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Around 2002, Olympus (and others) basically invented a new sensor format called 4/3, or Four Thirds. Read about it here.
This system used a sensor slightly smaller than the reigning enthusiast champ at the time, the APS-C sensor (such as used in cameras like the Canon Rebel series, or the Nikon D3000, D5100, etc).
It was meant to be an open or standardized system, but for the most part the only people that really invested into it were Panasonic and Olympus.
On a pure performance level, the 43 system was pretty darn good, especially the lenses. In fact, Olympus High Grade and Super High Grade lenses are some of the best lenses in the world, regardless of the format.
Unfortunately, this was a time where engineering expertise didn't listen to the marketing guys, and for once, they should have.
The 43 system had a smaller sensor than the APS-C and full framed cameras, but the cameras and lenses were just as large (and heavy!) as the competition - they used optical viewfinders and mirrors and bulky bodies, just like any other DSLR. Often, the performance of the 43 sensors just couldn't match the other systems when it came to noise, dynamic range, or focus tracking in fast situations.
In essence, the 43 system offered no real benefits from the 'other guys'. While, optically speaking, the 43 lenses were incredible performers, that wasn't enough to really sway lots of people away from their APS-C and FF systems or invite new people to the system.
Enter Micro Four-Thirds, or m43.
Thankfully, Olympus and Panasonic went back to the drawing board and came up with a different mount specification. They kept the 43 sensor size, but deemed this new mount m43.
M43 cameras don't use mirrors like traditional SLRs, allowing them a few benefits.
First, they're smaller, typically much smaller than a comparable DSLR. The optical viewfinders and mirror box assemblies in your typical DSLR take up room, which necessitates a larger camera body. Without the mirror system, one can drastically shrink the body.
Secondly, the new lenses for m43 are also a lot smaller than their APS-C or full-framed counterparts. Because these lenses are designed with portability in mind (and not just raw performance at any cost), and because they have to cover a smaller sensor than APS-C or full-frame, they are much smaller and lighter than a typical lens meant for APS-C or FF cameras. The difference can sometimes be staggering.
Of course, not everything is beneficial - there are always design tradeoffs for any camera system, and m43 is no exception.
First, there is the autofocus performance.
For the most part, AF performance is pretty good with m43. It uses contrast-detect autofocus (CDAF), which is basically the same type of autofocus used in P&S cameras. For the most part, though, m43 autofocus is more advanced than P&S cameras and can lock on extremely quickly.
When attempting to track subjects, though, CDAF really loses out to the other type of autofocus, phase-detect (PDAF). Read a fairly easy-to-digest article about PDAF over at Lensrentals.
There are pros and cons to each type of system. Typically, CDAF is extremely accurate, more so than PDAF. CDAF can, in many instances, match or even beat PDAF autofocus when it comes to static subjects in decent light.
In lower light, higher-end PDAF autofocus will beat most CDAF systems. When it comes to tracking, there's no real competition - PDAF is the only game in town.
Second, there are the (potential) issues of Depth of Field (DOF), Noise, and Dynamic Range.
Depth of Field - in a nutshell, the m43 format cannot attain super-thin DOF, at least in comparison to the full-frame format. It can, though, still easily blur backgrounds for pleasant photos. I've included a comparison further into my OM-D review to show this. Against APS-C, the m43 format loses a smaller level of DOF and is almost moot.
Noise and Dynamic Range - While DXO hasn't, as of 11 August 2012, release their sensor review for the OM-D, my feeling is it'll fall slightly behind in noise in relation to the best APS-C sensors, and certainly behind the best FF sensors.
This isn't to say, though, that the sensor is bad - noise performance is still very good, all things considering (especially since the sensor is at a theoretical disadvantage!) and dynamic range is very much improved with the OM-D, apparently due to the rumored use of a Sony sensor .
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Romantic Ireland
Denis Donoghue
- The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain: Vols I and II
Constable, 445 pp, £8.50, October 1980, ISBN 0 00 946330 5
It is good to have the second volume of Sean O 'Faolain's short stories. The first brought together seven stories from Midsummer Night Madness (1932), 14 from A Purse of Coppers (1937), and 13 from Teresa, and Other Stories (1947). Now the second has ten stories from The Stories of Sean O'Faolain (1958), 11 from I remember! I remember! (1961), and ten from The Heat of the Sun (1966). In the Preface he wrote for the Penguin Stories of Sean O'Faolain (1970) he said that 30 stories were all he had to show, or all he was content to show, for more than thirty years of story-writing. One thinks, he said, of George Sand turning out volume after volume while never once neglecting a love affair, never missing one puff of her hookah. Well, no matter, O'Faolain has done many other things and written many other books besides his collections of stories. He has been, he is still, a man of letters, a novelist, biographer, autobiographer, historian, critic. But his short stories have a special place in the affections of those who care for good writing.
I should declare an interest, or a prejudice. I much prefer his later stories to his earlier ones. Many of the earlier stories sound as if they were written not only to charm the birds out of the trees but to show that one Sean O'Faolain could charm them out of the trees. The reader is forced to believe that life in Ireland was simpler, more beautiful, nobler then than now, that the people were a nest of simple folk, richly expressive, articulate, eloquent, that the grass was greener, the rain softer, the mackerel-crowded seas more mackerel-crowded than any seas a man of my age can describe. It may be true. It may be true. You're born in Cork in 1900, you grow up with the new century and with a sense of an equally new Ireland. In the dawn of Easter Week, 1916, some youngsters, including O'Faolain, probably felt that it was bliss to be alive, even though Eoin MacNeill was countermanding Pearse's orders and a revolution was dwindling into a revolt. Still, when Republicans were roaming through Cork and Tipperary shooting at the Black and Tans, it was possible to feel heroic. But it must have been hard to feel heroic in the Civil War and the years that followed its crimes. Yet O'Faolain's early stories want you to feel that life in Ireland was a romance, and sometimes an epic. I have never been convinced. I'm an agnostic in these sentiments. I don't believe that O'Faolain's early luscious style represents his effort to be equal to the rich occasions he describes. I believe, rather, that the style came first, and demanded incidents, landscapes and sentiments fit for the style to live in.
