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Gallery: Upcycle Living Rolls Out Affordable Shipping Container Housing
Phoenix-based Upcycle Living is aiming to bring affordable shipping container housing to the masses with its modern cost-effective designs. Just las fall they installed a 2-bedroom house at a green street fair in Phoenix, and orders started rolling in. The designers and builders now expect that they can produce a similar modular model for less than $100,000.
The 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom model installed at the street fair measured 1,280 square feet and was built out of four 40-foot shipping containers. For the street fair the corrugated exterior was left as-is, so onlookers would be able to recognize it for what it was. Future models will be solar panel ready and include a shade screen to help the homes remain cool in the hot desert sun. Inside, the home features recycled hardware floors, bamboo cabinets and new Energy Star appliances. As the pictures show, it's definitely roomey inside and plenty big enough for a small family.
Upcycle Living claims to be able to provide housing for at least 2/3 less than traditional stick-built homes. There are already orders for private homes, but Upcycle Living hopes to work towards building affordable housing on a larger scale and they are currently working on a development to provide housing for a Native American Tribe. Since the Haiti Earthquake they have also reached out to NGOs in hopes of helping provide temporary shelters, permanent residences, or even medical clinics. It's refreshing to see a company out there building and proving that housing costs don't have to be exorbitant.
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March 8, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I ThinkArizona needs more of these projects. Though from a interior design stand point i think this model needs a loooootttttttt of TLC and modernization, green sustainable furnishing, floors , lights etc etc.
may be they need to sit and talk with me 😉 how i can make this box in to a house .
Omer Faizi
November 30, 2010 at 12:02 pm
If you are considering a design build, modular, or prefab home, building with recycled shipping containers is worth taking a look at. There are many considerations that have contributed to the appeal of building with intermodal shipping containers – availability, standardization, the recycled/green factor, economy and speed of construction, their durability, and even their "elegance/grace".
Good resource is the Residential Shipping Container Primer website. A SHOWCASE OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES AND BUILDINGDS, AND A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
Lots of great example buildings, details, facts, and links to other articles. They have something new that you can setup your own project wiki to get help with your project if you are considering a design build project.
September 1, 2010 at 1:49 am
WOW…. I often pass this home coming from the Gym and I finally got a chance to go in side I met Jason Anderson whom at the time was being interviewed by a group out of London intrested in the structure. They loved it. I was taken aback by the contemporary style and simplicity of the interior and exterior of the structure. This is a great idea.
August 10, 2010 at 8:13 am
container homes are an awesome idea to use existing resources that are currently just rusting away! for more rugged terrain, a site built home may be needed. for more info, visit Green Homes and Solar Systems
August 9, 2010 at 7:50 am
Container homes are a great idea and I don't understand the negative opinions of ISBU homes some have.
I've been working on some container home ideas of my own at http://putterordiemyblog.wordpress.com/
I am keenly interested in affordable, green home ideas. If green designs are made more affordable than more green homes will be built.
This is just a hobby for me – I am not trying to sell anything here.
February 21, 2010 at 7:47 am
I have seen simillar schemes before and love the idea very much. Being in the construction industry in Asia and Middle East, such 'housing' is being used to house workers on remote sites. Would be very interesting to adopt and adapt it for families in developing countries. Totally prefab operation in terms of production with ease of delivery to any developing countries by shipping and road. Concern on mechcanical, electrical and plumbing matters can be resolved and add avantage of a flexible facade treatement is a plus. Seriously wonder what a 4 container, fittted out module will cost … that I believe is the next hurdle to address financial feasibility of a mid scale development.
Well Done!
February 19, 2010 at 3:47 pm
hey noone, you can put what ever you want on the outside: cement board, vinyl siding even stucco –
February 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm
trailer for a house… garbage for a design. who wants to live in a house that looks like a shipping container. you're trying to solve the problem, when YOU are actually the problem.
February 19, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Wow what a brilliant idea! A metal rectangular box that is cheap to live in. We could build whole parks full of these for people to live in. SO innovative, perhaps we could build some second rate schools nearby and really follow the trailer park model.
February 19, 2010 at 10:23 am
Because of the name, I'm wondering whether all the rest of the house (interior + MEP) were also made with the same 'upcycling' method?
Thank you in advance for the info.


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Freedom Hill Elementary School in Vienna will be relieved of about 100 students within its attendance area next year.
The School Board voted April 26 during a regular meeting to shift those students to neighboring Lemon Road Elementary School in Falls Church.
"Freedom Hill Elementary School has been severely overcrowded for a number of years," said School Board member Patty Reed (Providence District). The school currently is at 116 percent capacity with a projected enrollment of 136 percent capacity by 2016.
"They've got eight trailers. It's very difficult to move through the hallways," Reed said. "It's a situation they've lived with for much too long. Lemon Road on the other hand has been under enrolled and is currently at 72 percent [capacity] and is projected to go down to 59 percent by 2016."
School Board members voted 11-0-1, in favor of Option B, which was the second of two options before the board. Board member Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield District) abstained.
Option A would have reassigned a portion of Idylwood Apartments, located along the northwest side of Idylwood Road and south of Route 7, from Freedom Hill to Lemon Road.
Option B reassigns Marshall Heights and Dominion townhomes and a portion of Idylwood Apartments from Freedom Hill to Lemon Road.
"Both communities told us that they wanted to maintain the personalities of the schools. The Freedom Hill parents told us they wanted more people moved. The Lemon Road folks didn't want to accept too many people too fast. We heard everything you had to say," Reed said. "It is not the perfect solution. Concerns remain about the [Advanced Academic Program], the involvement of certain parents, issues associated with grandfathering, criss-crossing buses, split neighborhoods and other assorted issues. So we had to weigh this."
The boundary shift between Freedom Hill and Lemon Road elementary schools marks the beginning of a larger look by the School Board on how to accommodate growth in the Tysons Corner area.
