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I made a couple of versions; one, I made with the light bulb lying on it's side, the second style is standing upright with an led candle as a stand.
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- glycerine
- distilled water/ or just boiled and cooled tap water
- led candle
- cork
- bottle cap that can fit the neck of the light bulb
- clear silicone (aquarium) sealant, or waterproof glue (see step 8 with regards to glue)
- pliers
- screwdriver or knife
- tweezers
- steel wool or a kitchen scrubby
- old sock (to protect hands when dismantling light bulb)
- egg carton -this makes a great stand while you are working on the light bulb
For snow I used egg shells. Just hard boil an egg. Remove shell (peel off that thin membrane and discard, it will stick to the glass, not good), and crush into small pieces with a spoon.
I am not sure how old this is, I am seeing comments from 4-5 years ago, but now they have light bulbs in craft stores, plastic and glass. the ends are like lids. will be easier than taking ends off real light bulbs
Thanks for posting, that is helpful to know. Taking apart a light bulb is not a particularly fun task.
I also had some issues with taking apart the lightbulb. Apparently they are a built for eternity around here. After removing the metal parts I got a fully enclosed odd shaped glass blob.
I managed to cut off the end with the string and nailpolish method. Worked like charm. http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-cut-beer-bottle-half-without-knife-162830/
I hollowed out the lightbulb like they did in here, and to make the lightbulb inside, I used silver and yellow polymer clay, which when you bake becomes waterproof. For the base, we had some other snowglobe bases and rubber stoppers lying around from fixing someone elses snow globe so i used those and I attached the clay lightbulb up there by putting it on top of a screw. Any questions?
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Officers' Wives Club Excludes Lesbian Army Wife
The legally married same-sex spouse of an active duty Army lieutenant colonel has alleged discrimination for rejection in joining a social support organization for the spouses of officers. Ashley Broadway, spouse to Lt. Col. Heather Mack, has been denied entry to the Association of Fort Bragg Officers' Spouses, with a Dec. 20 meeting bringing no resolution.
Advocates at the American Military Partner Association and the OutServe-SLDN (formerly Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) have vowed to put pressure on the leadership and the Pentagon to enact consistent rules across the military.
"I think there are two things that are important for Ashley," OutServe-SLDN's Zeke Stokes told EDGE. "First is, she wants to be rightfully included in the spouses group, just as any other military spouse would be. They are legally married in state where they can be, and according to the existing bylaws, she fits every category of the rules. And second, she doesn't want any other servicemembers' families to have to experience what she's had to experience with this group -- not at Fort Bragg, or anywhere across the country."
The Association of Fort Bragg Officers' Spouses is a private, not-for-profit group over which the military does not have command authority. However, the commanding general at Fort Bragg must approve its annual bylaws and give the group permission to operate on the base.
The association initially told Ashley that she "did not qualify" for membership in the group because she does not have a military ID card, currently only available to opposite-sex spouses. But that requirement was not listed in the group's bylaws.
"Ashley has been denied membership to the spouses' group, and they are currently blaming this on her lack of a dependent ID card, which they know she cannot get as a same-sex spouse," AMPA's Lauren Lamoly told EDGE. "As you are probably aware, the Fort Bragg Association of Officer's Spouses did not make this ID card a requirement of membership until Ashley applied."
Broadway and Mack have been together for more than 15 years. "For 13-plus of those years, Ashley was a dedicated, but invisible, partner," AMPA's Lauren Lamoly said. "She was the 'roommate,' the 'friend' and the last to know if anything were to happen to Heather while she served our country."
Once OutServe-SLDN and AMPA became involved, the situation began to garner media attention. The association said in a statement that it had finally agreed to review its policy "in response to recent interest in the membership requirements of our organization.
"This will be our first opportunity for our board to discuss the issue since it has been brought to our attention. We intend to review the request in a timely manner," the Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses Dec. 8 statement added.
Soon after, AMPA and OutServe-SLDN released a statement announcing that the Fort Bragg Garrison Commander Colonel Jeffrey Sanborn would meet with Broadway on Dec. 20 to address the discrimination.
"By agreeing to this meeting, the post leadership is affirming that, indeed, it does have a role to play when a family in its community is treated unfairly by a group that holds itself out as representative of all military families," read the statement. "Ashley looks forward to discussing not only the challenges her family has faced, but those faced by other same-sex military families in the Fort Bragg community. We continue to urge Colonel Sanborn and Commanding General Daniel Allyn to use their considerable influence to remedy this situation for Ashley and pave the way for all military families at Fort Bragg to be treated with fairness, dignity, and equity."
EDGE spoke with Stokes and Lamoly on the morning after the Dec. 20 meeting. Both expressed anger with the lack of a firm resolution.
For Stokes, the only positive outcome of the meeting was that the garrison commander offered to set up yet another meeting, this one between Broadway and the members of the spouses' group. The commander also vowed to let Broadway share with base leadership some of the challenges common to all LGBT military families, not only at Fort Bragg, but across the country.
"The bottom line is, they should have had a solution to this when Ashley walked in the door yesterday," said Stokes. "The leadership says he can't force the group to do anything, but the commander general has a tremendous influence, and if they wanted to, they could have solved this already."
Broadway "clearly qualifies," Stokes added. The commanding general should, Stokes said, "pick up the phone and tell them that he is uncomfortable for his military families to be treated unequally; there is no need for another meeting."
OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson called the meeting "yet another delay tactic" by the Fort Bragg command, and demanded that Allyn resolve the situation.
"Our families don't need more meetings; they need leadership," said Robinson. "We need Lieutenant General Daniel Allyn, the commanding general at Fort Bragg, to use his command influence to bring this discrimination to an end immediately and ensure that Ashley and other same-sex spouses are treated equally in his community."
Robinson renewed her call for the Pentagon to end its two years of silence on issues affecting LGBT military families, including benefits that may be extended to them immediately by the Department of Defense without conflicting with the Defense of Marriage Act. OutServe-SLDN has enumerated these benefits to the Secretary to Defense through a series of communications since January 2011.
