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ASPINWALL, PA—Noting that the 26-year-old with unfulfilled physical needs is easygoing and really fun to hang out with, several of Sarah Valetta's male friends told reporters Tuesday that the sexually frustrated woman is pretty much one of the guys.
Sources close to the situation confirmed that the woman, who is constantly consumed by carnal longing, is remarkably laid-back, easy to talk to, and generally willing to grab a beer without much advance notice.
"Sarah's really awesome," said Valetta's friend Mark McKean, 27, explaining that the perennially single, sexually pent-up woman is completely comfortable kicking back and watching sports, playing cards, or just shooting the shit. "We'll go out to the bars, we'll be joking around, and she joins right in. You can say pretty much anything around her."
"The thing is, I'm not that great at talking to women, but with Sarah, it's not like that," McKean continued. "She's not dramatic; you don't have to walk around on eggshells with her. Sarah never gets mad about stupid little things. She's definitely one of the gang."
Valetta, who frequently spends time with the group of friends at their apartments or at local dive bars and aches deeply for romantic affection, is widely regarded by her male companions as "the coolest girl" they have ever met. In addition, the marketing associate who is preoccupied with fears that she is invisible to men is reportedly more fun to be around than any other woman, according to the men interviewed.
"You don't have to be on guard around her," said coworker and friend Ted Reiner, 26, a man to whom Valetta gives "awesome" dating advice and whom she has specifically styled her hair and clothes to please and hopefully arouse. "I don't have to worry about what I say to her. I'm never trying to impress her or anything. Plus, she's not high-maintenance at all. And she's not crazy or clingy or anything."
"She's just fits right in with the rest of us," Reiner added. "A lot of the time we're having so much fun laughing and joking openly with each other about women or sex that we forget she's even a girl. She's that cool."
Emphasizing his appreciation for Valetta's spontaneity, bawdy sense of humor, and love of action movies—all attributes that his own girlfriend does not possess—Reiner said that the tautly wound ball of sexual yearning is a cherished member of his friend group.
The undersexed woman, who reportedly feels an agonizing mixture of longing and despair whenever she spends time with her male friends, told reporters that she is lucky to have them.
"Those guys are the best," said Valetta, whose acute, hidden craving for sexual contact is ever present and permeates nearly every one of her thoughts. "They're such a blast. I'm always going over to one of their places to watch TV, order some food, [get so sexually distracted that I can barely focus on anything but my own carnal starvation, and then as soon as I get home descend into debilitating worries that I'll always be this terribly, unfathomably alone]. We have a lot of fun."
"Plus, it's just a load off to have friends who I can be totally myself around," Valetta added.


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Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. joined with representatives from the Smithsonian-developed Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum Tuesday, Oct. 16, in announcing the launch of a Memphis Music Hall of Fame tribute to the city's musical legends.
The 25 initial inductees of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, in alphabetical order are: Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart; Bobby "Blue" Bland; Booker T. and The MG's; Lucie Campbell; George Coleman; Jim Dickinson; Al Green; W.C. Handy; Isaac Hayes; Howlin' Wolf; B.B. King; Jerry Lee Lewis; Jimmie Lunceford; Professor W.T. McDaniel; Memphis Minnie; Willie Mitchell; Dewey Phillips; Sam Phillips; Elvis Presley; Otis Redding; The Staple Singers; Rufus Thomas; Three 6 Mafia; Nat D. Williams; and ZZ Top.
Wharton said the event came at a great time, as he just returned from Berlin, where the Memphis Exhibition Berlin runs until Oct. 28. Located in Berlin's Gibson Guitar Showroom, the show displays photographs, clothing, films and other Memphis memorabilia.
"The awe and reverence with which people walk through that museum and just be able to touch a picture of a Bobby Bland or a BB or all of the great stuff that we have here," Wharton said Tuesday at The Warehouse, 36 E. G.E. Patterson Ave. "It's just so amazing about how the world around just treasures what sometimes we take for granted. What this event says here today is we ain't going to take it for granted anymore."
Presenting the guitar-inspired plaques for each of the 25 initial inductees were representatives from Memphis' many music organizations and attractions, such as Sun Studio, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis Music Foundation, Center for Southern Folklore, Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. and The Blues Foundation. A moment of silence was given for Memphis musician B. B. Cunningham Jr., who was killed in a shooting Sunday.
John Doyle, executive director of Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, said the Music Hall of Fame has been in the works for six or seven years.
– Mayor A C Wharton
"All of us apologize for being late. We should have started this 20 years ago, or maybe 40 years ago," Doyle said. "We are announcing inaugural inductees, but this is not an inaugural class because we will continue this for years and years and years."
While several states have music hall of fames, Doyle said Memphis is the first city to launch such an initiative.
"This is really the only city that can launch something like this because not only did we get on the musical map because of our musical legends, but these legends also changed the entire cultural complexion of the world," Doyle said.
The 2012 inaugural inductees into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame were determined by a nominating committee consisting of national authors, historians and music industry representatives, who came together for deliberation in May. Hall of Fame Inductions will continue to be held annually.
"We're beginning to announce 350 and more inductees that will go into this thing," Doyle said. "And when we get to year five and year 10, we will still be inducting Grammy nominees, Grammy winners, chart toppers, legends as we continue on and on. The list is endless."
The press conference was webcast live by DittyTV, a free online music broadcast network started last year in a studio at 508 S. Main St. by husband and wife investors Ronnie and Amy Wright.
The Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Memphis on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. Tickets for that event are now on sale through www.ticketmaster.com.
Currently, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame is available at memphismusichalloffame.com, with Web design and content courtesy of Simple Focus. Plans for an interactive gallery inside of the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum at 191 Beale St. are also being pursued.
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Green construction is one of America's fastest growing trends. The United States Green Building Council(USGBC) reports that green construction accounts for nearly one-third of all new construction. Over the next five years green construction will grow to more than one-half of all construction. By 2013, green buildings will support nearly 8 million workers across the U.S. Many businesses are trying to capitalize on this trend. Many companies are promoting products and services with an environmentally friendly sales pitch. We do not often think of gas stations and convenience stores as models of sustainability but Iowa based Kum & Go is making a commitment in a big way.
Kum & Go – The ONLY Convenience Store in America Going 'Green'
Kum & Go, a privately owned Iowa-base company, is the only convenience store chain in America participating in the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. All new concept stores for Kum & Go are being submitted for LEED Certification. In 2012 Kum & Go is anticipating investing over $2 million in 'green' improvements. Look at the features at the Kum & Go in Fairfield, Iowa:
Single-Stream Recycling
The store pays for single-stream recycling, keeping valuable resources from ending up in landfills.
LED Lighting
Kum & Go uses highly-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) fixtures inside the coolers, about the gas pumps, around the parking lot, and in interior applications. LEDs use less electricity, give off less heat, and the light is more focused.
Water-Saving Fixtures
Low-flow sink, toilet, and urinal fixtures are used in the store. These fixtures use at least 20% less water then conventional fixtures.
Renewable Fuels
Whenever available, each of Kum & Go's new stores sells premium, no-lead and ethanol-blended fuels, including E10 and E85. The Kum & Go in Fairfield is one of the few convenience stores offering bio-diesel.
Sustainable Materials
The majority of the construction materials used to build the store were manufactured regionally, containing raw materials sourced from within 500 miles. Over 50% of all wood materials are FSC certified. Additionally, the steel and concrete contain high percentages of recycled content.
Reflective Concrete
The store's parking lot is treated with a high-reflective white coating that reflects the sun's heat. This reduces the "heat-island effect" by reducing the parking lot temperatures. Normally, pavement, dark-colored roofs, and similar surfaces absorb more sunlight, trap heat, and increase local temperatures. The reduction of the temperature helps save energy used to cool the building and reduces surface level ozone.
Bike Rack & Changing Rooms
The store design provides bicycle racks for associates and customers, as well as locking restroom facilities for changing. Alternative forms of transportation reduce traffic congestion.
High Efficiency Heating and Air Conditioning
The heating and air conditioning systems at this store have a high efficiency rating. The store has an optimized direct digital control (DDC) and a high-level filtration system that maintains excellent indoor air quality for customers and associates. Additionally, most refrigeration equipment used inside the store is Energy Star certified.
Day Lighting (Prismatic Skylights)
Honeycomb-shaped prisms in the roof, called Solatubes, reduce glare and refract daylight into the building. Natural lighting enhances colors and saves electricity.
Reflective Roof
The roof of the store is covered with a white rubber finish that reflects the sun's heat. Similar to the reflective concrete used on the parking lot, This decreases heat transfer to the store interior, reducing the amount of energy needed to cool the building.