"This is the beginning of some of the change that will occur as the Tysons area continues to grow … This change is dramatic, but I think that Option B is appropriate," said School Board member Jane Strauss (Dranesville District). "We must make use of the space that we have. Where we can add on to schools, we must do that. Where we have to adjust attendance areas, it is the best way to serve students and also to make the best use of the resources we have. That is just simply the reality of public schools."
Some School Board members had questions about alternatives to the two options presented by the Fairfax County Public Schools administrative staff.
Schultz said she abstained because she thought not all options were considered.
"My abstention is a message that we need better processes. We need to not come up with answers before we really know what those answers are and how those answers meet and affect the communities on whom we foist those answers," she said.
School Board members also had questions about nearby Pimmit Hills school, which originally was an elementary school that had been converted to an alternative high school. It was closed two years ago to cut $1 million from the school system's $176 million budget gap for the 2010-11 school year. The facility still is being used for community education programs.
"At some point that property will likely be torn down and a new, more modern elementary school would be built there … but that will come when it's clear that we need a brand new school," Strauss said.
To help accommodate new students at Lemon Road, a $2 million, eight-classroom addition is planned for the school.
For more information, visit www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/freedomlemon/index.shtml.

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Saturday, April 06, 2002Statesboro, Ga. (Apr. 6, 2002) - East Tennessee State fell in both ends of a Southern Conference softball doubleheader, 5-1 and 11-3, Saturday afternoon from Eagle Field in Statesboro, Ga. Georgia Southern (17-23, 9-2 SoCon) jumped out to a 2-0 lead with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the third inning. Christi Aitken drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Julie Peel. Cooper took the very next pitch over the left center field wall to give the Eagles a two-run advantage. East Tennessee State (14-21, 4-7 SoCon) answered with a run in the top of the fourth on freshman outflelder Danielle Spetar's (Knoxville, Tenn.) fourth home run of the season. The Bucs loaded the bases, but Aimee Littlejohn struck out freshman third baseman Lindsay Lane (Erwin, Tenn.) to end the ETSU fourth-inning rally. GSU added a run in the bottom of the fourth and bottom of the fifth. Kim Griffin led off the fourth with a double and moved to third on Crystal Crews' fly out to the warning track in center. Littlejohn followed by lifting a sacrifice fly to left, and Griffin beat the throw with a head-first dive. With one out in the fifth, Cooper hit her second home run in as many at-bats, a solo shot to left field. The Eagles closed out the scoring in the top of the sixth, when Griffin scored on a ground ball fielder's choice off the bat of Littlejohn. Four Buccaneers recorded one hit each, with Spetar's homer accounting for all the scoring. Freshman pitcher Courtney Jenkins (Knoxville, Tenn.) went the distance on the mound, allowing five runs on five hits, striking out three. ETSU tallied first in game two, pushing across a run in the top of the second. Freshman outfielder Amy Moore (Jacksonville, Fla.) singled home freshman shortstop Mary Beth Hazelwood (Knoxville, Tenn.) to put the Buccaneers ahead 1-0. The Eagles answered in the bottom of the fourth with nine runs and three more home runs. Cooper hit her third home run of the afternoon, a solo shot to left, to lead off the inning. Meghan Correia followed with a walk, and Kelly Blazi hit her second home run of the season to give GSU a 3-1 lead. After a pop out, Crystal Crews hit her sixth home run of the season, a new single-season record. The Eagles added five more runs in the inning, completing the scoring on Crews' base hit that scored Correia. Five Buccaneers picked up one hit each in the game to lead the team. Senior pitcher Marsha Giles picked up the loss for ETSU, pitching 3.1 innings, allowing four runs on three hits, striking out two. East Tennessee State and Georgia Southern conclude their three-game series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. at Eagle Field in statesboro, Ga.
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(Vandalia, Mo.) set a new career high and tied a tournament record with 32 points, leading the ETSU men's basketball team to a 76-63 win over former Southern Conference rival Furman in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Tuesday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The Bucs, who improve to 23-11 on the year, led by 12 points at the half and by as many as 22 points in the second half en route to the victory. Meanwhile, Furman ends its season at 22-11, as the Paladins committed 17 turnovers in the contest and never held the advantage once.
ETSU must now wait for the other first round CIT games to be completed Tuesday and Wednesday evening before learning of their next opponent, as well as when and where that game will be played. The Bucs should know more within the next 24 hours.
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While that trio powered the offense, the Bucs' defensive effort was equally impressive, holding SoCon first-team selection Amu Saaka to a season low three points.
Smith was unbelievable in the first half, scoring the Bucs first 12 points and finishing with 21 in only 14 minutes of game action before the intermission. The senior's efforts led to a 15-point ETSU lead at 35-20 with 6:11 left in the half.
From there, Furman managed to cut the lead to eight at 38-30 with just over a minute left before the break. However, the Bucs pulled back ahead by 12 at 43-31 thanks in part to a traditional 3-point play from Tubbs with .8 left on the clock, making it 43-31 at the break.
In the second half, the Bucs kept the pressure on offensively, racing out to a 22-point lead at 62-40 with 11;45 left in the game. But at that point, Furman woke up with a 14-0 offensive run to cut the advantage to 62-54 with 7:21 remaining. The Paladins would not get any closer, though, as the Bucs pulled back ahead by as many as 15 before winning by 13.
The Paladins were led by Jordan Miller and Charlie Reddick, both of whom scored a team-high 12 points.
ETSU shot 51 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range, while hitting on an 87 percent clip from the foul line. The Paladins shot 42 percent from the field and just 60 percent from the free throw line.
For more on ETSU men's basketball as the Bucs prepare for the second round or quarterfinals of the CIT, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.
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This joint Migration Policy Institute and International Organization for Migration event marks the Issue brief launch of Regulating Private Recruitment in the Asia-Middle East Labour Migration Corridor.
