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A Winograd schema is a pair of sentences that differ in only one or two words and that contain an ambiguity that is resolved in opposite ways in the two sentences and requires the use of world knowledge and reasoning for its resolution. The schema takes its name from a well-known example by Terry Winograd (1972)
The city councilmen refused the demonstrators a permit because they [feared/advocated] violence.If the word is ``feared'', then ``they'' presumably refers to the city council; if it is ``advocated'' then ``they'' presumably refers to the demonstrators.
In his paper, ``The Winograd Schema Challenge'' Hector Levesque (2011) proposes to assemble a set of such Winograd schemas that are
The set would then be presented as a challenge for AI programs, along the lines of the Turing test. The strengths of the challenge are that it is clear-cut, in that the answer to each schema is a binary choice; vivid, in that it is obvious to non-experts that a program that fails to get the right answers clearly has serious gaps in its understanding; and difficult, in that it is far beyond the current state of the art.
This online document presents a collection of 133 Winograd schemas. Item (1) is the original schema due to Terry Winograd; items (2) --- (19) were constructed by Hector Levesque; (20) --- (109), (114), (115), (135) and (137) by Ernest Davis; (110)---(113) by Ray Jackendoff, (116) --- (133) by David Bender, and (136) from the web page Linguistic Problems and Complexities by the TANKA group at U. Ottawa. Item (114) is adapted by Ernest Davis from a sentence in Emma by Jane Austen.
We have made a deliberate effort to cover a wide range of world knowledge and a wide range of linguistic features. At the same time, many of the schemas were designed in closely related pairs; these are generally adjacent in the schema. There did not seem to be any serious drawback to including pairs of closely related schemas.
In some cases where we were uncertain whether the schema was Google-proof, we have done some experiments with searches using Google's count of result pages. These counts, however, are notoriously unreliable (Lapata and Keller, 2005) so these ``experiments'' should be taken with several grains of salt.
For the ease of machine reading, the text of each example is bracketed with the HTML tag < text > < /text >. The question is bracked with < question > < /question >. The answer is bracketed with < answer > < /answer >. Comments are bracketed with < remark > < /remark >. These tags are invisible in a browser.
The collection is open, and readers are invited to submit contributions, which will be added if the editor considers that they satisfy the constraints and are meaningfully different from the schemas already in the collection. Email submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
For version control, previous versions of this collection are maintained here .
For comparison, there is also a small collection of examples that, though interesting, in one way or another fail to meet the bar of WS schemas. To avoid confusion, these are placed on a separate page.
Acknowledgements:Thanks to Hector Levesque, Leora Morgenstern, Ray Jackendoff, and David Bender.
Hector Levesque, The Winograd Schema Challenge, Commonsense-2011.
Hector Levesque, Ernest Davis, and Leora Morgenstern, The Winograd Schema Challenge, KR-2012. An expanded version of the previous item.
Terry Winograd, Understanding Natural Language, Academic Press, 1972.
"uncle older" 14,500,000
"uncle younger" 9,630,000
"older" 357,000,000
"younger" 93,000,000
Thus "uncle" is not particularly associated with "older".
"building": 2.2 billion
"famous building": 250 million
"map": 1.4 billion
"famous map": 500 million
Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indistinct
remembrance of her caresses; and her place had been taken by an excellent
woman as governess, who had fallen little short of a mother in affection.
Note that the original presents two further difficult disambiguation problems,
with the second and third "her"'s in the sentence.
"because" & "particularly": Eric.
"because" & "not particularly": George
"even though" & "particularly": George
"even though" & "not particularly": Eric


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Bullpen spots still up for grabs
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
"That's a good problem to have, yet there will probably be a few guys that deserve to make the team that don't," manager Bob Melvin said. "There's usually a couple of guys every year where that's the case, but probably a few more this year, based on the depth that we do have in the bullpen. The last few cuts will be difficult."
But perhaps the actual decisions won't be. Closer Grant Balfour and his set-up men, Ryan Cook and Sean Doolittle, are locks to make the team. That leaves four open spots, and there just so happens to be four relievers -- good ones -- who are out of options.
That group includes lefties Jerry Blevins and Travis Blackley and right-handers Chris Resop and Pat Neshek. Blevins' spot is seemingly secure, and Resop and Neshek don't have much to worry about, either, especially after producing zero ERAs this spring. Blackley, meanwhile, has a 14.21 mark, though his contributions to the 2012 club may end up outweighing those struggles when it comes down to decision time.
"Options always come into play," Melvin admitted. "That doesn't mean that that's the way it's going to go, but certainly when you do have depth and you try to keep everyone in the fold, that sometimes happens. Whether that's the case here, I'm not sure yet."
Blackley is perhaps the most versatile of any pitcher on the A's roster, having pitched effectively as both a starter and reliever for the team last year. Should he make the team, he'd be mostly used in a long-relief role. Melvin said Thursday that he's not committed to carrying a long reliever, but hinted that the job could be done by several others in the event Blackley is not on the team. He dropped the names of Pedro Figueroa, Jordan Norberto, Evan Scribner and non-roster invitee Mike Ekstrom, who, like Hideki Okajima, could all be the odd men out.
Of Blackley, Melvin said: "He hasn't pitched as well as he'd like to this spring, but he did do some very good things for us last year, whether it was starting or long relief, so that plays into it.
"We have a pretty good idea [ultimately], other than maybe one spot," Melvin said. "Maybe two, but maybe closer to one. One and a half. Let's leave it at that. It could come down to some performances these last three days."
Jaso catches another learning curve
SAN FRANCISCO -- Learning a new pitching staff is simply becoming another rite of Spring Training for John Jaso.
The new A's catcher is in the process of learning his third different pitching staff in as many years, and with four days to go before Opening Night, he feels he's as ready for regular-season action as he'll ever be.
"It's definitely a process, but they've made it easy on me here," Jaso said Thursday. "It's a pretty easy staff to catch, and they're good personalities, so you can talk to them pretty easily if you have suggestions. They're going to listen, and they're going to give me some input, too.
"There's a lot of work that goes into it, but I feel like we've made a lot of progress."
Jaso was chasing plenty of pitches in the dirt during the early going in camp, as he became acquainted with the movement and spin on each hurler's pitches. Finesse pitcher Tommy Milone naturally proved the easiest to catch, Jaso said, while Ryan Cook's two-seamer made him the hardest.
He's found his stride with everyone in between, and the A's are more than confident with his game-calling abilities heading into the season, especially considering his resume. Jaso has already worked with a pair of superb pitching staffs, having caught a 2011 Rays team that compiled a 3.58 ERA and a 2012 Mariners squad that posted a 3.76 ERA.
Now, he's prepared to play catch with a rotation that includes Brett Anderson, Jarrod Parker and Milone.
"At this level, what you do behind the plate is the thing that's most criticized about you," Jaso said. "Coming up through the Minors, it's hitting that's allowed people to jump up level to level. Here, it's all about catching, and going from team to team to team, it's definitely had to become my priority next to hitting.
"Learning a new pitching staff was obviously something I had done before, and I had confidence in doing it. It's a fun challenge, as well."
Said manager Bob Melvin: "First it takes a little while to learn the pitching and subtle movements on guys. There were some balls getting by him early in camp that aren't getting by him now, and I think each and every time he catches a guy he's that much more aware and knows what to expect. I think he's starting to acclimate and get better and better."
The left-handed hitting Jaso is likely to get the start against former teammate Felix Hernandez come Opening Night on Monday. Beyond that, it's not yet clear how Melvin will split playing time between Jaso and Derek Norris, though a platoon may make the most sense. Jaso has no time, or care really, to worry about any of that.
"I don't know what's going to happen with our situation," Jaso said. "I'm just happy someone wanted me on their team. Last year with the Mariners, we were carrying three catchers, and I sat on the bench for almost a month and didn't see any playing time. I was just happy to be there. I didn't feel like complaining or that I was mad at anyone. I feel like I worked too hard in the Minor Leagues and spent too much time there to be mad."
Hamstring keeps Nakajima out vs. Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- While it's not yet known whether shortstop Hiro Nakajima will require a trip to the disabled list for his left hamstring strain, the A's are at least certain he won't play in this weekend's three-game exhibition series against the Giants.
The A's ventured across the Bay Bridge for the first game of the series on Thursday, and it was during that time that Nakajima was scheduled to be seen by the team's doctors to determine the next course of action.
Doctors confirmed the strain but offered no indication of how much time he'll miss, making a DL stint all the more likely.
Uncertainty not only surrounds Nakajima's health, but his ability to compete in the big leagues. The Japanese shortstop struggled all spring, both on defense and at the plate, and his slow progression has cleared the way for Jed Lowrie to take over everyday shortstop duties.
The A's aren't yet ready to say as much, but there's no denying that his injury only adds to an already difficult adjustment period. For now, though, they're not ruling him out of playing in the first week of regular-season games.
"It's tough to say, it is," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "If he misses three games here and a couple back there, it would be difficult to get back into the swing of things, but I'm not really sure yet."
Rodriguez undergoes Tommy John surgery
SAN FRANCISCO -- The A's announced that reliever Fernando Rodriguez underwent successful Tommy John surgery this week.
