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The 2nd Annual Saint Simons Food & Spirits Festival Events
Pier Village Sip, Taste and TourTuesday, October 1, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, St. Simons Pier Village
Tickets: $25, Available online or on-site the day of the event.
Stamp your pass and sip a glass! Guests will receive a "Passport to the Pier" with marvelous ports of call throughout the enchanting backdrop of The Pier Village. Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the Village to experience the local charm of St. Simons while savoring libations and culinary specials at the bars and restaurants. There will be complimentary wine and nibbles in the shops, all with the backdrop of a breathtaking view of the water. Your ports of call include Brogen's, Palmer's Village Café, The Half Shell and more! The evening will conclude with a closing celebration featuring more specials and fabulous prizes. Ticket price will include a festival t-shirt or cap.
Participating Venus Include:
- Palmer's
- Brogen's
- JMac's
- Parker's
- Murphy's
- Village Inn & Pub
- Island Republic
- CJ's Italian
- Mallery Street Cafe
- The Half Shell
presented by Parker's
First Bite Kick-Off Receptionpresented by HunterMacleanWednesday, October 2, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm,
Halyards Courtyard 55 Cinema Lane St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Exclusive Event for the Founder's Circle, Patrons, Pearl and Oyster Ticket Package Holders.
A Celebratory Cocktail Party to start the festival. Our Chef and Host Dave Snyder and his culinary team will serve up nibbles and noshes, and craft cocktails and wines will be flowing from the bar. Bring your bucks as the raffle will be second to none with an array of culinary and beverage prizes, as well as Festival ticket upgrades.
Southern Soul Barbeque Alfresco
Bird & Beer DinnerWednesday, October 2, 8:00 pm
Southern Soul Barbeque 2020 Demere Road. St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Tickets: $50
The soul of St. Simons and Barbeque starts here at this iconic, secret of the south barbeque restaurant. Hosts Griffin Bufkin and Harrison Sapp will guide us through a 4 course craft brew pairing dinner prepared by Chef Comer Smith. Mackay Cate, Georgia Crown's local Beermeister, will hand-pick the beer selections for the night and tell the story behind each offering. Limited number of seats available so be sure to get your tickets soon!add an image or some HTML hereadd an image or some HTML here
Halyards and Tramici Festival SpecialsWednesday, October 2, 55 Cinema Lane, St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Reservations encouraged, Halyards: 912-638-9100 Tramici: 912-634-2202
Festival specials offered in addition to their nightly menus.
Food & Spirits Trivia at Tipsy'sWednesday, October 2, 7:00 pm
Tipsy McSway's 1414 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA 32520
Home of scrumptiousness and unique menu offerings in the heart of downtown Brunswick, Tipsy's will be shaking and stirring your epicurean and adult beverage knowledge with food & spirits-focused trivia. Sharpen your skills before this fun filled evening. Tipsy's will serve up a special blend of drink and menu items in honor of the Festival. Open to everyone, a portion of the evening's proceeds will be donated to the Festival.
Maker's Mark BBQ Pro-Ampresented by Sea Island and Southern Soul BarbequeThursday, October 3, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Rainbow Island/Sea Island
Tickets: $85
Satisfy your southern soul with a sizzling night of Bourbon, Blues and BBQ! Join the Sea Island BBQ team and Harrison Sapp from Southern Soul Barbeque, as they host fellow pitmaster pros for a smokin' hot evening of sights, sounds and tastes to tantalize every sense. As for the "amateurs," PGA Tour Professionals will be stationed at every rig in the salty island air, cooking up some fun and mixing and mingling with the guests. The Bourbon? Maker's Mark, of course. Guests will also have access to an open bar with an array of craft beers, wines and top shelf liquors. Savannah's legendary Eric Culberson Band will provide the Blues and award-winning Salted and Styled blogger Libbie Summers will emcee. Don't miss this night of Southern fare and flair that promises to serve up some of the best food, drink, and music the South has to offer.
Additional pitmasters feeding the fire:
- Jimmy Hagood of BlackJack Barbecue and Food for the Southern Soul and his Big Red Rig from Charleston, SC
- Hailing from Sweet Cheeks Q in Boston, Massachusetts, of Top Chef and Top Chef All-Stars' fan favorite fame, Tiffani Faison
- Barbecues favorite Brothers, Justin and Jonathan from Fox Bros. Bar-B-Que in Atlanta
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A Study in ShrimpFriday, October 4 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Sea Palms Resort and Conference Center
Tickets: $50
Moderated by award-winning journalist Carolyn O'Neil, panelists include chef Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene, local chef Jason Brumfiel from The King and Prince Beach Resort, and local shrimper Timmy Stubbs of Native Seafood.
