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The benefits of SANs (storage area networks) sound tantalizing: efficient centralized storage, high performance, and rock-solid reliability. But SANs are too expensive if you're a small business. Or are they? Let's do the numbers -- you may be surprised.
Take a typical, good-sized small business running 20 servers with an average investment per server of approximately $5,000. The ever popular HP Proliant DL380 G6 or Dell PowerEdge R710 falls in that price range. The flexibility to jam two quad-core processors, tons of RAM, and eight or more hard disks into a neat little space in your rack makes these servers great building blocks for an enterprise of just about any size.
[ InfoWorld blogger Paul Venezia proposes another storage alternative in "Out, damned disks! Servers don't need 'em" | Looking to revise your storage strategy? See InfoWorld's iGuide on the Enterprise Data Explosion. ]
For the purposes of our example, let's say each server has a pair of 300GB SAS disks in a RAID1 set for redundancy. That delivers about 278GB of usable, redundant capacity per server and will kick out around 300 IOPS of transactional performance -- enough to run a Microsoft Exchange implementation for a couple hundred people without bogging down the disks down too much.
Of course, some servers will need more capacity or performance, and some will need less. That's precisely the problem that plagues DAS (direct-attached storage) environments. Using DAS, each server is a storage island unto itself. If Server A is a domain controller and needs only 20GB of usable capacity and Server B is a file server that needs 600GB of usable capacity, they can't natively borrow capacity from one another. Moreover, if I have a 50GB SQL database that backs a critical line-of-business application, I might need five or six disks just to provide enough transactional performance to run it -- and end up buying maybe 10 times the amount of capacity. The result: massive amounts of inefficiency and overspecification, both characteristics of DAS environments.
If it's true that we're overbuying, why can't we just purchase less? That's easier said than done. First off, there's a floor to the size of SAS disk that we can buy; the smallest commonly available is 146GB (73GB disks are still around, but not for long). Thus, our domain controller is massively overspecified from the get-go. Sure, you could buy SATA disks -- inexpensive options in both HP and Dell's product lines -- but neither manufacturer will warrant these disks for more than one year. Add the fact that 7,200-rpm SATA disks provide less than half the transactional performance of a 15,000-rpm SAS drives and you can see why SATA disks are rarely a great choice.

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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College Athletic Department is pleased to announce that Sagebrush Steakhouse of Brevard will serve as the host for the weekly Brevard College Basketball Coaches' Show.
During the winter season, the Sagebrush Tornado Coaches' Show will feature men's head basketball coach Michael Jones and women's head basketball coach Shannon Reid, as well as other guests and players.
All media, community members and Tornado fans are welcome to attend as Coach Jones and Coach Reid recap the previous week's games and look ahead to next week, as well as interact with the fans in attendance.
The Brevard College Coach's Show will take place at Sagebrush at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday throughout the basketball season, beginning on November 17th.
Due to Brevard College's Christmas break, the show will be off the air the last few weeks of December and will resume again in January 2010.
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8th March 2012 04:45 AM #1
When did you (or do you plan on) announcing your pregnancy?
Hi everyone,
The first time I became pregnant I read that it is good to wait to announce the pregnancy until 12 weeks gestation (i.e. after you have had the dating scan and when the highest risk of miscarriage has passed). Myself and my husband took this to heart and were planning on announcing our first pregnancy to everyone (including family and close friends) at 12 weeks. However, we sadly went through a miscarriage at around 7 weeks and ended up needing to tell our family and friends what was happening: we wanted to do this and we needed their support.
After this had happened, we wished we had told our closest friends straight away so that we could have had their support at the very start of the pregnancy. I understand why it may be best to wait until 12 weeks until you tell everyone but after our experience I am of the opinion that it is good to talk (to those we trust and love) about early pregnancy. I also feel that miscarriages are not often talked about enough - although I know only too well how painful it can be to talk about this topic.
When we became pregnant with our son we told those close to us straight away and were pleased to have their support and understanding. We then officially announced our pregnancy after that dating scan.
What did you do? Did you change this with later pregnancies?
9th March 2012 01:41 AM #2
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I have only had one viable pregnancy. When I first became pregnant we told our family and friends. My husband and I were so excited. We signed up for classes on early pregancy and it was all such a thrill. Sadly, at a little over 9 weeks and after 3 ultrasounds I had to have a D&C to end the pregnancy because I had what's called a blighted ovum. It was weird because my body thought it was pregnant and did all it was supposed to do to grow and care for a baby but there was no baby to be found. This was a crushing loss and it was hard to go back and tell everyone what had happend but it was so wonderful to have their love and support.
The second time I became pregnant we only told out parents and that ended as a very early miscarriage. Again, we were glad we had shared it with them because of their support.
After two years I finally became pregnant with my boys. We only told out parents at first. I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks to ensure that I didn't have an ectopic pregnancy since my numbers were high (since there were two babies) and that's when it was revealed we were expecting twins. We were so delighted and ended up telling not only our parents but other family and friends too. What I didn't realize at the time is that miscarrying one twin before 12 weeks is common and most women don't even know about it because they don't have their ultrasound until later in pregnancy. Igorance is bliss?
Luckily, all worked out an in the end we were really happy we told everyone! I can't imagine going through the struggles and disappointments without the love and support of our wonderful family and friends.
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9th March 2012 02:34 AM #3
Dear DoubleSunshine,
Thank you very much for sharing the stories of your pregnancies.
It sounds like you have lovely, supportive family and friends who helped you and your husband through the sad times and celebrated with you at the wonderful times! I guess this is what I want too.
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You're welcome and yes, I do have wonderful friends and family. I know that I am very blessed


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Pittsburgh RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) provides baseball and softball programming to over 1,000 boys and girls ages 6-18 through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PA. The RBI mission is to increase participation and interest in baseball and softball among underserved youth through instruction and competitive play, while encouraging youth to achieve academically, demonstrate good sportsmanship and contribute positively to the community.
In addition to providing full financial support to the RBI program, Pirates Charities donated equipment, hosted coaches' clinics led by Pirates alumni, softball clinics led by Pirates ball girls, and provided scholarships to youth participating in local tournaments and clinics. The Pirates also hosted a Baseball Tomorrow Fund equipment drive to support the program. Two local teams participated in the 2015 RBI Regional Tournament in Prince George's County, Maryland, and visited a nearby college on the way to the tournament.
Pirates Charities and the Bradenton Marauders partner to support the Bradenton RBI program through donated equipment, uniforms, promotional items and transportation to the RBI Regional Tournament. The Marauders players assist RBI coaches during the season in addition to allowing the Bradenton RBI teams enjoy using the Pirate City fields for games and practices. Pirate City also hosts an annual holiday party for RBI participants.
