a parting thought- my respect for military personnel has grown deep and strong. God bless them for their sacrifices. Until next time, I say a loving goodbye to the Middle East.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Saturday, August 05, 2006

My co-worker (Rick) and I were walking through the chow hall yesterday and we passed one of our US linguists. Rick recognized him and stopped to talk a bit. They exchanged pleasantries and Rick mentioned that it should be his vacation coming up soon. Towards the end of the conversation Rick said "Man, you look tired, are you tired?"The linguist, with a serious, concerned and sincere face, paused a minute and then explained with a smile "Ah man, we are trying to solve the problem in Iraq".

I laughed out loud right therewill be alsoMatthew 6:21

Some time I thinking if the USA Army leave Iraq in that time I have no church to go and if the ****** finish for here how can I find job and see my friend in LDS church. I pray everyday to keep my country safe and peace. I know this church is true and I believe that Joseph Smith he is the prophet in the Latter Day SaintsThank you brothers and sisters

End story

I feel privileged to know this great man and I do not doubt but that he will stand with the great pioneers of old when the awards are handed out to those who sacrificed everything for the gospel. He’s secured his spot in heaven and will be the foundation God will do


the graffiti on porta-johns any more. I will probably put on a different pair of shoes periodically and I might wear a dress to church. There's probably green grass and shady trees to walk around under and indeed I might stay out doors for longer than five minutes because the temperature will be about 20 degrees lower. I'll have to pay for gas and I'll probably be doing my own cooking and laundry. I won't freeze or bake at night because the air conditioning will automatically adjust itself when it reaches a certain temperature.There will be children in cars and walking along the streets, holding hands with their parents and playing in water and dirt and grass. They won't just be in the hospital all broken and cutis lower than the magnitude of the first pulse. Thus, for example, it was believed that the second pulse provided a significant reduction in resistance for a greater number of antifuses if the second pulse is 20–25% lower in magnitude than the first pulse.
Due to the large number of antifuses that must be programmed in a conventional programmable device, there is a desire to reduce the resistance in a programmed antifuse and to reduce the risk that any particular antifuse will not be programmed, i.e., increase the yield of programmed antifuses.


his fellow masters' meat-eating habits and reliance on servants, he and Kate moved to a small cottage at Tilford, Surrey where they grew their own vegetables and lived very simply, sustained by a small pension Salt had built up. Salt engrossed himself in writing and began work on the pioneering Humanitarian League.

Activism

Writing and influence
During his lifetime Salt wrote almost 40 books. His first, A Plea for Vegetarianism (1886) was published by the Vegetarian Society, and in 1890, he produced an acclaimed biography of philosopher Henry David Thoreau, two interests that later led to a friendship with Mahatma Gandhi. He also wrote, in On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills (1922), about the need for nature conservation to protect the natural beauty of the British countryside from commercial vandalism.

His circle ofpaid for them to be kept in an air conditioned area, and they’re refusing to cough up less than three grand unless she signs a gag order? Frankly, it’s a stupid move, and one that, judging from the amount of bad PR heading their direction, will wind up costing the airline more than $3,000 in fees from their crisis management and legal teams anyways.

According to reports, NBC News discovered signs of an issue that goes beyond this one incident as well. By law, airlines must report any pet injuries or deaths within 45 days of an incident, but while Sinclair’s ordeal happened this past July, as of late November the Department of Transportation had no record of her pet’s injuries.

Refusing to take responsibility for clearly documented mishandling, avoiding


reporting to authorities, and bringing on unnecessary bad PR…you really didn’t learn anything from past crises, did you United?

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with the time step, numbers of consecutive HDVs, penetration rates of CAVs, and platoon lengths, respectively. Second, the performance of the proposed method are validated regarding safety, stability, and string stability. Compared with the MPC method, the proposed method significantly reduces the burden of computation and communication. Third, simulation results of the long mixed traffic platoon validate the scalability of the proposed method.

The rest of this paper is organized as follows. The problem formulation is proposed in Section 2. In Section 3 we analyze the properties of the prediction uncertainty of HDVs. In Section 4, a feedback control is designed to mitigate the influence of the prediction uncertainty. The overall robust CACC method is illustrated in Section 5. The feasibility and control objectives are analyzed in Section 6.(e.g., MPC methods). Because the CAV is assumed exactly controlled, the prediction disturbance is zero, i.e., $\tilde{x}_f=0$. If there is no additional control of the $f$-CAV, $\tilde{e}$ will increase with the accumulation of $\tilde{x}_n$ and eventually violate the constraints (e.g., safety, stability, and string stability) of the platoon.

Another source of the tracking error disturbance is the external disturbance, e.g., traffic maneuvers and intersection control. For example, the cut-in and cut-out maneuvers of HDVs will dramatically change the intervehicular space immediately, and therefore produce significant tracking error disturbance. For another example, when approaching intelligent intersections, CAVs could receive the guidance of trajectory, which is significantly different from the equilibrium. Compared with the disturbances caused by the prediction uncertainty, these disturbances are usually large-amplitude and occurring infrequently.

Influence mitigation of prediction


of the planned acceleration and the additional acceleration, i.e., $u_f = \bar{u}_f + \tilde{u}_f$.

To determine the feedback gain, the feedback control is formulated and solved as a discrete linear quadratic regulator problem ([[@bender1987linear]]{}) as

\[prob\_LQR\] $$\begin{aligned}
    \begin{aligned}
    \min_{K}  J &= \sum_{0}^{\infty} \left \{ {\left \Vert Q \tilde{e}_{s}(k) \right \Vert}_2  + {\left \Vert L \tilde{e}_{v}(k) \right \Vert}_2 + {\left \Vert R \tilde{u}_f(k) \right \Vert}_2 \right \},
    \end{aligned}
    \end{aligned}$$ where the weighting matrices, i.e., $Q, L$, and $R$, are symmetric and positive definite.

Substituting the acceleration $\tilde{u}_f$ into the Eq. (\[eq\_sys\_err\_ori\]), the dynamics of the tracking error disturbance are rewritten as $$\begin{aligned}
\label{eq_sys_err}
\tilde{e}(k+1) = A_K \tilde{e}(k) +  \Delta \tilde{x}_n(k), \end{aligned}$$ where $A_K = A+CBK$.

Minimal robust positively invariant set
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given
everyone's tight schedules, but please find below some dates that work for
Paul and me:

Dec 11 afternoon; Dec 12 afternoon; Dec 13 10:30-2:00; Dec 15 afternoon;
Dec
18/19/21 all day

Please let me know if any of these dates work so we can set a firm time.
If
Jeff wants to combine with lunch, that would be great too.  Thanks/Neil.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff.Skilling@enron.com [mailto:Jeff.Skilling@enron.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:50 AM
To: Neil Kelley
Subject: Re: Genesis Park

Dear Neil,

Jeff asked me to let you know that he will be at Paul Hobby's open house
this evening and hopes to see you there to discuss Genesis Park and Vitol.
In the event you two do not cross paths there, please let me know and we'll
see what we can do to schedule a meeting before the end of the year.

Regards,
Sherri Sera
Assistantdenied

Leonard’s first application for SSDI benefits based on his finding that Leonard

could perform her past job as a telemarketer and was not disabled. The Appeals

Council denied her request for review, and Leonard did not appeal. Leonard filed

a new application for SSDI benefits in 2002. ALJ Joseph Dail denied her

application, finding that Leonard was not disabled at any time during the period

when she claimed she became disabled and before her last date insured. The

Appeals Council denied Leonard’s request for review, and Leonard appealed to

the district court. The district court remanded the case, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g), and asked the ALJ to resolve a conflict between the vocational expert’s

testimony, which ALJ Dail had relied on, and the job description for a


  We review de novo a district court’s judgment reviewing a decision of the

Commission of Social Security. Ingram v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 496 F.3d

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1253, 1260 (11th Cir. 2007). We review an agency’s decision to determine if it is

supported by substantial evidence. Dyer v. Barnhart, 395 F.3d 1206, 1210 (11th

Cir. 2005). “Substantial evidence is more than a scintilla, but less than a

preponderance. It is such relevant evidence as a reasonable person would accept

as adequate to support a conclusion.” Bloodsworth v. Heckler, 703 F.2d 1233,

1239the credentialing process.

If you are in the process of credentialing, but have concerns about missing documentation or information, or simply want an update on your enrollment status, please contact your DentaQuest Provider Relations Representative for assistance.:

Effective August 1, 2015, the Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) will update the pricing for the Current Dental
Terminology (CDT®) procedure codes listed in Table 4.