Electric Car Charging Station
Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station is behind the store and looks like an air station. This device supplies electricity for recharging plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
Rain Gardens & Bioswales
There are three interconnected bioswales on this site. These bioswales effectively filter and detain all of the rainwater produced by the impermeable surfaces on the site. Specifically, Kum & Go wanted to protect the headwaters of the Indian Creek watershed from hydrocarbon runoff. The bioswales prevent any hydrocarbon runoff while reducing the water velocity that is destructive to local streams.
Scott Timm said, "We are very happy and fortunate to work with Kum & Go to protect the headwaters of Indian Creek." Scott Timm is the Iowa State University Extension program specialist who is helping move Fairfield's Go Green strategic plan from concept to reality. Scott said the Fairfield, Iowa Kum & Go went well above and beyond what they typically do. "We are very very pleased with the team effort."
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How to Build a Water Garden With WaterfallUpdated: Sep. 03, 2023
Put a little piece of paradise right in your own backyard. We'll show you how to build a pond waterfall with rocks here.
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There's something soothing about the scent, sound and sight of water, something that washes away stress and strain. While you can't stop by the French Riviera or Walden Pond after a hectic day of work, you can have a private oasis waiting for you at home, complete with gurgling water and colorful fish.
In this story, we'll walk you through the basic steps for building one of our favorite water garden ideas, a backyard pond. Roll up your sleeves—it's mostly muscle work. There's no need for precise measurements, no unforgiving blueprint to follow, and no deadlines. Working like beavers, you and anyone else with a strong back could probably finish a large pond in a couple of weekends. But that would take the fun out of it. Give yourself plenty of time and creating a pond will be almost as relaxing as sitting beside it.
The basic pond consists of a good-quality liner, a high-efficiency pump, and lots of stone and gravel. For a little bit more money you can add the convenience of a filtration system, which will reduce your weekly maintenance chores. Larger ponds won't cost a whole lot more; you've already made most of your investment in pumps and filters. We'll show you how to build a pond waterfall with rocks here:
With water garden ideas, careful planning prevents trouble later on
Photo 1: Lay out the pond with a hose
Use a garden hose to establish approximate pond borders, adjusting and readjusting until you're satisfied with the shape of the pond. Then dig out the pond bed, terracing both shallow and deeper areas for plants. Exposed rocks, tree roots and anything else that might puncture the liner must be removed from the hole.
Photo 2: Establish the pond borders
Set a level on a board long enough to span the hole. Make the banks level by building up low spots or cutting down high spots.
Digging out a pond hole is grunt work, not an intellectual endeavor. Still, it requires some planning. Before you grab your shovel, roughly map out the shape, desired plant shelves (Photo 2), and the pump and waterfall locations. Here are some more key considerations:
- Select a location where you can readily enjoy your pond, close to a patio or visible from a window. Don't stick your pond in the back corner of your yard where only the squirrels will enjoy it.
- You can locate your pond in most any area of your yard as long as it doesn't receive runoff from rainfall. You don't want lawn and garden chemicals washing into your pond. As a rule, the more sun the better, but don't discount a shadier spot. Just stay away from the area inside the canopy of your trees, the "drip line. " If you locate your pond near trees, be prepared to clean leaves from the pond more often. Most water plants prefer sun, but some can survive in shade. Choose hardier plants and fertilize more often if you select a shaded site.
- A toddler can drown in the smallest pond, so some building codes require fences around ponds 18 in. deep and deeper. Call your local Department of Inspections, explain that you're building a water garden (not a swimming pool) and ask what rules apply. But if you have young kids, consider installing a fence around it anyway. Be sure to choose a fence that cannot be climbed.
- Caution: Before you dig, call your utility company or 811 and ask to have someone come out and mark your property for buried utilities. Utility companies usually won't mark "private" lines, that is, lines added for convenience, such as a power line from a house to the garage or a gas line to an outdoor grill. Turn off the power or gas to these areas if you suspect a line is in the vicinity of your digging.
- Oversize your pond if possible. Once you stock it with fish and plants, you'll be surprised how much smaller it'll look. Besides, a large pond is often easier to take care of than a small one. (Controlling algae is often easier with a large pond.) The additional expense is minimal. A 10 x 16-ft. size is a good starting point.
- Water circulation is important, so position the pump as far as possible from the water inlet (waterfall, stream or fountain).
- Digging even a small pond is a big job. Plan plenty of breaks or enlist the neighborhood teenagers to help you out for a day.
- To power the pump, you'll need an outdoor electrical outlet (Fig. A). Have a licensed electrician install a GFCI-protected outlet if you're not comfortable with wiring.
How to build a pond waterfall with rocks: Pond-building tips
- Use the excavated dirt to berm up around your pond or build up your waterfall area. It will save you the hassle of having it hauled away or running it around your yard in a wheelbarrow.
- Before you start digging, lay on the ground the water circulation pipe that goes from the pump to the waterfall. Throw the excavated soil on top of it. This will save you the work of digging a trench to bury the pipe.
- Use a tablet-style fertilizer pressed into the soil around your nearby landscape plantings so the nutrients don't leach into the water.
Choose a flexible liner
Photo 4: Line the hole
Line the pond bed with a 1/2-in. layer of newspapers. The newspaper helps prevent liner punctures and will eventually decompose and form a clay-like layer. You can also use the special pond underlayment that's available at your pond supply dealer.
Photo 5: Spread the rubber liner
Lay in the liner so it loosely conforms to the contours of the hole. Don't worry about folds and ripples; they'll flatten out when you add water. Put rocks on one side to hold the liner in place while you adjust the other. Any excess material can be trimmed off with scissors or a utility knife after the pond is full of water and encircled with rocks.
Photo 6: Place the rocks and the pump
Line the pond sides with boulders and set in the pump container. Wash down the rocks after they're in place and then empty the pond with your pump. For large rocks, lay a scrap piece of liner slightly smaller than the rock on top of the pond liner before positioning the rock. This helps prevent punctures.
We're using a flexible liner made of a synthetic rubber called EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer). The liner is economical, durable and easy to install. You can create almost any shape and it adapts well to most site conditions.
Flexible plastic liners are also available. They're made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and HDPE (high-density polyethylenes). These liners aren't as flexible as rubber liners. Plastic liners are often used on large holding ponds when economy is a concern and flexibility is not. The preformed liners found at many home and garden centers are less desirable. These are essentially large plastic or fiberglass tubs. At first glance, these seem easier to install, but this usually isn't the case. Preformed liners can be difficult to handle and level and, when lined with rocks and boulders, aren't as forgiving as flexible ones.
Guidelines for purchasing a liner
- Most professionals use a 45-mil EPDM liner. (A mil is a thousandth of an inch.) It's strong, yet flexible enough to handle easily (Photo 5).
- If you plan to have fish, make sure your liner is stamped "fish-safe. " Roofers often use a type of EPDM that's been treated with chemicals that can harm fish.
- Purchase your liner in one single sheet, large enough to cover the entire pond bottom and sides. Liners are commonly cut and sold from 100-ft. rolls with 10- to 20-ft. widths; you can custom-order liners up to 45 ft. wide. Liners can be spliced if necessary, but it involves more work and provides an opportunity for a leak. If your waterfall or stream requires extra length, use a separate piece of liner. You don't need to glue the two liners together as long as the stream or waterfall liner is higher than the water level of the pond.
- Calculate the dimensions of the liner by measuring the maximum length and the maximum width of your pond, then add three times the depth measurement to each dimension. Better a bit big than a bit small.
Figure A: Pond Features
This basic pond layout, with sloping, stair-stepped sides and a pump and waterfall at opposite ends, can be adapted to larger or smaller ponds.
Make your pond hospitable to plants and fish
A pond is just a hole filled with water. Add plants and it becomes a water garden. Add fish and your pond comes alive. You've got an entire aquatic ecosystem right in your back yard. Here are a few things to keep in mind when planning for plants and fish.
- Before adding plants or fish to your newly filled pond, wait a week for the chemicals in the tap water to neutralize. To accelerate the process, you can add a dechlorinator to the water. Consult your water garden supplier for more info on this chemical.
- Anchor plants in pots or baskets designed for aquatic plants. A third option is to place the roots of each plant in "root balls, " a mix of gravel and soil in nylon stockings tied with soldering wire (Fig. A). Root balls are cheaper than pots or baskets and are easier to move. They also keep fish from disturbing the soil. Mistake: Don't use standard potting soil in your pond. The high nutrient content encourages algae growth. Ordinary garden soil is just fine.