The Bradenton RBI Junior Boys Team advanced to the RBI World Series that was held in Texas in 2015. They competed against Arizona RBI, PAL RBI, Dominican Republic North RBI, and Houston Astros RBI.


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#add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updatesI am writing this tutorial for any of you out there who had the same frustrating experience that I did trying to set up dual monitors on BackTrack 5r3 with NVIDIA graphic cards.
If you are new to BT, or Linux in general like I was, please read on, because this fix took me a good week and a half to figure out, as I was new, too.
After reading probably 40 pages on Google and visiting nearly any link, the directive was the same. "Oh it's easy, just apt-get install nvidia-current" or "apt-get install nvidia-driver." Well, that was most certainly not the case. My external monitor only cloned what I was doing on my primary monitor, which is useless to me. I'd go to System > Preferences > Monitors, and it wouldn't find my external monitor, and would label my primary monitor as "unknown". After running the above commands via the terminal, I would get a build error as follows:
I would view the make.log and it said it could not identify the Kernel version.Code:root@bt:~# apt-get install nvidia-current Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done nvidia-current is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 python-pyicu libdebian-installer4 cryptsetup libecryptfs0 reiserfsprogs rdate bogl-bterm ecryptfs-utils libdebconfclient0 dmraid Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up nvidia-current (195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Removing old nvidia-current-195.36.24 DKMS files... ------------------------------ Deleting module version: 195.36.24 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. Loading new nvidia-current-195.36.24 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 3.2.6 Building for architecture i686 Building initial module for 3.2.6 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.6 (i686) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.6 Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-current E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
After nearly tossing my computer out of a window, I finally was able to get this fixed. And it's embarrassing how easy it really was.
First, simply click here and download the driver. (you may want to make sure your card is supported.) That link is to nvidia's website.
If you get an error saying your text editor cannot configure the .run file, find the .run file wherever you chose to save it, click properties, and click "allow as executable file".
Finally, log out of the X server, and log in as root. Run the file from where you saved it. For instance, I saved mine in the root Directory, so I typed
It will start to execute. Read over the terms that it first displays and accept. It will load, then ask if you want to configure it to the X server. I chose 'YES', but that's up to you.Code:root@bt: ~# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.09.07.run
When all of that is complete, startx and open up the monitor preferences (the little monitor icon on the top toolbar). It may ask if you want to use the software that came with the driver. If so, choose to do so. If everything worked properly and your external monitor is plugged in, it should recognize both monitors now. Click the icon for your external monitor and put the drop-down menu to "twin-view" or whatever you'd prefer. It is diasabled by default.
Fix it up to your liking, and you're set!
I'm hoping that at least saved some of you some time.
Any feedback is welcome.
#apt-get update
#apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings
after rebooting, execute the comman " nvidia-xconfig" without double quote.
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2nd March 2010 04:51 PM #1
Vaginal Birth after Several Caesareans?
I was just perusing Google News about VBAC - when I came across this article about Vaginal Birth After Multiple Caesareans (known as VBAMC). I have spoken to many women over the years who were wanting a normal birth after 2 or more caesareans. The actual research was limited and the health care providers willing to support these women were even less. While the research numbers in the original study referred to was small - it was supportive for women choosing a birth after 2 or more caesareans. What has been your experience?
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Well I had a cesarean with my son and I was told that I have to have one now with my second son. Me and my husband wanted to see if we could do a normal birth, but my doctor advised that we do another cesarean because it would not be healthy for me. What my concern is with cesareans are they really bad to have? I mean I have heard that you can be at risk as well as the baby. I am not really understanding this at all at the moment.
28th December 2011 07:54 AM #3
Risks of caesarean birth
While we hear of the risks of vaginal birth after caesarean - we don't often hear about the risks of caesarean birth. Here are some of the risks of caesareans for the mother:
- Bleeding - there is more bleeding with a caesarean birth than a vaginal birth. The risk of haemorrhage is greater. Around six in one hundred women will need a blood transfusion resulting from a caesarean.
- Infection either in the caesarean scar or in the surrounding organs.
- Operative injury to other organs like the bladder or bowel
- Adhesions (where tissue internal adheres to each other) - making future surgery more difficult and cause health problems later on.
- Increased risk of placenta praevia or placental abruption in future pregnancies
- Increased stay in hospital
- Increased pain in the postnatal period and longer recovery (one in fourteen women report scar pain six months or more following the caesarean)
- Side effects from medications used during the caesarean
- Increased risk of the mother dying compared to vaginal birth
- Risk of needing a hysterectomy
- The woman may experience negative emotions following a surgical birth
- The woman may experience difficulty bonding with her baby
The risks of caesarean birth for the baby:
- Increased risk of experiencing breathing problems after the birth - labour stimulates the baby to breath at birth
- Surgical injury to the baby
- Premature birth - the gestational age of the baby may not be calculated correctly. Baby's should not be born to early. Caesareans ideally are not performed before 38 weeks of pregnancy (and preferably later) unless there is a real medical problem.
- Baby may be born with a low APGAR scores
28th January 2012 11:32 PM #4
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i had a successful VBAC after 4 c/s. my 1st 3 births were vaginal. my 4th labour was classed as "failure to progress" & resulted in a c/s. I attempted a VBAC with our 5th child which again resulted in c/s. when expecting our 6th child my local hospital was adament that I have an elective c/s due to my 'high risk'. With little understanding of my options i reluctanltly agreed. when it came time to have our 7th baby i researched & found a more supportive hospital with a pro VBAC Head of OB. due to our financial situation, public hospital was our only real option. i had conditions placed on my attemtped VBA3C but i did feel generally supported by my caregivers. unfortunately things didn't go to plan & I had a 4th c/s. i returned to the same hospital for my care during my next pregnancy. Again i felt supported but with conditions. i had a lot of restrictions placed on me...no induction, continous monitoring, specified time frame for labour. This time i had a Doula to help keep me focussed on my goal. my 8th birth was finally another vaginal birth.
I had some trouble convincing midwives that i could birth vaginally. The trouble was that there is little information to support either a VBA4C or a 5th C/s. The tiny amount of info I could get suggested they both had similiar amount of risk. i'm lucky in that my pregnancies & births have all been very similiar so I know that i will be at least a week overdue & that i have large posterior babies & that my labour slows with pain relief. I now tell other VBAC mums to research, research, research. The more info you have the easier it is to deal with caregivers & make an informed choice about your birth instead of being a passive bystander for the most important thing you will ever do.
