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We'd all passed around a yucky cold the week before but felt like we were on the upswing so this achy-breaky turn of events was certainly news to me. Our P.A. had given Phil a prescription for a Z-Pak the day before, just in case he got worse over the holiday. Realizing this qualified as worse, I gave the prescription to his sister and her boyfriend to get filled at the pharmacy and also had them get a thermometer so we could take his temp.
By the time they got back Phil was fading fast. He was on the couch under blankets, flushed and lethargic. His temperature was 103.9. I called our clinic in Ann Arbor which was closed because of the holiday, but spoke to the nurse on call who told me, in no uncertain terms, to go directly to the ER. So we did.
While there, Phil's fever got up to 104.3 and his resting heart rate was 97. (It's normally about 60.) His breathing was labored, as if he were jogging, but he was just lying there. The ER doctor called our clinic back in Ann Arbor and they agreed that Phil should immediately have IV antibiotics and be put on an ambulance back to U of M. After speaking with Phil's mom, we all agreed this was the best plan. Phil's sisters came to the ER to bring him food and sit with him while I took Ruby back to the house, packed up the kids and all our belongings with the help of Phil's parents and all my brothers-in-law, and the kids and I headed back home sans Phil.
Phil was admitted to U of M at about 6pm on Christmas Eve. I got home with the kids shortly after that and my parents came over to hang out with Ocean and Iris while Ruby and I headed to the hospital. By the time she and I got there Phil felt a little better thanks to the fluids and antibiotics but he was definitely still feverish at about 103. We were told he had an infection that was overwhelming his body. Diagnosis: Sepsis. But they were going to run blood cultures to find the source of the infection and he would probably have to be in the hospital for a few days pending the results.
The next morning, Christmas, I took all the kids to my parents' house to open gifts. Phil Skyped in from the hospital so he was able to watch the kids open their gifts. I then left Ocean and Iris there and Ruby and I went back up to the 8th floor at UMHS to hang out with Phil. His fever had come down quite a bit but he was also taking Tylenol for a headache so it was hard to tell if the fever had broken or if the Tylenol was masking it. Phil's parents, sister and sister's boyfriend had also driven down to spend the afternoon with him. He had a flu culture done which came back positive. They did a chest x-ray and we're waiting for those results.
On Sunday my mom came over to watch the big kids so Ruby and I could go back to the hospital. Phil was definitely looking much better and felt better too. He was off the Tylenol and his fever was gone. We walked the halls a little bit and Ruby smiled at all the passers-by as she is famous for. That evening the doctor told us Phil's x-ray came back showing pneumonia, primarily in his right lung. They put him on some big-gun antibiotics that night.
Yesterday, Monday, the doctor was confident enough in Phil's recovery to send him home on an oral antibiotic. We were out of there by 2:00.
All of Phil's chemo is currently on hold until he's better. He feels about 70% today. He still sounds pretty bad but better than he's sounded for the last week.
There are a hundred lessons we learned through this experience. I do not have the bandwidth to recount them all right now. The one I will share is probably the most obvious: If you don't feel well, call your doctor. Immediately. Things can go from zero to sepsis in a matter of hours, especially in the immune-compromised patient. We didn't realize how terrifying things were until it had settled down a little. We're not dwelling on it, but lesson learned.
(Another thing I learned is that sputum is possibly the most disgusting-sounding word in the English language with an equally disgusting definition.)
Christmas was not as we expected or envisioned for 2010 but we were able to experience the true meaning of it this year: Grace and mercy.
We're looking forward to a lighter, brighter 2011 for all of us. Cheers!


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The family of an American prisoner of war captured nearly four years ago in Afghanistan says it has received a letter it believes was written by him.
The family of an American prisoner of war captured nearly four years ago in Afghanistan says it has received a letter it believes was written by him.
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, disappeared from his base in Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, and is believed held in Pakistan.
His mother and father in Idaho issued a statement on Thursday saying they've received a letter they are confident was written by their son.
In the statement, Bob and Jani Bergdahl say the letter, delivered through the International Committee of the Red Cross, gives them hope that their son is doing as well as can be expected, under the circumstances.
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"Our family is greatly relieved and encouraged by this letter," they wrote.
They didn't release excerpts from the letter or detail its content.
They thanked the Red Cross for its help and support – and renewed their plea for his captors to release Bergdahl, who turned 27 on March 28.
