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The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl features a myriad of activities, from charity events to various parties, and puts on one heck of a parade. The football game itself, which features No. 4 Stanford and No. 3 Oklahoma State in what many feel will be an old-fashioned western shootout among two of the nation's top quarterbacks, represents the culmination of a year's worth of preparation.
"It's not just a football game," said Matt Winter, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Fiesta Bowl. "It's a festival of college football."
With a city like Tempe, Ariz., which knows how to party, the festival lasts seemingly weeks. In fact, the Fiesta Bowl brings two bowl games into the limelight. The Insight Bowl, the undercard if you will, pits Iowa and Oklahoma on Friday, Dec. 30 at Sun Devil Stadium.
Tempe hosts a Block Party on New Year's Eve and the Stanford Alumni Association is planning several events centered in and around Tempe.
Other hosted parties include the Insight Big Huddle, Fiesta Bowl's College Football's Biggest Party and the Fiesta Bowl Stadium Club.
"It is a great honor, and it will be a tremendous challenge for us," Stanford coach David Shaw said. "This was the goal when we got here four years ago with Coach (Jim) Harbaugh. It really was to establish, first of all, a tough team and establish a team that can compete at the highest level."
The Cardinal (11-1) and Cowboys (11-1) line up a few miles west at the University of Phoenix Bowl in Glendale on Monday, Jan. 2, with a scheduled 5:30 p.m. kickoff (PST).
"We're as excited as you could possibly be," Winter said. "The interesting thing will be watching the two offenses. I hope for a high score and a great finish."
Oklahoma State, with its no-huddle offense, and Stanford, with its reliance on Andrew Luck in both the running and passing game, will certainly feel fast-paced.
"We try to play as fast as we can and more spread out and don't use fullbacks and tight ends as much as what would be a traditional offense," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. "We like the up-tempo, and we've had success with it. And our players enjoy competing in our system."
The Cardinal suffered its lone loss of the season to Oregon's no-huddle offense.
"Oregon is a little different. The speed on the field and the speed with which the plays get run is about the closest thing, but the schemes are different and the quarterback as a runner is a different dimension for Oregon," Shaw said. "That's the thing that gets you. You have to be able to line up quickly and have all 11 guys on defense ready to play because they will snap in a heartbeat."
Phoenix, which lies between Tempe and Glendale, hosts the parade (Arizona Diamondbacks' manager Kirk Gibson was named Grand Marshall) on New Year's Eve, beginning at 11 a.m. near the intersection of Bethany Home Road and Central Ave. The finish line is near 7th Street and Minnesota Ave.
"The parade attracts up to 200,000 people along the route," Winter said.
The favored breakfast eatery of media types remains Chompies, a few blocks east of the Arizona State campus on University. Dinner spots are many and include favorites Richardson's Cuisine of New Mexico at 6335 North 16th Street in Phoenix and Carlsbad Tavern on Hayden Road in Scottsdale and The Roaring Fork on Scottsdale Ave., also in Scottsdale.
Stanford begins serious preparations for the contest on Monday, with finals out of the way. The athletes will pretty much have the Stanford campus to themselves until it's time to depart for Arizona on the day after Christmas.
"We practiced twice during the week to get them running around," Shaw said. "It was a big week academically. We've made some general game plans in meetings with the coaches. Now we will start to ramp it up."
Luck completed a whirlwind tour of the nation last weekend, collecting hardware in some cities and finishing second in others.
He was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year, and offensive linemen Jonathan Martin and David DeCastro joined him on the first team. Luck also was presented the Maxwell Trophy for Most Outstanding Player.
Luck was named CoSIDA's Academic All-American of the Year for Football, carrying a 3.48 GPA as an architectural design major, and was honored with the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He was a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award and Heisman Trophy, each time finishing second to Baylor's Robert Griffin III.
"He's just been everything that we've needed him to be," Shaw said. "First and foremost, from the leadership standpoint, he's a lead-by-example kind of guy. We put a lot on him mentally. We put a lot on him physically, which is what we need from him.
"He's got all those tools and all the skills that you look for in a quarterback," Shaw added. "And right on top, with everything else, is that he's an absolute competitor who loves the game and loves when the game is on the line and loves when the ball is in his hands.
"Andrew doesn't even like all that awards stuff," Shaw said. "It's good for him to get the recognition though, the pats on the back."
Even better would be another bowl game victory to cap a second straight 12-1 season, a remarkable 24-2 two-year run and fittingly send Luck off to the NFL with his legacy firmly secured in Stanford football history.


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Exposing Hidden Gems in AutoCAD 201319 Jul, 2012 By: Lynn Allen
Circles and Lines Tutorial: Eleven little productivity enhancements add up to big time savings.
Another release of AutoCAD is here — and as usual, I prefer to write about the unsung heroes in the product, those smaller features that will no doubt improve your everyday drawing life. In many cases, if someone doesn't mention them, you just might miss them — and we certainly wouldn't want that! Following are eleven of my favorite new features.
Strikethrough Text
Mtext (along with tables, mleaders, and dimensions) now supports the common text feature of strikethrough text.
Use the new Strikethrough text tool to draw a line through your text.
In-Canvas Property Preview
Before AutoCAD 2013, most property modifications (such as layer, color, and linetype) didn't appear until after they were changed. Now, the new In-Canvas Property Preview lets you see the changes before you finalize them. For example, as you scroll down the Layer pull-down list with objects highlighted, you can see the object properties change for each layer as you move your cursor. This new feature should help you make more accurate property selections.
Edit Multiple Hatch Objects at Once
Autodesk moved the Hatch Editor to a contextual tab on the ribbon a couple of releases ago. There was a problem, however: You could only edit one hatch at a time. Well, that limitation is gone now. Feel free to select as many hatch objects as you want!
Quick View Drawings Update
Do you use Quick View Drawings to move from one open drawing to another? Well, you should! Quick View Drawings (found on the status bar) helps you easily move to another open drawing, as well as a specific layout tab of that drawing. AutoCAD 2013 displays the current drawing more clearly with bold text and a nice green border. Now you don't have an excuse not to use this nifty command!
It's easier to identify the current drawing and layout in Quick View Drawings.
Longer Font List Window
I'm sure that in the early days of AutoCAD, a short font window in the Text Style dialog box wasn't a problem; after all, there were fewer than half a dozen fonts! Over time, that list grew substantially — but the teeny, tiny window for the font list did not. At last, the font list window has been lengthened, so you won't have to do as much scrolling. Consequently, you will burn fewer calories with AutoCAD 2013.
Leader Improvements
Now, it's easy to put your leaders in front of other objects with the new Leader option in the TextToFront tool. The Mleader text box also includes a margin between the text and the frame now, as well as a minimum width for the text to prevent text overflow.
Easily move leaders to the front of the display with the new Leader option in TextToFront.
Display, but Don't Plot Wipeout Frames
To edit a wipeout, the frame must display, but often we don't want that frame to plot. No more turning wipeout frames on and off! Just set the new WIPEOUTFRAME system variable to 2, and the frame displays but won't plot. Note that you can also find this new option in the Wipeout command.
Finally, an Offset Preview
Wouldn't it be nice if you could see a preview of an offset before a final selection? Wish granted in AutoCAD 2013.
Xref Changes
In AutoCAD 2013, you can edit the saved path directly in the External References palette, and the found path is now read-only (as opposed to the other way around, as it was in previous releases). This should mean fewer lost xrefs!
Edit Saved Path in AutoCAD 2013 rather than the Found path.
Reverse Polylines with Widths
The new system variable PLINEREVERSEWIDTHS controls what happens when you execute the Reverse command on polylines with varying widths. When you set PLINEREVERSEWIDTHS to 0, varying widths are not affected. When it's set to 1, on the other hand, the widths of the segments are reversed and applied to the vertices starting in the opposite direction.
PressPull Enhancements
One very nice 3D improvement is with the popular PressPull command. The new Multiple option lets you PressPull multiple objects at one time. You also are no longer limited to selecting inside a closed boundary. Open 2D and 3D curves are now fair game!
One of the coolest additions to the PressPull tool is the ability to extrude a tapered solid while continuing the taper. Simply use the Ctrl key when selecting the face and the extrusion follows the existing taper — I love that! Tip: You can also use the Shift key to select multiple boundaries in PressPull.
Use the Ctrl key in PressPull to extrude a taper.