O'Faolain may agree with me. In the Preface to the Penguin book, he says that as a young man he was very romantic, that his style took pleasure in such words as 'dawn', 'dew', 'onwards', 'youth', 'world', 'adamant' and 'dusk'. I could extend the list, but it is already long enough to make the point that his early stories never say 'colour' if they can say 'hue', or 'morning' if they can say 'morn'. He started writing seriously in 1927, several years after Prufrock and The Waste Land and Ulysses, but his taste was still that of Palgrave's Golden Treasury. University College, Cork, Daniel Corkery's place, was probably slow to receive the good news from Eliot, Pound, Mann, Kafka. Valéry and Joyce. Yeats was inescapable, but there was nothing in Yeats to discourage a young writer from preferring 'hue' to 'colour'. O'Faolain, living among words, chose for company the words he thought were already poetry. Looking back in 1970, he thought the most romantic of all his words were the 'and' and 'but' which he used 'to carry on and expand the effect after the sense has been given'. The writer who luxuriates, he says, 'goes on with the echoes of his first image or idea'. His emotions and his thought 'dilate, the style dilates with them, and in the end he is trying to write a kind of verbal music to convey feelings that the mere sense of the words cannot give.'
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Vol. 4 No. 2 · 4 February 1982 » Denis Donoghue » Romantic Ireland
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I've always found recovery after a long period of exercise really tough. When I first started running/cycling long distances, I found that I'd get an agonizing headache a couple of hours later, and would feel sick and queasy for the rest of the day.
After reading up on recovery I realized that I simply wasn't eating enough – before, during and, most importantly, after the workout, and as a result my body was starved of nutrients. When we exercise we lose so much through both energy expenditure and sweating (even during workouts in the cold or rain), and replacing these nutrients is essential to maintain a good workout routine. If you want to get up and do it all again in a couple of days, your body has to be ready for it!
Training for a marathon has hammered this home to me more than ever; whereas I would happily go out for an early morning run on an empty stomach a few months ago, now I always make sure I've had something, no matter how early it is, and will often take an energy drink along too to top me up as I go. I do training runs to improve and get stronger, and there's no way I'm getting stronger if my body is running on empty and feeling like a lead weight, using up all the energy I can muster to just keep going!
Fuelling up is important, but for me, it's when it comes to recovering that things really start to get tricky. I did a 21 mile run two days ago; the longest distance of all my training runs, and the furthest I've ever run, ever! I came home and had a recovery shake (I use Rego strawberry recovery shake), and then had a good lunch of raw vegetables, bagel, houmous and walnuts with an orange juice, but I realize now that even all this was probably too little, too late!
The thing is that a long run requires a lot of fuel. Prior to my lunch I'd eaten a big breakfast with honey, toast and jam, a sweet energy drink, a sickly sugary energy gel and a chewy energy bar – I'd had enough of food, and the thought of more sugar made my stomach turn. But, the fact is that I should have eaten 1g of carbohydrate for every kg of bodyweight once an hour for the following four hours after the run (so the science tells me). That's the equivalent of one and a half bagels per hour for four hours.
I honestly can't say whether eating that much works after a long run, as I've never tried it. Instead I tend to listen to my body and pay heed, very carefully, to what it tells me. That normally includes a big lunch, a few hours where I fancy something but I don't know what and end up munching through half a box of cereal, a flapjack or cereal bar after an afternoon sugar craving, and then a really big, healthy evening meal packed with protein and vitamins.
Today, two days later, I'm still recovering. My legs feel like lead and my lungs are like cotton wool; I found it hard to relax into a comfortable breathing rhythm during my morning recovery run, and finding the energy to push a little for some sprints just wasn't happening. Even walking up the stairs is tiring at the moment, and my muscles, joints, lungs and bones are all calling out for a bit of help. The fact of marathon training is that I'm still recovering from one run, while preparing my body for the next; no wonder I'm always so grumpy the day after a big run or cycle!
When it comes to recovery I still have a lot to learn, but I do know a few important things to help get me back on my way as soon as possible:
- Little and often is the key. I sometimes find myself snacking on bowls of sugary cereal at multiple points in the afternoon – cereal is light, packed with sugar (which is essential after a long period of exercise), easy to digest and, when combined with milk, also provides calcium for bones and fluid for hydration.
- Cereal bars work wonders when on the run after a long run. My favourite is the Eat Natural almond and apricot variety – it's a nutrient all-rounder, is nice and filling, and satisfies the sugar craving while also being healthy and portable! I always carry a bar in my handbag in case of any hunger pangs while out and about.
- Fruit and vegetables have true healing powers. There is nothing better than a big bowl of vegetable soup after a muddy fell race, or a huge fruit salad and thick Greek yoghurt after a long road run in summer. I don't need to highlight how great this is for packing the nutrients back in to your body, but it also feels incredibly wholesome after putting in all that work, too. After the Keswick half marathon we always visit our favourite veggie café for a huge bowl of chilli and cheese – it's mega hot which is great for detoxing and relieving aches and swelling, as well as being a great comfort food!
- Liquids also count! The first thing I turn to after a race is orange juice. I can't stomach it before a run (lesson learned very early on!), but I can drink a large glass in a matter of seconds when I've pushed myself hard. It's also incredibly refreshing when combined with some sparkling water or lemonade. As well as fruit juice and smoothies, lemonade, ginger beer and sugary tea are also great for recovery – they help to replenish both water and sugar, which is perfect.
The ultimate lesson for recovering after a long period of exercise is to listen carefully to your body. It's easy enough to ignore hunger during more sedentary periods, but when I'm training for a race I'm like a bear with a sore head at even the slightest sniff of hunger. I allow myself to have whatever it is that I fancy, and if I fancy something but I'm not sure what (as is often the case – a bit like having a hangover) then fruit, yoghurt and muesli works every time.
It's also essential to stay hydrated for speedy recovery
– urine should always be very pale in colour, but this is never more important than after a long run. Hydration is another post for another day, I reckon.


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Today I wanted to share a technique that radically changed how I paint minis. Airbrushing has completely altered how I paint, what colors I use, and how I go about painting a model from start to finish, especially vehicles and walkers.
I've only been using an airbrush for about 2 years now. Until that point, using an airbrush was an intimidating aspect of painting minis that I was always afraid to approach - kinda like wanting to drive your father's exotic sports car that no one else is allowed to touch. I was just always afraid of not knowing what I was doing, ending up botching a bunch of minis, flushing cash down the crapper.
