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Predicting Malaria Outbreaks will help India prepare for them
Researchers have developed a model that allows malaria epidemics in arid northwest India to be predicted four months in advance, helping authorities prepare for them much earlier than before.
The seasonal malaria outbreaks in the region are known to be driven by higher rainfall, which allows the mosquitoes that transmit the disease to breed, and can currently be forecasted up to around a month in advance.
But a study published today (3 March) in Nature Climate Change has found a strong association between malaria outbreaks in the desert fringe of northwest India and sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean.
The team of researchers from India, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States correlated data on malaria epidemics and sea surface temperatures from 1985 to 2010.
They showed that rises in malaria incidence in northwest India in October and November tended to be preceded by lower sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic in June and July.
"The variation in the size of malaria epidemics across different years showed an association with sea surface temperature in a somewhat unexpected part of the oceans," Mercedes Pascual, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, and one of the study authors, tells SciDev.Net.
Mosquito photo via Shutterstock.
Read more at ENN Affiliate, SciDevNet.


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Colorado 14ers > Mount Evans > Climber's Log
Mount Evans Climber's Log
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|Over Spalding
|climbed from Summit Lake, over spalding to he summit.
|Posted Jul 31, 2010 10:23 am
|From Bierstadt via Sawtooth
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010
|Traversed from Bierstadt via Sawtooth: nice solid rock, lots of exposure if you trying to stay on the ridge proper. Scrambled along Mt. Evans West Ridge over a couple of false summits before arriving on the crowded summit. Nice scrambling, good weather, stunning views!
|Posted Jul 11, 2010 3:15 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
|I hiked up the trail a bit, but nap time and high elevation made me sleepy, so Daddy carried me the rest of the way to the top.
|Posted Jul 5, 2010 5:32 pm
|Day Hiker
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
|Hey, when you guys summit Mount Shasta, do you start at the Pacific coast, at sea level? Do you start closer to the mountain, at 3500 feet, in the town of Mount Shasta? Or do you DRIVE UP AS FAR AS YOU CAN, to Bunny Flat (or whatever trailhead), and start from there?
How about Mount Whitney? Do you start hiking in Lone Pine, at 3700 feet? Or do you DRIVE UP AS FAR AS YOU CAN and then start hiking from there?
How about Longs Peak? From Estes Park? From Loveland? From the Atlantic Ocean? Or how about DRIVING UP AS FAR AS YOU CAN and then start hiking from there?
So the same goes for Mount Evans.
The exercise one gets from starting at a lower point is worthwhile for sure, and obviously if you started at the lower point, your summit achievement is more of an accomplishment than that of someone who hiked from a higher trailhead. But if I'm going to get exercise from a mountain-wilderness-hiking experience, I would prefer to get it on a trail that doesn't take you to a parking lot full of cars and people who drove up. If you can drive up, I would prefer to do it that way, because it seems rather unsatisfying to hike to a place you can drive a car.
So here are my Evans summits, from the 14150-foot trailhead, of course:
13 July 1997.
03 July 2010: With DayHikerJr, who hiked up part of the way before I had to carry him. I guess unacclimatized 2-year-olds can get sleepy at 14000 feet, especially around midday nap time. We were on a cross-country trip, returning to Nevada after spending a couple of weeks below 1000 feet in Michigan.
|Posted Jul 5, 2010 5:27 pm
|First 14er
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2010
|The air is THIN up there!! This is the highest I've ever been and my 11,000' pace is not the same as my 14,000' pace. Especially after you eat Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast. And keeping up with the last 2 posts..... Ugh.
|Posted Jun 27, 2010 6:25 pm
|Sawtooth from Bierstadt
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2010
|Some guy on the summit asked his friend if the register canister was a time capsule. Ugh. Trip report
|Posted Jun 10, 2010 6:51 pm
|Guanella Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
|Slogged through the willows on this one. Ugh!
|Posted Apr 8, 2010 5:59 pm
|From Guanella Pass
|From Guanella Pass TH, I hiked up Gray Wolf Peak, then traversed over to Spalding, and then on to Evans. Lots of willows.
|Posted Mar 28, 2010 4:16 pm
|First taste of 14,000'
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009
|First day in Colorado headed up this guy...almost killed me for lack of oxygen, but it was great!
|Posted Feb 23, 2010 10:21 am
|Sawtooth at Night!
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2009
|Left Guanella Pass at 9:35 PM, got to the summit at 11:30 PM. The moon was so bright that we kept the headlamps in the packs. Tried to catch some Z's on the summit, but it was kinda chilly, so we continued to Evans via Sawtooth. Back at the TH at 6:35 am. Looong trip, especially with no sleep!
|Posted Jan 23, 2010 2:04 am
|Better with family
|Climbed it with my Pops. All the people up top and the road tend to ruin it a little for me otherwise.
|Posted Dec 9, 2009 4:40 pm
|Guanella pas
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009
|1st time August 18, 2009
2nd time May 26, 2013
3rd time May 24, 2014
|Posted Nov 23, 2009 11:51 pm
|14er spree
|Part of a 12 fourteeners in 6 days spree
|Posted Nov 7, 2009 1:03 am
|A few times
Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2002
|A few different times via a few different ways with DU alpine club starting in '02. Fun place.
|Posted Oct 23, 2009 5:23 pm
|nice climb
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009
|From Summit Lake via Mt.Spalding. Gorgeous cloudless sunny day. Two F-16 fighters flew by at eye level while we were sitting on the summit.
|Posted Sep 22, 2009 1:17 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Ascended Five Times
Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2011
|8/24/03 Road
7/11/04 Sawtooth Ridge from Mount Bierstadt
9/20/09 Northwest Ridge from Mount Spaulding
6/26/10 With Mount Warren & Rogers Peak
6/05/11 With Epaulet Mountain, "Epaulie" & Rosalie Peak
|Posted Sep 21, 2009 10:59 am
|Sarah Simon
|From Summit Lake with Mount Spalding
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009
|We enjoyed crisp, beautiful fall weather today. Best of all, the short route and later season (later/lesser storm threat) meant we didn't have to start hiking in the dark. Yeah! The south side of this route was more fun and scenic than anticipated. Partner: Husband.
|Posted Sep 19, 2009 8:10 pm
|Ken Dammen
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2009
|I climbed Evans via East Ridge route up to Bierstadt and the across the Sawtooth Ridge. Snow made the Sawtooth Ridge a little more challenging and potentially dangerous. But we took our time and made it across safely. There were very few people out there due to the snow storm. Fun day.
|Posted Sep 15, 2009 12:19 pm
|First Fourteener
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2009
|Hiked Mt. Evans from Summit Lake Via Mt. Spalding. I was the only one hiking up on that route. There were 2 people hiking down from Evans as I started up the ridge from Spalding.
This was my 1st 14er I've hiked. (I don't count taking the train to the top of Pikes Peak, or driving up the road to Evans)
|Posted Sep 6, 2009 11:14 am
|Evans at 3AM!?!?
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009
|Night hike, from Bierstadt via the Sawtooth. By the time we reached the West Ridge at around 2am, fatigue had set in, and the going was tough. The summit of Evans had a great view of Denver city lights. Started hallucinating things on the way down. Got back to Guanella Pass at about 6:30 am and slept for 4 hours in the car. Fun sufferfest!
|Posted Sep 5, 2009 3:11 pm