The pricing for these procedure codes will change from manual pricing to maximum fee pricing. The IHCP will adopt
maximum fee rates for the listed codes for fee-for-service claims with dates of service (DOS) on or after August 1, 2015.
These changes will be reflected in the next monthly updates to the provider Fee Schedule at indianamedicaid.com.

Table 4 – CDT codes updated from manual pricing to maximum fee pricing for DOS


dental professionals an opportunity to recognize their colleagues and others who have impacted oral health in the state of Indiana. Over a dozen awards are presented, each with their own criteria, honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of dentistry, to patient well-being, or to the advancement of dental health. Awards are presented at a reception ceremony held in conjunction with the IDA Annual Session each year.

About the Indiana Dental Association
As a constituent of the American Dental Association, the Indiana Dental Association (IDA) is the state’s largest dental association, serving over 2,800 member dentists and their patients throughout Indiana. The mission of the IDA is to support dentists, to promote professionalism, and to improve oral health in the state of Indiana. For more information, visitProfessionalism and Ethics Club as lecturer and mentor. She has served as a member and president of the Indiana State Board of Dentistry for 10 years and currently serves as a member of the American Association of Dental Boards. She is the Vice Speaker of the House of the IDA and has represented Indiana as a delegate to the American Dental Association (ADA) since 2006.

Dr. Burns has served on the ADA Reference Committee on Governmental Affairs, ADA Governance Study-House of Delegates Advisory Committee, ADA Reference Committee on Dental Education and ADA Standing Committee on Credentials, Rules and Order as Chair. Dr. Burns serves as an example of an individual dedicated to professionalism and ethical conduct.

Dr. Burns was presented the Ethics Award during the IDA’s Awards Ceremony held June


currently practices at Indy’s Family Dentistry at 8920 Southpointe Dr on the south side of Indianapolis.

“Dr. Amanda Miller certainly has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and initiative in forwarding the profession of dentistry,” says Dr. Heather Maupin who nominated Dr. Miller for the Rising Star Award. “In her spare time, Mandy volunteers at the Wheeler Mission, she helped serve our soldiers in the Soldier Smiles project, and has volunteered for Indiana’s first Mission of Mercy charitable dental clinic at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. She has clearly immersed herself in volunteering and leadership projects with her enthusiasm, professional demeanor and generous spirit.”

Dr. Miller enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Leslie, and traveling with his Celtic rock band to festivals around the country and to Scotland and Ireland. Theyalso enjoy watching the Chicago Cubs play at Wrigley Field. She has two step-sons (Doug and Mason), a step-daughter (Morgan), and a golden retriever (Jack), who keeps her busy outside of the office.

About the IDA Awards
The annual IDA Awards program provides dental professionals an opportunity to recognize their colleagues and others who have impacted oral health in the state of Indiana. Over a dozen awards are presented, each with their own criteria, honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of dentistry, to patient well-being, or to the advancement of dental health. Awards are presented at a reception ceremony held in conjunction with the IDA Annual Session each year.

About the Indiana Dental Association
As a constituent of the American Dental Association, the Indiana Dental Association (IDA) is


field of dentistry, to patient well-being, or to the advancement of dental health. Awards are presented at a reception ceremony held in conjunction with the IDA Annual Session each year.

About the Indiana Dental Association
As a constituent of the American Dental Association, the Indiana Dental Association (IDA) is the state’s largest dental association, serving over 2,800 member dentists and their patients throughout Indiana. The mission of the IDA is to support dentists, to promote professionalism, and to improve oral health in the state of Indiana. For more information, visit www.INDental.org.]]>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTIndianapolis IN, June 16, 2015 –The Indiana Dental Association (IDA) has awarded Dr. Diane M. Buyer of Indianapolis, and Dr. Daniel Fridh of La Porte with Lloyd J. Phillips Distinguished Service Awards. This award isgroup on the IDA Foundation and served as President. The Foundation raises funds to assist in the recruitment, education and retention of allied dental team members for Indiana dentists. Dr. Maddox was one of the first dentists to consider the possibility of a Mission of Mercy (MOM) project in Indiana.

Dr. Maddox was a friend to all. He not only served the dental profession, but the community in general. He was a previous Chairman of the Rush County Red Cross, a member of Rotary International, former President of Rushville Rotary Club, former President of the Rush County Chamber of Commerce, Founder and first General Chairman of the Rush County Arts and Crafts Festival, and member of the Muncie Area Vocational Advisory Board amongst many other community service positions.

Dr. Matthew


to the advancement of dental health. Awards are presented at a reception ceremony held in conjunction with the IDA Annual Session each year.

About the Indiana Dental Association
As a constituent of the American Dental Association, the Indiana Dental Association (IDA) is the state’s largest dental association, serving over 2,800 member dentists and their patients throughout Indiana. The mission of the IDA is to support dentists, to promote professionalism, and to improve oral health in the state of Indiana. For more information, visit www.INDental.org.]]>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a bill that would reduce the ranks of military dental officers, endangering the continuation of quality service and harming dental officer recruitment and retention efforts. The House passed a bill that would continue the current militaryabout the cyber-attack against Anthem is available at www.AnthemFacts.com.

About Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ® ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Additional information about Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana is available at www.anthem.com. Also, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/healthjoinin, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HealthJoinIn, or visit our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/healthjoinin]]>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMTbulletin BT201508 which a reference guide to the dental benefits covered under the HIP plan options as well asinformation


Association to create a program that provides the highest quality liability coverage available to Indiana dentists and oral and maxillofacial surgeons.”

Doug Bush, Executive Director for the Indiana Dental Association, said, “The IDA is pleased to enter a new relationship with Medical Protective. Medical Protective is a nationally respected company that has remained true to its Indiana roots. It’s a solid company with an excellent reputation for protecting medical and dental professionals.”

About Medical Protective
With over $800 million in annual premium, MedPro is a national leader in healthcare liability insurance coverage and risk solutions for physicians, dentists, hospitals and healthcare systems, as well as other healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals. As the nation's first provider of healthcare liability insurance, MedPro has been protecting the assets and reputations of healthcare providerscontributing to the health of our patients and of society at large," said Dr. Truelove.]]>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Clarification to dental providers regarding the rendering and reimbursement of dental services
The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) is not making any changes to the way dental services under the fee-for-service (FFS) or Hoosier Healthwise programs are delivered or reimbursed. Members, including those enrolled with managed care entities (MCEs), may continue to receive covered dental services from any enrolled dental provider, and claims for services rendered will continue to be reimbursed as fee for-service (FFS) claims through HP as they are today.

Some confusion has occurred because the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) MCEs –Anthem, MDwise, and MHS – have begun contacting dental vendors in advance of the possible approval of the


9, 2014]]>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT
February 9-13, 2015 in New York
The American Dental Association Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) is collaborating with the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry to offer a one-week intensive course on evidence-based dentistry, formerly offered as the ADA/Forsyth EBD Course. Applications are being accepted until Dec. 29.

The workshop will be held at the NYU School of Dentistry in New York, Feb. 9-13. An interactive program with multiple hands-on activities, the course is relevant for dentists, members of the dental team, educators and researchers. This program is worth up to 35 continuing education credits.

The tuition of $2,000 for ADA members and $2,500 for non-members includes course materials and lunch. Participants will be responsible for their travel and housing in New York. Fordentists personally advocated for this legislation.

Thank you for taking action and supporting this effort. Lastly, we hope you will share our ADH video via your social networks to help us further public support and recognition of this important grassroots movement.

Each year, the Council on Dental Benefit Programs' Code Maintenance Committee approves additions, revisions and deletions to the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature. Change requests can come from anyone, but they typically are submitted by individual dentists, dental specialty organizations, the ADA and third-party payers.

The CMC has already received 39 submissions; 19 of which are from dentists and other individuals in the dental community and six from a dental specialty organization. The ADA has also submitted a handful of change requests.

The purpose of the CDT Code is to


Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT
In light of the first confirmed Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S., the American Dental Associaiton has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure that all ADA dentists remain informed and vigilant on behalf of their patients, their dental team members and the public at large.

As reported in the ADA News, the ADA contacted the Centers for Disease Control in early September about the Ebola issue, and the CDC's guidance to dental professionals remains the same now as then:

CDC works with partners at ports of entry into the United States to help prevent infectious diseases, like Ebola, from being introduced and spread in the United States.

A person infected with Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear. Signs and symptoms ofout because the pharmacist will not be paid by Medicare for the prescription. Also, patients who pay for prescriptions themselves will not be reimbursed by Medicare.

If passed, the bill would enhance the ability of Congress to ensure that unfunded mandates such as the Medicare Part D rule can be examined during the entire regulatory process; even providing assessments after rules are finalized. Additionally, other provisions in the legislation would require federal agencies to give dentists a seat at the table during the rulemaking process, and would allow the ADA to sue the government when agencies finalize significant rules that cause undue burdens on dentistry. Another important provision would require Congress to approve all new major regulations, ensuring that regulations fit the scope and spirit of the law. This


to action for elected officials, health policy organizations, community leaders and the dental community to come together to bridge the dental divide.”

