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Glen Scher was named the Big West Conference's Player of the Year after a stellar junior season...Qualified for the NCAA Tempe Regional where, after struggling in the first round, was a solid 1-under par in the final two rounds to finish at 222...His appearance in the NCAA Regional was the second of his career...Became the first Gaucho in more than a decade to win two tournaments in the same season as he posted victories at the Sacramento State Invitational and the Wyoming Cowboy Classic...At Sac State, he helped UCSB to the team title by finishing with an 8-under par 208...In his victory at the wind-shortened Wyoming Cowboy Classc in Scottsdale, Ariz., Scher carded a two-round total of 138, an average of 69.0 shots per round...Also had a second-place finish at the Winchester Classic when he shot a 211...Overall, he had seven top-10 finishes in 2012-13, all of them in the spring season...At one point, Scher had a run of 12 out of 14 rounds at or under par...Shot a season-best 5-under par in the first round at the Sacramento State Invitational...Had four sub-70 rounds...Overall, Scher played 32 rounds as a junior and totaled 2,325 shots, an average of 72.66 shots per round, best on the team...With two individual titles as a junor, he now has three in his Gaucho career.
Scher redshirted the 2011-12 season.
Scher played in 10 tournaments for the Gauchos as a sophomore in 2010-11... Competed as an individual at the NCAA West Regional...Finished 1st place at the Barona Collegiate Cup where he shot a season-best of 209... In total, he had 6 top-20 finishes... He finished 15th at the Anteater Invitational, where he scored a 222... Tied for 16th place twice, at the Braveheart Classic, scoring a 220, and at the Fresno State Lexus Classic, scoring a 221... This season Scher played 29 rounds and had 2,140 strokes, which was an average of 73.79 per round.
Glen Scher played in eight tournaments for the Gauchos as a freshman...Had a fourth-place finish at the Barona Collegiate Cup where he shot a 213...Overall, Scher had three top-20 finishes...In addition to Barona, he finished 10th at the Anteater Invitational with a 214 and 17th at the Del Walker Intercollegiate with a season-best 208...Recorded six sub-70 rounds all of which were either in the first or third round of tournaments...On the season, Scher played 24 rounds and had 1,768 strokes, an average of 73.67 per round.


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"I'm really excited to be an Aggie," said Day. "I can't wait to get up there and get geared up for practice."
He will move to Logan in July to begin working with the team's kickers. He will then start official practices with the full team in early August.
Day, who finished his high school career as a 5-foot-10, 235-pound lineman, played football all four years of high school, including the past two years at Grand County High. He previously played football in his home state of Washington before his family moved to Moab.
An all-state honorable mention player, he helped the Red Devils reach a 10-2 season and an appearance in the state 2A championship game last November.
His father, Joe Day, credits private coaches Dan Zeidman and Joe Nelthorpe of Lifetime Kicking Academy for working with Austin over the past couple of years.
"Both Dan and Joe have invested a lot of time in Austin and we are forever grateful," Joe Day said. "Through the course of the last year, Austin has focused his efforts on getting nationally ranked, which he did. He worked his way up to seventh in the country among high school long-snappers who have participated in more than one event in the national camp series."
Although he is categorized as a preferred walk-on for the first year with the Aggies, Austin Day hopes to secure a scholarship for his remaining three years of eligibility. A straight-A student in high school, he says he plans to major in business at USU.
"Austin had made a goal at the beginning of his sixth grade year to play Division I football," added his father. "It was a long shot and he was often told it was a pipe dream, but Austin never lost sight of his goal. He always quietly kept the faith. It was something he worked at year-round in both athletics and academically. He took it very serious and dedicated countless hours, but now we see it paying off."

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*There are many of you out there already suffering from a new syndrome since Friday, called "NoMoreAllMyChildren and I'mStill Tuning In" syndrome.
Many of you have still turned on ABC at that coveted All My Children time, but to no avail, on September 23, 2011, the show was cancelled.
Some of the most missed of the show will be characters Erica Caine, Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter (later known as Angie Hubbard). (more…)


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The train that Manny's enemies are on will speed out of the station, and it will be up to you to follow the train as it travels across Dukes and Broker to its destination, which is at the subway station on Cayuga Avenue. However, this is no easy feat. The game will allow you to "hone in" on the train, so use that skill to see where the train is going. Better yet, follow the red dot on the HUD as it travels around the borough, using parallel roads to stay near it. There are a few times where you have to veer off path or take some non-obvious streets to keep pace with the train, but as long as you stay relatively near it, getting to its stop on Cayuga Avenue shouldn't be too much of a big deal.
When you arrive, so too will the train. The game will let you know that your targets have gotten off the train, and are on foot. However, they still don't know they're being followed, so sneaking up on them is a possibility. Try to meet them on the stairs coming down before they leave the platform. This will make them sitting ducks, especially with a shotgun (because they're in close proximity to one another). There are four enemies in total, so make sure to keep an eye on your HUD, as well, since once the gunfire begins, one or two might try to get away. If this happens, follow them closely and gun them down to bring the retreat to a halt. Once all four enemies are fallen, the mission ends in success.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
The Power of Twitter Compels You
It's really simple and really easy too, which always helps and usually is at the heart of great and powerful tools and products. Sign up, add a friend or two, compel one or two people to "follow" your words of infinite wisdom (say whatever you want in answer to the question "What are you doing now?" just making sure it's under the 140 character limit) and you are on your way.
The more I play with Twitter, I think it's a keeper.
Another theory: Twitter may be a tool that particularly attracts those who already blog and are therefore already used to publishing online and interested in both attracting and audience and entering the Internet conversation. While I spend a lot of time looking at social networks such as MySpace, I never find a great and compelling reason to stick around. I particularly like MyBlogLog because it's a great networking tool for bloggers (and an experience that lives outside the site through the use of its great blog log widget), but it's simply not fun in the way that Twitter can be.
Other Twitter thoughts, culled over the weekend:
* Twitter has the potential to replace your RSS reader. It's fun to get Mashable and Wired and Techmeme updates via Twitter, and lots of people simply send links around, which becomes a hyperkinetic and viral method of information sharing.
* I'm apt to add twitter friends that I wouldn't add to my rss reader. Twitter's an outstanding way to get the shorthand thoughts and tid bits from blogging luminaries (or whomever, it's up to you!) that you don't have time to read on a regular basis. For example, I don't read Dave Winer's or Robert Scoble's respective blogs, but I've enjoyed following their Twitter conversations thus far.
* Twitter has fake profiles. These include Borat, Darth Vader, Bill Clinton, and fake Jason Calacanis and Nick Denton profiles. I take this is yet another sign that the Twitter aquiver with buzz. Take note that the John Edwards page is real!
* Lots of Twitter supporting sites/tools popping up. I'll just mention one here, because it deserves some attention. Twittervision is a mesmerizing Google Maps mashup that lets you watch Twitter messages emerge all across the globe in real time. If you like Digg Spy, you'll like Twittervision.
* Bold proclamations. Jason Calacanis declares that 90% of his blogging will now be delivered via Twitter. Personally, I love Twitter for its capacity for "casual" blogging, which gives you the ability to loosen up and say whatever you want without worrying overly much about spelling, grammar, or coherence. Blogging is a place to be a bit more structured and meaningful. Of course Twitter and blogs are merely platforms and the great thing is that everybody can help define them.
* Great quotes. I've seen some great quotes just over the last few days.
From Steve Rubel:
* JCal [Jason Calacanis] will become the first blogger to turn a full-time Twitterer
* Great businesses and greater ideas will begin as conversations on Twitter.
From Jason Calacanis:
* Who's building a twitter/google adsense widget? I need to monetize this medium before [Nick] Denton.
* Twitter is like cb radio without the static
* Are people talking about Twitter? That would be a 10-4, as this chart displaying the "twitterfication of the blogosphere" shows.