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This must be news only to the noobie football fans.
One ESPN broadcast had Rex losing the team because of the fight, and that the fight was a showcase of how big of a joke the team is. No team would fight with itself.
Really, you can't click on one thread to look for football news. Everything is a media spin.
This can happen at Pats, Steeler, and Giants camp but it is not a story.
But when the Jets have a major brawl over nonsense and the HC, who admits that he lost this team which lead to a losing streak that kept them out off the playoffs after guaranteeing multiple SBs by now, it becomes major news. its like all the WORDS that rex claimed at season end mean nothing AGAIN.
If this were the only negative example it gets a pass. Add this to Rex claiming he is the best defensive coach in the NFL, Holmes comments, Cromartie's comments, the Otah trade, Hunter starting, and the negative circus atmosphere that the tim tebow trade has brought us, well this fight becomes "one more thing."
IMHO, this is not "just a brawl" like any other in TCs around the NFL. Its just another example of how Rex and his philosophy for winning championships warrants questioning.
I don't care, and I think a lot of other people don't care either. People are beginning to wise up to the "blowing out of proportions" aspect of the media.
These types of things happen in camps all the time.
2. Holmes is a jackass. T.O. was a jackass too and yet he kept getting signed. Accept it and move on.
3. The Otah trade was a good attempt that didn't work out.
4. Last year was last year. This year is this year.
This is a story? really? I been to many days of training camp over the years and on most days there is some type of skirmish. The media is getting ridiculous
You guys see the dailynews today?
LOL the way the media covers this team is borderline criminal.
OMG a fight in practice...they happen every damn day in every training camp... **** the NY media, I mean really.
I like it. If we're willing to do this to our own players, imagine what we'll do to the other teams.
2) What is your point? So other teams sign jackasses so we should? Why not learn from the great franchises like Pitt, Giants, and Pats who seem to know when to cut ties with players who act like jackasses?
3) Good attempt? Your kidding right? Trading for Otah is a good attempt when you have a good to great RT in place, not when you are looking for every and any attempt to replace Hunter. Good attempt? It was a desperate attept where the JETS look foolish again. Sanchez lack of progression can be easily directed at Hunter's poor play last season, right from the very first play of the season! A good attempt would have been to draft Riley Rieff or David De Castro to improve our awful OLINE play and send a message to the team that all sides of the ball will be addressed. Its not like we have a lot of talent at OLINE and no one could complain addressing those positions. Instead we take Coples who might be great but DLINE was not the problem, if anything you could argue that DLINE was young and developing. Ask yourself, if Rex is the greatest defensive coach in the NFL, why does he need a first round pick at DE when OLINE was such an issue? Couldnt Rex make more with less being he is so great at defensive coaching?
4) Last year the HC admits that the collapse was his fault. That he lost the locker room and that things would change. So far, the HC has put a bulls eye on the offense by claiming he is the greatest defensive coach in the NFL Holmes and Cro still mouth off, and after addressing his team yesterday about the team brawl they responded by having another one less than 24 hours later.
Way too many people on this board:
1) Buy into the media hype machine that makes everything a major controversy;
2) Look for any little excuse to whine and complain because they, by nature, exist to whine and complain; and/or
3) Look for any little excuse to whine and complain because they crave the attention said whining and complaining receives on this board (I call this SAR syndrome).


