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Hello fellow ground grubbers! I am new to the forum and have LOT-SA questions. I'll start with one: my father-in-law left a little present for me on the doorstep; an owari satsuma mandarin. I really don't know much about citrus since I live in NORTHERN CA. We get mucho rain here on the redwood coast, near the Oregon border. I currently have the tree in ground against a wall, where it receives about 8 hours of sun. I put it in the ground in August. The tag says it flowers in December, but so far, no dice. Anyone north of San Fransisco have any luck with these in the ground? Thanks in advance; I appreciate all help.
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Welcome to citrus! Owari Satsuma should be a good choice for you. Of all of the oranges, it is one of the most cold tolerant. The quick answer to your question is that the bloom of any tree is very much dependent on microclimate. Additionally, a tree frequently takes a year or two to get into rhythm. My Owari Satsuma in so cal is not in bloom yet either. The real issue is keeping the tree alive so that it can get to the bloom. All mandarins are very picky about water. DO NOT OVERWATER! Owari Satsuma in Japan are planted on terraced slopes for optimal drainage. Your site should have good drainage. A slope is ideal, but if you have fast draining soil it can work fine on the flat. Organics hold moisture and should only be used as a top mulch. Small trees can take a once a week water, larger trees once every three weeks or month. Water should always be a slow soak, a light sprinkler for 4-24 hrs (depending on the size of the tree) Of course if it has rained recently, there is no need for water. It sounds like that will be most of the year for you. With full sun and appropriate water, your tree should do fine. A little triple fifteen a few times a year, and it will be great. |
Thanks so much! It really does look healthy so far. It is on a slight slope, so maybe it will be happy. How long have you had yours? I am really looking forward to some blooms. |
My tree is four years old now and is doing great. They are relatively slow growing with a spreading habitat, ie they put out funny drooping branches. I had a great crop this year! The problem is that we ate them all in about three weeks. The citrus here in So Cal is just starting to bloom now. I know a couple of my trees had blossons last week. |
- Posted by nerdindenial 9b (My Page) on Sun, Apr 26, 09 at 1:53
Near San Jose California I had a great crop (high numbers but a little small) in 2008. I keep mine in 1/4 to 1/2 cubic yard pots (with 5 big drainage holes), water them liberally, and use only low-potency organic fertilizer. They are my favorite-tasting orange and I try to keep some on the tree through January. This year the squirrels got wise and cleaned the last 30 off the tree in a single day, so next year I'm going to store them somewhere else! |
- Posted by Jamie Hurst 9(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, May 18, 11 at 16:03
This tree is a few years old and has given us good fruit but this year it has not yet bloomed. Is it just slow this year or what? Thanks for your answer. Jamie Hurst in Lafayette, LA 337-523-9380 |
- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Thu, May 19, 11 at 14:22
Jamie, yikes!! Don't post your full name, location and phone number on a public board! You never know who's lurking, eek!!! See about getting your post taken down by one of the GardenWeb folks right away. And, I would suggest you re-post your question in a brand new thread, instead of tacking on a post to a thread that is 5 years old. That way, you can check off the "Notify Me" box and be notified via email of any responses. Just want you to be safe. Patty S. |
Hello Jamie, Patty knows what she's talking about. Get your post taken out of here fast. I live in Lafayette, too, as you can see by my top line, whatever that's called. I just got a Satsuma tree this spring. I also got a Meyer Lemon and "rescued" a Key Lime tree from Home Depot. I also have a Satsuma in a pot. I think I might plant it out back, but don't know. Vivian |
Yes I have a question can u start planting this kinda tree from a seed how would u start it? and when is it a good time to plant this tree seed |
- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 12:35
LIL you might want to start your own message thread, instead of tacking onto a much older thread. You can also check off the Notify box as well, to notify you of responses. It can take anywhere from 3 to 15 years or more for a seedling tree to produce fruit. Satsumas are polyembryonic, and will produce at least one clone seedling that will be a clone of the mother tree (i.e., "true to seed"). Time to produce varies widely by cultivar and growing conditions. Patty S. |
