.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft.
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evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
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or less in the afternoon.
after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas around 6 ft. Patchy fog.
rainfall. Vsby 1 NM or less.
to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.
showers. Patchy fog in the afternoon with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
midnight. Some tstms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight.
in the morning, then showers in the afternoon.
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft.
midnight. Showers, mainly in the evening with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
showers after midnight with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
showers. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
around 6 ft, building to 8 ft after midnight. Patchy fog.
10 ft. A chance of showers in the morning with vsby 1 to 3 NM.
around 10 ft, subsiding to 8 ft after midnight.
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers after midnight.
may produce heavy rainfall. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
10 ft. A chance of showers in the morning.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
around 6 ft. Showers likely in the evening.
5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft.
8 ft. A chance of showers in the morning.
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas around 7 ft.
5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
6 ft. Patchy fog. Scattered showers. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
4 to 5 ft. Showers likely in the evening.
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 ft this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less.
afternoon with vsby 1 NM or less.
may produce heavy rainfall. Vsby 1 NM or less.
2 ft. A chance of showers. Patchy fog in the morning.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.
Waves around 2 ft in the morning, then 1 foot or less.
showers in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.
the morning. A chance of showers in the morning.
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An opportunity to plan town's future
Published: 10:26 AM January 12, 2006
HELP to shape the future of Letchworth GC. That s the invitation to residents. North Herts District Council is starting work on a town centre strategy for the garden city and wants to involve as many interested people and organisations as possible, throug
HELP to shape the future of Letchworth GC. That's the invitation to residents.
North Herts District Council is starting work on a town centre strategy for the garden city and wants to involve as many interested people and organisations as possible, through a stakeholder group.
It is holding the first of three workshops next Wednesday, January 18, at 7pm at Plinston Hall to look at the use of land, activities and community facilities.
Other workshops, to be held in February and March, will focus on transport, access and community safety followed by a look at buildings and streets as well as ways of enhancing and promoting the town centre.
The workshops will also consider the recent massive redevelopment plans for the Arena and Wynd areas put forward by Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation.
A wide range of organisations and businesses have already been invited to the workshops, including Letchworth GC Town Centre Partnership and local landlords.
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Council officers will be discussing the issues and listening to people's views before drawing up a draft town centre strategy to cover the next 10 years. It should be ready for public consultation in the autumn.
Cllr Richard Thake, council portfolio holder for planning, said: "We want to provide a town centre that works well for businesses, traders and residents alike.
"The first thing to find out is what people want and how they think the strategy can contribute towards ensuring that the town centre continues to function as a thriving, lively and prosperous community.
"We want as many people as possible to be involved so please come along on the 18th and help us get it right."
If you would like to be involved in the workshops or have more details about the town centre strategy, call Louise Symes, NHDC projects manager, on 01462 474359 or Christine Phillipps, assistant technical support officer, on 01462 474826.

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John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s.
Carpenter's most notable films are Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) and Starman (1984). Many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be viewed as cult classics, and Carpenter has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. Cult classics include: Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987) and They Live (1988).


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The very first thing you should bear in mind while arranging a true home makeover is the availability of resources. Always consider where to get those materials that you'll dependence on the renovation. Are they accessible and inexpensive easily? An architect or a contractor cannot fulfill the new plan and style without the availability of resources. There are components that are simple to obtain. Therefore you need to check or contact some manufacturers and businesses who can provide you the materials before you begins implementing.
There are several individuals especially the celebrities and the ones who can afford who continuously change their furniture at home. For some who've other important things to use the money for, they just settle on their old furniture and do the maintenance by themselves just. Around this true point, choosing and buying for the furniture that suits your home can be bought from many different sources. Furniture shops, department stores, discount warehouses, second-hand and antique shops, auction rooms and lastly private dealers shall all assist you with your furniture needs.
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namespace Isolate\Tests\Double;

use Isolate\LazyObjects\Proxy\LazyProperty;
use Isolate\LazyObjects\Proxy\MethodReplacement;
use Isolate\LazyObjects\WrappedObject;
use Isolate\UnitOfWork\Tests\Double\EntityFake;

