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The partnership is utilising advanced technology made available by Agilent Technologies, a company using novel imaging tools such as elemental bio imaging and microwave imaging, to allow researchers from the University's Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Health Sciences to study breast tissue samples in an entirely different way.
The project was recently the recipient of a 2012 Novel Concept Award from the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). It is the first study of its kind to look at measuring physical properties of breast tissue which could be related to breast cancer risk.
Breast tissue density has been widely recognised as being strongly linked to the risk of developing breast cancer. Currently, the most common approach to determining a woman's breast density is for a radiologist to visually assess the percentage of fibroglandular tissue imaged on a mammogram, and assign it to a category of density from 1-4, which is known as the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) classification system.
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Dr Ryan said the research project would determine whether measuring the structure and composition of breast tissue, using x-ray fluorescence signals, could be used to accurately measure breast density and predict risk of developing the condition.
'A more accurate measure – that does not depend on the subjective opinion of radiologists – would improve the reliability of breast density estimates for risk prediction and could lead to improved targeted screening programs for high risk women," she said.
The novel experimental approach will combine a measurement of the electron density, trace element content, liquid content and fat cell content, into a model which can be correlated with mammographic breast density measurements.
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'An accurate measure of breast density will vastly improve current risk models, allowing better decisions to be made about an individual's screening program, and whether preventative measures may be appropriate to manage women's risk of developing this disease."
Breast tissue samples will be supplied through the Sydney Breast Clinic and the Sydney Breast Cancer Network tissue bank, with the consent of participating women. A total of 300 samples will be collected, consisting of 200 samples from breast reduction surgery (normal) patients and 100 samples from cancer surgery patients at a distance from the tumour site. Each sample will be accompanied by a recent (within one year) mammographic image.
Charles Perkins Centre: This University of Sydney cross-disciplinary research and teaching initiative is critically examining and challenging existing approaches to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The centre draws together and enhances existing research across the University and is committed to improving health outcomes in Australia and beyond.
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In Australia, one in 11 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 75, and breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in Australian women. The ability to predict the lifetime risk of an individual is important in terms of being able to tailor screening programs and preventative measures.
There are several factors that increase the risk of breast cancer, such as age, use of hormone therapy and breast density. Currently breast density is measured using the BIRADS scale, which uses a radiologist's estimation of the percentage of density present in an image, which is subjective and inaccurate.
This study will determine for the first time if various fundamental properties of glandular tissue within a high-risk (breast cancer) population will exhibit differences compared to a low-risk (healthy) control population. Viable parameters can be combined into a model which will give an accurate and objective measure.
The following parameters will be investigated:
1. The trace element content (TE): This parameter can be linked to the density of hormone receptors within the tissue. It has been shown that breast density is linked to the cumulative exposure of the breast to hormones, and hence the presence of metals such as copper, zinc and iron may be indicative of this.
2. The electron density (ED): It has been shown that mammographic dense tissues have an increased nuclear density. It is proposed that this should produce a measureable increase in the electron density of the tissue.
3. The water, lipid and collagen content (WLC): The microwave properties of tissues have been shown to be an effective tool in the differentiation of tissue types. The water and collagen content have been shown to be linked to breast cancer growth in breast tissue.
4. The glandular to adipose tissue content, or fat fraction (FF): It is widely accepted that tissues with high adipose content (a high fat fraction) are at low risk of developing breast cancer.


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Any of you more experienced kubie guys have a guess as to what these will go for on Ebay? I'd really like to get one, but don't want to get my hopes up if the cost is going to be astronomical.
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Don't dress to impress for Sunday Mass
We shouldn't be so clothes minded when it comes to preparing for church.
By Molly Jo Rose, a writer living in Tennessee.
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It's Sunday morning and once again, I'm standing in front of my closet with wet hair and no make-up while my son runs in circles around my legs. Rows of skirts and dresses hang invitingly, but like most mothers of young children, I have to bend over too frequently to pick up errant Cheerios and Hot Wheels to wear something potentially revealing or uncomfortable. There are nice pants hanging next to the skirts and dresses, but the hot season is a long one where I live in Tennessee, and it's much too hot to think about covering up.
I reach for my go-to pair of khaki shorts and a dark knit shirt that will hide any stray food or marker that may land on me during Mass. I'm clean anyway, and my son is wearing a collared shirt that is miraculously stain-free at 9 o'clock in the morning. My husband, a man who teaches in a suit coat and tie in 95 degree weather, walks into the bedroom in dark jeans and a nice black polo. I make a face at him.
"You're wearing that?" I ask him. "I'm going to look like a slob next to you."
"I'm wearing jeans," he says. "You look fine." And I do look fine, but this certainly isn't my Sunday best—not the "Sunday best" I was raised with anyway. But really, does it matter how I dress for Mass? In a culture that is increasingly more casual, what does our "Sunday best" even mean?
I am not immune to the argument that clothes make the man. I'm really not. And I do firmly believe in Mass as an occasion. But God doesn't care what I'm wearing. OK, he might care to a certain extent. I should be able to wear whatever I want within reason. Casual does not have to mean immodest. I am just as appalled as everyone else when young girls line up for communion in their low-cut tops and short shorts or when men wear their ripped up, chest-revealing t-shirts. In my oatmeal-spackled, strawberry-stained shirt, I am firmly in the camp of not judging. And yet, I find it difficult to remain silent when cleavage is involved. For the sake of this argument, let's just get the question of immodesty out of the way. I think we'd all agree that those people need to cover themselves up—for Christ's sake.
But beyond the question of modesty, why does what we wear to church matter? I'll be honest and say that I struggle to get to Mass every Sunday, and I don't think I'm alone in this. Yes, God is central to my life. Yes, Mass is absolutely important and necessary and a priority. But that doesn't mean I'm perfect. There are some Sundays when I really have to force myself out the door to get to Mass. And now you want me to dress up, too?
There was a time when I observed the occasion of Mass by dressing up. As a little girl, I would wear whatever pretty things my mom laid out for me. Across my bed, a long-sleeved and lace-hemmed dress awaited me along with a pair of white stockings and a shiny pair of white or black shoes. They were really lovely ensembles my mom put together, and I very much enjoyed getting into those clothes. It was fun to be so decked out, but to be honest, I think I enjoyed getting out of those stuffy clothes even more.
After years of wearing my mom's version of my Sunday best, I took a hard right and became one of those teenagers in black with piercings. My naturally pale face was further whitened with a generous dose of white powder, my eyes were rimmed in black liner, and my bright red lips punctuated the whole look—not that you could really see me behind the long, dark bangs hiding most of my face.
I knew this look was unappealing to many people, namely my mother who used to dress me so cute, but that was sort of the point. I dressed that way because I liked it, and didn't care who didn't like it. This attitude may sound counter to the whole church-going experience, but it's not now and it wasn't then.
