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The last time I was at a Spring Training game, I tossed down a couple bucks for charity, threw dignity to the winds, and stepped into the radar gun tent. I used the first two pitches to ramp it up before letting fly for reals on the third: 72 mph. I carried my beer left-handed for the rest of the day.
I bring that up because you should understand who is writing this, but mostly because speed is sexy. We all love to watch a 100 mph pitch because it's amazing but also because it's rare. Most major league pitchers, let alone internet writers, can't throw that fast no matter how many
times we embarrass ourselves in front of small children throws we make. When at a game, we count the number of pitches that break 100. For example, take a look at this Aroldis Chapman fastball:
Yay! Fast! How can you not cheer for that? Speed is hypnotic, dizzying, breathtaking, and pants-wettingly wonderful. But what about slow? What about the slowest pitches? In fact, what was the slowest pitch thrown this season?
Normally this would be the time when I'd start to run down the top five slowest pitches thrown this season. Except, I can't. You see, every radar gun can detect a 95 mph fastball, and every radar gun can detect a 70 mph curveball. But once you get much slower, things start to look like this:
That's a screen-grab from the August 18 Padres/Giants game. As you can see the second pitch was a 75 mph changeup and the fourth pitch was an 86 mph two-seam fastball and the third pitch was a … ball. The computer has no idea. And actually, if you watch the pitch in question, you can see why the computer has no idea:
It's hard to criticize the computer for that call.
So was that the slowest pitch of the season? No, it was not. To be the slowest pitch of the season it must meet two basic criteria:
1. It must be slow.
2. It must be a pitch.
Major League Baseball doesn't know how fast Barry Zito's pitch traveled its roughly 40 foot long path and neither does any PITCHf/x. Here is a graph of the pitch speeds from Carlos Quentin's second inning plate appearance against Zito when that pitch was thrown:
Astute readers may detect a discrepancy between this graph and the GameDay data in the screen grab above. The screen grab shows five pitches, the correct number, but this graph only shows four. Here's how it should look:
Am I giving Zito too much credit? Is 10 mph too fast? Maybe.
This is one of the problems with trying to find the slowest pitch thrown this season. If it's crazy slow, that's good, except then the computers might not count it and it might not show up in my search. So there are problems, but in the end, when you make a list of the slowest pitches thrown this season you end up with a list filled with four things:
1. Mistake pitches, like Zito's
2. Intentional balls
3. Computer mistakes
4. Vicente Padilla's eephus pitches
Mistake pitches are funny, and we all enjoy a good laugh at the expense of a highly paid professional athlete from time to time, but they're not in any way intentional. I'm looking for the slowest pitch that was thrown on purpose. So those are out.
Intentional balls are thrown on purpose. It's right there in the name. But those aren't thrown for the purpose of trying to get the hitter out. In fact, they're the polar opposite of that. They're trying to put the runner on base. So those are out, too.
When I thought up the subject of this column, I emailed BP's Bradley Ankrom and he was kind enough to send along an Excel document containing the top 100 slowest pitches thrown this season. I was ecstatic. Perfect! Job complete. A couple witty one-liners and that's a column (yes, that's sadly how I think). I quickly downloaded the spreadsheet and looked at the top (bottom?) of the list. It said the slowest pitch thrown this season was a Jake Peavy curveball thrown to Alex Avila in the second inning of the White Sox/Tigers game on July 20th. It registered at 47.4 mph. Wow, I thought. That is sllllooooooowwww. I quickly called up that game, that at-bat, and that pitch. Here is what GameDay says about it (it's pitch number two):
Promising! So I loaded up the video. Here it is:
The pitched ball is just to the left of Avila's belt on its way to the plate. You can already tell by it's trajectory that it was thrown harder than 47 mph. And indeed it was:
91 mph? That's a bit different than 47. Moral of the story: sometimes the computer screws up.
Which brings us to the final category one finds when attempting to put together this list and this column: Vicente Padilla's eephus pitches. Of the 100 pitches Bradley sent me, 51 of them were Padilla eephus pitches. In fact, of the top 20, 17 are Padilla eephus pitches (ephees?)[ed–eephi]. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Padilla's eephus pitches may be ridiculous but they meet the dual criteria of being thrown on purpose and trying to get the batter out. So they're in. This will inevitably cause Padilla to sweat. I know this only because everything in the world causes Padilla to sweat.
OK, enough ado. If you don't count Peavy's 47 mph 91-mph-fastball, there have been four pitches thrown this season that broke the reverse 50 mph barrier. This is not one of them:
That was a 52 mph curveball by Jered Weaver. Ha ha! He messed up! Also, in the time it took me to put together this article, he made $6,603.77. Ha Ha. Ha… Huh.
A quick note: three of the four slowest pitches are Padilla eephus pitches, so in the interest of space, I cut the fastest of them, a 49.7 mph pitch to Munenori Kawasaki on June 30th. I trust you won't miss it. Now, the three slowest pitches (that I could find) thrown this year.
3. Randy Wolf v. Brandon Phillips: Curveball, 49.2 mph (August 8; 6th inning; 6th pitch)
Down 2-1, Wolf battled Phillips throwing him a two-seam fastball, a cutter, and then three straight four-seam with speeds of 90, 89, and 90 mph. Phillips fouled off the 90s and took the 89 for a ball bringing the count to 2-2. So Wolf tried to change the pace a bit. Like this:
The 39.8 mph difference between pitches might have fooled Phillips, who looks eager to swing, had the pitch been anywhere close to the plate. It wasn't. Ball three. Next pitch was a four-seam fastball for ball four.
Favorite Part: When catcher Martin Maldonado tries to frame the pitch at the very end.
2. Vicente Padilla v. Kendrys Morales: Eephus pitch, 48.8 mph (August 23, 8th inning, 1st pitch)
Vicente Padilla has never been accused of lacking confidence. This can be inferred from various post-game comments he has made, but also from pitches like this one. How heavy do your stones have to make the first pitch you throw to a power hitter in the eighth inning of a 9-9 game a sub-50 mph eephus ball?
It worked, as Morales popped out to shortstop Mike Aviles. Padilla was a part of the good half of the eight Red Sox pitchers that day who did not allow a run. Alfredo Aceves, who gave up five runs, followed him.
Favorite Part: The stutter step that Morales does while waiting for the pitch, desperately trying to keep his weight back. He failed.
1. Vicente Padilla v. Freddie Freeman: Eephus pitch, 48.3 mph (June 23, 8th inning, 1st pitch)
Padilla started off the inning with a 54 mph eephus pitch to Dan Uggla, who fouled it off. Four mid-90s fastballs later Uggla would fly out. Padilla's next pitch, his first to Freeman, is the slowest pitch (I can find) thrown this season:
The next hitter, Chipper Jones, got five straight four-seam fastballs before he flew out. Then, with two down, Jason Heyward received a 92 mph fastball, an 86 mph slider, and a 52 mph eephus ball, which he grounded back to the pitcher. Fourteen pitches, three of the eephus variety including the slowest of the season, and Padilla could return to the dugout, job done.
Favorite Part: It's the slowest!