Anyone use citrus spikes (jobes citrus spikes)in potted satasuma mandarin tree? About 3 1/2 ft tall in a 4 gallon pot. Using kellogs potting soil .. |
- Posted by CitrusWeekendWarrior 10 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 13, 14 at 9:26
JulianO22, I would advise to made a new post to ask your question. The original post has nothing to do with your question. I've use fertilizer spikes on a potted calamondin... It seemed like they worked... But they are not the best option I feel. A slow release fertilizer that you sprinkle out and them scratch it into the soil seems to work well for my citrus. It's simple, fast, and little chance of burning roots. |
I personally wouldn't use Citrus spikes myself...CWW's advise of using slow release fertilizer is a much better way to fertilize potted Citrus. A friend of mine killed one of her Lychee trees using one of those "fertiize spikes" and her tree was planted in the ground...Just passing it on...better safe than sorry. Sometimes those can burn the roots and cause serious problems...like an over dose :o( |
- Posted by CitrusWeekendWarrior (My Page) on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 18:17
Double post. Sorry. |
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The pool has been finished and chemically balanced since 4th of July, but still with the same plaster leftovers despite vigorous brushing that were in the pool when they "half-acid" washed it in the first place. I've called the pool builder and all I get is "that's one of the prettiest color pools ever, you should just enjoy it" with no attempt to help remedy the plaster situation. It's noticeably streaky in daylight, I'll try to post pics of that tomorrow. But I've keep the water pH slightly below normal, but still no change in the plaster streaks with considerable brushing. I'm thinking of lowering the pH (BUT TO WHAT LEVEL- 7.0- how much less? 26K gallons- how much acid?) then brushing some more. I'd like to make the PB do it, but not much likelihood there.
Here are picks after acid wash and starting fill of water to see the same streaks that are there now. I'll post filled pool pics of the areas of concern tomorrow. Thanks all!! |
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I have never actually had a no drain acid wash work. I have thrown that Hail mary many times, and it never gets caught. |
It worked really well for me. Sorry I'm not sure exactly how much acid they used or what the pH was during it. I would guess they used about 10 gallons of acid for my 20k gallon pool. I'm actually not even sure exactly how big my pool is, so 20k gallons is just a guess as well. Here are some before and after photos. Most of the results were seen after 24 hours, but it sat in the acid bath for 5 days. I think eimea had good results as well. |
I didn't know what it was called, but they did a pretty serious acid job on mine, and it changed the appearance greatly... diamondbrite. The finish is still not perfect, but pretty darn close. They dumped 12 gallons of acid in my 18000 gallon pool... The ph was too low to measure on my drop test at the time. |
osorry1, Lowering the PH works well in a lot of cases where peeble finishes are not exposed evenly or on color finishes. Use 1 gallon of acid per 1500 gallons of water. Brush and do not filter or run pumps. May take 3-5 days for results. Rebalance chemicals paying close attention to TA, which will be very low. Good luck. |
We have the same problem. Pool was filled 2 weeks ago and they started with an acid wash 5 days then we had to bring the ph up. Pool is balanced now but the pebblesheen is not exposed in multiple places--should be prism blue but lots of plaster and dark grey look. When you look closely with a mask underwater you can see that the pebbles just aren't exposed in places. Kids are loving the pool but we are not loving the finish. Don't know about 5 days of acid again and no swimming for 5-7 in this 98 degree heat though... Would we have to do another acid wash now or could we wait until the fall? Any other options? Osorry1 and cheifneil what color do you both have? I'll take pics tomorrow and post. |
I have Stonescapes Midnight Blue Mini pebble- but plaster guys added black pigment to the plaster to more closely match Cheifneil's Ocean Blue Pebble sheen (which is what I wanted but PB didn't use Pebble sheen products.) I would rather just keep the pH slightly lower for now, then if that doesn't work wait until late fall for no drain or drain if necessary. They did a much better job in the spa than they did in the pool. I'm planning to keep the pH just above readable (6.8-7.2) with the test kit and brush the mess out of it in the next weeks. I'll be out of town some and will have a pool guy try to work on it. We'll see. I'll post photos tomorrow showing the plastery spots. |
