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Selecting the Right Painting Contractor in Massachusetts.
You have many choices when choosing a painter for your home or business, keep in mind: in our country anyone can declare themselves a professional painter. There are few licensing requirements or governing boards, and the cost of entering the profession is minimal. The unfortunate result of this is that a high percentage of those who call themselves painting professionals are unqualified opportunists who would like nothing more than to repaint your home every three to four years. (Remember, 80 % of the cost of the job is labor). We offer 5 year and 10 year warranties with our exterior work when done by our high standards.
Does the contractor have a safe work record?
You don't want any accidents occurring on your property because of negligence. It's in your painting contractors best interest to keep a safe job site for you, your family and their employees.
Your painting contractor should have a strong service record with many years of experience painting in your local area. Don't try and save money by hiring an inexperienced painting crew you may be disappointed.
Are the employees experienced painters?
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Is the contractor registered with the state as a home improvement contractor?
You can find out by using the Massachusetts State Website. The Consumer Affairs section provides many helpful resources for checking out your potential contractor.
Does the contractor have the necessary insurance? Is it adequate?
It's important your contractor have the necessary insurance to do business in the state of Massachusetts. Look for a painting contractor who has more than just "basic" coverage so you have that extra peace of mind when they are working on and around your home or building.
Do they carry workers' compensation for their employees?
Talk about a legal nightmare if one their employees should be injured on the job. It's not even worth discussing because you shouldn't be hiring a contractor that cannot provide these details.
Can your contractor provide a list of local references?
A good painting contractor is proud of their work and will be happy to show it off to you. Look for a painting contractor with a great website who lists some of their past projects, customer references and reviews. Painters aren't web geeks so always email prospective painters and ask if they have more recent photos of similar projects to yours.
Has your contractor put everything in writing?
Do you have an estimate with an accurate cost break down or do you have a piece of paper with just the total amount for the project? A good painting contractor will break down your costs for you and provided it all in writing with an accurate description of the scope of work to be performed.
Does your contractor provide a written warranty?
You should be provided with some sort of warranty on your painting project when it's completed by a professional. Look for a contractor that provides this in writing so you have some recourse if there is an issue down the road that may require warranty service.
For most people, your home is your biggest investment. Take the time to ask your contractor questions and you will get a better paint job.
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A Tale of Scale: How Wintel Rode Profusion to the Glass House
By Scott Bekker
For a long time it was safe to write off Wintel as a scalable platform.
But, for the last three years, a combination of factors have sent Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. careening toward the glass house at a rate that should give UNIX/RISC vendors pause and give IT executives reason to take notice of that upstart PC platform.
The lifecycle is winding down for a central player in Wintel scalability: Intel's Profusion chipset. The eight-processor Profusion board provided a launching platform for nearly two years of rapid Wintel scalability gains.
Even as Profusion-based systems are being ushered out of the spotlight, new server system technologies are queuing up to take Windows and Intel more squarely into raw performance competition with the UNIX offerings from Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp. and HP.
And, as the raw performance improves, Wintel is maintaining its price-performance edge over traditional UNIX systems.
In 1998, Windows NT was perceived as good only for four-processor servers. Benchmarks published with the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), the most closely watched scalability benchmark, bore out the perception. Three eight-processor systems tested that year yielded anemic increases in scalability of 34 percent to 42 percent better than their four-processor counterparts on the TPC-C benchmark, a test of OLTP scalability.
Opinion was mixed on whether it was the operating system; Microsoft's flagship database, SQL Server 6.5; or the hardware that was to blame for the poor results.
Early Signs Wintel Might Someday Be Credible
In 1999, a few positive signs emerged that Microsoft and Intel might be serious about creating enterprise-class systems with Windows NT on Intel. First, Microsoft began shipping SQL Server 7.0, a completely overhauled database.
Then Microsoft released its fifth Service Pack for Windows NT 4.0, a rollup of bug fixes that, unlike some previous service packs, fixed more problems than it created.
Intel delivered the Profusion chipset that it had been promising since acquiring the technology in 1997. At the same time, Intel shipped faster and faster processors, including 550 MHz Pentium III Xeons, a big improvement over the 200 MHz Pentium Pro processors the earlier eight-processor system benchmarks ran on.
Unisys Corp. ran the first Windows NT 4.0/SQL Server 7.0 benchmark on an eight-processor Profusion system, and the results showed a 55 percent performance improvement over the best comparable four-processor Windows system of the time.
The result caused Giga Information Group Senior Analyst Brad Day to enthuse: "What's really pretty exciting about this is that this is really the first time that a Wintel solution has been able to cross the threshold into the UNIX/RISC environment."
The usual finger-pointing about whether Microsoft scalability limitations rested with the operating system, the database or the hardware was no longer necessary. The Wintel architects had a chipset they could build on.
The 2000 Generation
Expected since 1998, Microsoft finally delivered the upgrade to Windows NT 4.0 in February 2000. Early adopters of Windows 2000 reported the same levels of reliability and stability that users found with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.
Intel cranked out faster processors, including 700 MHz Pentium III Xeons for four- and eight-processor servers.
Meanwhile, Microsoft readied two pieces of software heavily focused on the data center. One was Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, an operating system tuned for big systems with support for up to 32 processors and 64 GB of RAM.
The other product was a database robust enough to support Datacenter Server – SQL Server 2000. Both products launched in late September. All through the year, OEMs ran TPC-C tests of Profusion-based eight-processor systems running Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000. Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Compaq and IBM showed steadily improving scores.
The final TPC-C score of the year, posted by Unisys, was a 62 percent improvement over the first Profusion-based benchmark. The linear scalability versus four-way systems had improved, as well. The system performed 72 percent better than a similarly configured four-processor server.
Profusion Reaching Its Limit
This March, Intel released the final Pentium III Xeon processor: the 900 MHz.
Intel's position is that the 900 MHz processor, with its 29 percent jump in clock speed over the 700 MHz, will bring significant performance increases.
"Obviously, the large frequency jump allows for a very large performance boost," says Shannon Poulin, Launch and Disclosure Manager in Intel's enterprise platform marketing organization.
Jerry Buggert, who runs Unisys' system analysis modeling and measurement organization and is chairman of the TPC, doesn't expect quite so much out of the chip.
"Even putting the 900 MHz Xeons into the Profusion chipset is a real shoehorn activity. You're becoming very limited by the memory throughput at that point," Buggert says.
Whether the chipset has any benchmark juice left in it or not, Buggert and Poulin agree it was monumental for the Wintel platform.
"It was a very, very strategic product for us. It enabled Intel to penetrate the back-end space and offer the price and performance leadership over some of the competitive products that were in that space," Poulin says.
Assessing Profusion Against UNIX
Microsoft and Intel definitely proved the platform against itself, delivering real scalability through Profusion over the platform's traditional strong point in four-processor systems.
On price-performance, the systems also track closely to the numbers posted by Wintel four-processor systems, trouncing UNIX/RISC systems.
Comparing Profusion-based systems performance against the raw performance of the best UNIX systems, however, shows the Wintel alliance lost ground over the life of the chipset and gained very little with Profusion compared to where Microsoft and Intel were with pre-Profusion systems.
When Data General posted the first Wintel TPC-C eight-processor benchmark in 1998, the result was 31 percent of the performance of the top UNIX system at the time, a 16-processor HP 9000 running HP-UX and a Sybase database.
When Unisys posted the most recent Wintel TPC-C eight-processor benchmark in November, the result was 28 percent of the performance of the top UNIX system at the time, a 24-processor IBM AIX/Oracle8i system.
A number of hardware developments may break the raw performance standoff soon. During the most explosive period of Profusion system benchmarking, Unisys began shipping its e-action ES7000 server. The 32-processor servers are built on a new architecture developed at Unisys called Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP).
Designed specifically with Windows 2000 Datacenter Server in mind, the systems use standard Intel Pentium III Xeon processors.
Unisys officials say they are working on a TPC-C benchmark. On a quasi-industry standard benchmark of mySAP.com Sales & Distribution users, Unisys tested CMP systems with 16, 24 and 32 processors and published the results. The 24-processor system, running Datacenter Server, gave nearly twice the performance of the top-performing Profusion-based system. The 32-processor system eclipsed all but a handful of Unix results. The headroom that remains to Unisys gives the company's engineers an opportunity to make a run at those top UNIX-based results.
Opportunities for the Wintel platform to scale exist on several fronts. There are Intel's next generation of 32-bit Xeon processors, Intel's 64-bit processors, Microsoft's scale-out initiatives and other big hardware systems based on Intel processors that will challenge Unisys' CMP.
Intel's next 32-bit SMP processor, called Intel Xeon, stems from the faster microarchitecture it shares with the Pentium IV processors.
Unisys plans to modify its existing line of CMP servers to support the new line of Intel Xeons, making further 32-bit scalability gains possible on that architecture.
More possibilities open when considering Intel's recently delivered 64-bit Itanium processors.
Unisys should be ready to ship 64-bit systems shortly. NEC had a 16-way system called the AzusA awaiting Intel's silicon, too.
IBM also revealed a new Intel processor-based server that will scale up to 64 processors, called the IBM eServer xSeries 430 in March. The NUMA-based system won't support Windows until the next release of Windows Datacenter Server.
Another possibility is the scale-out route to large systems that Microsoft promotes heavily. Microsoft, IBM and Compaq all promote benchmark results that show Windows 2000 at the top of the TPC-C scalability list with results as high as three times greater than the nearest UNIX/RISC vendor's score.
The results depend on a promising method of clustering Windows servers together for performance largely unproven in real environments.
The enterprise administrator's checklist for data-center class systems is simple, but demanding. Systems must be rock-solid from applications to operating system to underlying hardware. Support must be immediate and accountable. Headroom must exist to allow applications to grow.
Microsoft and its partners have worked furiously to check off those boxes. They've posted checkmarks in stability and support, and they delivered improvements in scalability with the Profusion chipset.
Beyond Profusion, they're delivering a little more headroom every week through scalability enhancements.
For the very biggest new applications, UNIX/RISC systems retain an immediate headroom advantage that makes them the logical choice.
Where Wintel's compelling price-performance and improving raw performance make it worth a hard look is for new data-center applications with the potential to become very large.
HP, Compaq Back Away from Wintel Server Plans
64-bit Windows Server Sales to Come Through OEMs
Scott Bekker is editor in chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine.