My clothes, piercings, and make-up did not change my relationship with God. In fact, through the tumultuous high school years, I relied on God tremendously. I always went to church. I always prayed. My fellow black-wearing goth friends and I talked about God and faith and vocation all the time. The way we looked was an expression of a difficult time in our lives when we were trying to figure out how we as intelligent, creative types were going to contribute to the world.
It was not, as my high school Spanish teacher ignorantly suggested, because we were "del Diablo." We were still children of God. Not only that, but we were children of God doing exactly what we were supposed to be doing--living in the world and not of it. Our outward appearance may not have been the cute, conventional Sunday best clothes of my youth, but since when did God prefer cute and conventional?
In my college years, the gold standard for the Sunday best was an elderly couple who went to my church. Their clothes were so lovely, I found myself distracted by them before Mass, anticipating their arrival and marveling at the woman's elegant black dresses paired with heeled black boots and the man's perfectly tailored suit coats over cashmere turtleneck sweaters. They were a lovely, fashionable parade of two.
My casually-dressed boyfriend and I in our jeans and t-shirts would point at and admire them and their commitment to formal dress at Mass, yet I could not ignore the fact that I found them distracting. Certainly, this was not their fault. The same mother who laid out my Sunday best for me also taught me custody of the eyes. But still, who were the dashing couple dressing for? Had they spent as much time preparing themselves spiritually as they had curling their hair and shining their shoes?
Twenty years out of high school, I no longer feel pulled toward the countercultural clothes of my youth, but that same challenging spirit has not left me. Thank God, because it is with that same spirit that I can I admire those who come to Mass in their formal attire, yet recognize that they aren't doing Mass better than me. In fact, I might even argue that their priorities are askew.
My neighbor Elizabeth, a woman who also has a young child, tells me she shies away from saying hello to someone from her church when she doesn't "have her face on." "Her face," in this instance, refers to her make-up, the mascara and eyeliner she carefully applies to accentuate her already impossible prettiness. Like my husband in his Sunday morning get-up, Elizabeth makes me feel underdressed, and maybe I should. Maybe my suit-coated husband and the fancily-dressed couple and Elizabeth are on to something. Maybe I should dress up for the occasion of Mass.
Or maybe they are preparing for Mass in the wrong way. After all, God probably doesn't care if Elizabeth has "her face on." He's probably not terribly concerned with whether my husband should wear the brown shoes or the black shoes with his black shirt. And really, he probably does not care too much about piercings or mohawks or baggy pants. So who are we dressing up for? Who is Elizabeth's audience? Is it the priest? Our fellow churchgoers? Are we dressing to impress God?
Rather than doing my hair, putting on my "face," and spending precious time cursing the casual nature of my closet, I spend my Sunday mornings as quietly and peacefully as I can despite the constant motion and noise coming from my two-year-old son. Like my mother before me, I lay out his Sunday best. I prepare his diaper bag. I think about my week, the people I will see, the obligations I have to my family. I ask God to bless my week, to make my soul clean and bright and shiny so that I can be the light to the world he intends me to be.
In my adult life, I have things figured out that the little girl in the frilly dresses or the teenager in the dark, grungy high school clothes could not even begin to understand. I now know that my Sunday best has more to do with my behavior than with what I am wearing. My Sunday best now means getting to Mass on time, growing in my understanding of the liturgy, and staying until I receive a blessing from the priest.
In this version of my Sunday best, there is only one judge and he doesn't care about make-up, however little or too much. He doesn't care about curled hair or holes in tights or in ears or in eyebrows. Sometimes I come up short with him. Sometimes I just can't focus on the readings or I leave early because my son is too rambunctious.
Certainly, there are many things I could do to be a better Catholic, a better church-goer. Wearing something other than my casual shorts and well-worn sandals just isn't one of them.


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Let's get a few things clear at the start of this discussion about Russia's indefensible new law forbidding "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
1. Even if it weren't frequently feckless, as shown in its kowtowing to China and turning a blind eye for years toward discrimination against women athletes in many countries, the International Olympic Committee would not take the 2014 Winter Olympics away from Sochi, Russia. And moving them at this late date is impossible – that may be why ex-KGB strongman Vladimir Putin chose this summer to have the law passed.
2. A boycott, which never would gain wide traction in the Olympic world, punishes no one but the athletes deprived of the chance to compete. Yes, there are more important things at stake than who wins a gold medal in Nordic combined, but there is no chance that a boycott would lead Russia to back down.
3. The IOC will stand behind the hair-splitting idea that even if the anti-gay legislation violates the spirit of the Olympic Charter – and who knows what the law really prohibits? – it does not violate its terms as long as the entire rainbow of athletes can compete in Sochi. Thus, the "quiet diplomacy" the IOC talks about to ensure the law is not enforced during the Winter Games.
The IOC should back off its comfortably defensible position of not interfering with national sovereignty and shout for Russia to repeal the law rather than just refrain from enforcing it during the Winter Olympics.
"The IOC has been told by Russian politicians at the highest level that the new law will not be a problem during Sochi 2014, and I am confident that no athlete or their entourage will have any reason for concern," IOC presidential candidate Sergey Bubka of Ukraine said in an email.
That answer is realpolitik – a short-term solution that does not address the long-term effects of the law, with its suppression of individual right to expression in ways that can be both loud and huge as a Gay Pride parade or as small as wearing a lapel pin. There is little doubt the ban on such expression is just a smokescreen for discrimination against anyone who is LGBT.
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko's statement at a Thursday press conference struck the same tone of expedience. A week after saying the law would be enforced, Mutko said everyone should "calm down," insisted the Russian constitution protected privacy and added, "Rest assured that all the athletes and all the sports organizations should be relaxed."
Maybe during the Olympics. Maybe for those with Olympic credentials. Maybe until Mutko changes his mind again.
Assurances about "safety and security of our athletes" at the Winter Games are what U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun – walking on the eggshells of a newly-repaired relationship with the IOC – said were his primary concern in a letter to his direct constituents.
The letter did not address the underlying human rights issue other than saying, "we strongly support equal rights for all."
The USOC declined further comment, and no National Olympic Committee has issued any statement of opposition to the Russian law.
What could happen to athletes who choose to make pro-gay statements in Sochi? And what should the IOC do about the law itself?
I asked those questions last week in emails to all six candidates to succeed Jacques Rogge in September's election for IOC President: Bubka, Thomas Bach of Germany, Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico, Denis Oswald of Switzerland, Ching-Kuo Wu of Chinese Taipei, and Ser Miang Ng of Singapore. Wu and Ng did not respond.
