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The Marlins finished fourth of 10 teams at Waukesha South on Friday and Saturday, sending three individuals in five events and two relay teams on to the WIAA Division 1 State Championship meet Saturday at the UW-Madison Natatorium.
Marlins senior Matthew Olenchek qualified in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke and junior Zach Solie in the 50 and 100 free. Junior Taylor Petrauksi qualified in the 100 back.
The Marlins will also be sending two relays to state: the 200 medley relay with Petrauski, Olenchek, Sam Nigbur and Solie and the 400 free relay with Solie, Petrauski, Jackson Wannamaker and Olenchek.
"We had a solid sectional meet with almost every swim being a personal-best for each athlete," coach Jeremy Walden said. "I'm very proud of all of those who swam for New Berlin today and throughout the season.
"I look forward to seeing how Zach, Matt, Taylor, Jackson and Sam compete at state next weekend. It's great to see their hard work culminate in their ultimate goal of making it to Madison."
Coach Nick Patenaude will send five wrestlers to the next level at the Waukesha West Sectional on Saturday.
New Berlin had a first, two seconds and two third fourth-place finishers on the Greenfield Regional on Saturday, finishing seventh of eight teams with a 97.5 total. Mukwonago won the event with 236.5 points.
Taking first with 23.50 team points was Emilio Gutierez (33-7 regular season record) at 220.
After getting a bye, he won on a technical fall (18-3) and then won the championship match with a 5-3 decision over Whitnall's Ethan Harycki (31-13).
Alex Rodriguez at 195 (30-8) scored 18 team points and took second. He received a bye, won in double overtime (4-2), lost the first-place match with a 5-2 decision and then won by rule over Milwaukee Hamilton's Antonio Aguillar in the second-place match.
Zac Nordstrom at 132 (27-16) also placed second with 18 team points.
He opened with a pin (3:52), won a 6-1 decision, got pinned in the first-place match (1:37) and won by rule over Milwaukee Hamilton's Alberto Fernadez.
Kevin Thiessenhusen at 170 (27-11) placed third and scored 14 team points.
He won by pin (0:49) in the first round, lost a 10-3 decision in the semifinal and won the third-place match with a 7-3 decision over Mukwonago's Alex Winski. He lost the second-place match by rule to Waterford's Liam Pritchard (23-14).
Ben Clark at 285 (22-8) was the final qualifier, placing third with 12 team points.
Clark received a bye, lost in the semifinal by a 3-1 decision, won the third-place match by pinning (1:51) Mukwonago's Robert Kraklow, but lost the second-place match to Greenfield's Alex Morton by rule.
DJ Heinrich at 120 (19-23) scored nine points and finished fifth and Jarod Clark at 113 (18-22) scored three and finished sixth.
Eisenhower extended their brief winning streak to three game last week, defeating a good Pewaukee team in a huge game and an improving Wauwatosa West squad.
The Lions started the week with a crushing 59-33 victory at third-place Pewaukee (11-3), as they played three impressive quarters to blow open a close game.
Leading 10-8 after one period, Ike went on a 17-9 run to take a 27-17 lead into intermission. The Lions then came out and used a 15-10 third quarter to take a 42-27 lead going into the final minute. But then they exploded with a 17-6 quarter to run the Pirates out of the gym.
The dangerous 1-2 combo of Jenny Weiland and Katie Lang scored 18 and 17 points, respectively, with each hitting two 3-pointers. Sammy Kozlowski finished with nine points. Abby Gerrits and Danielle Jasinski had 14 and 10 points, respectively, for the Pirates.
Even though they scored a ton of points in Friday's 68-15 win over Tosa West at home, it was the Lions' defense that stood out.
Ike held the Trojans to six points or less in each quarter (2, 6, 5, 2) as the Lions actually outscored them with their own 19-point first quarter. They led 36-8 at halftime and 53-13 going into the final period. They held Tosa West to five field goals the entire game. The Trojans' top scorer was Jessica Pike with four points.
Weiland and Lang each had 13 points while Erin Ganzke had 11, Kozlowski scored eight and Chelsea Brachman seven.
Eisenhower (17-2, 13-1) faces a huge game Friday at Pius XI (18-2, 15-0). The Lions hope to keep their string of four straight Woodland Conference titles going.
Jessica Cattani was on fire from the outside as the Warriors dropped Waukesha North, 70-52, on Friday night.
Cattani netted six 3-pointers en route to a game-high 27 points for Muskego, which leveled its Classic 8 Conference record at 6-6 with the triumph. Renee Bennett worked inside for 17 points and Ashley Colla added eight.
Muskego outscored North 41-27 in the second half to pull away for the victory, which gave the Warriors a season sweep of the North Stars.
The Warriors also swept Catholic Memorial with a 59-44 triumph Feb. 5. They trailed by two after three quarters but blitzed the Crusaders with a 26-9 fourth period.
Cattani tallied 17 points, Bennett 14, Colla 12 and Dani Abella and Amber McDonald six apiece. McDonald is just returning after missing the start of the season with an injury.
Muskego, which came into the week at 9-10, visits Kettle Moraine at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, then welcomes Waukesha South at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21.
New Berlin West whipped Tosa West to open the week and then got blown away by first-place Pius XI on Friday on the road.
The split left the Vikings with a 12-8 overall record and a 10-5 record, good enough for fourth in the rugged Woodland-West Division.
At Wauwatosa West on Feb. 5, the Vikings exploded in the third quarter and rolled to a 42-26 win to open the week.
New Berlin West held an 18-11 first-half lead, but then the Vikings stormed out in the second half, scoring 22 of 30 third-quarter points to take a 40-19 lead into the final period.
The Vikings showed good balance - eight players scored, but no one reach double figures.
Leading the way was Claire Radtke with nine, followed by Kia Richards with eight and Ali Boldt with seven. Elise Ditscheit and Justice Hawkins led the Trojans with five each.
The Popes jumped out to a 16-9 first-period advantage and only stretched it to 24-16 at intermission. But then they put the game away with a 31-15 second half.
Pius XI was 15-for-23 from the free-throw line, while the Vikings were 4-for-8.
Dallas Chladek (12 points), Vivevca Nwagbaraocha (11) and Aaliyah Ramirez (10) led the Pius XI scoring while Radtke's 10 led West. Beth Ver Haagh managed seven and Lizzie Kuhl six.
The Warriors came oh-so-close to a big victory Feb. 5 but fell to Catholic Memorial, 79-77, in double overtime.
Muskego trailed 47-38 after three quarters but outscored the Crusaders 23-14 in the final period. Both teams tallied nine points in the first extra session and Memorial's Ty Sabin nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force the second extra session.
Sabin then hit a shot with 2.4 seconds remaining in the second overtime to give the Crusaders the victory.
Josh Breider tallied a game-high 32 points for Muskego, while Turner Kehoe added 23 points and Jake Van Fleet 15 points. That trio combined for seven 3-pointers.
"The kids played their hearts out," head coach Andy Capes said. "We match up well with (the Crusaders) and we played hard."