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Recap | BoxscoreBucs earn share of A-Sun title; Defeat Mercer, 6-1
Sunday, April 03, 2011
MACON, Ga. (April 2, 2011) - Following a strong performance against Kennesaw State yesterday, the ETSU men's tennis team finished the weekend with a perfect record after defeating Mercer, 6-1, Saturday afternoon in the final A-Sun regular season contest of the year. In addition, the victory earned the Bucs a share of the A-Sun regular season championship.
With the victory, the Bucs move to 15-6 on the season and 9-1 in the A-Sun, while Mercer falls to 7-11 and 4-5 in the A-Sun. ETSU has now won the A-Sun regular season crown in five of the last six seasons. The Bucs finished in a tie with UNF for the top spot in the league standings.
"Obviously none of the matches this year have been easy, because the conference has a lot of parity," said ETSU Director of Tennis Yaser Zaatini. "Everybody thinks they can shoot us down and they are very close to doing that. We are struggling to win at several positions and there are a lot of three set matches where two or three years ago we were able to dominate and win easily, but nowadays it's a thing of the past."
The Bucs got off to a strong start in doubles play after earning victories in all three matches. Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) picked up the first win by knocking off Fernando Armendaris and Guilherme Frias, 8-4, at the No. 3 position. ETSU clinched the doubles point at the No. 1 spot as Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) and Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) defeated Peter Tauchner and Evandro Rosindo, 8-6. Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) and Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) closed out doubles play with a hard fought 9-8 win over Pierre Tafelski and David Barton at the No. 2 position.
ETSU kept the momentum rolling into singles play as Bandres earned a quick 6-0, 6-3 win over Tauchner at the No. 3 position, putting the Bucs up 2-0. Just minutes later, Bottoni extended the ETSU lead as he blanked Rosindo at the No. 4 position, 6-0, 6-0.
The Bucs clinched the match at the No. 1 position when Gille defeated Tafelski in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.
Ramirez and freshman Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela) closed out singles play with tough three set victories. Ramirez defeated Armendaris, 6-7, 6-3, 10-5, while Varon edged Barton, 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.
"The guys need to understand that and they need to put in the work in the future in order for us to regain our position in the conference," said Zaatini. "The guys need to just work hard and prepare for the conference tournament."
The Bucs will take some time off before competing at the A-Sun Tournament in DeLand, Florida later this month. ETSU will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament due to tiebreaker rules.
For more information on the ETSU men's tennis team please go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's tennis link. Also, be sure to follow ETSU Athletics on Facebook and Twitter.
ETSU 6, Mercer 1
Singles Results
1. Sander Gille (ETSU) def. Pierre Tafelski (Mercer), 6-3, 6-1
2. Juan Ramirez (ETSU) def. Fernando Armendaris (Mercer), 6-7, 6-3, 10-5
3. Jesus Bandres (ETSU) def. Peter Tauchner (Mercer), 6-0, 6-3
4. Charles Bottoni (ETSU) def. Evandro Rosindo (Mercer), 6-0, 6-0
5. Guilherme Frias (Mercer) def. Roger Ordeig (ETSU), 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
6. Jorge Varon (ETSU) def. David Barton (Mercer), 6-7, 6-3, 10-8
Doubles Results
1. Teraz and Bottoni (ETSU) def. Tauchner and Rosindo (Mercer), 8-6
2. Gille and Bandres (ETSU) def. Tafelski and Barton (Mercer), 9-8
3. Ramirez and Akser (ETSU) def. Armendaris and Frias (Mercer), 8-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2) Singles (3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2)
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As for the midrange, when playing with a ROC, its pretty much my most overstable midrange in the bag. maybe get another ROC but get it in one of the harder plastics like the KC Pro or DX and by one that's 180g. That should help add stability...
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Long before Newt Gingrich became speaker of the House, his closest Republican allies knew he was a managerial disaster, a mercurial force of nature who bubbled with ideas but lacked discipline. Their assessment explains why many Republicans who have dealt with Gingrich over the years exhibit almost feral anxiety about what a Gingrich general-election campaign—let alone, a presidency—would be like.
Gingrich spent his first 10 years in Congress as a powerful gadfly, a voice from the bleachers heckling Democrats and his own GOP leadership. In 1989, he decided he would move inside the tent by seeking the No. 2 post in the GOP leadership, minority whip.
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The contest pitted Gingrich against then-Minority Leader Bob Michel's handpicked choice, Rep. Ed Madigan, who, like Michel, hailed from Illinois. Madigan was the face of the moderate old guard, Gingrich the leader of the brash conservatives who earlier had formed the Conservative Opportunity Society.
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Gingrich knew he needed a capable campaign ally who could do something he couldn't—manage the race and accurately count votes. Gingrich chose Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota, a charter member of the conservative group. Weber imposed one condition: If Gingrich won, Weber would have the power to appoint all of the new whip's staff. He wanted to buffer Republican members from the turmoil that Gingrich as a party leader would unleash. "I knew the whip job was not ideal for Newt," Weber recalled. "I told him, 'Newt, this is a concrete job, not a visionary job. It's not what you're good at.' "
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With Weber's help, Gingrich won 87-85, a victory that crystalized the growing strength of the confrontational conservatives. Weber appointed four senior staffers—Arne Christenson, Annette Meeks, Dan Meyer, and Len Swinehart, all of whom came from Minnesota and had worked for him. "The whole office sounded like the set of the movie Fargo," joked Rich Galen, a longtime Gingrich communications adviser.
When Gingrich became speaker after the GOP landslide of 1994 that he helped to engineer, Weber wasn't the only Republican worried about the Georgian's erratic management style. "He had a new idea every 13 seconds," Galen said. "He just made everyone crazy. There was too much turmoil." Those who worked closest with Gingrich liken him to a car careening down narrow mountain roads.
Even those who remain close to Gingrich and fondly remember the hectic, agenda-driven energy of his early speakership concede that he wore his colleagues out. "We went from zero to 120 miles per hour," recalls Jack Howard, a former senior Gingrich aide. "We tried to keep him from going through the guardrails. But he went over the cliff a couple of times."
