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The Lady Bisons also split a pair of games Friday at Mercer. The Lady Bisons are 33-9, 10-2 in the A-Sun.
"We faced two of the more competitive teams in the league who are going to be in that mix to be in the top six for the tournament," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "There is never a break in our conference."
In game one Kellie Sirus led the Lady Bisons with three runs batted in. She drove in Lauren Dortwegt with a single down the left field line in the first inning. In the seventh Sirus slammed a two-run home run to left center, bringing home Abby Keese who reached base when she was hit by a pitch.
Keese also hit a home run to left center. That round-tripper in the third inning scored Mackenzie Tucker who had reached base on a walk.
Whitney Kiihnl pitched a complete game for the Lady Bisons. She gave up three hits, walked two and struck out eight. In game two the Lady Bisons were shut down until the seventh inning when they scored three runs.
Christen Campbell, 8-4, started for the Lady Bisons. She pitched one inning, giving up three hits and three runs, all earned. She did not walk a batter and struck out one.
Alaina Jacobson relieved Campbell. In 3.1 innings she scattered five hits and allowed two runs, both earned. She walked two, but did not record a strikeout.
Kiihnl closed out the game, shutting down Kennesaw State for 1.2 innings. She gave up one hit.
Caroline Mason led the Lady Bisons in hits with two. Mollie Mitchell posted two runs batted in. Mason has been sidelined for several games.
"Caroline had the ability, especially from a hitting standpoint, to come in and compete right away. She has a lot of power. She played right and left as a freshman. But she has such a strong arm we thought what an asset she would be in right field.
"She has all talent in the world from a hitting standpoint. She does some great things, but she is still working on finding her consistency. "
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This chapter reviews the process of building a replication environment with the replication management API.
This chapter contains these topics:
Figure 1-1 illustrates the basic steps required to build a replication environment. Regardless of the type of replication site or sites that you are building, you begin by setting up the replicated site.
After you have set up your replication sites, you are ready to begin building your master groups and materialized view groups. After you have built your replication environment, make sure that you review Chapter 6 and the chapters in Part II, "Managing and Monitoring Your Replication Environment", to learn about conflict resolution and managing your replication environment.
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Henry Schein to Present at the Barclays Capital 2011 Global Healthcare Conference
Live webcast to begin at 10:15 A.M. EDT on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Mar 15, 2011, 07:00 ET
MELVILLE, N.Y., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Schein, Inc., (Nasdaq: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, announced today that Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein, and Steven Paladino, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Barclays Capital 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on March 16, 2011. The conference is being held at the Loews Miami Hotel, Miami Beach.
Henry Schein's presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT and can be heard via live webcast by visiting www.henryschein.com, clicking on "Investor Relations" and following the link for "Webcasts." A replay will be available on the Web site following the presentation.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, a Fortune 500® company and a member of the NASDAQ 100® Index, is the largest distributor of products and services to office-based health care practitioners. The Company is recognized for its excellent customer service and highly competitive prices. The Company's five businesses – North American Dental, North American Medical, North American Animal Health, International and Technology – serve more than 700,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health practices, as well as government and other institutions.
The Company operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, which provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of more than 90,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 100,000 additional products available as special-order items. Henry Schein also provides exclusive, innovative technology offerings for dental, medical and veterinary professionals, including value-added practice management software and electronic health record solutions. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein employs more than 14,000 people and has operations or affiliates in 25 countries. The Company's net sales reached a record $7.5 billion in 2010. For more information, visit the Henry Schein Web site at www.henryschein.com.
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text: Here's my problem - I was converting a fat32 partition yesterday into an ntfs partition when the power went out and fubar'd the partition. So any hope at salvaging files with the FAT or MFT are more or less totally dead. When I was fumbling around with the backup CD it landed on the floor somehow and I put a chair leg on top of it. It is now also fubar'd. So none ofd the data on the partition is gone, just the FAT. I now need to reconstruct the drive sector-by-sector. Whether it recostructs a FAT of a MFT does not matter. Does anyone know of a reliable open-source utility which is designed to reconstruct drives after a catastrophic failure like this?


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Snack Pack 4 Kids seeing success in Borger
The Snack Pack 4 Kids program is seeing success in the Borger area.The mission of the program is to end weekend hunger for children living in the Texas panhandle by providing a backpack filled with kid friendly snacks each Friday of the school year. Borger Independent School District is among 15 school districts in the area participating in the program, and has been doing so since late 2012.Volunteers pack around 10 to 12 nutritious snacks in plastic bags, deliver them to the school, and place them in backpacks to be discreetly sent home each Friday. Targeted students are those who live in food-insecure homes as identified by the school staff.Barbie Schroeder, who is overseeing the program for the district, said December was the second month for the program, and she is encouraging people to come out and help make snack packs for kids tomorrow, January 8, at 6 p.m. the Borger ISD Administration Building, located at 200 East Ninth. Borger ISD employees have volunteered time for the cause.In November, she said the program identified 70 kids who were in need of this program, and 365 bags of food were packed. Over one hundred people showed up to pack the sacks, and it took 17 minutes to pack all of the sacks.Last month, the program identified 98 children who were in need, and 490 bags of food were packed. Close to 150 people showed up to help pack bags.Among those helping with the program has been the Borger girls golf team, who have helped with setup for the program. Also helping with that were representatives from the Masons and other community members. She said Borger ISD staff members have been great in helping with the program, and local children have also helped with the cause. Schroeder said a seven-year-old girl and her birthday party guests came to help last month before they went out to celebrate."It was just so cool to see something like that," Schroeder said.She said Grace Church in Borger has come out to deliver the totes to the students who qualify at Gateway Elementary, which is Borger's first and second grade campus. She said by far Gateway has had the most totes of food in the program.All of the food totes are stored in rooms in the back of the school buildings and are kept very secure.Schroeder said she overheard some ladies talking about the program in United and how great it was, with one of them saying it was great they were able to use their normal food money to help purchase shoes for their child. Three high school students said they were able to use their food money for rent this month.She said a wide variety of people and ages have been involved, and it has been working great."It takes a lot to get it all together, but when it's together, it's rolling, and it's rolling really well," she said.Volunteers get together the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. The program is donations only.The program received $3,000 at the beginning, which Schroeder said she hoped would last a couple of months. However, last month's food cost $1,800 in total. She said area groups have been collecting peanut butter and pop tarts, which are the two items that can't be purchased. She said she is hopeful more contributions can come in.To make a donation on behalf of Borger ISD's Snack Pack 4 Kids program, log on to www.borgerisd.net and scroll to the bottom to find the link to the organization's web site. Follow the link and select "donate now".For more information on the program, call 273-1000.


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Cerenkov technique eyes linac QA
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February 25, 2013
Researchers in the US [including Dartmouth engineering professor Brian Pogue] have unveiled a fast and flexible way to profile the imparted dose from an X-ray photon linac beam in two dimensions in a proof-of-concept study published in Physics in Medicine and Biology. With further refinement to permit three-dimensional dosimetry, the technique could rival today's ionization chamber measurements performed during linac installation and routine quality assurance (Phys. Med. Biol. 58 601).
The simple method exploits the Cerenkov effect, and uses just a water tank, a standard commercial CMOS camera and a fluorescent dye dissolved in tap water. As the X-ray beam is incident on the water, Cerenkov light is generated, which excites the dissolved fluorophore. The fluorophore emits a characteristic fluorescent signal that is acquired by the camera. These optical images of Cerenkov-stimulated fluorescence are then equated back to the deposited dose in water.
"Although other methods such as scintillation and gel dosimetry have been proposed with the same goal in mind, this is the first demonstration of using only the fluorescence induced by the inherent Cerenkov radiation to measure the deposited dose," explained Adam Glaser from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering. "We hope that the method will become an important tool for research and potentially clinical applications."


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My friend pissed off the jizzbomber and was pleasantly surprised when he received extra special sauce on his JJ slim sub sandwich. He was unaware of the effect of a subteranean jizzbomb on his psyche.
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'RHONJ' Preview: Caroline Manzo Blames Teresa Giudice For Her Troubled Relationships
Uh oh! Caroline is definitely at her wits end with Teresa. The Housewife goes as far as blaming her for all the bad in her life! Do YOU agree?
It's no secret Teresa Giudice has been the oddball out in season 4 of Real Housewives of New Jersey.
And it doesn't appear that it will change any time soon.
"I hold Teresa responsible for a lot of my relationships that are hurting," Caroline says. "She puts wood in my relationships' fire. I put the lid on hers."
Hmm! Doesn't sound like a healthy friendship.
Make sure to watch all the drama unravel this Sunday on Bravo at 10pm EST!
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New Music At Wrigley FieldJune 18, 2010
Besides seeing the Cubs' season slip away, we're also witnessing the changing of Wrigley Field.
First the Toyota sign in left field, then the giant noodle on Clark, and now, the end of live organ music to introduce the Cub batters at the plate.
I get the advertising deals…the Cubs need more revenue streams. But the organ music is a staple of Wrigley, something other ballparks don't have, but probably should.
Nonetheless, the baseball world turns, and as Lou would say 'what can you do?'
The new trend started last weekend, although several Cub players have yet to choose a theme song. If I were a Cub, here are the cuts I'd have playing when stepping to the plate.