The Warriors then lost to Waukesha North, 56-40, on Friday to fall to 3-9 in the Classic 8 and 6-14 overall. Kehoe scored 16 points, while Mike Vidmar notched nine points and Jack Mlachnik eight.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] RFC: Pineapple Runtime Interposition Project
From: Josh Hursey (jjhursey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-22 13:45:24
In response to some early feedback, I fixed the following in the
branch and updated the wiki:
* Fixed 'make distcheck' (missing a file)
* Cleanup some warnings from autogen and configure for -no-orte builds
* Added an ./autogen.pl -no-pineapple option (give you just the
ORTE/OPAl stack) - see wiki
Thanks for the feedback and keep it coming.
Also - The name will be changed before the commit to the trunk, I'm
working on some suggestions, but if you have any that you want to
lobby for let me know.
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Josh Hursey <jjhursey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> The pineapple branch is ready for testing. It was last sync'ed to the
> trunk at r26620. I'll try to update that later today, and keep current
> with the trunk moving forward.
> I created a wiki page to discuss some of the build options, for those
> interested. At the bottom of the page are some remaining todo items
> that I will probably need some help resolving.
> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/wiki/Runtime_Interposition
> The branch is at:
> https://bitbucket.org/jjhursey/ompi-pineapple
> I would like to bring this into the trunk the evening after the
> teleconf on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. So if you have cycles to test this
> branch I would appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Josh
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Josh Hursey <jjhursey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> What: A Runtime Interposition Project - Codename Pineapple
>> Why: Define clear API and semantics for runtime requirements of the OMPI layer.
>> When:
>> - F June 22, 2012 - Work completed
>> - T June 26, 2012 - Discuss on teleconf
>> - R June 28, 2012 - Commit to trunk
>> Where: Trunk (development BitBucket branch below)
>> https://bitbucket.org/jjhursey/ompi-pineapple
>> Attached:
>> PDF of slides presented on the June 12, 2012 teleconf. Note that the
>> timeline was slightly adjusted above (work completed date moved
>> ealier).
>> Description: Short Version
>> --------------------------
>> Define, in an 'rte.h', the interfaces and semantics that the OMPI
>> layer requires of a runtime environment. Currently this interface
>> matches the subset of ORTE functionality that is used by the OMPI
>> layer. Runtime symbols (e.g., orte_ess.proc_get_locality) are isolated
>> to a framework inside this project to provide linker-level protection
>> against accidental breakage of the pineapple interposition layer.
>> The interposition project provides researchers working on side
>> projects above and below the 'rte.h' interface a single location in
>> the code base to watch for interface and semantic changes that they
>> need to be concerned about. Researchers working above the pineapple
>> layer might explore something other than (or in addition to) OMPI
>> (e.g., Extended OMPI, UPC+OMPI). Researchers working below the
>> pineapple layer might explore something other than (or in addition to)
>> ORTE under OMPI (e.g., specialized runtimes for specific
>> environments).
>> Description: Other notes
>> ------------------------
>> The pineapple interface provides OMPI developers with a runtime API to
>> program against without requiring detailed knowledge of the layout of
>> ORTE and its frameworks. In some places in OMPI a single source file
>> needs to include >5 (up to 12 in one place) different header files to
>> get all of the necessary symbols. Developers must not only know where
>> these headers are, but must also understand the differences between
>> the various frameworks in ORTE to use ORTE. The developer must also be
>> aware that there are certain APIs and data structure fields that are
>> not available to the MPI process, so should not be used. The pineapple
>> project provides an API representing the small subset of ORTE that is
>> used by OMPI. With this API a developer only needs to look at a single
>> location in the code base to understand what is provided by the
>> runtime for use in the OMPI layer.
>> A similar statement could be made for runtime developers trying to
>> figure out what the OMPI layer requires from the a runtime
>> environment. Currently they need a deep understanding of the behavior
>> of ORTE to understand the semantics of various calls to ORTE from the
>> OMPI layer. Then they must develop a custom patch for the OMPI layer
>> that extracts the ORTE symbols, and replaces them with their own
>> symbols. This process is messy, error prone, and tedious to say the
>> least. Having a single set of interfaces and semantics will allow such
>> developers to focus their efforts on supporting the Open MPI community
>> defined API, and not necessarily the evolution of the ORTE or OMPI
>> project internals. This is advantageous when porting Open MPI to an
>> environment with a full featured runtime already running on the
>> machine, and for researchers exploring radical runtime designs for
>> future systems. The pineapple API allows such projects to develop
>> beside the mainline Open MPI trunk a little more easily than without
>> the pineapple API.
>> ----
>> (1) Why is this a separate project and not a framework of OMPI? or a
>> framework of ORTE?
>> After much deliberation between the developers, from a software
>> engineering perspective, making the pineapple rte.h interface a
>> separate project was the most flexible solution. So neither the OMPI
>> layer nor the ORTE layer 'own' the interface, but it is 'owned' by the
>> Open MPI project primarily to support the interaction between these
>> two layers.
>> Consider that if we decided to place the interface in the OMPI layer
>> as a framework then we would be able to place something other than (or
>> in addition to) ORTE underneath OMPI, but we would be limited in our
>> ability to place something other than (or in addition to) OMPI over
>> ORTE. Alternatively, if we decided to place the rte.h interface in the
>> ORTE layer then we would be able to place something other than (or in
>> addition to) OMPI over ORTE, but we would be limited in our ability to
>> place something other than (or in addition to) ORTE under OMPI.
>> Defining the interposition layer as a separate project between these
>> two layers allows maximal flexibility for the project and researchers
>> working on side branches.
>> (2) What if another project outside of Open MPI needs interface
>> changes to the pineapple 'rte.h'?
>> The rule of thumb is that 'The OMPI/ORTE/OPAL stack is king!'. This
>> means that the pineapple project should always err on the side of
>> supporting the OMPI/ORTE/OPAL stack, as that is the flagship product
>> of the Open MPI project. Interface suggestions are always welcome and
>> the rte.h may be extended/modified in the future as a result of those
>> suggestions. However, if a suggested change negatively impacts the
>> OMPI/ORTE/OPAL stack then it is unlikely to be accepted upstream by
>> the Open MPI community.
>> --
>> Joshua Hursey
>> Postdoctoral Research Associate
>> Oak Ridge National Laboratory
>> http://users.nccs.gov/~jjhursey
> --
> Joshua Hursey
> Postdoctoral Research Associate
> Oak Ridge National Laboratory
> http://users.nccs.gov/~jjhursey
Joshua Hursey
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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So far it seems like the Shimano Sante or Suntour Sprint cranksets are the only ones that would fit my bottom bracket spindle (I am hoping to keep both BB and spindle). Am I missing any possible cranksets?
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A modern square taper bottom bracket is one piece sealed. They are about $20. I would suggest that you not allow a $20 part to limit your crankset choices. Also, you can buy cranksets with bottom brackets these days. Might I also suggest that you move to the new standard of external bottom bracket? In this system two bearing cups screw into the bottom bracket shell and the oversized spindle is affixed permanently to the driveside crank. This "two piece" crank system is the new standard and is superior in several ways to square taper. By moving the bearings outward you decrease angular load on the bearings (decreased wear) and improve power transfer in the crankset.
Going off-spec here is only useful if your spindle is actually symmetric 108mm. If it's older and asymmetric it may actually be equivalent to a wider modern bottom bracket. You also don't specify a BCD preference; it looks like the cranks designed for narrower spindles seem to be 110mm BCD.