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- Webomatica said...
No disagreement there, although I've pared down my list of who I'm following to just real people and not feed aggregators (techmeme). It gets a bit overwhleming!
- Eric Berlin said...
Yeah, I'm still playing with my list as well. The NYT river feed was just overwhelming, but it's nice getting the Wired feed and Mashable updates. Will be really fun and interesting to find the right mix.
- Sprague said...
Big ups for the Exorcist reference...
You're not saying Twits, er... Twitterers are *possessed* are you? ;-)
- Eric Berlin said...
Thanks sprague.
I think twitterers are possessed in much the same way Chris Walken had a fever... and the only prescription was more cowbell.
- Anonymous said...
Exactly the way I see it. Face book is for those that you know and normally interact with on a daily basis, but Twitter is used for the outside world.
- Alvin Purpura said...
Twitter is pretty good! Biggest advantage is the ability to blog through sms when nothing else is available.
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A few months ago our local blogger group was invited to a reception at North Denver Sausage Co. The owner and president, Kathy Laurienti, wanted to introduce us to her dry Italian sausage, and the fresh Italian sausage that she sells under her Paisano sausage label.
Kathy's late husband started Paisano Sausage Company a little over 30 years ago, and upon his death about a year ago Kathy took over the running of this small family operation. Wanting to expand her product line, she recently began producing her dry sausage.
Kathy and her staff make sausage every weekday. Health inspectors inspect her facilities every morning before production begins. Each batch of sausage is seasoned and blended by hand before being stuffed in natural casings.
The dry sausage is also made in much the same way but is dried by a process of being salted and air dried for a period of at least 19 days. Not only does this dry the sausage, but it preserves it by removing the moisture making this the perfect snack for hikers, campers or doomsday preppers (I am fascinated by this show) since it needs no refrigeration.
On the day we were at Kathy's factory, she showed us around and introduced herself and her products before getting down to the important stuff, the eating and drinking. She had a sampling of each of her types of dried sausage, mild, medium and hot. With these sausages she served a bowl of caramel sauce and a bowl of marshmallow cream.
Now, I know this sounds really different but I can't tell you how delicious it was. The savory, spicy, chewy dry sausages along with the sweetness of the caramel and marshmallow sauces were really a great flavor combination.
A little further down the table Kathy had prepared her fresh sausage her favorite way with potatoes, onions and green bell peppers. Her fresh sausage has a mild flavor with the perfect spark of anise flavor from the fennel she adds. If you've dined at any of the many Italian restaurants around the Denver area, you very well could have eaten Paisano's sausage since Kathy mainly sells this product to area restaurants.
Kathy's favorite sausage recipe. Maybe she'll give us the recipe sometime.
Before we left that day Kathy provided us with beautiful gift baskets filled with an assortment of Italian specialty foods and a bottle of locally made wine from Balistreri Vineyards. Included in the basket were a couple of packages of Kathy's dry sausage in mild and hot. Once home we quickly scarfed down the mild and saved the hot variety for my "research".
Knowing that I really wanted to introduce you to the sweet/salty taste combo of the dry sausage with the sweet sauce, I decided to make it a bit more portable for those doomsday preppers and wrap it something sweet. I had a couple of failures first trying to make vanilla nougat and then a sort of creamy taffy to wrap it in. Both were disappointing so I went back to square 1 and decided to try a type of chewy praline. Voila! Fantastico and oh so easy.
If you don't have one already, go buy an inexpensive candy thermometer (you should really have one anyway) and get started. If you want to buy some of North Denver Sausage Co.'s dry sausage for your candy, visit their website at www.northdenversausage.com and they'll be happy to sell you some and ship it to your door.
Chewy Salted Dry Sausage Pralines
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 stick (4 ounces) butter
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
24 – 1/4" thick slices of dry Italian sausage (I like the hot)
2 teaspoons salt flakes
Lay 2 sheets of foil out flat on a heat proof surface. Spray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
Place sugars and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stirring frequently, bring the mixture to a boil (stop stirring once it boils). Let it cook until the mixture reaches 250 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
Remove from the heat and add the butter, whisking until it is completely incorporated. Add the cream and whisk until it is incorporated as well. Return the mixture back to the medium heat and stirring frequently, bring the mixture back up to the boil and cook until the thermometer reads 242 degrees.
Working quickly, spoon 1 teaspoon of praline in 12 different spots, 3" apart, onto prepared foil sheets. Top each spot with a piece of sausage then another spoon of praline over the sausage. Sprinkle with salt. Repeat with remaining praline and sausage. Cool for at least 30 minutes. Wrap in plastic.
*If praline mixture starts to harden, replace it on a medium low heat for just a minute or two until it loosens.
**Sausage can also be replaced with pecans, walnuts, almonds or bacon bits.


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FRENCH CAMP - The county Sheriff's Office said it is no longer holding immigration detainees in jail for U.S. immigration authorities, because detaining them could make the county liable for constitutional rights violations.
FRENCH CAMP - The county Sheriff's Office said it is no longer holding immigration detainees in jail for U.S. immigration authorities, because detaining them could make the county liable for constitutional rights violations.
For years, the county had honored immigration hold requests issued by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
But since Jan. 1, when California laws changed in regard to immigration holds, the county stopped this practice. State law still allows jails to hold individuals on immigration detainers based on certain criteria, including their criminal history, even if they have no current criminal charges.
But San Joaquin County won't even be doing that.
And that's because of two recent federal court decisions that make the detentions unlawful altogether.
Inmates should be held only when there is probable cause a crime has been committed, according to those rulings. Unlike criminal arrests, immigration holds are civil matters that don't require probable cause.
In effect, the rulings say law enforcement should not be involved in such civil matters.
So, unless an inmate is in jail on a criminal matter, the county will release that person, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release issued earlier this month.
"Effective immediately, all inmates currently being held solely on an immigration detainer will be released from custody," the June 2 statement from the Sheriff's Office said.
The way it used to work is local law enforcement agencies detained undocumented immigrants on ICE requests to allow immigration agents time to pick them up and take them to a federal detention center.
Deputy Les Garcia, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said if an inmate without legal residency is in jail on a criminal matter, once the inmate completes a sentence or the case is adjudicated, that person will be released. In the past, the jail would hold them for immigration officials.
"I think that's a great shift in policy," said Jose Rodriguez, director of El Concilio, a Latino multiservice agency. "I think it's been a long time overdue.
"I also think this goes a step in the right direction in terms of creating trust."
Victims of crimes who were undocumented were afraid to seek help from authorities, despite the Sheriff's Office's assurances they would not face deportation.
The very policy of holding someone because they were asked to by immigration officials made it appear the Sheriff's Office was an agency of the immigration department.
The fear of deportation was worse than the victims' fear of those who preyed on them.
Also, Rodriguez said, previous policies had also resulted in the separation of families. Children of undocumented immigrants who committed offenses, including misdemeanors, have been left without parents.
"I think that it's wise for the sheriff to make this change in policy," Rodriguez said.
The sheriff's order is an interim directive, but the department is in the process of making policy changes to reflect this position. Although the San Joaquin County Jail suffers from chronic overcrowding, Garcia said such immigration detainees were between 3 and 4 percent of the jail's population, so the policy of no longer holding them would not have a big impact on efforts to lower the jail's population. Sheriff Steve Moore is working on other avenues to achieve that goal.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, through a statement, expressed its displeasure with this new direction, saying communities are less safe if these people are not held.
"When law enforcement agencies remand criminals to ICE custody rather than releasing them into the community, it helps contribute to public safety and the safety of law enforcement," the statement said. "To further this shared goal, ICE anticipates that law enforcement agencies will comply with detainers."
In April, a federal judge in Oregon found an immigrant woman's constitutional rights were violated when a jail held her in custody without probable cause.
