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As Mongeau said in a mid-October interview, he "stands on the shoulders of giants." But he hasn't been standing still.
Any doubts were settled when Mongeau on Oct. 26 delivered the news to financial analysts and reporters that CN in third-quarter 2010 achieved an operating ratio of 62.7%, two percentage points better than a year ago and exceeding the 68.2% reported a few days earlier by another great railroad, Union Pacific. Solidly successful productivity initiatives, along with strong top-line growth and unrelenting cost control, keep lowering the percentage of CN revenues consumed by expenses and increasing its appeal to investors.
Mongeau this year introduced a new strategy that has been quick to pay off. As CN explains it: "A series of clear metrics make the supply chain more transparent to CN managers – for example, a weekly report shows how much coal is on hand at export terminals and mines, the arrival dates of vessels at these ports, the amount of coal being shipped from mines, and the number of trains to and en route from the mines."
The supply chain approach came at a time of rebounding Asian steel markets and production from new mines, and in this year's first eight months helped CN increase coal carloads to two terminals in the Vancouver area and one at Prince Rupert by 91%.
"CN's impressive performance is more than an economic recovery story," Mongeau stressed as CN released its third- quarter results. "We are starting to see dividends from our new supply chain initiatives, which are designed to help our customers grow their business and position CN to handle a greater amount of that traffic. Since the beginning of the year, we've innovated on a number of fronts ranging from scheduled grain service in Western Canada, to collaboration agreements with CN's major ports and level-of-service pacts with terminal operators, to a new end-to-end supply chain focus on Western Canada export coal."
Mongeau doesn't miss an opportunity to tout the importance of the supply chain. He told the Pacific Gateway Forum 2010 at the Vancouver Board of Trade on Oct. 19: "To date, CN has invested roughly C$600 million in projects that specifically relate to the Asia-Pacific Gateway Corridor—everything from terminals and equipment, to sidings and signals." But he said that investment is not enough. "We need innovation and collaboration throughout the supply chain. That is the journey CN is on." CN introduced its "Pipeline of Strategic Productivity Initiatives" (see illustration above right) earlier this year with the comment: "Precision Railroading centers on what customers are most concerned about—the timely and safe delivery of cars or containers, not the train that carries them. By focusing on continuously improving all the processes that contribute to delivering the customer's goods, CN became the most efficient and productive railroad in North America."
These are some of the initiatives now in the pipeline:
Extended sidings, train length
One of the challenges CN faced in implementing its Precision Railroading model and running 10,000-plus-foot trains was that its sidings were typically only 6,000 feet long. In the past 10 years, in addition to putting in new sidings, CN has invested C$400 million to extend a significant number of sidings. In many cases, existing materials were redeployed, using two 6,000-foot sidings to create one of 12,000 feet. Benefits: fewer train and crew starts; fewer locomotives; faster, more reliable service.
Operating trains equipped with Distributed Power is integral to this objective. DP provides faster, smoother train starts, improved braking and lower pulling forces at the head-end of a train. As of midyear, CN had Locotrol on 320 of its roughly 1,200 road locomotives, and new deliveries and retrofits should push that number to 411 by year's end. CN runs 75% of its loaded bulk commodity trains (mainly coal and grain) with distributed power, plus half of its intermodal trains and 20% of its manifest trains.
Car velocity
While continuing its focus on asset utilization metrics such as car velocity, CN is now doing this in greater cooperation with of customers. A number of "scrums" have been held involving customers, Car Management staff, and local Operation staff, to identify and eradicate sources of dwell, while improving flexibility for customers in their car order process and getting short lead time orders filled. "It's all about balance—minimizing fleet, maximizing velocity, maximizing loading opportunities, and providing flexibility in the marketplace to maximize order fulfillment rates," says CN. EJ&E bypass, Kirk Yard integration
CN says its acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern provides the "missing link" to connect five existing CN lines entering Chicago, filling a void in its network that has caused delays and higher costs. CN expects integration of the CN and EJ&E networks will be completed within three years of the acquisition. A strategic goal of the EJ&E integration is the reconstruction of the former's Kirk Yard in Gary, Ind. The plan is to consolidate work done now at multiple yards in the Chicago area at Kirk. CN expects the transition to occur toward the end of 2011 or in early 2012. Kirk is envisioned as a "low cost per car-handled facility with greater switching efficiencies, promoting higher car velocity, network fluidity, and improved locomotive productivity."
Harrison Yard in Memphis
CN recently completed a US$100-million reconfiguration and modernization of its Memphis classification yard, now Harrison Yard. Today's yard can handle nearly double the traffic the old facility could in a 24-hour period. Harrison Yard is CN's second largest in the U. S. with a capacity of more than 3,100 freight cars at the 45-track facility. The revised operation can handle 35 or more freight trains a day. Memphis is the largest U.S. location outside of Chicago where CN interchanges traffic with four of the major U.S. Class 1 railroads.
Edmonton (Walker Yard) Hump Closure
This is part of CN's overall network switching strategy, which is based on minimum handlings, upstream blocking, and a centralization of production switching needs on its network of highly productive hump yards—Symington (Winnipeg), MacMillan (Toronto), Harrison (Memphis), and Kirk (Gary, Ind.), for which redevelopment plans are under way. This strategy allows CN to minimize the cost per car handled, and close or downsize smaller yards for use as regional switching, industrial support, and intermodal facilities. In Walker Yard, the service plan was changed to have the many inbound way-freights do online blocking, and reduce the number of outbound blocks required here by having Symington classify more, and by streamlining the empty car distribution tactics. Savings included signals and computer system maintenance and upgrade costs of the hump itself.
CN has developed SmartYard, to provide operations decision makers with better information. Smartcard takes information from different existing CN computer systems, combines the data, and then provides the best sequence for processing the cars. "It continuously adjusts to constantly changing conditions of the yard inventory and CN's network using preset parameters and rates to predict when processes associated with classification and train make-up will start and end," says CN. When the start or end time of a process conflicts with or does not support the yard's overall plan, alerts are displayed. SmartYard was first rolled out at MacMillan Yard, and later implemented at yards in Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Memphis.
Precision Engineering
A key component of Precision Engineering, based in SAP, is the Track Inspection System (TIS), which combines data from ultrasonic and track geometry rail inspection vehicles along with information collected from visual inspections. This provides engineering supervisors and track inspectors with a detailed overview of all track defects, along with the ability to prioritize and assign work to field forces. The second phase of the project delivers mobile time and material reporting capabilities. PCs are installed in work vehicles to provide employees with wireless access to report and extract information such as plant condition, track availability, along with train and engineering crew locations. .
Fuel efficiency
CN claims to leads the industry in fuel consumption per 1,000 GTMs. CN was getting 1-2% fuel efficiency gains in 2003, 2004 and 2006, mostly from running longer, heavier trains. Motivated by soaring fuel prices, CN improved the pace of improvement. In 2009 the railroad achieved a 4% improvement, with an 8% gain in the second half of the year. CN has set a goal of a 3% annual gain in fuel efficiency in the next three years. New fuel-efficient locomotives, which consume 15% to 20% less fuel than the units they replace, are a key part of CN's strategy. CN is also conserving fuel with:
• Distributed power, which maximizes the gains targeted from its extended siding program. DP-equipped locomotives' higher-power and higher-adhesion capabilities mean fewer locomotives are needed to pull the same train weight. With improved matching of motive power to train weight, DP locomotives save fuel and cut emissions.
• Installation of Wi-Tronix systems on CN locomotives. W-Tronix's Wi-Tracker system is being used to maximize both locomotive asset utilization and fuel savings. Wi-Tracker provides tools such as statistics on utilization, engine shut down and duty cycle, fuel monitoring, locomotive fault and exception-based alerting, and geo-mapping.
• Automatic Stop/Start devices that conserve fuel and reduce emissions by automatically shutting down locomotives not in use.
• Equipping CN's latest GE locomotives with GE Transportation's Trip Optimizer.
All of this requires a strong and consistent flow of capital improvement dollars. CN told Railway Age last month: "Current guidance for 2010 is C$1.6 billion. Approximately C$1 billion is targeted towards track infrastructure. Equipment spending, targeted to reach approximately C$300 million in 2010, is intended to improve the quality of the fleet to meet customer requirements and includes the acquisition of 69 new high-horsepower locomotives.
CN also expects to spend roughly C$300 million on facilities to grow the business, including transload and distribution centers; on information technology to improve service and operating efficiency and on other projects to increase productivity." CN is also buying 2,000 new freight cars this year.