- If you plan to stock your pond with fish, part of it must be at least 18 in. deep.
- If you plan to leave your fish in year-round, keep a spot open in the pond by running an aerator or fountain all winter. If your climate is so cold that the pond still freezes, purchase a floating heater. Keeping your pond open provides needed oxygen for the fish and allows gases to escape.
- For convenience, leave hardy water plants in all winter. Bring tropicals or water plants from warmer plant zones inside for the winter.
- Fish, like teenagers, need their space. One inch of fish for every square foot of pond surface is a good rule of thumb. For example, a 4-in. fish needs 4 sq. ft. of pond surface.
- Hardy fish—goldfish for example— don't require much attention. You don't even need to feed them once they're established, as long as your pond isn't overstocked. Hardy ones can survive by eating insects and the plant life in your pond. They actually help keep your pond clean. If you plan to stock your pond with more exotic species, you'll have to do more to ensure their survival. Look in a library or bookstore for books about tropical fish, home aquariums and fish ponds.
Keep your pond healthy—make water fall
It's important for water to circulate and aerate throughout the pond. Buying an inexpensive fountain head and connecting it to the end of the water circulation pipe is the easiest way to accomplish this.
The most dramatic way to circulate and aerate water in your pond is to construct a waterfall and stream. Install a stream bed liner the same way as for your pond. Begin by digging a holding pool. The pool keeps water from spraying out of the circulation pipe and allows it to spill lazily into the pond. Next, dig the course for the water to flow in. Two feet wide is a good dimension. Lay the liner in place, overlapping the pond liner by at least 6 in.
Creating an attractive water flow will take some trial-and- error adjustments of the rocks. But this is the fun part. Don't mortar your rocks in place. The mortar looks unnatural and makes it difficult to move rocks around to get the desired effect.
To control water's frustrating tendency to flow invisibly under or between rocks instead of pleasantly over them, fill hidden passages with expanding foam sealant. It's available at hardware stores. Pond suppliers also sell a special black-colored expanding foam that becomes almost invisible.
Choosing a 24-hour-per-day pump
Buy a pump that'll turn over the pond's entire volume once per hour. To size your pump, calculate the approximate volume in your pond: Multiply the length (ft.) x the width (ft.) x the average depth (ft.) and multiply by the conversion factor of 7.48. Also note the height and distance the pump needs to move the water between the pump and the water inlet. With these figures in hand, consult your pump supplier for the pump size and circulation pipe diameter for your pond.
Once you've determined the pump size, decide whether to buy a high- or low-efficiency pump. High-efficiency pumps cost more but last longer and are less expensive to run. Since your pond pump will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the lower utility bills will soon make up for the higher price tag.
Place your pump in a pump container to keep it from clogging with leaves or debris. Either buy one from your pond dealer, install the pump in a skimmer container, or make one from a sturdy garbage can peppered with 1/4-in. holes (Photo 6). Don't be shy about drilling holes. The more water you allow through the can, the better.
Simplify Maintenance with a Skimmer and Filter
Keeping your pond clean isn't difficult; once you get it down it'll be as routine as taking a bath. Your pond has two sources of pollution: debris that falls or blows into the water and algae. Pick up leaves and other windblown debris with a fine-mesh net. The type used for skimming swimming pools works great. Skim daily to prevent the material from sinking to the bottom, decomposing and creating sludge.
An easier but more expensive way to clean out this debris is with an automatic skimmer system, kind of a dishwasher for your pond. Once you have one, you can't imagine pond life without it. A skimmer system works off the inflow of your pump. Water is drawn through a tub containing a mesh bag that collects leaves, paper and other debris. The system bags it for you—all you have to do is empty the bag about once a week. The frequency will depend on the time of year, the amount of wind and the number of trees in your area. It's easiest to install a skimmer system w h e n y o u build your pond. If you decide to add it later, you'll have to drain your pond, dig a hole and readjust the liner.
The second threat to a clean pond is algae, microscopic plants that'll turn your pond green. A small amount of algae is beneficial, but large amounts can have your pond looking like the swamp monster scene from Scooby-Doo.
Keep algae at bay by limiting nutrients and sunlight. Here are some tips to do this:
- Shade the surface of the pond with water plants such as lilies. A good rule of thumb is to cover one-third of the surface with plants.
- Install a variety of plants. Plants consume nutrients from fish waste and decomposing matter in your pond, stealing the food algae need to live.
- Keep debris out of the water. As debris decomposes, it releases nutrients into the water.
- Don't overstock your pond with fish. Too many fish will release more nutrients than the plants and bacteria can consume, leaving food for algae.
- Don't overfeed your fish. Food not consumed by the fish provides nutrients for algae.
- As a further measure, biological and mechanical filters are available from your pond supplier. They take a lot of guesswork out of keeping a balanced, clean and clear pond.
Once you establish a biological balance in your pond, maintenance is minimal. A thorough annual cleaning (draining and rinsing out the pond) and periodic maintenance (keeping debris out) are all that's required. While you're at it, learn how to build a container water garden.
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- 4-in-1 screwdriver
- Cordless drill
- Drill bit set
- Level
- Spade
- Tape measure
- Utility knife
- Wheelbarrow
- Wire stripper/cutter
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- Biological/mechanical filter (optional)
- Boulders
- EPDM pond liner
- Expanding foam
- Flexible black plastic pipe
- Gravel
- Pond underlayment
- Pump container
- Rocks
- Skimmer and filter system (optional)
- Submersible pump


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Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS): Multi-starrers are in vogue again. Buoyed by the overwhelming success of Telugu family drama "Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (SVSC)", several more Telugu multi-starrers are in the offing with filmmakers hoping to cash in on the trend.
Director Srikanth Addala teamed up with two leading stars, Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu, in SVSC, which released last month. The movie spelt profits for producer Dil Raju as the family drama reportedly earned about Rs.50 crore in two weeks of its release.
Next up are two multi-starrers already being shot -- action-comedy "Thadaka" starring Naga Chaitanya and Sunil and action-thriller "Shadow" with Venkatesh and Meka Srikanth.
Besides, Ram Charan Teja and Allu Arjun will be seen together in the upcoming Telugu action-thriller "Yevadu".
"These films have the ability to draw more audiences to the cinemas provided they have good content," said Telugu producer S. Raju.
"Besides satisfying content, a multi-starrer will attract more audiences because there are two stars involved in it. Imagine what will happen if Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan share screen space? It is sure to draw all fans of the actors to the cinemas to catch them together on screen."
Amongst the most anticipated Telugu multi-starrers is a film that may be titled "Trayam" or "Hum". If things fall into place, it will see three generations of the Akkineni family - Nageswara Rao teaming up with son Nagarjuna and grandson Naga Chaitanya.
Vikram Kumar of "Ishq" has been finalised to wield the megaphone for the film, which is yet to go on floors.
"Talks are still on about the film, which has already created enough hype in the industry. If it manages to go on the floors any time soon, it is sure to pique the interest of the audience to a great extent," said S. Raju.
Another proposed film that has generated a buzz is the Telugu remake of "Bol Bachchan", which is likely to star Venkatesh and Ram Pothineni.
The multi-starrer trend gradually withered away after stars grew conscious of building their image, pointed out trade analyst Trinath.
"We've had several such Telugu films over the years. Legends such as N.T. Rama Rao and Nageswara Rao have shared the screen on several occasions. But the trend started losing prominence because actors worry that sharing screen space will strip them of their individual star value," he said.
"Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan were seen together in the initial days of their career, but never after that and so were Suriya and Vijay. As much as everybody wants to see them together, there are so many other factors that need scrutiny," added Trinath.
A Chennai-based distributor says another most worrying concern while making a multi-starrer project is production cost. The mininum budget for such a film is Rs.25 crore.
"One needs to understand that if two or more stars are coming together, then the production cost is likely to skyrocket. To pay two superstars and still shell out money to finish the project becomes a Herculean task and seldom do producers want to try that," he said.
"Even if a producer is willing to cast multiple stars in a project, other factors such as call sheets need to be taken into consideration especially in an era when most top actors are keen to do more than one project in a year," added the distributor.
The problems notwithstanding, filmmakers are taking the risk because multi-starrers promise big moolah at the box office.
