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How to Choose Baseball Gloves and Mitts
When you think of baseball gear, the very first thing you think of is the baseball glove. Most kids have a family glove passed down from sibling to sibling just for playing catch in the yard. It's almost always too big or too small, and by the time it's finally retired, it's literally coming apart at the seams.
For players who play baseball regularly, the family glove just won't do. They need a glove that fits, that has been created for their position, so they don't sacrifice any dexterity or safety on the field.
How to Choose a Glove Size
The glove size is determined by two factors, age and position. For the youngest players, position may not matter as much, but the more specialized a player becomes on the field, the more they will require the glove that matches.
- Have the player hold out their catching hand, palm flat, in the "stop" position, fingers vertical, wrist facing down.
- If a player is right-handed, they will use their left hand to catch.
- If a player is left-handed, they will use their right hand to catch.
- Using a ruler, measure from the top of the index finger to the wrist. The finger should be as straight as possible. Write the measurement down.
- Find the closest size up from your measurement. If you measured at 6-1/2'', then choose the smallest baseball glove near that size, which will typically be 9''.
Right-Handed vs. Left-Handed Gloves
- A right-handed glove will actually belong on the left hand. That is because a right-handed player will throw with their right hand and catch with their left hand.
- A left-handed glove will actually fit on the right hand. A left-handed player throws with their left hand and catches with their right.
- Make sure, when shopping online, to check which hand the glove should fit on, and order accordingly.
Youth Sizes
Youth gloves should be small enough to help the player learn how to catch accurately. They may be one type fits all positions, and measure from 9 to 11 inches across.
Types of Gloves and Positions
What separates one kind of glove from another? By the time a player has moved into high school and college baseball, not only have they learned what position they are best at, they also have specialized glove needs.
- Outfield gloves are larger than infield gloves and have deeper pockets for catching long fly balls and longer reaches for that extra distance needed to cover a grounder.
- Infield gloves are smaller with shallow pockets for better fielding and faster throwing reactions for those awesome double-plays.
- First basemen gloves are unique among the infielders, as it is typically longer for a better reach than other infielder gloves, while retaining the shallow pocket.
- Second basemen have the smallest gloves in order to make quick throws to first, third, or home.
- Pitchers are also infielders, and need to react like them, but their gloves are often slightly larger than a typical infield glove, for ease of ball control before the pitch.
- Catcher's mitts are fingerless, heavily padded to reduce ball impact, and extra reinforced for both safety and wear and tear. The catcher is the player that will use his or her mitt the most, and so they will need to replace it more often than other players.
- Outside of baseball, softball gloves tend to be larger to accommodate the larger ball size.
- Remember that the correct size of glove for the player gives them the best comfort, safety, and dexterity on the field, so size charts should be used as guidelines, but not absolutes.
Glove Materials and Features
These three types of materials will make a difference in the feel and durability of the glove.
- Leather
- The majority of gloves are made from this material.
- Leather offers the best comfort, control, and feel.
- Sturdy leather means stiffer gloves, but after they are broken in, this sturdiness becomes durability.
- These gloves will be stamped with a label saying "Genuine Leather"
- Treated leather
- Leather is treated and softened with chemicals for faster break-in.
- Treated leather also reduces the care needed for the glove and helps the glove keep its shape.
- Treated leather should not be regarded as the same as a part fabric, part leather glove. These gloves are often very flimsy and can't be repaired.
- Synthetic materials
- A lighter, less-durable material that doesn't hold up to the rigors of the game as well.
- Less expensive, and good for youngsters to learn with.
- Unlike leather gloves, when a synthetic or plastic glove wears out, it can't be repaired by a professional leather worker, and should be replaced.
Find the Features that Fit Your Game
Today's gloves have different features built-in to help your game and to suit your ability. Here are the key features constructed into gloves and what to consider when finding the glove that suits you.
- Pocket
- The size of the pocket depends on your position
- Shallow pockets really help middle infielders quickly grab the ball and throw
- Deeper pockets help outfielders shag down fly balls
- Softball players also need a bigger pocket to catch the bigger ball
- Webbing
- Different styles of webbing are available to either help you better field your position or to fit your preference
- A closed web is preferred for pitchers who want to hide the ball from the batter
- Outfielders and third basemen like the extra support from a closed web
- An open web helps middle infielders get the ball out of their gloves quicker to make throws
- Backs
- There are two choices of backs, open or closed
- The type of back is matter of personal preference, but some styles fit some positions better
- The open back leaves a space open across the glove's back
- Middle infielders prefer this for the flexibility
- Outfielders prefer a closed back with a "finger hole" for extra support
- Wrist adjustment
- Gloves come with an adjustment to keep it snug. Not all gloves have these "fit systems."
- A D-ring fastener allows you to pull on the lacing and make the glove tighter or looser
- A Velcro fastener although it may wear quicker, offers convenience of pulling and adjusting to fit your comfort level
- A Lacing adjustment allows you to loosen or tighten the wrist fastener with leather laces.
- A Buckle system adjusts the glove with a buckle similar to an adjustable hat
- Padding
- The amount of padding in the pocket depends on the position played
- The catcher's mitt has more padding to handle hard throws from a pitcher
- Glove makers have been adding more padding for other positions as well to help players handle the sting of hard-hit balls
- There also may be padding in the wrist area to make the glove more comfortable
Care and Break-In of Your Glove
- Pour a small amount of glove conditioner or glove oil on a clean dry cloth and carefully work the oil around the outer shell palm and back. A light coating is all that is necessary.
- Allow the glove to dry thoroughly for 24 hrs.
- Wipe off any excess oil with a soft towel and play catch for 10-15 minutes or 50-70 throws. This stretches and forms the glove to your hand and accelerates the break-in process.
- If you are by yourself, going to a batting cage and catching slow balls for a session will do the same thing.
- Put a ball in the pocket of the glove and tie the glove closed for a few days with a string or rubber band.
- The glove should respond to your hand movements with little resistance.
- Laces will stretch with use. Keep the laces taut but do not over-tighten them.
- Check with a repairman for broken laces or other wear and tear signs on your glove.
- Store in a cool dry place with a ball in the pocket when not in use. Do not leave your glove in an area where temperatures will become extreme, such as the trunk of your car.
- Do not over-oil your glove. Twice per season is sufficient.
- When you oil your glove, loosen the dirt and grime on the glove and wipe it away with a soft towel.
- Do not submerge your glove in water -- it will rot. If your glove becomes wet, dry slowly and oil lightly. Do not put in the oven or microwave to dry it.