This issue brief examines Asian labor migration to the Middle East—a region distinguished by its major dependence on migrant workers, the overwhelming majority from Asia. The author focuses on the role of private recruiting agencies as key facilitators of temporary labor migration and perpetrators of exploitative practices.
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- Andrew Tam
- Plainsboro, NJ
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What makes an idea spread? Duration? Quality? Loudness?
In my Bioelectricity class this week, we talked about the propagation of electrical signals in the body. In the body, cells transmit action potentials (or "spikes") which propogate along the cell membranes of electrically excitable cells like neurons and muscles. However, these action potentials are only produced if the stimulus is of long enough duration, or of high enough amplitude. If signals are too weak, they instead dissipate as they decay in time and space. I was wondering: is the same true of the real world? If news spreads rapidly, is this reason to believe that the news is of of good quality? Is the spread of news proportional to the quality of it?
Feb 23 2012: I had great fun reading made to stick from Dan and Chip Heath ( http://www.heathbrothers.com/madetostick/ )
Spreading ideas are dependent on (according to the accronym they use in the book):
I feel inclined to agree that those are indeed good principles to think about when you want to spread ideas...
Bernd Fesel
Feb 23 2012: agreed - i recommend the following sequence:
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emotional stories are great AND credible if they provide the unexpected - concrete AND simple.
what do you think?Feb 24 2012: Hey Christophe,
Those six characteristics indeed seem like the ingredients needed for ideas to spread. I think "controversial" should be added to that list as well. For some reason, people like to argue!
Do you think there is a similar set of principles for people? Maybe the types of people the idea gets spread to also determines how far the idea will get spread.
Feb 24 2012: As for people, I would reffer to Nicholas Christakis talk:
The networked people spread more and faster. (You can identify them by Klout for example)
Other than that, I would think characteristics as charisma, leadership and popularity are signs that a person is influential.
though I don't have a real set of principles/characteristics/personality traits in mind.
Feb 25 2012: Thx for the tipp - great talk, but you are right: we rather learn about the characterics of a group than a person.
Nicholas Christakis inspires to modify the question: what does the network to make an idea spread?
And of course as TEDys we all know at least part of the answer and have experience. Nicholas should research us TEDys... would be great to see!Feb 25 2012: Thanks for that awesome TED talk! I had never really thought about it before, but I think its amazing how idea spreading finds some of its roots in our genetics!
Many of the points discussed in that talk have also been discussed here. Firstly, it reinforces the impact of emotions on the spread of ideas. Secondly, we see that the content of the idea does not matter as much as the network of friends that are spreading it.
The talk also references this "multicentric epidemic." Ideas don't have to blossom from one point of origin. The same idea can have its roots widely spread throughout the country, and through the network of people it is interconnected through, the idea will spread throughout those untouched areas.
Of course you should go watch this talk yourself, I don't think I did it enough justice. Thanks again for sharing!Feb 22 2012: it seems like for an idea to spread it has to have a lot of potential at its berth; that is, it has to relevant enough to grab peoples attention. then, once it has peoples attention, it has to be intriguing enough to convince people to further research the topic and spread the word among their peers. it seems like the most effective way of spreading information that is "true" is by word of mouth through face-to-face communication
Feb 23 2012: Exactly Kieran! Relevancy!Feb 23 2012: Hey Kieran,
I agree! Ideas spread by word of mouth and face to face communication always seem to be more credible. It seems that the further along an idea propagates through mediums such as the internet, the more the idea gets skewed and distorted.
Bernd Fesel
Feb 27 2012: Hi Andrew - I go with you that loudness is not quality of an idea. Spreading ideas - for how long to last and to endure opposition and change?
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My experience is that loud ideas with quick success are not the one which will last for 200 years. democracy never had a quick success.... and the internet needed some 20 years of pre-development before its break though came asf asf
My explanation is a learning in institutional economics: personal incentives are the motives and attractors to engage and to take on an idea - and thus spreading as a person. To discover that an idea has an incentive / advantage for me - that can take awhile.
Curious enough: If you are being told on TV that such and such idea is good for you - what do you do? You distrust and you are careful....one can easily see that mass media is not the solution to spreading ideas... personal networks of similiar minded people like TED or Dog-Lovers are more likely to generate the trust between persons - to make them spread and share ideas...
Feb 28 2012: Hey Bernd,
Maybe I'm kind of gullible, but I like to trust the things I see on TV. Of course if something just sounds ridiculous and too good to be true, its going to go over my head, but there are plenty of ideas that have been presented via mass media that seem credible.
Suppose most people are distrustful of the mass media: doesn't this give us reason to do our own research to figure out what is true? I think mass media does a great job with spreading ideas, or at least planting the seeds for an idea to be spread, regardless how correct or incorrect the ideas are. If we don't believe it, we will try to seek the truth, and if we do believe it, we might spread the word.
Feb 28 2012: This question reminds me of a concept in my signals class.
Two basic types of signals are digital signals and analog signals. Digital signals only have values at discrete moments in time, while analog signals are valued at every moment in time. One way of characterizing the way that a system will respond to a signal is to test its impulse response, or the way the system responds to a short pulse at the input. Analog systems tend to have infinite impulse responses, meaning that the response lasts for infinite time, while digital systems tend to have finite impulse responses.
If you'll pardon the electrical engineering jargon, I swear there's a metaphor for the spread of ideas through society in here somewhere. I think that discrete, digital signals are perhaps like ideas that seem to spread in discrete jumps, like through individual letters, articles, or broadcasts. This type of idea spreading is distinct from word-of-mouth, which I liken more to an analog system, in which the definition of each measurement is infinitely more refined. It is perhaps this resolution that carries the information out to infinity.
Stuart Woods
Feb 26 2012: I believe that longevity and impact of an idea is largely based on timing. I have seen examples of a great idea which launched with little interest only to come around again and become a hit. I think the recently trendy term 'Zeitgeist' might be the nearest useful concept to explain what I mean.
