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oscarphoto needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 356 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
oscar photographer
I am a fine art wedding and portrait photographer. I own a boutique studio in Chicago. I specialize in creating EPIC, DISTINCTIVE, and UNCOMMON images. I love to create images that 'wow' the viewer, and capture moments that create reaction: tears, smile, or laughter.
Please check my current portfolio at:
The logo will replace the current 'S1' brand to elevate myself as fine-art maternity, newborn, and family photographer, not just weddings.
It is very important to keep the color scheme and theme that I've already established for S1.
Couples that enjoy images that evoke their emotion. They love real moments/emotions captured in a unique way. They also love epic portraits.
An epic portrait define them as a couple, using unique lighting method, and existing environment.
For portraits, I create fine-art images that others can't create. The images are personal, show the subject character, with great lights and composition.
The style is elegant and sophisticated, and clean with careful framing.
My clients are between 28-38. They are successful professionals that enjoy some luxury things in their life, recognizes a luxury brand that they love and will always buy. Most of them know the difference between honda and BMW, Coach and Louis Vuitton, and prefer the latter.
I'm looking for a logo for my fine-art photography boutique: oscar photographer.
I would love a logo that shows my 1st name in elegant/sophisticated hand-written signature to show my personal and highest service to each and every client.
1. no icon, stock images, cartoons, or standard fonts
2. elegant & sophisticated signature, with hand-written PERSONAL feel.
3. Typeface should be clear, simple, and bold. I'm looking for a new typeface to go with the logo, to replace the current one.
Please look at these examples for your best reference:
Colors need to be the SAME as our current branding, as my website template will be the same, just the name, logo, and typeface will change after this contest. I prefer the rustic orange, yellow, or purple plum color that is already exist on the website and part of my identity at http://S1weddings.com
The logo need to work for watermark on online horizontal and vertical images.
The files required are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
See the attached files of my current brand watermark, and images without a watermark yet so you can experiment with your logo draft.
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I need a new website. I need you to design and build my online store. Clothing brand
Basic neat n clean website existing theme is fine
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Boost Heart and Brain Health With The Mediterranean Diet
Mediterranean diet features fish, fruit, nuts — and wine.
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En español | New research suggests that eating a Mediterranean diet — including olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits, vegetables and even wine — can reduce heart disease risk.
Participants in a large clinical trial who adhered to the diet saw a 30 percent reduction in heart disease, stroke and deaths from heart problems.
Learn more about the Mediterranean diet's health benefits from food expert and cookbook author Tamara Holt. She explains the easy principles of eating the traditional Mediterranean way, and then — best of all — she pulls together a collection of Mediterranean recipes from America's top chefs and cookbook authors. —The Editors
You take tango lessons and practice yoga. You're learning Mandarin. You do crosswords and Sudoku. As each research report about tactics for long-term brain health is released, you integrate them into your life. But might there be an easier way to keep your brain buzzing strong and long?
It may be as simple as picking up your fork.
Recent research indicates that a traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), memory problems that are a known precursor to Alzheimer's disease, as well as later developing Alzheimer's.
No super foods. No nonsense. One diet with easy guidelines and good-to-eat foods.
Food for thought — literally. Columbia University researchers analyzed and tracked the eating habits of close to 2,000 subjects for nearly five years. Subjects were grouped — low, medium and high — according to their adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
The participants with the most "Mediterranean" eating habits showed a 28 percent lower risk of mild cognitive impairment than the subjects with the least. The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by subjects who began the study with MCI was 48 percent lower for those with the most Med eating habits. The average age of the subjects was over 70. They weren't put on the diet. This was how they already ate.
There's no call for anthocyanin-laced acai smoothies or sprinkling omega-packed flax on your cereal. This isn't a calorie-counting scale-using plan. What we are calling the "Mediterranean diet" is a general way of eating based on the traditional habits of coastal communities around the Mediterranean, including lots of fish, vegetables, fruits, beans, grains, nuts and unsaturated fats (think olive oil), and not so much dairy and meats. Not a particular nutrient, but a way of eating, one based on plants.
Mediterranean lifestyle. The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet were first identified in the 1960s by University of Minnesota nutrition researcher and physician Ancel Keys in a cross-national multi-year study of eating habits and chronic illness. He discovered that the populations with the lowest incidence of heart disease and stroke sustained a diet with a high ratio of monounsaturated fat to saturated fat — lots of olive oil, and very little meat.
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This vital population in Crete, and their diet, are long gone — their traditional eating habits have evolved, or devolved, and obesity rates are growing — but the model of the Mediterranean diet has remained as an ideal. It has been promoted as an eating plan since 1993 by food-issues think tank Oldways and has been the subject of a resurgence of research more recently. Like the USDA, it even has its own pyramid.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, you don't need to be overlooking crystal blue waters from your villa to make your diet Mediterranean.
The Columbia University research was conducted on the communities in the upper fifth of Manhattan — an area that hasn't been farmland for a century and, other than a couple of anglers along the Hudson, it's no fishing village.The populations were an almost even ethnic mix of black, white and Hispanic, so their diets, including the most Med, didn't represent a particular cuisine.
You just need to focus your meals more on vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, fruits and fish, and less on meat and dairy, use olive oil as your primary fat, and drink a little red wine.
Tonight's Dinner? The following recipes, from some of America's favorite Mediterranean cooks, follow principles of the diet. Incorporate each of these easy recipes into your repertoire, or enjoy them in one single celebratory meal.
Mario Batali: Asparagus Wrapped in Pancetta With Citronette is a succulent example of how a little bit of meat can go a long way, used as a treat and an accent flavor rather than the center of the plate.
Giada De Laurentiis: Roasted Halibut With Grapefruit Fennel Salsa exemplifies preparation typical of Mediterranean cuisine. Instead of a butter-based sauce, the lively salsa adds flavor without saturated fat while sneaking in some extra vegetables.
Nancy Harmon Jenkins: Lentil and Walnut Salad from The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is a simple bean salad that can be adapted to your taste and made a regular part of your meals.
Chef Michael Psilakis: Yogurt With Fresh Pears and Walnuts. Even though desserts don't get heavy play in the diet (an afternoon sweet with coffee is more likely, with fruit as the ideal way to end a meal), this light fruit-based dessert can fit into the Mediterranean lifestyle when you want a special treat. Psilakis is making Greek cuisine trendy with his two NYC restaurants, Kefi and Anthos, which is one of only two Greek restaurants in the world bestowed a Michelin star. Just this spring, he was invited to cook at the White House for President Obama and his guests.
The Columbia study subjects weren't picked for their culinary skills, but rated on a simple point scale of more or less of each of the food categories. You might decide to get scientific and prescriptive about planning your meals, but better to take on the positive Mediterranean attitude toward food and eating.
The Mediterranean diet has nothing to do with being ascetic: Bring on the olive oil. Sip your wine. Gather friends around the table and enjoy an abundant meal. Toast to a long, happy, cerebrally sound life. You can meditate in the morning.
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RebornAuto needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 195 designs submitted by 60 freelance designers.
Reborn Auto Works ("RAW"...yes, I know it's corny, and sounds like we're wrestlers...)
