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Dewey Cox on Monday Night Football
Dewey Cox takes football to a new level.
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistanby Eric Blehm
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On a moonless night just weeks after September 11, 2001, U.S. Special Forces team ODA 574 infiltrates the mountains of southern Afghanistan with a seemingly impossible mission: to foment a tribal revolt and force the Taliban to surrender. Armed solely with the equipment they can carry on their backs, shockingly scant intelligence, and their mastery of guerrilla warfare, Captain Jason Amerine and his men have no choice but to trust their only ally, a little-known Pashtun statesman named Hamid Karzai who has returned from exile and is being hunted by the Taliban as he travels the countryside raising a militia.
The Only Thing Worth Dying For chronicles the most important mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror, when the men on the ground knew little about the enemy — and their commanders in Washington knew even less. With unprecedented access to surviving members of ODA 574, key war planners, and Karzai himself, award-winning author Eric Blehm cuts through the noise of politicians and high-level military officials to narrate for the first time a story of uncommon bravery and terrible sacrifice, intimately exposing the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan that continue to shape the region today.
"The early, relatively heroic days of the conflict in Afghanistan are memorialized in this engrossing if glamorized war saga. Blehm (The Last Season, a B&N Discover Award winner) follows the exploits of Capt. Jason Amerine's Special Forces team Alpha 574, which choppered into Afghanistan in November 2001 to help future Afghan president Hamid Karzai organize anti-Taliban insurgents in the south. The team's mission — to turn chaotic and perpetually stoned Pashtun tribesmen into effective soldiers — seems impossible and, ultimately, proved unnecessary. Indeed, according to Blehm's account, the Green Berets' worst enemies were other Americans: meddling CIA honchos and army brass, a do-nothing Marine officer, and the air force spotter who mistakenly called in an air strike on 574's position, with ghastly results. The author overplays the comradely bond between Karzai and Amerine, who come off as a latter-day Washington and Lafayette, but doesn't quite succeed in wringing a military epic out of what was essentially a turkey shoot. Still, Blehm's warts-and-all account of the U.S. military machine in action is full of tension, color, and real pathos. 16 pages of b&w photos." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"The Only Thing Worth Dying For is not only brilliant, it's the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan." Former Congressman Charlie Wilson
"[A] stirring account of American Special Forces heroics... The author provides a minute-by-minute account of this dramatic campaign, and the page never flags... a gripping story of admirable men." Kirkus Reviews
From the author of the award-winning work The Last Season comes the untold story of the U.S. Army Special Forces team that conquered the Taliban against overwhelming odds.
Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, The Only Thing Worth Dying For chronicles the untold story of the team of Green Berets led by Captain Jason Amerine that conquered the Taliban and helped bring Hamid Karzai to power in Afghanistan. In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, The Only Thing Worth Dying For is, in the words of former Congressman Charlie Wilson (from Charlie Wilson's War), "the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan."
About the Author
Eric Blehm is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. Winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award (2006) for The Last Season, a gripping account of the disappearance of legendary National Park Service ranger Randy Morgenson, Blehm has distinguished himself as one of America's most important new nonfiction writers.
In addition to writing books and articles that take readers into the depths of fascinating subcultures, Blehm is a recognized voice in the search-and-rescue community for his detailed reporting of the Morgenson investigation — one of the most extensive search-and-rescue operations in National Park Service history. He is also widely known for his participatory coverage of outdoor sports and topics in the realm of adventure travel. He has contributed to GQ, Outside, Men's Journal, Backpacker, Climbing, Couloir, Hemispheres, and the Los Angeles Times. Eric Blehm lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.
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I have Listed each of the soup kitchens in Sacramento open to the public an individual or family can go to obtain a free meal or bag lunch or emergency meals. Also, the list is organized by area of Sacramento to locate the nearest soup kitchen. If you are looking to become a soup kitchen volunteer, please use the organized list and call them for information.
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Union Gospel Mission__________________________________
400 Bannon Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 map
Dinner seven days a week. Must attend chapel service (open at 6:00 p.m.) 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and dinner follows. All ages are welcome.
Lunch Sunday. Must attend chapel service(gate opens at 10:30 a.m.) 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. and lunch immediately follows. Perfect place for evening free meal.
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1321 North C Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 map
Ph. (916) 443-7378
Breakfast Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and coffee. All are welcome to Loaves and Fishes Sacramento. Loaves and Fishes Sacramento Volunteer are welcome.
Lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Sacramento Loaves and Fishes meal tickets are handed out from 7:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. All are welcome. Also a great place for a midday emergency meal.
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Mary House
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Ph. (916) 446-4961
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There was absolutely nothing good about the announcement that certified awful person George Zimmerman (no celebrity bold for you!) would appear on an episode of Celebrity Boxing to square off against rapper DMX (on what would have been Trayvon Martin's 19th birthday, no less). This news was actually so not good that… »
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Rooney Mara and soon-to-be former film director Steven Soderbergh recently bantered for Interview magazine about on-screen nudity, bad words, and dying inconveniently halfway through the filming of a new movie. Like, what if Rooney Mara just up and died halfway through filming The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Would… »
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David Fincher's highly-anticipated Girl With the Dragon Tattoo had its world premiere last night in London. With the exception of the film's main stars, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the red carpet fashion was a trainwreck. Which I suppose is appropriate, given the film's dark subjects. »
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"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
So, The Bridge.
The mere mention of the term still makes Red Sox officials squeamish, given what the notion came to represent in public perception. Yet the 2013 season represented the triumph of the notion articulated by former GM Theo Epstein four offseasons ago.