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Feb 28 2012: Stuart,
I have read many posts and what you state basically brings up the main point. So many of the different ways discussed all come down to timing.
There are so many variables to account for in order to spread an idea, and in the end to make it spread best you must take advantage of the timing to optimize your idea being spread.
Zeitgeist fits this idea perfectly!
Feb 28 2012: I think you guys are so right that the main variable in whether an idea propagates is the timing. In fact, it kind of goes back and mirrors the basis for Andrew's question. When we're talking about action potentials, timing is everything. Action potentials have a refractory period during which no amount of stimulation can produce another potential. I think ideas are very much like that. If society is completely unwelcoming to a new idea, the idea itself will never grow, let alone spread and propagate. But once we have that initial spark, there are a million other factors that can influence its development.
Rhona Pavis
Feb 25 2012: Andrew, perhaps you are familiar with the Markov chain statistical methodology. That may be helpful to you. Perhaps it is the truth of an idea that makes it spread. For example, it seems obvious that democracy is a better form of government than monarchy. Since the history of America has demonstrated that, thanks to improved communication, the world is beginning to catch on to the idea. Some dictators may still be hanging on, but it is clear that their end is near. Power to the positive. I believe the most important quality of an idea is the truth of it. Truth has power. Come to think of it, I may be wrong about that. When I think about the nonsense many religions contain, I observe that truth is not their main concern. In fact one of the large religions of the world tells their members that their God wants them to lie to nonmembers of the religion. Perhaps what makes their ideas spread is brainwashing children from the day they are born to believe what the brainwashed adults want them to believe. These religions are more concerned with controlling people, than respecting their members to have their own beliefs and experiences. Oh, well. Thank you, Andrew, for causing me to think about this issue. Happy Today.
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Feb 25 2012: Hey Rhona,
I think you bring to light a very interesting issue. I agree that truth has power, and that those things which are true tend to spread more easily. However, truth itself is difficult to work with because it can sometimes be relative - we may think something is true because we agree with it and would like to think it true, regardless of whether or not it actually is true. For example, suppose some recent study showed that watching television improves health. There are going to be people that say, alright I love watching television, and then spread the word to friends. And then there will be those that think the idea kind of silly, and in turn won't spread it around.
Essentially, this seems to boil down to not the truth in the ideas, how we as people react to them, and the truth that we perceive in them. Like Fritzie's comment about rumors - in order for them to spread, it doesn't really matter that they are true. Those who think that the rumor could potentially be true are likely to spread the word, while those that don't are not.
Feb 25 2012: Andrew, Your statement about tv and truth. It is possible that watching tv is healthy for certain types of people and unhealthy for others, depending on what type of physical or psychological issues they have. If truth were more highly valued in our society, perhaps it would be used more. I believe that, if everyone sought and expressed truth on a regular basis, that in itself would be a powerful and quick solution to approximately 100% of the world's problems. I believe in truth, love and joy as the key to health, happiness, success and all good things for everyone.
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Feb 24 2012: Yup, that's very true; there doesn't really seem to be a relation between spread of news and its quality -- this seems to vary on a case by case basis. However, I do think that this is true: that the ideas we seek are of greater quality than those that are just blasted to us through media.
Would you say that we play a larger role in spreading an idea than the idea itself does?Feb 22 2012: hello Andrew,
An idea is not an fire to be spread ...........it is just an force that attracts people............an idea fascinates people because of its awesome content that cannot be countered with any disapproval.........
Feb 23 2012: Hey Aditya,
You make an interesting point. It sounds like you are saying people gravitate towards ideas as opposed to ideas gravitating towards people. What is it about the idea that makes it so fascinating to begin with though?
Andrew Kiang
Feb 27 2012: I agree that the quality of "loudness", or being immediately impactful is key. When something unexpected happens, like a car crash on the street, people tend to stop and stare since it is not something they are used to seeing in real life. It must be something interesting to the observer. A new scientific discovery may be hard to grasp for most, and the effort might not be made to consume it and propagate it to others. In Ramachandrian's related talk, he speaks about mirror neurons allowing early civilization to advance their skills quickly. Making fire and learning language was probably interesting enough to most then so that those ideas spread very quickly. Loud, interesting news is not always quality though. We need to discern that for ourselves.Feb 28 2012: Hey Andrew!!!!!!
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I waited until the last minute to post for two reasons: 1. It slipped my mind that I also have to respond to yours even though we discussed it thoroughly offline and 2. It would be best to observe how our similar questions would spread.
Just from this week's observation, I feel that an idea spreads through group effort and empathy. I stated in my conversation that "idea production requires a group effort in which we all stimulate production and discussion like with neurons firing. The only way you can measure a signal or response is if multiple neurons within the same area are firing not just one because of all the noise that can distort a single low amplitude signal." This applies for how ideas spread not only in the production. It takes many people to empathize and start discussions to propagate ideas. I have always focused on how I relate to an idea and made it very personal but the group dynamic is so important.Feb 28 2012: I would say rapid news equals important news. Velocity proportional to importance.
I think if you see the Earth as a "body" with it's signals as news, there's one thing that isn't in the body, that exists on Earth, and that's the ability for human to fight for it. If you really wanna spread an idea in reality, it's all about your will to spread it.
How badly you want it out, how good you are at making it a big deal, and talking about it to as many people as possible. Schools, lectures, medias, etc. That's something I don't yet know if the body can do : Take a weak signal (Here representing an idea that isn't paid attention to) amplify it (make it commercialised) and then reality has a factor I'm not sure if the body has: The will and act of spreading it, eventhough it isn't a "strong signal"Feb 28 2012: As much as I'd like to say that it is quality that people are interested in, I think the loudness of an idea Is what makes an idea spread. An equivalent is the explosion of viral videos. There is a reason why a video of a woman falling over in a tub of grapes while making jam has more views than a violin concerto at Carnegie Hall. As beautiful as a concerto is, there is something about watching a woman fall into a tub of grapes. It makes people laugh and then immediately send the link around to their friends, and chances are, the friends watch the entirety of the video. The loudness factor is entrenched in the effect it has on people. It has a distinct, drastic effect of laughter and happiness that causes it to spread. An idea that directly stimulates, quite often with loudness and "brightness," is often what gets spread.Feb 28 2012: I found this talk to be especially relevant: http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html
Here Kevin Allocca explains why youtube videos go viral: 1) tastemakers, 2) communities of participation, and 3) unexpectedness.