Gingrich, credited with helping to produce the first GOP House majority in four decades, initially lorded over the "Republican revolution" as something like a sun king. But just two years into his reign, by January 1997, enough discontent had developed over his leadership that it wasn't clear that the rank and file would give him a second term as speaker.
Galen remembers walking to the House from the Capitol Hill Club with fellow aides Joe Gaylord and Sam Dawson on Jan. 7, 1997, the day Gingrich was seeking reelection as speaker. "None of us were sure he had the votes," Galen said. Five Republicans voted "present," and four voted for others (including two members no longer in Congress). In the end, Gingrich beat Democrat Dick Gephardt with just three votes to spare.
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Gday, as the title suggests, Im after some car ramp plans that I can make myself.
Basic ideas are that I want to make the platform section around 350mm high, 300mm wide (across the tyre) and 500mm long (from front of ramp to back) and approximately 1200mm long ramp section which is detachable, so the vehicle would be left on the platform in the air with no ramp.
Just not sure on actual dimensions, stability, materials etc, so any guidance would be much appreciated thanks.
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08-30-2011, 12:15 AM #1Junior Member
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Anyone have any car ramp designs or plans?
08-30-2011, 10:03 PM #2Junior Member
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Someone out there in the WWW must have some car ramp plans????
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I think...
...there are at least two problems that come to mind with your request; one, nobody wants to GIVE you plans worth a pretty penny and two, far fewer want to give you plans for something that could cause you great bodily harm or death if done incorrectly. IMHO
Search the WWW and find one for sale or maybe free, but stop begging in here...Again, IMHOMillerMatic 211 Auto-set w/MVP
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08-31-2011, 04:26 PM #4Junior Member
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yep already been there and done that, searched the www, cant find anything worth its while, though I did find loads of timber ramps.......
I am not sure that my MIG or my ARC is setup for welding timber.
FFS if I wanted to kill myself I would use my GUN, or overdose on sleeping pills. Its faster, less painful and more certain from what I hear!
Ok, so I am currently designing up my own ramps and I intend to place them up on here once I am finished them, though that may take some time as I havent been able to do much after I got the DVT blood clots.
We did make a real basic set using gal waterpipe around the time that I was leaving school (25+ years ago) but they are no longer suitable due to cars being much lower nowdays, though altering them would not be an easy thing.
I apologize for just assuming that people still had their own common sense, and people could weld and construct things within their own capabilities...............
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Can't help you out with the ramps but I can with the platforms.
I made them out of angle because I had an abundance of it given to me awhile back.
(I bolted the wooden parts on with carriage bolts, as I couldn't get welds to hold either)
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I labeled them RR, LR, RF & LF because they have levelers on the feet so I can level the car, (marks on the floor get them in the same spot each time). That way I can use the scales when needed. Made them so they fit between the 4x4 chocks.
These are a little taller than you maybe are looking for. I built these extra tall to work on the chassis. Are you looking for front ramps only? I use a jack to get mine on the platforms. Pretty easy & safe. Running a car up on platforms with removable ramps could be tricky. I'd try to build the ramps to lock on the platform rather than just slip on. If the 2 separated or slipped as you drove up the ramp, that could be a real, real bad situation.
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I have a 91 Camry, and they work great. They seem to have enough capacity for most cars. They are getting $34.99 for them. I usually like to make my own things, but if it costs me more to do so, I'll usually just buy them.
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Thanks for that but I already knew I could buy ramps like that (google or ebay have plenty) but I really want to make a set again.
Those ramps you mentioned are useless to me except for displaying vehicles really.
What I am looking for is a good quality set that will last me the rest of my life (Hopefully 30+ years) and that I can pass on to my children.
My current set are still fine (construction wise) after 20+ years but they are not really suited to modern vehicles that are lowered.
I think I have now worked out what I am going to do and as I said, I will do a drawing with the dimensions and materials that I use, take some piccies and post it all up here as a plan for those who come here looking for an idea, or at least a place to start, so they are not told that they are begging and that nobody wants to GIVE THEM plans worth a pretty penny and two, or because of liability etc....
This forum is states clearly in it's title:
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Whether you want to build it or fix it - share advice, ideas, plans and photos.
So since nobody else wants to do that then I have made the decision to do so, for the benefit of others who simply dont know where to start, or something as a base for what they want to make.
I can tell you at this stage, I have been looking at loads and loads of pics on the internet and I have combined a few styles since I work on a wide variety of vehicles.
My ramps need to be able to take lowered cars, as well as cars with above average street car tires (basing that on the average 225mm wide tyres) so these ramps will accept streetcars with upto 300mm wide tires.
My ramps are intended to have a removable ramp and will most likely be made from 25mm x 3mm thick galvanised angle iron.
The platforms (at this stage) should be 300mm high, 300mm wide by 450 long at the top and 350mm wide by 500mm long at the bottom and will also have a drop in wheel positioning so the wheel will actually sit down into the top platform approximately 30mm and will also have a 75mm high "anti drive over" bar to stop a vehicle being driven too far past the optimum position, or rolling off backward.
The ramps (at this stage) will be 1200mm long (4' ) and will also be removable so that the vehicle can sit on the "platforms only" and allow ease of access from the sides if needed (similar to the photos that pro70z28 placed up earlier. They will also have a lip to lock them in place with a locking pin running parallel with the ground and through both the ramp and the platform section, thus avoiding the ramp jumping off or spitting out (rare, but it can and does happen).
I can also tell you that after many years auto experience on both commercial scale and hobby scale, there was in no way that I was going to be pinching anyones expensive plans, and after you see MY plan's it might just change the way that people think of automotive ramps in the future
Having now got my base design I am now also considering marketing my ramps (and maybe the pans for them) on a commercial basis.
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I wasn't suggesting to you...
