever participated in a hike in which trust in the hike leader was compromised?
Please feel free to embellish upon my thoughts by adding yours.
But please, don't judge. No group hike leader is ever a good group hike leader
until he or she makes the commitment to being one – a commitment that must renew
with each group outing.
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U.S. Postal Service to Dedicate
Famous Scientist Stamps at U.T. Dallas
Friday, May 6, 2005
UTD Kusch Auditorium
RICHARDSON, Texas (April 22, 2005) — When it comes to innovative science and scholarly research in North Texas, the University of Texas at Dallas sets the standard. That is why the United States Postal Service (USPS) chose UTD as the site of a regional public ceremony for the new stamp issue featuring four famous American scientists.
The block of four stamps featuring cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock, mathematician John von Neumann, physicist Richard Feynman, and thermodynamicist Josiah Willard Gibbs will be dedicated at 1 p.m., Friday, May 6 in the Kusch Auditorium (FN 2.102) on the UTD campus. Dignitaries include USPS Dallas District Manager Carl January, UTD President Franklyn Jenifer, UTD Provost Hobson Wildenthal, Acting Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics John Ferraris, and Dean of Libraries Larry D. Sall. A reception will follow immediately in the McDermott Suite (MC 4.404) of the McDermott Library.
In addition to UTD's international reputation in the sciences, the Special Collections Department in McDermott Library has been home to the Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library since the mid-1970s. A similar dedication ceremony at the Wineburgh in 1999 for the integrated circuit stamp included an appearance by Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, a former Texas Instruments researcher credited with inventing the device that revolutionized the world.
Not only is Kusch Auditorium located in the heart of UTD's scientific community, it is named after the late faculty member Polykarp Kusch, 1955 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Two recent Nobel laureates – Alan MacDiarmid (Chemistry, 2000) and Russell Hulse (Physics, 1993) are faculty members at UTD.
The USPS will have available the new stamps, commemorative envelopes noting the ceremony and special pictorial cancellations that can be applied to the stamps as mementos of the dedication.
About the scientists on the stamps
In 1944 McClintock (1902-1992) became the third woman elected to the National Academy of Science (NAS). In the 1940s and 1950s her work on the cytogenetics of maize led her to theorize that genes are transposable - they can move around - on and between chromosomes. McClintock drew this inference by observing changing patterns of coloration in maize kernels over generations of controlled crosses. The idea that genes could move did not seem to fit with what was then known about genes, but improved molecular techniques of the late 1970s and early 1980s allowed other scientists to confirm her discovery, and consequently she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983. This made McClintock the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel. She was born in Hartford, CT, and obtained her undergraduate and doctoral degrees at Cornell University's College of Agriculture. From 1931-1933 she was supported by a fellowship from the National Research Council; from 1941until her death she worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Among her many honors is the National Medal of Science, the U.S. government's highest science award, which she received in 1970.
When Von Neumann (1903-1957) was elected a member of the NAS in 1937, he was known for his contributions to the fields of mathematical logic and the foundations of quantum mechanics. But his interests were wide-ranging, and he went on to do distinguished work in other fields, including economics and strategic thinking. He is perhaps best known for his work in the early development of computers. As director of the Electronic Computer Project at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study (1945-1955), he developed MANIAC (mathematical analyzer, numerical integrator and computer), which at the time was the fastest computer of its kind. Built at a time long before the invention of the silicon chip, MANIAC was run on thousands of vacuum tubes. Von Neumann was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1903, and studied in Berlin, Zurich, and Hamburg. In 1930 he joined the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. He became a U.S. citizen in 1937, and during World War II distinguished himself with his work in weapons development. In 1955 he was named a Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission, a position he held up to his death from cancer in 1957.
Feynman (1918-1988) was one of the most influential American physicists of the 20th Century, expanding greatly the theory of quantum electrodynamics. As well as being an inspiring lecturer and amateur musician, he helped in the development of the atomic bomb and was later a member of the panel that investigated the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For his work on quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1965, along with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman is famous for his many adventures, detailed in the books Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, What Do You Care What Other People Think? and Tuva Or Bust!. Richard Feynman was, in many respects, an eccentric and a free spirit. He was born in Queens, NY. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1939 and at Princeton University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1942. He was Research Assistant at Princeton (1940-1941), Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University (1945-1950), Visiting Professor and thereafter Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1950-1959).
Gibbs (1839-1903) was born in New Haven CT to a father who was a Yale University professor best known for finding translators for the mutineers of the Amistad slave ship. In 1873, his first published work titled "Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids" was released. He was 34 and was just starting to reveal his genius. His first paper included the formula for which he is probably most famous: dU = T dS — P dV. His second published work came out that same year with the title of "A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces." He had a tendency to create long and somewhat unintelligible titles. In fact, the most often cited fault was that his work was hard to follow, even for those who were considered experts. Gibbs also contributed to crystallography, the determination of planetary and comet orbits, and electromagnetic theory. James Clerk Maxwell was one of the first European scientists to recognize Gibbs as a theoretical physicist of international stature. Gibbs was also interested in the practical side of science; his doctorate was the first granted by Yale for an engineering thesis, and he received a patent (1866) for an improved type of railroad brake. His Scientific Papers appeared in 1906 (reprinted 1961) and his Collected Works in 1928.