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Emil Assad Rached, também conhecido como O Gigante (Vera Cruz, 20 de junho de 1943 — Campinas, 15 de outubro de 2009) foi um dos mais altos jogadores do basquete brasileiro, com 2,20 metros.

Trajetória
Nasceu em Vera Cruz mas morava em Campinas, quando foi descoberto para o basquete. Começou no Palmeiras e jogou entre 1964 e 1980. Com a seleção brasileira ganhou duas medalhas: bronze no Mundial do Uruguai (1967), e ouro no Pan-Americano de 1971 em Cali.

Tinha formação em educação física. Em 2003 vivia como representante de vendas.

No basquete, ficou conhecido pelo papel de "boi de piranha": atraía os marcadores e os companheiros arremessavam livres. Tinha fama de lento, embora chegasse a marcar 15 pontos por partida, e recebesse diversas faltas, forçando a saída de diversos jogadores de equipes adversárias. Pela seleção brasileira, Emil marcou 114 pontos em 18 jogos.

Na televisão, seu papel de gigante mal-humorado e desajeitado entusiasmava o público. Ficou conhecido pelo bordão "Pega no termômetro e verifica!", com o qual respondia à insistente pergunta "está frio aí cima?". No cinema, participou dos seguintes filmes: O Trapalhão nas minas do Rei Salomão (1977), Os trapalhões na guerra dos planetas (1978) e As Aventuras de Mário Fofoca (1982).

Segundo o Guinness de 1974, Emil era, provavelmente, o homem mais alto do Brasil, com 2,37 m, sendo também considerado o jogador de basquete mais alto do mundo àquela época.

Faleceu no dia 15 de outubro de 2009 no Centro Médico de Campinas, em Barão Geraldo, aos 66 anos de idade, após sofrer uma embolia pulmonar e quatro paradas cardíacas.

Ligações externas
 Entrada no IMDB
 Entrevista no ''O Estado de S. Paulo
 Página da Confederação Brasileira de Basketall sobre Emil Rached (com fotos)

Basquetebolistas de São Paulo
Desportistas do Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Basquetebolistas da Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Basquetebolistas do Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Humoristas do estado de São Paulo
Pessoas relacionadas aos Trapalhões
Naturais de Vera Cruz (São Paulo)
Medalhistas do Brasil nos Jogos Pan-Americanos
Mortes por embolia pulmonar

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Glengarra Wood är en skog i republiken Irland.   Den ligger i provinsen Munster, i den centrala delen av landet,  km sydväst om huvudstaden Dublin.

Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C.

Källor

Skogar i Munster


The High Court has referred to the Constitutional Court, the case of six MPs who are seeking to challenge their suspension from Parliament by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga during the December debate on the controversial Presidential Age Limit. High Court Judge Margaret Oguli Oumo was this morning expected to hear the case against Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the Attorney General, but instead a ruling was delivered to the effect that the MPs filed the case in the wrong court. In her ruling, Justice Oguli explained that according to section 137 of the Constitution, any person who alleges to have been aggrieved with any act or omission that contravenes the Constitution, should petition the Constitutional court for redress. The Court's decision has been met with strong criticism from the leader of the opposition in Parliament Winnie Kiiza. The six legislators dragged Kadaga and Attorney General to court seeking orders to quash their suspension for seven sittings, which they claim was in done in violation of their right to a fair hearing. The six suspended MPs include Allan Ssewanyana, Mubarak Munyangwa, Semujju Nganda, Gerald Karuhanga, Jonathan Odur and Anthony Akol.