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Be prepared to bring the kids in your life to this playground again and again! Seattle's biggest playground, the Junior League of Seattle Children's Playground is a huge hit with children of all ages.
Kids ages three to eight especially love to maneuver through the 20,000 square-feet of colorful climbing walls, sand box, swings, slides and much more.
The Junior League of Seattle donated and dedicated this "Air, Land and Sea" playground to the children of Seattle to commemorate the organization's 75 years of community service. The playground was designed partly by children and built entirely by volunteers at the site of the former Naval Air Station, Seattle Control Tower. The design of the playground includes several features which commemorate the site's past use as an airfield. The N.E. to N.W. orientation of the central sidewalk is similar to that of the main runway (demolished in the mid-1970s'). It also includes markings at each end just like a real runway. A mosaic at the southwest corner of the playground includes compass points and nautical themes.
To get there, enter the park at N.E. 74th Street from Sand Point Way N.E. Drive straight ahead until you see a wide planted median. The playground is directly east (toward Lake Washington). Park close to the playground anywhere in the large lot.
Picnic Shelter No. 3 is adjacent to the playground as are the four variable height basketball courts. You'll also find nearby sports fields, walking trails and a dog off-leash area.
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COPPERAS COVE (January 17, 2013)—Copperas Cove firefighters responded to a fire in the garage of a home Thursday afternoon in the 1000 block of 9th Street.
The three residents escaped injury in the fire, which was reported at around 1:50 p.m. Thursday.
One of the residents, Sie Winters, told the Copperas Cove Leader-Press he had just finished eating lunch when he smelled something like burning plastic.
When he went to the garage to check on the smell, he saw smoke overhead.
He told the newspaper he tried to contain the fire until firefighters arrived.
(Information provided by Corrisa Jackson, staff writer, Copperas Cove Leader-Press)


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With generous funding from the National Science Foundation we have established a cyber-enabled single crystal X-ray diffraction facility. The facility consists of a new Bruker SMART APEX II CCD single crystal diffractometer (launched June '06) with an Oxford Cryostream Low Temperature device (for performing analyses at 100K). Additionally, the room is configured with four web cameras to allow cyber and remote control of the instrument.
Web CamerasCheck below to open a new browser window to see live images from the CPMCC.
Live Image of X-ray Room
Live Image from the BrukerCam (ie, from inside the instrument!)
**Also check us out at the CIMA X-ray Site!**
Since the rennovation and move of the X-ray lab, the lab now contains a self-contained room for crystal mounting, dedicated computers for structural analysis, high speed networked printer (HP 4250N), microscopes, and all other neccessary equipment for modern single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. One of the microscopes has an attached video camera that allows remote visualization of the images onto a TV.
- Bruker SMART APEX II CCD Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer (230 Millis)
- Using this major equipment we can visualize the molecular structure of crystalline compounds
- Complete microscope system with polarizing lenses and video camera coupled to large screen TV for demonstrations
Marlena Washington (PhD student) shows us her DmpP=PDmp diphosphene crystals on the TV.


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If you could have only one book on web security, what would it be?
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Many people do recommend this one book: The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws, which I also find very useful. But you should not rely upon only on one book. This book was released back in 2007 year, now there have appeared many new technologies. So, besides books you should follow standards, RFC's and other documents. I know other really good and fresh book. I have only hard copy in German, not aware if it is available in English - Sichere Webanwendugen.
Since it's now out, my answer would be The Tangled Web by Michal Zalewski.
For books on how to build web security, Writing Secure Code v2 from MS Press is still a seminal classic, and even though it was written quite a few years ago by Internet standards, it is still very relevant, and relatively up to date (if no longer complete because of new attack techniques). And it's not just for MS platforms (though many of the newer frameworks are missing)...
Ross Anderson's Security Engineering is excellent (and the first edition is currently available online. Some sample chapters from the second edition are online at the time of writing).
I prefer Hunting Security Bugs to The Web Application Hacker's Handbook, but fortunately, you can have more than one book in your life. I have about 40,000.
I nice introductionary book to web security I am reading now is Hacking: The Next Generation.
It covers a wide range of topics, so maybe it could not be for you if you are looking for something deeper and more focused.
the Web Application Hackers handbook v2 and as a hacker/security guy one book is not what you look for ,also OWASP books are very good in the subject


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Power Tour rolled into Chattanooga for the Coker Tire Cruise Night at the Chattanooga State Community College and we spotted some cars that just joined us. We know for sure that the Rebel Machine parked at the MSD booth is a newcomer, we'd have spotted that beast long ago. It was one of the many AMCs we've seen on this year's tour.
Like many of the interesting cars we see on Power Tour, the Machine has us daydreaming about building a similar project car. Is it just us, or does 401 have a nice ring to it? Later on day six, the tour moves to an evening cruise spot at Coker Tire, and Corky Coker has a special unveiling planned. Check back for more Power Tour news and galleries.


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Reviewed By: A customer from Langley, WA (Whidbey Island) on 8/4/09
The map quality was excellent, but the part of the route that is on route 50 north of Pittsburg - was dangerous. It's a fast hwy - not sure what options exist other than this road, but I would never ride this part of the route again. Not only was it a FAST 2 lane hwy, but there was NO SHOULDER for most of this section. Other than that, it was a nice route. I chose it because I was in Pittsburgh on business and had a few days in between work. The section past New Castle was the best.


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When the police can't help you and the press will destroy you, when you need maximum force and maximum discretion, there's only one place to go—Private, the detective agency that will get the job done, even if they have to break a few rules to do it.
Private Agency Profiles
Justine Smith: Second-in-Command
Justine is number two at Private. A psychologist by trade, she uses her smarts, training, and determination to solve cases.
Formerly, Justine and Jack dated seriously. They even went as far as to buy a house together, though she moved out when the relationship ended.
Timeline of Cases Solved
Two years ago Jack Morgan—the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private—was in charge of security for the World Cup. During the championship match, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his Private team averted disaster on soccer's biggest stage. Now he has returned to Rio to secure the Olympics.
When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his young granddaughter who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer.
Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds—especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business.
Private Jack Morgan investigates the disappearance of the biggest superstar couple in Hollywood.
When his former lover is found murdered in Jack Morgan's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While Jack is under police investigation, the mob strong-arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals for them. And the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a string of murders at her properties.
Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily—and his staff of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.
Other Private Offices
When Jack Morgan opens the Mumbai branch of Private, the world's most elite detective agency, he hands the reins to top agent Santosh Wagh. Now, in this teeming metropolis of over thirteen million people where the guilty have everywhere to hide, Santosh goes on the hunt for one elusive killer.
With the best detectives in the business, cutting edge technology and offices around the globe, there is no investigation company quite like Private. Now, at a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private Sydney throws open its doors...
At Private Berlin, agent Chris Schneider has disappeared. Chris had taken a secretive personal leave and hadn't spoken to anyone from the office in days. The Private team retraces his footsteps to the cases he was investigating before his disappearance: a billionaire suspected of cheating on his wife, a world-famous soccer player accused of throwing games, and the owner of a seedy nightclub. They were the last people to see Chris—and they're all suspects. And someone is lying.
For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private—the world's most exclusive detective agency—saved her from a horrific death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter, head of Private London, to save her all over again.
Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protect over 10,000 competitors who represent more than 200 countries.