News contact: Tom Koch, UTD, 972-883-4951
- Updated: February 10, 2014

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Tabletop Thrift: Tin Cans as Centerpieces
It's a look that can easily turn shoddy, but if done right, tin cans upcycled into vases can add that quirky, special touch to a table setting.
It seems that the older the can, the cooler it looks. Vintage cans with faded labels have a fun retro appeal for modern settings, while salvaged cans full of rust, holes and dents add character to a rustic table.
The best way to upcycle tin cans for a centerpiece is by matching the flowers to the cans (as in the sixth photo, where a monochromatic look is soft and subtle), or by contrasting the flowers against the cans (as in the first photo) to make both elements really pop. You can also utilize your cans by theme; for example, La Morena or El Pato cans to decorate a Mexican fiesta, or tea tins to hold buds for a tea party. And if you don't happen to find a color scheme or design that you like, simply strip off the labels and paint your own!
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Have you ever had that one friend that you knew was full of potential and could go on to do great things, but for whatever reason — maybe they are just lazy, or chose to embrace a deep fryer over all vegetables as a lifestyle choice — their potential is just never realized? You may see flashes of it now and then, and they may still be fun to hang out with, but it is impossible to get over that nagging feeling that there is so much more that could have been tapped. That friend, in a nutshell, is Brink.
Brink is a game designed to be played online. Everything you can do online can also be done solo, but you after an hour or so, you'll wonder why bother. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. The game is designed as a multiplayer experience, with missions that pit live teams against each other, and a challenge mode that offers co-op gameplay for up to four people, and that is Brink's focus.
When the game works, it works well. Unfortunately, that is rare. Lag sucks the fun out of this game like a sparkly vampire sucking the blood of a tween, and even when it works, there are flaws. Hopefully the lag can be corrected in the future, and maybe while they are at it they can fix the tedium-inducing problems that are also a fairly major issue.
The brink of civil war
In the near future, the planet will succumb to global warming and the ice caps will melt, thus flooding the world. One city, the Ark, remains as humanity's last known shelter, but the self-sustaining eco-system designed to perpetually support 5,000 has been pushed far beyond the point of sustainability as 50,000 people vie for control of the remaining resources.
The tensions are running high, and two sides — the security forces and the rebels — stand on the brink of a civil war, hence the name. The security forces want to control everyone for the greater good, while the resistance believes that the answer lies outside the Ark, and resources should be used to search the planet for dry land.
When you first fire Brink up, it asks you to choose between these two sides. After you almost inevitably choose the resistance (because it is way cooler), you can then tailor your character.
The choice of factions really isn't an issue though. The story of Brink is almost an afterthought, which is a shame, because it is a cool idea. The story, what there is of it, is told through a series of brief voice overs heard during the loading screens, which are then followed by a cut scene with a few characters talking about the upcoming missions. Sometimes they will throw in things like their concern for their kids or puppy or something, but it is soon forgotten as you are ushered into missions which you then undertake with some seriously brain-damaged AI.
If the AI represent the future of humanity, we are all doomed
Once the games begin, the emphasis is entirely on the gameplay. Depending on the side you are playing (and you can choose any mission and either side right from the start of the game), you typically attack or defend a location, escort or try to kill a specific enemy, or try to recover or protect an object. There are a few additional sub-missions based on your class, but the missions are fairly straight forward and almost always come down to killing more enemies than the other team.
You can play the campaign either online or off, but offline it is almost too frustrating to make it worth your time. It is a good way to earn some fast experience points, but the AI throughout the game is painfully dumb. Even if the story were so engrossing that a tear streaks down your face when "that guy" bites it, the AI would seriously hamper the experience.
Where in some games your AI teammates are timid and won't do much, that isn't the problem here. It is the exact opposite, as they gleefully run out into the open and catch bullets with their teeth. This wouldn't be a major issue except for two consequences: When your teammates recreate the WWI charge of soldiers against machine guns, you will suddenly find yourself left utterly alone and surrounded. That is annoying, and you will die, cursing their stupidity. The bigger issue arises when you are meant to escort people or defend locations. And the enemy AI isn't much better.
The challenge modes are a bit better as they are in a contained area with a single objective. There are only four of them as well, each with three levels of difficulty, but hopefully more will soon be available through online. The missions vary from defending a tower to a parkour race, but the AI is still an issue, and as you increase the level of difficulty it goes from dumb, to easy, to cheap. Online with your friends, these challenges are fun; offline they are something you will do to unlock weapons and then move on.
The single player is something you will do to build levels quickly for online play, and that is about it. If you are considering buying Brink for the single-player, you will be disappointed. If you are determined to purchase this game for the PlayStation 3, at least save your money until the PSN is back up and running.