We're a family-run auto body shop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We've been in business about 7 years. My father, who started the business from scratch has been in the industry for 37 years. He's also the Pastor of a local church, which is where the "Reborn" part of the name comes from (mind you, I guess it could also refer to your car being reborn after it's been in an accident). He is known in the industry for his integrity, and the quality of his work. I'm currently trying to step into his shoes and let him start relaxing more. My background is as a management exec and lawyer. We're currently trying to rebrand (our name right now is "Alex Reborn Auto Body") and expand. Our clients are a mix of auto dealerships, rental companies, insurance companies, and private clients (i.e. you when you get into an accident). Our shop does everything from fixing the ding in your bumper, all the way to major collisions and write-offs. We also do frame work (to straighten your car) and have a full paint booth to make everything pretty once we pull your dent out. We have a basic website (http://alexrebornautobody.com) that we're looking to revamp and optimize in the near future.
The target audience is pretty wide, as it encompasses pretty much anyone who owns a vehicle and may get into an accident. Even though our main business currently comes from auto dealerships, rental car companies, and insurance companies, this rebranding is an attempt to be more appealing to your average consumer that may need work done to their vehicle. It's a tough trade, because just like mechanics and plumbers, a good one is hard to find, and you never know who you can trust.
We're pretty open to any ideas that you may have. We currently just have a blue stylized script that we use for our name. It could be more stylized script, a cartoon character, icon, etc. We would like something that is corporate, but edgy (can't be too stuffy). A symbol or script that when people see it, they will immediately associate that with our company. We'd like to dream big, and think that it'll be like the Nike Swoosh or Orange County Choppers, but I'll settle for cool and unique to start.:-) We would appreciate receiving the artwork in a vector format (i.e. Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator).
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VIDEO: Check out some of Gerald Green's best dunks of the season
Say it ain't so, Gerald Green.
We understand that progression is the key to pretty much anything in life. Trust me, I get it. Sometimes you just have to move on and move forward.
But to completely give up on the Dunk Contest though? Now that's just down right unacceptable. Not when you're arguably one of the most exciting dunkers we have in the league today. Not when you've been spotlighted more than once on our Dunk HQ countdown and voted by the faithful HQ fanbase as the highest jumper of all in today's NBA land. And not when you already own a seat amongst the gods of the dunk.
Talk to us, Gerald. We're here to listen. Vent. Get all of those frustrations out. What's missing? Are you feeling a tad unappreciated even? I mean, do you honestly not see what we've seen in some your previous Dunk Contest jams? What do we need to do to sway you to come back? Hopefully we can find the answers better than Kanye West can.
What do you think? Is Green feeling a little, well, green? Help us out here.
As always, make sure to hit up the new and improved Dunk HQ, your official NBA.com home for slams, where we'll be rating all of the top dunks of the season and much more.


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Senior Exhibition designer
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- £35000-40000 per annum
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- 02 Dec 2013
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- Sector
- Architecture, Property
- Job Type
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An amazing cross-discipline studio in west London, that specialises in the fusion of Interior Architecture, Lighting design and Artwork. They are looking for a very talented senior designer working in Exhibitions and Installations. The ability to develop and deliver conceptual ideas in installations is vital. You will work across a variety of projects, but with a particular emphasis on creating special events and both permanent and temporary commissions. This role is looking for someone that can lead a well established team forward and oversee the front end of these diverse projects. The role will also require great communication skills, team management and forward thinking. This is an amazing opportunity to grow within an award winning practice to high level and travel internationally liaising with clients and attending exhibitions. Please send through and CV and Portfolio as soon as possible.


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My favorite part was when they had babies, because I liked that they had long hair, too. My favorite character is the girl, because she has fancy hair and she helps the boy moose and then they get married. I liked the pictures in the book because they are funny and made me laugh.
I think my friend Natalie would like this book because she has long hair, too, just like the girl moose!
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Kelly Walsh Student Council Two Tons of Love Food Drive for Joshua's Storehouse
The Student Council for Kelly Walsh High School is participating in the Two Tons of Love food drive. The food drive was created to benefit Joshua's Storehouse. The student council is looking for donations of non-perishable foods. Donations are being collected at Kelly Walsh High School; specifically in their Administration offices and at their cafeteria.


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Baltistan, of which Skardu is an important part is also called Tibet-e-Khurd or Little Tibet. It is situated in the heart of the great Himalaya and Karakoram ranges and is the source of mighty Indus River that fall into Arabian Sea. Baltistan is located 724 Kms(45 minutes by air) from Islamabad. Situated at a height of 2347m and spread over 26000 Square kilometers, Baltistan is surrounded by Gilgit and Hunza Valleys in the West, Kargil, Ladakh and Kashmir regions in the East/South East, the Chinese province of Xinkiang in the North. Baltistan consists of 6 (six) major valleys Skardu, Khaplu, Shigar, Kharmang, Roundu, Gultari. It is a magical blend of beauty, adventure and thrill, the land of wonders and legends and a place with utmost calm and tranquility offering a variety of attractions for all visitors. Administratively, Skardu is one of the important parts of the Northern Areas. It has remained the part of Ladakh in Indian Jamu and Kashmir before its partition in 1948 when it became part of the Federally Administered Northern Areas of Pakistan. Skardu town is the capital of District Skardu. Skardu is generally called the paradise of mountaineers and every year, a large number of climbers make their way to the wonderful Skardu valley. Skardu is situated at such a place where the Shigar River meets the gorgeous Indus River making its long way to the Arabian Sea in Sindh.
Culture: Baltistan has a rich culture which depicts in the living pattern and social life of people in the region. Skardu and Ghanche were part of Baltistan and now these two are separate districts. Skardu, being the headquarters of the region is home to a variety of people from different cultural backgrounds. The major language of Skardu is Balti with few exceptions of Shina and Brushaski. Baltistan is home to some of the historic places and remnants of old rulers of the area.
There are number of famous forts and other places giving a glimpse of the glorious past of this area which had a rich heritage and strong cultural background.
Music : The famous trio band music is played in this region as in most of the other regions. On the rhythm of this loud music, men love to dance in their typical way. There are some variations in lyrics from region to region. The famous dances include: Chogo Prasool, Ghashoopa, Mandoq thralmo, Foothongkar ,Snuopa Kar, Lam Kar,Nayuo Kar,Furfgoun Kar.
Traditional Foods: Local food specialties include:Marzan,Prapu, Khurba, Zaan, Strup Balay, Chro Balay, Squr Khor,Nass Balay, Chah Balay, kiseer,Azok, Kulak, Kulcha
Traditional Products,Handicrafts: Skardu is famous for its Pattu i.e. hand woven woolen cloth. Pattu Shawls, Jackets, Balti Caps, silver ornament, wooden lattices, carvings, Malts and clay pots are well known local products nationally and internationally.
People: People in Skardu are very friendly and peace loving. They are found to be of mild nature with fast minds which suffice to transfix one's concentration. People are very hardworking and have strength of commitment and dedication. Skardu takes pride in having a large number of highly renowned poets and thinkers. This place is very rich in such people despite the fact that these people have been oriented to rest of the world at a latter stage of our history.
Religion: The entire district is inhibited by Muslims with few exceptions and those are not permanent members of the community. Majority of the population consists of Ithna-Ashari Shia Muslims.
