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(Pocket-lint) - Ever since Pioneer pulled the plug on its highly-rated Kuro line of plasma screens, enthusiasts have been looking for a new hero brand to fill the void. Panasonic has always been the favoured candidate, not only because it has consistently enjoyed critical success with its PDPs, but because it also became a bolt hole for a goodly number of Pioneer's Kuro engineers when the axe fell.
However, its screens have never quite hit the same legendary stride as the late Pioneers - until now. The brand's new VT30 line is (very possibly) its best to date. So does this screen have what it takes to claim pioneer's vacated throne?
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The back panel is peppered with connections. There are four sideways facing HDMI inputs, plus Scart and Component via adaptor, Ethernet and a digital audio output. There's also a CI slot, an SD card reader for digital images and AVCHD (2D and 3D) footage, plus three USB. However there's no integrated Wi-Fi, although Panasonic does include a big, fat dongle, if you can't get a wired connection to the TV.
If you're looking for a screen to stream your media you've come to the right place. The VT30 shows the likes of Samsung and Sony a clean pair of heels when it comes to playing files. Once on our test network, the TX-P42VT30 spotted all our NAS devices and PCs, and readily identified a host of popular file formats. We were soon catching up on all our AVI, AVCHD, MOV and MKV booty. Even better, the screen correctly read all the MP3 metadata from a music server and displayed relevant cover art.
Naturally, this supermodel also has IPTV on tap, courtesy of Panasonic's Viera Connect content portal. There's plenty to see and do here. Video on Demand options include BBC iPlayer, YouTube and Daily Motion. There are also apps to download from the Viera market including a number of games. Socialites can take advantage of clients for Facebook, Twitter and Skype. To use the latter you'll want to invest in Panasonic's optional Skype HD webcam. There's upward facing USB on the rear principally for this gizmo.
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As good as its media streaming and net connectivity is, the prime reason to invest in the TX-P42VT30 is picture quality: both its 2D and 3D images can be considered outstanding. The set is certified by THX for both 2D and 3D.
Arguably the biggest leap forward from last year's VT20 models can be seen in its 3D performance. Thanks to faster phosphors and some refined picture processing, there's no double imaging evident its 3D images. Troublesome movie sequences which have tripped up rival screens, are displayed here looking clean and crosstalk-free.
Arguably the biggest leap forward from last year's VT20 models can be seen in its 3D performance. Thanks to faster phosphors and some refined picture processing, there's no double imaging evident its 3D images. Troublesome movie sequences which have tripped up rival screens, are displayed here looking clean and crosstalk-free.
There are two pairs of Active Shutter 3D glasses bundled in the box. To be honest, we still have issues with Panasonic's stereoscopic eyeware. They appear to have been designed for people with eyeballs in their foreheads. There's not much that can be done about this, as only Panasonic 3D shades work with the VT30.
The screen's 2D presentation is equally scintillating. High-def images are blisteringly sharp, with dramatic depth and contrast. Motion picture resolution is excellent, hitting a clear 1080 lines. This screen is well suited for sports and fast action content. One key difference between this and the GT30 model priced beneath it is that the Infinite Black Pro panel they both utilise here comes with the Pro iteration of the brand's High Contrast Filter, for greater levels of contrast.
Consequently, if you haven't calibrated the set well, its image can look overly contrasty. Yes, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Images from the screen's HD channels also sparkle.
Audio is traditionally a weak point for super-thin screens, but this Panasonic whistles a well balanced (if slightly undernourished) tune. The 2x 6w stereo amp is bolstered by a dedicated 10W woofer.
We think the TX-P42VT30 is a fabulous 3D TV. Its picture performance, whatever the dimension, is outstanding. The screen also sets the pace when it comes to media streaming and online connectivity. The TX-P42VT30 may be a little rich for some pockets, but if you're keen to indulge, then there's no finer all-rounder available. This is a monarch of a panel. The game of thrones has a new champion.


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Do you know how Cretans make rakí?
Rakí is the traditional Cretan spirit that is famous throughout the country for its very high alcohol content and its richness of aromas. Rakí is so intrinsically connected to joy that even its making procedure sets Novembers in Crete on fire!
At the end of summer, the infinite vineyard of Crete generously offers its valuable harvest to the special century-old procedure of making the renowned Cretan rakí, a procedure that remains unaltered through time: the Cauldron feasts (called kazanemata).
Rakí (or tsikoudiá) is much more than the aromatic nectar of the Cretans; it's their loyal companion to happiness, sadness, meetings with friends, dances, festivals.
No wonder the feasts of rakí making are the mega autumn event in Crete. Travel there in November and visit the mountainous villages of the hinterland to see the farmers in the act!
Pulped grapes - called tsikouda or strafylla - leftovers from wine-pressing are stored to go through a process of fermentation for 20-40 days. They are subsequently poured into the cauldrons with water. Boiling i.e. distillation starts right away before your very eyes!
In just one hour the first rakí starts falling in small drops; it's very strong, almost pure alcohol! Little by little, distillation passes through several alcohol percentages to reach its minimum number at 18 degrees. That is when the cauldron is put out and hot rakí urges everyone to careless dancing.
Tables are set early enough. Luckily, it is Cretan food guests will be treated with: small pies of all kinds, kalitsoùnia (sweet mini cheese pies), dácos (the traditional hard Cretan bread accompanied with tomato, mizithra cheese and plenty of virgin Cretan oil) snails boubouristì (popping fried snails), sausages, gruyere cheese. Barbecues bend under the loads of meat.
