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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 643267, 4 pages
On Respiratory Rate of Cherry Tomatoes under Subcritical Heights
1Department of Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
2School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
3Jiangyin Propack Packing Co., Ltd., Jiangyin 214433, China
Received 12 May 2013; Accepted 12 June 2013
Academic Editor: Jun Wang
Copyright © 2013 Fang Duan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The influence of subcritical drop heights on respiratory rate was studied for cherry tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes were dropped, and the mean value of O2 concentration was measured, and then the respiration rate was calculated. The results showed that the respiration rate of the cherry tomatoes increases remarkably with the dropping height. Finally, the relationship between the subcritical dropping heights and respiration rate was modeled and validated, showing good agreement.
1. Introduction
Respiration of fruits and vegetables is an important physiological activity in the postharvest and also is an important factor affecting the storage lifetime, but one of major factors affecting the respiration of picked fruits is the mechanical damage [1, 2]. Fruits may suffer the damage of varying degrees during harvest, classification, packaging, transportation, loading and unloading, and storage, which will lead to the change in the respiration rate, the decline in quality, and the decrease in the storage time. Therefore, studying and forecasting the fruits breathing intensity not only are essential for the fruits' storage and preservation but also have directive significance to the fruits' packaging design. Domestic and foreign scholars have conducted many related researches. Chen Shoujiang and Dejing [3] studied the effect of mechanical stress by falling from different height on senescence of the strawberry during cold storage. The results showed that each index of strawberry fruit decreased with the increase of mechanical damage. Lin et al. [4] studied the influence of mechanical stress on the active oxygen metabolism system of apple during transportation. Lixin and Zhiwei [5] performed the quasi-static compression testing with two kinds of pear specimens of full flesh and developed a general rheological model of a nonlinear visco elastic plastic solid. Van Zeebroeck et al. [6] simulated fruit impact damage during transport and handling. Reinosuke et al. [7, 8] studied the changes in respiration rate of several fruits during and after vibration. Brusewitz and Bartsch [9] studied the impact parameters related to postharvest brusing of apples. Parks [10] studied sugarbeet injury within harvesting and handling equipment and used many ways to evaluate sugarbeet, including measuring respiration rate and the amount of sucrose and impurities in the root while in storage.
The harsh mechanical environment that the fruits may encounter in circulation is the drop impact on the ground, the dock, or the station. The dropping height is the direct strength parameter under the external mechanical stimulation. The respiration rate of the fruits while dropping is related not only with the mechanical damage but also with the temperature and humidity, the proportion of the air, and so on. The above studies are basically about the research of the changes in the nutrient and respiratory rate of fruits which have been destroyed, but there is no related study on the influence of sub-critical dropping heights (the heights below the critical dropping height) on the respiration rate of fruits and vegetables. The fruits will be damaged dropping from the height above the critical dropping height, but the effect of subcritical dropping height on the respiration rate of fruits is still unknown. It is desirable to obtain the relationship between the subcritical dropping height and the respiration rate for fruits. In this paper, the respiration rate of cherry tomatoes under different subcritical dropping heights is studied, and a mathematical model is developed, acquiring the relationship between the dropping height and respiratory rate.
2. The Measuring of Respiratory Rate
2.1. Test Materials
We used cherry tomatoes of an equal weight, which is about 100 g ± 0.5 g.
2.2. Test Method
Divide the cherry tomatoes into three groups, make sure the weight of 3 small experimental groups in each group is equal, and number each experimental group as 1-a, 1-b, 1-c, 2-a, 2-b, 2-c…. Determine three subcritical heights as 5 cm, 10 cm, and 15 cm, dropping, respectively, at the height of 5 cm, 10 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm using the self-made dropping device, then put them in the crisper for sealing, and then test O2/CO2 concentration of each test group within the crisper at a specific interval time (1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 12 h, 24 h, 24 h, 24 h, 24 h, 24 h, and 24 h). In order to minimize the error caused by the instrument extracting gas, each experimental group also includes three crispers, so different crisper is tested in each measurement. Record and analysis the test data, and then calculate the respiration rate of cherry tomatoes at different dropping heights, and finally analyze the relationship between the two.
2.3. Test Instrument
Plastic sealed box (1000 mL), the top air analyzer of O2/CO2, the laboratory-made dropping device, and the silicone gasket were used.
2.4. Test Result and Discussion
Measure the mean value of concentration of the cherry tomatoes at the different dropping heights, and calculate the respiration rate according to (1), as shown in Table 1: where and denote, respectively, the starting and terminal testing time. and represent the concentration of . is the free volume of the container, and is the mass of fruit.
With the O2 concentration of the cherry tomatoes at the different dropping heights, the respiration rate (O2) calculated according to (1) was obtained and compared for different sub-critical dropping heights, as shown in Figure 1.
The following conclusions can be obtained through the above chart. The respiration rate of the cherry tomatoes decreases with the increase of the storage time, finally moves towards balance, and significantly decreases in the beginning, and the more the dropping heights the more obviously the downward trend, and it shortens the time of reaching the state of equilibrium. In addition, the more the dropping heights, the increaser the respiration rate of the the cherry tomatoes.