The right-hander's procedure was performed by Astros' team physician Dr. Thomas Mehlhoff at the Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston on Wednesday. "[The surgery] had no complications and Rodriguez will be rejoining the A's on Saturday to begin his rehabilitation process," the team said in a release.
The 28-year-old Rodriguez, acquired by the A's along with Jed Lowrie from Houston last month, is facing at least a year's worth of rehab time on his elbow.
"Everything went really well, so he should feel good about that," manager Bob Melvin said. "He still has quite the career ahead of him. This is just a year setback. It's disappointing, but especially for a power pitcher like him, now you don't have to worry about that anymore.
"Really, after Tommy John, with the technology, guys come back throwing harder. Having that secure feeling that that thing is triple-wrapped in there, you don't have to worry about that type of injury again, knock on wood."
Rodriguez compiled a 10.13 ERA in four Spring Training games with the A's before learning that his ulnar collateral ligament was torn. He was placed on the 60-day disabled list last Saturday.
Worth noting
Melvin said the lineup he trotted out for Thursday's game against Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum could "potentially" be the same one he writes out for Monday's Opening Night contest vs. Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
If so, it will read like this (the inclusion of a designated hitter, not used Thursday, is reflected): Coco Crisp CF, Lowrie SS, Josh Reddick RF, Yoenis Cespedes LF, Brandon Moss 1B, Seth Smith DH, Josh Donaldson 3B, Jaso C, Eric Sogard 2B.
Cespedes' home run Thursday was his fifth in his last nine games.
"That's what he does, drives in runs," Melvin said."Not a surprise."
Minor Leaguers Scott Moore and Conner Crumbliss are with the A's in the Bay Area for the three-game set against the Giants. The versatile players give Melvin extra options in the late innings while the club partakes in National League-style play in San Francisco.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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I was on the old boards but everyone seems to be introducing themselves again so what the hay
How did you pick your screen name?
I have retarded yellow/green/hazel eyes and dark hair. One of my closest friends always calls me gypsy because she thinks I have gypsy eyes.........hence the name
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?A few years ago, fate attacked me. I kept seeing people on the internet reccomending it to eachother and it kept popping up all over the place. And then I was borrowing a book from the library and there Twilight was, just sitting there all new and unloved and I couldn't resist. The rest is history.
I'm probably part of the .1% of the twilight fandom whose favourite book is New Moon. Call me crazy, but I thought some really good character development happened there; it's where the series went from being a tad sugary and cliched, to original and moving for me. Eclipse is definately runner up.
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
Jacob, hands down. Though I think Edward is improving now, after Bella's renovations.
Who is your favorite minor character?
If you had asked me before Breaking Dawn, I would of said Jacob. But now he is really a major character. Anyways, its a three way tie between Seth (who rocks), Garret (who rocks too) and Leah (who, yes, rocks also)What are your hobbies?
umm not really anything these days. Netball, cooking, I occaisionally indulge in a little painting but I suck at it.
Where are you from (general area like Montana, not exact town!)
Brisbane, Australia!!!! aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi
How old are you? (In general, like teen, 20's, 30's, 40's etc)
I'm almost finished my last year of high school, make of that what you will.


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English Teacher
Before the invention of video players, computers and the internet, ESL teachers had to rely on their own imagination and ingenuity to make their classes entertaining. Nowadays, with information technologies giving us the tools to bring the English speaking world into the classroom, it would seem that that aspect of the teachers job must certainly be easier. Without a doubt, having an unlimited variety of material to choose from will surely keep the students entertained. The only trouble with this argument is that it has yet to be proven that a person can acquire a second language simply by listening to songs or watching films. Our cities and towns are full of foreigners who will never learn to speak our language well. The challenge facing todays language teachers is to draw on their teaching skills and experience to find ways to exploit these technologies to enhance and enrich their classes.
Gordon http://www.myprofe.com/tandem
Yes, a most demanding challenge along with the others. How do you use video and, probably, audio for your classes? The problem I face in 99,8% of my students is that they don't understand fluent English in a film. 'They speak too rapidly for me to understand' they say. I heed the problem trying to explain they don't have to understand everything, just the key words and, sometimes, sentences before we listen to or watch an episode. But of course they encounter unfamiliar words, new grammar patterns, and again they cannot follow just everything that's going on on the screen and it may be critical for their comprehending the plot. That's the biggest challenge of all.Originally Posted by myprofe


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Max Payne 3 Official Soundtrack detailed, new multiplayer trailer releasing tomorrow
Rockstar has announced the Max Payne 3 Official Soundtrack will be available digitally on May 23, which features music from LA-based noise band HEALTH.
Health headlines
Study - World of Warcraft helps improve cognitive function among the elderly
A North Carolina State University study has found World of Warcraft can help improve spatial awareness and attention levels in elderly players.
Gameloft not guilty of health and safety breaches
Despite a recruit's claims that he was forced to work up to 120 hours per week, the New Zealand studio of publisher Gameloft has been cleared of any health and safety breaches.
Kinect may diagnose childhood mental disorders
Researchers have saved up to $100,000 by using Kinect to help diagnose mental disorders in very young children.
3DS should not be used by under sevens
Nintendo has recommended that children under seven not use 3DS when it's released later this year/early next year.
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East Anglia: Jobs axed at Unipart Automotive goes into administration
PUBLISHED: 15:22 24 July 2014
Nearly 1,250 people, including more than 100 in the East of England, have been made redundant following the appointment of administrators at Unipart Automotive, one of the UK's largest independent suppliers of car parts.
The company, based at Solihull in the West Midlands, operated a network of 180 branches and distribution hubs trading under the Unipart Automotive, Partco Autoparts and Express Factors identities.
A total of 21 branches, including those in Ipswich, Felixstowe and Colchester, have been sold by the administrators − from accountancy firm KPMG − to Andrew Page, another of the UK's largest distributors of car parts and workshop equipment, and a further 12 to The Parts Alliance, saving around 360.
But the rest of the Unipart Automotive business has ceased to trade with a total of 1,244 members of staff, out of a group total of 1,813, being made redundant. Around 200 members of staff have been retained for the time being to assist the administrators.
A total of 10 branches within the East of England, plus a hub operation, are among those affected, including sites in Bury St Edmunds (where nine people have been made redudant), Lowestoft (10), Chelmsford (eight), Cambridge (27), Norwich (12), Bishop's Stortfor (six) and Rayleigh (13).
Mark Orton, a partner at KPMG and one of the joint administrators, said: "Despite intensive efforts over recent weeks, a sale of the whole Unipart Automotive business could not be reached, and a buyer could only be found for 33 of the sites on a going concern basis.
"Unfortunately, the business had been experiencing financial stress for a number of years, so the level of cash and further operational restructuring required to rescue a more substantial part of the business posed too much risk for most interested parties.
"Our team of employment specialists will be supporting all staff on completing redundancy forms and putting them in touch with job seeker services. We will now be reviewing what options are available for the remainder of the business, such as selling leasehold interests."
Unipart Automotive also directly supports more than 700 independent, owner-operated garages through its Unipart Car Care Centre programme, in addition to having 19 franchisees. These operations fall outside of the administration and will continue to operate as normal.
Unipart Automotive is no longer part of the Unipart Group, which manufacturers spare parts, having been sold in 2011 to H2 Equity Partners under a deal in which the distributuion business was granted a restricted licence to use the Unipart brand on a limited number of wholesale outlets and car parts.
Although Unipart Group retained an equity stake in the business, a condition of the sale was that the group exercised no control over the Unipart Automotive business.
Unipart Group said in a statement today that it was "saddened" to hear that Unipart Automotive had gone into administration.
John Neill, Chairman and chief executive of the Unipart Group, said: "We are saddened by the Unipart Automotive situation and even though we sold control of this business years ago, we are concerned for the future of the employees.
"We have recently been able to work constructively and collaboratively with Andrew Page and are pleased that they have been able to save 33 branches and around 350 jobs.
"They have a strong reputation for selling high quality products and brands and we look forward to making available a supply of high quality Unipart branded products to Britain's car owners and Unipart Car Care Centres."


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Version 20.3.25 of Procaster
Procaster version 20.3.25 is now available for download!
We've made some improvements to Procaster that makes the software more reliable and functional. These updates mostly improve functionality, but we've added a couple new features as well. Here are the changes:
- Fixed crashes when Memory gets low. This makes the application more reliable.
- Better stability when cameras have a fluctuating frame rate. When using cameras with different frame rates, Procaster is now more reliable.
- Fixed disconnect/reconnect in Blackmagic cards and H.264 recorder. Procaster now reconnects to Blackmagic cards properly.
- Fixed several time issues with Blackmagic cards. Makes Procaster more reliable with Blackmagic cards.
- Memory Leak fixes. Improves performance.
- Fixed audio format detection with certain Blackmagic Devices. Audio will now be detected and play properly.
- Fixed camera settings storage.
- Audio Mixer is now displayed on the same screen as control bar when live. Makes mixing easier when live.
- Removed "Matrox A/V Input" DirectShow device from the sources list. Sometimes duplicate inputs and extra inputs would appear in the sources list. Now they will not.
- WAS (Vista and higher) Recording Fix (looping sound). There was an issue where sound would sometimes loop, which is now fixed.
- Fixed an issue with the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema where it would stop streaming with extreme light changes. During broadcasts that involve drastic changes in lighting, streams would stop. That will no longer happen.