Here are some photos in full sun so you can get an idea of the plaster issues. All help is appreciated. Right now I'm keeping the pH about 6.8-7.0, slightly low. I'm noting though that I'm having to add about 1 gallon of muriatic acid a week, as every 2 days the pH is back up to 8.0-8.2. I put in 1/2 gallon this morning and I had just put in the other half gallon on Thursday. Thanks. |
- Posted by stash_ (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Aug 5, 07 at 14:45
This issue is simple. You paid for a pebble finish, and your pool looks great other than the pebble finish. It is not your responsibility to be do work on your pool that only professionals should be doing. Your words were well chosen when you said, "When they half-acid washed it in the first place." Tell them to get their half-acid's out there and do it right. This is a normal situation with pebble installers. They send out unseasoned labor to finish the pool off for fill. High acid take offs are great, however you pool finish is 95% stone. The pool needs a manual acid wash done right. Trust me these people are well use to coming back and getting right. Have them deliver the product they sell and you paid for. Thanks, George |
- Posted by lindsey_ca (My Page) on Sun, Aug 5, 07 at 14:55
To add to what Stash said -- ... and if your pool builder gives you any grief about taking care of this, contact a Pebble Technology, Inc., Customer Service Manager at (800) 937-5058. |
I have this problem on a beadcrete pool and posted a sketch of my thoughts on this issue at the URL below. My pool is inconsistent in excess plaster so I have decided on a regular manual acid wash requiring draining the pool since more acid and more plaster removal can be concentrated on the areas with excess plaster avoiding over etching the other areas. |
Here is a link that might be useful: No drain acid wash problem
- Posted by plasterman2000 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 4, 10 at 0:27
hanging a sump pump with a rope across pool to circulate the water on a no drain works get acid is heavier than water and will settle on the lowest spot for a more even job |
Welcome plasterman. Where do hail from? What finishing products have you been applying? Scott |
Like plasterman suggested a sump pump on a rope works great. Hang the pump about 2 feet above the main drain. I then put a piece on pipe extending up to water level with an elbow or a T depending on pool shape. This method pulls the acid from the floor returns it to the top of the water and bathes the entire pool surface evenly. |
I think plasterman either didn't realize this thread's age or though it was a good place to start here as a welcomed contributor. I think it demonstrates he has some experience others can benefit from without risk. Scott |
- Posted by plasterman2000 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 9, 10 at 8:12
norcal 30 years plaster, pebble, 3m if it's a surface of a pool I've done it but there are so many now I lose track plaster some mostly repairs, VGB's, underwater repair don't plaster much at all, big jobs Legoland a mounth ago yea date is way off. sorry |
- Posted by john(email@example.com) onMon, Jun 20, 11 at 13:29
how do you actually acid wash the pool w/out draining?? |
wow old thread revival! Its not an acid wash, more of a acid bath. They add large amounts of acid to the full pool and brush and wait 3-5 days. As this thread shows, sometimes it works other times, YUCK. |
The proper method: Check the TA and calcium levels. Add acid to lower TA to 0 Brush vigorously a minimum of twice a day, monitoring calcium level. When calcium starts to rise, raise TA/pH to proper levels. I've had mixed results, but that's the proper way to do this. |
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One day after the debt talks broke down between Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Obama, a new urgency –- and a new plan -– is weaving its way through Capitol Hill.
The four Congressional leaders — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., met with Obama in the Cabinet Room at the White House this morning.
Following the closed-door meeting, Congressional leaders took back to the Hill to work on a "new" plan and legislation in order to raise the nation's debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline for action.
"The president wanted to know that there was a plan for preventing national default," McConnell said in a statement following the meeting. "The bipartisan leadership in Congress is committed to working on new legislation that will prevent default while substantially reducing Washington spending."
After the meeting, Boehner held a members-only conference call with House Republicans to update them on the status of discussions and outlined the way he would like to see the debt negotiations proceed Sunday and Monday. Boehner continues to want to avoid having to use the Senate plan -– McConnell and Reid's "last choice" option.