We are expecting our 9th bub. I contacted my local hospital hoping that my last birth would lower my 'risk' level & they would let me birth there again. i was told they are supportive for VBA2C but not for any more c/s than that due to the unknown risk factors.
29th January 2012 12:12 PM #5
Thank you for sharing your story Gez15673. Midwives and doctors within the hospital system often have very little (if any) experience with women who would like a VBAC after more than one caesarean. This inexperience and lack of knowledge in some cases leads to fear. I certainly hope you have a positive experience for this baby. It is such a shame your local hospital will not support you. Have you found a hospital that will?
29th January 2012 07:37 PM #6
Hi Everyone - Gerri (Gez15673) has kindly submitted her inspirational birth story. I have put her story up on the main website on this page - enjoy.
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thx jane...i will return to the same hospital where i had my vbac, John Hunter. They have had a change in head of OB so there will surely be some debate regarding the best option. I am lucky that the last OB Head w,who attended my vbac, is still there & i'm sure we can both convince them that it will be ok.
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Wow, she has a lot of children. I am totally impressed by this story. And a bit scared too. I mean weren't you scared to try a natural birth after so many c/s.. I had a C/s for my first child and on my second I was really hoping and praying for a natural birth but was unsuccessful. So I have had two cs. And now I am just worried that I may not be able to have a vbac. Is this really possible? I would love for more women with similar experiences to come forth. I think after one cs it is ok, however I was told after two you can only have one other child and that has to be by cs as well.
3rd March 2012 02:54 PM #9
Yes it is possible to have a vaginal birth after two (or more) caesareans. Finding a health professional to support you is more challenging. The success of a VBAC very much depends on why the previous caesareans were done and the support you can get from a midwife and/or doctor. I suggest doing some research on your options. Where are you located? I might be able to post some resources for you.
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VBA2C in SE suburbs
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Hi Regan - Welcome to the forum. My suggestion would be to talk to the privately practising midwives in your area. They will be able to let you know what services are available and what your options are (and the cost). If you visit the Find a Practitioner search - you can select midwives and put in Noble Park - I noticed that there are three midwives listed in your area. Good luck. Let me know how you go.
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Great! Thanks very much for that, I will definitely have a look at that now!
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Thank you so much for the inspirational stories. I am "having" a vba2c at Nepean Public. I don't have the support of the mw there but the ob who I am assigned to has said we can give it a go subject to a few guidelines. I have a doula, the famous Emma Peric and my husband to help me, other than that, what can I do to "help ease my mind" with the mw on the day. I really don't want to hear one single negative word throughout my whole labour... i'm rather nervous as everyone talks about how important it is to trust your caregiver, but I simply don't trust mine at all cause they have never given me the time of day to the extend where I was assigned to caseload but they dumped me after 1 week cause they received too much pressure from HQ...


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A Calveras County woman died in a rollover car crash on the 40 Freeway east of Barstow.
Marlene Donahue, 81, of Murphys was flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where she died at 5:22 p.m. Thursday, county coroner's officials said.
Donahue was a passenger in a 2007 Lexus RX350 whose driver was heading west on the 40 east of Kelbaker Road at 3:20 p.m. The driver drove off the freeway, causing the vehicle to overturn, authorities said.


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In another example of Samsung trying to muscle in on Apple's territory, the Korean electronics manufacturer is opening boutiques inside 1,400 Best Buy stores across the country beginning this week, including four in Utah.
It's the same retail strategy used years ago by Apple when the maker of the iPod and iPad opened similar mini-stores in Best Buy locations.
The Samsung Experience Shops will open in Best Buy outlets in Murray, 5181 S. State St. (opening Friday); South Salt Lake, 261 W. 2100 South (opening Saturday); Riverdale, 4177 Riverdale Road (opening April 20); Sandy, 35 E. 11400 South (opening April 27).
The shops will sell Samsung hardware, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, connected cameras and accessories. They will be staffed with Samsung Experience Consultants who can help customers with questions, as well as activate new phones with any carrier.
The boutiques come as the company is expected to begin selling by the end of the month the newest version of its best-selling mobile phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4. The last iteration, the Galaxy S3, proved to be the biggest-selling Android-based phone against Apple's iPhone.
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Since taking the host's seat at Channel 8's Horizon show a few years ago, Simons has done wonders to spice up a public-affairs show that, frankly, had become as exciting as watching toast brown or water boil. The guy truly is erudite, able to discuss the nuances of Dylan's Blonde on Blonde in one breath and evolving Arizona water policies, local politics, and Supreme Court appointments in the next. (That said, we're still gonna scream the next time we hear windbag Howie Fischer use the phrase "In terms of . . ." when he chimes in during Simons' roundtable discussion most Friday nights.) Simons is one smooth operator, able to mix it up in his own genteel way with characters as diverse as Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ASU President Michael Crow, cartoonist Steve Benson, and ex-Governor Janet Napolitano. What we really want to know is how Mr. Simons keeps his hair from ever moving — even a little — onscreen.
Though nobody knows her real name, "Cake Lady," as downtowners have affectionately dubbed her, continues to contribute to central Phoenix lore. In short, there's a woman about town who occasionally shows up at gatherings (a music performance, an art exhibit) looking for free stuff, especially cake. The consensus is that she reads New Times (a smart woman, indeed) and then calls ahead to inquire about the possibility of free goodies. She's been spotted only a couple of times, including years ago at a birthday party at the now-defunct Paper Heart, where she briefly showed up, then dashed out the door with a bunch of cake to go. Hey, Cake Lady, share some next time!
Yes, you're reading that right. No, we're not heat-addled.
Summer in Phoenix rules.
We first noticed this seeming contraction one day several years ago when all the traffic on Indian School Road dried up. Poof! It was like a scene from I Am Legend or Vanilla Sky. And it made us ponder the other positives of a season in which temps can hit the 120s in the shade and you can get a third-degree burn on your butt just by getting in your car.
The sunsets. The storms. The long light of evenings. The short lines at our favorite hangs. The full-moon hikes. The abundant parking at Piestewa Peak. The pool parties. The misters. The cheap resort rates. The free Sunday-afternoon films at the Phoenix Art Museum.
More than specific pleasures, though, our late-blooming appreciation of Phoenix summer has to do with the sense of inclusion we feel from Memorial Day through late September. For 120-odd days, it's our town — not the fifth-largest city in America. It feels like a community.
It's hot, but it's home.
It was weird, right? This year, summer didn't really start 'til July. Sure, we had a hot day here and there, but any true Phoenician knows to brace for the heat starting in, oh, March. Not so in 2009, and June was particularly balmy. If you don't believe us, check out the stats: We haven't had this many days under 100 in the month of June (only 13!) since 1927. Which only made July the cruelest month — when, as if on cue, the temperature soared.