All spoke of the law not being implemented during the Sochi Olymplcs. Only Carrion saw the problem in a larger perspective, even if that cannot change anything this winter or probably any time discriminatory laws are passed at the 11th hour before an Olympics.
"A condition to getting the Olympic Games in the future should be to make sure the city does not have laws that discriminate against people in any way, consistent with the Olympic Charter," Carrion wrote.
Item 5 of the Olympic Charter's fundamental principles of Olympism says, "The practice of sport is a human right." Item 6 says, "Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement,"
Lawyers could haggle forever about whether the IOC thinks these elegant words apply de jure, de facto or not at all to this situation. History says "not at all," most notably when anti-Semitic then U.S. Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage played bootlick to Hitler during the 1936 Olympics.
And what if an athlete speaks out in Sochi, whether symbolically or in an interview? Will the IOC do what it did to U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos at Mexico City, when its president, the same Avery Brundage, insisted the USOC send them home after their message about human rights - a raised, black-gloved hand in protest against U.S. racism - on the medal stand of the 200 meters?
IOC vice-president Gerhard Heiberg of Norway told the Associated Press that he expects athletes to be nice children.
"We always say to our athletes, 'We do not want any demonstrations in one or the other direction,'" Heiberg said. `Please, you are there to compete and behave. Please don't go out on the Net or in the streets.'"
When I asked Heiberg in an email if an athlete should be punished or reprimanded for individually exercising freedom of speech by criticizing this law in an interview at the Olympics or choosing to wear a symbol of LGBT support, he referred me to IOC spokesman Mark Adams.
``I think we'd treat each comment individually and take a sensible view depending on what was said," Adams replied. "No point in making a blanket statement about hypothetical individual comments."
One can only hope athletes, LGBT or not, use the chance to show their disgust. As Carlos said to Dave Zirin of Grantland when asked about a Sochi boycott:
"The bottom line is, if you stay home, your message stays home with you. If you stand for justice and equality, you have an obligation to find the biggest possible megaphone to let your feelings be known. Don't let your message be buried and don't bury yourself."
In answer to my email, Denis Oswald of Switzerland noted "the Olympic Charter prohibits all kind of public political statements or demonstrations (like wearing a symbol) at the Olympic Games, but athletes should not lose the right to express their opinion in interviews for example.''
One can also hope that the IOC will be smart and do or say nothing about reasoned protest, even if an athlete unfurls a rainbow flag at the Opening Ceremony or a medal ceremony.
Silent acceptance of injustice is wrong. But silent acceptance from the IOC of the right to free expression and to be who one is would speak volumes.
The IOC promulgates values that suggest moral authority. It needs the spine to stand behind them.


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Have any Rastafarians ever visited your Orthodox parish? Have you heard of the growing numbers of Rastafarian converts to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since the 1960s? Have you ever wondered what in the world is the connection? Perhaps this can help 1) Hand Drums:The center of worship in the Rastafari tradition is the hand drum. It is the instrument which drives all other worshipping hymns and music. The drum was so powerful that during slavery in the Caribbean, which is the crucible of Rastafarian culture, playing the drum could carry a death sentence! It is one of the distinctively pan-African traits amongst the Americas, and the Rastafarians in particular. This kind of music is called Nyahbinghi, which is a mysterious word whose origins have been lost to oral history but loosely today is translated as "death to all oppression" in the spiritual sense. There are specific drum patterns for different purposes and occasions, and all are considered the sacred culture of "chanting." These gatherings around the drum are called a "grounation." Through the drum, Rastafarians find our place in the world. In the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, the Kebero (a kind of kettle drum) is also a center of worship. The kebero drum is not used in the Divine Liturgy proper, but is the hallmark of Mezmur (hymns) and the Mahalet (Vigil) services. Ethiopians have been making a raucous in Jerusalem every Easter and Christmas for at least the past thousand years. When Rastafarians come to the Ethiopian Church, the drum immediately brings them to a sense of being at home. 2) VeganismThe Fasting culture of especially the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar makes Rastafarians feel right at home. Rastafarianism aspires to a diet and lifestyle called "ital" (I-speak for "vital" as in "I am vital") in which animal products, alcohol, and certain spices are strictly taboo. The extensive fasting culture of the Ethiopian tradition makes veganism a ready fit for Rastafarians, who elsewhere seem to have a rather peculiar diet. Rastafarians consider food a sacred gift, and maintain a culture of respect and gratitude regarding eating. Food is always carefully considered and prepared. In the fasting culture of the Ethiopian Church, Rastafarians find a way to exchange recipes.3) Head Coverings: Rastafarians emphasize head coverings, especially for women but even for men as well. Women generally have their heads covered not just at Church but at most occasions. This is not just modesty but culture. In Rastafari culture, many women are equally conservative and keep their heads wrapped or covered most of the time, but always in worship and public. When women are present for chanting, hymns, or worship in Rastafarian tradition, the services can't start until the "all clear" is sounded after all the women properly cover themselves if they weren't already. Men as well, under dreadlock culture, tend to keep their heads wrapped or covered also. Those who specifically wear turbans are from the Bobo Shanti dread culture which exclusively keep their heads covered in public at all times. Rastafarian men and women then both feel at home when they come into the Ethiopian Church were Ethiopian women are similarly covered and where monks and priests wear turbans.4) Rigid Gender RolesThe Rastafarian culture has rigid gender roles strictly in place. Women and men have mutually exclusive roles and functions within the community. Women are called "Queens" or "daughters" and men are "Kings" or "Princes" to emphasize the dignity inherent of all humans created in the image of God. When Rastafarians address each other ("sight up") in royal titles, it is to also mutually respect the dignity of each other according to the Golden Rule, and to overpower the negative affects of slavery and racism which only alloted pejorative appellations for black men and women. In Ethiopian Orthodox, gender roles are also strictly in place. In the Church, in the household, on the job, at school, on the road, gender rules are the norm. They are sometimes demeaning, sometimes empowering, but always present. Sometimes the Church is wrongfully misunderstood as being chauvinist by outsiders, because women are not clergy, but we in the Church know that women's roles are often MORE important! Women raise the family in the Tradition. Women hold it down the most at Liturgy. Women light all the candles, set up the Church for worship, prepare the meals, mind the children, take care of hospitality for visitors, women are the glue that keep the Church together and the gears that keep the Church moving forward. Further, there is little demonstration of public affection between the genders. This is the same with Rastafarians. In the old school Rastafarian dance halls, the men danced with the men, and the women danced with the women. At worship services, gender segregation is strictly enforced, just as in the Church men and women stand separate.5) Emphasis on Old Testament Imagery and SymbolismThe Ethiopian Church is absolutely saturated in Old Testament imagery and symbolism. The Church building, the vestments and dress of priests and laity alike, the iconography, the ritual symbols, the incense, the bells, the lyrics to the hymns. The Tabot culture of the Ark of the Covenant is especially resonating with Rastafarians. The Tabot (Ethiopian Altar stone) is the center of the Ethiopian Church. No Liturgy can be celebrated without one, and a Church is merely an empty building without its presence. We have processions with our Tabotat (plural) which are the continuity of the Ark processions from the days of King David and Samuel. Rastafarians, coming from the crucible of slavery, like many black peoples of the American Experience, also readily draw upon Old Testament symbols. The Old Testament is a symbol of liberation for Rastafarians, and it saturates the daily life of Rastafarian people and the Rastafarian mind and world view. When Rastafarians see so much of the Old Testament in the Ethiopian Church, it seems like a living fulfillment and embodiment of the Old Testament.There are so many more links in this chain, but I think for now these are some of the biggest and most tangible connections.