Festivities: There are mainly two types of festivals i.e. religious and cultural. Religious festivals include: Eid-e-Ghadir, Edi-ul Fitr and Eid Miladunnabi (the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad-Peace Be Upon Him). There are some other important events related to the birth and date anniversaries of the Shia Imams. Those events are celebrated with great reverence and enthusiasm. Cultural events include: Navroz, Jashn-e-Baharan, Soon Bor, Sthrufla, Nor Faph, Losar, Mafang, and Shalain. These are greatest opportunities for people to get together and share their community strength, talents and skills.
Amidst towering snow clad peaks with heights varying form 1,000 to 8,000 meters, the picturesque & panoramic Baltistan speak volumes about its unmatched beauty. Out of 14 highest peaks in the world (over 8,000 meters high) 4 mighty peaks are found in the Baltistan's Karakoram Range. These mighty guardians include K.2/ Mount Godowin Austin (8611m world's second highest), Gashabrum-I (8,068m), Broad Peak (8,047m) and Gashebrum-II(8,035m). For the climbers and adventures it is a dream come true as all the great challenges are found at the top of the world. A large number of climbers have so far attempted, but quite a few have succeeded in scaling the mighty K.2. standing at 8,611m and being the second highest peak in the world. The traditional route to K.2 base camp goes from Skardu via Shigar-Dassu-Askole up to Concordia over the Baltoro glacier a trek of 6 days. It is a wonderful trek that provides an awesome journey through the mighty riggers, peaks and glaciers leading to the base camp at K.2. Whether you want to trek to the base camp or attempt to subdue the amazing monster it is and experience worth remembering. For Trekking, Baltistan provides the most scenic and longest treks in the world. It offers a unique opportunity to get close to the longest glaciers outside Polar region,Siachan (72km),Biafo (60km),Baltoro (60km),and Batura (64km).Walking in fresh air during the day and lying under the stars at night makes trekking in Baltistan an unforgettable experience
Deosai Plain: Located at a distance of 32 kms from Skardu, Deosai is one of the highest plateaus in the world standing at 4100m and is spread over 3000sq.km. The spectacular scenery that Deosai offers from mid June to mid September is highlighted by some 342 species of vegetation. The landscape is covered with wild flowers that make Deosai radiant with bright colors through the summer. The diverse vegetation supports wildlife and an ecosystem that is a unique example of adaptation to high altitude. In addition to the Himalayan brown Bear, Deosai and the surrounding valleys are home to the Himalayan Ibex, red Fox, golden Marmot, Wolf, the snow leopard & over 125 resident and migratory birds. This area is a place of attraction for those who are interested in Trophy Hunting.
Skardu is the heaven of archeological sites. One of the most famous sites is the Kharpocho Fort built by Maqpon Bugha (1490-1515 AD). But Moghal historians are of the view that the great fort was built by Ali Sher Khan Anchan( 1560-1625 AD). The fort stands above the mighty Indus river. The whole of Skardu can be seen from the fort. At night the fort is illuminated and story of great battles come to life. Shigar Fort is at distance of 32 Km form Skardu. This meticulously restored 400 years old fort is an outstanding example of the wealth of architectural and cultural heritage in Baltistan. One may stay in the restored suites and experience what kings and queens experienced 400 years ago. The entire Northern Areas of Pakistan have greater influence of Buddha as indicated by various inscriptions and remnants in various regions.
In spring, its banks are adorned by a multitude of colorful flowers, while the trees are laden with peach, apricot & apple blossoms. The lake offers great opportunities for trout fishing. Naqposo and Jarbaso are some well known lakes of the region. The legend of Shangri-La is alive in Skardu, located just 35 minutes from Skardu. The resort is built on a beautiful lake and is surrounded by the most spectacular scenery. One may spend a night or a day, take a boat ride or trek the legendary location which provide opportunity for all to enjoy the best in Skardu. The nature has blessed Baltistan, with invaluable deposits of the quality minerals and over 25-30 types of precious and semi- precious gemstones alluring world wide attentions of the beauty queens. These include: Emerald, Ruby, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, Quartz, Topaz, Kunzite, Granite, Jade, Fluoride, and Peridot etc. Baltistan enjoys the lion's share in the mineral deposits of the Northern Pakistan. These minerals and gemstones are being produced in the legendary mountain ranges of Karakoram, Himalayas, and Hindukush and have a fair demand in national and international markets.
Like some other parts in Northern Areas, Skardu is best for Trophy Hunting. This region provides a unique opportunity for those willing to brave the terrain and wait for the perfect kill. In different valleys of Skardu like Basho, Shagarthang, Kachura,Skoyo, Karabathang, and Basingo are found Himalayan Ibex (Capra Ibex sibirica) and Astor Markhor (Capra falconen).
For centuries trophy hunting in the valleys of Baltistan has been the past time of kings and now the same thrill and excitement is provided to the adventurous visitors who have the license for this game. In Baltistan some of the watersheds have great potential for sports Angling. Some renowned species like: exotic brown trout( salmo trutta fario)& rainbow trout (saimo linneaus) are common in Kachura, Sadpara,Basho & other rivers of Kharmang Nullahs. The local carp (caprinos) & shchizothraz species are found in different areas of Baltistan particularly in Deosai Plain & in Indus River. So if you wish to enjoy fishing in these beautiful valleys, just lay back on the bank of the great rivers of Baltistan & wait for the fantastic catch.
Baltistan is said to be the birth center of "Polo". "The game of kings and the king of games" is played here even today in its original form. This royal sport is indigenous to the Karakoram Range. It was Ali Sher Khan Anchan the Maqpon ruler of Baltistan who introduced this game to other valleys upon his conquests that stretched beyond Gilgit and Chitral. If you are genuinely interested in adventurism, just come and witness the mighty sport or even you may learn to play the game from the grand masters of Polo.


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Just watched a highlight of the Russell Wilson 25 yard TD run and noticed something a bit funny. Watch #67 Paul McQuistan blocking and you'll see about the time Wilson starts to break from the pocket, he backwards-blocks the DT with his ASS while watching to forward-block the DE if needed. ! I've never seen anything like that before, so I got a real kick out of it!
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- Superior to hold rescheduled flood repair volunteer project Saturday
- Superior to hold flood impact public meeting tonight
- Sep 25:
- Superior to host volunteer project day Saturday to repair flood damage
- Sep 22:
- Boulder County flood victims facing housing crunch
- Sep 21:
- Boulder ceremony honors memory of couple lost in flood
- Boulder begins inspections of flood-damaged properties Monday
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- Collection for flood relief at final Art Night Out on Friday in Lafayette
- Sep 15:
- 'Camp Erie' to provide activities for kids during flood-related school closure next week
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- 234 people remain unaccounted as rescuers gain ground
- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Boulder County's major reservoirs holding steady, despite week's deluge
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
- Officials: Extensive road damage still being assessed
- Boulder County to provide community dumpsters for flood cleanup
- 234 remain 'unaccounted for', rescuers slowly gain ground
- Boulder remains under flash flood watch through Sunday afternoon
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- Rescue crews help Lefthand Canyon residents evacuate
- St. Vrain schools closed until Thursday, BVSD officials still deciding when to reopen
- In the mouth of Boulder Canyon: The aftermath of a 100-year flood
- Football: No make-up date yet as CU postpones game against Fresno State because of flood
- East Boulder County emerges from a tough night of evacs, road closures
- Boulder to see some relief, but more rain in forecast
- U.S. 36 reopened in both directions between Denver and Boulder
- 181 'unaccounted for,' at least 3 dead in Boulder County
- Flood-related closures in Boulder County for Friday, Sept. 13
- List of Boulder County road closures due to flooding
- Boulder police chief tours flood damage, says 'things are looking better'
- Eldorado Springs residents ordered to evacuate due to high waters, mudslide risk
- Sep 12:
- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- 100-year-flood: Boulder rainfall records swamped in dueling weather systems
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
- Firefighter trapped by 'wall of water' rescued, suffers severe injuries
- Boulder registers wettest 24-hour period, and month, on record
- Sheriff asks Boulder County residents to stay home today, keep roads clear
- 500-year flood nearly cuts Longmont in two, forces evacuations
- National Guard carries evacuees from Lyons, delivers supplies
- Boulder flood: Live social media coverage of flash-flood emergency
The massive flooding across Boulder County has claimed the lives of at least two people and left one woman missing, and officials fear more casualties may be discovered as crews begin to make their way into the mountain towns and heavily affected areas.