A good friend of mine gave me his compressor and a Badger airbrush as a birthday gift and it sat in my closet for about half a year until the 5th edition Grey Knights codex came out. This is significant because I wanted to learn how to paint the cool NMM Nemesis Force Weapons that are featured in the codex. I was able to do it once by hand, and it was almost wholly accidental. I was never able to reproduce it again because I had no idea how to retrace my steps since I had done it purely by fumbling around with various colors.
So I Google'd "how to paint grey knights weapons" and came across this amazing video, many here are probably already familiar with.
The creator of the video has a rather charming Polish accent that just adds to the awesomeness of his tutorials. Consequently, this opened up a huge new avenue of painting for me. Airbrushing instantly made sense and I've been a fan ever since.
So I thought I would pass on some of that excitement with a very easy tutorial on getting really cool shading effects on vehicles; especially Space Marine vehicles due to their blocky shape.
Here you will see two different approaches but in the end they yield the same results.
Approach 1:
- Prime the vehicle wholly in black. I tend to prefer GW's Chaos Black spray because it dries super quick or Rustoleum 2X black primer. I've become a huuuuuuuge fan of the Rustoleum primers, not just because the coating is superior but at $3.87 a can in California, that's nearly 1/4 the price of a GW can of Chaos Black.
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- Using a super light grey paint - I will use Vallejo's Stonewall Grey - carefully airbrush the raised or flat areas of the vehicle and leave the recesses, angles, or other depressed features as black. Airbrushing it will create a natural forming blend due to the spray pattern of the airbrush.
|If you end up overspraying and mottling out the shaded areas, just use black paint in the airbrush and spray the recesses only.
- With watered down Red (I tend to use the old GW Blood Red) do a thin coat of airbrushed paint over the entire model. The red paint is translucent enough to leave the shadow areas still visible, thus creating a faux shaded appearance.
|I apologize that it's not the best photo to illustrate the technique but you can see it visible around the missile pod.
Approach 2This method is very similar to the first.
- Prime the model black
- Airbrush the entire model in light grey (again, I used Vallejo Stonewall Grey).
- Using Vallejo Air Black, I airbrushed in the recessed shade.
|If you feel the shaded areas are not dark enough, feel free to go over it again with black.
- Once again, using step 3 from the previous method, a watered down coating of red.
The pre-shading method creates a really cool effect without having to apply any kind of crazy blending, layering, shading techniques by hand. From there, just paint the extra details in and you get a pretty cool looking vehicle.
|This method will work if a model has a lot of flat segments of armor like this Baneblade chassis converted into a Fellblade.
|It works on a variety of different models, especially if they have large flat-ish surfaces.
|Applied to the armor to give it more carapace-like appearance.
|I drilled a magnet into the grapple of the Stormraven and Furioso Dreadnought so I could mount him there.
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Some additional pointers:
Airbrush paintsI rarely ever use paints that are designed specifically for airbrushing. I like using Citadel colors or colors that are analogs of Citadel like the Vallejo Game Color line or Army Painter.
Therefore, I will usually create my own airbrush paints with a mixture that seems to work rather ideally for my use.
2 parts paint, 1 part isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), 1 part Liquitex Airbrush Medium
When it comes to airbrushing metallic paints, I used just Army Painter Gunmetal and Isopropyl Alcohol 50/50. Not only does the paint dry faster due to the alochol's evaporation, but I've found that the coat goes on smoother.
Keep in mind that other colors may be more opaque or translucent so the amount of solvent needed to thin it will probably vary. I like using the old GW Blood Red because I find it more translucent than the current Evil Sunz Scarlet. So any time I find any Blood Red, I tend to hoarde them since I go through a LOT of red.
Spraying paintsMake sure when you're airbrushing that you do so in a well-ventilated area. Although many of the paints designed for miniatures are non-toxic, you ARE spraying a lot of particulates around the room. After a 7-hour session of spraying red, I was blowing red out of my nose for a couple hours after.
Don't saturate spray the model. Spray it in light layers, even if you have to wait until the previous layer dries before applying the next. Because airbrush paints are thinner, if you spray too much at a time, it will start to run in rivulets. This can really interrupt the smoothness of the coat you're applying.
Do not be afraid to experiment. Much of what I learned was simply by trying different things and seeing if it worked. Some people swear by adding Windex glass cleaner to their paints to airbrush it. Some like to use Tamiya X-20 though it's something you'll want to wear a workshop mask with. Look up different airbrushing videos.
AlsoFinally, the Forge World Imperial Armor Masterclass books show a lot of airbrushing techniques they use. These books are a bit different than the Games Workshop 'Eavy Metal guides because the Forge World books use brand names other than Citadel.
Feel free to ask any questions about this method and I'd be more than happy to explain further if I failed to clearly explain anything.


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WAKE???

Ballast is not allowed on my lake, so I am limited to people and a huge cooler.

We went out today, using a CWB ride and had a great time....

The dealer wants 190bones for the CWB (its a demo), for a big guy is that the best bet?
For the money it is - 190 is a very good price for any surfer. If you like it - get it. For what you have to ride with (no ballast) a bigger board will help. I don't think you can beat that price anywhere.
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Wow, that no ballast rule sux ballz. Will they actually check your boat to make sure???
they will at the lake my parents live on. actually come aboard and start looking through compartments. they don't know jack about what they're looking for, but they could stumble onto stuff. its funny, once they looked in the engine bay and got off the boat! they prob know a bit more these days.
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Wal-Mart, Macy's, Target —Retailers will be prominent among our stocks to watch today, after record weekend traffic but lower spending. The National Retail Federation says spending was down 2.9 percent over the four day weekend compared to a year ago.
