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TRT and too many red blood cells - what to do?
TRT and too many red blood cells - what to do?
I started TRT with 200 mg test cyp every two weeks about six months ago, but experimented with shortening the interval to about 10 days and generally felt better. However, in my last round of lab tests my testosterone level came back at 13.84 mg/l (ref 2.80 - 11.00) and hemoglobin at 18.7 g/dl (ref 13.5-17.5), hematocrit 54%. I discussed this with my doctor and we decided that a socially useful way to bring this down would be to donate blood. However, this morning at the blood bank the reading was 20.2 and they refused to accept me as a donor. What to do? One solution seems to be to pause TRT until the hemoglobin level is acceptable and then resume TRT at the two week interval despite my feeling perhaps worse overall as a result. I'm wondering if anyone else had this problem and what they did to solve it. Thanks for any advice!
Ok you need to donate regardless of what the blood bank says so have your doctor order a blood draw. Having hematocrit that high is not healthy and he/she should order a draw.
Something to think about is that with once every two weeks administration your blood levels are going to be all over the place. Try doing .25cc twice a week with a slin pin, this will keep blood levels far more stable.
I appreciate the suggestions! I need to get the hematocrit under control and then follow a dosing interval that helps keep the blood levels more stable. Apparently it is the spiking of testosterone levels that provokes the production of red blood cells in certain usually older males, which must be my case. For anyone interested, I found an article
"How to Manage Polycythemia Caused by Testosterone Replacement Therapy"
by Nelson Vergel that gives a lot of details on this subject, but I'm unable to post the link.
Check for dehydration is first or if there is an underlying medical condition potentially causing the dehydration. Increase water consumption before the test. if still not dropping giving 500 cc of blood should work. reducing dosage to 50 Mgs x 2 times a week.may help.
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
Thank you - I'm thinking of returning to the blood bank well hydrated with water - not coffee, like last time - and see if that works.
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
I,m running into this problem again. I switched Docs. and he prescribed me the( IMO ) worthless bio-identical testosterone pellets for under the tongue, my T level dropped back to around 300. He put me on the strongest allowable compounded cream for 3 months and re-ckd. and levels was around 1300 and I felt no different in the any way, so he put me back on Cyp. injections at 75 mg. twice a week and now my face,neck, and hands are red all the time. My latest labs Hemocrit 54, Hemoglobin 17.8, Test was 1008. I have dropped to 60mg twice a week and am going to go and have a double red blood cell draw at the local blood bank, I have done this two other times when on Injectable TRT and it works for a while, but eventually returns. I even had 500 cc drawn twice from a specialist before the new Doc, came on board. The blood Doc. had me stop the Test for three and a half weeks and restested and all bloods came back normal. Not sure where we will go from here, I feel betr and sex drive is great at the moment. Yet some guys do a gram of test a week and not get as red as I do on TRT doses..... Arrrrg
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
I dont drink coffee at all and just a glass or two of tea or diet coke a day. I drink between 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon of water most days. I am actually going to my sleep study this evening for sleep apnea..... Will update findings. Is there a link between sleep apne and the problems I,m having ????
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
I used to have high hematocrit, just over top of range. I've never given blood once to lower it, but I did lower my TRT dose and it has gone down on it's own to the top 3rd of the range. Is this normal for it to go down without giving blood?
I've been told I'm crazy for not giving regular blood on TRT, or at least a few times a year of bloodletting.
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How to Manage Polycythemia Caused by Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Polycythemia
By Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.
Source: http://*******/v5nEMu
November 16, 2011
A research letter recently published in the journal AIDS by Vorkas et al determined that testosterone use was associated with polycythemia, and intramuscular administration demonstrated a stronger association than topical (testosterone patch) use. No adverse cardiovascular or thrombotic events were observed. HIV-infected patients taking testosterone should undergo routine hematologic monitoring with adjustment of therapy when appropriate.
Polycythemia is an excessive production of red blood cells. With polycythemia the blood becomes very viscous or "sticky," making it harder for the heart to pump. High blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks can occur.
The association between testosterone replacement therapy and polycythemia has been reported for the past few years as this therapy has become more mainstream. In addition to increasing muscle and sex drive, testosterone can increase the body's production of red blood cells. This hematopoietic (blood-building) effect could be a good thing for those with mild anemia.
Although all testosterone replacement products can increase the amount of red blood cells, the study showed a higher incidence of polycythemia in those using intramuscular testosterone than topical administration (testosterone patch was the main option used -- no gels). Smoking has also been associated with polycythemia and may contribute to the effects of other risk factors.
In the above mentioned study, twenty-five patients met the criteria for polycythemia (21 male; four female). Using the number of unique patients with five clinic visits during the time frame of the study as the denominator, the estimated prevalence of polycythemia was 0.42% (95% CI 0.27-0.61). Mean hemoglobin at the time of diagnosis of polycythemia was 18.9+/-0.42 g/dl in men and 17.0+/-0.83 g/dl in women. Among the four female cases, one was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe pulmonary hypertension, while the other three did not have a documented explanation for elevated hemoglobin. Because of the relatively small number of female cases and the fact that the primary hypothesis is related to testosterone use, this case-control study focused on the 21 male patients.
Five of the 21 cases (24%) did not use testosterone, but had other explanations for their polycythemia: pulmonary hypertension, COPD and plasma volume contraction. In two of the 21 cases (10%) there was no documented reason for elevated hemoglobin. No cases met the criteria for polycythemia vera, and no adverse cardiovascular or thrombotic events were noted among the cases or controls.
The letter recommends that all HIV-infected patients taking testosterone should undergo routine hematologic monitoring and adjustment of testosterone dose or cessation of testosterone therapy as appropriate based on hemoglobin values. Unfortunately, no mention is made of therapeutic phlebotomy as a management strategy for this problem. Considering that stopping testosterone replacement would affect patients' quality of life and leave their hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in a dysfunctional state for weeks, months or permanently, other ways to manage polycythemia besides treatment cessation need to be discussed.
Below is an excerpt from my book, Testosterone: A Man's Guide, further detailing the prevention and management of polycythemia.
Preventing and Managing Polycythemia
It's important to check patients' hemoglobin and hematocrit blood levels while on testosterone replacement therapy. As we all know, hemoglobin is the substance that makes blood red and helps transport oxygen in the blood. Hematocrit reflects the proportion of red cells to total blood volume. A hematocrit of over 52 percent should be evaluated. Decreasing testosterone dose or stopping it are options that may not be the best for assuring patients' best quality of life, however. Switching from injectable to transdermal testosterone may decrease hematocrit, but in many cases not to the degree needed.
The following table shows the different guideline groups that recommend monitoring for testosterone replacement therapy. They all agree about measuring hematocrit at month 3, and then annually, with some also recommending measurements at month 6 after starting testosterone (it is good to remember that there is a ban on gay blood donors in the United States).
Many patients on testosterone replacement who experience polycythemia do not want to stop the therapy due to fears of re-experiencing the depression, fatigue and low sex-drive they had before starting treatment. For those patients, therapeutic phlebotomy may be the answer. Therapeutic phlebotomy is very similar to what happens when donating blood, but this procedure is prescribed by physicians as a way to bring down blood hematocrit and viscosity.
A phlebotomy of one pint of blood will generally lower hematocrit by about 3 percent. I have seen phlebotomy given weekly for several weeks bring hematocrit from 56 percent to a healthy 46 percent. I know physicians who prescribe phlebotomy once every 8-12 weeks because of an unusual response to testosterone replacement therapy. This simple procedure is done in a hospital blood draw or a blood bank facility and can reduce hematocrit, hemoglobin, and blood iron easily and in less than one hour.
Unfortunately, therapeutic phlebotomy can be a difficult option to get reimbursed or covered by insurance companies. The reimbursement codes for therapeutic phlebotomy are CPT 39107, icd9 code 289.0.
Unless a local blood bank is willing to help, some physicians may need to write a letter of medical necessity for phlebotomy if requested by insurance companies. If the patient is healthy and without HIV, hepatitis B, C, or other infections, they could donate blood at a blood bank.
The approximate amount of blood volume that needs to be withdrawn to restore normal values can be calculated by the following formula, courtesy of Dr. Michael Scally, an expert on testosterone side effect management. The use of the formula includes the assumption that whole blood is withdrawn. The duration over which the blood volume is withdrawn is affected by whether concurrent fluid replacement occurs.
Volume of Withdrawn Blood (cc)=
Weight (kg) × ABV×[Hgbi - Hgbf]/[(Hgbi +Hgbf)/2]
ABV = Average Blood Volume (default = 70)
Hgbi (Hcti) = Hemoglobin initial
Hgbf (Hctf) = Hemoglobin final (desired);
So, for a 70 kg (154 lbs) man (multiply lbs x 0.45359237 to get kilogram) with an initial high hemoglobin of 20 mg/mL who needs to have it brought down to a normal hemoglobin of 14 mg/mL, the calculation would be:
CC of blood volume to be withdrawn = 75 x 70 x [20 - l4]/[(20 + l4)/2] = 75 x 70 x (6/17) = approximately 1850 cc;
One unit of whole blood is around 350 to 450 cc; approximately 4 units of blood need to be withdrawn to decrease this man's hemoglobin from 20 mg/mL to 14 mg/mL.