In five years that have included the deepest recession in nearly 80 years, CN has invested as much as C$1.688 billion on improvements (2007) and never less than C$1.477 billion (2009). Cutting corners on long term capital improvements is not part of Precision Railroading.


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He's the latest signing. Heard his name before but never seen him play. Guessing he's a 15th man on most teams. is he decent defensively?
He's the latest signing. Heard his name before but never seen him play. Guessing he's a 15th man on most teams. is he decent defensively?
I saw him play live in Puerto Rico (BSN)
He has a good jumpshot. He's a PF/C who can hit a threes.
Defense is terrible, like Amare bad.
He's always be a good offensive player (17-18 ppg per 36 minutes) He averages 3.5 offensive rebounds at that per 36 rate...so he can be productive on the offensive end.
The problem is his inability to move the ball, he's literally an Eddy Curry type blackhole on offense....big men with poor turnover to assist ratios tend to be negative for teams who try to maintain an efficient offense.
It is a contradiction, since we have Amare and Bargnani on this team.
Now we have 3 big men who give us nothing on defense and something on offense but it isn't spectacular nor does it help ball movement.
I'm really not feeling this roster, another bad move and I'll end up missing Isiah Thomas.
yeah, neither do i. Sadly, i don't have us in the top 5 in the league....so, no championship, again...Wish Dolan would consider selling
Latest is Ike opened some eyes with his game against Boston and has the inside track against Powell and Aldrich. Aldrich has disappointed with his physicality at the 5.
Yeah, i think if he plays well tonight (Wizards?) i think we have to seriously think he's in

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To be eligible for the program, the agency says people have to have installed an above-ground safe room or in-ground shelter after Jan. 21, 1999. Applicants also must own their home at the time of their application.
The Department of Emergency Management indicated it will reimburse people for some of the costs associated with above-ground safe rooms or in-ground shelter installation. Reimbursements will be half of the associated costs or $1,000, whichever is less.
The agency stated it won't process electronic applications or applications received before July 15.
The Legislature approved the program to receive $1,250,000 for the new fiscal year.


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Around 11am this morning just as I was finishing up a very frustrating maths lesson with Marisah there was a very loud and deep rumbling boom.
I looked up and immediately noticed the hanging fans that were not turned on were shaking. I raced outside and saw nothing. My wife laughed when I came back inside scratching my head and said (without much conviction) "Cambodia must have started bombing us again."
When I visited earlier this year with the family there was quite a serious conflict happening close by between the two countries which I blogged about here.
When no more bomb like noises were heard I quickly forgot about it until I noticed in the breaking news section of the Bangkok Website this article.
In it, it mentions how "a mysterious loud bang was heard near a border village in Si Sa Ket province this morning, with reports likening it to an artillery round, and metal debris was later found scattered over the area."
It was reported to have happened around 11am and apparently sounded like an artillery shell exploding.
After the explosion was hear a large piece of metal was found in a field at the Phumsarol Witthaya School and later on similar bits of metal was found in other spots around the area. This school is located in the Kantharalak area which is only about 50kms away from us.
It was this school that was hit by artillery fire during the fighting I mentioned earlier this year. In fact a friend of mine reported on a trip he made to the area and sent me a photo of this school soon after a bomb hit it which I uploaded to my website back in February.
Apparently several more bits of similar metal wreckage were later found in other spots around the area.
It was reported to the military and the Bangkok Post is reporting that "military officials who went to the area said the debris could be parts of a satellite, but could not immediately confirm this."
I look forward to finding out exactly what is was.
*Edit + 2 hours*
A gentleman by the name of Trond who runs a business very close to the border has said "I heard about 1 minute of heavy artillery/gun fire around 10 minutes to 11.00 this morning!"
*Edit + 18 hours*
The Bangkok Post is now showing photos of some of the debris found following yesterdays explosion. If this is indeed what fell from the sky then I doubt very much it came from Cambodia but more likely is some kind of space junk.
A reader also left a comment with a link to an article which reports on some space junk falling from the sky yesterday in Namibia. Quite a coincidence.
Perhaps it is coming from Fobus Grunt?


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Haxton Manor fu costruito nel 1906 ed è stato completamente restaurato nel 1997. L'ampio uso di marmo, ardesia, piastrelle, vetro colorato e granito combina per creare un ambiente signorile unico. L'uso di vari legni, pelli, i fiori recisi freschi e tessuti offre una una confortevole "a casa" sentimento. E 'veramente un po' di "Olde England", con tanto di "PUB" proprio qui a Salt Lake City.
2,0 su giugno 19, 2013
On a long road trip, we phoned the afternoon we arrived. We were offered suites, whirlpools, but I kept saying we just wanted very simple rooms. Finally she offered a queen with a shower, but still expensive. I said yes, thinking it was the simplest they had. Later, after giving my credit card, etc. I learned nobody else was staying that night and there were two less expensive rooms. The owner wasn't there. Her new assistant was nice, but when I asked if we could do a small load of laundry, we were told $10 to wash plus $10 to dry. We passed. Later, I began to wonder about the tax on the room. Checking AAA, it seemed higher than it should have been. I assumed the new assistant figured wrong, but on returning, the assistant showed that the tax was pre-figured by the owner. Maybe AAA and the internet were wrong? In the morning, the owner was there cooking breakfast. For the first time ever in a B&B I had to introduce myself. She wasn't friendly enough to begin the introductions. And the brochure brags about the "English-style breakfast." Sorry, I've been in B&Bs in England and this was nowhere close: one small cup of sliced fruit, dry marble-shaped scrambled eggs, two thin flat slices of bacon and generic white toast. I got jam when I asked for it. We loaded our car, but the owner didn't even come out to say goodbye. I had to ring the doorbell to ask if she needed anything else from _us_. She said, haughtily, "My key??" When I explained I left it for her in our room, she finally said "Have a good trip. Come back." We won't. OK location, nice house, average B&B room, but expensive and I felt ripped off.
5 su settembre 30, 2012
My girlfriend and I stayed for her birthday, in the Sussex suite and it was beautiful! It was on the very top floor and had a lovely view of the avenues. There was a romantic fireplace and an amazing jetted tub. We wanted to stay there forever!. The staff was so wonderful! Melinda made us feel welcomed upon walking in the door. She seemed sincerely happy to be of service to us and made us a beautifully delicious breakfast that she even brought to us in our room! The whole experience was fantastically perfect! We WILL be back!
3,0 su febbraio 27, 2012
The hostess was very friendly and the breakfast was wonderful. However, the bathroom fixtures are in need of repair, the rooms are not soundproofed (as was advertised), the fireplaces are apparently only available for use during the winter, there was not enough hot water, and we had to choose between a comfortable temperature and noise during the night.
4,6 su dicembre 09, 2009
My husband and I flew from south Florida into SLC early October where we stayed at Haxton Manor for 2 nights prior to renting an RV for our camping trip to Moab. Honestly, I wasn't expecting too much from SLC but our hostesses and accommodations at Haxton Manor really made all the difference! The Brighton room was exactly as pictured - quaint and charming, with a relaxing jetted tub. We were the first to breakfast each morning, got coffee /tea and had lively conversations with our hostesses while they prepared food in the kitchen and continued into the dining room while we ate. They helped orient us on the street map guide and we were able to confidently drive our rental car around town. One afternoon, we sat in the comfortable library area to read and the living to chat. There were so many interesting nick-knacks, antiques and paintings to peruse. The location was great; we took several walks along South Temple enjoying the diverse architectural styles and eras. One evening we walked to the Wild Grape for a fabulous dinner. We completely enjoyed our visit, highly recommend it, and will definitely stay there again!
5 su febbraio 18, 2009
My girlfriend and I (now my fiancé) just got back from our Valentine's Day getaway to Haxton Manor and it was wonderful. The staff helped me plan every detail of our stay and the big moment. After two days of pampering I popped the big question in our room in front of the fireplace and when she said yes, there was somebody immediately at our door with two glasses and a bottle of champagne. It was the perfect icing on the cake. I want to thank the staff for making the most important day of my life so special. We will see you on our wedding night.
4,8 su febbraio 17, 2009
My wife and I were looking to get some alone time away from our six children for our anniversary and some friends of ours recommended Haxton Manor. The house was absolutely gorgeous and the history of the home is amazing. Our room was immaculate and decorated to perfection with luxurious bedding, a fireplace and jucuzzi tub. The two nights we spent there were some of the best of our lives. The staff did everything possible to make our stay special. I am already looking forward to our next anniversary.