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The Pirelli Winter Collection comprises different tires for city cars, medium powered vehicles, prestigious supersports cars, up to 4x4s used in extreme conditions.
SNOWCONTROL serie II
designed for city and compact cars, ensures grip, safety and driving pleasure in moderate to extreme winter conditions.
WINTER SOTTOZERO serie II
the ideal choice for supersports cars and top end vehicles, has excellent road holding features both on snow and on wet surfaces.
is available for both cars and modern SUVs. It has a studdable tread designed for the most extreme weather conditions ensuring excellent traction.
is designed for powerful modern SUVs. It is ideal for road use and stands out for its aggressive and effective tread pattern which ensures optimum traction and road handling on both wet and dry surfaces.
Not just when it snows
"I only use it in town anyway", "This year it won't snow much". "I drive slowly"…
These are the most common excuses for not fitting winter tires. Very few people know that, at a temperature of 7°C or below, even the best summer tires gradually lose their road holding capabilities, compromising stability and braking performance.
Winter tires should be fitted in autumn for confident driving in all weather conditions, without the need to fit chains. Formulated with specific compounds that are ideal for use in low temperatures, they have a specific tread pattern which helps reduce the risk of aquaplaning. This gives traction and safety, even on snow, and enables notably shorter braking distances: -10% in rain at low temperatures and -20% on snow compared with summer tires.
Italian drivers and insiders call them "thermal tires", or "snow tires". In english they are simply "winter tires". They are easily recognisable with the initials M+S (Mud & Snow) plus a symbol of a mountain with a snowflake on the sidewall.
This section offers advice from Pirelli technicians as to how to get the best from your winter tires, in terms of performance and safety.
Drive smoothly
When driving avoid sharp acceleration, sudden steering action or braking, to minimise loss of traction on snow or ice.
Always fit four winter tires
For optimum performance and safety, it is essential that all four tires are the same. Always use four winter tires of the same brand, and with the same construction features. Fit tires of the same size on the same axle, with the same characteristics of use, tread pattern and conditions of wear. The use of studded tires, where permitted, must be extended to all four wheels. Consult the vehicle's handbook for the correct load capacity and speed rating of the tires to be used.
Check tire pressures regularly
Inflation pressures must be checked regularly and carried out when the tires are cold. If necessary correct the pressure again, when the tire is cold. Keep to the pressures indicated by the vehicle manufacturer. Note, pressures change in relation to the external temperature: a pressure of 2.0 bar measured at +20°C decreases to 1.74 bar at -5°C and falls to 1.59 bar when the temperature is at -20°C (a change of 20%).
Check the speed limit
Pay attention to the speed limit indicated by the rating on the tire sidewall. Optionally, the car may be equipped with tires of a lower rating than that prescribed, adjusting the speed. In this case, the European regulations state that the reduction in speed must be indicated on an adhesive label placed inside the car (on the windscreen or dashboard so that it's always visible to the driver).
Check the tread frequently
The performance of winter tires remains effective down to a tread depth of 4mm. Below this level they are no longer adequate for winter use but can be used as summer tires down to the main tread minimum legal limit, set at 1.6 mm.
Store them carefully
When winter tires are not being used, they should preferably be kept on wheel rims and inflated, and the pressures checked regularly. If stored without rims, they must be stacked on their sides no more than four per stack so that they are not deformed by the weight.
Rotate winter tires in the right direction every 10,000/12,000 km.
Change summer tires to Pirelli winter tires.
Add anti-freeze to the vehicle's cooling system (a mixture of 50% water and 50% anti-freeze).
Check the braking system efficiency.
Check the windscreen wash fluid and add anti-freeze, if necessary. It is essential to be able to clean the windscreen at any time, should dirty water be thrown up from the road by the cars in front.
Check your lights! In winter, there can be visibility problems that you should be prepared for.
Winter Tyre Safety by Pirelli
Below 7°C, or for most of the period running from October to March, winter tires offer greater road holding ability compared to summer tires. During the cold months, the compound used in summer tires hardens which decreases its road holding, traction and braking capabilities.
It's true, you have to buy two sets of tires: one for summer and one for winter. But when the winter tires are fitted, the summer tires are set aside and stored appropriately. They can then be used again as the months get warmer ensuring safety in all weather conditions.
Winter tires have been developed to offer excellent performance when the temperature is below 7°C. During the summer their compound, which is softer than that of summer tires, wears much more rapidly and hence doesn't perform as well.
Winter tires have been developed to respond actively in the presence of snow but also offer excellent performance, compared with summer tires, on wet and dry roads throughout the cold weather season. The tread pattern has been designed to reduce the risk of aquaplaning considerably, compared with summer tires.
This option is strongly advised against. In fact, if the car is front-wheel drive, and winter tires are fitted only at the front, there is a risk of losing control of the vehicle. If the car is rear-wheel drive, and winter tires are fitted only at the rear, there is a risk of losing control when cornering. Finally, if winter tires are fitted on the non-driving wheel axle it will be very difficult to move on icy or snow-covered roads.
No. With chains you can't go more than 50 km/h. Some winter tires, however, are approved for speeds up to 270 km/h (speed rating W). Obviously you must always observe the speed limits set by the Highway Code and adapt your speed according to the weather conditions.
The braking distance with winter tires is reduced by 10% on wet roads and by 20% on snow. This means that, with winter tires, below 7°C, you can stop sooner and will be able to control the vehicle more effectively.
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Best Learning Websites for Toddlers and Preschoolersby Lindsay Hutton
The Internet isn't just for big kids anymore! With many sites now available for toddlers, learning colors, numbers, and letters has never been easier. Check out our list of the best websites for kids, and find fun games, printables, and more that help make learning early skills fun.
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Funbrain Jr.
Funbrain Jr., a part of Family Education Network, helps younger kids develop math, early literacy, and problem-solving skills through fun learning games, stories, and printables. The site is designed so parents can sit and explore with their child, or to allow kids to navigate themselves.
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text: My Spiritual Address 2011:As I sit back and reflect on my life. I think about things I've been through, things I've experienced, and things I would like to experience in the coming years.A very enlightening message caught my attention today. The message spoke about how this gentleman was looking back on his life, his relationship with his father, and his family.I couldn't help but think about my own life and how I am so blessed just to be able to see another day. I ask, as the gentleman asked, Why me? Why has God forsaken me? Why has he allowed me to see another day? Be rewarded with another opportunity to experience your blessings? Now don't get me wrong, I like so many others, have made mistakes. There are many things that have happened in my life that I truly regret. One thing is so very true, The bad and unfortunate episodes of my life, I can't blame anyone but myself. I allowed those things to happen, so I accept full responsibility for the occurrences. Life has dealt many of us rotten cards from time to time. Many bounce back, recover and move forward with our lives. And then there are those who never recover. They find themselves emotionally beaten, turning to alcohol, and drugs. Mentally and physically destroyed, they end it all with suicide. I want those individuals who get to the point, when they feel there's no return, remember you are a child of God, and he loves you and continues to bless you daily. Now there are times in my life when I look back and just ask, Why me? I am not worthy! Just as God has punished me and scolded me, he has also blessed me and allowed me to experience opportunities that many people only dream about. If you will take an opportunity to reflect on your life, and think about the things you would like to experience, and enjoy in your life. Write them down and ask God to bless you with those goals. I want you to take time to look back on your life and remember the many situations that have plagued your life in a negative way, write them down and one by one ask God to remove those evil and hurtful memories from your life.Think about what you would love to experience and ask God to bless you with that prayer request. Take time to repent, and ask for forgiveness for all of the negative ness and life experiences that have caused you to turn left when you should have turned right! In closing, remember, You are a child of God and Yes, You are worthy!-Michael Coleman