- Removed NTSCp, PALp and 720p half-FPS video modes from the capture methods of Matrox capture devices. These video modes were unreliable and have been removed.
- Fixed a bug when the username on Windows is not in the English alphabet. Procaster would not be able to start with usernames that were not in the English alphabet. Procaster will now open properly.
- Added game rehooking (By default ctrl+f2). You can now rehook your game with this keyboard shortcut.
- Fixed several game hooking so it is more reliable. Hooked games would not be able to be broadcast or would sometimes drop out.
- Some example games: Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Garry's Mod, Day of Defeat: Source, Team Fortress 2, Dota 2 Beta
Version 20.3.0 of Procaster
Procaster version 20.3.0 is now available for download!
Livestream Procaster 20.3.0 Release Notes The Livestream Procaster 20.3.0 release is focused on stability and bug fixes.
Notable Bug Fixes and improvements:
- Procaster was crashing with the latest BlackMagic Decklink Driver version 9.5. We fixed this to ensure Procaster will no longer crash when using the latest BlackMagic Decklink Driver Version 9.5.
- Procaster would sometimes stop with "Capture Card Async Detected Errors" We made improvements to ensure this will no longer occur.
- We added a new feature that gives the ability to select your own input aspect ratio.
- We added a new feature that enables the Livestream Procaster window to stay "Always on top." After installing Livestream Procaster, this feature is set to off by default. The 'Always on Top' feature can be turned on in the Preferences dialog on the Desktop Tab.
Full list of bug fixes and improvements:
- Audio Improvements:
- Overall audio performance has been improved.
- Procaster was sometimes dropping audio during the start and/or finish of a broadcast. This is fixed and will no longer occur.
- Specific Improvements have been made to improve audio for Windows XP users.
- Supported Device Improvements:
- Added Component RGB and Component YUV video input type support for Osprey devices.
- Procaster was showing multiple definitions from the BlackMagic API in the dropdown source menu. This has been fixed to show the accurate definitions.
- Procaster now supports capture devices without any audio.
- Input Fixes:
- Procaster was sometimes showing a camera busy error when it wasn't in use. This has been fixed to accurately show camera status.
- Procaster was saving input selection parameters after clicking the "Cancel" button. This has been fixed to ensure input selection parameters are reverted.
- Broadcasting Fixes:
- Previously the hotkeys could start a broadcast while the Preferences dialog was open. Procaster 20.3 will not allow a broadcast to start while Preferences dialog is open.
- Procaster was sometimes stopping when a device was plugged/unplugged while broadcasting live. This has been fixed to better support plug/unplug while broadcasting
- Aspect Ratio and Cropping:
- The aspect ratio detection and cropping have been improved to be more accurate.
Version 20.2.69 of Procaster
Procaster version 20.2.69 is now available for download!
- Audio improvements:
- Removed audio ticks and stutters
- Increased the Audio quality
- Audio bitrates and sample-rates have been increased in higher qualities
- Game Mode improvements:
- DirectX 8.0 support
- Better Unicode message support
- Eliminate most game crashes
- Fixed chat to ensure all formated text -including links - remain visible
- Better overall synchronization
- Better support during video streaming when devices are connected and disconnected
- Better support for users during installation not running in administrator mode
- Improved Blackmagic H.264 Pro Recorder Support
- Added the ability to only record the highest quality, which is the default setting
- Added experimental support for USB 3.0 BlackMagic devices on IBM GE620 and Lenovo ThinkPad w520
- Added Experimental AJA Support
- Fixed Flash Download Link to now update in procaster itself
- RGB conversion speed improvements
- Improved 2D/3D mode to remove inaccurate lost signal message
- Fixed OpenGL mode to reduce earthquake effect on the video
- Faster YUV 420 conversion
- Graphical User Interface improvements
- Easier to crop the video size
- Added Headphone monitoring support which is not recommended when streaming your desktop audio
Version 20.2 of Procaster
Procaster version 20.2 is now available for download!
This version features
- Major video and audio quality improvements with improved bit rate usage control
- Perfect Audio/Video Synchronization live and on-demand. Previous versions had various issues with lipsync during long encoding sessions
- Reduced CPU usage when streaming
- Stream at higher bitrate over the same Internet connection: Improved the connection usage, so that you can utilize utilize your connection more efficiently.
- New easy to understand status message in the control bar with suggested solutions :
- "Perfect Streaming" means that your stream is being sent to the Livestream server perfectly. No lag and no connection or CPU issues.
- "CPU above 80% try closing other apps or stop lower quality" means that your CPU usage is above 80% and that you should close some other applications. When your CPU reaches 100%, Procaster may stop broadcasting.
- "Internet too slow for quality avoid shared connections or stop and lower quality" means that Procaster is not getting the full bandwidth it needs to stream and you should lower the quality of streaming in the main window.
- "Lost internet connection. Attempting to reconnect. Local MP4 still recording." Means that your internet connection fully dropped and that Procaster is trying to reconnect. The local recording will always keep recording.
- The CPU usage is also now shown in the control bar now.
- New behaviours to better handle connection bandwidth fluctuation and drops :
- Anti lag feature - When enabled (default), it will keep the delay between you and your viewer, up to a maximum of 10 seconds. The local MP4 file recording will always have all the frames, even if anti-lag kicks in
- Continue to encode and record locally even when the internet connection is dropped - When your internet connection suddenly drops, Procaster will continue recording and will go live again once you have regained connectivity. This can also be used to switch from one internet connection to another when experiencing an issue.
- HD Multi-bitrate Support on browser and mobile devices:
- You can now select qualities to stream at two, three or four bitrates at the same time (If you have enough resources - CPU/Memory/Bandwidth etc…).
- The new Livestream Player now offers the ability for the user to select any of the streams you are publishing from Livestream Procaster.
- When viewing your live stream on iPad and iPhone devices, the bitrate is automaticallyt selected (adaptive) based on the viewers connection and the number of qualities you are encoding from Procaster.
- Note: This only currently works with live streams, the recorded stream will be the main default stream (typically a 450-600Kbps stream)
- Recording of all qualities to your "My Videos" folder by default
- Improved detection on the removal and adding of audio devices
- Perfect audio synchronization and the recorded files can be edited in Adobe Premiere and in Final Cut Pro.
- Color Corrector Feature : Improve colors and brightness within Procaster by enabling the color corrector feature
- Long recordings can be played back in Windows Media Player
- Various Graphical User Interface fixes, such as:
- Language fixes
- Support for multiple monitors
- Audio mixer can now be controlled with the arrow keys when you click a volume slider
Improved Support for Certified Devices (capture card, devices and Webcam) :
- DeckLink SDI (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Duo (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Optical Fiber (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Studio (SD, HD-SDI, Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- DeckLink HD Extreme 3D (SD, HD-SDI, Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- Intensity Pro (Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- Osprey 500 series (SDI, Composite, S-video)
- Logitech HD Pro Webcam c910
- Kodak p310 HD webcam
- Creative Labs Live! Socialize HD (VF0610)
- Hp Webcam HD 3100
- Microsoft Lifecam Cinema
- Game Mode Improvements (used to stream video games)
- New Features
- -Support for Direct X 11 games
- -Better support for Open GL games
- -In games you can now move the HUD by pressing the hot key for it (by default it's ctrl+5)
- -You can close Procaster now when a game is running
- -Text input is improved
- Tested single player games on Windows 7 64 bit (all of these games are the STEAM version of the game):
- -Aliens versus Predator (DX 9 and DX 11)
- -Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- -Assassins Creed 2
- -Audiosurf
- -Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
- -Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- -Bulletstorm Demo
- -Call of Duty: Black Ops
- -Counter-Strike
- -Counter-Strike: Source
- -Counter-Strike: Source Beta
- -Day of Defeat
- -Dead Space 2
- -Deathmatch Classic
- -DogFighter
- -Dragon Age II Dem
- -Fallout 3
- -Fallout: New Vegas
- -Garry's Mod
- -Half-Life
- -Half-Life 2
- -Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- -Half-Life 2: Episode One
- -Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- -Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
- -Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
- -Half-Life: Blue Shift
- -Half-Life: Opposing Force
- -Half-Life: Source
- -Just Cause
- -Just Cause 2
- -Left 4 Dead
- -Left 4 Dead 2
- -Machinarium (Full Screen)
- -Medal of Honor
- -Metro 2033 (DirectX 9, 10 and 11)
- -Mirror's Edge
- -Poker Night at the Inventory
- -Portal
- -Portal 2
- -Ricochet
- -Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
- -Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Demo
- -Super Meat Boy
- -System Protocol One
- -Team Fortress 2
- -Team Fortress 2 Beta
- -Team Fortress Classic
- -The Witcher 2
- -Trine
- -Twin Sector
- -Universe Sandbox
- -World of Goo
- -Zen Bound 2
- Games with known issue (doesn't work with this version) :
- -Hacker Evolution
- -Hammerfight
- -Syberia
- -Syberia 2
Version 20.0.151 of Procaster
Procaster version 20.0.151 is now available for download!
This version features
- New H264 Encoder, which greatly enhances broadcasting quality for the same or lower bitrate.