This deep-thought talk will explore our coastal treasure and includes a guided tasting featuring locally caught Pinks, Whites, and Brownies.
Reserve Wine TastingFriday, October 4, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Sea Palms Resort and Conference Center
Tickets: $50
Suppose you were given the opportunity and the means to create a wine that satisfies all you are looking for. Some of the nation's top Sommeliers have taken that opportunity and poured their knowledge into crafting great wines for the top wineries and for their own boutique labels. Join Advanced Sommelier Jacob Gragg of the Georgian Room at Sea Island for this exclusive tasting of wines produced under the direction of some of the most prominent tastemakers in the industry. This is the region's first offering of this unique tasting.
Traversing the Whiskey River; Bourbon Rye and American WhiskyFriday, October 4, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Sea Palms Resort and Conference Center
Tickets: $50
A guided tasting seminar analyzing the nuances of Bourbon, Rye and Whisky. Your river guides for this fascinating trip will be Byron Banks of Four Roses Bourbon, and Maker's Mark will be sending a Brand Ambassador.
Cocktail U, Friday Afternoon MixerFriday, October 4, 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Location: Sea Palms Resort and Conference Center
Tickets: $50
Shake things up at the Festival's Happiest Hour (and a half). Celebrated mixologists Hallie Arnold/The Grocery, Charleston, SC, Arianne Fielder/Seven Lamps, Atlanta, GA and Jackson Holland/The Cocktail Club, Charleston, SC, will feature the hottest mixed drink potions as you tipple your way through bitters, tonics, shrubs and of course, spirits. You'll have one-on-one lessons (and tastings) and get schooled in all things craft cocktail.
Friday Night Festival FeastFriday, October 4, 7:30 pm
Halyard's Restaurant, 55 Cinema Lane St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Tickets: $200
For the weekend's most memorable experience, chef Dave Snyder will welcome to his kitchen guest chefs Linton Hopkins of Atlanta's Restaurant Eugene and Holeman & Finch Public House, Sea Island's John Helfrich and St. Simons' own Tom Delaney of Delaney's Bistro and John Belechak from Palmer's Village Cafe. A cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception will be followed by a 5-course feast. Wine selections for each course will be skillfully paired by the area's top sommeliers and the dinner will feature the best of Georgia's Golden Isles. Award-winning journalist, Carolyn O'Neil, will be master of ceremonies for the evening and Mayor Bryan Thompson will strike his gavel and lead a spirited live auction.presented by McGinty-Gordon
Dinner and a MovieFriday, October 4, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm,The Casino Theatre, St. Simons Pier Village
Tickets: $45 adults, $25 for Kids 6 -12
What could be more appealing than watching the South's most appetizing, scrumptious, iconic and exemplary foods on a big screen? Step back in time to the original St. Simons Movie House and treat your eyes, and then your taste buds, to PIMENTO CHEESE, PLEASE, a short documentary on one of the South's most unique and popular dishes. The "main course" is The Southern Foodways Alliance feature documentary, PRIDE & JOY, which showcases some of the South's most beloved food artisans and craftsmen. The experience could only be improved by the mouthwatering images on the screen becoming the night's real-life cuisine. Following the screening, guests will gather in the atrium to satisfy their palates with craft libations and a special dinner buffet created by Straton Hall Catering highlighting featured foods from the film. Our special guest for the evening is Carrie Morey from Callie's Charleston Biscuits, who will serve up her revered pimento cheese. Carrie has been featured in Saveur, Food & Wine, Southern Living, The New York Times and Oprah magazine, among other publications.presented by Little St Simons Island
The Marketpresented by Viola's MarketSaturday, October 5 10:30 - 4:30pm, Gascoigne Bluff
Open to the Public
Stroll through over 50 tents featuring juried arts, crafts, farm stand and artisan- produced culinary items. We'll have book signings throughout the day in the Viola's Market tent featuring the Festival's own Ben Galland with Island Time, Carrie Morey and her hot-off-the-press Callie's Biscuits and Southern Traditions, Libbie Summers and her Whole Hog Cookbook andGena Neely Knox and her 3 books, Gourmet My Way, Southern My Way Simple Recipes, Fresh Flavors, and the new release, Southern My Way: Food & Family.
For more information on The Market, visit the Market Page.