The idea was always meant to describe a means of creating a safe passage from one championship-caliber core of prospects to another while sustaining postseason and even World Series ambitions in the interim. The alternative to the bridge? A chasm, a Wile E. Coyote style plummet (punctuated by an anvil on the head) after sprinting off a cliff -- what other teams would traditionally refer to as a painful rebuild.
The bridge was meant to be the alternative to that bottoming out in the short-term, a mechanism through which the team would near the stable footing of the next group of homegrown prospects while approaching from a vantage point that was attractive in its own right.
That blueprint is exactly what has been accomplished in 2013. The Red Sox added one veteran after another on short-term deals, in the process creating a protective (and successful) surface under which the team's impressive ensemble of prospects could continue to mature safely, either in the upper minors or in carefully defined roles as they transitioned to the big leagues. The veterans proved capable of excelling -- 95 wins and counting -- while permitting the farm system to reach a point where the big league team is *almost* ready to start benefiting from the integration of young players in full-time roles.
This is how the bridge works. It provides safe, even triumphant passage across a period of potential peril (i.e., one in which young players are exposed before they are ready to excel), before reaching the considerable promise (a gifted core of prospects) that awaits the other side of that gulf between two stretches.
But what does that mean?
The Red Sox have progressed to an extraordinary degree as an organization. The 2013 campaign has been a revelation beyond the expectations even of many who worked for the team. It's been a success by virtually every measure. But that doesn't mean, regardless of how far the team advances in the postseason, that it's represented the arrival of the Red Sox at the destination they intend to reach.
The end of the bridge is in sight. But the Red Sox have not yet arrived at their intended road that will carry them forward.
"The younger players who have been in the system who we have been thinking for some time would eventually be part of the depth and eventually be part of the team have started to come up this year. Instead of it being prospects who were sort of make-believe at the major league level, it became more real this year with guys coming up and playing a role, and some of them a meaningful role," GM Ben Cherington said in this podcast on the state of his farm system. "That's the first step, for guys to come up and be part of the depth that you need throughout the season. The next step is to become a more integrated part of the team, and we expect that will happen more over time."
In other words: The Red Sox have seen the strength of their farm system advance progressively up the ladder. In 2013, for the first time in several years, the Sox featured several prospects in Double-A and Triple-A who were either ready to offer support to the big league team or who will represent part of the depth equation in 2014.
Players like Jackie Bradley Jr., Allen Webster, Xander Bogaerts, Brandon Workman, Ryan Lavarnway and Drake Britton all contributed in the big leagues this year. Outfielder Bryce Brentz, right-handers Anthony Ranaudo and Matt Barnes and catcher Christian Vazquez are among the players who ended the year in Triple-A.
The Sox have developed just one everyday player (Will Middlebrooks) and one starting pitcher (Felix Doubront) who have emerged as central contributors in Boston in the last five seasons. The pipeline hasn't been completely dry, but until this year, it had offered barely a trickle of homegrown talent. That started to change this year, and Cherington anticipates the flow will increase going forward.
"It's a relative position of strength to be in, to be able to call a young guy up, not just to fill a depth-type role, which happened this year, but to start to be able to think of them as possible regular contributors moving forward, whether it's next year or the year after," said Cherington. "We know we need that to happen to have a chance to be good, year-in, year-out, and not just to be good in one particular year.
"We're fortunate that we had a group of young players getting to the upper levels in the minors, some of whom have been up with the big league club already, who have a chance to be real contributors for us," he added. "Exactly what those roles are and what time they take hold is to be determined, still. We know that in a place like Boston, we're not going to be doing it en masse. It's going to be, more likely, gradual -- gradual but absolute. There will be a commitment to making sure we integrate young players onto the team. We know we have to do that again to be good for a longer period of time and not just for a single year."
As successful as the 2013 Red Sox have been, the veteran-laden model that was employed this year is not the one that the Sox will employ -- at least not to the exclusion of prospects -- going forward. That doesn't mean the Sox are going to shift wholesale to prospects in 2014. As Cherington noted, the team won't commit "en masse" to prospects; the team plans on managing the flow of its young players to the majors so that it moderates the risk associated with their transitions to the big leagues. But the roster mix will change to incorporate more youth.
The bridge, after all, is a means of crossing a divide. It is not a destination.
The Sox value the depth that they achieved by adding a layer of veterans to the surface of their organization to offer protection and time to their prospects. The decision to sign Stephen Drew, for instance, and thus to allow Jose Iglesias to serve as infield depth protection at multiple positions proved a significant one for the Red Sox.
But going forward, there will be instances where the "gradual but absolute" commitment to prospects will mean passing on the veteran option and committing to a prospect without a track record -- as the Sox did when they declined to re-sign Mark Loretta after the 2006 season for $1 million so that there would be a starting role for Dustin Pedroia in 2007.
"Obviously, we're trying to be good here every year. We're trying to put a winning team together every year. The deeper we are, the better chance we have to do that, the better a chance we have to get deeper into a season," said Cherington. "Young players are a critical part of that, but if you can have a good, solid, experienced player with a young player that we believe in, we have a better chance to find a solution than if we had just one of them.
"Then, at some point, in order to allow a guy to become a regular and allow him to become integrated into the team, you have to give him an everyday opportunity or you have to give him a spot in the rotation or you have to give him a meaningful role in the bullpen. Often, that has happened sort of naturally, organically, and I would expect that would continue to be the preferable course. But sometimes reality doesn't always allow for that.
Sometimes, for one reason or another, you have to let a kid sink or swim and it's up to us to make sure we're asking the right guys to sink or swim and to make sure that we're supporting them the best we can if there's some transition period."