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'They don't want to work' versus 'They don't want to provide work'
Seeking explanations for the decline of MGNREGA in Rajasthan
MGNREGA is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a law whereby any adult who applies for employment in rural areas has to be given work on local public works within 15 days
This paper presents a political economy explanation for the dramatic decline of MGNREGA in Rajasthan. Originally one of the highest performing states, Rajasthan has seen a sharp decline from around 2010 onwards in the uptake of MGNREGA. The paper makes a case for this decline being counter-intuitive, given that actors working at the grassroots level were central in the formulation processes of the Act, contributing critically to the design of the Act. This paper uses information from recent field visits and secondary literature to unpack the reasons for this decline, discussing both demand-side factors and supply-side factors as explanations. It demonstrates that in Rajasthan, it is primarily the supply-side factors that have led to a decline in MGNREGA's performance. The paper demonstrates that in Rajasthan, the greatest strengths of MGNREGA, i.e. demand-based nature and provisions around transparency, have been made its greatest shortcomings. Given the political nature of implementation of the MGNREGA, it is concluded that Rajasthan needs to put in place political engagement strategies, rather than merely technocratic solutions, if this downturn is to be arrested.
Deepta Chopra. They don't want to work versus; They don't want to provide work : Seeking explanations for the decline of MGNREGA in Rajasthan. Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (2014) 29 pp. ISBN 978-1-908749-35-2 [ESID Working Paper No. 31]


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The NHS is being urged to offer free high-street pharmacy tests for hepatitis B and C, which cause liver diseases including cancer, following studies showing that one in six people are unknowingly carrying one of the viruses.
Pilot studies last year in 19 pharmacies in five areas in the UK found that far more people had the viruses than appeared from tests carried out in GP surgeries.
The pharmacies ran 236 tests, and found 35 people with hepatitis C (15%) and four with hepatitis B (2%). The GP diagnosis rate was 4% and 2% respectively.
Death rates from hepatitis are rising, said Charles Gore, chief executive of the Hepatitis C Trust. "It is a tragedy that increasing numbers of people with hepatitis B and C are dying, often from particularly unpleasant liver cancer which these viruses can cause. It is a tragedy because they have generally been living with the virus for years and could have been given treatment at any point, if only diagnosed. So we desperately need new approaches to testing that will find the undiagnosed patients. This pilot study shows pharmacy testing could be just what is needed."
The trust, with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, is calling for primary care trusts to find the necessary funds to pay pharmacies to offer the tests to customers.
Hepatitis infection is symptomless in its early stages. The viruses are transmitted primarily through blood. Intravenous drug users are at high risk if they share needles. Some people were infected after receiving contaminated blood transfusions prior to 1991, when all blood products began to be screened.
Those who have surgery, medical or dental treatment, including injections, in parts of the world where sterilisation procedures are not efficient, are also at risk. Hepatitis C can also linger in dried blood on clippers, scissors and razors in barber shops and hairdressers, and can be transmitted between people who regularly share razors. Even sharing toothbrushes can be a danger if the gums bleed.
Some of the pilot testing took place on the Isle of Wight, whose authorities decided not only to continue with the tests but to also offer HIV and syphilis testing in pharmacies.
"The results speak for themselves, pharmacies see a different cohort of people to [those who visit GPs] and therefore we can access and diagnose people who otherwise would not have been tested," said Gary Warner, from Regent Pharmacy, on the island. "This scheme has woken a lot of people up to the problem of viral hepatitis and we are now working with local drug and addiction services in a more integrated way than before."
Early treatment can clear the hepatitis C virus from about half of all patients, and the ongoing infection in the rest can be managed. Without detection and treatment hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis, liver damage and death. Hepatitis B can also be sexually transmitted. Treatment can manage the condition but not clear the virus.


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Veterans Day honors those who served in military
Veterans Day honors those who served in military
By Derek Joy
It all began after World War I ended in 1917. Armistice Day was born as a symbol to end all wars.
Once again America will pay homage to the men and women who served – along with those currently on active duty – in the U.S. Armed Forces.
That is what happens during the various parades and celebratory events throughout the country on Veterans Day. Honoring U. S. Military Service Veterans in concentrated way.
"It used to be Armistice Day," said Major Charles Council, JROTC senior army instructor at Miami Central High School. "The end of World War I was supposed to be the end of all wars.
"Then World War II was fought. So Armistice Day be-came Veterans Day and was moved to November. It honors those who served in the military," added Council, who, while attending Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C., was drafted into the U.S. Army as America built up her Armed Forces in Southeast Asia to fight the Vietnam War.
Council honored his military service, went back and earned his undergraduate degree from Fayetteville State. He had ambitions of attending the Coast Guard Academy where he would have been among the first Blacks so chosen.
But fate didn't allow discrimination to take a back seat. Instead, Council received an officer's commission in the U. S. Army, where he honorably served 22 years.
There are countless other stories deserving of recognition on Veterans Day. Think of one who is the daughter, sibling and mother of a U. S. Armed Forces Military Service Veteran.
"I'm in constant prayer because you always worry," re-plied Janet Saunders, when asked what it's like for a mother of a child in the military. "They're always sending them abroad.
"And they're sending kids home in body bags. You never know if it's going to be your child. They need to stop deploying these veterans in combat two and three times. That's why they have all the casualties."
Saunders' late father, Earnest Saunders, served in the Army in the Philippine Islands during World War II. He often spoke of actually seeing the funnel clouds when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.
Four of her five brothers served in the Army. The eldest, Sam Saunders, served 24 years before retiring. The youngest of her two sons, Derek Latson – Chris Latson is the older of the two – has served multiple times in Iraq and Afghanistan during his 16 year Army career.
"They spend way too much time away from their families, too much time away from home. That's ridiculous. They need to honor them when they get out, see that they get what they need, compensate them for their injuries and disabilities," said Saunders.
Veterans are often hard pressed to find work once their military service has been completed. They often struggle with finding housing, getting adequate healthcare and winning military service connected disability compensation.
While President Barack Obama has made it a priority to address such issues for veterans through stepped up efforts from the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Miami Congresswoman Frederica. S. Wilson – Dem., Dist. 24 – has mounted efforts on the local level.
In addition to forming a 50-member veterans council to gather first hand information, honoring veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, Wilson went a step further.
"I think it was very uplifting to know that someone was thinking of you," said Ronald Maycock, an Army veteran who fought in Vietnam and is a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion,.
"People were angry at us when we came home. They acted as if we were criminals. I was bitter. I stayed bitter for a long time. So being recognized in the Congressional Record is a good thing."
Maycock spoke of the efforts made by Wilson, who commended to the 113th Congress, a coalition of more than 50 veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Theatres in the Congressional Record.


