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Mount Dade Climber's Log
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|kevin trieu
|hour glass couloir
|did it with Charles Irving and a bunch of folks. 1st 13er for anther couple. must have been a good feeling for them.
|Posted Oct 1, 2010 5:42 pm
Date Climbed: May 20, 2010
|Fun route with an airy snow-covered summit, hardly a soul around!
|Posted Jun 21, 2010 1:48 pm
|Climber Dave
|Via the hourglass
Date Climbed: May 16, 2010
Climbed via the hourglass. Classic route!! Very different than when we climbed a few years back. Slope above the hourglass covered with unconsolidated snow, (instead of a class 2 rock scramble) took a bit more time to pick and choose route. All in all another great weekend in the sierra.
|Posted May 19, 2010 1:59 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009
|camped at long lake with fishing friends. no snow in hourglass to climb, so it was a real loose slog. glad the views were so good as that helped compensate, and the scree slide down wasn't as bad as feared.
|Posted Sep 21, 2009 11:30 am
|Shirley Lam
|Ridge from BCS
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|Climbed up Bear Creek Spire, over Pipsqueak, and finally to Dade. Nice day out with bighornmonkey and tomofo!
|Posted Aug 18, 2009 4:20 pm
|Traversed from Bear Creek Spire
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|Traversed from Bear Creek Spire, and down the hourglass.
|Posted Aug 17, 2009 1:34 am
|hourglass couloir
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2009
|Had a perfect day summiting Mt Dade via the Hourglass Couloir with my climbing partner & daughter Melissa Thaw. Excellent snow in couloir. Above & below the Houglass was bare rocks/boulders. Perfect weather. Thanx to Melissa for a wonderful climb. russ thaw
|Posted Jul 16, 2009 10:17 pm
|up hourglass couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009
|Posted up in softer afternoon conditions after backpacking in to Treasure Lakes, mostly rock above the hourglass. Happy to be up so late in the day (5:30 PM), the light and clouds around Bear Creek Spire were excellent. Started icing up on the way back.
|Posted Jul 1, 2009 7:38 pm
|Augie Medina
|Deep Snow in Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009
|The couloir was covered with postholing type of snow, but the day was sunny and brisk and the climb was enjoyable. The ridge to the summit was mixed rock and snow so slippery going with boots. Most of the top was covered with fresh snow.
|Posted Jun 16, 2009 1:35 am
|Hourglass Couloir
|Easy afternoon hike after packing in for Bear Creek Spire.
|Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:30 am
|Michael Graupe
|Hourglass Couloir
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008
|Needed an easy dayhike after the 14+hr outing the day before. Beautiful weather but very hot in the couloir where I also got attacked by mosquitos. Soft snow conditions made for a great glissade on the descent. The top of the couloir is alredy pretty melted out and all the loose rubble really sucks! Amazing displays of wildflowers just a few 100ft below the summit.
|Posted Jul 8, 2008 7:04 pm
|Dayhike Revenge
Date Climbed: May 31, 2008
|After being denied by high winds and snow at the top of the Hourglass on the 27th, we returned for a dayhike revenge trip a couple days later. Snow was still unconsolidated from the previous weekend storms making the class 2 section above the couloir particularly dicey, but at least we didn't have to walk the road section from the Pack Station a second time. Great views, will definitely be back to the Rock Creek area.
Trip Report
|Posted Jun 6, 2008 7:31 pm
|Hourglass Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008
|Patchy snow below Long Lake, continuous above. Couloir was in good shape. Not as steep as expected. Last ~400 feet to the summit were a slog/swim through the snow.
|Posted Jun 3, 2008 2:11 am
Date Climbed: May 11, 2008
|Camped above Long Lake and climbed couloir to the right of the Hourglass, descended the Hourglass. Climbed with fellow CMCer Chris Nicolaides.
|Posted May 12, 2008 7:08 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Hourglass Couloir
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2008
|Trip Report
|Posted Apr 22, 2008 12:34 am
Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2000
|Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:56 am
|Climber Dave
|Via the Hourglass
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Climbed it with catherid and gjonbelay below and 7 other people. Good snow in the coulior, till it ended. Great time on the summit, almost no wind, outstanding views. Fantastic weekend!!!
|Posted Jun 7, 2007 12:18 am
|Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Climbed it along with Greg and the SPS crew. A wonderful climb!
|Posted Jun 6, 2007 12:34 am
|Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Conditions in the couloir were perfect from kicking steps in solid snow on the way up in the morning to glissading and plunge stepping on the way down in the early afternoon. Steve Curry lead 9 of us up this peak on a fun SPS trip. Trip Report.
|Posted Jun 5, 2007 6:28 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Couloir Date Climbed: Sept 15, 2006
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006
|climbed the peak with ChuckO and oldmanmike from SP; they split off heading toward the hourglass while I carried my tools up to the northern side looking for any inviting ice. Spotted some water ice forming in a north eastern couloir and climbed it! ~ WI2, about 550(?) feet, class 4, good fun but C O L D!
|Posted Sep 22, 2006 2:04 am