class ProxyFake extends \Isolate\Tests\Double\EntityFake implements WrappedObject
{
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Four Burning Questions at the Daytona 500: Junior's Drive for Two & a Watershed Moment
November 9, 2022 February 20, 2015 Frontstretch Archives
The Sprint Unlimited? Check. Daytona 500 Qualifying? Finished. The Budweiser Duels? In the books. That leaves only one Cup race remaining in Speedweeks… the sport's Super Bowl, Sunday's Daytona 500.
I shouldn't have to tell you why this race is so important; the event speaks for itself. It is the most prestigious event in modern-day American motorsports, and nothing short of a few million dollars and a Chase bid is on the line for the winner. (Don't think they've forgotten about the second part. Just ask rookie Cup crew chief Greg Ives, who joked, "Did we make the Chase?" the second he entered his Budweiser Duel-winning press conference with Dale Earnhardt, Jr.) The sport is carrying a boatload of momentum from the end of last season into Sunday's race, meaning Daytona will be taking on added significance as NASCAR looks to capitalize on newfound media attention. Sunday is positioned to be a big day for the sport, no matter how you look at it.
Hyperbole aside, the true beginning of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season is finally here, and we have a lot to cover, so let's get started.
Will the sport capitalize on its recent momentum with a scintillating race?
Whether you liked the new Chase format or not, it is difficult to argue at this point that the sport's new-look postseason didn't inject a great deal of life into NASCAR. After years of gradual decline in overall popularity, stock car racing surged back into the mainstream consciousness last fall courtesy of what may very well have been the most dramatic Chase for the Cup of all time. Now, three months later, NASCAR is the talk of the sports business world, as everyone from Forbes to ESPN this week has pontificated on its "dramatic comeback" over the past few months.
Will the Daytona 500 feature intense three-wide action like that of the Sprint Unlimited? (Credit: Mike Neff)
This theory, of course, is all subjective. Industry sources have indeed been bullish, however, with most claiming that the sport is in the best shape it has been since the recession in terms of both financial stability and popularity. That's all well and good, and mostly true, but it will all be for naught if the race is a stinker. You see, the Daytona 500 is NASCAR's annual opportunity to "show the world what it's got." An exciting and dramatic Daytona 500 almost always helps bolster NASCAR's overall health, while a boring or controversial one can easily torpedo any momentum the sport carries into the race. It is a double-edged sword, to be sure.
Clearly, you can see why this weekend's race is so important. With everyone in the sports business industry proclaiming that NASCAR is "back," Sunday stands as NASCAR's chance to show all of the curious new eyeballs (or old ones coming back to the sport) that have heard about the hype that the "new NASCAR" is, in fact, the real deal. That means that the sport needs the race to be exciting and devoid of controversy in order to capitalize on all of the so-called momentum it has built in recent months.
If the wildly exciting Sprint Unlimited is any indication, I think the race can live up to its lofty pageantry, but we'll just have to wait and see. There is no doubt, however, that the 2015 Daytona 500 could be a watershed moment for the sport.
Will Sunday's weather conditions affect the complexion of the race?
So far throughout Speedweeks, Daytona's surface has been ultra-cool and ultra-grippy due to the cold temperatures affecting Florida over the past week. Not a single race or practice session has been contested on a hot and slick track. Why is this important, you may ask? Because the weather for Sunday in Daytona is projected to be hot and sunny.
Guess what that means? The setups the teams have been using up to this point throughout Speedweeks are essentially going to be useless Sunday. Handling is going to be at a premium throughout the race as the drivers slip and slide on the hot Daytona track surface. Given the fact that the drivers haven't dealt with such conditions at any point during Speedweeks thus far, it's fair to say that the temperature change will wind up having a huge impact on the race.
Tony Stewart agreed with that sentiment in a post-Duel interview with NBC Sports. ""I think (the hot weather) will make the track slicker. It'll definitely be better," said Stewart. "We're actually going to have to get cars to handle. That's always kind of been what has made Daytona fun is that you had to make your cars drive good.''
So with handling and tire wear firmly in the mix for Sunday's race, expect to see a different array of faces at the front of the field and unique strategies for getting there, especially in comparison to what we've seen throughout Speedweeks.
Can Dale Earnhardt Jr. win back to back 500s?
After taking a convincing victory in last night's Duel race, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. enters this Sunday as an undisputed favorite to take home the Harley J. Earl Trophy. Since the introduction of the Gen-6 race car in 2013, Junior has been an absolute monster on restrictor plate race tracks, consistently delivering performances reminiscent of his best days with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in the early 2000s.
Indeed, Earnhardt has been the class of the field up to this point in Speedweeks. Had it not been for an overheating issue in the Sprint Unlimited, he likely would have won that race in addition to his victory in Thursday night's Duel. Earnhardt has simply been at the top of his game all week long, and appears to have one of the two or three best cars in the field. Most importantly, he's as relaxed and confident as any time since taking his Hendrick Motorsports ride in 2008, having already built some chemistry with new crew chief Greg Ives. Earnhardt was so relaxed, in fact he spent his post-victory time sitting down in public and rooting on Martin Truex, Jr. in the media center. If that's not a warning shot to the rest of the field, well, I'm not sure what is.
I firmly believe Earnhardt has what it takes to be the first driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s since Sterling Marlin accomplished the feat back in 1995. The only drivers that seem to be on his level right now are the JGR and Hendrick teams; in the second Duel, those two organizations combined to lead all but one lap. It's a tough competition within that group, for sure, but if Earnhardt puts on another drafting clinic like he did in last night's Duel, he will be very tough to beat. Should he pull it off, it would perhaps be an even bigger story than that of his breakthrough win in this race last year.
Do the underdogs have a real chance to make something happen?
Every time we go to a restrictor plate track, you get a bunch of jackwagons that come out and predict that so-and-so underdog driver is going to win the race. To the uninitiated eye, underdogs appear to be sexy picks heading into plate races, so their ignorance can be forgiven. But I hate to break it to those of you pulling for a Johnny Sauter or Reed Sorenson victory on Sunday; it's just not going to happen.
Here's the deal: the 2015 evolution of the current superspeedway aero package strongly favors the best teams and the best drivers. The results of Speedweeks thus far have backed that notion up. With every passing superspeedway race under this package, handling becomes a bit more important, the draft becomes a bit more nuanced and skill-intensive, meaning overall driver skill and team strength take greater precedence over the sort of all-out luck that used to reward underdog teams during the tandem/push-drafting era. In other words, this race is going to be won by a big-money team, paired with a big-money driver and a crew that won't make mistakes on pit road. In fact, most plate races are usually won by the most skilled drivers and teams. People just overly glorify the rare occasions when underdogs do win these races and expect a similar outcome every time. Keep that in mind when you make your picks this weekend.
All told, with the sort of all-out dominance that the Hendrick and JGR teams have demonstrated, the underdog teams will need an awful lot of luck and weird circumstances to occur in order to overcome the speed gulf that they will face on Sunday.
Matt Stallknecht's Fantasy Picks for the 2015 Daytona 500:
This year on Four Burning Questions, I will be sharing my fantasy picks from the Frontstretch.com Fantasy NASCAR League, located here on NASCAR.com. Here are my picks from this week. Join the league and see if you can beat me!
Matt Kenseth ($26.25) – One of two "no-brainer" picks for this week, he's led more laps in the preliminary races than any other driver. He's about as good of an anchor pick as you can get.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ($26.75) – Here's no-brainer pick #2. He won his Budweiser Duel, led a bunch of laps in the Unlimited, and reportedly has the fastest car in the field. Not hard to see why he needs to be in your lineup.
Martin Truex, Jr. ($17.00) – As far as value picks go, look no further than Truex. Not known for his plate racing prowess, Truex has delivered the best Speedweeks of his NASCAR career thus far, nearly winning both the Unlimited and his Duel race. He's not an underdog, he's a bona fide contender this week for a dirt cheap price.
Tony Stewart ($22.00) – Stewart comes into this race severely undervalued due to his lackluster 2014 season, but make no mistake, Stewart will be a force on Sunday. No driver has been more aggressive in Speedweeks thus far, and he has enough past plate racing clout to warrant consideration on his own. It's hard to fathom Stewart being an "under-the-radar" driver, but that's exactly what he is this week. Don't miss out on this value.
Landon Cassill ($7.50) – Cassill will not win the race on Sunday, but he is unquestionably the most talented driver in underfunded equipment. At a dirt cheap $7.50, you get a highly underrated drafter who has what it takes to push a car that probably doesn't belong up front to a top-10 finish.
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Eyes on XFINITY: It's Now or Never for Elliott Sadler
Danica, Denny And Desperation
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Matt, IMO, it wasn't the crapshoot chase format that injected interest in the final 10 races, it was because there was a lot of contact, both on and off the track, which meant that the mainstream media actually put the clips & blurbs out there so that people who don't normally watch racing tuned in to see if another fight would break out or if someone would get wrecked.
I guess that's a good marketing strategy for NASCAR but will those same people tune in during the "regular" season? They may watch the 500, after all, the weather is awful pretty much everywhere and there's not much on tv to watch other than hockey, basketball and golf (my apologies to the fans of those sports because I don't follow them other than the look at once in a while – sort of the way they follow NASCAR). If NASCAR is only interested in getting people in the seats and eyes on the tv for the last 5-10 races, well, in my mind that's a failure of the premise, not a success..
Of course it doesn't really matter to me. Gordon will stop racing in November 2015 and after that I will be a casual fan and whatever BS NASCAR concocts will not matter to me after that. I will be a casual fan and can sit back and simply be amused.
Again this race will be boring watching who ever is out front switch back and forth to which ever lane looks like is moving forward. NASCAR should come out with a rule that once you get the lead you pick a lane and no blocking. Our local NASCAR sanctioned short track uses the rule, why can't the top tier division follow this? Passing in the pack doesn't interest me at all it's out front that counts. Bring back the wicker bill across the roof that they did away with when Sr. was killed and you'd see a better race or even the tandem racing. At least we had changes at the front!