...that you wanted to kill yourself. I was pointing out that everyone gets sued when someone is severely injured or dies...If you don't understand what I mean then best of luck to you and I hope you make a million dollars on your design. Problem is you will need 10 mil when the first person is hurt using your design...peace.MillerMatic 211 Auto-set w/MVP
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The main problem is that ya keep using that MM thang and what is a TYRE?
weez Americans get confoosed too easily.
You have to be a little patient on getting replies- the guy with plans may not be on the Forum that often. heck, when you post up your plans are you going to available to answer the next person who asks about plans a year from now?Ed Conley
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East Tennessee State Baseball Signs Matt Traylor to National Letter of Intent
Monday, May 14, 2001Johnson City, Tenn. -- The East Tennessee State University athletic department announced today that Matt Traylor has signed a National Letter of Intent to join head coach Tony Skole's baseball program for the 2002 season.
The 5-11, 175-pound centerfielder is currently enjoying a stellar senior season. Traylor has led Farragut High School to a 31-7 record so far this year.
The Knoxville, Tenn., native hit .451 with 18 doubles and three home runs during his junior season. He earned All-KIL honors as a junior for head coach Tommy Pharr. An outstanding all-around student-athlete, Traylor also earned All-KIL honors in football this fall.
"We are pleased to have Matt join our baseball family," Skole said. "Matt comes to us from Farragut High School which is one of the top high school programs in the state of Tennessee. He is a tremendous athlete and competitor. Matt will have an opportunity to immediately impact our program."
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Michelle Chin is a junior at West Shore Jr./Sr. High School in Brevard County and is a member of the National Honor Society, All-Academic team, and Mu Alpha Theta. She serves as the President of the National French Honor Society and is principal cellist in her school's advanced chamber orchestra. Michelle's interests outside of science include foreign languages and traveling.
Last summer, she won the Green Connection scholarship, sponsored by the French government, to study environmental protection in Paris and La Rochelle for two weeks. Michelle has developed a great passion for protecting the environment and after her trip, created a website (www.greensanctuary360.com) to promote sustainable energy practices.
This year, she won the Best of Show award in the Biological Science category at the Brevard Mainland Regional Science Fair and will be competing at the 2012 Intel International Science Fair in Pittsburgh. In March 2012, Michelle was selected as one of five delegates to represent Florida at the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium in Bethesda, Md.
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Entering his 14th season as men's lacrosse Head Coach at Quinnipiac, Eric Fekete has pushed the Bobcats' program to new heights. Quinnipiac started a new chapter when Fekete and the Bobcats returned to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) last spring.
In the team's first Northeast Conference season, Fekete directed the Bobcats to a share of the NEC Regular Season Title in 2011. By virtue of a tie-breaker, QU went into the tournament as the #2 seed and advanced to the finals with a double overtime win over Robert Morris. The campaign ended with a setback in the championship game, but the Bobcats had already established new standards for the future of the program.
The 2011 team featured three All-New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) honorees and six All-NEC selections. In addition to their success on the field, three QU players were dubbed NEILA Scholar-Athletes, an acknowledgement for student-athletes who earned over a 3.0 grade point average, while excelling in athletics as well.
Quinnipiac went on to make the playoffs in both the 2012 and 2013 seasons, earning back-to-back NEC Semifinal appearances. In 2012, five Bobcats were named All-Conference with Basil Kostaras being tabbed All-New England (NEILA). In 2013, Fekete coached New England's Goalkeeper of the Year in Gill Conners. Quinnipiac named six players to the NEC All-Conference Teams while Pat Corcoran joined Conners with an All-New England selection.
In their final season in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Fekete guided Quinnipiac to a third-place finish in the standings. The 2010 campaign also featured an All-Second Team honoree and seven to the All-ECAC Academic Team.
In the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Fekete led the Bobcats to consecutive Great Western Lacrosse League Tournaments. Highlighting the 2009 campaign was Quinnipiac's first win in program history over a nationally-ranked team, when the Bobcats came from behind to defeat No. 19 Denver on Feb. 4, in Hamden, Conn.
The 2008 season was, perhaps, Fekete's best as a collegiate coach. After leading the Bobcats to an 8-5 record, the Great Western Lacrosse League coaches voted Fekete the league coach of the year. He also was honored as coach of the North team in the USILA North-South Game. Fekete guided Quinnipiac to a fourth-place finish in the league, behind only perennial powerhouses Notre Dame, Ohio State and Denver. The fourth-place finish was good enough for a berth in the inaugural GWLL Tournament. In addition, Fekete coached defenseman Drew Macarena to All-GWLL and All-New England status. Midfielders Gary Messina and Anthony Peoria also made the All-New England Team.
In the team's inaugural season in the Great Western Lacrosse League, the Bobcats recorded their first winning season since 2001. Big wins included a double overtime victory over Bella mine and a come-from-behind win against Butler.
Following the season, several players were recognized for their performances both on and off the field. Five players were named to the NEILA East-West Senior All-Star Game - Kevin Browne, John Donnellan, Sean McBride, Josh Murray and Eric Trama. Donnellan, Murray and Trama were also tabbed as All-New England selections. Browne, Donnellan and Murray were selected as NEILA Scholar-Athletes, while Donnellan earned All-GWLL honors.
The Bobcats' second season resulted in a tie for fourth place in the GWLL and a 6-7 overall record.
Quinnipiac was a member of the competitive America East conference for Fekete's first four seasons on the bench. Fekete was also instrumental in transitioning the program up from the MAAC Lacrosse League, where Quinnipiac played prior to joining America East.
Fekete has also served as President of the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. His term will run through the 2007 season.
The NEILA is the major body of New England Collegiate Lacrosse covering the Division I, II, and III levels. The NEILA is responsible for recognizing the All New England Selection Team and the All-New England Academic Team.
The Brine New England East - West Senior All Star Game is also organized and governed by the NEILA. This game, held in June, is the premier event in New England College Lacrosse, showcasing all of the region's top graduating college seniors in the game. The NEILA is also responsible and committed to conducting both free youth clinics and coaches' clinics to the continually growing New England lacrosse community.