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3 Fashion Savvy Teens Travel to Cambodia to Work in a Sweatshop – Their Reactions Are Moving (Video)Posted on Jan 30, 2015 in Blog, Editorials, & Thoughts, Global & National News, Mainstream Media & Programming, Political Issues
Kevin Hayden – first appeared at Kyoob³.com
Many of us go about our day without ever giving even a whimsical thought to where our clothing comes from. More often than not, and to a greater extent, we are concerned with staying abreast of fashion trends, style, or who's name is on the tag.
But what if you were faced with the harsh reality of our clothing industry face-to-face? What if you spent a few weeks sleeping on the dirty floor of a cramped ghetto in order to work 14-hour days for a paltry $3.00 USD?
"Sweatshop: Deadly Fashion", a Norwegian docu-reality show, sent three fashion-savvy youngsters to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in order to live the life of a textile factory worker.
At first, it seemed as though none of the young adults understood just how rough, or emotional, life was going to be as a factory worker. Fashion blogger Anniken essentially dismissed the sweatshop workers' plights, and with a laissez faire attitude, suggested they shouldn't complain too much because they were "used to it."
Before long, the entire trio – Frida, Ludvig and Anniken – were singing a different tune as they quickly discover that each person, no matter their role or position in life, has value....Continue ReadingView Comments (2)


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|McGill-Toolen Catholic High School
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|June 25: openings exist!This workshop is open to high school physics teachers worldwide.
PEER LEADER: Dr. Tim Burgess. Tim has been involved in Modeling since 1997. He has led many modeling courses and workshops in Arizona, Alabama, California, Mississippi and Tennessee, starting in 2001 at ASU. He teaches Honors Physics to Freshman as well as AP Physics.
You can contact Tim directly at firstname.lastname@example.com
Workshop information is here.
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The Modeling Workshop in 1st semester physics is an intensive 2-week course with these goals:
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The main objective of the 1st summer Modeling Workshop is to acquaint teachers with all aspects of the modeling method of instruction and develop some skill in implementing it. To that end, teachers are provided with a fairly complete set of written curriculum materials to support instruction organized into coherent modeling cycles (as described in Wells et al., 1995). The modeling cycle is described at http://modeling.asu.edu/modeling-HS.html.
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THE North Queensland pennants was a triumph on the weekend for Mackay and Black Springs golfing teams.
Mackay's B and C Grade teams both celebrated after claiming the flags on the weekend at Bowen and Proserpine respectively.
Black Springs teams also won in B and G grades at Ayr and at home.
Mackay's B-Grade side played in division 2 in Bowen and will return to the top division next year while C-Grade claimed the division 1 title in their first year back in the top grade.
B and C-grade captains Greg Coad and Dave Watling have thrown out the challenge to the club's A-graders to make it a clean sweep in 2013.


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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti,attended the event, along with Mauro Moretti, managind director of Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian Railways), Maurizio Manfellotto, managing director, AnsaldoBreda, and Roberto Tazzioli, chief country representative of Bombardier Transportation in Italy.
"In addition to its beautiful design, our new train is a game changer in the rail industry," Tazzioli said. "It offers not only very high speeds of up to 360 km/h [223 mph], but also cost-efficiency, a capacity of up to 600 passengers, reliability, safety, and durability. "
Bombardier says the new train "offers an unusually high acceleration that ensures excellent travelling times even on winding routes.
Bombardier and AnsaldoBreda won an order to deliver 50 trains to Trenitalia in September 2010. The first units are already in production and track tests will take place at the end of this year, Bombardier said.
After the Rimini exhibition, the Frecciarossa 1000 mock-up will travel to Berlin, to be displayed at InnoTrans, from Sept. 18-21.


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The Problem
- The dislike feature has been disabled?
- How do we deal with troll threads that present pictures of graphic scenes?
- Reporting can only do so much, disliking will temporarily hide the OP.
Basically, what I'm saying is that due to these horrific actions taken (disabling the dislike/like feature) the rate of which the trolls can succeed in their inhumane actions has been greatly increased.
- Implement the dislike/like feature
- Troll Succession rate will decrease
- Continue Reporting Troll Threads
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"I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."
"Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything. Live and let live, love and let love, flower and fade, and follow the natural curve, which flows on, pointless."
"If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine."


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Columbia Parks and Recreation
Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs
Browse Como.gov Skip top Navigation. Translate this page
|Fiscal Funding Year(s):
|2006 & 2007
|Project Budget:
|Funding Source:
|$650,000 Park Sales Tax; $100,000 USTA Grant
|Year Completed:
Council Items: Click here.
Plans: Click here.
Project Description: Demolish and rebuild tennis complexes at Fairview Park and Cosmo Park with California corner style fencing. The complex at Cosmo Park was completely redesigned from one row of eight courts to two sections side by side of four courts each. New lighting was installed at the Cosmo courts.
Project Status: Completed.
Major Vendors
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|APAC, Inc.
|Tennis Court Construction
|Barton Electric
|Lighting & Installation
|Condition of the courts before renovation. The cracks could no longer be repaired with re-coating.
|Courts were completely demolished and rebuilt.
|Court construction.
|Completed four-court Fairview Tennis Complex.
|Condition of Cosmo Tennis Courts before renovation
|Layout of tennis courts before renovation
|Courts were completely demolished and rebuilt.
|Completed lighted tennis complex at Cosmo Park with two sections side by side of four courts each.
|Several gathered at Cosmo Park on a stormy evening to celebrate the dedication of the new tennis complexes.
|Ribbon cutting at the dedication of the Thomas A. Rapp Tennis Courts at Cosmo Park on May 15, 2007.