As an example of a tastemaker, he describes Jimmy Kimmel's tweet of the Double Rainbow video and how this tweet is the reason for a sudden spike in views. Similarly, Rebecca Black's Friday "sprouted up out of nowhere" months after the upload. His reason for this is also explained by groups of tastemakers sharing the video on social media sites. He also gives examples of community participation and unexpectedness as vehicles for making youtube videos go viral.
"these are characteristics of a new kind of media and a new kind of culture, where anyone has access and the audience defines the popularity"
Feb 28 2012: When I read the statement the first question I asked myself was exactly that. Why did Rebecca Black's video "Friday" spread like wild fire, while there are plenty of other youtube videos that go unnoticed. Now with modern media bringing news to the public at faster rates then was capable previously it is easier than ever for ideas to spread. However, even so, there is no formula for spreading an idea as if there were, advertising agencies would all use it. I agree with many of the other comments on this thread as to the fact that timing is a major contributor to whether an idea spreads. More specifically whether or not the audience or a critical mass is ready intellectually to accept what you are going to tell them. For example, historically, especially in the sciences, there has been a resistance to new schools of thought that challenge any accepted model. Often times years pass before an old model can be replaced by a new way of thinking as usually it is at that point that the evidence is irrefutable and the idea has gained enough support to convert the entire scientific community to the new way of thinking.Feb 28 2012: A thing is true in so far it is knowable (Ontological Truth). Truth is intellect in conformity with reality. The quality of an idea which comes with the truth makes an idea to spread.Feb 28 2012: I'm convinced ideas spread quickly because of the perceived quality or relevance to both broadcasters and recipients. I also think that mass media outlets like radio, tv etc have the ability to influence and perhaps even skew our perception of what ideas are the most credible, relevant and impactful.Feb 28 2012: If I had to choose one out of the three, it would have to be quality. People are interested, enjoy, and are willing to put time into things that they are not accustomed to. This depends on the originality, creativity, and personal factors that vary between people. However, all three definitely do play a role. The overarching theme in how ideas spread, however, is the timing. This can make or break whether the idea flourishes or is never again revisited.
A perfect example here is WikiLeaks. In a time when the world was unstable, and trust in government was a major issue, Assange was able to get the whole world on board in uncovering hidden truths, something which could not be fathomed beforehand. Although WikiLeaks is high quality material, and it was "loud," I think timing was the biggest factor in how quickly it spread.Feb 28 2012: I do like to believe that loudness and quality are relative. If it isn't intended for that particular neuron or muscle, then I doubt it would be loud or high quality enough.
I believe this to be true in the real world also. If news hits me and I don't care about it or I can't do anything about it from where I am, then it wouldn't be as loud to me as it would be to someone who is nearer or someone who can do anything about it.
If I were to move my finger, signals are sent to those particular muscles and even if they reach my muscles for moving my toes, it wouldn't move them because the signal wouldn't be loud enough.Feb 28 2012: I found your blog site on google and examine a few of your early posts. Proceed to maintain up the excellent operate. I just further up your RSS feed to my MSN Information Reader. Searching for forward to studying more from you in a while!...http://www.howiesfurniture.net/index.htmlFeb 28 2012: Loudness at the onset, but in the long run the quality does help in the long run. One important factor is from where it originates ? If from the developed Nations, it spreads faster, people lap it up, and on second thought and on reflection they examine it, and here the quality counts for it to sustain for longer period.
Feb 28 2012: To synthesize Bernd's and your points, it seems that the loudness of an idea determines the speed of its propagation and the quality determines its steady-state acceptance. For example, as Bernd points out, democracy was not quickly accepted, but now, in much of the developed world, it is the prevalent system.Feb 27 2012: Some others:
It's ability to find a receptive audience to resonate.
It's ability to be communicated easily
It's value to the audience - frequency of relevance and degree of relevance
It's compatibly with media and channels of communication.
It's simplicity, it's label, or bringing the complex to its more easily communicated essence . Think Big Bang = simple explanatory tag for a very complex concept
The language. Suggest English may propagate more than some obscure local dialect.
All the tipping point principles.
How it makes people feel when they retransmit
How people feel when they hear the idea - does it embed.Feb 27 2012: May be every idea has a sensational intensity. It may be both good or bad but it should be able to create an intense sensation in the minds of the receiver . Since all of us are socially connected with people whom we know share our beliefs or just share it for the sake of passing something that we felt intensely about, it gets spread. The susceptibility of different persons also differ and hence stories that excite a sports fan may not work on someone more interested in something like consciousness biology and so on. So we also need to refine spreading amongst what category of interest groups.
The sharing which has become so powerful with the advent of the web, things like the tamil Kolaveri song has seen such violent spread it took most by storm. There is so much peer pressure also in subscribing to a "cult".Feb 27 2012: it depends on if you would believe the idea would solve a problem which you recognise from your own life.
If theres an 'idea worth spreading' that's none of my business -> I won't spread it.
If theres an idea I don't believe will solve the problem -> I won't spread it.
If the problem solves something that I'm not bothered by -> I won't spread it.
Just try to figure it out by going through all different ideas that you don't want to spread.... the only way for things to spread is when others also believe it is worth spreading
Feb 28 2012: Hey RIchard, I would have to agree with you completely! If I don't believe in something I'm not going to spread it. This fits into the whole idea of relatability - that we are likely to spread and believe in an idea if we can connect to it at the personal level.