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Interesting, Habte. You didn't mention anything about who they worship though. Do they believe that Jesus is Lord and King? What about the Trinity? What about Haile Selassie? I've read that Rasta's consider him some sort of deity even though he vehemently denied this. And what does HIM stand for? Do Rasta's focus solely on the Old Testament? If they accept the New Testament, how does it fit into their views? And finally, how did Rastafarianism begin?
Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!Quote from: GabrieltheCelt on July 10, 2012, 12:58:40 AMInteresting, Habte. You didn't mention anything about who they worship though. Do they believe that Jesus is Lord and King? What about the Trinity? What about Haile Selassie? I've read that Rasta's consider him some sort of deity even though he vehemently denied this. And what does HIM stand for? Do Rasta's focus solely on the Old Testament? If they accept the New Testament, how does it fit into their views? And finally, how did Rastafarianism begin? You can dig through those endless threads for such, its all there, I checked through them before I posted the links The gist:Some Rastafari folks worship the Emperor as the return of Jesus Christ. Others do not at all. I am one of those others, but there are thousands like myself, I didn't make up that interpretation, it was taught to me by many Elders. To be sure, there are plenty more majority of Rastafari would vehemently disagree, even to the point of denouncing my as not being Rastafari, but I am a card carrying member of TTI, those skylarkers can scoff all them like! None of the Elders and honest idren and sistren have ever turned away a hand of fellowship with I, and such will continue in the future in that true One Love. stay blessed,habte selassie
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Yesterday the mail came and I went to the box to retrieve the bills and such, but this time on top of the bills sat a big yellow package. (Have I told you my love for yellow packages before? How I heart them!)
After reading about my love for Bubu Lubus, MJ thoughtfully offered to send me a whole box, and who in their right mind would say no? So I gave her my address and waited (im)patiently. Thankfully it was a little chilly yesterday so the Bubu Lubus made their trip unharmed, (though they taste good no matter what.)
But that's not all! Inside the package I discovered extra sorpresas!
MJ is super creative and makes the coolest little things. She creates her own rubber ink stamps to look like papel picado and then uses them to make note cards! She sent me a few of these and they're so pretty I don't know if I can bear to write in them and give them away. I might frame a couple to hang on the wall here near my desk.
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It is well known that the elementary theory $Q_{fin}$ of finite quasiorders is undecidable. To be more precise, it is undecidable whether a first-order sentence built using a binary relational symbol $R$ is valid in all finite structures where the interpretation of $R$ is reflexive and transitive. This was proved in
--- I. A. Lavrov. Effective inseparability of the sets of identically true formulae and finitely refutable formulae for certain theories. 1963. Algebra i Logika Sem. Vol 2, pp. 5-18. MR0157904 (28 #1132).
Indeed in this paper it is proved something stronger, namely, that the elementary theory $Q$ of quasiorders is effectively inseparable from $Q_{fin}$. This means that there is no recursive (i.e., decidable) set $X$ such that $Q \subseteq X \subseteq Q_{fin}$.
On the other hand, it is known in the literature that the elementary theory $L_{fin}$ of finite linear orders in decidable, and the same for the elementary theory $L$ of linear orders. The result concercing $L_{fin}$ can be proved using Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé games.
The question I am interest on is about the (non-)decidability of the elementary theory $LQ_{fin}$ of finite linear quasiorders. Right now I am working on a completely different problem, and I have managed to get some reduction of my problem to $LQ_{fin}$ but I cannot find any information about this theory on the literature. To be more specific my question is.
Does anybody know whether $LQ_{fin}$ is undecidable? If this is case, is it known whether the elementary theory $LQ$ of linear quasiorders is effectively inseparable from $LQ_{fin}$?
Addendum: Let me clarify how finite linear quasiorders look like. They are exactly finite linear orders together with a function $f$ from this finite linear order into the set of positive (greater or equal than $1$) natural numbers. This number indicates the number of elements in the equivalence class corresponding to this point.


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As I've written here before, I am a member of Zipcar, AutoShare, and Car2Go. Lately, I've found myself using Car2Go the most because of the nature of my travels. I work from home two or three days a week, but the rest of the time head downtown to the office. I've found that taking a Car2Go to work after rush hour, then taking it back home, has been a great way to commute now that the weather is getting colder (I usually bike in the spring, summer and early fall). It works out to less than half the price of taking a cab.
Now, the beauty of Car2Go is the one way nature of the trips — I pick up a car at one lot and can drop it off at another. It makes the drives short (average trip is 15 minutes) and I don't have to pay for parking when I'm downtown. But there are some major problems with the service:
1) Parking isn't always guaranteed. A number of lots downtown are often full, meaning you can't drop off the car at your desired location. Car2Go users are supposed to keep driving around looking for a lot that isn't full, but that's not practical and doing so comes at a cost, as you're charged for every minute you drive. Many people, including myself, resort to double parking — because the Smart Cars are so short, you can usually park one behind the other and it doesn't affect the flow of the lot. Unfortunately, city officials don't like this and will ticket the car. Car2Go passes that $30 ticket on to you, and adds a $25 processing fee on top. Not nice.
2) The wireless entry system for the cars is unreliable. Three times now I have had a car unable to connect with the main system. The first time I couldn't properly return a car because it wouldn't connect to tell the system that my ride was over. I had to call customer service and spent 20 minutes trying to figure it out. In the end, I had to leave the car unlocked in the lot and just walk away hoping someone didn't steal it. Other times, I have walked to lots and tried to sign out a car, only to find out it won't connect. Just today, this happened to me. I walked 20 minutes to the nearest available car, swiped my card, only to find out there was "No Connection." I called customer service and they couldn't figure it out. I was told, "Yeah, this sometimes happens." Great. I ended up having to spend $30 to take a cab (a premium compared to the $9 the Car2Go would have cost me) and was 15 minutes late for an important meeting. Did I mention it was friggin' cold outside? I was told I might get a credit for the inconvenience — the request would be made. Might?