The frequency of the phlebotomy depends on individual factors, but most men can do one every two to three months to manage their hemoglobin this way. Sometimes red blood cell production normalizes without any specific reason. It is impossible to predict exactly who is more prone to developing polycythemia, but men who use higher doses, men with higher fat percentage, and older men may have a higher incidence.
Some doctors recommend the use of a baby aspirin (81 mg) a day and 2,000 to 4,000 mg a day of omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil capsules) to help lower blood viscosity and prevent heart attacks. These can be an important part of most people's health regimen but they are not alternatives for therapeutic phlebotomy if the patient has polycythemia and does not want to stop testosterone therapy. It is concerning that many people assume that they are completely free of stroke/heart attack risks by taking aspirin and omega-3 supplements when they have a high hematocrit.
Although some people may have more headaches induced by high blood pressure or get extremely red when they exercise, most do not feel any different when they have polycythemia. This does not make it any less dangerous.
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Great post. Just for reference (for anyone curious), I'm taking a 100mg shot once per week (in the side delt, slin pin), and a bit of test cream later on in the week, on the gonads, to boost DHT. I don't seem to have hematocrit issues with this protocol. Also, I do not use hcg.
I used to use 200mg of test per week (split into two doses), alongside 500iu of HCG. High hematocrit and E2 issues with that protocol. This was from an HRT Rx (typical cookie cutter protocol). I don't suggest following that at all.
Not sure where my ferritin or iron serum levels are, maybe you could expand on this a little. I had my sleep study done, they came in and woke me up after three hours and said I was stopping breathing more than 15 times an hour and I never got out of stage 1 sleep. They put the c-pap on me and I went back to sleep, I woke up at my usual time and had no headache and actually felt awake and reseted somewhat. They informed me I did get into the deep restful sleep stage while wearing the c-pap and upon waking they took my blood pressure and it was the lowest I can ever remember it being 100/60. So I am waiting to go and see my Doc. and go over the results with him and get started on the machine and maybe start feeling betr. since I wont be suffocating most of the night. The therapist said she had seen people lower or completely come off high BP meds and maybe this will help with overproduction of RBCs. It helps alot just finally knowing why I have felt tired and worn out all the time...
I had a follow-up doctor visit today to review lab results: hemoglobin 17.9 (13.5 - 17.5 normal); hematocrit 52 (40-50 normal); and testosterone 1159 (280 - 1100 normal). While the values are still above normal, they're closer than they were five weeks ago. I've been trying 100 ml of test cyp every week to minimize spiking and this also spaced the dosages slightly longer compared to before. The doctor recommended a 10-day spacing and to return in two months to repeat the lab tests. If in the meantime I can donate blood, I'll do that. So the issue seems to be getting resolved!
Looks like ur heading in the right direction, good for you.. I went and had a double red blood cell draw at the local blood bank, my HCT was 56 and I was really red in the face,ears, and neck. I also got my sleep study results, my sleep apnea was rated as severe. I would stop breathing an average of 25 times an hour and my Oxygen levels got down as low as 84% at times. I have used the c-pap the last two nights and both mornings I have woke up with no headache and not feeling like I just want to go right back too sleep. I have also lowered my dosage to 60 every four days, so between controlling the sleep apnea and lowering the dosage I am hoping for my blood levels to stay more in the normal range. Keep us updated on ur progress.....
I am not a medical Dr, please keep in mind that this answer is for information purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or replace sound medical advice from your physician or health care provider.
I've been donating blood regularly due to elevated RBC, and one thing I will point out is to check your ferritin levels before/after giving blood. I'm now dealing with anaemia (despite taking iron with vit c), and that too causes a load of issues.
Don't want to come off TRT, but may have to.
Not the only one that has this issue. What is your TRT protocol?
Just Diagnosed Iron Deficient
Just Diagnosed Iron Deficient
May I suggest using this app to track your bloodwork tests:
myBloodTracker for IPhone and IPad
I'm in the UK, and for TRT I was on 150mg Sustanon 250 once per week. Now tapered off to 100mg once per week.
Sustanon is hard to split, as it has 4 different esters, but anyway, my RBC is:
Red blood cell count 5.66 10*12/L [4.5 - 5.5]
and ferritin is:
Serum ferritin level 21 ug/L [23.0 - 300.0]
Real pain, as I don't want to come off it.
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Paypal Pro
compile "org.grails.plugins:paypal-pro:0.2"
grails install-plugin paypal-pro
Paypal Pro Plugin
OverviewThis plugin provides provided seemless integration with papal web payment pro. This allows you to take payment from your customers through your website while accepting payment through the backend with paypal. You can:
Take one off payments
Setup recurring payments
Author: Peter Delahunty
blog: http://blog.peterdelahunty.com
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email: [email protected]
website: www.solution51.com
CompatibilityThe plugin is currently compatible with version 1.1.x of grails.
InstallationInstallation is very simple as is all grails plugin installations;
grails install-plugin paypal-pro
ConfigurationYou need to specify your paypal web payments pro account credentials. You setup a sandbox for developement and live for production
environments { development { paypalPro { username = "[email protected]"; password = "1242591648"; signature = "kmksmkmskdsmfkmksmdkfskdfk"; environment = "sandbox"; } } production { paypalPro { username = "[email protected]"; password = "123456"; signature = "kkmkmkmkmkmkm"; environment = "live"; } }}
DocumentationThe Paypal Pro plugin integrates into your current project as a service. It provides the following artefacts
New Domain objects
PayPalBillingThis object represents and instance of a Paypal recurring billing agreement. These are the properties requried to be filled by you.
referenceIdThis is used by you to keep any reference data back to your domain. It is stored in paypal
descriptionThis is description of what the recurring billing agreement is for
initialAmountThis is the amount you want to charge the customer for their first payment
amountThi is the on going amount you want to charge the customer.
currencyCode;This is the currency code of the the amounts you want to charge. It must be a paypal supported currency. eg USD for us dollars.
PayPalBillingHistoryThis object represents and instance of a change to a paypal recurring billing agreement. The changes possible are: START,CANCEL,SUSPEND,REACTIVATE
PayPalPaymentThis object represents and instance of an adhoc Paypal transaction.
descriptionThis is description of what the recurring billing agreement is for
amountThi is the amount you want to charge the customer.
currencyCode;This is the currency code of the the amounts you want to charge. It must be a paypal supported currency. eg USD for us dollars.
New Command Object
PayPalPaymentDetailsCommandThis object represents the information that a customer needs to enter in a form to take payment via a credit card. I has the following attributes:
cardTypeThis can be one of these values: (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, Maestro, Solo)
cardNumberThis is the credit or debit card number
cardEndMonthThis is the expiry month of the card
cardEndYearThis is the expriy year of the card
cardStartMonthThis is the start month of the card
cardStartYearThis is the start year of the card
cardIssueNumberThis is the date the card was issued
cardVerificationValueThis the card CVV number on the back of the card on the signature strip
firstNameThis is the frst name of the card holder
lastNameThis is the last name of the card holder
streetThis is number and street address of the cards billing address
cityThis is the city of the cards billing address
stateThis is the state of the cards billing address (opitonal)
zipThis is zip or post code of the cards billing address
countryCode;This is country code of the cards billing address
descriptionThis is a description of this transaction
ipAddressThis is the ip address of the customer
New Service
PayPalProServiceThe PayPalProService has the following method for making payments with Paypal web payments pro.
createMonthlyRecurringPaymentThis method takes a PayPalBilling object and a PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand object and creates a paypal recurring billing agreement
cancelMonthlyRecurringPaymentThis method takes a PayPalBilling cancels a paypal recurring billing agreement
doSinglePaymentSaleThis method takes a PayPalPayment object and a PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand object and creates a paypal transaction
Tag libs for payment formI have also created several tag libs for creating the payment form.
cardTypeSelect (select box)This example uses the cardTypeSelect to show the cards. I only show credit cards due to the cardType parameter
<paypalpro:cardTypeSelect name="cardType" value="${paymentDetails?.cardType}" noSelection="['':'-Choose your Card Type-']" tabindex="1" cardTypes="['Visa','MasterCard','Amex','Discover']" />
countryCodeSelect (select box)This tag renders a list of all countries with the country code as a valid paypal code
<paypalpro:countrySelect class="sb" id="countryCode" name="countryCode" value="${paymentDetails?.countryCode}" noSelection="['':'-Choose your Country-']" tabindex="16"/>
monthSelectHere the tag is used for the cardStartMonth
<paypalpro:monthSelect name="cardStartMonth" value="${paymentDetails?.cardStartMonth}" noSelection="['':'Month']" tabindex="3"/>
yearSelectHere the tag is used for the cardStartYear
<paypalpro:startYearSelect name="cardStartYear" value="${paymentDetails?.cardStartYear}" noSelection="['':'Year']" tabindex="4"/>
Example controller to take paymentThis controller assumes you have submitted a payment for with fields that map to the fields on the PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand object. It is passed to the controller as a closure parameter.
def takePayment = {PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand paymentDetailsCommand ->if (paymentDetailsCommand.hasErrors()) { render(view: 'enterPayment', model: [paymentDetailsCommand : paymentDetailsCommand]) } else {// call your service to take payment using the PayPalProService}
Handling errors in your viewYou can ues the renderErrors errors tag on the paymentDetailsCommand to see standard grails constraints error messages. You can also use paypalpro:hasPaymentErrors and paypalpro:renderPaymentErrors tags from the plugin to see the error message that came back from paypal. Such as invalid credit card etc.
<g:if test="${flash.message}">