Aside from the big features in AutoCAD 2013, you'll find these little productivity enhancements add up to some big time savings — and who doesn't appreciate that? Until next time, Happy AutoCAD-ing!
About the Author: Lynn Allen
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Easyjet's estranged founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou said on Monday he would vote against the budget airline's plan to buy 135 new Airbus planes because they were not needed and their real cost had been kept secret.
Haji-Ioannou, better known as Stelios, founded easyjet in 1995 but quit the board in 2010 after a row over strategy. He still has a 37 percent stake and frequently disagrees with the airline on fleet expansion, executive pay and dividend policy, arguing that new jets hurt value for shareholders.
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EasyJet announced last month it would buy 35 A320 aircraft and 100 new A320neo jets, with options for a further 100, adding that around two thirds of the new planes would be used to replace its ageing 156-seat A319s, the bulk of its fleet.
It did not reveal the value of the deal - which must be approved by major investors at a meeting on July 11 - but said it had negotiated a "very substantial" discount. The planes are worth around $11.9 billion at list prices.
EasyJet sent a detailed circular to shareholders late last month and airline executives have been meeting top institutional investors to discuss the order over the last two weeks, sources close to the airline said.
Stelios said the company circular threw up an "unexplained difference" between the $76 million list price it gave for the planes and the $88 million for the same plane published on the Airbus website.
"I believe these decisions have been made behind closed doors mostly by City insiders playing with other people's money," Stelios said in a statement on Monday.
"It is also conceivable that people close to Airbus have bought shares in easyJet in order to influence the vote."
Easyjet declined to comment on Stelios' remarks. Airbus also declined to comment.
Stelios, who also criticized the airline for failing to specify which routes the planes would be used on, said he expected the deal would nonetheless be passed by the majority of the budget carrier's shareholders.
Sources close to easyJet CEO Carolyn McCall said she is confident of winning approval for the deal from shareholders despite the opposition from Stelios.
McCall is popular among the majority of shareholders given the annual dividend and profits have doubled since she took the helm in July 2010.
(The online version of this story corrects figure in the fourth paragraph to $11.9 billion)
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When treating an HIV-positive person, it's already a fair amount of work, and sometimes quite the balancing act, just to focus on the numbers: CD4 count, viral load, lipid levels, renal markers, and so on. But for a massive number of people with HIV, how well they are doing can't solely be measured numerically. The extent to which life trauma affects their health is a major factor, and it can seem daunting to find the time, resources, strategies and confidence to address the impact of profoundly affecting, often-disturbing and frequently ongoing trauma.
Edward Machtinger, M.D., has devoted his career to innovative work with marginalized and vulnerable people living with HIV, and has collaborated with researchers, providers and advocates to develop a scalable model of trauma-informed primary care for women living with HIV that has proven helpful for patients and providers alike.
TheBodyPRO.com recently interviewed Dr. Machtinger, who is a professor of medicine and the director of the Women's HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He spoke with us about his research, clinical experiences and collaboration with advocates to create this model, and shared thoughts and resources for its implementation.
Let me start out by asking your background as a provider, how you came to this project, and how you came to understand the importance of trauma-informed care.
I first decided to go into medicine because I was a young, gay activist in college in the mid-'80s in New York City, as the early HIV epidemic was really exploding. I thought of medicine as a way for me to be involved meaningfully in the epidemic. I had, at that time, hoped to run a small, creative, innovative program for vulnerable or marginalized individuals living with HIV.
Ultimately, that's where I ended up. I went to medical school at Harvard, and I did my internship and residency in primary care internal medicine at UCSF, and started working as an HIV primary care specialist right after residency. I run a Ryan White-funded program for women and adolescents living with HIV, including transgender women. The program was among the first in the country specifically designed for women living with HIV.
We got our first grant for the program in 1993 after we realized that the women being seen in the general program weren't doing very well. They would come into the program and most people who were working there were gay and white. Most of the other patients were gay and white. And the women were really different. Most were women of color. Many were poor. Very few of them were out. And the experience of being in the clinic just further reinforced the idea that it shouldn't be happening to them, that something was terribly the matter that they had HIV, and that they were really unique -- when, in reality, there were more and more people just like them getting HIV.
What would happen is, especially because they weren't out about their HIV status, almost to anybody, they wouldn't go get the services they needed that we referred them to -- the gynecological services, social services, mental health services. And so we decided to create a clinic that was a one-stop shop for women and girls living with HIV that has since become the norm, or the model, for Ryan White care services for women across the country.
My awakening to the issue of the impact of trauma on the lives of our patients came when one of our patients was found floating in the San Francisco Bay. That was a patient who we knew and loved very much.
We also knew that she was experiencing horrific domestic violence from her partner, and did everything we could as a clinic and as a community to help her get safe. In the end, that didn't work; he lured her away from where she was staying and murdered her, likely because he realized that she was really going to leave him.
We convened a group of all of the people in the city -- approximately 30 different providers -- who had worked with her, to learn from her death. From those meetings we realized that our clinics, despite having really exceptional HIV services and medical services, were really not designed to help women heal from lifelong abuse and prevent re-victimization.
More fundamentally, we realized that there was a mismatch between the treatment we were providing our patients and the healing that they really needed. From that meeting, we dedicated ourselves to understanding the intersection between recent and past abuse and the health outcomes of our patients.
As you came to have an understanding of the impact of trauma on your patients' lives, how were your patients doing? And what did you come to understand were the ways your clinic had to address trauma in order to make a difference in the HIV care continuum?
The first things that we did were two studies that looked at our patients, and then looked at women living with HIV across the country. Amongst our patients, we did a study looking at detailed behavioral and health data that we collect during intake interviews for our prevention-with-positives program. We looked for factors that were associated with core health outcomes amongst our patients.
We found that those patients who reported recent abuse were over four times more likely to be experiencing antiretroviral failure. And that, to us, was totally startling. We also found that over half of our patients report active depression. Forty percent of our patients are actively using crack cocaine, methamphetamine or heroin, and the vast majority of them are not out about their HIV status -- many not even to their families or their intimate partners.
If you look at the treatment cascade, our patients in general appear to be doing exceptionally well compared to the national rates: 91% of our patients are prescribed antiretroviral therapy, and 85% of those have an undetectable viral load. But even among those who have an undetectable viral load, the vast majority of the patients, from our perspective, are doing quite poorly. As I mentioned, over half are depressed. Almost half are actively using hard drugs. Very few have supportive networks of friends to help them through difficult situations, and help them avoid abusive partners, and help them be successful with their life and health goals. We hypothesized that, for many of our patients, not being out about their HIV status or histories of trauma was a key impediment to making real friends and creating a support network.
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Some Mormon feminists are moving their drive for ordination in the LDS Church from talk to action: They are pushing for tickets to the all-male priesthood meeting at the faith's October General Conference.
First, the group wishes to publicize the fact that women are not permitted to attend the semiannual priesthood meeting, says Kate Kelly, an international human rights lawyer in Washington, D.C., active Mormon and one of Ordain Women's founders. "Some Mormon women may not know that."
Second, since the meeting is open to men who are "prospective elders," Kelly says, "were we permitted to attend, it would help church leaders see us as the prospective elders we believe ourselves to be."
The point is "to demonstrate to leaders that we are ready for this change, that our commitment is not just online but with our bodies." she says. "We want the [church] leadership to prayerfully consider ordination of women."
In April, the LDS Church responded to the Ordain Women movement by emphasizing that God loves both genders equally.
"In God's plan for his children, both women and men have the same access to the guidance of his spirit, to personal revelation, faith and repentance, to grace and the atonement of his son, Jesus Christ, and are received equally as they approach him in prayer," spokeswoman Jessica Moody said then in a statement. But a male-only priesthood "was established by Jesus Christ himself and is not a decision to be made by those on Earth."
April's General Conference made history when Jean A. Stevens, first counselor in the LDS Church's Primary general presidency, became the first woman to offer a public prayer at the worldwide Mormon meeting.
This time around, Kelly and others at Ordain Women hope to get at least several hundred women to either ask for tickets from their local LDS leaders or wait in line at the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City on Oct. 5 for standby tickets.
So far, Kelly says, about 50 people have pledged to go. Several women have tried to get a ticket, but no one has succeeded.
"A lot of men have offered to give us tickets," she says, "but we don't want them. We want to be permitted to enter the conference. We only want to get tickets with the full knowledge of the priesthood leaders giving them."