According to Harris Cyclery, the Origin-8 cranks give a chainline of 43.4mm with a 107mm bottom bracket, which would be only 0.4mm off the Shimano spec of 43.5mm if your spindle is symmetrically wider.
The Sugino XD Swiss Cross lists 45mm as the chainline with a 110mm spindle; that would be 43mm in your case and 0.5mm to the inside. Possibly good if your frame can handle a narrower Q-factor.
The TruVativ Touro and other TruVativ square taper cranks also seem to be designed around a 108mm bottom bracket.


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I am trying to install depot_tools here are the instructions.
I downloaded the file from this:
svn co http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/tools/depot_tools
I wanted to install it in
/usr/local so I moved the download there via gui.
The next part is:
export PATH="$PATH":`pwd`/depot_tools
So I went into
.bash_login and changed this:
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
to this:
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/depot_tools"
Terminal wont recognize any of the commands
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Craftiness is key when it comes to tricking people in the smuggling game, which is why when the opportunity presents itself to disguise banned steroids as gay sex lube, you have to jump on that pony and ride.
That's how over 150 bottles of illegal steroids were discovered in Thailand, literally labeled "gay lube oil."
You may ask yourself why, if trying to disguise a clear liquid, you would choose to specify it as sex lube, of all things. And then you may go on to the bigger question of why they would have to be specific "gay" lube on top of that. The easy reply would be, "Because it's Thailand." But cultural sensitivity tells us it's better to just leave it unanswered.
#2. Cocaine Plastic
To run an efficient drug operation you really need someone with a background in chemistry on hand, just so you don't end up producing lethal pop rocks when you're trying to make crack. And since the dude is on staff anyway, you may as well put him to work on a clever way to hide the drugs once they're ready to be shipped out to lawyers and politicians across the globe.
Some smugglers have used a process to mix cocaine with silicone to make something that looks like fabric. That however was not enough to fool the drug-sniffing dogs, who quite frankly don't care what the drugs look like.
"I'm telling you, dude, your partner is made out of coke."
But then we have the ones who've begun processing cocaine into Plexiglas, to make clear plastic products like DVD cases and fish tanks that, if you were to chew them, would get you high before they shredded your insides.
Admittedly, there's an equally clever chemical process for getting the drugs back out of the plastic once they've arrived, but who's going to wait around for that?
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"Cocaine Jesus" both describes the method this smuggler chose, and probably the new nickname everyone gave him for thinking of it.
In Texas, border police stopped an elderly Mexican woman with a seven-pound statue of Jesus in her trunk. Drug-sniffing dogs took a real interest in the statue, but authorities didn't find any cocaine hidden inside.
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$230.$ (April, 1915) Proposed by E. B. Escott, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Find three numbers such that their sum, the sum of their squares, and the sum of their cubes , shall be a cube.
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Lawmakers Question FBI's Handling of Case
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers of both parties questioned Sunday whether law-enforcement officials did enough to monitor the activities of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev before last week's terrorist attack, given his apparent extremist beliefs.
Speaking on talk shows, Democrats and Republicans raised doubts about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's handling of the case, especially given that Mr. Tsarnaev traveled to Russia in 2012 for six months. Several speculated that he could have been trained by extremist groups.
"If he was on their radar and they let him go…why wasn't a flag put on him?" Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said on CNN's "State of the Union."
The FBI said it interviewed Mr. Tsarnaev in 2011 at the request of a foreign government—which officials identified as Russia—but the FBI said it didn't find evidence of suspicious activity and closed the case.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.) chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said the period of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's return to Russia was when "he may have received training on what we ultimately saw last Monday" at the Boston Marathon.
That trip to Russia, Mr. Rogers said on NBC's "Meet the Press," "becomes incredibly important" and may have provided "that final radicalization to push him to commit acts of violence."
Speaking on CNN, Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y) generally praised the FBI's handling of terrorist probes but questioned why Mr. Tsarnaev wasn't interviewed by officials when he returned to the U.S. "There were things on his website that indicated that he had been radicalized," Mr. Schumer said. "I think there's a lot of questions that have to be answered."
"The ball was dropped," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), also on CNN. "The FBI missed a lot of things…There was a lot to be learned from this guy."
Mr. Graham added, "We're at war with radical Islamists and we need to up our game."
However, Mr. Rogers said of the FBI, "I don't think they missed anything."
He said the FBI received information from a "foreign intelligence service" which was concerned about the older brother's "possible radicalization." Officials have said the information came from Russia.
The FBI "did their due diligence and did a very thorough job about trying to run that to ground," Mr. Rogers said. But at some point, he said, "that intelligence service stopped cooperating."


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I am using a RRS L bracket on my 5D MKII and mounting that to the NN (ASQRS2) arca style quick release which is substantially thicker when put together.
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KILLEEN (January 28, 2013)--Antonio Marquise Belford, 19, Tre'quan Shavae Locke, 19, and Travon Andra Foster-Jones, 17, were in the Bell County Jail Monday, charged with aggravated robbery in connection with the gunpoint robbery of a man who responded to a Craigslist ad that offered wheel rims for sale.
Their bonds were set at $100,000 each.
The three teenagers were arrested following a vehicle pursuit and a foot chase through a local neighborhood after the victim, who was able to trail the robbers after the holdup, called 911.
The robbery occurred just before 2 p.m. Friday after the victim drove to the area of Minthorn and Weiss in response to the Craigslist ad.
When he arrived, he was told to sit in the seller's Crown Victoria and then was robbed at gunpoint, police said.
The robbers forced him out of the car and drove off, but he was able to follow and called police.
Killeen school district officers heard the call and spotted the Crown Victoria, but the robbers abandoned the car and tried to escape on foot, jumping backyard fences as they ran through a neighborhood.
During the search for the three, one officer noticed a small four-door car driven by a female in the area of Chimney Rock and Briarcroft Lane.
A short time later, officers saw that car again as it backed out of a driveway, but this time three males matching the description of the robbers accompanied the female driver.
Officers pulled the car over and detained the occupants.
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Motivated by an answer to this mathoverflow question I've been making an effort to understand Baez and Huerta's article "The algebra of grand unified theories".
As far as I can tell, mathematically, the first 30 pages or so describe one concrete finite dimensional representation of the group $U(1)\times SU(2)\times SU(3)$. The vectors of this space are to be interpreted as the elementary particles which do not mediate forces (i.e. fermions) and their anti-particles, while composed particles (made up of several fermions and anti-fermions) are represented by vectors of tensor powers of this space which must satisfy some additional conditions (such as being fixed by the action of elements in $1 \times 1 \times SU(3)$). Finally, the elementary force mediating particles (elementary Bosons) are represented by elements of the Lie algebra of the group.
Assuming I've got that right there are still some phrases which make absolutely no sense to me, or worse, I can make sense of them only as completely trivial statements. The most extreme example I can find is the following (page 490 third paragraph):
"... in 1936 a paper by Cassen and Condon appeared suggesting that the nucleon's Hilbert space $\mathbb{C}^2$ is acted on by the symmetry group $SU(2)$."
The literal interpretation is that Cassen and Condon suggested that it is possible to multiply a $2\times 2$ matrix with a $2\times 1$ vector. Obviously this can't be what that authors intended to communicate.
So my question is: What's the meaning of this phrase?
