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Join our tour of one of northern Virginia's most popular tasting rooms Barrel Oak, a dog-friendly winery with hospitable and knowledgeable staff located in Delaplane, VA. Next stop is Hume, Virginia's Desert Rose Ranch & Winery, where you can share the owners' passion for classic cars, beautiful horses and fine wine in an Old West setting.
Choose your closest pick up location and relax on your way to two fabulous wineries in picturesque Virginia Wine Country.
Catered boxed lunches are available to purchase for $15. Your lunch will contain a choice of sandwich or salad served with chips, a pickle spear and a fresh-baked cookie. All condiments are provided on the side, lunches are provided as is. According to Panera's website, many of their products contain or may come into contact with common allergens, including wheat, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, milk, eggs, fish and shellfish. Please be advised that we do not inspect the lunches and cannot ensure that purchased lunches are free from any allergens.
Depart: 9:30 AM, West Falls Church Metro Station Kiss and Ride Side – off of Haycock Road
Depart: 10:00 AM, Dulles Town Center Park & Ride – please note location change for this pickup spot, located across from Sears at Dulles Town Center. Address is 21021 Atlantic Blvd, Sterling, VA 20166
Stop: 11:00 AM, First Winery – Barrel Oak
Stop: 1:00 PM, Second Winery – Desert Rose
Arrive: 3:30 PM, West Falls Church Metro
Arrive: 4:00 PM, Dulles Town Center Park & Ride
*Please note times are approximate and may vary slightly due to traffic, weather or other factors. Times noted are departure times – please make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes early to allow time for boarding the vehicle.
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SuperPACs, Explained (By Stephen Colbert's Lawyer)
Trevor Potter is a Washington lawyer with the firm Caplin and Drysdale. He also served as chair of the Federal Election Commission.
And he says Stephen Colbert is not joking.
At least when it comes to the comedian's superPAC, a political action committee authorized by the FEC to make "unlimited independent expenditures." Colbert's is called Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
Colbert didn't get it without help. He hired Potter to submit the paperwork and coach him on his FEC hearing.
"It's not a joke," Potter tells NPR's Laura Sullivan, guest host of weekends on All Things Considered. "Because, as he has put it, he wanted to bring people in behind the curtain so they could see [superPACs] actually worked and what they actually did."
What They Actually Do
The primary purpose of superPACs and other independent groups, Potter explains, is to spend a lot of money. Mostly on TV ads.
Why they can do that has to do with last year's Supreme Court decision, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission.
That decision, Potter says, went something like this:
"If an individual has a constitutional right to make an independent expenditure" — meaning one not directly associated with a particular candidate or campaign — "then a group of individuals has the same right acting as a group."
This election cycle, two specific types of groups have been doing just that.
The first type, your basic superPAC, is registered with the FEC and required to disclose its donors.
"That sounds good," Potter says, "except its donors can include the X, Y, Z Corporation. Well, who is the X, Y, Z Corporation? Who knows?"
The other type includes groups that are registered as non-profits with the IRS. They aren't required to disclose any information about where their money comes from.
"It could be the car industry," Potter says. "It could be the coal industry. It could be all sorts of groups that have an ax to grind — but you won't know it."
I Want One, Too
Texas Gov. Rick Perry stands out in the Republican presidential field as perhaps the biggest superPAC magnet. At last count, he had at least three clamoring to support his bid.
But most everyone in the race has at least one superPAC in his or her corner, says Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics.
"Mitt Romney has Restore Our Future supporting his race," she says.
Ron Paul? Revolution PAC.
Jon Hunstman? Our Destiny PAC.
Michele Bachmann has two: Keep Conservatives United and Citizens For a Working America.
A superPAC supporting President Obama is no less-vaguely named. His is Priorities USA Action.
All these groups can spend unlimited amounts of money on television ads in support of their candidate — as long as they don't consult with the candidates or the campaign staff directly.
That's were things get tricky.
Revolving Door
The problem with so many of these new superPACs? Sheila Krumholz says they're not run '"independently."
"So many of these organizations are actually directed by the former top lieutenants of the candidates," she says. "While they're technically unaffiliated, there's very clearly a close connection for many of these superPACs running to support a specific candidate."
Trevor Potter points to a pro-Romney superPAC that recently accepted $1 million from a corporation few had ever heard of that had existed for about six weeks.
"It turned out to be somebody in Boston who was an old friend of Romney's, and for reasons of his own — hiding his name," Potter says.
Former FEC Chair Brad Smith says that could be a gray area, legally speaking, but it's increasingly a fact of life when it comes to running big political operations.
"There's a relatively small number of people who know how to do it, and interested in the partisan elements," he says.
Smith also says allowing more money to be spent in a campaign could make things more competitive, not less.
"I think we saw that in the 2010 election," he says. "As the playing field kept expanding, as it would become apparent that somebody was vulnerable, money could get into that race and make it competitive."
More money could be the new norm, Trevor Potter says. The FEC's commissioners — three Republicans and three Democrats — are deadlocked over how to regulate campaign finance in the post-Citizens United world.
"They, at the moment, can't even have an agreement on opening a rule-making to decide what the Supreme Court did in Citizens United and decide what that decision allows and doesn't allow."
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As if managing your current IT operations wasn't challenging enough, along comes cloud computing to plaster on another layer of complexity. How does your current management strategy need to evolve to support private cloud? How do you seamlessly control a hybrid private-public cloud? No one has all the answers, but BMC Software -- a champion of the concept of business service management -- is moving aggressively toward making cloud just another service option to be managed, like networking, storage, and applications.
In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp spoke with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Computerworld Editor-in-Chief Scot Finnie and Technologies Editor Johanna Ambrosio about BMC's cloud strategy, why BMC thinks IBM and HP are the wrong answer for management buyers, and how BMC's acquisitions have positioned the company to dominate the evolving management market. BMC's chief technology officer, Kia Behnia, also took part in this discussion.
(Read more from the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, including Q&As with Cisco CEO John Chambers, Riverbed CEO Jerry Kennelly and SAS CEO Jim Goodnight.)
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You're managing and building 150 cloud-based data centers for clients. Are these mostly private clouds?
Behnia: We're actually quite active on the public clouds that some of the service providers are developing. But the majority of them are private clouds.
Beauchamp: We've done some work with Amazon, for instance, around enterprise service-request management. So if someone requests a service, our engine can determine whether or not the most economic place to provision is in EC2 or Google or elsewhere. And then if they say that's where we want to go, we can go provision it and do the chargeback. It goes through their procurement processes, so you've got auditability and control.
How do you define the cloud? There are so many different definitions out there.
Behnia: We actually just use the NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology definition because we find that to be the most pragmatic and most vendor-neutral. It's fundamentally that the cloud focuses on delivering services. I think this sometimes gets lost in a lot of the discussion around cloud computing. Everybody's talking about infrastructure and hypervisors and virtualization, all of the components. At the end of the day, what customers really care about is getting secure, reliable, trusted services, whether that's from their internal IT department or from the external broker to their IT department, or from an external provider directly.
How do you differentiate cloud from virtualization?
Behnia: There are three critical elements that we're seeing across the various areas of cloud computing, whether that's infrastructure as a service, platform as a service or software as a service. First of all, the majority of the environments are virtualized. Most enterprises are not 100 percent virtualized. Many of the workloads and applications operate in nonvirtual environments. That's very important from a management standpoint.
The second characteristic is that they're highly automated, because you can argue that without automation you don't have a cloud. Amazon doesn't have hundreds of sys admins provisioning these servers. The third piece is that they're service-oriented -- in other words, typically there is a set of service offerings that are defined. You can think of it as a catalogue or a menu of items where you can define and differentiate tiers of service -- gold, silver, or bronze -- and bring forward things such as pricing.
Do customers want to manage their cloud environments with the same tools they use to manage their non-cloud environments?
Beauchamp: We've heard very loud and clear that they do not want to buy a new set of widgets to manage a new set of widgets. Customers have built workflows that they've adopted through the years. They need the tools to plug into those workflows. The fact that it's a cloud is really irrelevant. The customers just need to request a service, have the service provision, have some engine determine where is the least expensive and best-suited platform for the request, and then maintain the service level around the request with transparency and compliance. The fact it's on a cloud needs to be abstracted out of the discussion. That is an infrastructure discussion around a cost model and a delivery model, not an end-user decision.
So can you talk about the technology behind the scenes?
Behnia: The front end of this -- analogous to a restaurant or an online bookstore -- is a portal that would define a set of available offerings. Users can request the standard Linux desktop, regardless of whether that's physical or virtual, whether it's VMware or Zen, whether it's hosted in Amazon, or whether it's on premise.
The second portion is really around orchestration and placement, so that you can actually fulfill those requests and automate that. And this is where we have the broadest and deepest capability, being able to automate provisioning of not just servers, but also network configurations, applications and storage associated with that service.