Village of the Heights resident George Hajovski and daughter Patti Bloomer. Contributed photo.
Scores of Valentine's Days have come and gone for David and Barbara Henington, who usually have a nice dinner but don't do anything special on Feb. 14.
This year's loved-themed holiday will be different for the elderly Houston couple, who have been married for 62 years. They are first-year residents of The Village of the Heights, an assisted-living center with a series of special events planned for its 92 residents.
First there will be a one-actress performance by Mary Mann at 10:30 a.m. Representatives from the Houston Heights Women's Club are scheduled to bring baked goods and Valentine's cards at 1 p.m.
Scheduled for later in the afternoon is a happy hour including wine, appetizers and live music by Gloria Middleton. The grand finale is a steak dinner on tables decorated with rose petals and napkins folded into the shapes of flowers and hearts.
Best of all? It won't cost residents a thing outside of their usual monthly fees.
Most of the other residents at 1407 Studewood St., who range in age from 55-98, figure to enjoy it as well. The Village of the Heights implemented the Valentine's program last year and expanded on it this year, adding the happy hour and live entertainment.
Middleton will be playing guitar and singing classic tunes while her audience sips on drinks and nibbles on hors d'oeuvres.
"She's got a voice like an angel," said 96-year-old resident Vivian Kasmiroski.
Activities director Christian Salazar said The Village of the Heights has themed events for most of the major holidays. Valentine's Day has a special place in her heart, so Salazar goes above and beyond for the occasion in an attempt to relay that sentiment to those she serves.
One of those residents, Aileen Sparks, said it had been a while since she celebrated Valentine's Day. So last year's events were a treat.


Gregory's Marine has over 30 years of combined experience in inboard/outboard, and outboard boat engine repair, Jet Ski repair, offseason maintenance, remodeling and replacement of boat interiors.
Our professional welders can repair Steel, Stainless and Aluminum hulls and even cast iron engine blocks and manifolds. We can also repair aluminum, stainless steel and brass propellers.
At Gregory's we offer all boating services at one location, including custom canvas covers, complete upholstery replacement and repair and carpet and restoration and replacement.
Key benefits are Quick recovery from shore or by barge, Complete engine and out-drive repair or rebuild, and Complete interior and electrical repair and or replacement capabilities.
Gregory's offers Boat Cleaning, Prop Repair/Replacement and Storage Services. Bring your boat in at the beginning of the season and Gregory's will prepare your boat for the summer season.


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Bachelor of Arts Degree
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Juris Doctor Degree
LICENSING :
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
LITIGATION PRACTICE :
Mr. Gustavson has been engaged full-time in litigation since 1978, with the exception of his time as Safety Director for the city of Cincinnati as detailed below. The practice is concentrated in the areas of civil rights, including police misconduct and government abuse; wrongful death, including medical malpractice, product liability and personal injury; gun issues and the rights of firearms owners; business litigation; and construction disputes.
PROFESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Gustavson is a 1974 graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a 1978 graduate of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree. He joined the staff of prosecutor=s office of the city of Cincinnati in 1978 where he served as a trial attorney. In 1981, he was promoted to the civil division of the Cincinnati solicitor=s office where his duties included general civil litigation. In 1984, he was promoted to senior assistant city solicitor. In 1986, he was promoted to chief trial counsel for the City of Cincinnati. As chief trial counsel, his duties included supervision and responsibility for all City civil litigation attorneys, as well as responsibility for monitoring an average of more than 400 active cases seeking recovery of in excess of one billion dollars. Mr. Gustavson=s trial practice primarily involved police misconduct cases, with an emphasis on police shooting cases, government abuse of citizen=s rights, injury cases, contract litigation, and construction law and litigation. In 1991, he was promoted to deputy city solicitor, courts division. That position involved the supervision and responsibility for the staff of the city prosecutor=s office, as well as the city=s civil litigation attorneys. The supervisory role involved a staff of more than 50 persons, including 25 litigation attorneys. In 1992, he was appointed safety director for the city. The safety director administered the Safety Department and was the administrative supervisor of the Cincinnati Police Division and the Cincinnati Fire Division, with direct supervisory responsibility for the Cincinnati Police Chief and the Cincinnati Fire Chief. The Safety Department was the largest city department with more than 2,200 employees and a budget in excess of $140 million. At the end of 1995, Mr. Gustavson ended his career in public service to devote his time to litigation matters, primarily on behalf of plaintiffs.
Committee as a part of the International City Managers Association's national benchmarking project.
Since leaving government service, Mr. Gustavson has been involved in litigation and union representation. The litigation includes police misconduct, medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, business litigation, city employee promotional and administrative disputes, and intentional torts. Since 2004, Mr. Gustavson has achieved punitive damage jury verdicts in three cases, including a defamation case with a jury verdict in excess of $1.1 million. The union representation involves CODE, a group of middle managers employed by the City of Cincinnati. That representation includes contract negotiation, discipline and grievance arbitrations.
Mr. Gustavson has been involved in litigation in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Florida, Arizona and California.
Mr. Gustavson has served as an expert witness in cases involving the value of attorney services in litigation and in issues involved in the dissolution of a law firm.
EXAMPLES OF PRIOR APPOINTMENTS AND VOLUNTEER WORK :
Member of the Regional Computer Center Control Board
Member of the Central Warrant ID Board
Chairman of the Cincinnati Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Member of the Mayor's Commission on Youth Violence
Member of the Cincinnati MIS Steering Committee
Member of the Cincinnati Board of Health Advisory Council for Reshaping Youth Priorities
Member of the International City Managers Association's Police Technical Advisory Committee for national benchmarking of police services
Member of the Hamilton County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Member of the Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Graffiti Task Force
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND VOLUNTEER WORK
Volunteer Lawyer for the Poor Project
Adjunct and part-time faculty at the Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
EXAMPLES OF AWARDS :
1993-The Cincinnati Coalition on Domestic Violence Award for outstanding service and dedication in the area of criminal justice
1993-Human Involvement Project Hipzen Award for promoting youth violence prevention
2002-Bill of Rights Award from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for service to the preservation of Second Amendment right
MISCELLANEOUS AND EXAMPLES OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE :
1987-Local and national television appearances to discuss pit bulls and the constitutionality of pit bull bans
1989-Panelist discussion with Ohio Supreme Court Justices Andrew Douglas and Herbert Brown concerning public records issues before the Associated Press Society of Ohio
2000, 2001, 2002-Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Ohio for Lorman Education Services
2001-Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Litigation for the Cincinnati Bar Association
2000, 2001-Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Ohio : Public Bidding for Lorman Education Services
2002-Discovery in Civil Rights Litigation for the Cincinnati Bar Association
2003-Detention, Arrest, Search & Seizure for the Cincinnati Bar Association
On April 22, 2003, the successful handling of the appeal of Klein v. Leis in the First District Court of Appeals striking down Ohio's prohibition on the carrying of concealed firearms was chosen by the National Law Journal as the "Decision of the Week" in the "Litigation Week" section.
Teaching of pretrial litigation techniques at Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
Judge, Chase College of Law Center for Excellence in Advocacy Second Annual Closing Argument Competition, 2011
Coach, Chase College of Law National Trial Team which won the Regional National Trial Competition, 2011
Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer, 2012
WMG-CV - PDF


A poet and anthropologist explores the surprising world of war games in mock Middle Eastern villages in which the U.S. military trains. With deft lyrical attention, these documentary poems reveal the nuanced culture and violence of the war machine—alive and well within these basecamp villages, the American military, and, ultimately, the human heart.
Kill Class is based on Nomi Stone's two years of fieldwork in mock Middle Eastern villages at military bases across the United States. The speaker in these poems, an anthropologist, both witnesses and participates in combat training exercises staged at "Pineland," a simulated country in the woods of the American South, where actors of Middle Eastern origin are hired to theatricalize war, repetitively pretending to bargain and mourn and die. Kill Class is an arresting ethnography of American military culture, one that allows readers to circle at length through the cloverleaf interchanges where warfare nestles into even the most mundane corners of everyday life.
Read the full Publisher's Weekly review here.
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The background, personalities, histories, cultural interactions and cultural influences play a part in the development of deviant behavior.
This paper will focus on discussing how the author explained common themes that relate to the evolution of a killer. This paper will also discuss inconsistencies and weaknesses in the author's analysis of the serial killers.
The author has referred to movies that remind people that evil beings reside in the communities around us. The author has also referred to incidences in the bible that are associated with demons. The demons that attack an individual try to control the person and make him or her act in ways that are normal (Silberman, 2003). The analysis of the author is quite clear because he has used examples and has also provided citations. The author has used both ancient and modern examples to show that demons have always being in existence. According to the author, it is difficult to distinguish between an insane and demon possessed person (Hickey, 2009).