Through Saturday's games there have been 630,821 pitches thrown in the major leagues. The vast majority of them have been between 75 and 95 mph. Some a little bit higher, some a little bit lower, but most have been in that range. It's my contention, though, that while we cheer for the fastest, the rare 102 mph flashes of lightning, we should also appreciate the slowest of the slow, the extraordinary little league pitch in a big league game. Not everyone can throw 102 mph, and if we could we all would, but we all can throw 48, we just choose not to. It takes a special person to do it on purpose.
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* Boehner: U.S. can't afford "Obamacare" law, given debt
* Says law "has to stay on the table" as parties discuss debt
* Analysts say "Obamacare" a non-starter in fiscal cliff talks
* Boehner comments could be "bargaining chip" in negotiations
By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - New comments from top Republican lawmaker John Boehner slamming health care reforms illustrate how hard it will be for Washington to reach a deficit reduction deal when talks resume next week, analysts said on Thursday.
President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will begin negotiating next week on a plan that could avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to begin in January that economists worry could push the U.S. economy over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession.
Boehner did not explicitly mention the "fiscal cliff" talks in an opinion piece published in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Wednesday. But he argued the nation cannot afford the costs of Obama's 2010 health care reform law, given the United State's sluggish economy and massive $16 trillion debt.
"That's why I've been clear that the law has to stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nation's massive debt challenge," said Boehner, who is a key player in the talks.
Boehner's comments show it won't be easy to reach a deal on the thorny tax and spending issues, said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group in Washington.
"There's an enormous gulf between the two parties on the details," he said, noting it is still possible that Obama and Congress may agree by January to broad spending and tax measures, and then take months afterwards to iron out details.
"Plunging off the cliff, then passing a tax cut in January that excludes the rich -- is still a very live option," Valliere said.
Analysts said Boehner's renewed critique of the health care law is designed to appeal to Republicans in the House of Representatives who have voted more than 30 times to repeal it.
The law aims to extend health coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans starting in 2014. It also contains measures designed to contain the costs of America's $2.6 trillion healthcare system, the most expensive in the world.
Republicans had promised to repeal the law, which they call "Obamacare", if they won the November presidential elections.
But Obama won, and Democrats kept their majority in the Senate. Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the reforms.
Boehner's comments were "not constructive" for the fiscal talks ahead because there is little chance negotiations will lead to changes in the health care law, said Jim Kessler, senior vice president for policy at centrist think-tank Third Way.
"This is a complete non-starter and a clumsy starting point for negotiations," Kessler said.
Larry Sabato, political scientist at the University of Virginia, said he thought Boehner's comments seemed like a "bargaining chip" for the talks ahead.
"Just as President Obama is insisting that taxes must go up for everyone making $250,000 or more, the Republicans are saying that Obamacare is on the table," he said, noting he expects the income trigger for tax increases will end up being much higher and that the healthcare law will stay untouched.
After the election, Boehner acknowledged in an ABC News interview that "Obamacare is the law of the land", although he also said the law had to be "on the table" as legislators work toward balancing the nation's budget.
Julie Barnes, director of healthcare policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said the costs associated with getting the new health reforms in place pale in comparison to the much-larger costs of tax and spending issues before lawmakers.
"Small businesses and large businesses are not going to view Obamacare as what's really causing the problem for their competitiveness. The problem is health care costs," Barnes said.


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Media pioneer and Harlem legend, Vy Higginsen has created change on many platforms including being the first Black female radio personality in the prime time New York City market and the first Black woman to produce a drama on Broadway with August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." Still that doesn't mean that she welcomes all change, especially when it comes to the current state of radio and music. Higginsen notes that trends in consolidating radio stations and the emphasis on general-audience formats do not provide enough large-scale opportunities for communities of color to musically express themselves.
"I am aware that everything must change but I believe the success or failure of people depends on communication," she says. "So when we don't have enough vehicles or tools that allow us to connect with each other to provide information and inspiration I have real concerns." To address those matters, Higginsen's latest production "Sing, Harlem, Sing!" at 54 Below, is a revue of Harlem's musical history in an attempt to remind viewers of the rich legacy that must be sustained.
Another individual doing his part to keep the music alive is singer-songwriter and guitarist, King Aswad. Aswad brought his eclectic fusion of genres to Paris Blues for a tribute to influential poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron. While there he reflected on the significance of Scott-Heron. "I remember as a child hearing the words 'The revolution will not be televised' and thinking to myself this is about real deal change that needs to happen." Aswad takes inspiration from those memories to spread his own message of self-love through music. "When we love ourselves, we can love others. That's the part of the world war that is happening that we can actually win," he says. "Thus allowing us to eventually triumph over all this other nonsense the media continues to distract us with."
If you follow the media concerning the city of Newark, New Jersey then you're familiar with their high poverty and crime statistics, but you're probably not aware of their art scene. This year Art Crawl Harlem headed across the pond to Newark for what co-founder, Jacqueline Orange hoped would be an enlightening experience. "Newark is a community that people don't explore or think about for art," she says. "Harlem was once a downtrodden depressed community and Newark is, but you see a little bit of growth happening. So it is a great time to showcase Newark." And showcase it she did with highlights including; Newark Museum for their exhibition "Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections" and contemporary African-American art installation; Arlington Arts which is a home garage converted into an intimate and creative gallery; Iandor Fine Arts gallery, the new home for the estate of legendary painter, Norman Lewis; and "Art Reach XX" at City Without Walls which highlighted a promising collection by emerging artists. Each stop along the way revealed a fascinating piece of the artistic community that exists within Newark.
The topic of community development was one major focal point of the "Art and Social Activism" exhibition curated by Nicholas Cohn. In partnership with chashma, Cohn transformed an industrial building in Long Island City into a visually and intellectually stimulating presentation on relevant social and political themes such as the environment, discrimination, self-identity and more. Standouts included artist, Lawrence Lek for his skillful ability to intertwine wood and tap into our interconnectedness with nature's resources, and Parastou Forouhar's searing political statement using butterfly wings to present images of men and women killed by Iran's tyrannical government. As Cohn notes, the work speaks to the need for artists to engage the public in topics that should not be ignored. "So many artists are interested in how arts can be a venue of change and there needs to be exhibitions that look at these issues to promote awareness and future change," he says.
We have a feeling that with arts and culture advocates such as Higginsen, Aswad, Orange and Cohn, a change is gonna come soon enough.
The Harlem Arts Alliance is a not-for-profit arts service organization celebrating 10 years of service to a prestigious list of members such as the Apollo Theater, the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Columbia University, Harlem Stage (Aaron Davis Hall) and over 850 more cultural/arts institutions and individuals. The weekly column, Harlem Arts Alliance Presents: On the "A" w/Souleo, covers the intersection of the arts, culture and entertainment scene in Harlem and beyond and is written by Souleo, founder and president of event/media content production company, Souleo Enterprises, LLC.


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Alaska Fish & Wildlife News
April 2006
Bird Feeders and Bears
The year-old bear in my neighbor's front yard wasn't much larger than a big Labrador retriever, but unlike a dog, the bear had a taste for bird seed.
Standing on his hind legs, he stretched up high enough to just reach the bird feeder hanging in a mountain ash tree. He couldn't pull the feeder down, but he managed to swing it hard enough to spill the black sunflower and millet seeds onto the lawn. As we watched, he licked the seeds up with his tongue and then ambled off down the street, looking for another easy meal.