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Charlotte, N.C.- The Charlotte 49ers softball team will hold a mandatory walk-on tryout meeting for this upcoming season on Tuesday, August 19 at 3:30 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Fieldhouse. You must attend the meeting to participate in the tryout on Wednesday, September 3.
The walk-on try out meeting is for any FULL time female student that is interested in trying out for the 49ers softball team.
Any questions regarding the tryouts or the meeting, please contact assistant softball coach Mendy McKenzie by email, (email@example.com).


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Post-resectional CA 19-9 Values >90 are Associated With Significantly Worse Survival in Patients With Pancreatic Carcinoma Treated With Adjuvant Therapy on RTOG 9704 - Implications for Current and Future Trials
Carolyn Vachani, RN, MSN, AOCN
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: October 31, 2007
Scientific Session: Post-resectional CA 19-9 Values >90 are Associated With Significantly Worse Survival in Patients With Pancreatic Carcinoma Treated With Adjuvant Therapy on RTOG 9704 - Implications for Current and Future Trials
Previous trials have looked at the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation therapy given postoperatively for pancreatic cancer, with conflicting outcomes. It has been suggested that the CA 19-9 level (a tumor marker for pancreatic cancer found in the blood) after resection (Whipple) may be predictive of survival and may play a role in the results of these conflicting outcomes. Using data from a previous trial (RTOG 9704), this study set out to evaluate that suggestion.
Patients were grouped as having a post-resection CA 19-9 of >90 or <90. 385 patients had CA 19-9 levels tested and recorded, and of these, 132 were found to not express CA19-9, leaving 253 patients for analysis. 200 (79%) had values <90, 53 (21%) were >90.
The researchers found that these groups were significant predictors of survival. Median * survival for the <90 group was 22.8 months, compared with 9.6 months for the >90 group. Three-year survival was 33% in the <90 group versus 2% in the >90 group.
The results of this study show that CA 19-9 levels post resection are an important predictor of survival, and that separating patients into these groups based on CA 19-9 levels may better clarify who benefits most from combination therapy in future trials.
* The median is the "middle of the pack", where half of the patients have died and half are alive. For instance, at 9 months, 50 patients had died and 50 were alive, 9 months is the mid point of survival, or the median. It is different from the mean, which would be average survival time.
Partially funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb.


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I have seen this in lots of wordpress themes and using it for a while but don't know what is the significance of it. It seems it does the same work as echo something out.
Look for it in codex but failed to find anything about it. May be i have looked in wrong place.
So, my question is what does
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Design Your Own 3D Character part 1
Location:St. Helena Branch
Date & Time:Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Have you ever wanted to get your hands on 3D modeling and animation? Take this crash course on designing your own 3D character and posing them.
Limited to 4 students ages 11-17. MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS.


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El33t's Question of the Day: What was your favourite April Fools' announcement?Written by: / / 6 Comments
Welcome to the latest Question of the Day!
If you have a Question of the Day that you would like to put to the community, mail it to oliver[@]el33tonline.com and we'll send it out, with credit of course!
The dreadful day has come and gone, but not without a bit of fun: We've all once again survived April Fools' Day without the world plunging into chaos because some or other joker took it too far, but what was your favourite April Fools' announcement?
Gematsu has compiled a great list of a lot of the game and technology related announcements and product reveals designed specifically for the day, but as usual Google, Blizzard and a few other regular contributors rose to the occasion.
What was your favourite April Fools' Day announcement?
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King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session
November 2, 2009
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz began today's Cabinet session in Riyadh with a briefing on the contacts he had last week with foreign leaders, including Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al-Thani, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih.
The Cabinet welcomed the awarding of the 2009 Barcelona Meeting Point's prize to King Abdullah, in recognition of the extraordinary vision he demonstrated by spear-heading the establishment of the King Abdullah Economic City. The Barcelona Meeting Point is an international, professional real estate exhibition held annually in Spain. The Cabinet hailed the King's ongoing support for higher education in the Kingdom.
Turning to the upcoming Hajj season, the Cabinet listened to a report on the preparations being made by various sectors to accommodate pilgrims, who have already begun arriving in the Kingdom. The ministers urged participants to avoid any behaviors that might disrupt the Hajj or undermine its security.
Addressing its agenda items, the Cabinet authorized the Minister of Interior to sign two draft cooperation agreements with Qatar, one in the field of civil defense and the other concerning anti-drug-trafficking efforts; approved the rules organizing the opening of honorary consulates and the appointment of honorary consuls in the Kingdom's regions; approved a memorandum of understanding attached to a protocol with China for cooperation in the oil, gas and mineral sectors, signed in Riyadh on 15/2/1430 H; and authorized the president of the King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology to discuss with the European Space Agency a draft agreement for peaceful cooperation in outer space.
The Cabinet then approved the appointments of Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salamah as Undersecretary of the Ministry for External Media at the Ministry of Culture and Information (15th rank); Dr. Salih Al-Namlah as Media Advisor at the Ministry of Culture and Information (15th rank); Rashid Al-Twaijri as Director General of Follow-Up at the Ministry of Interior (14th rank); Abdulaziz Al-Mowanas as Administrative Advisor at the Ministry of Interior (14th rank); and Dr. Solaiman Al'aidi as Media Advisor at the Ministry of Culture and Information (14th rank).