People familiar with the call say Boehner told the caucus he wants to be able to show signs of progress by Sunday afternoon. This would be in order to show a little stability and confidence in advance of the Asian markets opening Sunday afternoon, so as to not rattle the markets, something Congressional leaders are acutely aware of as negotiations continue forward this late in the game. Republican aides say the Speaker wants to have something to present to members by Monday.
The plan being discussed now is cuts between $3 trillion and $4 trillion, which aides say would need to come in a two-step process.
Talks continue between members of the staffs of the four Congressional leaders. In the White House meeting today Obama asked the leaders to report back throughout the day with progress being made. Staff of the Congressional leaders have been meeting and talking today.
In the Speaker of the House's conference room the four Congressional leaders — Reid, McConnell, Boehner and Pelosi — huddled this evening.
"It's not like we're going to say anything," Boehner said as he sat at the head of a long conference table. To his left was Pelosi. To his right sat Reid and McConnell.
The leaders took no questions -— despite repeated questions being shouted by reporters in the room on the status of the talks — including a reporter asking if there is anything he could say to reassure the public.
"Bye," Boehner said indicating the end of the photo op. "Nice to see you all."
"Over this weekend Congress will forge a responsible path forward," Boehner said in a statement, "House and Senate leaders will be working to find a bipartisan solution to significantly reduce Washington spending and preserve the full faith and credit of the United States."


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Roasted peppers and almonds pair with fresh parsley in this tangy Spanish-inspired sauce. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 37.1g | Fat: 5.5g | Fiber: 11.3g | Protein: 31.3g | Calories: 322.2
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Use this to dress your salad or as a dipping sauce for cut vegetables. Don't like cilantro? No problem, just swap it out for Italian parsley or dill. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 1.1g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 1.3g | Calories: 8.8
An experiment with leftovers yields a delightful, filling vegetarian meal. Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 31.7g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 9.1g | Protein: 13.8g | Calories: 204.5
Rich and creamy, this risotto is full of whole grains and vegetables. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 33.5g | Fat: 7.8g | Fiber: 3.7g | Protein: 8g | Calories: 220.2
Use leftover roast beef to make this quick, hearty, healthy soup. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 4.7g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 15.9g | Calories: 119.6
I love faux frying foods using panko. This crunchy, spicy chicken would be great on a taco salad. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 19.5g | Fat: 3.8g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 29.7g | Calories: 221.8
All the flavor you crave, in macaroni and cheese form to keep your fingers clean! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 18.2g | Fat: 4.2g | Fiber: 3.7g | Protein: 15.5g | Calories: 172.8


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Addon Spotlight: TipTac {WoW}
Jun 16th 2008 1:23PM So I downloaded Tiptac, and I have been searching every option to get the persons talent spec on the tip window, but I cannot seem to find it. Anyone show me where I am retarded?
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Mar 9th 2008 5:45PM I have to agree with Risen. It's not just that you have nothing to show for it, but when you spend 20+ hours a week raiding with a guild of 30-40 dedicated players, there should be more reward for the effort. What Blizzard is going to do is kill raiding guilds, and in turn ruin all the effort they put into creating the raid instances. It is hard enough to keep and maintain raiders in a guild dedicated to the latest and greatest content, but with badge and pvp gear so easy to get, people will stop applying themselves into raids.
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Learning Exercise
Exploring Constitutional Law
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The Nuremberg Trials
The victorious Allies in Europe determined that the leaders of the Nazi German state should face an international tribunnal to determine their fates. The result was the Nuremberg Trials.
Type of Task:
Individual, Student-centered, Supplemental Activity, Unsupervised
Time Required
3-4 hours.
European History; United States History; 20th Century History.
Western Civilization; United States History
College General Ed, College Lower Division, High School
Prerequisites Skills:
Basic computer skills.
Learning Objectives:
1.To acquaint students with the Allied decision to punish the leaders of Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. 2.To acquaint students with the Nuremberg Trial charter. 3.To acquaint students with the verdicts reached at the Nuremberg Trials.
