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Blue Business Template
A nice Business Template with different pages:
"Home", "About us", "Information", "Gallery" and "Disclaimer".
Valid HTML + CSS, Easy to customize and easy to create extra page's!
5 page's included with and 4 different layouts:
- Home (visual)
- About us / Information (text + visual)
- Gallery (designed with a area for thumbs)
- Disclaimer (text only)
- PSD files for the design elements in the site.
- index.html
- aboutus.html
- information.html
- gallery.html
- disclamer.html
- and all the corresponding css files
- images folder
- gallery/thumbs folder
- lightbox asset
- Documentation
On the Gallery page i used Lightbox2
Website: http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
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A view that embeds web content in your app.
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text: Volbeat is a Danish Metal band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock 'n' roll, heavy metal, punk and rockabilly. They are inspired by classic rock 'n' roll artists such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, as well as more contemporary hard rock, punk rock and metal bands, such as AC/DC, Social Distortion and Metallica. Their line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, guitarist Thomas Bredahl, bassist Anders Kjølholm and drummer Jon Larsen. The band is signed to Dutch label Mascot Records and has released four studio albums and one DVD. All of their studio albums were certified gold in Denmark. Their second album Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil received platinum, and their latest release Beyond Hell/Above Heaven was subject to widespread international critical acclaim, receiving gold in Denmark and Sweden.


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WASHINGTON – All sorts of Catholics — the hurt and the whole, the progressive and the traditional — want to believe our eyes and trust all the positive signs and signals out of Rome since Francis was chosen to succeed Benedict: "It's like falling in love," a friend said. "God help me," another agreed.
It's been a long, bruising decade since the height of the clerical sex abuse scandal here in the United States in 2002, and this new pontiff's message so far, in both words and symbolic gestures, is right on target for many of us who chose to stay anyway, denying nothing.
"How I would like a church that is poor and for the poor," he told reporters, and a little bit of my "wait and see" posture gave way. "True power is service," he tweeted Tuesday. "The pope must serve all people, especially the poor, the weak, the vulnerable."
He took the name of Francis of Assisi, he has said, as "the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation; these days we do not have a very good relationship with creation, don't we?"
Oh, my, and an enviro, too? Don't fall before all the facts are in, I told myself, but with limited success, I'm afraid, as I read about the signals that he had real reform in mind and had announced that no one in the Curia should feel too safe in his current job. All assignments are only "until other provisions are made."
From closet cynics to liberation theologians with whom he has differed, "everybody I talk to says he's the real deal," said my friend Tom Roberts, former editor of the National Catholic Reporter, back in his old chair for a few weeks while the paper's current editor is in Rome. "I don't want to have a naive hope, but I do have hope. So many of the things he's doing are so right; the words are so right."
The last time I saw people respond like this, in full knowledge of how hard it is to turn around the culture of same-old, it was 2008, and another relative newcomer to the world stage was offering change we could believe in.
But what to make of reports in The Washington Post and elsewhere that are not at all glowing, and charge the former archbishop of Buenos Aires with standing silent during his country's "dirty war," and silent, too, on sex abuse allegations against priests in his diocese?
One of the original doctors of the church, Saint Ambrose, argued all the way back in the fourth century that those who do nothing to stop evil are on a moral par with perpetrators, since Christian love requires us to intervene.
No, that's not always practical or possible, but if Francis did turn out to be an episcopal version of those in Steubenville, Ohio, who saw or later learned of the brutal, opportunistic attack on a passed out 16-year-old girl and did absolutely nothing, no amount of packing his own bags or living in solidarity with the poor would make that okay.
On the abuse, do I take the word of a priest who is a convicted sex offender that Francis "never let go of my hand"? No, but the report that he refused to meet with abuse victims is troubling, if true.
On the issue of silence vis-a-vis the junta, my long-ago fellow Catholic lay volunteer and housemate Charles Kenney, who lived in Peru for years and teaches comparative and Latin American politics at the University of Oklahoma, is critical of the former Jorge Bergoglio, a 39-year-old provincial when the coup in his country took place: "The Argentine Church leadership, with a few notable exceptions, behaved abominably," Kenney wrote on Commonweal's website. "They gave public recognition and support to the military dictatorship for years. They gave almost no public recognition or support to the victims and their families. Several priests played central roles in the detention, torture and murder of suspected dissidents, and justified this in religious terms. Only a few bishops defended the human rights of the disappeared and supported organizations like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. … In this context, Bergoglio would have to have been heroic to speak out. He did not."
As if in answer, the Jesuit Tom Reese writes: "In the face of tyranny, there are those who take a prophetic stance and die martyrs. There are those who collaborate with the regime.
"And there are others who do what they can while keeping their heads low. …
"Those who have not lived under a dictatorship should not be quick to judge those who have, whether the dictatorship was in ancient Rome, Latin America, Africa, Nazi Germany, Communist Eastern Europe or today's China. We should revere martyrs, but not demand every Christian be one."
We should, however, expect that when the white smoke clears and the crowds go home, Francis will tell us the truth about his record on both matters, as difficult as it might be for him to say and for us to hear.
"Just tell us the truth," said the National Catholic Reporter's Tom Roberts, "after 30 years of deception" on clerical abuse, which his newspaper has been covering since 1985. "Say, 'I didn't understand it, I acted badly,' or whatever — there's evidence he changed over time — but dispel it, deal with it, disclose. We've been lied to for so long; it's time."
Francis doesn't have to be a hero, in other words. Though if he did tell us the truth, we'd surely see him as one.
Melinda Henneberger is a Post political writer and anchors "She the People." Follow her on Twitter at @MelindaDC.


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Jay Del Vecchio is president and CEO of the World Instructor Training Schools (WITS). For more information about certification and WITS' stance on the issue, you can visit the company's Web site at www.witseducation.com. Click on the secure Fitness Industry Issues tab and log in using ImageandBills as the username and Solutions as the password (all case sensitive). You may also contact Del Vecchio at [email protected].
Conversations about governmental regulation of personal trainers are once again on the forefront. California, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey are considering legislation that would provide for state regulation of fitness professionals. Although these conversations and issues are not new, they are taking on increased momentum and should be taken seriously by all of us in the fitness industry. Ideally, we should unite as an industry and put forth comprehensive recommendations for self-regulation before the states impose governmental regulation.
The unification of the industry on the position of self-regulation should not be such a challenge. Although there may be opposing schools of thought on the process of self-regulation or if we should impose any regulations at all, I see a consensus on the need for change. Specifically, we are all concerned about the quality and content of personal training certification programs as well as the curriculum, delivery, instruction and assessment of those programs. In addition, we all want to ensure viability of training providers, avoid government regulation and oversight, maintain and enhance industry quality and elevate the fitness professional and the industry.
You may be wondering what you can do to prevent governmental regulation while ensuring industry quality. I would suggest getting in contact with the state senators proposing the bills and be a resource to them as they consider pending legislation regarding personal trainers. WITS has done this, even going so far as presenting an alternative to their proposed legislation, which we think should not only improve the quality in training and preparation of personal trainers, but also ensure the ongoing continuing education of these professionals while promoting industry self-regulation.
This alternative is a three-tiered approach to the certification of personal trainers, which limits the scope of practice based on the level of training and education received.