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Non-security-critical bugs can be filed on the Issues tracker:

https://github.com/Microsoft/ms-tpm-20-ref/issues

Security sensitive bugs should be reported to secure@microsoft.com

# Guideline for submitting changes:

This repository tracks official TPM Library Specification releases and errata from
the Trusted Computing Group:

https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/tpm-library-specification/

All changes to core TPM logic, particularly changes to files in
TPMCmd/tpm and its subdirectories, must be approved by TCG voting
members.  Github pull requests may be used to propose changes, but changes
will not be incorporated without TCG member approval.

Other changes (e.g. new files or changes to TPMCmd/Platform or TPMCmd/Simulator),
particularly to support new platforms, scenarios, build environments or
crypto-libraries, will be considered if they are expected to be widely useful.

Contributors that wish to be involved in
the future evolution of the TPM specification and reference implementation
should consider joining the Trusted Computing Group.  Information about
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# Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to
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New Rishloo Song!!! Landmines
August 2, 2014 — Leave a comment
Rishloo, my favourite band in the world, (suitable for fans of Tool, Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Coheed & Cambria, Cog, Amplifier, The Dear Hunter, The Mayan Factor, Soen etc.), have released a new song from their long awaited reunion album Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth. I am a keen kickstarter contributor to this album, I have a Vinyl of their previous album Feathergun up on my wall as decoration, and I advise all my readers to give them a listen.
I haven't been as excited about new material since Queensryche got together with Todd La Torre, that's how big a deal this is.
Official KCP recommendations: Listen to this, encourage it, give it lots of views, get into the band, buy all their albums, go see them live.
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Get (Into) What You Paid For: Vol. 3. Day 52 – The Memory Remains
January 21, 2014 — 20 Comments
Its day 52 of my third Get (Into) What You Paid For challenge. There's ten days left. Even though it got extended to be an extra month long, I've been adhering to the challenge and haven't broken it yet thanks to the Christmas gifts I discussed last time, which have taken the urge to buy myself stuff away for a while. I've been working through it. I've watched Sound City, I've read Joey Shithead's autobiography, I've been heavily listening to Porcupine Tree's Deadwing and Tesseract's new album. I've been playing Arkham Origins. The entertainment part of my life is pretty well serviced.
I've also finished the comics that I got for Christmas from my friend Magnum, and am in the mood for more. Which leads us to the part of the article where I discuss what I would buy if I wasn't on the challenge not to buy things:
I remember when I first planned to buy comics, I wanted to read three stories. Year One, Knightfall and No Man's Land. This was due to reading the Wikipedia page for The Dark Knight Rises movie.
I got given a lend of Year One by my friend Magnum straight away. I have never gotten around to reading the other two. After having played the three Arkham games, and just recently finishing the campaign mode of Arkham Origins, I really want to get around to reading them now.
There's two problems with that though… first off, postage and packaging. Second off, Knightfall is three books and No Man's Land is five books. So; in order to read these two stories, I need to buy eight books, and eight sets of postage and packaging. You add them to your basket and then think…oooh that's a bit too much for me right now, and then the postage comes on top and it's like…hmmm, definitely not now.
The same thing happens in a value for money way. I have a weird notion that I want to buy the first three Poison albums, but for under £1 each. Which is possible on amazon at times, but then the postage for three albums is about six quid, and then suddenly its not worth it anymore. I worry that it'll be completely terrible but I'm kind of fascinated. I think that people will feel the same way about Limp Bizkit in a few years (Nu Metal is very much the Hair Metal of my generation and Emo is the Nu Metal of the next generation after me, and I'm sure there'll be some Dubstep-infused-Post Hardcore movement starting to take off soon that will be the one for today's twelve year olds).
Y'know what else I'd like. More Son's Of Anarchy. I watched the first four seasons which are available on Netflix over the Christmas break and now I want to see the next three seasons. At first I wasn't actually keen on the show, but I really got into it and now I really want to see more. I can't decide if I should buy a boxset or wait until its all finished and buy a complete set or wait until more goes up on Netflix. I don't know if that's a thing that happens. Is it? Tell me in the comments if that's likely to occur.
But I'm trying not to buy those things; so instead, I'll use the things I already have. Money for comics and campy Hair Metal songs would be much better spend on rent, electricity, food and other essentials, right?
With that in mind, here is the section where I discuss the things I listened to that I already owned:
So onto the aforementioned listening-for-distraction stakes; I've put on Fair To Midland's proper debut album (or third album if you count independent releases), the lengthily titled Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True.
I got their follow-up to this, Arrows & Anchors because the internet buzz was that if you liked Rishloo or Coheed & Cambria, then you should check out Fair To Midland. I do like Rishloo and Coheed & Cambria. I like them a lot. So… I checked out Arrows & Anchors and really enjoyed it. It took me a while to get around to picking up this one.
Its less instant than Arrows & Anchors. Its less driving, less powerful. It takes a lot more time to soak in. Its an album you have to give a lot more time to, in order to get the same sort of return back from it. But the return is definitely there to be had.
It feels a lot longer than it is though, at forty-eight minutes it feels like its about an hour and a half in duration. Not because its bad or anything. I guess, in a way, its kind of dense. Not Neurosis dense. But still… there's a lot to it.
I like this album a lot, but its more of an whole-album-in-one-sitting affair than the other one, it's the kind of thing where you have to put on the whole record and pay attention to it, rather than knowing the song titles and having a favourite song. Its just as good, but its less fun, if that makes any sense.
I've also been re-listening to Kreator's Pleasure To Kill album a lot recently. Its one of those albums that you always read is absolutely brilliant, but which I've sometimes had a bit of a grudge against.
I know that Kreator's next three albums are brilliant, well-written catchy Thrash records with many parts that sound like Forbidden, Anthrax and Megadeth and not just grim, heavier versions of 'Chemical Warfare' by Slayer on repeat. For some reason though, that's exactly how I find myself thinking about Pleasure To Kill. I think its just a constants stream of d-beats over one buzzy riff and some '80s death-vocals, with no variety.
I think this may be because the kind of people who told me Sodom's Obsessed By Cruelty or Sepultura's Morbid Visions were good, were the same people who recommend this. (Two albums which I find incredibly dull, repetitive and not to my tastes, by the way). Naturally, I'm suspicious of it. It also doesn't help that the first song (excluding the intro) is the sort of high tempo, frantic pounding sort of thing that confirms this suspicion. Also, its just one of those things were you made your mind up about it once, years ago, and it never occurred to you to challenge the notion until just now.
Recently though, I've been listening to it over and over, and noticing parts that don't sound like Obsessed By Cruelty. Lots and lots of parts. Over half the damn record. It's a really good, creative Thrash album with lots of tempo changes, breakdowns, Anthraxy parts and all that good stuff that the next three Kreator albums that I don't write-off all have.
Woops.
Oh well; at least I know now. I paid for it, it's a good job it turned out to be good. Even if I was late to realize it.
Maybe I'll go back and listen to Obsessed By Cruelty and find out its just as fresh and fun as Among The Living and that this whole relentless pounding thing was all a bad dream.