Some women have said they are "very, very" afraid to participate, Kelly says, but she is optimistic and proud of this effort.
"We are not protesters," she says. "We are insiders, faithful, active Mormons."
On Monday, National Women's Equality Day, Kelly was among about 35 Mormon women who participated in an event dubbed "Equal in Faith: Women Fast for Gender Justice." They were joined in the daylong fast by Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Lutheran women who gathered for an interfaith prayer service from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Episcopal Church in the nation's capital.
"The Mormon women," Kelly says, "made up more than half the group."
A similar meeting was held that same night at Salt Lake City's Buddhist Temple, with about 50 in attendance, including 20 Brigham Young University students and a handful of Buddhists.
"There was a ton of interfaith support," says Chelsea Shields Strayer, a visiting professor at Utah Valley University this fall, who was at the Utah gathering.
Strayer says the Rev. Jerry Hirano of the Buddhist church told the group that "if you stand for equality, we stand with you."
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CEO Pay at Banks is Not to Blame for the Credit Crisis
Conventional wisdom has it that compensation in the financial industry is responsible for much of the credit crisis. For instance, Paul Krugman states that "reforming bankers' compensation is the single best thing we can do to prevent another financial crisis a few years down the road." Unfortunately, the facts are stubborn and they do not fit this conventional wisdom.
Rüdiger Fahlenbrach and I study the incentives of bank CEOs before the start of the crisis and how the performance of banks is related to these incentives in a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics. Our sample includes 95 large banks for which we have detailed information on CEO compensation, option holdings, and equity holdings. The paper shows that the value of the shares held by CEOs in the companies they managed in 2006 was roughly ten times the value of their total annual compensation. Such large holdings dwarfed annual bonuses (see Table 1). Experts in governance would have argued before the crisis that the interests of these CEOs were well aligned with the interests of the shareholders because they had so much skin in the game. The CEOs of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns had equity holdings in their firms worth approximately one billion dollars in 2006. With such holdings, it would have made little sense for CEOs to take actions that knowingly decreased shareholder wealth.


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WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that their Site Selection Committee has picked Cleveland to host the 2016 Republican National Convention.
The full membership of the RNC is expected to ratify the Site Selection Committee's recommendation at its August meeting.
Last month the RNC narrowed the competition down to two finalists: Cleveland and Dallas. Denver, Kansas City, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio were previously dropped from contention.
In January the RNC approved a rule change that would move the date of the GOP convention from its usual date of late August or early September to as early as late June.
Cleveland gives the Republicans a chance to hold their nominating convention in Ohio, a crucial battleground state. No Republican in modern times has won the White House without carrying the Buckeye State.
Cleveland's twice hosted presidential conventions: the 1924 and 1936 Republican conventions.
For a city, a convention is a costly affair as the host is expected to raise upwards of $60 million to help pay for it. But if managed correctly, a convention pays off as the surrounding communities are flooded with as many as 50,000 new visitors and the area is showcased on an international stage for weeks leading up to the event.
A Republican official tells CNN that Cleveland already has an unprecedented $30 million in the bank towards its convention bid.
Where will Democrats hold their 2016 convention?
Six cities are bidding to host the 2016 Democratic National Committee. The six cites are Birmingham, Alabama, Cleveland, Columbus, New York City, Philadelphia and Phoenix.
The Democratic National Committee says its Technical Advisory Committee will visit all six cities this summer. The DNC plans to have a final decision by late this year or early 2015.
The RNC Site Selection Committee's decision on Cleveland, assuming it's ratified in August by the full RNC, means in reality that the city is off the DNC's list.
"The DNC's exclusivity clause is triggered when a city signs a contract with another political party but given today's news, we'll discuss with Cleveland and determine whether a site visit is still necessary," the DNC said in a statement Tuesday.
Why Cleveland
Site Selection Chairwoman Enid Mickelsen said in a statement that her panel "was tasked with difficult decisions and was presented with several strong options to host our convention."
But she added that she's "confident Cleveland is the right pick for our next national convention. Cleveland has demonstrated they have the commitment, energy, and terrific facilities to help us deliver a history-making Republican convention."
And RNC Chairman Reince Priebus added that "A Cleveland convention offers our party a great steppingstone to the White House in 2016, and I'm encouraged by the committee's recommendation. The team from Cleveland has gone above and beyond the call of duty and I think they're representative of a city eager to show the country all the fantastic things they have to offer."
"The RNC set a new standard for conventions during this process. Not only will the convention be held earlier in 2016, but there are also substantial guarantees in place for funding that put us well ahead of previous conventions and will give our nominee the best opportunity to succeed," Priebus added.
As for the losing city, Mickelsen said that "Dallas is a world class city with wonderful venues and fantastic people and I'm certain they'll make a great host for our party in the future. The Dallas team were excellent ambassadors for their city and showed both the committee and the RNC all the wonderful things the city has to offer."
Cleveland, the nation's 45th most populous city according to the 2010 census, may be best known as the home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But the northeastern Ohio city, along the shores of Lake Erie and bisected by the Cuyahoga River, is also home to the Cleveland Clinic, which is ranked among America's best hospitals. The city averages high temperatures in the low 80's during the summer.
While holding a convention in a crucial battleground state such as Ohio may seem like a plus, it far from guarantees a political party will win that state come November. The last time the GOP captured the state where they held their presidential nominating convention was 1992, when the party held camp in Houston.
Last time around neither party (the Democrats in Charlotte, North Carolina and the GOP in Tampa, Florida) carried the state where they held their convention.
"There doesn't seem to be a correlation between conventions and winning particular states," Priebus said earlier this year.


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Interviews With The Participants in The Parfait Games
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Ten young people will be participating in The Parfait Games (coming soon). In these quick, five question interviews, get to know the contenders and pick who you'll be rooting for. ---- These are interviews for the characters in my entry for The Selection competition. The games will be explained in the actual story (which I hope to post soon). The ten people are in teams of two working to win the games with the other person from his/her county. Pick which team you'll be supporting when The Parfait Games start in (hopefully) a few days. NOTE: The teams consist of a boy and a girl, BUT this is NOT a romance story. So if that's what you're expecting, you'll be disappointed.
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text: On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Randall Jouett wrote: > Donald Becker wrote: > > It transparently uses all available cluster nodes, and works even if > > that number is '0'. > > I like this. Our cluster philosophy is that the end user should not be required to do anything new or special to run a cluster application. That means Applications should work even if there is only a single machine in the cluster. Many beginner MPI applications don't handle this case correctly. Cluster applications should not require a helper program such as 'mpirun' or 'mpiexec'. The application code should interact with the scheduler to set any special scheduling requirements or suggestions. A sophisticated user should still be able to optimize and do clever things, but the basic operation shouldn't require any new knowledge. > > It does all of the serial setup and run-time I/O on the front end > > machine (technically, the MPI rank 0 node). This minimizes > > overall work and keeps the POV-Ray call-out semantics unchanged > > It does the rendering only on compute nodes (except for the N=0 case). > > It completes the rendering even with crashed or slow nodes. > > Ah. So it redistributes the work, huh? Kewl. Here we use knowledge about the application semantics to implement failure tolerence. When we have idle workers and the rendering isn't finished, we send some of the remaining work to the idle machine. If a machine fails we still finish the rendering and do the final call-outs, but don't cleanly terminate. -- Donald Becker becker at scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Scyld Beowulf cluster system Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993


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This is in the new digest on page 35 of the FAQ's. I read it as electronic calls are ok for deer hunting.
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Global Multifunction Tester Market Research Report 2017 tracks the major market events including product launches, technological developments, mergers & acquisitions, and the innovative business strategies opted by key market players. Along with strategically analyzing the key micro markets, the report also focuses on industry-specific drivers, restraints, opportunities and challenges in the Copper Strips market. This research report offers in-depth analysis of the market size (revenue), market share, major market segments, and different geographic regions, forecast for the next five years, key market players, and premium industry trends. It also focuses on the key drivers, restraints, opportunities and challenges.
Leading companies operating in the global Multifunction Tester market profiled in the report are Honeywell, Kyoritsu, Megger, Eaton, Amprobe, Kewtech, Inficon, Fluke, Craftsman, Mastech, Uxcell, UEi Test Instruments.
