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http://mmajunkie.com Melvin Guillard has lost 10 times over a nearly 10-year career, and nine of those have been by submission.
So naturally, Fabricio Camoes, a third-degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Royler Gracie, is going to want to take him to the ground next week and try to tap him out. Right?
Well, not necessarily, Camoes says.
Camoes (14-6-1 MMA, 1-1-1 UFC) and Guillard (29-10-2 MMA, 10-6 UFC) meet on the preliminary card of UFC 148 next week in Las Vegas, and they're moving in opposite directions. Camoes has won three straight, including his first UFC victory this past January – on the same card that Guillard lost for the second straight time by first-round rear-naked choke.
And though Camoes knows he's got the edge on the ground, he recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) he doesn't think he should be underestimated on the feet, either.
"The fight starts (in the) standup," Camoes said. "So we're going to be ready for that. I know Melvin Guillard is a very good striker and has very heavy hands. But I've faced opponents like that before. I've fought good strikers here and in Brazil and I've been able to handle them. I've never been knocked out in my life, so that makes me confident – I think I have a good chin."
To get ready for Guillard, who has 19 knockouts in his career, Camoes has split time between his home camp at Victory MMA in San Diego and two or three weekly visits to the BlackHouse camp in Los Angeles, working with plenty of heavy hitters. And one of his Victory teammates is Jeremy Stephens, who has went 15 minutes with Guillard at UFC 119 in September 2010.
"(Stephens) gave me very good advice about what I'm supposed to do with him," Camoes said. "I think the game plan is that we've got to handle the storm at the beginning of the fight, because he comes really explosive. But I think after that, I'm going to be able to put my game on. I feel like the big hole is his jiu-jitsu, and that's a strong aspect of my game. It's going to be a chess match."
So maybe the fight hits the canvas if Camoes isn't liking the exchanges on the feet. Or maybe he stays standing. Or maybe it's all part of that "chess match" he mentioned.
The Brazilian has half of his 14 wins by submission, including a first-round tapout of Tommy Hayden at UFC on FX 1 in January. That was a long-awaited first UFC victory in his second stint with the promotion. He made his debut at UFC 106 against Caol Uno, but fought to a majority draw – a fight he'd have won if not for losing a point for illegal head kicks. In his next outing, at UFC 111, he was tapped by Kurt Pellegrino and released.
But he fought his way back with wins over UFC vets Steve Lopez and Efrain Escuedro for Tachi Palace Fights. And now that he's back, and has a UFC win under his belt, he seems intent on staying under the banner. Guillard, he thinks, must assume he wants the fight on the canvas. So maybe Camoes can stun him a little when they're standing.
"That's one of the aspects of his game we're studying a lot – the way he moves, and the way to engage him," Camoes said. "I've been training more to prepare for his fast hands. I think I'm a good striker, too. I'm a good jiu-jitsu fighter … that's my strongest point. But I'm training a lot of striking.
"If I'm able to surprise him with my striking, that's what I'll do. I'm not worried about standing and banging with someone. I think I'll be able to handle that, too."
And if Camoes can handle it and pull off the upset, he believes he might be fast-tracked in the UFC's lightweight division – or at the very least, he'll keep getting big-name opponents like Guillard.
"The UFC's always given me good names since I got in the show, so I'm pretty happy with the opportunity," he said. "Facing an opponent like Melvin Guilard, if I win the fight, I will put my name on the map."
"UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II" takes place July 7 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The card also features a co-main event between former champions Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz, who will retire after the fight. The night's main card airs on pay-per-view. Prelims air on FX and stream on Facebook.
For more on UFC 148, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Anna Wintour on Camera for 60 Minutes?
>> Anna Wintour must have a newfound affinity for being in front of the camera. Although she is notorious for resisting reality TV and rarely grants an interview — on camera or for print — she's said to be following up RJ Cutler's just-debuted Vogue documentary, The September Issue, with a 60 Minutes profile.
A 60 Minutes spokesman would not confirm whether the story was in the works, but the show's cameras have been spotted following Anna around at the November CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards dinner, and the December panel discussion she participated in — which means something's been in the works for at least two months now.
All of this begs the question: Is Anna doing all of this video documentation to preserve her legacy because she's nearing the end of her run? Or is it really just a sudden change of heart?
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A woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly punched a 4-year-old so hard that the little girl later died.
Elisena Carmona, 32, hit Lillian Fortner around March 9, according to court documents.
It wasn't until two days later that the child was taken to the hospital. She was already dead, prompting the staff at Northwest Medical Center to call Harris County deputies.
Fortner was the daughter of Carmona's boyfriend and investigators say the couple initially told medical staff she had fallen from a chair and hit her head.
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Nokia Lumia 900 teardown exposes $209 worth of parts
17 Comments
1. Cyan3boN (Posts: 446; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Why cant mobile phones be like pcs with upgradable processors!!!!
2. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
LOL! I know what you mean but as they are that would take some serious soldering skills! :p
4. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Because CPU, GPU and other components are integrated inside SoC (system-on-a-chip) and they are the part of the SoC. In other words it is "single piece" and thats mean if you want change CPU, you must change whole SoC which place CPU, GPU and other components inside. And since SoC is one of expensivest part in your phone, financially it is not worth to do that.
5. CharlieAtInfinity (Posts: 253; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
If that could be possible then mobile phone companies will have huge losses cuz everyone will just upgrade the CPU and RAM :D lol
7. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
That would be awesome, but there's so much going on in terms of power consumption, compatibility, as well as the SoC (as mentioned above) that it would be impractical. That being said, I dream of a day when users can swap out the guts of their phones for newer ones, just like upgrading a motherboard and CPU on a PC, but keeping the hard drive and body intact. Though it'd be great if the screens were modular as well, so one could upgrade from, say, an old LCD to the new LCD used in the HTC OneX, or from AMOLED to Super AMOLED+
3. TROLL.IS.AHA (banned) (Posts: 58; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
How cheap... it's a high end
comparing to other's!
6. eaxvac (Posts: 328; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Yeah right, fandroid. Even with your expensive equipment an android still can't be as smooth as windows phone
10. eyephone (banned) (Posts: 69; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
Yea with you'r bisected braise!
14. TROLL.IS.AHA (banned) (Posts: 58; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Go to prison enjoy.
8. Wolves11 (Posts: 10; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)
And the mighty Troll shows his head YET again on a WP7 post... Can we get info on how much it costs in parts for a Galaxy 2, that was twice as much new as this phone? Or some comparative Android, which needs more power to run smoothly. WP7 uses 512mb of ram for the same reason the 4S only uses 512mb of RAm, cause IT CAN!
9. TROLL.IS.AHA (banned) (Posts: 58; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Im not troll..... just expressing.
Well you cant push the limit on that phone....
Well atleast they use quality components unlike....
Nokia phones allways lack hardware allways
Will allways have going back years. I lovev nokia
Phones I still have the
8600 luna
N95 8gb
8800 arte
I havnt sold them! I just dont like windows very
Restrictead prison. Symbian is way much better....
11. eaxvac (Posts: 328; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Says the idiot that's living in his own world
13. TROLL.IS.AHA (banned) (Posts: 58; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Says the destitute! Covetous eye$h??p
12. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 948; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
A phone can be made with parts that total $500 dollars, but not perform smoothly.
A phone can be made with parts that total $200 dollars, and perform as smooth as silk.
As a consumer I prefer option B... Its not WHAT you got, but HOW you use it... besides it's not like Nokia is using "low end" parts... NOKIA is using "HIGH END" PARTS, just not the most expensive options (some of those more expensive options are more susceptible to crashes anyways).
15. Maxaravind (Posts: 9; Member since: 06 Apr 2012)
i would like to see phones with changeable os and multiboot so that i can swap from win to andro just like i swap from Linux to win and vice versa on my pc...
16. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Exactly! That would be awesome. :)
17. ananthonline (Posts: 5; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
Does no one here get it? It's not about what the OS can do (WP7 rocks, sure). Nokia is scalping users for no apparent benefit of theirs. Nokia is making more twice what it puts into the phone and the users are NOT getting anything unique in terms of hardware. And I suspect they're not doing this because they want the profits, either. They just didn't want people to know that their new "premium" smartphone isn't too much better than their lower-end models.