"We hope Bowe's captors will again consider his parents' plea to release him, but in the meantime, we ask that you please continue to keep him in good health and allow him to keep corresponding with us," they wrote.
Bergdahl's captivity, which will mark its fourth anniversary later this month, has been marked by only sporadic releases of videos and information about his whereabouts.
In his hometown of Hailey, residents continue to adorn numerous trees and light poles with yellow ribbons, to remember his plight.
Though he's thought by the United States to be held by the Haqqani Network, a Pakistan-based group that President Barack Obama's administration has declared to be a terrorist organization, leaders of the Haqqani said last December that Bergdahl was actually being held by another Taliban group.
Obama called the Bergdahls on Memorial Day weekend in 2012 to reassure them that he and the U.S. military are doing everything in their power to secure his return.
Col. Tim Marsano, an Idaho National Guard spokesman acting as a media liaison for the Bergdahl family, said details from the letter indicate it's genuine.
Though he hasn't seen the letter, it was his understanding that it was a physical letter, not an electronic message, and had been handwritten.
He said the Bergdahl family had been working with the International Committee of the Red Cross for some time, to establish communication with their son. Marsano said this is the first letter exchange, to his knowledge.
"The Bergdahls … are very pleased they've gotten this result," Marsano said. "They're very thankful to the ICRC."
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, is acting as a go-between for Bergdahl and his family in Idaho, part of its mission is to protect victims of armed conflict and other violent situations and provide them with assistance.
"We talk to all the parties in a conflict … to make sure the detainees are kept in good conditions, fed properly, taken care (of) if they have any medical need," said Alexis Heeb, a spokesman in Geneva. "Of course, one of the priorities, whatever a detainees' status, is they should have contact with their families. For us, it's essential that detainees stay in touch with their relatives, wherever they may be in the world."
The Red Cross hasn't been immune to violence.
On Tuesday, its leaders said it was temporarily removing some staff from Afghanistan and curtailing some activities following an attack last week on its offices in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
The attack that killed one guard is considered an aberration, however; the Red Cross has rarely been hit since the war in Afghanistan began in late 2001 and has good relations with all parties to the conflict, including the Taliban, who allow Red Cross representatives to operate in areas under its control.

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A-Rod's injury questioned; Cashman responds
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees are clashing over the diagnosis of the third baseman's strained left quadriceps, as Rodriguez has enlisted the help of a new doctor to challenge the opinion that he is not ready to join the big league roster.
In response, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman released a statement on Wednesday that indicated Rodriguez has acted contrary to Major League Baseball's Collective Bargaining Agreement by failing to inform the team that he was seeking a second opinion.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees are clashing over the diagnosis of the third baseman's strained left quadriceps, as Rodriguez has enlisted the help of a new doctor to challenge the opinion that he is not ready to join the big league roster.
In response, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman released a statement on Wednesday that indicated Rodriguez has acted contrary to Major League Baseball's Collective Bargaining Agreement by failing to inform the team that he was seeking a second opinion.
"Contrary to the Basic Agreement, Mr. Rodriguez did not notify us at any time that he was seeking a second opinion from any doctor with regard to his quad strain," Cashman said. "As you know, it is the Yankees' desire to have Alex return to the lineup as soon as possible. And we have done everything to try and accomplish this."
The situation's storyline developed on Sunday, when team physician Christopher Ahmad diagnosed Rodriguez with a Grade 1 strain of his left quad after an exam and MRI in New York. As a result, the Yankees said that Rodriguez would remain on the disabled list and return to Florida to rest and receive treatment.
But on Wednesday, Ahmad's diagnosis was questioned by Dr. Michael Gross, chief of orthopedics of Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. Gross said on WFAN Radio in New York that Rodriguez had asked him to look over the MRI to offer a second opinion.
Gross acknowledged to WFAN's Mike Francesa that he has never treated Rodriguez in person and only spoke to the third baseman over the phone, but after spending about 20 minutes looking at the image, he saw no reason that Rodriguez couldn't be in the Yankees' lineup.
"To be perfectly honest, I don't see any sort of injury there," Gross said in the radio interview. "I asked him that specifically. I said, 'A-Rod, does anything hurt?' And he said, 'No.' If there's no pain -- to me, as an orthopedist -- that means there's no injury."
Cashman rebutted that claim by saying that Rodriguez has been complaining of "tightness" in his quadriceps as far back as July 12, when Rodriguez refused to fly to Buffalo, N.Y., and join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to avoid a poor weather forecast while playing for Class A Advanced Tampa.