The following is an outline of the proposed three levels of care approach:
1. Level One Certification:
Level one requires a certification from an organization that has been approved by the American Council on Education (ACE) for content and by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) or the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) for American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.
Certification for level one must also include practical skills instruction and testing, as well as a minimum of 30 hours of unpaid internship experience. In addition, level one certification prohibits personal trainers from working with clients who have medical conditions or physical limitations.
2. Level Two Certification:
In order to obtain level two certification, personal trainers must first satisfy all of the elements of level one. After attaining level one certification, the personal trainer must successfully pass the national board examination offered through the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE). This process and requirement is consistent with other health care professions like those approved and developed for nurses, EMTs, etc.
3. Level Three Certification:
In order to obtain level three certification, personal trainers must satisfy all of the elements of levels one and two. In addition, level three certification requires an associate's degree in a fitness-related field or 300 hours of community college or university-approved, fitness-related courses. These programs must be offered by an accredited college or university or they must be approved by ACE and IACET or NOCA. The level three certification would allow personal trainers to work with clients of all abilities.
All levels of certification must require continuing education units (CEU) for renewal. CEUs must be from an IACET-approved provider or an accredited post-secondary institution.
The three levels of certification would allow the market to function without interruption. It establishes content standards to ensure quality and safety. A suggested grandfathered time frame of 12 months would promote a fair and equitable transition.
It is important for each and every one of us to be proactive before states create and impose unreasonable and prohibitive legislation. It also is imperative that we all take a stance to ensure quality and elevate standards in the education and training of our professionals. The certification process is currently unregulated by the industry itself, and our effort of qualifying exams with NOCA has not proven to be enough for state governments. This lack of regulation is leading to certifications that do not require extensive study, practical skill application or internships for quality. These diluted certifications are putting the reputation of our industry and the consumer at risk.


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Are programmers underpaid?
45 Replies - 39089 Views - Last Post: 25 November 2016 - 07:22 PM
Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 02:32 PM
Some brilliant people who are interested in computers and programming study computer science at Harvard, Stanford, or MIT, and end up making $80,000 per year at Google (or so I've heard). (Not that that's a bad thing - I would work for a company like Google in a heartbeat for $30,000 per year right out of college because you can basically live off of their gourmet food and stuff.)
But it seems like being a programmer is kind of a gamble if you're looking for money. It's like your options are:
1. be lucky enough to start a company like facebook or Google with your skills
2. create Microsoft (or even Linux... Linus is fairly well-off, no?)
3. work for some underground or government agency
(note that all involve some serious luck and connections)
Or... make $50-110k/year no matter where you work. Imagine two kids at Harvard, one studying law, and one studying computer science. CS is probably way harder in most respects (especially at an ivy), but the programmer will probably make $200,000 less than the lawyer every year, and he will work his ass off at Google.
But I guess programming is just too fun to give up for such trivial things as money, especially when it's something you love to do and would be doing anyway.
What are your thoughts?
Replies To: Are programmers underpaid?
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 03:16 PM
As a straight up programmer who would take on no extra responsibilities when asked I wouldn't expect to earn much at all, but if you're willing to spread yourself around several competencies within a company I'm pretty sure you'll get far.
When I was younger there were a few companies with job offers that simply didn't know the value of good programmers within their business, you need to walk away from this. Selling yourself short is something programmers do a lot, on par with underestimates of timescales for projects (which once again leads to undervaluing yourself, if you're charging by time/project!).
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 03:55 PM
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 03:55 PM
And when I say industry I am talking about being a programmer working for a company in a niche industry. Like I was once a programmer for a travel group. I also did software for an appliance software company. Obviously if you are in a non tech field it can be difficult to explain to your bosses (who are non tech usually) your true value.
I once had a boss that simply didn't know what I did even though I developed half their apps and protected their company online. You can bet I didn't get paid what I was really worth then.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 04:00 PM
AVReidy, on 19 July 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:
Oh boy... I bet its been at least a week since someone opened up another thread on this "What should I look forward to, what should I get paid, how do I make a living as a coder?" topic
I've been with this company 8 years. I make half that as the lead programmer. Welcome to a depressed economy.
But money isn't everything. I don't work the 8-5 grind since I work from home. There is a lot to be said for that kind of flexibility. And I have been to so many foreign countries that I had to get more pages added to my passport after 2 years - all on the company expense.
So don't look at pay - look at lifestyle. Money is only used to buy the lifestyle you want and someday you get to semi-retire and work part time or at home, then fully retire. So I'm getting paid to be a full time worker from home, which means I set up my RV where ever I like for a couple months. Lifestyle - not wages.
This post has been edited by tlhIn`toq: 19 July 2012 - 04:29 PM
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 05:26 PM
Yeah, very true.
Only in some cases. Surely there are great programmers who are worth way more than even 100k/yr to a company, but get paid less.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 05:44 PM
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 07:37 PM
So no, no need to create a company like Facebook or Microsoft. You'd want to do that if you want to be one of the richest men on Earth.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 19 July 2012 - 11:35 PM
Sorry if this is a touchy subject. I wouldn't really know.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:56 AM
100k? Ahem, not just starting out, no. Indeed, for a mere "Programmer" I'd be inclined to say never.
A "Programmer" is the lowest rung of the corporate development hierarchy. Like "Private" or "Peon". Many people who work as programmers won't call themselves that. They'll have titles like Developer, Software Designer, Software Engineer, etc. They're like garbage men, ahem, Waste Management Professionals, in this respect.
Now, if you are a Senior or Lead Programmer you might be breaking into six figures, but you're also doing a lot more than simply coding.
Anyway, do NOT look at salaries. You'll always be disappointed. The numbers are provided via surveys and everyone lies. Also, the king's share goes to independent contractors who still have to pay for health insurance, their own retirement, file taxes four times a year, and don't have paid days off. The higher number hopefully compensates for this.
Nikitin, on 19 July 2012 - 10:37 PM, said:
Cite your sources. See, this is why people get wonky ideas about salary.
Here's my source:
-- http://www.nbcbayare...-123373858.html
I would have said 50k was closer to starting. However, it's worth noting that to get hired by the big guys, you're going to have to walk on water or something.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 07:02 AM
AVReidy, on 20 July 2012 - 01:35 AM, said:
Yeah, but it's also a hell of a lot of money. You don't pick economic benchmarks based on how they sound to you, you have to have some basis for them.
Pay rates for programmers vary depending on the region, demand, and skill of the programmer. (read "skill" to include both programming skill and negotiating skill) I think in every market $100K is rather high to serve as a useful benchmark.
To answer your topic question would require a bit of definition - what does it mean to be "underpaid" for some profession? Does it relate to supply and demand questions, or to the investment required in training and tools, or to your personal preferences, or what? If you can justify some benchmark pay rate for some market, then you can ask this question sensibly. Until then, it's purest wankery. Not that this is really a problem - we can still discuss it.
But we'll be discussing, as it were, furiously.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 07:24 AM
It is not all about how much you want to make; it is about how much you are worth to your employer. A fair number would be: around half of what you make him. Do you make your employer 200,000 dollars a year? If so, you might want to think about opening your own company, as that is a lot of money.