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The CFTC imputes costs and the related financing sources for its share of retirement benefits accruing to its past and present employees that are in excess of the amount of contributions from the CFTC and its employees, which are mandated by law. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which administers federal civilian retirement programs, provides the cost information to the CFTC. The CFTC recognizes the full cost of providing future pension and Other Retirement Benefits (ORB) for current employees as required by Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 5, "Accounting for Liabilities of the Federal Government".
Full costs include pension and ORB contributions paid out of the CFTC's appropriations and costs financed by OPM. The amount financed by OPM is recognized as an imputed financing source. This amount was $6,478,917 for the period ended September 30, 2012 and $6,589,475 for the period ended September 30, 2011. Reporting amounts such as plan assets, accumulated plan benefits, or unfunded liabilities, if any, is the responsibility of OPM.
Liabilities for future pension payments and other future payments for retired employees who participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program are reported by OPM rather than CFTC.
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Here's the press release from the Hayden Rogers campaign.The Democrat is running against Republican Mark Meadows to represent the 11th Congressional District, which includes most of western North Carolina and part of Buncombe County.
Rogers endorsed by NC Association of Educators
Brasstown, NC –Today Hayden Rogers announced he has received the endorsement of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) for his staunch support of public education.
"Hayden Rogers has an outstanding track record of working with the teachers of Western North Carolina on the most important issues facing educators today," said NCAE President Rodney Ellis. "We are thrilled about Hayden's candidacy and look forward to working with him in Congress to protect our classrooms, invest in public education, and move our economy and our country forward."
Rogers is the son of local public school teachers and a product of the Graham County school system. After graduating from Robbinsville High School, Rogers took out federal student aid and worked night jobs to pay his way through Princeton University. While working as Chief of Staff to Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC) over the past five years, Rogers served as a tireless advocate for teachers and students in Western North Carolina.
"Hayden is hands down the best choice to represent Western North Carolina in Congress," said NCAE District 1A Director Rena Sutton. "He listens to us and truly understands the challenges facing our local students, teachers and the public education system. We see Hayden as a partner in making a difference for public educators and know he will be a strong advocate for us in Washington."
"I am incredibly honored to receive the endorsement of the North Carolina Association of Educators," said Rogers. "A strong public education system is the cornerstone of success in America. Education has always played a key role in my life, and unlike my opponent, I will always work to empower our local stakeholders while fighting for strong standards that ensure all students have access to a high-quality public education."
Rogers is married to Dr. Donna Tipton-Rogers, president of Tri-County Community College in Murphy, NC. Their two daughters attend Murphy Elementary.


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Bill Simmons had written a book called "The Book of Basketball". In one of his chapters in his book he lists out his Wine Cellar Team.
His definition of such a team is to pick the best 12 guys on the roster to ever play the game. The one rule is that you can only choose one guy from one particular season. For example, if he chose Michael Jordan, he could only select a Michael Jordan from one season that he played. The term 'wine cellar' comes for the fact that a bottle of wine is typically selected based on its year. So if we chose Vince Carter, it would be a specific Vince Carter from one season, and not the entire Vince Carter package that we see today.
I was reading some of that book this weekend, and was thinking about who I would place on the Toronto Raptors Wine Cellar Team.
So if I was able to borrow the DeLorean and a Flux Capicator, so that I can arrange to get 12 guys (and a coach) to play a game of basketball, this is what I would like to see happen:
C - Antonio Davis (2000-2001)
PF - Chris Bosh (2008-2009)
SF - Morris Peterson (2005-2006)
SG - Vince Carter (2000-2001)
PG - Damon Stoudamire (1996-1997)
Marcus Camby (1997-1998)
Charles Oakley (2000-2001)
Doug Christie (1996-1997)
Anthony Parker (2006-2007)
Jose Calderon (2007-2008)
Jorge Garbajosa (2006-2007)
Alvin Williams (2002-2003)
Dwane Casey (2011-2012)
My team is not just based on the best statistical season. For example, Chris Bosh's best statistical season was 2009-2010, however he had one foot out the door after the all-star team, and in my opinion that's not a worthy season for me. I also picked some character guys that I would like on the team (Jorge, Jose, Alvin, and Anthony for example). And even though Casey only coached one season.. I'd rather have him coach the team then anybody else.
Who would you put on your wine cellar team?