Levels, Classes and Appearances, Oh My!
Whether you play online or off, you gain experience and points to unlock more appearance options, new weapons and abilities. The game has a cartoon-like look to it, so the options can range from funny, to cool, to absurd. The appearance stuff is entirely cosmetic, but there are a lot of options, which make it fun to experiment with. There is one exception to this—the character body types. You can choose from three options: Heavy, which offers the most weapons but slower movement; medium, which is a balanced choice; or light, which is the weakest and offers limited weapons, but is by far the most agile and can go areas others can't.
There are also a whole lot of guns. Most are available at the start, but some require you to unlock them by beating challenges, or reach certain experience levels. As you progress, you also unlock attachments for the weapons, and once you can access something like a red dot, it is available for all weapons. That is nice in theory, but it kills the thrill of building up new weapons.
At first glance the weapon choices are robust, but the variety you see is actually misleading. There are ton of options, but in practice most of the guns have very similar stats. There are a few exceptions like the bolt action rifle, but it takes multiple shots to kill an opponent regardless of weapon, and a slow rate of fire is tough to justify. So while there are myriad weapons, most players will likely end up using the same (or at least a very similar) loadout with an assault rifle and an SMG as a secondary.
The lack of variety makes the guns unimpressive. It isn't much fun to try them all out, because they are all essentially the same. Having a FPS with almost no variety in the guns in just plain bizarre.
The controls are not bad, but the aiming is almost always going to be easier without using the red dot, which is weird. Throwing grenades can be tricky too, as they are a bit unpredictable. The freerunning element is fun, but it really isn't all that important to the game. You can run and slide, but the firing mechanics take some getting used to. Abilities help though.
The abilities you unlock and purchase do offer some good perks and are tied into the four classes you can choose from: Soldier, engineer, medic and operative. While all classes use the same weapons, each have their own attributes and special features that can be upgraded. The soldier can refill ammo, the medic heals, the engineer repairs mechanical equipment, and operatives can disguise themselves as an enemy player.
There are some universal abilities, but some of the best perks are unique to each class. Engineers can create turrets once that option has been unlocked, while soldiers can throw grenades faster, for example.
The first three classes are pretty much what you expect, but the operative is an interesting twist. Once you find an enemy, you can take their appearance and blend in with the enemies. Being able to walk behind enemy lines and open fire (which breaks the disguise), and mowing down your opponents before they can react while you are laughing manically is kinda awesome.
Each class is needed in a game, as there are objectives that only a particular class can accomplish. That keeps the teams varied, but really doesn't add much more.
The curse of the fatal lag
Brink is a game meant to be played online. There really isn't much point to the single player campaign. It is there, but goofy AI and a lack of story make it somewhat dull and repetitive to work through. But online, Brink shines. Or at least it might, if it wasn't for all the damn lag.
Lag is something that can be fixed. Patches help, and work on the servers behind the scenes can make it little more than an occasional annoyance. With Brink, while playing through during pre-arranged multiplayer sessions, the lag was so bad that it made the game nearly unplayable. This is something that will be corrected eventually, but it is, and will continue to be an issue for awhile. It is almost tragic how bad the lag is, and if it isn't corrected, and soon, it will be the end of this game. For a title with such an emphasis on the online, to not have the bugs worked out before launch is a major issue.
But when it works, the online games are actually a lot of fun. Playing as a team will make a major difference in winning and losing, and those who can coordinate are going to dominate those who just like to shoot stuff. There are a few options on game types, but mainly, you will play through a level of the campaign as either an attacking team or a defending team. There is also a mode where you will switch sides during the game, but you will always be playing a map from the campaign—there are eight in total.
When you are playing online, assuming lag is not an issue, the games will either be amazing, or they will be tedious. If you have a good team, the game is fun. If not, it can be dull and repetitive. There isn't much middle ground.
Brink is a great game that got sidetracked along the way and ended up being a fairly average one at best. The single-player campaign is almost pointless, which means an imaginative setting goes to waste. But that is alright, the game is meant to be played online. And the multiplayer is fun. When it works. Which is rare.
The game can also be repetitive. That is true for all multiplayer games, but Brink is especially susceptible to tedium. Unlocking guns is not really much of a treat, since you get so many guns to start with that you never really need to work towards anything. The challenges unlock all the attachments you might need, so the leveling is mostly used to open up the appearance options. When the online plays like it should, the controlled chaos of the games is interesting, even more so when you work with others. If two teams are working together against each other, each objective can be a tense firefight. If not though, it can be a mess and dull.
Overall, Brink is a flawed game that can be fun, almost despite itself. But there are just so many issues that the promise of the game is buried under it. Lag is a multiplayer killer that should eventually be corrected, but tedium can be a recurring problem. There is still some fun to be had though, but you have to work for it.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
(This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360 on a copy provided by Bethesda Softworks)


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LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART hosted an event featuring Nobel Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu along with long-time friend and fellow activist South African born Rev. Robert V. Taylor author of 'A New Way To Be Human'.