You know what else I did? I listened to Dark Side Of The Moon again. It seems like an obvious thing to do, but I can't actually remember the last time I listened to it. When I first got into Pink Floyd I listened to them so, so, so much, and watched their DVDs so, so much, that it kind of feels like, I don't need to listen to them again sometimes. Like, I've listened to them so much its just imprinted in my brain forever and its redundant to listen to them any more.
Its kind of such an obvious thing to do, that I don't even think of it anymore. Should I listen to Pink Floyd? – Well, are you alive? – Yes, I am alive – Then of course you should listen to Pink Floyd. In fact, you are probably already listening to Pink Floyd, just pay more attention.
Maybe all the Porcupine Tree and Riverside had been filling my Floydism receptors in my brain and I didn't realize I was missing any. Anyway; I remembered to listen to them again.
What a good album. You don't need me to tell you that. Nobody ever has to say it again. Yes; this and Led Zeppelin 4 are good albums. We know.
I enjoyed myself. I must remember to listen to Pink Floyd again. Sure, it may be for the thousandth time, but its always going to be good.
You know everything I just said about Pink Floyd? Well yeah, that again… only for Pantera. This album is so good, so fundamental to what I like about music, has so many of my favourite songs on it, that I absolutely forget to listen to it.
I'm not sure whether this, Master Of Puppets or Reign In Blood would be considered the Dark Side' of Metal by the public, but for me, its definitely up there. I was going to start listing the things I like about this record, but it ended up being every single one of the things about this record. The only thing at all wrong with this is that 'By Demons Be Driven' has one chorus too many. Otherwise this is a flawless, perfect album. Every riff, every solo, every vocal line. The charming production. The performances. The variety. Its all exactly what I want out of music.
How good is the And Justice For All-sounding clean bit at the start of Hollow? How good is the heavy bit of Hollow? How good are Phil's clean vocals on This Love? How good are Phil's grunts, growls and screams on Fucking Hostile and Regular People? How good are the drum fills? The guitar solos?
I guess the take home message is, remember to listen to your favourite albums. They are your favourite albums, remember?
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Get (Into) What You Paid For: Vol. 3. Day 34 – More Little Thoughts
Its day 34 of my third Get (Into) What You Paid For challenge. I've been adhering to the challenge and haven't broken the challenge yet. To be honest it hasn't been too challenging. Challenge, Challenge, Challenge. So; Christmas has came and went, and the kind people in my life have provided me with a brilliant collection of very-well-thought-out gifts, which has definitely taken the urge to buy myself stuff away for a while.
I've been given numerous biographies on bands I like (including Sabbath, Megadeth, Slipknot, Jethro Tull); Power Metal albums from Iced Earth and Gamma Ray; Prog Metal albums from Porcupine Tree, Pain Of Salvation and Tesseract; Thrash from Testament. Even a bit of Grunge in the form of the new Pearl Jam album. My listening habits from the last year are all very well served by this.
I've been given a massive load of comics from my friend Magnum, and I've been given the new Batman videogame. My gaming and reading habits from last year are all pretty well served by this too.
Pretty much, I've just had a massive influx of things I like and so that quells the urge to buy more things I like.
Another reason I've been doing OK with not buying things is that I'm completely and drastically broke. Its easier to exert some restraint when there's more reason to do so. Maybe I'm fianlly an adult, now that I can confidently say I'd rather be able to pay my rent than buy myself something entertaining. I've got so bloody much stuff already anyway that its becoming easier to shrug off the itch to get more, I'm beginning to learn some perspective and tone down my overspending.
Taking this financial situation into account, and the fact that I didn't blog as frequently on the subject this December as I had in the previous two GIWYPF challenge months, I've decided to extend this one into a two-month epic. That's right. I'll try not to buy any books, comic books, DVDs, Blu Rays, Band T–Shirts, Books, Music or Videogames for another month, making it a stretch from December 1st to February 1st. I don't think I've ever went that long without buying something of this nature since turning 18.
But if I was going to break the challenge, what would I break it on?
Riverside's debut, Haken's whole discography, the two Psychotic Waltz reissues, some of the more famous Fates Warning albums, and DreamTheater's Awake all spring to mind. As does Mudhoney's Superfuzz Bigmuff and Angra's Angel's Cry.
I'd also like to get the two most recent Batman collections, the Death Of The Family main story and side-stories books. Everything I've read from Snyder so far has been good and I'd like to be a bit more "In The Loop" with things, if it wasn't so costly.
Oh. And there's one new Arctic Monkeys B-side that's came out during the challenge. I like to always buy those B-Sides pretty much as soon as they are released, this is the longest I've gone without getting an Arctic Monkey's B-Side since the release of their second album.
To be honest though, I don't think there's much risk of me breaking the challenge. Having a massive exam schedule that requires serious, dedicated revision for, having no money, and having been given those excellent Christmas gifts should keep me busy and thinking straight.
So; today, having done my revision for the day, I'll take a little break and do a quick little series of mini-reviews/thoughts of what I've been listening to lately. As you might imagine, most of it will be the gifts I got for Christmas that I've described above. Here goes:
I got a copy of Tesseract's new album Altered State for Christmas. I went and saw them live about a month ago and was completely blown away by them. They were supporting Karnivool who I'd imagine were less big than them, but who weren't. They had an annoying loud fan who wouldn't stop screaming for songs they didn't play ("Dead Man") and making a clown's horn noise. I wish that fan had kept their big mouth shut, but the concert was awesome. Tesseract's guitarist is very tall… Anyway; This album completely lives up to my expectations. Its absolutely fantastic. Such incredible musicianship and utterly spellbinding vocals. I can foresee this band becoming huge, if there's any justice. Also, there's a Saxaphone solo. Always a plus for a Floyd/Tull/Crimson fan!
I think I'm going to be dedicating a heck of a lot of listening time to this record in the near future.
Keeping with the Prog theme, Porcupine Tree's Deadwing. I've been craving Deadwing for quite a while now. Ever since I got into the band, Deadwing has been my number one, most-wanted album of theirs, although I've managed to get everything around it first.
Interestingly, on just one listen, I was able to tell instantly that is their best record. I've had about five or six listens now and am still firmly of that opinion. The title track and 'Arriving Somewhere But Not Here' are absolute gold, and 'Lazerus' is a haunting, magical ghost-ballad. If this had the three best songs of Fear Of A Blank Planet on it too, it would be one of the best albums of all time.
I think I might make some sort of Porcupine Tree best-of, with 'Sound Of Musack' 'Drawing The Line' 'Normal' and then the majority of Blank Planet and Deadwing on it.
What else have I listened to? I recently talked extensively about listening to Pain Of Salvation's The Perfect Element album so I won't go into too much detail about it again here. Anyway, I listened to it again while I was weightlifting and although I had understandably reduced-concentration on it, I really am impressed by this album. If you like any sort of Prog Metal you should really pick up a copy. Its only about £3 on Amazon.
Tesseract, Porcupine Tree and Pain Of Salvation are three very different bands, and they all scratch very different parts of my brain, but any way you look at it, Prog Metal is pretty well served by that trio of absolutely phenomenal records. What about Power Metal then?
I also got given Horror Show and The Glorious Burden by Iced Earth for Christmas. I've listened to them both quite a few times now. I like Iced Earth, they play 40% Judas Priest, 40% Testament and 10% Warning era Queensryche. Pretty well suited to me then. Both albums are great, as was Something Wicked, which I got given for my previous Birthday. The three of them together feel like one big album. There's sort of a continum between the three of them. Its hard to explain.
On The Glorious Burden, there's a nifty bit where the lead guitars play the rhythm of "Johnny We Hardly Knew You."