4,2 su luglio 07, 2008
This home is rich with history and has a wonderful story of being rescued from the charred remains of a fire. We loved looking through the photo albums and reading the old newspaper articles documenting it's transformation. The Inn is so comfortable, and the staff is very friendly. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a relaxing retreat.
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All'angolo di E. South Temple e "N" Street.
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CD player, Computer, Fotocopiatrici, Dispositivo Fax, Biblioteche, Lavatrice/Asciugatrice, Attrezzature matrimoni, Angolo bar , Strutture di allenamento
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Q. What do you consider the most pressing issues facing Irvine right now?
A. Irvine is a wonderful city with great residents. But we need to preserve the standard of living we enjoy. In that regard, we must work to maintain the fine quality of our schools in Irvine and Tustin school districts. One way that we can allow our children to focus on their education is by continuing to keep Irvine one of the safest cities in the country. Of course, we finally need to get the Great Park moving forward.
Q. The Lake Forest City Council recently approved an agreement between the city, the county and the Orange County Sheriff's Department detailing plans to more than double the capacity of the James A. Musick jail, which is between Lake Forest and Irvine. The agreement would also allow the facility to house medium-security inmates, in addition to minimum-security inmates. The county and the sheriff also agreed not permanently house maximum security inmates at Musick. What are your thoughts on the proposed expansion?
A. I'm very concerned. It is important that we continue to maintain the character of the facility as a place for a limited number of low level offenders. The county's proposal would put Musick on a path towards becoming a different kind of entity – with a larger number of inmates and the potential for more violent offenders. That type of facility is not compatible with a residential community such as Irvine. In fact, an inmate recently escaped from the facility. An escape by a more violent offender would be a potentially disastrous situation.
Q. How will the new majority on the City Council be different than the previous majority?
A. I'm certain that we will manage the city's finances in a more fiscally prudent manner. I also believe we will have the political will to get the Great Park moving forward.
Q. For the past few years the city's been balancing the budget by taking from the reserves. Are you planning to advocate balancing the budget without taking from the reserves? If so, does that mean spending cuts, and if so, what do you cut?
A. Reserves should be used for unplanned emergencies and extreme financial conditions. In the past several years, to our credit, we have taken several steps to weather through this most difficult economy, including no staff raises and no tax increases, and used reserves to get through the period. There are, however, many places where cuts will be made, including the bloated public relations contracts at the Great Park.
Q. If you could wave a wand to change one thing about Irvine right now, what would it be?
A. I would make it easier to commute to work on the major highways, such as the 5 and 405. The city is working on synchronizing the lights in the city to make local traffic flow smoother.
Q. What's your favorite "good works" program in Irvine, and why?
A. I love all of the great work being done at the Irvine Animal Care Center and the two senior centers. The Animal Center takes care of hundreds of homeless dogs and cats and finds good homes for them. The senior center's programs are enjoyed by hundreds of seniors allowing them to increase their quality of life.
Q. Tell me one thing most people don't know about you.
A. I used to race bicycles a few years ago and I still love to ride as much as possible on Irvine's excellent bike paths. I'm looking forward to the day when I can ride with my young daughters.


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"A widely varied collection of musical Americana rendered with consistent beauty and restraint. Mr. Frederiksen sets a soulful tone at the start with a solo rendering of the Shaker spiritual 'Lay Me Low' and later adds the sober ballads 'The Death of General Wolfe' and 'Captain Kidd.' Three numbers by the great New England hymnist William Billings include the classic song that gives the album its title, 'I Am the Rose of Sharon.' A Civil War segment looks southward with the instrumental ditty 'Dixies Land' and the song 'Maryland, My Maryland.' A sheaf of Shaker spirituals offers two delectable solos: 'O Love, Sweet Love,' performed by Deborah Rentz-Moore, a mezzo-soprano, and 'Stubborn Oak,' by Ms. Brotherton
. This one is to treasure, from beginning to end."NYTimes
"An easy recommendation for everyone interested in this music, and that should be just about everybody."Audiophile Audition
"A brilliant program brilliantly performed."Buffalo News


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I appreciate a drop-down list of suggestions on things you think I might want, but when I type in something and hit enter, I want exactly that. All too often, Chrome thinks it knows better than me and changes what I have typed to have extra things on the end of it. For example I might be just typing a work to google search for it, but it changes it to word.com and goes to that site. Or adds another word or two to the end of a string of words I intended to search for.
How can I turn this annoying behaviour off?
I think this can be done by un-checking 'Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar'. Click the 3 horizontal lines button, then settings, 'Show advanced settings...', then scroll down to the 'Privacy' section. You probably have to restart the browser for the change to take effect.
That will stop ALL predictive services, though, which doesn't sound like what he wants.
Plus, it will still auto-fill from browser history and bookmarks, I think.
I don't know if what you want is possible, 1966Ford... I'm also interested in it, though, if there is a way to disable just the auto-fill. I can mouse/arrow down to suggestions, if I really want it.
Not a solution, but I've learn to always hit delete before enter when I'm searching for something in the address bar.
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Not a solution, but I've learn to always hit delete before enter when I'm searching for something in the address bar.
It's damn irritating.
You can't. You either live with it or change browsers.


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Will there be a Zombie Caucus in the next session of the U.S. Senate?
It seems there are at least five undead members of that august chamber -- including New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg.
The offices of Lautenberg, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, Kay Hutchison of Texas and Patrick Leahy of Vermont each announced the death of their senator earlier this week, only to recant.
It turns out all incidents were hoaxes.
Phony news releases were crafted by unidentified culprits and e-mailed to media outlets. Through a hacking trick called spoofing -- making a message look like it is coming from one source while hiding its true origin – the messages all seemed to come from the senators' offices.
The New York Times said on its website that "a close look at the detailed header of the message makes clear that it did not originate from the Senate computer system but rather from an outside domain, 000.webhost.com -- a sign that government computers were not hacked."
NBC San Diego received the Boxer message, which looked like an official release from Boxer's chief of staff, Laura Schiller. Boxer's staff confirmed that the senator is alive and well, and Schiller did not send the e-mail.
Hutchison was healthy enough to addres a Rotary Club in Texas on Wednesday. Leahy, Feinstein and Lautenberg are all alive, too. Leahy made light of the incident in a Vermont Public Radio interview but said the matter merited investigation.
Of course, the hoax was easily disproven -- it's pretty easy to prove you're not dead -- so it's hard to see the point.
A U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson told Politico that police "are looking into the hoaxes but declined to say how many there were or to provide any other details."


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I've been looking at PSUs for the past few weeks and noticed this popped up today. If you're looking for a new PSU this is a pretty good deal. It's on Newegg for $80 with MIR and free shipping. Otherwise it's a 650w quiet gold rated modular psu with Seasonic build quality, which pretty much hits all the marks. Reading some reviews it has a hybrid silent mode too which turns off a fan below a certain threshold and it's quiet even when under high load. The only downside to the PSU appears to be the coil whine whine 1 in 20 posts point out, which is something I'd be leery of. I'm not sure if that's because people don't notice it or it's a component failure.
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Quote:In the heat of battle, the mind tends to lose it's balance. It is vital to keep your presence of mind, maintaining your mental powers, whatever the circumstances. Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity. Learn to detach yourself from the chaos of the battlefield.
Quote:2. DO NOT FIGHT THE LAST WAR: THE GUERRILLA-WAR-OF-THE-MIND STRATEGYWhat often weighs you down and brings misery is the past. You must consciously wage war against the past and force yourself to react to the present moment. Be ruthless on yourself; do not repeat the same tired methods. Wage guerrila war on your mind, allowing no staic lines of defense--make everything fluid and mobile.
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My Filly has No Respect or Fear of Anything. What Can I Do?
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Q. I have a 9-month-old Thoroughbred filly we got when she was 3 months old. The breeder told us that she had been orphaned and was bottle- and bucket-fed. They warned me that she was a bit over-friendly, and that I should stand my ground with her and try to avoid babying her. They explained that hand-raised foals can think of themselves as people or think of people as horses, so they can be too friendly around people.
Well, it's a good thing they warned me, because I have never seen a horse like this one. This filly will follow you anywhere. She's like a dog. She wants to be touching you whenever you're near her. But she has no respect or fear of anything or anybody. If you try to lead her, she just walks all over you. She's not only in your face, she's clumsy and pushy, more like an ox instead of a horse. She gets into everything, knocks things over, and keeps right on going. She walks through gates to get to people. I can't seem to get tough enough with her to keep from getting pushed around. You can't go in the pasture with her, even to get another horse. I'm starting to dread doing anything with her, and I'm also becoming afraid of her.