The first casualty was a man who was killed in a structure collapse in Jamestown early Thursday morning. The second fatality was a man killed in the 200 block of Linden Drive in Boulder later that morning after being swept away from his car. A woman who was with that victim is now also missing.
While those are the only two confirmed fatalities, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said officials are worried that as crews begin cleanup efforts, more casualties could be discovered.
"We're bracing for the worst," Pelle said.
Officials have not identified either of the two victims yet, but news has spread to friends about who the men possibly were.
Jamestown residents told The Denver Post they fear the victim in Jamestown is Joey Howlett, 72, the former owner of the Jamestown Mercantile Café. They said he was missing and his bedroom is buried under 12 feet of rock, mud and debris, according to a half-dozen friends, neighbors and city officials.
"We lost a good friend here last night," said Richard Jenkins, who has known Howlett for 30 years. "He was like the town patriarch. He was everybody's friend."
Howlett, formerly from Portland, Ore., moved to Jamestown in 1969. He bought the business known by locals as "The Merc" in 1992 before selling it in 2010.
"He was one of the prime characters in town," said John Bernart, 51, who has known Howlett since the mid 1990s.
As for the man killed by flooding in the 200 block of Linden Drive, friends believe the victim is Wesley Quinlan, a recent graduate of Centaurus High School.
Sheriff's Cmdr. Heidi Prentup said the couple was driving and had "some type of interaction" with water near Linden Avenue -- though she couldn't confirm whether the car got stuck.
"She got out, and the water swept her away," Prentup said.
The young man in the car got out to try to rescue her, but he was swept away, too, Prentup said.
Prentup said the woman is still missing.
Officials have not identified the victim, but Quinlan's Facebook page had numerous messages indicating the teen had died, including one that mentioned the flood.
"You did a heroic thing trying to save the one you loved from the flood," Bailey Vanity wrote on Quinlan's page.
The Denver Post contributed to this report. Contact Camera Staff Writer Mitchell Byars at 303-473-1329 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A hand grenade killed six children Sunday who found it while playing in a field in northwestern Pakistan, police said.
The dead girl and five boys belong to two families displaced from a nearby tribal region, Orakzai, said Mian Iftikhar, the police chief of Hangu where the incident took place.
The region lies near restive areas on the Afghan border that are home to Pakistani and al-Qaida-linked foreign Islamic militants. The military has carried out offensives recently in the tribal areas.
The violence has displaced many civilians, who sought shelter in refugee camps or with relatives. Last week, thousands fled one tribal area, North Waziristan, after the Pakistani air force carried out airstrikes there. The strikes were a reaction to the latest wave of suicide attacks and bombings by the Pakistani Taliban and their affiliates across the country, which have killed more than 100 people this month.
Their targets include two attacks against the Pakistani army, killing 34 soldiers.
Pakistani Taliban also have been attacking politicians, police, civilians, government officials and minority Shiite Muslims, who Sunni militant groups see as heretics.
The Islamic militants want to overthrow the Pakistani government to enforce their own harsh brand of Islamic Shariah law. Civilians in the Pakistan's lawless tribal regions have been a direct victim of the fighting.
Earlier this month, a 17-year-old schoolboy died in Hangu when he stopped a suicide bomber targeting his school.
Pakistanis are pressuring the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to tackle the issue of militancy aggressively. Sharif long has supported a policy of negotiating with militants.
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Fox says Parkinson's won't be focus of NBC comedy
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Michael J. Fox says Parkinson's disease will not be a major storyline of his upcoming NBC comedy.
On "The Michael J. Fox Show," the actor plays Mike Henry, a former local NBC newscaster with Parkinson's, who left the business to spend more time with his family. The series begins when he decides to return to work now that his kids are older.
At Saturday's Television Critics Association summer press tour, Fox said he didn't think about how others with Parkinson's would react to the show because he doesn't "vet creative instinct."
"I just go with it," he said. "I feel that this is the reflection of my experience and certainly in the pilot it was more prevalent than it is in subsequent scripts. The way I look at life and the reality of Parkinson's, sometimes it's frustrating and sometimes it's funny. I need to look at it that way and other people need to look at it that way. Beyond that we all got our own bag of hammers…I think people will look at that and say, 'Yeah, I need to laugh at my own stuff, too.'"
The premise of the show does have similarities to Fox's real-life story. The actor left "Spin City" in 2000 as he tried different treatments and medications to treat Parkinson's. He also used the opportunity to spend quality time with his four kids during their formative years.
"There's kind of a scrutiny of their stuff that won't exist if I'm being occupied by something else," joked Fox of the distraction of a full-time job.
Fox believes the viewers, however, will not be distracted by his character having Parkinson's on his new series.
"Parkinson's itself there's nothing horrifying to me. It's not horrible. I don't think it's gothic nastiness. There's nothing on the surface horrible about someone with shaking hands."
Since leaving "Spin City," Fox has had recurring roles on shows like "Rescue Me" and "The Good Wife." Those guest spots gave him the itch to do more.
"It really brought me to a place of, 'This is what I do,'" he said. "This is what I was built and programmed to do, and so I wanted to do it. It's what I've loved to do…I thought, 'Why can't I? There's no reason not to do it.'"
Because Fox plays a local NBC newscaster, the show will tap real people to do guest appearances that make the story more believable. Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie are in the pilot. New Jersey governor Chris Christie will appear in an episode as himself.
"A fictional television network didn't give us 22 episodes," joked Executive Producer Will Gluck on why they decided to make Fox's Mike Henry work for NBC.
The Michael J. Fox Show" premieres Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. EST/PST.


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"Encouraged" by local thoughts on gun control
There is nothing like the editorial pages of a newspaper to showcase the sound conceptual thinking of its readers. Your Dec. 27 issue is a case in point.
Here we are offered the amazing fact that had Russell Byers packed heat on the night he was stabbed he would be with us now and his killer would have been in his grave long ago. I did not know this.
Having just returned from a country with stricter gun laws than our own, I was also unaware that these imposed on Londoners such bloodthirsty tyrants as Queen Elizabeth and David Cameron, both boon companions to the likes of Idi Amin. Live and Learn.