"As early as Friday, July 12, when I suggested to Alex that we move his rehab from Tampa to Triple-A Scranton (at Buffalo), Alex complained for the first time of 'tightness' in his quad and therefore refused to consent to the transfer of his assignment," Cashman said.
"Again, last Sunday, Alex advised that he had stiffness in his quad and should not play on Sunday or Monday. We sent Alex to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for an MRI which evidenced a Grade 1 strain."
As for the violation of the CBA, according to Article XIII, Paragraph D, players must "inform the Club in writing of his decision to seek a second medical opinion" prior to undergoing another evaluation.
Rodriguez offered only a brief statement on Wednesday as he was driven past reporters outside the Yankees' complex.
"I feel great," Rodriguez said, rolling down the passenger window of an SUV. "That's all I've got to say."
Rodriguez then gave the small crowd of reporters a thumbs-up, rolled up the car window and left.
Cashman said that the Yankees will re-evaluate Rodriguez on Thursday in Tampa.
"As always, we will follow the rules and regulations set forth in the Basic Agreement, and will again re-evaluate Alex in Tampa tomorrow, as our goal is to return him to the lineup as soon as he is medically capable of doing so," Cashman said.
According to Gross, Rodriguez believes he is fully healthy and ready to return to the Yankees' lineup.
"I asked him, 'Do you think you're fit to play?' And he said, '100 percent,'" Gross said. "I'm guessing a guy who's been playing ball his entire life knows his body. If he thinks he's fit to play, that's what he said."
The conflicting reports from the Yankees, A-Rod and his hand-picked doctor further highlight his troubled relationship with the team. In a further twist, The New York Times reported that the Gross was reprimanded earlier this year by the State of New Jersey's Board of Medical Examiners for offenses relating to prescribing steroids.
Last month, Rodriguez and the Yankees publicly disagreed regarding his rehabilitation from offseason surgery on his left hip, with Cashman furiously chastising Rodriguez following a Twitter post that contradicted the team's comments about his recovery.
Rodriguez did not indicate what the next step is in his recovery would be, nor did he share what he did in four hours at the Yankees' complex on Wednesday. Outfielder Curtis Granderson said he and infielder Jayson Nix had a brief conversation with Rodriguez inside the facility.
Granderson asked Rodriguez if he wanted to hit in the batting cages, but Yankees trainers kept him from doing so.
"I told him, 'Hey, we're about to go hit, if you want to come hit,'" Granderson said. "Then, almost like a kid out at recess, they had to stop him: 'No, no, no, you can't go yet. You've got to warm up first.' Which is good. He's eager and ready to get back out there."
In Arlington, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he had not spoken to Rodriguez since Saturday or Sunday and said he would be unable to comment on most of Rodriguez's situation since he has not been privy to the conversations.
Asked if any part of this development had struck Girardi as odd, Girardi leaned back in his chair and sighed.
"I don't know," Girardi said. "I've said it all along, that you hope you get your players back. We want them all back. Until you have them actually playing, I worry about the guys in this room. I do communicate with the guys to see how things are going, but we want everyone back. That's the bottom line. That's why we signed them."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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Goldman Sachs Can Party Again
Is the recession over? Looking at the Instagram photos of one New York socialite, you might think so.
Photos of a lavish Goldman Sachs partners dinner last month showed bankers are partying again.
The last big dinner was held in 2006. Soon after, the economy began tanking and Goldman Sachs, along with other big investment banks on Wall Street, became Main Street targets for the profiting off the subprime mortgage crisis.
Goldman Sachs was criticized for taking government bailout money and, in turn, awarding their executives with large bonuses. They have since paid back the money and posted profits, but also cut thousands of jobs.
One source well-connected with the big banks and familiar with the parties told ABC News that a party doesn't necessarily indicate a huge economic change, but it does mean things are certainly looking up.
"I think everybody now will do parties, but nothing like the old days," the source said. "Many have cancelled Christmas parties for the last five years and the parties, if they have them at all, are half of what they used to be."
The source added that in 2008 it wouldn't have been good to be seen partying during such a dire economic state.
Though Goldman Sachs spokesperson David Wells wouldn't go into the details of the dinner, he said the partners gather intermittently and for many reasons. Another partner meeting was held in 2011.
"The dinner was a nice way to end a week full of meetings and to welcome the 70 new partners, especially since that whole group from around the world doesn't get together often," Wells told ABC News.