The average programmer does not make nearly as much, nor is he worth that figure. I make a bit over double the average salary in my country, and about 30 percent more than the average programmer (e.g someone who does technical implementation: writes code). But, I don't just write code; I also write documentation, gather demands and do some work on software design. In fact, lately I almost do not write code. Yet I am nowhere near the 100k mark, even in my country's figures. So, if I dropped all those responsibilities and went back to writing code, would I be worth even as much as I am now? I doubt it.
The trick is, in software, the developers are basically assembly line workers - at least, in the eyes of management. If you do want to make a lot of money, it's not going to be as a developer; look for other options, such as architecture, or the business end of things. But, one does not just apply for those positions on a job posting; usually, the people that do that kind of thing get hand - picked.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 07:29 AM
I think this applies to most people.. not just programmers.
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 07:37 AM
This post has been edited by DarenR: 20 July 2012 - 07:37 AM
Re: Are programmers underpaid?
Posted 20 July 2012 - 07:43 AM
xclite, on 19 July 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:
Ain't that the truth! We could start with solders, cops and firefighters who risk their lives for the rest of us and get paid less than most Detroit auto workers. How screwed up is that? Or the teachers that we entrust our children to and expect them to educate the next generation getting paid less than trash collectors or ditch diggers. Its no wonder Johnny can't read, get a job or leave home at 30 years old.
American society has done this to ourselves. We used to be a country that manufactured goods. Well now that's China. We used to be a country that lead the way in technology. Not so much now. We outsource everything including tech support phone calls to nations where we can hire people for $5/day. Then wonder why our tech people can't find decent paying jobs. All you have to do is look at vCoder and oDesk contracts for programmers to see it. Companies expect someone to develop entire retail point of sale systems for $300 - AND PEOPLE AGREE TO DO IT, lowering the expectations of the client further, lowering the average acceptable price for all of us.
There is also the inevitable reality that what once was a rarified profession isn't anymore. It used to be a programmer was 1 guy in 100,000 that could code on paper, load his punch cards into a hopper and they would be fed into a computer. Then it was disk drums for mainframes. Computers used to be just for corporations, universities and governments due to the cost of 150,000 each. Fast forward to today and the $300 laptop or eMachine desktop where everyone in America has AT LEAST one computer or device. My house of 2 people has 6 computers, 2 iPads, 2 iPhones. Its not rare technology any more. What used to be a 100,000/year job programming robots is now high school competitive sport.
For lots of people that just need little things written up, students and rookies can get the job done and will do it for free just to pad their portfolio. Simple law of supply and demand. When a high school senior can make an ASP website with shopping cart and eCommerce integration it stops being a $75k/year job.
The baseline is shifting: Its that simple. It used to be any programming job paid high. Now the high paying jobs require 10 times the skill/knowledge level and there are 100 times the applicants for that 1 job.
Programming is quickly going the way of auto repair. Now there are 5 drive way programmers on every block. Everyone is tinkering with it and some have a decent at-home setup and collection of tools (since many tools are cheap or free). Making it harder for a brick and mortar shop to keep customers, keep decent wages, set themselves above the wackers.


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Webs wrote:UNDSiouxfan wrote:After watching the championship game, I wouldn't be shocked if St. Mary's could compete with any of the AAA schools. I believe they would beat most on any Friday. The championship game was a dominating performance. They had some big kids on their OL & DL that imposed their will, & I can only wonder how they would've done if they were a AAA school this year. If anyone on here is from Bismarck with some insight, chime in.
In reply to this. I am a saints fan. We were a very strong team this year and I feel as if we will be a very strong team next year as well. Our Sophmore/Freshman was able to crush Minot before cuts. After cuts our Sophmores/Freshman beat them again. The school has a VERY strong program underneath a very strong coach. Dan has been coaching for 40 years.
Looking at the performances in the AAA schools and looking at schools that will be moving down next year I believe we would have done well. I wouldn't say we would have won the title but I think we could have taken a playoff spot at the least. I believe the team could have beaten out Legacy at the least. I think we could have taken down the demons. A lot of the west was very close while west Fargo dominated the east. St. Mary's could have done well behind Spies, Dickhut, and Gendreu. St. Mary's OL and DL average 260 lbs per player. Birnbaum and Turner really open holes for our offense.
Looking at it I'd see it like this
BSM would start off 5-0 playing Jamestown, Mandan, Williston, GF central, and Fargo North
BSM would lose to Minot high 35-24
BSM would win vs legacy 41-35
BSM would go east to play West Fargo and lose 42-41 after OT
BSM would play the Demons for a spot on the playoffs and win in a high scoring match 56-49 on a Hail Mary pass to spies on the end zone
Bismarck High - West Fargo
Century - Fargo South
BSM - WF Sheyanne
Minot - GF RR
West Fargo - Century
BSM - Minot
Minot - Century
Champs being Minot High.
Most likely very inaccurate but it's a simulation on what could happen if we were aaa this year. Next year not many AA teams will be left. I'm predicting a BSM vs Shanley finals game next year.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland women's basketball team released its full 2013-14 schedule Wednesday. It features 16 Atlantic Coast Conference games, including home games vs. Notre Dame, Florida State, Syracuse and Georgia Tech.
The Terrapins will open their ACC slate at North Carolina on Jan. 5 in a game shown on ESPNU. Then, Maryland will return home for a three-game home stand with matchups vs. Wake Forest, Syracuse and Georgia Tech Jan. 9 through Jan. 19. Maryland will play at Virginia Jan. 23 in an RSN-televised game.
ACC newcomer Notre Dame will come to Comcast Center for the first time since 2007 on Jan. 27 in an ESPN2 Big Monday game. To close the month of January, the Terrapins will play at NC State on Jan. 30 in a game shown on ESPN3.
Maryland's first game in February will be at Syracuse on Feb. 2, then the Terps will host Pittsburgh and Clemson on Feb. 6 and Feb. 9, respectively. Next, the Terrapins will make a roadtrip to Miami on Feb. 13. Maryland will play at Duke in its second Big Monday matchup of the season on Feb. 17.
The Terps will host 2012 NCAA Tournament team Florida State on Feb. 20. They will take on Georgia Tech in Atlanta in an ESPN2 game on Feb. 23, then travel to Boston College on Feb. 27. Maryland will host Virginia Tech in its final regular season game on March 2.
The Terrapins will play in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. March 5-9, with the NCAA Tournament beginning March 22. Sites for the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament have not been determined, with the Final Four April 6-8 in Nashville, Tenn.
For the Terrapins' full schedule, log on to www.umterps.com.
In the earliest preseason polls, the Terrapins are ranked No. 5 nationally. They went 26-8 in the 2012-13 season and advanced to the program's fifth Sweet Sixteen in head coach Brenda Frese's 11 years. This year, the Terps return four of five starters, two-time ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas, and bring on four talented newcomers inLexie Brown, A'Lexus Harrison, Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.


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- 1. We beat Vandy soundly at home, and only lost by a very narrow margin in overtime at Memorial Gym.
2. This game isn't not in Memorial Gym. The Vandy crowd will be relatively small given that UK and UT fans own almost all the tickets to the event. If you've never been to an SEC Tourney, you can't appreciate how incredibly slanted the entire affair is towards UK. It's basically the Big Blue Invitational.
3. Vandy has nothing to play for. Their seed is pretty much set. Historically, Stallings is at his best in the tourney when he's on the bubble. The 'Dores know they aren't going to beat UK to win it all. So what are they really playing for?