Much attention has been paid to the political debate around the Affordable Care Act while important health issues such as access to dental care are sidelined. This year alone, more than 181 million Americans won’t visit a dentist[1], even though nearly half of people over 30 suffer from some form of gum disease and nearly one in four children under the age of five already have cavities[2]. Nationally, more than 2.1 million people showed up in emergency rooms with dental pain in 2010 – that’s double the number just a decade prior.[3]

In response to this, the ADA created Action for Dental Health, a nationwide, community-based movement todentistry. For more information about the ADA, visit ADA.org. For more information on oral health, including prevention, care and treatment of dental disease, visit the ADA's consumer website MouthHealthy.org.

"A properly fitted mouth guard is an essential piece of any athlete's protective equipment,” says Dr. Paul Nativi, DMD, FASD, and past president of the Academy for Sports Dentistry. “Mouth guards protect the teeth from being knocked out, broken and displaced. Mouth guards prevent injuries to the bone and tissues around the teeth. They also help prevent injuries to the mandible (lower jaw) and temporomandibular joint in the jaw. Tooth loss incurs a tremendous financial, emotional, and psychological expense. Protect what you have - wear a properly fitted mouth guard.”

The Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD), American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry


ADVANTAGE Health Solutions at 1-800-269-5720.

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Kennedy and Paul will be participating in classes, CTS, laboratory, Seal Indiana and other community-based programs. Their daily activities will be hosted by IUSD students who have been exchange students at Moi University School of Dentistry in Kenya and by IUSD faculty members who have been in Kenya as participants in the IU-Kenya partnership.

“We’re very grateful to Indiana Dental Association Foundation and several component dental societies for supporting the IUSD-Moi University School of Dentistry partnership and sponsoring Kennedy and Paul’s international experience in Indiana,” says Karen Yoder, Director of Civic Engagement and Health Policy at IUSD. “This is another example of how organized dentistry supports student learning and achievement. Without theirDentistry for nearly two decades and of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2004. He is a past president of both the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and its College of Diplomates. In June 2013, he earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential through the American Society of Association’s CAE Commission.]]>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMTWashington, D.C., June 24, 2013 – As attention to the dental crisis in America increases, a “shortage of dentists” is frequently cited as a major barrier to access to care for underserved populations. Proponents of this view further state that retirement among Baby Boomer dentists will worsen the problem. This then leads to calls for alternative providers to solve this workforce shortage. But is the size of the dentist workforce really a major


replied, “No sir, thank you sir!” He was a Navy Commander, as was my father. I was used to dealing with military discipline, so I wasn’t entirely out of my realm. I worked hard and gained the respect of my classmates, and ultimately his.

If dental school was that challenging for women, what was it like to start practicing during that same time?

VC: When I first started in practice, few women were in the profession. In fact I was the first woman accepted into the James Whitcomb Riley Pedodontic Residency Program. Being in debt, having no credit rating (i.e. before charge cards), and no credit histories being on file for female dentists made it impossible to borrow money to start a practice. Associateships and group practices were almost non-existent,and realized I was in for the long haul. Eight years later, financing became available, and I started my own practice.

What do you do for fun during retirement?

VC: My husband and I have made a game of looking for bargains and then bragging about our savings. We love our “senior” discounts and now have the time to attend cheaper movie matinees. We combine our errands to save gas and use our library more. It’s all fun, but it is serious fun. I also love our leisurely morning talks over coffee and tea. We both enjoy traveling and are working hard on our “bucket lists.” Then there is a new little man in our lives, our grandson, whom we are experiencing together. What joy!

How did you know when to


of Governmental Affairs, Ed Popcheff, at Ed@INDental.org.]]>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT
The Oral Health Program (OHP) at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) recently announced its plans to conduct a statewide survey during 2012 and 2013 to determine the oral health status of third graders in Indiana.

The Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity will team with the OHP to concurrently obtain height, weight and body mass index measurements on the participating third graders. This survey is made possible with dedicated funding of $100,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and an obesity prevention grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The information obtained from this statewide survey will help guide and direct public health efforts and programscommission cuts to the IDA’s for-profit subsidiary, IDA Insurance Services, Inc. Federal legislation (the Affordable Care Act) required insurance companies to reduce expenses, and most responded by cutting the commissions they pay to the brokers who sell their products.

The reduction in non-dues revenue forced the House consider a dues increase. Ultimately, the House approved raising 2013 dues from $400 to $460. Additionally, the IDA’s chief policymaking body assigned a one-time assessment for full-dues paying members to balance the 2012-13 budget. The last dues increase for IDA members was in 2010.

The House also focused on a series of resolutions proposed by the Task Force to Review the Dental Practice Act. The Task Force recommended more than 20 changes to the Indiana Dental Practice Act or Administrative Code of the


didn’t her carrier contact the actual check payee and ask her to return the money?

This is one more example of why Assignment of Benefits legislation is necessary. With assignment of benefits, the insurance company can deal directly with the health care provider if there is a question or a dispute over the patient’s treatment. The patient’s benefits are never in jeopardy by having a deduction period. Because the insurance company would deal directly with the provider, the patient could still see another dentist and still have the benefits his or her premiums provide.

To be continued..

]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT
By JAY DZIWLIK

Assistant Executive Director

The Indiana Dental Association recently received $26,200 in two grants from the American Dental Association for new membership outreach programs: The Indiana AIR Leadership Programwill become a delicate balance of enrollment (mandate or not), community rating of premiums, and control of claim costs related to plan design.

Ms. Seema Verma, of SVC Inc., recently spoke to the IDA’s Council on Dental Benefits. Ms. Verma is currently contracted by the Indiana Governor’s Office to advise and guide the State through compliance with Federal Health Care Reform. Ms. Verma’s previous experience includes being the architect for the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP). She advised the Council that Indiana’s Exchange could be designed in one of four ways. The first is simple: adopt the federal option. None of the plan characteristics, operational costs, or impact to the user, however, are defined. The other three options are: a Clearinghouse, Evaluator, or Active Purchaser models.

A Clearinghouse model would function


similar to the travel website Orbitz.com. It would provide all of the market options, give required information such as price, amenities and locations, but does not influence the marketplace in any meaningful way. Orbitz.com does not tell hotels what price they must charge, or what amenities they must have to be included in a search. An Exchange in this model would simply pool together any and all health insurance options (including dental and vision plans), and display essential information only. Plan prices, benefits and other key components in a Clearinghouse model would be set by the health insurance carriers (the capitalistic marketplace), not the state of Indiana.

The Evaluator model would provide a consumer experience like Amazon.com. Just as Amazon.com rates specific items, even identifies “top sellers” and impactsis no alternative where an unhappy customer can take his or her business. Unless, of course, you move to Michigan.

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The Indiana Dental Association will host its 154th Annual Session in Indianapolis June 6-9, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency downtown.

Approximately 1,500 dentists, dental staff, spouses and exhibitors will convene to participate in continuing education opportunities, social events, downtown tourism and the meeting of the IDA House of Delegates.

Held in French Lick last year, the IDA’s signature meeting will find its traditional host city quite different following a series of dramatic renovations completed last February for the Super Bowl. Not only are basic downtown features such as roads, sidewalks and transportation options improved, but new restaurants, breweries, and nightlife opportunities are on members’ checklists for


with Moi University School of Dentistry for the fall 2012 academic year. Members of the Foundation voted to pledge $8,000 toward bringing two more Kenyan students from Moi University to the Indiana University School of Dentistry later this year.

Last fall IUSD welcomed Ms. Celestine Gitonga and Ms. Evalyne Syombua as its first dental exchange students from Kenya. The two students attended classes, volunteered with the Seal Indiana program, worked in the school’s laboratories, observed in the school’s clinics as well as a private practice, and participated in a variety of other activities with Indiana dental and medical students.

“The Kenyan students’ five weeks in Indiana created an intercultural and interprofessional learning opportunity for both the Kenyan and Indiana students that cannot be duplicated in a classroom,” said Ed Rosenbaum,not sell, rent of publish in any way the fax numbers of current or former members dentists in our database.”

In addition, “If your office is in receipt of a fax as described above, do not respond or send any payment to the P.O. box listed.”

The fax appears to be a standard invoice that asks the recipient to send a $575 payment to the American Dental Association/ADA Association, Membership Processing Dept., P.O. Box 1403, Brockton, MA 02303-1483.