${flash.message}

 </g:if><g:hasErrors model="[paymentDetailsCommand: paymentDetailsCommand]">
 <g:renderErrors model="[paymentDetailsCommand: paymentDetailsCommand]" as="list"/>
 </g:hasErrors><paypalpro:hasPaymentErrors bean="${paymentDetailsCommand}">
 <paypalpro:renderPaymentErrors bean="${paymentDetailsCommand}" as="list"/>
 </paypalpro:hasPaymentErrors>
Setting up a monthly billing via your serviceIn this example i have subscription object that has a price that i pass to the PayPalBilling object. I also use the user id as the reference id. If the payment is succcessful then the paypal recurring billing profile id will be stored the profile id column of the PayPalBilling table.
class MyPaymentService {def payPalProServicedef setupMonthlyRecurringPayment( PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand paymentDetailsCommand, User user, Subscription subscription) { PayPalBilling billing = new PayPalBilling() billing.amount = subscription.price; billing.initialAmount = subscription.price billing.currencyCode = "USD" billing.referenceId = "$user.id" billing.description = user.email if (payPalProService.createMonthlyRecurringPayment( paymentDetailsCommand, billing)) { // on success the billing object has been save to the db user.billing user.save() }else{ // failed to take payment so return the view to show errors }
Taking up on of payment via your serviceYou just need to setup a PayPalPayment object and pass it to the PayPalProSerive to take payment. On a successful payment the paypal transaction id is stored in the PayPalPayment table.
class MyPaymentService {def payPalProServicedef buyProduct(PayPalPaymentDetailsCommand paymentDetailsCommand, User user, Product product) { Double amount = product.price; PayPalPayment payPalPayment = new PayPalPayment() payPalPayment.amount = amount payPalPayment.currencyCode = "USD" payPalPayment.description = user.email + " purchased " + product.id if (payPalProService.doSinglePaymentSale(paymentDetailsCommand, payPalPayment)) { // do something after successful payment }else{ // failed to take payment so return the view to show errors } ....

