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The News-Herald (http://www.news-herald.com)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Ohio Department of Agriculture is working with animal health experts to identify dog illnesses that have killed at least four pets on opposite ends of the state.
The outbreak has been reported near Cincinnati and Canal Fulton, located south of Akron.
The agency's Division of Animal Health has been taking reports of severe dog illnesses for the past three weeks and at least four dogs have died.
Symptoms include vomiting, bloody diarrhea, weight loss and lethargy.
Agency spokeswoman Erica Hawkins says there are several known causes of the symptoms in dogs, but it generally is believed that there is an unknown contributor to the recent cases.
State pathologists have sent samples to a lab at the University of California-Davis for testing.
A one-year-old beagle with circovirus died in California in the spring, and the school's lab has the equipment to test for the virus, which had not previously been diagnosed in dogs but is common in pigs.
Dr. Melanie Butera, a veterinarian Canal Fulton, treated four dogs which were ill with similar symptoms. The two worst cases came in collapsed and weak, with high heart rates and fluid around their lungs.
"The dogs were so profoundly sick, over such a short period of time," she said, which is what set off alarm bells for her. One of the dogs, who survived the illness, was leaking fluid from his gums.
The statewide concern began around Aug. 16, when ODA urged owners to closely watch pets after several dog deaths were reported north of Cincinnati.


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According to official enrollment reports, the fall 2012 student headcount and credit hour count are up at Iowa Valley Community College District, which operates Ellsworth Community College and Marshalltown Community College. Official numbers have not yet been received from all of the Iowa community colleges, but unofficial reports indicate that only two community college districts in the state experienced enrollment growth this fall, while one community college had no growth and all the others experienced enrollment declines.
"We are thrilled to be reporting growth in our numbers this fall, and it speaks volumes about all the hard work done by our Admissions and Student Services staff members, our faculty, and all the other employees who have spent the year focusing on students," says Chris Duree, IVCCD Chancellor. "The numbers were just released yesterday, so we'll begin meeting to dissect the data to learn what's working well and where we need to improve things. It's really an ongoing process of continuous improvement for us, because we can always do better. That said, it is also a good time for a moment of celebration!"
The IVCCD Office of Institutional Research reports that total IVCCD fall 2012 headcount is 3,105 students, up by 1.07 percent from last year. Those students are enrolled in 33,332 credit hours, an increase of 1.86 percent from fall 2011. On a district-wide basis, the data shows that full-time student numbers are down less than 1 percent, but part-time enrollments are up 3.78 percent. The largest gain was in the number of high school students taking college credit courses, which was up 7.54 percent over last year.
By specific college, Ellsworth Community College reports a headcount of 1,100 students, up 5.16 percent from last fall, and 13,321.5 credit hours, up 8.17 percent from last year. Marshalltown Community College (which includes numbers from Iowa Valley Grinnell) has a total student population of 2,005, down 1.04 percent from last fall, and 20,010 credit hours, down 1.94 percent from the previous year.

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EDITOR'S PICK: Alpha-2 integrin: a protein predictor of tumor spread?
Mary Zutter and colleagues, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, have generated data that lead them to suggest that decreased expression of the protein alpha-2 integrin is predictive of tumor dissemination to distant sites and decreased survival in individuals with either breast or prostate cancer.
The researchers first studied the role of the protein alpha-2-beta-1 integrin (which is composed of the alpha-2 integrin protein and the beta-1 integrin protein) in cancer initiation and progression using a clinically relevant, spontaneous mouse model of breast cancer progression and metastasis (spread). Their data indicated that alpha-2-beta-1 integrin suppressed metastasis. To investigate whether the data had any immediate clinical applicability, a systematic analysis of microarray databases of human breast and prostate cancer was performed. The results of this analysis showed that decreased expression of the gene responsible for generating alpha-2 integrin was predictive of metastasis and decreased survival, leading to the suggestion that alpha-2 integrin expression could be a useful biomarker of metastatic potential and patient survival.
TITLE: The alpha-2-beta-1 integrin is a metastasis suppressor in mouse models and human cancer
Mary M. Zutter
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Phone: 615.343.1095; Fax: 615.343.7040; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/42328?key=a9499338b772b7017720
EDITOR'S PICK: A DEDD cert to support embryo development
The mammalian embryo relies on physical connections to its mother to survive. After implantation into the wall of the uterus and before the placenta is established, a structure known as the decidua forms and is key to supporting embryonic development. Defective formation of an effective decidua is thought to be a cause of female infertility. A team of researchers, led by Toru Miyazaki, at the University of Tokyo, Japan, has now determined that the protein DEDD is required for the formation of a functional decidua in mice. The authors therefore suggest that it would be interesting to investigate whether DEDD dysfunction is the cause of infertility in some women.
TITLE: Death effector domaincontaining protein (DEDD) is required for uterine decidualization during early pregnancy in mice
Toru Miyazaki
Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Phone: 81.3.5841.1435; Fax: 81.3.5841.1438; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/44723?key=1ec7d446ccdf85707aaa
EDITOR'S PICK: How bacteria get from catheter to patient
Patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities can develop infections as a result of contamination of indwelling medical devices such as catheters with bacteria that are normal inhabitants of the skin of the patient or health care personnel. The bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis is a major cause of such infections. This is in part because of its ability to form biofilms surface-attached agglomerations of microorganisms that are extremely difficult to eradicate on indwelling devices. Michael Otto and colleagues, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, have now identified the bacterial products that enable Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms to detach from the surface to which they are adhered and cause infection in a mouse model of catheterization. Importantly, molecules known as antibodies that target these bacterial products inhibited bacterial spread in the mouse model, leading the authors to suggest that interfering with biofilm detachment mechanisms might provide a new approach to preventing biofilm-associated infections.
TITLE: Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice
Michael Otto
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Phone: 301.443.5209; Fax: 301.480.3633; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/42520?key=109e2fdc23f5ff35648c
DERMATOLOGY: Targeting blood vessel growth to treat psoriasis
Psoriasis is a common skin disorder that arises when immune cells become overactive and generate unneeded inflammatory responses in the skin. Dysregulated growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels (a process known as angiogenesis) is one hallmark of psoriasis, which is also characterized by thick silvery scales on affected areas of skin and itchy, dry, red patches. A team of researchers, led by Michael Schn, at Georg August University, Germany, has now found that reducing angiogenesis in xenotransplantation models of psoriasis and in mice with a disease that resembles psoriasis alleviates disease. They therefore suggest that their non-viral gene therapy approach to reducing angiogenesis might provide a new approach to treating psoriasis and, perhaps, other inflammatory skin disorders characterized by dysregulated angiogenesis.
TITLE: Halting angiogenesis by non-viral somatic gene therapy alleviates psoriasis and murine psoriasiform skin lesions
Michael P. Schn
Georg August University, Gttingen, Germany.
Phone: 49.551.39.6401; Fax: 49.551.39.6841;
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/41295?key=9fdf418e69584eec49cc
VIROLOGY: How hepatitis C virus uses the cells it infects to its own advantage
The current therapy to treat individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) works in only about half of those treated. Therefore, many individuals remain chronically infected with HCV, something that often leads to liver failure and liver cancer. Research using human liver cell lines, performed by Po-Yuan Ke and Steve Chen, at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, has identified new ways in which HCV coopts normal cellular processes in the cells that it infects to enhance its reproduction and to evade certain aspects of the antiviral immune response. These data not only provide new insight into the ways in which interactions between HCV and the cells it infects can benefit the virus, but also provide potential new avenues of research for the development of novel therapeutic approaches to clearing HCV infection.
TITLE: Activation of the unfolded protein response and autophagy after hepatitis C virus infection suppresses innate antiviral immunity in vitro
Steve S.-L. Chen
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Phone: 886.2.2652.3933; Fax: 886.2.2652.3073; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/41474?key=b8efc145f04abae00e4e
PULMONARY: Pinpointing a role for the molecule TGF-beta in lung scarring
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disorder for which there are currently no treatments. It is a progressive disease that results in lung scarring and changes in lung architecture, which together lead to loss of lung function and death. Although the cause(s) of IPF is unclear, dysregulated signaling triggered by the molecule TGF-beta is known to have a role in disease development. Parviz Minoo, Zea Borok, and colleagues, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have now been able to more specifically pinpoint the role of dysregulated TGF-beta signaling in disease development using a mouse model of lung fibrosis (scarring).