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Hello arthurmonk
Before we start please create a restore point to fall back on if something goes wrong .
After setting a new restore point start your computer in safe mode
If Windows XP is the only operating system installed on your computer, booting into Safe Mode with these instructions.
* If the computer is running, shut down Windows, and then turn off the power
* Wait 30 seconds, and then turn the computer on.
* Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Options Menu appears. If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" message. To resolve this, restart the computer and try again.
* Ensure that the Safe mode option is selected.
* Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
* When you are finished with all troubleshooting, close all programs and restart the computer as you normally would.
Or to use the System Configuration Utility method
* Close all open programs.
* Click Start, Run and type MSCONFIG in the box and click OK
* The System Configuration Utility appears, On the BOOT.INI tab, Check the "/SAFEBOOT" option, and then click OK and Restart your computer when prompted.
* The computer restarts in Safe mode.
* Perform the troubleshooting steps for which you are using Safe Mode.
When you are finished with troubleshooting in Safe mode, open MSCONFIG again, on the BOOT.INI tab, uncheck "/SAFEBOOT" and click OK to restart your computer
Once you're in safe mode navigate to the c:\windows\internet logs folder delete the backup .rdb and .iamdb files in the folder
Now go back and left click on the start button in the taskbar, select and open run
Type in regedit and select ok
The registry will now appear on the desktop
You then need to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE click on the + to expand the tree
Scroll down until you see the folder named Zone Labs, click on the + next to the Zone labs folder
Now click on the + next to TrueVector
click on the store folder
To the right you should see upwval which is the ONLY entry that needs to be removed.
Right click on upwval and delete
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**Disclaimer** . Be warned though that making manual edits to the registry can have drastic consequences if you make a mistake, which is easy to do.Don't hold me accountable if you make a mistake be careful and you'll be ok
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Photographer's Note
Hello friends and colleagues, today I offer this composition, with the channel walls of some buildings in the neighborhood of Little France, in the charming city of Strasbourg, hope you like it, here is a letter of the city.
Strasbourg (French: Strasbourg in Alsace: Strossburi, in German: Straßburg) is a city of France, capital and largest city of Alsace in eastern France. Strasbourg is the capital of the department of the Lower Rhine
The urban area of Strasbourg in 2009 reached a population of 1,175,393 inhabitants, extending its influence to nearby towns of Germany and standing at the 4th position of the larger towns of France. For location, since ancient Strasbourg is an important center of communications, especially river, hosting the second most important port on the River Rhine, which is the world's busiest river. University town with over 58 000 students, has numerous national schools, the largest pole of third level education in the country. The business structure is very important Strasbourg and cultural range, very high in the presence of a theater, library, orchestra and opera all national. The city is the capital of the country, only to have that level of cultural institutions. Strasbourg is the second largest banking center of France with a bag and 8 bank headquarters. The industrial sector is particularly active, with the Strasbourg region the most dynamic in the country in terms of GDP per capita.
Its historic center is Unesco World Heritage Site since 1988 and is very intense tourist activity. It is the eighth city of the world list of cities organizing conferences, behind Paris and ahead of Barcelona.
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Model: NIKON D3100
Software: PhotoScape
Exposure Time: 10/3200 sec
F-Stop: f/5.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 400
Focal Length: 18 mm
Date Taken: 2012-07-01 11:19
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jacquest (19213) 2013-11-09 10:40
Hello Angel,
The difficult light has nevertheless allowed good saturated colors and sharp architectural details. The oblique line gives a nice point of view. Interesting how the first building is loaded with flowers and greenery.
Best regards
lousat (104697) 2013-11-09 15:01
Ciao Angel,really beautiful another time despite the difficult light,you burn the sky but you caught the best avalaible of these magnificent typical facades,great details,bright colors and a very rich composition!Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano
Hi Angel,
another nice picture of Alsace, i like the p.o.v. you have chosen and of course the wonderful architecture of these houses.
jemaflor (110096) 2013-11-10 0:26
Salut Angel,
Même avec un temps pas idéal tu nus proposes une elle photo de ces façades avec leurs balcons fleuris, bien composé avec l'eau en premier plan, bon on imagine l'ensemble sous un ciel bleu ... mais c'était ainsi !
mirosu (16313) 2013-11-10 4:45
Hello Angel,
Excellent to nice Alsace houses, beautiful photo with very nice colors, perfect light, very good clarity; excellent light reflections. The well-chosen tight crop eliminates all unwanted distractions. Well done my friend.
MIROs BEAUTIFUL ANDALUSIA
Sergiom (98920) 2013-11-10 5:37
Bonjour Angel,
Il y a déjà un an et c'est comme si c'était hier. Strasbourg est superbe sous toutes les lumières, car les maisons à colombages colorées semble sortir leur propre lumière de l'intérieur.
Bon dimanche
No_One (4) 2013-11-10 6:16
Hi Angel,
Beautiful shot, your composition takes in so much of these fine antique buildings, and I love that you lead the shot with this building decked out in flowers. I have never seen a building with so many flowers across it like this! Thanks for sharing, as always.
Best wishes
Silvio1953 (164873) 2013-11-10 11:54
Ciao Angel, gran bella vista delle deliziose architetture, ottima nitidezza, splendida luce e magnifici colori, bravo, ciao Silvio
Fis2 (117395) 2013-11-10 12:03
Witaj Angel!
Interesting buildings.
I like frame and perspective.
Good colors and light.
Sharpness? (strong).
Greetings from Southern Greater Poland.
Nice monday.
Good night my Friend.
rychem (51075) 2013-11-10 22:01
What a picturesque corner, beautiful houses with lovely decoration of flowers, great diagonalcomposition
regards Ryszard
bukitgolfb301 (47653) 2013-11-10 22:42
Hi Ciao dear Angel
Sorry for my late reaction as usual as already---.
Great shot, awaking my nostalgy so much.
So fantastic postcard presenting wonderful European image in the best reasonable framework and composition.
Composition of each component is so well balanced as your tatse and originality.
All the best and have a good start of new week! Takero
jhm (169914) 2013-11-11 3:35
Hello Angel,
What a wonderful picture, a pity of the white sky, this is a little bit against the nature.
Nevertheless a wonderful picture with all these nice facades.
Nice depth and perspective picture, excellent colours and area.
You chose a very well angle.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice new week,
eldancer1 (36343) 2013-11-11 7:38
Looks like a nice place to have a meal and enjoy listening to the sound of the river. I like those architectures, very elegant. Good lighting and nice details. Well done, tfs.
Kugart (1778) 2013-11-11 12:25
Hi Angel,
Lovely scene you have captured from Strasbourg . Nice diagonal angle giving an excellent view of the facades of these wonderful houses. The flower show on the first house is spectacular . Nice idea having the railings running across the foreground . Very nice work Angel.
adramad (53540) 2013-11-12 8:06
Hola Angel.
Este grupo de casas son uno de los rincones mas bonitos de Pequeña Francia, a pesar del cielo gris has conseguido una preciosa gama de colores en las fachadas.
Magnifica la gestion de la luminosidad y nitidez.
Muy bonito trabajo. Me encanta visionar de nuevo este bello rincon.
Disfruta de una buena tarde.
Un abrazo.
ikeharel (86598) 2013-11-19 3:12
Hola angel,
The beautiful canal promenade in Strasbourg that surprise every visitor with its wooden-beams houses and endless flowers pots.
Soon, will have a pic. to be posted showing this houses from almost same POV, and recognized this as opened the thumbernail.
A marvelous taken shot, made a good recollection of the place.
Buen dias,
fabianoleite (12321) 2015-10-05 10:08
Molto interesante las casas defronte al río o canal, serìa una Veneza francesa? Los colores están muy bien y me gustaran las flores en la composición. Buen trabajo, congratulaciones!
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- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-07-01
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Nikon D3100, Tamron AF18-200 F/ 3.5-6.3 xr, 62mm HAMA Circular Polarizer
- Exposure: f/5.0, 1/320 seconds
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- Date Submitted: 2013-11-09 9:38