3) Another issue has to do with picking up a car in a large, multi-level Green P city parking lot. Based on the iPhone app, you know there's a car there somewhere, but you don't know exactly where it is. You end up having to walk through each level looking for this little car. One lot on the Esplanade in Toronto has five or six levels. Took me 15 minutes of walking around to figure out where it was. In these situations, the company should really look to have dedicated spots, like Zipcar or AutoShare have.
4) This isn't the biggest issue, but it's still a problem. The iPhone apps that help you find available cars don't do a good enough job of telling you where some lots are. Zipcar and AutoShare, by comparison, go into a great amount of detail to tell you exactly how to get to the car.
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I think this movie deserves all the scorn it's getting thrown at it. And it's TS if any negative reviews are going to offend him because if he plans on remaining an actor he's going to have to learn how to deal with criticism--something nearly every good actor/actress has to endure.


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Brace yourselves, "Titanic" fans, because there's a good chance you haven't been this excited about something since the 100th anniversary theatrical re-release.
The movie that everybody knows and loves is now getting is very own theme park. The Al Ahli Holding Group announced they have partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to open the movie-inspired theme park.
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In recent years, it seems an entire industry has developed around the restoration of cedar roofing. We have received many emails and phone calls to our office regarding services that are being offered by roofing restoration companies. Here is an article to help you make an educated choice when dealing with your cedar roof.
Since the Southern Interior and Okanagan regions have extensive sun and extreme heat, cedar roofing performs well in these environments and has lasted 40 or 50 years.
The Coast, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island regions are temperate rainforests, and due to the abundant rainfall, the lifespan of neglected cedar roofing is reduced. Organic debris from overhanging trees, windblown leaves, and dust and dirt combine with the spring rains to provide an excellent medium to promote the growth of moss, algae and other organisms that break down a cedar roof.
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Jeff C necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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We use advanced computational simulations of real world engineering phenomena to predict and optimize engineering technology. Analysis in the virtual world reduces the time and expense of implenting new technology. The logo should reflect our mission, services and values as well as the uniqueness of technology that we bring to the market.
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I has two different treated cells by time couse.
I did western blot and I took picture by ECL and Film.
I have quantitated all bands on the film by Freeware ImageJ http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/ .
Now I have two series of digit numbers.
I have read statistics log time ago and I have forgotten most of them.
I just want to know which statistical test should i use?
Personally I think that CORRELATION (Pearson) by SPSS software is the best, but I am not sure yet.
In the papers I have seen using "one way anova with tukey test".
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Even MLB Fans Could Mask a Drug Test
Take you or I, trying to do our best at our job and we get a bit of insomnia, possibly want to rid ourself of some water weight or even grow some hair where it is thinning or showing trails of age. Those are everyday problems that plague some of us male baseball fans, but did you know those same medications can help mask steroids or keep any of us from producing a positive MLB drug test.
Each of the usually prescribed medications for those 3 situations could be blockers or masking agents to help you not test positive in a MLB drug test. That's right, some of our own personal every day medications we as fans are prescribed or receive over-the-counter with or without a doctor's script could make anyone of us potentially become invisible if we were to take a MiLB or MLB mandatory drug test.
With so many knock-offs of well-known medications, or off-brands on store shelves and register counter-tops, you could purchase a single medicine that could effectively help keep you from triggering a positive test without you honestly knowing the "banned" substance or potential masking agent was inside your purchase.
And to make matters worse, some National chains, on-line mail order houses and vitamin warehouses that can supply have supplements also contain borderline or active substances that would help you mask a positive result, and their products inert properties can sometimes takes days or week to leave the body heightening your time span to post good results.
The reality is that most of us, on a daily basis take medication or use medicines that can mask any form of a positive MLB mandated drug test. We all know the high paced culture of life today doesn't mandate any form of abstinence from our daily needed products, or warns us of their extraordinary properties.
How many of us have truly read through any of those medicine pamphlets our pharmacists gives us we get a new medication? I know I usually only read the dosage and the possible side effects section then chuck it into the trash can. A majority of the drugs I will mention today can be obtained via a doctor's script at any pharmacies throughout the world, and are especially easy to obtain on-line….for a price.
If these drugs were prescribed to you personally and you discovered their innate athletic performance advantages, would you still use them?
I am not implying here that you or anyone within the MiLB or MLB would use a scientific loophole provided by an over-the-counter medication to get an advantage, but if it can help give you an extra zip or punch without causing a bevy of red flags in a possible urine or blood tests, would you use it?
Let's dive right into this hidden OTC medicine that might be hiding in your own home's bathroom cabinet.
The first one up is the literally hair raising drug known as Finasteride or known by its brand name Propecia. Testosterone has a vital part in helping the body produce muscle mass, and this pill actually helps the body produce an enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
The pill is commonly used as a treatment for prostate cancer but has a hidden medical kicker of helping eliminate hair loss and start new hair growth. But Propecia also contains a chemical that can be used to mask the use and effects of anabolic steroids in the body because of the overproduction of DHT.
For some reason, this medication was removed from the World Doping Agency list in 2009 and is not considered a banned substance anymore. Curious? Or does that explain why most Olympic athletes have a fine head of hair?
The second medicine under the heat lamp is Sidenafil Citrate or better known as Viagra. Most men might use this mentioned medicine to help the ill effects of certain body function which helps dilate the body's blood vessels to expand and take in more oxygen and rid the muscles of dangerous toxins.
Viagra is really helpful in participating in games at higher elevations as it will dilate the blood vessels for the duration of the drug and make it easier for the body to adjust to the higher altitudes and the decrease oxygen intake associated with these altitudes. It can give a short term advantage to athletes playing games in the Mountain time zone, then resort back to their normal breathing habits after the pill is gone from their system. I think we can almost rename this medication the Colorado Cocktail, or am I being too glib.
The third drug I will expose/introduce today was developed to help the aging male population find relief from the ill effects of male pattern baldness. This drug also has been known to hide traces of steroids by masking the symptoms within it's own chemical molecular bonds. Minoxidil or better known as Rogaine, is one of those drugs that is available right on our grocer's shelf, and can be purchased with total anonymity.
Rogaine was first developed as a potential cure for hypertension, but its side advantages came to light when suffers began to see renewed growth in their hair follicles. It is important here to note that a common side effect of steroid use is hypertension, or a renewed state of anxiousness.
So it is easy to imagine that Rogaine can be used as a chemical mask to offset the hypertension as well as keep the hair follicles intact on the user during the duration of using the medication. This is also a drug that can be used in plain sight within any MLB Clubhouse and most people around you will not give it a second thought.