Southern Specialties Cooking ClassSaturday, October 5, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
Location: Sea Palms Resort and Conference Center
Tickets: $50
A specialty cooking class led by Carrie Morey featuring dishes from her new book, Callie's Biscuits and Southern Traditions. Additional food and cocktail tastings will be served as well. Carrie hails from Charleston, SC and has been featured in Saveur, Food & Wine, Southern Living, The New York Times and Oprah magazine among other publications.
Kids Cooking Classpresented by Wolfson Children's Hospital at
Southeast Georgia Health SystemSaturday, October 5, 6 yrs - 9 yrs 10:00 am -12:00 pm, 10 yrs -15 yrs 12:30 pm -3:30 pm at Gascoigne Bluff
Tickets: $50
Hands-on cooking classes led by veteran cooking class instructor, Marilyn Markle from Southern Season in Chapel Hill NC. Your pint-sized culinary campers will toss, slice, stir and cook-up their own southern specialties in these action-packed classes, all while we're throwing in a pinch of culture, a dash of history and whole cup of fun.
Local Flavors Tasting Tentpresented by Sea PakSaturday, October 5 12:30 - 3:30 pm Gascoigne Bluff Park
Tickets: $45 for 21 and over, $25 for ages 6yrs - 20 yrs
Treat yourself to an afternoon of Southern delicacies under the historic oak canopy in the Local Flavors Tasting Tents. Partake in food and beverage tastings and samplings of local specialties from over 25 restaurants and 40 craft brew and fine wine vendors. Your ticket includes access to the Culinary Creations Cooking Stage presented by Atlantic National Bank where you can view the creation of signature favorites by James Beard Award Winner "Best Chef Southeast" 2012 Linton Hopkins, Top Chef All Stars fan favorite, Tiffani Faison of Sweet Cheeks Q, Gena Knox of Fire & Flavor and Pastry Chef Kurtis Baguley. Your ticket also includes access to the Mixology Tent located just across the way from Gascoigne Park. Cross into The Market presented by Viola's Market, a unique and delightful place for a stroll featuring high-end juried arts, crafts, farm stand and artisan-produced culinary items. Local musical talents will entertain you around the grounds as you sip, snack, shop and savor. Nobody under the age of 21 will be allowed in the Mixology or Craft Beer/Wine tents.
VIP Riverside Sporting Clubpresented by Elegant Island LivingSaturday, October 5, 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Gascoigne Bluff
Tickets: $85
The VIP Riverside Sporting Club presented by Elegant Island Living will be an exclusive festivity spotlighting the best of the Saint Simons Food & Spirits Festival. In addition to the amenities provided in the Local Flavors Tasting Tent presented by Sea Pak, our VIP guests will enjoy upgraded, high-end food and beverages, and televisions will be broadcasting favorite fall sporting events. The Elegant Island Living hospitality area also offers the opportunity for one-on-one interaction with featured culinary talent from the weekend. Additionally, VIP guests have exclusive access to festival grounds 30 minutes prior to opening. If you're looking to the make the most of your festival experience, the VIP Riverside Sporting Club tickets are a must.
Shrimp Netpresented by Southern Soul BarbequeSaturday, October 5, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Gascoigne Bluff
Tickets: Included in Local Flavors Tasting Tent presented by Sea Pak
Activities and entertainment for the younger set. Hands-on arts and crafts, face painting, nature lessons, shell necklaces, cookie decorating and more!
Culinary Creations Cooking Stagepresented by Atlantic National BankSaturday, October 5, Gascoigne Bluff
Tickets: Included in Local Flavors Tasting Tent presented by Sea Pak and
VIP Riverside Sporting Club presented by Elegant Island Living
Cooking demonstrations throughout the afternoon:
1:00: Gena Neely Knox featuring "hot off the press" Southern My Way: Food & Family
1:45: Tiffani Faison of Sweet Cheeks Q and Top Chef/Top Chef All Stars
2:30: Executive Pastry Chef, Kurtis Baguley of Sea Island
3:00: Linton Hopkins, Chef/Owner of Restaurant Eugene, Holeman & Finch Public House
Dine Around with Sea IslandSaturday evening, October 5, Sea Island and The Lodge
Reservations required, 912-638-3611, make sure to mention SSFSF
Sea Island will open their dining outlets to festival guests for this one night only. In addition to the regular dinner menus, a "3 for $30" festival menu will be offered at Tavola, River Bar, Southern Tide, Oak Room and Davis Love Grill and "4 for $40" festival menu will be offered at The Georgian Room and Colt & Alison.