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Iron Maiden announces final show of tour
Rock legends IRON MAIDEN have confirmed that the final show ever of their massive Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008 - 2009 will be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the April 2nd at the Bank Atlantic Center. This, the band's first show in Florida in 13 years, will definitely be the last show of one of the most ambitious rock tours ever undertaken, and promises to be a big party night for both the band and audience.
Says drummer and local Florida resident Nicko McBrain, "We'll be arriving right in the middle of Spring Break, so this really promises to be a huge party for everyone. And I'm sure there will be more than a few sore heads in Fort Lauderdale the following day! The whole tour has been an amazing experience and this final leg back on Ed Force One promises to be crazier than ever!"
"It was quite something to bring to reality the mad idea of creating a flying tour bus out of a Boeing 757," McBrain continued, "but it's enabled us to go further to reach many fans in countries we have never played before, and also revisit fans we haven't seen for some time. And it's a long time since we played in Florida! The 757 truly has been our 'magic carpet,' as Bruce describes it. Luckily for me, the magic carpet is stopping not far from my front door, which is very handy and a nice way to finish this tour. Not far to stagger home!"
Rammed with a full complement of band, crew and twelve tons of stage set and equipment, the band's customized Boeing 757, christened Ed Force One by the fans and flown again by Astraeus Airlines Captain and Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, will be once again circumnavigating close to 50,000 miles around the planet for concerts in 22 cities in 14 countries round the globe, making it a staggering 39 countries in total visited on this 2008-2009 tour, playing to almost two million fans.
The Somewhere Back in Time Tour revisits the band's history by focusing almost entirely on the 80's--in both choice of songs played, and the stage set, which is based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 Powerslave Tour and featured on the recent DVD Live after Death. This is arguably the most elaborate and spectacular show the band has ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986-1987, such as the Cyborg Eddie character.
Says band founder Steve Harris, "We will be loading onto the plane as much equipment as we can ram in, along with plenty of pyro! The set list will be a bit different than the shows we have done so far on this tour, as we will include a few more songs from the first four albums. This show is likely to be the last time we play many of these songs live, so we really will be giving it everything we have got! The tour was set to finish in Recife, Brazil, but we thought we should call in to Florida on the way home to play there for the first time in ages and to drop Nicko off at home! Using Ed Force One really does give us this degree of flexibility."
Having taking off in early February 2008, Maiden made their first appearances in New Zealand in 16 years via Belgrade, Dubai and Bangalore, followed by the long haul up to Mexico through a very extensive run through Latin America, finishing the tour now in Florida.
Comments Bruce Dickinson, "The unique way of touring last year with everyone and all our gear on the plane helped to make 2008 easily one of the most successful, exciting and fun years in the band¹s career. Taking Ed Force One around the planet and playing to our fans in so many different countries was an incredible experience for all of us. I personally found that flying and performing was one of the most challenging and satisfying things I¹ve ever done, despite the rigours and the many logistical difficulties we encountered."
"In fact it was so much fun," Dickinson continues, "we decided to do it again as a final leg of this tour, and we really wanted to get back to some of the places we haven't been to for a long time. We'll also be visiting many new places along the way. All in all, this will be a fantastic way to round off a tremendous 12 months for the band. After this, we take a bit of time off, get our energy back and then start work on a new studio album."
Fans around the world will be able to see what it was like flying on Ed Force One in the recently announced movie FLIGHT 666, which will play in selected cinemas around the world on Tuesday, April 21.
Fan club members will able to access an exclusive first pre-sale on Thursday, February 12th from 10:00am to midnight. They will also be able to be eligible to enter the "FIRST TO THE STAGE BARRIER" privileged first-access draw.
For details on tickets, fan club, the new movie FLIGHT 666, tour updates and up-to-date Maiden news, please visit www.ironmaiden.com.
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The USA inched a bit closer to a quarterfinal berth with the draw and now sits in second place in Group D with four points. Germany defeated Ghana 1-0 in the first match of the evening to take the lead in the group with six points and clinch a quarterfinal berth. China (1 point) sits in third place while Ghana was eliminated after losing their second straight match.
The USA can advance to the quarterfinals with a win or a draw against Germany in their final Group D match on Monday, Aug. 27, at Miyagi Stadium in Rifu, Japan. The match, which features the event's only two-time champions in the USA (2002 U-19 and 2008 U-20 titles) and Germany (2004 U-19 and 2010 U-20 crowns), will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and ESPN3 starting at 2:50 a.m. ET. Fans can also follow the match on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_ynt.
China PR didn't threaten the U.S. goal for the first 18 minutes of the match, but Shen Lili buried the team's first opportunity to take an early 1-0 lead. Lili received a cross from Han Jiayuan and buried her 19th-minute strike into the upper left corner past a helpless Bryane Heaberlin.
The U.S., which outshot China 17-3, created several chances from the left side and finally equalized in the 36th minute when Kealia Ohai got past her defender and from the end line dished to Hayes, who put a right-footed touch on the ball past China PR goalkeeper Shen Li. The goal was Hayes' fourth of the tournament and her 16th international tally.
The USA nearly found the go-ahead goal in the 52nd minute off of Vanessa DiBernardo's corner kick, but U.S. captain Julie Johnston's shot hit the right post and China defender Liu Shanshan cleared the ball near the goal line.
Additional Notes:
- The U.S. U-20 WNT moves to 14-1-1 in international play in 2012.
- U.S. head coach Steve Swanson made a couple of starting lineup changes from the team's opening 4-0 win against Ghana on Monday. Forward Kelly Cobb made her debut in the U-20 World Cup and Cari Roccaro got the start in the back.
- Becca Wann made her U-20 World Cup debut, coming in for Maya Hayes in the 86th minute.
- Unlike the USA's first match against Ghana, which kicked off in the afternoon locally, Thursday's match started at 7 p.m. local. That provided a cooler environment for the U.S. and China, though temperatures were still in the mid-80s.
- China PR goalkeeper Shen Li made a game-high seven saves and USA goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin had one save.
- The U.S. has allowed only four goals this year in 15 international matches.
- Heading into Thursday's match, China PR represented the only team that the U.S. failed to score against in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In the 2006 semifinals, China prevailed in penalties after the two sides played to a scoreless draw through regulation and overtime. In 2008, China PR won its group match against the USA 2-0.
- In Thursday's other Group D match, Lina Magull scored the game-winner in second-half stoppage time to lead Germany to a quarterfinal berth past Ghana.
- U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team Match Report -
Match: United States U-20 Women's National Team vs. China
Date: Aug. 23, 2012
Competition: 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup; Group D
Venue: Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium; Hiroshima, Japan
Kickoff: 6 a.m. ET (7 p.m. local)
Attendance: 3,559
Weather: 84 degrees, hot and humid
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
CHN - Shen Lili (Han Jiayuan) 19th minute
USA - Maya Hayes (Kealia Ohai) 36
USA: 1-Bryane Heaberlin; 4-Crystal Dunn, 8-Julie Johnston (capt.), 3-Cari Roccaro, 2-Mollie Pathman; 16-Sarah Killion, 10-Vanessa DiBernardo, 6-Morgan Brian; 7-Kealia Ohai (12-Katie Stengel, 65), 5-Maya Hayes (11-Becca Wann, 86), 20-Kelly Cobb (9-Chioma Ubogagu, 46)
Subs not used: 13-Samantha Mewis, 14-Mandy Laddish, 15-Kassey Kallman, 17-Taylor Schram, 18-Abby Smith, 19-Stephanie Amack, 21-Jami Kranich
Head Coach: Steve Swanson
CHN: 1-Shen Li; 2-Wu Haiyan, 4-Luo Guiping, 5-Liu Shanshan, 6-Huang Yini, 17-Lin Yuping, 7-Zhang Xin (16-Zhao Xindi, 55), 10-Song Sicheng (capt.), 13-Han Jiayuan (9-Li Ying, 82), 8-Zhang Jieli, 20-Shen Lili
Subs not used: 3-Wang Yingying, 11-Yao Shuangyan, 12-Cai Wenfei, 14-Su Xin, 15-Wang Tingting, 17-Lin Yuping, 18-Wang Shuang, 19-Mu Yunrui, 21-Xia Tingting
Head Coach: Yin Tiesheng
Stats Summary: USA / CHN
Shots: 17 / 3
Shots on Goal: 8 / 2
Saves: 1 / 7
Corner Kicks: 10 / 1
Fouls: 1 / 12
Offside: 4 / 4
Misconduct Summary:
CHN - Lin Yuping (caution) 48th minute
CHN - Song Sicheng (caution) 69
CHN - Wu Haiyan (caution) 90+1
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Sanja Rodak (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Maria Sukenikova (SVK)
Fourth Official: Dianne Ferreira-James (GUY)


