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- Patient Comments: Gangrene - Symptoms
- Patient Comments: Gangrene - Treatment
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How is gangrene diagnosed?
A person should suspect gangrene if any local body area changes color (especially if it is red, blue, or black) and becomes numb or painful. If the symptoms include those stated above for either dry or wet gangrene, the individual should immediately seek medical help.
The diagnosis is usually based on the clinical symptoms of either wet or dry gangrene. Often other tests are done in cases of wet gangrene to further define the infecting agent(s), the type of gangrene, and the extent of the infection. For example, X-rays, CT, or mri studies are done to see how far gas or necrosis (or both) has progressed from the local site. These studies are often done to help determine the extent of gangrene in both limb and internal types of gangrene. Blood cultures as well as cultures of the infected tissue and exudates are usually done to determine the infective agent(s) and to determine appropriate antibiotic therapy.
For dry gangrene, vascular surgeons often do angiography (a radiologic study with dye that shows arterial blood flow in tissues, also termed arteriogram) to see the extent of ongoing or potential arterial blood loss to tissue.
How is gangrene treated?
Treatment of gangrene depends upon the type of gangrene (dry vs. wet), the subtype of wet gangrene, and upon how much tissue is compromised by the gangrene. Immediate treatment is needed in all cases of wet gangrene and in some cases of dry gangrene. Treatment for all cases of gangrene usually involves surgery, medical treatment, supportive care, and occasionally, rehabilitation.
Dry gangrene is usually treated with surgery that removes the dead tissue(s), such as a toe. How much tissue is removed may depend on how much arterial blood flow is still reaching other tissue(s). Often, the patient is treated with antibiotics to prevent infection of remaining viable tissue. The patient may also receive anticoagulants to reduce blood clotting. Supportive care can consist of surgical wound care and rehabilitation for reuse of the digits or limb. Some patients simply slough off the dry gangrenous tissue (termed autoamputation). This happens most often when medical and surgical caregivers are not readily available to the patient in remote areas or in some third world countries. Many patients, if they do not get infected, can recover from autoamputation.
Wet gangrene is a medical emergency and needs immediate treatment. Treatment is usually done in a hospital, and a surgeon needs to be involved because the local area needs debridement (surgical removal of the dead and dying tissue). In some patients, debridement will not be adequate therapy, and amputation of a limb may be needed. At the same time as surgical treatment, intravenous antibiotics (usually a combination of two or more antibiotics, one of which is effective in killing anaerobic bacteria like Clostridium perfringens and another antibiotic effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or mrsa) need to be administered. Consultation with an infectious disease specialist and a surgeon is recommended. Internal gangrene requires an operation in the hospital to remove the gangrenous tissue. Some patients develop sepsis and require the support of an intensive-care unit in which supportive care for other life-threatening problems such as hypotension (low blood pressure) can be treated. Rehabilitation therapy for patients with amputation is highly recommended.
Some clinicians treat gangrene, especially wet gangrene, with hyperbaric oxygen (oxygen given under pressure with the patient inside a chamber). Since some studies indicate that hyperbaric oxygen treatment improves tissue oxygen supply and can inhibit or kill anaerobic bacteria, this therapy is used to treat patients with gangrene. However, it is not available in many hospitals and is used in conjunction with the above described therapeutic methods, not as a primary therapy for wet gangrene.


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Senior guard Mark Lyons has found a home his second home at the University of Arizona.
Lyons spent his first three seasons at Xavier, graduated with one year of eligibility remaining and moved to Tucson for his final season of collegiate basketball.
Kentucky and Kansas were just two of the schools that wanted Lyons, but his long relationship with Arizona coach Sean Miller and other members of the coaching staff made the decision easy.
Miller & Co. had originally recruited Lyons to Xavier, before they moved to Arizona in 2009.
"That was a big factor," Lyons said. "I didn't want to go to a school and learn a whole new coaching staff and players. I felt comfortable with these guys. I've known them for years, and I trusted them with my last year."
Lyons calls Miller a "father figure."
"We're real close," he said. "Coming here was basically because of him. I mean, all the coaches on the staff are like father figures to me. I've known them since I was 15, 16 years old. So it was an easy decision to come here."
Said Miller: "Mark had a lot of choices last spring. He could have joined a lot of teams, and he decided to join us. ... We have a strong bond."
At Arizona, Lyons filled a huge void at point guard.
Coming off a 23-win season, the Wildcats' top returning players were forwards Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom and shooting guard Nick Johnson.
Miller had a top-five recruiting class on the way, but it lacked a point guard. So selling Lyons on Arizona was critical to the Wildcats' success.
"A couple of schools really wanted me to come and play point guard for them," Lyons said. "But I already knew [this] system, and I didn't have to learn too much."
There were, perhaps, some hard feelings over Lyons' decision to leave Xavier.
In a statement issued at the time, Musketeer coach Chris Mack said, "After our end-of-the-season meeting with Mark, it became apparent that a change for both parties was the right thing. ...
"During our meeting, expectations were outlined for his fifth and final season areas in which I believe needed improvement. Mark did not recognize these expectations as being important."
Mack wished Lyons well, which is exactly how he's played at Arizona.
In his first season in the Pac-12, Lyons averaged 14.8 points and 2.9 assists and was a first-team all-league selection. The Wildcats, who are 26-7 this season, can reach the Sweet 16 by defeating Harvard on Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena.