Both men, whos friendship spans three decades, were actively involved in the anti-apartheid struggle and have each broken ground in their own right. The outspoken Archbishop Tutu, often referred to as South Africa's 'moral compass', become the first black Archbishop of Cape Town and Robert V. Taylor become the first openly gay Episcopal dean in the United States.
In recent years Archbishop Tutu has stepped back from the lime light. In his only appearance in the United States this year we got to chat to him and Rev. Taylor before they hit the stage to discuss 'A New Way to be Human' in front of a packed room in the heart of Los Angeles.
The themes that were explored in the discussion and in Rev. Taylor's book is that of spirituality, equal rights, empathy and love. Love being the great connecter. "Love begins with caring about your own well being, which leads to acts of compassion, which leads us to discover our inter-connected and oneness" describes Taylor.
Tougher issues were also addressed particulary that of gay rights and religion. The latter often being used as a weapon against gay people.
"I've certain experienced that. That was the message of the South African government who used apartheid, claiming that it was the will of God. My journey has been coming to terms with the fact that I was led to believe that there was something inherently wrong and inferior about (being gay)." says Robert.
Archbishop Tutu chimming in charismatically, "Your sexual orientation is not your choice. Its something you have no control over. How the heck can we justify penalizing people..."
'Each of us are a spiritual being.' says Taylor
Rev. Taylor leaves us with this inspirting thought, "...each of our spiritual journeys and experiences allow us to have empathy and understanding for one another."


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I attended the Burlington City Council meeting Tuesday night.
Have not been to a council meeting in years, but I had been told that this was going to be a special night for the Times-News.
Executive Editor Madison Taylor sent an e-mail a couple of weeks back telling me that the paper was going to be recognized for its 125th anniversary, or something to that effect, and he would like for me to be there along with others from the newspaper.
I told him sure I would go. Just give me a reminder. And I thought little more about it.
Then on Monday I got his reminder. Seven o�clock in the council chamber. And in it he noted that he would have to remember to carry a tie to work so he could put it on before the meeting. Important to look nice at such events.
Tuesday night came and as I got ready I remembered what he said about the tie. Now this time of year you usually find me in a sweater, no tie. But I figured if Madison did it I would do it as well. So I put on a tie.
Then Billie Faye said that she did not feel like staying home alone, and that she was going with me. That was a big effort for her, but she wanted to see our friends from the newspaper.
So off we went.
There was already a big crowd there when we arrived. There were seats for us at the front, and as we walked in I noticed some friends from First Baptist.
�Wonder why they are here?� I thought to myself.
As we sat down, I looked around and saw a couple of other friends from my Sunday School class at First Baptist. Maybe there is a rezoning measure coming up they are interested in, I thought to myself.
I was quite impressed with the way Mayor Ronnie Wall ran the meeting � very efficiently moving things along at a fast pace while giving everyone an opportunity for expression. That made me think of city council meetings I had to cover back when I first began. At times, especially at budget time, those meetings extended until 3 and 4 o�clock in the morning. Really.
I listened as Dan Danieley told the council about improvements at our airport, an operation he heads up. Runway improvements now allow 737 jets to land here. The 737 is the most popular passenger plane in the world today. He also showed us the jet Elon�s basketball team uses for long trips � and at that very moment they were winging their way to Buffalo, N.Y. for a game.
I wondered again, why are all these Baptists here?
There was a report about our water supply and heard it stated that we would have to have a natural disaster of extreme magnitude to have a water shortage. Again, that took me back to my early years with the council when City Manager J.D. Mackintosh and his councils were developing ways to get us out of severe droughts and protect our future. They did that well.
Dennis Williams gave an update on the county transportation operation (Dennis is from First Baptist as well, but I knew why he was there.) And there was an extended report on parking issues in downtown Burlington.
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It was then that Mayor Wall noted the Times-News item on the agenda and then let it be known that it was not the paper being honored but me! He started reading a list of bullet items which said some very nice things. About me.
Then he called me to the front. I turned to look at Madison, and he gave me a big smile that said �gotcha� and shook my hand. He and publisher Paul Mauney had worked with the mayor to pull off the surprise.
The mayor read the document that proclaimed March 19, 2013 as Don Bolden Day in Burlington. That was special. Very special. It was then that I realized why all those Baptists were in the room. I told the group that it was pretty obvious that I was the only one in the room who had not known what was happening.
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It was a very special night, and I owe thanks to many people � the mayor, the council, the city staff, Madison and Paul and Frances Woody and Judi Baker and the others from the newspaper � and all those Baptists. Thank you.
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|Junichirô [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:43 pm ]
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|BLAG 90k updates.
There is a new repository for BLAG 90k which provides updates.
I tested it since a week with no problem.
So you can use it with replacing your /etc/yum.repos.d/blag.repo file with:
Thanks to noldrin.