SPIRITual Sunday BrunchSunday, October 6, 12:30pm - 3:30pm, The Delegal Room at The King & Prince Resort 201 Arnold Road St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Tickets: $75
Wrap up festival weekend with a seated/served brunch featuring libations and menu items from our celebrated guest chefs and mixologists. Start the morning right with a classic Charleston Bloody Mary Mix stirred up by creator, Jackson Holland. Carrie Morey will serve up an array of her piping hot Callie's Charleston Biscuits, Gena Neely Knox will serve breakfast up "Her Way" with Fire & Flavor-ful planked local fish, and award winning Salted and Styled blogger, Libbie Summers will have the guests praying for more of her "Salvation Cinnamon Rolls." Our "mixtresses" Hallie Arnold and Arianne Fielder will be crafting creative morning-after libations. Your spirits will be lifted with our soulful guest singers. More menu items and guest chefs will be announced soon!presented by Cheney Brothersadd an image or some HTML hereadd an image or some HTML hereadd an image or some HTML hereadd an image or some HTML here


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Motley Fool Uses Apple Anti-Trust Suit to Scare People into Paying It
June 18, 2013 | 5:08 pm
By Chris Meadows
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer or high-falutin' financial analyst, and this is my personal opinion, not TeleRead's. I just call them as I see them.
I ran across this article from Motley Fool blogger Mark Hibben, and felt it was worth calling out as the example of arrant fear-profiteering it is. I could sum up the article thus: "DOOM! DOOOOOOM! (By the way, pay us.)"
To be fair, the post opens with a reasonably cogent and accurate summary of the issues surrounding the Apple anti-trust case, not unlike the one I posted a few days ago. But it goes off the rails toward the end, when Hibben discusses Apple's claim that its "most favored nation" contract clause is just "business as usual" for the company, and the same thing it did for digital music, video content, and so on. Then he uncorks this whopper:
The problem with Apple losing is its "business as usual" defense. If Apple's iTunes business practices served as a model for iBooks, and these practices were found to be anticompetitive, this opens the door to a wide ranging DOJ investigation into iTunes pricing, especially Apple's relationships with music and video content providers. Since Apple makes about $4 billion a quarter from iTunes, now the business stakes are much higher.
iTunes pricing has uncomfortable parallels with what happened with iBooks. Once again, Apple's agency model has produced virtually uniform pricing for digital music and video content across the industry. Every song's a buck, wherever you go on the Internet. Most videos are released at the same time and have the same pricing, whether for rental or purchase. The only area where there seems to be genuine price competition is in apps, because here the developers do set their own prices and do compete on price.
This is, of course, complete bullpuckey. Where do I even begin? There is nothing illegal about the agency pricing model (Apple's "business as usual") per se. Even the Department of Justice admitted that, or else they wouldn't have permitted publishers to go back to using it after a specified cooling-off period as part of their settlement agreement!
For that matter, even Apple's "most favored nation" clause is not the problem in and of itself either. It is reasonable from Apple's point of view to want to protect itself from suppliers doing it dirty by giving other retailers lower prices but forcing it to keep charging higher ones. You'll see that kind of thing anywhere that the price-setter is not the seller. The problem that got Apple dragged into court is the way that Apple allegedly used its MFN clause to force publishers to impose price raises on its competitors. And even then, that might be okay, legally. It'll probably be this issue that sends the case up to the Supreme Court.
Did Apple do that with digital music? No. Apple pretty much single-handedly created the market for (legitimately-purchased) digital music with its iPod the way Amazon created the market for e-books with its Kindle. They didn't crowbar their way into an existing market by forcing other successful vendors to raise their prices. There were no other successful vendors at that point (at least by the standards of iTunes), and iTunes actually lowered prices for consumers by holding track prices to 99 cents and lots of albums to either $9.99 or 99 cents * number of tracks, whichever was cheaper. (That's another parallel to Amazon right there.) And even then, Amazon was eventually able to compete with iTunes by offering DRM-free tracks, which eventually forced Apple to go DRM-free itself.
So, no—Apple didn't stifle competition where there was some, or raise prices where prices were low. It created a market where there was none. Not the same thing, and not illegal. There's no reason for the DoJ to care about that.
And I certainly haven't seen any digital music or movie sellers, or consumers, complaining that Amazon conspired with competitors to make them raise prices. But with e-books…guess what?