Now onto a medication that was initially developed to help combat weight loss without throwing your body into a severe crash diet scenario. This Drug is Liothronine also known as Cytomel. The medication is a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone needed by the body to controls our metabolism. Cytomel can be used by a sly trainer/user to get fast results via a six-week cycle to help get body fat down quicker.
It also helps its regain muscle mass so they can effectively hide any transformation by not gaining excess or bulky weight distinguished by an adverse gain in size and weight. This drug has also been known to be mixed with HGH as a cocktail to help induce massive changes within a small period of time. This medication can also be taken before a game to bring about a instant rush of energy without the side effects of a positive drug test.
And last, but not least today will be the medication Dutasteride or better known as Avodart. This is a true masking agent because it is highly effective in hiding some of the side effects of using anabolic steroids like the unsightly bacne. This medication can be taken in a cocktail also with Propecia which helps regulate the production of DHT, which is the main contributor to the formation of bacne.
Avodart acts as a masking agent to dilute the DHT enzyme and creates a buffer to eliminate this tell-tale sign of steroid usage or coming off a steroid cycle. But this is also two-fold as the medication also has a nice side effect of making certain body parts, well shrink in transition to its usage. And because of that, it can give a secondary sight recognition to the possible steroid usage.
But there are also other medicines that are used by drug/steroid users to mask intent like Methylphenidate or Ritalin, which gives the user more focus and puts them "in-the-zone" quicker. It was amazing the when MLB banned the stimulant in 2006, the MLB's drug exemption paperwork for usage therapeutically skyrocketed among players.
I did not post this to have people second guess or even try and investigate any MiLB or MLB player's medicine cabinet, then announce its content to the World. I wanted to show that even a person outside the game of baseball can effectively hide or even produce a positive MLB drug test without actively knowing it. I know I do not have to worry about failing a MLB drug test, but would some of you have cause to worry?


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Ferdinand Karimov aka Mr. K is a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto V.
Events of GTA V
The FIB and the IAA are involved in a bureaucratic fight over which agency will receive more government funding. The IAA captures Mr. K and fakes his death to "remove him from the record", then extradites him for torture. Under the orders of Steve Haines, Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips rescue him from the IAA in the midst of a torture session, but only to remove him to another warehouse. Mr. K is tortured, this time by Trevor under Steve's supervision, until he gives them enough information on a target for Michael to assassinate the target with a sniper rifle.
Afterwards, Steve gives Trevor the order to kill Mr. K. Trevor decides instead to let Mr. K live solely because he doesn't like taking orders from government types. He drives Mr. K to the airport, ignores his complains about his poor health and wanting to see his family again he tells him to fly out of the country. Once dropped off at the Airport, Mr.K attempts to run away and eventually stumbles down a flight of stairs. As his body isn't seen after the mission's over, his ultimate fate is unknown.
Mr. K was allegedly a terrorist or at least involved in terrorism in some form, but it is at least implied that he and the man Michael shot were simply scapegoats.
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Oxygen and hydrogen are both excellent energy sources, and we've got tons of both on Earth. Unfortunately, that energy is mostly tied up in water molecules that require still more energy to split apart. But what if you could split water molecules with a modest electric current, under conditions you can duplicate on your kitchen counter? Researchers at MIT have discovered a process, using the simple apparatus above, that could put a solar water refinery in every home.
Here's the MIT recipe for splitting water molecules. Take one glass of water that's pH neutral. Add a dash of cobalt and a pinch of phosphates. Apply a mild current via a conductive glass electrode. As the cobalt-phosphate mix forms a film on the electrode, a steady stream of oxygen bubbles will appear. Meanwhile, hydrogen ions collect at another electrode.
The crazy thing is, the MIT researchers don't really know why this works (they have a lot more research to do). They suspect the cobalt-phosphate is somehow catalyzing the reaction, but they need to figure out how to scale it up and collect the byproducts efficiently. They think they'll have marketable technology in ten years.
So how will you use this when the time comes? The current required could be supplied by solar cells. The resulting hydrogen and oxygen could be stored with relative ease, making this process an important new way to store and transport solar energy. There are lots of things you could do with all that O and H - like powering the hydrogen fuel cell in your car, perhaps. And what's the byproduct of a hydrogen fuel cell? Water. Images by steakpinball and EurekAlert!
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Bundesliga Preview: Bayern host Braunschweig
Bayern Munich will expect to maintain their 100 percent home record in the Bundesliga when they face Eintracht Braunschweig on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola's side strengthened their grip on top spot in the German top flight with an impressive 3-0 win at Borussia Dortmund last weekend.
The Bavarian giants are now four points clear of Bayer Leverkusen at the summit, and they will be looking to make it six consecutive Bundesliga wins when the bottom-of-the-table Braunschweig visit the Allianz Arena.
Bayern's record-breaking unbeaten run now stands at 38 Bundesliga games, while Torsten Lieberknecht's Braunschweig have won just twice in their first season back in the top flight for 28 years.
Leverkusen also host a struggling side on Saturday in the form of Nurnberg, who are still yet to win a league game this season.
Gertjan Verbeek's side, who sit second bottom, have drawn eight of their 13 league matches this season and will be the underdogs at the BayArena.
Leverkusen have made their best-ever start to a league season with 10 wins from 13 attempts, with striker Stefan Kiessling again enjoying a strong campaign.
Kiessling, who was last term's Bundesliga top-scorer with 25, has netted eight times in the league so far this season.
Winger Sidney Sam is likely to miss the match with a thigh injury for Leverkusen, though.
Meanwhile, Dortmund, who dropped seven points behind Bayern after Saturday's defeat, will aim to bounce back at Mainz.
Dortmund had lost their last three in all competitions before a morale-boosting 3-1 win over Napoli in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday and they will now be looking to build.
Borussia Monchengladbach have won their last four league matches and will fancy their chances of extending that run against relegation-threatened Freiburg at home on Sunday, while Hannover - who have slipped to 13th in the Bundesliga following a winless run of seven league matches - have a good chance to bounce back against fellow strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt, who are 15th.
Elsewhere, Wolfsburg will look to extend their five-match unbeaten streak when they host Hamburg on Friday.
Other fixtures see Hoffenheim face Werder Bremen, while Hertha Berlin and Schalke host Augsburg and Stuttgart respectively.
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According to IDEA Health and Fitness Association's research, 51 percent of all personal training clientele are over the age of 45. This would stand to reason as this group has more than 50 percent of the discretionary income, and they spend more of their income on health than any other item, according to the World Health Organization. But what impact is a rapidly graying nation having on group fitness?
Thought to be a fad in the late 1970s and early 1980s, dance exercise (later to be known as aerobics) has become a mainstay of fitness programming — even as some industry experts question the value of it. Since its inception when disco was king, aerobics has transformed the industry. Now under the category title of group exercise, aerobics and other forms of group activity continue to evolve, addressing the needs of a more diverse membership and older population.