The paper refered to is "On nuclear forces" from Phys. Rev. 50 (1936) which I don't have access to. From this page it seems they proposed some model accounting for the experimental fact that the strong nuclear force doesn't depend on the electrical charge of the particles involved. I still don't get it. Any help?


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I know there's あいうえお, but what about at the consonant level? Also, are there any common mnemonics used by Japanese children to remember these?
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Hiragana syllables are always schematised in a given order which is this one (from right to left, as you may already know):
After a while I started Japanese, I also found this video, the Japanese Alphabet song (only for hiragana), that can be interesting for absolute beginners.
One of the best ways to remember Hiragana (and Katakana as well), in my opinion, is to write vocabulary words using Hiragana. It might seem banal, but it works.
The order used today pretty much everywhere is called Gojūon, and this is what Alenanno has described, but there's also a traditional order, with its own song, called Iroha. This order is actually based on the poem (instead of the other way around), and interestingly enough, it is possible because the poem managed to include every letter of the traditional alphabet exactly once. It was less useful than the Gojūon, because you needed to remember the song to use it, and over time the kana have lost two of the letters in Iroha (ゑ and ゐ) and gained a new one (ん).
The order is
あ か さ た な は ま や ら わ
If you have a Japanese cell phone, you can use the keypad to check the order, which runs from the 1 to 0 keys. If you have an iPhone, you can activate a Ten Key Japanese keyboard in the Keyboard settings, which is in the same order.
You can also listen to this cheesy Japanese hip-hop song by Kreva to hammer it into your head. The chorus is:
I don't know if this song is famous, but it runs through each of the groups and makes a story. This one is annoying enough to be memorable


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NASA updates findings by Mars rover Curiosity about environment on the Red Planet.
No Martians have been found, but scientists controlling NASA's Curiosity rover reported Monday that its first soil sample from Mars contains tantalizing but unproven hints of chemicals essential to life.
NASA landed the $2.5 billion rover on Mars in August on a mission to search for signs of chemistry indicating whether conditions for life once existed or still exist there. The soil sample results reported Monday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco contain hints of "organic" chemicals essential to biochemistry, but the rover team said more analysis is needed.
"We just don't know if these are indigenous to Mars, and it is going to take some time to work through," said mission chief scientist John Grotzinger of Caltech. The organic carbon-based compounds could be earthly contamination from the sampling instruments or from meteorite dust, rather than truly from Mars. Determining whether these compounds represent "some kind of biological material is well down the road for us," he added.
The traces of organic chemicals reported by the rover's instruments likely are ones cooked up in the analysis itself and are not truly native to Martian soil, cautioned biochemist Jeffrey Bada of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego. "It is good that they are being appropriately cautious about the results," said Bada, who is not part of the rover team. "The real triumph is we have a very complicated chemistry-analysis-instrument working perfectly on another planet, a remarkable feat."
A sandpit called Rocknest served up the first soil sample, its dirt largely made of iron minerals typical of the fine Martian dust coating the Red Planet. "It's finer than sugar, but coarser than flour," said mission imaging scientist Ken Edgett of Malin Space Systems in San Diego.
The soil sample also contained chlorine-laced compounds similar to ones observed on the Red Planet's frozen poles by NASA's now-defunct Phoenix lander in 2008.
Speculation of dramatic chemistry results that preceded Monday's presentation led NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the rover, to issue a news release in advance, downplaying the results.
Since arriving in August in a dramatic landing on a former riverbed, the nuclear-powered rover has traveled nearly 1,700 feet from its landing site inside the 96-mile-wide Gale Crater on Mars. The rover is now stationed near a rock it will inspect with a drill this week, another first for a Mars rover.
Within a year, the rover will travel to apparent clay formations ringing Aeolis Mons, or Mount Sharp, a mountain that rises 3.4 miles above the floor of the crater. Thought to be several billion years old, these layers of clay are seen as the likeliest places to hide leftover complex organic chemicals from when Mars experienced wetter and warmer weather.


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I need to make a change to a Latex style (.sty) which contains the following line:
{\large {\boldCondensed\color{corporate3Color}\raggedright AUTHORS: \MakeUppercase \@author\par}}
The problem is that when there is a single author, the results prints "AUTHORS: JOHN DOE" with the "S" at the end of authors.
Hence, I would like to find a way to make sure that if there is a single author, the "S" is removed from the header.
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A 61-year-old White Pigeon man suffered a fatal injury while working today at the White Pigeon Paper Mill. Authorities said it is undetermined at this time if the death was due to natural causes or is work related. We will update this story as more details are available.
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KILLEEN (March 7, 2013)--Killeen Brownie Girl Scout Troop 6113 is showing they care by collecting stuffed bears for children in need.
In celebration of Girl Scout Week which begins Monday, the second graders are asking the public for donations of gently-used teddy bears and other stuffed animals.
The stuffed animals can be dropped off at the Killeen Program Center at 2909 Lake Road now through March 16.
They will be brought to the police department and given away to children in need of comfort during crisis situations.
The troop will also participate in a "take action project" Saturday during the Harker Heights Animal Shelter Pet Adoption Day held at the First National Bank in Harker Heights.
The troop made posters and pet toys in an effort to promote healthy living with pets.


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Insulet Partners with Joslin Diabetes Center to Implement a Unique Training Certification for Insulet's Clinical Team
Thursday, June 30, 2016
BILLERICA, Mass.-- Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD) (Insulet or the Company), the leader in tubeless insulin pump technology with its Omnipod® Insulin Management System, today announced that almost 100 members of Insulet's North American clinical team have completed a customized certification program designed and led by the Joslin Diabetes Center for Insulet. The Advanced Diabetes Educator in Pump Therapy (ADEPT™) certification provides Insulet's clinical team with customized, advanced training to deliver enhanced support for individuals who are managing their diabetes using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy. The Company's partnership with Joslin will enable Insulet's clinical team to provide unparalleled training and support for healthcare practitioners and their Omnipod patients.Read More
Joslin Researcher Earns Perfect Score on Recent Grant
Friday, June 05, 2015
2015 has been a good year so far for Yu Hua Tseng, Ph.D., Investigator in the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at Joslin Diabetes Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A review article about how brown fat uses fatty acids and blood sugar as fuel was named one of the top 10 papers of 2014 by Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, a prominent journal. She was also awarded a perfect score on a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant application for an upcoming project, falling in the top 1 percent of all grants submitted.Read More
Doctors Younger and Barnett to be Honored at 29th Annual Evening at Pops
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
On May 8, Joslin doctors Donald Barnett, M.D. and M. Donna Younger, M.D. will be honored at Symphony Hall at the 29th Evening at Pops event. The doctors will be given the Frank and Jean Ring Memorial Award in the Fight Against Diabetes as a tribute to their remarkable careers and extraordinary commitment to Joslin Diabetes Center.Read More
Deciphering the New Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines for People with Diabetes
Friday, April 17, 2015
It is no secret that maintaining healthy cholesterol levels is an important part of sustaining your overall well-being, especially if you have diabetes. People with diabetes often have multiple abnormalities in their lipids, including high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and elevated triglycerides. And of these three, it is most important to reduce the LDL cholesterol to lower one's risk for heart disease and stroke. With several of the leading organizations releasing cholesterol recommendations over the past two years, it can be confusing to interpret the various guidelines.Read More
Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D, Receives William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Researchers are often praised for the number of publications they generate or grants they receive. But passing on knowledge and fostering a love of science in the next generation is a vital, often overlooked accomplishment. This Tuesday, Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D., Senior Investigator in the Section on Islet Cell & Regenerative Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, received the William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.Read More
Jennifer Sun, M.D., M.P.H., to Be Honored at 11th Annual Taste of Ginger
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Each year, amidst chefs' tasting booths and silent auction items at the Taste of Ginger event (formerly known as A Spoonful of Ginger), Joslin's Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) honors a member of the community who has helped further the mission of awareness about diabetes in Asian communities. The 11th Ginger event, to be held on March 23 at the Museum of Fine Arts will highlight the contributions of Jennifer Sun, M.D., M.P.H., of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center.Read More
FDA Workshop Serves as Inspired Think-tank for the Future of Digital Diabetes Technology
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
The recent flood of diabetes-related apps do everything from track hypoglycemic events to instantly calculate a patient's insulin doses. But what if a bolus calculator tells a patient to dose 15 units when it should really by five? And what about device compatibility with all these new software options? As apps incorporate more medical recommendations and diabetes devices become more sophisticated data-tracking machines, the FDA grows more concerned over their safety and usability.Read More
December Why WAIT Class Brings Total Amount of Weight Lost by 44 Classes To-Date to 10,000 Pounds
Thursday, January 08, 2015
The December-graduating Why WAIT class had a lot to celebrate. The group of 14 participants lost a total of 258.5 pounds and reduced their A1Cs from an average of 7.5 percent to 6.2 percent. What's more, the weight loss of this 44th Why WAIT class brought the total lost over the program's nearly-10 year history to an incredible 10,000 pounds.Read More
Elena Toschi, M.D. Joins the Adult Diabetes Clinic to Focus on Providing Care for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Friday, December 19, 2014
Get to Know: Elena Toschi, M.D., Staff Physician in the Section of Adult Diabetes, who works with patients with type 1 diabetes in the clinic.