This writer suggests that about one person in for of us carries a gun for our personal protection, some 80 million of us. I feel much safer knowing that there are maybe 40 or 50 armed passengers on a run of the Chestnut Hill Local. Small wonder that we sit quietly in our seats awaiting Armageddon.
Another correspondent suggests that the way to prevent more massacres is to repeal the Second Amendment to the Constitution. This proposal is about as unlikely to be taken up as the likelihood of finding a cab at the South Pole.
Why tinker with the Constitution when we could ask our political class to pass a law making it illegal to shoot people? What? We have such laws on the books already? Well, then the answer is obviously to enforce them. That aught to do the trick.
Some say there are already about as many guns in our country as there are people – 300 million, give or take a few. Or is it only 80 million as another suggests? What happens then? Do we send them in with our income tax returns? Bury them in the backyard?
I can't say, but I'm encouraged to learn that my neighbors are working hard to answer these questions.
Edward Sargent
Chestnut Hill
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — University of California President Janet Napolitano says a mass shooting in the community around UC Santa Barbara is "almost the kind of event that's impossible to prevent and impossible to predict."
The former secretary of Homeland Security who took over as head of the UC system in September made the remarks after a commencement speech in Oakland Saturday, a day after the rampage that authorities say left seven people including the gunman dead and seven others injured. UC Santa Barbara says students were among the victims.
Napolitano issued a statement saying she's "shocked and deeply saddened" by the shooting and sending thoughts and prayers "to the victims of this tragedy, their families and the entire Santa Barbara community."
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — This is the most productive month of Kelly Johnson's career, and Monday was the most productive day.
Johnson became the first player in Tampa Bay history to hit two three-run homers in the same game, and the Rays needed them in a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins.
"Kelly drove the offensive engine today," manager Joe Maddon said.
The Rays nearly squandered an early six-run lead, and sent Miami to its sixth straight loss.
Johnson, who has 24 RBIs in 21 games this month, also doubled, singled and stole a base. He matched his career highs for RBIs and hits during his eighth multihomer game, and first since May 30, 2011, against the Marlins while with Arizona.
"I feel good and I feel confident," Johnson said. "You're always searching for something that's going to let you feel confident and you try to just roll with it. It could be daily, weekly. That's the way baseball is. I'm not going to sit here and try to figure it out."
Johnson homered off rookie Jose Fernandez (2-3) in a six-run second inning. He then broke open the game by hitting his 10th home run of the season in the eighth against A.J.
The win made the Rays even with the Marlins at 43-43 in the all-time interleague series.
Jake Odorizzi, making his second start for the Rays, gave up eight hits and six runs and couldn't get through the fifth inning to qualify for the win.
"It's very frustrating not to be able to get through the fifth inning when the team gets you six runs," he said. "The offense was awesome today, the bullpen was phenomenal. Kelly did an awesome job today. It's just frustrating to know that I wasn't anywhere near my best stuff."
Jake McGee (2-2) got the victory after pitching two scoreless innings of relief.
The 20-year-old Fernandez, pitching across the bay from where he pitched in high school in Tampa two years ago, pitched 3 1-3 innings, giving up five hits, three walks and four earned runs while striking out six.
After fanning three Rays in the first inning, Fernandez walked the first two batters in the second, then hit Desmond Jennings with a pitch.
Jose Molina drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. Yunel Escobar drove in another run with the Rays' first hit, and after Ben Zobrist reached on an error, Johnson made it 6-0 with his home run.
"I wasn't nervous. I was a little pumped up. I was trying to do a little too much, maybe," Fernandez said. "You're going to have rough games and you're going to have good days. So try to get it more good than bad."
The Marlins, who came into the game with a .221 team batting average, collected 10 hits in the first five innings, including Justin Ruggiano's eighth home run.
Greg Dobbs had two hits and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who had cut Tampa Bay's early six-run margin to one before Johnson hit his second homer.
"We never lost the lead. That was important to us," said Maddon, who has seen his starting pitchers and bullpen give away several big leads this season. "That's the one thing I always try to look at. Once you've lost the lead or even if it gets tied, that puts it back in their corner a little bit, so I thought Jake (McGee) was really important.
"We keep making this way more dramatic than it needs to be," he said.
NOTES: Tampa Bay LHP David Price (left triceps strain) resumed playing catch, making 35 throws before the game. ... Marlins manager Mike Redmond said OF Giancarlo Stanton (right hamstring strain) continues hitting and has incorporated light running into his rehab program. ... Miami 1B Logan Morrison (right knee inflammation) is joining Double-A Jacksonville after playing for Class A Jupiter. Marlins INF Donovan Solano (left intercostal strain) is scheduled to start batting practice Tuesday. ...
Rays manager Joe Maddon dropped leadoff hitter Desmond Jennings to seventh to "get his plate discipline back." ... The Marlins put RHP Alex Sanabia (right groin) on the 15-day disabled list and recalled LHP Dan Jennings from Triple-A New Orleans.
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Re. "Commentary: Tactics from the union playbook stay the same," (Aug. 29):
An odd incident that may or may not have any connection whatsoever to any labor union is being hyped to promote an insidious antiunion agenda.
Even if one were to accept, however ludicrous the accusation, that this was some kind of stunt (no crime has been alleged, as yet) being pulled off by the Costa Mesa Police Assn., does it justify vilifying all labor unions and the entire union movement?
Did the criminal plunder of billions of dollars at Enron justify demonizing and/or abolishing the entire free market system?
Did the Bernie Madoff scandal make a case for the inherent corruption in a system based solely on the exploitation of human greed?
We, as a nation, and as a society, are facing a very serious economic future. The free market (or a semblance thereof) under a democratic form of government (corrupted by the influence of dirty money) created this problem.
Democrats and Republicans are equally responsible for the current situation. It is convenient to blame the "politicians" for this mess, when "we the people" put them in charge.
It takes some gall to blame the entire debacle solely on labor unions. Our economy thrived in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, driven by the purchasing power of a strong middle class, when one-third of all labor was union labor.
Today, less than one-tenth of all labor is union labor, and the attendant is a vanishing middle class. Yet labor unions have become convenient whipping boys of those who would like to see them abolished for their own self-serving reasons.
Labor, without a bargaining clout through organizing, turns human beings into marketable commodities. It hearkens back to the ugly days of landlords and serfs.
Unfettered capital with fealty to none and easily portable across national boundaries needs the counterweight of organized labor for a free market and a free nation to thrive.
Unfortunately, Mr. Morello and the current Republican leadership are stuck in the morass of an Ayn Randian atheistic philosophy of social Darwinism. Their intellectual dishonesty forms a nice bookend to their moral bankruptcy.
Jamshed Dastur
Newport Beach
Phone survey is a ploy
A new telephone survey was directed my way the other morning.
It was not a subtle attempt to tie recent publicity on a Costa Mesa councilman to the November election. Whoever wrote the survey rewrote everything from the newspapers for the past three days. Then they asked for opinions on everyone from Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and Supervisor John Moorlach to Costa Mesa's proposed charter and the Sanitary District.
Woe to those who had to read all the lengthy, poorly written questions to responders, and to those who paid for such a bad survey. It was using Costa Mesa's current celebrity publicity to try to inform the election Nov. 6.
Just my opinion.