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Glaciers may have helped warm Earth
Rice professor's study details effect of glacial versus nonglacial weathering on carbon cycle It seems counterintuitive, but over the eons, glaciers may have made Earth warmer, according to a Rice University professor. Mark Torres, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, took a data-driven dive into the mechanics of weathering by glaciation over millions of years to see how glacial cycles affected the oceans and atmosphere and continue to do so.Torres, who joined the Rice faculty in July, is lead author of a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He wanted to know how and when chemicals released by weathering of the land reached the atmosphere and ocean, and what effect they have had. The study shows that glaciation, through enhanced erosion, probably increased the rate of carbon dioxide released to the environment. The researchers determined enhanced oxidation of pyrite, an iron sulfide also known as fool's gold, most likely generated acidity that fed carbon dioxide into the oceans and altered the carbon cycle. The oscillation of glaciers over 10,000 years could have changed atmospheric carbon dioxide by 25 parts per million or more. While this is a significant percentage of the 400 parts per million measured in recent months, present anthropogenic carbon dioxide release is occurring at a much faster rate than it is naturally released by glaciation. Over long timescales, they found, glaciers' contribution to the release of carbon dioxide could have acted as a negative feedback loop that may have inhibited runaway glaciation. "The ocean stores a lot of carbon," Torres said. "If you change the chemistry of the ocean, you can release some of that stored carbon into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. This release of carbon dioxide affects Earth's climate, due to the greenhouse effect." Glacial runoff appeared to have an outsize effect on carbon dioxide levels compared with that of rivers in warmer climes. Torres, until recently a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology, studied glacier-fed rivers and used existing databases to compare their chemical contents with that of thousands of rivers around the world. The goal was to evaluate the dominant chemical reactions associated with glacial weathering and explore the long-term implications. "Mainly, we're thinking about the effect of glaciers and glaciation on the way our planet works," he said. "In particular, we're looking at rivers that drain areas of land surface that are covered by glaciers, and whether or not there are any differences in the chemical composition of those rivers." The researchers acknowledged that glaciers are equal-opportunity weathering agents, as they also break down silicates in rocks. Silicates release alkalinity that removes carbon from the atmosphere. Still, they believe the net effect of glaciation could be to supply carbon dioxide to the atmosphere rather than to remove it. The results support a couple of interesting additional theories. One is that billions of years ago in the Archean eon and Paleoproterozoic era, when the atmosphere contained little oxygen, Earth may indeed have been a "snowball" as oxidative weathering in glaciated regions and the subsequent release of carbon would have been less active. Another is that the growth of a sulfide reservoir in Earth's crust over time may have helped to stabilize the climate, which is important for maintaining Earth's habitability over geologic timescales. The paper's authors include Nils Moosdorf of the Center for Tropical Marine Ecology in Bremen, Germany, Jens Hartmann of the University of Hamburg, Jess Adkins of the California Institute of Technology and A. Joshua West of the University of Southern California. This article appeared on the Rice University website at http://news.rice.edu/2017/07/31/glaciers-may-have-helped-warm-earth-2/]]>


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About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update — The Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update is recommended for Mac OS X 10.5, 10.5.1, and 10.5.2 Leopard. It includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. For detailed information about security updates, please visit this website.
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About the security content of Security Update 2008-003 / Mac OS X 10.5.3
About the security content of Security Update 2008-003 / Mac OS X 10.5.3
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Apple Fixes 70 Issues With Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update
Apple Fixes 70 Issues With Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update
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Jerry Yang: We Weren't Close To Microsoft Deal, We're Not Under Seige, Give Us Time — This is the definition of a defensive crouch: Explaining, over and over again, that you're not in a defensive crouch. — We're not sure that given the circumstances, anyone in Jerry Yang's position …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Live: Yang, Decker Talk Yahoo At D6
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
D: Zuckerberg and Sandberg On The State Of Facebook — This should be fun: In the last pre-dinner session at D: All Things Digital, we get Kara Swisher interviewing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. — Some highlights: — Swisher apologized for calling Zuckerberg a "toddler CEO."
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Live At D6: Mark Zuckerberg And Sheryl Sandberg Talk Facebook
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Time Warner CEO gets a grilling at 'D' — Updated at 3:47 p.m. PDT to include questions from audience. — CARLSBAD, Calif.—Yahoo's Jerry Yang and Sue Decker may have gotten a tough time from Walt Mossberg, but perhaps they should consider themselves lucky. — Next up at the D6 conference here was Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes.
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: Jeff Bewkes: Not A Big Lou Dobbs Fan (TWX)
Owen Thomas / Valleywag: Microsoft, AOL talking? Our spy photo says yes
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What to expect in the next Windows: The iPhone
What to expect in the next Windows: The iPhone
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch: Bill Gates' 80-20 Rule
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights: VIDEO: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Highlight Reel, Part Two
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
D: Yahoo's Yang: "I Understand My Obligation To Stockholders;" …
D: Yahoo's Yang: "I Understand My Obligation To Stockholders;" …
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Renee Blodgett / down the avenue: The Human Side to Howard Stringer
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: @ D6: The Defiant Yang: I Bleed Purple
Nicki Dugan / Yodel Anecdotal: Lemme give you a little advice
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker
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Verne Kopytoff / The Technology Chronicles: Yahoo CEO talks, says little
Kenneth Li / MediaFile: Breaking up is hard to do - Yahoo's Yang
Vincent Nguyen / Android Community:
First LIVE images and videos of FULLSCREEN Android demos! — Google's latest Android prototype is miles improved over the versions we last saw. Back at CES the GUI was clunky and the whole thing looked relatively primative; Google themselves asked us to keep an open mind and instead concentrate on the OS' potential.
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Live From I/O: Android Pulls An iPhone, App Engine Goes Public, and Google Embraces the Open Web — We're here at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for Google I/O, where the Mountain View-based search giant is covering a broad range of topics - from Android to App Engine, OpenSocial to Web Toolkit …
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Erik Larkin / PC World: Google Launches App Engine, Shows Off Android
Darryl K. Taft / eWeek: Google Opens Google App Engine
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek: Google I/O Overrun By Developers
Humberto Saabedra / PhoneNews.com: Google Demos Android at I/O Conference
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Video: Google demos the HTC Dream at I/O conference — Word on the street is that Google just busted out a live demo of the oft-rumored HTC Dream doing its Android-flavored thing at the company's I/O conference in San Francisco. Reports tell us that the device is a roughly 3-inch by 5-inch touchscreen phone with a slider keyboard.
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Sam Churchill / dailywireless.org: Next Big Thing: Small
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: Dell Mini Inspiron, Their First Mini Laptop — I bumped into Michael Dell at All Things D after his interview, and he was nice enough to show me this laptop that he was carrying that he said no one's seen before. It's a small form factor notebook, just like the Asus Eee and the HP 2133.
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Google Earth, meet the browser — When Google Maps was launched in 2005, few could have guessed the way map mashups would permeate the online world. Online maps had been just something you used to get directions or to find the ten nearest grocery stores. Google Maps and the Google Maps API proved …
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Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews: Google Earth's 3D landscapes now available through browser plug-in
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat: When worlds collide: Google Earth meets Microsoft Virtual Earth in the browser
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Interview With Google's Carter Maslan About "Mapspam"
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Google Earth Inside the Browser
Heather Havenstein / Computerworld: Google releases Google Earth plug-in and API
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Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
Google Earth Escapes the Client and Comes to the Browser
Google Earth Escapes the Client and Comes to the Browser
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Miguel Helft / Bits: Google Pushes to Make Browser Applications More Powerful
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Google Earth's 3D Goodness Comes to the Browser
Google Earth's 3D Goodness Comes to the Browser
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Yahoo! Developer Network blog:
A Peek Into Yahoo! BrowserPlus — There's been a bit of speculation about BrowserPlus, the mysterious new platform from Yahoo!. Today we remove that veil of mystery to show you directly what it is, what it does, and why we can't wait to hear what you think.
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MySpace Shows Facebook How It's Done: Google Gears To Power Messaging
MySpace Shows Facebook How It's Done: Google Gears To Power Messaging
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Yahoo BrowserPlus Challenges Adobe Air, Google Gears
Yahoo BrowserPlus Challenges Adobe Air, Google Gears
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Happy birthday, Google Gears!
Happy birthday, Google Gears!
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Stephen Shankland / Webware.com: Yahoo BrowserPlus aims for better surfing
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SNEAK PEEK: Sony's Ultra-Thin OLED TV — Among the worthies appearing onstage at the D6 conference Wednesday morning: Sony CEO Howard Stringer. Among the things he'll be talking about, we're told: Sony's newish OLED TVs — its line of super-thin screens built using organic light-emitting diodes.