Do you have any suggestions? I hate to hit her all the time. I've had other nippy, pushy youngsters, but they seemed to learn on the first or second whack. With this filly, sometimes it's like a game, but mostly it's like she's retarded. She's not at all mean, and she doesn't bite as much as she bumps and nudges you.
Will she get over this? I'm beginning to think it's permanent.
A. What an apt description of this type of behavior. Reading your note, several experiences and fearful moments with similar horses over the years flashed immediately to mind. They can be good-hearted, goofball lunks one minute, and really dangerous the next. It's a good question about some sort of mental deficit. On one hand, the tendency to barge around seems to be a lack of respect for you and your space; on the other hand, there seems to be a lack of normal caution, reactivity, and ability to process information. The behavior doesn't seem to change normally with experience, good or bad. They don't correct and don't hold a grudge. I don't know of any research work on that question. But I know exactly what you mean.
For your question about growing out of it, I've seen several horses like your filly, and none have improved significantly with age. They changed a little perhaps as they matured--maybe less playful and more dopey. But with greater size, they seemed to be more into barging through things and dangerous to be around.
Any suggestions for what you can do? Well, that's an even tougher question to answer. One thing that is commonly recommended is to put your horse into organized work on a longe line or in a round pen to try to get her to take directions from you and to get some meaningful interaction going. Then try to build from there. The recommendation is to start them on organized ground schooling even earlier than you would for a normal horse. Also, sometimes these horses do better with different people, probably due to differences in size and handling style. This is one type of horse which you often hear is more respectful of men, particularly tall, stern men.
Just recently, we have been working with a horse which, among other health and behavior problems, has some of your filly's type of over-friendliness and lack of appropriate respect for people. That horse came with a history of doing better with male trainers than with female trainers.
One good thing about your filly--it doesn't sound like she has an aggressive component to her interaction with people. Some of the human-bonded critters, in addition to what you describe, can get aggressive with you just like they might with a herd mate, turning their butts to you, striking, biting, rearing, and lunging into you. Sometimes it seems like play, but it's dangerous no matter what the motivation. Those horses, even as pasture companions, require special facilities and informed, careful personnel to ensure everyone's safety.
You didn't mention how your filly gets along with other horses. Some hand-reared or over-handled foals seem to become misfits with their own species. On top of being a problem around people, they don't normally mingle with other horses. Some can seem fearful of horses. That becomes an additional concern for how to provide a reasonable quality of life for the horse.
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Here is what he had to say about mathematics, something we all deal with every day of our lives. "Mathematics deals exclusively with the relations of concepts to each other without consideration of their relation to experience." This leads logically to another saying, "The best teacher is experience."
The concept of mathematics or simply "math" goes from the basic addition, subtraction, division and multiplication that we all learned in school, to the more advanced subjects of algebra, calculus and trigonometry.
When I was in school, I learned the basics but was as lost as a ball in the high weeds when it came to the more advanced courses.
If I had algebra I don't remember it, and if I passed that would have been a miracle. Of course, in smaller schools back then they did not offer advanced courses like calculus and trigonometry.
What I did learn back then has served me well over the years because I became very proficient in addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
Even now I use the multiplication tables to great advantage, and can also handle fractions.
However, when it comes to math, let's face it — some people are good at handling numbers while others struggle because of personal interest and how our mind works. This is why some people become accountants and others become salesmen or saleswomen. One thing we can all agree on — it's important to know the basics to be able to function in today's society.
Here is an important question we should all consider: do you think a good percentage of today's high school graduates have mastered the basics, when it comes to using math in their everyday life, other than being able to scan a credit card?
In relation to this, I want to pass along something a friend sent me recently titled, "Years of Math 1950-2013." This would be humorous if not so serious as it relates to real life.
It begins. "Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her.
She stood there holding the nickel and three pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.
"Why are things like this happening every day across America? The answer will come as we look at the evolution of teaching math since the 1950s.
1. 1950s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
2. 1960s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
3. 1970s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?
4. 1980s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: underline the number 20.
5. 1990s — A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing about the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of his way of making a living?
6. 2009 — Sorry it's in Spanish and I can't read it.
7. 2013 — Who cares? Just steal the lumber from your rich neighbor, because he needs to share with you."
As I said earlier, this may be humorous but it's still sad. Here is the good news. We CAN do better.
Contact Jim Davidson at 2 Bentley Drive, Conway, AR 72034. To begin a bookcase literacy project visit www.bookcaseforeverychild.com.


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How to Launch a Hardware Startup in 2013, Part 2
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Simon Barker tells us more about how to launch a hardware-oriented startup. We could be living in a golden age, so take your courage and your open-ource hardware in both hands.
In the first part of this series, we covered how to pull together an inexpensive prototype and pull in that oh-so-valuable seed stage money. Next up, we look as steps 3 and 4
- 3. Build your product. With the money you need in the bank, it is time to double down and design/build your product with a view to volume sales. Your careful manufacturing planning (step 1) will help you avoid the problems that have plagued some high-profile Kickstarter efforts. The key thing here is to keep your backers up to date and informed. They invested in you and now have a long time to wait before they see you launch. Treat them just like any other investor, and be open about how you're getting along. Delivering what you said -- on time and on budget -- goes a long way toward creating a fan base of backers who will promote your product for you. That is the best form of advertising.
4. Raise the money to scale production. With a successful crowdfunding campaign under your belt and some initial sales and market traction, it will be a lot easier to raise money from private investors or venture capitalists should you need it. Scaling hardware is expensive, and poor payment terms can leave a financial chasm that often can be bridged only with some serious investment. So long as the plan is strong and the crowdfunded launch was a success, this phase should be on an even keel for even the scrappiest of software startups. The Pebble e-paper display watch and the Ouya Android games console followed this trajectory and closed venture funding rounds of $15 million each. They began with crowdsourced funding rounds that blew past modest goals and went on to multimillion-dollar amounts themselves.
Three big leaps
I see three big leaps forward from five years ago. The first is the arrival of open-source hardware platforms that give beginners and hobbyists access to sophisticated software-programmable electronics without the need for an expensive developer program or developer kits. This has been fuelled significantly by the growing maker movement, which brings together engineers, craftsmen, and artists to make fantastic systems without corporate backing or guidance. SparkFun, AdaFruit Industries, and XBee have helped tremendously in this regard.
The second leap is 3D printing. Though it's not all that new, the cost of parts and the quality of prints have been improving steadily to the point where 3D printing is now a reliable, inexpensive way to produce one-off parts and very small manufacturing runs without committing to expensive tools.
The third leap is crowdfunding. Kickstarter didn't set out to become the home of soft launches for hardware startups, but it has certainly proved popular as such. It has made noises about tightening the rules on hardware startups, but I can't see it cracking down too much while the makers of things such as the Pebble, the Ouya, and the ElevationDock are raising millions through the portal -- of which 5 percent goes straight to Kickstarter.
I expect Kickstarter to launch a hardware-specific portal with stricter terms and conditions, rather than implementing an outright ban.
If you're thinking of starting a hardware business this year, it makes sense to leverage the power of the crowd and make the most of the work others have put in before you.
Simon Barker is chief technology officer of Radfan in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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This is a somewhat complicated question.
Is there anyway for a currently running process to identify the full path to the binary file that launched it?
Basically, I have this binary file which can be installed anywhere in the UNIX file system, and it creates a running process. I need to be able to find the binary file that created the process. Because it can be anywhere, I can't hard code the path. Because this is a C program, I can't use a shell command like "find". So it has to be a C API call or something like that. Does anyone know of such a function?


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Sarasota County Sheriff's Office representatives and county officials met Tuesday to discuss a revised county ordinance that would impose tougher regulations on the sale and purchase of scrap metal.
If all goes as planned this week, Lt. Charlie Thorpe, of the Sheriff's Office's Investigations Bureau said, the County Commission will vote on the ordinance Nov. 9.
The proposed ordinance includes stiffer identification verification requirements for sellers of precious metals. Among the measures is that a buyer get an imprint of a seller's right thumbprint. Thorpe said he hopes the proposed ordinance will be presented to the county commissioners next week.
"We're involving a lot of people here to try to make something happen," he said.