Corinne Stover
Costa Mesa
Shelby is cancer-free
First, I would like to thank you for the wonderful story about my daughter's fight with brain cancer this summer ("Harbor High student recovers from tumor," Aug. 18).
It has been a rough battle for our family and friends. I cannot thank enough the people who did the fundraising for my family. Veronica Ashworth, Chadd Benjamin, Jenna Sergant organized the fundraisers.
I also would like to thank Ruby's in Costa Mesa, Chili's in Foothill Ranch and Panera Bread in Costa Mesa. The community came out in full force to support me and my daughters. Random people are putting funds in an account for us.
We have received great support, as we are still healing from this thing that could have taken our family down.
Shelby is 100% cancer-free and 100% tumor-free. She is still recovering, as it takes months to do. We are still not out of the woods, but we are on the right track. Thank you, everyone, for supporting us in prayer, well-wishes and financially.
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Dr Phil Richards from Loughborough University heads into The Reg studios on October 20th at 10am (BST) to tell us how he's building modular hybrid clouds. Dr Richards has recognised numerous challenges with ageing data centres, some of which you'll recognise and some of which you won't. One of them was that doing things the …
40Gb backbone with 10Gb to several of the campuses. The current JANET network is still made up of Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) who have local expertise and knowledge..and their own dark fibre in many places - providing each campus with ethernet WAN is most places.
JANET is also ahead of the game for wireless roaming too - thanks to eduroam - 802.1X WPA enterprise wireless at all involved sites meaning that visitors to the eduroam SSID authenticate using their home site credentials - from wherever they are in the world.
When I worked as a university sysadmin a decade ago I must have downloaded the entire internet several times over, often the 100m connection to my desktop being the limiting factor. This when consumer broadband was in its infancy and you had an 0.5 meg connection at home if you were lucky. Happy days.
The real question is how to prevent pricks with company credit cards from taking their deskside collection of servers and virtualizing them into a different cloud.
p.s. not everyone with a company card is a prick.
p.p.s not every prick has a company credit card.
IPv6 is still not even on the horizon for deployment at my University - and even Teredo is blocked by the firewall (can't "risk" having anything modern, after all!)
I sometimes suspect from the lavish expenditure on overpriced commercial products (six figure email fiasco, I'm glaring at you!) that if anything, they are OVER-funded, breeding complacency. Why be efficient with IP addressing? They were all handed a /16 or two for free - and still hog them as shortages become an issue for the rest of us.
I know it's different in other universities - the one I studied at originally gave us Exim and open-source fully-replicated IMAP service, as a side-effect to delivering a far better email service at lower cost - but others just spray money up the wall on consultants and shiny toys. Much like companies, I suppose. Nice to see Loughborough seems like being on the better side of that dividing line!
there are a few Universities that do provide IPv6 connectivity - though not as many as there could be and only a handful are doing DNSSEC. Loughborough is one of the few universities where my laptop has been given an IPv6 address (a proper public one that worked!) when I went to a conference there last year... seemed to be quicker than IPv4 too! ;-)
@theodore: the real key to achieving that is to make sure the in-house option is actually better than buying over the counter outside! When I am faced with a choice between registering a domain myself for under £10, or paying more than ten times as much to do it through an in-house intermediary, which option makes sense? A smarter organisation wouldn't allow the 1000+% markup in-house, a dumber organisation would mandate being ripped off internally...
When I was there (93-97), everything was seriously slow. Intra-campus networking was at best adequate, but connection to the outside world sucked. Although things got pretty good late at night, when you'd probably only have a dozen geeks using it.
That said, the whole internet was pretty sucky back then. Sure, it was connected, but most of the connections were hardly better than a couple of tin cans and a bit of string. If you needed to get anything off a US-based server (e.g. datasheets) then you need to be doing it before midday or after midnight. Try doing it during US working hours, and a 10 bytes/sec download speed was about average.


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Captain's ReportBy Capt. Randy EmmermanThe Elegante has cruising and entertaining designed from bow to stern. The boat has nice lines that scream "Take me for a boat ride!" I recently had the pleasure of traveling to Canada and testing the newest model near where these cruisers are built and testing it on the fresh waters of the Canadian Georgian Bay.The FeaturesTop side, she offers two separate built-in couches in addition to a two person wide helm seat. The loungers offer plenty of seating along with a cocktail table and wet bar. All of this and she still has easy access to the swim platform. The extended swim platform provides lots of accessibility along with built-in bumper holders and two storage lockers for keeping lines and shore hook-ups handy. She even has room for a dingy or personal water craft in back.Functional Layout The helm has good visibility of your surroundings and your gauges. The helm seat has a flip up bolster for enhanced visibility out of the hole or for standing while driving. The cabin can be entered through a slider with a built in screen door which is a nice feature for cool evenings or when the mosquitoes are buzzing around. Climb down a few solid wood stairs and you are ready for relaxing or entertaining. To starboard at the bottom of the stairs is the power distribution panel. The panel has all your breakers, shore power and generator options and digital read outs of water supply and voltages. Stepping BelowThe cabin has an abundance of natural light from eight port holes, three hatches and a skylight. The galley includes cherry wood cabinets and a two-burner stove, microwave and a matching marine refrigerator. The counter top is a nice selection of Corian. The cabin floor has a molded fiberglass liner with carpet and a teak and holly sole for the galley. There are two loungers inside that provide plenty of seating for your company to sit and chat, or relax and watch a movie on the flat screen TV. To aft of the cabin is a stateroom with a full size privacy door, not a sliding curtain that you find in most boats. In addition, the aft stateroom also has a separate sink.The Elegante has plenty of optional extras to enhance your ride. For instance; a forward bow mahogany lounge, retractable radar arch and power assist cocktail tables are just a few of the many options. See your dealer for the extensive list of options. The boat we tested was loaded with plenty of extras making her even more enjoyable to ride. Power PlantLast, but not least, was the engine room. You gain access through a day hatch. When you require complete access there are two power assist engine hatches to give all the room you or a mechanic needs. With the hatches open you had plenty of light and room to service the engines. The engine room was well laid out with neatly secured wiring and accessible batteries. Furthermore, even with the optional generator there was still room to spare.SpecsDoral's Elegante for 2005 measures in at 36'10" length overall and has a full 11'11" beam. She requires a clearance below of 3'8" with the outdrives in the up position and weighs in at approximately 15,200 pounds dry. She carries up to 230 gallons of fuel for a nice long weekend of cruising. Her 44 gallon fresh water tank is larger than most I have seen in her class, so water for rinsing off after a swim will not have to be used as sparingly.The RideThe performance numbers for this boat speak for themselves. With twin MerCruisers, she cruises at 3000 rpms traveling 32.5mph with a fuel burn of 28.1 gallons per hour. This gives you a cruising range of 239 miles on a full tank of fuel. At wide-open-throttle turning 4600 rpm she ran 47.9mph and will deliver a range of 157. Sound levels were comfortable starting at 68 dBa and up to 88 dBa at wide-open-throttle. She is on plane in just 7.3 seconds and cruising along at thirty miles per hour in 11.3 seconds.If you are considering a mid range cruiser built by a company of boaters with options to personalize her to your specifications, put the Elegante from Doral on your list of must see express cruisers.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Doral Elegante is 47.9 mph (77.1 kph), burning 63.0 gallons per hour (gph) or 238.46 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Doral Elegante is 32.5 mph (52.3 kph), and the boat gets 1.15 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.49 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 239 miles (384.63 kilometers).