According to IDEA's research, more than 59 percent of clubs now offer some form of senior classes. These classes include balance, core training, functional training, small group training, Pilates, yoga and sessions that address medical conditions.
Harvey Lauer, president of American Sports Data Inc., a health and fitness research firm, says the research shows that "there has been heavy participation in kinder, gentler activities for women over 55 — the nation's single fastest-growing group of exercisers in the United States."
An organization that has thrived with group exercise for the older adult is Tempe, AZ-based HealthCare Dimensions (HCD). In 2000, the company began offering the SilverSneakers® Fitness Program to Medicare supplement carriers. The HCD program now touches more than 1.35 million older health plan members through partnerships with 24 health insurance providers and 1,100 fitness centers.
HCD is just one example of how a company can become a leader in the industry by offering group exercise for older adults. But what does the future hold for group exercise, and what types of programming will arrive on the fitness scene to meet the needs of the older adult?
Older adults have many needs, which will create multiple opportunities for your organization and the industry — so much so that a June 2004 article in the Boston Globe credited the increase in fitness workers from 177,790 in 2003 to 263,947 by 2012 to the aging of the American population and increased interest in worker fitness by employers.
To maximize this opportunity, be sure to keep the following market needs in mind, as they will help you figure out what types of programs to offer your older members:
Programs that can reduce the risk of developing chronic health conditions. IDEA's research highlights that sessions that address medical conditions are on the rise. Whether range of motion, strength or balance classes, these classes are important, especially when 33 percent of people over the age of 65 fall each year. What classes could you offer? How about heart health cardio classes, strong bones and Osteofit classes?
Programs that can help manage the effect of current health condition(s). We have seen the effect that offering gentler forms of exercise has had on the industry and on the body. After years of pounding our joints, gentle forms of exercise aren't just needed; they are necessary. Offering Osteofit or the PACE Arthritis classes is certainly a good start, but what else looms on the horizon? According to findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, walking on cobblestone mats can improve physical function and reduce blood pressure to a greater extent than regular walking.
Programs that can improve mood, cognitive health and a sense of well-being. During the last few years we have seen yoga and Pilates surge to the top of group exercise. This should come as no surprise, as the Boomers and their parents seek to connect with their inner self (in search of the meaning of life).
Programs that can improve mobility and ability to function independently. Today, we offer functional fitness but soon we will offer fitness to function (FTF) classes to help individuals accomplish their daily living activities (i.e. getting out of a chair or walking up stairs, both of which require strength in the legs and triceps).
Will the definition of group ex once again change to meet the needs of the Boomers and their parents? Dance exercise has changed to aerobics, aerobics has changed to group ex and group ex may change to group activity. While there's still many unanswered questions, I believe the future of group ex is gray.
Colin Milner is chief executive officer of the International Council on Active Aging™. An award-winning writer, Milner has authored more than 100 articles on aging-related issues. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Weaving people and communities together
Māori arts and crafts play a significant role in Māori culture, recording korero (stories), history and knowledge to pass down to the next generation. Created in a range of mediums from wood carving, to bone and stone carving, weaving was, and still is, a popular art form for both its practicality and beauty.
At New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) at Te Puia, students are taught to weave traditional taonga using New Zealand native harakeke (flax) at Te Rito, The National Weaving School.
Emily Rangitiaria Schuster, a founder of NZMACI's Te Rito once said "weaving is a strong link with my past… I feel I am the caretaker of the art-form for the next generation."
The school, Te Rito, gets its name from the baby shoot that lies in the middle of the flax bush. Nurtured to reach its full potential, the leaves that lie on either side of te rito are the mātua (parents) and it's their role to support and protect te rito. Representing a family unit that mustn't be broken, these three inner leaves remain, while the surrounding outer leaves can be cut for weaving.
Once the harakeke is cut, it then goes through seven stages of preparation before it is ready to be woven into a masterpiece. First, it is split to remove the tough edges and divided into strips which are then sorted, shaking away the shorter lengths. The strips are then scraped with a sharp mussel shell to remove excess moisture, making the harakeke soft and flexible.
Many types of harakeke have a high fibre content, known as the muka, which can be extracted with the use of a mussel shell. The fibre is then rolled and twisted in a process called miro (twining) and beaten with a patu muka (stone), to further soften it and make it more pliable. Mud and tree bark were traditionally used to colour the harakeke, while today combinations of natural and commercial colourings are used.
From the practical to the sacred, woven items were prized and often given as precious gifts or traded. These taonga (treasures) include kākahu (prized cloaks) piupiu (flax skirts) pākē or hīeke (rain capes) whāriki (floor mats) kete (woven baskets) and tūrapa or tukutuku (panels placed into the carved meeting house).
Former Te Rito tutor, Erenora Puketapu-Hetet said "weaving is more than just a product of manual skills. From the simple rourou (small food basket) to the prestigious kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak), weaving is endowed with the very essence of the spiritual values of the maori people. The ancient Polynesian belief is that the artist is a vehicle through whom the gods create."
Te Puia Steambox Tour visitors can try their hand at weaving a puitputi (flower), under the watchful guidance of their guide.


text: WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 12, 2011 - Black holes are hot! This discovery made by Stephen Hawking ties together gravity, spacetime, quantum matter, and thermal systems into the beautiful and exciting science of "black hole thermodynamics". Its beauty lies in the powerful way it speaks of the unity of physics. On Wednesday, November 2, as part of Perimeter Institute's Public Lecture Series presented by Sun Life Financial, Fay Dowker, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London, UK, will describe black hole thermodynamics and argue that it is telling us that spacetime itself is granular or "atomic" at very tiny scales. Fay Dowker completed her PhD with PI Distinguished Research Chair Stephen Hawking at the University of Cambridge. She has done postdoctoral work at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara, and California Institute of Technology. She held a lectureship at Queen Mary, University of London before moving to Imperial College. Her research interests are in quantum gravity and especially causal set theory, and in the foundations of quantum mechanics. Professor Dowker's lecture, entitled "Spacetime Atoms and the Unity of Physics" will be held Wednesday, November 2 at 7:00 PM ET in Waterloo, Ontario. Tickets will be available starting Monday, October 17th, 2011. Further details can be found at www.perimeterinstitute.ca.


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ISAF Sailor Classification Code Updated With Group 2 To Be EliminatedFollowing on from decisions taken at the ISAF Annual Conference, the ISAF Sailor Classification Code is changing and starting from 1 April 2010, the category of Group 2 sailors will be eliminated.
The ISAF Sailor Classification Code is a service provided by ISAF, giving events and classes a cost-free, international system for classification of sailors. It is incorporated in ISAF Regulation 22. Following a lengthy consultation process with sailors, classes and events which use the Code, the ISAF Sailor Classification Commission proposed the removal of the Group 2 category of classification with an implementation date of 1 April 2010. The ISAF Council approved this proposal at the ISAF Annual Conference in November.