Another federal judge in March had ruled that states and local governments are not required to hold people based only on ICE detainers because they may share liability by taking part in wrongfully detaining someone.
Grisel Ruiz of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco praised San Joaquin County for "going above and beyond" what the Trust Act requires. She hopes the county makes the changes permanent in its official policies.
Ruiz said she doesn't know of any county that is not honoring the new state law. She said more than 100 localities, including San Joaquin, have gone further by putting a stop to all immigration detainers.
Not doing so, she said, "exposes law enforcement agencies to civil rights lawsuits and litigations."
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her at recordnet.com/courtsblog and on Twitter @therecordcourts.


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Apple, Microsoft, and others, a little over a month ago in a letter to the EU, warning that the EU's new proposed unified patent law could lead to more patent trolling:
To mitigate the potential for abuses of such power, courts should be guided by principles set forth in the rules of procedure to assess proportionality prior to granting injunctions. And PAEs should not be allowed to use injunctions for the sole purpose of extracting excessive royalties from operating companies that fear business disruption.
A new front opened today in the patent wars between large technology companies, as a consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction filed suit against Google and other manufacturers alleging infringement. Rockstar, which is owned jointly by Apple, Blackberry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony, filed suit in US District Court in Texas. In addition to Google, the consortium has alleged infringement by Asus, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE.
They're not just scumbags - they are lying scumbags.
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The ITC found that Samsung was due a license fee. The ITC found that Apple had not paid the license fee.
The ITC did NOT rule that Samsung's license demands were fair. The ITC did not rule that Apple's failure to agree to Samsung's demanded fees was unfair.
The ITC instituted an import ban based upon some extremely simple and brain dead facts:
Samsung had patents.
Apple was making products and importing those products into the U.S. that utilized the patented technology.
Apple was not paying any license fees to Samsung.
Hence a ban in Samsung's favor.
The ITC did not take into account that the patents were Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) and must be licensed under Fair, Reasonable, and Non Discriminatory (FRAND) rules. The ITC did not compare Samsung's demands with the rates Samsung was charging everyone but Apple (the Non Discriminatory part).
The Obama Administration looked at those additional circumstances and ruled that the import ban was improper because it did not take into account the fact that the patents are SEPs to be licensed under FRAND rules. The Obama Administration did NOT say that Apple didn't need to license those patents. (In fact the Obama Administrations ruling explicitly says that Apple MUST pay license fees to Samsung.) The Obama Administration just overturned the ban because patent holders of SEPs must follow FRAND rules and Apple must pay FRAND fees!
You are showing a bit of desperation here. Read the ITC ruling that THom posted. OR go read the whole thing. They ruled that Samsung's offer was fair. You fail.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Sunday night's 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls was about more than just three points for New England Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth.
Like many of his Revolution teammates, Shuttleworth had a frustrating 2011 campaign. The 25-year-old keeper made seven regular-season appearances as the backup to longtime starter Matt Reis but failed to register a win, going 0-4-3 while allowing more than two goals per game.
So when Shuttleworth got the nod for his first league appearance of 2012 against the Red Bulls, it represented his first opportunity to erase the disappointing memories of last year. Shuttleworth seized the chance in style, making three saves to notch his second career shutout.
"Last season was pretty tough for me personally," Shuttleworth admitted. "I didn't get a win all year, so first game of the season to get a shutout and a win, it feels good and I'm sure it feels great for the guys."
Reis started the first 16 games of the season – amassing a record of 5-7-4 with three clean sheets – but on Friday head coach Jay Heaps informed Shuttleworth that he would be getting the start between the sticks against New York. Heaps noted the opportunity to give Reis a rest, Shuttleworth's fine performances in the Reserve League and the young goalkeeper's ability dealing with crosses as primary factors in the decision.
"Quite frankly, Bobby's been playing really well in training and in the reserve games," said Heaps. "I take a hard focus on reserve games and Bobby's had a really good run in those.
"It was a combination of things with Matt," added Heaps. "First of all, we wanted to get him a rest. This is the longest he's gone without a break. But also Bobby's been playing well enough to get out there and we also wanted to shore up some air balls. We all know the past few games we've given up some poor goals … Bobby has a commanding presence in the air and that's what he showed."
Shuttleworth also lauded the importance of the Reserve League, which returned in 2011 after a two-year hiatus. While daily training sessions help maintain day-to-day sharpness, live game situations are critical for gaining both experience and confidence.
"I think the Reserve League is very important for a guy like me, especially with me not getting a game for the first half of the year," Shuttleworth said. "I've probably played four or five reserve games, an Open Cup game, and it's been the thing where I'm not playing in first-team games but I'm able to stay sharp in the Reserve League games so that when I'm called upon I can contribute and be ready to play."
Shuttleworth was clearly ready to play on Sunday and he'll be similarly prepared whenever his next chance arrives.
"I'm working every week to try and play, so any opportunity I can get I'm going to try and take it," he said.


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i finally worked out how to put new posts first!!!!! im much happier with this option now that ive got going... at first i obviously wanted to see the question... but then after having been at it a while i just wanted to get straight to the most recent answer!!! WOOO!
is there anyway to do this but still keep the original question as the first post regardless of which way you look at the forum?


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Style # 217569
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
With sheer asymmetric mesh detail and a soft stretch that accentuates curves, this bebe bodycon dress is guaranteed to turn heads. Try yours with a pair of party shoes and an embellished clutch to complete an after-dark look.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 28" (71 cm)
- Hand wash according to care label
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Mesh Inset Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
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SDDC was coined by the former CTO of VMware, Dr. Steve Herrod. The first mention was at Interop 2012. Dr. Herrod was talking about the convergence of networking, storage and server virtualization, and how it would affect engineers and architects and change their vision of the data center.
The idea behind SDDC is fairly sound: Resources become abstracted to run in software to provide consistent, repeatable deployment models. Orchestration and manageability are key. For this idea to provide maximum value, software abstraction must touch everything, not just switches or a SAN or servers. The entire data center construct must be programmable.
While the idea might be sound, many were dismissive of the term because VMware started using SDDC as a marketing tool for its own products, including vCloud Director and its various components, and then Nicira/NSX.
While people may deride SDDC as "marketecture," I see it as something more. It's a push to converge the major components of the data center to reduce complexity and increase the capabilities of the professionals managing those systems.
SDDC doesn't have to be just a marketing term, nor does it only have to refer to VMware. We have numerous options for implementing software abstraction, programmability and orchestration, be it OpenStack with Neutron (nee Quantum) for server/network virtualization or Puppet to automate deployment.
[While technical debates over SDN rage, what will it mean for IT? Check out "Five SDN Benefits Enterprises Should Consider."]
We also have to consider how SDDC concepts will affect business models. How will your business transform once you can rapidly deploy data center assets with complete visibility into the process? The Phoenix Project showed how devops changed one company's ability to deliver. What is the SDDC version going to look like? How will the organizational structure of a company change when networking, storage and server administration all live under the same roof? And what will it take for organizations to get to a highly automated environment?
Debate over SDDC and its meaning is normal and healthy. The IT industry has done it before with cloud computing and, more recently, SDN. When SDN was first being discussed, many people incorrectly assumed it was only about OpenFlow. Now the definition is evolving to encompass several different technological approaches that have the same general goal: to abstract network resources for faster, more automated deployment.
Skeptics are right to point out the marketing aspects of a term like SDDC, which can become abstract enough to include just about anything. Vendors get accused (often rightly so) of applying flavor-of-the month terms to whatever gear they have laying around.
But over time, industry definitions begin to shake out, and to actually stand for something. I think the same thing will occur with SDDC. I want people focused on solving the problems in the new data center rather than arguing about marketing. When we can have a discussion about the technology powering a software-defined data, then we can really own the term for ourselves.