Interestingly as well; The Glorious Burden has Tim Paper Owens on it instead of Matt Barlow, who at the time had left the band to join the US Police force in the wake of 9/11. He's a perfect replacement for Barlow. Both are brilliant at high screams, both sing with manly authority and both do a fine impression of Forbidden's Russ Anderson. I don't know if its actually the guitarist doing those bits. Could be. They're so similar across the two records. I've also got given their live Blu-Ray for Christmas, so I'll have a look when I get a chance to watch it, and see if I can crack this mystery. Is Schaeffer the phantom Russ Anderson impersonator? Or do both Barlow and Ripper both have that one particular style really well honed?
This record makes me want to try out the two Ripper-Era Priest albums that I avoided. Tim is certainly an incredibly talented guy. Replacing Halford can't have been easy. Just look Blaze Bailey. The fans really didn't go for him even though he's very talented. Also – Maaaaaaaan hunt. Maaaan, Hunt. Manhuntmanhuntmanhuntmanhunt.
In addition to the serious, Thrashy, USPM… I've been listening to the fun, bright, melodic German Power Metal of Gama Ray. I've been hammering their 2007 album Land Of The Free II recently; its met with mixed reviews, but I really like it. Its such a fun, energetic, and pleasant record. The guitar solos are magnificent. Kai is one of my favourite guitarists of all time. I read a lot of people complaining about stealing that bass-bit from Maiden's Rhime Of The Ancient Mariner. Gama Ray frequently steal bits from Priest. They've even stole bits from Deep Purple. Its just something you have to deal with. Its still a good song. I don't know, maybe I should be harsher, but, I just can't help but love everything Gamma Ray do. Its difficult to listen to Gamma Ray and not just be put into a good mood. I'd absolutely love to see them live. I wish I'd been a fan when they did that tour with Helloween recently. That must've been brilliant to behold.
Also, after having listened to Tesseract, I had another listen to Periphery. Periphery's album is such a shapeshifter. Every time I've heard it I've listened to it in a completely different way. Sometimes I hear it as a radio-friendly Metalcore record, sometimes I hear it as a crushing desne Messugah-influenced affair, and sometimes I hear it as a rapid-fire, all-over-the-place, highly technical, Protest The Hero style modern prog mish mash.
That's happened to me before, with Machine Head's Burn My Eyes. I've heard it in completely different ways at different times. Makes you wonder what your ears and brain are up to.
Its also interesting just how different it is to Tesseract's album. Its like the difference between Anthrax's Spreading The Disease and Megadeth's Peace Sells But Who's Buying. Both are defining albums of Thrash, but both sound vastly different. Same goes here. Animals As Leaders' Weightless album is as vastly different as those two are from eachother yet again. Perhaps that's throwing Slayer's Hell Awaits into the second albums by Thrash bands analogy. If all those Djent bands are Thrash, then what does that make Messugah? Judas Priest?
Oh. Y'know what. I can add three more things onto the "to-do-list" / risk-of-me-buying-these pile. Skyharbour, Monuments and Circle's new albums.
Anyway, there are some seriously brilliant songs on this record. I particularly love 'Erised' and the single, 'Scarlet.' The whole album is fantastic though; the musicianship and vocals are incredible. There are parts that are so heavy, parts that are floaty electronic dreams and a lot of memorable clean choruses. Periphery – Love that shit.
I forgot just how good Tool's Undertow album is. I usually think of the subsequent three albums when I think of Tool. There are some seriously fun, memorable, enjoyable riffs on this album. Some damn catchy vocal parts, some interesting lyrics, and it's a lot more succinct and serious than I remember. I guess having gotten into all the Tool-influenced bands recently also helped. And the grunge; there's a slight bit of grunge about Undertow that I may previously have been put-off by.
Speaking of being put-off; I think the thing about the carrots made me forget about all the completely awesome songs on the record. Tool usually have one or two little comedy moments or unusual additions, so I don't know why that particular one took over. Well, at least I know better now. Songs like 'Intolerance' and 'Bottom' are absolute gems. I can see this working its way into a much more regular rotation from now on.
Ok; that's enough for one installment. I'm going to have to keep it up all the way through January. Let's hope I stick with the whole financial-discipline thing a while longer, ey?
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Rachel Houten's journal round-up for 22nd April 2019
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To HTA or not to HTA: identifying the factors influencing the rapid review outcome in Ireland. Value in Health [PubMed] Published 6th March 2019
National health services are constantly under pressure to provide access to new medicines as soon as marketing authorisation is granted. The NCPE in the Republic of Ireland has a rapid review process for selecting medicines that require a full health technology assessment (HTA), and the rest, approximately 45%, are able to be reimbursed without such an in-depth analysis.
Formal criteria do not exist. However, it has previously been suggested that the robustness of clinical evidence of at least equivalence; a drug that costs the same or less; an annual (or estimated) budget impact of less than €0.75 million to €1 million; and the ability of the current health systems to restrict usage are some of what is considered when making the decision.
The authors of this paper used the allocation over the past eight years to explore the factors that drive the decision to embark on a full HTA. They found, unsurprisingly, that first-in-class medicines are more likely to require an HTA as too are those with orphan status. Interestingly, the clinical area influenced the requirement for a full HTA, but the authors consider all of these factors to indicate that high-cost drugs are more likely to require a full assessment. Drug cost information is not publicly available and so the authors used the data available on the Scottish Medicine Consortium website as a surrogate for costs in Ireland. In doing so, they were able to establish a relationship between the cost per person for each drug and the likelihood of the drug having a full HTA, further supporting the idea that more expensive drugs are more likely to require HTA. On the face of it, this seems eminently sensible. However, my concern is that, in a system that is designed to deliberately measure cost per unit of health care (usually QALYs), there is the potential for lower-cost but ineffective drugs to become commonplace while more expensive medicines are subject to more rigor.
The paper provides some insight into what drives a decision to undertake a full HTA in Ireland. The NICE fast-track appraisal system operates as an opt-in system where manufacturers can ask to follow this shorter appraisal route if their drug is likely to produce an ICER of £10,000 or less. As my day job is for an Evidence Review Group (opinions my own), how things are done elsewhere – unsurprisingly – captured my attention. The desire to speed up the HTA process is obvious but the most appropriate mechanisms in which to do so are far from it. Whether or not the same decision is ultimately made is what concerns me.
NHS joint working with industry is out of public sight. BMJ [PubMed] Published 27th March 2019
This paper suggests that 'joint working arrangements' – a government-supported initiative between pharmaceutical companies and the NHS – are not being implemented according to guidelines on transparency. These arrangements are designed to promote collaborative research between the NHS and industry and help advance NHS provision of services.
The authors used freedom of information requests to obtain details on how many trusts were involved in joint working arrangements in 2016 and 2017. The declarations of payments made by drug companies are disclosed but the corresponding information from trusts is less readily accessible, and in some cases access to any details was prevented. Theoretically, the joint working arrangements are supposed to be void of any commercial influence on what is prescribed, but my thoughts are echoed in this paper when it asks "what's in it for the private sector?" The sheer fact that some NHS trusts were unwilling to provide the BMJ with the information requested due to 'commercial interest' rings huge alarm bells.