Interestingly, the Macon Telegraph reports that UGA doesn't have to finish with a winning record to get invited to the CBI or CIT tournaments. Those are Tier 3 tourneys behind the NCAA and NIT events. CollegeRPI.com and WarrenNolan.com have us with an RPI of 99 and 100 respectively. With a win over the Gators on Saturday and the emerging star power of Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie, the Dawgs might be an attractive get for those lesser tourneys, and we clearly need the experience.
Update: In news of the very weird...Jim Harrick is on the selection committee for the CIT's 16 team tournament. I've heard strong rumblings that he's a big fan of the Mark Fox hire. The CBI tourney is also a 16 team event played on campuses, but the final round is a best 2 out of 3 affair. Based on last year's attendees, the CBI is the more prestigious event.
UF and Miss State are both beatable opponents on Saturday, but we have to win tonight first.
See Also:
-- A high note in Nashville - ABH
-- Tired of talking about 2008 - AJC
-- A good time to win outside of GA - AJC
-- A hunch that Thompkins will be back - AJC


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An electromyogram
(EMG) measures the electrical activity of muscles at rest and during
contraction. Nerve conduction studies measure how well and how fast the nerves
can send electrical signals.
Nerves control the muscles in the body with
electrical signals called impulses. These impulses make the muscles react in
specific ways. Nerve and muscle problems cause the muscles to react in
abnormal ways.
If you have leg pain or numbness, you may have these tests to find out how much your nerves are being affected. These tests check how well your spinal nerves and the nerves in your arms and legs are working.
EMG is done to:
A nerve conduction study is done
Tell your doctor if you:
Do not smoke for 3 hours before the test.
not eat or drink foods that contain caffeine (such as coffee, tea, cola, and
chocolate) for 2 to 3 hours before the test.
Wear loose-fitting
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gown to wear.
You may be asked to sign a consent form that says you understand the risks of the test and agree to have it done.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the
test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help
you understand the importance of this test, fill out the
medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
An EMG is done in a
hospital, clinic, or doctor's office. It may be done in a room that stops any outside
electrical interference. The test may be done by an EMG
technologist or a doctor.
You will be asked to lie on
a table or bed or sit in a reclining chair so your muscles are relaxed.
The skin over the areas to be
tested is cleaned. A needle electrode that is attached by
wires to a recording machine is inserted into a muscle.
When the electrodes are in place, the electrical activity in that muscle
is recorded while the muscle is at rest. Then the technologist or doctor asks
you to tighten (contract) the muscle slowly and steadily. This electrical
activity is recorded.
The electrode may be moved a number of times
to record the activity in different areas of the muscle or in different
The electrical activity in the muscle is shown as wavy
and spiky lines on a video monitor and may also be heard
on a loudspeaker as machine gun-like popping sounds when you contract the
muscle. The activity may also be recorded on video.
An EMG may
take 30 to 60 minutes. When the test is done, the electrodes are removed and
those areas of the skin where a needle was inserted are cleaned. You may be
given pain medicine if any of the test areas are sore.
In this test, several
flat metal disc electrodes are attached to your skin with tape or a paste. A shock-emitting electrode is placed directly over the nerve, and a
recording electrode is placed over the muscles controlled by that nerve.
Several quick electrical pulses are given to the nerve, and the time it takes
for the muscle to contract in response to the electrical pulse is recorded. The
speed of the response is called the conduction velocity.
The same
nerves on the other side of the body may be studied for comparison. When the
test is done, the electrodes are removed.
Nerve conduction
studies are done before an EMG if both tests are being done. Nerve conduction
tests may take from 15 minutes to 1 hour or more, depending on how many nerves
and muscles are studied.
During an EMG test, you
may feel a quick, sharp pain when the needle electrode is put into a muscle.
After the test, you may be sore and have a tingling feeling in your muscles
for 1 to 2 hours. If your pain gets worse or you have swelling, tenderness, or
pus at any of the needle sites, call your doctor.
With nerve
conduction studies, you may feel a quick, burning pain, a tingling feeling, and
a twitching of the muscle each time the electrical pulse is given. It feels
like the kind of tingling you feel when you rub your feet on the carpet and
then touch a metal object. The tests make some people anxious. Keep in mind
that only a very low-voltage electrical current is used, and each electrical
pulse is very quick (less than a split-second).
An EMG is very safe. You may
get some small bruises or swelling at some of the needle sites. The needles are
sterile, so there is very little chance of getting an infection.
There is no chance of problems with nerve conduction studies. Nothing is
put into your skin, so there is no chance of infection. The voltage of
electrical pulses is not high enough to cause an injury.
Your doctor may be able to tell you
about some of the results of your nerve studies right after the tests. A full report may take 2 to 3
The EMG recording shows no electrical activity when the
muscle is at rest. There is a smooth, wavy line on the recording with each
muscle contraction.
The nerve conduction studies show that the nerves
send electrical impulses to the muscles or along the sensory nerves at
normal speeds, or conduction velocities. Sensory nerves allow the brain to feel
pain, touch, temperature, and vibration. Different nerves have different normal
conduction velocities. Nerve conduction velocities generally get slower as a
person gets older.
Electrical activity in a muscle at rest shows that there
may be a problem with the nerve supply to the muscle. Abnormal wave lines when
a muscle contracts may mean a muscle or nerve problem, such as
a herniated disc, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
or inflammation.
In nerve conduction studies, the speed of nerve impulses is slower than what is normal for that nerve. Slower
speeds may be caused by injury to a nerve or group of nerves. Nerve
conduction velocities generally get slower as a person gets older.
The results from EMG and nerve conduction studies are used
along with your medical history, symptoms, physical and neurological exams, and
the results of other tests to help your doctor find out what the problem is or
see how a disease is changing.
Reasons you may not be able to
have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
Other Works ConsultedChernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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Only rarely do we travel to our dream destinations – is that because we dread disappointment since they are never as beautiful as we imagined?
There are places you once traveled to ten, twenty or even more years ago that have never quite let go their hold on you. It seems as if you must have left a microscopic part of yourself behind there. Sometimes I tell my children about my travels. About the autumnal forest in northern Lapland during the magical ruska season, which with its captivating monotony and near stunning grandeur has you believing you've landed in a fairy tale come true. Or I tell them about the vastness of the sky over Zambia, the sublime light and the slow-motion gait of the giraffes down by the Luangwa River. Or about plunging – with a soft whimper – into the waters of the hellishly hot springs in the mountains around Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Every thought, every recollection of these travels is always accompanied by the profound desire to go back again someday, ideally with someone to show these places to, your own children, say, in the hope that they, too, will be touched by the magic.
And then there are the other places. The ones you've never been to before, even though you've always wanted to visit them. One of those places can be found in the Karakum Desert in Central Asia – in Turkmenistan, to be more precise. The desert is so vast, says the German version of Wikipedia, that it makes up 90 percent of the area of Turkmenistan. The desert is home to caracals, a species of cat similar to the lynx, says Wikipedia, and to Asian cobras and desert monitors. The Silk Road ran through Karakum, which gets shimmeringly hot in the summer and bitterly cold in the winter, says Wikipedia. Because I've never been there myself, I have to rely on the reports of others, on pictures. And in these I see fire, a massive blazing in the middle of the great desert. Near the village of Derweze, there's a hole in the ground, 70 meters across and 30 meters deep – and it's filled with flames.