For now it is only for BLAG i386.
|noldrin [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:46 pm ]
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I'll be trying to keep the updates going later on this week and track down some bugs. A lot of the repos merged into rpm fusion, causing the audio codecs to get renamed.
|Junichirô [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:27 pm ]
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@noldrin Do you think we'll have updates for Blag x86_64 too?
|noldrin [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:03 pm ]
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That is next on my list.. it shouldn't be too hard, I just need to mod the scripts to point to 64 bit stuff. I'll give it a whirl this weekend
|Saint of Killers [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:43 pm ]
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This is good news. Last version I has was 70000, and it was nice. No access to repo anymore, so went to grab 90000, but neither torrent nor download links seem to work. Ben using Fedora 9 in place of, as can't find a good download. The torrent would be good, can download in my off-peak time while asleep, but it refuses to connect , no one is seeding it seems.
If can get a copy of 90000, would happily swap over, as my experiences with 700000 were quite promising.
Also, thank you to all involved. Your efforts are appreciated. :)
|noldrin [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:19 pm ]
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70K was my favorite version of BLAG. 90K is a bit more build your own, but it's still an awesome OS.
|Junichirô [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:27 pm ]
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@Saint of Killers Try this:
Try here: ftp://therion.noldrin.com/pub/BLAG/linux/90000/en/iso/
or here: http://ks355011.kimsufi.com/blag/90000/en/iso/
I'll try to update the BLAG website links this week-end. But for now I try to understand how it is make. try to make it valid W3C, first.
|Junichirô [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:46 pm ]
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The download link on BLAG homepage works now. It downloads from: http://www.blagblagblag.org/blag/.
I'll give the others links on the download pages later. I've some troubles to understand the architecture of the site.
|Saint of Killers [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:53 am ]
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Thank you, managed to pull down a copy last night, and is now installed, blew away the Fedora 9 install I had. Oddly, my sound doesn't work, and I'm trying to sort out the repos situation with searching, but the only results seem to suggest YUM, which I was never fond of. It shits me to be frank, at least my experience with it. much prefer apt/Synaptic. Is apt-get still workable here now, or are we stuck with YUM only? I assume I'll need to install some alsa bits to enable alsaconf, as it doesn't work at present. Oh well, more fiddling to do. :)
Overall, am very happy to be able to be running BLAG again, and hope that things can be pulled together. The efforts by all involved so far in "rebuilding" and holding everything together has been nothing short of incredible, just from viewing the traffic and feedback on the forum since Jebba left things and pulled the plug. No idea what happened there, and it doesn't really matter, what matters is that people did not just give up, and pulled together, a sign of real community. Excellent work fellas. :)
edit: Have found the solution tom the apt-get repo on forum. Edited /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blag.list to replace the repo listing with rpm http://ks355011.kimsufi.com/blag/90000/en/os i386/BLAG blag dribble fedora freshrpms kriehn livna fsfla , and all seems fine. I also had to do something to stop it complaining, can't recall exact solution tho, too damn tired. :P All seems good now, just need to fix the damn sound., Cheers for everything peoples. :)
|Junichirô [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:33 am ]
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Yes but updates from ftp://therion.noldrin.com/pub/BLAG/linu ... /i386/BLAG are more up do date.
It doesn't seem to work with apt-get.
|noldrin [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:28 am ]
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Examining the apt issue is definitely on the list.
|Saint of Killers [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:36 am ]
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Junichirô wrote:
Yes but updates from ftp://therion.noldrin.com/pub/BLAG/linu ... /i386/BLAG are more up do date.
It doesn't seem to work with apt-get.
Yes, I'm just now realising this. apt-get/Synaptic updates fine, but throws a fit when i try installing stuff. *sigh* errors like "error: unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/alsacard;497c15ad: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch"
Have to resort to the pain in the arse that is YUM I suppose. At least we have alternatives. Thanks again for everything peoples, it is appreciated. :)
|Junichirô [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:46 pm ]
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You can install gnome-packagekit; so you'll have a graphical manager for update and install/remove software.
|kinkelson [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:07 pm ]
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|still doesnt work
I followed the instructions and changed the repo information and yet i meet errors
It tells me Login or password incorrect!
What could be the cause?
|extraspecialbitter [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:45 pm ]
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|Re: still doesnt work
kinkelson wrote:
I followed the instructions and changed the repo information and yet i meet errors
It tells me Login or password incorrect!
What could be the cause?
The server "therion" is no longer available. Please substitute the URL http://ks355011.kimsufi.com/blag/90000/en/os/i386/BLAG/.
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Not only do the interiors shot by Swedish photographer Ragnar Ómarsson kick some major butt, his lifestyle collection features great examples of ways to integrate white tech into your home (yes, this stems from our obsession a few years ago -- it's back!).
- 1 An HDTV with a clean, sleek white bezel integrates nicely into the living room. Colorful furniture and decor produce a contemporary and modern feel.
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Fliers for the 3 species with multiple photos and contact information to report sightings:
Florida has an abundance of wildlife, including a wide variety of reptiles. Snakes, and their cousins the alligators, crocodiles, turtles and lizards, play an interesting and vital role in Florida's complex ecology.