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Sony CEO Stringer: You can't afford our best TV
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D: Amazon's Bezos: To Launch For-Pay Movie Streaming Service; Stays Bullish On Kindle; Books Are Like Horses — In the first session at the D: All Things Digital conference at the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad, California this morning, it's Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Research & Analysis by Gerard Walter
How Post Secondary Education Improves Adult Outcomes for Supplemental Security Income Children with Severe Hearing Impairments
This article uses a unique longitudinal dataset based on administrative data from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) linked to Social Security Administration (SSA) microdata to conduct a case study of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) children who applied for postsecondary education at NTID. The authors estimate the likelihood that SSI children who apply to NTID will eventually graduate relative to other hearing impaired applicants, as well as the influence of graduation from NTID on participation in the SSI program as adults and later success in the labor market. Findings indicate that SSI children are substantially less likely to graduate from NTID than their fellow deaf students who did not participate in the SSI program as children, but that those who do graduate spend less time in the SSI adult program and have higher age-earnings profiles than those who do not graduate.


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Enjoy this bourbon cocktail to celebrate the opening of baseball season.
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
(The Peanuts & Cracker Jack Cocktail)
2 oz. Wild Turkey 101
1 oz. Frangelico
1 oz. Amaretto
.25 oz. squeezed lemon juice
1 pinch salt
4 oz. soda water
Handful of Cracker Jack, finely crushed
Rub half a lemon around the rim of a glass and place into crushed Cracker Jack to coat the rim. Combine Wild Turkey, Frangelico, Amaretto, lemon juice and salt in a shaker. Mix and strain into a glass with rocks and top with soda water.


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A doctor examines a newly born baby.
|Children and adolescents
|Pediatric cardiology, neonatology, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric oncology, among others
|Significant diseases
|Congenital diseases, Infectious diseases
|Significant tests
|World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
|Pediatrician or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, and the age limit usually ranges from birth up to 18-21 years of age (in some places until completion of secondary education). A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word paediatrics and its cognates mean "healer of children"; they derive from two Greek words: παῖς (pais "child") and ἰατρός (iatros "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work both in hospitals, particularly those working in its specialized subfields such as neonatology, and as primary care physicians who specialize in children.
Pediatrics is known as a new modern medicine in the society today.[1] Hippocrates, Aristotle, Celsus, Soranus, and Galen, understood the differences in growing and maturing organisms that necessitated different treatment: Ex toto non sic pueri ut viri curari debent ( "In general, boys should not be treated in the same way as men."Celsus[2]).[1]
Some of the oldest traces of pediatrics can be discovered in Ancient India where children's doctors were called kumara bhrtya.[1] Sushruta Samhita an ayurvedic text, composed during the sixth century BC contains the text about pediatrics.[3] Another ayurvedic text from this period is Kashyapa Samhita.[4][5]
A second century AD manuscript by the Greek physician and gynecologist Soranus of Ephesus dealt with neonatal pediatrics.[6] Byzantine physicians Oribasius, Aëtius of Amida, Alexander Trallianus, and Paulus Aegineta contributed to the field.[1] The Byzantines also built brephotrophia (crêches).[1] Islamic writers served as a bridge for Greco-Roman and Byzantine medicine and added ideas of their own, especially Haly Abbas, Serapion, Avicenna, and Averroes. The Persian scholar and doctor al-Razi (865–925) published a short treatise on diseases among children.[7] The first book about pediatrics was Libellus [Opusculum] de aegritudinibus et remediis infantium 1472 ("Little Book on Children Diseases and Treatment"), by the Italian pediatrician Paolo Bagellardo.[8] In sequence came Bartholomäus Metlinger's Ein Regiment der Jungerkinder 1473, Cornelius Roelans (1450-1525) no title Buchlein, or Latin compendium, 1483, and Heinrich von Louffenburg (1391-1460) Versehung des Leibs written in 1429 (published 1491), together form the Pediatric Incunabula, four great medical treatises on children's physiology and pathology.[1]
The Swedish physician Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (1706–1773) is considered to be the founder of modern pediatrics as a medical specialty,[9][10] while his work The diseases of children, and their remedies (1764) is considered to be "the first modern textbook on the subject".[11] Pediatrics as a specialized field of medicine continued to develop in the mid-19th century; Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) is known as the father of pediatrics in the USA because of his many contributions to the field.[12] He was born in Germany, where he received his medical training, but later practiced in New York City.
The first generally accepted pediatric hospital is the Hôpital des Enfants Malades (French: Hospital for Sick Children), which opened in Paris in June 1802 on the site of a previous orphanage.[13] From its beginning, this famous hospital accepted patients up to the age of fifteen years,[14] and it continues to this day as the pediatric division of the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, created in 1920 by merging with the physically contiguous Necker Hospital, founded in 1778.
In other European countries, the Charité (a hospital founded in 1710) in Berlin established a separate Pediatric Pavilion in 1830, followed by similar institutions at Sankt Petersburg in 1834, and at Vienna and Breslau (now Wrocław), both in 1837. In 1852 Britain's first pediatric hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Streets.[13] The first Children's hospital in Scotland opened in 1860 in Edinburgh.[15] In the US, the first similar institutions were the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which opened in 1855, and then Boston Children's Hospital (1869).[16]
Differences between adult and pediatric medicine
The body size differences are paralleled by maturation changes. The smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult. Congenital defects, genetic variance, and developmental issues are of greater concern to pediatricians than they often are to adult physicians. A common adage is that children are not simply "little adults". The clinician must take into account the immature physiology of the infant or child when considering symptoms, prescribing medications, and diagnosing illnesses.
A major difference between the practice of pediatric and adult medicine is that children, in most jurisdictions and with certain exceptions, cannot make decisions for themselves. The issues of guardianship, privacy, legal responsibility and informed consent must always be considered in every pediatric procedure. Pediatricians often have to treat the parents and sometimes, the family, rather than just the child. Adolescents are in their own legal class, having rights to their own health care decisions in certain circumstances. The concept of legal consent combined with the non-legal consent (assent) of the child when considering treatment options, especially in the face of conditions with poor prognosis or complicated and painful procedures/surgeries, means the pediatrician must take in to account the desires of many people, not just the patient.
Training of pediatricians
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Education required
The training of pediatricians varies considerably across the world. Depending on jurisdiction and university, a medical degree course may be either undergraduate-entry or graduate-entry. The former commonly takes five or six years, and has been usual in the Commonwealth. Entrants to graduate-entry courses (as in the US), usually lasting four or five years, have previously completed a three- or four-year university degree, commonly but by no means always in sciences. Medical graduates hold a degree specific to the country and university in and from which they graduated. This degree qualifies that medical practitioner to become licensed or registered under the laws of that particular country, and sometimes of several countries, subject to requirements for "internship" or "conditional registration".
Pediatricians must undertake further training in their chosen field. This may take from four to eleven or more years, (depending on jurisdiction and the degree of specialization). The post-graduate training for a primary care physician, including primary care pediatricians, is generally not as lengthy as for a hospital-based medical specialist.
In the United States, a medical school graduate wishing to specialize in pediatrics must undergo a three-year residency composed of outpatient, inpatient, surgical, and critical care rotations. Specialties within pediatrics require further training in the form of 2-3 year fellowships. Specialties include critical care, gastroenterology, neurology, infectious disease, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, pulmonology, child abuse, emergency medicine, endocrinology, neonatology, and others.[17]
In most jurisdictions, entry-level degrees are common to all branches of the medical profession, but in some jurisdictions, specialization in pediatrics may begin before completion of this degree. In some jurisdictions, pediatric training is begun immediately following completion of entry-level training. In other jurisdictions, junior medical doctors must undertake generalist (unstreamed) training for a number of years before commencing pediatric (or any other) specialization. Specialist training is often largely under the control of pediatric organizations (see below) rather than universities,and depending on jurisdiction.
Subspecialties of pediatrics include:
- Adolescent medicine
- Child abuse pediatrics
- Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
- Neonatology
- Pediatric allergy and immunology
- Pediatric cardiology
- Pediatric critical care
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Pediatric endocrinology
- Pediatric gastroenterology
- Pediatric hematology
- Pediatric infectious disease
- Pediatric nephrology
- Pediatric neuropsychology
- Pediatric oncology
- Pediatric pulmonology
- Pediatric rheumatology
- Social pediatrics
- Sports medicine
Other specialties that care for children include:
- Child neurology, a specialty in its own right
- Child psychiatry, subspecialty of psychiatry
- Pediatric dermatology, subspecialty of dermatology
- Pediatric ophthalmology, subspecialty of ophthalmology
- Pediatric rehabilitation medicine, subspecialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Pediatric surgery, subspecialty of surgery
See also
- Children's hospital
- Child life specialist
- Pain in babies
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric nurse practitioner
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH)
- Pediatric Oncall
- Academia Mexicana de Pediatria
- Medical specialty
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Colón, A. R.; Colón, P. A. (January 1999). Nurturing children: a history of pediatrics. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313310805. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ↑ Celsus, De Medicinâ, Book 3, Chapter 7, § 1.