I'm not completely cynical of these arrangements in principle, though, and the paper cites a couple of projects that involved building new facilities for age-related macular generation, which likely offer benefits to patients, and possibly much faster than could have been achieved with NHS funding alone. Some of the arrangements intend to push the implementation of national guidance, which, as a small cog in the guidance generation machine, I unashamedly (and predictably) think is a good thing.
Does it matter to us? As economists, it means that any work based on national practice and costs is likely to be unrepresentative of what actually happens. This, however, has always been the case to some extent, with variations in local service provision and the negotiation power of trusts with large volumes of patients. A national register of the arrangements would have the potential to feed into economic analysis, even if just as a statement of awareness.
Can the NHS survive without getting into bed with industry? Probably not. I think the paper does a good job of presenting the arguments on all sides and pushing for increasing availability of what is happening.
Estimating joint health condition utility values. Value in Health [PubMed] Published 22nd February 2019
I'm really interested in how this area is developing. Multi-morbidity is the norm, especially as we age. Single condition models are criticised for their lack of representation of patients in the real world. Appropriately estimating the quality of life of people with several chronic conditions, when only individual condition data are available, is incredibly difficult.
In this paper, parametric and non-parametric methods were tested on a dataset from a large primary care patient survey in the UK. The multiplicative approach was the best performing for two conditions. When more than two conditions were considered, the linear index (which incorporates additive, multiplicative, and minimum models with the use of linear regression and parameter weights derived from the underlying data) achieved the best results.
Including long-term mental health within the co-morbidities for which utility was estimated produced biased estimates. The authors discuss some possible explanations for this, including the fact that the anxiety and depression question in the EQ-5D is the only one which directly maps to an individual condition, and that mental health may have a causal effect on physical health. This is a fascinating finding, which has left me somewhat scratching my head as to how this oddity could be addressed and if separate methods of estimation will need to be used for any population with multi-morbidity including mental health conditions.
It did make me wonder if more precise EQ-5D data could be helpful to uncover the true interrelationships between joint health conditions and quality of life. The EQ-5D asks patients to think about their health state 'today'. Although the primary care dataset used includes 16 chronic health conditions, it doesn't, as far as I know, contain any information on the symptoms apparent on the day of quality of life assessment, which could be flaring or absent at any given time. This is a common problem with the EQ-5D and I don't think a readily available data source of this type exists, so it's a thought on ideals. Unsurprisingly, the more joint health conditions to be considered, the larger the error in terms of estimation from individual conditions. This may be due to the increasing likelihood of overlap in the symptoms experienced across conditions and thus a violation of the assumption that quality of life for an individual condition is independent of any other condition.
Whether the methodology remains robust for populations outside of the UK or for other measures of utility would need to be tested, and the authors are keen to highlight the need for caution before running away and using the methods verbatim. The paper does present a nice summary of the evidence to date in this area, what the authors did, and what it adds to the topic, so worth a read.
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I don't know how long it will be up for, but do you see the featured personas? Do you see the two with shamrocks on them, a dark one and a light one? The light one is MINE! Out of thousands of personas made by hundreds of people MINE is one of the few featured! I'm sure it's because of the holiday, and some of the others have more effort in them, obviously, but one of my designs MADE THE FRONT PAGE!
I was REALLY surprised when I saw it!
Way to go! Nice backdrop too!
Thank you! All of mine are just quickies for myself, actually, which is why I'm so surprised!
And right in the Middle of the front page!
Did you make it to that afternoon St Patty day thing we emailed you about?
I've been having trouble sleeping lately, and this morning I slept til 9:30, so I just enjoyed it and didn't get to my email as soon as normal.
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Statement Karl Barth ; a selection with introduction by Helmut Gollwitzer ; translatedand edited by G.W. Bromiley.
Contributions Gollwitzer, Helmut, 1908-, Bromiley, Geoffrey W.
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Yankees' A-Rod won't play field tonight due to tightness in quad
Dan Martin
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MOOSIC, Pa. — And just like that, Alex Rodriguez's return to the Yankees in Texas on Monday now appears to be in doubt.
Scheduled to start at third base Saturday night for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Rodriguez was shifted to DH shortly before game time with what the Yankees called tightness in his left quad.
Rodriguez went through a full batting practice and infield drills at third base before the move was made with just two days remaining before his 20-day rehab stint ends.
In three games with SWB, Rodriguez played third base only once, on Thursday, and didn't have any chances in the field.
After Friday's game, Rodriguez reiterated he was "several weeks behind defensively" as he recovers from the left hip surgery that has sidelined him this season.
GM Brian Cashman had remained cautious throughout Rodriguez's rehab process about whether Rodriguez would be able to play Monday for the Yankees, consistently preaching patience to see if Rodriguez made it through the weekend unscathed.
Rodriguez looked fine fielding grounders and throwing before Saturday night's game at PNC Field against Louisville.
"I'm putting in the time, although I didn't get any work [Friday] night, my pregame work has been really intense and been game-speed," Rodriguez said. "And I'll catch up. It's just gonna take a little time."
That schedule likely took a hit Saturday night, since Derek Jeter landed on the disabled list with a quad injury.
Rodriguez had no complaints physically following Friday's game in which he singled twice — including on a liner to left when he was thrown out going into second and slid in a game for the first time.
"As far as mobility, I think all that stuff coming along pretty well: mobility, stability and strength," Rodriguez said.
He added he "definitely" intended to play third Saturday night, but it's becoming increasingly clear that whenever he does get to the Yankees, Rodriguez will almost certainly be used as a DH.
When asked if he thought he could play third despite his admitted limitations, Rodriguez laughed and said: "You will find out."
That question only will linger now.
"I'm a player," Rodriguez said. "Wherever the manager puts me, I'll be happy to do it."
And Saturday was the first indication in some time that he had an acknowledged bump in the road.
"I've been in this body for a while now, so there's no surprises," Rodriguez said. "I feel pretty good. My body keeps feeling better. I keep feeling like I'm getting little more athletic. I'm seeing progress in the weight room. I did defensive work this afternoon and moved around pretty well."
SWB hitting coach Butch Wynegar, who previously worked with Rodriguez in Texas, said he had liked what he's seen from the 37-year-old, but admitted there was no way of knowing what's in store.
"Is he gonna be ready?" the former Yankee catcher said. "Maybe 80 percent of Alex Rodriguez is better than 100 percent of someone else."
Considering that "someone else" has included the likes of Luis Cruz and Alberto Gonzalez, that might not be a far stretch.
"He puts a threat in the lineup," Wynegar said. "Whether Alex is top-notch right now or not, I think he's going to help."
Wynegar will be watching from afar.
"I hope he's ready after [Sunday's] game," Wynegar said. "The big club needs him… He really looks good. Whether we get the results we're looking for, I don't know. Father Time will tell him when his time is up. I don't see it yet."
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How To Improve Your Relationship After Having Kids
You might hate each other now. But there's a way out (other than divorce).
Natalie Stechyson
01/10/2020 03:34pm EST