The photos were posted on the Instagram account of @shannonkelly926, who has since made her profile private. Kelly's Twitter account says she recently relocated to New York from Las Vegas, where her MySpace page shows pictures of her competing in swimsuit competitions within the Las Vegas night club circuit. A request for comment was not returned by Kelly.
The photos of the Goldman Sachs party were obtained and first reported by New York magazine, and show a large black tie affair with formal table settings and a musical performance.
The Instagram postings were tagged to warehouse party venue Pier 36, and appeared to be the only photos that have surfaced from the event. A sweep of the 70 new Goldman Sachs partner's social media sites did not reveal any images from that night.


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Erika touched on this earlier but I'm less interested in the four-year trends (enthusiasm overall is down this year compared to 2004 and 2008) than in the monthly trends. The last time Gallup asked voters if they're more or less enthusiastic to vote than usual was February, when the GOP led 53/45. Fast forward to this month's poll and the split is … 51/39, with both parties' numbers having dipped but the Dems' down more sharply. How come? Is it a seasonal thing in election years? Maybe, maybe not:
Enthusiasm built steadily throughout the campaign in 2004 but it fell off a cliff in 2008 during the summer months before rebounding in the fall. The difference in those two years, I assume, is the epic Democratic primary between Obama and Hillary. Kerry had a relatively easy time of things in the primary so Democratic voters could focus on the general election from the outset. Not so in the death struggle of '08; what you're seeing in those numbers, in all likelihood, is a massive letdown among Hillary fans over the summer after she lost, with the predictable rebound in the fall as Democrats "came home." Santorum tested Romney briefly in February and March but this year's GOP primary was a lot more like the Democratic one in 2004 than in 2008 — and yet enthusiasm is still down a few points over the summer. In fact, although it's Democrats who have slipped most since February, it's actually Republicans who have slipped most since September 2011. Back then, Dems split 45/44 on the question of more/less enthusiasm while the GOP split 58/30. We've lost seven points over the last 10 months while Democrats have lost six. Why is that? Is it an artifact of the somewhat-contested primary or conservative tepidness towards Romney?
More from Gallup on the GOP's overall advantage:
The voting enthusiasm measure gives a sense of Americans' motivation to turn out and vote but probably also their expectations of their preferred party's chances of winning. Thus, the Republican advantage may indicate a greater likelihood of voting among Republicans but also greater optimism about a Republican victory than was the case in 2008. In turn, Democrats are probably less optimistic about their chances of winning than they were in 2008.
Gallup has found a relationship between voting enthusiasm and the outcome of midterm congressional elections, with the party that has the advantage generally faring better in the elections. That pattern also held in the 2008 presidential election, with Democrats reporting greater enthusiasm throughout the year and Barack Obama winning the election.
All well and good, but don't read too much into the GOP's advantage here. Democrats led Republicans by 17 points in enthusiasm at this point in 2004 and we all know how the incumbent fared that time. But never mind that. Again, I'm wondering: Why has Democratic enthusiasm slid more over the past five months than the GOP's? The most striking thing about Obama's campaign strategy this year is how he's scaled back his outreach to white working-class voters and other groups outside his base to focus on pandering to true-blue Dems in hopes of boosting turnout. That's what his gay marriage "evolution" and his DREAM Act gambit were all about. And yet, if Gallup is to be believed, he's eating a big ol' shinola burger for it in terms of liberal enthusiasm. That doesn't mean much yet — note how the 2008 numbers enthusiasm soared in September — but it's still hard for me to explain. Are liberals just bored with the election? (Aren't we all?) Depressed about the forever elusive economic recovery? (Surely.) Sick of The One's face on TV every five minutes? (Possibly.) Okay, but still — the man's delivering Grade A prime class resentment day after day with those Bain attack ads to try to get them excited. What more do they want?
Here's Krauthammer insisting that, contrary to popular belief, he does in fact think Romney will win in November.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) makes the trip west to Texas this week to compete at the 2014 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, his second national meet appearance in as many years. The NCAA Championships open on Thursday, March 27 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on the campus of the University of Texas.
Hussein will compete in the 200 IM (1:44.14), along with the 100- (47.67) and 200-yd. (1:43.90) backstroke events. He owns the UMBC school record in all three events.
Last year, Hussein became the first UMBC male swimmer, and third swimmer overall in program history, to reach the NCAA Championships. He is now the first Retriever to make a return trip to the national meet while the program's total has risen to four with freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) competing last week at the 2014 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis.