"We had this picture in our head when I came here," Lyons said. "We didn't expect anything less getting into the NCAA Tournament and trying to advance."
In Arizona's tournament-opening 81-64 win over Belmont on Thursday night, Lyons scored 23 points. Just a month earlier, he scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half during the Wildcats' 68-64 win over Utah at the Huntsman Center.
If Lyons is trying to audition for the Utah Jazz and other NBA teams by playing well in Salt Lake City, he's done an eye-opening job.
"Honestly, I just try to play and make plays," Lyons said. "Whether it's scoring or passing, I'm just trying to make the plays that help my team win games."
Professional basketball, however, is on Lyons' radar.
"I would love to be in the NBA some day," he said. "Hopefully, the scouts acknowledge my talents and, if not, there are other routes to get there."
Arizona vs. Harvard
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Records • Arizona 26-7; Harvard 20-9
Series history • First meeting
About the Wildcats • They're seeking their third Sweet 16 berth in four years. ... In their last four games, opponents average 64.2 points. ... In their tournament opener, they limited Belmont to 39 percent shooting, including 7 for 27 in the first half.
About the Crimson • They're looking for the second NCAA win in school history. ... They are 1-0 against the Pac-12 this season. In December, they won at Cal, 67-62. ... In their tournament opener against New Mexico, they were outrebounded 34-26.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 383, March 21, 2008
- Iceberg, ARSC IBM P6X System, Retirement in July
- ARSC XT5, "Official" Press Release
- Regular Expressions with Python Flavor
- Open Source Graphics Applications
- Mackey wins both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod, Two Years in a Row
- Quick Tip
Iceberg, ARSC IBM P6X System, Retirement in July
During the 2008 Fiscal year ARSC will begin installing a Cray XT5 as a replacement for Iceberg, the allocated IBM P655+/P690+ system. Due to constraints outside of our control, we will be unable operate both Iceberg and the new system simultaneously.
Iceberg will remain available until 1 PM AKDT July 18th, 2008. The contents of $HOME and $WORKDIR on iceberg will not be saved. If you wish to keep the contents of these directories please copy the files to $ARCHIVE_HOME prior to July 18th.
Additional reminders will be sent as the iceberg retirement date nears.
If you have questions about this change, please direct them to email@example.com .
ARSC XT5, "Official" Press Release
If you'd like to read our official press release on the Cray XT5 system, it is here:
Regular Expressions with Python Flavor
[By: Anton Kulchitsky]
Python programmers often avoid using regular expressions (regexps), and this is a pity because regexps can simplify many difficult programming tasks. This article describes a couple of "pythonish" tricks which make it easier to work with regular expressions.
To use regular expressions, one needs to import the "re" module:
import re
This article assumes that you know the basic syntax of Python and can write programs in it. It is also supposed that you are familiar with regular expressions. Tricks in this article were not found on the internet or in books. As usual with regexps, it may be not very easy to get into the ideas, so fasten your belts. :)
Raw Strings
One reason Python programmers may avoid regular expression is that Python strings replace backslashes. For example, 'Example\tline\n' represents the words "Example" and "line" separated by tabulation and ended by a new line sign. To explicitly write this line in Python, one needs to duplicate the backslashes: 'Example\\tline\\n'. This looks ugly, especially when you write regular expressions with many backslashes in them.
To alleviate this problem, Python provides raw strings. Backslashes are not interpreted in such strings.
Raw strings start with 'r'. For example, r'Example\tline\n' means exactly what is written, no backslashes are replaced by special characters. Thus, it is a good idea to use raw strings whenever you use regular expressions.
It is worth noticing that standard Python substitutions actually work with raw strings as with regular strings. For example:
r'Example %d' % (1)is equivalent to
r'Example 1'Read the Python documentation for more information about raw strings.
Compilation of regular expressions and re.VERBOSE
Another possible reason why *any* programmer may avoid using regular expressions is that, once written, they can be very hard to understand. Indeed, what is this?
r'(\d{3})\D*([0-9]{3})\D*(\d{4})\D*(\d{4})\D*(\d*)$'And why does it parse telephone numbers?
With some experience you will read this pretty quickly. But how about something more complicated? Even a Perl hacker who has written thousands of regexps can be stuck for an hour parsing a 3-line regexp he or she wrote a week ago. Like perl, however, Python supports multiline regexps which are much easier to read and may be documented in-line.
In Python, enable multiline raw strings and compile them with the "re.VERBOSE" flag. re.VERBOSE makes the following changes:
- whitespace in regexp that is not inside a character class is ignored.
- comments can be placed in regular expressions starting with '#' sign like any Python comments.
It is also a good practice to compile regular expressions. I suggest you always compile regular expressions even when you do not use re.VERBOSE.
Again, check the Python docs for more information.
Using "groups" in regexps to get parsed dictionaries of data
Python expands on Perl's extension syntax. If the first character after the question mark is a "P", then this is an extension specific to Python. Currently there are two such extensions: (?P<name>...) defines a named group, and (?P=name) is a back-reference to a named group.
Using named groups is similar in concept to setting variables. When the object is matched, one may use the groupdict() method to produce a dictionary of all groups with keys matching the names of groups. The beauty of this approach will be seen in an example below. Also note the readability of such regular expressions, especially when many groups are used within regexp.