Technical Notes:
Text of Learning Exercise:
Instructions: Once on the site "Exploring Constitutional Law," scroll down to the bottom of the page and Click "Famous Trials." Click "The Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949." Read the following sections: Chronology, Meet the Major War Criminals Trial Defendants, Charter, Indictments and Sentences, The Major War Criminals Trial: Transcript Excerpts, The Major War Criminals Trial: Assorted Images; and Courtroom Diagram with Images. Wrte a 5-7 page paper answering the following questions; 1. Why did the Allies in World War II agree to create a charter to try the leaders of the leaders of Nazi Germany? 2. Summarize the substance of the Charter. 3. Who were the major war Criminals and Trial Defendants? 4. Summarize the testimony of the following people: General Otto Ohlendorf, marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier, Abram Suzover, Hermann Goering, Roudolf Hoess, Hans Frank, and Albert Speer. 5. What were the verdicts and sentences for the figures on trial? 6. Why are the Nuremberg Trials an international precedent?


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Touchstone, CBS, Paramount TV, Mark Gordon Co.Cast and Crew
Guy Norman BeeScreenwriter
Jim ClementeMain Cast
- A.J. Cook as Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau
- Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
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- Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid
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- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Alex Blake
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Chapter 3Infectious Diseases Related To Travel
Katherine E. Heiman, Anna Bowen
Shigellosis is an acute infection of the intestine caused by bacteria in the genus Shigella. There are 4 species of Shigella: Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii, and S. sonnei (also referred to as group A, B, C, and D, respectively). Several distinct serotypes are recognized within the first 3 species.
Transmission occurs via the fecal-oral route, through direct person-to-person contact, or indirectly through contaminated food, water, or fomites. As few as 10 organisms can cause infection. Only humans and higher primates carry Shigella. In the United States, S. sonnei infection is usually transmitted through interpersonal contact, particularly among young children in day care settings. Foodborne outbreaks have been linked to contaminated foods commonly consumed raw, as well as infected food handlers. Outbreaks have also been traced to contaminated drinking water, swimming in contaminated water, and sexual contact between men.
Worldwide, Shigella is estimated to cause 80–165 million cases of disease and 600,000 deaths annually. Shigella spp. are endemic in temperate and tropical climates. Transmission of Shigella spp. is most likely when hygiene and sanitation are insufficient. Shigellosis is predominantly caused by S. sonnei in industrialized countries, whereas S. flexneri prevails in the developing world. Infections caused by S. boydii are uncommon. S. dysenteriae is even more uncommon, but makes up ≥25% of all Shigella spp. isolated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Shigella spp. are detected in the stools of 5%–18% of patients with travelers' diarrhea. In a FoodNet study of travel-associated enteric infections diagnosed after return to the United States, Shigella was the third most common bacterial pathogen isolated by clinical laboratories (of note, these laboratories do not test for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, a common cause of travelers' diarrhea). Most infections caused by S. dysenteriae were travel-associated (56%). Many infections caused by S. boydii (44%) were acquired while traveling, but infections caused by S. flexneri and S. sonnei were less often associated with travel (24% and 12%, respectively). Risk of infection caused by Shigella spp. is highest for people traveling to Africa, followed by Central America, South America, and Asia.
Illness typically begins 12–96 hours after exposure. The symptoms of shigellosis range from mild to severe and typically last 4–7 days. Disease severity varies according to species; serotype S. dysenteriae serotype 1 (Sd1) is the agent of epidemic dysentery, while S. sonnei is a common cause of milder diarrheal illness. The disease is characterized by watery, bloody, or mucoid diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps, and nausea. Occasionally, patients experience vomiting, seizures (young children), or postinfectious arthritis. Hemolytic uremic syndrome can occur after infection with Sd1.
Shigellosis is confirmed through culture of a stool specimen or rectal swab. Samples should be processed rapidly because Shigella cannot survive for long outside the body. Shigella isolates may then be speciated and serotyped and their antimicrobial susceptibilities determined to help guide treatment.