The reason behind all this fearmongering becomes clear in the next couple of paragraphs, wherein Hibben essentially makes scary hand motions concerning what this might do to Apple's stock prices, and then tells you that, gosh, "The Motley Fool's senior technology analyst and managing bureau chief, Eric Bleeker, is prepared to fill you in on reasons to buy and reasons to sell Apple, and what opportunities are left for the company (and your portfolio) going forward." But is he going to do that for free, out of the goodness of his heart? Nope! There's a link you can click to be taken to a several-minute-long sales spiel for a $15 report and year of updates on Apple.
(Then, when you try to navigate away from the sales spiel, you get an "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" pop-up, favored tool of spammers and scammers everywhere. Yes, you twerps, I'm sure, or I wouldn't have clicked away! And if I want to come back, I know just where you'll be!)
I don't know, $15 for all that might be a bargain. But if this half-assed scare tactic is the kind of analysis you can expect from The Fool, it brings to mind the old question about who's more of a fool—the fool or the fool who follows The Fool. (And let's also not forget the Fool analyst who predicted the Kindle would sink like a stone, before taking a screeching U-turn to declare it was instead likely to be the best thing ever.)
Admittedly, there is a disclaimer at the top of the article indicating that "entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited." Looks like a blatant attempt to have your cake and eat it too, to me. If you're going to earn money from that personal opinion, and that personal opinion is trying to use inaccurate speculation to scare people into paying you, trying to disclaim responsibility for it is disingenuous.
Writer Inc: Month 2
The pros and cons of buttons on e-readers (for page-turning)
Furor over Amazon review policy probably signifies nothing
Amazon revamps its rating calculations, favoring helpful, recent reviews of verified purchases
Barnes & Noble taps new CEO as revamped B&N e-commerce site hinders access to e-books
"Amazon was eventually able to compete with iTunes by offering DRM-free tracks, which eventually forced Apple to go DRM-free itself."
That's a bit revisionist isn't it? Who used DRM for music and who didn't was up to the record companies. The record companies used DRM as a club against Apple. Letting Amazon go DRM free first was an attempt to reign in the iTunes monolith. Guess who lost that battle?
The competitors "did Apple" dirty because they wanted variable song pricing so they could price older, slow-moving songs and albums lower, and Apple refused. And since Apple was the only game in town because DRM locked the pod-people in they had no choice but to swallow it. Apple turned Agency backwards and used their market power to force uniform pricing on the studios who had come to prefer variable pricing.
Their only move was to give Amazon (and Walmart, while they stayed in) lower pricing.
Once they switched Amazon to MP3, Apple had to negotiate new deals for DRM-free content and they had to let the studios truly set their own prices the way Agency is supposed to work.
As the DOJ has repeatedly said, Agency is *not* price fixing.
However, Apple likes to use Agency to hide price-fixing.
And that is why they're in court.
They got away with it in music but that doesn't mean they'll necessarily get away with it in ebooks.
Sellers like complexity because that enables them to clip consumers a little here and a little there. It also confounds price comparison thereby amplifying the effect of advertising which, incidentally, is a cost passed on to the customer. Making it simple is pro consumer. Making it complex is anti-consumer.
Digital goods are different from physical goods because they are produced on demand rather than in batches that sit in warehouses and on shelves until someone buys it. There is no risk of having to "eat" a ton of unsold eBooks. Thus, there is no need for highly variable prices if the item is priced right to begin with. Good books and good music have very long tails. It will all average out in time.
@Chris; What I remember from the reports at the time (leaked by the studios) was that during negotiations Apple did not object to higher pricing on new releases (more money for them) but they refused to budge on the $0.99 floor. So the bone of contention was the lower bound of variable pricing (and the lower "commission" Apple would earn per track). Apple has never been a big fann of "making it up with volume".
For awhile back in the late '90s, the Fool was flogging its "Dogs of the Dow" strategy as a foolproof method of investing. It worked for awhile, because in a rising economy everything does. When it failed, they shipped it down the memory chute and claimed that they would never say anything was foolproof.

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RADAR: Rhodes/
UK songwriter Rhodes hasn't even played his first headlining gig yet (that's coming up in a few weeks). But we can cut the UK songwriter some slack since he just picked up a guitar, found his voice and began writing songs just six months ago. But it just takes one -- the right one -- and that's "Always," a tender demo track featuring Rhodes' sandy, quavering vocals and some spare, elegant electric guitar backing. Then the buzz began. Radio play. Opening slots for Laura Marling and Rufus Wainwright. And now a new debut four-track EP Raise Your Love (October 28, Hometown) recorded with James Kenosha and Charlie Fink (Noah and The Whale) led by fine new single "Run." Click through to stream "Always" and watch the the videos for both tracks.