Cretan products lend their touch of freshness to the table: chestnuts, pomegranates, apples and quinces.
The rakí "orgy" has just begun with friends, guests, even passersby lifting their glasses to toast, and wishing well to each other. Instruments start play; hearts warm up; arms open; spirits are high! Big Cretan men lead the dance, while women and men alike sing traditional songs. People exchange smiles, banters, good feelings.
After all, that is what Cretan culture is about and that is exactly what rakí is about: to bring people back to the age of innocence, directness, authenticity.
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Mens Puma Future Rider Play On Athletic Shoe - Black / Blue / Green / Red
- Lightweight padded nylon upper with leather and suede overlays
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Instead of the more common and boring purposes for founding a company (making money, providing a needed service, tax evasion, etc.), Puma was founded on sibling rivalry; a far more interesting and ancient (Cain and Abel, anyone?) cause. In 1924, after several years spent making athletics shoes in their parents' laundry room, Rudolf and Adi Dassler founded the Gebruder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) in the small, virtually unpronounceable town of Herzogenaurach, Germany. The brothers were measurably successful together, creating some of the first spiked athletics shoes in the world. In the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, Jesse Owens famously ran for four gold medals in shoes manufactured by the Dassler brothers.
The company seemed on the verge of success before World War II broke out. The brothers were enlisted to fight and the factory was repurposed by the German government. At the war's end, the brothers were unable to work together anymore (various stories blame everyone from the Dassler's wives to the Nazi party for the split), and in 1948, older brother Rudi packed up and moved across the Aurach river to found Puma on the other side of Herzogenaurach, creating a familial and company rivalry that would divide the Dasslers and the town itself into two opposing camps: Puma vs. the Gebruder Dassler Schuhfabrik, now renamed adidas.
Rudi immediately put himself into direct competition with his brother by releasing the Puma Atom, a soccer cleat, and in 1949 he began developing a design for soccer cleats with removable spikes for adjustable traction in varying field conditions. In 1950, several members of the West German soccer team wore Puma cleats in their first game since World War II. Among these players was Herbert Burdenski, scorer of West Germany's first post-war goal. Score one for Rudi. Puma tested and launched the Super Atom in 1952, and considering the hostility between the brothers, we're probably lucky this was only a soccer cleat. In 1954, the Super Atom's successor, the Brasil, featuring the innovative new screw-in studs, was worn by eight out of eleven members of the Hannover 96 soccer club in their successful bid for the German national championship.
In the final game of the 1958 World Cup, members of both the Swedish and Brazilian teams wore Puma cleats, distinguished for the first time with the brand's distinctive formstrip. One of Brazil's players, a 17-year-old phenom named Pele, scored two key goals in his Pumas in the second half on the way to a 5-2 victory. This was the first of three World Cup wins credited to the legendary "King of Soccer" while sporting Puma shoes. Twenty-eight years later, Argentina's Diego Maradona-- named along with Pele as Fifa's "Player of the Century" -- wore Pumas throughout his "Player of the Tournament" winning performance in the 1986 World Cup including his infamous "Hand of God" goal (scored on an uncalled hand ball) and his deservedly famous "Goal of the Century" in which he dribbled past five English defenders to score.
Puma's success wasn't limited to soccer, however. In 1952, Josef Barthel of Luxemborg won Puma's first Olympic gold medal after finishing first in the 1500m, and in 1954 West German Heinz set a world record in the 100m. In tennis, Boris Becker, 17 years old and wearing Pumas, became both the youngest player at the time and the first and only unseeded player to win Wimbledon. In the past decade, several famous athletes including Serena Williams, Oscar De La Hoya, and Vince Carter have competed in the Puma brand. In a move that would've made Rudi Dassler grin, the company signed a contract with the rock group Korn in 1998. You see, two years before, dressed from head to foot in the triple-stripe brand, the band had scored a hit with the song "A.D.I.D.A.S."


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Half of Tween Girls Are Online Gamers
Online gaming among tween girls is on the rise, as more are turning to the web to take quizzes and participate in social role-playing challenges, a new study suggests.
A new report by tween gaming platform GirlsgoGames.com found that about 50% of tween girls between the ages of 8 and 12 are turning to the Internet for entertainment and social gaming. In addition, the amount of time tween girls spend playing games each month has more than doubled over the last year, from 38 minutes a month to 1 hour and 18 minutes.
The study was conducted among 7.6 million U.S. site visitors via GirlsgoGames.com during 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. GirlsgoGames is owned by Amsterdam-based Spil Games, the largest independent online gaming company in the world.
According to GirlsgoGames, tweens are especially attracted to the social aspects of online gaming and drawn to games where they can interact, share content and create avatars for role play. They are also most interested in games that involve cooking, dressing up and quizzes, followed by make-up/makeover and animal games.
What used to be a paper doll phenomenon among young girls now involves tween gamers virtually dressing up celebrities in new clothes and makeup. The study revealed that pop singer Beyonce is the most beloved celebrity among this demographic, followed by Justin Bieber (no. 2), Angelina Jolie (no. 3), Miley Cyrus (no. 4) and Jennifer Lawrence (no. 5).
More tweens are also getting their own mobile devices. According to a recent Nielson report, about 35% of girls ages 8 to 12 own a mobile phone. The GirlsgoGames.com report found that among these users, iOS devices are more popular (54%) than Android devices, as 24% own iPads, 19% have iPod Touches and 11% use iPhones.
Do you think more tween girls will flock to online sites for gaming in the future? Let us know in the comments.