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Wind Power Use No-Brainer for Hotel Owner
July 24, 2012
Audio with Ron Wright, Greensburg, Kansas Best Western Night Watchman Inn owner (MP3 2.5 MB) Download Windows Media Player. Time: 00:02:38.
Imagine getting a phone call from someone who says the hotel you own and operate has been destroyed by a tornado. Imagine that tornado basically destroying the town you live in.
In 2007, a tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kansas and Ron Wright, owner of the Best Western Night Watchman Inn, received that phone call. He was faced with a decision of rebuilding the only hotel in the city—and he didn't make that decision until almost three-years later. Wright was concerned as to whether or not the community would rebuild, but wind turbines brought hope to the community and brought it back to life.
Wright's new hotel is energy efficient in many ways and one way is the wind turbine it uses to generate power. Wright says he hadn't considered using a wind power generator, but he became interested when the community hospital installed a wind turbine.
"So I actually went next door to the hospital, found the administrator and said 'does it work?' And, she took off, very positively on why, and she indicated that their utility bill for electricity in this hospital, she said, was $18,000 a month. She was sure that it had cut $6,000 off. I didn't really believe that was a possibility, however, that did intrigue me. I was quite interested in that."
After researching everything about wind turbines for nearly two-months, Wright installed a 100-foot tall wind turbine on his hotel property.
"We've actually had the operation up with a wind generator for almost one-and-a-half years now. And what it's doing in real dollars, it is actually generating roughly $2,000 of electricity a month. Probably closer to $25,000 a year. And that's exactly what it's been doing, is in that anywhere from $1,900 to $2,300 a month of electricity, it's actually generating 50% of the electricity."
A hotel runs 24 hours a day so Wright says demand is high, but the turbine has kept costs down. He says the turbine's life projection is 20 years and should pay for itself after seven to eight years.
"I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to do this. It's actually an income-producing piece. How in the world could you get something that will generate this kind of income for this period of time? It's really proved to be a no-brainer."
For more information on wind power, visit www.windpoweringamerica.gov.
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We're pleased to announce StarCraft II region linking, an exciting upcoming change that will connect a number of StarCraft II communities around the world for multiplayer matchmaking and communication purposes. In conjunction with the start of Season 3, we'll be linking the European and Russian StarCraft II communities together; North America and Latin America will also be linked together, as will Korea and Taiwan.
Region linking will benefit players in the connected regions in a number of ways. First and foremost, a linked community means a larger pool of players to improve our automated matchmaker. Whether you're an elite Grandmaster or a Bronze-league all-star, more players in the mix means that we'll be able to find you a matchup more quickly and more accurately. Players will also get access to a broader range of custom map games, which in turn means wider audiences for mapmakers. Those of you who have friends in the linked region will also be able to add them to your Battle.net friends lists once the region linking is complete.
For the vast majority of players, the process will be seamless. Just log in, play, and say hello to all of your new friends (with a sneaky drop in their mineral line). For more information about region linking, check out the FAQ.
Region Linking FAQ
Q. What is region linking?
A. Region linking is the process of connecting multiple Battle.net regions to each other for multiplayer matchmaking and communication purposes. The North America and Latin America regions will be linked, Europe and Russia will be linked, and Korea and Taiwan will be linked. In effect, the players within the linked regions will be put together into a single group instead of two separate ones -- benefitting players in these linked regions in a number of ways.
Q. Why are you doing this? What are the benefits of region linking?
A. Having a larger pool of players means the automated matchmaker for ladder games will be faster and more effective at finding opponents at or near your skill level. Similarly, more players means faster queue times for custom games, which benefits both players and map creators.
From a social perspective, players will be able to create character and Real ID friendships with people from the newly linked region, which they couldn't have before.
Q. When will this happen?
A. The region linking process will happen at the same time as StarCraft II Season 3, which is currently scheduled for the week of July 25.
Q: Will region linking affect which game-client languages I have access to or the payment methods I use?
A: No. The client languages and game-access methods available to you in your region will not change when regions are linked. You will simply be able to play and connect with an even larger group of players.
Q. Do I have to do anything?
A. No -- linking will happen automatically.
Q. Does this mean that the ladders of linked regions will be combined?
A. Yes, players from linked regions will be combined into a single ladder. This means you'll have access to a larger pool of players at all skill levels to play against, which will improve the experience for players no matter what league they play in.
Q. How will this affect my matchmaking rating (MMR)? Will I need additional placement matches?
A. Your MMR will be unaffected by region linking. Placement matches will be handled the same way for the start of Season 3 as they were for Season 2.
Q. Will playing with players from the linked region impact my in-game latency?
A. All players in the linked regions will be connecting and playing through the same data centers that they were using prior to region linking, which is the main reason why linking these regions together is fairly straightforward. There should be no impact on game performance.
Q. I'm a map creator -- do I have to republish my maps or do anything differently?
A. No special action is required. All of your published maps will be retained during the region linking process.
Q: How does region linking affect the Grandmaster league?
A: After region linking, players from linked regions will be combined into a single ladder. This applies to the Grandmaster league as well, and there will only be a single Grandmaster league between the linked regions.


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What they ought to do is implement a database backend for the file system.
Then each distribution can implement it's own hierarchy (be that Debian style or Gobo or whatevs) and then developers can choose to program with distribution independence by querying the database directly. Install as many versions of whatever program as you want. Install in userspace with different versions for each user.
One distro could even implement multiple front ends, allowing Ubuntu to install RedHat packages and vice versa.
(edit: Even add in a Gobo front end, just for the user to have a convenient view on to the file system, while letting vendors program to the RedHat frontend. Still same backend. Still all works.)
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The long-running saga of "The Kennedys" -- the miniseries, not the family -- has finally reached a conclusion.
The eight-hour miniseries, which the History Channel commissioned but then decided not to air, has found a home after several weeks of rumors that it was headed to this cable channel or that, none of which panned out. It will premiere April 3 on ReelzChannel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It's the first original scripted series for ReelzChannel, which airs movies and movie-related programming, along with a few syndicated series (including "NewsRadio" and "Brothers & Sisters"). Reelz is an independently owned channel available in about 60 million homes which has previously had a pretty low The Reelz channel picks up The Kennedys miniseries after profile.
The acquisition of "The Kennedys" will "drive ratings and put a spotlight on this network that has never been on it before," ReelzChannel CEO Stan Hubbard tells the HR. "We're going to do a full-blown marketing campaign."
"The Kennedys" stars Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as John and Jacqueline Kennedy; Barry Pepper plays the president's brother Bobby, and Tom Wilkinson is their father, Joseph. The History Channel decided last month not to air the miniseries, citing concerns about its historical accuracy; there were also reports that members of the Kennedy family lobbied to have it pulled.
Joel Surnow, a co-creator of "24," executive produced "The Kennedys"; Stephen Kronish ("24," "Wiseguy," "Profiler") wrote it.


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Agile Frameworks, LLC Signs CTL|Thompson, Inc. for MetaField™ Field Information Management System
Denver Engineering Firm to Deploy Mobile Apps for Construction Materials Testing, Quality Control and Report Delivery
Jan 08, 2013, 05:00 ET
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Frameworks, LLC, an independent software vendor (ISV) in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) vertical market, has signed a new client for its MetaField™, AgilePort® and AgileStamp® cloud-based solutions.
CTL|Thompson, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, is an integrated services firm specializing in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, geostructural engineering and materials testing and is currently in the implementation phase of the deployment of MetaField. The company was founded in 1971 and has seven offices in Colorado and Wyoming.
Stuart Thompson, president, stated, "Several years ago we developed an in-house system for automating the field data collection and report delivery processes. With the dramatic changes that have occurred over the last three years with regard to mobile applications and cloud computing, we decided that we needed to have a commercial-grade field information management system that will be continually updated and supported for the long term, and we chose to partner with the team at Agile Frameworks. We are excited to move forward with them and we look forward to realizing the benefits to our clients which include faster report turnaround, improved report clarity and near immediate access to documents via their own customer portal."
MetaField, a mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP), is designed for engineering firms specializing in geotechnical, environmental, nondestructive engineering/testing and construction materials testing to perform onsite data collection. MetaField's emphasis on mobility optimization reflects the remote nature of the business, and accelerates the entire field data collection and report generation process in a more accurate way via smart phones or other mobile devices. A return on investment (ROI) of two to five months is typical, dependent upon the size of the firm and the number of field personnel and project management staff.
"We are excited to partner with CTL|Thompson. We enjoy working with their management team and staff," stated Doug Bonestroo, vice president of business development for Agile Frameworks. Brian Hase, CTO of Agile Frameworks, added, "The team at CTL|Thompson is ahead of the curve in this market, having previously developed a field information management system. We look forward to collaborating with them on an ongoing basis and we are very pleased to partner with them."
For more information about Agile Frameworks, LLC and CTL|Thompson, Inc. please visit www.agileframeworks.com and www.ctlthompson.com.
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The owner gave her dog to the shelter because they moved and couldn't take her with them. The dog's name is Jada and she is 2 years old:
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- ***Knows some commands
- ***Spayed
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Jada deserves a second chance! Please call the shelter!!
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Monday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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PSV coach Philip Cocu has confirmed he is hoping to finalise the deal with Queens Park Rangers for South Korean midfielder, Park Ji-Sung.
Park has reportedly been told he can leave the club, after only signing for the Hoops 12 months ago.
The ex-Manchester United midfielder played 25 times for QPR, but now is being linked with a return to the club he left for Manchester United in 2005.
Park Ji-Sung played alongside Cocu at Philips Stadion and the Dutch clubs boss feels the 32-year-old's experience will help his team.
"Park is a player with a lot of experience after all those years at Manchester United," Algemeen Dagblad quoted Cocu as saying.
The PSV manager went on to disucss Park's previous experience at the club, which could help him settle back into life in the Netherlands.
"Added to that, he has already played here and knows the club.
"The guys who now play for us up front are very talented, but they can also gain from someone who has already played at the top level for a long time."
Park achieved great things in England at Old Trafford, winning a number of Premier League titles and the Champions League.
However disappointment at QPR, which included relegation, means he looks set to return to PSV in the near future.
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Yesterday, we spent some time walking around State Street to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables. On Tuesday evenings from 4-7:30 pm the 500-600 blocks of State Street close down to cars and becomes a promenade of fresh produce. We found a wide selection of strawberries and fresh pre-summer fruits. There were also stands of flowers, pistachios, honey, and so much more. The best part of it all was just the community of people you get to walk with and those behind the tables of food. Come check out the farmers market when you're in town. There usually is one happening any day of the week:
Farmers Market Schedule:
- Thursday: Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta, 3-6:30pm or 800 block of Linden Ave in Carpinteria, 3-6:30 pm
- Friday: 1100-1200 blocks of Coast Village Road in Montecito, 8-11:45 am
- Saturday: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota Streets in downtown SB, 8:30-1pm
- Sunday: Camino Real Marketplace, 10-2pm
- Tuesday: 500-600 blocks of State Street in downtown SB, 4-7:30pm