At the 2013 championship meet in Indianapolis, Hussein just missed out on the finals of the 200 IM, placing 17th in the morning prelims. He broke the school record in the process, along with slipping by his own marks in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke.
After breaking six individual school records as a junior in 2012-13, Hussein pushed further in his final collegiate campaign, updating five of his school marks, including his specialty, the 200-yd. The senior led UMBC to a second-place finish at the team's first CCSA Championships and was named the meet Most Outstanding Male Swimmer. The Retrievers earned the No. 23-ranking by CollegeSwimming.com just days following the championship meet.
The week after the CCSA meet, Hussein improved his own school records and NCAA "B" cut times in the 200 IM, 200 back, and 100 fly at the ECAC Championships, en route to gaining another Most Outstanding Male Swimmer award.
Jacque Wisnauskus became the first Retriever swimmer to reach the national stage when she competed in the 200-yd. butterfly at the 1990 NCAA Championships. Lindsey Prather followed 12 years later, swimming the 200-yd. breaststroke at the 2002 NCAA meet.


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Weather APIs are among the most popular and the category has quadrupled over the past few years, with 47 weather APIs currently listed in the ProgrammableWeb API directory.
The Weather Channel API is currently the most popular, despite the service being only available as a paid monthly subscription. Most other Weather APIs offer a free limited account as well as paid accounts based on monthly usage.
When the Weather Channel announced in July 2012 that the company is buying one of their rivals, Weather Underground, fans of the rival weather service immediately voiced concerns about the impending Weather Channel acquisition. Such concerns include the Weather Channel's "penchant for the commercialization of weather" and the difficulty of finding historical weather data on the weather.com site.
"It was so much easier to track down historical data on the independent site (Weather Underground)" said Paul Baginski, a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Smith College, "It seemed with every update to their Web site, weather.com added another obstacle with advertisements and extra tabs and clicks."
Since the acquisition of Weather Underground by the Weather Channel, HAMweather reported that there has been a near 300% increase in usage as developers are quickly signing up to try the free Aeris Weather API Developer accounts.
The Aeris Weather API currently supports "more than 2.6 million cities worldwide and over 7 million points of interest" and can be used for many different applications. Senior meteorologist and Media Logic Group, LLC founder Paul Douglas says that "Today, adding personalized weather to a website or mobile app is a no-brainer."
The default Aeris Weather API data format is JSON and the API includes JavaScript and PHP SDK Toolkits. Mobile Toolkits are also available for developers who would like to incorporate weather content into their iOS or Android applications.
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In the city there were 1,237 homes for sale at the end of the month, up slightly from last year's 1,255. There were 391 new listings in the city placed on the MLS® System during the month, down 18% from 478 in 2014.
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Geysers of the World
Geysers of Yellowstone
Fountain Geyser
Feature Type: Geyser
Geyser/Spring Type: Fountain geyser
Lower Geyser Basin
Fountain Group
Fountain is a beautiful geyser. Its 30 minute eruptions can reach over 75 feet and are characterized by highly energetic bursts that wildly explode in all directions. It is a very fun geyser to watch. Since Morning Geyser is usually dormant, Fountain is usually the major performer in the area. It usually erupts every 4 to 15 hours.
What to look for:
In the past Fountain would erupt after the pool filled to nearly overflowing. Lately Fountain gives no such warning and erupts from an empty crater. The best way to see this amazing geyser is to know the current interval and when the last eruption took place.
Electronic Monitor Files
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2000.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2001.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2002.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2003.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2004.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2005.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2006.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2007.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2008.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2009.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2010.txt
Fountain Geyser eruptions for 2011.txt
Some of the temperature data used to derive the eruption times and durations used in this section were collected by Ralph Taylor under a National Park Service research permit, and the remainder was collected by personnel working for the Geology Department of the Yellowstone Center for Resources (including Ralph Taylor). The loggers are a combination of loggers owned by the NPS and Ralph Taylor. Analysis of the raw temperature data to extract the eruption data was performed by Ralph Taylor. The eruption time files on this website may be used provided that Yellowstone National Park is credited for the temperature data and Ralph Taylor is credited for the eruption times.