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This report segments the global Multifunction Tester market on the basis of types, Low Pressure, High Pressure, High Pressure. On the basis of application, the global Multifunction Tester market is segmented into Personal, Commercial, Lab. For comprehensive understanding of market dynamics, the global Multifunction Tester market is analyzed across key geographies namely North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, India. Each of these regions is analyzed on basis of market findings across major countries in these regions for a macro-level understanding of the market.
There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the global Multifunction Tester market.
Chapter 1, to describe Multifunction Tester Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Motorcycle Wheels, with sales, revenue, and price of Motorcycle Wheels, in 2016and 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016and 2017;
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Chapter 5, 6, 7,8and 9, to analyze the key regions, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;
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home remedy for imsomnia
Home Remedies For Insomnia
Home Remedies For Insomnia
Did you know that Insomnia is one of the biggest sleep problems in Europe and North America? It has been said that one third of the population within the United States are not getting enough sleep to resume their daily, normal activities. This percentage is astounding.
Generally speaking, we should be aiming for seven to nine hours of sleep per night. This is so we can function at our best during the working day. If we don't get this amount of sleep, insomnia can kick in and can lead to illness such as depression, accidents (at work and on the way to work), and even heart disease.
Within this article I will discuss some simple ways to help with insomnia. Some cost a few dollars, others are free and are more about awareness and changing your lifestyle. Give them a try and put them to the test. If the don't help you, please seek professional assistance with your local GP or sleep clinic.
Firstly, as I've been studying binaural beats for the past 5 years, I will start with a few sleep programs that are currently on the market that use binaural beat recordings as sleep aids. And if you haven't tried binaural beats, they might just be for you.
The Six Steps To Sleep Program and Sleep Tracks Program I will investigate as these are ones that have had success from hundreds of thousands of people world-wide.
Please note that if you do click on some of the links (not all, but some of them) I will receive a small commission if you purchase a product. This also helps me to pay for my website costs of storing the music on site and for me to be able to give out free meditation and relaxation music each month 🙂 If you would like free relaxation music each month, simply sign in at the blue box at the top of this page and I will notify you each month of new titles at no charge whatsoever!
Sleep Tracks – Sleep Optimization Program
This program has been around for sometime now and Sleep Tracks is the only program of its kind that takes a holistic approach to insomnia issues.
It looks into the most important areas that can contribute to irregular sleeping patterns and insomnia itself and assists these issues through the use of 5 Quality MP3 Recordings and 1 e-book and 5 video course all delivered to you in an instant for $77.00. Or you can benefit from
the CD version for the same price plus the cost of postage.
The program consists of 5 CD's/MP3's
1. Fall Asleep – This is to be used at the beginning of the night from when you are wide awake. This will help you to drift off
2. Whole Night – This one is good to be played on continuous all night and is perfect for those who awaken at night time. The Entrainment is used to slow down your brain responses. (See diagram of what happens to your brainwave patterns after only six minutes of listening to this recording.)
3. Anxiety Ease – Ideal for anytime you are beginning to feel stressed and have anxiety. Don't leave it until bedtime. Best to deal with it in the moment with this CD/MP3
4. Power Nap – Need a quick break? This one wil do the job. You don't need any more than 20 minutes ( this will not disturb your sleep at night time) as this will be all you need to awaken again feeling refreshed and energized.
5. Insomnia Buster – Use this one prior to going to bed. The idea of this one is to prepare you for the night's sleep ahead. (Although you may even find yourself feeling sleepy listening to this one.)
You also receive with the CD's/MP3's 1 eBook and a video Course
1. Fast Start Guide – Begin to implement these ideas into your lifestyle and you will rid yourself of insomnia now and forever (This gives you some great tips on the program and how best to get started)
2. Optimal Sleep Course – This consists of 5 videos designed to give you the best sleeping tips and strategies to prepare for a good nights sleep.
The entire course is backed by an unconditional guarantee. If after 60 days you're not happy with the course, simply return the CD's (if you purchased the CD's) and you will be given a refund. No questions asked. To visit the Trusted and Official Site of SleepTracks, please click here!
Home Remedies For Insomnia – Delta Isochronic Tones
Relax Me Online have recently produced a brand new recording called "Home Remedies For Insomnia" This is a one stop MP3 recording that runs for 1 hour and is an instant download.
You can listen to the Youtube Sample here. This is not just a 'pretty' recording. Like Sleep Tracks above, this recording has Delta Isochronic tones that will deeply relax you and eventually lull you into a deep sleep.
Delta brainwave patterns appear when we are sound asleep. Even some monks have been known to achieve this level of brain wave frequency when they have just come out of a deep meditation. Baby's can naturally experience these patterns and younger children, however as adults will lose this ability.
Six Steps To Sleep – The Natural Insomnia Cure
What I like about The Six Steps To Sleep Program, aside from all of the recordings and information you receive, is a bonus item – a sleep planner chart – to keep track of your progress and sleep insomnia patterns, and to stick to the six step program. So simple, yet so much needed with this type of program.
This course also offers a full money back guarantee – if you're not sleeping any better after 3 days of using the course, simply drop them an email and they will refund your money in full.
This program comes with 4 audio programs and 3 bonus items (including the tracker as mentioned above) and the good news is the price of this program – at only $27.00, it is sure to be a hit. It has already helped over 100,000 people and has been recommended by the National Sleep Foundation.
They also claim that within three days you can be sleeping like a baby. All recordings offer special binaural beat soundtracks that take you to the relaxed Delta State. Here are the recordings supplied:
1. Deep Sleep (Delta – 30 minutes) This recording uses delta to give you a restorative sleep
2. Anxiety Release (Theta – 15 minutes) Helps relieve stress and anxiety before going to bed, thus setting the mind to relax
3. Calm Mind (Theta – 15 minutes) Set to beautiful relaxation music and pulsing theta beats, this will have you waking up in the morning feeling refreshed after a deep and restful sleep
4. Sleep Like a Baby (Theta Hypnosis – 20 minutes) Listen to this one at any time of the day to improve your sleeping patterns. This one uses Theta binaural beats as well as a vocal hypnosis session.
As mentioned at the beginning, you also receive 3 bonus products; the planner, another Blissful sleep audio presentation and an e-book called The Ultimate Deep Sleep Guide" All of this comes as an instant download so you can begin tonight! To Visit The Official And Trusted Site Of Six Steps To Sleep, Please Click Here.
Herbal Bliss – The Perfect Cure For Insomnia
I've used herbs many times now and yes, they do work. (At least for me!) Firstly, let's start with Lavender. Lavender is quite a common and easily grown plant that has dull green/grey leaves and purple flowers.Just touching the lavender bush will set of its beautiful aroma.
It's known to have anti-anxiety properties and to assist with relaxation. Some use it in their oil burners, whilst others sprinkle just one or two drops on a pillow before bed time. I like the idea of sprinkling essential oil of Lavender (make sure it is essential oil and not manufactured oil with various toxic additives!) on the pillow and this has really helped me sleep well.
The great thing is when you awaken during the night and get a whiff of the lavender again, it sends you straight back to sleep. Aromatherapy really does work wonders.
You can learn more about how to use essential oils here with these great cheap e-books on aromatherapy recipes.
A good old fashioned cup of Chamomile Tea can be a great way to get comfortable for the night. This tea is readily available from most larger supermarkets and health food stores. It has relaxant properties within it.
Here is a trick I use. About 1 hour before I go to sleep, I boil the jug and add 2 chamomile tea bags in my cup. Pour them in and let the cup cool. Then, about 15 minutes prior to sleep, I drink the tea (warm). This has really assisted me to have a solid sleep. Give this one a try and let me know how you fare.
Set a Sleeping Schedule
A really important tip here, and so often overlooked, is to keep a sleeping and waking schedule. A regular routine. Try to aim to go to sleep around the same time each night (or thereabouts) and have things in place that will begin to signal to your body that it's almost time to go to sleep.
Try to wake up at a regular time. If you don't get much sleep one night, try to avoid naps the following day and keep to your scheduled routine.Your body will soon realize that it needs to sleep at regular intervals, rather than at various times throughout the day and night.
Set A Comfortable Sleeping Environment
So simple, yet again one that is often overlooked. Check that you have decent pillows. Are they old and offer no support? If so, get rid of them now. You spend 8 hours a day resting your head on them – they should offer you support.
The same applies to your bed. It's amazing how we tend to spend so much money on other things in our lives, and yet many of us will scrimp and scrape on the purchase of a decent bed. Not only is having a good supportive bed good to help ease insomnia, it's also imperative for your back health.