The ADA has contacted the appropriate authorities regarding the fraud, and on Jan. 3 alerted constituent and component societies; member and nonmembers dentists with an email address in the database; recognized specialty organizations; the Academy of General Dentistry; the National Dental Association; the Hispanic Dental Association and the Society of American Indian Dentists.

“Getting


funds from the dental community.

Dr. Zent believes the level of support from dentists in Indiana and around the country has increased his chances considerably.

“If it weren’t for the dentists in Indiana who have helped support my campaign, I would be in a far less promising position,” said Dr. Zent. “There are many colleagues who have expressed serious interest in having a fellow dentist in the legislature. I believe this would be a huge win for the Indiana Dental Association and dentistry.”

Dr. Zent’s goal is to reach $40,000 by Jan. 2012, which is the first reporting deadline for fundraising from all campaigns. He is currently unopposed.

“No one else has announced,” said Dr. Zent. “If we show strong fundraising numbers and broad support by early January, we think there iscare law increases costs for Hoosier families, reduces choices, burdens job creators and puts America deeper into debt. I support the efforts of Indiana and other states that have filed lawsuits challenging the mandates imposed by the health care law. Congress needs to overturn this law and start over with commonsense solutions that improve access and quality of care without driving up costs.

The Department of Health and Human Services is currently in the process of releasing rules and regulations mandating how PPACA will impact the entire health care system. What we do know is that the health care law increases Medicaid eligibility standards to 133 percent of the federal poverty line, which will increase an already large population of Medicaid patients struggling to find providers. This creates additional


is determined at some future date that sufficient assets have been collected to permit a distribution to creditors, then notice will be sent to the last known address of each known potential creditor of the Allcare companies, notifying them where and by when they must file any claims.

An Indiana federal judge has ruled on a class action lawsuit that the state must fully cover dental services that are medically necessary for Medicaid participants.

The decision affirms the Indiana Dental Association’s position that a $1,000 cap on Medicaid is a hindrance to Medicaid patients seeking dental care. The IDA testified at multiple rules hearings last year to stress the importance of removing the cap.

As of November 5, 2011, HP, the state reimbursement agent, is informing participating dental offices that the& Committee Online Tools

1 - Log into the Member Center. From the front page, click on “Member Login.” You will then be prompted to enter your ADA membership number and last name (first letter capitalized). This will take you to the Member Center, where members have access to pages for any group to which they belong.

2 - Look for the “Councils & Committees” category on the lefthand panel. You should see your councils, committees, or other groups listed below “Councils & Committees.” Click on the group you wish to view.

3 - Explore. While many pages are still being populated, you should be able to see rosters, past minutes, and your group’s forum. The staff member(s) assigned to your group will be in touch regarding how you will use


and choose CE courses that will refresh and renew your passion for dentistry and expand your services to patients.

Barrier #3: Not Understanding How Truly Valuable You Are

I’ve found 75% of case acceptance breaks down during the financial discussion. The way finances are discussed can either encourage the patient to move forward with care, or communicate the team member’s own perception of the cost and value of the dentistry. If you and your team don’t firmly and enthusiastically believe that you provide patients with a valuable service and deserve to be appropriately compensated for your training and skills, your patients won’t believe it either. And if patients do not value you and your talent, they won’t value the dentistry and won’t move forward with care. To break down thisof sugary and acidic drinks.

Awarded annually, the Golden Apple is the ADA’s highest award to state initiatives to advance oral health.

“Trendy drinks are causing our children to experience decay and loss of tooth enamel unprecedented in modern times,” said Dr. Diane Buyer, chair of the Drinks Destroy Teeth program. “Receiving the Golden Apple award provides a wonderful opportunity to continue promoting this message both locally and nationally through the program.”

This year the Drinks Destroy Teeth program will distribute oral health science kits to all 1,048 public elementary schools in Indiana, which will reach up to 166,000 students. In coming months Dr. Buyer will travel the state to present the program to local dental societies, schools and other groups.

The program currently targets fourth- and fifth-grade students, but is expected


people that have the same interests and concerns as I do. I enjoy talking to other dentists about all the problems that confront us every day, professionally and politically.

IDA: What has it meant to you personally and professionally to be the IDA president in the last year?

MS: Personally, I’ve been delighted to meet so many dentists throughout the state. We are all different, but we all want to be good practitioners by looking out for our patients’ welfare. Professionally, it has been an honor to represent Indiana at the national level. I found that our state is in tune with the national agenda.

IDA: If you learned one thing as president that you'd like to pass on to the next president, what would it be?

MS: He has to havelike a well oiled machine; everyone learned from each other and had a great time. We need to get along with our neighboring states. Their concerns are very similar to ours.

IDA: What do you see as your greatest achievement as president?

MS: My most important goal this year was updating the IDA website. Dr. Tom Murray and his task force deserve the credit for this. He drove everyone hard, especially himself. A three-year project was done in a year. Will Sears is a valuable employee who came at the right time to implement this website reconstruction. Probably the biggest achievement is the overwhelming member participation in the French Lick meeting. It will be fun, and I think everyone will have a great time renewing acquaintances and enjoying the resort.

IDA:


aboard the team’s Ligier JS P3 for Qualifying, the Briton securing pole with a 1:59.906, the only lap from the drivers in the class to break the 2:00 barrier.

“Feeling good, we’ve always shown we’ve had a quick car,” Moore said. “The conditions weren’t what we expected today, so we went and got a second set of tyres. It’s good to show what pace we have.”

Wayne Boyd ended up second in the #2 United Autosports Ligier, which is a strong starting position for himself Chris Buncombe and Garrett Grist who are just eight points off the class lead in the standings. But, they will wonder just how important missing out on scoring an additional point for pole will prove to be.

Third on the grid after a sterling effort wasQ:

What does Time Machine do when your data is bigger than the TM disk?

How does Time Machine under Mac OS X handle situations where the total amount of data that needs to be backed up is larger than the Time Machine disk itself?
(In my particular situation, I've got about 25 GB of data beyond the total size of my backup disk, and yet Time Machine continues without issue.)

A:

Speaking from experience, Time Machine will resort to erasing your oldest backup(s) to make adequate space that it needs for your most recent backup. You always get a warning first when space runs out, but the next time you start TM up it will resort to the behaviour I mentioned above.
This topic is discussed in many forums, for example: Apple Discussions


are family,” Eric Schwartzreich told South Florida Reporter. “And it was even more of a family to be able to coach my daughter to first a state, then hopefully a national championship.”

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    {
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xmlResponse[offset] = 0;

Note, for efficiency, I have increased the size of the recv to 65536 bytes. That would mean normally you'd get it in one call.
Don't forget to check you don't write beyond the end of the buffer. I left that out for clarity.


to 1 but they don't share prefixes
   with each other. shouldn't i have at least (ab) and (ba) here?

Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong in this process?
Also, he says at the end of step 4 we should have all possible sequences in the text, does he mean all possible repeating sequences?
Is this a known algorithm with a name that I can find more details on elsewhere?
(I'm also confused about his definition of intersecting sequences in step 5, but maybe it would make sense if I understood the preceding steps correctly).
EDIT: Here is what I have for step 4,5,6 after Evgeny's helpful clarification:
<STEP 4>
filter pseudocode:
results = {}
for (positions,lcp) in lcp_groups:
  results[lcp] = []
  while positions not empty:
    pos = positions.pop(0)assumptions they could make about individuals they saw exiting a grocery store, based on those individuals’ outward appearances. Apparently, we are supposed to judge a book by its cover.

Anecdotal evidence is as good as any other in this system, as long as it conforms to the party line. When critical thinking is discarded in favor of how well a position agrees with an idealized standard, anyone who doesn’t fit in with that mentality will not be given credence. Who’s going to listen to the person reporting wrong behavior when anyone can simply declare that he or she has malicious intent? Without an objective standard, it just becomes your word against theirs.

False Projection of Objectivity

The fact that Bill Gothard’s teachings are subjective is made doubly destructive by the fact


formula: you’re deceived into thinking that by doing so, you are safe from all problems. I have seen—repeatedly—how people can literally do everything “right” and still be hurt by life. The Recovering Grace article “How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships,” explains how it is taught “1 + 1= 2. Emotional purity + Biblical courtship = Godly marriage. But life doesn’t work that way. ” And in the series “Courtship Promised to Protect Me,” Joy shares her heartbreaking story of how the rule of courtship failed to protect her from hurt.

This false feeling of safety is one of the worst perpetuators of sexual abuse and harassment, because it assumes that “it can’t happen here.” The reality is that you can be doing everything accordingyou do not feel that outside material on safe touching is appropriate for them to read, create your own.

Create a safe line of communication with children and young people you shepherd, letting them know that if they ever come to you with a story about abusive behaviors, you will believe them and investigate what they told you.