Many people have an uncontrollable fear of snakes. Perhaps because man is an animal who stands upright, he has developed a deep-rooted aversion to all crawling creatures. And, too, snakes long have been use in folklore to symbolize falseness and evil. The ill- starred idea has no doubt colored human feelings regarding snakes.
Whatever the reason for disfavor, they nonetheless occupy a valuable place in the fauna of the region. On the plus side, for example, snakes help keep in check rodents that threaten crops and, not uncommonly, carry diseases that afflict man. Depending on your point of view, Florida is either blessed or cursed with a rich diversity of snakes. Our 44 species of snakes are found in every conceivable habitat, from coastal mangroves and saltmarshes to freshwater wetlands and dry uplands, and many species thrive in residential areas. However, there are just a few species that are commonly seen in developed area, although any snake may occasionally be found in urban settings.
Only six of Florida's 44 snake species are venomous, the eastern coral snake, the southern copperhead, the cottonmouth, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the timber rattlesnake, and the dusky pygmy rattlesnake. Most Florida snakes are harmless and beneficial and remove extra rodent populations. Even the venomous species are not particularly dangerous unless stepped on or otherwise provoked.
Most snakes you encounter are most likely to be non-venomous. By recognizing common non-venomous snakes and understanding something of their habits, you can take a more relaxed attitude toward them and appreciate them as an integral part of Florida's wildlife.
What should you do when you come upon a snake? Just stand back observe it. Snakes don't purposefully position themselves to frighten people. They'd much rather avoid encounters and usually will flee. You can try to figure out what kind it is by using this article or one of the other references listed. Some snakes, such as the Eastern indigo snake, are designated as endangered or threatened species and are protected.
There is no good reason to kill a snake except in the unlikely situation of a venomous snake posing immediate danger to people or pets. Snakes usually bite people only if they are molested; it's their only means of self-defense. Even a venomous snake in the woods or crossing the road poses no threat and should be left alone. Also, most larger snakes travel in large areas, so one you see in your yard today may be far away tomorrow.
The frequent sighting of snakes near dwellings or out-buildings may indicate the presence of rodents. Removal of brush, lumber or other debris accumulations will discourage both rodents and snakes. Rodent food sources like chronically spilled bird seed under feeders or pet foods scraps should also be policed regularly.
Venomous reptiles may only be possessed under license and specific laws are in effect for handling, caging, and transporting.
A brochure with photos and information about the six venomous snakes in Florida, titled "Florida's Venomous Snakes," as well as a brochure titled "Florida's Non-venomous Snakes" are available from regional offices of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
To find out more about the snakes in our area, we recommend the following books:
A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition. By Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins. 1991. Houghtom Mifflin, Boston (Peterson Field Guide Series). 450pp
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. By John L. Behler and F. Wayne King. 1979. Knopf, New York. 744pp
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Dennis I really enjoyed catching up with you through these fantastic images. Welcome back.
Around every picture there's a corner & round every corner there's a picture
- the fun's in finding them
Not that it matters that much, but I think Dennis has moved up to a D90.
50mm f/1.8, Sigma 18-125, Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, Nikon 18-105 VR, Nikon 55-200 VR, Nikon 43-86 f/3.5 AiS, Vivitar 28-90 F/2.8-3.5 Macro, Vivitar 75-205 F/3.8-4.8, SB800.
Ha! See, I can change...
Thanks for the kind words, George, Jason and Phill.
I did indeed move up to a D90. The autofocus of the D50 started malfunctioning. The screwdrive mechanism which powers non-AFs lenses was broken and given that I use the 17-70 most of the time I was forced to upgrade to the D90 (at the time that was the lowest-end model that still had the autofocus motor).
Anyway, I'm still very happy with the D90. The improvement in image quality at low ISO values wasn't as big as I had hoped, but it's still very good.
I had a really busy week, so I couldn't add any pictures. Now that it's weekend I can add some new stuff; you can expect some new pictures later this evening.
Nikon D-50
// Nikkor 70-300 f/4-5.6 VR // Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8
// Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4.5 ...// Nikon SB-600
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The next stop on the trip around the Baltic Sea was Riga, the Capital of Estonia. Riga is a very beautiful city, maybe the most beautiful of the three Baltic capitals, but sadly the weather wasn't all that good when we were there (which shows in the pictures).
#38: The main square of Riga
#39: The House of the Blackheads (The Blackheads were a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga, or so Wikipedia tells me).
#40: The tower in this picture is the Latvian Academy of Sciences, one of the examples of Communist architecture in the city.
#41: View over Riga
#42: The National Opera
#43: The Freedom Monument
#44: The Orthodox Cathedral of Riga
Thank you for continuing to share the amazing scenes with us Dennis.
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Here is the last set of pictures from the Baltic states. The pictures below are from Tallinn,
#45: The Alexander Nevski Cathedral. The towers of this church were being renovated, so this is the only picture I could get without any scaffolding.