- ↑ John G. Raffensperger. Children's Surgery: A Worldwide History. McFarland. p. 21.
- ↑ David Levinson; Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of modern Asia. 4. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 116.
- ↑ Desai, A.B. Textbook Of Paediatrics. Orient blackswan. p. 1.
- ↑ P.M. Dunn, "Soranus of Ephesus (circa AD 98-138) and perinatal care in Roman times", Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 1995 July; 73(1): F51–F52.
- ↑ U.S. National Library of Medicine, "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts, Al-Razi, the Clinician"
- ↑ "Achar S Textbook Of Pediatrics (Third Edition)". A. B. Desai (ed.) (1989). p.1. ISBN 81-250-0440-8
- ↑ Lock, Stephen; John M. Last; George Dunea (2001). The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine. Oxford University Press US. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-19-262950-0. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Roberts, Michael (2003). The Age of Liberty: Sweden 1719-1772. Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-521-52707-1. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Dallas, John. "Classics of Child Care". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ "Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing". Nancy T. Hatfield (2007). p.4. ISBN 0-7817-7706-2
- 1 2 Ballbriga, Angel (1991). "One century of pediatrics in Europe (section: development of pediatric hospitals in Europe)". In Nichols, Burford L.; et al. History of Paediatrics 1850–1950. Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series. 22. New York: Raven Press. pp. 6–8. ISBN 0-88167-695-0.
- ↑ official history site (in French) of nineteenth century paediatric hospitals in Paris
- ↑ Young, D.G. (August 1999). "The Mason Brown Lecture: Scots and paediatric surgery". Journal of the Royal College of surgeons Edinburgh. 44: 211–5.
- ↑ Pearson, Howard A. (1991). "Pediatrics in the United States". In Nichols, Burford L.; et al. History of Paediatrics 1850–1950. Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series. 22. New York: Raven Press. pp. 55–63. ISBN 0-88167-695-0.
- ↑ http://www.pedsubs.org/subDes/index.cfm
Further reading
- Contemporary Pediatrics – a monthly magazine
- Clinical Pediatrics – a peer-reviewed journal
- Consultant for Pediatricians – a peer-reviewed journal
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paediatrics.
|Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Pediatrics
|Look up Paediatrics or Pediatrics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Pediatric Collection by the BMJ – Collection of Pediatric papers published in the British Medical Journal.
- Health-EU Portal – Babies' and Children's health in the EU
- Paediatrics.info
- New York University Pediatrics Video Lectures
- Infant Feeders Collection – A historical collection of infant feeding devices from the UBC Library Digital Collections
- Pediatric Oncall - Child Health Care website for doctors and parents


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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet
- Federal Reserve liabilities
- Recent balance sheet trends
- Open market operations
- Central bank liquidity swaps
Oversight of the Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System--including the Board of Governors and the 12 Federal Reserve Banks--is subject to a number of levels of oversight to help ensure that the System operates as a prudent, well managed, and effective public organization.
GeneralThe Federal Reserve is subject to oversight by Congress. Board governors and staff testify before Congress frequently to discuss issues within the Federal Reserve's purview. For example, in 2008, governors and Board staff testified 35 times before Congress. During the first quarter of 2009, governors and staff have testified 12 times. Board staff also meet with Congressional staff to brief them on topics related to the Federal Reserve's operations and future direction.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has broad authority to review and audit Federal Reserve activities.1 The legislative limits on the GAO's access to the Federal Reserve System are very specific and stated in the law.2 The GAO conducts reviews and audits at the direction of the Congress and also under its own authority. These engagements cover a wide variety of Federal Reserve activities. As of March 31, 2009, there were 20 GAO engagements underway, 17 of which were initiated by Congress. During 2008, the GAO completed 15 similar engagements.
The Board of Governors orders an annual external audit of the financial statements of the Board and the Reserve Banks.3 The current independent auditor is Deloitte and Touche.4 Each Reserve Bank publishes its audited financial statements, and the Board of Governors publishes the audited combined Reserve Bank financial statements and the Board's financial statements in its annual report to Congress. The Reserve Banks and the Board comply voluntarily with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The external auditors also perform an evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting.
Oversight of the Board of GovernorsConsistent with the Inspector General Act, the Board of Governors' Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts and supervises independent and objective audits, investigations, and other reviews of Board programs and operations to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. The OIG's work spans the Board's mission areas. As of March 31, 2009, the OIG had initiated 12 audits and evaluations, 5 investigations, and numerous law and regulation reviews; responded to a number of hotline calls, emails, and correspondence; and followed up on open recommendations. During 2008, the OIG completed 15 audits, inspections, and evaluations; closed 9 investigations; and issued a strategic plan and compendium of open recommendations.
The OIG reports the results of its work on its public website and in its semiannual report to Congress. In addition, the OIG is currently coordinating with Treasury's Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (SIGTARP) on matters concerning the Federal Reserve, and participates with other financial regulatory IGs on the TARP IG Council. In addition, the SIGTARP has authority to review certain Federal Reserve System activities that involve the expenditure of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Four SIGTARP reviews are currently underway.
Oversight of the Reserve BanksEach Reserve Bank has an independent internal audit function that reports to the audit committee of each Bank's board of directors. The internal audit function is responsible for identifying risks and assessing the effectiveness of the Reserve Bank's risk management, control, and governance processes.
In addition, the Reserve Banks are subject to general supervision by the Board of Governors and, in certain matters, the Board's specific authorization or approval. The Board of Governors' oversight includes assessing whether Reserve Bank strategies, objectives, and other matters are reasonable and take into consideration all significant and relevant issues and monitoring and reviewing ongoing operations and the implementation of major initiatives.
1. The Federal Banking Agency Audit Act (1978). Return to text
2. The statutory limits apply to the review of transactions with foreign central banks and monetary policy matters including discount window operations, reserves, open market operations, and interest on deposits. Return to text
3. Congress codified this then-existing practice as a statutory requirement in 1999. Return to text
4. Deloitte and Touche also audits the financial statements of the limited liability companies (the Commercial Paper Funding Facility, Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane II LLC, and Maiden Lane III LLC) that the Federal Reserve established in 2008 either to enhance liquidity in the commercial paper markets or to support specific institutions to avert their disorderly failure. Return to text


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Matias Ramos is the 2011 Carol Jean and Edward F. Newman Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He works in the Institute's communications department, identifying and maximizing opportunities to build online audiences.
Prior to joining IPS, Matias had fellowships at the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education and the National Immigration Law Center. In addition, he is a co-founder of United We Dream, a national immigrant youth advocacy network. He studied Political Science at UCLA, where he was involved in the publication of "Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out."


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Most of my community is feeling all warm and fuzzy because today was SLC's LGBT Pride Parade. I went because the parade route passed quite close to my apartment, and because I had friends who were marching, and I wanted to be supportive, even though I'm not all that fond of parades. (Being in marching band and having to march--not just walk, but really truly MARCH, in rhythm, on the same foot as everyone else--for miles in a wool band uniform in September in Arizona will do that to a person.)
Nonetheless, this was awesome, and I'm totally glad I went, mostly because a group called Mormons Building Bridges arranged for active, straight Latter-day Saints to miss church in order march in the parade in their Sunday best. Some carried signs that said "LDS Loves LGBT" and other such positive messages, some carried their scriptures, some handed out candy. The SL Trib reports that over 300 people marched in the group; someone in the group reported in a facebook conversation that he counted close to 500.
Parade organizers were excited enough about the group that they arranged for it to march second, right after parade marshal Dustin Lance Black. I knew that a lot of my friends planned to march in this group and I hoped to see some, but there were so many people in such a large mass that I didn't actually recognize anyone in this particular entry.
Instead, I just cried. It surprised me, frankly, because I've seen Mormons do good things before, and I've been to Pride parades before. But this was still special. It was brave, and generous, and good. It deserves nothing but praise.


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Setup: Java SE 6. Previous/future versions of Java may be different, I haven't tried them out yet.