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Use the "High + Mobile Quality" to send a 700Kbps stream to the web player and a 300 Kbps to the mobile player on mobile.livestream.com/[your channel]. You will need enough bandwidth (1.5 Mbps upload) and CPU (Quad core recommended) to support this feature
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Version 10.0.124 of Procaster
- 1. Audio master volume
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- 4. 'Some audio problem' bug fix
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- Windows XP version supports DV Cam/Speakers' mix only.
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- 1. Improved broadcasting quality
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- 2. Blackmagic audio sync fix
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- Game broadcast FPS default is 10
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- 1. iPhone support (watch on iphone.livestream.com)
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Version 10.0.93 of Procaster
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- 1. Audio Mixer: Allows mixing between several sound sources.
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- DeckLink SDI (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Duo (SDI, HD-SDI)
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- Intensity Pro (Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- Osprey 500 series (SDI, Component, S-video)
Certified Capture Devices [MAC & PC]
- Canopus ADVC110 (Video Input : Composite, S-Video. Audio Input : Analog RCA)
- Canopus ADV1000 (Video Input : SDI. Audio Input : Embedded SDI Only)


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The following is a flashback to Jason Powell's live coverage review of the October 10, 2010 TNA Bound For Glory pay-per-view. Stop back tonight for Jason Powell's live coverage of the 2013 Bound For Glory event beginning with the Spike TV special at 6:00 p.m. CT. Plus, Dot Net Members can look forward to a Dot Net Triple Threat audio with Jason Powell, Will Pruett, and Zack Zimmerman. Join us on the ad-free version of the website now via Dot Net Members' Signup Page.
TNA Bound For Glory
Live from Daytona Beach, Fla. at the Ocean Center
The show opened with a video package... Mike Tenay welcomed viewers to the show as a shot aired of the crowd. Taz checked in when they showed the announcers sitting at ringside. They ran through some of the bigger matches, and Taz hyped that "They" will be revealed. The announcers guaranteed that there will be a new TNA Champion because the match is no DQ, no countout, and has no time limit...
Powell's POV: The building looks good and full. They didn't show the entire side where the hard camera sits, but it looks like they have a good turnout. No idea how many are comps, but hopefully it will make for a good atmosphere.
1. Motor City Machine Guns defeated Generation Me to retain the TNA Tag Titles in 12:50. The Bucks debuted new ring gear that looked much better than their previous attire. The announcers stressed that the Guns had both been injured by Generation Me. The live crowd was hot early and into everything the Guns did.
Powell's POV: I'm not sure if it's a "DirecTV only" or even a "my house only" issue, but there have been a few technical glitches. Tenay has done a better job of making Bound For Glory feel special than anyone did in the weeks leading up to the show.
Generation Me took control of the match by targeting Alex Shelley's injured neck. Jeremy hit a great kick that the announcers pointed out was to Shelley's neck. Taz questioned how Tenay couldn't like Generation Me. Tenay played babyface and said he is a fan of their ability, but not their attitude.
At 6:30, Shelley fought off Jeremy Buck on the ropes. Max tried to hold Shelley, but he kicked him away and then performed a double stomp on Jeremy. Shelley crawled to the corner and made the hot tag, which received an ordinary reaction. Chris Sabin checked in and hit some fast paced offense.
The Guns hit a pair of Kicks on Max in the corner and then Shelley performed a big dive to ringside and the fans popped huge. The Guns hit an innovative double team move at 8:15. "What the hell was that?" an impressed Taz asked as the Guns got a near fall. Generation Me came back and scored a good near fall. The fans cheered when Sabin kicked out.
At 9:50, there was a big pileup in the corner as the Guns went for a double team move, but the Bucks fought out of it. Jeremy hit a really nice dive onto Shelley at ringside, and then followed up with a great flip off the ropes onto Sabin. Generation Me had the pin, but Shelley broke it up.
"This is awesome" chants broke out and they were justified. After more nonstop action, The Guns hit their finisher and ended up scoring the clean pin to win the match and retain the tag titles...
Powell's POV: There wasn't much in the way of psychology in the match, but the live crowd didn't mind a bit. Great rapid fire action. A great opener. Now TNA has to realize what they have in these teams and feature them prominently rather than as the opening match train wreck. Build up Generation Me and feature these teams in an Impact main event and see what happens. What do they have to lose?
Backstage, Christy Hemme interviewed Madison Rayne and Tara. Rayne called Hemme a bitch and said Bozo the Clown wants his hair back. Madison said Tara is indebted to her for life. Madison said she's the queen of TNA, not Mickie James. Tara tried to point at herself when Madison said there was only one queen in the company...
Powell's POV: I'm not sure if you caught that, but I think they were foreshadowing some possible tension between Madison and Tara. And by foreshadowing, I mean beating us over the head with it. Madison has improved a ton on the mic. She's really made the most of her singles push.
A video package set up the Knockouts four-way...
2. Tara defeated Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, and Madison Rayne in a four-way to win the TNA Knockouts Title in 5:55 (with Mickie James as the special referee). James was energetic as ever during her entrance and the crowd popped big for her. Tara and Madison came out on a motorcycle. They kissed and the announcers played it up as risque even though they do it every week now.
Love and Sky made their usual entrance. So, um, wasn't the deal that the women couldn't be aligned? Maybe they won't be once the bell rings. It was actually a four corners match, so the women tagged in and out so that there were only two women in the ring at once. Velvet and Love started when Madison tagged one of them into the match.
Madison took exception to Mickie enforcing the rules within the first couple minutes. Mickie went out of her way to sell the various moves with her facial expressions and body language. All four women ended up in the ring and took turns hitting moves. Tara went for her finisher on Velvet, who avoided and tried to roll her up, but Tara rolled through and scored the pin.
After the match, Madison was pissed about Tara winning the title. Madison got in Tara's face and bitched. Mickie spun Madison around and punched her. Mickie blew a friendly kiss to Tara and left the ring. Tara was stone faced and didn't sell the Mickie punch either way...
Powell's POV: The Knockouts Title changes hands again. I'm fine with Tara winning the belt as she's the best worker of the active wrestlers, and she could eventually have a showdown match with James. However, it looks like they might be aligned instead. I can't even imagine the Knockouts locker room drama over two former WWE wrestlers feuding over the TNA Knockouts Title. Deal with it.
Backstage, Eric Young showed up his new tattoos (marker drawings all over his body). He said he couldn't believe that Orlando Jordan's family disowned him because he's bi (pause) polar. Jordan entered the scene wearing an outfit that had a hood that covered his face. Young wanted to fight until he realized who it was...
3. Ink. Inc. defeated Eric Young and Orlando Jordan in 6:40. Young went for comedy by going to the wrong corner and then trying to replace the referee during the opening minute. It was over with a portion of the crowd. Some seemed to enjoy his comedy antics, while others didn't seem to care.
Young pulled out a rule book at one point. He also kicked his own partner's hand off the ropes at one point. Young went to the opposite corner in the Ink Inc. corner. Moore unknowingly reached up and tagged him. Jordan asked him what he was doing,. Young punched Jordan and then hit him with a flurry of offense.
Young played to the crowd and got more cheers. Moments later, Moore hit his finisher on Jordan and pinned him. Young entered the ring and held up the arms of Ink Inc. Jordan stood up and Young hugged him too. "Just when you think you've seen it all, we roll out Eric Young and Orlando Jordan," Tenay said...
Powell's POV: Young's popularity with the live crowd grew throughout the match. He was put in the spotlight and the wrestling was secondary. I'm fine with the silliness if they keep it low on the card and don't over push Young as they've done in the past.
Backstage, Hemme interviewed Hardy, who said he's going to hit the Twist of Fate and follow up with the Swanton Bomb...
4. Jay Lethal defeated Douglas Williams to retain the X Division Title in 8:20. Williams debuted new ring gear that was a significant upgrade over his previous gear that was totally cliche and even low budget. The announcers kept pointing out that Ric Flair wanted Williams to bring the X Title back to Fortune.
Williams hit several suplexes and managed to score some near falls. He hit a move off the ropes (I guess his fear of heights is gone), but Lethal rolled through and scored the pin.
Afterward, Lethal went into Dallas Page mode by racing into the crowd to celebrate with the fans. Suddenly, he was attacked from behind by Robbie G. of The Shore while Cookie grabbed the X Division Title. Robbie brought Lethal to the ring and hit him with a couple of moves, including the Diamond Cutter/RKO (the Dallas Page love continues).
Cookie entered the ring and they both stood over Lethal. Robbie said Lethal is a disgrace to Jersey. Cookie handed him the X Title. Robbie said that after he wins the X Title, he's bringing it back to Jersey to pimp it out and add some class to it. "Jersey in the house, bitches," Cookie said...
Powell's POV: I guess it's a good thing Lethal went to just the right place where they could attack him. Anyway, a solid X match that could have used more time. The Lethal character is just too precious, though. Robbie and Cookie weren't as annoying as they were on Impact, but I'm still down on the TV show impersonation gimmick.
A video package recapped the Abyss and Rob Van Dam feud...
Abyss came to the ring and said he's spoken about "They" for a while. No kidding. He said the date is upon us. He said it begins with the destruction of RVD and continues with the takeover because it's 10/10/10. RVD's music interrupted before he could finish...
Powell's POV: Takeover? Damn, I really hope it's not because Dixie Carter signed the paperwork that she thought was Abyss's release papers.