There will be hiccups along the way. But the payoff of such a strategy could be considerable -- not just a one-year surprise, but rather the next long-term kernel of talent around which the Sox can build their competitive ambitions for years to come, something beyond the accomplishments of 2013 that comes closer to fulfilling what Cherington described 13 months ago as the next great Red Sox team.
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Stephen A. confronted Kevin Durant on ESPN yesterday.
Another blown call in Seattle on Monday Night Football.
Ray Lewis was on the MNF pregame show attacking Jimmy Graham's blocking abilities.
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Glenn, Lou and Christian dive into the DraftKings/FanDuel scandal, and talk about how competitive advantages can be gained, and what the two businesses can do to prevent it.
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Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2010;18(2):92-98 CLINICAL ARTICLE
The Frequency of Superficial Mycoses According to
Agents Isolated During a Ten-Year Period (1999-2008)
in Zagreb Area, Croatia
Paola Miklić, Mihael Skerlev, Dragomir Budimčić, Jasna Lipozenčić
University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital
Center and School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Corresponding author:
Paola Miklić, MD
University Department of Dermatology
and Venereology
Zagreb University Hospital Center
and School of Medicine
Šalata 4
HR-10000 Zagreb
Received: November 10, 2009
Accepted: April 20, 2010
Summary Fungal infections involving the skin, hair and nails represent
one of the most common mucocutaneous infections. Significant
changes in the epidemiology, etiology and clinical pattern of mycotic
infections have been observed during the last years. The aim of this
retrospective study was to determine the incidence and the etiologic
factors of superficial fungal infections in Zagreb area, Croatia, over a
10-year period (1999-2008). A total of 75828 samples obtained from 67
983 patients were analyzed. Dermatomycosis was verified by culture in
17410 (23%) samples obtained from 16086 patients. Female patients
were more commonly affected than male (59% vs. 41%). Dermatophytes
were responsible for 63% of all superficial fungal infections, followed
by yeasts (36%) and molds (1%). Trichophyton (T.) mentagrophytes
(both var. interdigitalis and var. granulosa) was the most frequent
dermatophyte isolated in 58% of all samples, followed by Microsporum
(M). canis (29%) and T. rubrum (10%). The most common clinical forms
of dermatomycosis were onychomycosis (41%), tinea corporis (17%)
and tinea pedis (12%). Candida spp. was mainly isolated from fingernail
Key wordS: dermatomycosis, tinea, dermatophytes, Zagreb area
ogy and clinical pattern of mycotic infections have
been observed during the last years (1). Fungal
infections involving skin, hair and nails represent
one of the most common mucocutaneous infec-
tions. Causative agents mostly include dermato-
phytes, yeast and nondermatophyte molds. The
aim of this study was to identify the predominant
causative organisms of superficial fungal infec-
tions in Zagreb area on a large number of patients
Significant changes in the epidemiology, etiol-
and to assess the past and present trends accord-
ingly, so that appropriate diagnostic and treatment
strategies can be developed.
PatIentS and methodS
This was a retrospective study of superficial
mycosis carried out in the Reference Laboratory
of Dermatological Mycology and Parasitology of
the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the
Republic of Croatia (Mycology Laboratory) at the
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University Department of Dermatology and Vene-
reology, Zagreb University Hospital Center and
University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb,
Croatia, during a 10-year period, from January
1999 to December 2008. Croatia has about 4.5
million inhabitants, and Zagreb, its capital, about 1
million. A representative number of superficial my-
cosis patients converge at our Reference Labo-
ratory, especially for diagnosis confirmation. Most
samples were collected from patients referred to
our laboratory and only a minority of samples were
taken at other laboratories throughout Croatia and
later sent to our Laboratory for a second opinion.
Data on age, sex and location of infection were
recorded for each patient. The material taken from
skin lesions and/or nails and involved hair was ex-
amined by direct microscopy with 20% KOH solu-
tion. The identification of the fungi was based on
macroscopic morphology and microscopic charac-
teristics of the colony on the modified Sabouraud
medium. Statistical analysis was performed using
the SPS system.
A total of 75828 samples were obtained from
68014 patients with clinically suspected dermato-
mycosis. Out of these samples, 17410 (23%) were
positive. There were 16086 patients with culture
proven dermatomycosis. A higher infection rate
was observed in female patients (6535 male pa-
tients and 9551 female patients were affected).
Dermatophytes were most frequently isolated
and accounted for 63% (n=11071) of all positive
samples. Yeasts were identified in 36% (n=6227)
and non-dermatophytic molds in 1% (n=112) of
samples (Table 1, Fig. 1). The most common clini-
cal forms of dermatomycosis were onychomyco-
sis (41%), tinea corporis (17%) and tinea pedis
fected fingernail debris. Candida spp. was the pre-
dominant isolate, accounting for 88% (n=3059) of
positive cultures. The incidence of Candida infec-
tion increased constantly during the study period,
from 238 isolates in 1999 to 326 isolates in 2008.
Dermatophytes were responsible for 10% (n=320)
of fingernail infection. Trichophyton (T.) menta-
grophytes (85%, n=273) was the predominant
dermatophyte followed by T. rubrum (11%, n=34),
Microsporum (M.) canis (3%, n=10) and Micros-
porum (M.) gypseum (1%, n=3). The incidence
of all dermatophyte species remained relatively
a) Fingernail onychomycosis
A total of 3458 isolates were obtained from in-
table 1. Fungal species isolated in Zagreb area
between 1999 and 2008
Species isolated Number%
T. mentagrophytes647337.18
Candida spp. 622735.77
M. canis3198 18.37
T. rubrum11356.52
Aspergillus spp. 1120.64
M. gypseum990.57
E. floccosum800.46
T. tonsurans620.36
T. violaceum 230.13
T. schoenleinii
Figure 1. Annual distribution of the most common
fungal species isolated by culture during the 10-
year period.