What about the integration in this cloud environment -- if an IT shop is using your tools, but the cloud provider is not, or vice versa? How will you handle that integration to create a seamless management experience?
Behnia: A lot of customers want to set up an internal project cloud, and for a certain set of workloads be able to place those workloads into an Amazon environment. We've built an abstracted data model so that whether that server is placed internally or externally, from a configuration standpoint it is absolutely identical. The approval cycles are absolutely identical. Except when it comes to run time, we actually invoke the correct set of APIs to be able to leverage Amazon's APIs. So our value proposition is rather than tying all the management to each of the different technology silos, we've abstracted that out so enterprises can build their policies and workflows around the processes as opposed to around the technologies.
Do customers need to change those workflows?
Behnia: I think the answer depends. Much of the work that was done around best practices frameworks and compliance doesn't change. It's technology-independent. But we've seen at least a couple of areas where, to leverage the power of cloud and virtualization, those processes can be optimized. One of the critical areas is around auto-provisioning and configuration management. The whole premise of the cloud is that there's going to be so many changes to the environment that you need to have an up-to-date and scalable CMDB [configuration management database] and configuration management model that doesn't rely on human input. This entire lifecycle can be done in an automated fashion.
Also, the cloud forces some issues around what is a service, what is my class of offerings, how do I optimize my processes around that? Certainly, most enterprises see automation as a clear pathway toward cloud. Many of our clients start by automating server provisioning and application deployment, then move into adding the service catalogue.
Automation tools (not specific to cloud)
There was a recent Forester study that talked about the adoption of automation tools within enterprises of all sizes, and the survey said only about half of the respondents had implemented an IT automation tool of some sort. How does that map to what you're seeing?
Beauchamp: The ones that are adopting automation have a tendency to be adopting the tool for a specific purpose. Once they've adopted it for a specific purpose, they realize what they've got. Our salespeople are not going to try to evangelize how you can completely redesign the way you do IT because it's too long a sales cycle. So they say, if what you're focused on Rackspace [Hosting], as an example, is to be able to quickly provision and bring up a new server for your online subscribers, we'll do that for you. After they've put it that in they say, why couldn't I use that for remediation? So then they begin to spread out. It continues to evolve and move up.
There is nothing growing faster in our pipeline than automation. In this last quarter, our licensed bookings for non-mainframe products was 40 percent year-over-year growth, and the strongest piece within that is automation. And the pipeline's growing faster than that.
Behnia: One of the things you can measure is the time from when somebody in the business requests a new service and when that service is provisioned. We do this as a process audit with enterprises of all sizes. And it's a big eye opener, because if you were to look at this from the business standpoint, that reflects the agility of the IT department in being able to respond to increased demand.
From a revenue perspective, will automation subsume your traditional systems management products at some point?
Beauchamp: No, it won't. It's certainly a faster-growing market than traditional red-light, green-light systems management, which has also migrated into something different now. It's really much more predictive and real-time optimization, seeing it and being able to reconfigure. Now when our traditional systems management product sees an issue, it can call over to its friend in the automation components to reconfigure the system in order to address what it sees coming -- say, a capacity-related issue it sees on the horizon.
So we're finally seeing real, live autonomics -- systems that can heal themselves based on policy? The industry has been talking about those for 20 years.
Beauchamp: Yeah, we've been talking about this forever. The code actually works now. It's starting to really happen. I think traditional red and green light is not going away, but it's mutated into something that's more modern. But even with that migration, it's not as fast a growth as automation is right now.
Are customers finding new ways to put these tools to work? Are they discovering ways to bring in revenue or at least achieve better ROI?
Behnia: As I said before, one of the leading metrics around how agile the organization is [is] how quickly it can respond to new capacity requests or requests for new services. On average we're seeing anywhere between 40 days in best-case scenarios, well-run organizations, to as high as 110 days in some of the largest billion-dollar-IT-budget companies. We can reduce that down to literally a day. I was with a CIO that said how this is almost like FedEx. They want to have next-day delivery, or second day, or fourth day, depending on what the service is. So what that shrinkage in time means is that that's more time for developers to write new software, and marketing programs can get run faster. Not only does it impact the bottom line in terms of efficiency, but it directly affects the top line as well.
Are they telling you about ways they're making money?
Beauchamp: Sure. We have a lot of customers in the insurance industry. A year or two ago, they all kind of simultaneously panicked about their infrastructure, and they came to the realization they had to -- I'll use the old term -- Webify their offerings. What they were really talking about was revamping their distribution models. We've got to get the customers to go online, stop talking to people, stop picking up the phone -- just do this all on the Web as much as possible. So they went into this rush to bring all their front-office applications online and to make them really simple. One customer told us that right before they standardized on our software, they had an entire state that was down for two days and didn't know it until the reports came in and they saw they had zero revenue come in from the state.
Now they want to go the next step. They want to be able to deploy new applications very rapidly, push out new systems and new revenue-generating applications. The revenue drivers that they're forecasting have to do with new content going out. Content's got to be technology based, and we've got to do it in a cloud environment, we've got to go quickly. If they don't get it out quickly, or if they're price-inefficient, they're not going to be competitive. They all want the self-service model.
I'll give you another example. One of the world's largest software companies called us up. They traditionally have sold their software with the white-shirt, red-tie, blue-suit kind of approach where somebody walks in the door and you buy the big blob of software. They have become convinced that the road ahead for them is one where customers will go to a website, they will specify, "I need these application modules," and here are different pricing models. This one is number of seats. This one is all you can eat. This one is nine to five, Monday through Friday. Customers basically want to arbitrage price and have the ability to decompose their pricing. Traditionally companies have fought like crazy to not allow that. Now they're basically saying, "We give up." It's going to ultimately become disaggregated. Customers are going to be able to see our pricing models. But then in order for us to not go broke, we have to know what our cost model is for delivering that.
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This Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, depicts the CRB Index, a basket of commodity prices. The technical picture has deteriorated, and the price action in the coming sessions is particularly important in determining outlook.
The CRB Index put in a double bottom. On January 20 and February 11 lows were set just below 155.00. The neckline of the double bottom was created in the rally between the two bottoms. It is found near 168.00. The measuring objective is found by rotating the pattern on its neckline. It is near 181.00. On March 18, the CRB Index made a high just below 179.00, just ahead of the 50% retracement objective of the decline since the mid-October 2015.
The CRB Index gapped lower on March 24 and has not filled the gap today. It is found between last Wednesday's low (~173.20 ) and last Thursday's high (~172.57). It had gapped higher on March 17 but filled the gap on the large sell-off from March 23. If that first gap had not been filled, it would have left a bearish island gap in its wake.
On the downside, there are two levels to monitor, that if penetrated would strength the bearish technical case. The first is the 20-day moving average (~171.30). The CRB index has not closed below this moving average for a little over a month. The second and more important level is around 169.50. A little shelf was created near there earlier this month. It corresponds to a 38.2% retracement of the rally since the February low.
Given the high correlation between crude oil and the CRB Index (over 0.9 on a 60-day percent change basis), it is not surprising that the oil futures price action is quite similar. The May light sweet contract is trading heavily today near $39 a barrel. It peaked on March 18 near $42.50. It is toying with the 20-day moving average just above $39.00. The $37.70-$38.00 area corresponds to a 38.2% retracement of its gains since February 11 and the low on March 15. A break would signal a move toward $36.60 and possibly $35.
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The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State athletics communications.
DES MOINES, Iowa – Eight Cyclone grapplers placed at the Grand View Open Saturday, led by senior Boaz Beard, who took home the title at 184 pounds.
The Wichita, Kan., native was dominant en route to the finals, going 4-0 with two major decisions and two pins. Beard defeated Wisconsin freshman Ricky Robertson 5-4 in the championship match. The two-time NCAA-qualifier's season record now sits at 8-3 overall.
Redshirt freshman Cameron Thomson finished second at 174 pounds. Thomson went 3-0 to clinch a berth in the title bout with a tech fall and two wins by decision. The Barrington, Ill., native fell in the championship match 6-1 to Iowa's Alex Meyer.
125-pounder Kyle Larson took third-place after finishing the tournament 4-1. Larson fell 4-2 to Iowa's Phil Laux in overtime of his semifinal match, but followed it up with back-to-back wins in the consolation bracket.
In the consolation championship, Larson downed Ellsworth Community College's Da'Wayne Robertson 5-4. Larson is now 18-8 overall on the season.
Heavyweight Ben Perna lost his opening match 4-3 to Missouri's Justin Heberlie. He battled back and tallied five-straight wins to advance to the consolation championship, where he was downed by Grand View's Dean Broghammer 5-2. The senior from Rolling Meadows, Ill. went 5-2 en route to fourth-place.