Here's what happened: In the 1970s, Soviet geologists were at work and perhaps not entirely sober. They were looking for natural gas, as the arid desert's depths hold an abundance of it. And then something went wrong, a rig collapsed, the hole opened up, and gas escaped. The geologists decided to burn off the escaping gas, but the flames have been hissing there ever since. The locals soon came up with a name for the manmade phenomenon: the "Door to Hell." Ever since I heard about it for the first time, I knew this was a place I wanted to see with my own eyes. The phrase "I've got to go" burned itself onto my brain. There were several occasions when I nearly booked the trip, nearly ordered the visa. I can't count the times I went to outdoor clothing stores and asked to see outfits suitable for use in desert conditions, mobile espresso makers and sun caps with stowable neck shades. But something always came up, prevented the trip, so that it remained a case of wishful thinking. Every once in a while, I felt that the reason for this could be something akin to fear: the fear that my expectations of this unseen place could have grown to such an extent that they could not possibly be met.
Well, that doesn't stop me still telling friends, acquaintances, my children and my wife that we will all be travelling to this hellhole one day. The wife rolls her eyes – she long ago dismissed my yearning as a crazy notion – and the children look at me with a mixture of fascination and fear, listening as though I were a confused old captain spinning a rum-soaked yarn. And recently, I sense a touch of pity from the eldest, when he says: "The burning hole? Weren't you talking about that just yesterday?"
One fine day, when the children are old enough, we'll pack our bags and take a trip to the desert, look down into the flickering, hissing flames, and the wife will be there with us, too. I am absolutely convinced of it – 100 percent. Because the world in which we live is large. And it is beautiful. You just have to look at it.
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Hiking Layout
Well for this time the changes are more visually than on other map changes.
First of all I decided to add besides the easy layout, a special hiking layout. I introduced it because I felt that the easy layout is still showing too much information related to cycling or mtbiking than what one needs as a hiker. The new layout therefore omits all bicycle/mtb related information. So instead of mtbiking, cycling and hiking routes, only hiking routes are shown. Also POI like bikeshops disappear earlier when zooming out. On the other hand hiking routes are shown longer than in the other layouts. There is also no separation on oneway arrows depending on whether you are allowed to cycle against the direction of traffic flow or not and many other little important bits.
Going with this change I show all streets/ways/paths that are part of a hiking route also in zoom resolution 21 - just like before for cycling/mtbiking routes. Effectively this is quite a good step forward also for mtbiking/cycling as the rather important ways are shown when zooming out longer, while footways/paths in cities usually are not affected and disappear much earlier. This also gives a more consistent network of important ways for mtbiking/cycling.
Oneway Arrows
When I introduced oneway arrows difference based on the information whether you are allowed to cycle against the traffic flow or not I invented a different arrow design to show the change. However I think the arrow design I used was more prominent than the arrow design for roads that you are not allowed to cycle against traffic flow. On one hand this was nice -as those roads are often the ones that you really want to omit and never cycle along. On the other hand it wasn't so logical why roads with less stringent oneway behaviour would be more prominent. Therefore I took up the task and changed them all around.
Other changes
An important change is that I found a bug that blocked tracktype being considered for "unpaved" road avoidance. I fixed it after I thought that the new Basecamp v 3.3 beta didn't work as expected (more on that later).
Besides I got a bit annoyed that the fixme=continue arrow showed up sometimes too prominent - and it is more and more used on ways that no tourist/cyclinst/mtbiker ever takes anyhow. Therefore I moved it to resolution 24. As especially Europe gets more and more complete on ways, I think the importance is less urgent than it once was (with the aim to encourage people to record new ways for OSM).
There were quite a lot of other small changes/optimizations that I not mention here..
Oh and last week I went over the website and tried to update most pages cause some of them had gotten a bit outdated.
Basecamp v 22.214.171.124 beta and Garmin introducing new routing algorythms
Well after me being the first map producer worldwide to really push mtbike and cycling autorouting since about 3 years, Garmin seems to have noticed that if they want to continue to sell maps, they have to improve their maps and functions. Basecamp 3.3 beta (look for it in the garmin forum). They now introduced many many activity profiles like mountainbiking, mountaineering, ATV, dirtbike, walking, hiking and so on. This change could be noticed pretty strongly since as of Basecamp 3.2 Garmin decided not to take restrictions like cycling forbidden, or foot forbidden, or taxi forbidden in their maps into consideration. One has to say that even though they had this functionality in their software and firmware since I can remember or trace back, never an official map sold by Garmin included this information. Either they coudn't get it, or they cheaped out on buying this information.... This lead to many people wondering why they were lead onto motorways while cycling or walking activated as means of transport in Mapsource/Basecamp or on the GPS.
Of course as we knew how to implement these switches, and OSM has this information to a rather good standard, I used it and it made up for more possibilities on restricting which way quality you could take or not. Now with Basecamp 3.3 the selection of means of transport changed to activity profiles, and they are not similar to the means of transport that existed in the maps all along. Instead the profiles now exclude the use of certain (however not yet known) road types or maybe additional information that we don't know how to encode. As of now the new modes don't work any better than before also for official Garmin maps, but the announcement lead to believe that Garmin will in future on new maps make extensive use of the activity profiles. Not only by different autorouting, but also by telling that in future based on the activity mode the map layout will change.
As soon as I find out more on how this affects autorouting, and more GPS (currently only the new etrex x0 series is already affected) switch to the new way of working, I will adapt (if possible) the openmtbmap autorouting modes to suit it. Currently however https://openmtbmap.org/about-2/autorouting/ has to be taken as a bit outdated when it comes to Basecamp 3.3 beta...
I don't really know what implications this will have to Openmtbmap/Velomap and also OSM. The point is, that the information that Garmin would need to actually really implement the ideas of their developpers on the software side, is not really available on the map data market - with the exception of Openstreetmap. I predict that shortly (2-3 month) after the license change in OSM, that will allow much more restrictive (like DRM and other) maps based on OSM map data, Garmin will bring out themselves not free but payable and not copyable maps based on OSM, maybe enriched with other data like higher quality DEM from laserscans (even though recently Garmin maps showed worse and worse DEM and contourlines - probably to save money) and maybe other data goodies in order to have a more competitive standpoint for people buying their maps. Also they will probably make sure that their maps show exclusive features that we will not be able to implement with mkgmap cause we don't know the newest map format specifications.
I see this process as part of a natural way things behave. I (and others who followed by making maps with autorouting for outdoor purposes) shaped the way to force the industry to react cause their offerings are of lower quality (IMHO in Austria/Germany/Switzerland OSM is on ways/highways in general now far ahead of the official map data providers, but of course still way behind on topographic features) and they have to follow. Giove was the first GPS PNA producer to have autorouting for outdoor purposes officially supported but in my eyes failed completely because their map data was neither consistent nor of good enough quality (except in some parts of Italy). Falk, Brydon and others tried to jump on the train, but so far don't offer competitive products. All of them suffer mainly from the fact that there isn't good enough map data available. If they want to achieve what I started with Openmtbmap 3 years ago, namely maps that are really suited and made for outdoor sports like cycling and mountainbiking, they have to make use of Openstreetmap data (google currently doesn't seem to have got it and goes mainly inline with traditional automotive focused design - also with their otherwise excellent map maker which in reality is by now the biggest competitor to OSM). So what once started as an idea to have maps for mountainbiking the first time, now is going more and more commercial.