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Thursday Jan. 17: Three Stocks to Watch Today
Dow Jones Newswires Managing Editor Michael Casey says investors should avoid the big banks in the market today, and keep an eye on shares of Intel and the strength of the Yen. Photo:Getty Images.
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Machining Workshop I
Intro to Machining
We are presenting a machine tool workshop focusing on manual mill and lathe work. The goal of this workshop is to get students able to safely and comfortably perform lathe and mill operations and be able to continue their learning by doing further projects after the workshop has concluded. Machine tool work requires a lot of knowledge including book learning along with practical experience. This workshop will get participants started with a basic understanding of lathe and mill operations and other related skills. We will start with safety, then cover proper operations of the mill and the lathe. Then we will cover indicating and measurments followed by the project.
- A maximum of 3 students can take this workshop at the same time, multiple classes can run in parallel on separate nights of the week.
Students taking this class will make an aluminum plumb-bob.
Time frame and class scheduling
Two weeks are given before the start of class for homework to be completed. The class is four weeks long and consists of four one-evening sessions of three hours each, one session per week. We will schedule dates for the class based upon times which work for the students taking the class.
Pre-home work
The duration of this workshop is 12 hours, in order to maximize the benefit each student should do the required pre-homework before attending the actual workshop. It's not required to fully understand all of this material, however you will be familar with terms and operations along with concepts beyond what we will be teaching. Additionally, we have much more training material beyond what is presented here so students are free to go beyond the prescribed homework. However at a minimum please try to get through the prescribed homework.
Mill training wiki
Read chapter 18 from the book Machining Fundamentals:
Metal lathe training wiki
Read chapters 13, 14, and 15 of Machining_Fundamentals:
Next download the manuals for our lathes:
- http://www.bloominglabs.org/downloads/AtlasLatheOperationManual.pdf.zip
- http://www.bloominglabs.org/downloads/blue_lathe-9x20.pdf blue_lathe-9x20.pdf
Read page 12 of the AtlasLatheOperationManual (PDF page 12 which is 2 pages of the book) and part/chapter 4 (PDF pages 35-46).
On our bookshelves is a CD binder with training video DVD's and a memory stick which also contains the videos. Video homework will be issued when students sign up for this workshop.


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Artists, art lovers gathering for Westport block party
When Art About Town kicks off in Westport on Thursday, May 30, performers will throng the streets, paintings will hang in storefronts and a village within a village -- a cardboard one, to be exact -- will spring up on Main Street.
"The concept behind it is that it takes a village," artist Sooo-z Mastropietro said of the interactive art experience. "It's meant to highlight all the components involved in making a town -- it takes more than just one person."
The project, Mastropietro said, will be a "living metaphor" for Art About Town, a community-wide event that brings artists and art lovers together for art exhibitions in downtown businesses and an evening celebration.
Hosted by Westport Downtown Merchant Association, the fifth annual block party-style fete will feature artwork by 84 artists displayed in 80 shops and restaurants -- a unique opportunity for local artists to gain exposure and for residents to be exposed to local art.
"It makes art very accessible," said Cathy Colgan, event organizer. "There's some people who are never going to go into an art gallery, and this event gives them the opportunity to go to places that are comfortable, like stores and restaurants, and still admire art."
Artists, she added, "will be exposed to audiences who wouldn't normally see their work."
The opening-night festivities will see Main Street in Westport shut off to traffic as wine-sipping spectators and spirited performers throng the streets.
The Shiny Lapel Trio, a swing and jazz band that starred in a promo for ESPN's "Monday Night Football" last year, will perform outside Bobby Q's BBQ & Grill.
Other performances include the quirky ukulele group the Fabuleles, local favorite Dylan O'Connor, the Westport/Weston Family Y Dance Company, the Neighborhood Studios Conservatory Dance Ensemble, Studio 44 Dancers and the Music Theater of Connecticut Junior Company.
Stilt-walkers and street performers will meander up and down Main Street while artists offer demonstrations to passers-by.
For her project, a collaboration with the Westport Arts Center, Mastropietro will fashion a mock mini-village out of giant cardboard boxes that spectators can embellish with chalk paint. The project will be located outside Bluemercury.
"This is for anybody who wants to engage and contribute to the village," Mastropietro said. "Anyone can pick up a piece of chalk and draw on a building."
Though the demonstrations will only be for one night, art will stay up in storefront windows through June 16.
Like all the artists participating in Art About Town, Kim Porio, of Westport, cherishes the opportunity to share her work with the Westport community.
"Last year, I sold five paintings, so I'm anxious to get back this year," said Porico, who will display her moody beachscapes and floral paintings inside Soleil Toile. "The exposure you get from people walking around on Main Street is unprecedented."
The back and forth between artists and art lovers -- along with the dedication of organizers -- is what makes Art About Town possible. It takes a village, as they say.
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Main Street, Westport. Opening night celebration: Thursday, May 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Through June 16. www.westportdma.com.


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I love the smell of freshly cut grass in the morning.
I love the smell of freshly cut grass in the morning.
Especially the very first cut of the season. Breathe it in.
Let it out.
So appealing. Rejuvenating. The scent fills the nostrils with so much earthy dewiness, you think you just swallowed an entire Yankee Candle.
One whiff tells you that this is the smell of spring.
It's as familiar as when you opened a new pack of baseball cards as a kid and were hit instantly with the aroma of that hard, powdery piece of gum pressed against the cards. And just like the fresh-cut grass, digesting those rocks of gum would upset your stomach.
Last week I got to smell the first cut. That's when I knew spring had finally arrived.
Yeah, I know, it "officially" turned spring nearly two months ago. That's what you see on the calendar.
In Sullivan County, we see snow in mid-April and frost warnings in early May. Spring takes its time getting up here. Which might be why we savor it so much more.
Relax, we tell ourselves, the snow is really gone. Get on the mower.
So I was not that surprised to read that the smell of freshly cut grass can actually work as a calming agent.
The Times of India reports the chemistry in pleasant odors — such as newly cut grass — is so powerful, their scents can alter gene expression in the brain and reduce aggression, calm the nerves and sharpen the mind. Really.
Researchers have discovered that honeybees ready to rumble can be soothed by pleasant odors, like the smell of freshly cut grass.
"Honeybees are an excellent model because just like humans, they are extremely social and prone to stress, which makes them aggressive," the paper quotes Dr. Judith Reinhard, a neuroscientist at Australia's University of Queensland Brain Institute.
Expose the bees to the smell of fresh-cut grass and they chill out. I can relate to that.
When I'm on my mower I'm at one with my lawn. I'm calmer. Relaxed. And why? Because, says Dr. Reinhard, I'm smelling the fresh-cut grass. So all is good.
Unless you're the grass.
Then that calming green odor is actually chemical defenses called green leaf volatiles (GLVs) that the grass unleashes in an attempt at first aid, say Australian researchers.
You see, the smell that calms me, you and those honeybees is in fact a violent cry for help from a traumatized lawn trying to save itself from the injury inflicted from a 24-horsepower mower spinning three blades that pulls up and tears grass into shreds.
Thankfully, the mix of lawnmower blades and GLVs gives us humans a treat.
Researchers say that among the GLVs released by damaged grass are a group of related oxygenated hydrocarbons, including alcohol, that cause the "green odor."
So next time you're mowing, appreciate the smell of freshly cut grass. And consider what your lawn has sacrificed to make you happy.
And a bit tipsy.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Mar 2008 10:05 UTC, submitted by Chezz
"Since the conclusion of the SMPng project, the focus of SMP development in FreeBSD has shifted from deploying locking infrastructure to careful profiling and optimization of kernel SMP strategies for increased performance on common workloads. FreeBSD 7.0 was the first release to benefit from this optimization work." The status of this work includes MySQL workload benchmarks and memory allocator performance in the new FreeBSD 8 branch. Also, here is a recent presentation showing FreeBSD compared to several other operating systems like NetBSD, DrangonFly, Solaris, and Linux.
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COLLECTION: Fall Bridal Hair Ideas by G Michael Salon
G Michael Salon recently put together a Fall 2013 Bridal Collection as a collaboration of talents with their own stylists, as well as make-up artists, photographers, a venue and a local Indianapolis Wedding Dress shop. Here, they share these autumn bridal hair ideas with you.
Hair: G Michael Salon Bridal Team, Brooke & Hannah, lead by Bridal Team Leader - Courtney Noblesville, IN
Make-up: Faces of Kathy Moberly, Greenwood, IN
Bridal Gown Styling and Hair Accessories: Blue House Bridal, Carmel, IN
Photography: Brittany Wolfe Photography, Winchester, IN
Venue Location: Mill Top Banquet Center & Conference Center, Noblesville, IN
Models: Aunna Matthiesen, Hannah Wiese, Kennedy Conner, Samantha Keizer, Molly Merz, Abigail Maraugha (We have appropriately documented Model Release Forms signed, and can provide upon request).


text: The 64-year-old soon-to-be grandfather reigns at No. 8 on GQ 's annual best dressed list – well ahead of dashing William, who came in at 37. Natalie Massenet of Net-a-Porter and head of the British Fashion Council calls Charles always "on trend." His method being simple: "This is a man who knows what he likes, knows how to wear it, and sticks with it whatever the prevailing fashions," she says in the February issue of the magazine out Thursday in the U.K. and next week in the U.S. Since marrying Kate, 30-year-old William is noted to have improved sartorially, donning suits by Richard James and Spencer Hart. And despite coming in far down the list, the debonair prince still get some raves and is said by the men's magazine to epitomize "true British style."