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From Patient to Chief Financial Officer: Eliot Lurier, CPA, Brings a New Perspective to Joslin
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
With three decades of experience in the accounting and biotech industries, there is no question that Eliot Lurier, CPA, is more than qualified to serve as Joslin's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). But it is Lurier's personal experience as a Joslin patient with type 1 diabetes for 50 years that provides him with a one of a kind insight and connection into Joslin's mission of preventing and curing diabetes.Read More
Ritmos de Salud Brings Awareness to Joslin Latino Diabetes Initiative's Mission
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Every Latino child born today has a 50 percent chance of developing type 2 diabetes in his or her lifetime. Diabetes, specifically type 2, has become a serious concern for the growing population of Latinos in America. There are a variety of factors that contribute to this staggering rate including culturally traditional diets of high fats and carbohydrates, high levels of poverty, and poor access to healthcare.Read More
Advancing Clinical Innovation and Improving Patient Care with the 2014 Clinic Innovation Award
Friday, September 12, 2014
Joslin Diabetes Center's commitment to innovation extends to all facets of Joslin, including the Joslin Clinic with the 2014 Clinic Innovation Award. This award, made possible by a donation from the Chair of the Board of Trustees Ralph James, aims to foster clinical innovation and create improvements within the clinic.Read More
Joslin Doctor Advocates for Better Islet Cell Access for Researchers
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
As cases of diabetes across the world increase, so does research into causes of and treatment for the disease.
Researching the complexities of diabetes requires access to a host of tissues from the human body. Muscle, liver, fat, heart—cells from all of these organs play a part. One organ in particular serves an important role in the onset and progression of diabetes and it happens to be one of the least easily accessible organs in the human body: the pancreas, which houses islets, which in turn hold the insulin-secreting beta cells that falter and fail over the course of diabetes.
Christian Rask-Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., Studies Links Between Cancer and Diabetes
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
By some estimates, people with type 2 diabetes can have up to a 30 percent increased risk for colorectal cancer. Christian Rask-Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Investigator in the Section on Vascular Cell Biology, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, is investigating why in a series of experiments recently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).Read More
Katie Weinger, Ed.D., R.N., Receives the 2014 Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award
Thursday, May 01, 2014
At the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 74th Scientific Sessions in June, Katie Weinger, Ed.D., R.N., Investigator in the Section of Clinical, Behavioral and Outcomes Research at Joslin Diabetes Center and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will be presented with the 2014 Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award.Read More
Edward Horton, M.D., Receives Albert Renold Award for Mentorship and Diabetes Research
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 2014 Albert Renold Award will be awarded to Edward Horton, M.D., Senior Investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, at the ADA's 74th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, California, during the National Scientific Achievement Awards presentation ceremony.Read More
The People who make the Pops Possible
Thursday, April 24, 2014
On May 9th, Joslin Diabetes Center's Evening at Pops will celebrate its 28th anniversary. First established in 1985 by dedicated parents and patients to celebrate an organization that has been instrumental in their lives, the annual event, held at Symphony Hall, includes a pre-concert reception with delectable food and entertainment, followed by a spectacular celebration as Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops celebrate The Very Best of POPS.Read More
Andrzej Krolewski, M.D., Ph.D. Receives the 2014 Kelly West Award in Epidemiology from the ADA
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Andrzej Krolewski, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Section on Genetics and Epidemiology at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will receive the 2014 Kelly West Award in Epidemiology at the American Diabetes Association's 74th annual Scientific Sessions. Dr. Krolewski will also deliver the lecture, "Time to Retire 'Microalbuminuria': Early, Progressive Renal Decline is the New Paradigm."Read More
New Onset Outpatient Pediatrics Care at Joslin Helps Families with Diabetes Diagnosis
Friday, April 11, 2014
The onset of type 1 diabetes can be a difficult transition for children and their families. It can become more difficult if the children are hospitalized at onset. If type 1 diabetes is identified early enough, before any major problems arise, kids are often able to be treated in an outpatient setting, rather than having to be hospitalized. Joslin Diabetes Center piloted the New Onset Program in 2010 to make outpatient treatment possible and now it is fully available for all patients whose condition allows it.Read More
Improving Diabetes Care in the Middle East Beyond the Hospital
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Joslin Diabetes Center has formed an alliance with TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm in the Middle East, to improve the care of people with diabetes. The collaboration will focus on supporting TVM Capital Healthcare Partners' "Continuum-of-Care" portfolio companies in the field of rehabilitation, home care and long-term care to enhance the level of diabetes care in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Read More
Translational Research Approach Leads to PERL Study to Reduce Renal Disease
Monday, March 31, 2014
The complexities of diabetes can't be fully understood in a lab or in a clinic alone. Sometimes, information coming from the lab informs clinical researchers about what they should study in people with diabetes. Other times, trends noticed in patient visits can lead to an important study at the bench.
The back-and-forth, cross-disciplinary nature of diabetes research and medical research in general is known as translational research.