Keep your sleeping environment dark and quiet. Purchase a pair of soft earplugs if need be to reduce external noises. Treat your bedroom as a temple. This is your place of rest so make it real comfortable. Avoid watching television, eating, playing on the computer in your bedroom.
These all conflict with a good nights resting area. I hope that one of these tips will assist you to make insomnia become a thing of the past. It's natural to get a good night's sleep and these tips are designed to bring back your sleep in a natural and healthy way, without drugs. Good luck and hoping that home remedies for Insomnia has helped you today.
Please note: Some of The programs offered above I will receive a commission on them if you click on them and purchase. Not a large amount but this helps me to continue to run my site and supply free relaxation music each month. (If you want free relaxation music each month, simply fill in your name and email in the blue box at the top of the page and I will send you download links to begin to relax at NO CHARGE each month. 🙂


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The Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP) is an intercollegiate academic program sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and administered by the University of Oklahoma. The program allows eligible students to earn college credit by participating in one of a year-long series of five-day interdisciplinary seminars. All seminars are led by distinguished scholars invited from around the world to teach a select group of 20-25 students chosen from various colleges and disciplines. Cameron University is proud to be one of the nineteen universities in the state of Oklahoma which participate in OSLEP. If you are a sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student with a GPA of 3.0 or above we encourage you to apply for the seminar of your choice.
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- Blade Thickness:0.19"
- Blade Material:CPM-S30V
- Blade Style:Spear Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Stonewash
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:5.10"
- Handle Thickness:0.54"
- Handle Material:G-10
- Color:Brown
- Frame/Liner:Titanium
- Weight:6.10 oz.
- User:Right Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Up
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Thumb Hole
- Lock Type:Frame Lock
- Brand:Strider Knives
- Model:SMF
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Tactical
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The SMF folder is a prime example of the quality and craftsmanship you can expect from Strider Knives. The blade is S30V stainless steel, flat ground with a stonewash finish. The front is marked "STRIDER" and the back has their logo. Includes dual heat treated stainless steel thumb studs and oval thumb hole opener. The top of the knife features thumb ramp notching where the frame meets the blade spine for extra grip.
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3rd South Carolina (Maj. Robert C. Maffett)
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7th South Carolina (Col. D. Wyatt Aiken)
8th South Carolina (Col. John W. Henagan)
15th South Carolina (Col. William DeSaussure)
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3rd South Carolina Battalion (Lieut. Col. William G. Rice)
Semmes' Brigade
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10th Georgia (Col. John B. Weems)
50th Georgia (Col. William R. Manning)
51st Georgia (Col. Edward Ball)
53rd Georgia (Col. James P. Simms)
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17th Mississippi (Col. William D. Holder)
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18th Mississippi (Col. Thomas M. Griffin)
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21st Mississippi (Col. Benjamin G. Humphreys)
Brigade (Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford)
16th Georgia (Col. Goode Bryan)
18th Georgia (Lieut. Col. Solon Z. Ruff)
24th Georgia (Col. Robert McMillin)
Cobb's (Georgia) Legion (Lieut. Col. Luther J. Glenn)
Phillips' (Georgia) Legion (Lieut. Col. Elihu S. Barclay)
Artillery (Col. Henry Coalter Cabell)
1st North Carolina Artillery Battery (A) (Capt. Basil C. Manly)
Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery (Capt. John C. Fraser)
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1st Richmond Howitzers (Capt. Edward S. McCarthy)
Troup (Georgia) Artillery (Capt. Henry H. Carlton)
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18th Virginia (Lieut. Col. Henry A. Carrington)
19th Virginia (Col. Henry Gantt)
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28th Virginia (Col. Robert C. Allen)
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56th Virginia (Col. William D. Stuart)
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3rd Virginia (Col. Joseph Mayo, Jr.)
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7th Virginia (Col. Waller T. Patton)
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24th Virginia (Col. William R. Terry)
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57th Virginia (Col. John Bowie Magruder)
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Hampden (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. William H. Caskie)
Richmond Fayette Artillery (Capt. Miles C. Macon)
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11th Georgia (Col. Francis H. Little)
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15th Georgia (Col. M. Dudley DuBose)
17th Georgia (Col. Wesley C. Hodges)
20th Georgia (Col. John A. Jones)
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German (South Carolina) Artillery (Capt. William K. Bachman)
Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery (Capt. Hugh R. Garden)
Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery (Capt. James Reilly)
Artillery Reserve (Col. James B. Walton)
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Bedford (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Tyler C. Jordan)
Brooks (South Carolina) Artillery (Lieut. S. C. Gilbert)
Madison (Louisiana) Artillery (Capt. George V. Moody)
Virginia (Richmond) Battery (Capt. William W. Parker)
Virginia (Bath) Battery (Capt. Osmond B. Taylor)
Washington (Louisiana) Artillery (Maj. Benjamin F. Eshleman)
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5th Louisiana (Maj. Alexander Hart)
--- (Capt. T. H. Biscoe)
6th Louisiana (Lieut. Col. Joseph Hanlon)
7th Louisiana (Col. Davidson B. Penn)
8th Louisiana (Col. Trevanion D. Lewis)
--- (Lieut. Col. A. de Blanc)
--- (Maj. G. A. Lester)
9th Louisiana (Col. Leroy A. Stafford)
Smith's Brigade (Brig. Gen. William Smith)
31st Virginia (Col. John S. Hoffman)
49th Virginia (Lieut. Col. J. Catlett Gibson)
52nd Virginia (Lieut. Col. James H. Skinner)
Hoke's Brigade (Col. Isaac E. Avery)
--- (Col. A. C. Godwin)
6th North Carolina (Maj. Samuel D. McD. Tate)
21st North Carolina (Col. William W. Kirkland)
57th North Carolina (Col. Archibald C. Godwin)
Brigade (Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon)
13th Georgia (Col. James L. Smith)
26th Georgia (Col. Edmund N. Atkinson)
31st Georgia (Col. Clement A. Evans)
38th Georgia (Capt. William L. McLeod)
60th Georgia (Capt. Waters B. Jones)
61st Georgia (Col. John H. Lamar)
Artillery (Lieut. Col. Hilary P. Jones)
Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. James McD. Carrington)
Courtney (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. William A. Tanner)
Louisiana Guard Artillery (Capt. Charles A. Green)
Staunton (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Asher W. Garber)
Rodes' Division (Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes)
Daniel's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel)
32nd North Carolina (Col. Edmund C. Brabble)
43rd North Carolina (Col. Thomas S. Kenan)
--- (Lieut. Col. W. G. Lewis)
45th North Carolina (Lieut. Col. Samuel H. Boyd)
--- (Maj. John R. Winston)
--- (Capt. A. H. Gallaway)
--- (Capt. J. A. Hopkins)
53rd North Carolina (Col. William A. Owens)
2nd North Carolina Battalion (Lieut. Col. Hezekiah L. Andrews)
--- (Capt. Van Brown)
Iverson's Brigade (Brig.