Activity Recorded by Data Logger - by Ralph Taylor
A data logger has been deployed at Fountain Geyser since late August of 2000. We have attempted to obtain a continuous record of Fountain's activity since that time, but the record has several gaps caused by equipment failure or our inability to recover the data in wintertime. There are gaps from 21 May to 20 June in 2001, 21 February to 23 March 2003, 6 March to 8 April and 23 May to 3 July in 2004, 19 January to 18 March 2005, 2 February to 2 March and 30 March to 21 April 2006, 15 January to 21 March 2007, and 7 January to 28 February 2008. In 2009 there are gaps from 23 February to 1 March due to the logger filling, and from 15 April to 29 May due to the logger filling when access to the area was not allowed because of the bear closure.
Activity in 2011
The overall statistics for 2011 are shown at
Fountain Geyser 2011 Statistics.
A pdf of this summary is at
Fountain Geyser Recent Activity Summary.
The activity of Fountain Geyser in 2011 is shown in the graph at the right. The blue line shows all of the eruption intervals and the yellow line shows the 1-day moving median interval. The graphs for the current year are updated about every six weeks from October to June and weekly from June to the end of September.
Since the end of 2010 Fountain has become more variable in both interval and duration.
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The second graph expands the time line for the past three months.
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The next graph shows Fountain's intervals for the month prior to the most recent download.
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The next graph shows the interval distribution for 2011. The width of the peak shows the uncertainty in intervals. Blue shows the intervals for the whole year to date, maroon shows the previous month, and yellow the previous week. Note that in this and the other histograms displayed here the labels shown on the X-axis represent the upper boundary of the class, not the midpoint. Geyser times are traditionally truncated. The graph at the right has class widths of 60 minutes. The bar appearing above the label "5:30," for example, contains intervals from 5h01m through 5h30m.
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The graph at the right shows Fountain's eruption durations for the year to date.
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The next graph shows the duration distribution for 2011. Blue shows the intervals for the whole year to date, maroon shows the previous month, and yellow the previous week.
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The monthly statistics graph shows the maximum, mean, median, and minimum intervals for each month. This chart summarizes the range and gives another perspective on the activity. The minimum value is an indication of how soon after the previous eruption one must arrive at Fountain to be (relatively) sure to see the next eruption and the difference between the minimum and maximum suggests how long the wait could be.
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Activity since August 2000
One way to present the eruption interval data is to graph the interval as a function of time. The graph shown at the right shows all of the electronically recorded intervals since 2000.
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The interval graph shows the large variation in interval from one eruption to the next. Often a better idea of the change in intervals over time can be seen from the graph of the 1-day moving median intervals, shown at the right.
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The graph at the right shows Fountain's interval statistics on a month by month basis, including the maximum, minimum, mean, and median intervals for each month.
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Activity in 2010
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the SUNY College of
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Rep. Edward Markey releases list of backers of Senate run
Markey seeks to replace Sen. John Kerry
Congressman Edward Markey is releasing a list of dozens of elected officials who have endorsed his campaign for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat if Kerry becomes secretary of state.
The list includes state senators, representatives and mayors from across Markey's 5th Congressional District, including House Speaker Robert DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat.
Markey is hoping to bolster the sense of inevitability growing around his pursuit of the Democratic nomination for Kerry's seat.
Markey, the longest serving of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation, has already won the backing of Victoria Kennedy, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kerry has also signaled his support, stopping short of an outright endorsement.
Congressman Stephen Lynch is still considering a run on the Democratic side.
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is weighing a run on the Republican side.


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StarCraft 2 'in the Final Stretch,' Says Blizzard
"When we know a date (for anything) for certain, we'll let you know," he wrote. "We don't want to lie about the Beta, and we don't even want to lie about the next Battle Report... Let's be realistic. Our target dates are not something we hit more than half the time."
Browder assured fans that "unless something crazy happens, the [multiplayer] Beta is going to happen this year." Last week, Blizzard COO Paul Sam noted the beta would hit in the "months ahead," packing an early version of the new Battle.net architecture.
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From the game's very first snap, you got the feeling that the Ravens were sick of it. Sick of letting near victories slip through their fingers in the final minutes of games. Sick of putting the game in the hands of the officials. Sick of hearing about how their defense had "gotten old" and was no longer a dominating unit. And just plain sick – of – losing.
And so it was, on that first snap, that Jarrett Johnson came unblocked from Kyle Orton's front side and blew him up with an 8-yard sack that was very reminiscent of Bart Scott-on-Baby Ben to Ravens fans. From that moment on, Orton NEVER looked comfortable in the game, and after a few more nasty hits on him by the rejuvenated B'More defense, he was pussy-footing in the pocket and you knew that this game was over, even if the scoreboard was yet to reflect the dominance the Ravens had brought to the table.