That included his plans to drive commissioners this week to various scrap yards in the county, so they could see the types of materials people are bringing in to collect money.
It was a little more than a year ago that the Sheriff's Office began taking a harder look at the scrap metal business, he said. Statistics examined by Det. Dan Valentino showed an increase in burglaries, in which jewelry, coin collections and pharmaceuticals were stolen. People often have jewelry and rare coins well hidden, but burglars will find those items.
"I've seen some houses just obliterated inside," Thorpe said. "The addiction lifestyle drives this to a very large extent."
Addicts and people out of work who sell stolen metals actually can earn a steady income.
"Traditionally, a lot of them wind up in jail for this or something else," he said. "(But) someone else will just take it over."
In late July, during the Sheriff's Office's Operation Meltdown, deputies visited pawn shops, scrap yards, secondhand metal dealers, gold-buying firms and others.
"When you have somebody scrapping very usable ladders, tools, things like that, you have to question them," he said.
However, it was difficult for deputies to tie such items to those listed on criminal reports — which is precisely why deputies say the county's ordinance needs revision.
"We realize there're a lot of great business owners out there willing to work with us as much as they can," he said.
However, business owners need to realize that many unscrupulous people are operating, too, he said.
The primary opponents of the ordinance changes have been rare coin dealers. The proposed ordinance requires dealers to keep all the coins they purchase for 30 days, in the event the property has been stolen.
Wayne Stollman of Antwerp Diamonds, with a store on Main Street in Sarasota as well as locations in Georgia, said Monday that necessity would mean dealers would see as much as $700,000 tied up per month in inventory.
"You basically just shut down an industry, and it also puts us at an unfair advantage over every other county in Florida," Stollman said.
Stollman recommended the ordinance require all coin dealers to obtain bonds.
Francine DeFilippo Kent, whose daughter and son-in-law are also rare coin dealers in Sarasota, was among the people who attended a Sept. 26 workshop.
"(County officials and the Sheriff's Office personnel) took the typical bureaucratic attitude: You're lucky we even told you about (the ordinance)," she said.
The biggest mistake, she said, was county officials' lumping pawnbrokers and scrap yards in with the coin dealers.
She agreed with Stollman that stricter local regulations would drive businesses away from Sarasota County.
"This reminds me of Prohibition," Kent said. "Legal, honest businesses are forced to go someplace else, and that's not good for any of us."
Along with the comments accepted at the Sept. 26 meeting, Thorpe said, the county received about 120 comments by email from people who had reviewed the proposed new ordinance on the Web.


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Alan Rossner Receives Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor at Clarkson University
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Clarkson University President Tony Collins has announced that Alan Rossner has been granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences.
Rossner serves as Director for Clarkson's undergraduate programs in Environmental Health Science and Environmental Science & Policy.
He received his Ph.D. in occupational health from McGill University, his master of science degree in environmental health from the University of Washington, and his bachelor of science in biology from Clarkson.
Prior to coming to Clarkson, Rossner spent 10 years working in the industrial sector as an environmental, health and safety professional, performing exposure assessments, safety and health audits, and implementing control systems.
Over the last decade he has taught and conducted research at Clarkson in environmental health science. The environmental, health and safety hazards he observed while working in industry have directly influenced the issues of concern and the nature of the research he has pursued as a faculty member.
Rossner has directed his research into areas that minimize people's exposure to contaminants, improve working conditions, improve living conditions and minimize risk of disease. His current research projects encompass three areas: the development of air sampling methodologies; exposure assessment strategies for occupational and environmental air sampling; and indoor/outdoor air contaminant monitoring.
Rossner has published numerous journal articles, conference papers and other articles. He has delivered 50 papers at professional and academic conferences throughout the country and has managed research projects totaling over $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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Like every season for Fashion Couture, Fall 2011 was out of this world. Each and every piece from the designer collections seemed to be inspired from a different world or period in time and culture. Armani Prive channeled his collection from the roots of Japan, while Channel captured a look that belonged to another planet using feathers, beads, oversized pants, dark colors with hints of sparkle matching the beautiful stars at night. Christian Dior's collection was colorful and theatrical under the new creative directer Bill Gaytten he managed to make the collection feel a chic night in Paris. Giambattista Valli's collection was filled with bright colors, classic whites and beautiful animal prints channeling the late 60's and lastly Valentino collection was filled with peices that had a magical feel with such impecable detail, it reminded me of Jane Austen's era. View all the collections on style.com
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Nate is an undersized NBA player with big heart. Nate has reached his apex and every summer he calms down to distribute the ball and once the season starts he cannot control his emotions.
Nate doesn't listen to instruction well and will not enjoy playing only 12 minutes a game. His speed & strength can only diminish from here on out and without his athethic abilities he is not a good player.
Does he have a year or 2 left in his body? Sure, but it would make more more sense to package him out to a team that wants a boost and for the Knicks to rebuild the backcourt.
2010 should bring in a 2 guard. Nate can't shoot consistently like a derek fisher, nor can he can't the ball like Tony Parker. This leaves take as the first 5 ft 8 tweener.
I really was that dissappointed with missing out with Sessions because he isn't that great. Sure our team needs good guard play, but we don't want to waste dollars right now.
Nate will be moved, if not, he won't be a Knick next season.
Sure, we would all like to trade for a big name player, or move Curry/Jefferies contract, but reasonably we need to use Nate as the bargain chip while we have a chance.
WE would all like Lee to stay and we will try to keep him but Nate we can do without, especially after we got everything we could out of Nate already.


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Worth noting
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
• Lefty Tony Watson went one inning and threw 23 pitches in a High-A exhibition at Pirate City, without any issues. His next step will be determined after he gets his day-after evaluation on Monday.
• Jason Grilli, formerly of Team Italy, will make his return appearance in Monday's game against Boston. Grilli's last outing for the Bucs was on March 3.
• This is why manager Clint Hurdle was serious months ago when he said he was considering Russell Martin to be his No. 2 hitter: Martin is batting only .143, but has reached base in each of his nine games and has an on-base percentage of .357.
• Ivan DeJesus trigged the Pirates' four-run rally in the ninth with his eighth hit in his last 16 at-bats, and is batting .407 (11-for-27) overall.
• Sure you've been wondering about this: Of the 1,768 players who have suited up for the Pirates through the years, only two were Green -- Fred (1959-61 left-hander) and Chris (1984 left-hander). Hank Greenberg (1947) does not count.
• Neil Walker was in the original lineup but, with a right-hander (Ivan Nova) starting for the Yankees, instead got some right-handed at-bats in a Minor League game at Pirate City.
• Matt Diaz, a semi-regular outfielder for the Bucs through most of the 2011 season, was coincidentally released by the Yankees on Sunday morning. He had been in their camp on a non-roster invitation.
Bucs hope Wandy's Classic run carries over
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Wandy Rodriguez has a reputation for getting off to hot starts as a tough April pitcher.
Apparently, he's not too shabby in March, either.
The left-hander's dynamic showing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic bodes well for Pirates' hopes for a fast start to the 2013 season, with Rodriguez set as the No. 2 starter behind A.J. Burnett.
"He definitely got himself prepared for the Classic," pitching coach Ray Searage said. "We were keeping track of him, and he got himself ready a month earlier."
Rodriguez was stellar in a six-inning start in Saturday's 2-0 win over Puerto Rico, allowing just two hits. In two Classic starts, he has allowed five hits and one run over 9 1/3 innings, with three walks and six strikeouts.
"I heard he pitched inside well with his fastball, and also threw his breaking ball well," Searage said. "Hopefully, now he's on track for us. We're ready to get him back here."
The season's opening month has been, by far, Rodriguez's strongest through the first eight years of his career. He has a lifetime ERA in April of 2.95 and last season, with the Astros, he allowed only six earned runs in 31 1/3 innings (1.95) across five starts.
"I wasn't even aware of that, but that sounds good," said shortstop Clint Barmes, reunited with Rodriguez after being his Houston teammate in 2011. "It's very important that you get off to a good start, it's definitely what we need to do, and it's not surprising at all out of Wandy. He's got very good stuff, and when he's on, he's tough to handle."
Martin thinks Yanks were stealing signs
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Before an out was recorded in the first inning, New York Yankees runners had three stolen bases on their former catcher, Russell Martin, and wound up with four steals while he was in the game, an 11-9 Pirates loss at McKechnie Field.
Bases, however, may not have been the only things being stolen by the Yankees. At one point during Phil Irwin's start, Martin had a long mound conversation with the rookie about his signs getting picked up by runners on second.
"Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. Maybe [they were] picking up the location," said Martin, nonplussed. "We're going with really simple signs, right now. Teams practice the way they'll play during the season, and teams do do that. The only way for us to counter is just by being prepared, so it doesn't become an issue. So this is also the time for us to make adjustments."
In other words, an extension of the good, old, "That's what Spring Training is for," advisory.
As for the steals -- Eduardo Nunez had two, including a double steal with Brennan Boesch, and Melky Mesa had another -- Martin turned the other cheek, virtually gratefully.
"I'm glad they were running, because I finally got in some throwing," said Martin, who missed two weeks of catching activity with a sore shoulder. "They weren't running on me, they were running on the team.
"You can't be more confident than me behind the plate when it comes to throwing guys out. I know I have a really good arm, and I'm as quick as all get-out."
Relief outing helps Locke's case for rotation
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Did left-hander Jeff Locke further his chances to land a spot in the Pirates' rotation by pitching in relief?
It certainly looked that way on Sunday, when Locke posted four scoreless innings in the middle of the Bucs' 11-9 loss to the New York Yankees.
The two-hit, one-walk performance was one of Locke's most effective of five spring outings, the other four having been starts.
"Well, we could start only one guy," manager Clint Hurdle said by way of explaining why Phil Irwin started the game on the mound and Locke started it in the bullpen. "And we wanted Phil to match up for the competition level [before subs overtook the Yanks' lineup]."
In his prior outing, Locke had been chased in the fourth by the Orioles, after allowing eight hits and two runs. But, remarkably, Hurdle said he did some things better in his last outing.
"He did have four three-ball counts [on Sunday]," said Hurdle. "As a staff, we've got to continue ramping up our first-pitch strikes. The last couple of games, we've pitched behind in the count more than we like to. [Jeff] is continuing to grow and learn."
Last word
"I was absolutely pumped up. I'm very proud of Wandy's effort, and excited to have him back." -- Hurdle on Wandy Rodriguez, who returned to Bradenton on Sunday after capping off his World Baseball Classic heroics with six scoreless innings in the Dominican Republic's 2-0 victory over Puerto Rico on Saturday.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Another National Signing Day has come and gone and in the state of Texas it proved to be one of the most eventful days in recent memory. When you combine the icy weather in the DFW weather that forced school closings and delays in Letters of Intent being sent in, to drama involving recruits from Texas and out of state recruits committing to in state schools it was an action packed day.
Texas College Recap
When you talk about in state schools everything begins with Texas and despite the 5-7 season and off-season coaching turnover, the Longhorns managed to hang on to their outstanding class with the exception of OL Christian Westerman.
Texas did make late runs at Le'Raven Clark, Spencer Drango and Brandon Alexander but failed to make a late splash.
The obvious headliner for Texas is Cibolo Steele RB Malcolm Brown.
Texas Tech landed their best class in history and despite losing a few key commits they finished strong including landing DE Cooper Washington out of Muleshoe.
The Red Raiders got one of the state's fastest players in Jakeem Grant out of Mesquite Horn and they were strong out of state landing the top player from New Mexico in RB Ronnie Daniels.
TCU took advantage of a banner season and earned their first ever top 25 recruiting class in the Rivals.com rankings. The Horned Frogs ended up flipping Euless Trinity wide receiver Brandon Carter who had been committed to Oklahoma and the day before signing day TCU flipped DB Jamie Byrd from Boise State.
The real steal of this class is four star recruit Ladarius Brown out of Waxahachie. Brown is the highest rated recruit TCU has ever landed.
Texas A&M didn't sign a big class but the Aggies made a late run landing Brenham DE Brandon Alexander and four star DB Floyd Raven.
Raven's recruitment may have been one of the most intriguing sagas in all of the country, the Louisiana DB went back and forth between Mississippi and Texas A&M all the way to signing day. It was thought early in the day that Raven had sent his letter of intent into Mississippi, but it was learned that the NOI was voided as apparently Raven's mother signed the NOI for Raven. Raven then managed to send the NOI into Texas A&M.
Baylor's class lacked the wow factor at the skill positions of some of the other classes, but the Bears did land some solid players in the trenches highlight by Cedar Park's Spencer Drango.
Houston mined junior college talent after losing some commits to other schools late in the process, West Orange-Stark WR Mark Roberts is the highlight of the class.
SMU did a great job pulling some talent out of state landing five players from California along with 2009 state championship MVP Ronnell Sims from Abilene.
North Texas under new head coach Dan McCarney made a late push flipping a pair of defensive backs from the Dallas ISD. Lincoln DB Kerry Swarn flipped to North Texas after being committed to Arizona. Pinkston DB Freddie Warner flipped to UNT from Texas Tech.
UTEP was able to land a late gem in Lancaster LB Trey Brown.
Signing Day Switches
Hurst Bell TE Chris Barnett who once was committed to Oklahoma, switched to Arkansas during the fall but a visit last weekend to Michigan caused Barnett to have another change of heart and he signed with Michigan.
One of the more interesting stories centers around Euless Trinity TE Nila Kasitati. Kasitati had been committed to Baylor for quite some time, but after much consternation at the Trinity fieldhouse on Wednesday morning Kasitati had a change of heart and signed with Oklahoma.
Oklahoma did lose one recruit as the aforementioned Cooper Washington from Muleshoe signed with Texas Tech and apparently according to some photos floating around on the internet word that Washington planned on signing with Texas Tech didn't quite make it to most in Muleshoe.
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Clinton Warner was put to rest at Morehouse College Friday, July 6, with a fitting service that paralleled his legacy and genius. One of our early doctors and a civil rights activist, Clinton Ellsworth Warner Jr. was nearly 88 years of age.
Born on the campus of Morehouse College on July 11, 1924, the deceased was remembered by Eulogist Dr. Otis Moss Jr. or Cleveland, Ohio, as one who gave a "positive message of being thankful for Dr. Warner's life and journey." He was also remembered for his smile, judgment and listening skills.
Speaking at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at 11 a.m., Warner's great-nephew praised the deceased as one who taught him to play chess, sail a boat, and inspired him. Robert "DJ" Smith II also said Dr. Warner played the piano and loved animals, usually dogs and cats. "He played fearless and you got goose bumps," Smith added, who thought his uncle was "great." An emotional Smith said Warner always believed in him.
Moss, Senior Pastor Emeritus at the Mt. Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, praised the deceased as "a soldier who left his legacy on us all."
He was "a person of genius who gave us a positive message," Dr. Moss said, adding that Warner was "a fruitful tree whose branches stretched beyond the walls of life." He never allowed himself to be content and he fought on two fronts. Moss also remembered the deceased as "unpretentious and profound, but yet respectful and never bitter. He had infectious humility and was a person of quality." Moss said the deceased's "fruits will continue to grow beyond the wall."
Remembered as "a giant of a man in medicine and the community," Dr. Warner's "was a responsibility, opportunity and gift, who constantly shared and was a giver," Moss added. He praised him as "a man of excellence who walked in the road of leaders and not above them."
The deceased "lived life as a mighty oak tree planted by water where his branches stretched over the water," Moss said. Dr. Warner lived according to prayer and compromise, continued Moss, who added, "his fruits will provide for many generations to come."Old and New Testament was rendered by Rev. Dr. Juel Pate Borders and Dr. James McCoy, with music by Mrs. Hank (Billye) Aaron, who sang "Over the Rainbow," accompanied by musician Bill Odum; soloist Pamela Dillard and Miya Mitchell, accompanied at the piano by John B. Smith Jr., Warner's godchild. Other soloists were Oliver Sueing, Ralph Freeman and Sam Hagan, accompanied by Harding Epps Jr,, with the processional and recessional by Trey Clegg.
Affiliated with several organizations, Dr. Clinton Warner was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and a surgeon professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, which he helped found, and chief of surgery at Southwest Community Hospital. Dr. Warner was also chairman of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority and chair of the Hughes Spalding Committee. He also served as college professor and director of the McVicar Infirmary at Spelman College for 35 years. The deceased was a founding member of The Atlanta Inquirer and was a charter member of the board of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia.
He served as president of the Georgia State Medical Association from 1964 to 1975 and as president and treasurer of the Atlanta Medical Association in 1962. He also served as Chairman Emeritus of Mutual Federal Association Bank and a board member of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Inc. of Atlanta, the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. He was a professor of Preventive Medicine at Emory University.Dr. Warner married the late Marybelle Reynolds Warner and they had one son, Clinton E. "Trey" Warner III. He later married Sally Johnson who remained devoted to him for 45 years.