Requirements/evaluation of optimal training and training programmes in institutions.
Authors: Runolfur Palsson, John Kellett, Stefan Lindgren, Jaime Merino, Colin Semple, Daniel Sereni.
Eur J Int Med 2007; 18: 104-108.
In an attempt to enhance the quality of internal medicine practice and to reform the education of internists across Europe, the European Board of Internal Medicine (formed by EFIM and UEMS) has launched a project aimed at defining core competencies that are common to all internists. The compilation of six core competencies presented in this paper consists of patient care; medical knowledge; communication skills; professionalism, ethical and legal issues; organizational planning and service management skills; and academic activities. These core competencies are the foundation required for the provision of high-quality medical care everywhere, regardless of the professional traditions and organization of health care in different countries. The authors hope this paper will stimulate constructive discussion and thoughtful debate, and that it will be followed by a collaborative effort to develop and endorse a European consensus.
This working group has been merged with the Professional Issues WG.
The working group on Quality of Care and Professional Issues signals and investigates professional issues on Internal medicine throughout Europe.
What is the role of general internists in the tertiary or academic setting?
1. finalized a position paper on 'General internal medicine in academia'. It will be submitted for publication in the European Journal of Internal Medicine.
2. Initiated a first draft on 'Quality standards in Internal medicine'.
The next meeting was held in Cyprus in April 2015.
Aim: To improve professional quality of internists.
Slogan: Quality is the core business of internal medicine as defined by safety, effectiveness, efficiency and patient-centered medical care.
"Rule of twelve".- Peer inspection of practices by national societies.
Development of evidence based clinical guidelines by national societies based on the AGREE criteria (www.agreecollaboration.org).
Quality is the core business of internal medicine as defined by safety, effectiveness, efficiency and patient-centred medical care. To assess the quality of care, indicators should be developed by a rigorous, standardized method and measured in internal medicine practice in Europe.
Therefore the working group on Quality of Care used an ICT type RAND modified Delphy to extract indicators from evidence based guidelines.
Data collection should be webbased, easy to extract, gather and understood and user friendly. The indicators should be based on recommendations from clinical evidence-based guidelines. Preferably ICT approachable databases should be the source of information with patient records or patient surveys as second best. The setting of the study is the outpatient clinic or the emergency unit.
First 7 internal diseases were selected, and 20 indicators defined. Following a survey amongst EFIM members and further analysis and discussions in the group, the indicators were reduced to 6 for 3 diseases: 2 for diabetes mellitus, 2 for cardiovascular risk management, and 2 for hypertension.
Before analysing these indicators in at least 5 European countries a check on measurability has to be performed, because it is known that during such a check half of the indicators are either not registred, have an alternative administration definition or important other clinical criteria cannot be found. For this data check on traceability and validity the intention is to analyse 30 samples per indicator from 3 types of practices in the Netherlands (one University Hospital practice, one large and one small teaching hospital): a feasibility study. As it is known that the measurement, registration and tabulation of one indicator usually take a bit less than 30 minutes the sampling of 180 indicators will take 100 hours. If an epidemiologist performs the job at a salary of 100 euros per hour, the feasibility study will cost 10.000 euros.
The MPP project was a joint venture between the American Board of Internal Medicine/American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine and the European Federation of Internal Medicine (ABIM/ACP-ASIM and EFIM). The working group consisted of 6 members from each organisation who met periodically between 1999 and 2001 to formulate the Physician's Charter. Thiswhich was jointly published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (ref: Ann Int Med 2002; 136: 243-6), in the Lancet (ref: Lancet 2002; 359: 520-2), and in the European Journal of Internal Medicine (ref: Eur J Int Med 2002; 13: 215-9) entitled: 'Charter on medical professionalism. Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician's charter'.
Charter on medical professionalism. Where do we go from here?
On closer reading of A Physician's Charter: Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium, it is clear that the institutional and organizational settings of contemporary medical practice pose significant impediments to achieving several of the responsibilities it calls on physicians to assume. Moreover, many of those impediments are so deeply imbedded in the structure of all healthcare systems that they are beyond the control of physicians, whether acting alone or collectively. Indeed, only those in a position to effect system-wide changes (eg. elected officials, ministers of heath) can eliminate these structural impediments. Consequently, if the public is to continue to enjoy the unique benefits that medical professionalism can offer, some form of a functional alliance between the medical profession and society is necessary.
Medical Professionalism Project. Alliance Between Society and Medicine: The Public's Stake in Medical Professionalism.
PAD affects approximately 16% of the general population aged over 55 years in Europe and North America and is on the increase.
Almost one-third of all patients with PAD around the world are under internist care.
PAD is not just a localised disease – it also has serious systemic effects and is a major cause of death and disability.
Individuals with PAD have higher risk of serious cardiovascular events within 1 year of diagnosis than those with CAD or CVD – yet physicians and patients are less aware of the risks associated with PAD than of those of MI or ischaemic stroke.
More than 20% of individuals with PAD in the general population do not show classical symptoms and are diagnosed through ABI measurement alone – the proportion is much higher in at-risk populations.
ABI is a quick, simple and accurate non-invasive test for PAD that can be performed in an office environment by any trained physician or nurse.
Early diagnosis and prompt risk factor management to established guidelines can greatly diminish PAD-related disability and death.
Peripheral arterial disease: A growing problem for the internist.
What will be the future of internal medicine in Europe? Because of rapidly growing concerns regarding the position of internal medicine in many European countries, the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) has established a working group to analyze the situation.
· Are there problems for internal medicine? If so, what are these problems and why?
· Why do the health care systems in the European countries need internal medicine?
· Why do patients need internal medicine?
· What needs to be done?
Internal medicine is the modern, clinical, and scientific medical discipline that is responsible for the care of adult patients with one or more complex, acute, or chronic illnesses. Internal medicine is the cornerstone of an integrated health care delivery service that is needed today. Decision-makers in politics and hospitals, insurers, journalists, and the general public need a better understanding of what internal medicine can offer to the health care system and to the individual patient.
Members: Petra-Maria Schumm-Draeger; Johannes Koebberling; Thomas Gjoerup; Jose Javier Garcia Alegria; Faustino Ferreira; Clare Higgens; Werner Bauer; Giuseppe Licata; Moshe Mittelman; James O'Hare; Serhat Ünal.
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<?php

namespace Oblady\ZuulBundle\Command;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
use Oblady\ZuulBundle\Entity\Key;

/**
 * Description of CheckServer
 *
 * @author sebastien
 */
class CheckServerCommand  extends ContainerAwareCommand {
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this
            ->setName('zuul:check:server')
            ->setDescription('Check server status and config')

            ;
    }

     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {
        $output->writeln('updating keys ');
        $this->updatekeyFingerprints() ;
        $output->writeln('Checking servers ');
        $em = $this->getDoctrineManager();
        $keyManager =  $this->getContainer()->get('oblady_zuul.key_manager');
        $repository = $em->getRepository('ObladyZuulBundle:Server');
        $keyRepository = $em->getRepository('ObladyZuulBundle:Key');
        $servers = $repository->findBy(array('enabled'=>true));
        $nbCheck = 0;
        if(!empty($servers)) {
           foreach($servers as $server)  {
               $output->writeln('checking  : '.$server->getName());
                if(!$server->isAlive()) {
                  $server->setReachable(false);
                      continue;
                }
               //$server->getUsers();
               $keyManager->setServer($server);
               if($keyManager->hasMasterkey()) {
                 $server->setMasterKey(true) ;

                  // on recup les clefs et on creer celle qui n'existe pas en base
                   $remoteKeys = $keyManager->getRemotekeys();
                   if(!empty($remoteKeys)) {
                       foreach($remoteKeys as $rkey ) {

                           $fg = $rkey->getFingerprint();
                           $tmp = $keyRepository->findOneBy(array('fingerprint'=>$fg));

                           if(!$tmp) { // la clef n'est pas en base on la creer
                               $obj = new Key();
                               $obj->setContent($rkey->fullString());
                               $obj->generateFingerprint();
                               $obj->setName($rkey->getComment() ? $rkey->getComment(): 'unknow key');
                               $em->persist($obj);
                               $output->writeln('adding key : '. $obj->getName());
                               $em->flush();
                               $server->addKey($obj);
                               $obj->addServer($server);
                               $em->flush();
                           } else {
                              if(!$server->getKeys()->contains($tmp))  {
                                 $server->addKey($tmp) ;
                                 $tmp->addServer($server);
                                 $output->writeln('addding  relation between key '.$tmp->getName().' and server '.$server->getName()."\n");
                                 $em->flush();

                              }

                              if(false !=($u = $tmp->getUser())) {
                                  if(!$server->getUsers()->contains($u)) {
                                      $output->writeln('addding  relation between user '.$u->getUsername().' and server '.$server->getName()."\n");
                                      $server->addUser($u);
                                      $em->flush();
                                  }

                              }

                           }

                       }
                   }

                 //$em->persist($server);
               } else {
                     $server->setMasterKey(false) ;
               }
               $nbCheck++;
           }

        }
        $output->writeln('checked : '.$nbCheck);
        $em->flush();

    }
     public function getDoctrineManager() {

      return  $this->getContainer()->get('doctrine')->getManager();
    }

    public function updatekeyFingerprints()
    {

        $em = $this->getDoctrineManager();
        $keyRepository = $em->getRepository('ObladyZuulBundle:Key');
        $localKeys = $tmp = $keyRepository->findBy(array('fingerprint'=>''));
        if(!empty($localKeys)) {
            foreach($localKeys as $lkey) {
                $lkey->generateFingerprint();