Four more Cyclones placed in the top-six at the tournament in freshman Bubba Hernandez (149), Daniel Woiwor (165), Dane Pestano (197) and sophomore Tyler Swope (285). Hernandez, Woiwor and Pestano took fifth at their respective weights. Swope finished sixth at heavyweight, posting two wins by fall in the tournament.
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This month we bring you birthday cards! Of all the cards I send/make, by far birthday cards win! I make a lot of birthday cards, but I also LOVE to send them!
For today's card share, I started with a base of Basic Black cardstock. I then cut out a circle with copy paper and put it in the middle of the card. I stamped Versamark using the Falling Flowers Stamp Set in a variety of flowers all around the circle. I removed the paper circle and spread white heat emboss powder over the flowers and heated them to emboss them.
For the sentiment, I stamped "Happy Birthday" from the Better Together Stamp Set in Basic Black and cut it out with the Layering Circles. I then used the Layering Circles to cut to out another thin circle of Bermuda Bay to go around the Whisper White. I stamped some extra stamps and leaves in Bermuda Bay and cut them out with the framelits in the Falling Flowers Bundle.
Now the great thing about embellishments is that they can be used to cover up mistakes. I originally planned for no ribbon. However, I must not have stamped one of the flowers well enough in Versamark because it didn't heat emboss completely. No problem – I just added the white ribbon to cover over it. Because the white ribbon was a little more formal than I liked – I added a Bermuda Bay Thick Baker's Twine bow over it.
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Lei Chic's guide to the weekend's best events
Weekend Picks - November 21, 2013
In a Pinch
What: A Pinch of Salt for the Holidays returns with an entire warehouse full of unique retail offerings, plus food and drink vendors. Pick up great holiday gifts from designers like Tidepool Love, Gillia, a.wattz, Miemiko and Pure Joy Adornments. Or just make them yourself via fun, new DIY workshops like LIMB's stitch-n-print handbags, Bead Gallery's bracelet and necklace kits and Bevy's holiday crafted cocktails.
When: Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: 683 Auahi St.
Details: Free admission, prices vary per workshop, full schedule here. Free parking available in the former Comp USA lot and 555 South St.
Scents Packing
What: Good news! You've now got until Monday to enter to win every single new product from Essence of Beauty's luxe bath and body line plus a $25 CVS/pharmacy gift card! Pamper and protect skin with nourishing passion flower seed oil, antioxidant-filled rice bran oil and vitamins C and E in four new master-crafted fragrances (like bright, juicy In the Tropics, shown right) and a moisture-rich shea butter collection.
When: Ends Monday at 5 p.m.
Details: Click here to enter. Essence of Beauty is available exclusively at CVS/pharmacy and Longs Drugs stores. For more information, visit essenceofbeauty.com and follow CVS Beauty Club on Facebook and Twitter.
What a Relief
What: Two tasty events are raising money for Typhoon Haiyan relief. Up first, dozens of eateries and local businesses team up for Chefs of Hope (the impressive lineup includes Chef Chai, Alan Wong's, d.k Steakhouse, Mariposa, Morimoto, Roy's and Side Street Inn). The following night, Hy's Steak House hosts a three-course dinner with Filipino-inspired dishes created by Executive Chef Erwin Manzano, including adobo bone-in short rib and halo-halo.
When, Where and Details:
- Chefs of Hope: Monday at 6:30 p.m., Neal Blaisdell Center. Tickets cost $100 for individual grazing, $1,500 reserved seating for 10, available at the Blaisdell Box Office, Chef Chai or by phone at (866) 820-4553. [Flyer]
- Hy's Steak House: Tuesday, first seating at 5:30 p.m., 2440 Kuhio Ave., $75 per person, tax and tip inclusive. Call (808) 922-5555 for reservations. [Facebook]
Great Scott
What: Start picking out your favorites from the upcoming, limited-edition Banana Republic L'Wren Scott Collection. The lookbook, released this week, is brimming with glamorous, holiday-appropriate essentials: lace sheath dresses, brocade cigarette pants and sequined cardigans.
When: The collection hits stores on December 5.
Details: Preview video and sketches on BananaRepublic.com, lookbook posted on The Cut.
Glass Act
What: Learn how to make your own glass ornament at Island Glassworks. Each one-hour workshop starts with safety basics and an introduction to furnace work and ends with a unique additon to your holiday tree. Note: The glass gets really hot, so you'll need to wait 24 hours to pick up your creation.
When: Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 171-A Hamakua Dr.
Details: $30 per person, call 808-263-4527 or click here for more.
Hot Pop
What: FM Boutique hosts a Haute Holiday pop-up this weekend featuring Patty's Closet, Stella & Dot, Origami Owl, Couture Cases Hawaii and a Rodan + Fields' facial bar. Enjoy mini massages, giveaways and pupu while you shop (red carpet waffles, anyone?).
When: Saturday, 5-10 p.m.
Where: Yogur Story, 815 Keeaumoku St.
Details: Free admission, first 100 guests receive a free swag bag. More information here.
Who: Ki-ele
Deal: 20 percent off everything online with the code KIELE20FBBF, custom orders excluded.
When: Tomorrow only.
Who: Island Heritage, 94-411 Koaki St., Waipahu
Deal: Up to 75 percent off in its annual Holiday Warehouse Sale.
When: Saturday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sunday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. [more]


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While in Seattle for a recent business trip, I spent two nights sampling the local cuisine. I enjoyed each meal immensely, however one clearly stood apart from the other. But why?
Reflecting on the meals, I saw a great deal of parity: each dish was attractive and stylishly plated; each venue offered a friendly, cozy atmosphere; each menu offered a wide assortment of choices, all of which were reasonably priced; each had charming wait staff. So what made the experience of the second restaurant so much better than the first?
As with most things in life, it's the little things that matter most. Take a water glass for example. A careless server might let it dip quite low or, worse yet, go dry before coming by to refill it. One who cares about your experience will make sure the meniscus never passes the halfway mark. And the best servers will leave you surprised to find the glass you just drank from is filled to the brim yet again.
There's a lot we, as designers of the web experience, can learn from something as simple as a water glass.
Who is the customer?#section2
As a waiter, you know people come to your table with certain needs and possibly even a few expectations. In most restaurants, the water glass is the first "touch point" or point of contact with the customer. A good first impression is made by filling it quickly, but that's just the beginning. Some people drink more quickly than others and will require more refills. Some will not drink until they've gotten their food. Others may never touch their water at all, perhaps requesting iced tea or some other beverage. When it comes right down to it, you really have no idea what type of person is sitting at your table. And when it becomes a table of four, six, or even ten, it pays to be prepared.
The web is much the same. We make beautiful websites that (hopefully) make a great first impression, but we need to make sure every touch point keeps the promise made in those first crucial seconds or we squander the small amount of goodwill we were in the process of gaining. This type of thinking birthed the concept of progressive enhancement.
So what do you do when you don't know anything? Anticipate.
As web developers, we need to be able to meet our users' needs. And if we're really sharp, we can do it without them even realizing it.
Like pouring cold water in a customer's lap#section3
Lala.com is a website built around a community of folks who love music. Its system facilitates the swapping of CDs through the mail within that community.
Figure 1-1. Lala homepage.
I hesitate to call their website (Figure 1-1) attractive, but it is usable…unless you have JavaScript turned off (Figure 1-2).
Figure 1-2. Lala sans JavaScript, circa July 2006.
You gotta love the fact that there's a "loading" message even though nothing's loading.
Now granted, that screenshot was taken a bit ago, but in the intervening months since I first began hoisting them as an example of what not to do, all they've managed to cobble together is a message (Figure 1-3) reminiscent of those heady days amidst the browser wars.
Figure 1-3. Lala brings back fond memories.
The problem here is not that Lala is using JavaScript, but that they are requiring it. The reason? Well, they apparently like the idea of loading all of the content into their pages using Ajax. In their rush to cram all that Web 2.0 stuff under the hood, they've alienated a good portion of Web 1.0 users and a sizable chunk of the mobile market. And they're not alone.
Figure 1-4. Lala a-no-go.
You've got no access to your wish list or anything else on the site. Even the search box (way at the bottom of the page) fails to function. For a closed application or service, this might be acceptable, but for a public website it's a disaster.
Think before you pour#section4
We've already established that as web developers, we're generally flying blind when it comes to our users' needs. The best we can do is anticipate what their needs may be and meet those needs at every level, trying to give them the best experience possible. This is where progressive enhancement comes in—we need to think about possible levels of need and how to deliver on each of them.
Level 1: No frills#section5
Some users just want the content. They might be surfing on a mobile device, looking to print out some information, or using some sort of assistive device to browse the web—they may even be browsing with images off. Keeping your markup clean, well-ordered, and semantic is key for this user. They want to consume light, fast-downloading pages without distraction.