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We Drink All the Hot Chocolate at Xoco
In this month's version of "We Drink All the Hot Chocolate at..." we go on a little soul-warming vacation south of the border with the five hot chocolates at Xoco (just kidding: this is not actually a new column we're starting...or is it?). In keeping with the authentic nature of all of the food, Xoco's hot chocolate ranges from the intensely chocolatey, but thin Authentic to the nearly pudding-like Champurrado. And because drinking chocolate without an accompanying churro would be akin to going to Hot Doug's on a Saturday and skipping the duck fat fries, we also tried some of the classic churros as well as a new glazed churro. Click through the slideshow for our thoughts.
If you'd like to ride the churro horse into Hot Chocolate City, take note: the menu is carefully ordered from least intense to most intense, and if you're trying all five, try them in that order. Also worth noting is that these are all served at prime drinking temperature, which is great since you can dive right in as soon as you get them, but it also means that they have a limited period of time in which flavor and texture are at their peak. So get your friends and your churros ready and drink these while they're warm.
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Berean Bible School (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Berean Bible School was opened 9 September 1950, in Allentown, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Mennonite Brethren in Christ. J. E. Hartman served as its first president. The two courses offered were a general Bible course and a pastor's and missionary course.
In 1968 the property of the Bible School in Allentown was sold, and the Bible School shared facilities with the Pinebrook Bible Conference in the Pocono Mountains north of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1969 the Bible School opened at the new location as Pinebrook Junior College; but the location was not the best for the venture. In 1977 the Junior College moved to Coopersburg, Pennsylvania where it remained until 1992 when it ceased operations.
Shelly, Harold P. The Bible Fellowship Church: formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, Pennsylvania Conference: originally die Evangelische Mennoniten Gemeinschaft von Ost-Pennsylvanien. Bethlehem, PA: Historical Committee, Bible Fellowship Church, 1992: 333-334.
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Gingerich, Melvin and Samuel J. Steiner. (2006). Berean Bible School (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Berean_Bible_School_(Allentown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=165598.
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Re: Satyr Saturday Replays Week 71 and up
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So, given last night's game and feedback:
- Missiles are way too powerful. Not just talking damage, but their ability to just home in on anything despite initially moving in the completely wrong direction is not how I envisioned them.
- Gyrocopter can't be targeted when he's flying up in the stratosphere.
- In general he covers a little too much ground too quickly, and at too early of a level. I thought WC3 latency would sufficiently hamper this, but that wasn't the case.
- Disable Gyrocopter's abilities whenever his height exceeds a certain point (i.e. when he's offscreen, don't know exact Z-value for this and it's probably a wide range given WC3's isometric view. augh)
- Restrict missile homing to whatever is within a cone region infront of it.
- Probably make his hopping ability a penultimate or something. I didn't mention this before, but Gyrocopter's hopping is tied to its move speed, so Steak was properly crippled whenever he picked up a rune and broke his back. I can easily turn its hopping into an activated ability like Dervish's penultimate, then give Gyrocopter a normal move speed amount and make the hopping use a factor of that. Or maybe I just need more slows in the game. It just now occurred to me that Lich is the only evil-side hero with slow and disable.


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Sound Off for Jan. 17
Disgraceful how Obama is using children as his stage props ! Obama dishonors the memory of all the people murdered by using innocent children to politicize his illegal power grab to overturn the Constitution and Bill of Rights. If Obama had any serious proposals that are legal he wouldn't have to use children as cover.
Very disturbing news about Barack Obama cultivating a permanent underclass of government dependency that relies on handouts and welfare programs to gain votes. Reports show that long-term unemployment under Obama is at the highest level since at least the end of World War II, creating a permanent underclass of workers who will find it difficult or impossible to obtain jobs in the future. What's more, Obama's insistence on repeatedly extending long-term unemployment benefits is fueling and expanding the unemployment problem. The massive problem is compounded by employers throwing out the resumes of the long-term unemployed and only hiring those who have been without a job for less than six months.
Meanwhile, with the guarantee of benefits rolling in, the long-term jobless are looking aggressively enough for work, the paper states. This suggests those who just had their unemployment benefits renewed for another year under this month's fiscal cliff deal will need the benefits renewed again next year. And since the failure to get jobs is related solely to the length of unemployment - age, education and worker type do not seem to be a factor - Obama's ambitious plans for funding worker training programs will have little effect with the resulting waste of hundreds of millions of dollars because Obama has been a total failure at job creation..
Dan Malloy has made a terrible decision to recommend Andy McDonald to the CT Supreme Court. As a near lifelong Malloy associate and rabid supporter, McDonald will do everything he can to support the person that championed him for the job. Without any experience as a judge, McDonald is lacking in any time on the bench and unqualified by his radical views on destroying the First Amendment and attacking religious freedom which Malloy appears totally unconcerned with. As with all things Malloyist, this recommendation is only about power-grabbing and control to maintain his extremist policies.
Later today we will hear about a bunch of changes by Obama executive order regarding guns in this country. If he is indeed authorized for these changes, then why now? Why not 4 years ago? If these changes are to make a difference, would those differences have prevented Newtown if enacted 4 years ago? Some speculate he will call for the enforcement of existing laws. If so, then why have they gone unenforced for 4 years?
Why now?
I'll try to answer your questions.
1. Why now? Because the Newtown shooting has pushed gun control up to the top of political agendas and has created public pressure for the president to take action. Politicians respond to and react to public pressure.