The researchers generated mice lacking T-beta-RII the molecule to which TGF-beta binds to trigger a signaling cascade on cells lining the lung (epithelial cells). Importantly, these mice showed increased survival and resistance to fibrosis in the chemical-induced model of fibrosis studied. The authors therefore suggest that T-beta-RII could provide a new target for the development of therapeutics to treat IPF.
TITLE: Epithelium-specific deletion of TGF-beta receptor type II protects mice from bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis
Parviz Minoo
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Phone: 323.226.4340; Fax: 213.236.5049; E-mail: email@example.com.
Zea Borok
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Phone: 323.226.7923; Fax: 323.226.2738; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/42090?key=5b106d2bdee99290407d
MUSCLE BIOLOGY: Linking two previously disparate muscle diseases
Individuals with mutations in their DES gene have dysfunctional muscle fibers in their skeletal and heart muscle (conditions termed myopathy and cardiomyopathy, respectively). This leads to progressive skeletal muscle weakness and heart failure. A team of researchers, led by Jocelyn Laporte, at the Institut de Gntique et de Biologie Molculaire et Cellulaire, France, has now determined that the mechanisms underlying disease in individuals with a previously unrelated form of inherited myopathy (X-linked centronuclear myopathy [XLCNM]) are similar to those in individuals with DES gene mutations. Specifically, they found that the protein generated by the gene mutated in individuals with XLCNM (MTM1) binds desmin (the product of the DES gene) and ensures normal desmin expression and localization in both both mouse and human skeletal muscles. These and other data in the paper lead the authors to suggest that XLCNM and desmin-related myopathy, two conditions thought previously to be unrelated, have common disease-related features.
TITLE: Myotubularin controls desmin intermediate filament architecture and mitochondrial dynamics in human and mouse skeletal muscle
Jocelyn Laporte
Institut de Gntique et de Biologie Molculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France.
Phone: 33.388653412; Fax: 33.388653201; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/44021?key=bb6f6768d97d3b80e3b2
OPHTHALMOLOGY: Support for light-sensing cells eroded by the mTOR signaling pathway
The retina is the light-sensitive tissue that lines the inner surface of the eye. It consists of light-sensitive nerve cells known as photoreceptors and cells that support and nourish the photoreceptors, which are known as retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. RPE cell dysfunction leads to retinal degeneration and loss of visual acuity. A team of researchers, led by Douglas Vollrath, at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, has now determined in mice that stresses that disrupt the function of the energy generating compartments within RPE cells (mitochondria) trigger RPE cell dedifferentiation and that this leads to decreased responsiveness of photoreceptor cells to light and their eventual degeneration. Further analysis revealed that RPE cell dedifferentiation involved the signaling protein mTOR and that the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin protected photoreceptor function in response to RPE stresses. The authors therefore suggest that mTOR pathway inhibitors might provide a new approach to treating individuals with retinal degenerative diseases involving RPE stress.
TITLE: mTOR-mediated dedifferentiation of the retinal pigment epithelium initiates photoreceptor degeneration in mice
Douglas Vollrath
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Phone: 650.723.3290; Fax: 650.723.7016; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/44303?key=d8a984b9dd5cbcc00d7b
IMMUNOLOGY: Understanding how single immune cells "see" their target
Key to designing effective vaccines and immune-based therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis is characterizing in detail the immune cells (T cells) that naturally respond to the microbe or cause the autoimmune disease. One facet of this characterization is to define very specifically the protein complex expressed by T cells (the T cell receptor [TCR]) that enables them to "see" their target and respond to microbes or cause autoimmunity. A team of researchers, led by Paul Thomas, at St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, has now developed a new method to examine the TCR expressed by an individual T cell, an approach that they hope will prove of tremendous use for researchers studying mouse models of human disease.
TITLE: Paired analysis of TCR-alpha and TCR-beta chains at the single-cell level in mice
Paul G. Thomas
St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Phone: 901.595.6507; Fax: 901.595.3107; E-mail: email@example.com.
View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/44752?key=37107bbf68114720ea54
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|Anarcho-Syndicalist Adventurers Guild
|Organizational Structure
|Tek 4 (ish)
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|Various zombies, mummies, werewolves, vampires, Cyclops, ogres, etc...
|Notable People
|Grunge Smith
Anarcho-Syndicalist Adventurers Guild
The Anarcho-Syndicalist Adventurers Guild is the premier adventurers guild on Pekab. It is nominally headed, or fronted, by Grunge Smith, although he isn't really the leader as such. They're Anarcho-Syndicalist, after all, so they don't really have leaders. The member rolls of ASAG keeps changing as new members join and older ones retire (or get killed), but as of now, this is how it looks:
The core of the group is made up of the Red Brigade, so called because they all drive around in dark red vehicles (and not because they're Dirty Commies, OK?). The SteamPunk Twins, Bob and Rob, drive a pair of souped-up sports cars in cream, and make up the second vehicle unit of ASAG. These two units make up the core of the motor-pool, although there are rumours that four Trike bikers are being sweet talked into joining ASAG, and it is likely that Evie will head up a rapid reaction vehicle squad with them should these plans come to fruition.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Tonight's baseball showdown at Fresno State will be broadcasted by both KZSB AM 1290 – Santa Barbara News-Press Radio – and UCSBgauchos.com.
Coverage of the contest will begin with a 6:00 p.m. pregame show, with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. Links to the live audio can be found on UCSB's listen live page and the baseball schedule page.
Gerry Fall, the Voice of the Gauchos, will have the call of the radio simulcast as the tenth-ranked Gauchos look to continue their hot start against the 2008 national champion Bulldogs. In a season-opening set last year, UCSB won two of three to take the series from Fresno State.
Shane Bieber will make the start on the mound for UCSB. The freshman is 1-0 on the season with a 3.52 ERA. Head coach Andrew Checketts will look to Big West Field Player of the Week Andrew Calica and senior standout Joey Epperson, who leads all Big West players in seven offensive categories, to key the Gaucho bats.
Already affordable, tickets to 10th-ranked Gaucho baseball just got even more affordable with the "Bandwagon Plan."
UCSB Athletics is pleased to announce that fans can now purchase tickets for the entire Big West Conference schedule, plus bonus games against UCLA and BYU for as low as $2 per game.
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At Rapanui we take transparency and traceability within the fashion industry really seriously, we're passionate about providing consumers with easy to digest information about where and how their clothing is made; so when we were offered the chance to work with the University of the Isle of Wight on a project to create an invisible t-shirt we jumped at the chance; we hope that this innovation can directly affect a rise in transparency in the high street fashion.
In partnership with the University of The Isle of Wight, we took the light transmitting properties of optic fibres and wove a jersey fabric to create an invisible t-shirt. The technology captures light on one side of a garment and relays it on to the opposite side.
The research has been around for a long time but the principle is actually quite simple - to take light from the front of the garment and relay it to the back - and vice versa. Optic fibres are simply light conductive threads. They capture the light in the space immediately surrounding the garment and relay them through the threads. If you can direct this light directly out of the shirt, as we have done, the result is a vivid perception of invisibility.
The University of The Isle of Wight and our Research and Development team worked hard to make the project a success and we hope to develop variants of the fabric for a wide range of applications. It will be quite some time before the technology could come to market, but an early idea that we have would be to make landfill sites invisible; sustainability is an out-of-sight, out-of-mind problem; we can throw invisible t-shirts in open-air landfill sites - or even just on the street - and nobody will know they are there.
Realistically the application of the project will be useful in a number of fields but the reason we got involved with the project was to raise awareness of the issue of transparency and traceability in fashion; it's easy to demonstrate this; what are you wearing now? Do you know where and how it was made?
It's difficult for consumers to find out that information - we think that traceability and transparency in fashion with allow consumers to make informed decisions about the products that they buy. If we have all the information available to us when we purchase products it is as simple as voting with our wallets - if not we're simply buying blind.
In a recent interview fashion designer Wayne Hemingway spoke of the award-winning eco fashion brand:
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Review of Ballpark E-Guide; Citizens Bank Park
I recently received a copy of Kurt Smith's Citizens Bank Park Ballpark E-Guide and thought I would share what I learned in reading it. The 32-page booklet in the form of a PDF file download covers everything you ever wanted to know about the ballpark including tickets, seating, transportation, parking, food and drinks.
The information provided is great for first-time visitors to the ballpark, but it also includes a lot for the more experienced fans as well. For example, I am an extremely picky eater; if I do not know what it is, I won't eat it. And I cannot be bothered to look things up ahead of time either when my old standby's (cheese steak & water ice!) are readily available. But after reading the guide, I discovered many food options that sounded interesting and may prompt me to expand my horizons a bit. I had no clue what a "Schmitter" was before now. For the record, it is a sandwich with steak, salami, cheese, tomatoes, fried onions and a special sauce.