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Stroud Joins Rocker Michaels on 'Rock My RV'
May 24, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Stroud Joins Rocker Michaels on 'Rock My RV'
CRN Digital Talk Radio's Bodie Stroud joins rocker and RV enthusiast Bret Michaels on the new Travel Channel series "Rock My RV with Bret Michaels," premiering Sunday (May 26) at 9:00 p.m. EDT/PTD. Stroud hosts CRN's popular "In the Garage" show on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PTD, according to a news release.
"Rock My RV" showcases Stroud, Michaels and lead builder Jake Scott transforming travelers' ordinary RVs into the most outrageous and hooked-up mobile mansions on the road.
Celebrity auto builder and car expert Stroud talks shop, offers advice, answers questions and delves into the realm of classic cars, restoration and custom work each week on "In the Garage." He also advises listeners what it takes to keep their hot rods and classic beauties in tiptop shape.
"Bodie is enormously talented and entertaining," said Michael J. Horn, CRN Digital Talk Radio's CEO and president. "People love how creative and engaging he is. 'Rock My RV' will be a great show and we're proud that our friend Bodie is part of it."
Stroud is the radio network's third personality to star in a television series this year. CRN show hosts Larry Manetti joined CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" in a recurring role in February and Fred Dryer starred in a May episode of NBC's "Chicago Fire."
About Bodie Stroud
Bodie Stroud left his corporate job in 2007 and took the ultimate risk. With pure faith, a strong background in the automotive and fabrication industry, and a talent for hot rods, Bodie launched BS Industries Inc., as his sole passion and business. The sterling reputation and creativity driving Bodie's vision caught fire. BS Industries, Inc. is an award-winning Los Angeles-based company that designs and builds customs and hot rods of every conceivable form. Keeping a full range of service in-house allows limitless creativity and attention to the personal desires of the client. Bodie Stroud, CEO, embodies a lifestyle brand of movable artistry and a passion for precision. Best known for sleek custom builds that put clients behind the wheel of their dreams.


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Software for public administrations in Venezuela with OpenXava
March 14, 2017
The city of Brion, Venezuela, runs on an integrated system, by the company Libra Sistemas, that includes tax office, land registry, casual sellers, patents, vehicles, boats, traffic fines, advertising, gambling, property registration office, receipts, daily, monthly and yearly incoming, auditing for all records, all type of reports and charts. Everything developed with OpenXava.


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Lely Introduces the Lely Vector Automated Feeding System
This afternoon, during an event in Emmen that was attended by more than 400 interested guests, Alexander van der Lely, CEO of the Lely Group, revealed Lely's latest Yellow Revolution: the Lely Vector automated feeding system. Lely's Yellow Revolution, which is the company's seventh innovative launch since 2005, uses ground-breaking technology to provide a new boost for the agricultural sector.
After numerous Lely innovations in the field of automatic milking, the Lely Vector is the next major step in automating working methods within dairy farming and as such, it matches the impact of the milking robot. The Lely Vector makes sure that correct rations are fed to cows consistently and on time, allowing cattle farmers to achieve efficient and high-grade milk and beef production. This new system has been developed in close co-operation with Lely's customers.
The system ensures a constant supply of feed in a flexible manner, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The process is fully automated and ensures optimal flexibility for cattle farmers using the system. The Lely Vector enables cattle farmers to define and adjust their feeding strategy for different groups of animals. This results in improved animal health, improved feed efficiency resulting in optimal milk and beef production.
The feed is stored in the feed kitchen; an open area without any obstacles, in which all kinds of feed can be stored, each in its own location. Depending upon the size of the feed kitchen, feed can even be stored for a three-day period. This means that that there is sufficient feed for more than a weekend, so that cattle farmers and their families can enjoy more free time.
A concentrates dispenser monitors the feed quantities, which can be established and measured with the utmost accuracy. In addition, minor quantities of minerals and addititives can be mixed with the concentrates. A user interface with touch screen is used to set up the feeding plan and the feed kitchen. It is also possible to programme rations and view a variety of reports.
The feed level sensor is a technological tour de force. The robot knows exactly how much feed there is at the feed gate and it determines when and where feed is required, without any intervention from the cattle farmer being required. Because there is an ongoing supply of feed, it is not necessary to measure large doses, and therefore the feed at the feed fence is always fresh.
Economic feeding
The Lely Vector saves money, labour, time and energy. It uses much less energy than many other feeding systems and is therefore less expensive to operate. Test farms have shown that labour savings are huge when feeding two or more different rations. The Lely Vector also saves dairy farmers a lot of hassle. Filling the feed kitchen is all that remains for them to do. Furthermore, thanks to the electric control system, the Lely Vector is noiseless and environmentally-friendly, and does not disturb either man or animal.
For Lely the Lely Vector is as groundbreaking as the introduction of the first Lely Astronaut milking robot. To safeguard a professional roll-out and development of the Lely Center distribution network, Lely has opted for a roll-out in phases over different countries. The first countries include the Netherlands and Scandinavia where Lely has been testing this concept, and France. For other countries, such as Germany, Australia and New Zealand no offers will be made yet, not even for deliveries in the future.
The Lely Vector is a complete and efficient feeding system that allows modern dairy farmers to control their business the way they want to. With the invention of this milking robot, Lely was the first company to launch an effective system on the market. The Lely Vector is a major step in the further automation of the dairy farming business.
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A 34-year-old Lugoff man is accused of inappropriately touching two teenage girls and a 21-year-old woman, and of having sex with one of the teens. Neither a Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) report nor online court records indicate deputies have charged the man with a crime as of Tuesday afternoon.
I have this bad habit of buying books and never finishing them.
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and Department of Social Services are looking into a case where a 31-year-old woman with mental issues claimed to have been forced to commit sex acts against her will while staying with someone who was supposed to be taking care of her. One of the alleged victim's friends brought the matter to the KCSO's attention.
People driving on West DeKalb Street in Camden got to see something they normally don't on a Monday afternoon: a short car chase and the arrest of two men in a drug bust.
Some programs will continue, some may change and some may close as funding ends for the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant in 2014. SS/HS Initiative Director Kevin Rhodes briefed the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees on the possible changes during its meeting Thursday.
I've seen some interesting food pieces in the news lately concerning chemicals we eat in America that are banned in other countries.
Maggie Ward, a 2013 Camden High School, recently received one of six Ken Bower Scholarships this year.
An 18-year-old Lugoff teen was allegedly beat up by three men after he refused to give up his laptop.
Rosalyn Moses recently became the first person from South Carolina to receive an American Institute for Public Service's Jefferson Award. Moses, the executive director of the Family Resource Center (FRC) in Camden, received the award for her commitment and contributions to the Kershaw County community. She received the award during a two-day conference, June 17-18, in Washington, D.C.
A website aiming to help "consumers make better decisions about their personal finances" recently named Camden as the second-least expensive city for movie buffs in the country.
A woman I went to college with recently posted a blog about achieving goals.
A 50-year-old Camden man is in jail without bond for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
An Elgin woman allegedly pointed a shotgun at her foster son.
One day before an Elgin homeowner found 15-year-old Daven Williams dead in their swimming pool, a Camden man was transported -- alive -- to the hospital after nearly drowning in Kendall Lake. Camden Police Department (CPD) Chief Joe Floyd said the 35-year-old man had to be taken to the hospital after he tried to rescue his fiancé's flotation device.
A 15-year-old teen with a developmental disorder was found dead on Friday after he walked away from the school he attended in Elgin for the second time, according to authorities.
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About Runaway Slave
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the summer of 1963, he delivered one of the most powerful speeches in our nation's history. Known for its famous line, "I have a dream," Dr. King concluded his speech with these words:
"And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last, free at last! Thank God Almighty, we're free at last!'"
Now, nearly a half-century later, has his dream become reality? Have we allowed freedom to truly ring? Or has that longed-for freedom somehow become even more elusive?
In RUNAWAY SLAVE, an intriguing new documentary that opens in theaters this summer, Rev. C.L. Bryant journeys across America to find answers. A one-time NAACP local chapter president, Rev. Bryant discovers that by buying into the entitlement mindset of "progressives," the black community has traded one form of tyranny for another.
Using leading black conservatives as "conductors," Rev. Bryant believes it is time for a new Underground Railroad to help liberate all Americans from the Government plantation that has left the black community dealing with a new form of slavery: entitlements.
"Why are we still thinking we are not free at last? What ideas are keeping us down?" Rev. Bryant asks. "For too long, we have been depending on other people for our success. We have to pursue our happiness; our happiness is not provided to us. If we are relying on someone else for our wellbeing, that in itself is a form of slavery."
From our nation's capital and freedom's birthplace, to the dens of slavery and Jim Crow, to wherever a light for liberty is shining, this runaway slave looks to bring hope to the oppressed. Among the leaders he talks with along the way are Dr. King's niece, Dr. Alveda King; former presidential candidate Herman Cain; Congressman Allen West; economist and author Dr. Thomas Sowell; talk-show host and author Glenn Beck; the late Andrew Breitbart. We also meet a new generation of young freedom fighters who are on the front lines of change!
Rev. Bryant's conclusion? It's time to run. "Run away from economic slavery. Run toward the blessings of liberty. Let us remain strong in this fight. Run away from socialism; run away from progressivism. And if you get tired, America … run harder!"
This summer, celebrate your freedom by running as fast and as hard as you can to see RUNAWAY SLAVE in theaters.