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10GbE controllers: Trends, requirements, and top sources
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10GbE Controller Product Requirements
A range of vendors offer 10GbE controller devices for use in server adapter or LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) configurations. There are several different hardware and software requirements to consider including number of ports, power per port, support bus interface, supply voltages, and package size, and software capabilities including protocol offload and operating system support.
Most new 10GbE controllers and adapters support dual ports on the network side. Some 10GbE controllers use the second port only for failover, whereas the trend is for dual-port 10GbE controllers to support active/active configurations (i.e., concurrent operation for both ports).
For host-side connectivity, 10GbE controllers support PCI Express which is the industry standard CPU-to-I/O serial interconnect in volume servers. The available 10GbE controllers support a mix of PCIe v1.1 and the second generation of PCIe, PCIe v2.0 or PCIe Gen2, which is rapidly gaining market traction.
Server vendors view the power-per-port specification as an important 10GbE product requirement to allow efficient 10GbE support in adapter and LOM designs. Thus, the specific challenge vis-à-vis power is for the 10GbE controller vendors to minimize the power consumption as newer, more functional designs are offered. Getting power-dissipation data from the 10GbE controller vendors that can be directly compared is often difficult since the vendors tend to quote their lowest power numbers - which often do not come from the same device set-up. However, it is still instructional to compare the stated power dissipation numbers - as they could provide a good relative comparison of where the power dissipation would actually be in a real-world application.
The challenge with 10GBASE-T is that the early physical layer interface chips (PHYs) have consumed too much power for widespread adoption. The same was true when gigabit Ethernet products were released. The original gigabit chips were roughly 6.5 Watts/ port. With process improvements, chips improved from one generation to the next. The good news with 10GBASET is that these PHYs benefit greatly from the latest manufacturing processes. PHYs are Moore's Law friendly, and the newer process technologies will continue to reduce both the power and cost of the latest 10GBASE-T PHYs.
Beyond the 10G PHY aspect, a number of additional factors impact the effort required to design a 10GbE controller into a PCIe adapter or a server LOM application. Primary among these is the effective 'footprint' of the controller, including the package size and the amount of external memory required.
From a software standpoint, the important requirements are the type of protocol offloads supported by the controller as well as availability of drivers for the main server operating systems. The issues to consider from an IP protocol offload standpoint are if the TCP/IP offloads are stateless or stateful, and the performance and ease of deployment benefits of the chosen offload approach. In addition, availability of controller drivers for Linux and Windows, as well as support of the top virtualization platforms, including VMware and Xen, are important requirements.
Leading 10GbE Controller Vendors
Industry analysts estimate that Intel has achieved volume leadership position in the 10GbE controller market segment, with Mellanox and Chelsio also being part of the select group of vendors with a broad line of product offerings in this segment. Tehuti Networks is an emerging supplier of 10GbE controllers focusing on the emerging, potentially vast market for 10GbE adoption for the desktop.
Intel 82599
Intel's third-generation 10GbE controller, the Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller continues to build on functionality of its predecessor offerings. The Intel 82599 controller is a single-chip, dual-port 10GbE PCIe Gen2 implementation in a 25x25 mm package. It reduces design complexity by integrating serial 10GbE PHYs and provides both SFI and KR interfaces. With efficient power consumption, a small footprint, a large on-chip packet buffer for maintaining network performance and integrated PHYs, the controller is ideally suited for Server Blades, LAN on motherboard (LOM), controller, and Mezzanine card implementations.
The Intel 82599 fully supports converged networking through incorporating support for data center bridging (DCB). IN addition, it includes hardware optimizations that help reduce I/O bottlenecks and improve the overall server performance in virtualized server environments. These technologies are Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and Virtual Machine Direct Connect (VMDc) which is based on the industry-standard PCI-SIG SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization).
Customers can use the Intel 82599 to carry iSCSI, NAS or FCoE traffic over Ethernet. In order to meet SAN requirements for guaranteed packet delivery, the controller implements capabilities such as enhanced transmission selecting (ETS) and priority flow control (PFC).The controller accelerates iSCSI traffic by implementing key stateless offloads such as TCP segmentation offload (TSO) and Receive Side Coalescing (RSC). It also supports the trusted iSCSI initiators from Microsoft, Linux,* and VMware operating systems and provides an iSCSI remote boot implementation.
Regarding FCoE, the Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller delivers a high performing FCoE solution that offloads the main data paths for I/O read and write commands. It also reduces CPU processing on FCoE receive traffic by eliminating a data copy through Direct Data placement implementation.
Mellanox ConnectX-10GbE
Mellanox ConnectX-2 EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) delivers dual-port 10GigE connectivity with stateless offloads for performance-driven PCI Gen2 server and storage applications in Enterprise Data Centers and High-Performance Computing environments. The device is also well suited for Blade Server LOM designs due to its relatively small package size of 21mm X 21mm, integrated XFI and backplane PHY interfaces, and no requirement for external memory.
ConnectX-2 EN is supported by a full suite of software drivers for Microsoft Windows, Linux distributions, VMware and Citrix XenServer. It supports stateless offload and is fully interoperable with standard TCP/UDP/IP stacks, as well as various management interfaces with a rich set of configuring and management tools across operating systems.
ConnectX-2 EN delivers the features for a converged network with support for Data Center Bridging (DCB). RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) technology provides efficient, low latency RDMA transport over Layer 2 Ethernet while T11 compliant FCoE support with hardware offloads simplifies storage networking. iSCSI and NAS acceleration is enabled by hardware-based stateless offload handling TCP/UDP/IP segmentation, reassembly, and checksum calculations that would otherwise burden the host CPU.
Chelsio T4
The Terminator 4 (T4) ASIC represents Chelsio's fourth-generation 10GbE controller design. For the server connection, the chip includes a PCI Express v2.0 _8 host interface. On the network side, T4 integrates four 10 GbE ports into a 27mm x 27m package.
With embedded 10Gbps Serdes interfaces, all four ports offer direct support for 10GBASE_KR. Two ports also support the four_lane 10GBASE_CX4/KX4 interfaces. In a blade_server design, T4 provides redundant 10GBASE_KR or _KX4 backplane connections without requiring external PHY devices. All four network ports support direct connection to SFP+ modules using SFI. The per-port power rating for T4 is 2W.
T4 provides broad and proven support for file_ and block_level storage. In NAS filer/head designs, T4 provides full TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for Linux and FBSD_based embedded operating systems. For block storage, T4 supports partial iSCSI data path offload, where the ASICs offload processing_intensive tasks such as PDU recovery, header and data digest, CRC generation/checking, and direct data placement (DDP).
T4 also adds support for both partial and full offload of the FCoE protocol. Full offload provides maximum performance as well as compatibility with SAN management software. For customers that prefer to use a software initiator, Chelsio supports the Open_FCoE stack and T4 offloads FCoE data path tasks much as it does in iSCSI.
Tehuti TN3020
Tehuti TN3020-DB is a dual-port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) Network Traffic Accelerator (NTA), delivering cost effective and high-bandwidth access for LOM, NIC, server and storage applications. Targeted at enterprise data centers, embedded environments as well as low-end NAS and IP video servers and embedded environments. The TN3020-DB substantially reduces the CPU's TCP/IP packet processing tasks, while consuming small package size and low power.
It improves network performance with low power consumption (2.2W per port) and compact footprint (21mm x 21mm). These capabilities coupled with an aggressive cost per port position the TN3020-DB as a focused offering for driving 10GbE adoption in low-end storage environments.
Using Tehuti's patent-pending architecture, TN3020-DB uses stateless offload techniques to shift computation-intensive UDP/TCP/IP processing away from the CPU to the Network Traffic Accelerator (NTA) chip, providing significant network performance improvements. Tehuti's offload approach removes bottlenecks in the host's CPU, system memory, and enables a balance between the CPU, software, and the offload controller hardware.
Specific offloads include checksum operation, large packets transmission receive side scaling, which minimizes CPU utilization across multiple processor systems running Windows OS, as well as L2 services. TN3020-DB enables iSCSI and NAS acceleration through the Tehuti offload architecture and its specific stateless offload approaches for TCP/IP and UDP/IP. For FCoE, as with other stateless offload offerings, TN3020-DB enables high-performance and efficient operation of FCoE software initiators, such as the Linux Open-FCoE stack.