Bird feeders have proven to be a major attractant for urban bears. In Juneau, problem bears have been shot, and necropsies revealed bellies full of bird seed. Although the small seeds seem like an unlikely draw for a bear, bird seed is high in protein and fat, and is very appealing to bears.
In the spring, bears eat emerging green vegetation, grass and any winter-killed carrion they can find. That low-protein, low-fat, carbohydrate diet is often insufficient to help bears regain the body weight they lost during hibernation, and throughout early spring bears are still partly subsisting off fat stored the previous fall. Bears may not begin gaining weight until the early summer berry crop kicks in. A bird feeder full of seeds is a major find for a hungry bear.
"Bird feeders should be taken down between April first and November first," said wildlife biologist Polly Hessing of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Because birds tend to be messy eaters and scatter their food, it's also important to thoroughly clean up old seed from under the feeders.
"In the spring and summer, there is plenty of natural food available for birds, and there's no need to continue feeding birds after the first of April," she said.
The birds will be fine, and so will the bears.
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Slideshow: View Earth's Changes
In September 2007 less sea ice covered the Arctic than at any point since the U.S. government began keeping records of its decline. All told, it covered 502,000 square miles (1.3 million square kilometers) less ocean than even the year before—a loss equal to an area the size of California and Montana combined. But what might be bad news for polar bears and other animals dependent on sea ice could be good news for the alga known as phytoplankton.
"Because these plants are photosynthetic, it's not surprising to find that as the amount of sea ice cover declined, the amount of [photosynthesis] increased," says biological oceanographer Kevin Arrigo of Stanford University's School of Earth Sciences, who led an effort to use the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) devices on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites to determine changes in phytoplankton growth.
"If trends continue, we can expect probably a doubling of primary production," in photosynthetic activity undertaken by millions of algae, he adds. Because these organisms are the basis of the food chain, that means more food for fish and, ultimately, the animals that feed on fish (as long as they don't depend on sea ice to do it—like polar bears who use the ice as a hunting platform).
NASA announced this week that this is but one example of the kinds of environmental monitoring that satellites provide. Scientists are also using orbiters to gather information on the gravitational effects of moving glaciers, to determine the impact of drought on the Amazon rainforest, and to generally assess the global impacts of human activity on Earth's ecosystems. Among the findings NASA reported:
- Soil and water scientist Alfredo Huete of the University of Arizona in Tucson and colleagues determined that old growth in the Amazon actually does better during the dry season. In fact, Huete says, a drought could lead to a relative boom in growth thanks to sunny skies boosting photosynthesis. "Areas that were hit hardest by the drought [in 2005] were actually the greenest and most vigorous," he notes.
- Satellite surveys of the surface concentration of chlorophyll in the world's oceans show that areas where plankton find it harder to thrive will likely spread as the globe warms, according to biogeochemist Jorge Sarmiento, director of Princeton University's Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program.
- The relentless march of invasive trees in the canopy of the rainforest on the island of Hawaii—and the changes in the use of nutrients and water they impose—has been mapped with an infrared sensor in aircraft, in research by ecologist Gregory Asner of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University and his colleagues. Putting such sensors on future satellites would enable this type of work to be done anywhere on the planet.
"Over a decade ago, NASA researchers first documented a lengthening growing season," says terrestrial ecology program scientist Diane Wickland of NASA. "We are extending satellite observation records and deriving ever more quantitative information from them."


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Sick and tired of being pushed around, called a terrorist illegal alien, the anti-Christ, and Stalin-Hitler-Mao, the president has decided to go on the offensive against his loudest critics. It's time for some DC mudslinging!
Who does Obama hate the most? That's debatable, but there are a few people who are near the top of his shit list. Anti-tanning salon tax activist Rep. John Boehner, to the White House, is the Armageddon-fearing Chicken Little of health care reform. To the rest of us, he's just a raging dickhead. Sarah "not exactly an expert on nuclear issues" Palin is a moron, plain and simple. Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are sweaty, fat druggie shit talkers. And Senator Mitch McConnell is a sad, confused old man with a condescending attitude.
But of course, Republicans are saying Obama is hitting below the belt, and that he needs to follow their righteous lead and keep the debate civil, otherwise it may backfire and they will hate him even more. Former Bush Administration propaganda minister Ari Fleischer, told Politico: "He's entitled to fight and defend himself, but not in ad hominem personal style. It's unseemly for a president to do that." Meanwhile, Fleischer's former boss is the gold standard for a clean, honest politician.
Some in the Democratic Party, like Senator Harry Reid, have tried their hand at talking shit across the aisle, only to take it back for fear of pissing off obstructionist Republicans. And now Michael Steele has a question for Obama, from a statement regarding the Reid/McConnell beef: "Now that Sen. Reid has apologized for personal attacks made towards Sen. McConnell, when will President Obama do the same?" It's on.


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Nora Ní Chartúir, course co-ordinator siad: "The employment opportunities in the Irish language communications sector have undergone great development in recent years. There is a great demand for people who have the appropriate skills in broadcasting and sound, as well as technical skills, from organisations like RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, TG4, Telegael, Abú Media and many other radio stations and production companies. In total, there are about 40 radio stations broadcasting in Ireland and, accordingly, those who do the course have various types of work opportunities".
Graduates of the course include Gemma Ní Chionnaith, of RTÉ RnaG's Anocht FM fame who will be visible on our screens as a presenter on a TG4 talent show "Glas Vegas" in the coming months and Nóra Ní Ghríofa, a native from Galway and a graduate from last year's diploma course has recently commenced worked in the newsrooms in RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Other graduates include Gearóid Breathnach and Máirín Uí Chnáimhsí, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's most recent recruits as the station's broadcast technicians. Other former graduates include Ciara Dolphin, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's part-time public relations officer and Máiréad Uí Dhomhnaill who is working as a freelance journalist for RTÉ in Dublin.
Due to the support of Údarás na Gaeltachta, there is no fee for the course and a weekly allowance is paid to the course participants.
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge is the Centre for the Learning and Perpetuation of the Irish language, and it is part of the National University of Ireland, Galway.


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Leidos Health is seeking Licensed Counselors to support military families through the MFLC program (Military & Family Life Counseling) at Fort Polk.
Leidos is partnering with the Department of Defense's (DoD's) MFLC Program to support military service members and their families across the country and around the world. In support of this important mission, Leidos is hiring licensed counselors to provide:
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Also, MFLC counselors benefit from:
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- No insurance to file
- No progress notes
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- Free work related professional development courses
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- Flexible 40-hour work weeks
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- Face-to-face non-medical counseling to military service members and their families (individuals, Couples, Families, Children).
- Recommending appropriate referrals and handoffs to military and community resources according to the needs of military service members and their families.
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- Participates in regular in-service training, quality improvement committees, or other contract activities as assigned.
- Opportunity to participate in surge and on demand events at military installations.
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- A Master's degree in the Behavioral Health Professions (MS/MSW/MA)
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You can change between two notes by picking them separately, but if the second note is higher than the first in pitch, you can play what's called a hammer-on.