During Fekete's first season with the Bobcats, Quinnipiac advanced to the semifinals of the America East tournament, where it lost to eventual champion Albany. Fekete came to Quinnipiac after serving seven seasons as an assistant coach, the last five at Fairfield University. Fekete also spent the 1996 season as an assistant at nationally-ranked Brown University.
While at Fairfield, Fekete was an integral part of the Stags' successful elevation at the Division I level. In 2001, Fairfield finished 7-8, including a 3-2 mark in the highly-competitive Great Western Lacrosse League - its first year as a member of the conference.
From 1997-1999, the Stags recorded an impressive 31-18 overall mark, including a remarkable 21-2 record in MAAC Men's Lacrosse League action which resulted in two league titles (1997 and 1998). In addition, Fairfield captured back-to-back ECAC Division I Championships, defeating Colgate, 9-7, in 1998 and Mount St. Mary's, 15-4, in 1999.
Before his arrival at Fairfield, Fekete spent one year as an assistant at Brown University. In 1996, the Bears ranked in the top-ten nationally and finished with a final 7-6 record, including a 3-3 mark in the Ivy League.
Fekete gained additional experience in 1994 when he coached the United State Under-19 team at the 1994 World Lacrosse Games Festival in Manchester, England. From 1992-1995, he was the head boys' varsity lacrosse coach at Duxbury (Mass.) High School, leading the school to four consecutive MIAA tournament berths.
Fekete got his start in collegiate coaching in 1989, serving three seasons on the staff at the University of Arizona.
Fekete has made his mark on lacrosse in New England, and took it one step further with a selection to the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee in 2014. Fekete serves as the MAAC representative.
A native of Duxbury, Mass., Fekete attended Skidmore College and graduated in 1989 with a B.S. in business. While at Skidmore, Fekete was a member of the men's lacrosse and ice hockey squads.
Fekete currently resides in Cheshire with his wife, Lisa and his four children, Emma, Sam, Charlie and Will.


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- Megan DaGata
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What would you go back to school to finish if you were going back?
I asked the question in the Debate section: Why is it all about the college degree?
I got a resounding - Because people think you can finish something before they hire you.
So now I wonder for the undegreed 20/30/40 somethings...What would you go back to school to finish if you were going back?
Knowing everything that our adult experiences have taught us, what would you complete a degree in? Where? What do you think it would change about your life?
Personally I would like to complete a communications degree at the University of Texas at Austin and get admitted to the LBJ School of Public Affairs. I don't think I would use the education to run for a public office or anything, but I would like to think I would be able to find more ways to positively impact the world. More eyes and ears perk up when you add letters behind your name.
Life experience has taught me why, but the degrees give me the education to say how.
Sally Oh
Mar 4 2012: Now that I know exactly how hard high school can be, I'd go back in time and take things A LOT more seriously. Get a head start in everything. That way, I'd be ahead of the game and in the safe zone. Definitely a plus.Mar 8 2012: I'm currently in a session of going back to school. My first degree is in Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education from Brevard College in NC. I'm now a post-baccalaureate student at the University of Oregon, pursuing a degree in Biology and my plan is to then go on to get a masters in teaching. Ultimately I want to be a high school biology teacher.
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What I find myself learning is not only the class material, but effective and ineffective teaching techniques. In a way, I actually feel like I'm learning the subject matter in greater detail because I'm also analyzing how it's presented. Either way, I love learning and I seek to learn something new every day. There's a lot to be learned in school that's not seen in classrooms.Mar 7 2012: I can relate to this question. My story is that I'm an entrepreneur who has started several (completely different) businesses but never finished my undergrad degree. During a transition, I went back solely for the sake of finishing. My goal was to tell my girls to finish what they started, namely, to get an education. Not wanting a degree for job-sake, I went purely to learn as much as I could. After graduation (and a 4.0 at a private school) I can say it was a total waste of time, energy, and money. Sure, I can now tell my kids to finish things. But I will tell them to finish the "right" things. It seems that personally, I learn more from ferocious independent study and applied experience than formal education. Sure, the specific school, program of study, and level of degree all play a factor, I get that. But I gained zilch. Answer: I would go back (and did) to discover I didn't need to. A learning mind will always discover education, irregardless of a formal track.Mar 6 2012: After a full career as a biologist, I retired and 3 years ago at age 69 decided to to back for graduate study. Not in science but in liberal arts, which I had partly neglected. It's been a blast, and I'll be getting my master's this year. There's something about the campus academic environment with fellowship of peers and professors that results in deeper study than can be accomplished alone, say through an internet course.
And what you sometimes hear, about it being difficult for mature members of society to keep up at school, is hogwash. The greater understanding and experience of the older student is a great competitive advantage. In fact it's the younger students who are struggling to keep up.Mar 5 2012: "Miseducation starts the moment you enter traditional schooling.."Mar 4 2012: I'm reminded of a quote that goes something like this: Education starts the minute you leave college. Having left college over 20yrs ago, I think it'd be great to go back (if possible) and redo whatever you did before with hopefully more of a perspective of the why you're doing it.
For me the course of study I embarked on was medicine,out of honor and respect for my father. Yet when I think of what was my first love Psychology I don't know that doing that line of study would have got me any closer to this point in my life. For now I still have that "first love" and use the skills I've learnt in ways I've not dreamt of before.
A few years ago I did a diploma in counselling while working, then studied Life coaching and in the process met and married a wife who now is the second most important person in my life.
None of my studies were about the number of letters behind the name ,because that speaks of ability and interest; it does necessarily speak of more important things love and passion in the areas of interest.
Katty Oh
Mar 4 2012: Education starts at home, ideally when you come home and are raised and nurtured by a parent and not a 7a.m-6pm replacement that doesnt care about you. I really worry about the tipping point the US has reached over 50% new births to single moms, scary, single parents more than 70% more likely to end up in poverty.