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is looking to revamp its system for regulating hundreds of over-the-counter drugs, saying the decades-old process is not flexible enough to keep pace with modern medical developments.
In a federal posting Friday, the agency announced a two-day meeting next month to discuss overhauling the system known as the over-the-counter monograph.
The system was put in place in 1972 as a way to set dosing, labeling and other standards for hundreds of nonprescription drug ingredients, everything from aspirin to anti-bacterial hand scrubs.
But regulators acknowledged that the process has proven extremely time-consuming, requiring multiple rounds of scientific review, public hearings and comments before a final monograph can be published. As a result, many common pain relievers, cough medicines and even sunscreen formulas are still technically under review.
In its announcement, FDA regulators detail the numerous flaws of the current cumbersome system, including the inability to quickly add warning labels about emerging safety risks.
"This process for changing a monograph is not well-adapted to address new safety issues with the speed and agility that are necessary to serve the public health," states the FDA announcement.
Even drug manufacturers themselves are limited in the changes they can make to their product, because most changes in dosing, formulation and labeling must go through the monograph process.
As one example, makers of children's acetaminophen formulas, including Children's Tylenol and Triaminic, have sought for years to add information to their packages about dosing levels for children younger than 2.
The current labeling tells parents only to consult a doctor, instructions that many experts blame for accidental overdoses when parents try to estimate the appropriate dose.
In 2011, an FDA panel of experts unanimously recommended adding the dosing instructions to all children's acetaminophen formulas. But that information is still not available on U.S. packages because the changes are still winding their way through the monograph process.
The system was originally set in place by Congress as a way for the FDA to review some 800 nonprescription drugs that predated modern drug safety regulations. Initially a panel of FDA experts went through the entire list of medications and determined whether they were "generally recognized as safe." These findings were published as "tentative" rules for various drug classes, though many have never moved beyond that phase.
The FDA has issued 150 of these tentative monographs to date. But an agency spokeswoman said Friday it's unclear how many total reviews are outstanding, since one review can splinter into multiple reviews over time.
The decade-spanning review process has increasingly come under fire from scientists, consumer groups and members of Congress.
Last year the FDA said for the first time that there was no evidence that common anti-bacterial soap cleansers, including triclosan, were more effective than regular soap. The agency issued that statement only after a three-year court battle with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group that sued the FDA to jumpstart its stalled review of the cleansers, which had been in regulatory limbo since 1978.
The FDA said Thursday it wants to design a new system that will "allow for innovative changes to drug products" and "provide FDA with the ability to respond promptly to emerging safety or effectiveness concerns."
But the leading industry group for nonprescription drugmakers says it supports the current monograph system.
"The system ensures consumers have access to a wide variety of safe and effective medicines, while at the same time providing FDA with access to important information on safety and quality," said Elizabeth Funderburk, spokeswoman for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association." We welcome the opportunity to provide input to FDA and hope they will use the input received to improve the rule making process to enable innovation and to update labeling in a timely manner."
The group represents companies like Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Procter & Gamble and many others.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is looking to revamp its system for regulating hundreds of over-the-counter drugs, saying the decades-old process is not flexible enough to keep pace with modern medical developments.


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text: I do not think we have changed inspite of all the moral teaching. However Steven Pinker believes he has evidence we have become less violent. We carry a huge evolutionary baggage which controls our behaviour and our intellects fail to control it. We have failed to plan our future and the planet rolls on.Modern neuroscience suggest all our actions are pretetermined and there is no self to make sensible decisions.


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Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a graphical representation for specifying business processes in a business process model. BPMN was developed by Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), and is currently maintained by the Object Management Group since the two organizations merged in 2005. As of March 2011, the current version of BPMN is 2.0. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Business Process Modeling Notation)
A broker is a structured network service that provides (search) access to a range of other, heterogeneous, local or remote structured network services. Brokers are intended for use by software applications. In the context of the JISC IE, brokers interact with indexes, catalogues, aggregators, content providers, other brokers and portals using Z39.50. (Excerpt from JISC Information Environment Glossary)
A web browser or Internet browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content. Hyperlinks present in resources enable users to easily navigate their browsers to related resources. Although browsers are primarily intended to access the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by Web servers in private networks or files in file systems. Some browsers can also be used to save information resources to file systems. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: web browser)
Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality. For example, when a site is coded with semantically meaningful HTML, with textual equivalents provided for images and with links named meaningfully, this helps blind users using text-to-speech software and/or text-to-Braille hardware. When text and images are large and/or enlargable, it is easier for users with poor sight to read and understand the content. When links are underlined (or otherwise differentiated) as well as coloured, this ensures that color blind users will be able to notice them. When clickable links and areas are large, this helps users who cannot control a mouse with precision. When pages are coded so that users can navigate by means of the keyboard alone, or a single switch access device alone, this helps users who cannot use a mouse or even a standard keyboard. When videos are closed captioned or a sign language version is available, deaf and hard of hearing users can understand the video. When flashing effects are avoided or made optional, users prone to seizures caused by these effects are not put at risk. And when content is written in plain language and illustrated with instructional diagrams and animations, users with dyslexia and learning difficulties are better able to understand the content. When sites are correctly built and maintained, all of these users can be accommodated while not impacting on the usability of the site for non-disabled users. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: BS 8878)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is a UNIX operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995. Historically, BSD has been considered a branch of UNIX - "BSD UNIX", because it shared the initial codebase and design with the original AT&T UNIX operating system. In the 1980s, BSD was widely adopted by vendors of workstation-class systems in the form of proprietary UNIX variants such as DEC ULTRIX and Sun Microsystems SunOS. This can be attributed to the ease with which it could be licensed, and the familiarity it found among the founders of many technology companies of this era. Though these proprietary BSD derivatives were largely superseded by the UNIX System V Release 4 and OSF/1 systems in the 1990s (both of which incorporated BSD code), later BSD releases provided a basis for several open source development projects that continue to this day. Today, the term "BSD" is often non-specifically used to refer to any of these BSD descendants, e.g., FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD or DragonFly, which together form a branch of the family of Unix-like operating systems. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: BSD)
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BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses. The original license was used for the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system after which it is named. The original owners of BSD were the Regents of the University of California because BSD was first written at the University of California, Berkeley. The first version of the license was revised, and the resulting licenses are more properly called modified BSD licenses. Two variants of the license, the New BSD License/Modified BSD License, and the Simplified BSD License/FreeBSD License have been verified as GPL-compatible free software licenses by the Free Software Foundation, and have been vetted as open source licenses by the Open Source Initiative, while the original, 4-clause license has not been accepted as an open source license and, although the original is considered to be a free software license by the FSF, the FSF does not consider it to be compatible with the GPL due to the advertising clause. The licenses have fewer restrictions on distribution compared to other free software licenses such as the GNU General Public License or even the default restrictions provided by copyright, putting works licensed under them relatively closer to the public domain. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: BSD license)
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Business Process Modeling (BPM) in systems engineering and hardware engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved. BPM is typically performed by business analysts and managers who are seeking to improve process efficiency and quality. The process improvements identified by BPM may or may not require Information Technology involvement, although that is a common driver for the need to model a business process, by creating a process master. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Business process modelling)
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C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system. Although C was designed for implementing system software, it is also widely used for developing portable application software. C is one of the most popular programming languages of all time and there are very few computer architectures for which a C compiler does not exist. C has greatly influenced many other popular programming languages, most notably C++, which began as an extension to C. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: C programming language)
In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere. If requested data is contained in the cache (cache hit), this request can be served by simply reading the cache, which is comparatively faster. Otherwise (cache miss), the data has to be recomputed or fetched from its original storage location, which is comparatively slower. Hence, the more requests can be served from the cache the faster the overall system performance is. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Cache)
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A catalogue index is a network service that provides access to a machine-generated database of information derived from the content of items in a collection. (Excerpt from JISC Information Environment Glossary)