Manue M
Feb 27 2012: I think we could look at two things:
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- how very bad ideas, not worth spreading still spread
And then look at what aspects are shared by those two perspectives.
I believe that good and bad ideas can spread fast by:
- being presented by a charismatic person
- when it is cheap, easy to apply and promises fast positive results
-when it is presented at the right time, when people need it... I believe that there are many great avant gardists ideas that are trying to spread but time will have to pass until people are ready and it becomes viral.Feb 26 2012: Three things are required for an idea to spread:
Novelty - The idea must be original in some way.
Relevance - The idea must amplify the moment.
Harmony - The idea must be symbiotic, i.e. beneficial for both the messengers and the recipients.
Feb 27 2012: Hi James,
I agree with your parameters for idea to be worth spreading. I believe they can be categorized into the quality aspect to makes an idea spread. A idea that has good quality basically will have long duration and speaks loud for itself.Feb 26 2012: 1. RELEVANCE
If i have a brilliant idea about how to capture simba, the lion that has been devouring our goats, am sure none of you will read past the heading. Same for some one who will post some thing that i feel has no relevance to me. that chain hits a dead end with me.
The more relevant the idea the more receptive i will be and the more likely i am to spread that idea.
Well if i made a ted talk or posted my brilliant idea here, i would be using an effective means of communication but targeting the wrong audience. thereby making this particular mode ineffective. a smoke signal would be much more effective.Feb 26 2012: Uniqueness, importance, potential and certainty.
How this idea is different to other ideas.
How important is it to implement this idea
How much potential does the idea have
and how certain does the presenter feel about it working.
Feb 28 2012: Hey Mike,
Thanks for contributing! I'm glad you brought up that last point. It seems that all your other points are dependent on that last one: If someone cannot present an idea clearly or confidently to begin with, then those other points may not even matter. On their own, however, those other points definitely factor into the spreading of an idea.
Feb 28 2012: That's true, how can you influence someone if you haven't been yourself?Feb 25 2012: I think what makes an idea spread is ultimately quality: how 'true' it is, and also how timeless it is
There are ideas that have been around forever--religion, love, friendship...That's why Shakespeare has always been (and I think will always be) popular-- his ideas never get old.
In terms of how 'true' it is, even though I don't believe that anything can be proved to be absolutely true, there are things that everyone experiences, and the truth in something develops out of that. Ultimately I think an ideas' merit is what makes it propagate-- loudness doesnt matter-- in fact, loudness often goes ignored.
Mark Roy
Feb 25 2012: I think what makes an idea spread is it's gravity, timing and how relatable it is. E=mc2 spread and stuck because it was true, useful and it affected a lot of people. The Jeremy Lin phenomena spread because he provided a spark for a desperate basketball franchise (timing/gravity) and people could relate to his story.
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Rumors have no gravity and "decay in time and space". They are usually unrelatable and have no gravity.
And how are relatable and relatability not words?? Using them anyway...
Feb 28 2012: You bring up a good point about the "relatability" of an idea. When I read your comment initially, I was inclined to disagree with it. My first thought was that some ideas (negative ones, especially) are not relatable to the people who are forced to accept them. For example, consider communism in the old Soviet Union. It was an idea that the entire population was expected to subscribe to, under threat of incarceration and physical violence. However, the citizens themselves certainly did not relate to the tenets of communism. The general population merely pretended to support the oppressive regime to avoid incarceration.
After some further thought, though, I came to the conclusion that a person can relate to an idea without agreeing with it. That is, due to the series of circumstances surrounding the idea, the idea can become relevant and significant to a person who would not normally be opposed to it. I suppose one could term this phenomenon "forced relatability." Or, to make a film reference, perhaps "inception" is the appropriate term.Feb 25 2012: In ancient times, ideas went as far as the demagogue could shout. This changed in the 20th century. Amplified by technology, Hitler and other technocrats extended the traditional range of the demagogue with terrifying results. The answers are all around you.Feb 24 2012: An idea spreads well if it rewards the carrier when he spreads it.Feb 23 2012: Nowadays, with so many information brought to us by the mass media we have lost sensibility.
For example: almost every day we watch on TV images of tragedies around the world. After we see so much of that it comes to a point when we don´t get so shocked, although we know that is horrible what we are watching.
That´s what happens with stories and ideas. These days, it has to be something unusual and uncommon to draw attention.
It has to capture attention, even if it is for just a especific audience.
Feb 24 2012: Hey Joao,
You are definitely right about the mass media. Its just bad news after bad news after bad news, and for some reason, this stuff attracts everyone's attention! Does science pertain to a smaller sized audience? Maybe there is some kind of relationship between marketability and kinds of ideas that get spread.
Feb 25 2012: Hi Andrew,
"Does science pertain to a smaller sized audience?"
Asking to your question: Unfortunately, it does.
People get a kind of education through TV wich is getting even more futile day after day. Therefore, people get "educated" according to TV and their preferences get shaped in base of what they see.
Science isn´t that much entertaining (although is very interesting) so TV stations just brings commercial stuff, that serves their (TV stations) interests - gain audiences.
People get used to that type of programmes and starts to rejects what they don´t usually watch - science. It´s a vicious cycle.
Plus, it´s hard to a person that barely reads books to watch something related to science.
I´ve seen very interesting and bombastic news about science that have been shown just for a day.
It´s really a shame that to be good news, isn´t enough that the news is just good and interesting.
Feb 25 2012: We discovered meteorites in the antarctic with fragments of DNA in it which couldn't have come from Earth. We found a serious indicator that life was seeded on earth billions of years ago by asteroid bombardment. Where were the news reports? I saw nothing on TV. And yet, we all know Whitney Houston died, how she died and an enormous amount of energy has gone into this solitary death.
Modern media is a sham.Feb 26 2012: "Nowadays, with so many information brought to us by the mass media we have lost sensibility."