Lists and generators of matching objects
Anything in Python is an object. Any objects can be united in lists. You know that re.match or re.find returns either None or a matching object. You can use this for making a list of such objects, filter only matched objects and then use list comprehensions to get your results. Using these techniques makes the code look very clear.
Suppose we need to parse a file which contains United States phone numbers and output every number found. We use the following regexp for this (in re.VERBOSE representation):
PHONE_REGEXP = \ r''' (?P<area_code>\d{3}) # area code is 3 digits (e.g. '800') \D* # optional separator is any number of non-digits (?P<trunk>\d{3}) # trunk is 3 digits \D* # an opt. separator (?P<tail>\d{4}) # the rest of number is 4 digits \D* # another separator (?P<extension>\d*) # optional extension '''Let us compile it:
phone_re = re.compile( PHONE_REGEXP, re.VERBOSE )
Now, let us save the following text in the file, 'phones.txt', as an example:
----------- phones.txt ------------ 1-800-123-1233 This is not a number Work: (123) 321-1232 # 123 Home: 1-123-132-0091 call John Smith Jr. This is a comment with some numbers: 4343 4342 2234 ---------- end of file ------------Now consider the following list:
phones_re_lst = [ y for y in [ phone_re.search(x) for x in open('phones.txt') ] if y ]This list will contain all matching objects from lines of 'phone.txt' that contain a telephone number. Well, it can be written even more elegantly using generator expressions. Indeed, we do not need to produce all this objects explicitly and may generate them lazily only when we need them. Thus, we may write:
phones_re_gen = ( y for y in ( phone_re.search(x) for x in open( 'phones.txt') ) if y )Now, let us demonstrate the power and beauty of grouping with names.
Suppose we would like to print all the parsed telephone numbers in the consistent format, "(xxx) xxx-xxxx # xxx". Well, nothing could be simpler, as demonstrated by the following lines of code:
for tel in phones_re_gen: print '(%(area_code)s) %(trunk)s-%(tail)s # %(extension)s' % tel.groupdict()When we run this, we get the following:
(800) 123-1233 # (123) 321-1232 # 123 (123) 132-0091 #(HINT: use the find method of the compiled regular expression object if matching the entire string is not what you want. It is usually much more effective to use find for searching than match with something like '.*' at the beginning of regexp. This is because '.*' is much harder to optimize than a more strict condition.)
Writing utilities that work with input streams
It is not difficult to write programs in Python that will work with input streams. Thus, one can write utilities that work like Unix utilities written in Perl or C. You just need to use sys.stdin for input instead of a file or open expressions (see the example below).
Let us write a complete utility that will get a stream with phone numbers, as in the 'phones.txt' file, and produce the formatted output. Below is the code of the phoneparser.py program:
#!/usr/bin/env python # # 'phoneparser.py' parses the phones from the input stream # import re, sys # a regular expression that parses phone numbers PHONE_REGEXP = \ r''' (?P<area_code>\d{3}) # are code is 3 digits (e.g. '800') \D* # optional separator is any number of non-digits (?P<trunk>\d{3}) # trunk is 3 digits \D* # an opt. separator (?P<tail>\d{4}) # the rest of number is 4 digits \D* # another separator (?P<extension>\d*) # optional extension ''' phone_re = re.compile( PHONE_REGEXP, re.VERBOSE ) # a generator expression that generates all matching objects from # input stream phones_re_gen = ( y for y in ( phone_re.search(x) for x in sys.stdin ) if y ) # printing everything in the desired format, using dictionary substitution for tel in phones_re_gen: print '(%(area_code)s) %(trunk)s-%(tail)s # %(extension)s' % tel.groupdict()
Change the permission of the file to make it executable:
chmod +x ./phoneparser.pyExecute the utility:
cat phones.txt ./regexps.pyAnd we get the same output as above:
(800) 123-1233 # (123) 321-1232 # 123 (123) 132-0091 #
Open Source Graphics Applications
[By: Kate Hedstrom]
All images that get displayed by computer are eventually drawn bit by bit. This happens whether on a 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) printer or on a 90 pixels per inch monitor. However, there are two main ways in which images can be stored - as pixels (a raster image) or as vectors (vector graphics). The preferred format for any given image will depend on what sort of image it is. A thorough description can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_formatThere are two primary open source tools corresponding to these representation types.
If you have raster images to modify/create, the program you need is GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It can be found at:
This is the open source answer to Photoshop and is now a very mature program. There are books and tutorials about it, listed at the main GIMP site above.
If you prefer vector graphics, there is now Inkscape, the open source answer to CorelDraw and Illustrator:
It too has tutorials and at least one book.
Which To Use?
It depends on what you are doing!
If it's photos, GIMP is the one for you. For drawing new graphics, I prefer Inkscape. One difference is that since Inkscape thinks of a line as an editable line object, you can move the ends around or move the bezier control points on curved lines. Once a line is drawn in GIMP, it gets transformed to pixels and is no longer a line as such.
Features of Both
I believe that both GIMP and Inkscape share some underlying code. Both have the same concept of layers, where you can think of your image as a stack, each layer being visible or invisible, locked or unlocked, and the ability to move them up and down in the stack. Layers were new to me with my xfig background, but I now find them very handy.
One implication of the layers is that you need a way to save files that maintains the layer structure. GIMP has its own file format with a .xcf extension. Inkscape's native files are .svg which is a vector graphics file standard. Both can read and write a variety of formats, including Inkscape on Linux being able to write native GIMP files.