5. Rob Van Dam pinned Abyss in a Monster's Ball match in 13:00. Van Dam hit the ring and went on the offensive. They brought a barbwire board into the ring. Abyss ended up bumping torso-first onto the board. RVD followed up with Rolling Thunder, but Abyss moved and Van Dam bumped on the board.
The fans chanted "holy shit" even though Abyss had no trouble rolling off the "barbwire." Real barbwire sticks. TNA's fake barbwire does not. That said, the fans buy into it, which is all that counts. Tables and another barbwire board were placed over portions of the ring and guardrail.
Abyss ended up on the table. Van Dam performed Rolling Thunder and flipped over the top rope onto Abyss, which drove him through the table at 7:00. A small "This is awesome" chant broke out. They were pushing it this time and the chant faded quickly.
Back inside the ring, Abyss tried to hit Van Dam with a chair, but RVD kicked it into his face. RVD set up for the Van Terminator, but Abyss recovered and knocked him off the ropes and onto the barbwire table. The referee sold it nicely by acting as though he was cutting Van Dam out of the barbwire.
Van Dam reentered the ring with blood on the bridge of his nose and nowhere else. Van Dam recovered and rammed Abyss into another barbwire board that was set up in the corner. Van Dam hit the Van Terminator and drove the board into Abyss's face, but the board didn't break, which hurt the effect.
Van Dam went up top and pointed at himself for the big singalong. He went for the Frogsplash at 11:00, but Abyss moved, which made Van Dam look like a dough head for wasting time. Abyss went to ringside and grabbed Janice, the board with nails sticking out of it. Abyss swung Janice at Van Dam and missed. Shocker, huh?
Van Dam ended up with Janice. He swung the board into Abyss's stomach. Abyss bled from the mouth immediately. Van Dam kicked him and then Frogsplashed him for the clean pin. As Van Dam was leaving, Abyss motioned for the camera to approach him. He said to get ready because "here we come"...
Powell's POV: Lots of gimmickry with the fake barbwire and Abyss bleeding from the mouth right after he was struck by Van Dam, but the live crowd definitely bought into it. Van Dam was really over and the fans were into the action from bell to bell. Good brawl. I'm happy we haven't seen a bunch of overbooked matches so far. The opener was very good, but nothing else has registered as meaningful or memorable. Perhaps that will change with the "They" reveal.
A video recapped the Kevin Nash, Sting, D'Angelo Dinero, Jeff Jarrett, and Samoa Joe saga. They focussed on Nash badmouthing Hulk Hogan and Sting inviting Hulk Hogan to work one more match. Footage was also shown of Hogan having surgery...
6. Sting, Kevin Nash, and D'Angelo Dinero defeated Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match in 7:25. Tenay said he's had it up to here with all the talk of deception and the conspiracy theories because it's all talk. Wow, they're really going to strip Tenay of whatever credibility he has left with this one by making him look oblivious.
There was a loud chant for Joe, who opened the match against Pope. Taz said Joe was fighting this match out of respect for Hulk Hogan. Sting tagged in a couple minutes into the match and received a babyface pop. Rather than wrestle Joe, Sting went to the corner and attacked Jarrett until Joe intervened.
Nash tagged in at 4:00 and received a minor reaction. He didn't stay long, as Pope tagged in and went back to work on Joe. Jarrett, who had yet to enter the match, cheered for Joe as the trio of opponents worked him over. At 5:50, Joe crawled to the corner to tag Jarrett, who dropped off the mat and headed backstage.
Samoa Joe fumed as Jarrett backed up the ramp. Sting, Nash, and Pope all entered the ring. Nash pointed at Jarrett and said, "I told you." Joe attacked Nash, but he was quickly outnumbered.
Nash lowered the straps of his tights at 7:00. He kneed Joe in the gut and then hit the Jackknife powerbomb. Nash pinned Joe to win the match for his trio. "Why, Jeff?" cried Tenay on commentary...
Powell's POV: I'm happy Joe isn't with "They." The fans love him and he's better off on the babyface side of what will likely be a big war. I had a hunch during the match that Jarrett was going to bolt because he was making a point of rooting for Joe, yet never stepped in to save him during the double teams.
Backstage, Hemme interviewed Mr. Anderson, who cut a brief promo about disappointing Kurt Angle's children by winning the TNA Title...
Ring announcer Jeremy Borash introduced Team 3D. Taz said everyone has been asking what their announcement will be, but he doesn't know. Brother Ray asked if the "crazy mother truckers" were having a good time. He got a favorable response. Brother Ray said he and Devon have been busting their asses for 15 years, and it's due to the respect and support of the fans that they've become 23-time tag champions.
Brother Ray ran through the list of title belts they've won and finished by saying "most importantly, TNA." Ray said there comes a time when you have to look at each other and ask what's left to do. A "please don't go" chant broke out as Ray stopped to play up the drama.
"As of this very minute, Team 3D is officially retired," Brother Ray said. "However, we have one last request. If we're going out, we want to go out with one more match," Ray said. He stated that they want to wrestle the best team in TNA. He said the Motor City Machine Guns must be the best since they have the TNA Tag Titles.
Ray said that if The Guns beat Team 3D, they can put at the top of their resume that they retired Team 3D. Ray said that if Team 3D beats The Guns, they can retire as the 24-time tag team champions. Ray thanked the fans and got them to chant "Get the tables." Devon delivered the "testify" line.
Ray and Devon went to the announcers table and shook hands with Taz, who expressed disappointment that they didn't tell him. After Team 3D left, Taz said he would hate to be in the Guns shoes and wouldn't take the match. Tenay argued that they shouldn't go through life avoiding challenges...
Powell's POV: All signs point to Ray and Devon becoming singles wrestlers with Ray going heel, and Devon going face. My guess is that Ray turns on Devon during their match with The Guns. Nice angle, though. If they build toward this match for at least a week, maybe it can lead to a ratings increase.
A video focussed on the EV2 vs. Fortune feud... Backstage, Ric Flair cut a promo. Matt Morgan, Kazarian, James Storm, Robert Roode, and A.J. Styles were there and all got a line or two on the mic. Styles said it's over tonight and they're getting rid of Tommy Dreamer tonight...
Tenay explained the rules of the Lethal Lockdown. See War Games and add a roof that lowers once everyone is involved...
7. Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Stevie Richards, Sabu, and Raven (w/Mick Foley) vs. A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Matt Morgan, James Storm, and Robert Roode (w/Ric Flair) in a Lethal Lockdown match. Fortune all wore blue ring gear and looked like a real unit for once. Foley and FLair got into at ringside, but were quickly pulled apart.
Kazarian and Stevie Richards started the match for their teams. Fortune has the advantage due to a match they won on Impact. Styles was in next for the heels, and Dreamer followed for the faces. Richards sold an ankle injury, but had no problem holding up Kazarian for a move while Dreamer jumped off the ropes at him.
Roode entered the match at 7:45 to make it a 3-2 advantage for Fortune. Styles raked Dreamer's head against the cage and he bladed. Flair reached inside the camera hole and took some shots at Dreamer. The hole is big enough that two X Division wrestlers could probably climb through it simultaneously, which makes the cage kind of useless when you think about it.
At 9:45, Sabu entered the match to even up the sides. He used both of his partners as springboards to hit moves on their opponents. Roughly two minutes later, James Storm entered the match. The crowd sang along as Storm and Roode stopped to do their "Beer Money" bit. Flair followed up with a "Whoooo" and the crowd responded accordingly. Wait, who are the heels?
At 13:52, Raven entered the match for EV2. Lots of punching and kicking all around. Matt Morgan entered the match for Fortunate at 15:54 as Tenay said it would be the final two-minute advantage that Fortune would have. Morgan picked up Sabu (who was bleeding from the forehead) in powerbomb position and ran him into the cage. Moments later, Morgan mugged for the crowd and beat his chest.
Roode was a bloody mess suddenly. Raven was bleeding. Rhino entered the match at 17:54 as the final entrant. Rhino hit a flurry of offense that concluded with a big gore on Storm. The cage roof with attached weapons started to lower. Meanwhile, Flair and Foley brawled at ringside. There was a ladder and a table on top of the cage, along with a body bag or something.
Flair and Foley fought up the ramp, as the wrestlers inside the cage used weapons. Morgan struck Raven with a kendo stick as Raven fought back with a trash can lid at 21:00. Morgan went for the Carbon Footprint on Richards, who moved. Morgan kicked the door, but it didn't open.
Kazarian was rammed into the door. It opened and he tumbled to ringside. Morgan was clutching his knee in pain. Kazarian climbed the cage and Richards went after him. Sabu dove through the open cage door onto Morgan at ringside at 23:15. Richards set up a table on top of the cage. The table had wood under its legs to make it safer on top of the cage.
Kendrick emerged from the body bag and stopped Kazarian from hitting a move off the ladder. Kendrick backdropped Kazarian through the table on top of the cage. Kendrick started doing some weird Zen shit that only Phil Jackson would understand. Back inside the cage, Dreamer hit the Dreamer Driver on Styles and pinned him at 25:15...