Here at New Times, we know maps. We've spent countless hours trying to assemble them for our own various purposes. That's why we have such an appreciation for the Small Wonders map, published by Local First Arizona, designed to promote local businesses in both central/downtown Phoenix and Tempe. Consider this our thank you note for the labor of love it took to create these fold-out, easy-to-use, eye-pleasing guides to our favorite stuff in the city. It was surely no small feat to produce them.
Depending on whom you ask, the year-old Metro light rail may or may not be the most over-hyped project in Phoenix history. But no matter what you think of the billion-dollar (and counting!) project, you have to admit the view of the Phoenix skyline from the bridge going over Tempe Town Lake is pretty amazing, especially at dusk. From the confines of the always overpacked or nearly empty train car, you get a glimpse of Phoenix at its best. The downtown towers reach ever higher, their steady ascent seemingly fueled by the mysterious desert waters around you, but they never quite catch their backdrop, South Mountain. As the copper-colored star fades into the purplish haze of an Arizona sunset, even the most curmudgeonly rail-hater has to be impressed by the beautiful scene framed through the windows of this ambitious transportation project.


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Brentz homers twice in Sea Dogs' win
Red Sox's top prospect collects four hits, drives in four runs
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | August 22, 2012 7:43 PM ET
The Red Sox's top prospect homered twice and drove in four runs on a 4-for-5 night Wednesday to power the Sea Dogs to a 7-2 victory at New Britain.
Brentz singled and doubled in his first multi-homer game since Aug. 2, 2011, when he slugged a pair of solo shots for Class A Advanced Salem.
"It feels good. We're making a playoff push and we're all chipping in," he said. "I had a big night, we had 15 hits, and with the offense we have, it's good. We're trying to get into the hunt for a playoff spot, so every pitch counts."
Brentz demonstrated that theory against the Rock Cats, turning in his third game with a least four RBIs this year. He ripped a solo homer in the fifth and added a two-run blast to cap a three-run seventh.
The 23-year-old outfielder/DH had delivered an RBI double in the first and singled in the ninth as Portland (63-66) climbed within 4 1/2 games of New Britain (68-62) and Reading (68-62) for a Wild Card playoff spot.
Brentz knows a postseason berth would be huge for Boston's Double-A affiliate. Since the All-Star break, he's batting .293 with seven homers and 30 RBIs in 32 games to help propel the Dogs back into the playoff race. And, lately, he's done it without teammate and Red Sox No. 5 prospect Jackie Bradley Jr.
"I think it'd be good," Brentz said. "The fans came out and watched us play early on and we're a great team. We're just putting the pieces together and everything is going [well]. It's a fun team to watch and I think it'd be great. A lot of us haven't been to the playoffs before."
The Middle Tennessee State product collected a season-high five RBIs on Aug. 5 when he went 3-for-5 with a homer against Erie. He's hitting .400 in August, with 10 RBIs in his last 10 games.
Against New Britain, his first homer came off Rock Cats starter Luke French.
"He got me in the at-bat before, fastball in, and he threw me a changeup away, first pitch," Brentz said. "I was sitting more or less the same spot, I hit a changeup in my first at-bat for a double. I turned on it, had a good swing, got enough to get it out of the park."
Two innings later against Blake Martin, Brentz came up with Ryan Dent on second and a run already in.
"I had a guy on first and he threw me a first-pitch slider for ball one, then a fastball away for ball two. He had a little bit more on his fastball," he said. "[On a] 2-0 count, I stuck with the same approach, got a fastball middle-in and got a good swing, had a good approach, didn't do too much."
Brentz, a 2010 first-round pick, is batting .290 with 17 homers and 69 RBIs in 115 games. He won't quite reach the heights of his breakout 2011 campaign when he had 30 homers and 94 RBIs, but after a slow April, he's turned things on this summer. Brentz batted .388 in May, knocked in 19 runs in 25 games in June and added 15 RBIs in July.
"I've always been a streaky hitter, no doubt," he said. "But I'm trying to stay more consistent. July was a struggle and part of it was me trying to do a little more than I had been doing. I've tried to stay back and work behind the baseball, I did a lot of work and looked at certain situations and was able to pull it back out and get back to what I was doing previously."
Brentz is batting .302 against left-handed pitchers and .286 against righties. He's been especially clutch with runners on, hitting .300.
"I'm driving the ball, seeing good pitches," he said. "You get to the point where you trying to do more in terms of effort and everything goes south. We're back to saying, 'Hey, keep it simple,' and go from there."
Of course, staying relaxed isn't easy for five straight months, especially when Red Sox Nation now views him as the next big thing. Brentz said he hasn't let his prospect status mess with his head too much.
"Not really. It's out of my hands," he said after graduating to Boston's top prospect following the promotions of Will Middlebrooks and Ryan Lavarnway. "I try to show up, play every day and see what happens. I'm really blessed [MLB.com] put me there, so hopefully I keep playing well and we'll see what happens."
As for Bradley, he missed his second straight game after injuring his ankle rounding second base on Monday. Brentz said Bradley has been walking around, although he doesn't know the status of the injury.
"It's been awesome," he said of playing with Bradley. "He's usually on at least three times a game, he works the count and you get to watch all the pitches. He gets on base, he's a threat to steal, and playing the outfield with him is a lot of fun, too. He's a great teammate."
Sea Dogs starter Stolmy Pimentel (5-6) earned the win, holding New Britain to a pair of runs -- one earned -- on four hits over six innings.
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Body Scanner Producing L-3 Communications Increases Political Gifts, Targets Power Brokers
November 24, 2010 | The political action committee of L-3 Communications -- one of the two defense contractors behind the full-body scanning machines now used in more than 60 U.S. airports -- has doled out more political cash this election cycle than at any other time, the Center for Responsive Politics has found.
GM Revs Political Engine, AFL-CIO in Your Mailbox and More in Capital Eye Opener: September 28
September 28, 2010 | It's been about two years since the federal government came to the rescue of General Motors with a $8.1 billion congressionally-approved (and taxpayer-fronted) bailout fund. And now that the auto giant has returned to profitability, some members of Congress are seeing their vote pay political dividends....
Interior Decorator Charged With Defrauding Government Donated Big to National Republican Senatorial Committee
September 3, 2010 | A Washington, D.C.-based interior decorator faces a felony fraud charge brought by the Department of Justice. But Darlene Mathis-Gardner, president and founder of Systems Design Inc., is not just any interior decorator.