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Location: Corn Insects and Crop Genetics ResearchTitle: A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome Author
|Mayer, Klaus
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|Taudien, Stefan
|Felder, Marius
|Groth, Marco
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|Himmelbach, Axel
|Lonardi, Stefano
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|Alpert, Matthew
|Cordero, Francesa
|Beccuti, Marco
|Ciardo, Gianfranco
|Ma, Yaqin
|Wanamaker, Steve
|Cattonaro, Federica
|Vendramin, Vera
|Scalabrin, Simone
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|Wing, Rod
|Morgante, Michele
|Nussbaumer, Thomas
|Gundlach, Heidrun
|Martis, Mihaela
|Poland, Jesse
|Spannagl, Manuel
|Pfeifer, Matthias
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|Tanskanen, Jaako
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Publication Acceptance Date: 8/30/2012
Publication Date: 11/29/2012
Citation: Mayer, K., Waugh, R., Langridge, P., Close, T.J., Wise, R.P., Graner, A., Matsumoto, T., Sato, K., Schulman, A., Muehlbaueer, G.J., Stein, N., Ariyadasa, R., Schulte, D., Poursarebani, N., Zhou, R., Steuernagel, B., Mascher, M., Scholz, U., Shi, B., Madishetty, K., Svensson, J.T., Bhat, P., Moscou, M., Resnik, J., Hedley, P., Liu, H., Morris, J., Frenkel, Z., Korol, A., Berges, H., Taudien, S., Felder, M., Groth, M., Platzer, M., Himmelbach, A., Lonardi, S., Duma, D., Alpert, M., Cordero, F., Beccuti, M., Ciardo, G., Ma, Y., Wanamaker, S., Cattonaro, F., Vendramin, V., Scalabrin, S., Radovic, S., Wing, R., Morgante, M., Nussbaumer, T., Gundlach, H., Martis, M., Poland, J.A., Spannagl, M., Pfeifer, M., Moisy, C., Tanskanen, J., Zuccolo, A., Russell, J., Druka, A., Marshall, D., Bayer, M., Sampath, D., Febrer, M., Caccamo, M., Tanaka, T., Platzer, M., Fincher, G., Schmutzer, T. 2012. A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome. Nature. 491:711-716. Interpretive Summary: Barley is among the world's earliest domesticated crop species and represents the fourth most abundant cereal in both area and harvest. Approximately three-quarters of global production is used for animal feed, 20% is malted for use in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and 5% as an ingredient in a range of different food products. Consumption of barley grain or grain products provides human health benefits due to its high dietary fiber content and has led to its renaissance as a true 'functional food'. More importantly, due to the barley plant being widely adapted and generally more stress-tolerant than its close relative wheat, it remains the major food source for many people in poor countries, and an ideal crop in harsh and marginal environments. As a diploid inbreeding temperate crop, barley has traditionally been considered a model for plant genetic research. Crop improvement strategies, even in the commercial sector remain largely traditional, with the vision of true genome assisted breeding currently unfulfilled. A challenge to the scientific community is therefore to provide a full genome sequence, or an appropriate enabling surrogate, that will facilitate advances in both fundamental and breeding research. In response to this challenge, we present a novel paradigm for delivering barley genome resources as a model for the Triticeae, the tribe that includes bread and durum wheat, and rye. We introduce the concept of a barley genome, an integrated, multi-layered informational resource that provides access to the majority of all barley genes in a highly structured physical and genetic framework. In association with comparative sequence and transcriptome data, the barley genome provides a new molecular and cellular insight into the biology of the species, providing a platform to advance gene discovery and genomics assisted crop improvement in this staple crop. Impact: Genome based tools and informational resources will promote new approaches to broaden the germplasm base, facilitate new breeding strategies and accelerate rates of genetic gain. This resource provides new knowledge of broad significance to plant scientists and breeders, enabling growers to produce nourishing, disease resistant, and higher yielding crops.
Technical Abstract: Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is amongst the oldest of our domesticated crop plants and remains one of the world's most important crop species. It has a diploid genome of 5.1 gigabases, almost twice the size of those of human and maize. To meet global demand for food, fuel and fibre, it is commonly agreed that reference genome sequences of our crop plants are urgently required in order to enable genome assisted crop improvement. Here we present the genome of the barley cultivar (cv.) Morex. Despite comprising >84% repetitive sequence, we are able to provide an integrated and ordered physical, genetic and functional sequence resource that describes the barley gene space in a structured whole-genome context. We developed a physical map with a cumulative length of 4.98 Gbp, 4.56 Gbp assigned to individual chromosome arms and more than 3.9 Gbp anchored to a high-resolution genetic map. Projecting a deep whole genome shotgun (WGS) assembly, cDNAs and RNA-seq data onto this framework provides support for 79,379 transcript clusters, with 75,258 anchored to the WGS. A 'high confidence' (HC) set of 26,159 genes has homology support from other plant genomes. These HC genes exhibit dynamic patterns of gene expression with extensive developmental and tissue specific post-transcriptional regulation. Alternative splicing and premature stop codons (PTCs) are abundant and appear strongly correlated with spatial and temporal regulation. Non-coding transcripts and novel transcribed regions (nTARs) are similarly abundant and more than 2000 appear evolutionarily conserved. Combined evidence therefore indicates that post-transcriptional processing in barley forms an important regulatory layer. WGS survey sequences from diverse barley cultivars and a wild accession reveal a landscape of extensive single nucleotide variation (SNV) and evidence for islands of reduced diversity likely a product of recent breeding history. The barley gene-ome represents a new paradigm for genome assisted research in a very large crop genome.