Another tidbit I was unaware of was the existence of a website called FanSnap.com. This ticket site searches about a dozen other ticket sites (like StubHub and E-Bay) so you can find the best prices and seat locations. I will definitely try this out once the season begins.
There are also "Tightwad Tips" throughout the E-Guide to help you find creative ways to save money. These are certainly worth a look.
I also found the Seating section helpful as it describes in detail what you are getting yourself into when you choose where to sit or stand for the game. For example, the Rooftop Bleachers are described as being cheap, but far away from the action with a "raucous atmosphere." Having sat there myself, this is an accurate description. These are the sort of small details that the Phillies web site will not provide.
At the end of the E-Guide is a section of "Extras" which includes a nice commentary on Phillies fans, describing most as "perfectly well behaved." But my favorite part says, "If you encounter an unpleasant situation while rooting for the opposing team, you've probably asked for it." Amen to that!
For more information or to order a copy of a Ballpark E-Guide, visit www.BallparkEGuides.com.


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Eli's President Marc Schulman congratulates Roundy's & Mariano's CEO Bob Mariano on opening his 11th Mariano's Market in Illinois and 5th in the City of Chicago. The store opens on Tuesday October 8th at 6am.
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Today was a good sports day in Philadelphia with the Eagles winning by a slim margin over the Detroit Lions and the Phillies needing all nine innings to overcome the Washington Nationals thanks to a Jayson Werth walk-off home run. Aside from it being an exciting way to finish out a series sweep before welcoming the division rival Atlanta Braves, it was also a learning experience. Well, maybe not learning so much as reinforcement, but still — here's what I noticed.
Charlie Manuel's in-game strategy is awful.
Back on September 15, the Phillies led by a score of 9-4 entering the eighth inning against the Florida Marlins. FanGraphs had the Phillies as 97 percent favorites. At that point, it may be wise to use some of the less-popular relievers like Danys Baez. Who does Manuel call upon? Ryan Madson. Of course, Madson did as he was told and got three outs rather quickly and the Phillies became 99 percent favorites.
Sure, Madson may be fresher than he normally would be at this time of the year given his two-month vacation after he broke his toe, but if you get a chance to rest your best arms, you do it.
Fast forward to today. Seventh inning, Phillies trailing by one run, still with a 31 percent chance to win. Who does Manuel call upon? Danys Baez. And, of course, Baez did what he does best: he gave up a home run, putting the Phillies behind 5-3. When the inning was over, the Phillies were given a 22 percent chance to win.
It got worse. In the eighth inning, Manuel called on J.C. Romero, who has arguably pitched as badly as Baez. After a double, a walk, and a single, the Phillies were down 6-3 and only nine percent to win.
To recap:
- Ryan Madson, 2.42 SIERA, used with 0.11 leverage index.
- Danys Baez, 4.78 SIERA, used with 1.02 leverage index.
- J.C. Romero, 4.82 SIERA, used with 0.53 leverage index (became as high as 1.01 by his own doing).
It wasn't the first time Manuel unnecessarily used Madson. On August 29, he came in with another 5-0 lead in the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres. On August 22, he pitched the eighth inning against the Nationals with a six-run lead. That's just going back one month. Overall, he's come into the game:
- With tie game: 8 times (16%)
- With team ahead by one to three runs: 23 times (47%)
- With team ahead by four runs or more: 10 times (20%)
- With team trailing by one to three runs: 5 times (10%)
- With team trailing by four runs or more: 3 times (6%)
So, in 26.5 percent of Madson's appearances, the team has either been ahead or behind by four or more runs. That is poor leveraging of arguably the most important reliever (and unarguably the best) in the bullpen.
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|Opp. OPS
Additionally, Manuel chose to use Greg Dobbs as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning with the Phillies trailing 4-3. They were only 2-to-1 underdogs at the time and the leverage index was 1.16. Dobbs had an awful .260 wOBA going into today's game. Manuel chose to use him instead of Ross Gload and his .359 wOBA on the season. Manuel eventually did use Gload but it was in the eighth when the Phillies trailed 6-3 and the leverage index was just 0.79. Although Domonic Brown is still nursing an injury, he was available in "emergency" situations. Call me crazy, but I'll take Brown at 40 percent health over Dobbs at 100 percent any day, especially if all I'm looking for is a home run.
Finally, Charlie Manuel yet again left Joe Blanton in too long. It has been a feature all year long: Blanton tires around the sixth inning. Some examples of Manuel not realizing this:
- May 3 (first start since being activated from disabled list): Allowed one run through six innings; allowed three in the seventh. To be fair, two of the runners were inherited by Nelson Figueroa and were allowed to score.
- May 8: Allowed no runs through five innings; allowed three in the sixth.
- May 15: Allowed two runs through six innings; allowed three in the seventh.
- May 20: Allowed one run through six innings; allowed six in the seventh.
- May 26: Allowed one run through five innings; allowed three in the sixth.
- July 4: Allowed two runs through six innings; allowed three in the seventh.
- July 16: Allowed one run through five innings; allowed two in the sixth and was brought back out for the seventh.
- July 21: Allowed one run through six innings; allowed one run in the seventh.
- July 31: Allowed three runs through five innings; allowed one run in the sixth.
- August 18: Allowed one run through five innings; allowed one run in the sixth and was brought back out for the seventh.
- September 2: Allowed four runs through four innings; allowed two runs in the fifth.
- September 7: Allowed three runs through six innings; allowed one run in the seventh.
- September 13: Allowed no runs through five innings; allowed one run in the sixth.
- September 19: Allowed one run through five innings; allowed three runs in the sixth.
Blanton appears to simply not be conditioned to pitch deep into games this year. The oblique injury that caused him to miss the first month of the season likely has a lot to do with that. That this hasn't occurred to Manuel or anyone else involved with the Phillies after five months of watching Blanton pitch is baffling.
The other thing I learned today:
The batting average with runners in scoring position stat is the new batting average.
It's the latest craze that statistically-oriented people are going to have to swat down. All season long, fans and media types alike have been pointing out that Werth's production with runners in scoring position has been lackluster. And it has — his triple-slash line was .172/.339/.281 coming into today's game.
However, rather than use it as intended — as a descriptive statistic — people have been using it to cast aspersions on Werth, portraying him as an "unclutch" player or saying that he is pressing because of his looming venture into free agency. The problem with that is RISP varies wildly from season-to-season so you can't make any strong inferences about a player's ability from it. Last year, Werth's triple-slash line with RISP was .279/.407/.510.
RISP will end up hovering around a player's overall production. Derek Jeter, known worldwide as "Captain Clutch" and "Mr. November", has a career triple-slash line of .314/.384/.453. With RISP, it's .303/.398/.428. In terms of OPS, that's a difference of 11 points, a negligible difference.
Even Ryan Howard, widely regarded as a "run producer", hits exactly the same over his career (.279 AVG, .575 SLG) as he does with RISP.
Those are my thoughts from Sunday's action. Looking forward to an important three-game series against the Atlanta Braves. Check back tomorrow for a series preview with Peter Hjort of Capitol Avenue Club.