Figure 2. Distribution of location of superficial fun-
gal infections in 17 410 positive cases.
Miklić et al.
Frequency of superficial mycoses
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
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constant. The nondermatophyte mold Aspergillus
spp. was isolated in 79 cases, accounting for 2%
of fingernail onychomycosis. The total number of
Aspergillus spp. isolates varied from year to year,
ranging from 1 isolate in 1999 to 21 isolates in
2008 (Fig. 3).
toenails. In contrast to fingernail onychomycosis,
which was predominately caused by Candida spp.,
dermatophytes accounted for most cases (80%,
n=2775) of toenail onychomycosis. The incidence
of toenail onychomycosis increased nearly 2-fold
during the 10-year period, due to the upward trend
in the incidence of T. mentagrophytes and T. ru-
brum. Candida spp. accounted for 19% (n=652) of
all fungal isolates. T. mentagrophytes was the most
frequently isolated dermatophyte, accounting for
85% (n=2360) of all toenail-derived dermatophyte
isolates. T. rubrum ranged second, accounting
for 14% (n=401) of dermatophyte isolates. There
were sporadic cases of toenail onychomycosis
caused by M. canis (n=7), E. floccosum (n=4), T.
violaceum (n=2) and M. gypseum (n=1). The in-
cidence of T. mentagrophytes was relatively con-
stant till 2003 when a steep incidence increase of
55.49% was noted. A significant increase was re-
corded in the incidence of T. rubrum isolates, from
only 5 isolates in 1999 to 106 isolates in 2008. The
nondermatophyte mold Aspergillus spp. was spo-
radically isolated, accounting for 1% (n=28) of all
fungal isolates (Fig. 3).
In 221 nail samples that were referred from
other laboratories data of the exact location (fin-
gernail or toenail) were missing. In these samples,
Candida spp. was the main isolate accounting for
67%, followed by dermatophytes (31%) and molds
(2%) (Fig. 3).
b) toenail onychomycosis
A total of 3455 isolates were obtained from
skin, 2879 isolates were obtained. Dermatophytes
comprised the majority of isolates with the inci-
dence of 90% (n=2600). M. canis was the main
etiologic agent accounting for 47% (n=1230) of all
dermatophytic isolates, followed by T. mentagro-
phytes (40%, n=1049) and T. rubrum (8%, n=217).
M. gypseum, T. tonsurans, E. floccosum and T. vio-
laceum were isolated in 54, 25, 17 and 8 samples,
respectively. The incidence of M. canis varied over
years and a slight decrease was recorded. A steep
decrease was observed in the incidence of T. men-
tagrophytes, from 128 cases in 1999 to 73 in 2008.
The incidence of T. rubrum increased 6-fold during
the study period, comprising 7 isolates in 1999 and
increasing to 42 in 2008 (Fig. 4).
From the gluteal and genital region 890 isolates
were obtained. The incidence of Candida spp. was
high, accounting for 97% of all isolates. The inci-
dence of dermatophytes (T. mentagrophytes and
T. rubrum) remained low (3%) (Fig. 4).
Fungal infection of glabrous skin
From different body sites involving the glabrous
groin. Candida spp. was isolated in 44% (n=349)
of cases and its incidence stayed relatively con-
stant during the study period. Dermatophytes ac-
counted for 56% (n=443) of isolates, with T. men-
tagrophytes being the major dermatophytic patho-
gen (65%, n=289), followed by T. rubrum (28%,
n=126) and E. floccosum (4%, n=19). M. canis
was isolated in 8 samples and M. gypseum in 1
Fungal infection of the groin
A total of 792 isolates were obtained from the
ples. M. canis ranked first among the causative
tinea capitis
Tinea capitis was culture-proven in 1767 sam-
Figure 3. Frequency of fungal isolates from nail
Figure 4. Annual distribution of the most common
fungal species isolated from samples obtained
from the glabrous skin.
Miklić et al.
Frequency of superficial mycoses
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
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agents of tinea capitis (92%, n=1617), T. men-
tagrophytes and M. gypseum representing 6%
(n=104) and 1% (n=18) of isolates, respectively. T.
tonsurans was isolated in 14 hair samples. Anthro-
pophilic T. violaceum, T. rubrum and T. schoenlei-
nii were isolated in 8, 5 and 1 patient, respectively
(Fig. 5).
by dermatophytes, was confirmed by culture in
1774 samples. Regarding the etiologic agents, the
most common dermatophyte responsible for 84%
(n=1495) of all tinea pedis infections was T. men-
tagrophytes, followed by T. rubrum (13%, n=239)
and E. floccosum (2%, n=33). M. canis was iso-
lated in 6 samples and T. tonsurans in 1 sample.
Candida spp. was isolated in 17% (n=367) of foot-
derived samples.
Fungal infection of the foot
Tinea pedis, fungal infection of the foot caused
hand. Dermatophytes were the major pathogen
accounting for 65% (n=570) of all fungal isolates,
with T. mentagrophytes being the most commonly
isolated dermatophytic pathogen (77%, n=437).
T. rubrum and M. canis ranked second and third,
accounting for 13% (n=75) and 7% (n=41) of der-
matophytic isolates, respectively. M. gypseum, E.
floccosum and T. tonsurans were isolated in 10, 5
and 2 cases, respectively. Candida spp. account-
ed for 35% (n=304) of all fungal isolates.