            }
        }
        $em->flush();
    }

}

?>


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Home / Blog / Building Muscle / The Ultimate Calves Workouts for Quickly Adding Size and Strength
The Ultimate Calves Workouts for Quickly Adding Size and Strength
Written by Michael Matthews and Scientifically Reviewed by Dr. Brian Grant
Fact Checked Evidence Based
Building Muscle Definitive Guides Training Workouts
An awesome set of thick, diamond-shaped calves is one of those "little" things that really sets a great physique apart from a mediocre one.
Small, under-developed calves, on the other hand, become a glaring weak point as your upper body develops and also give the rest of your legs a bad name. You could be squatting 400 pounds but if your calves aren't up to snuff, it'll look like you've got chicken legs. (And trust me, I know–I neglected my calves for far too long and am playing catch up now!)
Muscular, strong calves aren't just for looks either–they help support and stabilize your body during lifts like the Deadlift and Squat, and also during just about every sport you can name. In fact, strong, developed quads and hamstrings can be counterproductive in many sports unless you've got calves strong enough to control the force the upper leg can generate as it gets transferred into the ground and redirected.
Weak calves mean shorter jumps, slower running speeds, less stable squats and deadlifts, and a higher risk of knee injury in various sports.
Now, chances are I'm preaching to the choir–if you're reading this article, you don't need to be sold on building your calves. You just want to know how to do it, and you're probably wondering why great calves are so rare. Why do they elude so many weightlifters?
In many cases simple neglect is the problem (like abs, many people forget to train calves or think it's unnecessary), but as you'll soon see, there are genetic barriers to work through as well.
So, in this article, we'll look at the barriers to building big calves as well as a calf routine that will quickly add size and strength to your calves. Let's first take a quick look at the anatomy of the calf muscles.
The Anatomy of the Calves
Are Calves Workouts Really Necessary?
The Ultimate Calves Workouts for the Ultimate Calves
What About Supplements?
Want More Workouts?
What do you think of these calves workouts? Have anything else to share? Let me know in the comments below!
The calves are made up of two powerful muscles: the gastrocnemius, which is the most externally visible muscle, and the soleus, which is a deep muscle that lies underneath the gastrocnemius.
These two muscles work together to manipulate the foot and ankle joint, as well as flex the leg at the knee joint.
When it comes to just looks, we're most concerned with the gastrocnemius, but a properly developed soleus almost "props up" the gastrocnemius, making it look more impressive.
Some people say that calf training is like ab training–you don't need to bother with it if you're doing a lot of Squats and Deadlifts. Well, I disagree.
Unless you're blessed with great calf genetics, you're going to have to work your calves quite a bit to maintain proportions with your thighs and arms. And if you're like me and genetically have zero calves (really…before I started training my calves regularly and correctly, I had nothing no matter how much I squatted and deadlifted), you're going to have to work them even more.
And while we're talking genetics, you might be wondering why some people tend to have small calves that basically refuse to grow no matter what they do whereas other people develop bulging calves without hardly trying.
The answer to this "mystery" lies in the composition of the calf muscle fibers themselves.
You see, there are two primary groups of muscle types: Type 1, also known as "slow twitch" fibers, and Type 2, also known as "fast twitch" fibers.
Type I muscle fibers have the lowest potential for growth and force output, but are very dense with capillaries and rich in mitochondria and myoglobin, which makes them very resistant to fatigue
Type II fibers have a much higher potential for growth and force output than Type I fibers, but they fatigue very quickly
Research has shown that the muscle fibers of the gastrocnemius–the calf muscle we see and are primarily concerned with developing for aesthetic purposes–can vary in composition from person to person.
One person's gastrocnemius might be comprised of as much as 60% Type 2 fibers whereas another's as little as 15%. And thus, the former will find it very easy to add mass to his calves but the latter will find it a slow, frustrating grind (me).
Furthermore, research has also shown that the ratio of Type 1 to Type 2 fibers in various muscles is determined by how we primarily use the muscles. As the calf is mainly used in low-intensity, endurance activities like walking, jogging, biking, and so forth, there's a greater need for Type 1 than Type 2 fibers.
All that said, it doesn't mean our genetics ultimately decide whether we are stuck with baby calves or not. With proper training, anyone can build big, muscular calves, but you should just know that it may or may not come quickly depending on the current composition of your calf muscles.
So, let's get to how to do that by taking a look at the calves workouts that have served me best.
I've tried a lot of calf routines and I've learned a couple things:
1. Like the abs, the calves seem to recover from workouts quicker than other muscle groups and thus can be trained more intensively.
I've yet to find concrete scientific evidence of this, but the anecdotal evidence goes back decades. Arnold even noticed that his calves recovered faster than other muscle groups.
2. The calves seem to respond particularly well to periodized training that includes high-rep work.
Periodized training has you work a muscle group with various rep ranges, and while you can make fantastic gains in your larger muscle groups just working with about 80 to 85% of your 1RM, the calves seem to particularly benefit from the inclusion of higher rep ranges.
There are various theories as to why this is but no definitive answers that I know of. Nevertheless, success leaves clues and this is one you'll often come across in talking with guys that have built impressive calves and had to actually work for it.
Based on these two points, the calf routine I'm going to recommend works as follows:
3 calf workouts per week with at least one day in between each
6 sets per workout
Use a 2-1-2 rep tempo: 2 seconds to full contraction, a slight pause while contracted, 2 seconds to release
Once you hit the top of your rep range with a given weight, add 10 pounds
Here are the workouts:
Calf Workout A
Rest 2 to 3 minutes in between these sets
3 sets of 4 to 6 reps
Calf Workout B
Leg Press Calf Raise
3 sets of 8 to 10 reps
Donkey Calf Raise (or Leg Press)
If your gym doesn't have a Donkey Raise machine, you can do Leg Press Calf Raises instead
Calf Workout C
Rest 1 minute in between these sets
3 sets of 12 to 15 reps
Simple enough. Personally I do A on Monday, B on Wednesday, and C on Friday.
As with all exercises, form is extremely important in calf training. If you shortchange yourself by reducing the range of motion, you'll find the workouts far less effective.
The proper form with these calf exercises is simple: At the bottom of a rep, your heels are as low as they'll go and you feel a deep stretch in your calves; and at the top of a rep, you're up on your tippy-toes like a ballerina.
Many people simply use too much weight and can't make it anywhere near as high as they should at the top of their reps and then wonder why their calves never get bigger or stronger. Don't make the same mistake.
Give this calf routine a go and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how quickly your calves grow, even if they've been extremely stubborn like mine!
I saved this for last because, quite frankly, it's far less important than proper diet and training.
You see, supplements don't build great physiques–dedication to proper training and nutrition does.
Unfortunately, the workout supplement industry is plagued by pseudoscience, ridiculous hype, misleading advertising and endorsements, products full of junk ingredients, underdosing key ingredients, and many other shenanigans.
Most supplement companies produce cheap, junk products and try to dazzle you with ridiculous marketing claims, high-profile (and very expensive) endorsements, pseudo-scientific babble, fancy-sounding proprietary blends, and flashy packaging.
So, while workout supplements don't play a vital role in building muscle and losing fat, and many are a complete waste of money…the right ones can help.
The truth of the matter is there are safe, natural substances that have been scientifically proven to deliver benefits such as increased strength, muscle endurance and growth, fat loss, and more.
As a part of my work, it's been my job to know what these substances are, and find products with them that I can use myself and recommend to others.
Finding high-quality, effective, and fairly priced products has always been a struggle, though.
That's why I took matters into my own hands and decided to create my own supplements. And not just another line of "me too" supplements–the exact formulations I myself have always wanted and wished others would create.
I won't go into a whole spiel here though. If you want to learn more about my supplement line, check this out.
For the purpose of this article, let's just quickly review the supplements that are going to help you get the most out of your calves (and other) workouts.
Creatine is a substance found naturally in the body and in foods like red meat. It's perhaps the most researched molecule in the world of sport supplements–the subject of hundreds of studies–and the consensus is very clear:
Supplementation with creatine helps…
Build muscle and improve strength,
Improve anaerobic endurance
Reduce muscle damage and soreness
You may have heard that creatine is bad for your kidneys, but these claims have been categorically and repeatedly disproven. In healthy subjects, creatine has been shown to have no harmful side effects, in both short- or long-term usage. People with kidney disease are not advised to supplement with creatine, however.
If you have healthy kidneys, I highly recommend that you supplement with creatine. It's safe, cheap, and effective.
In terms of specific products, I use my own, of course, which is called RECHARGE.
RECHARGE is 100% naturally sweetened and flavored and each serving contains:
5 grams of creatine monohydrate
2100 milligrams of L-carnitine L-tartrate
10.8 milligrams of corosolic acid
This gives you the proven strength, size, and recovery benefits of creatine monohydrate plus the muscle repair and insulin sensitivity benefits of L-carnitine L-tartrate and corosolic acid.
You don't need protein supplements to gain muscle, but, considering how much protein you need to eat every day to maximize muscle growth, getting all your protein from whole food can be impractical.
That's the main reason I created (and use) a whey protein supplement. (There's also evidence that whey protein is particularly good for your post-workout nutrition.)
WHEY+ is 100% naturally sweetened and flavored whey isolate that is made from milk sourced from small dairy farms in Ireland, which are known for their exceptionally high-quality dairy.
I can confidently say that this is the creamiest, tastiest, healthiest all-natural whey protein powder you can find.
Pre-Workout Drink
There's no question that a pre-workout supplement can get you fired up to get to work in the gym. There are downsides and potential risks, however.
Many pre-workout drinks are stuffed full of ineffective ingredients and/or minuscule dosages of otherwise good ingredients, making them little more than a few cheap stimulants with some "pixie dust" sprinkled in to make for a pretty label and convincing ad copy.
Many others don't even have stimulants going for them and are just complete duds.
Others still are downright dangerous, like USPLabs' popular pre-workout "Jack3d,"which contained a powerful (and now banned) stimulant known as DMAA.