Level 2: Make it pretty#section6
Some users like a little window dressing (or a slice of lemon). For them, you can provide a nicely designed and well layed-out website. You could even add a few visual flourishes or a bit of Flash and they will be happy. As long as your design doesn't confuse the visual hierarchy of the page, you've been diligent in your browser testing, and you've provided some basic styles for alternate media, you should be golden.
Level 3: Make it sing#section7
Other users may want the full monty. For them you can pull out all the stops and create a marvelous Web 2.Oh-my experience replete with yellow fades, sliding widgets, and Ajax galore.
Moving unnoticed#section8
Once you've decided on the rough levels of support, you can go about constructing your site.
Start with the content. Sometimes designers and developers forget that this is why people come to your site to begin with. Craft it lovingly and serve it to your users with a minimum of distraction, like a well-plated dish; don't just heap it all together like it's a buffet. You worked hard on your content… celebrate it.
Once you've got your content in order, you can begin to establish the look and feel of your site. Using the various techniques at your disposal, style your site in a way that reaches your users at their level; hide certain CSS files from older browsers and deliver browser-specific styles to those that need a bit more attention. Conditional comments have been a real boon in this area, but dig out old favorites like
@import and specific
media combinations, which can allow you to selectively offer some flavor to the folks in older/problematic browsers.
Be sure to consider the presentation of your content in print and on mobile devices. Do you give them layouts or just some basic typographic and color treatments? How do you handle images? Forms? Try to anticipate which features a mobile user would want and streamline the experience for them by removing the cruft. And if you use style
:hover on a link, don't forget to give equal consideration to
:focus, keyboard and mobile users will thank you for it.
If you're creating a widget or other interface control, generate the additional markup you need once you've determined that the widget can run and everything else is in order. And if you separate your widget-related CSS from your JavaScript like a good little standardista, make sure the styles are not active until the script has indicated that the widget can be used. A good way to do that is to engage in class-swapping (see Table 1).
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Finally, if you plan on using Ajax, use it wisely. There is no need to suck in all of a page's content via little Ajax calls; it just ends up being yet another roadblock between the user and your content. On top of that, it can lead to <!-- parked domain MAR2013 -->increased overhead on your server<!-- -->, makes your content invisible to search engines, and can render your site <!-- commented out because site wasn't loading MAR2013 -->unusable to someone requiring a screen reader <!-- --> and most people on mobile devices.
Don't get me wrong, Ajax has its place, but it's important to know where that place is and even more important to know where it isn't.
Collect a big tip#section9
Carefully anticipating your users' needs and addressing them in as stealthy a manner as possible is key to leaving a good impression. As with the water glass, your users should never have to wave you over to be served.


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I was hoping to drive my Maverick there, but I couldn't get it started on Thursday. I charged the battery for an hour, but that didn't help. I didn't think it was the battery, which is new and appears fully charged.
The car was sitting in my garage for over a month. My house is on a slope and the car was pointing up hill, so the gas wasn't getting to the carburetor.
Lou offered to help me move it out of the garage, but I was afraid if we moved it and it still didn't start, it would be in a worse position. I called for a tow truck on Friday, and the driver put it on his flatbed truck with the engine tilted down and it started right away.
I was flabbergasted by the Police Report. Officer Troy Montemayor previously told me the young man who hit me had some drug related items in the vehicle. It was a marijuana pipe, still warm, on the center console next to the driver's seat.
The driver admitted that as he was approaching the light on Bollinger and Alcosta, he "dropped his cell phone and was looking for it." Then he ran the light at 40 mph. At least he was honest about it.
At that point I broke out laughing. This is too funny. He was smoking pot, talking on a cell phone, and looking for his phone on the floor of the vehicle while going 40 mph through the red light. And they say 18 year-olds are adults!
Another driver heading north on Alcosta slammed on her brakes and missed hitting him; so he went through the intersection and hit me. In the Police Report I'm quoted saying I saw him on my right, which wasn't possible. He was on my left.
I am directionally challenged. When I was in elementary school I wore a rubber band on my left wrist to be able to tell left from right. In my first blog on the accident I said my car was on the South side of Bollinger, when it actually finished up on the North side of Bollinger. So his car was on my left side not my right side and the broken ribs are on my left side. From now on I won't need a rubber band to know left from right.
My insurance company offered me a settlement for the value of my dead Focus, but that was $2000-3000 less than it would cost me to replace it with a new one. I don't want any expenses from this accident. It's bad enough I had all the inconvenience and pain. So I called a lawyer to see if I could get a better settlement than Farmers was willing to make.
I'm not typically a litigious person, but I feel I deserve to be compensated since the accident wasn't my fault. I called my nephew in Maine to ask how to go about this, and he said I didn't need a lawyer. I could do it all myself and save the big fee.
I thought that was funny since he's a personal injury lawyer in Maine and very successful at it. I decided it's worth paying the 33% to the lawyer to not have to deal with it on my own. I signed the paperwork on Friday.
I have no ill feelings towards the young man who hit me. I hope he learns a lesson from this and doesn't do anything as foolish in the future. I plan to write to the DA's office recommending he spend three to six months in community service helping seniors. Maybe some of their wisdom and experience will rub off on him.


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'Unbreakable WWII code' on pigeon skeleton's leg
LONDON - Reuters
Hürriyet photoA World War Two code found strapped to the leg of a dead pigeon stuck in a chimney for the last 70 years may never be broken, a British intelligence agency said today, Reuters reported.
The bird was found by a man in Surrey, southern England while he was cleaning out a disused fireplace at his home earlier this month.
The message, a series of 27 groups of five letters each, was inside a red canister attached to the pigeon's leg bone and has stumped code-breakers from Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Britain's main electronic intelligence-gathering agency.
"Without access to the relevant codebooks and details of any additional encryption used, it will remain impossible to decrypt," a GCHQ spokesman said.
The message is consistent with the use of code books to translate messages which were then encrypted, according to GCHQ, one of Britain's three intelligence agencies.
However without knowing who the sender, "Sjt W Stot", is or the intended destination, given as "X02", it is extremely difficult to decipher the code, GCHQ said.
Although the code books and encryption systems used should have been destroyed, there is a small chance that one exists somewhere.
A spokesman for GCHQ said it was "disappointing" that the message brought back by a "brave" carrier pigeon cannot be read.
He added: "It is a tribute to the skills of the wartime code-makers that, despite working under severe pressure, they devised a code that was undecipherable both then and now."
The Curator of the Pigeon Museum at Bletchley Park, north of London, Britain's main code-breaking centre during World War Two, is also trying to trace the identity numbers of the pigeon found in the message, according to GCHQ.
Pigeons were used extensively in the war to carry vital information to Britain from mainland Europe. Flying at speeds of up to 80 km per hour, they can travel distances of up to 1,000 km but were vulnerable to hungry hawks and bored soldiers who used to take pot-shots at them as they flew overhead.


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Alluring Roses and Lilies™
An enchanting gift blooming with love and affection, these blooms are sure to delight! Send the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or just to say "I love you."
A sweet assortment of pink lilies and roses are arranged in a glass cylinder vase.
Product ID UFN1127
Approximately 15" W x 22" H
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August 10, 2023
THE BEST... you gotta read what I say here because Erleens is the Bees Knees... AKA the right stuff.I historically go to the florist in person and pick out an arrangement or interact directly with the florist and we build an arrangement together... its fun!Last week, I needed to send an arrangement for a special occasion, and could not physically go into the shop.I did my Google search for the area I wanted to send flowers to, called a few places and decided that Erleene's Florist was for sure my spot!So crazy… it's like they read my mind, as if we were together there in person smelling the wonderful fragrances and being surrounded by so much beauty.They really knew what I wanted and curated an arrangement with such care. The creativity of the arrangement was so spectacular and the service I received was above and beyond.I know they took what was a special day for me and embodied everything I wanted and made it happen. Pretty cool to be able to trust someone with your vision on occasions which are so dear to us.Erleene, thank you again for the amazing experience. The arrangement you created was received with much joy… like toms of beautiful happy tears! So Cool.If you want creative minds to make your arrangement perfect, I can say you need to go to Erleens Florist.MUCH LOVE,LB
July 27, 2023
Wonderful florist! Ordered an online delivery and the flowers were received within 20 minutes of my order! Great service and the flowers were beautiful. Thank you so much!
July 27, 2023
perfect ; beautiful flowers / beautiful service 5 stars from me
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It's T-B-R Thursday once again!
Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 09, 2010
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 336pp
- Sales Rank: 561
Those who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible burden...
Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war.
On the eve of the United States's entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: She doesn't deliver a letter.
In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the Blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket, a letter Frankie vows to deliver when she returns from Germany and France, where she is to record the stories of war refugees desperately trying to escape.