Tehuti and 10GbE Adoption on the Desktop: Tehuti's focus for its next generation, single and dual ports 10Gb Ethernet Controller and Accelerator devices is on ubiquitous 10GbE adoption on the desktop with very attractive cost and a power level with less than 1W per port. Together with the latest generation of 10GBase-T PHY devices which deliver power consumption of approximately 2.5W, a power rating of 3.5W suitable for an integrated controller/PHY combination for LOM applications can be achieved.
The three key enablers for pervasive deployment of 10GbE on the desktop that Tehuti's next-generation controllers promise to address are CPU performance, per-port cost and power consumption for 10GbE LOM. High-performance CPUs are already available on most desktop PCs which dual, triple and quad core solutions at an affordable price. These latest multi-core desktops can efficiently utilize 10GbE network while running other user applications. Ethernet storage applications (NAS and iSCSI) are widely used on desktops and are projected to be one of the main 10GbE desktop applications.
The cost of a 10GbE LOM solution for enabling 10GbE use on desktops is another enabler that Tehuti is focused on. As discussed earlier, starting in 2012-2013, PC manufactures will start offering desktops with cost-effective 10GBASE-T LOM solutions fully backward compatible with the current 1000BASET and which out-of-the-box can run on existing structured cabling.
LOM power is final barrier for desktop adoption of 10GbE. With today's solutions running at ~6-8 Watt per port (including controller and PHY), making a robust 10GbE LOM solution require active cooling or high-cost heat sinks. While this may be acceptable for server adapters, it is not a viable solution for server or desktop LOM applications. A total per-port power budget of 3.5W for both controller and PHY must be met. This requires the 10GbE controller to support a 1W/port power rating which is the goal for the next-generation Tehuti controller.
About the Author
Saqib Jang is Principal at Margalla Communications, a Woodside,CA-based firm providing strategic and technical marketing services to the storage & networking markets. He has several years of experience as a successful storage networking marketing consultant and industry analyst, and over fifteen years of experience in the product planning, development, marketing, and business development of industry-leading storage networking products. Mr. Jang holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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MIAMI - Police are looking for a burglar who broke into a school in Miami and stole more than $3,000 meant to pay for holiday celebrations, outreach programs, and special school functions.
The burglary at St. Michael's School, located at 300 NW 28th Avenue, happened between 7 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday.
"It is offensive, the timing of it, because of the Christmas holiday. (It) is very, very sad," said Archdiocese of Miami Director of Communications Mary Ross Agosta.
Cameras captured photos of the burglar. He broke into a classroom and a portable classroom, ransacking both, said police.
"St. Michael's School is a school in the working class community," said Agosta. "Catholic schools operate on a much different type budget. You know we don't receive tax money, so it is all through the generosity of the parents."
Although disappointed, school officials plan on using it as a teaching moment for their students.
"Christmas time is a joyful time for Christians. We would ask that the perpetrator would perhaps rethink what he has done and come forward to return the money," said Agosta. "You know, we don't know why this was done, but we know that God would ask us to forgive him."
Anyone with information on the burglary is asked to call Miami Police at 305-579-6111.
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Californians helped build the Saturn rockets that took the Apollo spacecraft to the moon. We invented the personal computer, brought the modern smart phone to millions of consumers and made the Internet an indispensable tool for research and communication. Our universities have been on the cutting edge of genetic exploration.
Yet, somehow, today, California kids are flunking science.
In a national test given in 2012, California eighth graders ranked 47th – behind only Mississippi, Alabama and the District of Columbia. Only 22 percent of California students were considered proficient or advanced in science.
There are many different theories for why this is so, although few of them, ironically, have been subjected to rigorous scientific testing.
A common refrain is that California doesn't spend enough on education. We rank somewhere between 35th and 49th in the nation, depending on who is doing the counting and whether you factor in California's high cost-of-living.
Another theory is that we have a higher proportion of immigrants than most states, and it is tougher to teach kids who don't speak English as their first language. Indeed, 27 percent of Californians were born in another country, about twice the national average.
Yet another hypothesis is that our schools have been focusing too much on english and math, while giving Science short shrift.
In reality, our problems are probably a combination of all of these things and more.
What, if anything, can we do about it?
A generation ago, California lawmakers confronted the state's abysmal performance in not just science but other subjects – especially reading – and mandated the adoption of specific academic standards for kindergarten through 12th grade, with a battery of tests keyed to those standards.
For the first time, California teachers, students and parents knew exactly what kids were expected to learn in every grade and in every major subject. And the tests were supposed to tell us how well California kids were mastering those standards.
In some ways, the reforms worked. With the test results hanging over their heads, schools focused on the standards, and students began to improve their performance. In earth science, just 12 percent of students even took the 9th-grade test in 2002, and of those, only 22 percent were considered proficient. By 2012, 28 percent of the students took the test and 37 percent of those students were proficient or better.
But there were problems.
Teachers complained that they were under pressure to "teach to the tests" – drilling the standards into students' heads at the expense of deeper learning and understanding. Yes, the scores went up, but were the students really learning more?
The evidence isn't entirely clear.
That ranking of 47th on the National Assessment of Education Progress – known as the "nation's report card" – was pretty bleak, and it was essentially unchanged between 2009 and 2011.
On the Trends in Math and Science Study, an international test, California eighth-graders scored far below the U.S. average and just below the international average. But Asians, whites and multiracial students scored well above the U.S. and international averages, while African American and Hispanic kids were below average. And while most Californians might not be surprised to learn that our kids placed below China and Japan in science, our eighth-graders also performed worse than kids in Slovenia, Hungary and Lithuania, none of which are considered science powerhouses.
In short, the debate is not about how well California kids are mastering science, it is about just how poorly they are doing. And about how to fix the problem.
The answer, according to a diverse panel of experts that studied the issue for the state Board of Education, is to change the standards. The panel recommended ditching the super-specific benchmarks that have been in place since the late 1990s and replacing them with something called the "Next Generation Science Standards."
The big difference between the two: The current standards are a list of what students should know. The proposed standards include such a list but also call for more experimentation, more hands-on learning and more emphasis on science techniques, less on scientific facts. The new benchmarks also include deeper ideas and bigger concepts that are more difficult to describe and understand.
The new standards are supported by a broad-based coalition of educators, academics and business leaders, including Boeing, Chevron and other major employers.
But many people remain skeptical.
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a national think tank, has given California's current standards a perfect score of 10 out of 10 based on their content, rigor, clarity and specificity. The new standards, Fordham says, are not as strong.
Paul Bruno, a middle-school science teacher and writer, says the new standards are too complicated and too difficult to read. He notes that their drafters created an instructional video and a five-page set of written directions to help teachers understand the benchmarks.
"The drafters have created a document that is often a jumble of abbreviations, bullets and boxes," Bruno wrote recently. "On any given page it is often mysterious where exactly one should look to find what students are expected to know about a subject."
That's a troubling criticism. The current standards can be overwhelming in their breadth – many teachers say there is no way they can get through them in the time they have to teach. And trying to cram that many facts into students' heads, even if it can be done, means that teachers often have to sacrifice the practical, and often more engaging, side of science. But at least those benchmarks are clear and easy to understand – and that makes them good tools for ensuring the kind of accountability Californians are increasingly demanding.
If teachers, students and parents can't comprehend what it is they are supposed to be teaching and learning, the chances of students ever grasping those concepts will be reduced. Before adopting those new standards, the state Board of Education should do some critical thinking of its own to ensure that their laudable objective does not get lost in gobbledygook.
Daniel Weintraub has covered public policy in California for 25 years. He is editor of the California Health Report at www.healthycal.org