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Gordy, You are naïve, and you do not know history. The US has shed blood for 2 world wars to police the planet when Europe was spineless to do so and paid with millions of lives. You either pay attention and police your neighborhood, or the world becomes a ghetto. DB bensonblues at comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: Gordon S. Doig [mailto:gdoig at med.usyd.edu.au] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:25 PM To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list Subject: Re: Bali Bombings America is not the World's policeman (Isn't there a movie with puppets about this???). It is not up to any one country/religion/person to determine another's policy/objectives/goals. The world would be a better place if we were all more tolerant and respectful of each other. Gordon Don Benson wrote: >Radical Islam isn't new. Early in the 18th Century, the Ottomans used >Caucasians as slaves. Wahhabism inspired the birth of the lasting dynasty, >the House of Saud (remember them folks?) and the growing Ottoman Empire. >Fortunately for Europe, technology was in its infancy or things would have >been different. We had another close call with Hitler: his mistake was in >choosing the wrong scapegoats (the Jews - high tech thinkers who brought us >atomic energy and rocketry); if he would have gotten the bomb first, again, >things would have been different. > >The Islamic Republic of Iran makes no bones about its radical theocracy. >Either you trust a crazy man with a gun, or you don't. I don't, and I >suspect that our "pseudo-religious nitwit" in the White House doesn't >either. But, what are his options at present? Bomb Iran? Woo Nellie, would >he catch hell from the Left all over the planet. He caught hell from the >Left when he went after the last crazy man who postured like he had a gun. > >I believe we are experiencing the twilight in the War on Terror. I am also >afraid that it will take a nuclear device in one of our major cities before >we the people of this great nation unite in common cause. Remember (and I've >tried): you can not reason with a crazy man. By all rational standards, a >young man who is convinced that if he kills a thousand infidels that he will >be rewarded with heaven and 72 virgins is either crazy or has a small penis, >or both. > >If we don't curtail Iran's (and any radical theocracy) goal of atomic >weaponry, things will be different for our children. > >Don Benson, DO, FACEP >Department of Emergency Medicine >St. John Hospital and Medical Center >Detroit >bensonblues at comcast.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Thomas Anthony Horan [mailto:thoran at sarah.br] >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:41 AM >To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list >Subject: RE: Bali Bombings > >David, > >I don't think silence indicates a lack of sympathy for the families of the >dead, or a lack of humanity, nor a lack of respect for the efforts of the >rescuers. The real problem is we don't know what to do about it. How does >one fight a religious ideology, the idea of martyrdom, rewards in the after >life and so on? Especially so when we are led by a pseudoreligious nitwit of >our own. > >Now that western nations have essentially given up on the neuclear program >of Iran, are powerless to do anything about it, and have squandered in Iraq >the moral high ground they held after 9/11, such bombings we have seen in >the resorts of Bali and Egypt, pale to insignificance next to the holocaust >planned by radical islamist once they achieve the ability. > >Tom > > > > > >>---------- >>From: Fontana, David[SMTP:DFontana at phcn.vic.gov.au] >>Reply To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list >>Sent: terça-feira, 4 de outubro de 2005 22:22 >>To: trauma-list at trauma.org >>Subject: Bali Bombings >> >>I note with interest the lack of discussion surrounding the recent >>repeat terror attacks on tourists and citizens of Bali. >>Are we disheartened, disinterested or overwhelmed? Normally an affront >>to humanity of this nature would draw some comment from the list; why >>not on this occasion? >>After discussion with my colleagues, I offer our deepest sympathies to >>the victims and their families. And we further commend the efforts of >>the rescuers, medical staff and volunteers who aided the victims. >>We fear that this repeat attack will further damage the economy and >>livelihood of the Balinese people who depend so much on the tourist >>dollar for survival. >> >>David R Fontana RN >>Dip.App.Sci., B.Nsg(N.Ed).,PGrad.Dip.Adv.Clin.Nurs.(Melb.) >>Associate Nurse Manager >>Anaesthesia & Post Anaesthesia Care Unit >>Frankston Hospital >>Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA >>03 9784-7404 >> >>-- >>trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG >>To change your settings or unsubscribe visit: >>http://www.trauma.org/traumalist.html >> >> >> > > > >-- >trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG >To change your settings or unsubscribe visit: >http://www.trauma.org/traumalist.html > > >
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Why I Love Gary Matthews
Well folks, the current Phillies – Braves game is not looking good so I felt a bit of comic relief might be in order here. And nothing cheers me up more than a healthy dose of Sarge's baseball wisdom. In fact, who has not been endlessly entertained these past 2 years listening to Mr. Matthews cloud the TV airways with his jumbled player name pronunciations and inventive twists on the English language? I believe he may even have coined a few new phrases.
How about the "Courtesy Turn?" I first heard this one as Chase Utley smacked a homer out of the park against the Reds on April 4th. Apparently, Ken Griffey Jr. "turned" to watch the ball leave the park and Sarge referred to this as Griffey giving the knock a "courtesy turn." How kind of him, indeed. Such a gentleman. Perhaps in their next series, Griffey will present Utley with a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates?
Speaking of Utley, in the book of Matthew-isms, "Professional Hitter" is right there at the top of the list where Mr. Utley is concerned. He almost cannot have a conversation about Chase Utley without this particular phrase coming into play. But don't worry; it is not only reserved for Utley. He spreads the wealth on this one. Certainly a favorite of the Sarge, you can hear it at least once or twice per broadcast. And I giggle every time…
And I have reserved my absolute favorite Matthew-isms for last! Drum roll please!!!! You will know it as soon as you hear it…he says it ALL the time! Yes, you guessed it, it is "A Good Athlete!" As in, this guy here is "a real good athlete." He says it on average, 3-6 times per broadcast. Now Sarge, you know I LOVE you, but considering these guys ARE all Major League ball players, I sure hope they are all good athletes! Hee! Sarge, you are SO darn cute! I just want to pinch your cheeks and give you a giant bear hug :o) And in honor of your adorableness, here is a photo of you toting the BBQ at last years' BBQ challenge:
Well, the Phillies have managed to score a few runs so back to watching the game I go…I have a busy day tomorrow too to get ready for! Look for me on TV too! I'll be attending the Phillies Baseball 101 clinic for women and I will be featured on the NBC 10! Show at 2pm as part of a mini-clinic from the day. I'm staying for the game tomorrow night so I'll report back on Thursday and let you know how it goes! Have a good one!


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Moore will fill the position left vacant in June by Shawn Thomas, the university said in a news release.
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Moore has worked as associate director in the office of admissions since 2006, the release said.
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I agree that it raises question as to why one should use them, but "down time" is not the biggest threat out there, if you wanna talk loss/cost. While one's time is valuable, I'm thinking that their bank account information, passwords, etc, might be slightly more valuable to them. Personally, I think good secure end-user practices is the best protection, I do think that a good A/V program is needed.
So, while there is malware out there that is less harmful, more of the malware out there is much MORE harmful... if you disagree, please provide your financial account information, or contact me to transfer all funds to a secured off-shore account... maybe buy me a new car too!
But seriously... this is really bad, and REALLY stupid. But having no protection for most users risks damaging them in ways worse than a few hours of time to manually fix their issue. And from a corporate perspective, loss of sensitive information is a BIG deal and can cost a LOT more. And that's just talking about data loss. Being part of a botnet to help facilitate financial fraud and other badness... that's also double plus ungood... and irresponsible to not take measures to help keep your computer from playing a part in those crimes.
Anyway... I agree it raises question... but there more downside to malware than just downtime.
My boss, who knows just enough about computers to get himself in trouble, is an idiot.
A few days ago, he called me in to come look at his laptop. He said that his computer was infected and that the virus killed his email. After further inspection, I found out that he pressed "ctrl+alt+del" and brought up the Task Manager. He went through and ended all of the svchost.exe's that he could. When I asked him about it, here was his response:
"I was closing all of those system virus hosts on my machine!"
I hate my job sometimes.
It seems to be very willing to take the whole machine down.
Speaking of which, did anyone at McAfee even bother to test this dat on a Windows XP machine?
I'm sure they did but the real question is not "did McAfee test it against Windows XP?". It's "did they test it against Windows XP with every single version of svchost.exe that Microsoft have ever released?" - the original version and every updated version in every patch and service pack to date?
A decent antivirus would have every critical Windows whitelisted just to avoid this sort of problem.
This isn't some user-installed application, it's svchost.exe.
The problem with doing that is all a virus needs to do now is to infect a critical Windows file and you'd never know about it.
Whitelist them by checksum, not filename.
And that antivirus program would be susceptible to many types of viruses that modify system files. This particular virus that it detects (W32.Wecorl.a) does change svchost.exe:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-110306-2212-99 [symantec.com]
What McAfee should have is a better way of quarantining critical system files (replace with known good copies, have a robust patch/repair process for system files, have a more stringent fingerprint detection, etc). Maybe a whitelist of known good md5sums for system files (of course, this would have to be updated with every version of those files ever released in any patch by Microsoft).
I put this on my corporate IT.
We have a corporate standard for XP on the desktop and Win 2003 for servers. Should only be those 2 versions of svchost.exe to test against.
Right now my employer is losing $millions as systems are down proactively until the issue is resolved. Manufacturing and labeling systems run on Windows
I know we test patches from Microsoft against the standard OS as well as the individual apps. As an application owner, I test the monthly patches from MS before applying in production.
Virus definition updates are not provided for testing prior to release.
Given how widespread this issue is, I think it would have been picked up in testing.
Svchost has been around forever. It basically encapsulates other applications. Svchost handles many things from DCHP client to Windows Themes. The problem is that McAfee doesn't seem to
Encapsulation? No doubt that's a valid comment and one that's just as valid to describe, in a more general sense, how Microsoft designs things. On the other hand, I consider a weasel word that describes something that lacks transparency, isn't understandable, and is unnecessarily complex.