Politicians Contribute Big Money to Protect Their Partisan Brethren
April 13, 2010 | Particularly vulnerable or especially promising politicians often receive financial help from their fellow partisans who want success on election day. Toward this end, party leaders and others may transfer or contribute money from their candidate committees and leadership PACs to these targeted candidates.
Rep. William Jefferson, convicted of corruption, received handsome donations from legal community
August 6, 2009 | Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) is now an infamous scofflaw who now faces decades in prison after a federal jury Wednesday convicted him of 11 counts of racketeering, solicitation of bribery and money laundering. An ironic footnote: Lawyers and law firms are by far Jefferson's largest campaign donors during his now ruined congressional career, which began in 1990 when he became Louisiana's first elected black congressman since Reconstruction, and ended in December when the embattled politico lost reelection.
Obama, Ney and DeLay Also Among Stanford's Investments
February 18, 2009 | As the story behind the embattled investment company Stanford Financial Group develops, we thought we'd take an even closer look at the seeds the company may have tried to plant in Washington via campaign contributions. When looking at ALL lawmakers to collect money from the company's PAC and employees (not just members of the current Congress), some additional, important names appear at the top of the recipient list.
Investment Manager Stanford Was Big-Time Campaign Contributor
February 17, 2009 | Money manager Robert Allen Stanford now has two things in common with embattled investment manager Bernard Madoff: both have come under scrutiny for allegedly defrauding their investors, and both have given significant funds to politicians. Between its PAC and its employees, Stanford Financial Group has given $2.4 million to federal candidates, parties and committees since 2000.
Embattled Lobbying Firm PMA Targeted Members of Defense Committees
February 12, 2009 | The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Congress who have collected money from the firm, which specializes in securing federal earmarks for its clients. In total, PMA Group's employees and its political action committee have given current members of Congress $3.4 million since 1989.
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Toby Keith shares a few details on upcoming Oklahoma Benefit
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Toby Keith says he's not sure just how much playing time he'll get at this weekend's "Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert." But he indicates concertgoers can expect a full day of music.
The country star tells CMT.com his set length will depend on how long his guests perform, and if they're "ahead of schedule" he'll deliver his full show. But he admits he'll be keeping an eye on the clock, and if it's 10:00 before he takes the stage he'll "shorten" his set up.
The show is slated to begin at 3:00 p.m. local time. Toby adds that there will be collaborations between the artists. He says he knows he'll be sharing the stage with Willie Nelson, and he'd "love to jump up there" with Garth Brooks - provided Garth is open to it.
Ronnie Dunn, Trisha Yearwood, Mel Tillis, John Anderson, and Sammy Hagar are also scheduled to perform, while Carrie Underwood will appear via satellite from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Keith's "Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert" will take place at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday. .
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Three 6 Mafia's Lord Infamous has passed away. HipHopDX reports that DJ Paul's publicist Dove Clark has confirmed the sad news that he passed away December 20th at his mother's home in Memphis.
Clark tells HipHopDX, "He did pass away at his mothers house last night in Memphis." He goes on to say, "The cause of death is unknown. We're actually trying to figure out how he died and that is all the information we currently have."
Three 6 Mafia was started by Lord Infamous, his half-brother DJ Paul, and Juicy J in the early '90s.
His fellow group members and the hip-hop community are expressing their love and support on Twitter.
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Peter Orszag, another great economic mind, served as OMB Director—for about a year and a half.
Just last year, OMB and CBO projected a deficit for the current fiscal year of well over $800 billion.
McConnell tapped his deputy, Jon Kyl, along with OMB director-turned-Ohio senator Rob Portman, which came as no surprise.
Committee member Alice Rivlin, former head of OMB and CBO, was especially gloomy: "They all fail on the need to get more revenue."
OMB—An acronym for the excitable expression, "Oh my Bieber!"
That was OMB director Peter Orszag, back when Obamacare was being debated.
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Their 5-0 thumping of Bromborough saw Champs go a point ahead of nearest rivals Greave, who had Julian Gorbutt on target, but suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bronze.
Joe Ellison and Alan Fowlie found the net for the winners.
Despite the slip-up however, it's still Greave's title to lose as maximum returns from their remaining two fixtures will see the Upton challengers crowned champions.
Wirral Athletic gave it their best shot and scored via Steve Herd (2) and Ben Winstanley before they went down 4-3 to third-placed Gladstone Athletic.
Sunday's Division One action saw form side Primrose Liscard in fine fettle against a depleted Forum Athletic, who had Chris Jones and Jordan Varney on the score sheet, but capitulated 9-2.
Hero of the hour was live wire Jordan Griffiths, who struck five times and included a spectacular long-range effort in his contribution.
A hat-trick from Chris Galvin and a Leon Beckter effort completed the statistics.
Two goals from Kieran Latham (2) supplemented by further efforts from Joe Lloyd and Danny Wood were enough, as Lever Bushell Athletic won 4-2 against Bromborough Social.
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In the day's only Premier Division clash, a superb overhead kick from Paul Ellison salvaged a point for Neston Nomads in their 1-1 stalemate with nearest rivals Riverside.
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UA Regents approve programs, set tuition at two-day Juneau meeting
JUNEAU---The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved several new academic programs at the Sept. 24-25, 2009 meeting, including undergraduate certificates in ethnobotany and environmental studies, a graduate certificate in construction management, bachelor degree programs in nutrition and dietetics, and a certificate in corrections.
Wrapping up its two-day meeting at the University of Alaska Southeast, the board also:
- Approved tuition rates for the 2011-2012 academic year, at $154 per credit at most UA institutions for lower-level courses (100- and 200-level classes) and $187 per credit for upper-division courses;
- Approved schematic design for the first phase of a renovation project of the Science Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus, estimated at $2.6 million, the funding for which is already in hand;
- Approved a new site for a proposed energy technology building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, estimated to cost $29.6 million, with funding still to be secured;
- Gave formal project approval for plumbing and shower repairs at Skarland Hall at UAF, at an estimated $3.8 million. Funding for that project is still to be determined;
- Gave formal project approval for student housing renovations at Prince William Sound Community College in Valdez, estimated at nearly $4 million. Funding for the project comes from a federal grant. The project allows numerous upgrades to sewer, electrical systems, weatherization, security upgrades and other improvements.
The ethnobotany degree will be delivered at Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel. It will provide rural students with scientific training leading to entry level employment in natural and cultural resource management at local and regional offices, within both the private and public sectors. The environmental studies certificate also targets rural and Native students through the Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham.
The degree programs in nutrition and dietetics will build on UAA's health-care career education and training niche. Alaska has been the only state in the nation without a baccalaureate degree in nutrition or dietetics, forcing institutions and agencies to contract with professionals outside Alaska.