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Ray Beeson and Chris Hayward, both veteran pastors and ministry leaders, have seen firsthand the rise of the "dones"—those who are just done with God thanks to emotional abuse from Spirit-less churches and messed-up leaders. In Wounded in the Church, these authors combine their years of experience to address head-on the elephant in the room: church members and church leaders hurt Christians. All the time. And the long-lasting effects—rejection, shame, despair, loneliness, fear—can be devastating.
With first-person accounts of hurt and loss, this book is a much-needed redemptive guide for anyone whose wounds, whether new or old, are still painful. Leaders and laypeople both will learn how to leave unhealthy attitudes, patterns, and places, to grieve over the abuse and pain, and to hope in God's real deliverance and His continuing work through true churches that build up, not tear down.
RAY BEESON is the director of Overcomers Ministries, regularly teaches seminars on subjects such as prayer and Christlike living, and is the author of numerous books including Signed in His Blood (Charisma House, 2014) and The Hidden Price of Greatness (Overcomers, 2000). Ray and his wife, Linda, live in Ventura, CA.
CHRIS HAYWARD is president of Cleansing Stream Ministries, Before that, he was in pastoral ministry for eighteen years and served as founding pastor of Christian Fellowship Church in Mount Vernon, IL, for eleven of those years. Also author of God's Cleansing Stream (Chosen Books, 2004) and The End of Rejection (Chosen Books, 2007), Chris and his wife, Karen, live in Castaic, CA.


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The league was organized on November 22, 1917 in Montreal, Canada, during World War I after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909. It started with four teams and, through a series of expansions, contractions, and relocations, the league is now composed of 30 active franchises. After a labour dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, the league resumed play under a new collective bargaining agreement that included a salary cap. In 2009, the NHL enjoyed record highs in terms of sponsorships, crowds and television audiences.
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Background and study aims
Patients with dengue can experience a variety of serious complications including shock, low blood platelets, and bleeding. Since these problems occur at a time when the virus is disappearing from the body, they are thought to caused partly by the bodys own natural defence mechanisms. Corticosteroids are a type of treatment that suppresses the natural defence mechanisms and therefore might prevent the development of such complications. However, it is also possible that this treatment could slow the clearance of the virus from the body, which might in turn cause more serious disease. Therefore, we performed this study the first of its kind to look at the safety of an early short course of oral prednisolone therapy (a kind of steroid) in patients with dengue. We investigated the effect of both low and high dose steroid treatments.
Who can participate?
Ethnic Vietnamese participants aged between 6 and 20 years and weighing at least 20 kg, who presented with a clinical diagnosis of dengue and fever for <=72 hours, but who had no signs of serious illness.
What does the study involve?
Suitable patients admitted to hospital within the first 3 days of fever were randomly allocated to receive either low or high dose oral prednisolone daily for 3 days, or a sham tablet containing no active drug. The treatments looked identical and none of the staff or patients involved knew which kind of treatment the participants received. All participants were reviewed daily until they had recovered fully, with careful documentation of a number of clinical factors and laboratory values related to their health and also to the level of virus in their body. They were then followed up several weeks after discharge to make sure that they had recovered fully.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Possible benefits included the fact that oral steroids might reduce the risk of developing the major complications of dengue described above. Adverse effects are rare in association with short courses of oral steroids given for other conditions such as asthma. Behaviour disturbance is occasionally reported among children receiving high doses but this usually improves when the drug is stopped. Other possible risks included the potential for making bleeding more severe than it might otherwise be, and for upsetting the regulation of blood sugar control and other systems related to the bodys metabolism. In addition, there might have been an increase in the amount or persistence of dengue virus in the body, due to suppression of the normal mechanisms that clear the virus during an infection.
Where is the study run from?
The study was conducted by researchers at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, in collaboration staff at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases of Ho Chi Minh City.
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
The study ran from August 2009 to January 2011.
Who is funding the study?
The Wellcome Trust (UK).
Who is the main contact?
The Clinical Trials Unit at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Viet Nam
+84 839241983
Trial website
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
A randomized, placebo-controlled, partially blinded (drug versus placebo) trial of early corticosteroid therapy in Vietnamese children and young adults with suspected dengue infection
Study hypothesis
The primary objective is to assess the safety of a short course of oral corticosteroids versus placebo used early in the course of acute dengue infections in Vietnamese subjects.
Ethics approval
Pending from the Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Ethics Committee (OXTREC) (UK) as of 25/07/2008.
Study design
Randomised placebo-controlled partially blinded (drug versus placebo) trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Dengue fever
Suitable patients admitted to hospital within the first 3 days of fever will be randomised to receive:
1. Low dose oral prednisolone daily for 3 days (see below for details of dosage)
2. High dose oral prednisolone daily for 3 days (see below for details of dosage)
3. Identical placebo
1. Body weight = 20 - 29 kg:
1.1. Low dose = 10 mg in 0.5 mg/kg increments
1.2. High dose = 40 mg in 2 mg/kg increments
2. Body weight = 30 - 39 kg:
2.1. Low dose = 15 mg in 0.5 mg/kg increments
2.2. High dose = 60 mg in 2 mg/kg increments
3. Body weight = 40 - 49 kg:
3.1. Low dose = 20 mg in 0.5 mg/kg increments
3.2. High dose = 60 mg in 2 mg/kg increments
4. Body weight = 50 - 59 kg:
4.1. Low dose = 25 mg in 0.5 mg/kg increments
4.2. High dose = 60 mg in 2 mg/kg increments
5. Body weight = greater than 60 kg:
5.1. Low dose = 30 mg in 0.5 mg/kg increments
5.2. High dose = 60 mg in 2 mg/kg increments
Blood tests:
1. Haematocrit and platelet measurements will be carried daily or more frequently if clinically indicated
2. Renal and liver function tests, electrolytes and blood glucose measurements, and coagulation profiles, will be carried out at enrolment, day 5 - 6 of illness and at the follow up visit
3. Conventional serological and virological tests will be carried out to confirm dengue infection and indentify the infecting serotype. The daily plasma samples will be assessed for viral shedding and NS1 production. Three samples (study enrolment, 48 hours later, follow-up visit) will be obtained to look at the effect of steroid use on immune function/cytokine regulation.