Gen. Alfred Iverson)
5th North Carolina (Capt. Speight B. West)
--- (Capt. Benjamin Robinson)
12th North Carolina (Lieut. Col. William S. Davis)
20th North Carolina (Lieut. Col. Nelson Slouh)
--- (Capt. Lewis T. Hicks)
23rd North Carolina (Col. Daniel H. Christie)
--- (Capt. William H. Johnston)
Doles' Brigade (Brig. Gen. George Doles)
4th Georgia (Lieut. Col. David R. E. Winn)
--- (Maj. M. H. Willis)
12th Georgia (Col. Edward Willis)
21st Georgia (Col. John T. Mercer)
44th Georgia (Col. Samuel P. Lumpkin)
--- (Maj. W. H. Peebles)
Ramseur's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur)
2nd North Carolina (Maj. Daniel W. Hurt)
--- (Capt. James T. Scales)
4th North Carolina (Col. Bryan Grimes)
14th North Carolina (Col. R. Tyler Bennett)
--- (Maj. Joseph H. Lambeth)
30th North Carolina (Col. Francis M. Parker)
--- (Maj. W. W. Sillers)
Brigade (Col. Edward A. O'Neal)
3rd Alabama (Col. Cullen A. Battle)
5th Alabama (Col. Josephus M. Hall)
6th Alabama (Col. James N. Lightfoot)
--- (Capt. M. L. Bowie)
(Col. Samuel B. Pickens)
>26th Alabama (Lieut. Col. John C. Goodgame)
Artillery (Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Carter)
Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery (Capt. William J. Reese)
King William (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. William P. Carter)
Morris (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Richard C. M. Page)
Orange (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Charles W. Fry)
Johnson's Division (Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson)
Steuart's Brigade (Brig. Gen. George
H. Steuart)
1st Maryland Battalion Infantry (Lieut. Col. James R. Herbert)
--- (Maj. W. W. Goldsborough)
--- (Capt. J. P. Crane)
1st North Carolina (Lieut. Col. Hamilton Allen Brown)
3rd North Carolina (Maj. William M. Parsley)
10th Virginia (Col. Edward T. H. Warren)
23rd Virginia (Lieut. Col. Simeon T. Walton)
37th Virginia (Maj. Henry C. Wood)
Nicholls' Brigade (Col. Jesse M. Williams)
1st Louisiana (Col. Michael Nolan)
2nd Louisiana (Lieut. Col. Ross E. Burke)
10th Louisiana (Maj. Thomas N. Powell)
14th Louisiana (Lieut. Col. David Zable)
15th Louisiana (Maj. Andrew Bradey)
Stonewall Brigade (Brig. Gen. James Walker)
2nd Virginia (Col. John Q.A. Nadenbousch)
4th Virginia (Maj. William Terry)
5th Virginia (Col. John H. S. Funk)
27th Virginia (Lieut. Col. Daniel M. Shriver)
33rd Virginia (Capt. James B. Golladay)
Jones's Brigade (Brig. Gen. John. M. Jones)
--- (Lieut. Col. Robert H. Dungan)
21st Virginia (Capt. William P. Moseley)
25th Virginia (Col. John C. Higginbotham)
--- (Lieut. Col. J. A. Robinson)
42nd Virginia (Col. Robert Withers)
--- (Capt. S. H. Saunders)
44th Virginia (Maj. Norval Cobb)
--- (Capt. T. R. Buckner)
48th Virginia (Lieut. Col. Robert H. Dungan)
--- (Maj. Oscar White)
50th Virginia (Lieut. Col. Logan H. N. Salyer)
Artillery (Maj. James W. Latimer)
1st Maryland Battery (Capt. William F. Dement)
Alleghany (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. John C. Carpenter)
Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery (Capt. William D. Brown)
Lee (Virginia) Battery (Capt. Charles I. Raine)
--- (Lieut. William M. Hardwicke)
Artillery Reserve (Col. J. Thompson Brown)
First Virginia Artillery (Capt. Willis J. Dance)
2nd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (Capt. David Watson)
3rd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (Capt. Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.)
Powhatan (Virginia) Artillery (Lieut. John M. Cunningham)
Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Archibald Graham)
Salem (Virginia) Artillery (Lieut. Charles B. Griffin)
Nelson's Battalion (Lieut. Col. William Nelson)
Amherst (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Thomas J. Kirkpatrick)
Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. John L. Massie)
Georgia Battery (Capt. John Milledge, Jr.)
THIRD ARMY CORPS (Lieut. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill)
Anderson's Division (Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson)
Brigade (Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox)
8th Alabama (Lieut. Col. Hilary A. Herbert)
9th Alabama (Capt. J. Horace King)
10th Alabama (Col. William H. Forney)
--- (Lieut. Col. James E. Shelley)
11th Alabama (Col. John C. C. Sanders)
--- (Lieut. Col. George E. Tayloe)
14th Alabama (Col. Lucius Pinckard)
--- (Lieut. Col. James A. Broome)
Wright's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright)
--- (Col. William Gibson)
3rd Georgia (Col. Edward J. Walker)
22nd Georgia (Col. Joseph A. Wasden)
--- (Capt. B. C. McCurry)
48th Georgia (Col. William Gibson)
--- (Capt. M. R. Hall)
--- (Col. William Gibson)
2nd Georgia Battalion (Maj. George W. Ross)
--- (Capt. Charles J. Muffett)
Mahone's Brigade (Brig. Gen. William Mahone)
6th Virginia (Col. George T. Rogers)
12th Virginia (Col. David A. Weisiger)
16th Virginia (Col. Joseph H. Ham)
41st Virginia (Col. William A. Parham)
61st Virginia (Col. Virginius D. Groner)
Perry's Brigade (Col. David Lang)
2nd Florida (Maj. Walter R. Moore)
5th Florida (Capt. Richmond N. Gardner)
8th Florida (Lieut. Col. William Baya)
Posey's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Carnot Posey)
12th Mississippi (Col. Walter H. Taylor)
16th Mississippi (Col. Samuel E. Baker)
19th Mississippi (Col. Nathaniel H. Harris)
48th Mississippi (Col. Joseph M. Jayne)
Artillery (Sumter Battalion) (Maj. John Lane)
Company A (Capt. Hugh M. Ross)
Company B (Capt. George M. Patterson)
Company C (Capt. John T. Wingfield)
Heth's Division (Maj.
Gen. Henry Heth)
--- (Brig. Gen. James J. Pettigrew)
1st Brigade (Brig. Gen. James J. Pettigrew)
11th North Carolina (Col. Collett Leventhorpe)
26th North Carolina (Col. Henry K. Burgwyn)
47th North Carolina (Col. George H. Faribault)
52nd North Carolina (Col. James K. Marshall)
2nd Brigade (Col. John M. Brockenborough)
40th Virginia (Capt. T. Edwin Betts)
--- (Capt. R. B. Davis)
47th Virginia (Col. Robert M. Mayo)
55th Virginia (Col. William S. Christian)
22nd Virginia Battalion (Maj. John S. Bowles)
3rd Brigade (Brig. Gen. James J. Archer)
--- (Col. Birkett D. Fry)
--- (Lieut. Col. Samuel G. Shepherd)
5th Alabama Battalion (Maj. Albert S. Van De Graaf)
13th Alabama (Col. Birkett D. Fry)
1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) (Maj. Felix G. Buchanan)
7th Tennessee (Lieut. Col. Samuel G. Shepherd)
14th Tennessee (Capt. Bruce L. Phillips)
4th Brigade (Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis)
2nd Mississippi (Col. John M. Stone)
11th Mississippi (Col. Francis M. Green)
42nd Mississippi (Col. Hugh R. Miller)
55th North Carolina (Col. John Kerr Connally)
Artillery (Lieut. Col. John Garnett)
Donaldsville (Louisiana) Artillery (Capt. Victor Maurin)
Huger (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Joseph D. Moore)
Lewis (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. John W. Lewis)
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues (Capt. Charles R. Grandy)
Pender's Division (Maj. Gen. Willian D. Pender)
--- (Brig. Gen. James H. Lane)
--- (Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble)
--- )(Brig. Gen. James H. Lane)
1st Brigade (Col. Abner Perrin)
1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) (Maj. Charles W. McCreary)
1st South Carolina Rifles (Capt. William M. Hadden)
12th South Carolina (Col. John L. Miller)
13th South Carolina (Lieut. Col. Benjamin T. Brockman)
14th South Carolina (Lieut. Col. Joseph N. Brown)
2nd Brigade (Brig. Gen. James H. Lane)
--- (Col. Clark M. Avery)
--- (Brig. Gen. James H. Lane)
--- (Col. Clark M. Avery)
7th North Carolina (Capt. J. Mcleod Turner)
--- (Capt. James G. Harris)
18th North Carolina (Col. John D. Barry)
28th North Carolina (Col. Samuel D. Lowe)
--- (Lieut. Col. W. H. A. Speer)
33rd North Carolina (Col. Clark M. Avery)
37th North Carolina (Col. William M. Barbour)
3rd Brigade (Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas)
14th Georgia (Col. Robert W. Folsom)
35th Georgia (Col. Bolling H. Holt)
45th Georgia (Col. Thomas J. Simmons)
49th Georgia (Col. Samuel T. Player)
4th Brigade (Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales)
--- (Lieut. Col. G. T. Gordon)
--- (Col. W. Lee. J. Lowrance)
13th North Carolina (Col. Joseph H. Hyman)
--- (Lieut. Col. H. A. Rogers)
16th North Carolina (Capt. Leroy W. Stowe)
22nd North Carolina (Col. James Conner)
34th North Carolina (Col. W. Lee. J. Lowrance)
--- (Lieut. Col. G. T. Gordon)
38th North Carolina (Col. William J. Hoke)
--- (Lieut. Col. John Ashford)
Artillery (Maj. William T. Poague)
Albemarle (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. James W. Wyatt)