Teach yourselves and your children that there is a difference in purity of heart and someone else violating your body. Children at least up until the age of 13 or so only understand morality in black and white terms and may not understand that someone else’s choices are not their responsibility.

Create a special language of your own for positive concepts like “telling the truth to protect.”

Take the opportunity to educate those in


like something was 'not quite right', but I guess some of that could be hindsight since I've "left the group". :) Anyway, dunno if you'll even see this comment, but just wanted to share. Blessings to you all, with the hope that you're reading this with a new perspective of grace and peace...you know, the actual kind. :)

@Megan: I can agree. While I cannot waver on my belief that ATI is fundamentally a cult, I find some relief and comfort in observing that the Duggar family has a lot of love. As a casual observer and grapevine listener, I feel I can safely trust in my gut feeling that the Duggar family has a foundation of love and caring. I hope that they begin trusting themselves more, nowthat BG has been implicated and exposed. Forget BG, forget the Pearls, do your own thing! I wish they as well as other former ATIers could simply trust their own gut feelings, their own goodwill, practice their own abilities to make decisions and life choices.

nmgirlApril 30, 2014

How do you know the Duggars have 'a lot of love'? It's a TV show that is staged and edited to present a certain image. It is no more real than "Big Brother"

ReneaApril 30, 2014

I'm just concerned that the Duggar kids HAVE to smile all the time (bright countenance) , can't say anything negative ( a bad report) , and can't express a different opinion ( rebellion).

BrumbyApril 30, 2014

@nmgirl: I'm speaking from my opinion, and my opinion and belief is that the


LOrd. Motherhood is not the invention of Gothard (boo!) but a gift from the Good Lord!! Blessings to y'all in the Great Adventure of Motherhood!!

I recently realized that I have created my own stigma to stay-at-home-momness, based on the expectations and regulations ingrained in me from ATI. At 20, I left ATI with a lot of goals and plans, one of which was that I would be a female in the workforce until the day I died. It was only until recently that I realized I'd created my own prison, locking myself out of the joy of raising my own kids myself in my own home. Of course I won't allow ATI to take such a sacred role away from me, just because I can't heal from theknowledge, we were still turned off by the almost cult-like status that we saw in BG's followers, and we definitely were alarmed by the ATI and knew "even we" could never "measure up to such "standards." Just recently through this website I sadly discovered the sexual harassment cases that are now piling up against BG, and somehow I am not surprised. In fact, I had to cancel a basic and advanced seminar scheduled for this summer at our church because of these sad cases. I can never support this ministry again. My wife and I have 8 children (4 of which may never have been born had it not been for BG) and so you see why my feelings are "mixed." I think your first point of "Black


of the same things in their parenting, marriage, etc., can provide that needed balance.

This list explains why so many people keep defending Bill Gothard and the false teachings of IBLP, even when obvious Scripture twisting is going on.

As an example of Scripture twisting, I well remember Bill comparing wives who work outside the home to the harlot in Proverbs, whose "feet never stay at home." THAT is an example of a horrific insult to many good, honest women. But you try to reason with people about it and you get totally illogical rambling that turns into an eventual attack -- the chief one among Gothard followers is that if you don't agree with them it is because you are "bitter." The "shopping mall" exercise explains why many thinkwill have to read those verses but I have no doubt they will not read to me the way they were represented in the textbook! Megan good point. You have to consider all the implications of the argument!

Stephanie - I see you are reading these comments, so I hope you will see this and comment. I think you are right on with what you wrote about formulaic response to all problems giving the false illusion that one will have no problems, e.g., "follow these ten steps and your kids will be perfect!" The one comment I would add is that Bill Gothard's teachings did not really emphasize the reality of indwelling sin - so that people who were following all of the right rules could still do sinful


if sin is committed , you are to blame. I am speaking from a woman's viewpoint. Abuse no matter if it is verbal, physical, spiritual, damages your soul. When you do leave to earn a living,to try and fit into a alien world is so hard. You have not been given the skills to do this.The discussion on the Duggar women; I wonder if they even are aware of what has happened? I know Mr. Keller the father of Priscilla Waller and Anna Duggar, asked their husbands to guard against them going on the internet. Isolation, another feature of abuse. Recently Mr. Jim Bob Duggar was asked about Bill Gothard' scandal he replied "We follow Jesus not a man". Then they are down in Big Sandy Texas speakingand needed. Alfred and others like him can argue Bill's innocence and hermeneutics all day on RG. What Stephanie has outlined above is 12 precise steps of why IBLP does not work and not only that the potentially damaging circumstances children will be exposed to. I think her article is one of the most powerful and substantive that I have seen on RG.

That's why the generation that has gone through ATI is speaking out and saying "no more".

P.L.May 2, 2014

It seems like IBLP/ATI were a gigantic experiment in child-rearing. We now have the data to know that it failed.

The 60,000 students (up until that time) figure was correct as of 2008. All I will say as to my source is that I know for sure it is accurate.


the Holy Spirit. When we do these things, and we all "have not arrived" but can choose to persevere... life goes well, we experience His shalom... even though we have many trials and hardships, etc., we have incredible peace and fulfillment knowing we are living in Him and for Him, His will for our lives...our lives are making an eternal impact for His glory...

The discussion of tradition reminded me of a well-known quote by theologian Jaroslav Pelikan. In an interview about his book, The Vindication of Tradition, published in US News & World Report, July 26, 1989, he said, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering where we are andshe said she was bitter. It's simply stated that it was a real feeling that she was expressing. She was stating an element of her humanity. Maybe there is a time and season to experience bitterness - the bitter waters of something terrible, so as to recognize it for what it is. And then, what we can look forward to is that God will bring that "beauty for ashes." The sunshine after the storm. At some point! She was able to let go of the bitterness and fully embrace the joys and blessings that the new season of her life brought. Maybe that's the key - after some time, after we've faced the darkness, grieved, acknowledged the hurt and felt the bitterness - we can be willing and


is to search for and find a perfectly reliable source of truth. We all do. Few actually find it while all believe they have.

ShaneMay 6, 2014

Paul,

I agree with the need for humility when evaluating and critiquing other truth claims, I also agree that Truth is not relative. I don't know that truth (not all truth) is static, but that is because Truth is engaged in relationship; it's source is personal and relational. So there are subjective and objective aspects to truth.

I also agree with this: "In the same vein, all ideas are religious ideas and all who posit ideas in public are evangelists. The only difference between evangelists is the quality of their ideas." And maybe this is the distillation of your whole point?

What I understood you tobe saying is that everyone is a fundamentalist, and what that winds up meaning is that no one is or can be critiqued as such. Fundamentalism in one sense (at least) of the word is negative and I would argue is worthy of eschewing. As I read your posts I can't tell whether you think all "fundamentalism" is equal, and I disagree that there is necessarily an inconsistency in asserting that there are problems with Fundamentalism. I don't see Stephanie's post as somehow internally inconsistent, because she offers a critique of Fundamentalism. It's akin to saying that one cannot criticizes someone for being constantly critical, because it's inconsistent. It has the affect of making critique always self-refuting and therefore impossible.

Not trying to set you up just want to


sitting in a trendy bar.

Date Within a Date

One final tip. The “Second Date” is is an excellent and little known technique for a first date.

Move location. Take them somewhere else, and amazingly, it feels like a second date. The ice will be well and truly broken. When you walk into a new place, you’ll both feel a connection, because you’re walking in together. It breaks any monotony that may have set in and opens the door for more fun.

About The Author

Stu Luminos

Stu is a father, a writer, and a software developer who needs to live for at least 1000 years just to get everything done

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Hey Stuart!

Really cool blog you have here, no idea it even existed.
And so many categories and good articles! I’m very impressed!

Gonnado this! This will be absolutely vital when you move onto marketing to friends and fans later! (Just follow the instructions Facebook gives you for setting up your tracking pixel.)

On the next page, you’ll set your budget. When targeting strangers with interests, you’ll set your budget at $6 per day.

Next, you’ll need to enter your targeting information. You won’t be able to set up a custom audience until you have an audience to use, so for now you’ll just be targeting by interest.

When you’re targeting strangers, the only way to do so on Facebook is via interest targeting. You’ll need to target based on specific interests people add to their Facebook profile.

Let’s say you want to build a list of people who want to lose weight. You could


and let them know a little about you. 2. Friends may buy cheaper products, but it’s best to just get them on your list and provide them with value. 3. Fans are those who have seen your value and are much more likely to buy more expensive products and help promote you.