2. Why not 4 years ago? Likely because the country was in the depths of the worst part of the recession. Worrying about gun control at a time like that would have seemed outrageous. I could only imagine the comments on here if the first thing Obama did as president, as the economy was collapsing, was to focus on gun control. Obama would have been accused of (rightly so) focusing on the wrong issue at the wrong time, ignoring the economy and pushing "an agenda."
3. No one could ever answer that question - it is impossible to know.
4. If you are to accept that federal gun laws have gone unenforced over the past 4 years, there are likely several reasons for that, two of which are: (i) Obama was trying his best to steer clear of any actions that would stir the anger of the NRA, and (ii) the ATF has been long unfunded. Enforcing gun laws may also not have been a priority of state and local officials.
5. Why now? See my response to question #1.


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John and Kathryn Kennish have led the "perfect" life - he a retired professional athlete and she a stay-at-home mom, having together raised their two children, Bay and Toby, in an idyllic neighborhood. But their world is turned upside down when they learn there was a mistake at the hospital and Bay is not their birth child. Bay discovers in her high school chemistry class that her blood type does not appear to match either of her parents', and official tests confirm the life-altering news. The family meets Regina Vasquez and her daughter, Daphne. A single mom, Regina has worked hard to take care of Daphne, a member of her school's basketball team, and a typical teenager in every way except that she is deaf. Daphne lives with her mother and grandmother, and attends her deaf and hard of hearing school with her best friend, Emmett.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Negotiators for employers and union workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors will resume talks following a third day of a strike that has shut down most of the terminals at the nation's busiest port complex, both sides confirmed Thursday.


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If you're a Brian De Palma fan (and why wouldn't you be?), you know that a lot of his movies feature vaguely threatening women doing vaguely threatening things. Sometimes, those things are not always what they seem, WINK WINK (I'm winking, fyi), which means that there's a twist, or what M. Night Shyamalan would haughtily call a paradigm shift. There's no reason to suspect that De Palma's latest pyscho-sexual thriller, Passion, will be any different, as it features a gleefully self-centered Rachel McAdams and her lover (?), played by a strangely quiet Noomi Rapace. Intrigue and nakedness no doubt ensue.
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Redeterminations are reviews of all of the nonmedical factors of eligibility to determine whether a recipient is still eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and still receiving the correct payment amount. There are two types of redeterminations: scheduled and unscheduled. All recipients are subject to periodic scheduling for a redetermination. Every year the Social Security Administration (SSA) schedules redeterminations for the cases most likely to have payment error, but the agency can also schedule reviews for cases unlikely to have payment error. SSA completes unscheduled redeterminations on an as-needed basis when recipients report, or we discover, certain changes in circumstances that could affect the continuing SSI payment amount. The numbers of redeterminations completed fluctuate from year to year due to variation in: (1) the numbers of unscheduled redeterminations completed; and (2) the numbers of scheduled redeterminations that we are able to complete during the fiscal year because of limitations on administrative resources and the impact of other workload requirements on the field offices. Redeterminations that we cannot complete in the scheduled fiscal year carry over into the next fiscal year.Between scheduled redeterminations, SSA uses the limited issue process to detect situations that have the potential to affect the continuing eligibility of SSI recipients and SSI payment amounts. SSA conducts periodic computer matches between its own systems and the systems of other Federal and State agencies to determine if the income and resources information on SSI recipients' records conflicts with data that we obtain from the other systems. We post an indicator to the individual's Supplemental Security Record when a match detects conflicting information. We select these limited issue cases for field office review of the issues for which we posted indicators. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, SSA included limited issue completions with redetermination completions.Table V.D1 provides historical data on numbers of redeterminations and limited issues by fiscal year.
Table V.D1.—SSI Redeterminationsa and Limited Issues Completed, Fiscal Years 1986‑2012 c 1,900 d 1,597 e 1,725 e 1,071 e 692 e 900 e 1,390 f 2,223 f 234 f 2,457
Decrease in number of redeterminations completed in fiscal year 1994 due to low-error profile redeterminations not being completed from January through September 1994.
Effective fiscal year 1995, we selected approximately 200,000 fewer redeterminations annually due to a change from a 3-year to a 6-year redetermination cycle for low-error profile cases.
We selected fewer redeterminations in fiscal years 2005-09 due to limitations on administrative funding.