In healthy people, shigellosis will typically resolve within 4–7 days, even without treatment. Antimicrobial treatment, when given early in the course of illness, can slightly shorten the duration of symptoms and of carriage. The possibility of resistance should be considered for patients in whom treatment is indicated. For shigellosis associated with travel outside the United States, a fluoroquinolone (for adults and, if infection is acquired in regions with high rates of multidrug resistance, children) or ceftriaxone (for children) may be used empirically until antimicrobial susceptibility data are available. However, resistance to fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins has been reported, particularly among Shigella isolates acquired in South and East Asia. Multidrug-resistant strains are especially common among travelers; empiric treatment should be tailored to region of travel.
No vaccines are available for Shigella. The best defense against shigellosis is thorough, frequent handwashing and strict adherence to standard food and water safety precautions (see Chapter 2, Food & Water Precautions).
CDC website: www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/shigellosis
- American Academy of Pediatrics. Shigella infections. In: Pickering LK, editor. Red Book: 2012 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 29th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2012. p. 645–7.
- American Public Health Association. Shigellosis. In: Heymann DL, editor. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 19th ed. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 2008. p. 556–60.
- CDC. National Shigella surveillance system [annual summaries]. Atlanta: CDC; 2012 [cited 2012 Sep 21]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nationalsurveillance/shigella_surveillance.html.
- Dutta S, Dutta P, Matsushita S, Bhattacharya SK, Yoshida S. Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1, Kolkata, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;9(11): 1471–4.
- Folster JP, Pecic G, Bowen A, Rickert R, Carattoli A, Whichard JM. Decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin among Shigella isolates in the United States, 2006 to 2009. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Apr;55(4):1758–60.
- Gaynor K, Park SY, Kanenaka R, Colindres R, Mintz E, Ram PK, et al. International foodborne outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection in airline passengers. Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Mar;137(3): 335–41.
- Haley CC, Ong KL, Hedberg K, Cieslak PR, Scallan E, Marcus R, et al. Risk factors for sporadic shigellosis, FoodNet 2005. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2010 Jul;7(7):741–7.
- Kendall ME, Crim S, Fullerton K, Han PV, Cronquist AB, Shiferaw B, et al. Travel-associated enteric infections diagnosed after return to the United States, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2004–2009. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;54 Suppl 5:S480–7.
- Tajbakhsh M, Garcia Migura L, Rahbar M, Svendsen CA, Mohammadzadeh M, Zali MR, et al. Antimicrobial-resistant Shigella infections from Iran: an overlooked problem? J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 May;67(5):1128–33.
- von Seidlein L, Kim DR, Ali M, Lee H, Wang X, Thiem VD, et al. A multicentre study of Shigella diarrhoea in six Asian countries: disease burden, clinical manifestations, and microbiology. PLoS Med. 2006 Sep;3(9):e353.
- Zhang W, Luo Y, Li J, Lin L, Ma Y, Hu C, et al. Wide dissemination of multidrug-resistant Shigella isolates in China. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Nov;66(11):2527–35.
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A Student Petition against HB 56
We, the students of Birmingham-Southern College petition the state of Alabama in regard to HB56 and HB 658, Alabama's immigration laws. We denounce the premise that these pieces of legislation have been put into place to protect the legal residents of Alabama from the "lawlessness" and "economic hardships" that are the result of illegal immigration into Alabama. Rather they serve to promote a system of ethnic discrimination that runs rampant in law enforcement as well as the civil community. Dr. Samuel Addy, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama estimates that HB 56 "will shrink the state's GDP by at least $2.3 billion dollars… will ultimately cost Alabama 70,000-140,000 jobs" while it's currently "costing the state $57-$265 million in state taxes, with an additional $20-$90 million loss in local sales taxes." These laws are the consequences of a political agenda that has destroyed families, harmed civilians morally and physically, corroded cultural institutions and traditional values, and denied the unalienable rights that are proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. These rights are inherent to the individual, the essence of a living human being, and cannot be stripped by a legislative body.
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The Buckeyes took on the Crimson Tide in a huge MB Dynasty matchup. The winner has the inner track for the National Championship Game! Could ZFarls slow down Mark Ingram or would T. Pryor have his way with the Alabama D?