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30 Weeks, 30 Cams: Week 3, Revueflex-Bwritten by bloomchen on 2012-04-25 #gear
This is a review of the camera used for week 3 of the "30 Weeks, 30 Cams" series. The camera a, Revueflex-B, is nothing but a Zenit-B sold by a German department store chain under another name. Read on how I got this SLR camera produced in Russia and how it handles.2 9 Share Tweet


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So much for D'antoni hating on Nate.
He told nate ''go out there be yourself'' and that brought us back. Still let him in the game with 6 TO before nate commited the last one that made the game close again. I think D'antoni wants to bring the best out of Nate and he may actually do it. Although that 14 games DNP was a bit longer than what I expected is working for Nate.


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Chris Bosh's 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining, combined with the ensuing miss by Tony Parker, propelled the Heat to a stunning victory without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers.
The Spurs had led by five at the half before Miami pushed ahead with a 19-5 run in the third quarter. The Spurs retook the lead with Tim Duncan's foul-line jumper, and led by three in the final minute.
Norris Cole followed with a pair of free throws to cut the lead to one, and Bosh drilled a 3 from the top of the arc after Duncan missed another mid-range shot.
The Heat (58-15) won the season series 2-0, and hold a three-game lead over the Spurs (55-18) for the best record in the NBA.
Third quarter: Heat 71, Spurs 64
That letdown Gregg Popovich was worried about before tipoff?
It's in full swing after the Heat popped the Spurs for 31 points in the quarter to lead by seven entering the fourth. They had led by eight after a 19-5 run capped by Rashard Lewis' steal-layup combo.
The Spurs responded with a 6-0 surge to pull within two, but the Heat scored seven of the final nine to close the quarter. Miami has offset the Spurs' inside dominance from the 3-point line, making 10 shots to just four for the Spurs.
Halftime: Spurs 45, Heat 40
The Spurs have the lead, and that's the biggest positive for them following a sluggish first half against a Miami team playing without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers.
Despite missing nearly 57 points of offense, the Heat are getting solid looks on offense. They just aren't making enough, shooting just 41 percent. But they've held the Spurs to 42.9 percent despite major minutes for Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard. The Spurs are dominating on the interior, holding a 29-18 edge in rebounds and 22-6 in points in the paint.
The Spurs had trailed 7-0 early before storming in front with an 8-2 surge midway through the second quarter. But they haven't been able to stagger Miami through two quarters, which could force them to work harder than they'd like with a tough road game against Miami on Monday night.
First quarter: Spurs 24, Heat 22
The Spurs are suffering through the letdown coach Gregg Popovich was expecting, trailing for most of the first quarter despite the absences of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
Down by as many as seven, they pushed back in front with a 10-3 run. But despite 35 combined minutes from Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard, they lead by only two entering the second quarter.