For those that might be interested in discussing the concept of SDDC a bit further, SDN Central and Gestalt IT are putting on a Software Defined Data Center Symposium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sept. 10. You can learn more here.
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hi all
i need to compute geostrophic currents from sha (SSH anomly) as available from TOPEX/Poseidon. can anyone help me out with the necessary fortran code or at least the required equations
hi all
i need to compute geostrophic currents from sha (SSH anomly) as available from TOPEX/Poseidon. can anyone help me out with the necessary fortran code or at least the required equations
valli (28th October 2014)
Hi Deba
Geostrophic current from SSH anomaly (TOPEX or whatever) is more straight forward
(assuming the SSH is the resultant contributions from all the vertical modes)
The geostrophic balance is
f.v = g.dh/dx
f.u = -g.dh/dy ; where h is the SSH anomaly
f=2.omega.sin(y) ; where 'omega' is angular velocity of earth rotation and 'y' is
the latitude and 'g' is the gravity.
If the softwere FERRET is used,
use ssh_data.nc ! (assuming that the variable is ssh)
let g=9.8
let pi=3.141
let omega = 0.729e-4
let yy = y[g=giw1] !( please note that this 'giw1' is coming from ferret
grid, and can be get by using the command 'show grid ssh' after
loading the data into ferret, It will be different for different data sets)
let f=2.0*omega*sin(yy*pi/180.0)
let u = (-1.0*g/f)*ssh[y=@ddc] !(centered difference is used)
let v = (g/f)*ssh[x=@ddc]
set reg/x=100e:80w/y=10n:40n
vec/l=1 u,v
In FORTRAN, the spatial gradient of SSH can be found in a centered difference
grid. For example , u = -(g/f)*(h(i,j+1) - h(i,j-1))/2dy and v = (g/f)*(h(i+1,j) - h(i-1),j)/2dx;
where 2dx and 2dy are the twice the grid size and h(i,j) is the two-D array of SSH.
There must be a buffer zone at the equator where the 'f' tends to zero
and geostrophy breaks down. a +/- 5 degree on either side of the
equator would be fine.
hi anyone know how to compute geostrophic velocity anomaly using weekly mean sea level anomaly data (msla) using fortran ? Can u share it here or any tutorial available?
Calculation of geostrophic velocity anomaly is given in chapter 2 of this paper.


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Brownies Mom wrote:Good to hear that Trouble is feeling good! Today, that's all that really matters. It's hard not to think about the future, but Trouble doesn't know about the other dogs and the one year mark, so take heart that even though it worries you, it doesn't affect or influence her one bit. Aren't dogs wonderful?
CinderDee wrote:I just hope she doesn't start acting like a bratty spoiled puppy like someone we know and love. *coughKate*
hugapitbull wrote:Today we celebrate Trouble's 18 month ampuversary – what a ride! It is a journey we didn't want to embark upon, but one we learned to navigate as each new obstacle was thrown into the path. For the most part, Trouble has been the leader – she is allowed to try just about anything she thinks she can handle (with the exception of jumping – we restrict her jumping as much as possible).
The day she was diagnosed, we never dreamed we would see 18 months. Trouble was sent home from her diagnosing vet with a death sentence. The vet didn't believe she was a candidate for amputation because she was overweight. She sent me home with a large bottle of Tramadol and instructions to love her and keep her happy – she has 2 – 3 months.
She had her second opinion evaluation the next day. We were encouraged to do the amputation – the only way to stop the pain. We trusted this wonderful man and he has lead us down the path for the last 18 months.
Along with Dr F's guidance, we have the support of the wonderful PBT family to give us courage, hope, and understanding. We are truly blessed.
Trouble is starting to struggle with arthritis and we will work through that in the coming weeks.
Trouble is our courage, our strength, our friend. That she can offer others hope from this horrible disease brings joy to our hearts.
Happy Ampuversary, our beautiful friend.
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Just to reiterate the initial reaction was due to a claim of being able to kite in 2-4 knots. 2 knots on a SUP. Here we're talking about winds that are a lot stronger than 2 knots..(8 - 11 knots)....and still no luck?
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Home Sick (US - DVD)
Gabe has a list of people he hates all ready for Mr. Suitcase and his friend...
A group of high school friends hold a homecoming party for Claire (Lindley Evans), who's gone away to Art School. The party is crashed by a smiling maniac named Mr. Suitcase (Bill Mosely), who brandishes a briefcase full of razorblades. Mr. Suitcase forces the partygoers to identify the people in their lives they hate, and he slashes his arm with every name. Soon after, a black-hooded, seemingly supernatural killer starts murdering all the names on Mr. Suitcase's list. Unfortunately for our heroes, one of them named everyone in the room.
In my review of Synapse Films release of Lucker: The Necrophagous I talked a bit about the low standards of horror addicts like myself. I said that most of us are satiated by two or three well executed gore shots, enough to end up recommending it to some other horror addicted sap. The only thing we like more than an even remotely memorable gore scene is a B-list celebrity cameo, or God help us, a starring role for some actor who had a scene in some cult flick from the '70s or '80s. This is how Gunner Hanson still has a 'career'. Home Sick director Adam Wingard scored himself a nice little handful of cult players, including Troma favourite Tiffany Shepis (who has sixteen projects in development according to imdb.com), Tom Towels of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and House of 1000 Corpses fame, and Bill Mosely, everyone's favourite Chop-Top and Rob Zombie's secondary muse (after his wife, of course).
Home Sick looks pretty decent for an independent production, and credit Wingard gets better performances out of his cult heroes than expected. Even the unknown cast is more effective than any in my recent memory. The story itself is kind of a mess (like too many super-low-budget horror flicks it comes down to a series of gory set pieces), and there's too much emphasis placed on flashy editing effects (a problem Rob Zombie suffered hard core when he made his first film), but the dialogue is mostly natural and served very well by the actors, even the ones that ham it up. I suppose my biggest problem with the whole thing is writer E.L. Katz's brand of almost Lynchian storytelling, which is needlessly confusing, but I give him credit for coming up with an interesting and somewhat original way of telling the oft-told teen slasher story. This could've been an evenly and orderly told little concept, but these filmmakers aimed to film a nightmare. In some ways I suppose they succeeded.
The gore is pretty extreme, and somewhat convincing (though never fully). Horror addicts will find enough nastiness here to hold them over until the next low budget STV production finds its way into the local video store. Wingard's tonal shifts are a bit iffy, though. Most of the really gory violence is funnier then I'm assuming it was intended to be. Still, some of the more emotionally upsetting scenes hold some frightful sway. I wouldn't call it an all around success, but Home Sick seems to have fulfilled most of its small time goals, and it's pretty entertaining as well, even if it doesn't make any sense.
This is the part where I admit that I don't know enough about film production to make a definitive statement on this disc's lack of anamorphic enhancement. Imdb.com tells me that Home Sick was shot on 16mm (why not shoot digital in this day and age?), which doesn't look super grand when blown-up, but the film is less than a year old, so I assume anamorphic enhancement isn't out of the question. The image is very grainy, and generally not too sharp on detail, but it has a fair share of decent bits as well. The saturated colours are bright and pretty well represented, though they're all full of all kinds of low-level noise. The black levels are deep, and their lines hard, but they're never quite 'black'.
Home Sick suffers the usual tribulations of a low budget production. The on-set sound recording is flat and flooded with background buzz, and the post-production Foley and canned effects are too loud on the track, and tend to bleed into the stereo and surround channel when likely not intended. I think that Dolby Surround may've been a bad idea for these filmmakers, because the difference between the on-set and post-production sound is especially large. There is a lot of hiss and distortion on the dialogue track, and inconsistent noise levels throughout. The score and additional music sounds pretty good, and I actually liked the use of music in the film very much. The score, by a gentleman named Zombi, is keyboard heavy, and reminiscent of early John Carpenter music, without devolving into a straight rip off.