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Call for contributors
We are currently commissioning contributions to a proposed Companion to American Gothic, to be published in 2015 by a major UK academic publisher as part of a new series of Gothic companions. Proposals for chapters of 5500-6500 words (including notes) are invited. Early career researchers are encouraged to submit, but we welcome proposals from all American Gothic scholars. Chapters are required that offer critically erudite, authoritative, and cogently written surveys and analyses, focused on appropriate examples, addressing the following topics:
European Ghosts, American Witches: Early American Gothic Realism / Romance
Slavery and the Gothic
Romantic Gothic: The American Tradition
American Modernism and the Southern Gothic
American Gothic after 9/11
American Art and the Gothic Sublime
American Gothic Film and Television
Gothic Gaming in Video and Role-Playing
Gender and American Gothic
African-American Gothic
Border Magic – Chicano/Chicana Gothic
Proposals (500 words), and any queries about these topics, should be sent by email to the editors, Jason Haslam (firstname.lastname@example.com) and John Sears (email@example.com), by January 31st 2013. Decisions for inclusion will be made by the end of February 2013, with completed chapters due for submission end of October 2013.
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Rootstech 2011, the genealogy and technology session began with a bang! Held in the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, the opening session was attended by over 1900 people.
Shane R. Robison, HP
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Keynote speaker Shane R. Robison, executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer of Hewlette Packard Company stated there has "Never ever been a more exciting time in technology in the world".
My notes from his sessions –
He feels information technology (IT) is changing – we are seeing a shift to the I in IT. Information itself will become the primary topic.
There are 50 billion gigagbytes of data created.
Macro forces are really important. Population is the biggest contributing factor. The global middle class is swelling, 2 billion people online.
The wave of the future is Globalization and Innovation with expanding economic opportunity and raising our collective standard of living.
One of the biggest areas of grown has been seen in the gaming world.
He suggests Productivity + communication/collaboration + fabric of society will lead toincreased information access and creation integrated into everything we do.
In 2010 we saw an increase in Mobility and Cloud computing.
The future will provide information to people through a service based business model and user interface.
Cloud will mean fundamental change in the way information served up.
With the service based business model the customer will only pay for what we consume.
Opportunity =the mobile internet will be 10xthe volume of the desktop internet. Cloud services were $46B 2008 and are predicted to reach $150B in 2015.
Information in the palm of your hand aka the "swiss army device" is not in the immeditate future. Robinson predicts that we will see a
consistent user experience across variety of devices with an intitutive user interface.
There will be a families of devices that won't look like traditional devices.
60% Milennials ignore corporate IT policy. He sees 130M Enterprise users in the mobile cloud by 2014 and a fully integrated mobile world.
Our impact: changing the equation. We'll see answers for society's most vital issues: healthcare, education, the environment
Right info, right place, right time.
Think about changing. Incredible amount of change
ie netflick vs block buster – happening faster and faster
Facebook 0 to 50 million users in five years…look at growth of facebook.
Other examples – Amazon, Microsoft,Google,rockspace,IBM
"Prosumers" was a term Robinson used.
There is open innovation at HP Labs – reach out to the community.
Security integrated into everything HP does. Analytics are important.
Intelligent infostructure with a Services based business model
Sustainabilityis the heart of this.
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In this family canine comedy, a sequel to Air Bud (1997), Josh Framm (Kevin Zegers) finds it a problem when his widowed mother, Jackie (Cynthia Stevenson), starts seeing the community's new veterinarian, Patrick Sullivan (Gregory Harrison). Sullivan gives a football to Josh's golden retriever Buddy, and the athletic animal is soon girding for the gridiron. Coach Fanelli (Robert Costanzo) adds Josh as back-up quarterback to the jr. high team, and an accident takes Josh off the bench and onto the field. Meanwhile, two devious dognappers (Nora Dunn, Perry Anzilotti) see news footage of Buddy playing basketball and make plans to spirit him away to a Russian circus. Four dogs performed the tricks seen here. The character of Air Bud was created by Kevin DiCicco, but Buddy died not long after the first movie. The original basketball-shooting Buddy, a popular half-time attraction prior to the first film, achieved a lifetime total of some 22,000 baskets.
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Frank Darabont
Review by Adam Balz
Posted on 24 October 2013
Source Gaiam VHS
Categories 31 Days of Horror X
Honey, I'm home!
Spousal homicide is nothing new to cinema, and as perverse as it may sound, it's an issue thick with nuance and possibility. Moving past those cinematic murders that are justifiable and free of nuance - a wife lashing out at her abusive husband or boyfriend, à la Lifetime original movies, is perhaps the most common form of these - we find films in which this decision is layered and ambiguous, a recipe for the tension and discomfort that makes film such a rich source of expression. After all, marriage is a unifying act unlike anything else, in which two strangers come together, explore every aspect of one another - emotionally, spiritually, physically, intellectually - and commit to joining their two separate lives into one singular creature. Nobody understands a man more than his wife, just as nobody understands a wife more than her husband.
And yet, a marriage cannot exist without its secrets. After all, people are never truly knowable, no matter how honest they claim to be: the mind still keeps most of its waters from the shore, presenting the lapping waves of high tide as the entire ocean. Lust, anger, regrets, indiscretions, jealousies, embarrassments—it's these ghosts that haunt spouses and bring tension to any marriage. Sometimes, these ghosts are more powerful than even the spouses themselves might imagine.
The marriage at the heart of Buried Alive is plagued by ghosts like these, though they seem to be haunting only one of its spouses. Clint - humble, loyal, uncomplicated - lives in a small mansion alongside wife Joanna, who's moved across the country to live with him in the small Arizona town where he grew up. The owner of a million-dollar construction company, Clint built the mansion himself, and almost from the film's opening scenes we begin to understand that he's built more than just the house in which he and Joanna live. Their marriage - their metaphorical house - is kept alive entirely by Clint's devotion to her, which she reciprocates with rolled eyes and an aloofness that makes even his welcome-home kisses seem painful to her. Were it not for some unspoken reason - his money, perhaps - she would have divorced him a long time ago. Instead, they live together in a house far too large for just the two of them (their attempts at conceiving children have, we're told, proven fruitless) and the echoing loneliness of their daily lives is by far the best manifestation of how vacant their marriage truly is.
Unbeknownst to Clint, Joanna has a refuge away from their life together: a city doctor named Cort who, after a tryst with Joanna, convinces her to poison Clint with fish-ovary extract. He wants her to be free of her misery, he says, and hands her the tiny bottle promising her relief—a marked contrast to the large home to which she must soon return. Cort is suave, his expensive apartment bedroom dominated by a tank of exotic fish, and here we find yet another contrast - the immoral city-slicker against the pure local boy - that pits two opposing forces, even stereotypes, against one another for Joanna's heart. Here there is no contest, at least not for Joanna: wavering at first, and even throwing the bottle of poison away, she is convinced when Clint's miter saw proves to be too loud. She is set off by a tool of his industriousness and hard work, and to do away with him, she'll use a weapon extracted by a man who, we later learn, does not pay his bills and is only after Clint's money. (It should also be noted that Clint acquires this poison from one of his own fish, which he also cooks and feeds to Joanna as dinner before sex. He is, in a way, cannibalizing his own expensive possessions to kill a man who builds possessions for himself.)