What would be the preferred reaction to such horrible events? What should we do instead? Is the issue at hand to reduce the information we receive? Do we prefer to live in ignorance? Or do you think we should be affected by such news? I agree that we should aim to do something to prevent man-made tragedies, but natural tragedies are a necessity in order to prevent overpopulation. And in regards to our reaction to man-made tragedies, I think our reaction should not be that of sympathy or sadness, but to question ourselves: "what can we do to contribute and prevent such tragedies in the future?" If we choose to ignore these tragedies, then it is only fair to be treated the same way if we are part of such tragedies.
Feb 26 2012: No news = No business for media !
I have seen the most despicable things get airtime on media. and they perpetuate and dwell on extreemly inferior things making a big deal out of nothing. read desperation.this coupled with the fact that most of these companies are owned by the same group of people advancing a particular agenda.
I think that its incumbent on us to choose media that not only keeps us informed but also adds value to our lives.Feb 26 2012: I'm not saying that we should ignore those tragedies. In fact, I even told that we know how horrible they are.
I´m saying that mass media brings us lot of useless, futile and sometimes stupid information. With so much information we can´t filter what´s important and what´s worth our attention. And so, often, important and interesting news goes unnoticed.
Andrew Tam
Feb 28 2012: Additionally, we don't really get the chance to filter information as media has already done the filtering for us. Thus, we are left with already filtered information to try to pick from, meaning we are exposed to an even smaller subset off all the information that is really out there.
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To make things worse, many people probably think that the news presents us with the most "important" information, and therefore don't go digging around for information themselves.
The mass media is primarily how ideas spread, but the mass media also fails to spread much scientific news, such as the discovery mentioned by Spencer.
Perhaps we should figure out how to get science a bigger spot in the news reel? Ideas in the news reel are already the filtered ones that have been chosen as "good ideas." Thus, the mere presence of science in the mass media may be a huge factor in getting the ideas to spread.Feb 28 2012: It's especially true that science is often digested for the general public by the media and unfortunately, the information is often sensationalized. Oftentimes, as mentioned in Ben Goldacre's TED talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.html) on battling bad science, there is a lot of misinformation out there that most people are not even aware of. I almost feel that, unfortunately, it is the dramatic interpretation of a research study rather than the actual finding that is being spread. In short, it's what the media perceives that the public will relate to that will initially spread like wildfire.
Feb 23 2012: Could it be "WHO" is spreading the idea?
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Feb 24 2012: That's a key point Mary! Hearing an idea come from a role-model would definitely make me more inclined to believe and spread the idea amongst others. On the other hand, if I hear from someone who I have no reason to believe is credible, chances are I won't spread the word.Feb 23 2012: It seems as though the more distant communication gets, the more distorted it gets because you can't completely convey emotions except through face-to-face conversation.
Feb 24 2012: Yup, I agree Kieran, that's definitely one way for ideas to get distorted, but it seems more accidental. I feel like most of the distortion that occurs often occurs intentionally, as in the case of making a story more interesting in order to attract more viewers.Feb 23 2012: When you ask whether it is the quality of an idea that determines whether it spreads or how far, I think it is not the quality in the way most people consider that term. There have been ideas that did not spread because they were before their time. On the other end, rumors (true or false) about celebrities have a way of spreading widely without satisfying the usual definition of quality.
Feb 23 2012: Hey Fritzie,
You make a good point about rumors, and how they seem to satisfy a different kind of "quality." How do you think we can give scientific research the same kind of "quality," which would allow it to spread just as rapidly as rumors?
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Feb 23 2012: As you live in the US, you know that at least here, scientific information also spreads easily if it is on subjects that interest people and can be described in terms people understand. For example, findings that appear to offer avenues to better health or that suggest threats to human health, often make their way rapidly into popular news.
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One challenge with scientific information is how it is interpreted or described to capture people's interest. This can include magnification of potential threats, such as doomsday scenarios with little credibility among experts related to the large hadron collider, or in the same area of science, the labeling of the Higgs boson as the "God particle," when it has nothing to do with religion.
Feb 24 2012: Ya, it seems to be all in the way that we twist things. Labeling ideas with names that appeal to all sorts of people kind of conceals the idea, as people are struck by the name first. This is definitely a good way to bait people into reading an idea that they might have otherwise not been interested in.Feb 25 2012: I have the experience with labeling also - my learning: choose a label which emotionally communicates. First curiosity or anger, than facts or informations.
Of course one should not misuse it - like "god particle".
In Germany we have a large debate if Facebook is such a misleading label... it is more like "faceselling" or "privacy-sales". Still I am a heavy user of Facebook, please do not misunderstand me
The label "facebook" is in my view 99% of the success of spreacing this social network. We interviewed some artists also on this, Transmediale Berlin: http://www.labkultur.tv/en/video/facebook-and-transmediale-your-face-oursFeb 23 2012: It has to be free,if not it has to be cheap.


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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus neoformans has been isolated from several sites in nature, particularly weathered pigeon droppings. Cryptococcus gatti was previously only associated with tropical and subtropical regions, however, more recently this organism has also been found to be endemic in British Columbia and among the Pacific Northwest United States, and is associated with several different trees species.
Infection is usually acquired via the pulmonary route. Patients are often unaware of any exposure history. Approximately half of the patients with symptomatic disease have a predisposing immunosuppressive condition such as AIDS, steroid therapy, lymphoma, or sarcoidosis. Symptoms may include fever, headache, dizziness, ataxia, somnolence, and cough. While the majority of Cryptococcus neoformans infections occur in immunocompromised patient populations, Cryptococcus gattii is has a higher predilection for infection of healthy hosts.(1,2)
In addition to the lungs, cryptococcal infections frequently involve the central nervous system (CNS), particularly in patients infected with HIV. Mortality among patients with CNS cryptococcosis may approach 25% despite antibiotic therapy. Untreated CNS cryptococcosis is invariably fatal. Disseminated disease may affect any organ system and usually occurs in immunosuppressed individuals.