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Everyone here talking about college, you dont have to go to college to be successful. Lots of Europeans attend trade schools and are happier and more successful, its class warfare to tell kids the only way to succeed is college and utterly ridiculous. We are all not meant to be the Same.Mar 4 2012: I'd study and major in the exact same thing I studied 10 years ago - Management (Finance) and Psychology for Undergraduate school and Health for Grad school. I now work in a field that is completely outside of either major. Why would I do things exactly the same?
10 years post grad, no one really cares what you studied. But for those first few jobs, your studies and grades matter. If I had majored in 'Fine Arts' or 'Sociology', I would not have been considered for my first few jobs. If I hadn't gotten those first few good-paying jobs, I would not have been able to leave the field (healthcare) completely after eight years and pursue my interests in writing, social media, and coaching.
What you major in - in the long run - really does not matter. However, when you pick a major like business or engineering, it gives you a solid platform to start building a future (and pay back student loans). Once you are done with it (and gathered some professional experience) you can follow your passions and do whatever you please.
People who majored in Philosophy. Journalism, Sociology are often complaining that they can't find work. They likely would have done better to major in business or engineering, build savings/pay off debt and then leave the field to pursue their career passions.Mar 4 2012: there would be two places:
1) i would go back to high school to finish a physics soup can project that i overworked and failed at
2) college where i wanted to write a paper assignment outside of class, but didn't have the motivation, inspiration, or time to create it.Mar 3 2012: Oh, the places that I would go...I received a Presidential Fellowship to attend Emerson in Boston but I could not go because it would not have covered all of my expenses as an out of state grad student.
I have 4 areas of interest:
1) MFA in Theatre for Social Change, Theatre for Youth, or Applied Theatre from Northwestern U (to work with Michael Rohd et al), Arizona State U Tempe, CUNY (to work with the Creative Arts Team)
2) MA in Public History (to be an Education Director for a Museum).
3) I'm interested in Multi-Cultural Affairs at the university level.
4) I'm interested in advocacy and health care reform.Mar 3 2012: I did finish my degree and continued on to a PhD but now I'd love to go back to study a different field. I studied high energy physics but now have broad interests in economics, CS, and biology. Universities provide a unique environment for exploration of knowledge and interaction with others who have shared and different interests. It is unfortunate that so many don't really discover their passion until after the usual age at which one attends university.
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Alex GarciaMar 3 2012: I would seek a fine Liberal Arts institution, sign up for Writing and Communication classes.
Because: I want to learn to write well. I feel like I have a message to share, but I really can't sing, and no one listens to me when I talk!
Thank you for asking, though.Mar 1 2012: only if you know what you want to do and what you're learning in school will fulfill that void. dont just go back to school to go back to school. You will just be piling up debtFeb 29 2012: I graduate on May 12th, 2012.
If I could go back, I would still major in Mathematics (probably double major in CS as well) and take it more seriously.
Also, I would only go to college again if it was paid for by someone else.
I have a problem with graduating with 75,000$ worth of debt, and companies don't even want to pay me 75,000/yr (which is a small amount of money) unless I have at least 5 years of experience.Feb 28 2012: medicine or molecular biology. Thank you for your questionFeb 28 2012: If I had to go back to school, Id get my PHD in Educational Pscychology with and emphasis in mental health in the schools.Feb 27 2012: Great Topic. I coasted through school and didnt leave with the quals that i really should of! I have always been passionate about business and managed to get access to a good MBA based on my life skills but i felt at a real disadvantage. I understood the topics intuitivley but when it came to the analytical or quantative topics i really struggled.
I guess I would go back and focus on Maths, that is my weakness.
I wonder though, if i changed that where would I be now???
JohnFeb 27 2012: Im' in the degree a decade club so I've been going back for some time. As I said in a previous post. It's not because anyone is making me. It's because I like it and I want it. My own little selfish joy.
Many in my discipline criticize me and think it should all be done in one giant sitting right out of high school. I had a life to live, kids to raise, life to experience. I did it the way it fits for me.
What I have really noticed is that I used to point out many things that would make a difference in my discipline. What I have realized is that nobody really listened to me until lately. Maybe it is the education or maybe it is my maturity. But my message really has not changed. Just an observation.Feb 24 2012: Once you return to school, I expect you will discover that the education you receive does more for you than add letters behind your name. Those who enter a school like the LBJ school seldom do so as a path to politics. Rather, that education is designed to give you the tools to understand domestic and international problems, to generate strategies for solving them that take into account the complexity of human systems and the organizations that operate within them, to evaluate options in terms of their effectiveness, equity, and viability, and to lay out for decision-makers the implications of different courses of action. And that is just the beginning.


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- The ETSU men's track and field team scored 111 points in 11 events Saturday to win the 2011 Atlantic Sun Indoor Track and Field Championship inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
ETSU totaled 152 points on the weekend beating runner up Kennesaw State by 15 points, while the championship is the fourth for the Bucs in last six years under head coach
Dave Walker
"The last championship is always the nicest," Walker said. "We had some ups and downs early in the meet, and the rest of the team came to bat. That's how you win championships. After coming up short last year, we didn't want to leave anything to chance."
Jarrod Burton
(Bastian, Va.) followed up his first place performance in the men's shot with an outstanding showing in the weight throw. Burton battled back and forth with Belmont's Joe Frye, and after losing the lead to Frye, Burton had a throw of 63-10 ž to break the meet record and move into first. Burton would be overtaken though on Frye's next throw as he would record a mark of 63-11 ū, but Burton's second place finish and two meet record marks' earned him the A-Sun Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer of the meet.
"Jarrod is one outstanding athlete, and I don't know how we are going to replace him," Walker added. "It's good to see him perform like this in his senior season. He has always been a leader on this team and represents the program well."
Pat Bearry
(Wesley Chapel, Fla.),
Matthew Allison
(Farifax, Va.) and
Justin Burton
(Bastian, Va.) also scored for the Bucs in the weight throw as they finished 5-6-7.
Mike James
(Palm Bay, Fla.) had a good day for the Buc as he placed first in the men's 60m hurdles posting a meet record time of 8.02. James then came back to score in the 60m dash finishing sixth with a time of 7.00, and also finished fourth in the high jump with mark of 6-2 ž.