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Wednesday 19 December 2018 (other days)
19 December
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
|Psalm 85 (86)
A poor man's prayer in time of trouble
|Isaiah 33
|The Lord will give just judgement
|Psalm 97 (98)
The Lord has brought salvation
|Short Reading
|Isaiah 2:3 ©
|Short Responsory
|The Messiah and his forerunner
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Lanner Electronics has announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering Wi-Fi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with four-channel H.264 video capture and compression.
The VW-1104 is designed for installation in vehicles such as trains, buses and emergency vehicles where its combination of real-time communications and video technologies let customers build advanced intelligent transportation systems, said Lanner. Applications include fleet management systems with real-time surveillance video, or in-vehicle infotainment systems.
The VW-1104 includes four BNC inputs for capturing CCTV video and an onboard codec chip to convert video streams to compressed H.264 video, allowing it to serve as a compact surveillance system that can be installed in moving vehicles, said Lanner.
At the core of the platform is an ultra-low voltage Intel Atom N270 CPU, enabling low power consumption and a completely fanless system design for improved reliability essential for mobile deployment, highlighted the company.
"The Lanner VW-1104 crams an extremely wide range of features into a little fanless box," said Kevin Chen, Lanner video communications product manager. "Additionally, its ruggedized electrical and mechanical design ensures stable operation in harsh conditions, and its low power consumption, small size and fanless design make it a perfect platform for any industrial-grade video capture and delivery application."
Multimedia features include HDMI and VGA video outputs, H.264 video compression and G.711 audio compression. As for communication features, the VW-1104 incorporates Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G wireless supporting UTMS and WCDMA, and a GPS receiver for location tracking.
The VW-1104's x86-based Atom processor speeds time to market for application developers, said Lanner, adding that the company also provides an SDK and reference software to help customers get started even more quickly. The EyeShot 2000 Control Panel software provides basic features for camera control, PTZ, file storage and streaming, as well as advanced features including motion detection, night detection and scalable video coding, said the company. The system supports Linux and Windows, and the SDK includes features for alarm I/O, streaming, RS-485 control and display.
The Lanner VW-1104 is currently available for sampling.


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It was the kind of situation baseball players dream about from the time they first start throwing the ball around in the yard as kids.
With a berth in the GHSA Class AA Final Four on the line, Benedictine senior John McCarthy was on the mound trying to protect a one-run lead against Wesleyan, with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday.
Wesleyan's No. 3 hitter, Griffin Bone, was at the plate. He drove a line shot to center field, where BC sophomore Brad Stewart is known for his golden glove. Stewart had a good read on the ball but stumbled momentarily before regaining his balance and making a diving catch about 10 feet in front of the fence.
The Cadet players and coaches exploded out of the home dugout and into center to celebrate. Young BC fans jumped the fence in center to join in the festivities.
Years from now, Stewart's play might be remembered as BC's version of "The Catch" - an effort that preserved a 4-3 win over Wesleyan and propelled the Cadets into the Class AA semifinals.
The Cadets (29-4) took the best-of-three series after dropping the first game. Benedictine will host Lovett in a doubleheader Monday at a time to be announced. A third game, if necessary, is slated for Tuesday.
"I was playing back because he was the No. 3 hitter and he just killed the ball," Stewart said. "I started to run back and kind of tripped, but I was close enough to dive for it and make the catch. It was scary. I was thinking it was do-or-die right there, so I had to go for it."
It was an incredible ending to a high quality game between the teams from Savannah and the Atlanta area. Bone had an RBI single in the first inning to put Wesleyan up 1-0, and the Wolves went up 2-0 on Johnny Richards' RBI single in the fourth.
But BC left-hander Trey Tatum was solid all day. The sophomore doesn't have high-velocity stuff, but he threw strikes and kept the ball down in the strike zone to keep the Wolves off balance.
"We keep putting Trey in that situation and he keeps pitching to contact and getting the job done," BC coach Kevin Farmer said. "And the play by Stewart - what an outstanding catch. Brad had been hitting the ball hard all day and had nothing to show for it. We just told him to keep playing defense. I'm really proud of the boys for their work ethic and never-say-die attitude."
After three scoreless innings, the Cadets broke through for three runs in the fourth. Chipper Wiley started the rally with a single up the middle, with Alex Pierce entering to run for him. Connor Beytagh was hit by a pitch, setting the table for standout freshman Ryan Woiwode, who hit a shot into left field for an RBI single.
The runners advanced to second and third on the throw home, and catcher Ben DeBorde brought them both home with a flare just out of the reach of Wesleyan shortstop Jahmai Jones.
The Cadets added an insurance run in the fifth. Mike Huggins laid a sacrifice bunt down the third-base line - with Wesleyan's Johnny Richards making the throw for the out at first. But Benedictine sophomore Joseph Holguin made a heads-up move on the basepaths. Realizing that third base was open, he decided to go for it and never slowed down as he rounded second. Richards tried to get back to cover the bag, but he was late and the throw from first was in the dirt as Holquin came around to score.
"That aggressive baserunning turned out to be a key component of the game," Farmer said.
So did the pitching of Tatum, who worked into the bottom of the seventh - giving way to McCarthy with one out and the bases loaded.
"I put John (McCarthy) into a bit of a mess, but I was confident he'd get out of it," said Tatum, who improved to 6-0 this year. "I got a little scared there, but he came through. This is the kind of environment you dream about as a player, and it makes it way easier when you have teammates backing you like we do."
McCarthy faced the Wolves' best hitter, Jones, and got him to ground into a 6-4 fielder's choice - driving in a run. He walked Brandon Moss to load the bases before facing Bone, which led to Stewart's dramatic game-ending catch.
"This is the most hard-fought game I've ever been a part of," Stewart said. "Both teams were battling. I loved it."
W-Trey Tatum 6-0. L-Trey Mannion. SV-John McCarthy. Leading hitters-W, Jahmai Jones 1-4, RBI, 2 SB; Griffin Bone 1-4, RBI; Johnny Richards 2-3, RBI. BC, Chipper Wiley 2-3, Ben DeBorde 2-3, 2 RBI; Ryan Woiwode 1-2, RBI. Records-BC 29-4; Wesleyan 24-13.
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ATLANTA - The South Effingham baseball team was eliminated in the GHSA Class AAAA Elite Eight by host Marist, 8-1 and 15-0, on Tuesday night.