3. Mathematical Model and Characterization of the Relationship between Subcritical Load Intensity and Respiration Intensity
According to the dependence nature of cherry tomatoes' respiratory rate on sub-critical dropping height, it is possible to model the relationship between the dropping height and the respiration rate. Firstly, the time-dependent respiratory rate meets the following general formula [11, 12]:
Then, the relationship between the dropping height and the model parameter and were fitted, respectively. From Figures 2 and 3, the fitting models for and with the dropping height can be obtained:
Finally, substituting (3) into (2), the mathematical model of the relationship between the subcritical load intensity and the respiration intensity is obtained:
To validate the model proposed, the experiment results are compared with model for different dropping heights, as shown in Figure 4, showing good agreement.
4. Conclusion
In this paper, the respiration intensity of the cherry tomatoes is determined at different subcritical dropping heights, and a mathematical model of the relationship between the respiration rate and the dropping height is developed. The cherry tomatoes were dropped, and the mean value of O2 concentration was measured, and then the respiration rate was calculated. The results showed that the respiration rate of the cherry tomatoes increases remarkably with the dropping height. Finally, the relationship between the sub-critical dropping heights and respiration rate was modeled and validated, showing good agreement. However, the respiration rate of the cherry tomatoes is related not only with the mechanical damage but also with the temperature and humidity, the proportion of the air, and so on. If a comprehensive understanding of the respiration rate of the cherry tomatoes is made, it is desirable to establish a mathematical model based on different factors. Only in this way it can provide a strong basis for the cherry tomatoes picking, storage, transportation, and sale.
Authors' Contribution
Chen Yu-fen and Duan Fang contribute equally to the paper as cofirst authors.
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I am going to mark this as completed as we recently released a Blue theme in the Visual Studio Update 2 for VS2012.
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Thanks to everyone who voted and commented on this issue. Visual Studio 2013 has increased color and contrast use within the user interface while continuing to focus on giving the content you are creating and editing visual prominence. We've utilized the feedback you gave us to help refine our approach to color and contrast within three main areas: 1) we added color to icons and reduced line weights to improve icon scan-ability and to better communicate icon meaning and categorization; 2) we added line work and raised contrast levels to increase visual separation between screen regions; 3) we included a built-in "Blue" theme option at product first launch to better support user choice.
In keeping with these three areas we have made many changes to the Visual Studio 2013 built-in themes. In high utilization and icon intensive areas of the product, such as common toolbar actions and…
ITMAGE commentedYou know I was just thinking about something. We've all been under the impression that Microsoft has changed the UI to be more inline with metro and such. However,,,, I wonder if there's another plan at work here. In not using the Windows themes, colors and icons, maybe they're trying to make VS more platform agnostic, which would mean this might be a step in making VS easier to port it to another OS. I'm probably way off base here, but hey who knows.
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ITMAGE commented" should support the features of the given operating system. In other words - VS 2012 running on Windows 7 should support Aero and the other visual features"
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ITMAGE commentedHey people, now Microsoft is screwing up the MSDN site as well by removing the CLASSIC view in favor of the 'grey theme'. I created a thread for this:
Also you might want to post over here as well:
ITMAGE commented@anonymous " see the proliferation of Metro to MSDN and Blog content...., barely contrasting colors selected for text, confusing layouts... "
Absolutely on the mark. Lately I've been finding it more tiresome to view areas of MSDN because of the all the grey text. It's like they either choose grey text on a white background or grey text on a grey background which is insanely hard on the eyes. If you look though, this seems to be a trend on the web as many other sites are going this way as well. For example, the other day I was working on an iOS project and reading (well trying to read) docs over at Apple's dev site, and it was all grey too. What the fascination is with grey and reduced color and contrast, I just don't know. Maybe their 'marketing' people think the screen looks less cluttered with grey text than black? Well,,, yeahhh,, duhhh, because it's ****** to actually see! This really needs to stop. These marketards are creating a disaster for us. We write code, we read lots of docs, we generate software, that's what we do! These sites and tools need to be geared towards OUR needs, and not make some blasted fashion statement. Anyway, I'm ranting and off topic now.
ITMAGE commentedIcons still suck and apparently Microsoft has no plans of addressing this, they wrote:
"We currently have no plans to offer the old-style icons for Visual Studio 2012."
"We believe this design consistency is important, and we expect the icon styles to become familiar and comfortable over time."So go here and tell them what you really think:
ITMAGE commented@ Anon "Yeah, I know so keep using it - nobody is stopping you"
The other problem is that to develop Win8, WP8 and 4.5 based apps we'll need to use this beast. So we're left with little choice.
ITMAGE gave this 2 votes ·ITMAGE commentedThere's a project over at codeplex called Visual Studio Icon Patcher
ITMAGE commentedForgot to post an example of a site using grey text on a white background:
Very aggravating.
ITMAGE commentedSlightly off topic here, but has anyone noticed some Microsoft forums and MSDN sites are now starting to have this grey text on white backround (instead of black text on white)? They also have a lighter color blue for hyperlinks instead of the standard dark blue? It's like there's no contrast and the text blends into the background - it's one big eye strain. Seriously I was trying to get some work done and each time I encountered this I had a hard time reading it. What the heck is going on?
ITMAGE commented@Narbeh: Glad it works for you :-) For me unfortunately it doesn't work well with my eyes. The only way I can tolerate it is to turn off all the toolbars and windows, and just us the editor window. Sad because the vibrant colors and 3D-like icons of VS2010 kind of gave me inspiration. Using VS2010 is sort of like sitting in a datacenter with the lights off, and watching all the flashing lights of the machines. This has always lifted my spirits - strange but true. VS2012 evokes an entirely different feeling altogether.