#46: The Presidential Palace of Tallinn
#47: The Tallinn City Walls
#48: Another picture of the walls
#49: Town square in Tallinn
#50: Sunset in Estonia
#51: The camping in Estonia
#52: Skyline of Tallinn as seen from the boat to Finland
More great stuff. I did not realize those Baltic states had such a penchant for brightly colored buildings.
I was wondering the same or are you cranking vivid in camera or lots of saturation in post?
Originally Posted by Prospero
That would be Riga; the women there were absolutely stunning. Although Stockholm was a very close second
I'm afraid I must see proof of this claim.
Stunning group of shots, Dennis
Critique most definitely desired...
Originally Posted by kgosden
I don't believe those are really in England; too much sun and blue sky;-)
I read somewhere that this year was the second sunniest on record for England and Scotland, with 2006 beating being sunnier and drier. There was 30 degree Celsius weather in Edinburgh, and one river our day tour was supposed to visit had dried out.
Originally Posted by Prospero
Thanks Rooz and George.
That would be Riga; the women there were absolutely stunning. Although Stockholm was a very close second
Cities like Riga and Tallinn attract all the younger people from other areas of the country they are located in. Tallinn when I was there always had a minimum of two nice looking women outside of every restaurant to try and get some interested customers...there was a belly dancer in one restaurant our tour group was treated to:
Two guys on my tour also thought the women in Stockholm were hot, but they felt they had little chance with them in the club they went to as they described the ratio of men to women as 10:1.
Those nice pics of Tallinn will probably be the most recent ones for a while, BBC news mentioned that a major fire happened there this summer.
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In December 2001, the Pinelands Commission opened the Richard J. Sullivan Center for Environmental Policy and Education. The nearly 12,500-square-foot facility is located on the grounds of Fenwick Manor, the 5-acre historic farmstead which houses the offices of the Pinelands Commission. The Sullivan Center is comprised of office space, a lecture hall/public meeting room, conference room, library and technology resource center.
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The Richard J. Sullivan Center houses two of the Commission's staff offices and hosts Commision meetings and special events such as the Pinelands Speaker Series.
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The New Jersey Pinelands Commission is now working on the fabrication and installation of interactive exhibits that will transform its headquarters, the Richard J. Sullivan Center (RJS Center), into a Pinelands Visitors Center. These exhibits will greatly enhance the Commission's ongoing efforts to educate the public about the 1.1-million acre Pinelands National Reserve (PNR). The PNR covers parts of seven counties in southern New Jersey, and it is home to 850 species of plants and nearly 500 species of animals, including more than 130 threatened or endangered wildlife species. The Pinelands Commission is an independent state agency that oversees land-use, development and the protection of natural resources in the Pinelands. (Click here) for pdf images of the proposed design plan.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Pfeiffer University wrapped up its 2009 women's volleyball regular season with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-17) sweep over visiting Coker on Friday night inside the Merner Gym. The Lady Falcons finish the regular season with their second-straight 20 win year at 20-11, 15-3 in Conference Carolinas play. Coker, who wraps up their campaign Saturday at Queens, falls to 4-26, 2-15.
Playing in the last home regular-season match of her career, senior Brittany Dickens (Raleigh, NC) put the Lady Falcons up early with five-straight serves as a kill by freshman Jordan O'Bryant (Reidsville, NC) and three Cobra errors gave the hosts an early four-point advantage. Dickens' back-to-back kills gave Pfeiffer their biggest lead of the first set at 16-6. Coker junior Kristin Teets (West Columbia, SC) tried to rally the Cobras back late, but a kill by Kathryn Hobson (Asheboro, NC) and Kristina Mordini (Freeport, IL) gave the Lady Falcons a 25-19 set one win.
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The fact that most keyboards look like other keyboards notwithstanding (although the Ryan Seacrest's Typo keyboard did seem to cop a lot of the "look," if not the "feel" of Blackberry's vertically-aligned and contoured keys), the judge found RIM's claims substantial enough to grant a preliminary injunction barring the sale of keyboards. Ryan Seacrest's Typo apparently thought an injunction was nothing more than a fancy way of saying, "do whatever the hell you want to." (Court order PDF)
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick agreed to let BlackBerry proceed with contempt of court proceedings after the Canadian phone maker showed that Typo has been selling keyboards in violation of the earlier order.The court order touches on a lot of seeming wrongdoing by Seacrest's Typo, including multiple shipments being sent to Canada, the Middle East and Asia (Typo claimed these foreign sales weren't bound by the injunction) and a large sale to a reseller (4,000 keyboards to SMI Investments -- a company that Typo seems to be intertwined with) that occurred after the injunction was ordered but before it went into effect.
"I am very concerned with what appears to be deliberate contempt of the preliminary injunction by Typo," wrote Orrick, pointing out that the company shipped around 15,000 keyboards despite the ban.
Seacrest's keyboard company also went out of turn by asking the court to find that its modified keyboard does not infringe on RIM's patents.