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New Letter from Tolkien found between books
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I was totally flabbergasted when I went through the estate of my aunt and found an old envelop stamped in Oxford 31st, December 1964. Enclosed was a letter from J.R.R.Tolkien to the pupils of my aunt. My aunt was a primary schoolteacher and must have had contact with Tolkien. The letter is printed on Tolkien stationary and is signed.
It says:
Dear Children,
Thank you very much indeed for writing to me to say that you have enjoyed reading my books. It is always pleasant for an author to learn that his work has given pleasure.
I was particularly interested to know that you have not only read "The Hobbit" and " The Lord of the Rings" in your own language, but that they are helping you to learn English as well. And Miss Korff tells me that you have painted water-colours of many scenes from these stories.
I hope that the books will continue to give you pleasure, and I wish you all much success in your studies.
Yours sincerely
Does any body of you know what such a letter is worth and how to connect to a collector?
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Posted on: 2010/2/5 5:55
Re: New Letter from Tolkien found between books
2006/6/5 22:04
From Essex, England
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We have recently had lots of 'fake' Tolkien letters appear and it is very nice to see an example of a genuine signed letter with its original envelope.
You have various ways to sell the letter if that is what you would like to do, one way would be to get someone to sell it on your behalf and a forum member would be a good choice for that, Pieter Collier (Beren) and his web site is http://www.tolkienlibrary.com./contacts.htm.
If you look at Beren's site you will see he is selling some letters which would give you a guide to price. (http://www.tolkienlibrary.com./dmiller/rare-Tolkien_letters.htm)
Another option would be to sell the letter through eBay.
Posted on: 2010/2/5 6:21
Re: New Letter from Tolkien found between books
Just popping in
2007/4/19 11:28
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that you have not only read "The Hobbit" and " The Lord of the Rings" in your own language
I'm not sure if I understand this correctly. Does "in your own language" mean that the children have read German translations (the letter is addressed to a school in Germany) of The Hobbit and LotR? The first German translation of LotR was published in 1969/70 but this letter dates back to 1964. That's five years before the German translation was published.
But maybe I don't get the point
Posted on: 2010/2/5 6:46
Re: New Letter from Tolkien found between books
Home away from home
2009/10/30 4:30
Posts: 502
Hi Max
This looks a good example of a genuine letter to me too. After so many recent fakes its good to see what appears ot be the 'real thing'
As Trotter advises there are numerous ways to sell, one factor might be how fast you want a buyer /need monies etc. No doubt you may even get some interest from forum members here!
Good luck what ever you decide
Posted on: 2010/2/5 7:34
Re: New Letter from Tolkien found between books
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2010/2/5 5:42
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First of all thanks a lot for the quick replies!
Well that is interesting. He possibly meant only the Hobbit (first published in Germany 1957) - Hm...
Or my aunt did her own translation ? Or he misunderstood?
Unfortunately I do not know the original letter from her. Maybe some collector has her letter, that would certainly help.
Well the date is clear on the letter and the envelop.
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Richard DiCroce added a comment - 09/Jul/11 07:37 AM
Test case
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 09/Jul/11 09:13 AM
One would have thought that if you had a problem with a query you would actually look at the log and mention what is the SQL generated, and then define what is wrong with that SQL.
Richard DiCroce added a comment - 09/Jul/11 07:02 PM
This issue also affects removing items from the set. Having looked at the logs more closely, yes, it is a query problem.
For contains():
1136 DEBUG [main] DataNucleus.Datastore.Native - SELECT `FOOA_ID_OID` FROM `FOOA_STUFF` THIS WHERE THIS.`FOOA_ID_OID` = <1> AND THIS.`STUFF_FOOB_FOOB_ID_EID` = <1> AND THIS.`STUFF_FOOA_FOOA_ID_EID` = <null>
And for remove():
1143 DEBUG [main] DataNucleus.Datastore.Native - DELETE FROM `FOOA_STUFF` WHERE `FOOA_ID_OID` = <1> AND `STUFF_FOOB_FOOB_ID_EID` = <1> AND `STUFF_FOOA_FOOA_ID_EID` = <null>
1144 DEBUG [main] DataNucleus.Datastore.Persist - Execution Time = 1 ms (number of rows = 0)
The problem with the SQL is patently obvious: the parameters have brackets around them, but shouldn't.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 09/Jul/11 07:23 PM
Nope, there are actually no <> around anything in what is sent to JDBC. They are displayed like that to show that it is a parameter.
Richard DiCroce added a comment - 09/Jul/11 10:17 PM
Ah, I see it now. Fascinating! I didn't know that you can't run a query with "x = NULL" and instead you have to use "x IS NULL".
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 10/Jul/11 09:02 AM
So why is your element "id" null? because you pass in a transient object to a query (JDOHelper.getObjectId(obj) == null). i.e user error.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 10/Jul/11 09:09 AM
And if you say "well I have equals defined" then sure you do but you're using a backed collection and that goes to the datastore to evaluate such things, and if expecting otherwise you refer to http://www.datanucleus.org/servlet/jira/browse/NUCCORE-684
Richard DiCroce added a comment - 10/Jul/11 06:25 PM
Did you even bother to look at the test case? Or read anything else I've said?
First: I'll agree that
Second: The ID isn't null because I'm passing a transient object, mostly because I'm NOT passing a transient object, which you would know if you had bothered to look at the test case:
FooA fooA = query.filter(QFooA.candidate().id.eq(1)).executeUnique();
FooB fooB = query2.filter(QFooB.candidate().id.eq(1)).executeUnique();
if (!fooA.getStuff().contains(fooB)) {
NucleusLogger.GENERAL.info(">> Contains() should have returned true, but returned false!");
It's null because the table being queried is a join relationship for a Set of IFoo, which is an interface. IFoo has two implementations: FooA and FooB, so DataNucleus has generated a join table with a column and corresponding foreign key for each implementation. So of course STUFF_FOOA_FOOA_ID_EID is null: I'm asking to remove (or asking if the set contains) an instance of FooB, not an instance of a class that is somehow magically inheriting from both FooA and FooB.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 10/Jul/11 07:22 PM
Obviously I "bothered" to scan through the test case (since I "bothered" to refer to it), which I do in my spare time and get no thanks for. My initial assessment, based on the problem title, description and what I saw in the testcase is as I said (i.e the issue talks of contains(), and as you've already said, contains() works when you do as per the other issue. QED).
You introduce some other issue into this issue, later on (3 comments down), which is obviously not the same thing as contains() ... the title of this issue.
Obviously you could easily raise a specific issue for the remove problem, and link to this issue for the testcase, and then even, dare I suggest it, provide a patch to fix it.
Richard DiCroce added a comment - 10/Jul/11 08:10 PM
Okay, that was my bad: I spotted the potential problem of using a transient object after I submitted the test case and modified it locally on my machine so that it uses an instance retrieved from the datastore. The reason I didn't bother to upload a new version of the test case is because that didn't fix the problem.
The reason I brought up the remove() issue is because, although remove() is obviously not the same as contains(), the problems DO appear to be related: incorrect SQL is produced in both cases. Yes, the workaround in
Anyway, I'll adjust the test case to better show the problems and create a new issue.