Even worse was the popular pre-workout supplement "Craze," which contained a chemical similar to methamphetamine.
The reality is it's very hard to find a pre-workout supplement that's light on stimulants but heavy on natural, safe, performance-enhancing ingredients like beta-alanine, betaine, and citrulline.
And that's why I made my own, and I called it PULSE.
What makes PULSE special, you ask?
Clinically effective dosages of 5 natural, performance-enhancing ingredients backed by peer-reviewed, well-designed, and well-executed research: caffeine, theanine, citrulline malate, beta-alanine, betaine, and ornithine.
No proprietary blends.
No other stimulants than caffeine.
No artificial sweeteners, flavors, or food dyes.
No unnecessary fillers, carbohydrate powders, or junk ingredients.
While everyone claims to have the best pre-workout supplement on the market, I can actually back up such claim with real science, and real numbers.
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What makes Body Balance so good for us?
Alaria esculenta The brown alga name Maria esculenta is translated to mean "edible wings." Alaria sea vegetables have a nice flavor, and they are popular as a food item in some cultures. Like other brown sea vegetation, Alaria esculenta contains fucans—carbohydrate-related nutrients that are often described as the "slimy stuff" found on the outside of the skin of the plant.
Alaria esculenta is made up of 42 percent alginate. In addition, it contains fucoidan, and a number of amino acids (or protein building blocks) . Lastly, Alaria escuienta is relatively high in potassium which helps promotes a healthy nervous system.
Aloe Vera A Sumerian clay tablet, found in the city of Nippu written around 2200 BC, is the first document to include Aloe vera among plants of great healing power. Egyptian writings record Aloe as being used medicinally 1,500 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. The Hebrews in the Bible's Old Testament carried Aloe with them in the wilderness for 40 years to be sure they would have it in their new land. Greek physician Dioscorides wrote of using Aloe for constipation, burns, and kidney ailments.
Life Force's aloe plant is grown in fertile fields at the base of a volcanic mountain in Mexico near the equator. This is significant for several reasons. Fields are fed with water rich in volcanic trace minerals. Sunlight and rain is ideal for aloe, and even the wind plays a part. Certified "organic" under the protocols set by QAI (Quality Assurance International). Aloe is hand-farmed from preparing the soil, to planting, to cultivating, to artfully cutting the leaves.
Ascophyllum nodosum Ascophyllum nodosum is a slow growing sea vegetable found in the northern Atlantic ocean. It grows by attaching itself to rocks and boulders and can live to be several decades old.
It contains high amounts of fucoidan—a specialized polysaccharide. Fucoidan molecules tend to bond with sulphate groups. While this may not say much to the rest of us, scientists know that the higher the sulphate group count in a plant, the higher the plant's medicinal potential.
It is believed its high fucoidan count may be why in studies an extract from the sea plant helped prevent blood coagulation. This could be beneficial for those at risk for heart disease and stroke. Additionally, fuicoidan has been shown to have significant cancer-fighting properties.
Chondus cripus Chondus cripus grows in thick patches and has leaf tips that are iridescent. Once the sea plant is removed from the water, however, it loses its color. This plant is rich in iodine, which is known to promote a healthy thyroid. Chondus cripus is a powerful antioxidant that has a unique genetic structure.
Scientific literature reports that one single gene isolated from Chondus cripus contained a polypeptide of 825 amino acids. The role of antioxidants is important to health. Sickness, particularly chronic illness, has been attributed to the high presence of free radicals in our modern society.
Fucus vesiculosus The common name for Fucus vesiculosus is bladder wrack. It is grown on the coastline of colder regions including the northwestern United States and northern Europe. The plant has receptacles that are usually swollen at the ends, which has everything the plant needs to reproduce (both eggs and sperms). When it's about to die, the seaweed's swollen ends will burst. This way the plant manages to reproduce itself.
Gigartina chamissoi Gigartina chamissoi is a leafy, red seaweed. There has been quite a bit of research done on the natural carrageenans found within Gigartina. arrageenans are a special kind of polysaccharide. Originally, carrageenans from red seaweed were extracted and used for gelling and thickening agents in the food industry. Then it was discovered that some of these carrageenans worked well in skin products and cosmetics.
Within the last few years, scientists have discovered that the carrageenans in Gigartina also possess some unique medicinal properties. Among other things, they have found them to be antibacterial as well as antiviral. In fact, one study showed that an extract of Gigartina could kill the bacteria Streptococcus. In addition, in 1997 scientists from Argentina found carrageenans in Gigartina to be anti-herpetic (able to kill the herpes viruses) and anti-coagulant (able to prevent blood from clotting).
Honey The types of flowers the bees pollinate determine flavor and color of honey. The darker shades of honey are believed to have more antioxidants. The study showed no weight gain in participants for the month they were consuming honey. And, some claimed that eating honey for breakfast actually made them feel full and satisfied.
Eating honey along with supplemental calcium appeared to enhance calcium absorption in rats, according to a study from Purdue University. In addition, the researches suggested that the absorption of calcium increased as the amount of honey taken was upped. Sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate extracted from sugar cane and sugar beets. It is a non-nutritive empty calorie that robs the body of vitamins and minerals. Sugar is addicting. The biggest culprit? Soft drinks, which account for one-third of our total sugar intake. Honey contains vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, and is a wonderful beauty aid that nourishes the skin and the hair. Honey acts as an antibacterial and antifungal agent and helps disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds, scrapes and burns.
Laminaria Laminaria is a perennial type of sea plant, meaning that it grows back year after year. As with the some of the other brown sea vegetables, Laminaria digitata contains potassium, iodine, and calcium, which may promote health of the nervous system, thyroid gland, and bone structure. There has been quite a bit of research done on Laminaria digitata because of its apparent health benefits. We will discuss just a few studies.
A couple of recent studies (in 2003 and 2004), demonstrated that in a laboratory setting Laminaria digitata displayed strong anti-cancer properties. For example, in the first study a sxolution extracted from Laminaria digitata had a strong inhibitory activity gainst the spreading of human leukemia cells. The second study looked specifically at tumor cells. In this experiment the extract from Laminaria digitata killed tumor cells in both in vitro and invivo tests. In vivo means the extract was able to kill the tumor cells within a living biological organism (such as rats), whereas in vitro means the experiment was done in a test tube or some similar medium.
Another study, completed as recently as 2005, showed that a preparation made from Laminaria digitata acted as an effective vaccine against several disease-causing fungi in the human body such as Candida albicans, which is involved in various gastrointestinal as well as vaginal infections.
Palmaria palmate High in potassium and calcium, the red sea plant Palmaria palmata is named for its resemblance to the palm of the human hand. Like other red sea vegetables, it is also known for its high levels of healthy antioxidants. One scientific journal reports that Palmaria palmate has anti-cancer properties. Extracts from the sea plant were tested on human cervical cancer cells. It was found that chemicals in the sea plant stopped the cells from reproducing and spreading.
Another health benefit of Palmaria palmate may be to those with irregular blood sugar and even those with diabetes. Scientists found that the polysaccharides in Palmaria palmate affect the intestinal absorption of glucose and insulin response.
Porphyra yezoensis Nori, a sea plant known to scientists as Porphyrayezoensis, is one of the most widely used sea vegetables in Japan. It has been grown in Japan as a food source for hundreds of years. As a plant, it is highly nutritious. It contains minerals such as zinc and copper, as well as various vitamins and provitamins.
As of late, Porphyra yezoensis has also become the subject of a number of health-related studies. It has been shown to help healthy liver activity, prevent the occurrence of gallstone disease, and control blood cholesterol levels. It also contains sulfated polysaccharides, which may inhibit the growth of certain tumors and help prevent ulcer activity in shay ulcers.
Stevia Stevia is a genus of about 150 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to subtropical and tropical South America and Central America. As a sweetener, stevia's sweet taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or liquorice-like after taste at high concentrations.
With its extracts having up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar, stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives. Stevia also has shown promise in medical research for treating such conditions as obesity and high blood pressure. Stevia has negligible effect on blood glucose, therefore it is attractive as a natural sweetener to diabetics and others on carbohydrate controlled diets.
Ulva Lactuca Ulva Lactuca is often called sea lettuce. It grows in many areas around the world but especially in the northern hemisphere. Ulva Lactuca has a long history of being used in different cultures medicinally. In Cuba, sea lettuce was boiled and then drunk as a juice to kill intestinal worms. In Bretagne, the plant was applied directly on wounds to help stop infection.
The main elements within Ulva Lactuca are bioactive substances as well as fiber, iron, calcium, and magnesium. It contains polysaccharide fibers that cannot be dissolved or degraded by digestive enzymes.
This aids in digestion. One particular polysaccharide within Ulva Lactuca is called ulvan. Ulvan is asulfated polysaccharide that has been shown to kill cancerous colon cells. Researchers from France reported ulvan proved to be useful in killing various human cancer cells. The iron content in sea lettuce is high, 15 times higher than the iron found in an egg yolk or spinach. Iron is known to stimulate the immune system and improve overall strength and physical performance.
Blending sea vegetables with Aloe Vera juice adds to the nutritional value of a dietary supplement. Aloe Vera should be whole leaf, cold processed Aloe Vera juice that is certified by the International Aloe Science Council and rated Kosher for purity. A recent survey found that Aloe Vera is the most popular organic remedy on earth. One prominent physician suggested, "If Aloe Vera were to be discovered today, it would be hailed as the wonder drug of this century." Mounting research agrees that Aloe Vera has powerful healing and soothing properties. This recognition is largely due to its ability to clean morbid matter from the stomach, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder and small intestines.
Although there are over 200 species of aloe, one of the best is Aloe Barbadensis, which contains over 75 nutritional compounds including vitamins, minerals and 18 amino acids. One of the top rated vegetable sources of vitamin B12, Aloe is also an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, B6, C, niacinamide and choline. It has long been used for ailments ranging from cuts, burns and bruises to digestive and intestinal irregularities.