The extras, which are pretty sizable by Synapse standards, begin with a commentary track featuring director Wingard and writer/producer Katz. It's not the liveliest commentary ever, but the space is pretty evenly filled, and the factoids are quite amusing. The commentators are very honest about the quality of their work, which leads to a couple giggle fits, which frankly make things more fun. Listening to the track the movie makes a little sense, but it's still pretty messy.
Next up is a deleted scene (or scenes I guess) that would've been placed at the beginning of the film. The final cut pacing is just fine, so the deletion of the scene was a pretty good choice. The almost eight minute scene offers up some additional character development, but doesn't really help in explaining the sort of non sequential plot. This is followed by a five minute interview featurette with Bill Mosley. Mosley does his best to describe his character's intensions, talks a little about his process, praises his fellow actors, etc. Mosley really strikes as a nice guy in every DVD interview I've ever seen, and this one is no exception.
'In a Room Where Darkness Counts' is a sort of beatnik inspired, artsy making of featurette. Instead of actual behind the scenes footage, we're treated to a hyperventilating Adam Wingard re-enacting some of the more interesting behind the scenes moments. I get what Wingard was trying to do here, but I didn't enjoy watching it, especially not for twelve and a half minutes.
The final extras are three of Adam Wingard and E.L. Katz' short films. The first one is The Girlfriend, a very smartly crafted little story about a boy bringing his girlfriend home to meet his family, when she's inexplicably replaced by some kind of malevolent spirit. The thirty-two minute short is brimming with dreamy music and visuals, and is quite competently shot and acted. The writing isn't as interesting as that of Home Sick, but Wingard's use of camera is sophisticated pretty far beyond that of his feature film début. 1000 Year Sleep is a six minute art piece without any real plot. The idea concerns four beautiful young girls who are all killed by the same serial killer, told almost like an anti-smoking ad. It's a little pretentious, but it's gorgeously shot, and has a pretty great punch line. Laura Panic is a three minute companion piece to 1000 Year Sleep, also gorgeously shot and told via a narration.
Home Sick is pretty good for a first time feature on a nothing budget, but in the greater pantheon of horror cinema it merely earns the status of average in this addict's eyes. However, looking at director Adam Wingard and writer E.L. Katz's short films I'm definitely looking forward to more feature length releases. The three shorts on this disc are worthy of at least a rent. I assume that the more money this disc pulls in the better the possibility of other Wingard and Katz flicks hitting DVD.
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Yeah Shepis is genuinely cute, that's not a good screen grab of her.
Tiffany Shepis.
The girl in the secod screen grab looks a bit like Tori Spelling.....
Worst Nightmare wrote: "Now where did I leave my face"
What line is that from film i mean.
Sorry i know what you are talking about now.
What line is that from film i mean.
Sorry i know what you are talking about now.
"Now where did I leave my face"
I'll watch it for Bill!!
Don't see why it couldn't have been anamorphic. Clerks was, and that was shot on 16mm.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th August 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Director/Writer Commentary, Deleted Scene, 'A Room Where Darkness Counts', Bill Mosley Interview, Three Short Films
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: Lindley Evans, Bill Mosley, Tom Towels, Tiffany Shepis, Forrest Pitts
Length: 89 minutes
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Pecar's Header Beats Wheatonby Brent Harris • September 29, 2010 Share:
Tommy Pecar's header in the 69th minute put Wabash in front to stay in a hard-fought match against Wheaton College Wednesday afternoon. The Little Giants held on for a 1-0 home victory to improve to 6-4 for the season.
Pictures of the match can be found here.
Pecar got his head on the centering pass by Allan Swan and drilled the shot past the Thunder goalkeeper for the game winner after Wabash had missed several point blank shots earlier in the contest.
Swan had two early chances directly in front of the keeper, but Wheaton's Ryan Seager turned those attempts aside as part of his four saves in the contest. Ian MacDougall faced only two chances in the first period before being peppered with four shots in the second period. The Thunder fired two attempts on net in the final minutes in a desperate attempt to tie the match and send the match into overtime.
Femi Oleyedun nearly gave the Little Giants the lead in the 62nd minute glanced off the cross bar. Oleyedun had another attempt hit the right post in the 69th minute before Pecar's header finally settled in the back of the net moments later.
"I'm very pleased – not just because of the win but also because of the performance of the lads," head coach Roberto Giannini said. "We talked about how we wanted to approach the match and we stuck with the plan for 90 minutes. We did what we were supposed to do."
Wheaton (2-5-3) outshot the Little Giants 15-13 and had one more shot on goal than Wabash, with most of the attempts coming after Wabash had taken the lead.
Swan led Wabash with four total shots and two shots on goal. The assist was his third of the year. Pecar, André Hall, and Josh Pedersen each had a shot on goal, as well.
"We created a half-dozen opportunities, but either hit the crossbar or the post, and their goalkeeper made two phenomenal saves," Giannini said. "Wheaton's record is deceiving. Their losses are to nationally-ranked opponents and even though they are a young team, they are very talented. So this is a huge win for us.
"This should show we have the ability to play with anyone if we execute our game plan for 90 minutes. We have the talent, we have the work ethic, we just have to believe in ourselves."
MacDougall recorded his fourth shutout of the year.
Wabash returns to action in the North Coast Athletic Conference Saturday when the Little Giants travel to Granville, Ohio to play Denison University at 2:30 p.m.
Photos - (top right) Junior Allan Swan prepares to drive a shot toward the goal. Swan picked up his third assist of the season in the Little Giants' 1-0 win over Wheaton.
(Bottom left) Austin Jennings battles two Wheaton players for the ball.


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Converge - USB Charging Hub
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In a unique combination of sporting event and agri-tourism, the fifth-annual Hood River Harvest Ride is set for this Saturday, rain or shine. Organized by the Hood River Valley Residents Committee, the Harvest Ride is a non-competitive cycling event in which participants choose from five different loops around the valley, stopping at points of interest like scenic vistas, farm stands and orchards, wineries, breweries and museums along the way.
Each of the pre-designated routes has its own appeal, ranging from a 6.6-mile kid-friendly course in Odell to the more scenic, and grueling, 30.5-mile Lost Lake Loop. Each loop is supported by event staff, and riders can choose all or any combination of loops throughout the day. Several designated pick-up stations allow participants to purchase fruit and other products and have them delivered to the Hood River County Fairgrounds, where they can be picked up at the end of the ride.
Although much of the draw is directed toward out-of-towners who don't normally get a chance to ride the county's many scenic and relatively low-traffic back roads, the ride is also a great opportunity for locals to hit the road together, take-in the season's bounty and enjoy, at a bike's pace, some of the many finer points that make the valley such a desirable place to live.
It's also an opportunity to support the HRVRC, founded in 1977, whose mission statement is to "protect Hood River Valley's farm and forest land and the livability of its cities and rural communities through advocacy, education and monitoring land use processes and decisions."
For the second year in a row, several prizes will be an added bonus for certain participants, including the "Speed and Stamina" prize (shoe card worth up to $160 at KEEN Footwear) for the first three riders who return to the fairgrounds having visited each of the four rest stops, which means 92 miles and 8,200 feet of climbing.
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In the R&B subforum, especially in topics related to Beyonce/Mariah/Brandy and around the time of new album release, these .gifs abound in arguements of who is better singer/dancer/actress/entertainer/etc. I really like them and there are some which are just hilarious but afterwards I can never remember where I saw them, have to go through pages and pages to try and find them...steophonic wrote:Not quite sure what the purpose of this topic is - it's quite random
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Zuzu you were the inspiration for this thread, you know it
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Wintergreen Parking Garage
The parking garage on Wintergreen Avenue was officially opened on July 17, 2013, with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Located next to to Moore Field House and Jess Dow Field, the garage adds 20 to 25 percent, or a little over 800 spaces, to the university's overall parking capacity, with 1,257 parking spaces. It replaced a surface parking lot.