Jesse Aliaga-Jacob
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Desmond Pierce
(Morristown, Tenn.) also had first place finishes for ETSU as Aliaga Jacob won the men's heptathlon with an A-Sun meet record 4750 points, while Pierce edged out Kennesaw State's Gianni Catalano in the 800m with a personal best time of 1:54.89.
Stephond Allmond
(Memphis, Tenn.) also scored big for the Bucs in the heptathlon as he posted a lifetime best 4,536.
In the men's triple jump,
Ryan Beaver
(Virginia Beach, Va.) led the way for ETSU finishing second with a jump of 49-1. Justin Haston (Jonesborough, Tenn.) and Jason Johnson (Springfield, Pa.) also scored in the triple as Haston had a PR jump of 46-8 ū and Johnson had a mark of 46-4 ž.
ETSU finished 2-3 in the 400m as sophomore
Robert Purcell
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Tim O'Dell
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Ben Ronoh
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The ETSU 4x400m relay team of O'Dell,
Ryan Jones
(Apopka, Fla.), Pierce and Purcell also finished third posting a time of 3:22.29, while Jones added to the point total in the high jump with his fifth place finish after a mark of 6-2 ž.
"Our women's team is coming up the ladder," Walker said. "You have to walk before you can run, and right now they are learning how to run. Soon you should see them right there with the guys."
On the women's side, the Bucs finished in fourth tallying 72 points on the weekend. ETSU finished behind the champions Jacksonville (219 points), North Florida (154 points) and Kennesaw State (99 points).
Lexie Burley
(Johnson City, Tenn.) and
Bethany Lender
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Emani Harrison
(Columbia, S.C.) came up just short in the women's 60m dash as she tallied a lifetime best time of 7.62, but could not edge out Jacksonville's Louise Kiernan who finished with a time of 7.59.
Jasmine Ingram
(Fredrick, Md.) also scored well for the women as she placed third in the 200m with a time of 24.71, and then ran a time of 55.99 in the 400m to finish fourth.
The women's 4x400m relay team of
Hannah Bowers
(Jonesborough, Tenn.),
Emma Bowers
(Jonesborough, Tenn.),
Ashton Bishop
(Gate City, Va.) and Ingram posted a third place finish running 3:53.28 to pick up six points.
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Parents at Silver Spring International Middle School worry that a scheduling change will undercut the academic progress the school has made in the past decade.
After studying the change this school year, central office administration decided to revert the school from an eight-period block schedule back to a seven-period schedule by 2014-15, according to a March 20 letter from community superintendent Bronda L. Mills.
The eight-period schedule began in the school about 2007 when it was struggling with low academic performance and discipline issues. It boosted academic progress by shifting the culture at the school, said Margy O'Herron, one of the parents leading the charge.
In a seven-period schedule, students attend seven classes each day. In an eight-period schedule, students' daily schedule alternates between two four-period days.
The eighth period allows students to take another elective, such as band or foreign language, or take a remedial period of math or English, O'Herron said.
Since the change was made, student performance has increased, and suspension rates have decreased.
But the school's past and current principal say the progress made has more to do with the staff's leadership, dedication and training, and less to do with the eight-period schedule.
Principal John Haas said he hopes parents will come around during the transition year next year, when he will be working with parents to finalize course options moving forward. Just because the schedule is changing doesn't mean the quality of instructional time and the special programs at the school will, he said.
"We're trying to focus on how do we create the best schedule within the instructional minutes we have and provide the best instruction to students," he said.
So far, Haas has not been able to get through to parents.
A crowd of students and parents picketed in front of the Silver Spring school before school Tuesday on the corner of Wayne and Dale drives.
Their signs read "It's not too late to save the 8," and "Guarda el 8!"
O'Herron and other parents say they feel slighted, as a few parents sat in on the first study group that considered the schedule change, and then their preference — to keep the current schedule — was overruled by school and school system administration.
Parents have appealed the school system's decision.
Of the county's 38 middle schools, six have an eight-period schedule, schools spokesman Dana Tofig said.
The eight-period schedule is something a school has to commit to, as it requires either extra staffing or a commitment from teachers to teach six out of eight periods, said Doug Prouty, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, the county's teachers union.
Silver Spring International teachers had committed to the schedule under past principal Vicki Lake-Parcan, who was brought in to boost the school's performance on state tests. The school had failed to meet required performance measures set out by the state for two years at that time, she said.
Because it was under what was called "corrective action," the school was given extra resources to make changes, she said.
The schedule was brought under review this year because teachers wanted more instructional time and more effective time with students, Prouty said.
With 80-minute periods every other day, in 10 days students spend 400 minutes in each of their classes, Prouty said. With 45-minute periods every day, in 10 days students spend 450 minutes in each of their classes, he said.
Teachers, especially in courses such as math, wanted to be in front of their students every day, he said.
Lake-Parcan said she believes the school can succeed without the eight-period scheduling, with strong leadership and staff.
"It is just a strategy, or one little pebble in the whole mix of what needs to happen in a school," she said.
She brought it to Silver Spring International because she saw the need for an overall culture change at the school.
Since the 2003-2004 school year, the school's state test scores have risen from much below the county middle school average to similar or higher; the school has increased the percentage of students passing Algebra I by eighth grade by 43 percentage points, to 75.5 percent, higher than the county's average of 62.1 percent; and the suspension rate has fallen from 16.3 percent to 6.7 percent.
O'Herron and other parents claim the schedule has helped the school close achievement gaps among races.
But although the school's black and Hispanic students are doing better than those countywide in some areas, they still lag behind the school's white students at the school when it comes to both algebra passing rates and state test scores.
When Lake-Parcan left the school a few years ago to go to Neelsville Middle School to help improve test scores there, she brought the eight-period schedule there, too.
"Not because it is the magic bullet, but because it allows us to build the capacity of our teachers to do what needs to be done for the kids," she said.
Parents want to ensure that the programming their students have enjoyed at the school will be there for future students, said Cori Vanchieri, who has an eighth-grader at the school and a fifth-grader that will attend the school next year.