If you keep these three types of traffic in mind and market to each one correctly, you’ll build traffic very affordably!Induction of plasmacytomas in genetically susceptible mice with silicone gels.
Silicone gels injected intraperitoneally into strains of mice related to BALB/c develop plasmacytomas in approximately the same numbers and with similar phenotypes as previously obtained with pristane. Silicone gels produce few side effects and are well tolerated for long periods. Silicone gels contain several components that are potentially biologically active: residual vinyl groups and platinum. Microscopic and histological evidence suggests the silicone gel is degraded over a long period of time. Preliminary studies with long chain liquid dimethylpolysiloxanes with viscosities of 1000 cSt and 12,500 cSt have not produced plasmacytomas as yet. The plasmacytomagenic action of the gel appears to be due to the release of liquids from the gel matrix.


photocatalysts, light absorption is important. In order to excite the electrons from the valence band to the conduction band in the electrical band structure of the semiconductor, light irradiation above the band gap energy is required. However, a typical TNT powder has high light reflectivity^[@ref11]^ due to its white color and has a wide optical band gap energy of approximately 3.1 eV or more than it, requiring irradiation light with high energy such as an ultraviolet (UV) light region to excite the electrons. However, this ultraviolet light region is less than 5% of the entire solar spectrum.^[@ref12]^ Further, because indoor light does not include sufficient light in the ultraviolet range, an additional ultraviolet light generator is required to operate a photocatalytic cleaning system, wallpaper, painting, or coating indoors.Nowadays, the extension of its photocatalytic properties to a broader part of the solar spectrum is key.

Recently, investigations aimed to improve the photocatalytic performance of oxides by enhancing the light absorption through expanding the absorption spectra of the structure to the visible light region.^[@ref13]^ As a typical method, heterostructures with noble metals such as gold or silver have been reported.^[@ref14],[@ref15]^ Although conductive metal nanoparticles serve to absorb light and provide the resulting electrons to titanate, contact surfaces can act as defect sites, which degrade the photocatalytic performance.^[@ref16]^ Considering the drawbacks of the heterostructure, the formation of visible activated catalysts through nonmetal nitrogen doping received more attention. This is achieved by expanding the absorption light range to the visible light region and reducing the optical band gap energy.^[@ref17]−[@ref19]^ The


resulted in victory of Vicente de la Roca in 1986, but his term was not that effective due to the lack of experience on managing a municipality; the next mayor was Rafael Elías who focused on the area development. Afterwards, teach Reynabel Estrada Roca was elected, serving for three terms.

Among those projects finished during Estrada Roca's term in office are:
 paved road between Pachalúm and Guatemala City, via Concuán
 Grocery market building
 Municipal Hotel
 Sports complex
 Urban area pavement
 irrigation project, led by Hugo Lorenzo Duarte Estrada

Other important access roads to Pachalúm are:
 Pachalúm -Chimaltenango, via San Martín Jilotepeque, 70% paved
 Pachalum - Santa Cruz del Quiché, 92 km long, with 16 km unpaved
 Pachalum - Cubulco, 20 km long

Climate

Pachalúm has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen:Q:

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An activity (ShowPos) cannot be launched when it extends MapActivity. If I change to extends Activity, it launches.
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I do have an API-key, which has worked before.
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Supreme Court decision and started asking him questions, and I realized that if I hadn’t talked to him and if I hadn’t gotten this story, I never would have had the insight that he was able to give me. I never would have been able to get there on my own. And so then I realized that basically that’s applicable to the entire queer spectrum, even as gay man there’s so much I don’t know about my own culture. So as much as this is a learning opportunity for everyone living in Kansas City, gay or straight, it’s definitely a learning opportunity for me.$P(\alpha)$ as a function of $\alpha$.
I recall that after this problem was discussed at the open problem session of FPSAC 2003, Pontus von Brömssen made some such plots. I haven't been in touch with him in the last few years, but apparently he has an (inactive) MO-account. I will notify him of this question.
ADDED: One might worry about whether in general, a solution obtained as indicated above is the correct one. For instance, in the example with $\alpha = 1/5$, the equation $x^2 = (x^5+1)/2$ has, apart from the three real roots, also two non-real roots, and even after finding a solution $f$ involving only the two real roots other than 1, it might not be totally obvious that there is no other real function of


completely answer the question, but it's a surprisingly simple (imo) way to obtain an upper bound on $P(\alpha)$.
Suppose the walk does cross a line of slope $\alpha$. Then at some point it is above that line for the last time. Conditioning on that last time, we can permute the steps before that point any way we like, so it follows that the conditional probability that the first step of the walk was a $+1$ is at least $(1+\alpha)/2 $. But that probability is just $$\frac{1/2}{P(\alpha)},$$ and it follows that $$P(\alpha) \leq \frac{1/2}{(1+\alpha)/2} = \frac{1}{1+\alpha}.$$
ADDED: It is possible to obtain quite sharp estimates of $P(\alpha)$ by combining this type of argument with some combinatorics of the first $n$ steps of the walk. On the other hand, the reasonable to play via Lan, to play as hot seat or to play by email. I did not try the multiplayer options because they were not finished, or stable, in the Supernova version that I had access to.

You may play in hot seat, setting up a game in your computer for multiple players to play in rounds. You may play via Lan, you can host and join previously created games. In addition to this you can also play by email.

First Impressions Bottom line

I am really impressed with this Armada 2526 first expansion. Supernova really adds a lot on top of an already solid and fun Armada 2526 gaming experience. Ntronium Games deserves an applause by delivering the goods and holding to what they promised in the promo video


trailer (that you can find below).

I think Supernova has all the ingredients to be a success. It adds significant new features that improve the original game in many ways. Although, there are probably areas to improve, there always are, I dare to say that Armada 2526 Supernova has been the best 4x sci-fi strategy gaming experience I had since Master of Orion 2 and Galactic Civilizations 2, and that is saying a lot.

There is still room for improvement of course. For instance there is no spaceship design in Armada 2526 yet (and probably never will be) which is so dear to so many 4x sci-fi fans. There is also not a great deal of personality in spaceships, for instance there are no leaders nor spaceship RPG elements (likeJaggery

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NEW DELHI: Steady conditions developed on the wholesale gur (jaggery) market on Wednesday as prices moved in a tight range on small alternate bouts of buying or selling and settled around previous levels. Traders said adequate stocks position against sporadic demand mainly kept prices steady. They said volume of business also dropped considerably due to paucity of funds. Following were Wednesday's quotation: Chakku 950-980, Pedi 930-950 and Dhayya 920-930 Shakkar 980-1000 and Khandsari 1150-1200.

PUNE/BANGALORE: Late rains and an increased demand during the festival season have brought cheer to jaggery manufacturers in Maharashtra. Contrary to their fears of jaggery turning cheaper on reports of a bumper cane production in the sugar season 2010-11, prices of top-quality jaggery are in the range of Rs


for jaggery production , there has been an increase in off-take from north India as gur and khandsari units in Uttar Pradesh have suspended operations due to the severe winter.

NEW DELHI: Steady conditions emerged on the local gur (jaggery) market on Tueday as prices moved in a narrow range in limited deals and settled around previous levels. Marketmen said adequate stocks against sporadic demand mainly kept prices steady. The volume of business was thin. Following were today's quotation: Chakku 875-925, Pedi 900-920 and Dhayya 900-920. Shakkar 950-1000 and Khandsari 1200-1250. In Muzzafar Nagar: Raskat 570-600, new Chakku 750-825 and New Khurpa 700-725.

NEW DELHI: There was not much activity on the wholesale gur (jaggery) market on Wednesday as prices moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settledChakku 925-1000, Khurpa N/A. In Murad Nagar: Pedi 975-1000 and Dhayya NA.

NEW DELHI: The wholesale Jaggery market held steady today as prices moved in a tight range on scattered buying against restricted supply and settled at last levels. Marketmen said small buying against less supply mainly kept the prices unaltered and also reduced the business volumes. The following are today's quotations per quintal: Gur chakku 2,800-3,000, pedi 2,900-3,000, dhayya 3,100-3,200 and shakkar 3,100-3,200. Muzaffarnagar: Rasket 2,600-2,650, chakku 2,650-2,950 khurpa 2,450-2,500 and Ladoo 2,700-2,750.

NEW DELHI: A rising tendency developed on the local gur (Jaggery) market during the week under reivew largely on reports of poor arrivals from producing centres due to bad weather conditions amid better offtake by the stockists and retailers and closed with good gains. On the


amount and those without degrees split about evenly between him and Santorum.

Santorum, outspoken on the campaign trail about the importance of faith, had a 20 percentage point margin over Romney among voters saying that sharing religious beliefs with a candidate mattered greatly. Such voters, though, accounted for shy of 1 in 4 voters, a slightly smaller share than average among states whose voters have been surveyed so far.

Around two-thirds of the votes of those seeking a real conservative and a contender with strong character were backing Santorum. But such voters comprised less than half the overall vote.