In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by his granddaughter, Monique Warner; niece, Shauna Smith of Tallahassee, Fla.; a great-nephew, Robert "DJ" Smith II; great niece, Sejal Smith; a devoted cousin, Margaret Douthard; and several godchildren, Pamela Smith, Lori Smith, and John B. Smith Jr.
He was buried at Westview Cemetery. Murray Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


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TAMPA, Fla.
Matt Ryan threw for 353 yards and overcame two big turnovers by leading another late touchdown drive to give the Atlanta Falcons a 24-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
Ryan teamed with Julio Jones on an 80-yard touchdown in the third quarter, but the NFC South leaders found themselves trailing 23-17 after the Bucs marched for a touchdown, then forced a fumble by Ryan to set up a field goal that put the Falcons in catchup mode.
Michael Turners 1-yard touchdown run put Atlanta ahead for good with 7:55 left. Connor Barth missed a 56-yard goal for Tampa Bay (6-5) in the closing minutes, and the Bucs four-game winning streak ended when Josh Freemans desperation pass fell incomplete in the end zone with no time remaining.
The win enabled the Falcons (10-1) to keep pace with Houston for the NFLs best record. Turner also scored a fourth-quarter touchdown that helped the Falcons overcome mistakes to beat Arizona 23-19 last week.
Bears 28, Vikings 10
CHICAGO Jay Cutler threw for 188 yards and a touchdown after missing a game because of a concussion as Chicago ended a two-game losing streak.
Tied with Green Bay for the NFC North lead and just a game ahead of Minnesota (6-5) coming in, the Bears (8-3) grabbed a 25-3 halftime lead thanks to Cutlers pinpoint passing. The defense held Adrian Peterson in check early on, although he finished with 108 yards rushing.
The win could prove costly. The Bears lost wide receiver Devin Hester (concussion), running back Matt Forte (ankle), cornerback Charles Tillman (ankle) and both starting guards to injuries.
Bengals 34, Raiders 10
CINCINNATI Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, and Cincinnati showed its former quarterback, Carson Palmer, that it has moved on without him.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 129 yards and a touchdown against the NFLs most generous defense. He had runs of 48 and 39 yards the longest of his career to set up scores.
Palmer had a tough time all-around in his return to Cincinnati, going 19 of 34 for 146 yards with four sacks and an interception.
With their third consecutive win, the Bengals (6-5) moved back into the playoff chase. Oakland (3-8) lost its fourth in a row.
A brawl in the fourth quarter resulted in Oaklands Tommy Kelly and Lamarr Houston and Cincinnatis Andrew Whitworth getting ejected.
Browns 20, Steelers 14
CLEVELAND Chris Raineys fumble with 2:25 left Pittsburghs seventh of eight turnovers was recovered by Clevelands Phil Taylor, and the Browns handed their hated rivals a potentially devastating loss.
Charlie Batch, starting at quarterback for Pittsburgh because of injuries to Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich, was picked off three times, and the Steelers (6-5) lost five fumbles, the last on the final play of the game to help the Browns (3-8) beat Pittsburgh for just the second time in 18 games.
Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden sustained a head injury in the final minutes. Backup Colt McCoy finished the win. Batch was 20 of 34 for 199 yards.
Colts 20, Bills 13
INDIANAPOLIS T.Y. Hilton scored on a 75-yard punt return and caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Luck.
Hilton is the first player in franchise history to score by punt return and pass reception in the same game. Indy improved to 7-4.
Luck was 20 of 37 for 240 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Buffalo (4-7) ended its red-zone drought with 11:30 left with a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Lee Smith to make it 20-13.
Jaguars 24, Titans 19
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Chad Henne threw two touchdown passes, sparking the NFLs worst offense for the second consecutive week.
The Jaguars (2-9) snapped a seven-game losing streak and were competitive at home for the first time this season.
Henne, making his first start in more than 13 months, found Cecil Shorts III on a 59-yard touchdown play in the third quarter and hooked up with rookie Justin Blackmon for a 7-yard score in the fourth.
The Titans (4-7) cut the lead to 21-19 on Jake Lockers 6-yard pass to Kenny Britt with 4:52 remaining and had the ball with a chance to take the lead. But Russell Allen tipped Lockers pass over the middle, and Dwight Lowery back on the field after a five-week absence had his first interception of the season.
Dolphins 24, Seahawks 21
MIAMI Dan Carpenter kicked a 43-yard field goal on the final, and Miami scored 17 points in the last 8:08.
Rookie Ryan Tannehill drove Miami 65 yards in the final 92 seconds to set up the winning kick. He finished 18 for 26 for 253 yards and a score.
Leon Washington returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the eighth time to tie the NFL career record and put Seattle ahead with eight minutes left. Miami answered with an 80-yard drive capped by Tannehills 29-yard scoring pass to Charles Clay, making it 21-all.
Miami (5-6) broke a three-game losing streak. The Seahawks (6-5), who are unbeaten at home this year, lost for the fifth time in six road games.
Ravens 16, Chargers 13
SAN DIEGO Justin Tucker kicked a 38-yard field with 1:07 left in overtime to complete a stunning comeback for the Baltimore Ravens, who beat the staggering San Diego Chargers on Sunday.
San Diego led 13-3 on Nick Novaks 30-yard field goal with 7:51 to go in regulation and seemed headed for its first win against a team with a winning record this season.
But the Ravens converted on fourth-and-29 from their 37 when Ray Rice caught a short pass from Joe Flacco and weaved through the defense to the San Diego 33 with 1:37 to play. After a review, the ball was moved back to the 34 and the refs measured. The new spot gave the Ravens a first down by the length of the ball.
Six plays later, Tucker kicked a 38-yard field goal to tie the game as regulation expired.
The Ravens (9-2) won their fourth in a row and for the eighth time in nine games. The Chargers (4-7) were pushed closer to being eliminated from the playoff picture.
Rams 31, Cardinals 17
GLENDALE, Ariz. Janoris Jenkins became the first player in Rams history and the first NFL rookie since 1960 to return two interceptions for touchdowns in the same game, and St. Louis dominated the second half to hand the Arizona Cardinals their seventh loss in a row Sunday.
Arizona rookie Ryan Lindley was intercepted four times in his first NFL start.
Jenkins returns of 36 and 39 yards emphatically ended the Rams streak of five consecutive games without an opponent turnover.
Sam Bradford had a pair of 37-yard touchdown passes to Lance Kendricks and Chris Givens for the Rams (4-6-1), who snapped a five-game winless streak and beat Arizona (4-7) for the second time this season.
The Rams Steven Jackson rushed for 139 yards in 24 carries.
49ers 31, Saints 21
NEW ORLEANS Ahmad Brooks and Donte Whitner returned interceptions for touchdowns, the 49ers sacked Drew Brees five times, and San Francisco ended the New Orleans Saints three-game winning streak, 31-21 on Sunday.
Colin Kaepernick was solid in his second-career start, while Alex Smith, deemed healthy enough to suit up, watched from the sideline. Kaepernick passed for 231 yards, including a short touchdown to Frank Gore. He also ran for a 7-yard score. He threw his first career interception, but it was inconsequential.
Brees finished with 267 yards and three touchdowns. After rushing for 140 yards or more in each of its previous three games, New Orleans (5-6) managed only 59 yards against San Francisco (8-2-1).
One of Brees scoring passes went to Marques Colston, who set a Saints record with his 56th career touchdown with the club.
Giants 38, Packers 10
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Eli Manning threw for three touchdowns, giving him 200 for his career, and the New York Giants sacked Aaron Rodgers five times in a rout of the Green Bay Packers.
Coming off their bye, the Giants (7-4) put to rest concerns about a dormant offense and a tired arm for Manning. He connected with rookie Rueben Randle, Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks for scores.


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Is Your Horse at Risk for Infectious Disease?
Like colds and the flu in humans, horses are at risk for contracting a number of common diseases such as mild respiratory ailments (colds) and flu, along with others that can have mild to devastating consequences.
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Like colds and the flu in humans, horses are at risk for contracting a number of common diseases such as mild respiratory ailments (colds) and flu, along with others that can have mild to devastating consequences. Fortunately, most of these diseases can be prevented or the symptoms reduced through preventive management. Here are the diseases you should watch out for.