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I know this is a long shot... but i want to see anyhow.
Does anyone have an elm327 bluetooth OBD2 adapter i can test some software with? I just tracked down 2 OBD2 programs for my Android Operating system and would love to see if it works before dumping $30 into an adapter...
Would just like it use it for an hour at most..


text: Categoría Eventos - Estados Unidos, Forest Grove (OR) Kris Deelane from Kris Deelane And The Hurt Sunday, April 29 McMenamins Grand Lodge @ The Garage Door 7 p.m. til 9 p.m. | Free | All ages welcome Kris Deelane " ... the exceptionally fine and diverse vocals of Kris Deelane." -- Abilene Reporter-News Weekend, Abilene, Texas Raised in suburban Los Angeles during the punk rock era, Deelane's influences were diverse - from The Beatles and Neil Young to The Pretenders, X, and The Plasmatics (Wendy O. Williams was a favorite). The sense of righteous defiance coupled with a tragic flair resonated in her, and continues to inform her music, art and style. Deelane started her music career in college as keyboardist and singer in an Andrew Sisters-meets-B52s group called Alice, I Wonder. In 1990, she toured the Soviet Union singing in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. When she got back to LA, she got behind the drums for the first time in the band Slaughterhouse 5, and played bass in the ska band Timeboy. Deelane went on to sharpen her songwriting and guitar skills on many tours with the nationally-acclaimed acoustic rock duo Adam & Kris. She took a break from the duo in 2000 to play guitar and percussion on tour with a reggae group that included the legendary Fully Fullwood, Rock Deadrick and Jawge Hughes. In SweetJuice, Deelane alternated between guitar, drums and bass, while her vocal qualities earned her guest recording spots with nationally acclaimed groups the Decemberists and Jerry Joseph and the Jack Mormons. More recently, Deelane has been putting her energy and vocal talents into developing her solo career. She's now in the process of playing lots of music, writing new material, and putting together the Kris Deelane Band. Be on the lookout for a performance of the KDB at a venue near you, because the girl can't help it that she likes to rock. Website: http://www.krisdeelane.com/


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Nemo's Downsized Digs
Name: Nemo
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Getting creative with space is something all New York City parents are used to. We hit the jackpot with our first place and our daughter ended up with a big (HUGE) bedroom.
But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. We moved into a new apartment with a great location but considerably less space. With only one designated bedroom, we decided to convert our walk-in closet into our daughter's room. Yep, a closet room. Once we took care of the storage space dilemma (with some shelving, a hand-painted vintage armoire, and a couple of under-the-bed storage boxes) the rest came easy.
I wanted her room to be cheery, bright and beautiful - her own little oasis away from the chaos that is the city. It's a place for her to relax and create. Full of colorful patterns, paintings, and all of the art supplies a little girl could ever hope for. Her room may be itty bitty, but oh does it have character.
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- Children's Table: IKEA (we added a little chalkboard paint to allow for extra creativity)
- Piano: Etsy
- We Belong in Brooklyn Print: Little Canoe on Etsy
- You Are My Sunshine Print: My Etsy shop - Rose Marie Kitty Lou
Thanks, Emily! Readers, you can see more of Emily by visiting her Etsy shop, Rose Marie Kitty Lou.


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posted by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Mon 28th Sep 2009 18:21 UTC, submitted by Michael
Phoronix was kind enough to add a deliciously lengthy nine-page compare and contrast between FreeBSD 8 and Ubuntu 9.10 to their arsenal of articles. "Canonical will be releasing Ubuntu 9.10 at the end of next month while the final release of FreeBSD 8.0 is also expected within the next few weeks. With these two popular free software operating systems both having major updates coming out at around the same time, we decided it warranted some early benchmarking as we see how the FreeBSD 8.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 performance compares. For looking more at the FreeBSD performance we also have included test results from FreeBSD 7.2, the current stable release. In this article are mostly the server and workstation oriented benchmarks with the testing being carried out on a dual AMD Opteron quad-core workstation."


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In a first for a US carrier, US Cellular has reportedly begun distributing the 8107 OS update to the HTC 7 Pro (aka Arrive) owners. We've had numerous reports come in from readers that they started receiving the update within the last 48 hours with more reports coming in.
That's both exciting and frustrating as US Cellular is the "sixth largest" carrier here in the States, serving up CDMA coverage to 6.1 million subscribers. Sprint too has the the HTC 7 Pro (aka Arrive) with CDMA bands meaning this update could, theoretically, be ready to roll out there--should Sprint choose to do so. Likewise, it's a bit funny to see the small carrier outshining the likes of AT&T, who has eight Windows Phones (if counting Venue Pro) and yet has not rolled out this update nor the previous 7740 just yet.
Still, with at least one US carrier now pushing this out, it gives some hope to Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and of course Sprint. But we're not betting anything here just yet.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!


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Most of the time, whenever a new mobile operating version comes out - be it Android, iOS or whatever - it's usually pretty boring. Better Twitter integration, prettier weather application, or talk about how the application store now has 89572876206740986750986703876 applications in it. There's rarely anything truly interesting going on in the nitty gritty of things. Until Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft has confirmed - rather unintentionally; a video about WP8 for Nokia leaked - that Windows Phone 8 will ditch the CE kernel in favour of the NT kernel from Windows 8. This was actually a long time coming, as rumours to that effect have come up intermittently ever since Windows Phone 7 was launched. Thanks to Windows Phone 7's clean and kernel-independent architecture, all current Windows Phone 7.5 applications will continue to run - without a single code change.
It goes further than that, though. Not only will Windows Phone 8 run on Windows NT, it will also share many other components with its desktop cousin: sensors, the security model, and the network, audio, and graphics stacks. So much so, in fact, that developers can "reuse - by far - most of their code", according to senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore.
Over the years, I've written several articles on this topic, and now it seems Microsoft has finally arrived at the point where I mused they ought to go way back in 2007: clean up NT, scrap the existing userland, and build something entirely new on top of it, reusing code where it makes sense, and make this userland available consistently on both mobile and desktop/laptops. That userland is Metro/WinRT.
This is the point to which Microsoft has been working ever since they started cleaning up the lower levels of Windows NT. We've now apparently hit the point where Windows NT has become so modular, untangled, and clean that it can replace Windows CE without breaking Windows Phone 7, and without causing a significant performance hit (else Microsoft wouldn't do it). All this is, of course, a very good thing for both users and developers alike; faster updates for users (only one operating system to update), easier development for developers (code reuse).
Windows Phone 8 will also come with several other improvements, such as wider hardware support, more screen resolutions, removable microSD cards, NFC, and so on. Skype will be integrated very tightly with the operating system, making Skype calls virtually indistinguishable from regular calls. Furthermore, Internet Exploer 10 will also find its way to WP8. Like Opera Mini, Skyfire, and several other mobile browsers, IE10 will also employ a proxy server to reduce data usage.
There's more stuff like this, but the switch to the NT kernel is really the biggest change here. It may have taken ten years of cleaning, but NT is now ready to power everything Microsoft does - server, desktop/laptop, phone, and I'm fairly sure the next Xbox will run Windows Nt as well (the Xbox and the Xbox 360 currently run completely custom operating systems).