The residents of Franklin think the war can't touch them- but as Frankie's radio broadcasts air, some know that the war is indeed coming. And when Frankie arrives at their doorstep, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen.
The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during war-time, when those we cherish leave. And how every story-of love or war-is about looking left when we should have been looking right.


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Shop for a Cause: Last-Minute Gift Ideas to Benefit Share Our Strength
While Christmas is only three days away, the Food Network Store is still stocked with last-minute gifts and seasonal stocking stuffers that will wow the unchecked names on your shopping list. Best of all, if you shop among these gifts in the store, 100 percent of all proceeds will go directly to Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign, a national movement committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
Pick up a few pairs of aviator- or Malibu-style sunglasses, or, if you're shopping for little ones, opt for youth T-shirts in a bright-orange color. Check out all of the No Kid Hungry Holiday gifts here.
If you've already finished your Christmas shopping and would prefer to simply support the No Kid Hungry cause, consider making a $5 tax-deductible donation to Share Our Strength; you'll receive a gift tag that represents your contribution.
Find out more about Share Our Strength and the No Kid Hungry campaign, and learn how you can get involved. Then browse Food Network's guide to homemade edible gifts for more last-minute present ideas just in time for Christmas.


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An application that was especially designed to provide a polygon modeler for users interested in building their own models in various formats.
- Metasequoia
- Version :4.5.9
- License :Demo
- OS :Windows All
- Publisher :O. Mizno
Metasequoia Description
Three-dimensional model design, especially the creation of human or animal-like characters, requires some knowledge in this area and, most importantly, a set of suitable tools for the job.
For those who made some 3D creations using various specialized software solutions and need to work on them without having to install each program again, a utility like Metasequoia can be the right choice.
User-friendly interface
This application manages to provide a strong set of features and make them available from a really friendly interface. There are several modes to operate Metasequoia, namely Beginner, Modeling (string), Modeling (icon) and Mapping.
Each of these styles comes with its commands for editing the loaded model, setting the appropriate lighting and more. There is a wide variety of objects that you can select and insert in the design, as well as some tools that are meant for modifying the model you are working on.
Intuitive, yet powerful functions
The editing function that Metasequoia is equipped with are rather basic, but, nonetheless, cover all the necessary actions for handling objects, material faces and vertices. Each selected portion of the design can be fixed, stored or restored when needed, as well as fit to view or set as center of rotation.
There are many customizations that can be made to the application from the 'Configuration' area, so you can assign, for instance, various actions to mouse buttons and key combinations. Texture rendering imperfections and some glitches that may occur can be avoided by adjusting the Direct3D and OpenGL preview options.
Bottom line
All things considered, Metasequoia seems to be a worthy alternative to more complex utilities of its kind, especially thanks to the ease of use coupled with a good support for a variety of formats this software is able to work with.


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Look over five open fairways with marvelous sea and mountain sees in the urban areas of VenturaCountyWest- – Camarillo, Oxnard and Ventura. All are around a hour's drive north from Los Angeles, yet feel a million miles away, particularly when combined with nearby bars and eatery offerings.
Get into town ahead of schedule for a healthy breakfast at Pete's Breakfast House Restaurant, known for its buttermilk flapjacks and natively constructed strawberry stick. Take in a morning round of golf at Olivas Links, a 18-gap title golf office planned by Forrest Richardson. Voted the "Best Municipal Golf Course in the Nation" throughout the previous three years by Golf Week, this 6,818-yard course includes a moving connections style format characterized via shoreline grasses and normal living space. You could pick, be that as it may, to play at the connecting course, Buenaventura. At a little more than 6,000 yards to a standard of 70, it stresses course administration and is a shot producer's enjoyment. With exemplary 1930s-time shapes and outlines, the course is a stage back in time. It will be a hard decision to make.
For lunch, unwind at the Aqua Beachfront Bar. Situated in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and as the name infers, it's spot on the shoreline. The evening is yours to catch some sun on the sand or possibly lease a bicycle for a ride along the shoreline bicycle way. At night, go to the Greek at the Harbor for the finest Mediterranean sustenance. At that point, get a standup routine at the Ventura Harbor Comedy Club.
Another early day starts with breakfast at Mrs. Olson's Coffee Hut, about a square from the shoreline in Oxnard, then to one of two lovely courses at River Ridge. The Vineyard offers heavenly sea all encompassing perspectives while Victoria Lakes brags lovely water highlights, bowed/poa grass greens and Greg Norman crossover Bermuda tees and fairways.


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OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know
Are you sure your patient has aseptic meningitis? What should you expect to find?
The general term meningitis refers to the nonspecific inflammation of the meninges.
Meningitis is distinct from encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain parenchyma and is strongly associated with altered mental status.
Meningitis and encephalitis are entities along a spectrum and it may be difficult to exactly distinguish one from the other. In some cases, a combination of the two, called meningoencephalitis, can occur. This is important because it has implications for diagnosis and treatment (see below).
Patients with aseptic meningitis often present with classic meningeal symptoms, including fever, neck pain or stiffness, photophobia, headache, nausea or vomiting and perhaps altered mental status although this is NOT a prominent feature of viral meningitis, the most common cause of aseptic meningitis. If altered mental status is pronounced, it is likely that the patient may have acute purulent meningitis, fungal or mycobacterial meningitis or encephalitis.
In contrast to bacterial meningitis, in viral aseptic meningitis these symptoms are often self-limited without specific treatment.Related Content
For most causes of aseptic meningitis, the history is usually indolent progression of these symptoms, but in some cases, the presentation may be sudden and severe, making it initially difficult to distinguish from bacterial meningitis or encephalitis based on the history and physical findings alone.
A history of travel is important to elicit as this may prove clues to possible fungal causes (Coccidioides if the patient has been in the Southwest US.) or parasitic causes (Angiostrongylus).
The key physical exam findings of aseptic meningitis may include fever, nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness) and photophobia.
Altered mental status is rare and if present should increase suspicion for acute purulent meningitis or encephalitis. However, there is also a spectrum of physical exam findings and some of these may be minimal or absent.
Some classic signs of bacterial meningitis may be present: Kernig's sign is neck pain elicited when the patient lies on his/her back and the leg is straight and raised to 90 degrees. Brudzinski's sign is involuntary bending or raising of the legs when the patient is lying on his/her back and the head and neck are lifted by the examiner. Both are a result of meningeal irritation.
In certain cases, there may be other helpful physical findings. For example, a diffuse rash may be seen in syphilis or HIV infection, and an expanding circular rash (erythema migrans) is seen in early Lyme disease.
How did the patient develop aseptic meningitis? What was the primary source from which the infection spread?
Aseptic meningitis can be caused by infectious and non-infectious causes. The non-infectious causes include drugs (including NSAIDs, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), vasculitis (including those caused by autoimmune diseases such as lupus or Sjogren's Disease), sarcoidosis, and malignancy, including metastases to the meninges.
Infectious causes can be further grouped into the following:
Viral: enteroviruses are by far the most common identified cause of aseptic meningitis (85-90%), but others include arboviruses, herpesviruses (including HSV-2, HSV-1, VZV, EBV, CMV), influenza, measles, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, mumps, HIV. Molleret's syndrome is defined as recurrent aseptic meningitis, which has been linked to HSV-2.
Partially treated bacterial meningitis (routine organisms such as S. pneumoniae, N. meningitidis and others) or a bacterial infection next to the meninges (parameningeal focus of infection such as an epidural abscess or mastoiditis) can also present with an aseptic meningitis picture. Other causes can include mycobacterium tuberculosis, brucella, leptospira and syphilis.
Rarely, fungal (Cryptococcus neoformans or Coccidioides species) or parasitic meningitis (Angiostrongylus) can occur. There are more likely to have a chronic course.
Viral causes of aseptic meningitis show seasonal patterns in colder climates but may also occur year-round in tropical regions. For viral aseptic meningitis due to enteroviruses, which is spread by oral fecal contamination or respiratory droplets, there are annual peaks in the summer and early fall in temperate climates. There is also a higher incidence in young children than in adults, and the serotypes in all ages vary from year to year with some being more neurotropic than others. West Nile virus (WNV) can also cause aseptic meningitis, and is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. These infections are most common in the warmer months. Prior to an effective vaccine, mumps meningitis, which is transmitted by respiratory secretions, was most common in the winter months.
Which individuals are at greater risk of developing aseptic meningitis?