Even more, the use of a poison derived from reproductive materials not only hints at their difficulty in having children - Clint will be poisoned by the very organ so vital to creating new life, which Joanna has so far failed to do - but foreshadows a revelation at the film's close, in which Clint asks his wife about a child from the past, something that she has apparently kept from him. It is a secret, in a way, that has poisoned him against her—one of the only moments in Buried Alive in which we see Clint react to Joanna in a way that resembles her own everyday reactions to him.
Much of this action, however, serves as bookends, comprising very little of the film's 90-minute run-time. After poisoning Clint and watching him writhe to death on their dining-room floor, Joanna cashes out all of her husband's belongings and business connections, not to mention putting their house up for sale, and waits for the day when she and Cort can run off together. What Joanna doesn't know is that the dose of poison she administered wasn't fatal, and hours after being buried, Clint awakens in his coffins and digs himself out of his grave, not only now fully aware of who his wife really is but determined to seek revenge.
Despite the film's abundance of parallels and contrasts, this moment is one of many in which the build-up of circumstances, conveniences, and plot twists serve to propel an otherwise ridiculous storyline forward. Joanna waives the autopsy, refuses to have her husband embalmed, and buys the cheapest coffin for him—a weak, rotting box through which Clint, awakened from a two-day coma, can easily punch his way free. Joanna also happens to live in a town where the coroner doesn't notice body heat or fresh blood from an otherwise dead-looking corpse, and the local grave-diggers only go down a foot or two rather than the usual six, leaving very little topsoil through which her not-quite-dead husband must dig to escape. (Still, the claustrophobia of the inexpensive coffin is a beautiful contrast to Clint and Joanna's expensive and vacuous home.) They're all necessary to establish Joanna's viciousness and greed while also keeping Clint around for their eventual confrontation, which, which it happens, turns into something more outrageous and absurd than anything hinted at by the film up to that point.
Stumbling back home in the rain, the newly unburied Clint discovers his wife and Cort in a moment of passion. Suddenly possessing all the pieces to this puzzle, Clint takes up shelter in his own basement - again, the breaking of a basement window and loading of a shotgun, not to mention a half-dead man dragging himself noisily up and down wooden stairs, fails to arouse any notice - where he plots the most fitting revenge. At first, he gets both Joanna and Cort into the basement - their own below-ground tomb of sorts - by pretending to be a masked intruder. Neither has even the slightest clue that Clint is alive, but the sounds from above - sawing, hammering, even a chainsaw - drives both to near madness. It's the same kind of noise that once pushed Joanna over the edge, only now it's being used directly, as torture.
The situation is made all the worse by Joanna's discovery: a syringe of the same ovary-derived poison used on Clint, this time intended for Joanna herself, which would have allowed Cort to abscond with more than a million dollars in cash. Their minor confrontation - they wrestle on the basement floor like children - is ended only when Clint opens the basement door without a sound, allowing both to enter the focus of his work: a plywood maze, a funhouse, almost, with sliding walls, peepholes, and even a trap door. Clint has turned the very place he built by hand for he and his wife, the very place Joanna thought of as a prison, into a bastardized version of itself, still serving both purposes, only now it's an ugly and undressed hybrid of the coffin in which he was buried. For the remainder of the film, both Joanna and Cort will make their way through Clint's labyrinthe, each of them moving inextricably closer to the fates that he has aligned for them. When all is said and done and revenge has been served, Clint leaves the screen without a word. He's had his retribution and returned to the cemetery while keeping clear of the grave, but he leaves the film a dead man - he has no name or future, all of his possessions either sold off or burned away save his truck and dog, and he is little more than a ghost - a stranger in a town where everyone knows his face. It is the film's last contrast, a juxtaposition of the living and the dead.
However, it's not the film's most important contrast. That contrast, which occurs in the film's first half, also happens to be its most forgettable, as Darabont spends less than a minute focused on it. Long before Clint has risen from the grave and hatched his plan, we are shown Sheriff Sam Ebergly and his wife - both elderly, their kitchen reasonably sized but cluttered by a marriage's-worth of knickknacks and keepsakes - sitting around a table. They are both silent, content to sit in each other's presence without causing a stir or demanding more than they're entitled. Theirs is a marriage foraged out of time, respect, and understanding, and the silence that accompanies their short moment together serves as a model of what strong, healthy marriages should be. The moment's purpose is obvious to the point of parody, but it encapsulates the entirety of Buried Alive in one folksy, heartfelt, and ill-fitting moment.
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(Executive summary) (Duverger's own words verbatim) (How many people are happy about 2-party domination?) (Return to main page)
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.
– John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson, October 1780. [Adams was a US "founding father," wrote two books on democracy theory/practice, and served as the second US president 1797-1801.]
As everybody, especially political scientists, has noticed, the USA is immensely 2-party dominated. Every presidential election after 1824 has been won by a member of one of the two major parties (with the asterisk that the parties changed their names a few times during the early 1800s). In the 2004 presidential election, the top 2 party's candidates got 50.7% and 48.3% of the votes. No other candidate got more than 0.38%, with all the others combined getting under 1%. Holy cow! Talk about domination!
More about: 2-party stranglehold in USA The histories of US third parties
And why is that? Can it really be that this few Americans support any of those other candidates? Can it really be that America really believes with this incredibly great unity that the Republicans and Democrats represent the absolute summit of political thought, with nothing else and no other combination of views possibly being superior?
I think not. This is a completely distorted picture being passed off as a "fair" and "democratic" system. It can cause immense harm.
So: why the huge domination? Because: few people are going to be foolish enough to "waste their vote" by voting for anybody besides one of the top two. That causes 3rd parties to get artificially low vote totals. That in turn causes them to get weaker and die – not to mention causing it then to be even more foolish to waste your vote for them next election, thus 2-party domination is self-reinforcing. And not only that, under the plurality system voting for a 3rd party candidate not only "wastes" your vote but in fact makes it more likely that the opposite of the candidate you want will be elected from the top 2 parties. That is a severe disincentive to vote third party. Over time all this leads to self-reinforcing 2-party domination.
It is a lot like having your arm jammed in some machinery. If you try to run the machinery harder to unjam it, it just jams harder, not to mention causing you excruciating pain.
Political scientists call this 2-party jammed-domination "Duverger's law" after Maurice Duverger, a French political scientist.
In any voting system in which Duverger's law holds, third parties are going to be permanent doormats. And the rest of us consequently are going to suffer from massively reduced voter choice, massive idea-deficit, and massive quality deficit in our government.
Duverger's law is an experimental fact supported by vast amounts of data from governments around the world throughout time. Several political science books present convincing tables and graphs of such data. (See "further reading" at the end.) Duverger holds both in plurality systems and in the IRV voting system. (These are the IRV countries: Ireland, Australia, Malta, and with the recent addition of Fiji. All are 2-party dominated in IRV seats, despite having systems that would seem more multi-party-genic than the USA would be under IRV. You can also check this mathematical proof or see this IRV⇒2-party-domination explanation based on an example from Adam Tarr, or consider the effects of naive exaggeration voters.) Duverger also plausibly might hold in all Condorcet systems with strict rank-orderings as votes (click the link and check the "Strategy and 2-party domination" section to see why; also see this simple numerical example, this explanation in a nutshell, and this more general mathematical proof).