Her daughter in eighth grade has benefited from the French immersion program, she said.
"The kids aren't going to have the opportunity to be in class where they get to be creative," she said.
Haas and Prouty both said that next year, the school will try to find a way to keep the programs that are important to parents.
"My charge here is to collect the pieces," Haas said. "To get the pieces back together and rebuild."


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Prior to Southern: Smith played for coach Ed Fritz at Blue Valley Northwest High School ... a four-year starter for the Huskies, Smith averaged 12.1 points, eight assists and four rebounds while shooting 48.3 percent from the field and helping his team to a second place finish in the state of Kansas as a junior ... a two-time All-Conference selection, Smith helped his team to a sub-state championship in each of the last three seasons, while being named to the All-Tournament Team at both the Jim Draper and McPherson Tournaments.
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Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Roy Halladay tossed eight strong innings to outpitch Erik Bedard, and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies began their quest for a sixth straight National League East crown with a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Halladay (1-0), making his 10th consecutive Opening Day start, gave up singles to the first two batters he faced, and none thereafter. The 2010 NL Cy Young Award winner recorded five strikeouts and issued no walks. He did hit two Pittsburgh players with pitches.
Former Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon worked a perfect ninth to earn the save in his first game with the Phillies.
"Papelbon came in and did a nice job, got his feet wet," Halladay said.
Carlos Ruiz went 3-for-3 and knocked in the game's lone run with a sacrifice fly.
With first baseman Ryan Howard (Achilles) and second baseman Chase Utley (knees) out for the foreseeable future with injuries, the key to Philadelphia's success centers around their pitching staff. And Halladay got them off on the right foot Thursday at PNC Park, where the Phillies entered play nine games under .500 (13-22), their worst mark at any active NL venue.
Bedard (0-1) scattered six hits, walked one and struck out four over seven frames in his NL debut.
"You got to try to match [Halladay] and I did my best," Bedard said.
Pittsburgh, which hasn't had a winning season since 1992, wasted little time putting a runner into scoring position. Alex Presley singled to centerfield to lead off the first and Jose Tabata followed with a dribbler along the third- base line that stayed fair.
Halladay got Andrew McCutchen, who agreed to terms on a six-year contract last month, to ground into a double play. Pittsburgh wound up stranding a runner at third base.
Like Halladay, Bedard pitched out of trouble in the second as Philadelphia rookie Freddy Galvis, the replacement for Utley, grounded into an inning- ending double play in his first major league at-bat. John Mayberry Jr. and Ruiz had both singled with one out.
The Phillies got on the board in the seventh. Newcomer Ty Wigginton hit a one- out single and Mayberry doubled into the right-field corner. Ruiz then produced a run by launching a fly ball to right.
Philadelphia looked to pad its lead in the next inning, but left two men on base.
Halladay tied Walter Johnson and Steve Carlton for the fourth-most consecutive Opening Day starts made in MLB history...Halladay improved to 7-0 in his last nine road starts. His last loss away from Citizens Bank Park came against the Chicago Cubs on July 18, 2011...Jimmy Rollins made his 12th straight Opening Day start for the Phillies at shortstop, tying Larry Bowa (1970-81) for the club record...Philadelphia opened its season against the Pirates for the sixth time. The Pirates had won each of the previous five meetings...Pittsburgh had also won each of its last five season openers...Bedard split 2011 between Seattle and Boston...Game time: 2:14.


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Interpretive Handbook
84440 :
Bartonella, Molecular Detection, PCR
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana are small, pleomorphic, Gram stain-negative bacilli that are difficult to isolate by culture due to their fastidious growth requirements. Bartonella henselae has been associated with cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatitis, and endocarditis. Bartonella quintana has been associated with trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis, and endocarditis.
The diagnosis of Bartonella infection has traditionally been made by Warthin-Starry staining of infected tissue or serology. However, these methods may be falsely negative or nonspecific, respectively. Culture is insensitive.
Evaluation of infected tissue using PCR has been shown to be an effective tool for diagnosing Bartonella infection. Mayo Medical Laboratories has developed a real-time PCR test that permits rapid identification of Bartonella species. The assay targets a unique sequence of the citrate synthase gene present in Bartonella species.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosing Bartonella infection
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A positive test indicates the presence of Bartonella species DNA.
A negative test indicates the absence of detectable DNA, but does not negate the presence of the organism or recent disease as false-negative results may occur due to inhibition of PCR, sequence variability underlying primers or probes, or the presence of Bartonella DNA in quantities less than the limit of detection of the assay.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
This test does not differentiate between Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana. A negative result indicates the absence of detectable Bartonella DNA in the specimen but does not negate the presence of organism or active or recent disease and may occur due to inhibition of PCR, sequence variability, underlying primers or probes, or the presence of Bartonella species in quantities less than the limit of detection of the assay. Inhibition of <2% has been noted in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. In a study of 178 ocular fluids, no inhibition was detected, although this is a possibility due to the relatively small number of specimens tested.
BART / Bartonella Antibody Panel, IgG and IgM, Serum and/or 9943 / Warthin-Starry Stain of tissue should be considered if PCR is negative and there is a strong suspicion of disease caused by these organisms.
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.
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Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Karem KL, Paddock CD, Regnery RL: Bartonella henselae, B. quintana, and B. bacilliformis: historical pathogens of emerging significance. Microbes Infect 2000 August;2(10):1193-1205
2. Agan BK, Dolan MJ: Laboratory diagnosis of Bartonella infections. Clin Lab Med 2002 December;22(4):937-962
3. Maguina C, Gotuzzo E: Bartonellosis. New and old. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2000 March;14(1):1-22
4. Vikram HR, Bacani AK, Devaleria PA, et al: Bivalvular Bartonella henselae prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2007 December;45(12):4081-4084
5. Lin EY, Tsigrelis C, Baddour LM, et al: Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis and endocarditis. Emerg Infect Dis 2010 Mar;16(3):500-503


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