With an eye toward campus sustainability,the garage is fitted with energy-efficient LED lighting and three charging stations for electric vehicles. The charging devices are 220 volts, which will fully charge an electric vehicle in four hours. Students can pay for recharging their vehicles with their Hoot Loot cards.
More About the Wintergreen Parking Garage
Total cost: $18.4 million
Architect: BL Companies, Meriden
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Size: 400,000 square feet
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Alex Ovechkin's 3-point night leads Capitals past Hurricanes 5-3 despite Tlusty's hat trick
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Carolina's Jiri Tlusty scored three goals early. The Washington Capitals scored even more late.
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist, and the Capitals rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 Tuesday night despite giving up a hat trick to Tlusty.
Mike Green scored two goals, Joel Ward added a goal, Nicklas Backstrom matched a career high with four assists and Braden Holtby made 31 saves.
Washington trailed 2-0 early — Tlusty alone outscored the Capitals 3-2 before the second period was 2 minutes old — but needed just 11 shots over the first two periods to score all five goals.
"When you play with confidence, every chance, whether you're going to score or not, is going to be a hard time for them," Ovechkin said.
In leapfrogging Carolina for second place in the Southeast Division, the Capitals won their seventh in 11 games and won for the first time since 2007 when allowing a hat trick to an opposing player, according to STATS LLC.
"We knew where we were and where we stand, and what games are most important here," Green said, "and tonight was the biggest one for us yet."
Eric Staal and Alexander Semin each had two assists for the Hurricanes, who lost defenseman Joni Pitkanen to an apparent leg injury late in the second.
They've plunged from the division lead during an injury-riddled stretch in which they have dropped nine of 10, and for the first time since moving from Hartford in 1997, they lost a game when one of their players scored three goals.
"You're still in there. We have to just stay focused," Tlusty said. "Focus is going to be a big key. We still have plenty of games left and we still have a big chance. We played a solid game tonight. It just didn't end up with the W."
Carolina's Dan Ellis stopped four of the seven shots he faced but left after Green's second goal tied it at 3 with 15:34 left in the second. He was replaced by Justin Peters, who stopped nine of 11 shots.
"We sensed their goalie was a little bit hesitant," Green said, "so we threw everything at him."
Ovechkin gave the Capitals the lead for good with 8:54 left in the second when a poor clearing pass led to a 2-on-1 rush that he capped with a goal that made it 4-3 and a celebratory leap into the boards.
Ward then stretched the lead to 5-3 with a short-handed goal with 44.9 seconds left in the second.
"I think we outplayed them, but we gave up too many odd-man rushes, and they always score on them," Tlusty said.
Tlusty scored twice for a Carolina power-play unit that entered as the NHL's worst and was a big reason why the Hurricanes picked up power-play specialist Marc-Andre Bergeron earlier in the day in a trade with Tampa Bay.
That defensive depth may be tested after Pitkanen was hurt with 1:57 left in the second. He was racing to beat an icing call when he went into the boards and was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
Coach Kirk Muller didn't know the extent of the injury and said he thought it was either an ankle or a heel.
Tlusty took care of his hat trick just 1:52 into the second period and just 70 seconds after Green tied it at 2, taking a pretty cross-ice pass from Staal and pushing it past Holtby.
"I was just in the right spot in the right time, and he made a pass right on my stick," Tlusty said.
Tlusty put the Hurricanes up 1-0 midway through the first by stuffing in a rebound, then made it 2-0 roughly 2½ minutes later on the power play with a wrist shot from the circle.
But ultimately, he became the answer to a trivia question: He's the club's first player to record a hat trick in a loss since Jeff O'Neill did it for the Hartford Whalers on Jan. 31, 1997, in a loss to Anaheim, according to STATS.
The Capitals needed just 81 seconds to wipe out that two-goal deficit.
Ovechkin started the rally by beating Ellis with a rising slap shot with 39 seconds left in the first period, and Green made it 2-all with a power-play goal just 42 seconds into the second.
"Green's goal right away in the second was huge," Ovechkin said, "and we just kept going."
NOTES: Ovechkin extended his points streak to nine games. ... Washington C Marcus Johansson had two assists. ... Carolina D Jamie McBain was a healthy scratch. ... The Hurricanes were busy before the game, activating D Bobby Sanguinetti from injured reserve in addition to picking up Bergeron. ... Washington activated D John Erskine from injured reserve and had him in the lineup.
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Fulbeck's work seeks to address in words and images one question that hapa are frequently asked: "What are you?" By pairing portraits of hapa—unadorned with makeup, jewelry and clothing—along with their handwritten statements on who they are, this exhibition offers a powerful yet intimate perspective on the complex nature of contemporary American identity.
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The Caddo Herald
July 11, 1913
Of Local Interest
The Caddo Band went to Durant last Friday to play for the Horse Show. This band is making a reputation for Caddo in their playing and their services are constantly in demand.
Miss Nina Steagall returned Wednesday to her home in Ft. Worth after a visit of two weeks to her grandmother, Mrs. Fuller. She was accompanied home by little Miss Velma Conwell.
There is no load too heavy and none too small to obtain our careful attention. Hauling is our specialty, our business. Let us know your wants. Phone 84. Sargent Bros.
Noah Arrington was in town last week with some very fine peaches which he raised on his home place. He did not forget where The Herald office is located either, for which we are duly thankful.
Mr. and Mrs. Will R. McBride left Saturday night for Denver. They were accompanied by Mrs. R. A. Riddels and Misses Johnny and Katie Riddels who will visit in Denver the remainder of the summer.
Misses Rose and Juanita Rogers entertained the Lofty Club at the home of their mother, Mrs. P. L. Rogers, last Saturday evening. The program was well rendered. Delicious ice cream and cake was served.
W. M. Smith was down from McAlester Sunday. His company, the Katy Mill & Elevator Co. is preparing to put on the market their own brand of flour, besides taking care of the oat and corn markets.
Last Saturday evening Herman Pierson entertained a number of his young friends at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pierson. The evening was spent in childish games after which refreshments were served.
Just received a full line of the celebrated South Bend Watches. The kind that keeps time all the time. Come in and let us tell you about these good watches, also how you can get one on the easy payment plan. W. F. Dodd
The violin pupils of Prof. G. C. Davis gave their recital at the Methodist church last Thursday evening t an appreciative audience. The program was well rendered, each pupil showing considerable advancement during the year.
John Ray left Saturday for Wyoming to make his home. Mrs. Ray and Miss Neva will leave next week to join him. Caddo regrets to lose these good people as citizens, but wish that their every hope of happiness and prosperity will be realized.
Last Wednesday evening Caddo Grove No. 64 was called upon by Kenefic Grove to buy one of its members, Mrs. Oden. They responded to the call and buried her with Grove honors. Mrs. Oden leaves a husband and six children to mourn for her.
The Civic Club will give an old fashioned basket picnic at the Carnival ground on the 18th and members of all Clubs and Societies and their families are invited to attend and bring baskets. This picnic will not interfere in any manner with the entertainment to be given by the Home Mission Society at the same place and time.
Last Monday evening the Rebecca Lodge of Caddo met, elected and installed the following officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Emmett Boydstun, N. G. ; Mrs. Droke, V.G.; Emmett Boydstun, Secretary; Mr. Craghead, Warden,; Mrs. Mattie Bloom, Chaplin; A. T. Droke, I. S.; W. H. Gre______. After which delicious refreshments were served.