"I don't know if he (Romney) is willing to deal with the hard issues or if he would back down from them," said Don Gramer, a Santorum voter who works for theor more.
Fourth, if a tungsten layer having resistivity lower than that of the tungsten silicide layer 18 is deposited on the polysilicon layer 16 to reduce resistance, titanium nitride (TiN) film or WN (tungsten nitride) film must additionally be formed to avoid reaction with silicon. This complicates process steps.
Fifth, a reoxidation process is required to restore damage caused to the gate insulating film 15 during the etching process for the formation of the gate electrode. However, selective reoxidation is required because the tungsten is likely to react with ambient O2. Therefore, selective oxidation should exactly satisfy possible oxidation conditions, such as a ratio of H2/O2, and oxidation temperature. In this case, there is a problem in that redundancy of the selective oxidation is low.
Finally, if a cell region


and a logic region are formed in a single chip, the logic region requires a salicide process so that the logic region has a gate electrode material different from that of the cell region.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a method for forming a dual gate of a semiconductor device that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a dual gate of a semiconductor device, which improves reliability of the device and simplifies process steps by forming the same gate electrode material in both a cell region and a logic region.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description whichsource and a first drain by implanting impurity ions of the second conductivity type into the exposed first well and the first gate pattern, exposing the second well and the second gate pattern, forming a second source and a second drain by implanting impurity ions of the first conductivity type into the exposed second well and the second gate pattern, and diffusing the impurity ions from the metal layer into the semiconductor layer to form first and second gate electrodes.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.


What data we have been able to secure are often contradictory, out of date or simply incomprehensible.”

For example, recent USDA data states that about 2,000 active-duty service members are enrolled in SNAP, but estimates based on federal census data from 2014 put that number at 19,455. Experts say the sources of this data are unreliable for multiple reasons and Leibman called on the Pentagon and the USDA to work together to determine just how many military personnel receive SNAP benefits.

The number of food stamp dollars spent at military commissary stores steadily rose after the financial crisis of 2009 and peaked at $103 million in 2013. That number has dropped as the economy has recovered, but an unknown number of military families are still struggling with food insecurity. Howa carnival parade…”

“She came to file a complaint because of a carnival parade?” Bianca asked, blinking.

“It wasn’t the parade per se… It was because of the name of the parade…” Eliza had trouble suppressing her smile.

“What was the name?” Bianca was already smiling.

“Take it out ‘cause I need to crap…” Eliza laughed while the redhead tilted her head.

“I don’t get it.”

“The name was in her homage because one day she was having anal sex with her boyfriend and suddenly she shouted take it out ‘cause I need to crap. so loud the entire neighborhood heard!”

Eliza laughed louder. Bianca shook her head.

“That’s not funny…”

“Oh, yeah? Then why are you smiling?”

“Shut up…” Bianca pushed Eliza gently.

The girl fell on the bed and pulled her girlfriend by the hand.

Bianca lay down


bedroom.

At once Bianca got off of Eliza and sat on the floor near the bed.

A second later, Eliza’s mother opened the door. She looked at the two girls and then looked relieved as she flashed a tense smile.

“Hey, mom… what’s up?” Eliza tried to leave all her frustration out of her voice. Damn it… if she hadn’t interrupted, I’d be sucking Bianca’s boobs by now…

“Hey, honey. I just came in to check on things…”

“Everything’s fine. We’re gonna pick a movie…”

“That’s… nice, sweetie…Then… have fun… you two…”

The nurse left the room, but instead of closing the door, she left a little creak opened before walking away.

Eliza exchanged looks with her girlfriend and sighed. “Baby steps?”

“Baby steps.”

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Anyone reading this can guess at the person's identity all he wants, but the reality is that there are so many teams in the same position that you could start guessing now and keep going for the next hour. Matt Kenseth ... Joey Logano ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... Clint Bowyer ... Kyle Busch ... Erik Jones ... the list is not short.

With only seven races remaining before the Chase, er, playoffs, there have been 11 winners, which leaves a wad of drivers clustered around the coveted 16th points position. There is an even larger pack in the ''gotta win or else" category who don't really have a prayer at climbing far enough up the standings to get in the old-fashioned way.

Thus, the constant throwing up of moreThe Keijo!!!!!!!! collaboration swimsuit downloadable content for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 first announced in January is now available to download, free of charge, Koei Tecmo announced.

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is currently available for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan and Asia, with the latter version featuring English subtitles.

Watch a trailer showcasing the Keijo!!!!!!!! swimsuits below.


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The sooner you start getting experience with the field, the
sooner you'll be able to figure out if this is the field you should
be majoring in. If you don't like programming, then Computer
Engineering is probably not a good field to major in. Even if you are mostly
interested in designing CPUs, you are going to be doing a LOT of
programming.

Most folks find that the level and amount of work expected from them
in college greatly exceeds what they are used to in secondary
school. Unless youwhen the professor is a decent teacher, he cannot teach you effectively in the class time available. So any knowledge you gain in advance will help you keep up with the fast pace of the classroom.

IMO C++ is one of the worst languages for beginners. Go ahead and study C++ if you don't find it too difficult, but other languages such as C#, VB, Ruby, or Python are quite a bit easier.

It would be a very smart move to know some language before entering college. College instruction in Computer Science is often of a dismal quality, given by TAs who are untrained or who don't speak English. Introductory courses are not a priority and poor instruction is the rule. Universities make money off of grant overhead; getting grants


Denver Post columnist Al Lewis reports on something the union bosses really don’t like to talk about; the huge percentage of workers they “represent” who want nothing to do with a union.

Unfortunately, far too many workers are trapped in a union and forced to pay dues just because some workers, at some point, wanted to join. Workers may come and go, but unions can keep their stranglehold long after a majority of workers have decided it’s not worth the price.

And that’s why union boss Ernest Duran is terrified of a Colorado amendment on the ballot that would give workers some measure of freedom:

Half of Colorado’s United Food and Commercial Workers would stop paying union dues if they could, according to the group’s local president.

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About Me

"I started this journey in 1998 on my second visit to Nepal. I knew then, what I know now, that I wanted to adopt a child from Nepal.
If I would have known that I'd be filling out paperwork for 7 months, waiting a year to be matched with a child, have to leave my entire life completely to live in Nepal for an indefinite amount of time on 5 days notice, give up everything I have worked for in the past 10 years, and still have no guarantee that I would be able to come home with my child, I would have said that was impossible. But yet here I am."
That was written when I began this blog. Now, exactly one year later, after285 F.3d 1362
ECOLAB INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,v.PARACLIPSE, INC. (doing business as Paraclipse Automated Insect Control Division), Defendant-Cross Appellant.
No. 01-1204.
No. 01-1205.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
April 3, 2002.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 9, 2002.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED J. Derek Vandenburgh, Merchant & Gould P.C., of Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Douglas J. Williams and Jonelle R. Witt. Of counsel on the brief was Andrew D. Sorensen, Ecolab Inc., of St. Paul, MN.
Keith V. Rockey, Rockey, Milnamow & Katz, Ltd., of Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-cross appellant. With him on the brief was Kathleen A. Lyons. Of counsel on the brief was James J. Hill, Emrich & Dithmar, of Chicago, IL.
Before CLEVENGER, GAJARSA, and DYK, Circuit Judges.
DECISION
DYK, Circuit Judge.

1
Ecolab Inc. ("Ecolab")


wall of the housing. "Direct light," as described in the patents, means light radiated directly from the source of the light onto the wall above the unit. The term "reflected light," as used in the patent claims, means the light from the source which bounces off, i.e., is reflected off, a reflecting surface on the inside wall of the housing cover. An internal reflecting surface which is "positioned with respect to the horizontal such that light from the source of the insect attractant light is directed onto the vertical mounting surface" does not include vertical surfaces on the rear wall of the housing which are positioned to reflect light out into a room. Even if some "incidental" illumination of the wall results from a reflective surface on theargues that nothing in claim 1 limits the "internal reflecting surface" to a particular location "on the inside wall of the housing cover." We disagree. Claim 1 specifically requires that the "internal reflecting surface" be part "of the housing." '690 patent, col. 8, l. 62.

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While the claim language is not as clear as it might be, we think that the term "housing" refers to the exterior walls, the cover, and the bottom wall, but not the elements contained "within" the housing. Ecolab argues that the term "housing" can encompass "elements beyond the external walls ... shown in the preferred embodiment," because "claim 1 explicitly states that the housing also includes the insect immobilization surface, which is a separate element placed on top of the bottom wall." We disagree.