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Police said the dog bit Nephi Selu of Dixon on top of his head Monday morning at his grandparents' home in Union City.
Emergency crews took Nephi to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto. He was declared dead about 4½ hours after he was bitten.
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Higher plasma levels of leptin have been associated with increased cardiometabolic risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between short duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia in Taiwanese adults.
We examined the association between duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia in 254 men and women recruited from the physical examination center at a regional hospital in southern Taiwan. Hyperleptinemia was defined as a plasma leptin level of 8.13 ng/mL and above. Short sleep duration was defined as < 6.5 h/day. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between short duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia.
In females, short duration of sleep (< 6.5 h/day; OR = 2.15, 95% CI = 0.99-4.78), greater hip circumference (OR = 3.00, CI = 1.13-8.78), higher percent body fat (OR = 1.75, CI = 1.07-2.95), and higher white blood cell counts (OR = 1.67, CI = 1.26-2.28) were associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia. In males, greater body weight was significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia (OR = 3.55, 95% CI = 1.46-10.23). There was also a trend of association (p = 0.096) between short duration of sleep and an increased risk of hyperleptinemia (OR = 4.98, 95% CI = 0.80-42.40).
In this study of healthy Taiwanese adults, short duration of sleep was significantly associated with hyperleptinemia in women, and the association was independent of adiposity.
Koo M; Lai NS; Chiang JK. Short duration of sleep is associated with hyperleptinemia in Taiwanese adults. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(10):1049-1055.
Leptin, first discovered in 1994, is a cytokine secreted by adipocytes that primarily regulates energy balance but also modulates inflammatory processes and other endocrine functions.1 Elevated plasma leptin levels (i.e., hyperleptinemia) have been demonstrated to correlate with a number of adverse conditions including insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome,2 type 2 diabetes,3 hypertension,4 myocardial infarction,5 stroke,6 depression,7 and Alzheimer disease.8
In humans, circulating leptin concentrations exhibit a strong circadian pattern and are influenced by acute changes in energy balance.9 Levels of leptin are also positively correlated with obesity and alcohol intake but negatively with cigarette smoking.10,11 In addition, despite a considerable variation exists among individuals, leptin concentrations are twofold to threefold higher in adult premenopausal females than in males.12 Leptin concentrations in umbilical cord blood are also significantly higher in female neonates compared with male counterparts, suggesting the presence of primary genetic effects, prenatal effects of sex steroids, or both.13 In adults, it was postulated that a suppressive effect of circulating androgens on leptin concentrations was responsible for sexual dimorphism.14
One area that has received much attention recently is the role of sleep duration and leptin levels. Sleep deprivation can affect the neuroendocrine regulation of appetite and food intake.15 However, the association between duration of sleep and leptin levels is still unclear. Results from laboratory studies have indicated reduced,16,17 no association,18,19 or increased20–23 leptin levels with short-term sleep restriction. The inconsistent findings among these studies can be explained, in part, by variations in the study samples, methods of sleep assessment, and whether caloric intake was controlled.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: Higher plasma levels of leptin could increase cardiometabolic risk, but the association between duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia is not clear. The aim of the current study was to investigate the association between short duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia in Taiwanese adults.
Study Impact: The study demonstrated that short duration of sleep was significantly associated with hyperleptinemia in females, independent of adiposity.
Regarding the effects of habitual sleep duration, an epidemiologic study of 721 adults showed lower leptin levels were associated with shorter self-reported habitual sleep duration. The association remained significant after adjusting for body mass index, sex, age, and other possible confounding factors.24 In view of the role of leptin in various cardiometabolic disorders, understanding the effects of habitual sleep duration on leptin is of clinical relevance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the association of sleep duration and hyperleptinemia in healthy Taiwanese adults.
Study subjects were individuals recruited from the physical examination center at a regional hospital in southern Taiwan between July 2010 and June 2012. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital (No. B09901018). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after full explanation of the study procedure.
Demographic information of the subjects including age, sex, body weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, and duration of sleep was assessed using a questionnaire administered face-to-face by a trained research assistant. Mean duration of sleep per day was calculated as [(5/7 × duration of sleep per day during weekday) + (2/7 × duration of sleep per day during weekend)].25 Clinical characteristics were recorded, including white blood cell count, creatinine, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides, and leptin. The methods used were described in previous study.26,27 Leptin was measured by radioimmunoassay using commercially available kits (Millipore, Missouri, USA). A plasma leptin level above the upper quartile of the observed data was considered as hyperleptinemia in this study.28
Statistical analysis was performed using R (Version 2.15.1). Two-sided p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Since sexual dimorphism in leptin concentrations has been well documented in human adults,29,30 the data were analyzed separately for males and females.
Categorical variables were analyzed using χ2 test, and continuous variables were compared using t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test, as appropriate. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between hyperleptinemia and the independent variables. Multiple logistic regression analysis with stepwise procedure was conducted to examine the significant independent variables of hyperleptinemia. To ensure the quality of analysis, basic model-fitting techniques for variable selection, goodness-of-fit assessment, and regression diagnostics were applied. Specifically, the independent variables in the univariate logistic regression analysis were first evaluated using stepwise variable selection procedure with significance levels for entry (SLE) and stay (SLS) set to 0.15. Then, with the aid of substantive knowledge, the best candidate final regression model was identified manually by dropping the covariates with p value > 0.05 one at a time until all regression coefficients were significantly different from 0. In addition, Nagelkerke R2 and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test were used to examine goodness-of-fit of the models. Residual analysis and detection of influential cases and multicollinearity were also applied for diagnosis of model or data problems.
The optimal cutoff point of mean sleep duration was determined using nonparametric smoothing from generalized additive model after adjusting of significant covariates by an iterative approach. A receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves analysis was conducted. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were estimated. The optimal cutoff was calculated as the minimum value of the square root of [(1 − sensitivity)2 + (1 − specificity)2], using the pROC coords function in R with the "closest.topleft" option selected. Plots of the sensitivity (true positive) versus 1 − specificity (false positive) were made and the overall diagnostic accuracy was quantified using areas under the curves (AUCs).
Basic characteristics of the 254 study subjects were listed in Table 1. The mean leptin level was 6.1 ng/mL. The median was 4.46 ng/mL, and the lower and upper quartiles were 2.53 ng/ mL and 8.13 ng/mL, respectively. The upper quartile value was considered as the cutoff point for hyperleptinemia in this study.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects (n = 254)
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Results of the univariate analysis for hyperleptinemia separately for males and females are shown in Table 2. In both males and females, greater body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and percent body fat were significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia. In addition, higher levels of triglycerides were significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia in males, while a higher white blood cell count was significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia in females.
Univariate logistic regression analysis of hyperleptinemia for males and females
Table 3 presents the findings from the multiple logistic regression analysis for males and females. An optimal cutoff point for sleep duration was found to be 6.5 h/day, based on nonparametric smoothing from generalized additive model of our study sample (Figure 1).
Multiple logistic regression analysis of hyperleptinemia for males and females
Plot of covariate-adjusted nonparametric smoothing from generalized additive model of sleep duration and probability of hyperleptinemia
In females, short duration of sleep (< 6.5 h/day; OR = 2.15, 95% CI = 0.99-4.78), was associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia. A similar but weaker trend of association (p = 0.096) was observed in males (OR = 4.98, 95% CI = 0.80-42.40). Of the several anthropometric measurements, only a greater body weight was significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia in males (OR = 3.55 per 10-kg increment, 95% CI = 1.46-10.23), while a greater hip circumference (OR = 3.00 per 10-cm increment, 95% CI = 1.13-8.78) and greater percent body fat (OR = 1.75 per 5% increment, 95% CI = 1.07-2.95) were associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia in females. Furthermore, a higher white blood cell count was significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperleptinemia in females (OR = 1.67, 95% CI = 1.26-2.28).
ROC curve analyses revealed that a cutoff value of 6.5 h/day for mean duration of sleep yielded a sensitivity of 83% (95% CI = 36% to 96%), a specificity of 77% (95% CI = 67% to 86%), a positive predictive value (PPV) of 20% (95% CI = 7% to 41%), a negative predictive value (NPV) of 99% (95% CI = 92% to 100%), and an AUC of 0.88 (95% CI = 0.77-0.99) for the prediction of hyperleptinemia in males (Figure 2). In females, the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and AUC were 67% (95% CI = 54% to 79%), 78% (95% CI = 68% to 85%), 63% (95% CI = 50% to 75%), 81% (95% CI = 71% to 88%), and 0.80 (95% CI = 0.73-0.87), respectively.
Receiver-operating characteristic curves for short duration of sleep (
In this cross-sectional study of generally healthy Taiwanese adults, we found that short duration of sleep was associated with hyperleptinemia, particularly in females. The risk of hyperleptinemia was 2.2 times greater in females with sleep duration of less than 6.5 hours a day than those with a longer duration. Since the association was adjusted for adiposity, the independent effect of short duration of sleep on leptin levels suggested that the elevation in leptin levels might have been a primary increase in response to reduced duration of sleep rather than a secondary increase in an attempt to overcome end-organ leptin resistance.
The mean leptin levels in females were more than twice of that in males, similar to the findings in other studies.12,19,31 This sexual dimorphism in leptin levels among adults has been suggested to mediate, in part, by effects of sex steriods.32 In addition, the observations that leptin levels were approximately twofold higher in female neonates compared with male counterparts suggested that primary genetic determinants and prenatal effects of endogenous androgen concentrations might play a role in sexual dimorphism.33
A finding in this study that deserves additional consideration was the different independent factors associated with short duration of sleep between males and females. The risk of hyperleptinemia in females was 2.2 times higher in those with duration of sleep of less than 6.5 hours (p = 0.055). In males, although the association did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.096), the magnitude of the odds ratio was larger than that of the association in females. The wide confidence interval, as a result of fewer males in our sample and fewer males being classified with hyperleptinemia, precluded a definite conclusion among males (OR = 4.98, 95% CI = 0.80-42.40).
In contrast to our study, previous reports that involved both male and female subjects either did not report the sex results separately or found no differences between the sexes in the association between sleep and leptin among obese subjects.19,20,23 In three short-term laboratory studies that reported a lack of association18 and decreased16,17 serum leptin levels with sleep curtailment, the participants consisted of only males. In addition, energy intake was restricted in these studies, which might have led to an increased leptin response to the restricted calories.34 On the other hand, in two short-term sleep deprivation studies conducted on female participants, sleep restriction was associated with increased morning plasma leptin concentrations.21,22 Clearly, additional studies are deserved to delineate the differences between males and females in the association between leptin levels and habitual short sleep duration and, in particular, whether the observed sex differences were related to biological factors such as the interactions of leptin with gonadal steroids or the results of modification of dietary behavior in response to habitual sleep deprivation.35
Results of multiple logistic regression analysis also indicated, as expected, an independent association between greater adiposity, as reflected by hip circumference and percent body fat in females and body weight in males. In a cross-sectional study of 1,393 adult patients, a strong direct relationship between increased leptin levels and increased percent body fat was observed. Percent body fat was measured by duel-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in the study.36 In another population-based study of 1,234 Chinese adults, correlation analysis revealed that serum leptin concentrations were significantly associated with a number of adiposity measures. Of those measures, body mass index and triceps skinfold showed the strongest association in men and women, respectively.37
Higher white blood cell counts were significantly associated with hyperleptinemia among females in our study. A cross-sectional study of 1,480 type 2 diabetic patients also reported that plasma leptin levels were significantly associated with total white blood cell counts.38 In vitro studies indicated that leptin at the concentration at 50 to 100 ng/mL could significantly stimulate the appearance of granulocyte-macrophage colonies.39 Based on the variables obtained from our multiple logistic regression modeling, the probability of hyperleptinemia in males and females could be estimated according to the formula provided in the appendix.
Several limitations of our study deserve mention. First, leptin levels were measured with only a single blood draw during routine physical examinations, which occurred between 14:00 and 16:00. This methodology might not have adequately reflected the diurnal variations of leptin in response to sleep restriction. Second, duration of habitual sleep was ascertained by self-report and might be subject to recall error. Nevertheless, self-report duration of sleep can readily be obtained from patients in a single visit, thus making our prediction tool more practical for clinical use. Third, though the analyses were adjusted for several potential confounding variables, the presence of unrecognized ones is always possible.
In conclusion, a significant association was observed between short duration of sleep and hyperleptinemia in healthy Taiwanese adults and the association was independent of adiposity. Since sleep curtailment is highly prevalent in modern societies, its associations with hyperleptinemia, and in turn, the potential adverse impact on metabolic and endocrine processes, can have important clinical implications. Future studies will be needed to clarify the role of sleep duration as a modifiable risk factor on the effects of leptin on metabolic health.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest. Work was performed at Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital.
Dr. Chiang received research grants from Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital (DTCRD 99(2)-E-05).
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Programming code in OpenOffice Calc, Microsoft Excel, and R environment for calculating the probability of hyperleptinemia (leptin > 8.13 ng/mL) based on our multiple logistic regression model.