For viral aseptic meningitis, risk factors include those for the specific agents. Enteroviruses can be transmitted by exposure to an infected individual's secretions entering the oral cavity through sneezing or oral fecal contact. Proper hand hygiene and covering sneezes and coughs can therefore decrease the risk of transmission. For arboviruses such as WNV, avoiding mosquito exposure is the key through minimizing outdoor activities in the summer, by wearing long sleeves and long pants, and using repellant. Areas with plentiful mosquito breeding areas of still water place nearby residents at higher risk. Individuals who have not been fully immunized with MMR vaccine are at continued risk for mumps meningitis. Patients with known HSV-2 (more commonly) or HSV-1 can develop meningitis. Meningitis can occur in a patient with positive HSV-2 serology even if they have never had a recognized outbreak of genital herpes.
For partially treated acute purulent meningitis or parameningeal foci of bacterial infections that lead to an aseptic meningitis picture, the history of these infections is the key risk factor. Clinicians should also elicit a thorough medication history to review for recent antibiotics that may have resulted in a partially treated infection. Individuals with risk factors for bacteremia would also be at risk as well as those who have undergone surgical procedures at parameningeal sites.
AIDS patients with CD4 below 100 are at risk for cryptococcal meningitis. Travel to the Southwestern United States, an area endemic for Coccidioides species, is a risk factor for meningitis due to this fungus. The risk is increased in immunocompromised, pregnant women and those of African or Filipino descent. For more information, follow the links above to their respective chapters.
Patients with underlying connective tissue diseases or sarcoid are at risk for developing aseptic meningitis related to these conditions.
Patients who have recently taken NSAIDs, trimenthoprim/sulfamethoxazole, or IVIG are at risk for drug induced aseptic meningitis.
Patients from endemic areas for Mycobacterium tuberculosis may be at risk for developing tuberculous meningitis (any other than United States, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada).
Beware: there are other diseases that can mimic aseptic meningitis:
It is important to exclude a bacterial infection in close proximity to the meninges (a parameningeal focus) that may cause sterile inflammation of the meninges. Examples can include epidural abscess, mastoiditis or otitis. In these cases, the underlying bacterial infection must be identified and treated.
Also, keep in mind that a bacterial meningitis that is partially treated with a course of oral antibiotics may present with meningitis but with no microorganisms identified in the CSF, mimicking aseptic meningitis, therefore always get a thorough history of recent antibiotic use in patients presenting with meningitis.
What laboratory studies should you order and what should you expect to find?
Results consistent with the diagnosis
The peripheral blood counts may show a slightly elevated white blood cell (WBC) count but may also be completely normal. In the rare case of parasitic meningitis, there may be a peripheral blood and CSF eosinophilia. A lumbar puncture must be performed on all patients presenting with signs and symptoms of meningitis to obtain CSF for glucose, protein, cell count, gram stain and culture (please see Table I). Most often, for viral meningitis (the most common cause of aseptic meningitis) the following values are expected:
glucose: normal
protein: normal or slightly increased,
CSF cell count:100-1000 cells/mm3 (usually with a lymphocytic or monocytic predominance)
gram stain and culture: negative.
It is important to remember that it may be impossible based on laboratory findings alone to distinguish a partially treated bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis, so a complete assessment of the patient's history, physical exam and laboratory findings are needed in order to determine the best treatment.
If a patient has genital ulcers as well as meningitis, HSV PCR may help suggest the diagnosis if other causes are excluded.
If syphilis is suspected, serum RPR as well as CSF VDRL should be ordered. The CSF VDRL is relatively insensitive (sensitivity 40-70%), so negative results do not rule out neurosyphilis.
HIV antibody testing and HIV RNA should be done in sexually active patients as HIV can lead to an aseptic meningitis.
ELISA and Western blot for Lyme disease if patient lives in, or has traveled to, an endemic area and may have been exposed to infected ticks.
Patients from endemic areas for Mycobacterium tuberculosis may be at risk for developing tuberculous meningitis (any other than US, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada). These individuals should be screened for infection with tuberculin skin testing (TST) or interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs). However, in cases where there is high suspicion for TB meningitis based on the patient's epidemiology and CSF analysis, a large volume (10mL) of CSF should be sent on 2-3 consecutive days for mycobacterial culture for optimum yield. Infectious disease consultation is often helpful in these cases. M. tuberculosis PCR is available for use on CSF in some laboratories, but has variable sensitivity, so a negative result does not exclude the diagnosis.
Results that confirm the diagnosis
Blood cultures are negative except in rare cases (e.g. brucellosis).
Routine CSF cultures are generally negative.
In patients in whom there is high suspicion for M. tuberculosis (see section on "which patients are at higher risk for developing aseptic meningitis" above), large volumes (10mL) of CSF should be submitted for mycobacterial cultures on several consecutive days for highest yield.
In select laboratories, PCR testing for viral agents, such as enteroviruses or HSV is available.
What imaging studies will be helpful in making or excluding the diagnosis of aseptic meningitis?
Plain radiographs are not recommended in meningitis. Other imaging studies, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are generally not helpful except to exclude other conditions in the differential diagnosis, such as a parameningeal focus of infection, or if the patient has a history or physical exam which would indicate a focal imaging study.
CT or MRI of the brain is most useful if the patients present with a more complex illness than classic aseptic meningitis and are instead on the clinical spectrum toward encephalitis or vasculitis.
Average costs: limited brain CT – $$-$$$, brain MRI with and without contrast – $$$-$$$$ ($ = 60-125, $$ 125-500, $$$ 500-1,000, $$$$ > 1,000).
What consult service or services would be helpful for making the diagnosis and assisting with treatment?
If you decide the patient has aseptic meningitis, what therapies should you initiate immediately?
Since it is not possible to accurately distinguish whether acute meningitis is viral or bacterial, in individuals at high risk for morbidity (the elderly, immunocompromised, those that present with severe illness) it is important to cover empirically for common bacterial organisms, including Streptococcus pneumonia and Neisseria meningitidiswhile awaiting CSF laboratory results. These can either be stopped immediately once the CSF cell counts are known to be consistent with aseptic meningitis if the patient is stable or may be stopped in 48-72 hours once CSF gram stain and culture is negative. For elderly, immunocompromised or nonverbal patients, empiric antibiotics should be continued until the CSF cultures are negative. Please see the chapter on bacterial meningitis for full details. Consult the infectious disease physicians for unusual cases, or for patients that fail to improve within 24-48 hours.
1. Anti-infective agents
If I am not sure what pathogen is causing the infection what anti-infective should I order?
If the patient is elderly, immunocompromised or appears very ill on presentation, follow the empiric antibiotic regimens recommended for bacterial meningitis. These can be stopped in 24-48 hours once CSF gram stain and culture is negative (Table I).
2. Next, list other key therapeutic modalities
In general, supportive measures such as rehydration (oral or IV), pain control and observation are the key management interventions for aseptic meningitis, however, other conditions must be ruled out at presentation, including drug side effects, connective tissue diseases, and presentations of systemic infections such as Lyme disease, syphilis, tuberculosis, and HIV. In these cases, treatment should be directed toward the underlying systemic infection, or non-infectious cause.
In HSV encephalitis (in contrast to meningitis, discussed here) there is benefit to treatment with IV acyclovir.
If tuberculous meningitis is suspected, obtain infectious diseases consultation. The patient should be placed in a negative pressure room under respiratory isolation until a full evaluation for pulmonary tuberculosis is completed and negative. Four drug RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) therapy with corticosteroids may be required.
There are limited data for the use of immune serum globulin for enteroviruses.
What complications could arise as a consequence of aseptic meningitis?
What should you tell the family about the patient's prognosis?
Generally aseptic meningitis is a self-limited condition that primarily requires supportive treatment. If there is an underlying, non-infectious cause such as connective tissues disease, it must be identified and treated. For drug associated aseptic meningitis, stop the offending agent. In cases of systemic infection that leads to aseptic meningitis such as HIV, syphilis, Lyme disease, tuberculosis, and others mentioned above, treatment should be directed toward the underlying systemic infection, or non-infectious cause.
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If the CSF profile and peripheral serologies or other diagnostic tests suggest M. tuberculosis, the patient should be placed into a negative pressure room under respiratory isolation and the full work-up for M. tuberculosis infection should be done (please see the M. tuberculosis chapter for full details).
If the clinical presentation is atypical and the work-up does not reveal a causative organism, but the patient is not improving clinically, seek consultation with infectious diseases.
What pathogens are responsible for this aseptic meningitis?
A partially treated bacterial meningitis may have a clinical presentation indistinguishable from aseptic meningitis. Similarly, a bacterial parameningeal focus of infection (e.g. epidural abscess, mastoiditis) can present as an aseptic meningitis. These can be distinguished by a careful history – has the patient recently taken any antibiotics that may partially mask a bacterial meningitis? Do they have any localized pain that might suggest a bacterial infection? A thorough physical exam should also be performed if a parameningeal source is suspected. Follow up imaging with CT or MRI to the identified area can then be performed.