Following enactment of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980, section 221(i) of the Social Security Act generally requires SSA to review the continuing eligibility of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) disabled beneficiaries at least every 3 years. No legislation required the same review process for disabled SSI recipients at that time. Although the Committee on Finance of the Senate stated in its report on this legislation that the same continuing disability review (CDR) procedures should apply to both the OASDI and SSI programs, no new legislation amended Title XVI to accomplish this. Section 1614(a)(4) of the Act gives SSA discretionary authority to conduct periodic CDRs on SSI recipients. On September 28, 1994, SSA issued a Federal Register notice that periodic SSI CDRs would begin on October 1, 1994. In 1994 and again in 1996 Congress enacted new legislation adding some mandates for CDRs under the SSI program.Public Law 103-296 required SSA to conduct CDRs on a minimum of 100,000 SSI recipients during each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998. In addition, during the same period, the law required SSA to redetermine the eligibility of at least one-third of all SSI child recipients who reached age 18 after April 1995 within one year of attainment of age 18. Such redeterminations for persons turning age 18 could count toward the 100,000 CDRs required by the law.Public Law 104-193 required SSA to redetermine the eligibility of all SSI child recipients who attain age 18 based on the adult initial eligibility criteria. This law also required that SSA perform a CDR:
• Public Law 105-33 provided SSA some additional flexibility in the scheduling of these categories of CDRs.Beginning in 1993, SSA developed a screening process for OASDI cases scheduled for a CDR in order to handle the large CDR workload mandated by these various provisions. The screening process included a mailer questionnaire for selected cases. In 1996, SSA extended the profiling process to SSI adults who were scheduled for a CDR. In fiscal year 2012, we deferred full medical reviews for 392,960 adult SSI recipients scheduled for a CDR as a result of the screening process.In 2007, SSA implemented a streamlined failure to cooperate (FTC) process for medical CDRs. Under this process, recipients who fail to comply with the field office requests for information necessary for processing their medical CDRs have their benefits suspended. After 12 consecutive months of suspension for noncompliance, SSA terminates their eligibility for disability benefits. SSA initially terminated 1,134 centrally-initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2012 as a result of the streamlined FTC process.For individuals who receive both OASDI and SSI benefits on the basis of their own disability, SSA initiates CDRs as Title II CDRs, and the results of the review affect eligibility for benefits under both programs.1 Table V.D2 presents the numbers of centrally-initiated periodic medical CDRs of SSI recipients we performed under Titles II and XVI since 1993. Tables V.D3 and V.D4 present the latest available detailed results2 on CDRs of SSI recipients performed in the most recent 15 years.3 These tables include only cases for which we conducted a full medical review. In particular, they do not include:
• Administrative closures — cases for which we curtail development for technical reasons;
• Miscellaneous other CDRs processed by the State disability determination services (DDS) but not as part of the normal CDR scheduling process (such as voluntary and third-party reports of medical improvement, post-transplant end-stage renal disease cases, and rehabilitation reports).In contrast with the allowance data presented in section V.C, we tabulate the CDR data on a cohort basis by the date of initial decision.
Table V.D2.—SSI Continuing Disability Full Medical Reviews by Year of Initial Decision, Fiscal Years 1993-2012 Fiscal year of
initial DDS
Total full medical reviews Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II Title XVI initiated reviews Total SSI adult reviews Reviews of low-birth-weight children Redeterminations at age 18 All other reviews of SSI disabled children Total SSI children reviews
Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Disposition a of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012
Total initial
DDS decisions
Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Dispositiona of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)
Appeals to beyond
Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Disposition a of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)
Total initial
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appeal decision
with no
appeal pending
a Data reflect results as of February 2013. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.e We do not reflect the status and disposition of cases in the Federal courts here. However, we have included information on the status and disposition at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) for cases remanded to us by the courts. The excluded experience in the Federal courts has a minimal impact on the number of continuations.
Table V.D4.—SSI Disabled Child Reviews: Disposition a of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
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http://mmajunkie.com A light-heavyweight bout between New Zealand-based James Te Huna (12-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Ricardo Romero (11-2 mma, 1-1 UFC) is slated for UFC 135.
Officials from the UFC's Australia office announced the fight overnight.
UFC 135 takes place Sept. 24 at Denver's Pepsi Center. A title fight between light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson headlines the pay-per-view main card.
Te Huna vs. Romero likely will be part of the preliminary card.
Te Huna, the UFC's first fighter from New Zealand, joined the UFC back in 2010 and and scored a third-round TKO victory over Igor Pokrajac at UFC 110 in Sydney. Then, after recovering from injuries, he returned at the UFC's next Australian show a year later and suffered a submission loss to fast-rising Alexander Gustafsson. The loss snapped a six-fight win streak that went back to 2007, when he suffered a submission loss to now-Bellator champ Hector Lombard.
As part of that UFC 127 appearance, Te Huna donated his entire purse to the recovery efforts for the earthquake tragedy in New Zealand. (UFC officials matched his donation.)
The New Jersey-based Romero joined the UFC in 2010 after earning a 10-1 record competing exclusively in the Ring of Combat promotion, where he defeated the likes of Constantinos Philippou and James McSweeney while winning belts in the heavyweight and light-heavyweight division. He then moved to 11-1 with a submission victory over Seth Petruzelli at UFC 116. However, back in February, a six-fight win streak came to an end with a TKO loss to Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 126.
For the latest on UFC 135, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
(Pictured: Ricardo Romero)


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Munster have to believe they can find a way, even if it's hard to see how they can
Conceding 51 points to Glasgow is terrible preparation for Heineken Cup quarter-final
Dejected Munster players after conceding the final try against Glasgow in their Pro 12 clash last Friday night. They need to lift themselves for their clash against Harlequins.
I can't remember the last time the Heineken Cup quarter-finals rolled around with such a deflated atmosphere. There is a different feeling to it this year, certainly from a Munster point of view.
Ulster will go into the weekend with more optimism but even so, there's every chance next week there will be no Irish team in the semi-final. That hasn't happened since 2007, so if it does happen to come about in a year when the final is in Dublin, it will be a real opportunity missed.
It feels strange for there to be so little excitement about it. The poor Six Nations hasn't helped, of course, and the fact that Leinster aren't involved means that probably Ireland's best hope of winning it is gone.
Ulster have the strength and experience in their pack to come through this weekend but you'd still say that if Leinster were getting ready for a quarter-final this weekend, they'd be higher up the pecking order than Ulster are. That's even allowing for a very good win by Ulster last weekend that showed that they have a serious bit of steel about them.
Munster's form is very worrying. This game against Harlequins looks a bit like the Miracle Match against Gloucester in 2003. On paper, it seems very unlikely that Munster will come out the other side of it. 'Quins are packed with talent, they're physical and clever and they will relish putting Munster away. If Munster manage to pull off a victory, it will be one of their great all-time results.