Double-J set the tone, but plenty of other Ravens' defenders would soon get in on the act as well. Ed "Purple Blur" Reed was a man possessed, flying all over the field like the #20 of old, knocking Broncos' helmets off, forcing fumbles, and nearly blocking punts. Kelly Gregg and Haloti Ngata were collapsing the pocket more effectively than they have all season. Terrell Suggs and Trevor Pryce were beating Denver's tackles like rented mules. Rookie Dannell Ellerbe played well, and even the much maligned Chris Carr got on the stat sheet with a sack late in the game.
Speaking of Reed's near-miss on the punt, though – we could watch every football game, on every level from Pop Warner to the NFL…and NEVER again see a punt go right through a players' arms as Mitch Berger's 2nd attempt did to Reed on Sunday. Add that to Jarrett Johnson and Terrell Suggs BOTH dropping sure interceptions (and likely pick-6's) and Ravens fans started to get a foreboding feeling that, despite the fire our club was playing with…it just was not meant to be our day. Add on the ridiculous non-call that led to Derrick Mason's tantrum and subsequent 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and the phantom pass interference on Dominique Foxworth (which the official 5 yards from the play did NOT see fit to penalize, yet somehow the gentleman trailing the play 30 or more yards away did, and IS ALLOWED TO – seriously, how is this possible?) and it seemed inevitable that the Ravens would again lose by the skin of their teeth to an undefeated team.
However, this was not to be a repeat of Minnesota. Rookie Lardarius Webb proved what we all suspected, that he SHOULD BE the kick returner for the Ravens, by breaking a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown on the first play of the second half, and in doing so turned the Ravens' tenuous 6-0 lead into a much more poignant 13-0 version.
In the end, the good guys in purple would never trail, as all 3 phases of the game came to play for Baltimore, and a win in which the entire team played a part was the result.
Despite struggling early against the Broncos' #1-scoring defense, the Ravens continued to stick to their game plan of short passes and runs to all parts of the field, and wore down Mike Nolan's strong unit in the second half. This was a bit of a pleasant surprise, as the Broncos had dominated every second half they had been involved in through their first six contests.
Joe Flacco cares not for your prior successes. Flacco completed his final 14 passes, including each of the 10 he attempted in the final two quarters. The Ravens were 6/8 on 3rd downs in the second half, triple the amount of conversions Denver had allowed in the entire season to that point. Joe Cool finished a very cool 20/25 for 175 yards and one beautiful touchdown strike to Derrick Mason that sealed the game with 13 minutes to play. Flacco displayed his continually improving elusiveness and pocket presence, which was on full display as he dumped the ball off to Ray Rice for positive yardage even has he had All-World Safety Brian Dawkins hanging off of him like a Christmas ornament. His 80% completion percentage tied him with Elvis Grbac for best in a single game in Ravens history.
Ray Rice gained 84 yards on 23 carries, and Le'Ron "PAIN TRAIN" McClain got into the action in the 4th quarter, adding 3 carries for 31 yards, as the Ravens became the first team in 2009 to break the 100-yard barrier against the Rocky Mountain Horsies. Willis McGahee had 3 touches for 3 total yards, and at this point it just looks like Willis is in slow motion after watching Ray Rice for the past several weeks.
It wasn't just the aforementioned Webb getting the job done on special teams. I'd be remiss if I didn't give big props to Sam Koch, Steve Hauschka (3/3 FGs, several kickoffs in the end zone), Prescott Burgess (4 ST tackles), and the rest of the units that so impressively held Denver return man Eddie Royal in check. Royal, who scored TDs on both kickoff and punt returns a few weeks back against San Diego, had no room on either type of return Sunday, as the Broncos were consistently pinned inside their own 30 yard line.
And what of Mr. Brandon Marshall, who was supposedly going to give the Ravens' secondary all sorts of fits, and have flashbacks of Sidney Rice and Vincent Jackson haunting the dreams of Ravens fans? B-Marsh had all of 4 catches for 24 yards, and short-armed several (T.O.-Style) once he realized the nature of the beast that he was on the field with. Also, as we alluded to here last week, Kyle Orton is NOT Brett Favre, Carson Palmer, or Philip Rivers. The Ravens put out the blueprint on how to beat Denver – unfortunately, their next opponent is the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Ravens must build off yesterday's win, as they now face a Cincinnati Bengals team who is atop the AFC North standings, and who will be coming off the bye of their own. That Denver-Pit game will have much more significance to us here in Charm City if the Ravens can go into the Jungle and exact some revenge on Marvin Lewis & Co.