ITMAGE commentedPeople: Go post your feelings about the UI here
ITMAGE commented@Roland: A theme editor is not enough, the icons need to go, the spacing is all wrong, the font sizes are screwy etc. What we really need is a complete VS2010 theme option. But alas it seems Microsoft has decided we're unimportant and thinks it knows best.
"pressure on Microsoft to fix this" - LOL, good one..." - yeah you're right I should know better, one can only hope,,, imagine that...
ITMAGE commentedPeople let's keep up the pressure on Microsoft to fix this ****** UI and so go here and post, post, post!
ITMAGE commentedI haven't downloaded VS2012RTM yet, so did they change anything regarding the UI or is it still running a maximum suckage?
ITMAGE commented"the new outlook.com is similarly grey"
I saw that as well and provided some feedback (like their going to listen right??) to them effectively telling them the lack of color and contrast issues make it unenjoyable to use. Just when Hotmail was starting to look pretty good, they launch the outlook.com UI. I think Microsoft is either going to win big time, or more likely, lose huge marketshare fast. Across the board the UIs are getting sucky. They oversimplified to the point of it being more effort to use. Now I'm just waiting for that 'DECLINED' email to pop up regarding the VS2010 theme request. I will be floored if they actually listened to us and provide the option for a full VS2010 theme. Imagine that...
ITMAGE commentedITMAGE commentedThis thing is apparently going RTM on 15 Aug
ITMAGE commented@mrdev: Funny you should mention that. I was just writing that exact feedback to Microsoft about their new Outlook.com interface. It washes out and no distinction. Ridiculous that in 2012 we have to complain about such things. Where Microsoft's head is, is anyone's guess (well maybe not).
@Richard: I agree the color scheme is dreadful. I'll bet they probably picked a 100 or so people who knew nothing about Visual Studio (you know so they wouldn't be "biased") and said: "Now tell me, what jumps out at you?....Oh the color, let's remove that... What else?.. Oh the borders, ok let's remove that too...Now what? Oh the icons, let's change those,,, now? The code? Ok that's what we wanted to hear". Of course that's insanity because you need to use the darn thing and know what you're doing, to provide any kind of useful input. But I would gamble that's probably what happened here. Some people were hired to "reimagine" the UI and they had to do something to show their value. Change for the sake of change,,, that's what this is. Stubborn, pig headedness.
ITMAGE commentedPeople: There's less than 800 votes on the VS2010 theme topic. Let's not give Microsoft any excuse to say that 'not enough people indicated they wanted a VS2010 theme', and so head over to this link and: a) Vote and b) Write something
ITMAGE commentedMetro is ok on the phone and so far tolerable on the tablet (although personally I'm happy with Win7 on the tablet - i know i'm in the minority). But Metro on the desktop? I don't like it, I don't want it and will only use it to the extent needed to do my dev work. If it's there as an OPTIONAL desktop (sort of kinda like it is now - and I'm not happy with the way it is now either), then great. But what's happening is a clear shift away from the trad desktop. First we lose the start button, then search is tied to the Metro envt, then Aero disappears, and eventually we may not have a traditional desktop at all. Couple this with things like the apparent loss of focus on silverlight (which is an awesome platform and I don't care what anyone says otherwise) and the abolute ****** UI we're presented with now for VS2012, and the result = total suckage. But who knows, maybe the generation growing up now will like it, as they seem to spend endless hours on bs social networking sites, texting and not doing very much concrete work. So I don't like some of the directions they seem to be heading in. Microsoft needs to provide a good solution for tablets, build on WP7 (which I think has enormous potential), and double-down on the already fantastic work it's done with Win7 & 2K8R2, .Net, Silverlight, Azure, Office 365, dev tools like VS2012 and such.
ITMAGE commentedBeen months now and still trying to force myself to get use to this grey depressing disaster called a UI, but still come to very same conclusion: it's just total suckage, no question about it. Increased productivity you claim? Well I'm just not seeing it and actually it's just the opposite. Take the error provider component, you know it's the red icon with the exclamation point. Now it's just some bland greyness.You know stop signs are red for a reason people, should we make them grey as well? Waht's up? Then I was looking for the radio button, that's the one with the circle and green dot in middle. Was it green? No dude it's grey like everything else in the toolbox. How about the datagrid we all know as having the yellow db icon? Guess what??? More abysmal grey. I have to say this UI is just killing me! It takes forever to pick thing out and now I have to actually focus to try to find it (which frustrates me to no end). Is this increased productivite? Oh wait you say, just look for it alphabetically. Well maybe you work that way but I don't, I need my colour. It takes me longer to read through it alphabetically and is serious a royal pain in neck. And don't get me started on the greyness of the solution explorer background and other major windows, as that sucks just as much if not more. White backgrounds work, grey doesn't. So I'll say it yet again: WE WANT THE OPTION OF A VS2010 THEME, PERIOD, END OF STORY.
ITMAGE commentedITMAGE commentedPeople, in addition to commenting here make sure you go to this link and vote for a VS2010 theme option, else Microsoft might simply say 'Hey only 100 people voted so we're not adding it': https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2819619-leave-vs-2010-theme-and-the-theme-editor-extensio
ITMAGE commentedIn addition to the LIGHT and DARK themes, add a VS2010 UI theme so that we can get back to work.
163 votes
Take a look at the VS 2012 Color Theme editor. It's has a lot of what you are requesting here. http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05
Doug Turnure
VS Program ManagerITMAGE gave this 3 votes · -
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I'm going to mark this as completed so you can get your votes back – note that Matthew Johnson has released a VS 2012 color theme editor as you requested (link below) – I know it doesn't have everything you requested in this idea, but hopefully this helps to address your feedback.