The difference with 2003 is that Munster are not playing well. Back then, when we had to produce something from somewhere, we were coming off the back of a decent enough run of form. We had lost away to Gloucester and Perpignan but we were still playing reasonably well. We knew we had it in us to find a big performance against Gloucester, whatever about the result.
Can these Munster players say the same this weekend? You wouldn't have thought it to watch the hiding they took off Glasgow last Friday. Conceding 51 points away from home in the last game before a quarter-final doesn't bode well. It's not the kind of result you can just brush off. You can't just shrug and move on. You have to spend some of your week dealing with it, thrashing it out, getting it out of your system. That takes energy and time away from you main goal for the week, which is getting ready for Harlequins.
Happens again
But it has to be done, otherwise you risk it happening again. And if it happens again this weekend, Munster's season is over. No Heineken Cup, no Rabo Pro-12. Rob Penney's first season will be seen as a disaster for everyone involved. That might sound unfair but that's how it will be seen.
The odd thing about the Glasgow game was that Munster were actually pretty impressive in the first half. Their organisation and application were good and there were some promising signs in the performance. But it totally disintegrated in the second half. Mentally, you could see that some of them went to pieces. Everything Glasgow were trying came off, everything Munster were trying got heavily punished. Their lineout was a shambles, their scrum was a shambles, they seemed to knock everything on. Three intercept tries tells its own story.
I've played in games like that before. All you want is for them to end. You find yourself looking around in disbelief at what is happening, especially when you give up really soft tries. You don't give up that many points without your structure breaking down, yet it feels like no matter how hard you try the situation just gets worse. I felt a little bit sorry for the players the other night. A game like that is a nightmare you just want to end.
The week after Wasps beat us in the Heineken Cup semi-final in 2004, we went to Cardiff for a Celtic League game. Everybody was down in the dumps after losing such an epic game in Lansdowne Road but we had to try to pick ourselves up to play the Blues. It didn't go well – we lost 61-14. I was embarrassed to be a part of it, embarrassed for what a scoreline like that said about me and my team.
That game sticks out for me because I was coming back from injury and trying to get game-time before the end of the season so I could go on Ireland's tour to South Africa. We made nine changes from the Wasps game and we got annihilated. I just remember wishing to God the final whistle would go, even though there was still 20 minutes to go.
In a game like that, your effort doesn't lessen but your priority changes. You go from trying to win the game to trying to keep the score down. You concentrate on trying to stop the other team from playing rather than executing your own gameplan. It's damage limitation basically.
Different game
Once that emphasis changes, you're playing a completely different game. And the further you get away from what it is you want to be doing – attacking, putting them on the back foot, trying your own moves and ideas – the more encouragement you give the other team. That's how the scoreboard gets out of hand and how you end up losing 61-14. Or 51-24.
Those Munster players would have had a tough weekend after a defeat like that. It was on Friday night in Glasgow so they would only have been getting home around three or four o'clock in the morning. They would have spent the weekend in bad form, annoyed at what happened and worried about how they were going to turn it around for next weekend. It was striking how easy they made it for Glasgow, how little leadership there was, how few guys were putting their hands up and trying to be the one who made the big turnover or the big tackle.
They have to be professionals now. The season has been poor but there have been a couple of decent performances and they need to latch onto those and reproduce one of them on Sunday. Go back to the Saracens game and look at the breakdown work Munster did – a repeat of that will give them a foothold in Sunday's game. Paul O'Connell being back is a huge boost and it looks like they'll have Simon Zebo too. There are positives to find.
But above all, what Munster need to do is rediscover some pride. This is an opportunity for them. Nobody expects them to win, nobody thinks they can pull it off. They owe it to themselves to change that. They have to find the right attitude and application to do it. No matter whether they win or lose, they have to show the red jersey means something to them. They have to put a bit of pride back into it. If the season fizzles out, then that doesn't say very much for what the jersey means to them. They have to be able to say in the dressing room afterwards they did themselves justice.
The stands
Never mind the outsiders. Never mind people in the stands giving out about them or even people like me writing about them. Pull the circle tight and do it for each other, do it for themselves. They must believe they are capable of it, purely because they have no choice in the matter. They have to believe that they're part of something, that what they do can make a difference in people's lives – not just the people that follow them but the people around them. And most of all themselves. Pull off a big win on Sunday and it changes everything. The Glasgow game will be dead and buried, the season will suddenly have a bit of hope. They have to believe this is a chance to make something of their season.
The prospects for Ulster are far better. Even without Stephen Ferris, they still have a pack that is strong and experienced enough to physically test any team at the moment. With Ruan Pienaar orchestrating things and a backline outside him that offers threats from everywhere, they definitely have it in them to beat Saracens. Beating Leinster last weekend was something they had to do to give them confidence for this and they took care of it very well. They're a really serious outfit now.
Things didn't turn out too well for them the last time they played at Twickenham but that won't have any bearing here. That final against Leinster maybe came a bit early in their development but they have matured since. Saracens don't play flowing rugby and that will suit Ulster. Their physicality gives them a real chance of meeting Saracens' power with power of their own. They have a really good chance of coming through. I only wish I could be as optimistic for Munster.
Declan Kidney still has a lot to offer
International rugby is a tough business and it was probably fair enough that Declan Kidney's time with Ireland finished yesterday after the poor showing in the Six Nations.Even with all the injuries, you had to say the time was right for a change.