If you declare a static variable, by default it doesn't get inherited:
public class Base { public static int x = 5; }
public class Derived extends Base { static { x = 3; // this is changing Base's x } }
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(Derived.x); // Will spit out an error, need to access the method statically, or from Base System.out.println(Base.x); // prints out "3" because the static Derived got built second } }
However, if you have your Derived class declare a static variable x:
public class Derived extends Base { public static int x; // may get a warning about variable hiding static { x = 3; // Derived's x is change, Base x is still 5 } }
Then you can use the two instance variables separate denoted by the class name. Note that from this method, it's not even necessary to force the two variables to the same type.
public class Derivved extends Base { public static String x = "Hello"; // again, there may be a warning about variable hiding }


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Thursday, August 7, 2008
SkinIt for Zune (And A Blue Zune??)
Posted by Adam Krebs in "Zune News" @ 11:30 PM
If you get the Zune e-mail newsletter, pay special attention to the August edition that just came out. See that ad for SkinIt? $10 colored stickers looks like a pretty good deal. But a closer look at the middle-right Zune (fourth from left) shows a Zune with blue buttons, suggesting a complementary blue colored player. There is no green Zune (just like with the Canadian launch). Could this be an upcoming color option?


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Terry Bradshaw, NFL Hall of Fame QB who'll be performing at The Mirage in June (Mayweather): "Mayweather is a proud fighter who wants to remain undefeated. He knows how to win big fights...and he won't lose a fight in Vegas!"
Marlon Byrd, New York Mets Outfielder (Mayweather): "Floyd's going to knock him out in the eighth round."
Ed Davis, Memphis Grizzlies Forward (Mayweather): "Because his record is 1,000-0 and he will NOT lose. Floyd by knockout in the sixth round." Twitter: @eddavis32
DeMar DeRozan, Toronto Raptors Guard/Forward (Mayweather): "Floyd might have to work a little bit, but at the end of the day Floyd is going to be Floyd and finish him off. He wins by eighth-round knockout." Twitter: @DeMar_DeRozan
Braylon Edwards, NFL Wide Receiver (Mayweather): "Never bet against Floyd." Twitter: @officialbraylon
Curtis Granderson, New York Yankees Outfielder (Mayweather): "I have to say Floyd's going to keep that zero in the loss column."
DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver (Mayweather): "My big bro Floyd is going to win."
Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers Outfielder (Mayweather): "Floyd by decision. He's too fast for Guerrero."
Kevin Krigger, Jockey of Goldencents in the Kentucky Derby (Mayweather): "I've seen some of Guerrero's fights and he didn't impress me that much. He didn't look like a guy who could beat Mayweather. It depends on what Mayweather wants to do with him. He might want to use him to prepare for his next fight. Mayweather will win by knockout in the sixth."
Andrew McCutchen, Pittburgh Pirates Outfielder (Mayweather): "It will be a good fight and it will go the 12-round distance, but in the end, Mayweather will be victorious by a unanimous decision!"
Shabazz Muhammad, Former UCLA Basketball Guard/Forward (Mayweather): "Floyd knocks him out in the fifth."
Jermaine O'Neal, Phoenix Suns Center (Mayweather): "Floyd will be a little rusty to start the fight off because of the long layoff, but will pick-up a lot of steam around the third round. Then he will begin to beat Guerrero up and ultimately knock him out by the sixth." Twitter: @jermaineoneal
Doug O'Neill, Trainer of Goldencents Santa Anita Derby winner and one of the top contenders in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (Mayweather): "Floyd is an experienced, cagey veteran. He will find Guerrero's weaknesses and win by fifth-round knockout."
Metta World Peace, Los Angeles Lakers Forward (Mayweather): "Mayweather will rally late in the fight to win a decision, eight rounds to four."
Ray Rice, Baltimore Ravens Running Back (Mayweather): "By the eighth round, Mayweather will have worn him out and will capitalize with a knockout."
Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback (Mayweather): "I think it'll be a good fight, but Money always makes the right adjustments so I don't see him losing. Floyd wins a unanimous 12-round decision." Twitter: @mikevick
Dion Waiters, Cleveland Cavaliers Guard (Mayweather): "Hardwork and dedication are the keys. I spent some time with Floyd in Las Vegas last year and he is the hardest-working athlete I've ever seen. I can't see him losing now or ever. He wins by fifth-round technical knockout." Twitter: @dionwaiters3
Maalik Wayns, Los Angeles Clippers Guard (Mayweather): "Floyd Money Mayweather is the greatest of all time. Enough said. Fourth-round technical knockout." Twitter: @maalikwayns2
Thaddeus Young, Philadelphia 76ers Forward (Mayweather): "Mayweather is too fast for Guerrero and will win a 12-round decision." Twitter: @yungsmoove21
Jahlil Beats, Super Music Producer (Mayweather): "Mayweather gets the W. He's the greatest of all time."
Justin Bieber, Pop musician, Actor and Songwriter (Mayweather): "I've got Floyd all day." Twitter: @justinbieber
Sean Cooper, FANTASY at Luxor Comedian (Guerrero): "Mayweather needs to hype up the fight he needs to lose. Money for the Rematch. Guerrero wins!''
DeRay Davis, Comedian/Actor (Mayweather): "It'll be a fourth-round knockout for the champ. He's going to make an example of him."
The Game, Rapper (Mayweather): "Floyd in 4."
Brad Garrett, Comedian and Host at Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at MGM Grand (Mayweather): "Mayweather in 9. 'Money vs. The Ghost'...sounds like my divorce."
Marquez Houston, Singer/Actor (Mayweather): "Floyd definitely wins. I'm going with a ninth-round knockout."
Jinsu, Rapper (Mayweather): "Floyd by sixth-round TKO. Win No. 44 (will be) light work."
Jackie Long, Actor (Mayweather): "Floyd will win by knockout in the fourth or fifth round." Twitter: @jackielong
Mario Lopez, TV Personality (Guerrero): "It being Cinco De Mayo weekend and me being Mexican, I have to go with the upset and pick Guerrero by split decision in an entertaining and spirited fight." #VivaMexico"
Lorena Peril, FANTASY at Luxor Star Powerhouse Vocalist (Mayweather): "Floyd will win a decision. He is a great champion and always brings his best into the ring."
Da Problem, Rapper (Mayweather): "We all know Floyd going to go to work on his ass!"
Busta Rhymes, Rapper (Mayweather): "Floyd is gonna bust his ass"
Chris Shiflett, Lead Guitarist of Foo Fighters (Guerrero): "I think Mayweather is WAY overrated. Look at his record. Every elite fighter he's ever been in there with was shot except Victor Ortiz (who was giving him problems until the whole thing melted down). De La Hoya was handling Mayweather with the jab. Mosley almost knocked him out. Cotto was winning that fight but gassed out because he's shot. Everybody else Mayweather has faced was a bum. Guerrero is young, fresh and motivated. I don't think he's going to let Mayweather get in his head or be overwhelmed by the moment. The Ghost by decision."
Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times (Mayweather): "Guerrero's youth may present Floyd with some middle-rounds problems, but ultimately he doesn't have Floyd's skills. Mayweather by unanimous decision.''
David Avila, Riverside Press-Enterprise (Guerrero): "Robert Guerrero's got the athleticism, ability and attitude to dethrone Mayweather on a decision."
Ron Borges, Boston Herald (Mayweather): "Mayweather wins a decision. He will be in tough for a while, but he has too much speed, knowledge and defensive skills for Guerrero."
JT The Brick, Talk-Show Host, Fox Sports Radio (Mayweather): "Speed and experience wins it for Mayweather via eleventh-round technical knockout."
Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register (Mayweather): "I see this being a close fight. Guerrero's toughness and determination will cause Mayweather some problems at times, but I expect Mayweather to use his smarts and defensive skills, and then adjust to be able to secure a victory by unanimous decision."
Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal (Mayweather): "Mayweather by decision. With only five fights left in his career, I expect Floyd to be ready to fight and not tarnish his legacy. While southpaws have given him some trouble in the past and Guerrero hits harder than people give him credit for, I don't think he can do enough damage over 12 rounds to beat Floyd."
Mike Coppinger, USA Today (Mayweather): "It may end up being the toughest fight of Floyd's career, facing a southpaw who likes to rough up his opponents, but it's hard to pick against the greatest fighter of this generation. Guerrero will find a lot of success in the early rounds, but as Mayweather always does, he'll make the necessary adjustments. Mayweather will counter Guerrero and turn his aggression against him. Floyd will begin to land more and more as the fight winds down, leading to a close, unanimous decision."
Percy Crawford, FightHype.com (Mayweather): "I think it will look a lot like the Ortiz fight minus Guerrero doing something as crazy like not protecting himself at all times. Floyd will use Guerrero's aggression against him and pick him apart over 12 rounds with Guerrero having one or two moments in the fight."
Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press (Guerrero): "All fighters get old, and Floyd Mayweather is no exception. Jail and not fighting for a year at a time takes its toll. This is the fight he suddenly ages, and gets his first loss. Guerrero by decision."
Flattop, Fightnews.com (Mayweather): "Floyd's speed, power and class will be too much for Guerrero, who's tough and has skills, but Mayweather has been the total package his entire career. Guerrero will be competitive for a few rounds until Mayweather decides to turn up the heat. Guerrero will be knocked down a few times and he will get back up each time. I could see his corner throwing in the towel once it becomes a 'May Day' exhibition; otherwise Mayweather will score a lop-sided decision or late-round knockout."
Lyle Fitzsimmons, The Fight Network (Mayweather): "Admittedly, Guerrero is young, tough and powerful, but unless Mayweather gets old overnight, Guerrero is also still vulnerable to precisely the sort of precise punishment 'Money' has dished out to the myriad of foes who have entered with the same 'I'll rough him up' promises. A la Arturo Gatti, the 'Ghost' gets beaten up in a lot of his wins and, like Gatti, he's in over his head with Mayweather, who wins by tenth round technical knockout."
Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com/The Ring (Mayweather): "Guerrero will make things interesting for a while with pressure and toughness. The toughness might surprise Mayweather, but the pressure won't. He'll counter it with patience and then precision. Mayweather's right will land, occasionally early and with damaging frequency later. It might not score a knockdown, but in the end, however, Mayweather's accuracy will bruise, cut, exhaust and force a tenth-round technical knockout stoppage."
Karl Freitag, FightNews.com (Mayweather): "Mayweather by unanimous decision. Guerrero hasn't stopped anyone north of lightweight and Mayweather is more than happy to go the rounds, so in a fight that seems certain to be going the distance, it's hard to pick against Floyd, who is a big favorite for a reason."
Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.), (Mayweather): - Mayweather will win by ninth round technical knockout. He was a heavy favorite, but now even more so with Guerrero facing legal problems in New York."
Kevin Iole, Yahoo (Mayweather): "I think it's going to be a closer fight than a lot of people believe and I would have given Guerrero a better shot were it not for the arrest in New York that took a few days out of his training and has to have had some kind of impact upon his focus. Mayweather's legs aren't the same, but nobody sees punches coming more clearly than he does. He'll have to fight hard to keep Guerrero from mauling him, but Floyd is slick at using his elbows to create space, as he did in the Ricky Hatton fight. In a fiercely contested fight, I expect Mayweather to win by decision."
Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com (Mayweather): "Mayweather will win by decision. Bottom line, I think unless Floyd has gone backwards physically, he's simply too sharp and accurate for the hard-charging Guerrero."
Bill Knight, El Paso Times (Mayweather): "Floyd may have a little rust, but he is still too quick, too good and will wear Guerrero down and win by ninth-round technical knockout."
Ryan Maquiñana, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (Guerrero): "Up until this year, I'd have to go with the untouchable Mayweather if I was forced to pick, but given Guerrero's southpaw tools, busy hands, ring IQ and fearlessness, it feels like the perfect storm for an upset. If he can take advantage of the 36-year-old Mayweather's inactivity and aging legs, the ultimate question is whether Floyd will still fight with the fire of a king who doesn't care there's a $30 million check waiting for him, win or lose. Guerrero takes a 12-round decision."
Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com (Mayweather): "Mayweather is not looking to get beat in the first of a massive six-fight, $300 million deal. Supremely skilled, but with all 36 years showing in his increasingly less mobile legs, Mayweather faces in Guerrero, a determined, skilled and experienced boxer. At 147, Guerrero is not a power puncher nor particularly fast, but he's a strong southpaw who understands that style can be troublesome for the shoulder roll defense Floyd employs at times. The first few rounds will be clinch-filled as the fighters search for their rhythms. Floyd's age combined with a year-long layoff might make for some exciting moments for Guerrero fans, but ultimately, Guerrero will find the speed and accuracy of Floyd unmanageable as "Money" finds his range and pot shots his way to a unanimous decision. One down, five to go."
Gordon Marino, Wall Street Journal (Mayweather): "I think Robert is too vulnerable to the right hand and Mayweather's is whipsaw fast. Also, unlike Andre Berto, when Guerrero pins Mayweather to the ropes, Mayweather is not going to square up. Eighth round technical knockout for Mayweather."
David Mayo, MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press (Mayweather): "In losing a step and fighting in front of opponents, Mayweather has made himself more dangerous and put himself in more danger. No one solved the early version and no one has solved the latter version either. Guerrero's a solid pro's pro, but he isn't the best to have tried and Mayweather has to get old before our eyes to lose. That will happen if Mayweather fights long enough, but I'm guessing this isn't the night and he breaks down Guerrero with typical technique and precision until he gets a chance to finish later in the fight. Mayweather wins in nine."
Robert Morales, Los Angeles News Group (Mayweather): "Even though I believe Mayweather has slowed down just a bit, I don't think it will be enough for Guerrero to land enough clean punches to win the fight. Mayweather wins a decision."
Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com (Mayweather): "Guerrero will make Mayweather fight. He will swarm him, hit him on the arms, shoulders, hips, wherever he can. He'll slow him down and keep Mayweather in front of him and that'll be his downfall. Floyd may not have the legs he once had, but his hand speed is still tremendous and his accurate punches carry weight. Guerrero will be in close, head down, and constantly vulnerable to flashing Mayweather uppercuts inside. They'll gradually wear him down and one will finally drop him, leading to a Mayweather barrage and a tenth round technical knockout, but Floyd will be hurting for days afterward."
Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com (Guerrero): "This is the first time I'm picking against Mayweather, but I believe the stage is set for Guerrero to pull off the 'Upset of the Year' (and possibly the decade). Unlike some of Mayweather's past opponents, Guerrero has chased this fight for several years. He is fresher, hungrier, throws a lot more punches, has a good chin, is very physical and does have the ability to adjust. He's certainly Mayweather's most difficult opponent in several years. As long as Guerrero controls the pace and prevents Mayweather from making it a technical boxing match, the fight is his to win by close 12-round decision."
Martin Rogers, Yahoo Sports (Mayweather): "Mayweather is too strong, too skilled and too clever and he will win by decision."
Mike Rosenthal, The Ring Magazine (Mayweather): "I think Guerrero is a very good all-around fighter and tough as nails, but Mayweather is a great fighter even if he has slipped a tad. Mayweather by unanimous decision."
Jon Saraceno, USA Today (Mayweather): "Floyd shakes off the rust and wins a decision."
Lem Satterfield, The Ring Magazine Online (Mayweather): "There will be some treacherous moments for Mayweather simply due to his relative inactivity compared to Guerrero's. Mayweather will have been out for nearly a year since his last fight against Miguel Cotto on May 5 last year, but I believe that he will have enough determination and savvy to elude significant damage on the way to a victory on points over 12 rounds."
Tim Smith, New York Daily News (Mayweather): "Guerrero is no slouch as he proved against Andre Berto, but Mayweather is no Berto. Mayweather is one of the best boxers and most skilled defensive boxers of this generation. He won't be standing in one spot for Guerrero to tee off on him. Everyone thinks they have a plan against Mayweather, but he is so adaptive in the ring that plans unravel and boxers are left grasping at straws just to stay in the ring with him. I don't think Guerrero is the tactical match for Mayweather, but I think he has a good enough chin to withstand what Mayweather can throw at him. Mayweather by decision."
Bob Velin, USA Today (Mayweather): "Guerrero is one of the toughest fighters in the business, and has a will to win that is second to none in the sport. But he has never faced anyone like Mayweather. Mayweather is the best there is at defending himself, as in, avoiding punches. Guerrero will likely try to make Mayweather fight his fight, which is a 'toe-to-toe, I-can-wear-you-down-before-you-can-wear-me-down' style. Guerrero may get to Mayweather's left shoulder, but it's unlikely he will do much damage to Mayweather's head or body. Mayweather's patience will frustrate Guerrero and take him out of his game. Meanwhile, Mayweather will counter Guerrero at every opportunity and end up winning on points.''
Mark Whicker, Orange County Register (Mayweather): "Mayweather by ninth round technical knockout. He has adjusted to age and become a far better offensive fighter."
Michael Woods, ESPN NewYork.com (Mayweather): "Floyd gets the W, same as last time, and the time before, and the time before that. Guerrero is willing and skilled, but limited. Floyd gets the unanimous decision, but his face will tell you after that he's been in a fight."