Doug Turnure – Visual Studio PMhttp://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05
ITMAGE gave this 12 votes ·ITMAGE commentedGo post your feelings about the UI here:
ITMAGE commented"A theme editor would at least make the decisions forgivable" -- It would help but the other huge problem are the icons including those in the solution explorer. We need to be able to change them as well.
ITMAGE commentedColors(or lack thereof): Bad, Iconography: Bad, Contrast: Bad, Window separation: Bad
Trying to find something good (that I like) about the UI is posing quite a challenge.
ITMAGE commentedITMAGE commentedEd: I didn't even realize that until your post. It's not much but I found this: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/747648/no-windows-forms-aplication-project-template-for-c-in-vs2012-rc-ultimate
ITMAGE commented@Anonymous: Well I can say we generally updgrade for one of two reasons: a) Added functionality such as support for newer frameworks, and b) Greater usability which includes things like theUI. At this time we're quite content with .Net 3.5 and VS2010 functionality, and so that leaves the usability, which sadly, VS2012RC lags behind in due to the horrid UI. In any event we're an enterprise organization and are starting to investigate alternative IDEs in the event Microsoft doesn't fix this mess and provide something like a VS2010 theme.
422 votesITMAGE gave this 2 votes ·ITMAGE commented
Another thing I noticed but couldn't quantify until today is that the bowtie icon is kinda harsh with it's pointy edges. Sounds ridiculous but this concept extends to other Metro UI stuff as well such as removing the rounded edges on app windows, square tiles, lack of gradient/transition in color (it's like all or nothing) and so on. So rather than having rounded edges and smooth transitions in the UI which gives me a smooth calming feeling (as strange as it may sound), it makes me kind of agitated. Strange but true. But hey it just must be me getting old...
ITMAGE commentedThis new icon is pretty ugly, whereas the VS2010 infinity symbol represents the infinite possibilities when using VS. Ahh here's a nice slogan if we went back to the infinity symbol: 'Explore the infinite with Visual Studio 2012'
3,317 votes
Thanks to everyone for sharing your feedback on this issue. VS 2012 supported platforms are now published here (http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/compatibility ). While Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are not supported for .NET Framework 4.5, they remain as supported targeted platforms in VS 2012. More information is available here (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/05/18/a-look-ahead-at-the-visual-studio-11-product-lineup-and-platform-support.aspx)
Thank you,
DeonHe – MSFT
.NET Framework TeamITMAGE commented@shame: Totally bad decision.
@radioman: Total suckage.
@kostya: I hear ya, Maybe just stay with .Net 4.0 if that does the trick. So far we have no reason to move to 4.5 or VS2012 with it's dreary and blurry UI. Maybe that day will come, maybe not, but whatever 4.0 doesn't have we can probably augment in other ways. Problem for us though comes with developing for Win8 Metro and WP8 though.
ITMAGE commentedAre they going to decline the VS2010 theme as well?!??
ITMAGE commentedI agree, this is disappointing. And no explanation?? That's just a bit disrespectful to all those here who spent their time to comment.
ITMAGE gave this 2 votes · -
2,547 votes
UPDATE: This SKU is now available for download – details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/09/12/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop-is-here.aspx
Thanks for all the feedback on this item. As you may have seen, we will plan to release a Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows desktop this Fall. Full details are here:
Doug Turnure – Visual Studio PMPS – I'm going to go ahead and close this item out and release your UserVoice votes back so you can apply them elsewhere.
ITMAGE commentedBy not allowing VS 2012 Express to target the non-metro UI, Microsoft will lose many of the very people their looking to gain: New developers on other platforms and startup software companies who have little money to purchase VS licenses. So these people will go with Monodevelop or something and start the trek down open source. Bad move Microsoft.
ITMAGE gave this 1 vote · -
3,056 votes
Thank you everyone for voting and commenting on this issue.
We are happy to share that we have made changes to the Menu Bar style in Visual Studio. In Visual Studio "14" CTP2 Menu Bar shows in Title Case and in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RC we have added a tools options control for you to pick Title Case styling or All Caps styling for the Menu Bar. Please refer to the following announcements for details –
If you are using Visual Studio 2012, you can change the Menu Bar style using this regkey –
DWORD: SuppressUppercaseConversion
Value: 1Visual Studio UX Team
-————————————————————————Thanks to everyone who voted and commented on this issue. Keeping with a Microsoft-wide emphasis on typography and casing as a key structure-defining element, we are retaining all caps casing as our default within the Visual Studio top level menu…
ITMAGE commentedThe option for Proper Case has already been completed - see here:
So we got the the theme editor and the caps issue resolved. The next hurdle is to get the VS2010 icons back. It'd also be nice to get back the original VS2010 chrome and have it respect the Windows theme setting like Aero.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The Budget and Control Board has approved a $6 million loan to keep South Carolina State University afloat.
President Thomas Elzey called Wednesday's 3-1 vote a lifeline that will help the state's only public historically black university continue to tread water. He had requested a nearly $14 million to pay bills that began piling up in October.
The loan allows the university to pay its oldest bills while others continue to go unpaid as school officials seek money from the Legislature.
The resolution directs the university to spend up to $500,000 of the loan on financial consultants. Most of the rest will go to two companies -- the school's food vendor and maintenance contractor.
Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman voted against the plan, saying it does not solve anything.