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Different outcomes occur when starters are pulled by skippers
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Thomson sends Cano
The situation: With Robinson Cano on first and two outs in the fourth inning, Nick Swisher lines a double into the left-field corner.
The decision: Without hesitation, third-base coach Rob Thomson waved Cano around third.
The outcome: It was a risky but aggressive play, one that called for a perfect relay throw to nail Cano at the plate. It didn't happen. The throw was a tad up the first-base line, drawing Twins catcher Joe Mauer off the plate. Cano slid in safely to score what turned out to be the winning run, giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead they never relinquished.
The analysis: "The one thing about Robbie is that he's a really good baserunner. He got a great jump off that ball, and he really runs [the bases] in a small circle. A lot of times, he can score on that ball down in the corner. There were two outs and so you take a little chance. Sometimes you get burnt, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to be more aggressive." -- Thomson
Gardenhire yanks Duensing
The situation: After Alex Rodriguez singles home Jeter with two outs in the fifth inning, Gardenhire pulls left-handed starter Brian Duensing.
The decision: Duensing was replaced by Francisco Liriano, another southpaw, to face the left-handed-hitting Hideki Matsui.
The outcome: On a 2-1 fastball, Matsui hit a two-run homer to dead center, giving the Yankees a 6-2 lead that pretty much iced the game.
The analysis "Frankie is here for a reason. We like him to pitch, and he needs to pitch. Our bullpen has been through a lot. We all saw that. He was fresh and available. Right now, he's making too many mistakes. He just got behind right away and gave up a home run. After that, he threw the ball pretty decently. I didn't want to leave the kid [Duensing] out there and let him get all beat up." -- Gardenhire
Girardi stays just long enough with Sabathia
The situation: Starter CC Sabathia had already thrown 113 pitches, the last of which was skied to short right by Denard Span with runners on second and third and two outs in the seventh.
The decision: Yanks manager Joe Girardi didn't let Sabathia finish the inning, going with eighth-inning setup man Phil Hughes in the situation.
The outcome: Hughes threw 10 pitches to Orlando Cabrera and struck him out swinging on a full-count fastball.
The analysis: "As far as pulling CC after 113 pitches, he had worked hard. We had Hughes up. And we had talked about Hughes, letting him [try to get] four outs, five outs if we needed him to. We just thought it was time to go to Phil, give a different look to Cabrera. I thought CC threw a great game." -- Girardi
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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With the second Presidential debate on deck, The Game has joined the ranks of rappers for Obama, while defending the newly minted Mitt Romney supporter Stacey Dash.
The Game admitted that President Obama's debate performance from October 3 was lackluster, but he is still standing by the president.
"I've seen the debate: words were fumbled, certain topics weren't covered correctly," he told CBS Local. "But he's Obama. He probably was listening to Jay-Z before he got up there and was a little bit in the zone and couldn't get it together. But I love Obama he got my vote still."
To be sure, Obama has bragged in the past that he has Jay-Z in his iPad and the the two have enjoyed a cozy relationship during this election cycle. The rap mogul and his pop star wife, Beyonce, hosted a $40,000 per plate fundraiser in September for the president.
While The Game joked that Jay threw Obama off his debate game, he acknowledged that there was little Obama could have done wrong to lose his vote.
"Let me tell you something, Obama could have comeoout and said his A-B-Cs in the debate and he would have gotten my vote," he told CBS Local. "I like Obama, he's cool he got swag and that's my president. Mitt Romney is a Republican. I'm not down with anything they stand for. Not to diss anybody else's beliefs and what their vote is but I like Obama. He can't do me no wrong."
While The Game has joined the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and other prominent rappers who have been very vocal about their support for President Obama, he also said there is room for Mitt Romney supporters like former Bad Boy rapper Shyne and actress Stacey Dash, who recently came out in support of Governor Romney.
After Dash Tweeted an endorsement of Romney, calling him "the only choice for your future," she said she received death threats. Game, who co-starred in the film House Arrest with Dash, stands by her Republican right.
"I don't understand what everybody's gripe is with that," he said. "We live in the world [where] we try as people to become more non-racial. Every black person in the world doesn't support Obama. …Why are we slamming her? Maybe she has different views and opinions, she should be entitled."
Aside from watching the presidential race, The Game is putting the finishing touches on his new album, Jesus Piece, due is due out in December. —Erik Parker, CBS Local


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Anastasias Table Topper/Runner Swap
This Swap will close November 15th.
Welcome to my corner. This is my first swap and I look forward to sharing the experience with you. I have participated in many swaps on this forum and I enjoy them greatly. So lets get to it.
A Table Topper would be any shape that would be a centerpiece; this should be a minimum size of 16" across the longest point. For instance, I made a hexagon table topper and it is 16" from one corner to another at its widest point and each of its six sides are 8".
A Table Runner should be a minimum size of 12"x28". Table runners are typically longer than they are wide.
How it works:
This is a secret swap. You will not know who has your name. The theme is winter.
Design and method will be up to the creator but since this is something that will be on a table and likely spilled on, make sure whatever you make is washable on at least a gentle cycle.
Please PM me with the following information by November 15th. I will then match up names and get them returned to you by November 20th. You will have until January 15th to mail the finished product.
Board Name:
Real Name:
Phone #: (this will not be given to your partner, this is for my use only in the event that a problem should arise)
Your décor colors:
Table Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Oval, etc
It is encouraged and acceptable to post pictures of fabric choices, progress, and finished pieces as the receiver will not know from whom they are receiving. I would like some lively conversation; someone has to keep me awake through midterms and finals.
Please notify me as soon as possible if you feel you cannot complete your obligation.
People who fail to follow-through and do not notify me will be banned from any of my future swaps (should there be any) and your name will be given to other swap hosts. Obviously, things happen in life and I will certainly consider that, but you must communicate.
****Please make sure to read the general rules that apply to all swaps here at the Quilting Board: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-20154-1.htm ****
So jump on board everyone and join the fun!