The graduate certificate in construction management at UAF is intended for graduate engineers or other professionals in the Alaska construction workforce. The state Department of Transportation supports advanced training for engineers and other professionals; both UAA and UAF offer associate degrees in construction management and UAA has a bachelor's program.
The undergraduate certificate in corrections will be offered through Kenai Peninsula College, at both its Soldotna and Homer campuses. The state Department of Corrections supports the program. While UAA and UAF offer bachelor and master's degrees in justice, there had not been an entry level program in corrections previously.
The tuition proposal drew interest from student government leaders and students, who advocated for lower increases along with wage increases for student jobs on campuses across the state. The student groups also called for increased financial aid for Alaska, which lags other states nationally.
The issue drew thoughtful discussion amongst board members. Ultimately, the tuition rate was approved on a 6-3 vote.
A majority of board members said numerous improvements made throughout the 16-campus system, including new faculty hires and new programs offered to students, necessitates tuition at the 5 and 10 percent levels. Including this latest increase, UA tuition is a good deal compared to the 15 Western states, and is less than about half of them. Improvements throughout the UA system in the last 11 years have led to an increased number of Alaska students choosing to remain in-state for postsecondary education or workforce training.
Undergraduate tuition for a full-time student taking 15 courses per semester runs about $4,500 currently, depending on the mix of classes. Using that same example, it is set to go to $4,755 starting in the fall 2010 semester. Under the proposal approved by the Board of Regents at the September meeting, tuition will go to $5,115 starting in fall 2011. That amount is still less than the current average of the 15 Western states.
By policy, UA as a public system takes the unusual step of setting tuition two years in advance of rates taking effect, providing students plenty of advance notice. In addition, student governments
are notified five months prior to the scheduled vote.
Tlingit language programs receive support
Juneau Mayor Welcomes Regents
Regents lunch with Gov. Parnell
The Board of Regents, UA President Mark Hamilton and Vice President for University Relations Wendy Redman lunched with Gov. Sean Parnell and First Lady Sandy Parnell at the Governor's Mansion in Juneau on Friday, Sept. 25.
Participants reported the lunch meeting was productive and cordial. The university plays an important role in the governor's priorities for economic and resource development in the state. Board members talked to Gov. Parnell about the UA system's forthcoming operating and capital budget requests. They said the governor was attentive, asked thoughtful questions and indicated support within financial realities. Maintaining existing buildings is the governor's top priority on the capital side of the budget, which is also the board's No. 1 priority as well.
Pictured above, from left to right, are Gov. Parnell and First Lady Sandy Parnell; Regents Kirk Wickersham, Carl Marrs, Pat Jacobson, Bob Martin, Ken Fisher, Fuller Cowell, Cynthia Henry, Ashton Compton, President Hamilton and Regent Mary Hughes.
Regents approve new staff salary grid
The Board of Regents approved a new staff salary grid structure based on 1 percent increments, which will result in positions being renumbered on the new grid system starting in June 2010. For more information on this, see http://www.alaska.edu/hr/9.28.09-BOR-Approval-of-Grid-Change-memo.pdf.


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Both organisations are proud of the achievements made possible by the collaboration, namely the empowerment of miner´s organisations, raising awareness of issues in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector and providing businesses with a traceable source of responsibly mined and fairly traded gold, but also feel that greater progress can be made in the sector by working independently. Both Fairtrade and Alliance for Responsible Mining will continue to offer their respective labels and certification programmes separately.
--Press release below originally published on Fairtrade International website
The end of the partnership, effective 22 April, means the dual label on gold, silver and platinum will be phased out during 2013 and replaced with the highly recognised FAIRTRADE Mark only, creating a more consumer friendly label. The FAIRTRADE Mark is the world's best known ethical label, recognized by over 80% of consumers in several global markets. The move will also help increase jeweller participation in the Fairtrade gold scheme and bring maximum benefits back to miners.
The decision to separate the labelling process for gold follows an extensive review of the current system, in which the market clearly called for a simplification of the existing Fairtrade and Fairmined label to facilitate market growth. It also comes at the natural end of a three year pilot partnership with ARM.
Fairtrade International and ARM jointly launched Fairtrade and Fairmined gold in the UK in 2011, closely followed by launches in other global markets. Both partners in the pilot project shared a common vision to create better conditions for artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM). The partnership successfully brought about empowerment of miner's organisations, raising awareness of issues in the ASM sector and providing businesses with a traceable source of responsibly mined and fairly traded gold.
"Working with Fairtrade and Fairmined gold has helped make miners a more powerful part of the industry, but we're really just at the beginning of our journey," said Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive of Fairtrade International. "We're determined to put the spotlight on the challenges which miners face, to grow the market for Fairtrade gold, and to bring about improvement and change, to ensure a better future for miners and their families."
"We are very proud of our achievements in the mining sector to date", said Chris Davis, Head of Producer Services Africa & Middle East at Fairtrade International. "Going forward, the two partner organizations hope that by working more independently, yet cooperating wherever possible, we can make greater progress towards further improved terms of trade for disadvantaged miners in the future."
"Fairtrade remains focused on continuing to improve working conditions, environmental standards and terms of trade for ASM mining organizations and providing a growing sustainable source of responsibly mined gold for jewellers, jewellery manufacturers and ethical investment houses."
Both partners will phase out the dual label through 2013, but continue to offer respective label certification programmes separately.
In the first year of Fairtrade and Fairmined certification alone, people living in the isolated Peruvian community of Santa Filomena have reaped the benefits of being Fairtrade certified. Thanks to the Fairtrade Premium generated by Sotrami, the community have been able to invest in improved healthcare, primary school facilities and new computers for the senior school. They also opened a not-for-profit convenience store which means the 500-strong community can buy food at reasonable prices.


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Van Ronk described how when visiting Asch he would put on his "Folkways suit," a filthy jacket that smelled of acetone.
Diacetic acid occurs in the same conditions as acetone, but is less frequent and has more serious significance.
This begins to be well marked when the proportion of acetone exceeds 80 p.ct.
acetone dissolves twenty-four times its own bulk of acetylene at ordinary atmospheric pressure.
On distilling off the acetone, a precipitation is determined.
The mixture is then filtered into a previously weighed flask and washed several times with the acetone remaining.
By passing the vapour of strong acetic acid through an iron tube heated to dull redness, and condensing the acetone thus formed.
The vertical type, however, is employed in the manufacture of acetone and of iodine.
More accurate investigations enabled him to identify these substances with acetone compounds.