Summary statistics will be used to describe the baseline characteristics of the three groups. Standard statistical methodology will be used to compare the proportion of adverse events such as mucosal bleeding, shock, vomiting etc., and of laboratory safety data including haematological (platelets, coagulation screening tests) and biochemical (liver function tests, blood glucose, electrolytes) parameters. All serious adverse events will be reported promptly to the DSMB. The dynamics of viral shedding and NS1 profiles will be assessed using techniques such as AUC, Kaplan Meier, etc.
Intervention type
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Safety (clinical parameters): comparison of incidence of shock, mucosal bleeding, jaundice, haematological and biochemical abnormalities in the steroid and placebo groups
Secondary outcome measures
1. Safety (virological parameters): comparison of viral shedding in terms of viral load and NS1 clearance between the groups
2. Evaluation of the immune response to infection (cytokine profiles, microarrays) between the groups
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged between 6 and 20 years, either sex
2. Weight at least 20 kg
3. Clinical suspicion of dengue, with a positive rapid test for dengue non-structural protein 1
4. Fever for less than or equal to 72 hours
5. Informed consent
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
We intend to enrol 75 patients with dengue into each group (total 225)
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Signs or symptoms suggestive of any other acute infectious disease
2. Any evidence of significant complications of dengue, e.g., mucosal bleeding, jaundice, neurological compromise, shock, inability to tolerate oral medication
3. Any prior history of serious physical illness, or any chronic condition requiring regular follow up
4. Any history of psychiatric disorder or behaviour disturbance
5. Current or recent (within 3 months) use of any medication other than drugs for symptomatic relief (analgesics, decongestants, etc.)
6. Any history of an adverse drug reaction to any medication
7. Pregnancy (enrolment within one month of last menstrual period [LMP] in post-pubertal females)
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Viet Nam
Trial participating centre
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU)
Ho Chi Minh City
Viet Nam
Sponsor information
University of Oxford (UK)
Sponsor details
Clinical Trials and Research Governance
Manor House
John Radcliffe Hospital
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Funder type
Funder name
The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 077078)
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Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2012 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865871
Publication citations
Tam DT, Ngoc TV, Tien NT, Kieu NT, Thuy TT, Thanh LT, Tam CT, Truong NT, Dung NT, Qui PT, Hien TT, Farrar JJ, Simmons CP, Wolbers M, Wills BA, Effects of short-course oral corticosteroid therapy in early dengue infection in Vietnamese patients: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial., Clin. Infect. Dis., 2012, 55, 9, 1216-1224, doi: 10.1093/cid/cis655.


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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Tranquil Thurdays - An Early Morning at La Jolla Cove
Posted by Denise at 12:01 AM
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- Sandra Younger said...
Greetings from Frankenmuth, the little town with a giant identity crisis! Love these shots of the Cove. I was there a couple of weekends ago and thrilled to see so many seals and sea lions had moved in. So much fun to watch! Big hugs to Dooley from all his cousins here at the National!
- May 05, 2011
- Cher said...
Love the pictures out at La Jolla. There is nothing quite like watching all those little (and not so little) guys in action - don't see too many of those guys in upstate NY :-)
- May 06, 2011
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Go go Power Rangers!! Because I don't know what the difference is between a Yellow Ranger and a Red Ranger, I'm enlisting some help for this week's review of Power Rangers! Jeff Lyles of Lyles' Movie Files will chime in, and hopefully he can explain what's up with this reboot of the popular TV series that featured kids doing martial arts against guys in rubber monster suits.
Plus, my thoughts on Terrence Malick's new film, Song to Song, and why I think he's the most overrated director ever. Finally, we'll have DVDs, movie news, and plenty more on this week's show!
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Mel Levine, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is also the co-founder of All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit Institute for the study of differences in learning, with financier Charles R. Schwab. Dr. Levine has established a framework for understanding why children struggle in school. He provides a system for recognizing variations in the way children learn and uses their strengths to help them become more successful students.
Watch Dr. Mel Levine speak about being an organizational ally for a child. Visit his website, All Kinds Of Minds, to read more about Getting Organized and Good Work Habits.


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The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium's Submission for the Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. U.S. : Tribeca Films. International Sales Agent: The Match Factory
Told in a fragmented fashion through a series of disconnected memories and driven by soulful Bluegrass songs, Felix Van Groeningen's latest feature tells the story of a doomed romance. Interestingly enough, The Broken Circle Breakdown introduces its characters at the breaking point in their love story before the dynamics of
their relationship are clear. Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) have a young daughter, Maybelle (Nell Cattrysse) who is battling
leukemia. Departing from this heart-wrenching event, the film traces back their story together alternating between their joyous past and how they cope with
the little girl's death.
Elise uses her body as a canvas to exhibit her emotional battle scars in the form of tattoos. She has one for each man she has ever loved, or thought she
had. But as soon as each ephemeral misconnection is over, she covers up the name with more ink and moves along to the next one; yet, she is now marked
forever with a visible reminder of her past. On the other hand, Didier is infatuated with America as a mystical land of promise, but he is, ironically,
also a man of facts who doesn't believe in God or any religious establishment. This ideology contrasts with his deep love for Bluegrass music, which is
essentially an outlet for sadness and longing to find comfort when logic can't provide any.
Being a real life singer, Baetens brings a fantastic dose of honesty to her performance as Elise. Not only does she physically resemble Reese Witherspoon
in the Johnny Cash-biopic Walk the Line, but she also truly surrenders herself to the character in all her complex facets. Throughout her
ordeal she goes from a sexy, confident young woman in search for love to an amazing country singer, a loving mother, and lastly a hopeless soul unable to
find peace or a reason to live. Equally authentic is her co-protagonist Johan Heldenbergh, whose connection to the story goes even deeper, given that he
wrote the original play upon which the film is based. A devoted fan of Bill Monroe's melancholic tunes, his character Didier can't accept how life ripped his daughter away from him. His inability to empathize with Elise's more spiritual coping mechanisms leads him to search for someone to blame, and inevitably the search breaks his spirit.
Musically the film is spot on. The song selection effectively heightens each profoundly moving sequence. Baetens delivers several tear-jerking performances
that prove that although country music is unequivocally American, the feelings expressed through the songs are universal. Definitely the standout number out of
all the memorable renditions in the soundtrack is the lovers' duet, "If I Needed You". Besides being the vehicle for Heldenbergh's character to break down over his broken life circle, it summarizes the unlikely, yet undeniable love between these two flawed people.