A Spoonful of Ginger Marks a Milestone with its 10th Anniversary and Honors Dr. George King
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
In 2000, George King, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin, and his wife Diana co-founded the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) with four other families, including Sally and Larry Ho, Evelyn and Larry Wing, Jean and Gene Chin, and Eugene and Lai Wong, at Joslin Diabetes Center in response to the rising rates of diabetes within the Asian American population. Fast-forward to 14 years later and Dr. King will be honored for his many years of leadership and dedication at the 10th anniversary of A Spoonful of Ginger, the AADI's annual event to promote awareness and raise funds for their diabetes care, education, community outreach and research programs.Read More
Q & A with Exercise Physiologist Jeffrey Richard
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Physical activity burns calories from the foods we eat and improves the body's ability to use insulin, and is an important tool for managing diabetes. Jeffrey Richard joined the Joslin Diabetes Center team as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist. He recently answered a few questions about the path that led him to Joslin, the roles of an Exercise Physiologist and his experience with patients.
Dr. Eddie Phillips and the ILM Move to Joslin, Bringing New Opportunities to Incorporate Lifestyle Medicine Practices
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
In 2012, Edward Phillips, M.D., Founder and Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS), attended the Healthy Kitchens course in Napa Valley, California, which teaches healthcare professionals how to create nutritious meals. Before Dr. Phillips went on stage to give his presentation, he met a cheerful guy in the front row named John, who happened to be John Brooks III, the President and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center.Read More
Heather Zacker, Director of International Programs and Operations at Joslin, Speaks at the Opening Ceremony for Barbados's Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
On February 1, Heather Zacker, Director of International Programs and Operations at Joslin Diabetes Center, spoke at the opening ceremony for Barbados's Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean. In her speech, Ms. Zacker noted that the Barbados Diabetes Foundation shares Joslin's vision of a world free of diabetes and its complications and has taken an important step forward with the founding of the new center.Read More
50-Year Medalists to be Studied in Canada at the University of Toronto
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
One unique aspect of the Joslin Diabetes Center research division is the 50-Year Medalist study, which recognizes and examines people who have been living with insulin dependent type 1 diabetes for 50 years and often without any major complications. This study aims to determine the genetic, environmental, psychological and physiological factors that enable Medalists to evade diabetes complications over an extended period of time. Following its success at Joslin, a Canadian Medalist Study is now being conducted at the University of Toronto, called the Diabetes Longevity Study.Read More
Amanda Kirpitch Becomes Joslin's First Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Amanda Kirpitch, MA, RD/LDN, CSSD, CDE Nutrition and Diabetes Educator at Joslin Diabetes Center, recently became Joslin's first Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. You might be wondering, what is a specialist in sports dietetics? And how can a specialist in sports dietetics help someone with diabetes?Read More
Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas Addresses High Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease among Latinos with New Latino Kidney Clinic
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hispanics are 1.5 times more likely to develop kidney failure than non-Hispanic whites. With diabetes serving as the leading cause of kidney failure, this makes diabetic nephropathy – kidney disease that is caused by diabetes complications and can lead to chronic kidney disease – an immense problem for Hispanics with diabetes. Joslin Diabetes Center is addressing the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among Hispanic/Latino population with a new weekly Latino Kidney Clinic, led by Sylvia E. Rosas, M.D., MSCE, and a Nephrologist at Joslin.Read More
Joslin Development Foundation Board, Inaugural Meeting
Friday, November 15, 2013
On Thursday, November 14, the Development Foundation Board for Joslin Diabetes Center held its inaugural meeting. The Board has been created to team up with Joslin Development staff to work on the Center's annual philanthropy goals.Read More
Changing Diabetes Day at the Massachusetts State House
Friday, November 15, 2013
On Nov. 14, in honor of World Diabetes Day, Joslin representatives joined advocates from across the diabetes community at the Massachusetts State House, which hosted Changing Diabetes Day, an event aimed at informing Massachusetts legislators that diabetes is an epidemic in the Commonwealth that they cannot ignore. (Click play below for podcast about the event.)Read More
Dr. Elizabeth Walker Speaks at 7th Annual Harriet MacKay Lecture
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
At the seventh annual Harriet MacKay Lecture on October 28, Elizabeth Walker, Ph.D., RN Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, delivered the research-based lecture titled ,"Adherence Research in Diabetes: From Paradox to Paradigm." The lecture, organized by the Joslin's Center for Innovation in Diabetes Education, is named after Harriet MacKay, one of the first diabetes educators who worked under Dr. Elliott P. Joslin and formed the basis for certified diabetes educators (CDE) today.Read More
A New Approach for Treating Diabetic Kidney Disease
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Diabetic kidney disease is perceived as the most serious long-term complication that inflicts the highest burden on people with type 1 diabetes. Approximately 10-15 percent of patients with kidney complications develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD), meaning that they need dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. Current treatment methods rely on the proteinuria centered model, which utilizes the amount of protein in a patient's urine to determine risk and treatment for kidney disease.Read More
Katie Weinger, Ed.D., R.N.,Ph.D., Appointed to the National Institutes of Health Behavioral Medicine, Interventions and Outcomes Study Section
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Many people picture researchers as spending the majority of their time in a lab conducting experiments, but this is not always the case – they also divide their time among teaching, mentoring, writing and reviewing responsibilities. These additional tasks are just as important as their work in the lab, which is why Katie Weinger, Ed.D., R.N.,Ph.D., Investigator in the Section of Clinical, Behavioral and Outcomes Research and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, was happy to be appointed to the Behavioral Medicine, Interventions and Outcomes Study Section (BMIO) at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Health (NIH).Read More
Dr. Raul Guzman Hopes to Bring a Unique Patient Care Experience to New Vascular Clinic
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Raul Guzman, M.D., vascular surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, joined Joslin Diabetes Center at the end of August to address one of the most significant diabetes issues – peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Dr. Guzman initiated a weekly clinic that treats diabetes-related vascular complications and explores innovative therapies to prevent them.Read More
Peng Yi, Ph.D., Joins Joslin's Dynamic Team of Type 1 Diabetes Researchers
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Peng Yi, Ph.D., has joined the research staff of Joslin Diabetes Center, bringing with him an impressive background in research on the replication and regeneration of pancreatic beta cells that applies to the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. He joins a talented team of researchers focused on treating and ultimately curing type 1 diabetes as an Assistant Investigator in the Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology Section.Read More
Joslin Researcher Studies Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Depression
Monday, September 23, 2013
Physicians have long observed that mood disorders, including depression, occur more often in patients with diabetes, than even those with other chronic disease. However, the relationship between these two conditions has remained something of a mystery. One possible hypothesis is that patients become depressed as a result of being diagnosed with diabetes and the impact it has on their quality of life -- a reasonable assumption.Read More
Joslin Patient Portal Launches | A Q&A with Bill Kuklinski
Friday, August 16, 2013
Bill Kuklinski, Joslin's Director of Software Development is overseeing the design of the patient portal as part of the Joslin Everywhere project at Joslin Diabetes Center. Mr. Kuklinski has over 30 years' experience in software development and systems consulting.Read More
Community Outreach Event Inspires a Clinical Research Study at Joslin
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Is there really power in numbers? Or more specifically, is there power in numbers when participating in exercise? The Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) at Joslin Diabetes Center aims to answer this question with their current study, "Adopting a Physically Active Lifestyle through Organized Walk Events among Joslin Clinic Patients." The purpose of this study is to examine whether walking in groups helps people with diabetes engage in more physical activity and improve their blood glucose levels.Read More
Asian American Diabetes Initiative Honored at the 2013 Unity Dinner
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
On Tuesday, May 14th the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) of the Joslin Diabetes Center was honored at the seventh annual Unity Dinner that was hosted by the Asian American Commission (AAC).Read More
Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D., Becomes AAAS Fellow Member
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D., studies beta cells—those cells in the pancreas responsible for secreting insulin.