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Last season was a train wreck of massive proportions for Palo Alto, which failed to win a match for the first time ever. And this, from a program that had been in existence for more than 40 years and won or shared four CCS titles during that time.
The Vikings went 0-9-3 in the SCVAL De Anza Division and 0-15-5 overall, earning a demotion to the El Camino Division. There were few, if any, positives during the season.
Only three years earlier, it couldn't have been much better for the Vikings, who finished with a 21-1-3 record for the most victories in program history, allowed only one goal during the league season and wound up sharing the Central Coast Section Division I title with Bellarmine, while earning a No. 13 national ranking at one point.
Thus, Palo Alto went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.
"Last season was tough as we have a history of successful expectations," said Paly head coach Don Briggs. "We had no returning starters and only one returning player. We were younger, smaller, and less experienced and in a very tough division of the De Anza D1 league. At times, we had eight freshmen and sophomores on the field against teams fielding 11 upperclassmen. Teams would often simply wear us down as the game progressed."
Briggs was without players for various reasons, which included conflicts with club teams, injuries and friction with the coaching staff.
"Instead of focusing on the score, we concentrated on being better every time we played," Briggs said. "As the season went on, we gave up fewer goals but still had trouble scoring (Paly had two goals in 12 league games). The team had a good attitude and (the players) supported each other and continued to work hard to improve.
"As a team, we stressed the positive and worked to improve both individually and as a team. All I demanded is that they work hard in practice and on the field. As long as a player could walk off the field and say 'I did my best, I left nothing behind' . . . what more could we ask for? I never saw us give up in a game."
Current senior defender Kirby Gee was among those who suffered through last season.
"For as bad as it sounds, it wasn't as bad as you would think," he said. "Yes, it felt awful to be a part of a losing team, but just like any other season, we had fun. Our goal was to get better every day and, although our record doesn't show it, we did. It was a great learning experience."
It was so positive that Gee and 14 teammates from last season returned to the team.
"It never crossed my mind," Gee said of the thought of not returning. "If anything, I was looking forward to this season.
"We knew that most of us would be playing together again, so we are familiar with each other's type of play. It plays a really big role in soccer — communication, anticipation and confidence. Also, our team chemistry is real strong."
All 15 returning players had another reason to come back.
"We are ready for a shot at redemption," Gee said.
Thus far, the Vikings are doing just that. They are 2-0 in the SCVAL El Camino Division following Monday's 3-1 victory over host Monta Vista and are 6-2-1 overall, which includes a championship title in the Oak Grove Gold Cup in December.
Palo Alto's season, which started with a loss to Carlmont, took off after that.
"We lost our first game and then won our first game in the Oak Grove Gold Cup tournament," Briggs said. "We did not celebrate, but it was more of a group/collective sigh of relief — a feeling like a big weight had come off their back."
Palo Alto put together a four-match win streak before falling to long-time De Anza Division rival Mountain View, but has gone 2-0-1 since then and appears ready to regain its role as a postseason regular.
"Winning has restored our confidence," said Gee. "Instead of going into games wondering how bad it will be, we prepare for the game with a winning mentality. However, the biggest reason that makes us think about being successful again is that we are finally scoring. I have confidence that our back line can hold opponents to a clean sheet, so it's all up to our goal scores. Chris Meredith is the jolt we needed to turn the season around."
Meredith, one of eight seniors listed on the roster, did not play last season. He played on the frosh-soph team for two years before deciding to spend his junior year concentrating on his studies while getting ready for college. He kept his soccer skills intact by playing with a Palo Alto club team.
Meredith decided to return because it was his senior year. He also thought playing in the lower El Camino Division would be fun. He brings plenty of speed and experience to the team, showing both against Monta Vista as he took a bouncing ball from fellow senior Cina Vazir and headed it past the Matadors' keeper for a 2-0 lead in the first half on Monday. Senior Paul Stefanski scored Paly's first goal in the opening eight minutes while Gee converted a penalty kick in the second half.
"We are better this year due to the maturity of the younger players," Briggs said. "We are still young and have room to improve. However, we are a little faster and a little stronger with a year of experience. We have a good group and our frosh-soph team is the strongest I have seen in four or five years."
Thus, Palo Alto has closed the door on last season and opened a new one.
"I try to focus on our team, not our opponents," Briggs said. "I scheduled 'A' league preseason opponents because that's where we want to play, and I think that will challenge us to be a better team for league play. I am trying to help our team get better.
"The Mountain View loss showed that we needed to regroup and try to stress the things that we are doing right and work on those things to make us better. There will be some good teams in the El Camino and we need to play our best every game to improve."
Mountain View, for example, has won the De Anza Division title the past two seasons after moving up from the El Camino Division. That's something Briggs would like to duplicate.
"We need to continue to grow and improve and focus on playing our best game, no matter our opponent," he said. "If we play well, we can compete with most teams in the SCVAL."
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Hi Marcello,
Nice one; very nice one!
It is certainly Argynnis paphia, and female.
And you are probably correct - Argynnis paphia paphia f. valesina (female)
I have just a slight uncertainty...
There are various subspecies, mostly outside Europe.
But in Europe there are, according to at least one source:
- A. p. paphia
- A. p. butleri Krulikovsky, 1909 Northern Europe, Central Europe
- A. p. thalassata Fruhstorfer, 1909 Southern Europe
I don't know how the distribution of those covers your part of N. Italy.
And, I don't know if f. valesina (or equivalent) is restricted to A. p. paphia. If it is, then you are 100% correct.
- http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=paphia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-washed_Fritillary
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Argynnis_Paphia
Hi Mike!
I mean f valesina because I saw this photo on the UK butterflies site:
And mine is really identical.
About the A. p. thalassata I'm unable to see photos around the web and there is no comment/info about it in Italy.
I sent the photo to an expert in the UK, maybe he can help us to understand better the distribution.
Thanks for your help Mike!
I'll make you know if/when I'll receive the answer.
Hi Mike,
I asked here to confirm my ID:
Thomas Neubau (Expert) confirmed it like Argynnis Paphia f. valesina
Hi Marcello,
Did you ask Thomas if there are valesina-like forms of the other subspecies?, or whether those sspp. cover your location?, or if he considers those sspp. valid?
I don't think you can be sure unless you did so.
Hi Mike,
I asked to Robin Nigel Fox, friend of Thomas Neubau, another expert that live in Italy and here is the answer:
Yes, you have identified it correctly. In most colonies of the Argynnis paphia, there are some females that are not of the ordinary orangey-brown colour, but that have this lovely purple-blue colouration. The light on your example brings out the colour fantastically.
There are no other paphia forms , as far as I know. I get my information from the Collins Butterfly Guide by Tom Tolman and Richard lewington.
Thanks for following-up and for updating this post.
Hi Mike!
I had to wait for the reply.
Now that I have a few of free days I'll post some butterflies to ID!