If you think that's an over-the-
Seriously, though, we got hit hard with this.
I'm trying to avoid having this happen. I just called our guy who manages the AV server (among other things) and sent him this. He was skeptical, but wasn't opposed to rolling back the server to using 5957 for now until more builds on this story. My system hasn't updated to 5958 yet, even though the AV server was set to deploy that. Let's hope for the best...
Seriously, though, we got hit hard with this. I don't mind fixing the problem, what pisses me off is that we didn't want McAfee in here in the first place but Corporate HQ forced it on us.
I'm sure they'll find some way to blame your department too.
Updating your resume?
Funny that one of the 'false reasons' against Open Source is liability
So are you going to sue the bastards for lost time and productivity?? You should.
I always get a kick when somebody says something stupid like that. I've recently heard that in a meeting with management: "Yeah, but if Microsoft's solution doesn't work, we can call them for help and they are liable for the problems with their product". As ANYONE that ever called Microsoft knows, they're not helpful at all and if you spent too much time on their support lines they will come off with something like: well, we don't support customizations, we can't fix that, read the support contract. Under c
Crap! I wish more of my clients used McAfee!
Me too. I just handle my department, thank the gods. I've got two labs that are native Windows -- one with 7 machines and one 15 machine lab. These are hardware oriented labs that have vendor provided software that won't run under emulation.
The other 4 labs run Ubuntu, with VMWare, non-persistent VMs for any activities that absolutely require Windows.
My Windows only labs are in a constant reboot cycle (well, before I shut them down), the rest don't even realize there's anything going on.
This way running anti-virus is worse for an end user than no anti-virus.
The cure becomes worse than the disease.
At least being part of a spam-spewing botnet keeps the computer mostly functional.
Well, with McAfee, the cure has been worse than the disease for over a decade now. But the cure is easier to explain to management.
We've known for a long time but it's good that McAffee finally admitted it.
I would have gotten first post, but I was running windows with McAfee
What possible scenario allowed this CharlieFox past QA?
Easy peasy..
The scenario is, there was no (decent) QA.
I don't see any indication of when this first went out.
(My wife runs McAfee and launched an update around 3 AM PDT before hitting the sack...)
Next they will be deleting a directory known to be full of malware called system32
Well, if their support is anything to go by, the answer to that is a resounding yes.
Seriously. They consume CPU. They stay resident and consume usable memory. They occasionally crash and/or cause other applications not to work. And, in this situation, they break Windows. I don't use AV and have had pretty much zero issues over the last 6 years of using Windows XP. All you need to do is:
* Configure Windows update to run daily.
* Don't use IE or Outlook.
* Keep Windows Firewall active.
* Don't connect directly to the internet- sit behind a router that's configured to be (mostly) invisible.
* Don't run random things you get sent in email, on facebook, or that pop up unexpectedly while you're at a questionable website.
* If you think something's amiss, boot into safe mode and use a non-resident tool like MBAM.
To be honest 2, 4 and 5 are perfectly adequate for a knowledgeable user and the rest provide little if any advantage. And they also happen to apply to all OS's and all versions of those OS's.
That's not enough any more; even reputable websites can often be easily compromised either through SQL injection, XSS, compromised ad server or some other mechanism and apps like Adobe Reader, Office, Flash, Foxit Reader, Firefox, Java, VLC and more have all experienced serious vulnerabilities in recent months, which have often remained unpatched for long periods of time.
I finally gave in and installed my home-licensed copy of Sophos (provided by my work) because there are too many factors outside of my con
I have an easy solution: buy a mac.
I have a better solution:
Install Linux.
I used to believe something along those lines. Then my PC was infected with a worm when I plugged an mp3 player into the USB port. I'd bought the player new, factory-sealed, so it must have picked it up at the manufacturing plant. I disabled all autorun/autoplay after that, but I'm still wary enough that I run Avast to help avoid another similar situation.
Also, none of the things you mention will detect/remove a rootkit if one does manage to make its way onto your PC. I cleaned one up off of a PC that belongs to my sister a few weeks ago, and that was a headache. I did a scan of the infected drive in an external USB case, and that got nearly all of the infected files taken care of, but because most virus scanners apparently don't scan the MBR of non-boot drives, the rootkit was still waiting there and I had to use the Windows recovery console to write a new MBR.
As far as I can tell, her PC was infected through some variation of the "malicious PDF in a hidden IFRAME which belongs to an online advertisement" scenario, because she was already using Firefox exclusively. So maybe you should at least add "don't install Adobe Reader, or if you do, disable browser integration, update it daily, and set Firefox to download PDFs instead of opening them" and "install and use AdBlock Plus, and possibly NoScript" to your list.
"I disabled all autorun/autoplay after that, but I'm still wary enough that I run Avast to help avoid another similar situation."
Yes to disabling autorun. That's the vector for the only worm I've seen in 10 years of running XP in the way the previous post described (it came in on a USB flash drive). So, add to his list:
* Disable autorun/autoplay correctly [us-cert.gov] (note: Microsoft's advice will NOT kill it off completely).
* Run something lightweight like StartupMonitor [mlin.net] to catch programs that try to install things in the various startup locations (useful to control bloatware too)
And something else I've done:
* make a fake, read-only AUTORUN.INF directory on usb flash drives and other portable devices so that when a worm tries to write on there, the filename already exists and it fails. So far I've not seen any worms smart enough to look for pre-existing files and delete them before attempting overwriting, and by making it a directory with that name the deletion process is more complicated.
How about nothing is executable until you explicitly change the permissions, and nothing on removable media is executable. That way there is no accidental running of any programs.
Autorun should have been killed when Windows 95 was still around. It's such an obvious security risk.
You forgot a couple things:
1) Don't run as an admin account except for admin tasks.
2) Keep your Adobe products up to date - including Flash and Reader. Someone else you trust might have been compromised and send you an infected PDF file.
3) Allow Windows Update to install MRT and update it every time the monthly definitions update comes out.
Running Windows Update daily won't really help you so much but I agree with the reasons you have for keeping it that way. Microsoft releases most patches on the 2nd Tuesd
Remember when Macafee was distributed on BBS's and it was actually pretty good...
those days are long gone.
XP SP3, it's not exactly uncommon...
As a QA guy, I can tell you from experience at past companies (not the present one, thankfully) that some dimwitted middle manager was in a hurry to make a deadline. You get to pay for that.
I think the people who have software that autodeploys updates to 20-50k employees without getting a say in the matter (i.e. testing, change management, etc.) have a lot more to answer for. When the software that supposed to *save* your productivity by preventing viruses ends up doing this to your sites, it's time to just throw it in the bin.
I bet that after seeing what McAfee can do when it screws up, they won't bitch about what ClamAV did [slashdot.org].
(for those who need the summary: ClamAV pulled an update that caused it to shut itself down if it was version 0.94 or older after announcing ~6 months in advance that people needed to update, and kept filling log files with warnings to update. McAfee is breaking a Windows component that causes the entire computer to not function, with a less obvious warning, left for the reader to figure out. The hint is the
Based on what we're seeing and reports from the internet, McAfee 8.0 and 8.5 are unaffected by this problem, while versions 8.7 and 8.9 are. It's also XP specific. Still, that combination has to be a very large number of computers worldwide.
long enough for you to become utterly frustrated that there's no easily downloaded fix from McAfee.
Not only do they have to listen to people bitch (rightfully), but since they're likely running Windows XP + McAfee, they can't use their logging tools (meaning they have to do it by hand and then log later), can't get online updates when solutions are available etc.
Back when I used to run a pirated copy of Windows XP I used to get a particular virus all the time. What it did was mimic SVCHOST and use your computer, presumably as a botnet zombie. In some instances you would get a whole bunch of SVCHOST running. However the trouble was, one of those is a legit Windows service. Kill the right one, and you computer speeds up, kill the wrong one, and your computer grinds to a halt.
It sure sounds like they were trying to target that virus (years too late) and killed the wro
I've never liked SVCHOST.EXE anyhow. I'm glad it deletes it.
The story just hit ABC News, via the Associated Press: "McAfee Antivirus Program Goes Berserk, Reboots PCs" [go.com] There are stories on the Huffington Post and NextGov. The story just broke into mainstream news in the last hour. It just hit the New York Times.