Watch the archive here! Video is also embedded below!
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Moving the Linux Kernel Console To User-Space
Re:Unneeded (311 comments)
And with this, we don't need to emulate a stupid serial console. We can just have it bring up a virtio variant.
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Re:Unneeded (311 comments)
And with this, we don't need to emulate a stupid serial console. We can just have it bring up a virtio variant.
Re:X forwarding (113 comments)
X has never forwarded well over anything but LAN. Back in the '90s I did remote X forwarding to sun/sgi machines to be able to run some stuff on my linux while in school. Of course the only non-lan back then was modems.
German New Years (65 comments)
I was in Berlin for new years. These things are pretty loud. There were some people a few doors down tossing them out their apartment window on to the street every few seconds for several hours. Every block down the street was like this too. Crazy awesome way to celebrate the new years. It also makes the 4th of July look kinda weak. The only things you can get now in many US states are considered "kids" fireworks here.
Re:Cree and me (421 comments)
The problem is we have 8 foot fixtures which can easily be converted from 2x 8 foot to 2x 4 foot T8. The conversions for T5 are possible, but I need to make sure the conversion parts will work with our fixtures. We don't really want to replace the fixtures since it requires a bunch of permits we don't want to deal with. Retrofits are easier for us to do.
Re:Cree and me (421 comments)
When i was looking into replacing a whole bunch of T12 fixtures, I liked the idea of doing LED. But just upgrading the balasts from magnetic to electronic and switching to good quality T8 tubes works out to be a way better deal. T8 bulbs already do about 90 lumens/watt for a lot less money. I also talked to a good lighting contractor who does efficiency upgrades. He said the tube retrofits don't work so well. It's better to just replace the fixtures and get LED specific fixtures. What we will hopefully get around to doing is a mixture of T12->T8 retrofits for a base lighting level, and then standard LED (PAR-20) spots to light up work areas.
Re:The real issue (311 comments)
Yup. the same thing happens in many markets. I had the bike seat stolen off my bike because it said "Brooks" on it. Nevermind that it was the cheapest low-end ($60) model. My girlfriend's bike was locked on the same rack and her saddle was't stolen. She has a nice $150 selle italia saddle, but it looks like every other black bike saddle out there.
Re:Internal Spam is the new problem (279 comments)
Wonderful, keep up the good work. Would you mind naming your ISP? They deserve props for keeping the internet safe from spam.
Re:UCEProtect is a spammer. (279 comments)
So, you allow relay without authentication, this is their fault how? You're bad at your job.
Re:Not as silly as it sounds (337 comments)
I really wish this law would come to the US. There are so many hit-and-run cases where people get away with murder (literally) because they can just ditch the car somewhere, maybe break a window, get picked up, and claim it was stolen.
Unless you can ID the driver in the US, you have almost no case against hit-and-runs.
Re:Reallocated Sector Count = lost data? (348 comments)
Yea, I was happy to see Ubuntu doing something with basic SMART output by default. The main problem is the more advanced health detection values are basically noise unless you're the manufacturer or a big enough disk customer that they will let you in on the secrets. But like you implied, lots of drives don't output sane values.
Yes, more bubble up health reporting would go a long way toward making computer support easier.
Re:Reallocated Sector Count = lost data? (348 comments)
Yea, I would like to see a better communication method for these error to be communicated up from the kernel through userspace. Most of the time when a "normal" user gets errors for EIO, they see some kind of crash or debug message. If the filesystem could simply put the filename with the error into a list for some userspace service, the GUI file manager(s) or some health monitoring service could notify the end user with something a little more descriptive.
This could also let the user activate the relocation write scrub for that file.
I guess this is all stuff that can be solved in the more advanced filesystems like ZFS/btrfs where they can simply read the replicated copy or recover with the RS code blocks. Then the end user doesn't even know they had a platter defect outside the relocation count.
Re:How do they do it? (80 comments)
It's not a satellite. It's mostly a set of EVDO towers pointed/tuned for aircraft not ground-based cell phone users. Although it looks like they might use satellite in the future to cover ocean travel.