Powell's POV: I guess they somehow knew they were going to fight on top of the cage. That aspect was corny. TNA has to know that Fortune vs. EV2 is a really tired feud. The live crowd cheered for Fortune as much as they cheered for EV2. I'm fine with EV2 winning if this is the blowoff. Let the feud have a happy ending and just move on already. Everyone tried hard, of course, but the fans were more excited about cheering Foley and Flair than anything. They cut backstage so quickly that the outcome of the train wreck felt meaningless.
Moments after the Lockdown match concluded, they cut backstage to Hemme interviewing Angle. She recalled Angle saying he would retire if he lost the match. Angle said he wasn't in the mood to talk and then he started talking. He guaranteed he'd become the TNA Champion. He dedicated his match to Hulk Hogan...
They went back to a shot of the cage as Richards was climbing down and then aired a video package that focussed on the three-way main event...
Powell's POV: It looks like we're getting the big "They" reveal during or after the main event. Here's hoping it's after, as TNA's biggest event of the year should conclude with a clean finish.
The announces spoke about the main event at ringside. Taz said we are guaranteed a new champion. "There will be no shenanigans and no tomfoolery," Taz said.
Powell's POV: What about skullduggery?
Tenay picked Kurt Angle to win the TNA Title. Taz picked Jeff Hardy to win...
Powell's POV: Congrats to new champion Mr. Anderson? I think they were filling time while the cage was taken down. I liked it, though. I think everyone needed a chance to breathe before the main event.
Jeff Hardy had new entrance music. Anderson was up next. His music played and he eventually walked onto the stage and his mic dropped. Anderson introduced himself and then headed to the ring, where he bumped fists with Hardy. Kurt Angle entered last as Tenay reminded viewers that Angle will leave TNA if he doesn't win the TNA Title...
8. Jeff Hardy defeated Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson in a three-way match with no disqualifications, no countouts, and no time limit to win the TNA Title in 18:35. The match started at 33 minutes after the top of the hour. At 2:40, Angle pulled off the first big move of the match when he hit a double suplex on Hardy and Anderson for a big pop.
Anderson suffered a small cut in the middle of his forehead right around the hairline. Angle and Anderson fought at ringside and took a big dive from Hardy on the floor. At 6:50, a shot aired of Dixie Carter and her husband Serge watching from ringside. Back inside the ring, Angle hit a series of German suplexes on Anderson and Hardy.
Angle, who had a bloody eye, applied the ankle lock on Hardy at 8:20. Anderson got to his feet and tried to break the hold, but Angle saw him coming and knocked him down. Angle applied a double ankle lock on both wrestlers. They eventually flipped him over to break the hold at 9:10.
Angle went to the top rope, but Anderson cut him off. Anderson picked up Angle in a fireman's carry position and then did the flip/summersault onto the match. Cool spot that we haven't seen in awhile. Hardy broke up the pin with a Swanton onto Anderson. At 10:40, Angle caught Hardy with the Angle Slam for a good near fall.
Anderson went to the ropes and Angle cut him off and hit a wild suplex. Hardy snuck in while Angle was recovering and got a two count. Hardy hit the Whisper in the Wind on Angle and followed up with a Twist of Fate on Anderson. Hardy went to the top and hit the Swanton on Anderson. He went for a cover, but Angle pulled him off and applied the ankle lock at 12:15.
Hardy pushed Angle off and into Anderson's Mic Check for a great near fall, as Angle kicked out at the last moment. All three wrestlers ended up on the mat for a moment at 13:20. Angle went to the top and hit a moonsault on Hardy for another good near fall. Tenay didn't help it for pay-per-view viewers, as he threw in the "this should do it" line that means that won't be the finish 99 percent of the time.
At 14:10, Angle and Anderson jockeyed for position. Angle came off the ropes and went for a clothesline, but Anderson ducked and the referee took the clothesline. Eric Bischoff walked to the ring with a chair in his hand at 15:00. Bischoff stood above Angle and Anderson with a chair in hand and set up to use it on someone, but he was interrupted.
Hulk Hogan's entrance music played. "He's not here," Taz said. "Oh, no, he is here," Tenay said. Hogan walked onto the stage using crutches as Bischoff acted shocked inside the ring. Hogan had a security guy hold the ropes open for him as he slowly entered the ring.
Hogan pointed at Bischoff and jawed at him while all three wrestlers remained down. Bischoff ended up with one of Hogan's crutches. Hogan handed the recovering Hardy the other crutch. Hardy turned and nailed Angle with the crutch at 18:00. Anderson got to his knees and Hardy slammed the chair over Anderson's back.
Hardy hit the Twist of Fate on Anderson. Bischoff dragged the referee to the middle of the ring as Hardy covered Anderson. The referee made the three-count. Hogan and Bischoff pointed at Hardy. Bischoff took the mic and named Hardy the new TNA Champion.
A shot aired of Dixie Carter shaking her head in disgust. Jeff Jarrett came out and gingerly hugged Hogan. Abyss came out and did the same. Rob Van Dam came out and tried to talk to Hardy, who ended up hitting him with the TNA Title belt. The show went off the air with the heels celebrating as fans (or plants) threw trash inside the ring...
Powell's POV: I guess I'm confused over what tomfoolery and shenanigans is, because that looked like your typical TNA bullshit finish to me. All the buildup regarding "They" for that? For the second time in three years, TNA's biggest pay-per-view event of the year ended with a cheap finish. This one leaves their most popular babyface. I'm happy they didn't bog down the entire show with "They" related cheap finishes, but that was a big disappointment to this viewer.
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The New England Patriots are back to using wide receiver Wes Welker full throttle in their prolific passing offense, and Welker was the first to remind coach Bill Belichick just how good of an idea that's been.
Welker, in an interview with Comcast Sports New England following his 13-catch, 104-yard, touchdown effort in Sunday's 31-21 home win over the Denver Broncos, ribbed Belichick for limiting his offensive snaps earlier in the season.
"Yeah it's kind of nice to stick it in Bill's face once in a while," Welker said. "So this is definitely a good one."
In Week 1's victory over the Tennessee Titans, Welker saw limited action and produced only three catches for 14 yards. In Week 2, he turned in a solid five catches for 95 yards, but as tight end Aaron Hernandez (ankle) has missed the past three games, the Patriots have gone back to making Welker Tom Brady's primary target out of the slot.
Over the past three games, Welker has racked up 30 receptions for 377 yards, also helped by fellow slot option Julian Edelman (hand) joining Hernandez on the shelf. Although Welker was good–natured in joking with Belichick, it has to be frustrating that despite his continued importance to their passing game, that it might not be enough to keep him with the Patriots beyond 2012.
Welker is playing this season under the $9.5 million franchise tag, but he becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2013. The Patriots will have cheaper options in other free agents, namely Edelman and injured St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola—a fellow Texas Tech product likened to Welker.
Welker, 31, is showing no signs of slowing down. He's had five great seasons for the Patriots, and is working on another. If he keeps playing at a high level in big games, just maybe Belichick and New England will keep an open mind, but it still comes down to how much they're willing to open their wallets.


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Location: Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research
Project Number: 3625-22000-017-08-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Jun 29, 2009
End Date: Jan 31, 2013
Use GoldenGate assays to validate Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers and to genotype individual western corn rootworms (WCR) at those loci.
A panel of individual western corn rootworm (WCR) sampled from populations in Illinois and Iowa will be used for the initial screening of candidate Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers. The panel will consist of 96 individuals from each state. A mass-screening approach will be used for the validation of Expressed Sequence Tag (EST)-derived SNPs. This will be done using the Illumina GoldenGate assay platform. Validation of candidate SNPs as single-locus markers and their assembly onto a linkage map will be done using six backcross pedigrees. Preserved insects will be transferred from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to USDA-ARS CICGRU where DNA will be extracted using Qiagen DNeasy Tissue kits. To maximize yield, DNA will be eluted into a volume of 400 ul. Samples will then be concentrated using Millipore Microcon spin columns to ensure adequate DNA concentrations for the GoldenGate genotyping assay. The concentration of each DNA sample will be determined by UV-spectrophotometry and aliquots will be transferred to the University of Illinois for GoldenGate analysis. Up to 3,072 candidate SNPs with a polyphred score greater than or equal to 95 for which an assay can be designed will be tested for polymorphism against samples of WCR populations from Illinois and Iowa. Markers that are polymorphic in these populations will then be used to genotype the backcross pedigrees to verify that they are Mendelian single-locus markers. The Illumina GoldenGate SNP assay is an array-based technique that can be used to genotype 96 individuals at 1,536 SNP loci simultaneously. Illumina, Inc. provides an oligonucleotide design service, included in the cost of purchasing panels of oligonucleotides to perform GoldenGate assays. This service makes use of proprietary bioinformatics techniques not only to design the oligonucleotides for each SNP locus but also to evaluate the probability that the assay will be successful. All of the 5,240 candidate SNPs identified previously by ARS from EST data will be submitted to the assay design and evaluation process. It is expected that 2 panels will be developed to test up to 3,072 candidate SNPs. If the number of potential assays exceeds this number, assays will be selected for inclusion in the panels on the basis of the polyphred score for the SNP, the distribution of potential assays among EST contigs, and the annotations associated with the underlying ESTs. GoldenGate assays for SNP genotyping will be conducted by the W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The W.M. Keck Center houses an Illumina Beadstation and related equipment needed for GoldenGate assays. The Keck Center also employs technical staff who have been fully trained to perform the GoldenGate assays. Genotyping assays will be provided as a service to the Cooperator at the University of Illinois.