So third parties who want to break out of this vicious cycle should not support plurality, IRV, or Condorcet with rank-orderings as votes. They should support Range (or perhaps Approval) voting, or the top-2-runoff (second round) system. But as you can see from tables of real-world data, Range voting leads to a lot more pro-third party votes, at least initially, than Approval. I repeat, a lot more. That is enough to get third parties off the ground. It won't be enough by itself to make them actually win (they will still be well behind the top 2 parties in terms of money, organization, experience, and present-day voter appeal), but it will level the playing field allowing them to win if they have the best candidate once they have acquired enough funds and organization – which it would then be possible for them gradually to acquire, since they would no longer be continually stomped-on.
So in summary, the question for 3rd party supporters when they consider "should we support range voting?" really is "do you like survival?" If you think survival is pretty important, then range voting should be your top priority. And I mean top. More important than every single other issue.
So join CRV now because it is the group pushing for range voting.
Gary W. Cox: Making Votes Count, strategic coordination in the world's electoral systems, Cambridge University Press 1997. (See pp.21-24 for a tabular comparison of the 16 two-elected-house democracies in the early 1990s for purpose of confirming Duverger's law.)
Arend Lijphart: Democracies, Yale Univ. Press 1984 (tables 7.3 and 8.4 give Duverger data).
Warren D. Smith: Candidate incentives under different voting systems, and the self-reinforcing deterioration of US democracy, #76 here.
Rein Taagepera & Matthew S. Shugart: Seats and votes: the effects and determinants of electoral systems, Yale University Press, 1989. (Has similar Duverger-confirming datasets, including as pictures rather than just tables. E.g. see figure 8.1 p.84 and 8.3 p.87; note the latter figure lumps in IRV voting with plurality as additional "two-party-genic" system, agreeing with my view IRV and plurality both obey Duverger's law. Note that all the PR democracies have lots of parties and all the plurality countries have 2; the difference is like night and day.)
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Rather than add users manually one at a time, admins can add many users in a bulk import. To do this, you create a CSV (comma separated values) file that contains the user's data. Aside from the essential user data, such as email address and phone number, you can set user roles, define an agent's privileges, and add users to an organization. You can use bulk import to either add new users or update existing ones. Bulk import via a CSV file only works for Support users and roles.
You must be an administrator to bulk import users and organizations.
Limitations of bulk importing users and organizations
You can import a core set of data about users and organizations. For example, using bulk import, you can import the data described in the table below; however, you cannot import timezones, photos, language preferences, etc. To import data not listed in the table below, you need to use the Zendesk REST API instead. See Importing users with the Zendesk API or Importing organizations with the Zendesk API.
- The import CSV data file must contain no more than 2000 rows of data (one row for the header and the rest for the user or organization data). Importing more than this can cause problems.
- You can only import one CSV file of 2000 or less rows of data at a time. Therefore, if you've got more than 1999 users or organizations to import, you need to create separate files for each batch and import them one after another. Up to two batches are queued and run in the background. If you want import more than two batches, you need to wait until the first batches are finished importing to add more.
- You cannot use bulk importing to import contact information from end-user Facebook or Twitter accounts. Instead, use the Zendesk REST API. See Importing users with the Zendesk API.
Creating the CSV user data file
When you create a list of users to import, you'll probably generate this list from some other user management system such as an employee database. Most of these systems have some facility for creating a CSV export file. If you need to create the list from scratch you can use a program like Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc.
- The file must be properly formatted CSV and saved using UTF-8 character encoding.
- The first row of the CSV file is the header row, and you must include it in the file.
- The header row must contain any required fields in the table below, plus any other fields listed in the table below that you want to include.
- Included fields must appear in the header row in the order they are listed below.
- If you are not importing data for a field, do not list it in the header row.
- Empty columns of data in the file will overwrite most existing data for that user. For exceptions, see Updating existing user profile data.
- Add line breaks to notes or multiline custom fields by pressing ALT+ENTER on Windows or CTRL+OPTION+RETURN on a Mac.
The following table lists the fields that you can include in the file. The name, email, and restriction fields are all required when importing new users. When existing users are updated via bulk import, only one unique identifier is required (such as an email or external ID).
|Required for importing new users. User's full name.
|Required for importing new users. User's full email address (email@example.com). You can give users more than one email address. See Assigning multiple email addresses to a user.
|If you have an ID other than the user's email address (such as an employee ID
or customer reference number), you can include it here. External IDs must be
unique for each user, or data will be overwritten.
If you don't enable Include external ID in CSV output file, external IDs are excluded from the CSV import results file (see Importing the CSV user data file).
Note: If you import users with the external_id field as their only identifier (meaning you're not also including email address), you still need to include the email field in the CSV file, with no data. For example:
|Detailed information concerning this user, e.g. an address. This information is visible to team members only, not to end-users.
|Notes concerning this user. Notes are visible to team members only, not to end users.
|The user's telephone numbers. Unique phone numbers are added as direct lines. Phone numbers that already exist are added as secondary lines. To work with Talk, phone numbers should be formatted with the internationally standardized E.164 format.
|If this is a shared phone number, set to "true". A shared phone number cannot be used as a user identity.
|Case sensitive: "End-user", "Agent", or "Admin". If you don't set a role, the user is set to End user.
|Required for importing new users when the user's role is set to
"Agent". Restriction values of "organization" and "requested" can be
assigned when the user's role is set to "End-user".
Restriction sets the team member's or end user's privileges,
the tickets they have access to, etc.
You can enter one of the following values:
In the Enterprise version of Zendesk Support, you can also use the restriction field to assign your agent users predefined or custom roles. See Assigning an agent to an Enterprise agent role below.
|The name of the organization that the user will be added to. The organization
must already exist or the import will fail.
On Professional and Enterprise, you can add a user to multiple organizations by separating the organization names with a pipe character (see Importing users into multiple organizations).
|When user and organization tagging has been enabled for Zendesk Support (see see Adding tags and users to organizations), you can add user tags. Separate each tag with the comma.
|If the account has multiple brands, you can specify a brand subdomain. The
brand subdomain you specify determines the brand of the welcome email sent to the
user, as long as that brand is active and has an enabled help center. If the brand
subdomain you specify is not active, doesn't have an enabled help center, or
doesn't exist, the column is ignored and the welcome email is sent using default
Specify only the name of the brand subdomain. For example, use mydomain and not mydomain.zendesk.com.
|custom_fields.<field key>
|When you perform a bulk user import, you can import a custom user field by
specifying the custom_fields. prefix and the field key.
For example, for the field key subscription_date, use the following to set the imported values for this field.
Note that custom field keys are case-sensitive and must be entered in lowercase letters.
If you are importing information into a checkbox, enter 'true' to have it checked or 'false' to leave it unchecked. To set the value of drop-down list options, use the tag you added when you created the drop-down list. For custom date fields, use either the YY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD format.
To locate the key for a custom user field:
If a field value is not formatted correctly, the import will fail and you will receive an error report specifying which records failed to save.
Note: If the custom user field you're importing is a lookup relationship field, enter the ID of the related object as the value for this field. For example, for an organization, enter the organization's ID; for a user, enter the user's ID. To find an organization or user ID, you can export data from your account or use the Organizations API or Users API.