At first, my husband and I were so grossly in love that our mutual friends would gag when we kissed and referred to us as "Nian," because we were so glued to each other's sides that our individual names (Natalie and Ian) were no longer relevant or necessary.
Fast forward just a few years and you'd find me crying silent tears of rage in my bedroom, fantasizing about leaving him (even looking into hotels) because he didn't know what size diapers our baby needed.
I hated him. He ... wasn't so fond of me, either. What the hell had happened to our relationship?
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"HI!"
Right, we had a baby, and even though we swore it wouldn't happen to us, our marriage went to shit. And, if the conversations I was having with my mom friends and in Facebook parenting groups were any indication, we weren't alone.
Babies really do strain relationships
Two thirds of parents are less satisfied with their marriage after having a baby, according to a widely-cited 2011 study by famous couples' therapists, John and Julie Gottman. In fact, it's so common, that a lot of people think it's inevitable and acceptable, John Gottman told the American Psychological Association.
The reason for all that discontent mostly boils down to change: to your identity, your sex life, the division of labour, and the stress that comes along with all that change.
"Worse still, this decrease in marital satisfaction likely leads to a change in general happiness, because the biggest predictor of overall life satisfaction is one's satisfaction with their spouse," Matthew D. Johnson, Chair and Professor of Psychology and Director of the Marriage and Family Studies Laboratory at Binghamton University, wrote in The Conversation.
So, how do you fix things?
There are a number of tips new parents can try to get their relationship back on track. And no, it's not all about date nights (although those are still important).
Below are some tried and true suggestions for working on your relationship after a baby bombshell.
1. Get more sleep
Listen, I know more than anyone how LOL impossible this might seem when you have a new baby. Babies are, after all, the ultimate sleep killers.
WATCH: The truth about baby sleep. Story continues below.
But neither you nor your partner are at your best when you're chronically sleep-deprived. Little things are more likely to set you off when you're exhausted, and if your baby is up all night, that means you and your partner also lose out on some much-needed time without bebe.
Need more convincing? A U.K. poll of new parents found that three in 10 said sleep deprivation was a factor in why they broke up.
When my own relationship was at its worst about six months after our son was born, I decided to sleep train. I'm not exaggerating that I think this may have saved our marriage. We went from dozing in 45-minute stretches to getting a proper night's sleep, we had our evenings back, the stress of trying to get our baby to fall asleep every single night to no avail had been eliminated, and getting our son to stick to a schedule gave us something to work on — together.
2. Read this book
Subtle, right?
But How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn should be considered essential reading for anyone going through a rocky time after baby's arrival. It's funny, it's full of scientific facts and research, and the tips are spot on.
My mommy book club is reading this right now, no joke.
And not just via angry texts reminding your partner they forgot to pick up formula (AGAIN).
The daily stress of raising a baby, or going to work, or trying to do both, can leave parents feeling emotional and overwhelmed. The Gottman Institute recommends having daily, stress-reducing conversations with your partner.
"Couples who can discuss the frustrations of their day, as separate from the relationship, have an opportunity to vent, gain support, and show empathy for one another," the Institute notes.
"Feeling heard and understood helps alleviate any unwanted tension that can otherwise filter into the relationship. Gaining comfort and encouragement at the end of the day makes you feel like you're both 'in it together.'"
4. Discuss the division of labour
One of the most common complaints couples have after having a baby is that one person is doing more than the other, according to parenting expert Alyson Schafer. She recommends checking in to make sure everyone feels they're pulling their fair share of the weight.
But try not to keep score, ie. "I changed the last diaper so you change this one."
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"We're in this shit show together, baby!"
"In reality, deal making and contracts, quid pro quo, mostly operate in unhappy marriages. Don't keep score. Build connection and strengthen your relationship by freely offering each other positive overtures and support," The Gottman Institute notes.
Instead, be clear about what you need (as opposed to "storming around folding laundry,"), Parents magazine suggests.
"Women tend to think if they say what needs to be taken care of, the other person will volunteer to do it. But men often respond better to direct requests," Carol Ummel Lindquist, PhD, author of Happily Married with Kids, told the magazine.
5. Try this online program
Mom Break
The "Reconnect with your Partner in 30 Days" program comes highly recommended.
All my mom friends who recently had their second babies rave about this program from the popular mom blogger "Mom Break."
It promises to help you re-connect with your partner in 30 days via a series of daily "digital love prompts." Basically, both you and your partner will receive the same daily love prompt via email or text (an example is "what do you admire most about your partner?"), and then you forward your reply to your loved one.
You also receive a daily love note, and some date night ideas.
6. Reconnect with each other
Relationship experts agree that date nights are critical. But that doesn't mean you have to get a sitter and a cocktail dress. The goal is to reconnect, however you can.
Anything that encourages playfulness and connecting with each other can be considered a date, whether that's going out for a meal, going for a hike, or staying in and playing board games, Dr. Laurie Betito, a clinical psychologist and sex and relationship expert in Montreal, previously told HuffPost Canada.
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Yep, this is a date.
7. Reconnect with yourself
It's important to spend time apart, too. A lot of parents feel they lose their identities after having kids, but taking the time to pursue your individual interests can help — and help your relationship.
Sign up for a yoga class, sewing class, or swim class. Join that book club. Go to the gym. Meet up with friends. And encourage your partner to do the same. You can take turns watching the kids, and each look forward to your special night out.
8. Go to couple's counselling
There's no shame in calling in a pro.
"More couples today are seeking relationship counselling after having a baby than ever before. This does not necessarily mean that the stresses are greater now than in previous years, but rather that more couples are recognizing when they need help," Toronto's Sick Kids hospital notes on its website.
According to the Gottman Institute, a counsellor can help you and your partner identify toxic patterns, see new perspectives and discover new ways to resolve conflicts, and build trust, all in a neutral location.
9. Go to individual counselling
Sometimes there's more at play than you realize.
Anger (even directed at your partner) is a common, but often overlooked, symptom of postnatal mood disorders such as postpartum depression and anxiety. In fact, 2018 research from the University of British Columbia found that women who experience either of these disorders are also likely to experience feelings of anger.
Dads and partners can experience postpartum depression, too. Sick Kids recommends seeking professional help if you or your partner experience any signs of depression, such as feeling out of control, unpredictable crying, feeling worthless, forgetfulness, or withdrawal from your baby or your partner.
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A new report out from "Environmental Advocates of New York" found Friday that only half of the projects that put in for state funding each year get the money they need.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Our partners at Investigative Post have been looking at water problems in western New York and across the state.
A lot of issues can be cited because of aging infrastructure which causes water main breaks and sewer overflows.
Sara Jerving with Investigative Post said, "The authors of the report want the state to boost spending to at least one billion dollars a year. That would require action by the governor and state Legislature."
You can read Investigative Post's full report on the issue, here.