There's nothing on McAfee's home page about this yet. No items in their "News" or "Threat Center" or "Breaking Advisory" sections. There's supposedly a McAfee Knowledge Base article, "False positive detection of w32/wecorl.a in 5958 DAT" [mcafee.com], but their knowledge base site is overloaded. When it eventually loads, there's a download link to a patch. But there's nothing like an apology. All they say is "Problem: Blue screen or DCOM error, followed by shutdown messages after updating to the 5958 DAT on April 21, 2010."
McAfee has botched their damage control. They should be out there apologizing. Meanwhile, you can watch McAfee stock drop. [yahoo.com]
I work in the financial industry, and this issue caused significant disruption to trading floors throughout Wall Street. Traders are generally quite upset with McAfee right now, so it makes sense that their stock is dropping
You think it's dropping now? Just wait until more of the traders get their computers working!
I have to wonder what controls the various AV companies have to prevent a malicious signature be inserted - for example, someone deliberately doing something like this (but hitting all versions of Windows).
It's not just McAfee that's had this particular style of false-positive problem - Symantec also falsely identified a legitimate part of the Windows 2003 Server resource kit as malware. Fortunately in Symantec's case the damage was very limited.
Computerworld reports [computerworld.com] that McAfee has reacted to user complaints by shutting down their support forum. [mcafee.com] The forum seems to be back up now. That was an extremely dumb move to pull after the story was already in the New York Times, Business Week, and on TV.
Many frantic users in the forum. The big losers are the enterprise users who bought into McAfee's premium services, with automatic corporate-wide updating. There's no fully automatic, reliable fix yet for systems already damaged. In some cases, it's apparently necessary to bring in a new copy of "svchost.exe"; the one in quarantine is bad.
This points up a major risk to US computer infrastructure. Any program with remote update is potentially capable of taking down vast numbers of systems. Ones like McAfee or Windows Update, which deploy updates to all targets simultaneously, can cause widespread damage quickly. Remote updating by vendors may need to be regulated, as a public policy issue.
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The Iranian minister noted that a change in trade model would reduce the country's need to vehicle currencies, including dollar and euro.
TEHRAN(BullionStreet): Sanctions hit Iran announced plans to phase out dollar and euro in it's trade exchanges and to add more gold to reserves.
According to country's economic affairs and finance minister Shamseddin Hosseini, Iran plans to phase out dollar and euro in its future international transactions after the US and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran.
Talking to newsmen here, he said after the imposition of sanctions on Iran by the US and the EU, the Central Bank of Iran immediately moved to change the country's hard currencies reserves into euro and gold which "was beneficial to the country. ...


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Shovels poised, the adults were all about ceremony, but Elliot Arens went straight to work at Wednesday's library groundbreaking.
Elliot, 12, immediately began stomping on his shovel while library and government officials posed for pictures at the official first dig next to the 88-year-old Carnegie Library building. The $4 million Hood River County Library expansion project gets going this week. Bigger shovels are scheduled to go into action, as work begins on transforming the historic fixture on State Street downtown. (Please see sidebar.)
"It's another historical day in Hood River County," said Elliot's dad, Hood River County Commission Chairman John Arens, during Wednesday's ceremony, attended by about 100 people. "The turnout today shows that it takes a community to build a library."
Elliot said, "It felt good to be part of it. It's nice to know all three generations were here."
Besides the official groundbreaking photo, the entire assembly posed for a photo at the site, just as community members did in 1913 when the Carnegie Building was constructed.
Elliot Arens was not the only youngster in on the official groundbreaking. Library Foundation president Linda Rouches' granddaughter, Courtney, kept an oversized hardhat balanced on her head during the ceremony.
"This is a continuation of nearly a century of library service," said Mike Schend, Library Foundation member, in his introductory comments. "And this is also the beginning of a new era."
Schend and Rouches said thanks for the new library becoming a reality primarily go to the voters of Hood River County, who two years ago approved $3 million in construction bonds to expand the library.
"The voters approved the bonds at a time when there was high unemployment and other economic difficulties," Rouches said, "but in these tough economic times the community said, 'we're going to build a library.'"
"We thank the Hood River community for sharing this vision with all of the departments and all of the employees who will be working hard all this next year (on the expansion project.)
"It will be a huge undertaking, but in about a year we'll all be able to say, 'I helped build that library, and I'm really proud of it.'"
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text: Arush Entertainment sends along this performance fix for the Devastation multiplayer demo, fixing the extreme frame rate loss and connection lags that people are experiencing. A patch fixing server browser issues, miscellaneous gameplay issues, physics, and other problems will be released in the coming weeks. According to Arush, the performance problems only exist in the demo, and not in the retail version of the game.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina won NCAA championships in women's lacrosse and women's soccer this season, and earned recognition as the nation's best women's athletic program. Now athletic director Bubba Cunningham is looking ahead to facility upgrades that could include changes to the home of the Tar Heels' men's basketball team.
Cunningham says he's considering upgrades to an aging Fetzer Field that's home to soccer, lacrosse and outdoor track programs. He says upgrading the Smith Center, home to men's basketball since 1986, could help generate money to pay for Fetzer improvements.
The Tar Heels are closing in another top-10 finish in the Director's Cup for the nation's top overall athletic program, with the baseball team still competing in the College World Series. It would be the 17th top-10 finish in 20 years.


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The fake dog dung on top of graduation caps is out. The same goes for the fake fur in gowns.
Lyon County school officials are trying to restore dignity to upcoming high school graduation ceremonies.
Superintendent Nat Lommori sent a letter home to all seniors, advising them of a new rule forbidding decorations on their caps and gowns.
"Some decorating has occurred in the past and it has seemed to get out of hand in the past years," Lommori told the Nevada Appeal. "There are only a few occasions in anybody's life that are so formal. We're trying to keep it very traditional."
But some seniors are urging administrators to lighten up and allow students to have fun.
"It's just been a tradition at our high school," Dayton High School senior Dustin Escalante said. "It helps us express our individuality. We've been taught for the last 13 years to be ourselves."
In the past, seniors have taken such steps as cutting gowns into shorts, displaying trophies on caps and writing the number of their football jersies on their backs.
Some students also have gone as far as fastening fake dog dung on caps and lining robes with fake fur.
"It would be saddening to me if we couldn't do it," Escalante said. "We think we should be able to do it tastefully."
But Lommori said there was no way to draw a clear line between tasteful and tacky.
"If you're going to do things like that, why even buy caps and gowns?" he asked. "Why not just come in regular clothes?"
Escalante said students would continue their effort to overturn the new rule. He was among a group of 10 students who protested the rule at last week's school board meeting.


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In edition 150 I read your review of KDE 4.7 and agree with the sentiment that it's now very, very, good.
You did note 1 thing though and that was the tooltips in libreoffice appeared to be black with black text i.e unreadable and you couldn't see how to change them. Don't know whether you have found the answer yet but the tendency is always I suggest to see what can be tweaked in LOo to change this. However, I found the place to look is in kmenu/system settings/application appearance/colours. You can change the tooltips colour there which also takes effect within LOo.


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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- My husband and I often purchase online and have had no problems over the years. A few weeks ago, we decided to order an Olympus Stylus 1030SW from Techon digital. They had a great price, and we do shop prices (we've even bought vehicles online with no problems). Then, on Sunday afternoon, I got two messages from the company on my answering machine saying that they needed to confirm my order. We live in a rural location, and this had happened before due to our address being changed and not always being recognized by UPS, so I didn't think much of it.
When I called the company to confirm, the salesman said I needed to purchase a battery. I said, "doesn't it come with one?" He answered that the one that comes with the camera only lasts about 20 minutes. He offered me two upgrades with a "deal" if I would buy it today. Unfortunately, I had not researched the battery, and seeing that Christmas was coming, I ordered. He then tried to sell me a memory card, but I had already bought one in person at a retail store, so I declined (twice).
After hanging up the phone, I felt uneasy, so I began to search online and discovered that an extra battery is not really needed. I then started to research Techon digital and found hundreds of complaints. I learned that the company uses several different business names.
I then called the company back, but of course they were closed. I called my credit card company to see if I could do something like a "stop check" so they wouldn't pay them and I could cancel the order. They said I would have to wait until the charge showed up and the refute the charges if I did not get my merchandise. I then e-mailed Techon digital's "customer support" to cancel the battery, but they never responded. To make a long story a little bit shorter, the company had already charged my card (under another name: Camera Wiz). After reading several complaints, I decided to cancel my credit card and have a new one issued, just in case.
Monday morning I tried to cancel the battery by phone and order only the camera, but they said the order had already processed and shipped. When I asked them for a tracking number, they said it went by Yellow Truck to UPS and the tracking number was not yet available. I called back the following Sunday and they said my order had shipped, but that a tracking number could be obtained the next day.