A note about welcome email sent to users in a bulk import
When you add new users via a bulk import, each user receives the welcome email message, if you have Guide enabled. The welcome email contains a link to verify their email address, which prompts them to select a password and then sign in.
You can prevent the welcome email from being sent to all these users by updating the welcome email setting.
To prevent the welcome email message being sent to users
- In Admin Center, click People in the sidebar, then select Configuration > End users.
- In the User welcome email section, deselect Also send a verification email
when a new user is created by an agent or administrator.Note: This option is not available until you enable Guide.
- Click Save tab.
Importing users into multiple organizations
If you're on Professional or Enterprise, you can add users to multiple organizations during your bulk import.
Here's a CSV example for adding a user to three different organizations.
Enrico Venticello,"firstname.lastname@example.com",,,,,,,Organization1|Organization2|Organization3,,
If you list an organization that does not exist, the import will fail.
A user's default organization will be set to the first organization alphabetically. It is not possible to set a different default org using the .csv import. The default organization for a user can be adjusted manually or by using theSupport API - Set Membership as Default endpoint.
Assigning an agent to an Enterprise custom role
On Enterprise, you can assign agents custom roles. Custom roles are often used to give agents extra permissions or increased restrictions.
If you created your own custom agent roles, you can assign one of these roles to users during a bulk import by including the name of the custom role in the restriction field. In the following CSV example, a user is assigned a custom role:
Enrico Venticello,"firstname.lastname@example.com",,,,,"agent","Help Desk Mastermind",,
In the example above, the user (Enrico Venticello) is given a general role ("agent"), with the additional permissions associated with the custom agent role ("Help Desk Mastermind").
Note that you must have already created the custom role in Zendesk Support before you can use it in your CSV. If you accidentally use a role name that doesn't exist in Support, the user's role defaults to Light Agent. You can then manually change the agent's role in their user profile.
Also, the import is case insensitive, which means that both of following custom role names set the agent to the same role: "Help Desk Mastermind" and "help Desk mastermind".
Assigning multiple email addresses and phone numbers to a user
In the upload file, give the same external ID (and all the user fields to be imported, for example, role) to more than one email address or phone number, as shown in the image above. All emails or calls associated with the same external ID will be routed to the user associated with that ID.
Note that when the email address matches an existing user and there are no mismatches on the external ID or phone number, that user is updated with the secondary email or new phone number. However, if any external ID, email address, or phone number matches more than one existing user, that row is rejected.
Importing the CSV user data file
You can import new users or update information for existing users.
- In Admin Center, click People in the sidebar, then select Bulk actions > Import users.
- Select import options:
Create new users: This is selected by default and cannot be disabled. This is because users that exist in the import data, but not in Zendesk, will always be created.
Update existing users: You can additionally select this import option to replace existing data for the users listed in your CSV file. You only need to include the fields that you want to update in the file. If you have empty columns of data it will overwrite the existing data for that user. For a list of exceptions, see Updating existing user profile data.Note: The Send email notification to users if their password is changed option is not currently available.
- (Optional) Select Include external ID in CSV output file.
When the import process is complete, you will receive an email notification that includes a link to a separate CSV import results file. You can use this link to download the file and view the results of your import.
The file shows the status of the user data that you attempted to import (Created, Updated, Skipped). It includes the email address or an external ID for each user that is created or updated, depending on the contents of the file you imported and whether Include external ID in CSV output file was enabled.
If you don't enable Include external ID in CSV output file, external IDs are excluded from the CSV import results file. External IDs are additional identifiers such as an employee number, customer reference number, or a user ID from another system. A user can only have one unique external ID. It is an optional attribute for users.
- Either click Choose File or the Let me paste in data instead link.
- Click Import.
Your import is added to the queue and the users are added to Zendesk Support when the import process is complete. See Limitations of bulk importing users and organizations. You'll receive an email when the import is complete.
Updating existing user profile data
When doing a bulk import, you can choose to update existing users, which allows you to update the user profile data of users that you've already added. Be aware, however, that some of the data is replaced and some of the data is just appended to the existing data.
The following user data is replaced:
- name
- external_idNote: External IDs must be unique for each user.
- role
- restriction
- organization
- Custom fields
The following user data is appended (added to the existing data):
- details
- notes
- tags
- phone (added as a secondary phone number)
- email (added as a secondary email address)


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Conidia, sometimes termed asexual chlamydospores, or chlamydoconidia[1] are asexual,[2] non-motile spores of a fungus, from the Greek word for dust, konis.[3] They are also called mitospores due to the way they are generated through the cellular process of mitosis. The two new haploid cells are genetically identical to the haploid parent, and can develop into new organisms if conditions are favorable, and serve in biological dispersal.
Asexual reproduction in Ascomycetes (the Phylum Ascomycota) is by the formation of conidia, which are borne on specialized stalks called conidiophores. The morphology of these specialized conidiophores is often distinctive of a specific species and can therefore be used in identification of the species.
The terms "microconidia" and "macroconidia" are sometimes used.[4]
There are two main types of conidium development:[5]
- Blastic conidiogenesis, where the spore is already evident before it separates from the conidiogenic hypha which is giving rise to it, and
- Thallic conidiogenesis, where first a cross-wall appears and thus the created cell develops into a spore.
Conidia germination
A conidium may form germ tubes (germination tubes) and/or conidial anastomosis tubes (CATs) in specific conditions. These two are some of the specialized hyphae that are formed by fungal conidia. The germ tubes will grow to form the hyphae and fungal mycelia. The conidial anastomosis tubes are morphologically and physiologically distinct from germ tubes. After conidia are induced to form conidial anastomosis tubes, they grow homing toward each other, and they fuse. Once fusion happens, the nuclei can pass through fused CATs. These are events of fungal vegetative growth and not sexual reproduction. Fusion between these cells seems to be important for some fungi during early stages of colony establishment. The production of these cells has been suggested to occur in 73 different species of fungi.[6][7]
Structures for release of conidia
Conidiogenesis is an important mechanism of spread of plant pathogens. In some cases, specialized macroscopic fruiting structures perhaps 1mm or so in diameter containing masses of conidia are formed under the skin of the host plant and then erupt through the surface and allow the spores to be distributed by wind and rain. One of these structures is called a conidioma (plural: conidiomata).[8][9]
Two important types of conidiomata, distinguished by their form, are:
- pycnidia, (singular: pycnidium) which are flask-shaped, and
- acervuli (singular: acervulus), which have a simpler cushion-like form.
Pycnidial conidiomata or pycnidia form in the fungal tissue itself, and are shaped like a bulging vase. The spores are released through a small opening at the apex, the ostiole.
Acervular conidiomata, or acervuli, are cushion-like structures that form within the tissues of a host organism:
- subcuticular, lying under the outer layer of the plant (the cuticle),
- intraepidermal, inside the outer cell layer (the epidermis),
- subepidermal, under the epidermis, or deeper inside the host.
Mostly they develop a flat layer of relatively short conidiophores which then produce masses of spores. The increasing pressure leads to the splitting of the epidermis and cuticle and allows release of the conidia from the tissue.