Fungal infection of the hand
A total of 874 isolates were obtained from the
isolates were obtained. Dermatophytes account-
ed for 76% (n=662) of isolates, with T. mentag-
rophytes being the major dermatophytic isolate
(51%, n=338), followed by M. canis (40%, n=264)
Fungal infection of the glabrous skin of the
Regarding the glabrous skin of the face, 867
and T. rubrum (4%, n=25). Candida spp. was iso-
lated in the remaining 24% (n=205) of samples.
The overall incidence of tinea faciei declined by
32% due to a decrease in the incidence of both
yeast and dermatophytes.
obtained. T. mentagrophytes was the major patho-
gen accounting for 68% (n=45) of all dermatophyt-
ic isolates. M. canis ranked second, accounting for
22% (n=14) of dermatophytic isolates, followed by
T. tonsurans (6%, n=4) and T. rubrum (n=3).
tinea barbae
From beard and mustache, 66 isolates were
During the last decade, changes in fungal spec-
trum were noted (1). In Central and Northern Eu-
rope, since the fifties of the last century, T. rubrum
is the most common dermatophyte, accounting for
80%-90% of strains, mainly due to the increased
incidence of patients with toenail onychomycosis
and tinea pedis (2). In Mediterranean countries, an
increase of M. canis infections has been recorded
during the past decades and M. canis has become
one of the major pathogens, especially in tinea
capitis infections, also causing the kerion type
which has previously been "reserved" for Tricho-
phyton spp. only (2,3). Zoophilic dermatophytes
such as T. verrucosum and M. canis are the most
prevalent species in southern Europe and Arabic
countries (2). During the study period, dermato-
phytes remained the most common fungal patho-
gens with the exception of finger onychomycosis
and mycosis of the genital and perigenital region,
which were mainly due to Candida spp. An overall
increase in the incidence of fingernail onychomy-
cosis was due to the upward trend in the incidence
of Candida spp. infection.
T. mentagrophytes was the major etiologic
pathogen isolated from toenail debris, face and
beard samples, feet and hands. Variations in the
incidence were noted over years, ranging from
53% to 63% of all dermatophytic isolates.
M. canis remained the main etiologic agent of
tinea corporis and tinea capitis, especially in chil-
dren. An overall decrease was observed in the in-
cidence of M. canis, from 37% to 22%.
During the study period, a significant increase
in the incidence of T. rubrum infection was record-
ed, ranging from 5% of all dermatophytic isolates
in 1999 to 22% in 2008, mainly due to the increase
of T. rubrum caused toenail onychomycosis, tinea
corporis and tinea cruris.
Figure 5. The frequency of fungal species isolated
from hair/scalp samples.
Miklić et al.
Frequency of superficial mycoses
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
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M. gypseum, T. tonsurans, T. violaceum and E.
floccosum remained low.
Aspergillus spp. was mainly isolated from fin-
gernail and toenail debris. These results should
be interpreted carefully as Aspergillus might be a
contaminant rather than the true etiologic agent.
The incidence of other dermatophytes such as
cal type encountered and it accounted for 41% of
all fungal infections. According to literature data,
onychomycosis represents up to 30% of super-
ficial mycotic infections diagnosed (4). Analysis
of fingernail and toenail onychomycosis showed
an inverse relationship between dermatophytes
and yeast. Whereas Candida spp. was the main
etiologic agent isolated from fingernails, derma-
tophytes prevailed in toenails in 80% of isolates.
Among dermatophytes, T. mentagrophytes was
the main isolate, accounting for 68% of toenail
and 8% of fingernail onychomycosis. In Western,
some parts of Central Europe and USA, T. rubrum
is the dermatophytic pathogen most frequently
isolated from toenail debris (4-8). In the USA and
Southern Europe, a high prevalence of Candida
spp. was noted in fingernail isolates (6,9). In geo-
graphical regions with warm climate, Candida spp.
might be regarded as an etiologic agent (and not
only as a contaminant), while findings of nonder-
matophytic filamentous fungi must be analyzed
critically (2,9,10).
In our study, onychomycosis was the main clini-
ond in the incidence and accounted for 17% of all
superficial fungal infections. The most frequently
isolated fungal species were M. canis (42%), T.
mentagrophytes (36%) and Candida spp. (10%).
Results of the studies from our neighboring coun-
tries and some other Mediterranean countries
demonstrated M. canis to be the major pathogen
causing tinea corporis (11-13). In the USA, T. ru-
brum is the major pathogen responsible for tinea
corporis (2,14).
Fungal infection of glabrous skin
Fungal infection of glabrous skin ranked sec-
was 4%. Candida spp. was the major pathogen
isolated in 44% of samples, followed by T. menta-
grophytes (36%) and T. rubrum (16%). A remark-
able decline of 69% was noted in the incidence of
T. mentagrophytes. A 6-fold increase in the inci-
Fungal infection of the groin
The incidence of fungal infection of the groin
dence of T. rubrum was recorded. Accordingly, in
2007 and 2008, T. rubrum was the major derma-
tophytic pathogen accounting for 57% and 70% of
dermatophytic isolates, respectively. Other studies
showed T. rubrum to be the major dermatophytic
pathogen of tinea cruris (5-7,15).
geographical and climatic regions. With the intro-
duction of griseofulvin in 1958, M. audouinii and T.