More Details On The Elimination Of Group 2
The new Classification Code which will be effective 1 April 2010, is now available and published on the ISAF website at www.sailing.org/classification/april2010code. The translations in French, Italian, German and Spanish will be published as they become available.
Revised Frequently Asked Questions will be available on the website in English on 15 January. Translations will be available as soon as possible thereafter.
A seminar will be held during Key West Race Week.
Reapplications By Sailors Who Are Currently Classified As Group 2
The Commission will email all Group 2 sailors, some 450 people, in early January. They will be given full instructions on how and when to reapply.
All existing Group 2 sailors will have to reapply.
If they are only using their existing classification after 31 March they may apply from mid February.
If they still need to use their existing classification before 1 April they may only apply after 31 March.
Sailors who do not reapply by 8 April will be placed 'Under Review' and notified.
Sailors applying for a Classification for the first time between now and 31 March who would be Group 2 will be asked for details of when they require to use their Classification.
Find out more about the ISAF Sailor Classification Code at www.sailing.org/classification.
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I recently closed a business location I had occupied for over 25 years and dreaded the mail hassle I imagined would accompany that closure.
Luckily I set up an account at the UPS Store at 8033 Sunset, a location I have been driving past for years, every time I take Laurel Canyon Blvd. I have been using their service for over 2 months now and can give you this seasoned review.
The initial application process was simple. Just fill out the forms with the names of the persons or businesses that may be receiving mail, pay your fees, get your keys and you are all set.
The employees are very helpful and the access terrific. During their generous 7 day a week open hours, the friendly staff is available to help you with your questions, packing, shipping, etc.
The UPS Store offers small medium and large boxes. If your box is for a business, you need at least a medium box. The rentals are for 3, 6 or 12 month periods with monthly rental charges reduced for longer terms. There is a refundable security deposit and a one time $25 set-up fee. The monthly prices range from only $17.50 for a small box for personal use to $51.75 for a short term rental of a large corporate box.
Here is a recap of the things I found most important:
- Helpful friendly staff important when you are going to a location several times a week!
- Great access The staff is there to help you 7 days a week
- 8:30a -7p Monday Friday
- 9a 6p Saturday
- 10a -5p Sunday
- 24/7 access with a key to the front door
- You are given a private mailing address, no PO Box address
- Free parking in back of the store
- Extras services offered
- Copy and print
- Passport photos
- Rubber stamps
- Office and mailing supplies
- Packing and shipping
- Notary
- Laminating
- Binding
- Mail forwarding if you are out of town
To give you some background, Mail Boxes Etc. and UPS joined together creating the worlds largest retail shipping, postal and business services with 5,600 locations worldwide. Their customer service is outstanding, always with a friendly smile and great customer service.
Packages won't be left at your doorstep anymore for the possibility to be stolen; Mail Boxes Etc. hold customers' packages in a secure place for them to pick up at their leisure. Sales representatives get to know you day by day, and begin knowing your name. Most stores are still locally owned and operated with the same great service.
For those with relatives that live outside the United States or just love to travel, Mail Boxes Etc. are located globally and transferring mail is not a problem. Some locations also offer computer time rental complete with scanning and printing capabilities.
Mail Boxes Etc. website offers the same information with options to track a package, locate local stores, or fill out their customer survey with five simple questions to help better their service personally and via the web. Many customers benefit by having a separate and personal mailbox away from home to keep their lives private.
You can learn more at www.upsstore.com
The UPS Store is located at
8033 Sunset Blvd.
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The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation anticipates approximately three research assistantships available to students in the Ph.D. Program in Urban and Regional Planning and Design each year.
In addition, the National Center for Smart Growth supports approximately three Ph.D. Students each year.
Students may also find financial support on faculty research projects and with teaching possibilities in our masters programs.
Compensation for assistantships includes tuition remission for up to 10 credit hours per semester, plus a stipend. For more information contact:


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Welcome to the Ozaukee County Homeschool Network
Group Web Site!
Ozaukee Homeschoolers is an informal group of families. Participants reside in Ozaukee, Washington, Sheboygan and Milwaukee counties.
If you are interested in learning more about homeschooling, please contact the coordinator, Tomi Fay Forbes, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 262-377-5984.
Please click on Membership Sign Up to join the website. Fill out an on-line application which includes your email address for email updates, as well as family information. Send us $8 for the annual membership fee. We will receive the on-line application, and place it on hold until the $8 is received. Once we have your fee, we will activate your website account and you are on!
If you are renewing your membership (due September 30th each year):
1) Check your profile to update any new information
2) Send a check $8.00 for website membership and electronic newsletter to:
Tomi Fay Forbes, W59 N450 Hilgen Avenue, Cedarburg, WI 53012.
You may send $8 via PayPal to: email@example.com.
If your email address or any other personal information changes concerning your family, please select "Edit My Profile" and make the changes. You will not receive newsletters if you change your email address and do not make the change on the website!
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2002 News Releases > March 2002 > Christian rock bands to open Big Weekend concert at Wayland
Christian rock bands to open Big Weekend concert at Wayland
Christian bands Ten Shekel Shirt and The Normals will open for worship band MercyMe in a March 22 concert at Wayland Baptist University as part of its annual college preview event Big Weekend.
Based in New Haven, Conn., Ten Shekel Shirt is composed of songwriter and guitarist Lamont Hiebert, with Tommy Lee on bass and Austin Morrison on drums. Hiebert describes the band's lyrical style as musically influenced by Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Dave Matthews.
The group has a focus of worship evangelism and ministers regularly with the Youth With a Mission outreach. They perform in coffeehouses, clubs and interdenominational gatherings in an attempt to minister to post-modern seekers. The group released their first album Much on the Vertical Music label in April 2001.
The Normals' just-released A Place Where You Belong has been called one of the group's most personal albums to date. The album showcases the band's songwriting ability and draws on expertise from all five members as well as input from producer Malcolm Burn.
The band is composed of Andrew Osenga on guitar, Cason Cooley on piano, B.J. Aberle on bass, Mark Lockett on guitars and Mike Taquino on drums and percussion. Osenga is lead singer, with others providing vocals as well.
Their debut album Better Than This was released in 1998 on the Forefront Record label. They also released Coming to Life in 2000. They opened for Caedmon's Call on their Long Line of Leavers Tour in 2001 and with Waterdeep in their 2000 tour Everyone's Beautiful Tour.
Tickets to the concert are $10 and are available at Wayland's University Store or at Christian bookstores in Lubbock and Amarillo. For more information, call (800) 588--1928.


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