According to [Judge] Orrick, the existence of a "supposedly non-infringing design" was not relevant to the existing injunction. The judge added that Typo would have to bring a separate court proceeding to get an order related to the new designs.Whether or not you agree that RIM's patent infringement case has merit, Typo seems to have completely botched its response. Sure, all the cool kids and their acts of civil disobedience have netted them contempt charges over the years, but blowing off a preliminary injunction in this sort of case is hardly sticking it to The Man.
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A partial knee replacement is surgery to replace only one part of a damaged knee. It can replace either the inside (medial) or outside (lateral) parts of the knee.
Surgery to replace the whole knee joint is called
Alternative Names
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; Knee replacement - partial; Unicondylar knee replacement; Arthroplasty - unicompartmental knee; UKA; Minimally invasive partial knee replacement
Partial knee replacement surgery removes damaged tissue and bone in the knee joint. The damaged areas are replaced with a man-made implant, called a prosthetic.
Before surgery, you will be given anesthesia, which is medicine that blocks pain. You will have one of two types:
General anesthesiamakes you sleep through the procedure and unable to feel pain.
- Regional (
spinal or epidural) anesthesia numbs you below your waist. You will also receive medicines to make you relax or feel sleepy.
The surgeon will make a cut over your knee. This cut is about 3 to 5 inches long.
- Next, the doctor examines the entire knee joint. If there is damage to more than one part of your knee, you may need a total knee replacement. Most of the time, however, this is not needed since the tests you had before the procedure would have shown this damage.
- The damaged bone and tissue is removed.
- A man-made part made of plastic and metal is placed into the knee.
- Once the part is in the proper place, it is attached with bone cement.
- The wound is closed with stitches.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
The most common reason to have a knee joint replaced is to relieve severe arthritis pain.
Your doctor may recommend knee joint replacement if:
- You can?t sleep through the night because of knee pain.
- Your knee pain prevents you from doing daily activities.
- Your knee pain has not gotten better with other treatments.
Partial knee arthroplasty may be a good choice if you have arthritis on only one side of the knee, and you:
- Are older, thin, and not very active
- Do not have very bad arthritis on the other side of the knee or under the kneecap
- Have only minor deformity of the knee
- Can move your knee in a good range
- Have stable ligaments in the knee
However, most people with knee arthritis have a surgery called a total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Knee replacement is most often done in people age 60 and older.
Risks for this surgery include:
Blood clots
- Fluid buildup in the knee joint
- Failure of the replacement parts to attach to the knee
- Nerve and blood vessel damage
- Pain with kneeling
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy(rare)
Before the Procedure
Always tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, including herbs, supplements, and medicines bought without a prescription.
During the 2 weeks before your surgery:
Prepare your home.
- Ask your doctor which medicines you can still take on the day of your surgery.
- You may be asked to stop taking medicine that makes it harder for your blood to clot. These include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve), blood thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin) and other drugs.
- You may need to stop taking any medicines that weaken your immune system, including Enbrel and methotrexate.
- If you have diabetes, heart disease, or other medical conditions, your surgeon will ask you to see the doctor who treats you for these conditions.
- Tell your doctor if you have been drinking a lot of alcohol (more than one or two drinks a day).
- If you smoke, you need to stop. Ask your doctor or nurse for help. Smoking slows healing and recovery.
- Let your doctor know if you get a cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or other illness before your surgery.
- You may want to visit a physical therapist before surgery to learn exercises that can help you recover.
- Practice using a cane,
walker, crutches, or a wheelchair.
On the day of your surgery:
- You will usually be asked not to drink or eat anything for 6 - 12 hours before the procedure.
- Take the drugs your doctor told you to take with a sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
Most patients go
You can put your full weight on your knee right away.
After surgery, you will be encouraged to do as much as you can for yourself. This includes going to the bathroom or taking walks in the hallways with help.
Most people recover quickly and have much less pain than they did before surgery. People who have a partial knee replacement recover faster than those who have a total knee replacement.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Many patients are able to walk without a cane or walker within 3to 4 weeks after surgery. You will need physical therapy for 4 to 6 months.
Most forms of exercise areOK after surgery, including walking, swimming, and biking. However, you should
Mihalko WM. Arthroplasty of the knee. In: Canale ST, Beaty JH, eds. Campbells Operative Orthopaedics. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2012:chap 7.
Berger RA, Meneghini RM, Jacobs JJ, et al. Results of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at a minimum of ten years of follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005;87(5):999-1006.
Patil S, Colwell CW Jr, Ezzet KA, et al. Can normal knee kinematics be restored with unicompartmental knee replacement? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005;87(2):332-338.
Richmond J, Hunter D, Irrgang J, et al. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee (nonarthroplasty). J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009;17:591-600.
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Notice: This plugin is unmaintained and available for adoption.
Lets you easily manage multiple projects with one instance of trac. This implements the idea of http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracMultipleProjects/SingleEnvironment.
Experimental version.
You need to define an additional custom ticket field 'project' in your trac.ini, because on creating tickets the milestone combobox shows only milestones appropriately to the chosen project.
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