For over twenty-five years her research has specifically focused around these cells that are subject to autoimmune onslaught in type 1 diabetes as well as dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. By looking at these cells both in living bodies and in petri dishes, she has examined how beta cells function and grow normally, and what happens to the cells in people with diabetes.
Joslin Physicians Visit Russia for Diabetes Education and Outreach
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Joslin Diabetes Center maintains and pursues the vision of creating "a world free of diabetes and its complications." With this powerful vision in mind, three Joslin Physicians – Dr. Richard Beaser, Dr. Enrique Caballero and Dr. Osama Hamdy – traveled to Russia last month to provide educational programs and assistance for Russian physicians who are developing diabetes care to meet the specific needs of the Russian population.Read More
Joslin Hosts Symposium on Type 1 Diabetes Research
Monday, May 20, 2013
On Monday, May 6, Joslin Diabetes Center brought together some of the best minds in type 1 diabetes research for a day-long symposium covering the field's cutting-edge research.Read More
Joslin Awards First 80-Year Medal to Spencer Wallace, Diagnosed in 1931
Friday, May 17, 2013
In a ceremony this past Saturday, Joslin Diabetes Center awarded Spencer M. Wallace, Jr. of Fayetteville, NY, the first Joslin Medal for living for 80 years with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes. Mr. Wallace was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 8 and has lived with diabetes for 82 years.Read More
Heather Ferris, M.D., Ph.D., Joins Joslin
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Heather Ferris, M.D., PhD first joined Joslin in 2009 when she arrived on a BIDMC/Joslin endocrinology fellowship. After completing her fellowship in 2012, she began treating adult patients in November of that year. She became interested in diabetes care while studying internal medicine during her residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. After seeing patients with diabetes who were not well managed, she knew that she could work with them to get them under better control.Read More
M. Donna Younger, M.D., Honored at Joslin Ceremony
Friday, February 22, 2013
On Tuesday, Dec. 18, M. Donna Younger, M.D. of the Joslin Clinic Adult Section was recognized and honored for her 50 plus year career at the Joslin Diabetes Center.Read More
Losing Weight Virtually with Joslin Everywhere
Friday, January 11, 2013
Losing Weight when you have diabetes may be only a keystroke away. One of the first innovations in the Joslin Everywhere (JE) program, the Joslin's virtual outreach architecture, is an on-line weight management program for people with diabetes.Read More
Q&A with Eyiuche Okeke, M.D.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Eyiuche Okeke, M.D., became interested in diabetes care while watching her many relatives, including her grandmother, struggle with the disease. She is now an endocrinologist at Joslin with a focus on multicultural populations affected by diabetes.Read More
Joslin Goes Blue for World Diabetes Day 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Nov. 14 was World Diabetes Day–a time to raise awareness about diabetes of any type, in any town, suburb or city, all across the world.Read More
Joslin Mourns the Loss of Dr. George Eisenbarth
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
It is with great sadness that staff of Joslin Diabetes Center has learned that our friend and colleague George Eisenbarth passed away at 10 am on November 13, 2012 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Eisenbarth was a true giant in type 1 diabetes research, whose studies helped define the progressive autoimmune nature of this disease and use this knowledge to try to define new approaches to treatment and prevention of the disease.Read More
Cathy Carver Talks Joslin Everywhere
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Catherine Carver, M.S., A.N.P., C.D.E., Vice President for Advocacy and Planning is one of the key movers behind Joslin's bid to bring diabetes care into the 21st century with Joslin Everywhere, a digital care and education platform in the works at Joslin Diabetes Center.Read More
Mark Peyrot, Ph.D., at 6th Annual Harriet Mackay Forum
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
When patients and doctors can engage in honest conversation, that's when care is at its best. That was the take-home message of "What People Think About Diabetes, Why It Matters, and What Can Be Done," the 6th Annual Harriet Mackay Forum (named for the first diabetes educator, who worked under Dr. Elliott P. Joslin).Read More
Marble Special Collections Library Dedicated at Joslin
Friday, September 28, 2012
Nested among the administrative offices on the fourth floor of the Joslin Diabetes Center (the Joslin) is an extraordinary room, one that houses the institutional memory, and perhaps a bit of the soul, of the Center and its founder, Elliott P. Joslin, M.D.Read More
Latino Diabetes Initiative Wins Distinguished Service and Leadership Award
Monday, August 20, 2012
Joslin Diabetes Center's Latino Diabetes Initiative (LDI) is this year's recipient of ALPFA's Distinguished Community Service and Leadership Award for improving health care outcomes for Latinos and minorities in Boston.Read More
Educator Carole' Mensing Honored with Allene Von Son Distinguished Service Award
Monday, August 13, 2012
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) awarded Carole' Mensing one of its most coveted honors, the Allene Von Son Distinguished Service Award, during its annual meeting on August 3.Read More
A Tribute to Dr. George F. Cahill, Jr.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
by C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., Mary K. Iacocca Professor, Harvard Medical School, Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
On July 30, 2012 , Dr. George F. Cahill, Jr. passed away in Peterborough, New Hampshire at the age of 85. Dr. Cahill was a world-renowned diabetes researcher who served as Joslin's Research Director from 1962 to 1978.Read More
Q&A: Allison Cohen on Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care
Monday, July 23, 2012
Allison Cohen, M.D., M.M.Sc., has been practicing one day a week in the Pediatric clinic as Adolescent/Adult Transition physician at Joslin Diabetes center over the past two years. Here, she talks about her experience working with this population, its triumphs and challenges.Read More
Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., Honored for Excellence in Medical Communication
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., has been awarded the 2012 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for her article on probiotic and prebiotics for Diabetes Self-Management, a magazine geared for people with diabetes.Read More
Joslin Researcher Looking for Genes to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Monday, May 21, 2012
Stephan Kissler, Joslin's new addition to the immunology team, is trying to crack the genetic code behind type 1 diabetes. And the end result could prevent the disease from happening in the first place.Read More
Cynthia Pasquarello, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E., Recognized for 40 Years at Joslin
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Cynthia Pasquarello, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E., an educator in the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Program, has seen a lot of diabetes history. She started at the Joslin Diabetes Center in 1972, surrounded by the pioneers of diabetes research and care—including Priscilla White and Alexander Marble. Today, she is being honored at Joslin's Length of Service Ceremony for her 40 years of dedication to patients with diabetes.Read More
Joslin Awards 51st 75-Year Medal
Monday, May 07, 2012
Barbara Wagler was 12 years old on Feb. 10, 1936 when her mother took her to get a Valentine's Sundae at a local ice cream shop. That sundae sent Barbara to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Seventy-six years later, Barbara stood on stage at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston to receive her 75-Year Medal, only the 51st to ever be awarded by Joslin.
Joslin's Allison Goldfine, M.D., Responds to Statin Controversy in NEJM Editorial
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Earlier this year, the FDA placed a warning label on the class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.