I do know that this process will go along and that focusing on Garmin devices as best mean for getting good maps for mountainbiking will be over in 2-3 years time. I am and will however try to stay on top of the game and work hard that good maps for mountainbiking stay free as in free beer to everyone (and not only you are free to give your data to OSM or google database and let big uninnovate companies that just react instead of act dominate the scene. I have many more ideas on what can be done, and will give my best to do so.
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cairnswk wrote:koontz, nice start
just something i noticed on the graphic side...
if you've got marshland on the coast...should there be an edge to the coastline there...the terrain would dip to the sealine wouldn't it?
They are also commonly zoned into lower marshes (also called intertidal marshes) and upper or high marshes, based on their elevation with respect to the sea level.
Honestly, I have no idea how it would effect the mashland being on top of a cliff. That would all depend on the height of the cliffs would it not? Having the three villages next to the coast (Ora, Iuxta Mare and In Alto), previously I wanted to add the sea routes in using the same style of vessel as Vertex/Austrum but needed the room for the legend, so I had always thought of the cliffs to be not in any way high.
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For those who believe that good wine and good food go hand in hand, a visit to St. Helena's Long Meadow Ranch Winery and Farmstead is a must.
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Since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid played some serious defense for the White House at the start of the year and managed to ward off a vote on the largely bipartisan push coming from both Houses to impose the pending threat of tightened sanctions on Iran, the country has been relatively raking it in with the sanctions relief while Tehran's leaders have been making familiarly rabble-rousing statements behind the scenes. You might think that it's a pretty reasonable time to circle back to the issue, but according to Reid, you'd be wrong.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and other Republican senators this week have used Senate consideration of a measure dealing with veteran's benefits to refocus attention on Iran and whether the U.S. should impose new sanctions on Tehran. …
"There's no excuse for muzzling the Congress on an issue of this importance to our national security, to the security of Israel … and to international stability more broadly," he said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), who for months has held off attempts to force a vote on the Iran issue, again criticized Republicans for trying to bring up Iran on ancillary legislation.
"They offered an amendment that has nothing to do with this bill, the veterans bill. It's partisanship at its best, it's obstruction at its best," Mr. Reid said during a floor speech Wednesday morning.
Ugh. If you really want to talk about "partisanship" and "obstruction," Reid has both of those bases covered with his incessant vote-blocking here. I like the way Sen. Ayotte put it in her response this morning: This proposed bill is just an insurance policy against Iran reneging on their end of the bargain, so what's the problem? Unfortunately, as Sen. Corker admitted this afternoon, this latest push is probably ill-fated, too, via HuffPo:
The Obama administration has little to worry about, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) suggested Wednesday.
"It doesn't look to me like we're going to get a vote," Corker told several reporters on Capitol Hill. …
"I think Congress weighing in strongly, in some form or fashion, on the biggest foreign policy issue we have underway right now kind of makes sense. It's kind of what you do when you're in the United States Senate," Corker said. "Whether it's exactly this piece of legislation or whether it's something else, I think it makes sense for Congress to weigh in." …
"I think there are very legitimate concerns about the sanctions dissipating, and you never end up with a deal and have a series of rolling agreements," Corker said. "To us, the most important element is to define what the end has to be," he added. "As their economy begins to recover, which it is … we're going to lose the traction that we have on this issue."
The WFB snagged some vids from this morning's floor speeches on the topic:
Let me just repeat that a strong bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress agree with this approach. So, there's simply no good reason for the majority leader to prevent a vote on this crucial legislation. He's gridlocking the Senate, preventing the Senate from working its will, on a bill that enjoys broad bipartisan support and makes elementary good sense and it the best hope we have to prevent a nuclear armed Iran. There's no excuse for muzzling the Congress on an issue of this importance to our national security, to the security of Israel, our closest ally in the Middle East, and to international stability more broadly. … This is a rare issue that should unite both parties in common purpose, and there's no question it would if the majority leader would simply drop his reflexive deference to a president whose foreign policy is focusing on withdrawing from our overseas commitment.
And so all we're asking for is let's have a vote on this. This matters enough to the American people, this matters enough to the safety and the future of our children and future generations. This matters enough to the world. It deserves a full debate and it deserves a vote and if you're against it, you can vote against it. If you're against it, you can debate against it. We want to hear these arguments and your thoughts but why can't we vote on it? It deserves a vote, it's that important.


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This billboard in the Carolinas is just right, in my opinon. Nobody can say anyone's "forcing" anything on another, yet nobody can say free-thinkers don't care. It's just right. Hail truth, mythology be damned. And don't forget the upcoming Solstice Eclipse, another awesome wonder of our universe.
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I have gotten ship gummies from various things (mostly while flying the Gummi Ship). They appear to do various things for my ship (health, shields, and so on).
What do I do with them? I assume they are to upgrade my ship. Does it matter how many I use, or in what configuration? Or can I just pile them all on, and have a crazy awesome ship of awesome?
Mot importantly - how do I go about actually adding them to my ship? Is there a menu somewhere, or a certain person I need to talk to?


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Fabric Patch has been lucky enough to be teamed up with the lovely Michelle Yeo to bring you the fabulous block below. (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONLY THE ONE BLOCK, THE OTHER 11 BLOCKS NEED TO BE PURCHASED FROM THE OTHER SHOPS LISTED BELOW)
Patchwork Puzzle Quilt-along is a collaboration of 12 unique blocks that demonstrate different skills such as English Paper Piecing, Machine Piecing, Applique and Embroidery. Each designer has created their own signature block, each block is available for individual purchase from a different retail shop (see the blocks and there retail store listed below).
Below is the photo of the finished quilt and details for the other block retailers.
A stunning quilt for a special boy of any age.
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On Monday, oil ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a pipeline to transfer Iranian gas to Europe.
According to Iranian deputy oil minister, Javad Oji, "The first official agreement on the export and transit of natural gas is now ready to be signed between Iran, Iraq and Syria."
The 5,600 kilometer pipeline will convey gas produced in Iran's South Pars gas field in the Gulf to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Europe. The pipeline is expected to take 3-5 years to be built and will be able to pump 110 million cubic meters of natural gas a day.
Owji says South Pars has gas reserves sufficient to pump 250 million cubic meters per day for export for the next 80 years.
The agreement is evidence of increasing cooperation between Iran and Iraq. Iraqi oil minister, Abdul Kareem Luaiby, said on Monday, "US sanctions have no impact on the relations between Iran and Iraq. Iraq welcomes expansion of its relations with Iran and we have witnessed enhanced cooperation between the two neighboring countries in previous years."
Iran is subject to international sanctions over its controversial nuclear program which have kept many major international oil companies leery of investment despite the fact that the country is OPEC's second largest oil exporter, with 137 billion barrels of crude oil, and holds the world's second largest natural gas reserves of 28 trillion cubic meters.
According to FARS news agency, the two countries have signed six Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to expand cooperation in various sectors including information technology, health, medication, and culture.