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This is just how important Dolly Parton thinks reading is. Every month the Imagination Library, the nonprofit, literacy organization she founded, sends books to about 700,000 children in the United States and United Kingdom. Parton has just published a book, "Dream More," based on a commencement speech she gave at the University of Tennessee.
BOOKS: What are you reading currently?
PARTON: Recently I've been going back and reading a lot of the old classics, especially books that I've only seen the movies of, like "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. I thought that was spectacular. I love having big books and that one took me quite a while to read.
BOOKS: How long have you been reading classics?
PARTON: About a year or so. If somebody hands me something new I'll read that too. Are you familiar with Lee Smith? She's a Southern writer who wrote "Oral History." I'm also going back and rereading things of hers.
BOOKS: What else do you like to read?
PARTON: I love historical fiction. I've read all of James Michener's books. I study a lot of religion and philosophy. I love that little book "The Shack" by William P. Young. I'm reading something all the time.
BOOKS: When did you become a voracious reader?
PARTON: I've always loved to read. I don't remember not knowing how to read. I remember learning to write in school but not reading. My mother must have taught me how.
BOOKS: Is it true that your family only had one book in the house, the Bible?
PARTON: Yes. We weren't allowed to bring schoolbooks home, not even for homework, because all of us kids — there were 12 of us —
BOOKS: Did your father's not being able to read affect you?
PARTON: I started the Imagination Library because I realized just how crippling that was. If you can read you can educate yourself. If you can't go to school or don't want to, you can still go buy a book about any subject you want and educate yourself.
BOOKS: Did you read out loud to your father?
PARTON: He would only ask us kids to read to him if it was something important he needed to know, like an official paper. He was kind of embarrassed that he couldn't read. My daddy came from a huge family, maybe 15 kids. He was like a lot of boys who had to quit school or not even go to school. They had to work in the field.
BOOKS: Since you didn't have any books growing up do you have a lot now?
PARTON: I have rooms full of books. I don't like reading off some technical thing. I know they are handy, but I love the smell and feel of a book. When I go on tour for five or six weeks I take about 40 books. I have what I call my bookcase.
BOOKS: Who are some of your favorite authors?
PARTON: I love Faulkner and Steinbeck. I think we should read all the great classics. Growing up in the country I realized I had really never read those great, famous books. I barely made it through high school, and we weren't expected to or told to read the classics.
BOOKS: Is there a book that was an influence on your book?
PARTON: The first book we give away in the Imagination Library, "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper. That is one of the first books I remember ever reading. I think that little book had a big impact on me, on my big dreams. I still have that philosophy. I am a little engine that did.


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Cotrimoxazole Versus Vancomycin for Invasive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a major pathogen causing mainly health-care associated infections and, lately, also community acquired infections. Few treatment choices exist to treat these infections. The currently recommended antibiotics for these infections are glycopeptides (vancomycin or teicoplanin). Glycopeptide treatment hs several disadvantages. It is a last resort antibiotic family that should be reserved for the future; Vancomycin is less effective that beta-lactam drugs for SA infections susceptible to both agents; treatment can only be given intravenously; and use of vancomycin has led to the development of SA strains with partial or complete resistance to vancomycin. Cotrimoxazole is an old antibiotic active against most strains of MRSA, depending on local epidemiology.
Study hypothesis: The purpose of this study is to show that cotrimoxazole is as effective as treatment with vancomycin for invasive MRSA infections.
We plan a randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with cotrimoxazole vs. vancomycin for invasive MRSA infections. The primary efficacy outcome we will assess will be Improvement or cure with or without antibiotic modifications, defined as: survival at 7 days post randomization with resolution of fever (<38 for two consecutive days) and resolution of hypotension (>90 systolic without need for vasopressor support); and physician's assessment that the primary infection was improved or cured. The primary safety outcome will be all-cause 30-day survival.
|Condition or disease
|Staphylococcal Infections Meningitis Sepsis Pneumonia
|Drug: Cotrimoxazole Drug: Vancomycin
|Phase 3
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a major pathogen causing community-acquired and health-care associated infections. In hospitals, SA infections are associated with a significant burden; in-hospital mortality during the last 15 years following SA bacteremia in Beilinson hospital was 38% and did not decrease in recent years. Resistance to beta-lactams is widely prevalent in hospitals (57% of all SA isolates causing bacteremia at our center). The drug of choice currently recommended for these infections is a glycopeptide (vancomycin or teicoplanin).
Cotrimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) is a relatively 'old' drug commonly used for urinary tract infections. Invitro, it is active against SA, including methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and its activity against SA is bactericidal. Trimethoprim alone is bactericidal against SA, while sulphamethoxazole alone is relatively inactive and their combination is synergistic both in-vitro and invivo. The prevalence of cotrimoxazole-susceptible SA varies locally. At our center, 97% of SA strains causing bacteremia in 2004 were susceptible to cotrimoxazole. Community-acquired MRSA, prevalent in the United States as a cause for severe skin and soft tissue infections, has not been described in Israel.
Several reasons exist to search for antibiotics other than vancomycin for MRSA infections. Vancomycin is less effective that beta-lactam drugs for SA infections susceptible to both agents. It is the last resort antibiotic for MRSA infections out of the currently recommended bactericidal antibiotics for invasive infections. Use of vancomycin has led to the development of SA strains with partial or complete resistance to vancomycin (VISA and VRSA, respectively). Vancomycin use is associated with the appearance of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) species. Nosocomial infections with VISA and VRE are difficult to treat and may spread rapidly in the hospital. 10 Finally, vancomycin cannot be administered orally.
Limited evidence supports the efficacy of cotrimoxazole for MRSA infections, with paucity of data for high-burden invasive infections. Cotrimoxazole is probably inferior to vancomycin for methicillin-susceptible SA. ; thus we may infer indirectly its inferiority to methicillin and drugs alike for MRSA infections. Cotrimoxazole may be less effective than glycopeptides and oxacillin for left-sided endocarditis. No evidence exists to support the use of cotrimoxazole empirically for the treatment of suspected SA infections in the hospital.
We plan an open label single-center pragmatic randomized controlled trial to compare cotrimoxazole to vancomycin. We will include patients with documented or highly suspected MRSA infections, according to pre-defined risk factors. We chose to target this patient population to assess the efficacy of cotrimoxazole both empirically and for documented infections.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|252 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Treatment With Cotrimoxazole vs. Vancomycin for Infections Caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: Randomized Controlled Trial
|Study Start Date :
|June 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2014
Experimental: A
Drug: Cotrimoxazole
Cotrimoxazole arm: intravenous cotrimoxazole 4 amp (320 mg trimethoprim/ 1600 mg sulfamethoxazole) diluted in 500 ml D5W or N.S. Q 12 hours. Patients intolerant of volume overload will be given the same dose in 250ml D5W (as in the current recommendations used in the hospital). The dose was selected basing on the existing randomized controlled trial and a pharmacokinetic study . 21 For patients with GFR< 30 the dosage interval will be increased to 4 amp (320 mg trimethoprim/ 1600 mg sulfamethoxazole) diluted in 500 ml D5W or N.S. Q 24 hours. 22 Patients on peritoneal dialysis will be given 2 amp (160 mg trimethoprim/ 800 mg sulfamethoxazole) Q 48 hours. Patients with acute renal failure treated with hemodialysis will be given the 2 amp (160 mg trimethoprim/ 800 mg sulfamethoxazole) after dialysis. Patients on continuous hemofiltration for acute renal failure will be administered the dose for GFR<30.
Active Comparator: B
Drug: Vancomycin
intravenous vancomycin 1gr Q 12 hours. Adjustment to creatinine clearance: GFR 10-50 1 gr Q 24-96 hours, GFR <10 1gr Q 4-7 days.