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i just want to understand the libertarian perspective more and see how i'm wrong. so i hear a lot opf conservatives and libertarians say like if we raise the taxes on the rich and on corporations they will leave or cut back or whatever but how come when the taxes were high before , like it was almost like 90% on them, they didn't leave? what makes you think they will leave now? and even if they do leave so what? that leaves room for new businesses.
besides they only pay tax on profits and not revenue, the reason they dont create jobs is because profit demand isnt there right?
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FloydReports.com has extensively covered the illegal standard Alaska's Big Government GOP establishment has used to count write-in votes for incumbent Lisa Murkowski. Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai and Lt. Governor Craig Campbell told the media before the write-in vote count began that they would credit misspelled votes to Murkowski, although the law states a vote "may not be counted" unless "the oval is filled in for that candidate and if the name, as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, of the candidate or the last name of the candidate is written in the space provided." Fenumiai and Campbell instructed election officials to determine the "voter intent" behind each ballot cast. Representatives of Joe Miller's campaign have stated such counts are necessarily subjective and open to abuse.
They could not have been more correct.
A source in Alaska told this reporter the counting boards appointed by Fenumiai awarded Murkowski at least one vote cast for "Mercowshit" and another for "Fuckowski." These protest votes were credited for Murkowski on the grounds that two syllables of her last name were phonetically correct.
Joe Miller's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, filed a preliminary injunction prevent just this sort of egregious voter fraud. His complaint stated, "Prior to the election, people commented on radio stations and in the comment sections in blogs and newspaper stories that they would deliberately incorrectly write-in a variant of 'Murkowski' as a protest." The state's decision to count such a ballot for Murkowski "nullifies the protest and falsely inflates the vote for the write-in candidate.
Instead of heeding concerns about government bureaucrats influencing the election, liberal bloggers at The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo pilloried Van Flein and Miller for this assertion. TPM called the concept of misspelled protest votes "the strangest argument" it had heard during the Alaskan legal proceedings.
Allegations of vote-padding and ballot-stuffing have poured in during this unprecedented race. This author has exclusively reported additional, sworn affidavits from eyewitnesses in Alaska testifying that ballot boxes were stuffed with "hundreds"of ballots; that write-in ballots from the Native Alaskan villages of Cordova and Angoon were all written by the same person; that a Fairbanks ballot box was easily accessible and prime for voter fraud; and that major employers intimidated workers by driving them to the polls and giving them Murkowski campaign items to take inside the voting booth. Earlier, secret cameras caught federal contractors encouraging their employees to vote for Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski's campaign, including GOP lawyer Ben Ginsberg, argued by excluding misspelled votes, Alaska would be disenfranchising the uneducated. But Murkowski, hailing from a longstanding political dynasty, was intelligent enough to cozy up to Washington Beltway insiders and stick it to her Tea Party opponents during a victory lap trip to D.C.
After blasting Sarah Palin's alleged lack of "intellectual curiosity," curious Lisa told CBS "news" anchor Katie Couric, "I will tell you I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well."
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That was a rebuff to Rush Limbaugh's much-maligned statement that he hopes Obama's socialist designs fail.
Lisa Murkowski, a kinder, gentler Wanda Sykes.
Obama was at his peak during the past two years — and so was unemployment, inflation, government dependence, Congressional arrogance, and presidential lawlessness. This is apparently the agenda Murkowski is endorsing in her pointed criticism of her own party's base.
But apparently this is what federal contractors, Native tribes, and family friends-in-high-places have imposed on the state.


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If I could go rafting with any famous person in the world, it would be Taylor Lautner. He is my favorite famous person in the whole world.
My favorite guide is Astion because she is nice and funny and she made the whole experince my favorite time in my life.
I thought i would die
Then we went really high then
I came out alive
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Monday, April 8, 2013
A Day in the Life Swaziland (trailer)
Putting together a mini Day in the Life doc that I shot while out in Swaziland in Fall. Really excited to see how it turns out. Keep an eye out for the final copy in May.
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- ILuvSouthernAfrica said...
Hi Camren,
I run a blog called I Luv Southern Africa (iluvsouthernafrica.tumblr.com) and found this video. I initially posted it on my blog with your info etc but thought it better to ask you first if I can. I really love what you have done and would like to spread the word. Please email me at: email@example.com if you are ok with me posting it.
Thank you so much. - April 21, 2013 at 10:23 PM
- Camren Friesen said...
You can most definitely post this video on your blog Iluvsouthernafrica.
Thanks - April 22, 2013 at 8:31 AM
- SPARK thismarriage said...
So beautiful.... Thanks!