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WILTSHIRE and Swindon was showcased to the country last weekend as Visit Wiltshire hosted the largest trade travel conference to scour the region.
The Annual Showcase Exhibition and AGM weekend saw more than 200 delegates from the UK's most influential travel organisers tour the county to see the best that tourism had to offer.
Stationed at the Hilton Hotel, travel tours set out to visit 20 hand-picked locations, including the Steam Museum, MacArthur Glen Designer Outlet and Lydiard Park. Fiona Errington, marketing manager for Visit Wiltshire, said the event had
been a great success, and hoped it would lead to some changing attitudes about the county.
"We have had some of our best local attractions on show, including Salisbury Cathedral and Lydiard Park," she said "There is a whole host of 20 local attractions we wanted to highlight, so it has been a crammed weekend for the delegates.
"On Friday night we had a welcome dinner at the Steam Museum, which was exceptionally well received. "Then on Saturday we had an exhibition throughout the morning, before we had five trips going out all around Wiltshire, taking the groups out to as much as we could.
"They headed out to all the villages, including Malmesbury, Chippenham and Corsham, and we have had a picture of a market town by taking in Devizes before coming back to the MacArthur Glen Outlet Centre in Swindon. "It all finishes off with a gala dinner at the hotel with some great local entertainment."
Fiona said some places may not have made the cut because of the area's wealth of attractions. "If we haven't included certain places we have been talking about them to the delegates on the bus routes," she said. "We will be describing the best locations around the whole of Wiltshire, but there is so much for them to take in. We are always up against other destinations but what we have to offer has really won them over.
"We want to make Wiltshire the place to stop, not just to drive through. It is something we are always aiming to improve on, and the work will continue. "Wiltshire is a bit of an unknown county, and people do not often aim to come here, but we want to put the word out that it is a fantastic place for people to come and stay.
"The reaction has been very positive. Everyone is talking in amazement about the reception they have had, and they are all very excited about all the places they have been to see. "We have been lucky that the sun has just come about as we all set off. "There is a whole host of things in Swindon we wanted to show off, particularly Lydiard Park and the Steam Museum."


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Great idea
This could also be of use to the machine-vision and self-driving-cars community.
Two innovative mobile phone applications are in development that, it's claimed, will help the blind and visually impaired more easily identify everyday objects and independently navigate. Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com SeeScan's a text-to-speech app designed by US firm iVisit which uses a mobile …
This could also be of use to the machine-vision and self-driving-cars community.
And Low the Virgin Father of the Jesus-Phone said "they shall make Apps and they shall be good"
When will the resurrection app be released in time for next Easter ?
If SeeScan and SeeStar work well and are somewhat affordable, this will be a huge step towards independence for the visually impaired.
Ray Kurzweil's KNFB Reader combines a phone camera with OCR software. That's supposedly enough (I haven't used one) to read street signs, but object recognition is a whole new level.
So this helps blind people find objects; as long as you know where the object is and can point a camera at it?
Is it just me or have this company just moved the problem?
...and no Jesus Phone gags?


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Friday marked a special day for Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
The actors celebrated their 27th anniversary and posted several Instagram photos professing their love for one another after almost three decades together.
In one shot of the "Closer"actress, Bacon wrote, "Celebrating 9,855 days of marriage to @kyrasedgwick."
But who's counting, right? Well, he certainly is.
He followed up his post with a throwback picture of the famous couple on their wedding day and wrote, "Did I mention it's 1,404 weeks since we tied the knot? #LikeFineWine."
PHOTOS: Celeb couples we admire
And as if that wasn't enough, two weeks ago the star celebrated his wife's 50th birthday and shared a photo of them dancing in an empty bar.
Sedgwick shared her own photo celebrating her birthday -- which was a major milestone in and of itself -- by showing off her massive display of 50 red roses.