schoenleinii, once the main pathogens, have been
practically eradicated in developed countries (16-
18). In Mediterranean countries as well as in Slo-
venia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Hungary,
Germany and Poland, M. canis remained the main
causative agent (3,11,14,19-22). In North America
and in the UK and Ireland, a significant increase in
the incidence of T. tonsurans has been recorded,
achieving almost exclusive proportions in tinea ca-
pitis infections (up to 95.8%) (3,6,23,24). Due to
migration of the population, an increase of tinea
capitis caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes
has been reported in European metropolises like
Madrid, Paris, Rotterdam, Stockholm and London
(3,25). Most cases of tinea capitis in these regions
are recorded in children immigrants from African
The epidemiological situation regarding caus-
ative agents of tinea capitis infection in Croatia is
somewhat similar to that recorded in our neighbor-
ing countries, with M. canis being the most preva-
lent dermatophyte (11,19,22). The anthropophilic
T. tonsurans, the first ranking pathogen in the USA
(3) and the UK, has been recorded sporadically
over the past 10 years and is still exclusively found
among high contact sports practitioners and mem-
bers of their families. T. violaceum, endemic in Af-
rican countries, was isolated in a couple of cases,
reflecting the low immigration rate from endemic
countries. The incidence of geophilic M. gypseum
remained low during the study period and showed
no significant variations, apart of the fact that M.
gypseum appeared as the causative agent of the
kerion type of tinea capitis in a limited number of
cases. We have no consistent explanation for this
phenomenon. There was one case of scalp ring-
worm caused by T. schoenleinii in a young immi-
grant woman from Janjevo (outside Croatia).
During the study period, the incidence of tinea
capitis declined from 215 cases in 1999 to 127
cases in 2008, due to a decrease in the frequency
of M. canis infection. We hope that this presents
the real epidemiological situation. Further studies
tinea capitis
The etiology of tinea capitis varies according to
Miklić et al.
Frequency of superficial mycoses
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat


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|Apr 21, 1998
|Filing date
|May 3, 1996
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|May 3, 1996
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|Roger A. Hajjar, Stuart D. Perry, Mark A. Barton
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|Eastman Kodak Company
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|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (9), Classifications (10), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to an apparatus for compensating radial and vertical runout of an optical disc.
In optical data recording, an optical source, typically a laser or laser diode, generates an incident write or read signal in the form of a radiation beam. The beam is applied to an optical medium through a focusing lens to record or read data thereon. To facilitate proper application of the beam to the medium (typically a disc), focusing and tracking servos are used to control vertical and radial positions of the lens by means of an actuator. A focusing servo maintains a focused spot of less than 2 μm on the surface of the medium while a tracking servo maintains the focused spot within preformatted spiral or concentric tracks spaced by less than 5 μm. Certain types of media, such as compact disc recordable (CD-R) media, include a performed spiral tracking structure typically referred to as a groove or pregroove having a width of 0.4 μm and spaced by 1.6 μm. Due to changes or tolerances of the manufacturing conditions of optical discs, e.g. changes in the press force, the disc surface might be distorted (e.g., saddle shape) and the tracks might not be perfectly concentric or spiral. Furthermore, the center hole of the medium, into which the center spindle of the apparatus is inserted, may not be completely concentric, or the shaft of the motor for spinning the medium may not be coaxial with the medium. In addition, disc loading and clamping mechanisms might cause further distortion of the disc shape. Due to such deformations of the disc, well known closed loop focusing and tracking servos become severely challenged, and in some instances may be unable to properly maintain a focused spot in the center of a desired track. As a result, vertical and radial runout sinewave compensation techniques have been described in the literature (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,121,374 and 4,764,914).
Known runout compensation techniques consist of storing focus and tracking lens actuator current signals as a function of rotation of the disc. The focus and tracking current signals correspond to vertical excursions of the disc surface and radial eccentricities of the tracks, respectively. Runout correction signals for both focusing and tracking are derived from the actuator current signals and added to the output of the focusing and tracking servos. Typically, a runout signal has a frequency which is the same as the fundamental frequency of the rotation of the disc. It is desirable that the runout signal contains additional frequency components. However, due to the nature of the servo response, the current signal is not optimum for determining which additional frequency components to include.
It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide an improved runout signal by using a lens position signal (LPS) representing vertical and radial position of the lens.
It is therefore the object of the present invention to compensate for runout caused by an optical disc or drive.
This object is achieved in an apparatus for compensating for radial and vertical runout of an optical disc using an actuator having a lens for focus of a laser beam and wherein the focus and tracking currents control the position of the lens in the vertical and radial directions, comprising:
a) means for focusing the actuator lens along at least one revolution of a track on an optical disc and producing lens position signals;
b) means responsive to the lens position signals to produce the frequency content of surface height and track deviations of the optical disc using a frequency transform technique;
c) means for storing such surface height and track deviations frequency content;
d) means for storing a signal representing the focusing and tracking actuator currents; and
e) means responsive to the focusing ,and tracking actuator current signals and the stored surface height and track deviation frequencies to control the lens position and thereby reduce focusing and tracking errors.
It is a feature of the present invention to provide an effective structure for runout compensation by using vertical and radial lens position sensors representing vertical excursions and radial eccentricities. The lens position signals are used to determine the frequency components required for feedforward compensation.
FIG. 1 depicts track deviations of polar plots of an optical disc at three different radii;
FIG. 2 depicts a typical disturbance rejection of a tracking servo without a compensation technique; and
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
As mentioned above, low frequency radial and vertical deviations of optical media (below 500 Hz) challenge the capability of the focusing and tracking servos. Consider, for example, radial track deviation on an optical disc measured at three locations in FIG. 1, i.e. at the inner, middle, and outer radius using a Radial Lens Position Sensor (RLPS) while the tracking servo is closed. As shown in FIG. 1 there are three polar plots of optical discs with different radii, where R is the radius in μm; std is the standard deviation in μm, and pp is the peak-to-peak dimension in μm. An increase in track distortion is observed across the disc from the inner to the outer radius which is also reflected by the peak-to-peak (pp) and standard deviation (std) of the track deviation from circularity in μm (to the right of the polar plot). The track distortion appears to be largest at the outer diameter with a maximum excursion of 7.3 μm and a dominant frequency that is three times that of the rotation frequency. The tracking servo will insure that the optical spot follows the track, however, due to its finite gain, a residual tracking error will appear, i.e., the spot is offset from the center of the track.