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Arctic Hawk
Mark A. Rogers
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Intermediate/ Advanced
As much functional sculpture as sea kayak, the Arctic Hawk™ could be the most refined stitch-and-glue watercraft anywhere in the world.
If you are a designer who offers plans, or kit boats, we invite you to enter your information in the Directory of Boat Plans & Kits. There is no charge! This is for boats of WOOD hull material. And if you're in the market for a boat to build, this is a fine place to start.
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Angels rout Orioles 13-1 for 2-game sweep
BALTIMORE -- Torii Hunter homered and scored four runs, Jered Weaver pitched into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-1 Wednesday night for a two-game sweep.
One night after reaching season highs in homers and hits, the Angels set a season mark for runs in their most lopsided victory of 2012. Los Angeles totaled 20 runs and 33 hits during its sixth straight series win.
Kendrys Morales had three hits and four RBIs, and Mike Trout had four hits and scored three runs for the Angels, who have won 13 of their last 17 games overall and 13 of 14 on the road. Alberto Callaspo had two hits in a six-run fourth that made it 9-1.
Making his second start since spending three weeks on the disabled list with a lower back strain, Weaver (8-1) scattered six hits over 6 2-3 innings. He walked one and struck out six.
The right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.31 and became the seventh pitcher in club history to win 90 games. The two-time All-Star is 90-48 in six-plus seasons.
Orioles starter Jason Hammel (8-3) began the game with a streak of 19 straight innings without allowing an earned run, but he never made it to 20. The right-hander gave up eight runs and eight hits in 3 1-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. His ERA ballooned from 2.61 to 3.29.
Wilson Betemit had three hits for the Orioles, who have lost six of eight. Baltimore has scored only 12 runs during that slide.
Los Angeles set the tone in the first inning when Hunter hit a solo shot into the left-field seats, the first home run off Hammel in five starts since May 30.
In the bottom half, Trout made a sensational leaping catch at the center-field wall to rob J.J. Hardy of a homer. Chris Davis followed with a two-out single to end an 0-for-29 drought and Adam Jones hit an RBI double.
Los Angeles went up 3-1 in the third. Hammel retired the first two batters, then gave up a single and two walks to load the bases for Morales, who grounded a two-run single up the middle.
The Angels' six-run fourth was their most prolific inning of the season. The uprising was fueled by two errors and featured RBI singles by Howie Kendrick, Trout, Hunter and Morales.
Los Angeles made it 11-1 in the fifth, scoring two runs on a two-out error by second baseman Brian Roberts. In the seventh, Peter Bourjos doubled in a run and scored on a single by Morales.
NOTES: Orioles DH Nick Johnson left the game with an injured right wrist. ... Angels first baseman Albert Pujols walked three times before being replaced in the sixth inning. ... The Orioles activated RHP Matt Lindstrom (finger) from the 15-day DL and optioned utility player Steve Tolleson to Triple-A Norfolk. ... The Angels continue their nine-game road trip Thursday night in Toronto, where they will play a four-game series. Baltimore will send Wei-Yin Chen to the mound Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series against Cleveland. ... Angels SS Erick Aybar had his 11-game hitting streak snapped. ... Morales increased his career average against Baltimore to .386 (27 for 70), the best against any AL club.


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Fiorina Aiello
Fiorina Aiello, age 78, of 221 Mill St., Johnsonburg, died Wednesday afternoon, March 14, 2012, at the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College following a lengthy illness.She was born April 29, 1933 in Reggio Calabria, Cannolo, Italy, daughter of the late Antonio and Maria Staltare Siciliano. On Oct. 11, 1958, in Welland, Ontario, Canada, she married Carmen Aiello; he preceded her in death Nov. 20, 2004.Having attended school in Italy, she resided in Johnsonburg since her marriage and had previously lived in Welland, Ontario, Canada since 1955. Mrs. Aiello was an environmental activist, seamstress and homemaker, and a member of Holy Rosary Church.She is survived by one son, Anthony C. "Tony" Aiello of Johnsonburg; two daughters, Josephine M. Aiello of State College, and Gina Aiello of Johnsonburg; three grandchildren, Krysta M. and Kaylie Fitch, and Daniel Aiello; one great-grandchild, Gage Aiello; one sister, Italia Prudenzino of Ontario, Canada; and numerous nieces and nephews living in Canada, Italy, and South America.She was predeceased by her parents; husband; two brothers, Rudolpho and Benito Siciliano; four sisters, Costanza Siciliano, Argentina Solomon, Pina Cremalu and Rina Dematree; and six brothers and sisters in infancy.Friends and family of Fiorina Aiello are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial for to be conducted at Holy Rosary Church on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10 a.m. Officiating will be the Rev. David J. Wilson, pastor. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Johnsonburg. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anthony F. Ferragine Funeral Home, 401 Chestnut St., Johnsonburg.
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Employee health insurance premiums, layoffs, service reductions and tax increases will be at issue when Spartanburg County Council tackles third reading of a controversial budget Monday afternoon.
Employee health insurance premiums, layoffs, service reductions and tax increases will be at issue when Spartanburg County Council tackles third reading of a controversial budget Monday afternoon.
The budget process was turned on its head Wednesday when days before the final budget was scheduled for a vote, department heads were sent back to the drawing board and directed to cut 5 percent from their overall budgets. Proponents of the action said it was necessary to provide a long-term solution to skyrocketing health insurance costs resulting from increased claims, but detractors — including many department heads — said the cut could cripple Spartanburg County services.
Just before 5 p.m. Friday, a coalition of county-elected officials sent a letter to council outlining targeted cuts that could serve as an alternative to the across-the-board 5 percent reduction that would strike $4 million from the county's current $82 million budget.
County Auditor Sharon West said many officials worked together to draft a solution that would reduce the county's fiscal crisis without raising taxes or eliminating jobs. Officials declined to discuss their recommendations on Friday and insisted council be able to consider the proposal before making it public.
After second reading of the budget, county employees were slated to shoulder a hike to health insurance premiums totaling nearly $1 million. The increases ranged from an additional $21.78 for the 565 employees utilizing single coverage to an additional $158 for the 211 using family coverage.
County Administrator Katherine Hubbard presented a plan at a special called meeting Wednesday to cut the increase in half by trimming the operating budget by 3.5 percent and reducing outside agency funding. Some council members supported the plan as one that would give them time to find a lasting solution, but others said it would only postpone more difficult decisions and tax employees who are not receiving pay raises this year.
"Nothing that we looked at did anything but put a patch on it," said Councilman O'Neal Mintz who proposed the 5 percent cut and was supported by council members Jeff Horton, Jane Hall, and Michael Brown.
The $4 million cut would eliminate health insurance increases for employees, fund renovations and a new employee in the probate court. It also would create a $3 million escrow fund to defray future health care costs.
Mintz said his dramatic motion for the 5 percent across-the-board cut came late in the budget process because he hoped a better solution could be found.
The 4-3 decision, with councilmen David Britt, Roger Nutt and Dale Culbreth dissenting, sent county officials scrambling to rework their budgets. Late Friday afternoon, Hubbard said third reading of the budget is still scheduled for Monday, but she did not yet have all the budget data from individual departments.
Mintz said Friday he wasn't sure if the council would be able to pass a budget on Monday.
The 4-3 vote for the 5 percent cut represents a tenuous alliance. After the meeting, Brown said he didn't think a 5 percent cut was ideal but that it was the best of two options before the council at the time. Horton, Hall and Brown have all voiced an interest in examining a tax increase of inflation plus growth as an alternative to further budget cuts.
"I don't have the slightest idea what might happen Monday," Mintz said. "I think we'll be lucky to get a budget passed."
State statute requires the county have a balanced fiscal plan in place by July 1.
Mintz said dramatic action was necessary to relieve county employees of burdensome health insurance premium hikes and prevent reoccurrence of the problem year after year. He said it also highlights the precarious position Spartanburg County is in as a result of the underfunding of local governments by the state government.
Council members who opposed the action said they were shocked by its mere proposal and called it "unprecedented," "reckless," and "poor policy."
"I don't think they have a clue the devastation that will be done to the citizens of Spartanburg County," said Councilman David Britt. "What they did is if you get a splinter in your hand and use a chainsaw to cut it off."
Department heads, who had already been asked to cut their proposed budgets twice since planning for fiscal year 2014 began in January, said absorbing the cuts would have a significant negative impact on services. In the auditor, clerk of court and probate court offices alone, seven positions are on the chopping block. Personnel cuts in other departments are also likely.
"I'm hoping they will reconsider," Clerk of Court Hope Blackley said. "If this actually goes through, it will mean a major decrease in customer services and work flow."
Blackley has three positions open in her office now she was interviewing to fill in the coming budget year when news of the 5 percent cut came. Holding the positions vacant is one of her possible solutions to trimming her budget by 5 percent, but it is going to mean slower processing of all court business, including mailing checks and scheduling court appearances.
"At any rate, services are going to be reduced and people are not going to be happy," she said.