Respiratory Infections
By far, the most likely infections a horse might get are respiratory diseases. "They are still the number one problem as far as contagious diseases go," says Robert Hertzog, DVM. "It's an ongoing, year-round problem."
Of these, influenza and Streptococcus equi (strangles) are frequent assailants. Horses most at risk are those exposed to transient populations, those stressed by shipping or heavy training schedules, youngsters, and seniors.
Although not usually life-threatening, influenza makes a horse uncomfortable and vulnerable to other diseases. Clinical signs include fever, lethargy, cough, nasal discharge, muscle aches, and inappetence. Treatment includes a minimum of three to four weeks of rest to avoid development of long-term respiratory problems (for every day of fever, stall-rest the horse for one week), antibiotics if secondary bacterial infection is suspected, drugs to control fever and aid in airway clearance, palatable feed, and housing in a low-dust environment.
Preventive Measures
Vaccination remains the best defense against many infectious diseases. However, risks are not equal. Where the horse lives, what he's used for (lawn ornament versus show), and his exposure to new populations of horses affect the decisions on what he should be vaccinated against. In other words, a vaccination program should be tailored to the individual.
Rob Keene, DVM, suggests that owners ask:
- How is the disease spread? Some diseases, such as influenza, rhinopneumonitis, and strangles, require direct horse-to-horse contact. If your horse does not travel or see new populations of horses, then he is at low risk; but if you're campaigning a horse or your horse is at a facility where other horses come and go, then his risk to exposure increases. Diseases such as tetanus, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV), Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE), and Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) can afflict a horse without him ever leaving the property or being exposed to another horse; in areas of the country where the disease is present, all horses are at risk.
- Is the disease life-threatening or does it cause permanent damage? Strangles can be fatal, as can tetanus, rabies, and the encephalomyelitides. Foregoing vaccinating against serious and fatal diseases is gambling with your horse's health and his life.
- Is the disease difficult or expensive to treat? "If you have a disease that is 100% treatable, inexpensively, and doesn't result in any long-term consequences for the horse, there may be a vaccine that you want to eliminate from the protocol," Keene says. Other diseases, like EPM, are expensive to treat.
Because not all diseases are present in every part of the country, along with individual factors that will influence exposure, owners should work with their local veterinarians to devise appropriate vaccination programs. That said, Keene recommends a preventive program that at least includes vaccinating against tetanus, WEE, EEE, WNV, and strangles. Depending on the area of the country, some veterinarians might add the rabies vaccine to the protocol.
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Josie L. Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, explains that influenza is spread by horses shedding the virus by aerosol or by fomites (any objects capable of mechanically transporting an infectious agent). Keep in mind that an infected horse can in some cases continue to shed the virus and be contagious for more than a week after the fever has broken. She notes that exposure needs to be fairly immediate, as the virus is short-lived in the environment. Once the horse is over the disease, he no longer sheds the organism.
It's a different story for strangles. This bacterium can live in the environment for weeks under ideal conditions and can be shed for months, even a year, by a small number of recovered horses. Says Traub-Dargatz, "Horses can look normal, but still shed this bacterium. It's been hypothesized that's how this disease moves around."
Clinical signs include cough, purulent (pus-like) nasal discharge, fever, decreased appetite, and abscesses in associated lymph glands, reports Stacy B. Smith, DVM. In more serious cases, internal abscesses can occur in other areas of the body.
"Diagnosis is confirmed by bacterial culture (or polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, examination) of nasal swabs, transtracheal washes, and swabs of abscesses," says Smith. "Treatment consists of penicillin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to control fever; occasionally a tracheotomy is necessary if severe swelling of submandibular lymph nodes causes respiratory distress. All halters, leads, waterers, feed buckets, etc., need to be disinfected to prevent contamination and spread of the disease."
Note that treating strangles with antibiotics is controversial, since it is debated whether antibiotics just keep the disease condition at the status quo so that abscesses don't mature and burst and don't shrink and go away. Also, the form that the bacterium takes on in an abscess might make it difficult for the antibiotic to have an antimicrobial effect. Traub-Dargatz notes, "Some clinicians do not treat with penicillin if the abscess(es) are limited to the head region and are close to rupturing when the disease is recognized in a given horse."
Reduce the spread of strangles by isolating affected horses from healthy ones for several weeks after all clinical signs of the disease have resolved; quarantine new or traveling horses from resident populations (those that don't travel); screen bacteriologically or by PCR examination to determine any asymptomatic carriers, and keep at-risk horses current on strangles and influenza vaccinations. Adds Traub-Dargatz, "It may be appropriate to test that shedding of Streptoccocus equi has resolved prior to moving or introducing new horses."
Skin Irritation
Ringworm and rain rot are skin diseases transmitted by direct contact with an infected horse, often among horses which share grooming equipment, tack, and blankets. The diseases are enhanced by broken or damaged skin (from insect bites, trauma, poor grooming, etc).
Ringworm (dermatophytosis, also called dermatomycosis) is a fungal disease typified by circular patches of hair loss, reddening, scaling, crusting, and itching. Lesions commonly and initially affect areas where tack contacts the skin, then can spread to the head, chest, flanks, and croup. Spontaneous recovery can occur in five or six weeks, although lesions could be prolonged if secondary infection is present. Anti-fungal topical treatments can aid recovery. Infected stalls and woodwork should be treated by pressure-hosing or using bleach, and you should disinfect tack, grooming tools, and other objects that have come into contact with the infected horse.
Moisture and damaged skin are the two agents needed to produce rain rot or rain scald (dermatophilosis, streptothricosis). Clinical signs include crusty or scabby skin, matted hair, hair loss across the back and trunk, reddened skin beneath scabs, and pus. Treatment depends on severity; mild cases can resolve spontaneously in drier weather, while severe cases might require systemic antibiotics. Horses can be treated topically with 1% povidone iodine shampoo for 10 days to aid healing. In all cases, affected horses should be protected from rain, biting insects, and prickly vegetation.
"For skin diseases such as ringworm or rain rot, horses that are parasitized or receive poor nutrition seem to succumb first," Hertzog states. "Their immune systems are not the strongest."
Minimize risk by isolating affected animals, reducing the horse's exposure to moisture, maintaining healthy skin via fly control and good grooming, providing good nutrition and regular deworming, and avoiding shared equipment.
Little Bites Can Cause Big Problems
The mosquito-borne disease making big news is West Nile virus (WNV), which can cause serious and frequently fatal inflammation of the spinal cord and brain in up to a third of infected horses. Says William Saville, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, "Based on data from 2001, the greatest risk of disease is in horses aged 25 years and older, probably due to immune suppression.
"Neurologic signs include weakness, depression, and loss of coordination (ataxia)," says Saville. "No specific cure exists. Treatment is supportive therapy."
Anti-inflammatories can be administered, but prevention is the best protection. "Utilize an integrated mosquito control program on your farm," Saville recommends. "Keep horses in during times of highest mosquito activity (dawn and dusk), use fans on them to keep mosquitoes off of them, and remove standing water on your property--buckets, barrels, wagons, tires--so mosquitoes don't have a place to breed."
Vaccinating against WNV is usually recommended; one challenge study done by Fort Dodge Animal Health showed that the vaccine was efficacious (up to 94%). Current vaccination protocol, says Smith, consists of an initial series of two vaccinations with follow-up boosters as recommended by your veterinarian.
"The horse is not considered protected for at least two weeks after the second shot," she says.
Touchy Tummies
Salmonellosis is one of the most common infectious causes of diarrhea in mature horses.
"Salmonella (bacteria) are passed from animal to animal or through environmental contamination," says Traub-Dargatz. "Horses can acquire the infection by ingesting the organism in feed or water or by contact with surfaces such as a caretaker's hand that is contaminated by infected fecal material. The bacterium may be shed in feces by affected and recovering horses for as little as a few days or up to a few months."
Clinical signs are severe watery or bloody diarrhea, weight loss, inappetence, fever, or lethargy. Treatment consists of supportive therapy to replace fluids and electrolytes and isolation for up to six weeks. Contaminated stalls should be disinfected.
Salmonellosis in horses occurs sporadically or in outbreaks, Traub-Dargatz says. Salmonellosis is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections in North American veterinary teaching hospitals.
These are some of the most common ailments. Keep an eye out for them so that if and when they occur, you'll recognize and begin treating them early to minimize your horse's distress.
About the Author
Marcia King
Marcia King is an award-winning freelance writer based in Ohio who specializes in equine, canine, and feline veterinary topics. She's schooled in hunt seat, dressage, and Western pleasure.
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