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The bluegrass show will feature local bands Mountain Faith and the Boys of Tuckasegee. The event is a collaboration, with Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center joining with the Sylva Herald newspaper.
A few days after the landslide disaster struck on March 22, taking lives and destroying homes, two WCU historians who have researched the migration of WNC residents to the Pacific Northwest, Scott Philyaw, director of the Mountain Heritage Center, and Rob Ferguson, visiting assistant professor, were discussing ways to assist the victims. Ferguson contacted officials in Darrington, Wash., and learned that financial assistance is what those who have lost their homes need most. Recognizing the strong connections between WNC and Washington state, they decided to reach out to the local community, Philyaw said.
For much of the 20th century, migrants from the southwest mountains of WNC moved to western Washington state in such large numbers that they outnumbered every other immigrant population in a half dozen communities, according to Ferguson. At first, the migrants from North Carolina represented many types of occupations, but from 1920 to 1940 the Pacific Northwest slowly replaced the Appalachians as the center of the nation's lumber production, and that development led many people in that line of work to move west permanently, he said.
Assisting Ferguson and Philyaw in organizing the benefit and local fundraising activities are Lane Perry from WCU's Office of Service Learning, who is coordinating efforts on the WCU campus, and the Rev. Tonya Vickery of Cullowhee Baptist Church, who is coordinating outreach with local churches. Perry can be reached at 828.227.2643 and Vickery can be contacted at 828.293.3020. Individuals who would like to assist in the effort can contact Philyaw at 828.227.3191 or Ferguson at 828.227.3502.


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I need help with my membership. My account has an expiration of Jan. 31, 2012, but I don't remember renewing. I left a post in early Sept. with no response. I would like to have this clarified. I also need a new membership card. I have not had one since I first joined. Thank you.
Hi Linda
Peg and I will need to review your order there is something a bit odd on it. I will let you know what we find and send you a card thru January 2011 for now.
Customer Service
Actually my expiration date is Jan. 31, 2012. Sorry for the trouble


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SAN ANTONIO – Steve DeBerg's NFL career spanned from 1977-98, so when the former professional quarterback offered advice to the play-callers at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, they listened. Even the best of the best have things to learn.
"It's definitely beneficial, just trying to be like a sponge with the rest of these guys and try to soak up all the information that Mr. DeBerg had for us," said West quarterback Dayne Crist, a Notre Dame commit. "It's pretty special to put a face to a name and learn from a guy like that.
"Anytime you hear about an experience like that, multiple times in the NFL, a guy that can have that kind of longevity is doing something correct and you're trying to emulate that and do the same kind of thing."
DeBerg said today's college quarterback is more athletic than a decade ago but since there is a 20-hour per week practice rule for coaches and players implemented by the NCAA, quarterbacks might not be as technically sound. He said the off-season is when quarterbacks need to work on their mechanics and technique. The season is more dedicated toward implementing the playbook.
"My experience with training quarterbacks is you improve in the off-season," DeBerg said. "Once the season starts, it's more X's and O's and if you don't have the technique part down, it's too late. The off-season is when you should get your instructional things and technique work out of the way to the point where it becomes habit.
"It does make it tough for young quarterbacks to develop and learn techniques because at the college level they don't have time to work on the techniques. It's more teaching plays than it is technique."
East quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the nation's top-rated player by Rivals.com, said listening to DeBerg is important because he's been through it all and speaks from experience. Pryor has many of the qualities that DeBerg said make a successful quarterback. He's athletic, smart, a leader and Pryor has shown he has a cannon for an arm so far this week. All the quarterbacks at the U.S. Army game are top-notch.
Crist is rated as the second-best pro-style quarterback nationally. West quarterback Blaine Gabbert, a Missouri commit, is third on the pro-style list. Stanford commit Andrew Luck is fifth.
On the East team, Pryor is tops regardless of position. Alabama commit Star Jackson is sixth on the pro-style rankings and MarQueis Gray, who will pick either Minnesota or Oregon Saturday during the game, is second on the dual-threat list. DeBerg said he has been impressed with how advanced the quarterbacks have looked.
"Their size, their athletic ability, their leadership roles, they're all pretty exceptional," said DeBerg, who threw for more than 34,000 yards in the NFL. "They're basically college players already. They are head and shoulders above normal high school quarterbacks."
The next phase for these quarterbacks will be to prepare for college football and DeBerg said they must understand the speed is greater and the game gets more complicated at the next level. The transition to college will be especially challenging for the quarterbacks who plan to run a spread offense since DeBerg said it gets more difficult to run when the passing game is more involved.
"It's always the speed of the game, how complicated the game becomes and at the next level, every time you go to the next level, half of it's physical and half of it's mental," he said. "It gets more complicated, speed and strength changes, and size. It takes quite a bit to make the jump from high school to college and then from college to pro."
DeBerg did it and made football his livelihood. At the same stage, he said he was not as good as the quarterbacks here at the U.S. Army game.
"I wasn't good enough for an All-Star game," DeBerg said.


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In the continuing effort to advance production of the Cell
Broadband Engine, IBM revealed yesterday at the International Solid State
Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
in San Francisco plans to migrate the processor to the 45nm high-k process.
The Cell Broadband Engine chip currently found in the latest
PlayStation 3 hardware is manufactured on IBM's 65nm SOI process, which was quietly
introduced into the market with the 40GB PS3. The power
consumption drop from the original launch model, which used a 90nm
Cell/B.E., to the 40GB model made users take notice of the shift in
manufacturing process.
The further shrink of the Cell/B.E. to 45nm will reduce
power consumption by another 40 percent and die size by 34 percent, helping to cut
costs. Current analyst estimates put the cost of manufacture per PlayStation 3
console at
around $400, close to the MSRP of the entry-level 40GB console.
Even with the shift to 45nm, Sony may not immediately pass
the cost savings onto the consumer. The PlayStation division finally turned
a profit for the first time since the PS3 debut, a trend the company likely
wishes to continue. In the long run, however, cheaper components pave the way
for eventual price drops.
The upcoming 45nm Cell/B.E. benefits not only the
PlayStation 3, as the chip in also used IBM Blade servers for industrial
applications, such as medical
imaging. Toshiba has also adapted the Cell/B.E. technology, which it calls
the SpursEngine,
for mobile graphical applications.
According to Ars Technica, IBM's effort in
shrinking the Cell/B.E. is done solely with Sony in mind. As the PlayStation 3
is the largest application of Cell/B.E. technology, IBM apparently tailored the
smaller chip for cooler and cheaper consoles, rather than for increased
performance and functionality. Such is hinted at an IBM document, stating, "To
guarantee the proper operation of existing gaming software, the exact
cycle-by-cycle machine behavior, including operating frequency, must be
Such considerations for Sony by its partners are important for
the console maker, as the company itself is getting out of the chip business.
On April 1, Sony will be officially handing
over control of Cell/B.E. manufacturing facilities to Toshiba. Sony also
stated that it will cease
R&D efforts on future 32nm chip processes, though it will remain active
with Toshiba and IBM on future iterations of the Cell/B.E.


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gpgkeymgr is a tool for cleaning up and managing your GnuPGP key ring. It removes old and unnecessary keys according to user-specified criteria. For example, you can remove all expired or revoked keys, or all keys you don't trust, and much more.
Several applications to interact with a lot of Web sites.
A tool that displays information about BOINC projects.