text: Summer vacations provide a special opportunity for grandparents to spend quality time with their grandchildren and children, and there is still plenty of time to plan a vacation before fall arrives. Here are five vacation planning tips to help you create family memories that will last a lifetime: 1. Have a family pow-wow. The first step is to get the entire family together to talk about where you might go on vacation and what you might do. If everyone lives in the same city or area, plan your pow-wow at one of your houses, or at a local restaurant. If not, you can have it via Skype. Make it a fun event and encourage everyone to participate by sharing what their favorite summer vacation would be like. 2. Try to plan something special for everyone. You probably won't be able to accommodate everyone's wishes - if half the family wants to go to the beach and the other half wants to go to the mountains, some are going to be a little disappointed. But you can still plan some kind of special activity for everyone, even if the final vacation destination isn't their first choice. For example, if the mountains win out over the beach, maybe you can look for opportunities to go swimming or boating on a mountain lake. Or if the beach wins out over the mountains, there might be a tropical jungle nearby where you can plan a day of hiking and exploring. 3. Plan your vacation budget. This can be a little tricky with extended family vacations as you and your children decide how much money each of you can afford to spend. Sometimes, grandparents choose to treat the entire family to a summer vacation, but this isn't always financially feasible. 'Both you and your children should be upfront and honest about your finances and the amount of money you can realistically spend on the vacation,' advises David Lerner, CEO of David Lerner Associates, an investment company headquartered in Syosset, N.Y. 'You shouldn't feel pressured to plan a trip that costs more than you're comfortable spending. It's often a good idea to set your budget upfront before you start talking about destinations and activities so you keep your focus on those that fit within your budget.' 4. Be flexible. The logistics of planning a vacation with extended family will be more challenging than just planning a trip for you and your spouse. The key is for everyone to try to be as flexible as possible. If your main goal is to spend quality time with your kids and grandkids, then you should probably be willing to do more 'giving' than 'taking' when it comes to the vacation specifics and details. Are the grandkids are dying to go to Disney World? While it probably wouldn't be your first (or second or third) choice, consider going along anyway. Remember, it's the memories that count - and if you have the right attitude, you can create them anywhere. 5. Have fun. This may be the most important vacation planning tip of all. Of course, everyone intends to have fun on their summer vacation, but sometimes all the planning and travel details and logistics can cause stress and get in the way. If you feel yourself getting overly stressed, or sense that anyone else in your family is feeling this way, call a 'time out' and remind everyone that you're there to have fun - and not to sweat the little things.


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LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an administrative proceeding against Wedbush Securities related to its "market access rule" which became effective in 2011. Wedbush Securities respectfully disagrees with the assertion in the SEC's administrative complaint that the firm's controls and procedures in this area were inadequate.
The firm believes that its risk management controls and procedures in this area were reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, and that they were consistent with the rules and guidance given by the SEC and its staff beginning in 2011. As this case demonstrates, the SEC's market access rule continues to evolve. In fact, SEC guidance titled "Responses to Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access" was not issued until April 15, 2014. The firm continues to monitor changes to the rule and actively modifies procedures as appropriate.
In 2011, Wedbush Securities discussed its processes and controls with SEC staff before the market access rule became effective and promptly implemented the SEC staff's recommendations at the time. The firm also proactively contributed to the process through a constructive comment letter to the SEC in March 2010. In several respects, however, the SEC now seeks to impose additional regulatory requirements retroactively, through enforcement proceedings, without giving fair notice of its expectations in advance. Wedbush Securities believes this approach is unfair and fails to serve the goals of securities regulation.
This dispute arises from trading activity by certain former correspondent firms and clients that held market access accounts through Wedbush Securities' Advanced Clearing Services business in 2011 and until the beginning of 2013. Wedbush Securities terminated the accounts at issue more than a year ago. The trading activity at issue did not result in any losses to any other market participants, to our knowledge, or to Wedbush Securities. Moreover, there has been no claim that the third-party trading activity at issue had an improper effect upon the securities markets.
Wedbush Securities stands behind its compliance and risk management record in its sponsored and direct market access business. The firm has a strong record of supporting clear and effective regulation in this area. Wedbush paid approximately $16 million in transaction fees to the exchanges that support such regulation, and the SEC benefited from the fees related to the business at issue.
In its 59-year history, Wedbush Securities has never previously been the subject of an SEC enforcement action, settled or otherwise. We are disappointed that the SEC has decided to bring charges against the firm and individuals in this instance, and look forward to a prompt and fair resolution of the matter.
This proceeding is wholly unrelated to the firm's Capital Markets and Private Client groups and has no bearing on client financial safety. Wedbush Securities remains focused on providing innovative technologies and risk management tools and solutions to its clients.
This article was originally distributed on PRWeb. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/06/prweb11924307.htm
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text: I have three servers that are all the same. Since upgrading to ISPConfig 3.0.4, all three servers get the exact same error for phpMyAdmin. It cannot be accessed using URL, through ISPConfig as user end or root. It is immediate 500 internal server error. All three servers render the same single error in the logs: open_basedir restriction in effect. File() is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/clients/client1/web1/web:/var/www/clients/client1/web1/tmp:/var/www/example.com/web:/srv/www/example.com/web:/usr/share/php5:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin)