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Is digital audio out worth it?
im looking into buying a sound bar for my LED tv, and i have audio out cables (red and white plugs) converted from a standard headphone output from the tv, but i have a digital audio out port also. is it worth it to buy that cable? i found this one, http://www.amazon.com/OPTICAL-TOSLINK-DIGITAL-FIBER-OPTIC/dp/B0002MQGOU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1340743715&sr=8-5&keywords=optical+audio+cable
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It depends. If the soundbar is a simple 2-channel stereo model it won't make any noticeable difference. Also, if your TV model only supports stereo output on the digital out you won't notice a difference.
So check your specs on the soundbar and TV. If both are capable of surround sound it might be worth the optical upgrade.
@samstag: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EPF6YO/ref=asc_df_B002EPF6YO2069649?smid=A3NBBK9CIDZT0L&linkCode=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B002EPF6YO&tag=cnet_mp-2859-20
is the soundbar.
is TV.
if you know how to go about checking that i'd be much obliged
Yes, I would go with the optical cable.
The low price will be worth the difference in sound in return.
@drsilentg: The soundbar appears to be a 4-channel surround system, but I can't find any details on the TV. Neither the product specs nor the manual give any details on what the optical output is capable of. It used to be very common for TVs to only output stereo on the digital out port so I'd say that if they don't tell you it's 5.1 it's probably simple stereo.
I'd probably buy the cable and give it a shot. It may not sound any better using the digital cable, but it certainly won't sound worse.
@samstag: thanks for looking into it
Judging by the specs I would say go with the optical cable. JM2C


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Where is the Samsung Galaxy S III love?
I've been religiously checking Woot daily to see what deals are to be had. There appears to be no shortage of iPhone 4/4S cases on Woot. However, I don't see any cases for other smartphones. I know that there are a lot of Galaxy S III owners out there (me being one of them). Why no love for the 30 million+ SGSIII owners?
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I don't know. Maybe accessories and cases for non-apple phones are generally less expensive to begin with, so it's difficult to offer them at Woot-sized discounts without taking a loss?
I have an S3, coming from owning an iPhone3G. The S3 has been good to me thus far, and no more dealing with iTunes. I've nothing against iPhones, but iTunes has earned many a curse and considerable loathing in my household.
Amazon always has a great selection of GS3 cases at a decent price.
@trevinopete: Exactly. I got an Otter Box Commuter case for 17 bucks from Amazon.
It's hard to find cases for a lot of phones these days. I have the Samsung Galaxy S "epic" and the only place I could find a case for it was on Ebay. My cell provider didn't even carry them. Which is totally fine, because I did eventually find what I was looking for - but it is kind of a bummer seeing all the variaties of unique iPhone cases while mine is plastic with a cartoon tree on it.
Gotten 3 cases for my GF's and mine from eBay. Just got my newest one Sat. Black snap over. Thin and light and keeps the camera off of stuff and screen has a nice bumper from keeping it dropping flat on it's face.
Love my GS3.
Lots of great deals out there for GS3 accessories, but they definitely don't ever seem to make it to Woot for some reason. I keep watching to see if the Otterbox ever comes back to Amazon Warehouse or a crazy price drop, but I missed the one back in November and I haven't seen it since.
I'm a fan of the sub $10 cases on amazon for my android phones, typically they're good enough. This time, I didn't have time and bought pretty much the only case Sprint had for my Galaxy S2 Epic 4g touch, but it only stays on sometimes.
Usually I'm just rocking the bare skin.......
Samsung Galaxy S III is a currant phone. Where as Iphone4/4s is a out of date phone. So there are a lot more cases out their they are trying to get rid of.


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I am working to convert a png to a vector graphic. I am outlining the image using the pen tool. Photoshop insists that the pen tool produce closed loops in order for me to use the "Stroke path..." tool. Why is this?
I assume you're stroking a path by selecting a bitmap layer, then opening the Paths panel and using Stroke Path from the flyout menu.
If you have an open path, the result will only contain a stroke on the actual portion of the shape that is connected. So that's no good for what you want (although it is easy to close a path using the pen tool). This behaviour is the same as Illustrator's strokes.
If you use a the new stroke feature in Photoshop CS6, only the portion of the shape that is connected will be stroked. Again, this is the same behaviour as Illustrator.
But... if you use a layer style stroke, the entire object will get a stroke, even if the path isn't closed.
So it depends on exactly what you need the path for, but there's certainly a way to have a path stroked around the entire object, even if the path isn't closed.
Photoshop can be a great way to trace bitmap images to create vector paths. Once you're done, you can export the paths to Illustrator, if that's where you'd rather have them (they'll be unstyled though).
1) If you really want vector, you should be using Illustrator.
2) You can stroke open paths easily by highlighting the path in the Paths panel, then switching to the Brush or Pencil tool and hitting Shift-Return. However, Stroke Path.... from the Path menu works just as well with open paths.
I'm not familiar with any "stroke path tool" in any application.


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(COLUMBIA, Mo.) -- Columbia College is pleased to announce that Lana Poole has been named executive director of marketing. In her new position and as an officer of Columbia College, Poole will be responsible for all aspects of the marketing department and will be a member of the administrative council.
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If someone make a mistake and say this:
What is the proper response?
没事 or
没关系 be used to reply?
If someone make a mistake and say this:
What is the proper response?
没事 and 没关系 are good responses to 不好意思. You can also use 不要紧 and 没什么.
On 搜狐问答 they say that in normal circumstances the difference between these words is really small, but there can be a difference in meaning:
没事 is rather used when there are no losses and no harm. 不要紧 is rather used when the losses or harm is small and 没关系 when the losses and harm is big, but you don't want to blame and the other person doesn't need to take responsibility.
On Nciku they say that 不要紧, 没关系, 没什么 and 没事儿 all mean "to be of no importance". They can also be used as a response to another person's apology. Furthermore 没事儿 can mean "nothing serious". If 不要紧 is used in a subordinate clause, there is harm involved and the harm is mentioned in the main clause. On Nciku you can find some examples.
Both 没事 and 没关系 are good responses. In Beijing, people always say 没事儿. 没事 and 没事儿 are used between close friends.
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Perhaps, you might want to use 没事啦真的没事, since the person is so insistent on saying sorry. :)
Here the person seems to be sincerely apologetic about some possibly grave mistake he has committed. If it were something minor, the person would have stopped at simply 不好意思. 没事 in this scenario implies "It's nothing", so to emphasize and reassure the person, you continue by saying "没事啦真的没事" (it's nothing; it's really nothing).
Substitutes that the others have offered (like 没关系、不要紧 and 不用紧) all work perfectly well--it's just up to your own preference. And the added reassurance is my personal opinion; you can do perfectly well without it.
Of course, you can go ahead and say 都怪你的错 and make the person feel even more guilty instead. :P