GIMP is much older of the two and I've been slowly learning how to use it for years. For drawing where you want to edit the elements, I've used xfig for even longer, so was very excited to learn about Inkscape, which brings more modern drawing concepts to open source vector drawing.
Mackey wins both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod, Two Years in a Row
I learned Tuesday night (from a restaurant place mat) that Alaska actually has a "state sport." No, it's not kayaking, it's dog mushing.
Everyone's heard of the second most challenging dog-sled race, the 1150 mile "Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race." The most challenging is often considered to be the "Yukon Quest International Dog Sled Race," which runs 1000 miles, from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (and the other direction, in odd years).
Until last year, it was unheard of to win both races in the same year.
Mushers and dogs get only two weeks or so to recover from the first race (which takes about 10 days for the fastest teams), fix the equipment, buy more dog food, and transport everything and everybody to the start of the next race. Most people don't even try it.
By winning these back-to-back races two years in a row, Lance Mackey is becoming something of the Lance Armstrong of dog mushing. He's a cancer survivor. Got the same first name. And seems to be accomplishing the "impossible."
What does this have to do with ARSC? Nothing but geography...
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I have an executable that uses shared libraries. Is there a way [[ to show the which shared library each symbol is provided by? # # Here's a solution from Randall Hand. # Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any single Unix command capable of getting this information. However, it's not very difficult to throw together a shell script connecting a few other utilities to give you something like what you want. A shell script like the following: #!/bin/sh LOOKUP=/tmp/lookup-$PPID rm -f $LOOKUP for LIBRARY in $@; do echo -ne "\rScanning $LIBRARY... " nm --defined --print-file-name $LIBRARY 2> /dev/null >> $LOOKUP done echo -e "\nAnalyzing symbol tables..." for SYMBOL in `nm -Du "$1" cut -b 20-`; do echo \-\-\-\-\-\> $SYMBOL grep " $SYMBOL\$" $LOOKUP done rm $LOOKUP This script accepts several arguments. The first argument is the File to analyze, and the remainder of the arguments are libraries to check for the symbols in (or directories containing the symbols). Running it on Amethyst as so: findlib.sh ~/local/lib/ezViz/libezViz.so ~/local/lib/*.so ~/local/lib64/* /usr/lib/* Dumps out several screens of information such as: -----> strrchr /usr/lib/libc.a:strrchr.o:0000000000000000 T strrchr -----> strstr /usr/lib/libc.a:strstr.o:0000000000000000 T strstr -----> strtok /usr/lib/libc.a:strtok.o:0000000000000000 T strtok -----> syslog /usr/lib/libc.a:syslog.o:0000000000000684 T syslog -----> time /usr/lib/libc.a:time.o:0000000000000000 T time -----> vsprintf /usr/lib/libc.a:iovsprintf.o:0000000000000000 W vsprintf -----> vtk_netcdf_nc_get_att_text /viz/home/rhand/local/lib/libvtkNetCDF.so:000000000000b620 T vtk_netcdf_nc_get_att_text -----> vtk_netcdf_nc_get_var_float /viz/home/rhand/local/lib/libvtkNetCDF.so:000000000002b250 T vtk_netcdf_nc_get_var_float -----> vtk_netcdf_nc_get_vara_float Showing first the symbol found in the first file (libezViz.so in this case), and then all the libraries that define that symbol. While there's no guarantee that that particular file is the one that will be used at runtime, that can be somewhat discovered by using your LD_LIBRARY_PATH as your arguments. # # Editor's solution # This was a bit more complicated than I thought it would be. I really thought there would be a command to do this! Here's the basic process I used to solve this: 1) Find each unresolved symbols in an executable using nm. 2) Find each shared library referenced by the executable using ldd. 3) Search for each unresolved symbol in each shared library using objdump on the shared library. Here's a script which performs these operations here: http://people.arsc.edu/~bahls/code/find_shared It's a bit too long to put in the newsletter. Here's some sample output: mg56 % find_shared ~/mpi/hello Unresolved symbols for '/u1/uaf/bahls/mpi/hello' + MPI_Finalize found in /usr/local/pkg/voltairempi/voltairempi-S-1/mpi.pathcc.rsh/lib/shared/libmpich.so.1.0 + MPI_Get_processor_name found in /usr/local/pkg/voltairempi/voltairempi-S-1/mpi.pathcc.rsh/lib/shared/libmpich.so.1.0 + MPI_Init found in /usr/local/pkg/voltairempi/voltairempi-S-1/mpi.pathcc.rsh/lib/shared/libmpich.so.1.0 + MPI_Comm_rank found in /usr/local/pkg/voltairempi/voltairempi-S-1/mpi.pathcc.rsh/lib/shared/libmpich.so.1.0 + printf found in /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 + __libc_start_main found in /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 Q: Here's one proposed a long time ago by friend and former co-editor, Guy Robinson. There are some interesting collective nouns in the English language. E.g., a "pride" of lions, a "knot" of toads. The question is, what collectives would you propose for terms in the supercomputing vernacular? For instance, we want collectives for terms such as cores, nodes, infinite loops, bugs, compiler options, defunct HPC vendors, ARSC consultants, irrelevent benchmarks, etc., etc. Where there is a known collective, maybe you can improve on it. This should be interesting... maybe even fun.
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Two weeks ago, Portland City Council passed a Resolution supporting the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) in applying for a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to redevelop the Hillsdale Terrace housing development in SW Portland. The grant will come from the federal HOPE VI program, which provides funds to revitalize physicall distressed public housing properties.