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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. CA-04-815 DIVISION: 55 THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC. Plaintiff, v. RAYMOND I. CRISP III; TAMMY L. CRISP; JOSEPH L. JACQUIN, SR.; MARLENE J. JACQUIN; and all unknown parties claiming by, through, under or against the herein named Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, whether said unknown parties claim as heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, spouses, or other claimants; TENANT #1 and/or TENANT #2, the parties intended to account for the person or persons in possession; WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL AMERICA, INC.; CITIFINANCIAL EQUITY SERVICES, INC. Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Amended Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated October 24, 2007 in this cause, I will sell the property situated in ST. JOHNS County, Florida described as: COMMENCE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE N 1/2 OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF LOT 11, SECTION 38, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE RUN NORTH 19 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF SAID LOT 11, 1105.31 FEET; THENCE NORTH 68 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST, 626.03 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTH 09 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, 59.32 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, 385.43 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST, 98.24 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE TO RUN SOUTH 86 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST, 218.76 FEET; THENCE NORTH 55 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, 480.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 34 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST 112.99 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 291.12 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PART CONVEYED IN O.R. BOOK 794, PAGE 1737, PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN 2003 VALUE TRAILER CORP. DOUBLE-WIDE MO- BILE HOME HAVING VIN NUMBERS GAFL335A88194F221 AND GAFL335B 88194F221 AND TITLE NUMBERS 0087966423 AND 0087966455. a/k/a 4451 Rues Landing Road, St. Augustine, FL 342092 at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at the front door of the St. Johns County Judicial Center located at 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, Florida, at 12:00 o'clock NOON on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. Dated at St. Augustine, Florida this 25th day of October, 2007. Cheryl Strickland Clerk of the Circuit Court By Linda G. Barton Deputy Clerk ATTENTION: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Mary Bratos, Court Administration 904-827-5617, 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, FL 32084. If you are voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8770. THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE. L3036-7 Oct 30, Nov 6, 2007
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Robots: Robotics Festival
In today's episode we speak with Francesco Mondada, organizer of the Robotics Festival at EPFL that gathers over 15'000 visitors for hands-on workshops and demonstrations. We also walk you through the many exhibits showcasing multi-robot systems, flying robots, rehabilitation robots and robotic salamanders.
Syndicated 2012-08-24 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics


text: I can't get rid of ask toolbar and the annoying ask search from my firefox. I aleady removed it form the "Add/Remove program" option, but it's still there. when i restart my pc. It must have something to do with the registry, but I can not able to clean that.The other day someone in yahoo answers suggest a ask toolbar removal guide. It requires to download an antivirus not heard before, I just want to make sure everything won't go wrong again. so does anybody knows about this product or is there a easier way to remove this everyone hated toolbar?