USPQ 369, 376 (Fed.Cir. 1984) ("[A] reversal ... is not available to an appellant who merely establishes error in instructions.... Where the procedural error was `harmless,' i.e., where the evidence in support of the verdict was so overwhelming that the same verdict would necessarily be reached absent the error, or the error was cured by an instruction, a new trial would be mere waste and affirmance of the judgment is required."), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1084, 105 S.Ct. 1844, 85 L.Ed.2d 143 (1985).

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This requires us to examine whether there was sufficient evidence at trial to support a finding of infringement under a correct instruction. We must therefore determine whether Ecolab presented sufficient evidence to support a finding that the Insect Inn IV trap "contains" at least one "surfaceBut "practicing the prior art" is not a defense to literal infringement. Baxter Healthcare Corp. v. Spectramed, Inc., 49 F.3d 1575, 1583, 34 USPQ2d 1120, 1126 (Fed.Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 906, 116 S.Ct. 272, 133 L.Ed.2d 194 (1995); see also Tate Access Floors, Inc. v. Interface Architectural Res., Inc., 279 F.3d 1357, 1365, 61 USPQ2d 1647, 1653 (Fed.Cir.2002). Instead, "[q]uestions of obviousness in light of the prior art go to validity of the claims, not whether an accused device infringes." Baxter, 49 F.3d at 1583, 34 USPQ2d at 1126. Thus, Paraclipse cannot properly assert as a noninfringement defense that "[i]f the claims read on Insect Inn IV, they must also read on the prior art."

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In sum, the district court erred in precluding Paraclipse from challenging the


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This past weekend was ArtiGras in Jupiter. It is a really busy weekend for Mommy - so Grammie took the monsters to Disney! They stayed in the Garden Wing of the Contemporary.

This is from the kids' point of view.

Buddy said the hotel was awesome. He loved that their room looked out at the Monorail Track (completely ignoring the parking lot view most adults see immediately).

Rea loved the bathroom. She said it was beautiful and "[it] was really nice too." And both kids thought it was super fun to order room service for breakfast. Grammie asked if they had ever used room service before... Rea said, "Oh yes, when I was in the hospital."

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better, not really: it just felt like I was too tired to sleep. If I’d been having this conversation with Heiress I would have called what was being said posturing, but what need did the fucking King of Winter have to posture with me? He could end me with a thought. He was in a league so far above my own even trying to grasp the difference between us might kill me. And Ranger fights things like this for sport. Merciless Gods, what kind of monsters had Black gathered under his banner?

“I’m too close to the grave to play this game properly,” I said. “I lied my way to a claim. Are you going to deny me?”

He laughed. It sounded like wind against dead branches, like blood freezingin truth,” the King grinned, teeth like stolen moonlight. “I charge you with the defeat of Summer, Catherine Foundling. I charge you with the making of peace, exacted from the battlefield.”

He leaned forward.

“You have six times the coming of your title, or your heart is forever mine,” he said.

Hands rose to my face again, to my eyes.

“Now sleep,” he said, “and dream.”

Fingers pulled down my pupils and darkness took me.

—

Dawn does not exist, then it does.

I see two cities and two lands around them. One is made of plenty, orchards of fruitful trees and fields of green. Juice runs down the chin of children as they bite into peaches, playing under the sun by pale walls. Colours for which there are no names yet fill half the world,


proud lords and ladies clustering at the feet of a crowned and faceless silhouette. In its gaze is Summer, the heat that burns and hangs in the air like vapour. The other land is ice and illusion, and there nothing grows. Wind howls and creatures die under knives of obsidian, the warmth of their blood staining lips and chasing away, for a single blessed moment, the cruel bite of the chill. There the games of the children are vicious, for victory can only come from the defeat of others. At the heart of a maze, lords and ladies with smiles treacherous cluster at the feet of a crowned and faceless silhouette. In its gaze is Winter, the cold that that devours and leaves only absence behind.

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Werewolf romance with one evocative line

Trying to track this one down...  Here is what I know.

Paranormal romance book, featuring werewolves as good guys instead of evil monsters
Heroine is a werewolf, but not a tough gal
Heroine has a tough guy following her around trying to protect her; she makes life difficult for him.  Sometimes this is by accident
Tough guy is a werewolf too
It's a romance, so everyone is super-pretty or studly handsome
A bit more ... prim than your typical romance.  Werewolves are bonded for life with their first werewolf lover, so are often quite chaste

And one line which I (think I) remember; danger is near, heroine takes a look at herself and ruefully says something very like:  "I don't know what this body is made


from seeking a declaratory judgment against defendant's insurer where defendant fails to contest a denial of coverage. We affirm.

FACTS
Appellant Melanie Anderson filed a medical malpractice claim against respondent, Thomas Koehnen, M.D., alleging that medication negligently prescribed by him during her pregnancy led to her daughter's permanent and severe birth defects including hydrocephalus and spina bifida. That suit is currently pending.
Dr. Koehnen tendered a claim to his insurer, St. Paul Fire and Marine. Respondent insurer denied liability and declined to defend Dr. Koehnen. The record does not disclose the reason for the insurer's denial of coverage or the doctor's failure to contest that determination.
Appellants sought a declaratory judgment establishing respondent insurer's liability. The trial court dismissed the action and declined to reconsider. The Andersons appeal.

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in the other locations. We present a computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging study of a case of chondroblastoma of the patella associated with an aneurysmal bone cyst. To our knowledge, it is the seventh case reported and the second with computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies. We also review and discuss in detail all the cases of patellar chondroblastoma that we found in the literature.that make generations of Pentagon-bound, business-minded warrior-accountants and their associated desk-skippers blanche. Justifying base expenses is a challenge under the best of circumstances, and no post-Sequestration administrator in their right mind will dare to request the substantial operational funds required to establish a new “high-operational cost” outpost in some out-of-the-way ocean. So we just don’t think about it. For the US, new island bases are so far out of the realm of the possible, few waste time mulling the matter.

And with the national security bureaucracy no longer primed to consider island bases, we risk developing a blind spot when making assessments of other countries’ level of interest and commitment to islands or sea features.

Island bases offer few domestic political benefits: Islands don’t vote. And, right now, the Pentagon


depends upon Congressional support. Outside of a rump contingent for Guam, no member of Congress directly “owns” investments made in some bereft island outpost–so unless the military is doing something that has significant “Not In My Backyard” potential (say, destroying Chemical Weaponry), islands are going to have to fight the “why isn’t this item/base/activity being done in my district” argument. It isn’t a fight that the Pentagon wants to wage.

Again, these domestic pressures mean that island bases are being unfairly pushed off the national security radar.

Pentagon is primed for consolidation and minimization of the military’s geographical footprint: The last thing DOD administrators want to consider is the prospect of, say, exploiting the vestiges of America’s World War II-era logistical network throughout many of the Pacific’s 30,000-ish islands. We’reoperational opportunities that wouldn’t come from a brief DDG/LCS or CVN visit.

We forget that most other countries don’t have our floating arsenal, and, as such, must think harder about exploiting geography–for them, it may be far more cost-effective to use geography to house a missile base, a listening post or air wing than to develop carrier battle groups, subs or survivable combatants (as an aside, we’ve done so much cost-benefit analyses of big vs. small carriers, I’d love to know when the last time we completed a full-on cost-benefit analysis of maintaining some small forward airbases on Pacific/Indian Ocean islets–the carrier would win, but at least this sort of exercise would force defense taste-makers to at least explore the issue a bit).

Washington has forgotten terraforming works: In the


discussion for another post. Islands are still valuable for flexible forward presence and shaping efforts alone.

So…given the grab-bag of challenges and issues listed here (and many others that aren’t), it is my sense that the U.S. is primed to undervalue islands. The U.S. government may simply be institutionally predisposed to minimize the potential utility of islands. We’re biased. It happens.

What does America’s Anti-Island Bias Mean?

Is America risking miscalculation by undervaluing the military value of islands?

You bet.

Primarily, the U.S. is at risk of underestimating the military value other countries put upon islands and island bases.

We also risk discounting entire important regions. Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan are all archipelagos, and they’re all on the front lines of the Pacific Pivot. We should be right there with them, putting ourinterventricular septal curvature (R) was measured from the parasternal short axis view and the reciprocal value (1/R) was applied as a severity index of the PH. In 4 patients with SLE-PH and 6 with PPH, pulmonary arterial pressure was measured by cardiac catheterization concomitantly. There were no significant differences in 1/R and pulmonary arterial pressure between the two groups when PH was diagnosed for the first time. In the PPH group, the mean period of follow-up study was 25.3 months and all of the patients died during that period. In SLE-PH group, the mean period of follow-up study was 50.6 months, and only 3 patients (43%) died during that period. No patients in the PPH group showed improvement in 1/R, but 3 patients with SLE-PH improved in 1/R