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SYRIA (CNN) -- The Soviet-made Mi-8 helicopter turns slowly in the blue autumn sky. It appears to be at an altitude of 3,000-4,000 feet, circling above the province of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. Suddenly, there's a streak of white and then an explosion -- as its engine bursts into flames.
Off camera, there are yelps of joy. It is a rare success for the Free Syrian Army: a precious ground-to-air missile has found its target. Trailing black smoke, the helicopter makes a hard landing. It's not known what happened to the crew.
In the last week, the rebels claim to have shot down one plane and two helicopters in Aleppo province. CNN's Arwa Damon went to the crash site of the plane Wednesday, and saw chunks of metal being carted off by locals.
At least one of the pilots appears to have been found unconscious by the rebels after ejecting from the plane. Videos uploaded to YouTube appear to show the pilot with a bandaged head wound.
It's a sign that the rebels are beginning to use the weapons they've seized from military bases to good effect, and are gradually beginning to challenge the government's dominance of the skies.
Damon reported Thursday: "The FSA controls vast chunks of territory in Aleppo [province]. In a span of 24 hours they brought down a fighter jet and helicopter and took over a major base" in the province.
Syrian opposition claims to down jet
"What was striking driving through Aleppo, and we were not too far from the city itself, was seeing villages and towns that two months ago one couldn't drive through," Damon reported. "They now have children playing in the streets and shops opening."
"There are some Free Syria Army checkpoints," Damon reported. "This is significant; you see where Assad forces might have been and were but are no longer."
Rebels who recently seized the base of the 46th Regiment some 15 miles (25 kilometers) west of Aleppo told Damon they had captured as many as 300 MANPADs (man-portable air-defense systems), about half of which were in working condition.
There is no way of confirming the number. Videos uploaded after the rebels overran the base showed at least 10 large crates of anti-air missiles, each of which would hold two MANPADs.
Eliot Higgins, who tracks the Syrian conflict through dozens of YouTube channels on his blog Brown Moses, says that when the rebels capture "a couple of dozen [MANPADs] it gets exciting; 100 would be quite amazing"
Rebels also showed off captured tanks and artillery pieces, as well as Chinese-made multiple rocket launchers, seized at the 46th Regiment base.
Free Syrian Army brigades are producing "instructional videos" for handling and arming their newly acquired hardware. One video shows a rebel on a rocky hillside opening a large packing crate, assembling a SA-7. Inside, there are two long olive-green tubes with Cyrillic lettering. Over the next three minutes, the rebel assembles the tube and points it skyward.
It is just one of dozens of anti-air missiles or MANPADs that the rebels are thought to have seized. They are mainly Russian-made SAMs -- some manufactured before the young fighters were born.
Videos uploaded to YouTube and evidence gathered on the ground suggest most of the MANPADs in rebel hands are SA-7s, which the Russians call Strela 2s. It is hardly state-of-the-art, having been developed in the 1960s. There have also been occasional sightings of more advanced SA-16s in rebel hands, which Higgins says has a much better targeting system than the SA-7.
But he notes that often these missile systems lack the all-important grip-stock or battery cooling unit, making them inoperable.
Despite the rebels' gradual acquisition of heavy weaponry, much of it is in poor shape and of a certain age. There is no sign that rebel units have been using more advanced anti-aircraft missiles such as the Stinger.
The Washington Post reported this week that rebels had acquired some 40 shoulder-fired missile systems in recent weeks, and some had been supplied by Qatar. CNN has been unable to confirm that.
But, in October, a diplomatic source told CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson that some rebel groups had a few Western-made anti-aircraft missiles under "close control."
Even so, the government retains vast superiority in firepower. And opposition sources say it's using that firepower in ever more indiscriminate ways.
Higgins notes from the hundreds of videos he has analyzed that "rather than deploying all their most powerful weapons at once the air force appears to have escalated the air war."
He says "L-39s [a Czech-made jet trainer that can also fly combat missions] and OFAB 100-120 bombs [Russian-made fragmentation munitions] appeared after the battle for Aleppo began, and cluster munitions appeared after the Idlib highway was closed."
On Thursday, videos emerged from the city of Aleppo of an airstrike against a neighborhood in rebel hands. They showed the bodies of men, women and children, caked in white dust and blood, being pulled from piles of rubble by frantic rescuers. Above, the top floors of an apartment block have been sheared off, raining lumps of concrete on the street below. Opposition activists estimated at least 15 people were killed.
Other videos uploaded by opposition activists this week show the town of Maarat al Numan, captured by rebels in October, enduring a fourth week of air-raids. The town sits on the main highway linking Damascus with the north, an important artery that is no longer under government control.
Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics, tells CNN: "I think the opposition is chipping away at the government's position. I think the opposition strategy is a war of attrition to exhaust the government's forces."
After spending several days among rebel fighters, Damon says that "On the one hand there's a certain sense of anger and frustration with the international community because they feel they have been abandoned. At the same time they haven't lost. They are making major progress and there is a sense of determination and belief that they can do this on their own."


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Interesting interview, especially the piece about Excel as a (sort-of) language workbench. I'm gathering that many in the DSL forefront see the future of programming as writing DSLs for specific platforms (i.e. Oslo), frameworks (i.e. Rails), or the actual language used for writing the code in a specific business domain (i.e. DDD). I find that an interesting proposition, though I can only imagine the number of DSLs we'll see as most programmers (or at least I do) like digging into the nuts and bolts and making things fit their own mindset.
Martin Fowler, on C9?
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My criticism of Oslo would be that it focuses too much on data and not enough on behavior. I think that's what makes it "19th century".
On the other hand, a focus on data sells, especially in the Microsoft space. You just have to be prepared to be snubbed by the "intellectuals", who admittedly don't represent a huge market segment.
Another problem I have with Oslo is its use of a database as an artifact repository; something like TFS with version control would seem to be more of a fit. A question: why don't you tell us to put our code in databases? Is the DSL any different?
It is my understanding that the DSLs, textual information, etc. are just text and therefore are more than suited to being housed within something like TFS. I think that the purpose of the repository being within SQL Server is because the creation of the structure is only half of the story. The other half, is the runtime consumption of the information stored witin that repository and even updating, inserting information into the database. It is probably more of a mental leap to think in terms of moving from the model being a design-time artifact to a runtime one in the form of model-supported or model-driven applications.
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- Zytouch capacaitive touch screen built into it, and a small x86 embedded system underneath that..
- VIA Eden board with a code name 'Esther' processor on it. It clocks at 400mHz but cat /proc/cpuinfo shows it may be able to go up to 1Ghz (with active cooling?)
- there are faster drivers than the default vesa setting in the xorg.conf file. they should be installed now
- bluetooth
- wifi card
- 05:08.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
- Ubuntu 10.04 installed on a 80gig 3.5 IDE drive. The generic install works fine out of the box, but optimizations for an older memory and speed limited system would never hurt.
- 2011-10-02: upgrade to 11.04 in progress
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- Cant get the openchrome Xorg driver to work well with the VIA eden board. The Ubuntu package is called xserver-xorg-video-openchrome. xorg.conf was modified to use the 'openchrome' device and dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg was run. Then gdm was cycled by /etc/init.d/gdm restart
- A round tabletop system presents challenges to window management designer, it would be interesting to get a touch based system like Android running on this machine. The machine may be down for work on projects like this.
- It needs some Zytouch driver love, which comes from the touch-base website: http://touch-base.com/documentation/LinuxPlatformNotes.htm#_Serial_port_issues