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Chris Kuper active for Broncos
GILLETTE STADIUM — Chris Kuper is active for the Broncos today for the first time since Jan. 1, the day he suffered the first of two serious injuries this year.
Kuper missed the Broncos' two playoff games last January after dislocating his ankle in the regular-season finale. He recovered from that injury in time to participate in training camp, but suffered a broken bone in his left forearm on Aug. 14.
He missed the first five games of this season while recovering from that injury.
The Broncos could certainly use Kuper, their best all-around lineman, today as Dan Koppen takes over as center. The Broncos could, however, be easing Kuper slowly back into action. His backup, Manny Ramirez, played his best game a week ago against Oakland.


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House GOP cracks down on dues
House Republicans, so worried that a swelling cash deficit will keep them from making big gains this November, have begun cracking down on dozens of lawmakers who haven't paid dues crucial to the party's campaign accounts. It's reached the point that Speaker John Boehner has dispatched his own team to twist some of the stragglers' arms.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party's House campaign arm, is well behind its Democratic counterpart in fundraising, to the tune of $22 million so far. And many GOP outside groups, who could in theory compensate for the deficit, are more interested in channeling their resources toward retaking the Senate than defending the House.
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That's put increased pressure on Republicans to get dues from lawmakers. The NRCC had earlier announced the formation of a task force geared toward getting members to pay up. But behind the scenes, Boehner has launched his own effort — sending a trio of members close to him to press the procrastinators to fork over cash. They've been poring over NRCC dues sheets, calling truant members, tracking them down in hallways and otherwise pressuring them to open their wallets. Boehner himself has wrangled more than $1 million from his colleagues in the Ohio delegation.
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An official familiar with the overall push said about 120 of the 234 members of the GOP Conference paid their dues in full by the end of June, supplying the NRCC with more than $12 million. But there are about 100 members who have paid only part of what they owe, or nothing at all — leaving potentially millions of dollars still on the table.
Dues are a critical component of a campaign committee's income. The fees are based on seniority, so lawmakers with the longest tenure and service on the most sought-after congressional panels are expected to pay the lion's share. The lowest figure is $32,500 and runs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Particularly frustrating to some higher-ups is that some of the party's most senior members — those who often have the fullest campaign treasuries — have been AWOL on dues. They include House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), a GOP aide said. Other delinquents include Kansas Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Florida Reps. Dennis Ross and Ander Crenshaw and Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany.
Shuster said in an interview that he would be "fully paid" by the time of the election, while a Jenkins spokesman said the congresswoman was "on pace" to fulfilling what she owes. Spokesmen for the others either declined to comment or did not respond to requests.
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There is no set deadline for members to pay up, though they have to pay within each election cycle. But, with the fall campaign drawing closer, party strategists say they'd like the money to come in sooner rather than later. For those who don't shell out by the end of the cycle, there could be consequences. They could lose the ability to use NRCC facilities, such as fundraising call centers.
Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, a Boehner ally and former NRCC chairman, said the House speaker is concerned about dues to the point that "he thinks we are risking our majority for not giving our best effort."
"I think he thinks the conditions are pretty ripe for us," Cole said. "We think we have the opportunity to pick up seats. But if you go into an election with a major cash disparity, then we run the risk of losing the majority that really shouldn't be in jeopardy. That's what he's said, and I agree with him 100 percent."
Asked about Cole's comments, Cory Fritz, a Boehner spokesman, said, "Speaker Boehner believes House Republicans have a real opportunity to win a larger House majority in 2014. He's working closely with members and the NRCC to counter the Obama fundraising machine and provide our candidates with the resources they need."
On Thursday morning at the Capitol Hill Club, the NRCC held a special reception to thank members who had met their payment obligations. Boehner, one of the event's headliners, had a simple message for the audience: In life, 80 percent of the product comes from the 20 percent of the people who do the work.
"It was his way of recognizing the people doing the work to keep the majority in the House," one person who attended the event said. "It was a very positive atmosphere, because it was for people who paid. But what's left unspoken is, there are going to be consequences for those who don't."
Through the end of May, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had outraised the NRCC $113 million to $91 million. The gap is likely to widen in the coming weeks as Democrats rake in big bucks in the wake of Boehner's lawsuit against the president over the use of executive actions.


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