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According to PCSO Investigator Eric Riggs, employee Donna L. Martin, 41, spoke to investigators and admitted that within about two months, she forged approximately seven checks with an estimated value of $13,5000. Reports between the company's bank and J & I indicated by Friday morning that the estimated value of the forged checks could rise as high as $22,000.
Martin, of Atkins, was arrested Wednesday and issued a $10,000 bond on forgery charges Friday by District Judge Don Bourne. Bourne ordered Martin not to have contact with the company or any of its employees.
Martin is scheduled to appear in Pope County Circuit Court on Sept. 24.


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Download Easy English Alphabet 2 FREE apk 15.05.21 free for Android smartphone
Posted by Appa Apps in Education | May 22, 2015 | 1 Comments
Apk file size: 8.5 MB
This educational game uses 80 photos of common objects to teach the 26 letters of the English alphabet from A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. Suitable for students from grade 1 onwards, and those studying English as a second language.
Students hear a word spoken, they choose the matching photo and then trace the first letter of the word on the touch screen. Students are encouraged to trace letters by hearing more of the music as they trace. After six right in a row, Race Mode starts automatically. It asks questions at speed to test the students' memory and comprehension of the letters just covered, before continuing with new letters. At the end of the race, students can see how well they have done relative to their other races. The game gradually focuses on any letters that the students have difficulty recognizing, and speeds up as competence is gained.
By contrast to Race Mode, Story Mode slowly introduces new letters by saying them as the photos are shown, allowing students to quietly look, listen and learn.
The game is controlled by on-screen gestures which are simple to demonstrate and easy to use, and the game can be played without voice prompts.
* 80 photos of common objects
* Tracing with coloured Bubble Writing
* Race Mode tests memory and comprehension against the clock
* Story Mode allows students to look, listen and learn
* Slideshow Mode displays all 26 letters in sequence, both uppercase and lowercase
* Zoom and Pan Mode magnifies the images to see more detail
* Easy on-screen gestures to control the game
* Context-sensitive help
* No push advertising and no internet connection required.
The paid version of this app has much higher resolution photos than the free versions.
Appa Apps part of our Education and have average installs from 1000 to 5000. Last Update May 22, 2015. Google play rating is 76.0. Current verison is 15.05.21. Actual size 8.5 MB.
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Millions of Dead Fish Surface in California
Remember when all those birds died in Arkansas and you were pretty sure the world was ending so you wrote that kinda creepy letter to your high school boyfriend? And then the world didn't end, and you were like, crap. Well, looks like the apocalypse is back on! Millions of dead fish just popped up (literally) in Redondo Beach, Calfornia:
Researchers have measured critically low oxygen levels in King Harbor after a massive die-off in the Redondo Beach marina....
Scientists are working to determine what caused oxygen levels to drop so steeply that fish estimated to be in the millions suffocated and deposited a silver sheen of carcasses, many of them sardines, among the rows of docked boats. It may be days before the precise cause is known.
They should check around for, oh, we don't know, a lady with "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" written on her forehead? She's probably holding a big gold cup! And she might know something about this:
Scientists believe such dead zones will increase as ocean waters continue a warming trend in a changing climate. Warmer waters prompt faster biological growth, just like molds and bacteria will more quickly devour food left out of the refrigerator.
Yes, well, we'll miss fish, but the swimming should be great! (Except for the fact that the oceans will be filled with "algae, bacteria and jellyfish.") Thanks again, global warming!


text: Hey, I got the cluster up a while back. I found my problem when I read the boot logs left by the other nodes. The ext2 file systems were not created during the slave installation, and thus could not mount anything. After funning mkfs on the nodes, they started working properly. Now my only problem is that beowulf is only aware of one of the CPU's on a specific node. Thanks, Matt > Hello, > > I think it is about time that Daniel changed the instructions on the web page. > Here are the instructions you'll need to follow. First you'll have to change the > /etc/beowulf/fstab file to look like this: > > /dev/ram3 / ext2 fs_size=65536 0 0 > #/dev/hda1 beoboot ext2 defaults 0 0 > #/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > #/dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 0 0 > #none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > #none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > #$MASTER:/home /home nfs defaults 0 0 > > Then you'll need to boot off of the floppy and do the beofdisk, reboot, > beoboot-install. Before you reboot the last time you'll need to edit your fstab > file again so it looks similar to this: > > #/dev/ram3 / ext2 fs_size=65536 0 0 > #/dev/hda1 beoboot ext2 defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > $MASTER:/home /home nfs defaults 0 0 > > Then reboot. I've found that the last node in the cluster always has a problem > booting. Just givem it some time and it will finally boot. > -- Gaim Instant Message: DOHCMatt "A person needs only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape." -unknown


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Immigrant Community Service Topic of Joint Coopera, Federation, CUNA Webinar
Building business with the immigrant community will be the topic of an April 16 webinar planned jointly by the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, CUNA and Coopera.
Titled "Adapting Products and Services to Serving Immigrant Markets," the 90-minute session will be presented that Tuesday at 2 p.m. EDT and is targeted toward CEOs and other senior managers as well as operations, lending and marketing/outreach staff, Coopera said.
"The ability to connect with this crucial segment of the growing Hispanic marketplace can reap tremendous ongoing rewards in terms of loyalty and member growth," said Miriam DeDios, CEO of Coopera, an Hispanic credit union marketing firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, and a webinar presenter.
Coopera said topics will include a look at the changing needs of immigrant members, cultural differences, strategies and products and services.
Registration for the webinar is online.


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Your "warts and all" comment doesn't make sense because we are not talking about bad things the Israelites did.
We are talking about bad things the Bible says God did.
You say "I will look for the lessons before I stand in moral judgement of God." That is a big mistake. We are not talking about "judging God" but rather judging what a book (the Bible) says about God. It appears that you have chosen to believe whatever the Bible says. If the Bible says up is down and good is bad, you will either believe it or find a way to "interpret" it so that you don't have to admit it is wrong. How then can you know if the Bible is true? You do not judge it like you do everything else in life. If you can't admit errors it contains, then you have no way to judge if it is true or false or if it was designed by evil men seeking to control your mind. We know that wicked men have used the Bible for thousands of years to control the minds of others.
I should have said "Why does the Bible attribute things to God that are universally rejected as immoral by all moral people? "
It appears you are an annihilationist, is that correct?
Great chatting,


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George Knox, 49, theft of property — $5,000.
On March 5 Russellville Police Department were dispatched to Storage World at 4301 W. Main St. in response to a claim of theft of property. Michael Dalton told officers he purchased Storage World approximately two and a half years ago and allowed the former manager, George Knox, to continue working at the business. Dalton told officers that Knox stole approximately $6,000-$13,000 during that two-and-a-half-year timeframe. Dalton accused Knox of receiving cash payments that were not reported.
Knox was asked to come in for questioning Tuesday to the Russellville Police Station. An attorney for Knox advised his client not to talk about the case and the interview was terminated. Knox was placed in custody for theft of property.
Santiago Abarca, 31, delivery of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine — $150,000.
A detective with the Russellville Police Department and member of the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force testified Abarca was observed selling 22 grams of methamphetamine on one occasion to a confidential informant during a six-month period. Abarca was stopped by Russellville Police Department on Tuesday and officers found .3 grams of methampehetamine in his pocket.