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|"'W5LT'" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, <email@example.com>
|Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR problem
|"Dick Green" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:22:15 -0400
I remember reading on the SteppIR reflector about the driver chips being current sources and how this makes the cable length irrelevant, except for added capacitance. I understand that added capacitance messes up the pulse waveform, but I don't understand how increased resistance doesn't matter. OK, so the chips increase the current in the face of a higher resistance, and the load sees the same current. Fine. But the chips have to get the extra power from somewhere, and that's the power supply. If the resistance is high enough to cause the current draw to exceed the capacity of the supply, the first symptom is likely to be a voltage drop. I would be willing to bet that the controller's CPU can't tolerate less than a certain supply voltage, so it crashes. I saw exactly this symptom with a switching power supply feeding my Tec-Tec Orion. The pins in the power connector at the radio got deformed, presenting an increased resistance to the power supply. When I transmitted, the bad connection caused a lot more current to be drawn from the supply, the voltage dropped, and the Orion's CPU crashed. The mystery is that apparently SteppIR believes a 500' cable run is OK. If they've tested that length successfully, then I would be suspicious about the cable. Perhaps it's got more resistance than it should? It might not take much. Is the motor winding resistance + expected cable loss within spec? I don't recall offhand, but my 300' length has resistances in the range of 23-26 ohms (can't remember exactly, but can measure again if it will help.) About 20 ohms of that is the motor winding. If the resistance of the 500-foot cable is even a few ohms higher, the current draw may be exceeding the capacity of the supply. Can you describe the cable run? Is it interrupted anywhere between the controller and the antenna? If so, I would worry about high-resistance junctions. It's also possible that there's been damage to the cable. I wouldn't worry so much about water in the conduit as damage to the cable when it was pulled. All kinds of things can happen when you pull cable -- excessive stretch, sharp bends, damage from adjacent cables (especially hardline), etc. The damage should show up in the resistance measurements. I think Bob's analysis and suggestions below are on target, but before you start experimenting with alternate power supplies, check the cable resistance and clear the test with SteppIR. You don't want to void your warranty. 73, Dick WC1M > -----Original Message----- > From: W5LT [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:20 PM > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR problem > > Bill: > I too have been following your exploits, both here and on the SteppIR > reflector. > I still believe the issue is related to the power supply. As Mike M. > pointed > out, the motor drive is via current sources, thus the length of cable > is of > secondary consideration. Howwever, the symptoms you describe point to a > current limiting effect in the power supply its self. That is, the > system > runs fine with less than 4 motors running, kick in all four and the > symptoms > show up, and the symptoms suggest a drop in the supply voltage (lights > flicker, controller shuts down, etc.). > Can you get a power supply capable of delivering more current, perhaps > two > 12V regulated supplies hooked in series? > Also, you might try to actually measure the voltage and/or current > being > delivered by the power supply under load. > If the voltage remains fairly constant when all four motors are driven, > then > it is not the problem. > > Bob, W5LT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Green [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:05 PM > To: 'James C. Garland'; firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR problem > > Bill, > > I've been following your exploits on the SteppIR reflector, too. > > Jim's suggestions are excellent, and I would do all of the tests he > recommends. They're easy to do. > > Do you have a copy of SteppIR's Yagi Troubleshooting Guide? If not, you > can > download it from the SteppIR site. It has all the wiring checks, > resistances, etc. You should check the resistance across each pair, and > you > should make sure there's no continuity with the shield. > > But I suspect there isn't a wiring problem. I think that would have > shown up > when you did the individual and group motor tests. For example, if one > of > the wires was shorted to ground, one of the individual motors would > have > caused problems. But do those resistance checks anyway. > > If Jim's tests don't reveal the problem, you could try connecting an > ammeter > in series with the power supply output to see how much current is being > drawn by the SteppIR controller at idle and when running the antenna. > The > supply has max output of 2A, so it shouldn't be close to that. The > spike may > be too fast to see, so you might want to borrow a logging multimeter or > a > storage scope. > > If you can get AC out to your tower, and if you can interrupt the > control > line, then you definitely should test with the controller at the tower. > That > would eliminate the long control line. > > If none of the above reveals the cause, then I'd discuss the problem > with > SteppIR again. If they feel the cable length is causing too much > current to > be drawn from the power supply, and it's safe to supply more current to > the > controller, you could try a bench supply with variable voltage of at > least > 33VDC and current limited output up to, say, 3A or so. But I wouldn't > do > anything like that without clearance from SteppIR. > > If it's not a problem with the cable being too long or the input > voltage to > the power supply, then it would have to be some sort of motor problem > that's > marginal enough not to cause a big current draw by itself, but added to > the > three other motors pushes the power supply over the edge. That's > probably > the worst-case scenario (other than miswiring at the antenna), because > you'll have to take the antenna down to fix it. > > Been there, done that! > > 73, Dick WC1M > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James C. Garland [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:13 PM > > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR problem > > > > Bill, that's quite an interesting mystery! Evidently, you're > > overloading the > > power supply and it's shutting down, so I agree with Jerry's > > assessment. > > However, from what I understand, the stepper motors are current > driven, > > not > > voltage driven. That means that even a short circuit in a pair of > wires > > to > > one of the stepper motor windings shouldn't overload the power > supply. > > And > > if you've checked all the resistances between pairs and they'r okay, > > and if > > there's no resistance across pairs, then that pretty much rules out > any > > problem with the antenna. If there was an antenna problem, then the > > shutdown > > would occur always when the same motor was energized. But that's not > > what > > you're seeing. > > > > Did you check to make sure there's no resistance between any of the > > control > > cable pairs and the control cable shield? > > > > Have you checked your AC line voltage? Your symptom could be > explained > > if > > the voltage is too low. Also, by any chance is your power supply > > plugged > > into a GFI, UPS, or surge-protected circuit? One simple test would be > > to > > measure your AC line voltage when you power up the controller and see > > if the > > voltage sags. Also, if the power supply is plugged into an outlet > > strip, > > then you could try changing it: it might be a faulty surge suprressor > > or > > switch in the outlet switch with some resistance that's dropping your > > line > > voltage. > > > > Let us know what you learn, and good luck! > > > > Jim W8ZR > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: email@example.com > > [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Bill Carnett > > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:42 AM > > To: email@example.com > > Subject: [TowerTalk] SteppIR problem > > > > Greetings to all Tower Talkers, > > > > A very wise man and fellow TT (K7LXC) suggested I post > > my challenge here to the group...maybe somebody will > > have a new idea that I've not explored. > > > > Last week we put up a new 4L SteppIR with a 40/30 > > dipole. The antenna is approximately 500 feet from > > the shack. SteppIR control line is used, continously > > without any accessories inserted, running through 3 > > inch conduit (not that that makes any difference). > > Prior to lifting it in the air I found that a problem > > existed. When attempts were made to change bands or > > even frequency on the same band, the control box went > > dead. Simultaneously, as the box died, the "on" > > indicator light on the pwr supply went out. A second > > later the pwr light came back on; the led "lights" on > > the control box flashed once but the box remained off. > > The box could be turned back on, but the same > > sequence occurred if a band/freq change was attempted. > > > > > > Immediately all of the wiring and continuity was > > checked with the antenna...all ok. Spoke with Jerry > > at SteppIR and we proceeded to change first control > > box....before I realized the pwr supply was > > faltering....no change. > > > > The next step was to attempt to run each motor > > individually and in groups. Each motor ran > > individually without problem. Adding the 2nd and 3rd > > motor caused no problems....the yagi functioned fine. > > The addition of the 4th motor (didn't matter which > > sequence), consistently killed the antenna. On > > occassion it would all seem to work for a couple of > > band changes but never more than 1 or 2 minutes - with > > all 4 motors running. So, with up to 3 motors > > running...all ok, with all 4, no go. However, this is > > a 4 element yagi. After speaking again with Jerry, I > > was reassured that the problem was simply a power > > supply and all will work fine....thus the long > > scheduled antenna raising event went forward as > > scheduled. Needless-to-say, the replacement power > > supply did not correct the problem. > > > > Prior to erecting the yagi I extended the elements to > > 14150 so it can be used as a monobander...but that > > will only bring temporary happiness. A power supply > > (3rd) was "hand picked" by the SteppIR engineers, > > sent, and tested this morning. Basically the same > > problem. It did seem to work briefly then shut > > down....exactly the same as before. > > > > So, I'm looking for ideas that have been overlooked. > > Yes, I should have listened to my gut, rather than the > > "experts" and canceled the raising until all problems > > were fixed, but that can't be undone. If this beast > > must be lowered, I'm a bit reluctant to put it back up > > after this experience. Yes, all antennas have > > problems but it would be less $$ to replace it at the > > time of lowering rather then taking down, bring the > > crane back and forth, etc. > > > > Sorry for the long-windedness of this but any and all > > thoughts are appreciated! > > > > > > > > 73, Bill > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > _____ > > ________ > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your > story. > > Play > > Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TowerTalk mailing list > > firstname.lastname@example.com > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Freeman Health System is gearing up to dedicate its Beacon of Hope Tornado Memorial at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The memorial is located at 32nd and McIntosh Circle Dr., Joplin.
"We would love to see the public to attend this event," said Paula Baker, Freeman Health System president and chief executive officer. "No one in our community will ever forget the aftermath of the May 2011 tornado. Whether you were a victim of the storm, whether you cared for those injured during the storm or whether you volunteered to clean up our community after the storm, no matter your story, we have all been touched by the devastation that Joplin faced. And that is why we would like to open that invitation up."
The Beacon of Hope Tornado Memorial — which stands 14 feet tall — is steeped in symbolism.
"It does have several words that remind us of the role Freeman staff and all of the medical community played that night: compassion, bravery, selflessness, heroism and dedication," she said. "We want it to be a place of reflection for people that they can come and sit down, there is a bench built into the memorial so people can sit there, they can bring flowers, they can whatever feels comfortable for them, as they reflect upon everything that monument embodies. There are also evergreen trees planted around it and that is in honor of Freeman's continued and ever lasting gratitude to the community."
Baker and several others will be speaking at the event.
"We will have a victim of the tornado, who was injured quite seriously – she also happens to be a Freeman employee, we will have the Freeman Voices, it is a group of Freeman employees who sing on special occasions and they will be doing a couple of numbers," she said.
"Given the magnitude of everything that occurred that night, we felt it was very important to pay tribute to those who survived the storm, those who were lost in the storm and those who did everything in their power to save our community after the storm," Baker added. "That night was unlike anything in the our community had ever seen, including our doctors and nurses. They treated unimaginable injuries, not just one or two at a time, but hundreds and hundreds. Our community was fighting to stay alive that night. And the clinical staff at Freeman Health System was helping to lead that fight. We know that the events of that night – May 22, 2011 – are embedded in the memories of everyone in this community, including every single patient, doctor and nurse at Freeman. It is important for everyone in the community because those memories are permanent. And so therefore we wanted to provide a place for our staff and our patients to remember and reflect upon the compassion, bravery, selflessness, heroism and dedication that enveloped Joplin that night."
In addition, markers are stamped in the concrete with the letters "N, S, E and W" representing the four directions and symbolizing the fact that help came to our community from all directions after the tornado. Other elements of the symbolism present in the memorial will be revealed during the dedication.
Those planning on attending do not have to RSVP and parking is available at the Bentlage Medical Center, located at 3202 McIntosh Circle Dr., Joplin.