An example of a ternary system yielding such a boundary surface is that consisting of phenol, water, and acetone.
acetone ac·e·tone (ās'ĭ-tōn')
A colorless, volatile, extremely flammable liquid ketone widely used as an organic solvent.
An organic compound produced in excessive amounts in diabetic acidosis.


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Pro Tennis Referee Lois Goodman Sues
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A professional tennis referee who was charged, then cleared of bludgeoning her husband to death with a coffee cup has sued the Los Angeles Police Department, the county coroner's department, and others for false arrest and malicious prosecution.
Lois Ann Goodman alleged in a federal lawsuit released by her attorney Friday that she suffered humiliation, damage to her career and physical pain from her confinement in jail when first arrested in August 2012.
Goodman, then 70, was accused of killing her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee cup and using its broken handle to stab him. She said she was innocent, and her lawyers suggested Alan Goodman died in an accidental fall.
Prosecutors dismissed charges four months later, saying they had received new information and had insufficient evidence to charge her.
But before that, Goodman's suit says she was subjected to emotional distress when police waited until she had traveled to
She accused a police officer of trying to pressure her to confess and said the coroner's finding of homicide was wrong.
Defense attorneys later revealed that her
Goodman said she spent over $100,000 on her defense, borrowing and selling assets to cover costs.
She hired a renowned medical examiner and a polygraph expert to help show her innocence.
After the dismissal she was reinstated as a referee but said she drew less important assignments than before.
"To this day, Mrs. Goodman suffers on a daily basis," said the lawsuit. "The public humiliation is unending. There are whispers and pointed fingers wherever she goes."
Although the suit said her reputation has suffered, the attorney who won her dismissal, Alison Triessl, said Goodman will be working in referee duties at the upcoming U.S. Open.
A call to the City Attorney's office to seek comment on the lawsuit was not immediately returned.


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2013 Devil Mountain Run 5k / 10k
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Sunday, May 5, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PDT)
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Event Details
REGISTRATION: Online registration ends noon on May 2, 2013. Same Day registration opens at 6:30am and closes 15 minutes before start times, $10 more for all divisions on race day. No refunds. Rain does not cancel any event. Registration completed by noon on May 2, 2013 may pick up race packet and t-shirt at Forward Motion Sports, 432 Hartz Ave, Danville, the week (Friday 3pm - 7pm & Saturday 10am - 2pm) prior to the race during store hours. There will be no packet pick up for pre-registered athletes on race day. Race day registration add $10 and will begin at 6:30am on 5/5/13.
ON SITE REGISTRATION: Friday May 3, 2013 3pm - 7pm & Saturday May 4 10am - 2pm Forward Motion Sports, 432 Hartz Ave, Danville.
ENTRY FEE: Includes entry into 5k or 10k run, chip timed start and finish, race shirt and sponsor goody bag, entry into post race raffle. Optional free SMS of finish time. (enter your cell phone number and provider on entry form to receive.) All pre-registered athletes who entered with a valid email address will receive a race reminder notification email 48 hours before the event.
COURSE: Detailed maps at www.DevilMtnRun.com.
5k Course Description: The 5k will start on Railroad Ave between Church St and School St, heading South to Hartz Way. A quick Left on Hartz Way and another Left on Hartz Ave (San Ramon Valley Blvd) will take the runners North along Danville Blvd all the way to Wayne Ave. Left on Wayne, and a quick Left again onto the East Bay Regional Park Iron Horse Trail will turn the runners South all the way to the finish line just before W Prospect Ave.
10k Course Description: The 10k will start on Railroad Ave between Church St and School St, heading South to San Ramon Valley Blvd, intersecting with the Easy Bay Regional Park Iron Horse Trail. Turning Left onto the iron Horse Trail, and heading South to Sycamore Valley Rd. Once at Sycamore Valley Rd a jaunt across and onto Camino Ramon will take the runners South to Fostoria Way. Left on Fostoria Way, and Left again onto the Iron Horse Trail, crossing Greenbrook Dr, El Capitan Dr, Paraiso Dr, and Sycamore Valley Rd all the way back to the finish line on the Iron Horse Trail just before it intersects with San Ramon Valley Blvd.
- 8 - 10: 300 yds
- 5 - 7: 200 yds
- 4 & Under: 100 yds
Kids races will start at 9:30am. Plenty of time for Mom, Dad, and the family to complete the 5k or 10k, and get back in to time watch the little people strut their stuff.
ATHLETE SUPPORT: The 5k and 10k course will have mile markers throughout the course. Water stations are located at the start, finish, and along the course.
DIRECTIONS: From I-680 southbound, take Diablo Ave exit West. Left on San Ramon Valley Blvd. Right on W Prospect Ave. From northbound, take Sycamore Valley Rd W. Right on San Ramon Valley Blvd. Left on Railroad Ave.
PARKING: Park in designated areas off of Railroad Ave and San Ramon Valley Blvd between Hartz Way and Prospect Ave.
RACE DAY: Registration and bib pick up located in the parking lot of Lunardi's, 345 Railroad Ave. Danville. Race day registration fees add $10. Pre-Race pick-up Friday 3pm - 7pm & Saturday 10am - 2pm at Forward Motion Sports, 432 Hartz Ave, Danville. To pick up for friend/family please bring a printed copy of their registration confirmation email.
T-SHIRTS: Kick-butt race shirts for FIRST 1000 pre-registered athletes ONLY. Available for day-of sign-ups on a first come first serve basis. No t-shirts for free kids race.
TRANSFERRABLE: Yes, email us at email@example.com and we'll be happy to transfer your entry to a friend or family member. Unfortunately we have to cut this off once online registration closes, noon on May 2, 2013, so we can focus our attention on pulling together a safe, fun, and memorable event for all. No refunds.
INFORMATION / RESULTS: www.DevilMtnRun.com, or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Have questions about 2013 Devil Mountain Run 5k / 10k? Contact Katalyst Events, LLC
When & Where
Downtown Danville, CA
345 Railroad Avenue
Sunday, May 5, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PDT)
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After a beautiful, bug-free, and breezy night, our day started off as a peaceful Sunday morning with some much needed unscheduled time. Most people caught up on sleep, played cards, or did some extra work on presentations or research projects.This left many groups scattered in local areas such as Dump Reef, North Point, the GRC or huddled in the air conditioned lab room assigned to Witt. However, our lucky divers got to experience two deep-water dives to The Wall and Runway 10. The Wall dive was to 70 feet and Runway 10 was around 50 feet. During their dive they got to see huge barrel sponges, a large Caribbean spiny lobster eating a snail, and a 10 foot reef shark. As our morning came to a close, we all gathered back at the GRC for some delicious lunch. Even though it was great, some of us couldn't help but dream about the fresh, local conch fritters we ate the night before.