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New iPad already selling out AT&T variant
15 Comments
1. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
I really can't believe iPads cause this much hype.
3. viper5208 (Posts: 3; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Yeah I know, I guess I don't really see the need for one. Maybe it is just me but I think that they are a complete waste of money. I can do most of the things I need to do on my phone, if not I can just use my laptop, and I can fit my phone in my pocket.
8. bigdawg23 (Posts: 464; Member since: 25 May 2011)
People want the use of a large screen. Many people want a simple phone and not a tablet. If you do spreadsheets and other things they are nice. I can see having this one or the Transformer Prime.
9. bluenexus (Posts: 5; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
it's to be expected.
10. dawolf (Posts: 23; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
it's a cult don't be surprised
2. PhoneCritic (Posts: 1201; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
This was not a suprise. People want what they want and if they want the iPad ( is it really called iPad or New iPad?????) they will get it. Apple will sell a ton of these. Great Marketing Absouletly the Best at the PR game.
4. 9_HeLLs_oF_DrOid (Posts: 127; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
I'm not surprised at all. This was inevitable.
5. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
You can never really underestimate public stupity or Apples accute ability to create 'shortages fever'
6. davecann2 (Posts: 460; Member since: 15 Mar 2011)
I assume you are reffering to public stupidity as being an Apple users...
What defines an Apple user as being stupid?
Are there no Android/Windows stupidity?
24. JunitoNH (Posts: 1940; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
No!!! there's no Android stupidity, just look at the spelling of comments above and below you. Just illustrate the simplicity of droid mind, a beautiful thing. :)
7. quryous (banned) (Posts: 106; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
As expected, PR. They are following ASUS lead in under stocking/production to make things look more popular. Worked for ASUS. Probably will for Snapple, as well, considering their regular buyers. Might not work so well with the well informed, especially considering things like the Tranformer Infinity, when it comes out.
11. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
Obviously the ipad will sell really well but I can't believe people actually by them on contract....What a rip.
12. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
They're not on contract, just month to month for the data packages
15. Das70 (Posts: 124; Member since: 05 Jan 2011)
I dont see the need for all the negativity. There are many people who are good candidates for tablets. People who are not very computer savy and just want a large screen device to web surf and email. My GF used to have a laptop and it caused her all kinds of issues. She was always bugging me to fix it because she knows absolutely nothing about computers. She only used it to surf the web(facebook, shopping etc) and email. She got an ipad as a gift and hasnt pulled the laptop out since. I have no use for one but I can see how some people would want a tablet.


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On Tuesday night all but two members of the City Council expressed interest in raising Mountain View's minimum wage, possibly working with neighboring cities to bring the sort of increase seen in San Jose to more of Silicon Valley.
With members John Inks and John McAlister opposed, council members directed city staff to look at how the city could implement such an increase by the end of the year, possibly working with Sunnyvale, where the issue is being studied by city officials, and other neighboring cities.
"I think part of the process should be that we reach out to our neighbors," said Mayor Chris Clark, who expressed concern about Mountain View "going it alone."
"I think there are very few cities ... our size that are setting the minimum wage," Clark said.
At the April 22 City Council meeting, it was noted that there are also few cities as expensive as Mountain View.
"The least expensive studio apartment I can rent in Mountain View is $1,500 a month," said resident Joan MacDonald. For many people on a minimum wage there is "no money left for food, clothes, health care, transportation or education," she said.
The new minimum wage advocated for Mountain View ranges from more than $15 to $10.15 an hour, San Jose's new minimum that was enacted as the result of a 2013 ballot measure and a campaign by San Jose State University students.
The state's minimum wage is set to go to $9 in July and $10 in 2016, where it could remain for years. San Jose's new minimum wage is tied to a consumer price index and may rise annually, something advocates want for Mountain View as well.
Council members expressed support for considering the raise, along with several other proposed goals for the year on Tuesday, even though city staff say they are stretched to their limits trying to manage unprecedented growth.
"We hope that this first step is followed by actions that will make a raise in the wage in Mountain View a reality for people who struggle every day to pay their bills, feed their kids, and put a roof over their heads," Meghan Fraley, one of the leaders of the campaign to raise the minimum wage in Mountain View, said on Wednesday.
In San Jose, businesses have found various ways to absorb the increase and some have found benefits for attracting workers and saw increases in sales, according to recent reports. Some business owners now support it, including the owners of Philz Coffee and the Pizza My Heart chains. Council member John McAlister, who owns Mountain View's Baskin Robbins, is not a supporter. He said going to $15 an hour would be detrimental to "mom-and-pop" small businesses and would mean he'd have to lay off many of his teenage employees who he says often have their first jobs at his ice cream shop.
"If the city of Mountain View did it by itself, it would not be a level playing field," McAlister said.
Dozens of people raised their hand at the April 22 City Council meeting when asked if they supported a raise of Mountain View's minimum wage to $15 or more.
Only one speaker opposed a possible increase, saying it was an "exercise in futility" because it would only raise the cost of goods and services. Others disagreed, saying that research into minimum wage increases showed that "the net effect of a higher minimum wage is to shift costs back to employers" while increases to the wage boost the economy because consumers have more spending money. Advocates have also pointed to boosts in employment following the increase in San Jose, where there has been a rising number of downtown businesses.
MacDonald asked the council to research economist Robert Reich's views on the minimum wage, who said that lower wages also means more workers rely on government assistance such as food stamps.
"The rest of us make up for what their employers are unwilling to do," Reich says in an online video on the topic.
One such worker spoke to the council April 22, saying, "I don't make enough money to feed my family without government assistance" while working for a fast food chain. "Imagine having to decide between eating or having money to take the bus to work."
Paul George, director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, noted that the writers of the country's minimum wage law went out of their way to allow cities and states to increase the wage to better reflect local costs of living.
"California's state minimum wage effectively asks us to treat a Mountain View worker on an equal par with a worker in, say, Fresno or Bakersfield, yet costs of living are higher by 30 percent or more (in Mountain View)," he said.
Local attorney Gary Wesley put some blame for the situation on the City Council. "The reason we have soaring rents in town is you have participated in adding jobs without adding housing."
"Many people are worried. People in our community are being displaced by rising rents," said resident Mike Fischetti. "A couple working full time (for) minimum wage, after taxes, takes home $2,000 a month."
"I went to the Mountain View Day Worker Center over the weekend and I was astounded to find out the average wage paid to day workers by the people who hire them is bit under $15." Fischetti said. "The minimum is $12 and $17 is the max. In our community there are people who believe in a just and fair wage."
City Attorney Jannie Quinn said the city staff members were tracking a study of minimum wage increases in Sunnyvale, to be presented to its City Council in May. Members said they wanted to see about possibly taking some kind of action by the end of the year, which could mean asking voters to approve a raise or the council taking the action itself.


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Saria Shop – Restaurant & Home delivery HTML5 Template
Saria Shop is a flat, clean and modern theme for your online ecommerce business. It is previewed as restaurant but it can be easily extended.
- flat design
- fully responsive
- based on twitter bootstrap
- touch swipe support
- well documented, clean code
- HTML5 pure animations
- professional files included (PSD & LESS)
- alternative color scheme
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Some might say that the LA Galaxy's CONCACAF Champions League match against Isidro Metapan is of little importance beyond the seeding for the CCL Quarterfinals -- but don't tell that to rookie midfielder Rafael Garcia.
The rookie midfielder is expected to play an important role in marshalling the Galaxy midfield that is expected to contain fellow youngsters Michael Stephens and Kenney Walker on Thursday. During LA's CCL matches with the Puerto Rico Islanders earlier in the tournament, Garcia enjoyed extensive success as his calmer style complements the energetic Stephens and Walker to a tee.
LA will need this order on Thursday as they hope to lock down a dynamic Metapan midfield that uses the wide field at Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez to spread out the opposition through the play of wide players like Pablo Suarez and Eliseo Quintanilla. During the last meeting between the two clubs, the pair enjoyed some success as Metapan jumped out to an early one goal lead, before LA's physical play proved too much for the Salvadorans as the Galaxy cruised to 5-2 victory.
For the Galaxy to be the first team to win in Metapan in more than a year, Garcia knows his teammates must be in for a fight.
'It's going to be a battle from the beginning and a war. We know that they're not going to want to lose to us on their home field," said Garcia. "It's hard to say [what to expect from them], I want to think that we got all the travel out of us in the session, it took a while for us to get going. We're expecting a battle from them and we're expecting to play good soccer tomorrow, we wouldn't have it any other way. I know that the coaches have high expectation on the whole team and we need to come out and do our best...We have to be alert on restarts, set pieces and everything. We know that they're not going to give us anything on the field so we're expecting to battle."