Hillsdale Terrace, built in 1968, has been on HAP's top-three priority list for complete redevelopment since HOPE VI began. Following the successful redevelopment of New Columbia and Humboldt Gardens, it is time to focus on addressing the needs of Hillsdale Terrace.
In a letter to the Oregonian, Jennifer Brownell writes that "With the HOPE VI Grant, eradicating barriers of race, class and language will be possible at a level never before possible. Creating community while providing opportunities for our neighbors to get out of poverty by learning language, finding employment and receiving job training can only be a blessing to the neighborhood and the city."
In this morning's Oregonian, guest columnist Michael Willis, President of Michael Willis Architects and chief architect for the Hillsdale Terrace redesign, writes of his own experience living in the Pruitt-Igoe Homes in St. Louis. That project has since been demolished, but the experience of living there has shaped Willis' vision as an architect.
"We are most proud," Willis writes of his architectural firm, "of the work we've done for HAP in Portland, reconnecting former public housing communities into the surrounding neighborhood fabric in ways that value both the residents of the newly built housing and their neighbors."
This preliminary concept includes sustainable features, community garden space, a community center for resident and neighborhood activities, and Head Start classrooms.
Grant notification will begin in February of next year, and if successful, HAP will begin construction in 2011 and residents will move back in August of 2012. This redevelopment project will increase our affordable housing stock in southwest Portland, correct physical problems with the site, reduce operating costs, improve available services, and enhance partnerships in the community.
"Every citizen," Willis concludes, "should be proud of its exemplary Housing Authority, which is a national model for how to get it done."


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Green Bay Drops 3-1 Decision to Youngstown State
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Playing at home for the first time in nearly three weeks, the Green Bay volleyball team (8-11, 3-3 HL) dropped a 3-1 decision to Youngstown State (12-9, 4-2 HL) on Friday night at the Kress Center. The Phoenix dominated the opening set, but the visiting Penguins claimed three straight to earn the 17-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-19 win and break the tie for third place in the Horizon League standings.
One of the top defensive teams in the conference, Youngstown State recorded 13.5 team blocks and held the Phoenix to a .117 hitting percentage in the match.
"I thought Youngstown State did a nice job of frustrating our hitters with their block," Green Bay head coach Michaela Franklin said. "They touched our attack a lot and they blocked us a lot. I thought we did some things nice in the first set and played well offensively in spurts, but we just couldn't really get it going for the whole match. We've got a big challenge ahead of us tomorrow against Cleveland State, but I'm really looking forward to what our team can do."
Senior Leah Van Zeeland (Kaukauna, Wis.) had a strong night for the Phoenix, recording her second straight double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore Emily Riese (Fond du Lac, Wis.) also registered her second double-double in a row with 47 assists and 10 digs. They marked the eighth double-doubles of the year for both players.
Phoenix freshman Shannon Hurley (Connellsville, Pa.) led all players in the match with 18 kills, while Alexis Egler paced the Penguins with 10. YSU senior Jenna Cavanaugh finished with nine kills on 16 swings while committing just one error (.500.). Cavanaugh, the league's leader in blocks per set, also finished with seven block assists.
Green Bay led by as many as 11 (20-9) in the first set before finishing off the 25-17 win. Senior Monica Anderson (Cottage Grove, Wis.) got the home team off to a strong start, recording five kills in the opener and helping the Phoenix out-hit the Penguins .276 to -.034.
The momentum shifted in set two, as YSU jumped out to an early 6-1 lead and forced a Phoenix timeout. The Penguins increased their lead to double-digits at 16-6 and were able to maintain it for the 25-15 win. Led by Egler's three kills on three attempts, YSU was able to hit an impressive .423 in the second set.
The Penguins showed why they are the Horizon League's top blocking team in sets three and four, recording 8.5 total blocks. Green Bay held a 16-14 lead in the third and had the score tied at 22-22, but three straight YSU points capped off by a double-block put the visitors up 2-1 in the match. The Phoenix trailed by just three (20-17) late in the fourth after a Hurley kill, but another block sparked a 5-2 Penguins run down the stretch that delivered the 3-1 victory.
Green Bay returns to action on Saturday at 4 p.m., welcoming Cleveland State to the Kress Center. The Vikings are coming off a 3-0 loss at Milwaukee on Friday night.
Green Bay is hosting its final Junior Phoenix Clinic of the season immediately following Saturday's contest against Cleveland State. The cost of the clinic is $5, which includes a ticket to the match. Parents of children who are interested in attending the clinic can register by contacting assistant coach Kalin Zimmerman at firstname.lastname@example.com.
#For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Volleyball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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July 19 A warning from hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc of declining patient admissions and news that the U.S. government is stepping up a probe of how it handles Medicare patients will complicate efforts to buy rival Health Management Associates Inc, analysts said on Friday.
They said a resulting 9 percent price drop in Community Health's shares together with lower earnings have significantly raised the cost of financing a deal.
"This makes a deal much, much more difficult to do from a leverage perspective," said CRT Capital Group analyst Sheryl Skolnick. "It makes it a lot harder to finance and a lot harder to convince shareholders that it is a good thing."
Community Health said late Thursday that its second quarter profit would fall from a year earlier due to weak admissions volumes in May and June, bad debts, and deteriorating reimbursements.