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Hi. I'm sure that somewhere in the Airhead Forum is a link to the procedure of replacing the Drive Shaft Boot (on a '80 R80, etc). For the life of me I can't find one! A little help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
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The traditional PC is far from dead, but its continued decline is inexorable. The reason? Choice.
After the PC became a household item, its status went unchallenged for years. Yes, there were innovations: laptops came along, computers gradually got smaller, high-speed Wi-Fi replaced tedious cables and dial-up modems. But upgrades were driven by Moore's Law and the commoditization of components, not changes in the basic premise.
PCs are still more powerful than competing computing devices, and they're essential for tasks that none of these alternatives can manage. But smartphones and tablets are powerful in their own right. PCs might be fixtures in the workplace, but for years, most of the time users spent in front of those screens was dedicated to surfing the Internet, reading email or watching videos. Mobile devices handle these -- the most common of user tasks -- more conveniently and intuitively than their PC forefathers, and they represent the first time that consumers have had a fundamental choice in their computing options; that is, the ability to purchase a device that doesn't look like the machines at work.
The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon is a result of this choice. At first, new gadgets simply provided another way to read and watch digital content, leaving the PC's dominance as a production tool unchallenged. But choice permitted workers and businesses to come at productivity from new angles, and to develop workflows suited for the new devices. PCs still rule the enterprise empire, but where there was something akin to a technological hegemony only a few years ago, there's now a growing number of disruptions in the making.
[ HTC's One is another promising Android phone to watch. Read For HTC, The One Can't Come Soon Enough. ]
That's why the traditional PC will never rebound. The tablet explosion isn't an end in and of itself; it's the first phase of a larger shift in computing. Not convinced? Consider the following four facts:
1. All-in-ones are nice -- but the multi-screen experience is here to stay.
There's clearly demand for a device that does it all -- something like the Surface Pro, or for some users, the iPad. But as Forrester analyst JP Gownder recently noted, even the upstart mobile market is becoming increasingly fragmented and difficult to define. Some of this has to do with user preference for one operating system over another. Cost is another factor. But there's also mounting evidence that both consumers and employees are happy to own multiple devices. The reason? Users like to choose the best option -- or combination of options -- for a given task or situation.
To some extent, this trend causes cannibalization; that the PC market has stalled while the tablet market soars attests to as much. And as much as people might want to use multiple devices, there are obviously limits to how much any given person or business is able to spend. But in the course of a single day, an average person might use a smartphone for email and light reading, a tablet for games or to watch Hulu, and a traditional computer for "serious" work.
The variety of devices will only increase as new phablets and an anticipated wave of 8-inch Windows 8 tablets hits the market. Mobile devices are not only cheaper than new PCs but also more likely -- at least for now -- to offer attractive generation-over-generation enhancements. This has led many users to upgrade their mobile devices at regular intervals, a trend that's likely to continue. Conventional computers face a different reality; they will still have a big place, but their diminished role and higher prices will give consumers less incentive to frequently replace aging models. PCs will endure in some form as part of a multi-screen ecosystem, but their best days are behind them.
2. Tablets will continue to encroach on the PC's territory.
The extent to which new devices can replace PCs is limited. Adobe, for example, is preparing to bring Lightroom, one of its most popular products for photographers, to iOS. But the iPad Mini's screen is too small to be ideally suited to the heavy photo-editing for which the program is known. Can the software retain its granular functionality when translated to a touch-based interface? The vast majority of legacy tasks face these kinds of questions, and in many cases, such as programming or document creation, a mouse and keyboard make more sense than a touchscreen and finger.
At the same time, although many business people use tablets for mostly email or on-the-go access to shared documents, tablets also have allowed doctors to speed up turnarounds between patients, enabled field workers go where no laptop can venture, and retail to do business faster. PCs will remain indispensable in the workplace for the foreseeable future, but their erosion will continue.


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Friday, October 14, 2011
DELETED "Tentacle Grape" Post
8 comments:
- Dakota Kitty said...
OMG I'm so sorry, I totally thought you knew and that's why you posted it up!! >.<
- Friday, October 14, 2011 11:10:00 PM
- PetSugar said...
Dakota Kitty - omg don't be sorry! i just can't believe i didn't catch on! i feel SO stupid
- Friday, October 14, 2011 11:33:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Noo please don't be so hard on yourself! it's ok! it's an utterly stupid marketing strategy, you shouldn't be the one to feel stupid for not realizing. I admire your respect for victims of sexual abuse. the media and advertisment are incredibly full of using this subject for their purposes and I can only imagine how terrible it must be to be constantly reminded of such experience.
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 3:16:00 AM
- Angel said...
I had no clue either!
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 8:59:00 AM
- PetSugar said...
Anonymous - thank you for being so understanding. I just can't believe I let something like that sit on my page for close to a day. I can't believe there are people anywhere who are NOT sensitive to it! I mean we all have been impacted by sexual abuse in some way. Japan is wonderful but has a long way to go with certain cultural norms.
Angel - I hate say it but that makes me feel better haha
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:18:00 AM
- Saffron Sugar said...
Thank you for removing it. It's disturbingly common to hear rape jokes in the anime community :( I can't believe they even allow it at conventions...
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:31:00 AM
- Susie said...
Thanks for taking it down. This site is too great to have that up.
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:51:00 PM
- PetSugar said...
Susie - i agreee!!! thank you though :) i know back to celebrating girls!
- Sunday, October 16, 2011 2:26:00 PM


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Close Combat: First to Fight
Created under the direction of the US Marine Corps, First to Fight puts you behind the barrel of an M16-A4 as a Marine fireteam leader. Now it's up to you to lead your four-man team through the dangerous streets of Beirut in modern urban combat. In this first-person shooter, you can use the Marine Air Ground Task Force to call for fire and support from Cobra helicopters, mortar teams, other fireteams, tanks, and AAVs. Develop true military tactics such as laying suppressing fire, flanking enemies, separating leaders from enemies, and more.
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Illissius wrote:This one courtesy of bash.org:<Th3No0b> Im going to be the next hitler
<Th3No0b> Im going to kill all the jews and 1 clown
<RageAgainsttheAmish> why the clown
<Th3No0b> See? no one cares about the jews
<RageAgainsttheAmish> lmao
<Rafa> A Pirate walks into a bar.
<Rafa>The bartender says "Hey youve got a steering wheel in your crotch."
<Malkatov> The pirate says "Arrrr its driving me nuts"
z-man wrote:Three guys die and go to heaven. When they meet St. Peter at the pearly gates, he says to them:
"Listen we are super busy today and unless you had a really bad day or a tragic death. I can't let you in. You'll be forced to wait in limbo for a few centuries."
He then turns to the first guy:
"Ok let's hear your story."
To which the first guy responds:
"All right I had found out that my wife had been cheating on me. So I took an early lunch from work. When I arrived at my 25th floor apartment I knew as soon as I walked in that he was still there. So I ran around the apartment looking for him. Checking everywhere. When I couldn't find him I ran out onto the balcony and I noticed two hands hanging onto the concrete railing. Well I ran up to them and started beating on them to get him to let go. When he wouldn't I ran back into my apartment, grabbed a hammer, ran back out and smashed his hands until his fingers broke and he could not hang on. However when I looked over the balcony and down, I notice that he had landed in some bushes and was still alive. I then went back into the apartment grabbed my refrigerator carried out to the balcony and heaved it over. Where it landed on top of him and killed him. Due to carrying the fridge I then suffered a heart attack and I died.
St. Peter looks at him for a moment and says:
"Ok, your good you can go on in."
As the first man leaves St. Peter turns to second guy and asks to hear his story. To which the second guy responds:
"Here is the scene. I am tending to my garden on my 26th floor apartment room balcony when I slip on some wet pavement and tumble over the side. I though for sure I was done for when I luckily managed to grab the balcony on the floor below me. I was hanging there fine until some lunatic bursts out of the apartment and starts beating on my hands. Fortunately I was able to hang on until he went back inside and returned with a hammer. He then started pounding on my hands until my fingers broke and I could not possible hang on. I fell to what I though would be my certain death. When to my surprise and shock I landed safely in some heavy bushes. However when I looked back up I saw a refrigerator come slamming down on top of me and did me in. That is how I died."
St. Peter looks for a few long moments and then says to the man:
"All right you can go on in too."
He then turns to the last one and says:
"Ok and just what is your story?"
To which the third man says:
"Ok, picture this. I'm hiding naked in this refrigerator..."


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Icelanders and Their Culturally Inherited Belief in Elves
Roughly half of Icelanders believe in the existence of elves. So strong is their belief that it halts construction and road projects, among other things. See here. These beliefs are culturally inherited ones. Christian, why do you think yours are not!
HT exapologist
HT exapologist