- Tested power is 2 x 375-hp MerCruiser 496 Mag MPI.
Standard and Optional Features
Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|CD Stereo
|Head: Fixed
|Power Steering
|Trim Tabs
Exterior Features
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Shower
|Cockpit Cover
Boats More Than 30 Feet
Hull Warranty
10 year
Deck Warranty
|10 year http://www.doralcorporations.com/brands/en/warranty.aspx
Blistering Warranty
|2 year http://www.doralcorporations.com/brands/en/warranty.aspx
|NMMA Certification Other Certification
|Yes CE (Export only)
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Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic, facultative anaerobic member of the genus Streptococcus.[1] A significant human pathogenic bacterium, S. pneumoniae was recognized as a major cause of pneumonia in the late 19th century, and is the subject of many humoral immunity studies.
S. pneumoniae resides asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of healthy carriers. The respiratory tract, sinuses, and nasal cavity are the parts of host body that are usually infected. However, in susceptible individuals, such as elderly and immunocompromised people and children, the bacterium may become pathogenic, spread to other locations and cause disease. S. pneumoniae is the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, and of septicemia in HIV-infected persons. The methods of transmission include sneezing, coughing, and direct contact with an infected person.
Despite the name, the organism causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia. These invasive pneumococcal diseases include bronchitis, rhinitis, acute sinusitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, meningitis, bacteremia, sepsis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pericarditis, cellulitis, and brain abscess.[2]
S. pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis in adults and young adults, along with Neisseria meningitidis, and is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adults in the USA. It is also one of the top two isolates found in ear infection, otitis media.[3] Pneumococcal pneumonia is more common in the very young and the very old. It also is a major bacterium for invasive diseases like pneumonia and meningitis in South Asian children 12 years of age, though the evidence is of low quality and scarce.[4]
S. pneumoniae can be differentiated from Streptococcus viridans, some of which are also alpha-hemolytic, using an optochin test, as S. pneumoniae is optochin-sensitive. S. pneumoniae can also be distinguished based on its sensitivity to lysis by bile, the so-called "bile solubility test". The encapsulated, Gram-positive coccoid bacteria have a distinctive morphology on Gram stain, lancet-shaped diplococci. They have a polysaccharide capsule that acts as a virulence factor for the organism; more than 90 different serotypes are known, and these types differ in virulence, prevalence, and extent of drug resistance.
In 1881, the organism, known as the pneumococcus for its role as an [etiologic agent] of pneumonia, was first isolated simultaneously and independently by the U.S. Army physician George Sternberg[5] and the French chemist Louis Pasteur.[6]
The organism was termed Diplococcus pneumoniae from 1920[7] because of its characteristic appearance in Gram-stained sputum. It was renamed Streptococcus pneumoniae in 1974 because of its growth in chains in liquid growth media.
S. pneumoniae played a central role in demonstrating genetic material consists of DNA. In 1928, Frederick Griffith demonstrated transformation of life, turning harmless pneumococcus into a lethal form by co-inoculating the live pneumococci into a mouse along with heat-killed, virulent pneumococci.[8] In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty demonstrated the transforming factor in Griffith's experiment was DNA, not protein, as was widely believed at the time.[9] Avery's work marked the birth of the molecular era of genetics.[10]
The genome of S. pneumoniae is a closed, circular DNA structure that contains between 2.0 and 2.1 million base pairs, depending on the strain. It has a core set of 1553 genes, plus 154 genes in its virulome, which contribute to virulence, and 176 genes that maintain a noninvasive phenotype. Genetic information can vary up to 10% between strains.[11]
Transformation in S. pneumoniae
Natural bacterial transformation involves the transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another through the surrounding medium. Transformation is a complex, developmental process requiring energy, dependent on expression of numerous genes. In S. pneumoniae at least 23 genes are required. In order for a bacterium to bind, take up and recombine exogenous DNA into its chromosome it must enter a special physiological state, called competence.
Competence, in S. pneumoniae, is induced by DNA-damaging agents such as mitomycin C, a DNA inter-strand cross-linking agent, and the fluoroquinolone antibiotics norfloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, topoisomerase inhibitors that cause double-strand breaks.[12] Transformation protects S. pneumoniae against the bactericidal effect of mitomycin C.[13] Michod et al.[14] summarized evidence that induction of competence in S. pneumoniae is associated with increased resistance to oxidative stress and increased expression of the RecA protein, a key component of the recombinational repair machinery for removing DNA damages. On the basis of these findings, they suggested that transformation is an adaptation for repairing oxidative DNA damages. S. pneumoniae infection stimulates polymorphonuclear leukocytes (granulocyte) to produce an oxidative burst that is potentially lethal to the bacteria. The ability of S. pneumoniae to repair the oxidative DNA damages in its genome, caused by this host defense, likely contributes to this pathogen's virulence.
S. pneumoniae is part of the normal upper respiratory tract flora, but, as with many natural flora, it can become pathogenic under the right conditions, like if the immune system of the host is suppressed. Invasins, such as pneumolysin, an anti-phagocytic capsule, various adhesins and immunogenic cell wall components are all major virulence factors.
Interaction with Haemophilus influenzae
Both Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) and S. pneumoniae can be found in the human upper respiratory system. A study of competition in vitro revealed S. pneumoniae overpowered H. influenzae by attacking it with hydrogen peroxide.[15]
When both bacteria are placed together into the nasal cavity of a mouse, within 2 weeks, only H. influenzae survives. When both are placed separately into a nasal cavity, each one survives. Upon examining the upper respiratory tissue from mice exposed to both bacteria, an extraordinarily large number of neutrophil immune cells were found. In mice exposed to only one bacterium, the cells were not present.
Lab tests show neutrophils that were exposed to already-dead H. influenzae were more aggressive in attacking S. pneumoniae than unexposed neutrophils. Exposure to killed H. influenzae had no effect on live H. influenzae.
Two scenarios may be responsible for this response:
- When H. influenzae is attacked by S. pneumoniae, it signals the immune system to attack the S. pneumoniae
- The combination of the two species sets off an immune system alarm that is not set off by either species individually.
It is unclear why H. influenzae is not affected by the immune system response.[16]
Diagnosis is generally made based on clinical suspicion along with a positive culture from a sample from virtually any place in the body. An ASO Titre of >200 units is significant.[2] S. pneumoniae is, in general, optochin sensitive, although optochin resistance has been observed.[17]
Atromentin and leucomelone possess antibacterial activity, inhibiting the enzyme enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase, (essential for the biosynthesis of fatty acids) in S. pneumoniae.[18]
See also
- ^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
- ^ a b Siemieniuk, Reed A.C.; Gregson, Dan B.; Gill, M. John (Nov 2011). "The persisting burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV patients: an observational cohort study". BMC Infectious Diseases 11: 314. PMC 3226630. PMID 22078162. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-314.
- ^ Dagan R (2000). "Treatment of acute otitis media—challenges in the era of antibiotic resistance". Vaccine 19 (Suppl 1): S9–S16. PMID 11163457. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00272-3.