Health issues
Conidia are always present in the air, but levels fluctuate from day to day and with the seasons. An average person inhales 40 conidia per hour.
Conidia are often the method by which some normally harmless but heat-tolerating (thermotolerant), common fungi establish infection in certain types of severely immunocompromised patients (usually acute leukemia patients on induction chemotherapy, AIDS patients with superimposed B-cell lymphoma, bone marrow transplantation patients, or major organ transplant patients suffering from graft versus host disease). Their immune system is not strong enough to fight off the fungus, and it may, for example, colonise the lung, resulting in a pulmonary infection.
See also
- ↑ Jansonius, D.C., Gregor, Me., 1996. Palynology: principles and applications. American association of stratigraphic palynologists foundation.
- ↑ Osherov, Nir; May, Gregory S (2001). "The molecular mechanisms of conidial germination". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 199 (2): 153. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10667.x. PMID 11377860.
- ↑ Conidium in the Collins Dictionary
- ↑ Ohara, T.; Inoue, I; Namiki, F; Kunoh, H; Tsuge, T (2004). "REN1 is Required for Development of Microconidia and Macroconidia, but Not of Chlamydospores, in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Fusarium oxysporum". Genetics. 166 (1): 113–24. doi:10.1534/genetics.166.1.113. PMC 1470687. PMID 15020411.
- ↑ Sigler, Lynne (1989). "Problems in application of the terms 'blastic' And 'thallic' To modes of conidiogenesis in some onygenalean fungi". Mycopathologia. 106 (3): 155–61. doi:10.1007/BF00443056. PMID 2682248.
- ↑ Friesen, Timothy L; Stukenbrock, Eva H; Liu, Zhaohui; Meinhardt, Steven; Ling, Hua; Faris, Justin D; Rasmussen, Jack B; Solomon, Peter S; McDonald, Bruce A; Oliver, Richard P (2006). "Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer". Nature Genetics. 38 (8): 953. doi:10.1038/ng1839. PMID 16832356.
- ↑ Gabriela Roca, M.; Read, Nick D.; Wheals, Alan E. (2005). "Conidial anastomosis tubes in filamentous fungi". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 249 (2): 191. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.048. PMID 16040203.
- ↑ diagrams at the Forest Pathology site
- ↑ d'Arcy (2001). "Illustrated Glossary of Plant Pathology". The Plant Health Instructor. doi:10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0219-01.
External links
- "Conidia". The New Student's Reference Work. 1914.


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Herbal Weight Loss Pills
As the desire for losing weight continues to affect many people, several herbal weight loss pills are developed and distributed throughout the world. Today, whether you surf on the internet or walk into a certain health food store, herbal weight loss pills are definitely there.
There are basically different components in herbal weight loss pills. There are those herbal weight loss pills that contain ephedra, and there are also some herbal weight loss pills that contain HCA or hydroxycitric acid, PPA or phenylpropanolamine, and pyruvate. Each type component in such herbal weight loss pills has different functions and of course they have different effects.
For instance, the ephedra in herbal weight loss pills is considered by the Food and Drug administration as potentially hazardous. In fact, ephedra is the main ingredient in the so called "natural" herbal alternatives to "fen-phen", which is a now banned prescription anti-obesity drug. These types of herbal weight loss pills are largely considered by the FDA as unapproved diet pills that have not been tested for its safety and efficacy.
Besides, ephedra is the natural source of the amphetamine-like stimulant known as ephedrine. Although it is a potent decongestant, and it suppress appetite as well as burns fat quickly, the risks of taking ephedra in herbal weight loss pills far overshadow its benefits. It has been found out that ephedra in herbal weight loss pills results to serious reactions such as soaring blood pressure, irregular heart beat, insomnia, tremors, seizures, heart attacks, and stroke.
In terms of the HCA in herbal weight loss pills, it is noted that this herbal extract which is also present in at least 14 commercial weight loss pills, slows down the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, thus this component of the herbal weight loss pills does aid weight loss.
Herbal weight loss pills also contain pyruvate, which is a natural compound that is derived from all plants and animals. This has gained popularity as a weight loss aid, but one should be aware that taking large amounts of herbal weight loss pills that contain this compound can lead to intestinal distress, bloating, and diarrhea. So, one should be wary in taking pyruvate herbal weight loss pills.
Lastly, the PPA contained in herbal weight loss pills was considered as the most renowned weight loss drug in many parts of the world. However, it does not win that position with excellent effects. Many experts have concluded that PPA was too risky to be available in prescription drugs and so they called for manufacturers to stop selling drugs containing this compound. Just like the ephedra, this also causes extreme spikes in blood pressure, headaches, strokes, and even death.


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People with depression encounter a lot of pharmaceutical frustration. For largely unknown reasons, roughly one in three patients receive no benefit from any antidepressant. A recent study, however, suggests that something as simple as over-the-counter painkillers could play a role. Ibuprofen, aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs may disrupt the action of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant.
Antidepressants alter brain chemistry. SSRIs increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the space between brain cells. Neuroscientist Jennifer L. Warner-Schmidt of the Rockefeller University and her colleagues noticed that certain proteins in the brain that interact with SSRIs had the potential to be influenced by anti-inflammatory drugs such as pain relievers.
The team embarked on a series of experiments in rodents to explore this idea. In one test, researchers measured how long it takes a mouse to overcome its fear of a new, open space and move toward food placed in the center. Mice that had been given the SSRI citalopram for two weeks approached the food more than twice as quickly as unmedicated mice. But mice given ibuprofen with the SSRI for two weeks headed for the food nearly as slowly as unmedicated mice, Warner-Schmidt and her colleagues report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
The researchers also examined information from a previous study of patients with treatment-resistant depression. The study evaluated how the participants responded to a 12-week course of citalopram and noted other medication use. Patients who had taken an anti-inflammatory drug or acetaminophen during their SSRI treatment were significantly less likely to experience relief from their symptoms than patients who had not.
The researchers are planning studies to figure out how exactly the pain medications interfere with the SSRIs and to determine how big a dose of painkillers is detrimental. But the evidence so far "is clinically important," Warner-Schmidt says. "It's a piece of information that doctors should keep in mind when looking at an individual who is not responding to an SSRI."


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Thursday, May 25
Daily Farm Photo: 5/25/06
Our Misty Mornings Have Returned
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How amazing to start the day with a sight like that. It must fill your heart with peace.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/25/2006 8:41 AM
Dan looks quite peaceful and content in the misty morning. It's a very lovely scene.ReplyDelete
Wow-- what beautifully captured mist! My blog would be much better if i had your photography skills... and subjects! Handsome Dan!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/25/2006 1:09 PM
Not to get all verklempt but this picture makes me think of the Little House on the Prairie books!ReplyDelete
I wonder if you've informed Dan of his Fan Club? Like Lacy, I find Dan quite handsome, too.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/25/2006 2:17 PM
Hi Dan!ReplyDelete
We saw a donkey on a farm by Joe's Mom's place. I wanted to stop every time we passed to pet it, but was over-ruled...
- Anonymous5/25/2006 6:19 PM
WOW! That is an awesome picture!ReplyDelete
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Magic Dan.ReplyDelete
Everyone has said it perfectly... lovely misty morn.ReplyDelete
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