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In English, for example, the phoneme /p/ has two allophones (note, the term allophone means other sound, from the Greek prefix allo- meaning other, and the word phone meaning sound). So, if /p/ has two allophones, it means it has two sounds.
Here are its two sounds, its allophones:
aspirated pHit
unaspirated spit
Aspirated, [pH], means a tiny puff of air is released as you pronounce, as in the word pit. Unaspirated, [p], means that a tiny puff of air isn't released at all, as in the word spit:
aspirated [pH]it
unaspirated s[p]it
Test it! Hold a piece of paper up to your lips as you say pit. The paper should move because [pH] is aspirated. Now say spit (without pronouncing final [t]). The paper shouldn't move; [p] isn't aspirated; it doesn't have a tiny puff of air. In fact, that [p] almost sounds like [b]; spit ~ sbit;
The sounds (phones) [pH] and [p] are in complementary distribution: they never occur in the same place. Test it!
delete [s]: s[p]it => [pH]it (aspirated)
add [s]: [pH]it => s[p]it (unaspirated)
Delete [s] and [p] becomes [pH]; add [s] and [pH] becomes [p]. That's complementary distribution. [pH] and [p] never occur in the same environment. Switch the allophones, as shown below, and the result is a non-native pronunciation:
[p]it (unaspirated)
s[pH]it (aspirated)
In short, allophones are different sounds of one and the same phoneme, and they never occur in the same environment. If you try to place them in the same environment, that is, if you pronounce spit as s[pH]it or pit as [p]it, it won't change the meaning of the word (that is, they are not distinctive like [p] and [b]), but the pronunciation will flag you as a non-native speaker, because allophones are the phonetics of a language: in English [p] and [pH] come from /p/. But that's just one language. In Chinese, however, [p] and [pH] are not allophones of /p/. They are distinctive. They can change the meaning of a word. In that language, /p/ and /pH/ are phonemes. It doesn't matter where they occur.
Other forms of allo-, allomorphs (morph: a minimal meaningful unit), as in the plural suffix -s:
cats, cat[s]
dogs, dog[z]
The allomorph [s] occurs after voiceless sounds, and the allomorph [z] occurs after voiced sounds:
cats, cat[z]
dogs, dog[z]
Allo-forms tell us that morphemes and phonemes can change pronunciation depending on their environment.
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James Allen, 27, appeared in felony bond hearings Monday on suspicion of first-degree battery. An officer with the Pope County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) testified officers responded Friday to a disturbance on Bradley Cove Road where a male victim had been stabbed. Three suspects were identified, including Allen.
On Saturday, Allen was located near Forrest City. The PCSO officer testified he went and interviewed Allen, who gave a statement that he had been involved in Friday's incident, but had not stabbed the victim. The officer said Allen was beating the victim and another suspect stabbed him.
Judge Don Bourne set Allen's bond at $50,000. Allen told Bourne he had two prior felony convictions and was currently on probation.
According to the testifying officer, the victim was still in the hospital as of Monday morning. The other suspects in the incident have not yet been apprehended.
Other hearings
The following people also appeared in felony bond hearings Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed.
• Shandale Turney, 21, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia — $7,500.
• Lester Holt, 32, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia — $7,500.
According to a PCSO report, Holt and Turney were pulled over for a traffic violation early Sunday morning. Officers found Turney had an existing misdemeanor warrant. When she exited the vehicle, officers noticed plastic bags in the passenger seat where she had been sitting and a hypodermic needle in a bandanna hanging from the rear view mirror.
A search of the vehicle found 11 needles, digital scales, a spoon with a white powdery substance, and more plastic bags. In addition, Holt had a bag of alleged methamphetamine in his wallet, and Turney had allegedly concealed a bag of the substance in her body.
• Crews Young, 25, two county delivery of a controlled substance (marijuana) — $7,500.
A warrant for Young's arrest was issued in February 2011, after he allegedly sold marijuana to a confidential informant on two occasions in August 2010.


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S.A. Symphony announces 2013-14 season
Updated 9:36 am, Thursday, February 28, 2013
An Antonín Dvorák Festival, a 75th anniversary special concert featuring international violin star Joshua Bell and a performance of Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony, are among the highlights of the San Antonio Symphony's 2013-14 season, the symphony has announced.
The season will be the last in which the orchestra performs primarily in the Majestic Theatre; the symphony takes up residence in the fall of 2014 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, now under construction.
The Dvorák Festival will follow the Tchaikovsky Festival two seasons ago, last season's Beethoven Festival and the just-concluded Brahms Festival, all organized by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, who took the post in 2010.
The Dvorák Festival in January-February 2014 will feature Symphonies 5 to 9 (including "From the New World" Symphony, No. 9), the cello, piano and violin concertos, and a concert staging of the Czech composer's opera "Rusalka" in collaboration with The Opera San Antonio.
"It's Dvorák's most wonderful opera," Lang-Lessing said. "It's a fantastic piece. I've conducted it before. It has one of the most beloved arias in opera, 'Song to the Moon,' which I think everyone knows."
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The Opera San Antonio will select the singers for "Rusalka," and the staging will include "a huge visual component," Lang-Lessing said.
The Opera San Antonio plans to begin opera productions in January 2015 at the Tobin.
More Information
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," Oct. 4-5
Pops "Disney in Concert," Nov. 1-2
Bruckner Symphony No. 6, Nov. 8-9
Dvorák Festival, five programs, Jan. 10-Feb. 8, 2014
Schubert Symphony No. 9 "The Great", May 9-10, 2014
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, May 16-17, 2014
Mahler Symphony No. 5, June 6-7, 2014
75th Anniversary Concert featuring violinist Joshua Bell, June 14, 2014
Source: San Antonio Symphony
The San Antonio Symphony will serve as the pit orchestra for opera, with Lang-Lessing conducting.
Violinist Bell will be the featured guest artist of the season, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto for the San Antonio Symphony's 75th Anniversary Concert on June 14, 2014, at the Majestic Theatre downtown, with Lang-Lessing at the podium, said David Filner, interim symphony president and CEO.
Bell recently became the music director of London's famed chamber orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the first to hold that title since Neville Marriner.
The academy this month is releasing its first compact-disc recording with Bell as violinist and conductor, featuring the Beethoven Symphony Nos. 4 and 7 on the Sony Classical label.
Bell performed with the San Antonio Symphony in the early 1990s as a rising young solo violinist, but his popularity has risen significantly through recordings and television appearances.
The 75th Anniversary Concert program will closely resemble the symphony's first concert in 1939, Lang-Lessing said, when orchestra members played a summer fundraising concert to prepare for its first season. The program includes works by Weber, Wagner and Johann Strauss II, and concludes with Ravel's "Bolero." The symphony's actual 75th season will be in 2014-15.
All concerts for the symphony's 2013-14 season will be at the Majestic Theatre except for three of the six Pops programs, which will be staged at Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium.
Violinist Karen Gomyo, who last month performed Lalo's "Symphonie espagnole" with the San Antonio Symphony, returns as the guest artist for the symphony's 2013-14 season opener, performing in the Saint-Saën's Violin Concerto No. 3. The season-opening concert will conclude with Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," Lang-Lessing conducting.
Other highlights during the season include a rare performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 and Schubert's Symphony No. 9 "The Great" paired with Haydn's Trumpet Concerto.
Chinese cellist Jian Wang, who last weekend performed in the Brahms Double Concerto, returns for the Dvorák Festival to play the composer's Cello Concerto.
Along with the traditional Christmas and Fiesta Pops programs, a highlight of the Pops concert lineup is "Disney in Concert: Magical Music for the Movies," with Assistant Conductor Akiko Fujimoto directing.
Three Sunday afternoon Discover concerts will be held during the season, all led by Lang-Lessing, at the Majestic. The concerts will present Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and the ninth symphonies by Dvorák and Schubert.


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Benny Gold has produced new turquoise versions of its popular 'Native' themed 5-panel caps and socks. The turquoise color is exclusively available online at Karmaloop and in their SF retail store now.
The lookbook images also give a first look at their 1937 sunglasses commemorating the 75th birthday of SF's iconic Golden Gate Bridge.


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D-Day tank restored for anniversary
A D-Day tank that has been restored after lying abandoned by the banks of a canal in Normandy for years is to be unveiled on the 70th anniversary of the historic campaign.
For years the Centaur tank, used to provide covering fire for Royal Marines during the Normandy landings, has laid abandoned on the bank of the Caen canal, near the famous Pegasus Bridge.
The bridge was the site of one of the most famous assaults in D-Day, when gliders silently landed with fewer than 200 men on board to take two bridges without the Germans destroying them, allowing the soldiers who had landed on the Normandy beaches to move inland and begin the liberation of France.
The original bascule bridge was replaced in the 1990s but is now preserved just yards from its original site on the Caen canal where the Memorial Pegasus, a museum on the historic assault, has now been set up.
Pegasus Bridge will be one of the sites where commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day are held, including a mass parachute drop, a ceremony at the museum, and a midnight ceremony to mark the actual moment of the airborne landings.