The Franklin, Tennessee, company also said the Department of Justice had subpoenaed more of its employees in a wider investigation into admissions of patients covered by Medicare, the government's health plan for the elderly.
"Based on what I understand them to say, this situation is not going to be resolved anytime soon," Skolnick said.
Analysts at Oppenheimer now estimate that the hospital chain will earn 51 cents a share for the quarter, well below the consensus Wall Street estimate of 92 cents a share.
"This makes a deal for HMA more difficult," said one industry banker, who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media. "This might make it pause."
Representatives of Community Health and Health Management did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Health Management, based in Naples, Florida, has been seeking to fend off a campaign from hedge fund Glenview Capital Management, which has threatened to launch a proxy battle against the company. Glenview owns a 14.6 percent stake in the hospital operator.
Health Management said in June that it had hired Morgan Stanley and law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges to consider strategic alternatives.
Earlier this month, several sources familiar with the matter said that Community Health was a likely buyer, while hospital chains including HCA Holdings Inc and LifePoint Hospitals Inc were also exploring a potential deal.
In early afternoon trading on Friday, shares of Community Health were trading down 9 percent at $43.08, while shares of Health Management were down 4 percent at $15.70. Shares of LifePoint were down 3.7 percent at $49.46 and shares of HCA had fallen about half of a percentage point to $38.99.
"Volume headwinds have kept us cautious on the group, and we believe medical demand will remain below expectation through the balance of the year," BMO Capital Markets analyst Jennifer Lynch said in a note to investors on Friday.
Since President Barack Obama's healthcare reform legislation was passed in 2010, there has been a wave of consolidation - more than 650 deals for hospitals, according to Thomson Reuters data - as companies in the sector seek to protect themselves against increasing costs and lower reimbursement fees from the government.
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In Copacabana, the most famous beach in Brazil, near the sea and all that is good in this neighborhood that combines the best of Brazilianness with what is in the world.
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KET presents health special Well Fed: Nourishing Our Children for a Lifetime
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In 2010, KET addressed childhood obesity rates in Kentucky and the impact of children's sedentary lifestyles in the award-winning special report More Than Child's Play: Why Physical Activity Matters. KET now presents Well Fed: Nourishing Our Children for a Lifetime, which explores childhood nutrition, its impact on health outcomes and obesity rates, and efforts across the state to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
This program airs Monday, Feb. 18 at 9/8 pm on KET.
Families have the odds stacked against them, with society set up at every turn to encourage unhealthy choices. For the last several decades, much of what is offered in the average grocery store and fast food restaurant is processed food containing high amounts of fat, sugar and salt. What used to be reserved for a special occasion – a soda, a cheeseburger or an outing to a restaurant – is routine now. As two segments in the program show, some children in Kentucky have never eaten a fresh blueberry, strawberry or banana.
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Costa Rica Backpackers
Since 2001 Costa Rica Backpackers is the meeting spot for travelers from all around the world, a slice of tropical paradise n the busy. Huge garden with swimming pool & bar-restaurant.
Facilities: Swimming pool, Huge tropical garden, Free internet, Wifi access everywhere, Free coffee & tea, Sunbathing decks, Music by the pool, Restaurant open 24/7, 2 bars:Indoor + outdoor, Movies on big screen, Hot showers, Fresh linen, No curfew, 24hrs security, Bilingual staff, Tour desk and much more
We are the original backpackers hostel in the country, opened in October 2001...The 2 owners have had years of backpacking experience in Latin America and have a particular way of taking care of people, and making them feel welcome...We are Located in downtown San Jose nearby the national museum, banks, bars, and all the facilities you need
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Four American League contenders — the Rangers, Angels, Red Sox, and Blue Jays — have shown interest in free-agent left-hander Darren Oliver, a major-league source told FOXSports.com.
Oliver, 41, is coming off a season in which he posted a career-low 2.29 ERA in 61 relief appearances for the Texas Rangers.
Oliver pitched for the Red Sox (2002) and Angels (2007-2009) earlier in his career.
Oliver has reached the postseason in each of the last six years but is still looking for his first World Series ring. So, he is almost certain to sign with a team that has a realistic chance of winning it all in 2012. He lives with his family in the Dallas area, so a return to the Rangers would be easiest from a personal standpoint.
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Dry firing as a function check will not damage your SiG. Repeated dry firing without a Snap Cap or similar in the chamber for more than just function checks can cause damage that can lead to a breech block retaining pin failure or damage to the firing pin. I refer you to pictures I grabbed form a related thread on another forum. These are NOT my pictures, but clearly illustrate the potential for damage when dry firing excessively.
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We switched our 11mo gsd, 3 yo poodle/maltese and 7 yo chihuahua 2 weeks ago and here is what changed for us:
Gsd: skin allergies GONE, dog smell GONE--even when wet, coat so much healthier looking and feeling, eyes crystal clear, energy level was always good but it increased, better appetite and stools about 1/3 as much and virtually no more ordor and FIRM.
Poodle mix: still picky but better stools and still happy:
Chihuahua: using his back legs again(he is a rescue who has had hip, back, and leg bones broken), the occasional pain is almost nonexistent now, healthy coat and a new vigor for life that we hadn't seen (he enjoys his walks now), eyes clear again and more alert.
We had been feeding Taste of the Wild which they seemed to like and ate and is supposedly a good kibble, but the changes we have seen in such a short amount of time are incredible.