At the Boston College Eagles football game this past weekend, stellar care was provided by Eagle EMS and Armstrong's: Keegan Blute, Jim Brooks, Sam Dickens, Sean Mangan, Antone Newell, and Jeff Scafidi.
A call came in for an unresponsive fan in the upper deck bleachers of Alumni Stadium. Upon arrival, it was assessed that the patient was in cardiac arrest. Eagle EMS and Armstrong EMS worked together to start CPR, defibrillate the patient and apply the Lucas device. The patient was extricated from the floor of the stands and taken to the ambulance. In the ambulance, the patient had a return of his pulse and blood pressure and arrived doing well at the hospital.
The next day, we received compliments and gratitude from the patient's physician who credited the team efforts and talents of Armstrong and Eagle EMS for saving this fan's life.


As Firefly Numbers Seem to Slide, Researchers Ponder Effects on Ecosystems main content.
Firefly larvae are voracious predators, feeding on snails, slugs, and earthworms and keeping ecosystems in delicate balance. Many are stocking up on food for their whole adulthood, throughout which they will never eat. Some climb trees in pursuit of arboreal snails. Others have gills like fish that allow them to dive for aquatic snails, whose shells they then use for protection like hermit crabs. In parts of Asia, a large mollusk called an apple snail has ravaged important crops such as rice, and firefly larvae are being explored as a potential form of biocontrol to protect those nations' food supply.
"Just think how poetic it could be if we had fireflies control snails in these agricultural systems as larvae and produce entertainment as a byproduct as adults," says Marc Branham, an entomologist at the University of Florida.
If fireflies are in fact in danger, humans' own flair for things luminescent may be to blame. Neighborhoods that stay lit through the night may severely disrupt firefly mating behavior because the insects gauge when to flash based on how dark it is outside. One Florida species flashes for a precise 27 minutes each night, but without the correct lighting cue, these insects won't understand when it's time to start signaling and find a mate. Other factors, such as herbicides and pesticides, as well as habitat loss to urbanization, might be affecting the lightning bug as well.
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1984 – 1985 Awarded the Pastor's Award for Outstanding Christian Character, New Creation Academy.
1986 Awarded the Student Of The Month, Pinellas Vocational Technical Institute (PVTI).
1987 Awarded the Student Of The Year, Pinellas Vocational Technical Institute (PVTI).
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01/30/2001 Completed the Carrier Variable Speed Air Handler Training.
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10/04/2001 Completed the Wrightsoft Automated Software Design Training.
01/16/2002 Completed the Trane Heat Pump Service & Defrost Controls Training.
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Silvia was born and raised in Germany. She grew up with loving, God-fearing parents, who always took the time, amidst their busy schedule, to spend time with each other. They have been her greatest influence. She was competitive in sports and enjoyed soccer, swimming and volleyball.
Since her early years, her parents instilled in her a healthy work ethic and moral character that she is thankful for. Every summer, her family would travel European countries to visit with relatives and friends in Germany, Hungary, Austria and France. Her fondest memories were traveling to Canada and visiting many National Parks while camping.
Soon after, her family moved to Canada, where her parents purchased a small business of their own. At the age of 12, Silvia was taught to help out in the family business. From pumping gas at a Full serve station, to helping customers with their purchases in the store, she learned a great deal about customer skills as well as working together as a family.
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1983-1984 Awarded the Pastor's Award for Outstanding Christian Character, New Creation Academy, British Columbia.
1987-1988 Awarded the Pastor's Award for Outstanding Christian Character, New Creation Academy, Florida.
1988 Graduated as Honor Roll Student
1991 Graduated from PTEC with an Early Childhood Education Degree
1991 Married her best friend and soul-mate Lew.
1992 Completed Basic Studio Production at Vision Cable Community Access
1997 Became a certified Scuba Diver with her sweetheart at Bill Jackson's, FL.
2000 Became a Mom of a beautiful, healthy, little baby girl.
2003 Was blessed with a second, beautiful, healthy baby girl.
2014 Supported Lew in his endeavors to establish his A/C business.
2016 Celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary.
2017 Became Vice President of Miesz Mechanical Inc.
I am amazed at where God has taken us in life. If we are willing and available, God makes us able. Our direction may be totally different than what God has planned for us. He has a plan and a future for all of us, if we continue to seek and trust Him with our lives. We can look back on our lives and see God's hand guiding us and always being faithful to see us through anything we encountered. We trust Him as we continue this journey of life. God is faithful!
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List of municipalities of Italy