Even if a supernatural element in the last part of the film seems a little out of place in relation to the pragmatism used throughout, it is a forgivable
incident when considering the strengths of the piece overall. The Belgian writer/ director deliberately arranged the pieces of this deeply emotional puzzle
to emphasize its effect. He juxtaposes the darkest moments in the couple's relationship with their happiest encounters thus creating a comprehensive mosaic of
their time together. Rarely does the editing become such a crucial character in the story as it does here. By leading the viewer between the past and
present in such a beautifully orchestrated way the film reaches heights that could have not been achieved in a traditionally linear narrative.
Van Groeningen presents heaven and hell as the two sides of the same coin, a duality that puts to the test all promises of
everlasting love. Such is the pain the characters experience that it is hard not to feel for them and their irremediable heartbreak. The Broken Circle Breakdown
is a compelling work of visceral emotion, blessed with outstanding performances and delivered with an original stylistic vision. Who would have thought
Country Love could be so powerful in Flemish and across the Atlantic.
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Arsenal are currently attracting unwanted headlines for their on-field performances, while manager Arsène Wenger and the club's board are feeling the heat from supporters regarding their transfer policies.
It is more than seven years since Arsenal won a trophy and questions are being asked about when that drought will end.
Bracewell-Smith, who sold her shares in Arsenal to Kroenke last year, but remains an honorary vice president, took to Twitter to criticise the American amid the gloom that is surrounding the club.
"If making money was the motivating factor, surely there are better ways," she wrote.
"Football is a business of passion and SK has no passion for AFC.
"(Kroenke) shows he cares very little. Why he wanted to be part of AFC I do not know."
Arsenal were humiliated on Tuesday when they were beaten by Bradford in the Capital One Cup. During that match, Bracewell-Smith again tweeted her thoughts, branding misfiring striker Gervinho a "flop".
Meanwhile, Wenger, speaking this morning at a press conference ahead of the club's Premier League trip to struggling Reading, was in defiant mood.
"We are criticised when our results are not good, we have to take that on the chin," he said.
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Mt. Elim is a privately owned Christian camp on Lynx Pass about an hour southwest of Steamboat Springs, CO. It is supported by private donations and by several churches in the Yampa Valley. Mt. Elim is a somewhat rustic facility that can be rented by groups desiring to conduct a traditional children or family camping experience. It can also be used for retreats of various kinds, men's, women's, youth, leadership, family reunions, etc. Mt Elim also welcomes individuals who would like to get away and personally retreat from their everyday life Mt. Elim is evangelical and non-denominational in its theology but is also utilized by the local public schools and other non-religious groups.
Mt. Elim was founded in 1954 by several individuals that had a vision for Christian camping. As early as the 1930"s they were providing children and families in the Yampa Valley with camping experiences in various outdoor locations in Moffat and Routt counties. About 1954 they purchased almost 40 acres on Lynx Pass southwest of Steamboat Springs above Stagecoach Reservoir. Previously owned by a doctor in Oak Creek, Co as a hunting lodge they began conducting camps using tents along with the lodge building being used for meeting and dining. Over the years they added eight sleeping cabins, a chapel, a recreation building, a covered volleyball and game structure, and a shower and bathroom facility housed in a yurt which replaced the previous outhouses and modest shower building. Many of the past 60 years horses could be found in the coral next to the wrangler's shack that was originally a sauna for one of the early owners of the property. In 2002 the Mt. Elim board adopted a new vision and developed a master plan that was approved by Routt County to expand the facilities and the use of the property. It also hopes to extend its season to include use into the fall, winter and spring. For all these years the Mt. Elim board has organized camps during three weeks of the summer for local children and youth in addition to renting the facility to other groups.


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|Chris Barger Sums Up His GM Experience
He spoke to the Ann Arbor Ad Club, and afterward I had the opportunity to join him for dinner, along with our hosts from re:group, the Ann Arbor agency who sponsored the talk, and re:group's David Murray (@DaveMurr), whose friendship with Chris was instrumental in persuading him to share his experiences with us.
Chris' Social Media Journey
Chris is a social media pioneer: he started out at IBM where, as a PR guy with a personal blog, he was tapped to bring IBM into social media. This was way back in 2004. It's a great story, and better told by Jennifer Leggio on the ZDNet blog.
From IBM, Chris went to GM.
The giant automaker kept calling him, but Barger said he had zero interest in moving to Detroit. Finally, GM said come on out and visit, and if you still say no, we won't bother you any more. Read more...


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baltimore's top prosecutor on Wednesday dropped remaining charges against police officers tied to the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, after failing four times to secure convictions in a case that inflamed the U.S. debate on race and justice.
Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby had stunned the city and became a national figure when she filed charges against six officers just days after Gray's death from a broken neck suffered in a police van sparked protests and rioting in April 2015.
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The death of the 25-year-old was among the high-profile deaths of black suspects at the hands of U.S. police that have made law enforcement tactics and police officers' treatment of minorities into national headlines, It also fueled the rise of the civil rights movement Black Lives Matter.
The decision to drop charges against the three remaining officers facing trial came a day before Officer Garrett Miller was due to go on trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
At a news conference held before a mural in Gray's neighborhood memorializing him, a combative Mosby said individual police officers had tried to thwart her investigation.
The interference included officers who were witnesses investigating the case and key questions not being asked during interrogations, she said. A police counter-investigation aimed at disproving the prosecution's case also failed to execute search warrants, Mosby said.
"Police investigating police, whether they are friends or merely their colleagues, was problematic," she said to cries of "we're with you" from onlookers.
Successful prosecution was impossible without an independent investigation, a say in whether the cases would be heard before a judge or jury, community oversight of police and major justice reforms, she said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said the decision to drop charges was wise and would help the city move forward.
"As the trials end and this chapter in Baltimore's history closes, it is important that we collectively resolve to direct our emotions in a constructive way to reduce violence and strengthen citizen partnerships," Davis said in a statement.
Gene Ryan, the head of the Baltimore police union, also welcomed the decision but said Mosby's allegations of police interference were "outrageous."
"The state's attorney simply could not accept the evidence that was presented," Ryan said at a news conference, flanked by the accused officers and their lawyers.