The frustration of the Irish public and the general atmosphere when it comes to the team had turned against him. When it gets to the point where it becomes toxic, you only need a few bad results to bring it to an end. It's time for a new voice.
The Grand Slam will be what he's best remembered for. It's just a pity that in the years that followed, Ireland were never able to build up any consistency. There's very little forgiveness for a team that every once in a while makes the public hopeful with a big win, only to throw it away with a bad loss soon after.
In the end, Declan's luck ran out and there were just too many poor results.
I just hope that this isn't the end of his involvement in Irish rugby. We have made a bad habit of losing home-grown experience and not finding a place for coaches in the past. Declan has knowledge and experience built up over decades in the game and he still has plenty to offer.


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Suggestions on placement are given in the Figures below. It is important to note that every reflecting surface increases the low frequency level by 3 dB. Hence, when you place your subwoofer up against a wall, you get a higher level of low frequencies than when it is placed further away from any wall. Similarly, when you place it in a corner, the three reflecting surfaces further increase the level. However, this may result in uneven distribution of bass across your room, as discussed before. Hence, experiment with the placement and monitor its bass while sitting at your favorite listening spot. It may take a while before you finally arrive at the optimum location.
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Today's workout
We're back in L.A. and as Grady and Ned have said, we've got the Mets right where we want them. OK, so maybe one win or two would've been nice in NY, but the home team is the one that's supposed to win. So if we win the next two and have the momentum heading to NY Sunday night, I like our chances.
There's a workout at the stadium today for both teams, so we're obviously still pretty busy. But I wanted to let you guys know a couple things.
First, we're really hoping that everyone who comes to the games the next two days is wearing blue. As you know, Tommy Lasorda calls this place Blue Heaven on Earth and we should actually make it look like that.
Second, I have to admit that Shea Stadium was rocking over the past two days and we have to keep pace with them. Every two-strike count, every big situation, the crowd there was on its feet. It's up to you guys, the die-hards, to prove to the world that Los Angeles fans aren't passive like people think we are. Get this crowd up on their feet and get them going. This place should rock like the '04 NLDS or any of the great games down the stretch this season.
That's all for now. If I get a lineup today for tomorrow, I'll post it in a while.
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No giving up!
Lets go Dodgers!
The Dodgers are 15-2 when me and my wife go to games together. We'll be there tomorrow wearing Dodger blue!! Go Dodgers!!
You bet I'll get the Ravine rockin! This'll be my first ever post season game and I hear the atmos is completely different from a regular season game. Unfortunately, my bf is a Mets fan – If anyone spills beer on him, he's on his own.
Dodgers fans are not wimps, we're just a bit more polite, that's all. Maybe it's because we're not allowed to tailgate in the parking lot.
What we need are really loud fans in the Dugout Club behind the Mets ondeck circle loud enough to distract Lo Porko (nee Lo Duca) and Wright.
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Posted events going on tomorrow that will seriously snafu traffic – I think I'll leave at around 11am in order to get to the Ravine…
It's going to be a rough weekend but the Dodgers can do it! EVERYBODY SPORT YOUR BLUE AND CHEER YOUR BUTTS OFF THIS WEEKEND!
I woke up this morning from a dream that had Lofton, Lugo, and Litte missing the flight back! Suddenly, I thought that winning 3 in a row was possible. Please don't burst my bubble and tell me its not true!
Steve Trachsel and Oliver Perez are the Mets starting pitchers this weekend. Offense needs to light them up, build up the momentum and drive it all the way back to N.Y. Maddux will be himself. Trachsel has a lot on his mind and we need to jump on him early. The wild card is Penny and Game 4 could be quite an ugly game. We can still win this thing. The pitching matchups every game from here on out are on our side.
I've pulled out my hat from 1974. I'm sorry fellas that I haven't before now.
i'm going to be at the game as well. hopefully we win, if we cant beat the two bums the mets are throwing out there, we shouldnt even be in the playoffs.. and i'm sticking with the poncho through the end of the playoffs, i'll let it go down in a blaze of glory..
I will be at the game Saturday and now on Sunday. We need to cheer our butts off for these guys. By the way, Josh, thanks for all your hard work this year. It has been great.
We should all meet up at a pub for when they play on Monday in NY
Someone please correct me if im wrong, but didn't we come back from 0-2 in the '81 and '88 playoffs?
Course, we didn't have Grady Little putting in our least effective pitchers in the most game critical situations back then, and heck- it is great fun watching Broxton and Saito mow guys down in garbage time, so I guess its all good.
Still…. it aint over!!!!!
Time for some Hooooome cook'n!
I don't think we will go far at all with Grady Little as Manager…If he was the Manager of the Yankees right now they'd be down 0-2 too.
We can do it guys. The Mets are cocky. Time to humble them a bit. The fist pumping, hand slapping reminds me of football celebrations. You are right – we have to be able to beat Traschal and Perez. Just do the LITTLE things – pardon the pun – and we can win it. The Mets executed better than we did in the first two games. No matter. It's the next one that matters now. Get the cheering going as loudly as they had it at Shea guys. This is our time of the year too. GO DODGERS!!!
In the midst of our concerns about the Dodgers, email@example.com, shared with us the real concerns in life. His grand-daughter and her baby were in danger of dying during the delivery. We have had no further word and hope those prayers offered by many who post on this blog were in line with God's will. If anyone knows anything more, please let us know.
I think Lugo is Swedish for Little. That would explain why Grittle has to have him in the lineup, they're related! I hope Loney gets the start Saturday. Lets go Dodgers!!!