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Nestle, the world's largest food company, said it would do more to eradicate child labor and other worker violations in its Ivory Coast cocoa supply chain after an outside report pointed out a range of problems.
The West African country provides 10% of Nestle's cocoa, which is used to make chocolate products such as Kit Kat candies, according to an investigation by the Fair Labor Assn. But the company's worker code is often flouted there, causing children to work under dangerous farm conditions instead of going to school, according to a Friday report from the association.
Nestle cooperated with the group, marking "the first time a multinational chocolate producer has allowed its procurement system to be completely traced and assessed," according to the association.
"For too long child labor in cocoa production has been everybody's problem and therefore nobody's responsibility," Auret van Heerden, president of the group, said in a statement.
Maintaining the labor code in the Ivory Coast, which is still recovering from a divisive civil war and poverty, faces "systemic and cultural challenges," the group said.
Local laws governing workers rights are rare and "too few participants down the chain are aware of, or trained to apply" the code, it said.
Health and safety problems abound, with 72% of reported injuries being caused by machete use. Discrimination is widespread, as is unauthorized overtime work, the association said.
In response to the findings, Nestle said it would implement an action plan focused on scaling back child labor, using training, guides and a monitoring system.
"The use of child labor in our cocoa supply chain goes against everything we stand for," Jose Lopez, Nestle's executive vice president for operations, said in a statement. "As the FLA report makes clear, no company sourcing cocoa from Cote d'Ivoire can guarantee that it doesn't happen, but what we can say is that tackling child labor is a top priority for our company."
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Animal Species:Red Indian Fish, Pataecus fronto Richardson, 1844
The derivation of the scientific name of the Red Indian Fish is quite interesting. Pataeco (from Greek) was a dwarf-like Phoenician God. This name refers to the likeness of this species to the images of Gods on the bows of ancient sailing vessels. The species name fronto is from the Latin for brow or fore part of anything. This refers to the high first dorsal fin.
Standard Common Name
Red Indianfish
Alternative Name/s
Red Foreheadfish, Red Indianfish
The Red Indian Fish is an uncommon species with a compressed body and a long-based dorsal fin. Individuals are often scarlet, brick red or orange. Occasionally they may be pale or have black and/or white spots, mainly on the upper half of the fish. The species lacks pelvic fins and has no scales.
The standard name of the species refers to the long dorsal fin which resembles the popular image of a native North American chief's headdress. The dorsal fin stretches the entire length of the body, and comprises an elevated spiny section joined with a lower, soft-rayed section. This is in turn joined to the caudal fin.
Fishes of the family Pataecidae are collectively known as prowfishes. This is one of the few families that is endemic to Australia. Three species are known; the Red Indian Fish, the Warty Prowfish, Aetapcus maculatus, and the Whiskered Prowfish, Neopataecus waterhousii. The Red Indian Fish is the only species in the genus Pataecus.
Size range
The species grows to a maximum length of 35 cm.
The Red Indian Fish is endemic to Australia, occurring in temperate and subtropical coastal marine waters from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales and from South Australia to the central coast of Western Australia.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Ozcam map of Red Indian Fish specimens in the Australian Museums.
The species is reported to live in water of 20 m to 80 m depth, but is sometimes seen as shallow as 10 m.
Red Indian Fish are found primarily in sponge beds, in rocky reefs and estuaries. Their colouration and distinctive shape result in fish being well camouflaged among sponges.
Divers also observe them on cracks in reef walls and lying on bare rocky substrates.
Feeding and Diet
Fishes in the family Pataecidae eat mainly shrimps and other crustaceans.
Other behaviours and adaptations
The Red Indian Fish is known to periodically shed its skin in one complete piece. This rids the fish of the encrusting algae and bryozoans that grow on the skin and improve its camouflage. Little is known of its the biology.
The species is an underwater photographers' delight because, unlike most fishes, it does not swim off when discovered, but stays motionless during the photographic session.
Individuals are often observed rocking back and forth with the surge of passing waves. This makes the fish look less fish-like and more sponge-like.
Red Indian Fish have an unusual swimming 'style'. If an individual is removed from a sponge and released above the bottom it will twist, fall and spin back to its position on the sponge. Whilst it is doing so, it resembles a large dead leaf sinking through the water. The remarkable thing about this behaviour is that the fish is in complete control of the 'fall', and can 'fall' against a current to land back in the spot from which it was removed, but all the time it looks nothing like a fish.
Economic/social impacts
The species is sometimes accidentally captured in commercial trawl nets, but is of no commercial importance.
- Species:
- fronto
- Genus:
- Pataecus
- Family:
- Pataecidae
- Order:
- Scorpaeniformes
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Brown, R.W. 1956. Composition of Scientific Words. R.W. Brown. Pp. 882.
- Eschmeyer, W.N. in Paxton, J.R. & W.N. Eschmeyer (Eds). 1994. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Sydney: New South Wales University Press; San Diego: Academic Press [1995]. Pp. 240.
- Gomon, M.F., Bray, D. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 2008. The Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Reed New Holland. Pp. 928.
- Ishida, M. 1994. Phylogeny of the Suborder Scorpaenoidei (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) Bull. Nansei Nat. Fish. Res. Inst. 27:1-112.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia. Crawford House Press. Pp. 437.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- McCulloch, A.R., 1934. The Fishes and Fish-Like Animals of New South Wales. Ed 3. With Supplement by G. P. Whitley. Royal Zoological Society of NSW. pp i-XXvi, 1-104, Pl i-xliii.
- Whitley G.P. 1962. Marine Fishes of Australia. Vol. 2. Jacaranda Press. Pp. 148-287.
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Older breast cancer patients had significantly higher odds of undergoing mastectomy if their evaluation included MRI, use of which increased exponentially during the study period, investigators reported.
Breast MRI was associated with an increase of more than 20% in the likelihood of mastectomy versus breast-conserving surgery in women 65 and older. An MRI exam also was associated with tripled odds of bilateral cancer diagnosis and bilateral mastectomy, as compared with age-matched breast cancer patients who did not have breast MRI.
The mastectomy findings coincided with an overall increase in use of breast MRI from <1% to more than 25% of all breast cancer patients, Cary P. Gross, MD, of Yale University, and colleagues reported online in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
"Recent studies have ... demonstrated the adoption of newer and more expensive breast cancer screening and treatment approaches in the Medicare population, with scant evidence to support them," the authors concluded. "Our study suggests that breast imaging may be considered in a similar category. It is expensive, affects clinical care, yet has little evidence to support its use.
"It is time for policymakers to invest in a comprehensive approach to study breast cancer management among older women with breast cancer."
Appropriate Use Controversial
As breast cancer specialists try to define appropriate use of MRI, no one should jump to the conclusion that MRI or mastectomy is being overused or used inappropriately, according to a radiologist who did not participate in the study. As with any unresolved issue, more than one perspective exists.
"Breast MRI may find additional disease, but some people might ask whether that disease is significant enough to affect mortality," Gary Whitman, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told MedPage Today.
"What it comes down to is that we know there is additional disease or disease foci, but we still need to develop methods to understand the likely biology of those additional disease foci," he added. "[The biology] is a little more difficult to figure out. Is it going to double in size or be rather indolent? Is it going to be something that is life-threatening or not?"
Preoperative breast MRI has a controversial history that continues to play out. Advocates contend that the imaging modality does a better job of detecting and quantifying breast malignancies than do mammography and ultrasound. Critics have pointed to evidence that MRI evaluation of newly diagnosed breast cancer does nothing to improve surgical margins or reduce the reoperation rate, Gross and colleagues noted in their introduction.
Despite questions surrounding benefits of breast MRI and its high cost, preoperative use of the imaging technique in women under 65 increased from 22.8% in 2005 to 52.9% in 2008. Demographic changes figure prominently in the debate.
"With increasing age and shorter life expectancy, the clinical benefit of detecting occult lesions on MRI is likely to diminish," the authors said. "Hence, while the benefits of preoperative MRI are still being determined, it is particularly important to understand MRI use among older women with breast cancer."
More Than 72,000 Cases Included
To examine the issue, investigators searched the NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database for women ages 67 or older who had surgery for newly diagnosed stages I-III invasive breast cancer during 2000 to 2009. Using procedure codes, they identified all patients who had preoperative MRI and classified the type of surgery as breast-conserving or mastectomy.
The analysis comprised 72,461 women. Use of preoperative breast MRI increased from 0.8% to 25.2% of cases from 2000 to 2009. In the last year of the study, women 67 to 69 were most likely to undergo breast MRI (35%), while the oldest subgroup (84 to 95) had a 10% rate of preoperative MRI.
The results showed that 43.3% of women had mastectomies and 56.7% had breast-conserving surgery. In a bivariate analysis, breast MRI was associated with a decreased likelihood of mastectomy (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.80-0.89, P<0.001). Adjustment for demographic and cancer characteristics resulted in an odds ratio of 1.21 for mastectomy in women who had preoperative MRI (95% CI 1.14-1.28, P<0.001).
For the entire study period, bilateral mastectomy occurred in 4.8% of cases, increasing from 2.8% in 2000 to 7.8% in 2009 (P<0.001). Among women who underwent breast MRI, 12.5% had bilateral mastectomy as compared with 4.1% of patients who did not undergo MRI (P<0.001). An adjusted analysis yielded an odds ratio of 1.98 for bilateral mastectomy in association with preoperative MRI (95% CI 1.72-2.29).
Women who underwent breast MRI were almost three times as likely to have diagnoses of bilateral breast cancer (9.7% versus 3.7%, P<0.001). Rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy were 6.9% among women who had breast MRI and 1.8% of those who did not have the test (OR 2.52, 95% CI 2.08-2.68).
The study confirms previous evidence that breast MRI detects more beast cancer lesions and better defines the extent of cancer, said Hiroyuki Abe, MD, of the University of Chicago. Consequently, a larger incision or mastectomy might follow more often, which is not surprising.
Other Factors May Be Involved
Factors other than breast MRI probably contributed to the rise in mastectomy rates, Abe continued. Improved breast reconstruction techniques have helped make mastectomy less unappealing. Additionally, some women at high risk of recurrence or a second breast cancer want to eliminate concerns about disease recurrence or new breast lesions.
Although the increased use of breast MRI has been previously reported, the study did show a much higher rate of bilateral mastectomy in women whose breast cancer was diagnosed by MRI, said Laura Kruper, MD, of City of Hope in Duarte, Calif. Previous studies had shown a rate of about 3%. The 43.3% overall rate of mastectomy also appears to be higher than previously reported.
"The only way to know whether the mastectomy rates and the contralateral prophylactic mastectomy rates are increased because of MRI use would mean survey the patients to determine whether the patient made the choice to undergo a mastectomy or contralateral prophylactic mastectomy based on the MRI finding," Kruper said in an email.
"SEER data can only be used to comment on trends and is often hypothesis generating. Also, this is an older population, and whether this effect is also seen in younger women needs to be examined."
The study was supported by the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gross disclosed relationships with Medtronic and FAIR Health. Co-authors disclosed relationships with Medtronic, FAIR Health, and Celgene.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Breast Cancer Research and TreatmentSource Reference: Killelea BK, et al "Trends and clinical implications of preoperative breast MRI in Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer" Breast Cancer Res Treat 2013; DOI:10.1007/s1059-013-2656-1.