The latency has been pretty good for the most part, on par with EVDO on the ground.
Re:60 days! Thats nothing. (440 comments)
Mmmmm.. milk fat. So tasty.
Re:60 days! Thats nothing. (440 comments)
Thankfully many american grocery stores carry HTST milk products. Many of are non-homogenized. It's limited to the smaller organic/co-op type places, but thankfully they're more common than they used to be.
Re:this is great news (440 comments)
Why would you make bread with honey OR sugar in it? Bread shouldn't have that stuff in it. I want a loaf of bread, not cake.
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Re:ext3 (210 comments)
Why not zoidberg?
Re:ext3 (210 comments)
+1 to this.
Unless you have a business case where you know you need something different, stick to what's simple and what works.
ext4 is also a nice option over ext3. It uses extent instead of bitmap block allocaiton which improves metadata efficiency with no downside.
Re:SSL hardware acceleration? (92 comments)
With modern machines you only spend about 2% of your CPU handling the HTTPS part of the transaction, especially with HTTPS connection re-use handling. Back when they first started enabling HTTPS I calculated that it might take one more rack of machines to handle all the HTTPS needs for facebook in a worst-case situation. One rack is a drop in the bucket for the http front ends these days for service as big as facebook.
Re:More than just broken. (110 comments)
I suspect you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Also, that has nothing to do with PCCW not filtering BGP announcements.
Re:Where I've been? (133 comments)
The fact that the guess was within 500 miles is kinda amazing.


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1 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. | 1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. |
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The Nation's Gun Show > Home
It's a big show, we could meet up early Saturday for breakfast and then maybe hit the NRA range after lunch/early dinner? I've heard the NRA facility is nice, I think members get in to the range and museum for reduced rates.
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McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering
Home › Academics › Colleges › College of Engineering and Natural Sciences › Departments and Schools › McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering › News, Events, and Publications › News › Petroleum Engineering Alumnus of the Month - September 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Anil Ambastha is a senior reservoir simulation advisor working for Chevron's IndoAsia Business Unit in Duri, Indonesia. Besides Chevron, he has worked for Oil and Natural Gas Commission, University of Alberta, Phillips Research Center (sabbatical), Shell Canada Limited, and Kuwait Oil Company (secondment from Chevron) over a period of 21 years. His areas of work and past experience include applied reservoir simulation, pressure transient analysis, thermal recovery, and gas reservoir engineering. He was the primary editor for "Heavy Oil Recovery" reprint series no. 61 and currently serves as the Executive Editor of SPEREE (Reservoir Engineering). He holds B.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in petroleum engineering, from Indian School of Mines, The University of Tulsa, and Stanford University, respectively, along with an M.S. in operations research from Stanford University.
Anil in his own words:
Why did you choose TU?
Back in 1979, when I was looking into choices for premier petroleum engineering universities where I could pursue my graduate studies, University of Tulsa was at the top of my list because of TU's stellar reputation in most areas of petroleum engineering (Drilling, Production as well as Reservoir Engineering). Also, many students from Indian School of Mines who graduated before me had chosen to join TU for their graduate studies. Therefore, it was an easy choice for me.
Did you get education which was useful in your career?
Without a shade of doubt, education I received at TU from eminent professors like Drs. Azar, Brill, Day, Raghavan and Reynolds in various areas of petroleum engineering has been the key for me to be able to specialize in many aspects of petroleum engineering.
Any fond memories you would like to share?
I made life-long friends during my two years at TU who have been supportive of me over the decades. Another everlasting memory is of that November 15 morning when my wife and I welcomed our first son and it was snowing lightly outside which we considered a sign of good luck. It has been a wonderful life so far!
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70 years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers! History's most terrifying moments are brought vividly to life in the action-packed fictional I SURVIVED series! Do you have what it takes to survive ... the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is alone on his favorite beach in Hawaii when the world is torn apart and World War II officially hits the United States. Does he have what it takes to find his way home… (more)
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (October 01, 2011)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 112 pages
File size: 5 MB
Protection: DRM
Language: English