If this ragtag band of Blue Scrappers can win Game 3, I'll be there for Game 4, seeing as how I couldn't get Game 3 tix.
But I won't be wearing blue, except for my jeans.
I'll be wearing my Dodgers home jersey instead!
However, if Little posts another head-scratcher lineup, manages his pitchers like a bad amateur manager in an amateur league again, and if Furcal, Lofton, Drew and the other "veterans with post-season experience" ( pardoning Kent, he's been great ) scrap together another listless, hopeless, useless, bottom-of-the-barrel performance, and we get swept …
I get to spend the ticket money and travel costs on something else, and the Dodgers lose the revenue ;-P
It won't happen griffon64, you will be there on Sunday. GO BLUE
Sorry to beat a dead horse, but im just flabbergasted and how badly Little has use the 'pen. Anyone who followed the Dodgers this year knows Broxton, Saito and Beimel were our only really reliable arms out of the pen. We all know about Beimel, but with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday off Brox and Saito should have been in both games in NY. I see absolutely no reason they shouldn't pitch 1-2 innings each Tuesday and Wednesday. Yet here we are, down 0-2 and they have pitched a TOTAL of 2 (meaningless) innings- while we lose the games in the 5th and 6th. Grady- what are you saving them for? This is madness.
Grady- on Saturday unless the game goes to extra innings you have only 3 pitchers on the active roster. Maddux, Broxton, and Saito. That's it. Period. I know you will be tempted to use Sele or Hendrickson in the 6th but just because their ERAs are 6- that doesn't mean they are supposed to come in the game in the 6th inning.
Totally agree that al the chest pounding and fist pumping by the Mets in the 2nd and 3rd innings is annoying. There is one way to stop that. Beat them!!! Lets go Blue- time to lay it all on the line!!!!!
We CAN win 3 in a row.
"The Mets are cocky" "The fist pumping, hand slapping reminds me of football celebrations." Pardon me, but give me one reason why the mets should not feel confident going into postseason. Losing Pedro? El Duque as well? The mets have used over 13 different starting pitchers, from Hall of Famers to AAA pitchers. I don't know why you feel so confident, your team had a long shot, and that was beating John Maine at home, which obviously did not happen. And as far as the fist pumping and hand motions go, its called team unity. Learn it. The reason was the Mets were so successful this year was in fact team unity, mix in a little skill/talent,and everyone contributed. I know the dodgers had some unity problems in the summer, before they went on that 16 game win streak. As far as going back to history in the postseason, the dodgers are 1-11 in Division series play. That's a big hill to climb. I don't know if you should consider Maddux pitching game 3 at LA a sure fire-lock. The Mets have pounded him the last 2 times he pitched, and only a handful of teams came back from a 0-2 deficit to win, I think 5 out of 28. If anyone by the name of Maddux or Penny decide to pitch, they better bring their A game and then some. Good luck to the dodgers.
Does anyone know why we are not able to bring signs into the ballpark?
I'll be there tomorrow wearing my Blue!! Let's go team, let's show the east coast media bias that the West can play!
I've been out of town, I also Wish ASQ the best for his family and my prayers for mother and child. My mother-in-law fell and broke her hip Wed. night, but is resting comfortably after surgery and will be o.k.. as stated before i said dodgers in three i just didn't know which three. GO DODGERS, BELIEVE IN THE PONCHO
Wonsok – don't really want to get into a debate with you. However, pardon me if I offend you. I don't like that sort of display. How is it, I cannot express my opinion without drawing fire? I should remind you, that many a cocky team has gone down. It is the quiet confident ones that win. Also, I'm not sure how my post can be construed as confidence. Seems to me it spoke to two things. First, the Mets did execute better than we did in the first two games. Secondly, it is the next game that matters now. We can't replay the last two. Wherein is my error, if I should be confident. Should I say I have no confidence. As far as considering Maddux a sure fire lock, I didn't even mention him in my post.Further to that, how is it we should offend your sensitivities as we post with each other? At the risk of sounding cocky, perhaps a Met fan should lecture us when the Mets have build some sort of tradition. It hasn't been a glorious one in the past 44 years.It isn't over 'til it's over, my friend and it isn't over yet. Many an underdog team has triumphed. Lest you forget. How about 1988 when Mike Scioscia KOed Dwight Gooden, a most unlikely anticipated result.
I was surprised by Game 2, but I know the Dodgers seem to do best when the media sticks the fork in 'em. I wish I could make the home games, but living in NorCal, the best I can do is draw the ire of Giants fans by wearing my blue every gameday. With Maddux on the mound, we can take Game 3. Let the past be the past and let's smoke the Mets outta LA this weekend with a tied series.
asq, I think Harold has said it best
"In the midst of our concerns about the Dodgers, firstname.lastname@example.com, shared with us the real concerns in life. His grand-daughter and her baby were in danger of dying during the delivery. We have had no further word and hope those prayers offered by many who post on this blog were in line with God's will. If anyone knows anything more, please let us know".
When the time is right for you and your family we hope to hear from you my friend !!
May God Bless you all !!!
Ray, burn the darned poncho. It's forsaken us. I will not believe any longer. I will however believe in a less corny and more realistic thing: I will believe in the Dodgers.
The Dodgers are 15-2 when me and my wife go to games together. We'll be there tomorrow wearing Dodger blue!! Go Dodgers!!
Posted by: John
15-3 Say goodnight john.
Go 2007 DODGERS


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