- ^ Jaiswal, Nishant; Singh, Meenu; Thumburu, Kiran Kumar; Bharti, Bhavneet; Agarwal, Amit; Kumar, Ajay; Kaur, Harpreet; Chadha, Neelima et al. (5 May 2014). "Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children Aged 1 Month to 12 Years Living in South Asia: A Systematic Review". PLoS ONE 9 (5): e96282. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096282.
- ^ Sternberg, George Miller (30 April 1881). "A fatal form of septicaemia in the rabbit produced by the subcutaneous injection of human saliva. An experimental research". Bulletin of the National Board of Health (Baltimore, Maryland).
- ^ Pasteur, Louis (1881). "Sur une maladie nouvelle provoquée par la salive d'un enfant mort de rage". Acad. D. Sc. De Paris (Paris, France) 92: 159.
- ^ Winslow, C., and J. Broadhurst (1920). "The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types". J Bacteriol 5 (3): 191–229. PMC 378870. PMID 16558872.
- ^ Fred Griffith (1928). The Significance of Pneumococcal Types. Journal of Hygiene, 27, pp 113-159. doi:10.1017/S0022172400031879.
- ^ Avery OT, MacLeod CM, and McCarty M (1944). "Studies on the chemical nature of the substance inducing transformation of pneumococcal types: induction of transformation by a desoxyribonucleic acid fraction isolated from pneumococcus type III". J Exp Med 79 (2): 137–158. PMC 2135445. PMID 19871359. doi:10.1084/jem.79.2.137.
- ^ Lederberg J (1994). "The Transformation of Genetics by DNA: An Anniversary Celebration of Avery, Macleod and Mccarty (1944)". Genetics 136 (2): 423–6. PMC 1205797. PMID 8150273.
- ^ van der Poll T, Opal SM (2009). "Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia". Lancet 374 (9700): 1543–56. PMID 19880020. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61114-4.
- ^ Claverys JP, Prudhomme M, Martin B (2006). "Induction of competence regulons as a general response to stress in gram-positive bacteria". Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 60: 451–75. PMID 16771651. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.60.080805.142139.
- ^ Engelmoer DJ, Rozen DE (December 2011). "Competence increases survival during stress in Streptococcus pneumoniae". Evolution 65 (12): 3475–85. PMID 22133219. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01402.x.
- ^ Michod RE, Bernstein H, Nedelcu AM (May 2008). "Adaptive value of sex in microbial pathogens". Infect. Genet. Evol. 8 (3): 267–85. PMID 18295550. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2008.01.002.http://www.hummingbirds.arizona.edu/Faculty/Michod/Downloads/IGE%20review%20sex.pdf
- ^ Pericone, Christopher D., Overweg, Karin, Hermans, Peter W. M., Weiser, Jeffrey N. (2000). "Inhibitory and Bactericidal Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae on Other Inhabitants of the Upper Respiratory Tract". Infect Immun 68 (7): 3990–3997. PMC 101678. PMID 10858213. doi:10.1128/IAI.68.7.3990-3997.2000.
- ^ Lysenko ES, Ratner AJ, Nelson AL, Weiser JN (2005). "The Role of Innate Immune Responses in the Outcome of Interspecies Competition for Colonization of Mucosal Surfaces". PLoS Pathog 1 (1): e1. PMC 1238736. PMID 16201010. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0010001. Full text
- ^ Pikis, A; Campos, JM; Rodriguez, WJ; Keith, JM (2001). "Optochin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: mechanism, significance, and clinical implications". Journal of Infectious Diseases 184 (5): 582–590. PMID 11474432. doi:10.1086/322803.
- ^ Zheng CJ, Sohn MJ, Kim WG. (2006). "Atromentin and leucomelone, the first inhibitors specific to enoyl-ACP reductase (FabK) of Streptococcus pneumoniae". Journal of Antibiotics 59 (12): 808–12. PMID 17323650. doi:10.1038/ja.2006.108.
External links
|External identifiers for Streptococcus pneumoniae
- GAVI Alliance
- PneumoADIP
- PATH's Vaccine Resource Library pneumococcal resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). "Ch. 16: Pneumococcal Disease". In Atkinson W, Wolfe S, Hamborsky J. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (12th ed.). Washington DC: Public Health Foundation. pp. 233–248.


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What the administration can do is remove obstacles to the incipient Cuban private sector.
Let's start with the Internet.
The United States should do everything we can to facilitate Internet access for Cuban citizens. Ordinary Cubans wait for hours to purchase Internet time at Cuban telephone company offices, the closest thing there is to Internet cafes.
Anything we can do on our end to facilitate real Internet access in Cuba is worthwhile, even if the "price" of doing that is working with the Cuban government telecommunications monopoly....


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The KitchenAid Factory-Reconditioned 5 Quart Artisan Stand Mixer is a factory reconditioned tilt head mixer designed to give easy access to the mixing bowl and beaters.
KitchenAid reconditions their own product, not shipping it out to a third party, and all refurbished products undergo a full inspection before retail sale. Each refurbished 5 Quart Artisan Stand Mixer carries a 6 month "No Hassle" Replacement Warranty from KitchenAid. Just like the first quality stand mixer, this mixer offers incredible versatility with the attachments for the power hub. Available attachments allow you to slice and shred vegetables, grind grain, make homemade pasta, stuff fresh sausage, or even make ice cream.
Easily make your favorite cakes and multiple batches of cookie dough with the 5-quart stainless steel mixing bowl with comfortable handle. With 10 speeds, the stand mixer will quickly become your kitchen's culinary center as you mix, knead and whip ingredients with ease. And for even more versatility, the power hub fits optional attachments from food grinders to pasta makers and more.
The 5-quart polished stainless steel bowl with ergonomic handle is big enough to handle large batches of heavy mixtures. Its ergonomically designed handle is contoured to fit the hand and makes lifting the bowl more comfortable.
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The flat beater, dough hook, and the professional wire whip add to the versatility of the mixer. The flat beater is the ideal accessory for mixing normal to heavy batters. From cake mixes to firm cookie dough, the flat beater mixes quickly and thoroughly.
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Daine Klate and Happy Jele score for Orlando Pirates
Posted: 19 December 2012 Time: 21:20
Orlando Pirates closed the gap on log leaders Kaizer Chiefs to just one point following a comfortable 2-0 over Golden Arrows on Wednesday evening.
A stunner from Daine Klate in the opened the scoring, while a 53rd-minute header by Happy Jele secured the three points.
After a slow start to the match, Pirates were handed a 25th-minute free-kick and it was Klate who took control of the set-piece and curled the balls past a stranded Pavels Steinbos.
Shortly afterwards Ritus Krjauklis did well to clear away a Sifiso Myeni ball in the box, before Senzo Meyiwa confirmed why he received a recent call-up to the Bafana Bafana squad; pulling off an impressive one-handed save off a dangerous cross into the box.
Dillon Sheppard replaced Luyolo Mapolisa at the start of the second period, but it was Pirates who got the next goals when Jele was left unmarked at the back=post to head home Klate's corner-kick.
Four minutes later in could have been 3-0 when Steinbos and Oupa Manyisa went one-on-one, but it was the shot-stopper who came out on top.
Meyiwa pulled off another great save to ensure Pirates collected all three points and finish the year just one point behind their arch-rivals.
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