They will also involve the inauguration of the Centaur tank, which has been restored by the museum after lying abandoned on the bank of the canal for decades.
Only 80 of the unusual Centaur tanks, specifically adapted for use by the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group in the D-Day landings, were ever made, and it thought that just five remain.
Mark Worthington, curator of the Memorial Pegasus, said the tank will now join other artefacts preserved at the museum and its park.
He said: "There are only five of these left in the world to my knowledge and this is the only one of the five which actually landed on D-Day.
"It was on the bank of the Caen Canal about 500 yards from here, and it was falling to bits, literally falling to bits.
"So to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines the tank was brought into the museum and is being restored a second time - it was already restored once in the 70s."
He said although the museum is an airborne museum, the tank is relevant because some Centaur tanks came up to reinforce lightly-armed airborne troops in August 1944.
Much of the restoration has been carried out by two British companies, Cobham and Dytechna, who have carried out repairs to areas such as track guards, and blanket and ammunition boxes, at no cost to the museum itself.
Mr Worthington said: "And my colleagues and I have been carrying out the paintwork.
"Royal Marines have also come across and spent several days here repainting the tank which was a great project for them."
The tank is expected to play a huge part in the 70th anniversary commemorations in June, with dozens of veterans expected to attend, including at least two Royal Marines who served in Centaurs.
"For the 70th anniversary lots of monuments will be unveiled to commemorate the anniversary and here we have an historic monument which was literally falling to bits on the bank of the canal," Mr Worthington added.
"It really is an historic artefact."


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FLORENCE, Ala., - Arkansas Tech softball opened its fifth season of competition Friday by dropping both games of a doubleheader to Northern Kentucky on the first day of the North Alabama Spring Tournament.
Tech opened the doubleheader with a 6-0 loss to NKU and then fell 5-3 in the nightcap to the Lady Norse.
For the doubleheader, Tech collected 11 hits, but left seven runners stranded and committed four errors in dropping its first two games of the 2007 season. In addition, NKU stole 13 bases in the doubleheader against the Golden Suns.
In the first game, NKU used a run-scoring double by Becky Napier in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead.
Napier's double would be all the runs the Norse would need as NKU starter Amanda Smith scattered two hits in pitching a complete game shutout. Smith (1-0) tossed seven innings and allowed two hits and struck out three in NKU's victory.
Tech senior first baseman Kellie Bryan picked up Tech's first hit of the season in the second inning on a single to right field. Tech's other hit came in the fourth inning on a single to left center by junior catcher Erica Meza. Following Meza's single in the fourth, Smith retired the final 11 Tech hitters in order.
After allowing a run in the first, Tech junior starter Dana Aldrich began to exert control of the game as the transfer from St. Petersburg College retired 11 of the next 16 hitters, allowing only two hits, a walk and having two Norse reaching base on errors.
In the sixth, NKU used four hits and an error by freshman third baseman Taylor Gates to score three runs and take a 4-0 lead. NKU added two more runs in the seventh off of Aldrich to complete the game's scoring.
Aldrich (0-1) took the loss for the Golden Suns as she tossed six innings and allowed seven hits and six runs (three earned runs), while striking out five and walking three. Freshman Kaitlyn Weindel relieved Aldrich in the seventh and allowed one hit and struck out one in her only inning of action.
NKU finished the game with eight hits and stole nine bases. NKU could've scored more runs, but it left eight runners stranded on base.
Meanwhile, in the nightcap, NKU jumped on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first inning as it used a two-run double from Smith and a two-run triple from Jenny Weis to give the Norse a 4-0 lead.
Tech answered in the top of the second as sophomore shortstop Molly Schweigert delivered an RBI triple down the right-field line to score Meza with Tech's first run of the season. Meza had led off the inning with a single.
NKU expanded its lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the third off of Tech junior starter Emily Horne thanks to Syndey Doyle stealing home with two outs. Doyle was pinch running for Smith, who led off the inning with a double.
In the fifth inning, Tech added an unearned run thanks to an NKU throwing error and then added another run in the sixth on an RBI double by freshman Kelli Vogt. Vogt's double scored Meza, who singled with two outs. Following a single and a stolen base by Schweigert, Tech put two runners on base, NKU starter Candace White ended the inning by getting Bryan to fly out to left field.
White (1-0) then pitched a perfect seventh inning to seal NKU's victory and open the season 2-0. White tossed a complete game, allowing nine hits and three runs, while striking out two.
Horne (0-1) took the loss for Tech as she allowed seven hits and five runs, but she struck out 10 and walked one in her complete game effort.
Meza and Schweigert led the Tech offense with two hits apiece. Five other Tech players collected a hit. The Norse were led by two hits apiece from Cara Parker, Weis and Smith. Smith and Weis each drove in two runs.
For the game, Tech left four runners stranded and stole two bases, while NKU left five runners on base and had four stolen bases. Both teams also finished with an error.
Tech continued play in the UNA Spring Tournament on Saturday with a doubleheader against Missouri-St. Louis, but no results were available at press time. The Golden Suns will conclude the weekend with a doubleheader today against North Alabama beginning at noon.


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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common infection that has an effect on the entire body. Once infected, the virus remains in your body for the rest of your life. It is often in a sleeping state, but can be activated by stressful situations.
CMV is caused by a type of herpes virus. The virus is passed between people through body fluids. CMV can be passed during:
This virus is so common throughout the US that everyone is considered at risk for CMV. People with the highest risk of getting this virus include:
The virus does not cause any symptoms when it is inactive. The virus may be activated because of stressful situations, medication, illness, or reduced immunity. Symptoms of the activated virus include:
People with suppressed or impaired immune systems can also develop:
CMV infection is not often diagnosed because the virus rarely produces symptoms. If CMV is suspected, the doctor may look for signs of the infection in blood or fluid samples. A biopsy may also be done on organs that are affected.
Most people infected with CMV will not need a specific treatment. Treatment may be needed if the virus is reactivated and you have a weakened immune system.
Antiviral medications may be used for people who have an organ transplant or a suppressed immune system. These medications do not cure CMV, but can decrease the symptoms and duration of the illness.
There is no way to prevent CMV, but there are some measures that can decrease your chance of the infection:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Herpes Guide
Public Health Agency of Canada
Cytomegalovirus. Family Doctor—American Association of Family Physicians website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/cytomegalovirus.html. Updated July 2013. Accessed June 10, 2015.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and congenital CMV infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/cmv/index.html. Updated July 28, 2010. Accessed June 10, 2015.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in immunocompetent patients. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T906245/Cytomegalovirus-CMV-infection-in-immunocompetent-patients. Updated February 26, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2015.
Last reviewed May 2016 by David Horn, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.


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The tired looking guy next to me is Bruce Pales, CEO of 360cities. Bruce didn't get enough sleep last night. The guy works very hard and sometimes these things happen. We are on our way from Lisbon back to Prague.
Bruce made a miscalculation in our flight reservation, so instead of a 3-hour direct flight, we have a multi-leg journey that would rival the one you might have made on horseback, 400 years ago. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. But only a bit.
Capital, largest, and wealthiest city in Portugal and one of the leading economic centers on the Iberian Peninsula. Although located in the westernmost corner of Europe, the city is firmly embedded in the European Union, hosting a couple of EU agencies. Visit Baixa, the downtown city center and Alfama, the oldest district in the city or just chill out in one of Lisbon's memorable parks – Parque Florestal de Monsanto, one of Europe's largest urban parks or Parque Eduardo Vll, off the main drag. Last but not least, Lisbon plays host each September to the Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Queer Lisboa.


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Overview Incidence Risk Factors Symptoms Evaluation Treatment questions for doctor specialist Home Care pain control warning signs Outlook Underlying Cause Anatomy
Tibial Stress Fracture Symptoms
Symptoms of a tibial stress fracture include:
- Leg pain:
- Mild leg swelling (unilateral):
- Over the front of the lower leg
- Leg tenderness:
- Mild knee pain
- Mild ankle pain
Continue to Tibial Stress Fracture Evaluation
Last Updated: Apr 21, 2010 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO.: CA-04-47 DIV: 55 ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. PLAINTIFF VS NICOLE V. OESTERLE, IF LIVING, AND IF DEAD, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST NICOLE V. OESTERLE; UN- KNOWN SPOUSE OF NICOLE V. OESTERLE, IF ANY; JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION DEFENDANT(S) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 1,2004 entered in Civil Case No. CA-04-47 of the Circuit Court of the 7TH Judicial Circuit in and for ST. JOHNS County, St. Augustine, Florida, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at front door at the ST. JOHNS County Courthouse located at 4010 Lewis Speedway in St. Augustine, Florida, at 12:00 NOON on the 8th day of JUNE , 2004, the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: LOTS 2577 AND 2578, UNIT NUMBER 9, ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE 44, SAID MAP REFILED AND ENTITLED RE-SUBDIVISION OF UNIT 9, IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE 63, PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. Dated this 2nd day of April, 2004. ( SEAL) CHERYL STRICKLAND Clerk of the Circuit Court By Amy B. Mulligan Deputy Clerk In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceedings should contact the individual or agency sending notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on this notice. Telephone: (904) 819-3652; 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955- 8770(V), via Florida Relay Service. L782-4 Apr 6, 13, 2004
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