Charlotte (North Carolina) Artillery (Capt. Joseph Graham)
Madison (Mississippi) Light Artillery (Capt. George Ward)
Virginia (Warrington) Battery (Capt. James V. Brooke)
Artillery Reserve (Col. R. Lindsay Walker)
Mcintosh's Battalion (Maj. D. G. Mcintosh)
Danville (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. R. Sidney Rice)
Hardaway (Alabama) Artillery (Capt. William B. Hurt)
2nd Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery (Lieut. Samuel Wallace)
Virginia (Richmond) Battery (Capt. Marmaduke Johnson)
Pegram's Battalion (Maj. William J. Pegram)
--- (Capt. E. B. Brunson)
Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery (Capt. William G. Crenshaw)
Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Edward A. Marye)
Letcher (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Thomas A. Brander)
Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery (Lieut. William E. Zimmerman)
Purcell (Virginia) Artillery (Capt. Joseph McGraw)
Stuart's Division (Maj. Gen. James E. B. Stuart)
Hampton's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton)
--- (Col. Laurence S. Baker)
1st North Carolina (Col. Laurence S. Baker)
1st South Carolina (Col. John L. Black)
2nd South Carolina (Col. Matthew C. Butler)
Cobb's (Georgia) Legion (Col. Pierce B. M. Young)
Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion (Col. Joseph F. Waring)
Phillips' (Georgia) Legion (Lieut. Col. Jefferson C. Phillips)
Fitz Lee's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh
1st Maryland Battalion (Maj. Harry Gilmore)
--- (Maj. Ridgely Brown)
1st Virginia (Col. James H. Drake)
2nd Virginia (Col. Thomas T. Munford)
3rd Virginia (Col. Thomas H. Owen)
4th Virginia (Col. William Carter Wickham)
5th Virginia (Col. Thomas L. Rosser)
Robertson's Brigade (Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson)
4th North Carolina (Col. Dennis D. Ferebee)
5th North Carolina (Col. Peter G. Evans)
Jenkins' Brigade (Brig. Gen. Albert
G. Jenkins)
--- (Col. Milton J. Ferguson)
14th Virginia (Maj. Benjamin F. Eakle)
16th Virginia (Col. Milton J. Ferguson)
17th Virginia (Col. William H. French)
34th Virginia Battalion (Lieut. Col. Vincent A. Witcher)
36th Virginia Battalion (Capt. Cornelius T. Smith)
Jackson's (Virginia) Battery (Capt. Thomas E. Jackson)
Jones's Brigade (Brig. Gen. William E. Jones)
6th Virginia (Maj. Cabel E. Flourney)
7th Virginia (Lieut. Col. Thomas Marshall)
11th Virginia (Col. Lunsford L. Lomax)
W. H. F. Lee's Brigade (Col. John R. Chambliss, Jr.)
2nd North Carolina (Col. Solomon Williams)
9th Virginia (Col. Richard L. T. Beale)
10th Virginia (Col. J. Lucius Davis)
13th Virginia (Capt. Benjamin F. Winfield)
Stuart Horse Artillery (Maj. Robert F. Beckham)
Breathed's (Virginia) Battery (Capt. James Breathed)
Chew's (Virginia) Battery (Capt. R. Preston Chew)
Griffin's (Maryland) Battery (Capt. William H. Griffin)
Hart's (South Carolina) Battery (Capt. James F. Hart)
McGregor's (Virginia) Battery (Capt. William M. McGregor)
Moorman's (Virginia) Battery (Capt. Marcellus M. Moorman)
Imboden's Command (Brig.
Gen. John D. Imboden)
18th Virginia (Col. George W. Imboden)
62nd Virginia Infantry, Mounted (Col. George H. Smith)
Virginia Partisan Rangers (Capt. John H. McNeill)
Virginia (Staunton) Battery (Capt. John H. McClanahan)
June 1997
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At first, Deborah Kogan of New York says, she thought it would pass. Her 4-year-old son's fever had been on the rise for hours, and he was looking puffy. Kogan took Leo to the pediatrician, who thought it might be strep throat. It wasn't.
A few days later, Leo "woke up, and he looked as if he was one of the characters in The Nutty Professor. His face ballooned about twice its normal size." She posted a photo of Leo on Facebook. That's when the crowdsourced diagnosis took shape.
On Facebook, a cousin wrote, "Look, I really think you should check and make sure it's not Kawasaki disease." A pediatrician from the Bay Area posted, "I hope the doctors have ruled out Kawasaki disease." And so it continued.
Kogan had never heard of the disease but didn't need more warnings. She took him to the nearest hospital, where, indeed, he was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease.
Kawasaki disease was discovered by Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967, but it wasn't until the 1970s that the Japanese Ministry of Health made a further inquiry. That's when researchers realized that children were dying — not from the disease, but from the heart attacks that followed, says Dr. Jane Burns of the University of California, San Diego.
Burns is the foremost expert on Kawasaki disease, but even so, not a lot is understood about it. It's a condition that causes arterial inflammation and also affects lymph nodes and mucous membranes. Symptoms include swelling, like Leo's face, fever and even peeling skin.
It's a rare disease that mainly affects children younger than 4. It's estimated that more than 4,000 children get the disease each year in the U.S., but it's far more common in Asia, particularly in Japan, where 1 out of 150 children is infected. Scientists say it's unclear how the disease spreads.
But a few years ago, Burns started to notice a pattern: The disease appeared to be seasonal. "That meant that in January, February, March we were going to be very busy, and then in September, October, that was a good time to take our vacations," she says.
Japanese researchers noticed a similar pattern. Together, they worked with a group of climate scientists who started to analyze atmospheric data.
What the climate researchers found was an association with the direction of wind circulating in the troposphere at heights of 3,000 meters, Burns says. When those wind currents blew in one direction, across Japan, then across the Pacific, to the West Coast and Hawaii, the number of U.S. cases increased. When the wind blew in the opposite direction, the number of cases fell.
The data were so overwhelming that Burns and her team thought it couldn't be coincidental. If this theory about Kawasaki disease is true, it could open up a whole new understanding of how other human pathogens are spread. No human disease has ever been shown to cross an ocean by wind and still remain infectious.
Meanwhile, Leo Kogan recovered fairly quickly after being pumped with a blood product made up of antibodies, a process that his mother says was terrifying.
"I don't think I have been traumatized by anything as much as I was traumatized by having a child with Kawasaki disease," she says. "What is extremely difficult about having a kid with Kawasaki disease, before the diagnosis, is just the not knowing."
Leo is now a healthy 5-year-old. While Kawasaki disease is still rare, the number of cases both in the U.S. and Japan have been rising steadily each year.
To another story about scientific research also inconclusive and very much theoretical but if proved true could revolutionize our understanding of how human pathogens are spread. First, to the mysterious disease in question.
DEBORAH KOGAN: So Mother's Day last year, my son, who was 4 at the time, woke up with kind of a rash and a fever.
RAZ: At first, Deborah Kogan figured it would pass. But as the hours ticked by, her son, Leo's, fever became worse. So she took him to the pediatrician who figured it was strep.
KOGAN: The next day, he woke up, and he was puffy. Not really puffy but slightly puffy, and it sort of looked like he had the mumps.
RAZ: The strep test result was negative. But by Tuesday morning...
KOGAN: He looked as if he were one of the characters on the "Nutty Professor." His face had ballooned to about twice its normal size.
RAZ: Deborah called up her doctor, made an appointment. But in the meantime, she posted photos of Leo onto her Facebook page, and a crowd-sourced diagnosis began to take shape.
KOGAN: Within 10 minutes of posting that photo, a friend of mine called me on the phone. She said, look...
RAZ: She told Deborah to take Leo to the hospital immediately, and then the flood of Facebook posts began. Her cousin Emily wrote...
KOGAN: Look, I really think you should check and make sure it's not Kawasaki disease. I hope the doctors have ruled out Kawasaki disease.
RAZ: On and on it went.
KOGAN: Within an hour, I was hearing the word Kawasaki disease. I had never heard of it before.
RAZ: Deborah never bothered going back to the doctor's office.
KOGAN: I picked up my kid, I ran to the hospital nearest us. We live in Harlem, so I went up to 165th to the Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital with an excellent rheumatology department.