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|Jasper County, Illinois
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives died sixteen years ago yesterday, on April 14, 1995. He was known as one of America's most beloved folk song singers. Ives was born on June 14th, 1909 in Hunt City Township, located in Jasper County, Illinois. Ives was the son of Levi "Frank" Ives and Cordelia "Dellie" White Ives. The migrant farming family had a musical bent. Ives and his six brothers and sisters were taught English, Irish and Scottish folk songs while growing up.
|Eastern Illinois University
Ives attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now Eastern Illinois University,) in Charleston for three years before dropping out in 1930. He decided that he would be happier wandering the country playing his banjo and singing ballads, than attending school. Years later EIU would unveil the Burl Ives Art Studio Hall on campus, a tribute to their famed dropout.
|Burl Ives
During the 1930's, Ives was jailed in Mona, Utah for singing a ballad called 'Foggy, Foggy Dew.' Officials of the town felt the lyrics were too risqué to be sung in public. Ives continued to wander around the country, singing and performing in summer stock. In 1940 he ended up with his own radio show called 'The Wayfaring Stranger' on CBS affiliate, WBOW radio station in Terre Haute, Indiana. He also began attending Indiana State Teachers College (now Indiana State University) in Terre Haute. {Years later, when I worked at WBOW, Burl Ives stories were still favorites for the old-timers to tell.}
|Decca Records - 'This is the Army' LP
In 1942, Ives was drafted into the Army and joined the cast of Irving Berlin's musical, 'This is the Army." He was honorably discharged in September 1943 due to health reasons. From there, Ives moved to California, where he met and married Helen Peck Ehrlich. They had one son, Alexander, born in 1949, the same year Ives had his first major hit song with his rendition of 'Lavender Blue' a 17th century ballad.
Ives went on to appear on numerous radio and television programs of the 1950's. He also appeared in several films and on Broadway.
|Tennessee William's favorite play
|Burl Ives and Paul Newman in
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1958 for his portrayal of Big Daddy Pollitt in the film 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' He also won a Golden Globe Award for the same film. In 1959, he garnered a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 'The Big Country.'
He had three folk ballads that made the top ten list in the U.S.
They were 'On Top of Old Smokey' – 1951 (#10),
'A Little Bitty Tear' – 1961 (#9)
And 'A Funny Way of Laughin' – 1962 (#10), which won him a Grammy.
|Rankin/Bass 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
In 1971, Ives married Dorothy Koster Paul and gained three stepchildren. A lifelong Mason, he was elected a Grand Cross by the Supreme Council in 1993. The Grand Cross embalm was engraved on his monument.
|Burl Ives publicity photo
In a quote from the Burl Ives website, http://www.burlives.com/
Ives said, "The way I figure it, when I die I'll simply be changing a raincoat, moving on to another level of energy, because I'm confident that energy never dies. If a piece of wood will never die, this bouncy thing called Burl will never die as well."
|Mound Cemetery,
Jasper County, Illinois
During the summer of 1994 Ives, a lifelong cigar and pipe smoker, was diagnosed with oral (mouth) cancer. Burl Ives died on April 14, 1995 in Anacortes, Washington. He was 86 years old. He was buried in Mound Cemetery, just east of Newton, Illinois, in his home county of Jasper. Liz Hartrich-Goss of Newton, Illinois did the etching of Ives that is on his monument.
One of America's legendary entertainers,
whose career spanned more than a half-century
crossing all international borders.
Equally at home before the royalty of Europe
and the farm folks of Midwestern USA.
A performer whose unique style adaptd to all media
Literary, Radio, Movies, Recordings, Night Clubs,
Broadway and Concert Stage.
Carl Sandburg called him
"The mightiest ballad singer
Of this or any other century."
He lives on through his art.
June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995


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WHMIS: Keeping your workplace safe
If you deal with hazardous materials as an employer or a supplier, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) can help you make your business a safer place. This Canada-wide hazard communication standard is law under the Canada Labour Code and requires you to use, handle, store and dispose of hazardous materials safely. You need to label "controlled products", supply material safety data sheets that contain information about them and provide training programs for your employees.
Do you use any of the following hazardous materials in your business? These are controlled products and should all bear the appropriate warning symbol:
• Compressed gas
• Flammable and combustible material
• Oxidizing material
• Poisonous and infectious material causing immediate and serious toxic effects
• Poisonous and infectious material causing other toxic effects
• Poisonous and infectious material – biohazardous
• Corrosive material
• Dangerously reactive material
If you are a supplier, you must:
• Provide up-to-date material safety data sheets for all controlled products that you sell or produce
• Provide supplier labels on all containers of controlled products that you supply or produce
If you are an employer, you must:
• Track all hazardous materials in your workplace
• Ensure that all containers are properly labelled
• Have up-to-date material safety data sheets and make them available to your employees
• Train your employees to recognize, understand and work safely with hazardous materials
Consider providing protection for the eyes and face, as well as safety gloves, footwear and clothing. Have a respirator and a first aid kit available and establish emergency procedures. Planning for occupational health and safety leads to a more productive workplace. Safety can prevent lost time, increased insurance costs, injuries, and fines and penalties.
If you need help with implementation, private WHMIS consultants might be of help. Classroom and online training is available from various organizations. A series of handy fact sheets about WHMIS is available from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
To get more detailed information on the legislation that applies to your workplace, contact the occupational health and safety agency in your jurisdiction.
See our section on Workplace health and safety for more resources.
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text: > Is BIOS firmware-flashing routine for you guys? Is it easy or > error-prone. Are there any such "paperweight servers" lurking in your > racks and server-rooms? Or is this a bugaboo of the ancient dark-ages? I don't believe I've ever bricked a server, though I don't flash any more than I have too. my experience is that even interrupted bios flashes seem to be re-flashable. I'm guessing that they isolate the main bios from the code that performs the flash (which perhaps they never update). my organization has > 2500 nodes and most have been flashed a time or two; I think we've had a couple failed flashes that worked on second try. we might have actually bricked a machine or two over 4 years: call it 2 bricks in 5k flashes... (all this flashing is of non-UPS nodes, done with PXE-booted floppy images.)


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|Kalamazoo, Mich.
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College: 2009-10: Started all 27 outings ... Finished as the nation's top free throw shooter at 92.5% (86-93) for the year ... Made 35.2% of her three-point field goal attempts ... Averaged 11.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game ... Had 10 points or more in 18 different games ... Twice had 20 or more points, including a season-high 23 at Tiffin (1/14) ... Had a stretch of six consecutive games in double-figure scoring ... Also had 42 assists and 25 steals ... Made 10-of-10 free throws versus Saginaw Valley State (1/9) ... Played 31.4 minutes per game for the season ... 2008-09: Selected as team's Hardest Worker Award recipient ... Played in 27 games ... Finished with 85 points, 43 rebounds and 26 assists ... Tallied a season-high 13 points against Marygrove (12/29) ... Scored her first collegiate point at Lewis (11/25) ... Made 16 of 44 (.364) three-point field goal attempts ... Had five points or more in seven contests ... Played a total of 291 minutes ... Sank seven of nine free throw tries ... Also had nine steals.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Mattawan High School ... Averaged 22 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and two assists per game as a senior ... Honored as Associated Press Class A All-State pick and twice named Kalamazoo Gazette Class A/B Player of the Year (Captain) ... Attained Detroit Free Press, BCAM Detroit News and Associated Press All-State accolades ... Three-time All-State honoree ... Scored 19.1 points per game and hauled down 8.1 rebounds per outing in 2006 while earning Detroit Free Press All-State laurels ... Honored as team MVP Award recipient ... Served as a team captain ... Helped team to a 14-7 overall record as a junior ... Coached by Troy Wright ... Helped Wildcats to a Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Division Championship ... Received Detroit Free Press Fifth Team All-State recognition as a sophomore (2005) by averaging 15.1 points and 6.4 boards per game ... Three-time all-conference first team pick ... Academic all-state performer.
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Beth Principe of Kalamazoo, Mich. ... Born 5/14/90 in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... Enjoys drawing, reading and working out ... Majoring in graphic design ... National Honor Society member ... Her father, Mark, competed in basketball at Grand Valley State while her brother, Bryan, was a cross country/track runner for the Lakers ... Both parents are teachers.


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Joseph was the son of Clayton Deviney and Charlotte Unknown. Joseph and Jane had the following children:
- Charles Henry Deviney, 1847-1920. He lived in the Juliustown area of Springfield Twp., Burlington, New Jersey. He married Mary G. Mount and they had the following: Jane S. Deviney Harker and Lydia T. Deviney Stevens.
- Sarah Ann "Sadie" Deviney Vansant, 1851-1908. She married a prominent Camden coffee merchant, James Alpheus Vansant. They had two children: Amy Rose Vansant Scott and Ada V. Vansant Stoddard.
- Edith Ella Deviney Cliver, 1852-1925. She married David L. Cliver. They lived in the Camden area. They had: Shannon Cliver, Sadie V. Cliver Underwood, Estella Cliver Willett.
- Joseph W. Deviney, 1858-1908. Died in the New Aveline Hotel fire in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Married Sarah Kirk. One daughter, Florence J. Deviney.
Surname is often also spelled: Devinney, Devinny or Deviny.
Joseph died in 1863, Jane in 1892. Their headstones can be seen here.