My opinion: Make the switch but do your homework, meat and fat, raw meaty bones, and organ meat are necessary. I found a local source whre I am paying only .35 - .45 per pound which makes it no more expensive than kibble. A little more work but well worth it. Good Luck!
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The only times that's happened was the first day we got him and last weekend when he got a wild rabbit. He was quite excited to have it, protected it and consumed it in pretty good time.
In your experience, has switching to raw drastically improved some of the symptoms I've listed above?
Yes While Titan is on a kibble/raw diet, that alone improves his itchiness and stools, and has helped him gain weight from his random 20 lb loss.
Everyone else that do3es raw, I'm sure will comment, but do a lot of reading on the BARF section and even in here.. there is so much information about the benefits. Generally once you go raw you typically don't go back to kibble willingly..
Underweight pup, considering raw, please help!
If you've read any of my other posts you probably know I've had quite a few health issues with my pup. I'm currently working with my vet to figure things out, and he's talking with specialists at the closest university.
I have a 7 month old male that weighs 36lbs, possibly 37 as his last weigh in was last week. He's never eaten with a lot of gusto. The only times that's happened was the first day we got him and last weekend when he got a wild rabbit. He was quite excited to have it, protected it and consumed it in pretty good time.
He seems to react to something in the food he gets, we've switched a couple of times in hopes it would fix him but so far he still has diarrhea and itches a LOT. That coupled with the fact that he doesn't play as much as he should, often times he's lethargic and from a flexion test, his hips aren't so great either. So, I'm starting to wonder if raw could be the way to go for him. I'm not going to make any rash decisions. Right now I'm trying to give him a couple weeks on TOTW puppy to see if his poops might regulate...he's had loose stools constantly with periodic normal ones all the time we've had him.
I think there's probably an underlying issue, which is why we're working with the vet but when things are sorted out, I feel that raw could possibly be a good thing for him.
In your experience, has switching to raw drastically improved some of the symptoms I've listed above?
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After using the search function for the accepted rattle can base and top coat colors for ESB version armor, I found a couple of different colors. Three colors came up as the base coat over the sliver, Krylon Italian Olive, Rustoleum Satin Spruce Green and Krylon Hosta Leaf. For the top coat, I found that most suggested using American Accents Hunt Club Green.
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The Buffalo Sabres took it to the brink. They put enough pressure on the New York Islanders the last two weeks where the Isles actually broke into a little sweat. The Sabres didn't know what was happening in Carolina. Without the knowledge of how the Isles were doing, the Sabres attended to matters at hand and attempted to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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I got mine at 10 weeks old and we bond just great.. Too great that he always have to be next to me... It may sound cute but its a little disturbing when your dog never leave your side... i mean NEVER , even meal time. He would leave his meal if i step away...
I dont know much bout the fear stage and all that but bonding shouldnt be a problem if you treat him/her right
I think either age is fine. But if it was me I would personally pick younger, not below 7 weeks, but around that time would be good, 7.5 just sounds like the perfect time.
It's just my experience, but I believe that puppies bond quicker and easier when adopted at this time. You become their surrogate mother, or leader figure to look up to and learn from. Here in Australia it is generally accepted that puppies are re-homed at 8 weeks. My last dog was 9 weeks old when we took him home and he still bonded with me just fine but it seemed to me that he changed quite a bit during the two week difference from when I last met him at 7 weeks old. He was much more confident and when I came to pick him up he was a bit wussy, doing a lot of whining and shivering. The breeder said that from the last time I met him that his litter mates were picking on him.
Also, just a personal family experience when I was growing up my parents brought home puppies of different breeds around 6-7 weeks old and they fit in snugly with the family and were confident from the start. Recently my mum has been bringing home pups that were 12-14 weeks old and they were timid little things, and they stayed timid. But it could possibly be other factors? Just my personal experience anyway.
I have also been talking to some breeders and they said that they usually give their pups to the police agencies at 6.5-7.5 weeks old. I found this very interesting.
|If I were you I would wait until 8.5 weeks. It can't hurt and it can only help.
|Either is fine. I've taken two home at 7.5 weeks (where the weekends fell), one at 8 weeks, and two at 9 weeks. No noticeable difference. 4 of those 5 were from large (9-12) litters and had plenty of socialization amongst their peers. It's very important to me that my dogs get acclimated to my household routine, my other dogs, traveling, and training very quickly so I prefer to get dogs no later than 9 weeks. There's really no more lessons they need to learn from other puppies. I have stable adult dogs at home that are a great help when I'm raising a puppy and I want that puppy home with me, learning how *we* behave and interact.
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I personally LOVE and prefer older puppies.
The last 3 puppies I have had were all brought home at 11 weeks old.
I usually take 1-2 weeks off of work when I bring them home too.
IMO 10-12 weeks is the best time to bring home a puppy. The puppies are more fun and playful than 8 week old sleepy puppies, they have bigger bladders and can usually hold it a little longer and they pick up with training quicker. Plus if you have a really good breeder, chances are the puppy has other puppies or dogs to interact with and sometimes the breeder has already started potty training.