Joslin Weight Loss Program Comes to the Y
Monday, April 09, 2012
Joslin Diabetes Center is partnering with the Y of Greater Boston to offer Joslin's first community-based weight loss program for people with type 2 diabetes at their Waltham location. The 12-week program, starting on April 24, focuses on weight loss within the frame work of improving diabetes control and is modeled after the successes of the clinic-based Why WAIT program.Read More
Danielle Handler is Joslin's 2012 Youth Ambassador
Monday, April 02, 2012
Danielle Handler, a junior at Newton North High School, is the 2012 Joslin Youth Ambassador.
"I'm excited to help Joslin Diabetes Center by reaching out to youth of all ages and raising awareness of the role that Joslin is playing in the treatment and cure of Type 1 diabetes," said Danielle, of her new role.Read More
Drag 'n Cook | a meal planning app from Joslin's AADI
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) at the Joslin Diabetes Center is releasing Drag 'n Cook, an exciting new iPhone app designed to provide easy access to nutritional information for cooks and consumers. The app is available on iTunes and Google Play.Read More
An Interview with Stacey O'Donnell, a Diabetes Nurse Educator
Friday, February 17, 2012
Stacey O'Donnell, R.N., C.D.E., has been a nurse educator at Joslin Diabetes Center for the last five years. She graduated from Curry College in 1996 and spent three years in the cardio thoracic and two years in the vascular intensive care units at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital before joining the staff at Joslin. Stacey also worked summers at Camp Joslin and the Clara Barton Adventure Camp, camps for children with diabetes.Read More
Clinic News & Notes
- Elena Toschi, M.D. Joins the Adult Diabetes Clinic to Focus on Providing Care for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
- Dr. Howard Wolpert Helps Set Guidelines for CGM Use
- Q&A: John Zrebiec of Joslin Mental Health Services
- Q&A: Dr. Medha Munshi of the Geriatric Diabetes Clinic
- Joslin Recognized for Work Addressing Disparities in Diabetes
Joslin Research Updates
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GnuPG for Solaris
By wyllys on Dec 16, 2009
GnuPG is available in Solaris starting with build 130. OpenSolaris users can pull the latest packages from the /dev repository by looking for SUNWgnupg and SUNWpth packages. GnuPG is a complete implementation of the PGP protocol (RFC 4880) with an open source license (GPL). I will not enumerate all of its many features here, the GnuPG website has plenty of good information. There are even a set of HowTo documents to help you get started using GnuPG.
Things to note:
- SUNWgnupg delivers version 2.0.13 - the 1.4.XX versions are not included
- you also need to install SUNWpth (GNU Portable Threads) package.
Also, with PGP support, you can now install the Enigmail plugin for Thunderbird and configure it to use the GnuPG that was installed with the SUNWgnupg package (/usr/bin/gpg2). This will allow you to send encrypted or signed emails and also to decrypt and verify emails you get from your associates (assuming you have their public keys). Once you install Enigmail successfully (I did it using Solaris on x86 with the bundled Thunderbird mail client - version 18.104.22.168 and the enigmail from the above link for x86), you should see an "OpenPGP" menu item that was not present before. Using the items under that menu (Key Management) you can create a key for yourself that can be used for the crypto operations on your emails (sign/verify, encrypt/decrypt).


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May 31, 2012
Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics 2012
All the men and women of CMPD would like to thank everyone for supporting Special Olympics NC and making a positive difference in the lives of over 38,000 wonderful athletes year round. The 2012 Torch Run had a lot of first time torch runners, as well as support from Charlotte Fire Department and their Pink Lady fire engine in a "show and go" with us.
May 21, 2012
See Something, Say Something Campaign
On Monday, May 21, 2012, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and other local and federal agencies joined together to launch the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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We as a police agency need the help of our community by being our eyes and ears not only during large events but each and every day. We solve and prevent crime daily because of citizen involvement.
Everyone has a stake in public safety, if something doesn't feel or seem right, we ask you to call 9-11to report the suspicious activity. If you are not sure if you should make the call, please make the call. It's better to err on the side of caution and have us come and investigate the situation.
It is critical to note that suspicious activity refers to Behavior and not to the people themselves. Race and national origin are not considered suspicious activity. It's actually seeing an act or something that appears suspicious to you.
As a city we could not be prouder to be a part of this great program and as a Police Agency we are counting on you to "See Something and Say Something" by calling 911.
History of the campaign:
In July 2010, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at Secretary Janet Napolitano's direction, launched a national "If You See Something, Say Something™" public awareness campaign –a simple and effective program to raise public awareness of indicators of terrorism and violent crime, and to emphasize the importance of reporting suspicious activity to the proper state and local law enforcement authorities. The campaign was originally used by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which has licensed the use of the slogan to DHS for anti-terrorism and anti-crime efforts.
A critical element of the DHS mission is ensuring that the civil rights and civil liberties of persons are not diminished by our security efforts, activities, and programs. Consequently, the "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign respects civil rights or civil liberties by emphasizing behavior, rather than appearance, in identifying suspicious activity.
Factors such as race, ethnicity, national origin, or religious affiliation alone are not suspicious. For that reason, the public should report only suspicious behavior and situations (e.g., an unattended backpack in a public place or someone trying to break into a restricted area) rather than beliefs, thoughts, ideas, expressions, associations, or speech unrelated to terrorism or other criminal activity. Only reports that document behavior reasonably indicative of criminal activity related to terrorism will be shared with federal partners.
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Both the "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign and the NSI underscore the concept that homeland security begins with hometown security, where an alert public plays a critical role in keeping our nation safe.
May 10, 2012
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The City of Charlotte will receive $529,135 in funds from the United States Department of Justice under its Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. The funds are to be used for law enforcement purposes.
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"History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children." –Nelson Mandela
With Youth Day on June 16, the anniversary of the student uprising in 1976, rolling around this weekend, the Mother City's children and their wellbeing are at the forefront of our minds.
In honour of this, we are proud to announce our support of the Cape Town Angels' donation drive for Huis Andrew Murray (HAM), a children's home with kids hailing from all over the city, in Wellington by hosting drop-off points at our Visitor Information Centres from Wednesday 11 to Monday 30 June, 2014.
Cape Town Angels is a non-profit organisation dedicated to fostering commitment, partnership and collaboration through sharing "The Magic of Compassion" by boosting other social responsibility initiatives and developing community-based projects.
You may have seen the Angels fluttering their generous wings at events like Taste of Cape Town and with projects like the Blanket Wings blanket drive around the city. HAM is one of their core projects, and a key focus for our angelic helpers is raising awareness of the organisation's monetary, development and skills needs.
Keen to help us and the Angels share some heavenly benevolence this chilly season? Here's the divine 411:
Blessed supplies needed:
The charming youngsters residing at HAM are toddlers to teenagers and are in need of toiletries (diapers, powder, roll on etc.), clothing (socks, shoes, pants and sleepwear); household goods (duvet covers, sheets, plastic plates and mugs), school supplies (bags, stationery) and more.
For a full list of necessities, please click here.
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While the Angels will be doing a special delivery at the Home on Youth Day, our friendly team look forward to seeing you and receiving your donations at our Visitor Information Centres around the Mother City , from Wednesday 11 to Monday 30 June,2014:
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Let's band together and show the children of Huis Andrew Murray that Cape Town cares!
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