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It is often convenient to parametrize the implied volatility curve to allow easy interpolation of volatility for any strike or maturity. What functional form describes the implied volatility curve for options at varying strikes and fixed maturity?
OptionMetrics uses a kernel smoothing algorithm to interpolate the volatility surface. Their assumptions tend to be based on the academic consensus and have become somewhat industry standard, so the real answer to your question may be that there really is no good functional form.
First, note that there are actually quite a few implied volatility curves...I am afraid there is no "the" volatility curve. Right off the bat I can think of
so that is 12 different curves right there. You can probably already tell that getting a single functional form to fit them all is not going to be easy.
The most common function used is a parabola, though almost always on $\log(K)$ rather than on strike $K$. The second most common choice is cubic splines, either with nodes at every strike or smoothing. It is customary in these cases to specify "cutoffs", which are limiting high and low strikes beyond which volatility is assumed to be constant. That keeps the curve from going negative, or "too" positive.
You will occasionally see implementations based on modifications of the terminal probability distribution, such as Edgeworth expansions.
A Polynomial of degree 2 or 3 ?
But Linear interpolation on a datapoints vector works fine in my experience, let's say you have an index whose options strike :
You usually don't need to calculate vol @ 83. The only case is if you have a different volatility smile (estimated vol. for example) whose data points are 80/85/90 then you can just do linear interp to find your estimated vol @ 82/84.
In the rates world (ie swaptions, caps and floors) I believe most banks are using some form of the SABR model (Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho) for building the volatility smile.
When we say 'use the SABR model' what we really mean is that the smile shape function is derived from the shape of the smile in a theoretical model of form: $$ \text{d} F_t = \sigma_t F_t^\beta \, \text{d} W^1_t $$ $$ \text{d} \sigma_t = \alpha \sigma_t \, \text{d} W^2_t $$ $$ \text{d}W^1_t \text{d}W^2_t = \rho \, \text{d}t $$ Some clever people found a way to get a good-quality closed-form approximation for the smile function, so effectively you can just plug in the parameters and get your volatity at a given strike for a given value of the forward.
That said, the formula is known to break down at low strikes -- producing negative values for the implied probability distribution. Therefore most houses have put resources into fixing this in one way or another.


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WEIRTON — Volunteers are putting the finishing touches to spring beautification efforts at Marland Heights Park, planting flowers and clearing branches in advance of Saturday's benefit concert....
It is a dumb way to do business. The organizers of the Marland Heights event are the ones who are dumb for not understanding what the law is and disrespectful to the city's law abiding citizens for ignoring it when they were informed about it. It's also tad hypocritical to sell alcohol to benefit kids. What message does that send? Sit by your phone till 6pm and call it in fool. Hope it makes you feel better about your self righteous self...
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Those organizations weren't selling alcohol to children, they were selling alcohol to adults to raise money for children organizations. Just like those trying to save Marland Heights Pool are doing. So they didn't get permission, kind of a dumb way to do business isn't it, not to mention disrespectful to people that follow laws.
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Who said they were allowed to have alcohol? They advertised it without making sure they were allowed. They are not. Call the cops on them if your that upset about it. It's not like its a secret about when and where they are doing it. After you do it enjoy the karma that will come back around to bite you when you try to use alcohol to benefit children which makes NO SENSE. Do you want to hand out cigarettes at your function too?? Remember- "it's for the kids"-dolt...
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Good luck to your fundraising efforts but its funny how this organization was allowed to have a fundraising event involving alcohol and there is laws against alcohol in city parks in Weirton. Nice to see that some people don't have to worry about following laws if they know the right people in town.
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The highest point in the continental US has been climbed by #50peaks. Track their progress: https://t.co/dU5wRzWW5H https://t.co/cfYC49t0XU/p>
RT @scott_kranz: The perfect plan B - the Wind Rivers, although a back-up trip, were incredible. Read more: https://t.co/pqZNHoJc7X https:/…/p>
Highest peak in #newmexico? Hint: It's just above Taos. Find out, via the @FfityPeaks map at https://t.co/Cy4XWzK1Bl https://t.co/biXLxdkf1a/p>
Montana's Granite Peak, check. Follow FiftyPeaks through the Rockies at https://t.co/LMCgb7Jx98 | P: Mancuso https://t.co/7dFJpuY1Sa/p>
#50Peaks summited Idaho's high point, 12,663-foot Borah Peak. Real-time news: https://t.co/zkdEkhCeOh | P: Mancuso https://t.co/hJfa8jE4o3/p>
White Butte, North Dakota. 1 of 5 weekend peaks ticked by @FiftyPeaks. Track them live at https://t.co/kGnhHBYiAj https://t.co/gK0TYplxfC/p>
#50Peaks Heck of a team...with a very cool van. Where are they now? Track them at https://t.co/Vp7O3Gu37P #VanLife https://t.co/TAr3a5ch4u/p>
The #fiftypeaks Challenge asks themselves whether they can reach their goal. Real time map: https://t.co/eg6Gz2fRdV https://t.co/tX68GRLLMF/p>
RT @BlackDiamond: The crack master Ambassador Mason Earle onsighting Crankcase (5.12+), with ease, in Indian Creek. #liveclimbrepeat https:…/p>
RT @HagePhoto: #tbt to first backcountry trip as a family in our home mountains. @eddiebauer #liveyouradventure #tbt #ebcontributor https:/…/p>
Not the highest, but a high point no less. Woodall Mtn, the highpoint of #mississippi, is in the bag! P: Jon Mancuso https://t.co/7PRmYblZ8W/p>
Happy Independence Day! We're celebrating w/ #50Peaks, a 50-state objective coming your way: https://t.co/oZfkODYoUZ https://t.co/JJ2npVIG6j/p>
The oddities of Joshua Tree, from Mason Earle. Watch Insider's Guide to Joshua Tree, Ep. 3: https://t.co/jLN3WQviW0 https://t.co/tY3kyX1gfZ/p>
RT @Airstream_Inc: The blue waters of Diablo Lake are a result of glacial melt, as caputred by @localadventurer! #EndlessCaravan https://t.…/p>
RT @hatchflymag: Lunch fish: Monster pike on the fly on Saskatchewan's Reindeer Lake -- https://t.co/pYc0JAlQxX #flyfishing #pike https://t…/p>
RT @PowderMagazine: Today's steps are tomorrow's turns. Rogers Pass, BC. PHOTO: @eyeblong https://t.co/X7A9zus4kZ/p>
A rare, brief moment of idle time during The #50peaks Challenge, when Tiffany the van needed some love. https://t.co/7xcQgsBmTG/p>
Bonefish eat shrimp, crabs, and with any luck, the occasional fly. P: @adrienne_comeau | #liveyouradventure https://t.co/piNlV5XLGq/p>
RT @alpenglowexped: Another insightful interview about #EverestNoFilter w/ @AdventureVida: https://t.co/YXfxJbH5Ig/p>
#50Peaks rocks. Check in on their progress through the heartland, via mobile map, at https://t.co/uAQBJrNFRW https://t.co/flzCzamd8V/p>
RT @Microsoft: This gear will help @MelissaArnot conquer #50Peaks in 50 days. Follow her journey: https://t.co/ALi8bdU1gi https://t.co/loBG…/p>
Ladies, are you shivering through summer with your office air-conditioning cranked to 11? @people has your solution: https://t.co/dipXAJTofx/p>
RT @SakrAhmad: Good luck to @MelissaArnot on the rest of her #50Peaks in 50 days! @eddiebauer https://t.co/dXz7WJa1Bl/p>
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The shoe that's helping this woman tick #50peaks in 50 days: https://t.co/FETnfM85kC https://t.co/pvNHmDdSfZ/p>
Rocky trails to the top of Mt. Marcy. #50Peaks grinds it out for a summit. https://t.co/L9M9PNCIbB/p>
The 1st US woman to complete Mt. Everest w/o supplemental O2, @melissaarnot is tackling #50peaks in 50 days: https://t.co/ByxPd1eRDR/p>
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2 women, 50 peaks, 50 days. Follow The #50peaks Challenge in real-time: https://t.co/lOWRucIRaT https://t.co/8kKTyuOra2/p>
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.@FiftyPeaks summits Montana's highest point. Track them at: https://t.co/dkVWU5Tnkg | P: Mancuso https://t.co/x8pClXUV38/p>
Landing big, smart and elusive #bonefish on the fly in Hawaii: https://t.co/nn2MB9PPmB
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Meet the guys who climbed Mt. Everest and Snapchatted it to the world: https://t.co/U0yb7hr5SR via @EliteDaily/p>
RT @HagePhoto: Midnight Sun --> Snow Melt --> Seasonal Waterfalls
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Pittsburgh, meet the #50peaks crew at our Ross Park Mall store tomorrow! Updates on timing: https://t.co/lOWRucIRaT https://t.co/iLACwv00g6/p>
Behind-the-scenes, real-time life of the @fiftypeaks challenge: https://t.co/LQktMGlIHq | P: Jon Mancuso https://t.co/uF50izglxn/p>
The #50Peaks Challenge is a 24/7, round-the-clock race agianst the clock. Live coverage: https://t.co/XUrENSGIjL https://t.co/a9dQO7oupt/p>
Watch Maddie's full video and learn more about the #50Peaks Challenge: https://t.co/3vZmxcDpbw https://t.co/hsEqNF3qbk/p>
Eddie Bauer guide Lel Tone's perspective on the aloha experience: https://t.co/zuEfWqtzXQ | #liveyouradventure https://t.co/BFt010hFUC/p>
#50Peaks signs the summit register in Kansas' Mt. Sunflower. #RockChalk
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#oklahoma's highpoint, Black Mesa (4,975 feet), was peak 39 of the #50peaks Challenge: https://t.co/dU5wRzWW5H https://t.co/2hLmWkpCVb/p>
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RT @Microsoft: She's climbing #50Peaks in 50 states in 50 days. Meet @MelissaArnot: https://t.co/ZtHyS4tRyi
38 epic images from a #SUP and #flyfishing mission in Hawaii: https://t.co/x0G4IMhjwR
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Veteran #flyfishermen casting for trophy #Bonefish in an undisclosed island salt flat: https://t.co/3E4Qs6SFjc https://t.co/gpsiaqIyet/p>
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Asus Eee PC 701 with 2008.11 RC1 and RC2
By David Clack on Nov 25, 2008
Hi Everyone,
I've been having fun with 2008.11 rc1 and rc2 this week on the Asus Eee pc 701.
Both rc1 and rc2 install cleanly into the 8Gb ssd from a usb dvd drive.
The atheros driver included with both rc1 and rc2 does not work with either release, I had to manually chnage to version 7.3.
Suspend / resume does not work on rc1 or rc2.
Just to prove I'm not going crazy I went back to 2008.11 100a with a clean install.
The Atheros wifi works even though I had to update_drv -a -i '"pci168c,1c"' ath.
Suspend / resume works fine again on 100a.