I also live alone and I have to work so having an older puppy that can hold their bladder a little longer is a huge help to me because I have to leave them for 4 hours at a time.
|The breeder seems pretty good with toilet and crate training so far (she had another litter about 1.5 months before ours that she did a lot of work with), and it looks like the pups are getting lots of interaction. (Don't worry - not a puppy mill-type breeder - she only has a few females, just 2 came into heat pretty close to one another.) And we don't really have anything going on, on either weekend. My head is really telling me to see if he can stay for an extra week. Unless all the other puppies go at 7.5 weeks. It's just so hard to wait another 5 weeks - I want him now!! Oh, those 5 weeks are going to crawl by...
Either is fine. A few days one way or the other will not make or break a good puppy. I would assess your situation and the breeder's situation. If you feel the breeder will interact with the puppy and play with it, and start house training, etc, having the extra 1/2 week there will be good. If the breeder is working full time outside, or has a lot of dogs or another litter to manage, getting the puppy 1/2 week early will be just as well.
If all other things are equal, but you have an open house or out of town company this weekend, wait until next weekend. If this weekend will be calmer and more stay-at-home, then bring it home on this weekend.
These are the things you want to consider on when to bring home the puppy.
Good luck with your new addition.
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I'm just about to start my Zam. I want to say a big thank you to everyone on the forum who has been very helpful in getting me started. I couldn't do it without the advice here on the Dented Helmet! Also for all the exhibition photos which have been brilliant help
I'm going to be making the suit, bodice, skirt, gloves and belt myself. However I wondered if anyone could PM me who could make the helmet, greeblies, weapons and other accessories? I'm happy to paint up and weather eveything myself as I would like a colour and tone continuity with the purple.
So far I've sourced the lycra covered neoprene here in the UK which is white and 1.5mm thick. I'm dyeing samples at the moment to make sure the fabric doesn't seperate from the neoprene. If this is not successful there is a shade of purple in the swatches which I'm thinking of airbrushing to get the correct colours.
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They did another repeat on the Discovery channel last night about the compressed air engine. A guy in France is actually manufacturing them. Problems, it requires compressed air at 4300 psi and it takes 4 hours to recharge if you use the compressor that comes with it, the 2nd problem is that no one wants to carry cylinders of compressed air to service it. A fill up of air is good for about 150 Km.
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Oh I do love the smell of freshly painted armor! I went for a somewhat more, realistic style, seeing my armor is made from metal.
New helmet boyaah! And the shoulders arent painted apart from some yellow paint from 1 year ago. I'm thinking about maybe getting a new pair.
and some gauntlets aswell?!
These are acctualy a ROTJ pair I converted into ESB. And yes, the flamethrower is unpainted.


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'His offensive skills were supposed to make up for any defensive shortcomings, but Sabres coach Lindy Ruff has felt compelled to dress an extra blue-liner twice in the past three games. Ruff reverted to his usual six-defenseman lineup Thursday. A Delmore defensive lapse led to the Kings' early third-period goal. He took a slashing penalty on his next shift.'
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Hey, I'm new to TDH and a first time costumer, making a custom mandalorian! I've got a NME Props Mercenary 2.0 bucket, and a set of gel coated fiberglass beskar'gam on the way (boba battle damage, but I'll deal...) I plan on making a jump pack (as opposed to jetpack) from scratch and mounting it directly to my backplate.
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Re: Sorting of pairs
Riccardo Rigon <RIGON at iveuncc.bitnet> writes:
> Dear mathgroupers, I have a list of pairs:
> list={{2,3},{4,5},{1,3},{3,8},{4,4}}
> and I want to order them with this rule:
> rule[a_List,b_List]:=a/;(a[[1]]< b[[1]] || ( a[[1]]==b[[1]] && a[[2]]<b[[2]]))
> rule[a_List,b_List]:=b
> The way to do this should be:
> Sort[list,rule]
> Sort[list,rule[#1,#2]&]
> but no one of the two methods works.
> Does anybody knows the reason?
> Thank you in advance.
First of all, the second argument to Sort is supposed to be a True/False
function: it must return True if the first argument should come earlier in
the sort, and False otherwise. So your two definitions for rule should be
replaced by:
rule[a_List,b_List]:=(a[[1]]< b[[1]] ||
(a[[1]]==b[[1]] && a[[2]]<b[[2]]))
However, this is just Mathematica's usual ordering rule for lists, so the
result will be the same if you simply use Sort[list].
Jack Lee
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University of Washington
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A redesign and expansion of Commencement Hollow, located between West Campus Drive and West Ward Street, was completed in 2007. The new setting not only serves as the traditional spot for Commencement activities, but also a range of outdoor assemblies.
With a stage and ample power included in the design, the Wittenberg community will be able to enjoy outdoor concerts, plays, movies and various presentations in addition to occasional classes on the new "steps" - naturally landscaped seating areas designed and arranged to accommodate both the large graduation crowds as well as the smaller audiences for student presentations.
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Should we teach pronunciation? yes or no
Pronunciation is important but let's not forget that native like accent-less pronunciation is not crucial. Indeed, it is hard to teach using phonemic alphabet because such concept can be confusing and difficult for students who are not studying linguistics. However, keep in mind that certain concepts are worth introducing but do not dedicate too much time to this because most students will lose interest quickly and are not ready to deeply analyse language.
Pronunciation is something that comes naturally I think. Of course there are different factors that facilitate the learning process but being aware of certain phonetic phenomenon will not change anything for most students. Only a handful of students with high proficiency will understand and actually apply phonetic rules in a real-life context. I know people who are advanced learner who have taken a phonetics class and are still not able to apply what they have seen in this class. I think this example speaks for itself.


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