RAZ: Kawasaki disease was first identified by a Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967. It's not contagious, and it's still not clear how it spreads. It mainly affects children under the age of 4.
DR. JANE BURNS: It wasn't until 1970 when the Japanese Ministry of Health did an inquiry.
RAZ: That's Jane Burns. She's a foremost expert on Kawasaki disease based at the University of California at San Diego.
They realized that there were children dying following this disease, and they were dying from heart attacks.
Which, in children, is extremely rare. In the U.S., about 4,500 children are infected with the disease each year. And a few years ago, Jane Burns started to notice a pattern, a seasonality to the cases she was diagnosing.
BURNS: That meant that in January, February, March, we were going to be very busy, and then in September and October, we knew that that was a good time to take our vacation.
RAZ: Japanese researchers noticed a similar pattern. So together, they worked with a group of climate scientists who started to analyze atmospheric data.
What the climate scientists found when they began sifting through all of the satellite data and the atmospheric data - these are things like temperature, precipitation, surface ocean temperature - what leapt out of the computer at them was an association with the direction of the wind circulating in the troposphere, so these are heights of 3,000 meters, and that these large-scale wind currents blew in one direction across Japan, then across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii and the West Coast of the U.S. when the cases were increased, and it blew in the opposite direction when there was a fall in the number of cases.
The data was so overwhelming that Burns and her team thought it couldn't be coincidental. Kawasaki is far more common in Asia than it is in the U.S. In Japan, for example, one out of every 150 kids is infected. So with this new data, Burns published a controversial theory last November in the journal Scientific Reports.
She suggested that the disease may be carried by wind currents across the ocean inside tiny dust particles. If that theory is true, it could open up a whole new understanding into how other human pathogens are spread. No human disease has ever been shown to cross an ocean by wind and still remain infectious.
In Deborah Kogan's case, the doctor examining her son, Leo, wasn't sure whether it was indeed Kawasaki disease.
KOGAN: She just said: Look, we're going to treat him for Kawasaki disease because he's really sick. And hopefully, by tomorrow, he'll be better.
RAZ: Leo did recover fairly quickly after being pumped with a blood product made up of antibodies, but it was terrifying.
KOGAN: I don't think I've been traumatized by anything as much as I was traumatized by having a child with Kawasaki disease, the big question mark hanging in the air for so long, the hours and hours it took to figure out what was wrong with him. Kawasaki disease is so rare that most doctors have never seen it. I think that's what is extremely difficult about having a kid with Kawasaki disease before the diagnosis is just the not knowing.
RAZ: Leo is now a healthy 5-year-old. And while Kawasaki disease is still rare, the number of cases, both in the U.S. and in Japan, have been rising steadily each year.
RAZ: And you're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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According to the locals, the total snowfall measured this winter at 1400m was 12 metres! Last snowfall to date in Chamonix on 29th May 2013! Surprisingly snowfall at higher altitudes (2,000m) was 12.5 metres, so not much more than in the villages of Montroc and Le Tour. A very long, very snowy winter which has extended well into spring.
The quantity of accumulated snowfall is greater than winter 2011/12, which was already a great season (11 metres at 2,000m), but considerably more than previous winters where the average total snowfall was 7 metres at 2,000m.
We asked local glaciologist Luc Moreau whether these two successive long winters were likely to have an impact on the receding glaciers… "Over the past two years, we have had winters resembling those between 1970 – 80, when the glaciers were very healthy. If the glaciers are to benefit from this snow, the summer needs to be neither too hot, nor too long! For the past 20 years summers have been hotter and 80% of the snowfall above 3,000 metres has been melting, hence the regeneration of ice is considerably diminished. Ideally we need lots of winters like this one, and summers that aren't too hot"
So far, so good… we didn't suffer from the heat in May !
Another well known figure in the valley is Joel Devouassoux. In winter his days often begin well before dawn and finish when the job is done, as he snowploughs around the clock to ensure that skiers can make fresh tracks elsewhere than in the lift car parks ! Joël has been clearing snow for 43 years and he proudly exhibits his customized jacket at every occasion!
A consequence of this long hard winter is that there is still snow above 1600 metres (particularly on the north facing slopes) and many mountain trails are not yet accessible to walkers, or require specific equipment for crossing snowy couloirs. It is strongly recommended to visit one of the Chamonix Valley tourist offices or the OHM (High Mountain Office) in Chamonix to find out where one can walk safely, without taking unnecessary risks.
Whilst out walking, you may encounter one of these hardy Ibex, looking for something juicy to chew on! The mountain fauna are hungry and the vegetation is later than usual, so they are grazing quite low! If they are blocking your path, give them a wide birth, they can be agressive if they feel threatened, but otherwise they will ignore you.


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In a perfect world, all of our efforts would go toward protecting the habitats of
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approach in which we did not take other species into our family units, but allowed them to
develop on their own in the wild. However, we are far from such a Utopia and as
responsible humans must deal with the results of the domestication of animals. Since many
animals domesticated to be pets have been bred but have no homes, most AR supporters see
nothing wrong with having them as companion animals. As a matter of fact, the AR supporter
may well provide homes for more unwanted companion animals than does the average person!
Similarly, animals domesticated for agricultural purposes should be cared for.
However, animals in the wild should be left there and not brought into
homes as companions. A cage in someone's house is an unnatural environment for an exotic
bird, fish, or mammal. When the novelty wears off, wild pets usually end up at shelters,
zoos, or research labs. Wild animals have the right to be treated with respect, and that
includes leaving them in their natural surroundings. --LK
A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship
that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all
inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.
Indeed, animal rights advocates have been leaders in drawing attention
to some of the abuses and neglects of our "beloved" pets. Many of the taken for
granted practices do need to be reexamined and changed. The questions that animal rights
raises about companion animals are important questions:
* Can we maintain animals as companions and still properly address
their needs? Obviously, we can't do this for all animals. For example, keeping birds in
cages denies those creatures their capacity and inherent need to fly -
although parrots who
are adopted after years of non-flight may be comfortable without flight.
In one way it is similar to a child not being able to run - after years
of sitting on a couch a child may not really want to run.
* Is manipulating companion animals for our needs in the the best
interests of the nonhuman animal as well? Tail docking would thus be a practice to condemn
in this regard.
* Might some of our taken-for-granted practices of pet keeping be
really a form of exploitation? Animals in circuses or panhandlers using animals on the
street to get money from passersby would arguably be cases of exploitation.
* Which attitudes of human caretakers are truly expressions of our
respect and love towards these animals, and which might not be? Exotic breeding is one
example of this kind of abuse, especially when the breeding results in animals that are at
a greater risk for certain diseases or biological defects.
All that animal rights is really asking is that we consider more deeply
and authentically the practice at hand and whether or not it truly meets the benchmark
that BOTH the needs of human AND nonhuman animals be considered. --TA
The following points should be considered when selecting a companion animal.
Get a companion animal appropriate to your situation--don't
keep a big dog in a flat or small garden. Don't get an animal that will be kept
unnecessarily confined--birds, fish, etc. However, it is a good policy to try to keep cats
inside as much as possible, especially at night, to protect both the cat and local
wildlife. Allowing a cat to kill for
sport is ethically similar to housing a tiger and letting it out at
night to kill your neighbors' cats and dogs and can't be justified because
it is "natural". Get your dog or cat from a local pound or animal group; thousands of animals are
destroyed each year by groups such as the RSPCA. The majority are animals who are lost or
dumped. Vicious animals are not adopted out. By getting an animal from such a source you
will be saving its life and reducing the reliance on breeders.
Finally, get your companion neutered. There is no behavioral or
biological benefit from being fertile or from having a litter. And every pup or kitten
that is produced will need to find a home. --JK
#76 What
about spaying and neutering?
Ingrid Newkirk writes: "What's happening to our best
friends should never happen even to our worst enemies. With an estimated 80 to 100 million
cats and dogs in this country already, 3,000 to 5,000 more puppies and kittens are born
every hour in the United States--far more than can ever find good homes. Unwanted animals
are dumped at the local pound or abandoned in woods and on city streets, where they suffer
from starvation, lack of shelter and veterinary care, and abuse. Most die from disease,
starvation, and mistreatment, or, if they're lucky are 'put to sleep' forever at an animal
The point is that the practice of neutering and spaying prevents far
more suffering and harm than it imposes on the neutered or spayed animals. The net harm is
minimized. --DG