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Annual to bamboo-like; roots generally fibrous
Stem generally round, hollow; nodes swollen, solid
Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, generally linear; sheath generally open; ligule membranous or hairy, at blade base
Inflorescence various (of generally many spikelets)
Spikelet: glumes generally 2; florets (lemma, palea, flower) 1many; lemma generally membranous, sometimes glume-like; palea generally ± transparent, ± enclosed by lemma
Flower generally bisexual, minute; stamens generally 3; stigmas generally 2, generally plumose
Fruit: achene-like grain
Genera in family: 650900 genera; ± 10,000 species: worldwide; greatest economic importance of any family (wheat, rice, maize, millet, sorghum, sugar cane, forage crops, ornamental, weeds; thatching, weaving, building materials)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1951 Manual grasses US, USDA Misc Publ 200; Clayton & Renvoise 1986 Kew Bull Add Series 13]
See Glossary p. 26 for illustrations of general family characteristics. Generally wind-pollinated.
Perennial, sometimes from rhizomes
Stem generally bent at base or erect, generally tufted
Leaf: sheath appendaged, appendages sometimes small, fragile; ligule membranous, truncate to obtuse; blades flat, folded, or rolled
Inflorescence spike-like, open to dense; axis generally not breaking apart in fruit; spikelets ± 2-ranked or not, 14 per node, generally ascending
Spikelet: glumes lanceolate to awl-like, sometimes 0, awned from tip or not; florets 17; lemma generally > glumes, generally rounded, tip acute to awned, awn straight or curved outward; anthers 16 mm
Species in genus: 150 species: temp worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: ancient name for millet)
Reference: [Barkworth & Dewey 1985 Amer J Bot 72:767776; Wilson 1963 Brittonia 15:303323]
See Agropyron, Elytrigia, Leymus, Pseudoroegneria for species sometimes treated here. Some species hybridize; hybrids with Hordeum, Leymus, Pseudoroegneria also occur.
Sometimes with short stolons
Stem 614 dm
Leaf: sheath glabrous or hairy, appendages ± 2 mm; blade 412 mm wide, generally flat
Inflorescence 616 cm (except awns), not breaking apart with age; internodes 48 mm; spikelets generally 2 per node
Spikelet 816 mm; glumes 6.519 mm, short-awned; lower florets concealed; lemma 8.514 mm, awn < 30 mm, generally straight; anthers 1.53 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=28
Ecology: Open areas, chaparral, woodland, forest
Elevation: < 2500 m.
Bioregional distribution: California
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Great Plains, n Mexico
Hybridizes with E. elymoides, E. stebbinsii, E. trachycaulus.
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17 &IRR: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.


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Don't tell Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods that the country is in a recession and that the rest of the world is suffering as well because neither will believe you. Both golfers have moved forward with plans to build high-end communities in spite of the downward trend perhaps hoping that the number of "haves" will be enough to pave the way for future development.
Nicklaus, for example, has just entered into an agreement with Grupo Viveros to create a private town complete with two hotels, marina, airstrip, hangars, two hundred fifty high-end villas as well as a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course on a currently uninhabited island off the coast of Panama. Oceanfront lot prices start at $530,000.
Tiger Woods, is working on courses in Dubai, Punta Brava and in the high Carolina area where two of Jack Nicklaus' Signature golf courses are already situated alongside of courses designed by Gary Player and Tom Fazio.
Woods mentioned recently during his tour of the Punta Brava site, "My goal is to design a collection of amazing golf courses around the world." Following in Nicklaus' footsteps as he has chosen to do will be a lifelong venture as the Golden Bear currently has 337 courses open for play in 33 countries with 55 golf courses and projects under construction in 45 different countries.
Will Tiger Woods find filling the shoes of Jack Nicklaus an easy feat and will he be able to conquer all of Nicklaus' accomplishments both on and off the golf course? Nicklaus recently stated that he doesn't want Tiger to break his records. Do you blame him? Just ask kids today if they ever heard of the Beatles and about their contribution to music. Nicklaus just doesn't want to fade into obscurity.
As for the race for "best golfer ever", Woods may well be on his way to beating Nicklaus' record but, with a recurring bum knee thrown into the equation, only time will tell.
In this week's Golf for Beginners broadcast, we discuss "King" Nicklaus atop his huge empire and Tiger Woods' need to build equally large scale private communities for the wealthy. With the assistance of Joan King we also identify "the Zone" and discuss ways that the average golfer can use the mental game to their advantage.
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Getting Professional Advice
Understanding where to go for support or who to contact in relation to making informed career and employment decisions can be difficult.
Below is a list of recognised bodies that aim to support individuals to progress through the provision of guidance counselling, literacy supports, education, training and employment opportunities.
Guidance Professionals
The National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE) is an agency of the Department of Education and Skills, with responsibility to support and develop guidance practice in all areas of education and to inform the policy of the Department in the field of guidance.
It is also responsible for the Adult Educational Guidance Initiative (AEGI). The Adult Education Guidance Initiative was established with the aim of providing a quality guidance service for adults. It consists of 40 guidance projects throughout the country which provide a guidance service to the returning adult about qualification levels, student funding, qualification recognition and the stepping stones of progression within courses and towards a career.
Adult Education Guidance Services in the Leinster region
Adult Education Guidance Services in the Munster region
Adult Education Guidance Services in the Connacht region
Adult Education Guidance Services in the Ulster region
To find your nearest guidance service click here.
The Institue of Guidance Cousellors (IGC) was established in 1968, and is the professional body representing over 1200 practitioners in second level schools, third level colleges, adult guidance services, private practice and in other settings.
If you are currently attending second level school your guidance counsellor in school is best equipped to provide all the supports necessary to make informed career and educational decisions.
The Institue also provide contact details of professional private practitioners click here.
Literacy Support
The National Adult Literacy Agency provide many literacy supports including distance learning and learning over the phone.
You can find out more information about these literacy supports at www.nala.ie or www.literacy.ie.
Education and Training
SOLAS (formerly FÁS), work in partnership with the new ETB's (formerly VEC's) and are responsible for co-ordinating and funding many further education programmes.
To search these courses click here.
For contact details click here.
AONTAS is the Community Education Network in Ireland and has 140 community education provider members. AONTAS estimates that there are approximately 200,000 adults involved in formal and further education programmes. Community education centres promote life-long learning for adults and offer a wide range of courses suited to all levels to encourage learners and communities to become more empowered within society.
AONTAS has a website OneStepUp.ie - which helps adults to get in touch with their local education and training services.
OneStepUp.ie brings together all of the contact details for the further education services in the Education and Training Boards, along with useful resources and websites in a simple, easy to use format. The site has been especially designed for use on a smartphone and tablet, but is also accessible on a PC. For people who have difficulty using the website there is a Freephone Helpline 1800 303 669.
Intreo is a new service from the Department of Social Protection which will provide a single point of contact for all employment and income supports. Intreo offers practical, tailored employment services and supports for jobseekers and employers alike.
Details of new locations will be published on welfare.ie and Intreo will be available in all offices by 2014.
The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU)
The INOU website contains a useful overview of what you need to know when you become unemployed. The INOU works at local and national levels on issues affecting unemployed people. They support local groups through services such as training, information and analysis of government policies.
In particular, their downloadable leaflet Know Your Welfare Rights and their booklet Working for Work is very comprehensive.
The INOU also list current job opportunities click here
To contact the INOU click here
Local Employment Services - Obair (LES)
The LES services were set up to help long-term unemployed people find work. They provide mediators who support with the job search and liaise with local employers.