Suspect possible tuberculous meningitis in patients from endemic areas (any other than US, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada). It is possible that the tuberculin skin test (TST) or IGRAs may be negative in patients who do have the disease. The history usually also suggests a more indolent course. Culture remains the mainstay of diagnosis and often requires submitting several high volumes of CSF from consecutive days. In some centers, CSF PCR for M. tuberculosis is also available, but sensitivity is variable and a negative result does not rule out disease.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic aseptic meningitis. It is a neurotropic parasite that is endemic in Southeast Asia and the Pacific rim. Humans can become infected by eating an infected slug or snail, or freshwater crustacean. Vegetables may also contain a small snail that may be unknowingly ingested. Review the history for the patient's country of origin or travel to an endemic area. Patients very commonly have a peripheral eosinophilia as well as a CSF eosinophilis – there are only a few organisms in the differential diagnosis, and Angiostrongylus is the most common.
How do these pathogens cause aseptic meningitis?
Enteroviruses, the most commonly identified viral cause of aseptic meningitis, is transmitted by a fecal-oral route. They are non-enveloped capsids, and have single-strand RNA genome. The virus enters through the oropharynx and infects tonsillar tissue, where it replicates and may lead to a 'minor viremia' and local shedding. It is acid resistant and as it is shed from the pharynx into the alimentary tract, it passes to the distal small intestine where it replicates greatly in Peyer's patches. This can then lead to a "major viremia" from which infection of end organs, including the central nervous system, can occur.
For full details, please see the chapter on enteroviruses, including poliovirus, echovirus, coxsackievirus.
What other additional laboratory findings may be ordered?
CSF lactate is being investigated as a method to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis. However, data to date are mixed, so it is not appropriate to use to guide clinical decision making currently.
WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE for specific management and treatment recommendations?
Kupila, L, Vuorinen, T, Vainionpää, R, Hukkanen, V, Marttila, RJ, Kotilainen, P. "Etiology of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis in an adult population". Neurology. vol. 66. 2006. pp. 75(Finnish study – 66% of cases of aseptic meningitis had etiologic agent identified, and enteroviruses most common at 26%.)
Clinical overview
Irani, DN. "Aseptic meningitis and viral myelitis". Neurol Clin. vol. 26. 2008. pp. 635-55. (Good general overview of epidemiology, clinical features and management.)
Sakushima, K, Hayashino, Y, Kawaguchi, T, Jackson, JL, Fukuhara, S. "Diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for differentiating bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis: a meta-analysis". J Infect. vol. 62. 2011. pp. 255-62. (CSF lactate has a high negative likelihood ratio, but pre-test treatment may distort accuracy.)
Lee, BE, Davies, HD. "Aseptic meningitis". Curr Opin Infect Dis. vol. 20. 2007. pp. 272-7. (Discusses possible advantages of using PCR and other nucleic acid amplification tests in patients with aseptic meningitis.)
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- OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know
- Are you sure your patient has aseptic meningitis? What should you expect to find?
- How did the patient develop aseptic meningitis? What was the primary source from which the infection spread?
- Which individuals are at greater risk of developing aseptic meningitis?
- Beware: there are other diseases that can mimic aseptic meningitis:
- What laboratory studies should you order and what should you expect to find?
- What imaging studies will be helpful in making or excluding the diagnosis of aseptic meningitis?
- What consult service or services would be helpful for making the diagnosis and assisting with treatment?
- If I am not sure what pathogen is causing the infection what anti-infective should I order?
- What complications could arise as a consequence of aseptic meningitis?
- What should you tell the family about the patient's prognosis?
- Add what-if scenarios here:
- What pathogens are responsible for this aseptic meningitis?
- How do these pathogens cause aseptic meningitis?
- What other additional laboratory findings may be ordered?
- WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE for specific management and treatment recommendations?


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This is a writ of error to the court of appeals of the state of Maryland, to review its judgment affirming that of the circuit court for Montgomery county, which affirmed the proceedings of the board of registry of election district No. 7 of that county, [193 U.S. 621, 622] refusing to register petitioner as a legal voter on the ground of his noncompliance with the Maryland law making it necessary for a person coming into the state, with the intention of residing therein, to register his name with the clerk of the circuit court of the proper county, and thereby to indicate the intent of such person to become a citizen and resident of the state.
The act in question was passed March 29, 1902, as chapter 133 of the laws of that year, and as an amendment and supplement to the Public General Laws of the State, title Elections, subtitle Registration, as 25 b, and it is reproduced in the margin.
Plaintiff in error on September 29, 1903, presented his ap- [193 U.S. 621, 623] plication to the board of registry of election district No. 7, Montgomery county, Maryland, then sitting at a place within such district, to be registered and entered as a qualified voter on the registry of voters of that election district, which application the board refused and declined to comply with, for the sole reason that he had not complied with this law of Maryland. Thereafter the plaintiff presented a sworn petition to the circuit court for Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland, praying that court to enter an order to revise the action of the board of registry, and to order and direct that the name of the petitioner should be entered as a qualified voter on the registry of voters of the election district already named. In that sworn petition he alleged that he had, on June 7, 1902, with his wife and child, removed from the city of Washington, District of Columbia, into Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland, 'having then had, and ever since and now having, the intention of making the state of Maryland the permanent domicil of himself and his family, and of becoming a citizen of said state; and ever since said June 7, 1902, petitioner has resided in the subdivision of Otterbourne, near Chevy Chase, in said Montgomery county, and in the seventh election district of said county.'
The petitioner further showed in his petition that he had made application to the proper board of registry in the election district mentioned, and the board had refused to enter his name as a qualified voter on the ground already stated, of noncompliance with the Maryland statute.
The petitioner admitted 'that he did not, within a year prior to said application for registration as a qualified voter, or at any time during the year 1902, in any manner make or register, in the office of or before the clerk of Montgomery county, Maryland, or in a record book kept by said clerk, a declaration of intention to become a citizen and resident of Maryland, such as is required by the aforesaid law to be made by persons who remove into the state of Maryland after March 29, 1902, as a condition precedent to subsequent regis- [193 U.S. 621, 624] tration of such persons as qualified voters. Petitioner, however, claims and asserts that said 25b of article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland affords no justification for said refusal to register your petitioner as a qualified voter, because said alleged law contravenes and is repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Maryland, and is, therefore, null and void.'
The petitioner then asserts and sets forth in his petition several grounds which, as he therein alleges, render the state law a violation of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, and he also specially sets up and claims that the law is a violation of the Constitution of the United States in the particulars named by him, and which are as follows:
To this petition there was a general demurrer, which was sustained by the court, which thereupon entered judgment dismissing the petition, with costs to the defendants.
Mr. William H. Pope in propria persona for plaintiff in error.
[193 U.S. 621, 627] Messrs. John Prentiss Poe and Bowie F. Waters for defendants in error.
Statement by Mr. Justice Peckham:
This is not a case of a statute of the state having been passed subsequently to the time when the individual had removed from another state or from a territory or from the District of Columbia into the state of Maryland. There is, therefore, no alteration of any possible rights which the plaintiff in error might have already acquired and which he might claim were taken from him by the passage of such statute. On the contrary, this statute took effect on March 29, 1902, more than two months prior to the removal of the plaintiff in error from Washington in the District of Columbia to Montgomery county, within the state of Maryland. The objections of a Federal nature which are made by the plaintiff in error to the validity of the statute are set out in his petition, and are [193 U.S. 621, 632] also contained in the above statement of facts, and are substantially reproduced in his assignment of errors.
We are of opinion that the statute does not violate any Federal right of the plaintiff in error which he seeks to assert in this proceeding. The statute, so far as it concerns him and the right which he urges, is one making regulations and conditions for the registry of persons for the purpose of voting. It was only for the purpose of thereafter voting that the plaintiff in error sought to be registered, and it was the denial of that right only which he can now review. His application for registry as a voter was denied by the board of registry solely because of his failure to comply with the statute. Whatever other right he may have as a citizen of Maryland by reason of his removal there with an intent to become such citizen is not now in question. So far as appears no other right, if any he may have, has been infringed by the statute. The simple matter to be herein determined is whether, with reference to the exercise of the privilege of voting in Maryland, the legislature of that state had the legal right to provide that a person coming into the state to reside should make the declaration of intent a year before he should have the right to be registered as a voter of the state.