FIG. 2 shows the "disturbance rejection" of a typical tracking servo versus frequency. Given the rotation of the disc and the track shape shown in FIG. 1 at the outer radius, the disturbance tracking frequency is about 100 Hz.
In FIG. 2, the rejection of the tracking servo is about 40 dB. The tracking servo will reduce the excursion at this frequency by a factor of 100. When the peak-to-peak of the track excursion at the outer diameter is 7 μm, the tracking error is 7/100═0.07 μm or 70 nm, i.e., the optical spot will deviate from the center of the track by 70 nm which is a considerable track offset that might degrade the performance of the overall system. Using a feedforward signal at this frequency can help the tracking servo to better maintain the spot in the center of the track. As with any feedforward application, the objective here is to provide a correction signal in anticipation of a disturbance. The anticipation is made possible by the repetitive nature of the runout from one revolution to the next.
The fundamental principles in using a feedforward for runout compensation are substantially the same for the focus, fine tracking, and radial (coarse) tracking servos. While the servo system is actively regulating to the desired position, the driving signal (usually a current signal) to the actuator is measured as of function of lime (or, equivalently, angular position of the writing surface). This driving signal is sampled and filtered to extract the repeatable frequency components of interest. Finally, the filtered drive signal is applied to the target actuator. The result of this procedure is the application of a band-limited and repetitive (with each revolution of the media) driving signal to the actuator. In this way, the servo is only required to correct for non-repeatable disturbances to the system. Note that many methods of frequency-selective filtering can be applied, including low-, high-, and band-pass filters, and special techniques such as extraction of frequency components via transform methods such as a Fourier transform.
The common approach to extracting the feed forward drive signal to the actuator is to sample the servo's drive signal directly. However, due to fundamentals of servo design, this signal is substantially wider bandwidth than the repeatable portion of the runout, and therefore is a noisy representation of the actuator drive signal. It is also prone to aliasing effects, unless it is sampled at an exceedingly high rate relative to the repetitive runout. Consequently, a large amount of data must be taken and manipulated to develop the feed forward signals.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of apparatus 10 in accordance with the present invention which provides for tracking and (fine) focusing servo. The apparatus 10 includes a focus actuator 12 shown in schematic form. As is well understood by those in the art, the focus actuator 12 has an objective lens 14 which focuses an optical spot onto a surface of an optical disc 16. In addition, there is a tracking actuator 13 which, as is well known in the art, positions the objective lens 14 along the track of the disc. The focus actuator 12 includes a standard vertical lens position sensor 18 and a standard radial lens position sensor 20. These position sensors are well known in the art and are adapted to produce signals representing the vertical and radial runout of the optical disc 16. The actuators 12 and 13, of course, have their own coils for respectively positioning the objective lens 14 in the vertical position and in the radial or tracking position. The actuator currents for the focus and tracking actuators 12 and 13, respectively, control the position of the objective lens 14. These currents are provided by a focusing control servo 22 and a tracking servo 24, respectively. These servos are well known in the art. (See U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,866,688 and 4,439,848).
The vertical and radial lens position sensors 18 and 20 are used to determine the position of the objective lens 14 relative to its frame of reference (the locations of the motive force on the actuator). In accordance with this invention, the most significant drive signal frequencies to the actuator are determined and used. Preferably, a filtering method is adapted to the frequency content of the runout and a reduced amount of computation is performed. This technique is equally applicable to the focus actuator 12 and the tracking actuator 13. In order to simplify the discussion of the present invention, tracking runout will now be discussed.
First, during an optical disc 16 initialization phase, the tracking loop is closed with a carriage 42 at a fixed position. The carriage 42 is only shown in block form, but it will be understood to include support rails, bearings, magnets, and coils. Holding the carriage 42 at one position during this procedure (that is, not adjusting its position based on the measured track runout) will result in a large and easily measurable position error signal. This is accomplished by controlling the carriage 42 to a specific radius (using an external carriage position sensor or encoder). Another method is to simply leave the carriage control off, and rely on the inertia of the carriage 42 to effectively "hold" at a radius. This is effective because of the short period of time required to measure the runout. As the tracking servo 24 follows the track (with the carriage 42 at a fixed position), the radial lens position sensor 20 is used to obtain a high accuracy measure of the track runout. The tracking servo 24 produces the drive current for the tracking actuator 13. The radial lens position sensor 20 signal is sampled, and a Fourier series representation is calculated by either a microprocessor or dedicated hardware shown as logic and control unit 26. Either a simple Fourier series or an FFT technique can be used in accordance with the present invention. Although a Fourier transform is preferred, other types of frequency transforms can, of course, be used as will be understood by those skilled in the art. This Fourier series describes the tracking rimout in terms of its spatial frequency in multiples of once per revolution. By inspecting the Fourier series, the largest and therefore most significant harmonics are identified. A subset of harmonics are thereby chosen to be represented in the feed forward signal based on their relative amplitudes. This process can be repeated by the logic and control unit 26 at a plurality of radii, if the media is capable of exhibiting a different runout characteristic as a function of radius.