The services provided by LESN are tailored to the needs of each individual client and the local environment within which they operate. Services provided include guidance, training, education and employment supports and are made available through a network of Contact Points.
The LES operates through a network of Offices and outreach centres located in 25 designated disadvantaged areas – 24 Partnership areas and one non-Partnership area (Kildare).
- Dublin
- Mid West (Limerick)
- North East (Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan)
- South East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary South, Waterdord, Wexford, Wicklow)
- South West (Cork, Kerry)
- West (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon)
- Midlands (Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath)
Job Clubs
Job Clubs provide training to assist participants who are ready for work, to develop skills which they can use to find a job. Anyone who is ready to work and is between 16 and 64 years of age can join a Job Club. Participants do not have to be on a social welfare payment but if they are, it will not be affected by becoming a member of a Job Club.
The training topics range from health and safety to interview techniques and last up to 5 weeks (see Course Content and Duration).
Job Club participants retain their social welfare allowances during the training modules and receive €20 per week to help in dealing with additional costs.
Click on the link to view Job Club Locations throughout the country


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WASHINGTON (CNN) — The last two secretaries of state top a new list that looks towards the next presidential election.
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Condoleezza Rice are one and two in a national poll that asks simply whether this "person would make a good president or not?"
Out of a list of a dozen possible 2016 White House hopefuls, 55% of people questioned in a Fox News national survey say that Clinton, who stepped down earlier this month as secretary of state, would make a good president. Forty-two percent said Clinton would not make a good president.
Even though the next presidential campaign is still a long way away, there's already intense speculation over whether Clinton will make a second bid for president. When asked in a recent CNN interview if she's decided against another candidacy for president, Clinton responded that "I have absolutely no plans to run."
But she added that "I am lucky because I've been very healthy. I feel great. I've got enormous amounts of energy that have to be harnessed and focused, so I'm very fortunate. I'm looking forward to this next chapter in my life, whatever it is."
In second place in the survey is Rice, with 43% saying she would make a good president and an equal amount disagreeing. Rice served as national security adviser and then secretary of state under President George W. Bush. Her well received speech at last summer's Republican convention in Tampa, Florida sparked some speculation that she might have designs on running for president, but she has tamped down on such speculation in interviews.
Following Clinton and Rice in the polls at 37% are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, last year's GOP vice presidential nominee, with Vice President Joe Biden at 35%.
About a quarter questioned in the survey say former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, the state's junior senator, would make good presidents. Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana were at 16%.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick were at 6%, with Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley at 5%.
Breaking down the numbers, 83% of self-identified Democrats questioned say Clinton would make a good president, with Biden in second place at 60%. Among self-identified Republicans, 62% say Ryan would make a good president, with 54% saying the same thing about Rice.
The Fox News poll was conducted Feb. 4-6, with 1,010 people nationwide questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
By CNN Political Unit
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I had a friend of mine text me today. He knows I'm an atheist. Here's the conversation:
Friend (F): Do you see beauty in things?
Me: Of course I do.
F: What's the point of seeing beauty? How does that help you. And I'm not talking about a girl
Me: Things are just beautiful. Some things aren't. Some things adapt to be beautiful, some things don't. Things that aren't living, but simply are are beautiful. Planets, mountains, stars and galaxies exist because they can, and they are beautiful in their nature. Honestly, when I look at one star, I'm humbled.
F: But where does beauty stem from? What source? "simply being beautiful" doesn't work. You can't state that w/o backing it up.
F: plane time (he has a flight back home)
Me: Things get their beauty from our responses to them. Beautiful paintings make you stop and look for a while. The mountains are breathtaking because they're so massive you can't absorb all the detail in an instant. You have to stop and look for a while. You pause and absorb all the detail you can. Stars are beautiful because they're decieving in their appearance, and once you think about it and muse on it they become more beautiful
F: That's what I'm saying. Evolution has no answer for our feelings. it falls short. Why enclose your mind so.
whatcha guys think? I'll keep you all updated. the last text he sent me is a little absurd, I thought it was going well up until that point.
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You were definitely expressing emotion throughout every explanation. Is he clueless? It seems like he's trying to find any which way to prove evolution is irrelevant, but he's not even paying attention to a thing you've said. You certainly answered his questions.
I always explain emotions as an "intangible output of the tangible (brain)" but they (fundies) always want more. Why can't they be content with how things just work; does everything have to be magical? Haha
wow, that was great. Thank you for really going in depth with that.
when I said it was beautiful because of our response I was trying to get at the second point you brought up. that something is so different and unique that it invokes a sense of wonder and emotion that we call beauty. You just said it better than I did.


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Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everyone!
So I know that, for most people, Memorial Day is the official start of summer.
But for people that live at the beach like myself, it's also the start of traffic and crowds of tourists.
All the places that were nice and peaceful during fall, winter, and spring are now inundated with people.
And the holiday weekends (Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day) are always the most packed.
When I was young, I loved it. I thought it was fun.
But as time goes on, I am getting weary of it.
Today I only had to drive a short distance for work (normally I drive a lot) but all I did was sit in traffic.
And more traffic.
And I missed half my lunch break because I didn't properly calculate just how long I'd be sitting in said traffic.
I was getting so frustrated.
I just wanted to go home, and shut the door, and say "Alright, bennies," (that's what we call tourists at the Jersey shore), "you win, the beach is yours! I quit!"
But today my brother-in-law is visiting us for the first time in Asbury Park. So I knew at some point tonight I was going to have to suck it up brave the crowds.
And probably walk up to the boardwalk.
In case you didn't know.... Shore Town + Boardwalk + Memorial Day Weekend = Crowded Craziness.
But a miraculous thing happened.
We walked up the boardwalk and it wasn't crazy.
Sure, there were a good number of people out and about- but not only could you walk freely, you could walk quickly.
I'm a fast walker, so this makes me happy.
At the boardwalk where I grew up (in Point Pleasant Beach), I'd be willing to bet there is no fast walking happening right now.
Ha ha! Suckers!
I knew it was a good idea to move.
What's also a good idea is making this salad for your Memorial Day barbecue.
According to my sassy middle-aged friend from Vanessa's party last weekend, this is her most requested recipe for parties.
I tweaked it slightly (it had an ungodly amount of sugar) but once you make it, it won't take you long to figure out why it's so popular.
Mr. Vittles hates vinegar, but even he enjoyed this salad.
If you're feeling crazy, you can add some feta or goat cheese. Mmmm :)
Just stay away from my beach or I'll have to hurt you.
Strawberry Sesame Spinach Salad
- 6 C. fresh spinach (rinsed, dried & torn into pieces if large)
- 2 C. sliced fresh strawberries
- 2 T. olive or canola oil
- 2 T. apple cider vinegar
- 1 T. sugar
- 1/4 t. paprika
- 1/4 t. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 T. sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 t. poppy seeds
- 1/4 t. onion powder, (or 2 t. minced red onion)
In small bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, sugar, paprika, Worcestershire, sesame, poppy, and onion powder.
Place strawberries and spinach in a bowl. Top with dressing when ready to serve (do not dress in advance- spinach will wilt. If bringing to a party, bring dressing separate from salad and dress before serving). Serves 4.
Adapted from a family friend's recipe (original source unknown)