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well the most important day for me is the college graduating ceremony last summer because that's the last day I spent at school and after that, I would say goodbye to all my student life. And I still remember that in this ceremony, a lot of professors and students gave speeches and we received the diplomas individually and after that we went out and took pictures with classmates and professors around the campus. And that is seriously the last day I remember I spent at school and after that I would be on a new page and I felt really excited about it.
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Nisei Credits Gallery Transcript
Chris Carter, Howard Gordon
& Frank Spotnitz
David Nutter
"Oubliette" "731"
"Paper Clip" "731"
"The Blessing Way"‡
"Paper Clip"‡
"D.P.O."
"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
"2Shy"
"The Walk"
"Oubliette"
"Nisei"‡
"731"‡
"Revelations"
"War of the Coprophages"
"Syzygy"
"Grotesque"
"Piper Maru"‡
"Apocrypha"‡
"Pusher"
"Teso Dos Bichos"
"Hell Money"
"José Chung's From Outer Space"
"Avatar"
"Quagmire"
"Wetwired"
"Talitha Cumi"‡
"Nisei" is the ninth episode of the third season of The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on November 24, 1995. The episode was written by Chris Carter, Howard Gordon and Frank Spotnitz, and was directed by David Nutter.
Nisei is the first of a two-part mythology arc storyline, with events continuing in the next episode 731.
2.1 Teaser
2.2 Act One
2.3 Act Two
2.4 Act Three
4.2 Goofs
4.3 Trivia
4.4 Cast and Characters
Investigating a video of an alien autopsy, Mulder and Scully find evidence that Japanese scientists brought to America after the Second World War may have been involved in Scully's abduction. (Part 1 of 2)
Teaser[edit | edit source]
Four Japanese Surgeons, operating on an Alien body.
A train reaches a station and a man gets off the train. He disconnects the train's last carriage and signals for the vehicle to be restarted. After nightfall, cars pull up outside the train and passengers exit them. They greet a Japanese man who has just disembarked from the carriage. The man leaves in one of the cars but the other men enter the carriage, put on bio-protection suits and begin operating on a body, extracting a green liquid from it. Suddenly, military-looking men storm the train and kill all the doctors, putting the body in a bag before leaving. The body is actually an alien, and a small camera inside the carriage has been recording the entire event.
Act One[edit | edit source]
FBI HEADQUARTERS,
Scully walks into the basement X-Files office, and finds Mulder watching a video of the earlier autopsy. She asks how much it cost him, and he replies $29.95, plus shipping. Scully is shocked by how much it cost, and complains that it seems more faked than the Alien Autopsy aired on Fox, because you can't even see the body. Mulder explains that what intrigues him about it is the striking lack of detail, but what he is really interested in is when the train carriage is stormed. (Neither agent currently knows that this took place in a train.) The video cuts off, just after the squad of men start firing. When Scully asks who is selling the tapes, Mulder replies, "Some guy in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Claims he pulled it off the satellite this morning."
Kazuo Sakurai, a high-ranking Japanese diplomat who attacks Mulder
Mulder and Scully arrive outside the house of the man who is selling the tapes. The front door is boarded up but the back door has been broken open. By the side of the door is a mailbox, with "Rat Tail Productions" written at the top of it. Inside the house, Scully finds a man with his hands tied together with rope, and it appears that he was suffocated by a pillowcase on his head, which is bloody. His body is still warm, indicating that his murder was a recent event. Mulder spots a man running in a hallway downstairs and chases the man past several apartment blocks. The man is Japanese and is carrying a briefcase, which he does not seem reluctant to drop. The man attempts to climb a fence but Mulder pulls him down. The man turns to attack Mulder and seems to be skilled in martial arts. He kicks Mulder's gun out of his hand and then tries to run. Mulder pulls up his trouser leg, revealing an ankle-holster. He takes the gun out and fires several warning shots at the man, who turns in shock and looks at Mulder. "Got tired of losing my gun", Mulder explains. Mulder takes the man's bag and realizes he doesn't speak English, before arresting him.
Act Two[edit | edit source]
SUBSTATION C
The Japanese Man is in custody but Scully has been unable to locate a Japanese-English interpreter. Towards the end of the hallway, Mulder spots Assistant Director Skinner walking towards them. Mulder mutters a joke to Scully, and says "Look at this, a beacon in the night." Skinner greets the agents and tells them that the situation, from his perspective, is actually somewhat of an international crisis. He tells Mulder that the man he arrested earlier was Kazuo Sakurai, a high-ranking Japanese diplomat, and that Mulder will have to let him go free. Skinner says that the murder victim and the paperwork all have to be handled by another agency. Before he leaves, Skinner tells Mulder to keep his nose clean in everything until he gets back to Washington.
Outside, Scully asks Mulder if he just wants to drop the case but he reminds her that he paid $29.95 for the tape and says he thinks he's entitled to a few more answers. Mulder opens the trunk of his car and gets out the briefcase that Kazou was carrying. Inside the bag are satellite photos of a ship at sea. Scully also finds a sheet of paper with a list of UFO club members, with the name Betsy Hagopian circled. Mulder tells Scully to get a motel room and find Betsy, while he returns to Washington, D.C., "like a good boy" as Skinner told him to do, and show the photo to some of his friends.
THE LONE GUNMEN'S OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
Mulder visits The Lone Gunmen and shows them the satellite photos that he found in the briefcase. They tell him that the boat in the picture is called the Talapus and that the optics of the picture are German, the technology is probably from the USA and the satellite is Japanese, launched from South America. "Got to love that global economy, huh?" replies Mulder. They also tell him that the Talapus was a salvage ship out of San Diego, that it spent months looking for a Japanese submarine that sank in World War II and was rumored to be carrying a load of gold bullion. Mulder asks if they ever found the submarine and Langly tells him that they reportedly didn't but, judging from the photos, the ship never returned to San Diego, having instead taken the Panama Canal to a naval shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Although none of the men can understand why the Talapus would have journeyed there, Mulder starts to consider that the reason may be that the ship found something other than a Japanese submarine.
JAPANESE EMBASSY
Kazuo Sakurai walks out of the embassy, where a black car is waiting for him. A chauffeur opens the door for him, and he gets in. The chauffeur closes the door, and locks Sakurai in the car. A face comes out of the shadows behind the seats, and smiles a sadistic smile towards him. The driver adjusts his rear view mirror, and reflects the man in the back of the car, strangling Sakurai to death.
Act Three[edit | edit source]
BETSY HAGOPIAN'S HOUSE
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA*
Scully goes to try and find Betsy Hagopian. She arrives at her house, and notices a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) sticker on the window. Scully knocks the door, and a woman with dark hair answers. Scully asks if she is Betsy, and the woman says that Besty is not there right now. When she asks for any way she could contact Betsy, the woman looks a Scully with awe on her face. Scully apologises and reaches for her badge, and the woman says "I know you". Scully tells her she must be mistaken, but the woman is sure that she has seen Scully before. She calls for her friend Penny, and when Penny gets there, she straight away says "Oh My God! She's one.". Scully asks "One what?", and the first woman answers "One of us." Scully tells them they must be mistaken, but Penny calls someone and says to bring the group to Betsy's place. Scully tells them about the man who was murdered by Kazo, and they say that he was one of their group. Scully tells them again that they must be wrong, bt they tell her this;
A Flashback of Scully's abduction to "The Bright White Place".
LOTTIE HOLLOWAY: Did you have an unexplained event in your life last year? Were you missing for a period of time that can't be accounted for?