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The Depressed Foal
"We all know this little guy--he's the one who will stand under the mare getting milk dumped on his face without nursing, sleep too much, just look 'off,' and often be in the hospital," said Robert Franklin, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM, of Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital in Victoria, Australia, during the Western Veterinary Conference held February 15-19 in Las Vegas, Nev.
"Start with his history--was he delivered normally? Dystocia? C-section?" he said. "Was there a failure of passive transfer? What about his herdmates--do any of them have rotavirus, strangles, Clostridia, R. equi, or anything else? Look for infectious and/or endemic problems. Has there been previous disease on the farm? Was the mare vaccinated against it? What about the mare's udder--does she have mastitis or an underdeveloped udder? Is she letting the foal suckle? Is he getting enough food?"
Getting More Information
Once you have the foal's background, it's time for a physical examination. Franklin described starting with the basic evaluations--temperature, pulse, respiration, mucous membranes, and sclera (the white part of the eye, which can be yellowed with neonatal isoerythrolysis, also called jaundice). He also recommended checking for any jugular vein problems due to catheter use in previously hospitalized foals, and palpating the entire foal from nose to tail on both sides. With this evaluation, he said a practitioner can find swellings and sensitivities that might not be visible on a cursory visual examination.
The next step is to gather more information, he said, recommending the following evaluations for the depressed foal:
- Complete blood count (CBC) and fibrinogen (which indicates inflammation). The CBC gives the practitioner an idea of what's going on with the foal's immune response to infection.
- Venous and arterial blood gas evaluation (which can help identify respiratory and metabolic problems).
- Ultrasound for respiratory problems (see article #5090 for more information).
- Radiographs of the chest to check for pneumonia.
- Culture of diarrhea, if any is present, to identify Salmonella in the feces and test for rotavirus antigen and Clostridial species toxins.
- Culture of blood samples to look for bacteremia (bacteria in the blood).
Common Problems
The most common reasons a foal might become depressed, Franklin said, include infection, poor nutrition, acidosis (unusually acidic blood from diarrhea), lameness (multiple lamenesses can often depress a foal, while just one usually doesn't cause depression), respiratory difficulty, and hypothermia (low body temperature).
Rule of 20
Franklin also presented a comprehensive list of what the foal needs to be healthy, termed the Rule of 20. "If you were to keep the rule of 20 on each of your patients' charts, then you know you've covered absolutely everything," he said. Not everything on the list will apply to each case--for example, the ones dealing with wound care won't apply to uninjured foals--but he said it's a great way to organize your thoughts on what might be wrong with the foal and to prevent complications.
Following is the list of health concerns on the rule of 20:
- Acid/base and electrolyte balance.
- Oxygen and ventilation.
- Appropriate blood pressure.
- Normal heart rate, rhythm, and contractility.
- Nutrition (through nursing, intravenous or IV nutrition, termed TPN or total parenteral nutrition, milk replacer, etc.).
- Drug doses and metabolism. "For example, tetracycline (often given to help relax contracted tendons) can lead to renal (kidney) failure. Check creatinine and electrolytes in these foals to identify and head off problems--renal failure isn't always a permanent issue."
- Fluid balance (level of hydration)--calculate it, he stated. "Don't guesstimate (when giving fluids)--this can have nasty consequences especially in compromised foals that might already have poor renal function," he cautioned.
- Pain control.
- Nursing care and mobilization of inactive limbs, if any.
- Wound/bandage care, if needed, including proper care of splints, decubital ulcers (pressure sores) in down foals, etc.
- Oncotic pull, which keeps fluid from leaking out of the blood vessels; poor oncotic pull can result from hypoproteinemia (low blood protein) and/or diarrhea. Primary treatment for poor oncotic pull (as measured by low protein on blood tests or the presence of subcutaneous edema, or fluid swelling under the skin) is albumin, a type of protein found in plasma, or hetastarch (a plasma substitute).
- Albumin (a protein manufactured within the liver that is mostly responsible for water balance within the blood system) is found in commercial equine plasma, which contains other essential proteins such as IgG (an immunoglobulin, or immune system protein).
- Glucose (should be 80-160 mg/dL). "The handheld units that diabetic people use are invaluable," Franklin said. "If you have to run glucose into the foal, give it as a drip--don't just run a bag in quickly and be done. You could make him hyperglycemic (high blood sugar) and precipitate a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) crash. Also, when you take him off the drip, try to add milk by stomach tube so he doesn't crash then."
- Mentation (thought processes and attitude/behavior), which can vary from comatose to hyperexcitability and seizure activity.
- Coagulation--are there petechiations (small blood clots under the skin) indicating a coagulopathy (clotting disorder)?
- Red blood cell and hemoglobin (an oxygen-carrying protein) counts.
- Renal function. "Sodium imbalances can really cause problems," Franklin noted. "And potassium can stop the heart if it is too high in a foal under anesthesia."
- Immune status and antibiotics.
- Gastrointestinal motility. "The intestines might be hyperactive in diarrhea cases, or they may be hypomotile (under-active) with botulism leading to impaction,� he explained. "Also think about gastroduodenal ulcers, which might obstruct the outflow from the stomach and lead to painful reflux esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus from acidic stomach contents refluxing back up into the esophagus) seen in teeth-grinding foals."
- TLC--tender loving care.
About the Author
Christy M. West
Christy West has a BS in Equine Science from the University of Kentucky, and an MS in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Driver's home was scene of fatal shooting Nov. 20
A local man was arrested Saturday after authorities found methamphetamine and a gun during a traffic stop.
Authorities found about a gram of methamphetamine, a couple of grams of marijuana, paraphernalia and a small pistol in the car Donnell Parker was driving, sheriff's Commander Bill Steven said.
On Nov. 20, Parker was involved in an altercation at his house on A Street, which resulted in the death of Mike Napoli, a local business owner, after Napoli's gun went off during the struggle for it, authorities said.
Police are still investigating the matter and no arrests have been made.
Around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, a sheriff's deputy pulled Parker's car
over after he ran a red light on Northcrest Drive, Steven said.
Parker stopped his car and climbed into the backseat and his
passenger, Jennifer Williams, 35, moved over to the driver's seat,
Steven said.
Parker was detained and questioned before admitting he was driving the vehicle, Steven said.
The deputy gained permission to search the car from Williams and
found the drugs and a gun that was placed in a bag full of groceries in
the back seat, Steven said.
Parker was arrested on suspicion of driving with a suspended license,
carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm,
possessing a firearm with altered identification, possessing
methamphetamine, transporting methamphetamine, possessing paraphernalia
and buying a handgun without a serial number.
Williams, his passenger, was arrested on suspicion of buying a gun
without a serial number, carrying a concealed weapon, possessing a
firearm with altered identification, transporting methandshy;amphetamine,
possessing methamphetamine and possessing paraphernalia.
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D-Will signs with Nets, now we need to figure a way to block Dallas
D-Will signs with Nets, now we need to figure a way to block Dallas
Most entertaining thread i've read in awhile. I was kinda agianst the Landry Fields move at first, but now i think it's all good. In conclusion:
- good move, hopefully they dont match, then we get nash
- Nash, then, will make all-stars or borderline all-stars to our players.
- if we keep bayless, under Nash, COULD be pg of the future.
- and lastly, knicks suck.
-oh, and last lastly, thanks guys for this awsome fun-filled thread, you guys my boring day kinda entertaining. Peace.
Now this is a kick in the nuts:
I would much rather Lee than Fields. However, there is no question Lee is strictly a SG in my opinion and the Raptors have a couple of them already.Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Housekeeping note: Rockets swingman Courtney Lee is now an unrestricted free agent after Rockets withdraw his qualifying offer
what would we need another sg for? fields is a way better target.
It is the sneaky maneuvering and shrewd business tactics, by our very own Bryan Colangelo, that have the Internets aflutter with activity.
It is the possible implications of the move. Not just the move itself.
And signing a player, while not actually giving up a player, is not a Lateral move. Its an obvious talent addition.
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text: yes but Spock was undeniably the star and break-out character of TOS, and TOS wasn't an ensemble. You could get rid of just about any of the TNG characters and it would not be that big of a deal. Get rid of Spock and you've got an obvious and gaping hole. Still workable but very changed.