To my surprise, the item did arrive by UPS. Here's the catch: the extra battery was a generic that you can buy online for around $13. I paid $109 (I know, it's my own fault). Also, the camera came with the exact same battery, only the real Olympus brand, not the generic, so now I have two. The receipt had $00.00 by each item with the total at the bottom saying it was sold as a "package". That's where they get you. If you read their policies online, you have to return the whole "package" and not just part of it, for a 20% restock fee.
All in all, the company is "shady" and sneaky; dishonest, but not truly lying; deceitful, but not really illegal. Smart guys. I ended up paying about an extra $50-$75 compared to if I had bought from a known business or store such as Amazon.com or Circuit City... with a lot more hassle! Oh, and their customer service and personalities are terrible!
LINDENWOLD, NEW JERSEY -- I called to confirm my order and the guy went through the whole drawn out conversation about how I should buy all this extra stuff that I don't want. When I declined, he was extremely rude to me throughout the rest of the conversation. So, a couple of days later, no money is missing from my bank account (paid with debit card). I called yesterday to find out why and I got the same jerk who took my call a couple days previous. He tells me that the camera is a hot item and is on back order. When I asked him when the money would be taken out of my account he said, I dunno, maybe like late August?
When they open today, I'm calling to cancel my order. I'm very angry that their website says it is in stock, my email confirmation didn't say it was on backorder, and when I called to confirm the order he did not bother to tell me. I've read other people's complaints on this company and they're all the same. I'd rather pay the extra money.
I placed an order for a GPS Garmin 260W because I was attracted by the low price. I received a call from ** at TechonDigital stating that the GPS that I ordered did not come with a certain memory card. He explained it to me and in the process of asking question to ensure that I understand what the memory card is used for, if it is unique to the Garmin, is a common SD card, etc... ** remarks "Did I not speak in English."
At this point I requested that the order be canceled and the conversation went south from there. After more online research I realized that the name of the game must be to try to tack on expensive add-ons. When I started asking too many questions, ** probably realized that I was not going to purchase anything else. Thus, some type of fishy bait and switch with the worst customer service ever. ** stated that he was the owner as well. STAY CLEAR!!!!!
I ordered a Zumo 450 online due to their low price. I travel often and when I was out of town, I got an email to confirm my order. I was kind of upset as I realize that I had given them all of my info and that they had not shipped the product yet. When I called in to confirm, they told me that I must have an SD card to store any maps and that for $20, they would give me a warranty for a year. I knew that a friend of mine had one with an SD card, so I agreed.
After I got the item, I called Garmin to register, etc, and learned that they have a one year warranty and that you can store up to fifty maps without an SD card. They totally lied about the warranty and card. I usually research everything, but I was on the road and needed the item for a trip when I returned. I checked into returning the card. No answer again and again.
After reading their policy, it states that if your item was a "package deal," you can't return it. No problem, mine was not a package, I just added on. Well, I checked out my receipt and at the bottom they typed, "sold as a package." This is obviously their way to stop any and all returns. Don't fall prey... THEY ARE A TOTAL SCAM. STAY AWAY!!!
We received a phone call from a representative of this company. I have given my email address as a way to be contacted however he chose to call. He told my wife what the call was concerning and ruined my Christmas surprise. Then the guy was very rude and wanted me to apologize to him for being hung up on earlier in the day. I had told him that we were having problems with our phone and he still wanted an apology. He said our order was canceled and when I asked why he said it was because he was hung up on.
Company has good sale and then calls you back and threatens you to buy an additional accessory. If you do not call back within 2 hours they will cancel your order. When you do call back, a sales associate gives you back to this rude person. He then tells you all sold out of Olympus cameras. I told him that he was false advertising and I would make sure that authorities were notified. He said he didn't care because he makes a half a million dollars a year. Do not buy from these people!!! If it's the last thing I do on this earth I will put these people out of business!!!
I ordered a GPS with Techon Digital early July. Received an order confirmation followed by an email asking me to contact the company. When I did, I was told that my GPS was on backorder, but I would receive the GPS within 6-8 weeks. 6 weeks later I contacted the company again and received confirmation that the GPS was on it's way.
8 weeks later, when the GPS had still not arrived, I called and was rudely told that the order had been canceled. When I asked to speak to the manager I was told that by the customer representative that his time was very precious. When I once again asked for the manager I was told that he was in fact the manager. What a waste of time!!!! I suspect this is not the first time this company has acted like this. A quick Google search found numerous complaints. I for one will never shop there again.
After ordering the product, I received an email stating that I had to call them in order to "verify my order". What I got was a hard sell on accouterments that were "essential" because the product as shipped doesn't have enough memory, enough battery, enough nearly everything you can add to a camera.
I refused and the sales person seemed quite upset. Then I asked when the order would ship since the web site had shown that the product was in stock and "shipment within one day of order receipt". He said, "Oh, about 6 to 7 weeks. It's on backorder." After 5 minutes of hard sell it seems that the fact it wouldn't ship wasn't important to him. "Cancel the order", I said, and he agreed.
To their credit, I received the notice of cancellation via email very shortly (followed by the notice that the product was on backorder). Never again will I place an order where I "have to call to verify the order". It's nothing but a scam to upsell.
NOT PROVIDED -- These are the people who confirmed my camera order; told me it was in stock; told me it would be shipped asap; then asked me to call them to confirm shipping address; then pressured me to buy high priced accessories; then hung up on me when I said I didn't need any accessories; then sent me email saying order is canceled because item is out of stock! In the meantime I am waiting for them to credit my account for the charges. This borders if not outright consumer fraud.
On 12-30-07 I ordered a camcorder from Techon Digital for their price of $369.00. The item was listed as in stock (it actually stated "Availability: Yes"). After placing the order I was required to call the company for confirmation of the order.
After connecting with at least four other people, I spoke with a person who assured me the item was in stock. He then offered to sell me a 12 hr. battery for the camera; I declined. He then cut the price by $10.00 and assured me that I needed the extra battery; I declined. He then continued to make me offers that decreased in $10.00 to $20.00 increments with a carrying case thrown in until we got to a price approx. 50% of the initial offer. I continued to politely decline throughout the process. He finally gave up on selling me the additional items and said they would send the camera stating "enjoy the camera".
On 1-04-08 I received a notice from Techon Digital stating: "We regret to inform you that the order is cancelled due to the product being on back order. When or if we get the product again in stock soon will send you an email to place an order please do not resubmit your order again." I looked at their website today (1-05-08) and the same item (Panasonic SDR-H18 Hard Disc Drive Camcorder) is listed as "Availability: Yes" for $599.00.
It appears to me that they are being untruthful. I suspect that my order may have been doomed from the beginning because I didn't fall for the high pressure sales tactics for accessories and because they may have known that the price was going up. I wonder if I had I bought the high priced accessories if I might not be holding my new camera in my hands right now? It goes without saying that I will not do business with them again.


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Stylus.StylusButtonUp Attached Event
Occurs when the user releases one of the buttons on the stylus.
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This is an attached event. WPF implements attached events as routed events. An attached event is, fundamentally, a XAML language concept used to reference events that are handled on objects that do not, themselves, define events. WPF further expands an attached event's capabilities, allowing it to traverse a route. Attached events do not have a direct handling syntax in code; to attach handlers for a routed event in code, use a designated Add*Handler method. For details, see Attached Events Overview.
The following example demonstrates how to copy the selected text when the user releases the barrel button on a stylus. This example assumes that there is a TextBox called textBox1, and that the StylusButtonUp event is connected to the event handlers.
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Blaze vs. ZooFM "DJ Challenge" – Order Food as Bob Dylan [POLL]
The other day, as Aaron Traylor and I hosted the Demo Derby, we both thought how fun it would be to challenge each other to perform stupid stunts each week and leave it up to you to decide who did the best job. The winner receives HONOR and GLORY as the loser lives with the SHAME of DEFEAT.
For this weeks challenge we see who can order food at a local restaurant while doing a Bob Dylan impression.
Listen to the following clips and tell us who YOU think did the best job.
"Tallest DJ" Aaron Traylor at Paradise Falls
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Court Punishments
I recently heard a rabbi speak about returning stolen funds. He said that rather than calling the police, the money could be returned anonymously. What is wrong with facing any criminal charges that you may deserve? Isn't that a part of repentance?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Excellent question! The idea is like this:
Since a human court cannot determine what is in the heart of man, they have to punish according to the rules of the book, irrespective of regret.