Note: According to the College of American Pathologists (CAP, IMM.41840), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples submitted for initial diagnosis which test positive by the lateral flow assay should also be submitted for routine fungal culture. Fungal cultures are not required for CSF samples which are submitted to monitor Cryptococcus antigen titers during treatment.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
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Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
The presence of cryptococcal antigen in any body fluid (serum or cerebrospinal fluid: CSF) is indicative of cryptococcosis.
Disseminated infection is usually accompanied by a positive serum test.
Declining titers may indicate regression of infection. However, monitoring titers to cryptococcal antigen should not be used as a test of cure or to guide treatment decisions. Low-level titers may persist for extended periods of time following appropriate therapy and resolution of infection.(3,4)
CSF specimens submitted for initial diagnosis, which test positive by the lateral flow assay, should also be submitted for routine fungal culture. Culture can aid to differentiate between the 2 common Cryptococcus species causing disease (Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii) and can be used for antifungal susceptibility testing, if necessary. CSF specimens submitted to monitor antigen levels during treatment do not need to be cultured.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
A traumatic lumbar puncture and contamination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen with serum may lead to a positive Cryptococcus antigen result from CSF in patients without neuroinvasive cryptococcosis.
Cryptococcus antigen titers acquired by the lateral flow assay may be higher than titers achieved by other Cryptococcus antigen assays. Titers acquired by different assay methods are not interchangeable.
Cryptococcus antigen titers should be followed using the same assay.
A positive result is indicative of cryptococcosis, however all test results should be reviewed in light of other clinical findings.
A negative result does not preclude diagnosis of cryptococcosis, particularly if only a single specimen has been tested and the patient shows symptoms consistent with cryptococcosis.
Testing should not be performed as a screening procedure for the general populations and should only be performed when clinical evidence suggests the diagnosis of cryptococcal disease.
Although rare, extremely high concentrations of cryptococcal antigen can result in weak test lines and in extreme instances, yield negative test results.
This assay has not been evaluated for cross-reactivity in patients with trichosporonosis.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
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2. Chen S, Sorrell T, Nimmo G, et al: Epidemiology and host- and variety-dependent characteristics of infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Cyrptococcoal Study Group. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31(2):499-505
3. Lu H, Zhou Y, Yin Y, et al: Cryptococcal antigen test revisited: significance for cryptococcal meningitis therapy monitoring in a tertiary Chinese hospital. J Clin Microbiol 2005 June;43(6):2989-2990
4. Perfect JR, Dismukes WE, Dromer F, et al: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease: 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2010;50:291-322
5. Warren NG, Hazen KC: Candida, Cryptococcus, and other yeasts of medical importance. In Manual of Clinical Microbiology. Seventh edition. Edited by PR Murray. Washington DC. ASM Press, 1999, pp 1184-1199


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The headline pretty much tells the story here, doesn't it? Is this some hijacking (no pun intended) of the US Airways Twitter account by a rogue employee, or simply a fuck-up? (Very Not Safe For Work image below.)
@USAirways actually tweeted the photo out twice, and it's still there as of this writing. The photo was originally tweeted to American Airlines:
So what probably happened is some social media moron at US Airways tried to copy and paste the American Airlines tweet to a friend but instead tweeted it at some frustrated customers.
Update (3:27 p.m.): US Airways responds:
We apologize for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We've removed the tweet and are investigating.
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Everyone who completes the challenge will be able to enter a raffle to receive a signed copy of the 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition that I edited. The book contains more than 200 pages of articles on the business of writing, thousands of publishing opportunities, a one-year subscription to WritersMarket.com (which lists more than 8,000 publishing opportunities, updated throughout the year), and access to an exclusive webinar I did on platform building. In other words, it's a pretty helpful resource.
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Just show up and complete each activity by noon on May 3. When you complete an activity, just comment on that particular post that you're done (and feel free to leave any extra comments as well).
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Edinson Volquez worked seven shutout innings as the San Diego Padres downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Petco Park.
Volquez (11-11) allowed six hits and struck out four to pick up his fourth win in six starts. It is Volquez's highest season win total since he won 17 games with the Cincinnati Reds in 2008.
"Everything is working," said Volquez. "My fastball command is better, my curve, my changeup, everything is better."
Houston Street allowed one run in the ninth, but stranded two runners to notch his 23rd save of the season.
Yasmani Grandal drove in a run for the Padres, who have won two in a row.
Josh Beckett (1-3) was tagged for two runs -- one earned -- on five hits while fanning seven in the loss.
Luis Cruz went 3-for-4 and A.J. Ellis drove in the only run for the Dodgers, who trail the St. Louis Cardinals by 4 1/2 games for the final NL wild card spot.
The Padres scored one run in both the fourth and fifth innings. With runners on the corners, Grandal tapped a grounder back to Beckett, allowing Forsythe to score in the fourth.
Will Venable scored when Beckett's throw on Everth Cabrera's bunt-single skipped past Adrian Gonzalez at first base.
The Dodgers pulled within 2-1 in the ninth when Ellis doubled home Cruz. Nick Punto followed with a sacrifice bunt to move Dee Gordon, who replaced Ellis on the bases, and Mark Ellis walked to put runners on the corners.
Street, however, struck out Andre Ethier and got Matt Kemp to fly out to end the game.
"Beckett pitched another great game, the bullpen did a great job and we couldn't score runs the way we should have," said Kemp. "It's kind of the same thing every time."
San Diego is 66-1 when leading after eight innings ... The Padres have won 12
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APM Terminals' Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) at the northern end of the waterway will be the largest on the Mediterranean, according to the terminal operator.
Ocean carrier MSC said it will divert cargo destined for Hodeidah to the Port of Aden after airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition caused major damage to port infrastructure.
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