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thank you
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great sound track too
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - View original article
Rheumatic fever | |
Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria (Pappenheim's stain). Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own antibodies to strep attack different parts of a person's body such as the heart valves, the brain's basal ganglia, and the joints. | |
Classification and external resources | |
DiseasesDB | 11487 |
MedlinePlus | 003940 |
eMedicine | med/3435 med/2922 emerg/509 ped/2006 |
Patient UK | Rheumatic fever |
MeSH | D012213 |
Rheumatic fever | |
Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria (Pappenheim's stain). Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own antibodies to strep attack different parts of a person's body such as the heart valves, the brain's basal ganglia, and the joints. | |
Classification and external resources | |
DiseasesDB | 11487 |
MedlinePlus | 003940 |
eMedicine | med/3435 med/2922 emerg/509 ped/2006 |
Patient UK | Rheumatic fever |
MeSH | D012213 |
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that occurs following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection, such as streptococcal pharyngitis. Believed to be caused by antibody cross-reactivity that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain,[1] the illness typically develops two to three weeks after a streptococcal infection. Acute rheumatic fever commonly appears in children between the ages of 6 and 15, with only 20% of first-time attacks occurring in adults.[1] The illness is so named because of its similarity in presentation to rheumatism.[2]
Modified Jones criteria were first published in 1944 by T. Duckett Jones, MD.[3] They have been periodically revised by the American Heart Association in collaboration with other groups.[4] According to revised Jones criteria, the diagnosis of rheumatic fever can be made when two of the major criteria, or one major criterion plus two minor criteria, are present along with evidence of streptococcal infection: elevated or rising antistreptolysin O titre or DNAase.[1] Exceptions are chorea and indolent carditis, each of which by itself can indicate rheumatic fever.[5][6][7] An April 2013 review article in the Indian Journal of Medical Research stated that echocardiographic and Doppler (E & D) studies, despite some reservations about their utility, have identified a massive burden of rheumatic heart disease, which suggests the inadequacy of the 1992 Jones' criteria. E & D studies have identified subclinical carditis in patients with acute rheumatic fever, as well as in follow-ups of rheumatic heart disease patients who initially presented as having isolated cases of Sydenham's chorea.[8]
Rheumatic fever is a systemic disease affecting the peri-arteriolar connective tissue and can occur after an untreated Group A Beta hemolytic streptococcal pharyngeal infection. It is believed to be caused by antibody cross-reactivity. This cross-reactivity is a Type II hypersensitivity reaction and is termed molecular mimicry. Usually, self reactive B cells remain anergic in the periphery without T cell co-stimulation. During a Streptococcus infection, mature antigen presenting cells such as B cells present the bacterial antigen to CD4-T cells which differentiate into helper T2 cells. Helper T2 cells subsequently activate the B cells to become plasma cells and induce the production of antibodies against the cell wall of Streptococcus. However the antibodies may also react against the myocardium and joints,[11] producing the symptoms of rheumatic fever.
Group A Streptococcus pyogenes has a cell wall composed of branched polymers which sometimes contain M protein that are highly antigenic. The antibodies which the immune system generates against the M protein may cross react with cardiac myofiber protein myosin,[12] heart muscle glycogen and smooth muscle cells of arteries, inducing cytokine release and tissue destruction. However, the only proven cross reaction is with perivascular connective tissue.[citation needed] This inflammation occurs through direct attachment of complement and Fc receptor-mediated recruitment of neutrophils and macrophages. Characteristic Aschoff bodies, composed of swollen eosinophilic collagen surrounded by lymphocytes and macrophages can be seen on light microscopy. The larger macrophages may become Anitschkow cells or Aschoff giant cells. Acute rheumatic valvular lesions may also involve a cell-mediated immunity reaction as these lesions predominantly contain T-helper cells and macrophages.[13]
In acute rheumatic fever, these lesions can be found in any layer of the heart and is hence called pancarditis. The inflammation may cause a serofibrinous pericardial exudate described as "bread-and-butter" pericarditis, which usually resolves without sequelae. Involvement of the endocardium typically results in fibrinoid necrosis and verrucae formation along the lines of closure of the left-sided heart valves. Warty projections arise from the deposition, while subendocardial lesions may induce irregular thickenings called MacCallum plaques.
Chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is characterized by repeated inflammation with fibrinous repair. The cardinal anatomic changes of the valve include leaflet thickening, commissural fusion, and shortening and thickening of the tendinous cords.[13] It is caused by an autoimmune reaction to Group A β-hemolytic streptococci (GAS) that results in valvular damage.[14] Fibrosis and scarring of valve leaflets, commissures and cusps leads to abnormalities that can result in valve stenosis or regurgitation.[15] The inflammation caused by rheumatic fever, usually during childhood, is referred to as rheumatic valvulitis. About half of patients with acute rheumatic fever develop inflammation involving valvular endothelium.[16] The majority of morbidity and mortality associated with rheumatic fever is caused by its destructive effects on cardiac valve tissue.[15] The pathogenesis of RHD is complex and not fully understood, but it is known to involve molecular mimicry and genetic predisposition that lead to autoimmune reactions.
Molecular mimicry occurs when epitopes are shared between host antigens and GAS antigens.[17] This causes an autoimmune reaction against native tissues in the heart that are incorrectly recognized as "foreign" due to the cross-reactivity of antibodies generated as a result of epitope sharing. The valvular endothelium is a prominent site of lymphocyte-induced damage. CD4+ T cells are the major effectors of heart tissue autoimmune reactions in RHD.[18] Normally, T cell activation is triggered by the presentation of GAS antigens. In RHD, molecular mimicry results in incorrect T cell activation, and these T lymphocytes can go on to activate B cells, which will begin to produce self-antigen-specific antibodies. This leads to an immune response attack mounted against tissues in the heart that have been misidentified as pathogens. Rheumatic valves display increased expression of VCAM-1, a protein that mediates the adhesion of lymphocytes.[19] Self-antigen-specific antibodies generated via molecular mimicry between human proteins and GAS antigens up-regulate VCAM-1 after binding to the valvular endothelium. This leads to the inflammation and valve scarring observed in rheumatic valvulitis, mainly due to CD4+ T cell infiltration.[19]
While the mechanisms of genetic predisposition remain unclear, a few genetic factors have been found to increase susceptibility to autoimmune reactions in RHD. The dominant contributors are a component of MHC class II molecules, found on lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells, specifically the DR and DQ alleles on human chromosome 6.[20] Certain allele combinations appear to increase RHD autoimmune susceptibility. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II allele DR7 (HLA-DR7) is most often associated with RHD, and its combination with certain DQ alleles is seemingly associated with the development of valvular lesions.[20] The mechanism by which MHC class II molecules increase a host's susceptibility to autoimmune reactions in RHD is unknown, but it is likely related to the role HLA molecules play in presenting antigens to T cell receptors, thus triggering an immune response. Also found on human chromosome 6 is the cytokine TNF-α which is also associated with RHD.[20] High expression levels of TNF-α may exacerbate valvular tissue inflammation, contributing to RHD pathogenesis. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an inflammatory protein involved in pathogen recognition. Different variants of MBL2 gene regions are associated in RHD. RHD-induced mitral valve stenosis has been associated with MBL2 alleles encoding for high production of MBL.[21] Aortic valve regurgitation in RHD patients has been associated with different MBL2 alleles that encode for low production of MBL.[22] Other genes are also being investigated to better understand the complexity of autoimmune reactions that occur in RHD.