God, on the other hand, knows what is in the heart of man, so He allows for sincere repentance that literally wipes the slate clean. In the event that a person admitted their mistake voluntarily, they clearly have remorse - and the matter can remain between himself and God, as long as the proper financial restitution is made.
But taking your principle to an extreme, I should turn myself into the police station every time I exceed the speed limit!
Of course, there is the concept that suffering helps achieve atonement. The reason this works is that when a person inclines too far to their physical desires and transgressions, the natural reparation is to lose some measure of physical comfort.
In this case, I think it is more productive to make amends privately and resolve not to do it again.


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There is such a thing as perfect boobs. They're rare, but they're out there. And it mainly has to do with proportions, not just size. But size helps. Cute, perky and talkative, she wanted a Girls Gone Wild shirt and was willing to play along with our questions. When we asked her if size matters, this cute brunette answered under her breath that it does. But don't mistake her for being the shy type.
We also quizzed her about her favorite sex position, and we instantly knew how high on the wildness scale she ranked when she answered: "I don't have a favorite sexual position because I do everything".


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Flagler County commissioners won't set a property tax rate until they are given some options for cutting up to $1 million from the proposed budget.
BUNNELL — Flagler County commissioners won't set a property tax rate until they are given some options for cutting up to $1 million from the proposed budget.
While Tuesday's budget workshop was to be the last before adopting a tentative tax rate by the end of the month, another will be held Monday to finishing smoothing out the bumps.
"I appear to be the hatchet person," said Commissioner Barbara Revels. "I think we need to find between a half million and a million to deduct."
She recommended, among other things, delaying the hiring of additional employees.
"I did not cut out as much as I usually do. Normally, I provide you with a scrubbed budget," said County Administrator Craig Coffey. "It's not pretty and I cannot sugarcoat it anymore."
Though total property valuation in Flagler County increased slightly over last year, from $6.15 billion to $6.2 billion, or less than 1 percent, it won't be enough to cover "budget challenges," Coffey reiterated to commissioners.
The current tax rate is $7.08 per $1,000 of taxable property value and provides about 67 percent of the county's general fund. At this rate, the owner of a home valued at $125,000 with a $50,000 homestead exemption pays $531.
The slight increase in property valuation means there will be a "very slight" rolled-back rate, said Flagler County spokesman Carl Laundrie.
While that number hasn't been finalized, he said, the rolled-back rate is estimated to be $7.07 per $1,000 of taxable property value. The rolled-back rate is what would produce the same revenue as the current rate, using new assessments of the same properties.
To cover the costs of the proposed budget, without further cuts, the property tax rate would have to be set at $8.19 per $1,000 of taxable property value, or $614, about $84 more per year for the owner of a home valued at $125,000.
Commissioner Charlie Ericksen said raising property taxes by that amount will hurt "the silent majority."
"That's going to put more people (senior citizens) bagging groceries at Publix," he said. "It's hard for me to see people my age or older bagging groceries to make their ends meet."
Ericksen also recommended giving county employees a raise, but not the 3 percent proposed. He recommended 2 percent for those earning less than $50,000 per year, and 1 percent for those who earn more money than that.
Public safety is paramount, said Commissioner George Hanns, as is maintaining the quality of life residents are used to.
"We struggle with this every year," he said. "The ones who are complaining have a loaf of bread under each arm. The ones who are working every day are not the ones who are complaining."
Commissioner Frank Meeker said he would welcome public comment, but the only one in the audience who chose to speak was former County Commissioner Alan Peterson.
"I think you may have already heard from the public because they turned down the School Board. They want no new taxes," Peterson said.
"But that's not possible," he said. "What the public wants is no new taxes and no new services. I think you are right not to cut the level of services, but you don't need to add new services or a new level of services."�


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Why is Present Perfect is used in the first part of the following sentence:
'In past downturns I've done well, but this downturn has me stumped.'
Is it because 'in past downturns' can be changed for something like 'so far'?
That's right. The person is talking about an ongoing situation. Even though it's not continuous, he's talking about his performance during downturns.
The reason for the question is that my students might say that the word 'past' is a typical marker for Past Simple, and here we use Present Perfect.
They might. You'd need to tell them not to think so literally.
(Actually, I'd question whether the word 'past' in a sentence is an indication that the sentence should be in the past simple. I'm sure you're not teaching them that.)
If your students say, "The word "past" is an indication that the past tense should be used", you can point out the contradiction inherent in that statement.
"Your past will be taken into account."
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Amazing guest mix so far!
Amazing guest mix so far!
nice set!
vapour is sexy
epic GM from Sexy Rexy! and really good show by Markoos.
All time fav : DJ Eco & Martin Roth - Tonight Is Forever (Martin Roth Edit)
Rex Mundi's GM is everything I've wanted in a GM and more, I can't stop listening to it
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April 22, 2006
Oregon Invitational Final Results
Friday Night Recap - Lewis Wins 5,000m at Hayward Field
Yet again in 2006, Kylie McCuen (Sr.) showed why looks could be deceiving. She may appear small, but she can tear up the track with the best of them. This afternoon at the Oregon Invitational at the famous Hayward Field in Eugene, OR, McCuen ran under 24 seconds in the 200m for the first time in 2006, also an unofficial school record.
Racing in one of the final heats of the day, McCuen stepped into her blocks alongside Jenna Harris of Ohio St., ranked 25th in NCAA competition before this weekend, Jasmine Winfield, McCuen's Big West rival from Long Beach State and teammate Elise Geiger (Sr.). With winds that threatend fast times in events 400m and above throughout the weekend, in the 100m and 200m dashes fast wind may void any record setting performances if above +2.0 meters per second.
With the gun going off and a record Oregon Invitational crowd of 6,389 watching the High Performance sections, McCuen blazed down the homestretch to a 3rd place in section 1 of the 200m in 23.79, dipping under her personal best and school record time of 23.88 achieved in 2005. Unfortunately her time also came with a +3.1 m/s wind.
The time qualifies for the NCAA Regional Championships (23.96) and is the Big West Conference leading mark but an offical UCSB School Record must await verification. As important however, McCuen did take out Winfield handidly by .28 seconds who ran 24.07, coincidentally it is McCuen's old wind legal Conference leading mark.
Also running well was teammate Geiger who crossed the line 5th in 24.74, a new personal best. Similar to McCuen's situation she too must await verification for racing to the #3 UCSB All-Time mark at 200m. Her old wind legal mark of 24.85 run in 2005 is currently 5th on the UCSB charts.
Earlier in the afternoon McCuen handed Winfield her first loss to her of the afternoon as she finished 2nd in the Women's 400m dash with a time of 56.42 in Eugene's wind. Winfield was two seconds behind in 58.44. In section 2 of the Women's 400m dash, Kerry Gamble (So.) was 4th in 59.05 and Geiger finished 6th in 1:00.91.
Other Gaucho Saturday Competitions
Women's 100m Hurdles B Sections, Section 1 - 10:00am
Stellamarie Hall, 2nd, 15.40
Women's 400m Hurdles, Section 1 - 2:10pm
Stellamarie Hall, 7th, 1:04.83
Women's 4x400m Relay
UCSB, 5th, 4:04.98
Women's Shot Put
Charlene Heaston, 8th, 41-03.25
Women's Discus Throw
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Launched in May 2001, this one-off MAIA 180, created by the french designer Eric LEROUGE and built in Mauritius by Legend Marine Export is an ultra-modern approach. Entertainment for 8 guests in utmost comfort with a high speed average. Her length is not used to pile on many cabins but to give space, privacy, beauty and comfortable motion. Many work done between 2012 and 2016 including new engines.
The guests enjoy 4 spacious cabins, each with private bathrooms and electrical toilets.
The crew's quarters consist of two double cabins with a common bathroom. They are located in front of the port hull and are accessible by deck hatches, thus giving the guests extra privacy.
Above-average seaworthiness was sought with a wide beam and powerfull ends of stability, raised bridge deck to avoid slamming, sleek superstructures and rounded deck edges to minimise windage. She takes the dry smoothly thanks to her trouble free low-aspect keels which protect her hulls, rudders and propellers and are faired into the hulls' curve for minimum drag.
Long waterline length and semi-circle sections provide good cruising speed, easy tacking and pitch damping.
Her large and clean deck layout makes for efficient sail handling, sunbathing on the trampoline or dining in the spacious cockpit.
This boat offers very high standards of service with its spacious and very well equipped galley as well as its huge living/dining room.
Owned by her current skipper since 2002, she is no longer chartered, but sails around the world with friends and family instead.
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