As we gathered to load on the bus after our lunch break, it was clear how the different research projects had progressed by the various equipment, destination, and sampling techniques being used. The truck was loaded with quadrats, collection buckets, tape measures, super suckers and the usual snorkel gear.
In the evening we continued group phylum presentations, learning about plants and arthropods. It is odd to think that we will be leaving this place so soon. At least for us, San Salvador and the GRC have become a hot and sandy, yet gorgeous, home away from home.


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Thread: When to introduce cows milk?
4th February 2012 02:07 PM #1
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When to introduce cows milk?
I stopped breastfeeding my daughter at about four months, and she is using formula milk. I am just wondering when I can take her off of the formula and give her regular milk.
5th February 2012 02:45 AM #2
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I was a licensed child care provider for 6 years, and we would transition children from formula to cow milk around 12 months of age. Sometimes parents wanted to transition to a formula for older children and sometimes, if a child was transitioning from breast milk to "regular" milk, we would transition the child to goat milk because it's much easier to digest. But in general, going from formula to cow milk happened at 1 year of age.
7th February 2012 04:37 PM #3
I agree with Kate - the general recommendation is to move to straight cows milk is 12 months old. Follow on formulas are a money making exercise by the formula companies. There are no proven health benefits with follow on formulas.
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Thanks, alot. I will wait until she reaches a year.


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In an apparent slam on Obama MSNBC News
A cryptogram is a type of puzzle which consists of a short piece of text encrypted with a simple substitution cipher in which each letter is replaced by a different letter. To solve the puzzle, one must recover the original lettering.
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Multnomah University's Director of IT Brenda Gibson sent out a message today, warning all of us in the Multnomah family about a new email phishing scam.
A Note From Brenda Gibson In IT
Good afternoon Multnomah Family,
I know I have sent several of these warnings out in the past couple of months, but last evening a student email account was compromised because he received the following email account and responded to it. This one looks pretty legitimate, but it is not. Please remember IT will never send a generic email account telling you to reset your account settings.
Please remember to be ever vigilant as spammers are getting trickier and using more and more effective ruses to get you to give them your confidential information.
The Suspicious Email
Here is the email Mrs. Gibson references in her warning (all links removed):
Dear user of the multnomah.edu mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox ***email removed*** settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
***link removed***
Best regards, multnomah.edu Technical Support.
Be Careful
Remember, Multnomah's IT "will never send a generic email account telling you to reset your account settings." If you receive any such email, notify the IT department immediately at 503.251.6555 or email@example.com.
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The federal government has launched a mandatory livestock identification program to help prevent the spread of disease among dairy and beef cattle.
The identification system doesn't go so far as tracing food from farm to plate, as envisioned by some consumer advocates. But it does track animal movements across state borders, enabling agriculture and health officials to quickly trace disease outbreaks in livestock and establish quarantines.
"The program is only a first step in what likely will be a more comprehensive system that eventually will be able to quickly track all diseased animals," said Warren Hess, assistant state veterinarian for Utah. "But at this point, it only affects a fraction of the number of animals that are shipped out of Utah."
The program is mandatory, but limited in scope for many Utah ranchers, whose cattle may not fall under the rule, which went into effect March 11.
The new standards, require dairy cows and sexually intact beef cattle over 18 months of age to be registered when they are shipped over state lines. Utah ranchers, however, typically ship out younger calves and neutered steers for slaughter.
Other rules are still being worked out, giving Utah a temporary reprieve as it and other states develop the technology for tracking individual animals headed to the nation's food supply. But eventually, market shifts are likely to force changes for most Utah cattle producers.
Today, western ranchers brand their cattle, while many other states use ear markers or electronic tags to keep track of individual animals.
For now, federal rules allows states to agree on alternative forms of identification such as brands for animals shipped between them. Hess said Utah has worked out verbal agreements with surrounding states that rely on brands, such as Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona.
But he added that other states including some of the nation's largest beef cattle producers are unlikely to enter into agreements that allow brands, which can specify the farm the animal came from but doesn't allow individual animal tracking.
Texas the nation's largest cattle producer already registers and tracks individual cattle, as do several Midwestern states where Utah ranchers often ship their cattle for fattening and slaughter.
Utah rancher Joe Fuhriman said he's uneasy about the federal government having access to information provided by producers. And he's worried that ranchers will be pressured to invest in electronic devices, which are cost prohibitive and cannot read cattle ear tags at a distance.
"They're improving on electronic identification tags," he said. "But the technology isn't quite there yet."
Brent Tanner, executive vice president of the Utah Cattlemen's Association, said state ranchers are moving toward tagging their cattle to show proof of testing or vaccinations. For instance, ranchers tag cows as part of a program to control brucellosis, a disease that can cause pregnant animals to miscarry.
Tanner said Utah ranchers understand the need to track diseased livestock, especially in light of several recent and damaging outbreaks.
Utah was among the top states in participation of a voluntary tracking program launched in 2006. About 64 percent of Utah ranchers signed up for the program, compared to one-quarter of producers nationwide. The federal government eventually scrapped the program because relatively few producers participated nationally.
State and federal officials point to a mad cow scare as another reason for an identification program.
By 2007, 25 countries shut off or threatened to close their markets to U.S. beef exports, resulting from a single cow in Washington State diagnosed with mad cow disease. It took investigators four months to track down all cattle that had come into contact with a the diseased cow rather than 48 hours if a national animal identification tracking system had been in place.
Reading a cattle brand
Most brands or earmarks are letters, numerals or characters and are read:
Straight-away • From left to right
Stacked • From top to bottom
Outside in • When a character encloses another.
Source: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Utah brands online
To register • Livestock owners must renew their brand or earmark every five years. Visit http://ag.utah.gov
Brand listings • Contains every registered brand and earmark, http://webapp.ag.utah.gov/brandWebApplication/
History • To research if an ancestor recorded a brand, visit http://archives.utah.gov/digital/540.htm
Historical tidbits
Utah Territory • A law ordering printed brand books was passed in 1851 to prevent duplicate brands and to identify lost or stolen animals.
One early Utah brand • Despite his bluster, frontier marshal Orrin Porter Rockwell, who reportedly said, "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing," used the uninspired livestock brand OP.
U.S. brands • Most consist of capital letters, numerals and symbols, such as a slash, circle or bar. Amazingly, every number and letter of the alphabet can be made with an iron shaped in a J configuration.
Source: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food; Barb Wire Museum in Texas


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Need some space so reluctantly selling this excellent gi.
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