(Scully stares at them in shock.)
SCULLY: Why did you ask me that?
PENNY NORTHERN: I think you better sit down, Miss Scully. I think there are some people you're going to want to meet.
When people starts to arrive, Scully assures them that she has never seen any of them in her life. They say she cannot remember because she has only been taken once. Scully asks what they meen by "Taken". They tell her "To the Bright White Place". Scully suddenly sees a flashback of herself lying on a table, bathed in a bright light. A woman asks "You remember, don't you? There were men there, performing tests" Scully asks which men they are talking about, and Lottie tells her that they do not reveal themselves, that they take her memory away, but somehow it keeps seeping back. That some may have come back to her but didn't make sense. Scully doesn't understand why she can't remember the MUFON members. They tell her that the first time, all you remember is the light, then sometimes the faces of the men who perform the tests. Scully stares at her until her memory returns briefly and she sees some kind of tube attached to her belly button during the tests, exactly like Mulder had imagined when Scully was abducted. Her stomach is inflated, being filled with air. It grows very large as two figures, presumably aliens, watch in the background. They ask if she has the mark, and one woman shows hers to Scully. She has a brown mark on the back of her neck, exactly like Scully has. Lottie says that that is where they put the implant. Scully tries to leave, but Penny convinces her to come and see Betsy...
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Production[edit | edit source]
The episode title is a reference to the term for first-generation Japanese-Americans (American born children of Japanese immigrants).
A Nisei is a son born outside Japan to emigrant parents. In its original and more restricted meaning, the term applies only to male children born in North or South America to parents who left Japan prior to World War II, but in more casual use refers to any child of emigre Japanese couples.The parent (emigre) generation is called Issei; the children of Nisei are called Sansei. In order to be properly considered Sansei, all four grandparents must have been born in Japan.The words correspond and are evolved from the Japanese for the numbers one, two and three: ich, ni, san.
It seems very odd, given that X puts his life in danger every time he goes to see Mulder, that he would go to see Scully simply to get her to ring Mulder and warn him. The man seems to have access to the darkest of secrets, so presumably getting access to Mulder's cellphone number shouldn't have been too much of a problem for him and he could have phoned himself from a payphone! Unless of course he did not believe that Mulder would have listened to him, and perhaps thought that Scully would have more influence on his decision.
The storyline of this episode was originally conceived as a stand-alone episode.
Goofs[edit | edit source]
In the starting scene, the railroad worker is seen among the alien autopsy boxcar. It will appear in the middle of the wagons on the next stage. Assuming Boxcar is a secret lab, all doors must be locked. This move can not be done when the train is moving.
At 21:24 Mulder is standing in front of a mirror that captures the reflection of a production member.
When escaping the S.W.A.T team raiding the ship Mulder botches diving into the water and belly flops.
In act one, it is established that Kazuo Sakurai neither speaks nor understands English. However, in the scene where he is killed, the limo chauffeur speaks to him in English.
In the teaser, the location is identified as Knoxville, Tennessee. However, there are distinctively Canadian railroad crossing signs shown as the train crosses in front of the group of children. During the closing scenes identified as West Virginia, more Canadian trains are shown in the railyard, such as the British Columbia Railway locomotives in the maintenance area.
The alien autopsy boxcar number changes during the episode. At the beginning we see 82594. Halfway into the episode when Mulder is scoping out the railroad the number is 82517, which carries over into the following episode.
The uniform of the Coast Guard officer that meets with Mulder is incorrect. The Coast Guard has not worn a khaki duty uniform since the 1960s. The current Coast Guard duty uniform is blue. Nor does the Coast Guard issue a black commando sweater. In actuality, the uniform used in this episode is probably a re-use of the US Navy uniforms seen previously in the show.
The location ticker reads "Substation C, Allentown, Pennsylvania 10:02, but the letters on the building read "Los Angeles Police Department"
When Mulder breaks into the ship, he leaves the door open. It is closed in a subsequent shot.
When Senator Matheson tells Mulder about the four Japanese Nationals had been murdered, he says that the murders had occurred several weeks ago, but when Mulder brings Scully up to speed a scene or two later, he tells her that someone must have been able to identify the four doctors who were performing the autopsy even though they were only murdered yesterday.
About 38 minutes into the episode, Scully is watching a videotape on what appears to be a wide-screen television (16:9 ratio). In 1995 this would be a very rare (and expensive) set in the USA. The video (allegedly obtained as an off-satellite video tape recording) would have been recorded in the NTSC 5:4 format on a standard VCR, so the playback should have either had black bars on either side to maintain the aspect ratio, or the image should have been obviously stretched and distorted to fill the screen. The scenes on the tape were probably filmed with the same 35mm cameras the rest of the episode was filmed with and made to look like a video tape (i.e. tracking lines during pause mode).
The phrase "she is one", here used referring to Scully, is the same as in episode 2x10; "Red Museum", used in reference to teenagers who were unwittingly part of an experiment with alien DNA.
The number on the boxcar in which the alien autopsy takes place is 82594. This recalls the date, August 25, 1994, when Chris Carter made his directing debut, for the episode 'Duane Barry'.
The box car is a modified Budd Rail Diesel Car. [1]
Several locations in this episode are featured prominently in the X-Files video game for the PC and PlayStation, The train yard and the shipping docks to name a few. Also, the same train car Mulder becomes trapped in, as well as exactly the same boat Mulder investigates early on in the episode are places you can explore in the game.
Scully's joke about the hokey Alien Autopsy special on FOX turned out to be ironic since Fox repeated the special the following night. They even even aired some promotional spots for the special during the original telecast.
Pictures of the salvage ship are actually edited pictures of the World War Two German Battleship Bismarck and her consort the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen while stopped in Norway to refuel. The heavy cruiser is badly edited to look like the salvage vessel. The pics where actually taken by a RAF recon Spitfire of a Norway harbor, not the Panama Canal.
82517: This number appears on the alien autopsy boxcar halfway through the episode. While it may be pushing things, 8/25/17 was the start of the Bolshevic Revolution, which could be an allusion to the revolution that Mulder is starting.Strangely enough, 5/17/82 is the publication date of a journal article by a doctor named Mulder regarding neonatal menegitis and testing on babies in the womb. Could this possibly be a reference to Scully?
Cast and Characters[edit | edit source]
This episode marks the first appearance of Agent Pendrell.
The tactical team in the opening sequence were not actors but real trained Rangers.
Gillian Barber (Penny Northern) previously played Agent Nancy Spiller in The X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine" and Beth Kane in "Red Museum".
Paul McLean (Coast Guard Officer) previously played Dr. Josephs in The X-Files episode "Shapes" and Agent Kautz in "Anasazi".
Also Starring
Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
Stephen McHattie the Red-Haired Man
Raymond J. Barry as Senator Richard Matheson
Robert Ito as Dr. Takeo Ishimaru/Shiro Zama
Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike
Dean Haglund as Richard Langly
Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers
Steven Williams as X
Gillian Barber as Penny Northern
Corrine Koslo as Lottie Holloway
Laurie Triolo as Diane
Paul McLean as Coast Guard Officer
Brendan Beiser as Agent Pendrell
Yasuo Sakurai as Kazuo Sakurai
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