Prevention of recurrence is achieved by eradicating the acute infection and prophylaxis with antibiotics. The American Heart Association suggests that dental health be maintained, and that people with a history of bacterial endocarditis, a heart transplant, artificial heart valves, or "some types of congenital heart defects" may wish to consider long-term antibiotic prophylaxis.[23]
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The management of acute rheumatic fever is geared toward the reduction of inflammation with anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin or corticosteroids. Individuals with positive cultures for strep throat should also be treated with antibiotics. Aspirin is the drug of choice and should be given at high doses of 100 mg/kg/day. One should watch for side effects like gastritis and salicylate poisoning. In children and teenagers, the use of aspirin and aspirin-containing products can be associated with Reye's syndrome, a serious and potentially deadly condition. The risks, benefits and alternative treatments must always be considered when administering aspirin and aspirin-containing products in children and teenagers. Ibuprofen for pain and discomfort and corticosteroids for moderate to severe inflammatory reactions manifested by rheumatic fever should be considered in children and teenagers. Steroids are reserved for cases where there is evidence of involvement of heart. The use of steroids may prevent further scarring of tissue and may prevent development of sequelae such as mitral stenosis. Monthly injections of longacting penicillin must be given for a period of five years in patients having one attack of rheumatic fever. If there is evidence of carditis, the length of therapy may be up to 40 years. Another important cornerstone in treating rheumatic fever includes the continual use of low-dose antibiotics (such as penicillin, sulfadiazine, or erythromycin) to prevent recurrence.
No vaccines are currently available to protect against S. pyogenes infection, although there has been research into the development of one. Difficulties in developing a vaccine include the wide variety of strains of S. pyogenes present in the environment and the large amount of time and people that will be needed for appropriate trials for safety and efficacy of the vaccine.[24]
Patients with positive cultures for Streptococcus pyogenes should be treated with penicillin as long as allergy is not present. This treatment will not alter the course of the acute disease.
The most appropriate treatment stated in the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine for rheumatic fever is benzathine benzylpenicillin.
Patients with significant symptoms may require corticosteroids. Salicylates are useful for pain.
Some patients develop significant carditis which manifests as congestive heart failure. This requires the usual treatment for heart failure: ACE inhibitors, diuretics, beta blockers, and digoxin. Unlike normal heart failure, rheumatic heart failure responds well to corticosteroids.
Rheumatic fever is common worldwide and responsible for many cases of damaged heart valves. As of 2010 globally it resulted in 345,000 deaths, down from 463,000 in 1990.[26]
In Western countries, it became fairly rare since the 1960s, probably due to widespread use of antibiotics to treat streptococcus infections. While it has been far less common in the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, there have been a few outbreaks since the 1980s. Although the disease seldom occurs, it is serious and has a case-fatality rate of 2–5%.[27]
Rheumatic fever primarily affects children between ages 5 and 17 years and occurs approximately 20 days after strep throat. In up to a third of cases, the underlying strep infection may not have caused any symptoms.
The rate of development of rheumatic fever in individuals with untreated strep infection is estimated to be 3%. The incidence of recurrence with a subsequent untreated infection is substantially greater (about 50%).[28] The rate of development is far lower in individuals who have received antibiotic treatment. Persons who have suffered a case of rheumatic fever have a tendency to develop flare-ups with repeated strep infections.
The recurrence of rheumatic fever is relatively common in the absence of maintenance of low dose antibiotics, especially during the first three to five years after the first episode. Heart complications may be long-term and severe, particularly if valves are involved.
Survivors of rheumatic fever often have to take penicillin to prevent streptococcal infection which could possibly lead to another case of rheumatic fever that could prove fatal.
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To enter the program a student must normally have completed the required sequence necessary for entry into the advance literature courses of her major program. This varies from language to language; students should consult the chair. Each student, after consultation with the chair, chooses an adviser from one of her two fields of concentration in a language. This adviser guides her in developing a sequence of courses appropriate for her goals in the major. All students are required to take:
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DATE & TIME: Wednesday, January 16, 11 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: Marriott Center (22,700) -- Provo, Utah. Television: ESPNU. Home Record: SMC 10-0, BYU 9-0. Away Record: SMC 2-2, BYU 3-2. Neutral Record: SMC 1-2, BYU 2-2. Conference Record: SMC 2-1, BYU 4-0. Series Record: BYU leads, 8-4.
GAME NOTES: BYU head coach Dave Rose shoots for the 200th win of his career on Wednesday night, as his Cougars combat the Saint Mary's-CA Gaels in West Coast Conference action at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.