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Consoles were a second option for Microsoft
Despite the success of the Xbox, that was not Microsoft Corp.'s (
) first choice plan in the gaming space,
according to
interview with a former Microsoft executive. Joachim Kempin, who was VP of Windows Sales at Microsoft for 20 years starting in 1983, says his former employer only decided to build the Xbox after a falling out with Japanese gaming giant Sony Corp. (
I. Sony Console Worried Gates
The original Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360, had their low points (
red rings of death
, for example), but have established themselves as a popular console gaming option, selling millions of units. The gaming unit is perceived as one of Microsoft's strong performing businesses.
Perhaps predicting both the rise of the console and tablet as replacements/challengers to the traditional PC,
Bill Gates
reportedly in the 1990s sounded the alarm when Sony announced the original PlayStation. Seeing Sony jump into the market, Microsoft became determined to beat its former partner, who was turning its back on PC gaming for a non-Microsoft alternative.
Describes Mr. Kempin:
The main reason was to stop Sony. You see, Sony and Microsoft…they never had a very friendly relationship, okay? And this wasn't because Microsoft didn't want that.
Sony was always very arm's length with Microsoft. Yeah, they bought Windows for their PCs but when you really take a hard look at that, they were never Microsoft's friend... but as soon as they came out with a video console, Microsoft just looked at that and said 'well, we have to beat them, so let's do our own.
The original PlayStation launched in 1994. Then in 2000 Sony introduced the PlayStation 2, which added PC-like media player functionality and broader support for online gaming on third-party servers. A year later Microsoft countered with the Xbox.
II. Crafting a Console
The payoff of consoles -- by Sony's model, at least -- has traditionally been the licensing fees paid by game publishers. The hardware itself is often sold at-cost, or even
at a modest loss
. For that reason Microsoft had trouble convincing a PC maker to hop onboard the Xbox experiment.
Joachim Kempin, a 20 year veteran of Microsoft is spilling the dirt on the history of the Xbox.
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Recalls Mr. Kempin, "I went out to several PC manufacturers and tried to beg them to do the Xbox thing and keep the device manufacturing out of Microsoft. The guys were smart enough not to bite, because they studied the Sony model and saw that Sony could not make money on that hardware model, ever. So they supplemented it with software royalties, and Microsoft copied that model."
As for Xbox profitability, he argues that developers have always been the winners; that Microsoft has managed to break-even, but not do much better than that. He comments, "They're just maybe a little bit above breakeven, that's all there is. This is not a big money-making machine for Microsoft."
A former Microsoft exec. claims the Xbox is not a big money-maker for the tech giant.
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Microsoft is currently diving into a third-generation console, which is expected to launch this holiday season. After trumping Sony in the last generation (dubbed by some as the "seventh-generation") of consoles, there are
some trouble signs
for the upcoming Xbox 720. While the spec looks
somewhat similar to Sony
, Sony's hardware is reportedly slightly more powerful and considerably easier to develop for.
Microsoft also may alienate customers with its stance on used games; reportedly it is tying purchases to your Xbox Live account, as a means of stopping game resale (which it earns no cut from). Sony, while a long time support of strict digital rights management, has not yet announced a similar anti-resale provision.
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The C-MAX Energi received an EPA rating of 108 miles-per-gallon equivalent (MPGe) city rating and 100 MPGe combined rating. This beats the Toyota Prius' combined rating by 5 MPGe.
The C-MAX Hybrid, which is grouped in with the C-MAX Energi as Ford's first hybrid-only line of vehicles, also
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by up to 7 MPG. The C-MAX Hybrid received EPA rating of 47 MPG city and 47 MPG highway for a combined 47 MPG.
This high EPA rating places the C-MAX Energi in a special group of vehicles that have 100 MPGe or greater. This group, created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), also includes the Ford Focus Electric at 110 MPGe city and the Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid with an expected MPGe of over 100. Having several vehicles in this class definitely makes Ford's lineup more appealing.
Not only will the C-MAX Energi be America's most fuel efficient vehicle, it will also be the most affordable. It has a starting price of $29,995, but is eligible for the federal tax credit. The EPA label also noted that customers could save almost $7,000 in gas over the course of five years with the C-MAX Energi.
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The C-MAX Energi, due out this Fall, will also offer many of Ford's features like SYNC with MyFord Touch, MyFord Mobile, ECO Cruise and SmartGauge with EcoGuide.
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INTERCEPTION. I hope you all are enjoying this. I am!!!!
INTERCEPTION. I hope you all are enjoying this. I am!!!!
Another interception. USC is about to blow this game open.
USC is about the blow the doors off this thing. Wow
I predicted USC would win by 10, but I suspected it would be more. I was being conservative.
But what I'm watching here tonight is what I was afraid of. What I'm watching is one team that's just MUCH MUCH better than the other. It's not even that close. USC is just a lot better than Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is a team that feasted on bad competition in a bad conference all year and was underwhelming when they played even subpar teams like Oklahoma State. This game should be USC-Auburn. I'm glad because it will make all those guys on ESPN who said with compete certainty that these were the two best teams in the country look silly - especially Lee Corso's obsession with saying this is the most talent ever assembled in one game in college football history.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
This just in - Norm Chow is an offensive genius. I have no idea why he's not a head coach somewhere. Stanford chose Walt Harris over Norm Chow???????
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Really can't argue with you. Look at it like this: At the beginning of the season, the ACC was supposed to be the best conference in college football. Va Tech, FSU, Miami, NC St. all were supposed to be very good. Miami was either #1 or close to #1 in a few polls. If the ACC wasn't the #1 conference then it was the SEC. Georgia was supposed to be the class of that conference this year. LSU was the defending national champs and while they weren't the team they were last year, they were still a pretty tough team. Auburn only beat them by 1 on a missed extra point. There was Tennessee who was a fine football team as well. Yet Auburn managed to go through that conference undefeated and win the SEC championship game. So they went undefeated in the SEC and beat the ACC champ. Those are pretty strong credentials if you ask me. Not taking anything away from USC or OU because both had tough games in conference and OU just dominated Texas. Hindsight is always 20/20 but looking at this game tonight, perhaps OU should have gone to the Sugar Bowl and Auburn to the Orange Bowl.Originally Posted by CbusRed
BAM! 35-10, USC. Great 35-yard TD catch by Smith. Talk about pass interference... the DB was draped all over him just before the ball arrived. Still caught it though.
Oklahoma... another loss int he big one? Unless there is a comeback of historical proportions. WAR EAGLE!
Small market fan... always hoping, but never expecting.
Well, now im starting to reconsider... I still think Auburn deserved to play in the rose bowl before OU, but man, USC is making plays, OU is playing good defense, but USC just has world class athletes. These plays would score over ANY defense.Originally Posted by Chip R
I guess I will wait til this game is over to crown my national champion.
Plus, Auburn was penalized in the end for not having a High pre-season ranking.... What a joke. Polls should not come out until after week 8.
Wonder how scared Ashlee Simpleton is right now, actually having to sing.
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
Frightened to death. Heck, Clarkson's mic didn't work for a while too. Ashlee must be shaking in her faux boots.
Thes half-time shows are atrocious.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
I love how they mix every type of music together.
a pizza, a hamburger, a milkshake are great foods on their own.
Sorry kids, but you put a pizza, a hamburger, a milkshake together in a blender, you get a blender full of unedible crap.
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Braves player Jason Heyward is taking one more day to rest before filling in for B.J. Upton who is out with an adductor muscle strain.
Heyward was scheduled to play on Sunday but decided to take another day after injuring his right hamstring while sliding on July 11 against the Cincinnati Reds.
"He let me know he'd like me to play center until B.J. gets back, which is A-OK with me," Jason Heyward told the (AJC) about a conversation with manager Freddie Gonzalez. "I just wanted to make sure that my legs were 100 percent before I go out there and attempt to do that. So, having this extra day is great for me.
Heyward regularly plays right field but will play center until Upton is off the 15-day disabled list.
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T.Y. Hilton was a bit of an afterthought in the Colts' 2012 draft class, taken by Indianapolis in the third round, behind the likes of Andrew Luck, Coby Fleener and Dwayne Allen.
Yet, the Colts knew that they needed more playmakers, especially with their new franchise QB arriving and veteran receiver Reggie Wayne staying put. Hilton, a burner out of Florida International, was just such a player.
He wasted little time acclimating himself to the NFL game, breaking off a 100-yard receiving performance in Week 3, then two more in Weeks 9 and 11. With Wayne performing at a Pro Bowl level, Hilton quickly developed into a very reliable target for Luck.
The Colts began taking advantage, almost immediately, of his game-breaking speed, too -- they had him returning punts and kickoffs from the get-go and have kept him as their top option there all season.
Sunday, in a 20-13 win over Buffalo, Hilton put his full game on display. Five minutes into the first quarter, he fielded a punt at his own 25, broke a tackle, then shimmied his way past the Bills' coverage units [si_launchNFLPopup video='91719bf48ba64a20b79ea46090c530a0']for a touchdown[/si_launchNFLPopup]. In the third quarter, as Indianapolis clung to a 13-6 lead, Hilton worked his way open in the end zone and hauled in a pass from Luck.
Luck's presence has changed the direction of the Colts' franchise after a dismal 2011. What the front office has done around Luck, however, has been almost as important -- and it's why Indianapolis has a firm grasp on a playoff spot through 12 weeks of football.
• First Down: Ray Rice.
What Ray Rice did with two minutes left in Baltimore's eventual OT win over San Diego is deliver a play that may become legendary, especially if the Ravens go on to clinch the AFC North and thrive in the playoffs.
With his team down three and running low on time, [si_launchNFLPopup video='d83ddb4d7ea6462f9f01ac76e59f4cf5']Rice took a check-down pass from Joe Flacco on 4th-and-29 and just started running[/si_launchNFLPopup]. He raced across midfield, broke to his left to avoid a trio of Chargers defenders, then dove for the first-down marker.
After a 10-minute review, Rice's effort was rewarded officially -- Baltimore's first down stood. Justin Tucker then kicked a field goal to send the game to overtime, and he hit another in the extra session to give the Ravens a stunning win.
• Fourth Down: New Orleans' offensive line.
The Saints are far from alone in their inability to corral the 49ers' pass rush. And losing third-string right tackle Bryce Harris to injury early Sunday, forcing them to utilize William Robinson, certainly did Drew Brees no favors.
New Orleans still needed a better game out of its O-line, which had allowed 16 sacks in 10 games before coughing up five to the 49ers. Brees was rushed all day, a problem that contributed to the pair of pick-6s he threw in the Saints' loss.
• First Down: Janoris Jenkins.
The red-flagged rookie out of North Alabama has not had quite the season the Rams were hoping for thus far, but he cranked it up a notch Sunday. Jenkins intercepted a pair of Ryan Lindley passes ([si_launchNFLPopup video='383ad08a93164ea7b9cfec0b13cde556']here[/si_launchNFLPopup] and [si_launchNFLPopup video='d7a9abd8ca79495a979cfecf18fa73b4']here[/si_launchNFLPopup]) and took them both back to the house, helping St. Louis hand Arizona a seventh consecutive loss, 31-17.
Jenkins had not picked off a pass since Week 1 against Detroit (and had been suspended a game for violating team rules along the way). But he came back in a big way Sunday.
• Fourth Down: Seattle's fourth-quarter defense.
The Seahawks rode their defense into the playoff race, but that unit let them down on Sunday. Seattle led Miami 14-7 with 12 minutes left, then proceeded to allow three consecutive scoring drives. The first two, which both resulted in touchdowns, extended 82 and 80 yards, respectively; the last one, which set up Dan Carpenter's game-winning kick, spanned 65 yards in about 90 seconds.
Oh, and a little kick while the Seahawks are down: starting cornerbacks Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner reportedly are facing four-game suspensions for using Adderall.
• First Down: BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
Over his first four-plus seasons in the league, spanning 692 carries, Green-Ellis had one carry of more than 30 yards. Sunday, he ripped off two. The Cincinnati running back had a 48-yarder in the first quarter, then a 39-yarder earlier in the fourth. The bad news? He was tracked down at the Oakland 1 both times, though he followed up that first long run with a TD, and Cincinnati turned the second into a field goal.
• Fourth Down: Plaxico Burress and Mike Wallace.
Charlie Batch looked every bit an over-the-hill third-string quarterback in Pittsburgh's loss to Cleveland -- and the running backs, who turned in 49 total yards and four fumbles, weren't much better.
Part of the Steelers' problems in the run game, though, came because they were unable to generate any sort of downfield threat. Wallace, the team's No. 1 receiver, and Burress, signed this week to provide some veteran stability, combined for zero catches. Wallace did have a 9-yard grab wiped out by a penalty, and Burress was the target on a Batch pass to the end zone that resulted in a pass interference call that led to a touchdown.
Blame Batch and the Steelers' offensive line for Burress and Wallace's disappearing act, if you must. Batch did not get much help.
• First Down: Atlanta's run defense.
The Falcons' defensive strategy Sunday in Tampa Bay was pretty clear: Stop Doug Martin at all costs.
The Buccaneers' electric rookie running back still found the end zone twice, but he needed a pair of 1-yard carries to do so. Aside from getting across the goal line, Martin was rendered ineffective to the tune of 50 yards on 21 attempts -- a putrid 2.4 yards-per-carry average (though it was still better than Michael Turner's 1.3 mark). Tampa Bay's offense has evolved enough this season to be dangerous no matter what, as evidenced by its 23 points Sunday, but Martin's outing was his worst since Week 4.
• Fourth Down: Minnesota on the road.
The Vikings have climbed, surprisingly, into the postseason race by holding serve at home. But their failings away from the Metrodome might be their undoing.
Minnesota is 5-1 in front of its home crowd this season, but plunged to 1-4 in road games with a clunker of a loss in Chicago Sunday. It's a trend that has to turn around, fast -- the Vikings close the season with three of five on the road, with trips to Green Bay, St. Louis and Houston.
Even a 2-0 mark at home against Chicago and Green Bay would leave the now 6-5 Vikings in needs of at least one more road win, probably two. Right now, they don't look capable of delivering.
• First Down: Chad Henne.
Granted, it's only been two games, but Henne might be giving the Jacksonville brass something to think about this offseason. If nothing else, he's thrust himself into the conversation alongside Blaine Gabbert when the Jaguars discuss their QB situation for 2012.
After lighting up Houston for 354 yards and four touchdowns in Week 11, Henne helped break Jacksonville's seven-game losing streak with a 261-yard, two-TD effort Sunday against Tennessee. The most promising development of his unexpected production? Henne has helped Justin Blackmon (five catches, 62 yards, TD) raise his game.
• Fourth Down: Peyton Hillis' bank account.


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Paris looks great with her hair braided and pinned over to one side to show off her luscious length. The top is teased for height and control and worn off her face for less distraction.
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