- Primary efficacy: Improved or cure with or without antibiotic modifications, defined as: survival at 7 days post randomization with resolution of fever and resolution of hypotension [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Primary safety: 30-day all cause mortality [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Improved or cure without antibiotic modifications [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Modification of the anti-staphylococcal treatment within 1 week of treatment onset for perceived failure of therapy [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Survival at 7 days post randomization without the need for modification of the anti-staphylococcal antibiotic [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Bacteriological failure, defined as persistent isolation of Staphylococcus aureus with the same phenotype 7 days after or more after treatment onset [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Need for surgical intervention or other invasive procedures [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Need for central catheter removal [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Persistent bacteremia [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- All-cause mortality in ICU and in-hospital [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Durations of fever, assigned antibiotic treatment, mechanical ventilation, ICU and hospital stay [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Resistance development [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults >18 years
- providing signed informed consent or, if unable, having a legal guardian or a caretaker that will sign informed consent
- Patients with documented MRSA infections:
- MRSA bacteremia
- Other microbiologically documented MRSA infections defined as a clinical source of infection (CDC criteria) plus microbiological documentation of MRSA from the source of infection
- Patients with highly probable MRSA infections, prior to microbiological documentation of the pathogen:
- Suspected neurosurgical meningitis (including VP-shunt meningitis)
- Sepsis during hemodialysis
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia with prior antibiotic treatment within 48 hours
- Catheter-related or suspected catheter-related infections
- Surgical site infection in the presence of a foreign body
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion before randomization:
- Previous antibiotic treatment directed against MRSA >48 hours (including vancomycin, fucidic acid, rifampicin or cotrimoxazole)
- Known allergy to either study drug
- Acute leukemia and/ or BMT with neutropenia <500/mm3 or <1000/mm3 and expected to decrease below 500/mm3
- Pregnancy, lactation
- Previous enrollment in this study
- Concurrent participation in another trial
Exclusions after randomization:
- Documented Staphylococcal infection resistant to cotrimoxazole or VISA or VRSA
- Documented MSSA
- Documented left-sided endocarditis
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00427076
|Rambam Health Care Campus
|Haifa, Israel
|Rabin Medical Center; Beilinson Hospital and Davidoff Cancer Center
|Petah Tikva, Israel, 49100
|Principal Investigator:
|Mical Paul, MD
|Rabin Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Jihad Bishara, MD
|Rabin Medical Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Mical Paul, Dr., Rabin Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00427076 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Protocol V.3, dated 01.06.09
|First Posted:
|January 26, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 25, 2015
|Last Verified:
|September 2015
Keywords provided by Mical Paul, Rabin Medical Center:
trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Health care association infections
MRSA bacteremia or other microbiologically documented MRSA infections (defined clinically by CDC criteria)
Suspected neurosurgical meningitis
Sepsis during hemodialysis, catheter-associated and catheter-related infections
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Surgical site infection in the presence of a foreign body
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
Staphylococcal Infections
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
Renal Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Folic Acid Antagonists
Enzyme Inhibitors


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This scrapbook, compiled by the staff of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, offers a glimpse into Hopper's life, his friends, and the paintings that have fascinated art lovers worldwide ever since Hopper first came to prominence during the mid 1920s.
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Jaso walks off A's after late rally vs. Soriano, Nats
OAKLAND -- John Jaso made a quick adjustment before his final at-bat, opening his stance so he could get a better look at the fastball.
Even after a night in which he had hit a home run and later singled to spark the tying rally, Jaso was looking for an edge. It worked out perfectly.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- John Jaso made a quick adjustment before his final at-bat, opening his stance so he could get a better look at the fastball.
Even after a night in which he had hit a home run and later singled to spark the tying rally, Jaso was looking for an edge. It worked out perfectly.View Full Game Coverage
Jaso knocked in the winning run with a double that hit high off the right-field wall, scoring pinch-runner Nick Punto from first base with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Athletics a dramatic, 4-3 victory over the Nationals before a sellout crowd of 36,067 on fireworks night.
"The last few years, this has been a walk-off kind of team," said Jaso, his shirt still dripping with whipped cream after getting a celebratory pie to the face. "I opened my stance, because I knew the last guy I faced would be throwing harder. I didn't want to cut myself off. I wanted to hit the fastball."
Before driving in the winning run against Drew Storen, he singled against Nationals closer Rafael Soriano to start the ninth-inning rally. Soriano entered the game on a streak of 19 straight saves dating to last August.
"I played with him in Tampa Bay," Jaso said. "I've always known he's been good."
"Going into the ninth with a two-run lead and a guy that hasn't given up a run and it doesn't happen for you, it's disappointing," Washington manager Matt Williams said.
Jed Lowrie's double scored Jaso, and Josh Donaldson followed with an RBI single as Soriano allowed his first runs of the season.
"When you get down to those situations, it just becomes a grind," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "You know you have to give your best at-bat. Adrenaline takes over, and it's all about competing."
Storen, a former closer for the Nationals, said he made a mistake on the pitch to Jaso.
"Just left it up, right over the heart of the plate, and he's a good hitter and not going to miss it," he said. "Just need to locate it better. He hopped on that first pitch. I need to make a better pitch."
Before the late-inning heroics, Washington starter Tanner Roark had his way with the A's. He allowed two hits, including Jaso's solo home run in the bottom of the third, over 7 2/3 innings.
"Sometimes certain guys come up key in games when you don't get many hits," Melvin said. "He did most of the damage."
A's starter Sonny Gray was nearly as effective as Roark. He allowed four of his six hits, and all three runs, in the third inning. By limiting the damage, Gray produced his eighth quality start of the season and gave the A's the chance for the comeback.
Gray walked two and struck out three over seven innings in his first start since being named American League Pitcher of the Month for April.
"I was getting behind in the count a little, and they were jumping on the fastball," Gray said. "Other than the home run, I don't think those were awful pitches. They just put good swings on it, and hit it hard."
Sean Doolittle (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings to earn credit for the victory. He struck out three and extended his walk-free streak to 31 innings, dating to last season.
Gray struck out Nate McClouth to start the third, but Danny Espinosa followed with his fifth home run of the season. Zach Walters and Denard Span followed with singles, and both runners scored on Kevin Frandsen's double.
After Jaso's homer, Roark retired 13 consecutive hitters before Josh Reddick singled to open the eighth. Reddick eventually reached third, with two outs.
Tyler Clippard took over for Roark and got pinch-hitter Derek Norris to pop up to the shortstop, setting up the dramatic ninth.
Alberto Callaspo singled to start the winning rally. Two outs later, Punto was still on first base. Jaso made sure he wasn't there very long.
"It's strange how a pitcher can get on a roll and everything you hit goes right at people," Jaso said. "When a guy gets into a groove like that, you want to get into the bullpen, just to change the momentum."
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Tito Vilanova has stated that he feels lucky to have witnessed many of Lionel Messi's goals and says he is pleased with the recognition he has received.
The Barcelona star recently scored his 86th goal of the season against Real Betis to break the record for most goals scored in a calender year, which was previously held by Gerd Muller.
"Messi's record has been recognised by Guinness World Records, I do believe. His goals are there for all to see and I just feel lucky because I have been able to witness nearly all of them," Vilanova told a press conference.
The Spanish coach went on to speak about his side's next opponents Atletico Madrid, and stressed that they are not a one-man team based around Falcao.
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Megan came up with this one awhile back. See my blog or her's to see how we used to play it. Find several random things in the store and link them in your post (just use the "choose products mentioned" thing you see when typing your response to thread to link them - way easier than when we used to play it).
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just the regular old what's new section where I tend to start my day:
What's New Section
Things that go together. Preferably not all from the same manufacturer - let's challenge each other mix things up.
Enter as many times as you like (do a new post to this thread for each of one of your "things that go togethers") and I'll draw names of winners from a hat around 4pm Mesa Arizona time on Friday.
Sound fun? I'll play too, but won't draw my name. Promise LOL!