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Praxair says its proprietary CONOx system is a practical, low-capital cost technology for refiners searching for a way to reduce emissions. It also allows refiners more flexibility to modify the operation of the FCC unit as needed while ensuring FCC limits are always being met.
Praxair and Valero have successfully implemented
Praxairs new CONOx emissions control technology at
Valeros refinery in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the companies said
on Friday.
This technology has helped the refinery meet its fluid catalytic
cracking (FCC) unit nitrogen oxide reduction target without
requiring a shutdown for installation.
Praxair says its proprietary CONOx system is a
practical, low-capital cost technology for refiners searching
for a way to reduce emissions. It also allows refiners
more flexibility to modify the operation of the FCC unit as
needed while ensuring FCC limits are always being met.
After eight months of operation at the Ardmore facility, the
CONOx system continues to meet Valeros needs and
provide necessary NOx reduction, according to the company.
Praxair refining specialists have
collaborated with refiners for decades and have extensive
knowledge of FCC units, said Subodh Ganguly, director of
refinery and hydrogen applications
for Praxair.
As one of the worlds leading industrial gas
companies, we have many successful oxygen enrichment
installations in refineries. Our experience enabled us to
implement FCC improvements with minimal downtime and an
ever-present focus on safety."
The CONOx lance installed in the FCC operated
reliably over a wide range of conditions and met the refinery's
NOx reduction requirements.
Praxair says the CONOx lance is a unique approach to
NOx reduction, allowing Praxair to offer Valero a solution
that did not involve reduced charge rate or more expensive feedstock. Timing was critical, and
the simplicity of the system allowed for faster installation to
meet Valeros requirements.
Valero and Praxair plan to continue to work together
to assess additional applications for CONOx technology and evaluate other
opportunities to improve the performance and reliability of refinery operations, said Mike
Jordan, vice president of Praxair's hydrogen business in
the US.
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It is good to know that something is being done about this problem that has existed for a while now. I would like to get more information on this technology to how we can implement it with some of our processes.
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Skip the Line: Venice in One Day Including Boat Tour
Wonderful way to see much of this gorgeous city in a short amount of time
Joe A, July 2013
Photo taken from our water taxi as it began its trip around the Grand Canal and the waterways of Venice
Venice Walking Tour
Jeffrey W, USA, June 2010
Oh look, another church.
Railto bridge spanning the canal
HONG HONG T, Singapore, November 2009
A view of one of the many bridges spanning the canals. Notice the crowds on the bridge watching the Gondolas as they cruise underneath with their passengers.
Rialto Bridge
Sheila Marie L, Philippines, July 2009
The day we arrived in Venice, what a sight to behold
Venice in One Day tour: Over another canal on another bridge
Anonymous, Philippines, July 2009
My husband, son and I on one of the many beautiful bridges in Venice. Every picture looks like a movie set!
Gondola in the canal
Anonymous, Philippines, July 2009
Colors, water, Gondolas - beautiful
Venice - St. Mark's Basilica
Krishnan Vaitheeswaran, Australia, October 2008
Vnice - St. Mark's Basilica


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I'm developing a theme which supports WordPress' post formats. As a result I am using a big if statement, which can be found below.
- I would like to link my post titles to the posts while maintaining my theme as XHTML valid.
- I would like to call images (with classes) in the if statement while maintaining my theme as XHTML valid.
- I would appreciate if somebody could add the appropriate code to the following code to do so
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EDIT: Basically, the most important thing I'm looking for is that it calls the post name as a link which links to the actual post.