Rose, who has spent his all eight seasons of his head coaching career at BYU, is trying to become just the second coach to have at least 200 victories while with the Cougars, the first being Stan Watts. The coach has his team off to a strong start in 2012-13 with a mark of 14-4 and more importantly, a perfect 4-0 beginning to league play, which has them in first place in the WCC entering play on Wednesday.
Since losing to Baylor back on Dec. 21 the Cougars, who enter this contest with a perfect 9-0 mark in their own building, have rattled off six consecutive victories, the most recent of those coming last Saturday versus Santa Clara in an 82-64 pounding on the road.
Meanwhile, the Gaels are again one of the elite teams in the WCC, having won two of their first three conference dates, with the lone loss coming against nationally-ranked Gonzaga on the road (83-78) last week. SMC bounced back by defeating San Francisco over the weekend, 78-72, giving the program five wins in the last six games overall.
In terms of the all-time series between these two programs, BYU holds an 8-4 edge over the Gaels, taking six of the eight meetings played in Provo. However, SMC has won two straight and three of the last four encounters overall, thanks to an 80-66 victory in the most recent battle last January.
After nearly taking out Gonzaga on the road, the Gaels figured to have a bit of a let-down, but to be threatened by San Francisco at home should not have been the case. Nevertheless, SMC needed 50.0 percent shooting from the floor and 24-of-27 at the free-throw line in order to escape with the six-point home win over the weekend in Moraga. Matthew Dellavedova responded with a team-best 19 points and accounted for half of their 12 assists, while Stephen Holt dropped in 16 points, Beau Levesque 15 off the bench and Mitchell Young 14 points for the program as it survived a mere 4-of-17 shooting behind the 3- point line. For the second straight game the Gaels connected on less than 30 percent of their long-distance attempts, something that happened only once through the first 16 games of the campaign. In the three league bouts thus far SMC, which is scoring a healthy 76.7 ppg, has made good on a mere 28.8 percent on the outside, with Dellavedova (16.7 ppg) and Holt (15.3 ppg) combining to make 11 of the team's 19 conversions from beyond the arc. Levesque, off the bench in all three WCC dates, checks in with 13.3 ppg.
For the fourth time under coach Rose, the Cougars have opened a conference slate at least 4-0, thanks to the victory against Santa Clara which came about only after BYU put together an 18-0 scoring run in the second half. The Cougars were paced by Tyler Haws once again as the guard posted a game-high 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the floor. Brock Zylstra added 15 points, Matt Carlino 13 and eight assists, while Brandon Davies also logged 13 points to go along with his eight rebounds, but at the same time the big man turned the ball over seven times. Anson Winder came off the bench to supply 10 points in just 14 minutes of action. Haws continues to be a scoring machine for the Cougars this season, now averaging 21.3 ppg overall as he shoots 42.2 percent behind the 3-point line and nearly 50 percent from the field overall. Davies is responsible for another 18.4 ppg and a team-best 7.7 rpg, which means the duo accounts for a huge chunk of the squad's 79.1 ppg as they outscore the competition by 12.0 ppg through 18 outings.
BYU is riding a 12-game home win streak entering play on Wednesday, but in addition to Gonzaga, the one team in the WCC that could put that run in serious jeopardy is the Gaels. However, as long as the Cougars make someone other than Dellavedova beat them they should be alright.
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Melbourne Rebels have announced that Welsh number eight Gareth Delve will captain the franchise this year.
The first and only Welshman to play Super Rugby will lead in 2013, in a role he filled with distinction in the absence of Stirling Mortlock last year.
The Rod Macqueen Pursuit of Excellence Award winner will be the first international to ever be named captain of an Australian Super Rugby Team.
The back-row forward has been one of the standout players at the side, with the 2011 and 2012 vice captain missing only one match since joining the Rebels as a foundation player.
Melbourne Rebels head coach Damien Hill said the decision was one the franchise is very proud of.
"It is a great day for the Club to announce the appointment of Gareth as the second Captain in this Club's history," said Hill.
"Gareth leads by example on the field, and is a player many people at our Club, not just the players, look up to.
"Not only is he respected among his Rebels peers, he is respected among the Victorian Rugby community. Recognition of this is him winning the People's Choice Award in both the 2011 and 2012 seasons."
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Former Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur is facing a sentence of up to 14 years for acts of perjury and contradictory evidence. Funny, I didn't even know he was bulimic nor was it illegal.
Why The Oilers Should Not Pursue Jay Bouwmeester
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May 02 2009 08:59AM
This is Jay Bouwmeester, one of thirty number one NHL defensemen. His exact value is a point of debate in Robin's post below, but it seems fairly safe to say that he's in the top-half of those thirty players. Some would even argue that he's a top-five defenseman.
NCFOM II: Jagr Revisited
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May 01 2009 12:21AM
So, Jaromir Jagr could see himself in Edmonton Oilers colours, could he? I bet he could, as long as there's lots of green to go along with the copper and blue he suddenly seems to be fond of.
UFA Options: Calgary Flames
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May 01 2009 12:20AM
UFA Options is a continuing series that gives a brief run-down of the unrestricted free agent market this summer, team-by-team. Our next team for consideration is the Calgary Flames.
Jagr coming to Edmonton?
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April 30 2009 10:57PM
Would six months make that big of a difference? I can't see how the Oilers won't push to sign Jaromir Jagr before training camp, considering they wanted him this past March.


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