The privilege to vote in any state is not given by the Federal Constitution, or by any of its amendments. It is not a privilege springing from citizenship of the United States. Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162, 22 L. ed. 627. It may not be refused on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, but it does not follow from mere citizenship of the United States. In other words, the privilege to vote in a state is within the jurisdiction of the state itself, to be exercised as the state may direct, and upon such terms as to it may seem proper, provided, of course, no discrimination is made between individuals, in violation of the Federal Constitution. The state might provide that persons of foreign birth could vote without being naturalized, and, as stated by Mr. Chief Justice Waite in Miner v. Happersett, 21 Wall, 162, 22 L. ed. 627, such persons were allowed to vote in several of the [193 U.S. 621, 633] states upon having declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States. Some states permit women to vote; others refuse them that privilege. A state, so far as the Federal Constitution is concerned, might provide by its own constitution and laws that none but native-born citizens should be permitted to vote, as the Federal Constitution does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one, and the conditions under which that right is to be exercised are matters for the states alone to prescribe, subject to the conditions of the Federal Constitution, already stated; although it may be observed that the right to vote for a member of Congress is not derived exclusively from the state law. See Fed. Const. art. 1, 2; Wiley v. Sinkler, 179 U.S. 58 , 45 L. ed. 84, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 17. But the elector must be one entitled to vote under the state statute. Id., Id. See also Swafford v. Templeton, 185 U.S. 487, 491 , 46 S. L. ed. 1005, 1007, 22 Sup. Ct. Rep. 783. In this case no question arises as to the right to vote for electors of President and Vice President, and no decision is made thereon. The question whether the conditions prescribed by the state might be regarded by others as reasonable or unreasonable is not a Federal one. We do not wish to be understood, however, as intimating that the condition in this statute is unreasonable or in any way improper.
We are unable to see any violation of the Federal Constitution in the provision of the state statute for the declaration of the intent of a person coming into the state before he can claim the right to be registered as a voter. The statute, so far as it provides conditions precedent to the exercise of the elective franchise within the state, by persons coming therein to reside (and that is as far as it is necessary to consider it in this case), is neither an unlawful discrimination against any one in the situation of the plaintiff in error nor does it deny to him the equal protection of the laws, nor is it repugnant to any fundamental or inalienable rights of citizens of the United States, nor a violation of any implied guaranties of the Federal Constitution. The right of a state to legislate upon the subject of the elective franchise as to it may seem good, sub- [193 U.S. 621, 634] ject to the conditions already stated, being, as we believe, unassailable, we think it plain that the statute in question violates no right protected by the Federal Constitution.
The reasons which may have impelled the state legislature to enact the statute in question were matters entirely for its consideration, and this court has no concern with them.
It is unnecessary in this case to assert that under no conceivable state of facts could a state statute in regard to voting be regarded as an infringement upon or a discrimination against, the individual rights of a citizen of the United States removing into the state, and excluded from voting therein by state legislation. The question might arise if an exclusion from the privilege of voting were founded upon the particular state from which the person came, excluding from that privilege, for instance, a citizen of the United States coming from Georgia and allowing it to a citizen of the United States coming from New York or any other state. In such case an argument might be urged that, under the 14th Amendment of the Federal Constitution, the citizen from Georgia was, by the state statute, deprived of the equal protection of the laws. Other of the equal protection of the laws. Other extreme cases might be suggested. We neither assert nor deny that, in the case supposed, the claim would be well founded that a Federal right of a citizen of the United States was violated by such legislation, for the question does not arise herein. We do, however, hold that there is nothing in the statute in question which violated the Federal rights of the plaintiff in error by virtue of the provision for making a declaration of his intention to become a citizen before he can have the right to be registered as a voter and to vote in the state.
The plaintiff in error has no ground for complaint in regard to the decision of the courts below, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Maryland is therefore affirmed.
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Planning Council/May 04 2011
|Meeting Title:
|Planning Council Conference Call
|Date & Time:
|Wednesday, May 04, 2011, at 1200 Eastern
|For the call-in numbers, see the "Project Review" number on Foundation Portal page.
Members and Attendees
Note: "Inactive" refers to Strategic Members we have not heard from in a year or so, and have been unable to convince to participate. Those members can become active again at any time. Contact David Williams if questions.
Note: feel free to correct any errors/omissions in above attendance record.
Y = Yes, attended
N = No, did not
R = regrets sent ahead of time
X = not expected
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Indigo Status
- On track for M7? and beyond?
- No issues raised
Name Indigo +1
- FWIW, "Juno" has passed EMO sanity check and review, so its official.
Juno Release Planning
(See also notes from previous meeting.)
I've moved "working plan" to Juno/Initial_Working_Plan for more public readings.
- Good discussion with good feedback (positive and constructive), though still not much known in terms of concrete plans of (sub) projects, so would be good to get that, if possible, by June. But, others were quick to point out, probably won't know much about Juno plans for months to come, not by next month.
- Concern was mentioned the proposed plan still reads with a little too much emphasis on 3.8, as though 4.2 wasn't ready yet.
- Perhaps wording could be improved ... perhaps to change emphasis to "state concrete plans for 3.8 early", supported or not, tested or not, respond to bugs or not, same function or not in both streams, etc., so adopters and downstream projects know what to expect? And to include better wording as to the purpose ... "The Planning Council encourages, as good Eclipse citizens, we should support adopters that can not make the transition completely to 4.x stream yet". Or similar (that is, explicitly, it is not because 4.2 is not ready).
- It was mentioned, that some projects, such as the Platform's JDT, might end up "splitting streams", not even necessarily because of the split workbench, but they might tie down 3.8 as a maintenance-only stream, and put new feature/functions in 4.x only. They haven't decided that yet, just mentioned it as a possibility. [And, if anyone is wondering, the 3.x stream would contain the Java 7 support, since that's largely done already in 3.x stream.] It was pointed out this might have big impact on downstream projects, such as Web Tools ... unclear if downstream projects would have to split streams in such cases, or double-up on testing two version of JDT, as one example, and those downstream projects might have to pick one or the other to focus on (and it might not be 4.x). Put another way, if there is a potential split stream for every project, then the complexity would grow quite large. Maybe too large and complex to cover in our Simultaneous Release Plan? At some point, we might have to say, we as the Planning Council are only concerned with one stream, and only those that want to participate on that stream, ... and any other configuration is outside the scope of Planning Council's yearly release. Just a possibility.
- It was also mentioned that early testing, of Indigo stream and "a large IBM adopter product" has gone well on 4.x stream so the Platform team has high confidence in compatibility layer.
- There was, still, a general feeling that "4.2 as primary platform" would be a fine to great plan. More a question of what to do/say about 3.8. The council was reminded that 3.8 was deemed important by some members, not even necessarily for their own stuff, but sometimes there are dependencies or add-on tools that are outside Eclipse and outside members control that they still want to support or work with. I'm not sure we'll ever know concretely the degree of that? And, it is even unclear if that's a theoretical concern, or if there are already specific, known cases?
Juno Dates
- Release: June 27, 2012 (fourth Wednesday)
- SR1: September 28, 2012 (fourth Friday)
- SR2: February 22, 2013 (fourth Friday)
TODO: compute milestone dates, similar to previous years.
Next Meeting
- June 1, 2011 (our regular "first Wednesday" meeting, at Noon Eastern).


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Booker announces N.J. Senate run
Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced his candidacy for the New Jersey Senate seat Saturday, as was widely expected.
"I'm here today because I know who we are, and what we are capable of," Booker said in a Newark press conference broadcast live online that was heavy on themes of bipartisanship, finding common ground and fixing a divided Washington.
Booker, who had declared his interest in a 2014 run, was forced to announce earlier than expected when Gov. Chris Christie this week called an Oct. 16 special election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday.
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Booker is the heavy favorite to win the blue-state seat currently held by interim appointee Jeff Chiesa, New Jersey's attorney general and a Christie ally who is not expected to run in October.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) is also expected to announce his candidacy. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) is also likely to run, according to multiple sources. The primary election is Aug. 13.
Sources confirmed to POLITICO that longtime New Jersey Democratic political consultant Brad Lawrence, who has had both Booker and Pallone as longstanding clients, will join Booker's campaign.
Republican Steve Lonegan, Christie's gubernatorial primary opponent in 2009, is the first declared GOP candidate. He is the former mayor of the Bergen County community of Bogota.
Christie's announcement Tuesday setting a special election was heavily criticized by both sides for its $24 million cost, which could have been lowered had he set the date for Nov. 5, when Christie faces his own gubernatorial election.
( PHOTOS: Jersey boys: Christie and Booker)
Citing "the highest ideals of America" and pledging "to bring the fight to D.C.," Booker hailed the accomplishments of his Newark administration. He also said he would work on "common ground" toward "bipartisan ideals."
He was introduced and endorsed by former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, who served three terms in New Jersey and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000.
Saying it would be difficult for an individual senator to make a difference amid congressional gridlock, Booker said his experience representing Newark constituents would serve him well. "We all are the leaders who must now do more than ever to join in and fight, and lead the way forward."
Lautenberg, a longtime champion of women's rights, rail travel and transportation safety issues who served three decades on Capitol Hill and was the last World War II veteran to serve in the Senate, was 89. He was buried Friday in Arlington Cemetery.