Prosecutors last week failed in their fourth attempt to secure a conviction against a police officer. Judge Barry Williams acquitted three officers in bench trials, and the trial of a fourth officer ended in a deadlocked jury. The officers still face administrative reviews over Gray's death.
Reacting to the decision to drop charges, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Mosby had made a bad call in prosecuting the officers.
"It was disgraceful what she did and the way she did it," he told reporters in Florida.
Gray was arrested after he fled officers unprovoked in a high-crime area. Officers bundled him into a police wagon shackled and not secured by a seat belt.
Prosecutors alleged that officers gave Gray a "rough ride," and failed to secure him as outlined in department protocol or to seek medical assistance.
But defense lawyers said officers had the discretion on whether to fasten detainees into seatbelts, and that it was unclear when Gray suffered his fatal neck injury.
It represented one of the first high-profile cases in which a prosecutor went after officers involved in a black suspect's death. Grand juries had declined to charge officers involved in the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, and in the choking death of Eric Garner, 43, in New York.
Federal prosecutors have launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting of a black man by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Minnesota officials began a probe into a fatal shooting of a black motorist outside St. Paul. Both killings occurred this month and triggered new protests.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson and Susan Heavey; Editing by Scott Malone and Marguerita Choy)


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Impact of Alex Smith Injury on Chargers/Chiefs Line
The AFC Playoff picture is almost set with five teams having already clinched a berth in the postseason; however, four teams are still competing for the sixth and final spot. In fact, earlier this week the popular offshore sportsbook, Bovada, released playoff odds for these four remaining contenders.
NFL Playoff Odds via Bovada #Ravens: Yes -110 | No -120 #Chargers: Yes +125 | No -155 #Texans: Yes +900 | No -1800 #Chiefs: Yes +3300
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The San Diego Chargers (9-6) have the easiest path of any team, as they can wrap up the 6th slot in the playoffs with a win over the Chiefs this weekend. The 9-6 Ravens, who are currently 13.5-point home favorites against the Browns this week, would clinch a playoff berth with a win coupled with a Chargers loss. If both the Chargers and Ravens lose, the Texans could sneak in with a victory over the lowly Jaguars (Houston is currently a 9.5-point favorite).
The Chiefs need a near-miracle to continue their season, as they would need all three of these teams to lose this weekend. The odds of that happening took a significant hit on Friday morning when it was announced that Alex Smith would miss Sunday's game due to a lacerated spleen.
#NFL #Chiefs – Alex Smith, Spleen – is out Sunday (12/28) vs. San Diego — SportsInsights.com (@SportsInsights) December 26, 2014
Prior to news of this injury, the Chiefs were receiving 48% of spread bets as a 4-point home favorite over the Chargers. Once it was announced that former Missouri Tigers QB Chase Daniel would be lining up behind center, the game was taken off the board across the sports betting marketplace.
The game re-opened as a pick 'em and, despite 70% of bettors taking the Chargers, KC actually moved to -1 at market-setting sportsbooks such as CRIS and Pinnacle. This indicates that oddsmakers believe Alex Smith is worth 3-points to the spread — the exact same number as Panthers QB Cam Newton.
In his six-year NFL career Chase Daniel has attempted just 48 passes, completing 32 of them for 303 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. His lone attempt this season came during a Week 15 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
It's interesting to note that Alex Smith isn't the only starting quarterback to be replaced this weekend. When it was announced that rookie Connor Shaw would replace an injured Brian Hoyer (Shoulder) for the Browns, Cleveland dropped from +8.5 to +13 at Pinnacle. This would suggest that Hoyer is worth 4.5-points to the spread, although it should be noted that oddsmakers likely prefer the veteran Chase Daniel to the inexperienced Shaw.
Week 17 is far and away the most unpredictable week of the NFL season, and we frequently see late-minute scratches leading to massive line movement. For that reason, we would encourage bettors to continually visit our free NFL odds page for the latest odds, public betting trends, injury news and more.
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text: SOUTH BEND -- Police are looking for a short man with discolored skin who they believe is connected to a string of armed robberies over the course of five days. In at least some of the crimes, the culprit seems to have had a bout of bad timing, leading to at least three botched attempts. Still, the man has made off with cash in two of the heists, and police are worried he may strike again. The most recent robbery attempt happened Wednesday at the Family Dollar, 3311 W. Western Ave., when a man wearing a black hood entered the store about noon. A 41-year-old clerk was working behind the counter when a short man approached her brandishing a handgun and demanded she open the register, according to reports. The clerk instead stood back to let him open the register himself, but after trying for several seconds, the man reportedly ran out of the store with nothing. Another pair of attempted robberies took place Monday night when a man matching the same description walked into Belmont Beverage, 3320 Portage Ave., about 9:40 p.m. Liquor store employees were in an enclosed office at the time, according to manager Barry Kolvas, when the short man pointed a black handgun at the glass. Kolvas said his assistant manager said something to the effect of "Are you nuts? There's a policeman in the parking lot," and with that, the suspect took off. "It was just a stroke of luck that she remembered the (policeman) was in the parking lot," the manager said. Employees noted that the suspect had brown skin with a distinctive patch of white pigment on the left side of his face, according to police reports. Less than an hour later, Pizza Hut at 1129 N. Bendix Drive was almost robbed when a man described as "smaller" and dressed in black approached the store, reports said. Unfortunately for the would-be robber, the restaurant was already closing, and the suspect could not open a set of locked doors, police said. The descriptions of the man in all three attempted robberies were similar, according to police spokesman Capt. Phil Trent, including a man short in stature, with a mask and black handgun. "Although in several of the robberies, he kept his face covered," Trent said, "in at least one a witness reported light spots on his face." The man could also possibly be involved in at least two other robberies that were actually carried out, police say. Frank's Place Liquor, 327 W. Marion St., was reportedly robbed Saturday about 3:20 p.m. by a gunman wearing a mask. On Sunday night, a man wearing all black walked into a Wings Etc. restaurant in the 2000 block of East Ireland and forced employees into the back of the building while he robbed them. The man also reportedly fired a shot into a desk before leaving. Anyone with information on these crimes is asked to call South Bend Police at 235-9201. Staff writer Alicia Gallegos: email@example.com (574) 235-6368