While the tracking actuator 13 is in normal operation, and the tracking servo 24 and optionally the carriage 42 following servo are on, the actuator drive signal is stored in a signal processing and storage unit 28. The high sampling rate must still be utilized to avoid aliasing effects, but the previously obtained information identifies which harmonics of the once per revolution runout are most significant. Using this information, the selected terms of a Fourier series representation of the actuator drive signal, are calculated by the signal processing and storage unit 28. Then a feedforward drive signal is produced by the signal processing and storage unit 28 by performing a reverse Fourier on the selected terms. An adder 30 adds the feedforward signal to the tracking actuator current produced by the tracking servo 24. The resulting signal is then applied to the actuator tracking coil for controlling the lens in the tracking position. The feedforward signal can be further refined by periodically re-measuring the actuator drive signal, finding the selected terms of the Fourier series representation, and averaging them with previous iterations Fourier series representations.
Note that the feedforward driving signal to the tracking actuator 13 can also be re-synthesized to drive the carriage 42. However, the partition between the carriage 42 and the tracking actuator 13 must be known (that is, how much of the runout to remove with carriage motion, and how much to remove with the tracking actuator). Also note that once the carriage 42 is driven with a feedforward, the radial lens position sensor's 20 output no longer contains the full information about the track runout (the driving signal to both actuators must now be interrogated).
Vertical runout is also achieved in a similar fashion to radial runout. For example, the vertical position signal produced by vertical lens position sensor 18 is provided to a dedicated logic and control unit 36, which provides the same function as the logic and control unit 26, but on the vertical position signal. The signal processing unit 38, which provides the same function as the signal processing and storage unit 28, provides its output signal to an adder 40 which then produces a signal which is applied to the vertical coil of the focus actuator 12 to control the position of the objective lens 14 in the focus position.
Although radial and vertical runout can be separately provided, it is highly advantageous to use the present invention with both focus and tracking control.
In another embodiment, a mathematical model of the actuator can be stored within the signal processing unit. It is used to determine the feedforward drive signal to the actuator from the lens position signal. A simple mathematical model of an actuator is generally quite accurate, especially in the frequency range where repeatable runout occurs. This technique is applicable to focus, tracking, and the radial access actuator as described below.
The tracking loop is closed with the carriage 42 which mounts the focus and tracking actuators 13 and objective lens 14 at a fixed position. This is achieved by the same means as in the first embodiment. As the tracking actuator 13 follows the track (with the carriage 42 at a fixed position), the radial lens position sensor 20 is used to obtain a high accuracy measure of the track runout. The position sensor signal is sampled, and a Fourier series representation is calculated (by either a simple fouries series or an FFI technique). A feedforward drive signal transform, is developed by dividing the position sensor signal transform by the actuator's open-loop frequency response (calculated or measured). The feed forward signal is then found by performing a reverse transformation on the feed forward drive signal transform.
Similar to the first embodiment, the same lens position data used to calculate the feedforward driving signal to the tracking actuator 13 can also be re-used to calculate the feedforward drive signal to the carriage 42. However, the designer must be cautious in partitioning between the carriage 42 and the tracking actuator. Since the actuation of the carriage 42 in the same frequency range as the tracking actuator with completely correlated feed forwards dramatically modifies the open-loop transfer function of the tracking actuator. Also note that once the carriage is driven with a feedforward, the position sensor's output no longer contains the full information about the track runout.
The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
______________________________________10 apparatus12 focus actuator13 tracking actuator14 objective lens16 optical disc18 vertical lens position sensor20 radial lens position sensor22 focusing control servo24 tracking servo26 logic and control unit28 signal processing and storage unit30 adder36 logic and control unit38 signal processing unit40 adder42 carriage______________________________________
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|May 3, 1996
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Task force focuses on small alcohol bottles, over-servingStory | Dec 9, 2013 | 4:34 PMThe Huntington Beach Downtown Task Force is shifting its attention to the influence of sales of small bottles of alcohol on the problems in the area. The committee Thursday asked City Atty. Jennifer McGrath to see if banning sales of the 1-ounce bottles...
Retail Therapy: Feeling the Veggie loveStory | Dec 11, 2013 | 11:30 AMHealthy freebie: Veggie Grill restaurant chain aficionados who download and use the company's new Android and iPhone app will receive a free winter menu item if they install the app before Jan. 5. Look on the "Love" tab of the app for this special offer....
The Gossiping Gourmet: An informal dinner on Black Friday
The Gossiping Gourmet: Provenance a new hit for Cathy Pavlos
Retail Therapy: Treat your favorite teacherStory | Apr 30, 2014 | 4:19 PMTeaching appreciation: Lark Creek Newport Beach at Fashion Island, 957 Newport Center Drive, will honor teachers throughout May by offering a $10 discount per person to those who show their teacher or school employment identification at the restaurant....
Retail Therapy: See our sailors off to seaStory | Apr 16, 2014 | 9:34 AMSet sail for Newport: Visitors are welcome to view the 65th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race starting at 11 a.m. April 25 off the Balboa Pier. The last boat is expected to pass by at 1:30 p.m. More than 130 boats enter the competition, which...
Chef Bruno Serato has mission to feed children
In the Pipeline: A taste of boba done rightStory | Apr 22, 2014 | 3:50 PMI think the Taste of Huntington Beach is my favorite event of the year and not just because of how full I am at the end of the day. Since 2002, the Taste has raised more than $400,000 for the Huntington Beach Children's Library. As co-organizer Gail...
The Gossiping Gourmet: No canned dishes at this Cannery
In the Pipeline: Tasty food truck tidbit