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Awards, Announcements, and News
The Canada Council for the Arts announced the various winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards. On the English side, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen won for Children's Text and Virginia Wolf by Isabelle Arsenault won for Children's Illustration. For French works, Un été d'amour et de cendres by Aline Apostolka won for Children's Text while La clé à molette won for Children's Illustration. See the details here: http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/en
If you have not heard of 49th Shelf, it is worth taking a gander at http://49thshelf.com. It is a joint project of the Association of Canadian Publishers and Canadian Publisher's Council with some funding and sponsorship from government and industry. Its goal is to help find Canadian books and bookstores that sell them. Aside from being able to search by category (including several sub-categories of children's fiction and non-fiction) or author, it features an intriguing map search to locate books related to geographic areas to help with your own "100-mile book diet": http://49thshelf.com/map. In addition, 49th shelf has an invitation out for librarians and educators to get access to some specialized content http://49thshelf.com/librarians.
Some award announcements since the last issue include:
- National Book Awards for Young People's Literature (books published in USA by US citizens) won by William Alexander for Goblin (see the 2012 finalists at http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2012.html#.UOcvSW9wV8E)
- Guardian Children's Fiction Prize won by Frank Cottrell Boyce for The Unforgotten Coat (see the 2012 longlist at http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/gallery/2012/jun/08/childrens-fiction-prize-longlist-gallery)
- Costa Children's Book Award for writers based in the U.K. and Ireland won by Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon (see the 2012 longlist at http://www.costabookawards.com/media/6956/shortlistrelease-forthewebsite.pdf)
Upcoming in January should be the announcements for the various awards from the Association for Library Service to Children division of the American Library Association which include the Newbery, Caldecott, and several others.
Finally, we do like to note University of Alberta and Edmonton connections when possible. Thomas Wharton, the author of The Fathomless Fire (reviewed in this issue) is an associate professor here and also recently gave a wonderful, engaging guest talk for a Greater Edmonton Library Association evening event.
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Deserving recognition heaped on KC's defense
KANSAS CITY -- Royals fans and the team's pitchers knew it all along, but the postseason awards are making it official: the Kansas City defense was pretty doggone good this year.
For the first time, three Royals won Rawlings Gold Glove Awards in the American League -- left fielder Alex Gordon, first baseman Eric Hosmer and catcher Salvador Perez.
Shortstop Alcides Escobar and center fielder Lorenzo Cain also were nominated for Gold Glove Awards, and Cain was named the Royals Defensive Player of the Year by Wilson. Not only that, but the Royals were co-winners with the Orioles as Wilson's American League Defensive Team of the Year.
"Kansas City is a small-market team, but for all these guys to be recognized like this just shows how good of a baseball team we have and how these guys work," Hosmer said.
In 2012, third baseman Mike Moustakas was one of the three Gold Glove Award nominees as well. He wasn't too shabby this year, either.
Closer Greg Holland certainly assigns the Royals' "D" an "A" grade.
"It gave me the ability to attack hitters more. I've never been afraid of throwing the ball over the plate, but you also realize when you have a defense that's that solid all the way around, one through nine, if you make them hit the ball four or five times in a row -- even if they hit it hard, somebody's going to make the play," Holland said. "They did it day-in and day-out, saved a lot of runs and in turn, that saved games."
Perez, just 23, gave the pitchers a lift not only with his arm and blocking abilities but with his game-calling this season.
"He's still learning, he's just a kid, man," said starter James Shields, "and to be able to make the strides he made from Spring Training and to be able to work with a new staff ... I mean, there are not many catchers that could possibly do that and have a lot of success. He did a phenomenal job this year."
Hosmer's ability to snare slightly-errant throws has made all the other infielders better in manager Ned Yost's view.
"He not only makes them look so good, but there's a comfort level with our infielders with Hoz at first base, because they know they have the opportunity to make a spectacular play," Yost said. "They know that they can catch a ball, wheel and throw, and no matter where it's going to be -- high, low, left or right -- Hoz is going to be there to pick it."
It was a great blend of superb defense and strong pitching for the 2013 Royals.
"Just the way we played behind our pitching staff, really there wasn't a weak position on our infield or our outfield," Gordon said. "So it was great to see that good pitching matched with that great defense."
Eiland throws GIBBY support behind Holland
KANSAS CITY -- Closer Greg Holland is the only Royals player nominated for a GIBBY -- the Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards, for which fans are casting ballots on MLB.com -- and he has pitching coach Dave Eiland's vote.
"It's a credit to him," Eiland said. "Everybody talks about his stuff -- his fastball and his slider and his good change are almost unhittable when he's on -- but it's his approach and his makeup as well that make him as good as he is. You don't teach a guy or force a kid to have that kind of makeup. He just kind of has it, he was kind of born with it."
Holland had 47 saves and blew just three saves in his 2013 campaign. Those rare glimpses of vulnerability reminded Eiland of his time as Yankees pitching coach with legendary Mariano Rivera.
"It kind of leaves you speechless, because you're not used to seeing it. It kind of brought me back to my years with Rivera -- like, 'Oh wow, well, I guess he is human,'" Eiland said. "But Greg was absolutely tremendous. I don't think anybody could've predicted a better year for him than he had."
Royals explain philosophy for Surprise move
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals' recent decision to drop their Rookie classification team at their training complex in Surprise, Ariz., basically was made for one reason.
"We're not really big fans of complex baseball for the development of players," said director of player development Scott Sharp. "We feel that players can develop better outside the complex environment."
There's just a better feel for competitive baseball with the Rookie clubs at Idaho Falls and Burlington, N.C. There are fans in the stands, there's a community presence at the ballpark, there are road trips, and all the trappings of Minor League baseball.
That was missing at Surprise, where most games were played on the complex's back fields, "fans" consisted of idle players or visiting scouts, the atmosphere was subdued and summertime temperatures boiled. Not only that, players might be in Arizona virtually year-round for Spring Training, extended camp and the summer league followed by the fall or instructional leagues. For some players, there might be a second year at Surprise.
"We feel like guys can stagnate by spending 20 months in Arizona before they ever get out. That was why we did it," Sharp said.
The Royals didn't cut any coaching or staff positions and likely will make up for lost player slots by adding a second team in the Dominican Republic. The dropping of Surprise leaves them with seven Minor League clubs.
Checking in with 'Amazing' wives of Getz, DeJesus
KANSAS CITY -- Sort of like the Royals and the Rays making a late run for it this season, the baseball wives team is hanging in there determinedly on CBS-TV's "The Amazing Race."
Nicky Getz, wife of Royals second baseman Chris Getz, and Kim DeJesus, wife of Rays outfielder David DeJesus, got slowed down in Sunday night's episode in exotic Abu Dhabi. They missed a connecting ride on a yacht, had trouble arranging a tray full of dates in a market and lagged in a high-speed run in a race car. (All this after Kim rappelled down a 200-foot building.)
So in the episode's final scene, they are the last team to check in and they're in tears because their race seems over. They had made it through seven episodes and were among six surviving teams of the 11 that started the crazy round-the-world dash.
But wait. The host informs them this was a non-elimination leg and they're still in the race.
"I thought we were going home!" says a relieved Nicky as they hug happily.
But can they pull a worst-to-first comeback? Stay tuned next Sunday.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.