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Prime Healthcare Services Selects Infinitt PACS, Cardiology PACS for System-Wide Upgrade
April 16, 2012 - Prime Healthcare Services (PHS), a hospital management company based in Ontario, Calif., currently owns and operates 16 acute-care hospitals. In February 2012, PHS signed a master agreement with Infinitt North America to replace PACS and cardiology PACS at several of its California hospitals. PHS has been ranked by Thomson Reuters as one of the 15 Top Health Systems in the nation (January 2012) based on quality-of-care, efficiency and patient satisfaction. The mission of PHS is to provide comprehensive, quality healthcare on a model that emphasizes timely and cost-efficient emergency care.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (CHMC), a 369-bed PHS hospital, implemented the Infinitt PACS five years ago to support the full spectrum of diagnostic services and almost 60,000 emergency room (ED) visits annually. The PACS increased reading efficiency and reduced report turnaround times, metrics directly related to emergency department throughput and quality of care.
"The Infinitt PACS helped us to deliver services in a more timely and efficient manner," said Shawna Tanaka, CHMC's radiology director. "We also like Infinitt's ED Notes feature; we encourage all our ED physicians to jot down their impressions to give the radiologists a better overall picture of the patient's condition."
Infinitt PACS has also been implemented at Encino Hospital Medical Center (151 beds) in Encino, Calif. and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Calif. (83 beds). Additional implementations are planned for Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino, Calif.; Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Alvarado Hospital (Cardiology PACS) and newly acquired Harlingen Medical Center in Texas (radiology and cardiology PACS).
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FUNGI and algae first teamed up to form lichen 600 million years ago, according to newly discovered fossils from China. This makes them slightly older than the first fossils of complex soft-bodied animals, and far older than land plants.
Lichens are the product of a symbiotic relationship between algae, which produce food, and fungi, which provide moisture, nutrients and a protective framework. The new fossils come from south China, and were laid down in shallow seawater (Science, vol 308, p 1017).
Because lichens evolved many times, it is impossible to say whether the fossils are the ancestors of modern lichen, says team leader Shuhai Xiao of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.
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Rogers Hosts Conference for Alternative Educators
Posted: July 15, 2014 at 1:30 a.m.
ROGERS -- Second chances is the theme for more than 500 teachers, social workers and other interventionists gathered in Rogers this week for the Arkansas Association of Alternative Educators.
Cost Breakdown
Advocates for alternative education compare the costs of incarceration and education saying education will make for better citizens and future taxpayers.
Incarceration vs. Education
• Juvenile detention costs from $150 a day up to $480 a day for specialized treatment, according to the 2008 report Juvenile Justice Reform in Arkansas
• Public schools are given $35.21 per student, per school day from the state of Arkansas *
• Alternative schools are given $58.96 per student, per school day from the state of Arkansas *
* This total does not include federal money earmarked for education, grant money and school district-specific taxes raised through local bonds.
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10 Must Have People for an A-List Professional Network
October 2009
So you know that it is important to have the 2 Q's as you build out your network: Quality and Quantity. But have you considered the importance of having a well-rounded network?
In this labor market, having a strong network is critical to your professional survival. There are plenty of tips and articles on where to find people, how and when to connect to them and even what you need to say to attract and maintain your network. This article focuses on WHO should be in your network.
Here are the top 10 people that should be in your network…
Obviously you will want to have more than 10 people in your network. The trick is to make sure that you are building a diverse network by adding people from different industries, backgrounds, age groups, ethnic groups, etc…that fit into the roles listed above. Building a deep network by only including people from your current profession or business focus leaves too many stones unturned, limiting potential opportunities.
Serious about building a strong professional network that can actually provide the leverage you need to make progress at work or in your business? Evaluate your current network and get started filling in the gaps.
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Three Law Faculty Members Receive University Merit Awards
The USF School of Law is a dynamic institution, always adapting to changes in society and seeking to make good on the university's promise to "educate minds and hearts to change the world." We also know that the best way to achieve that goal is to remain true to our inspiring roots. This is a propitious time to consider how to balance change and tradition. In March, the ABA will visit the law school for its seven-year "annual" visit. When the visitors arrive they will find a law school that is financially sound, academically rigorous, and focused on educating for justice in communities as close as the Tenderloin and as far away as Dharamsala, India. This issue of @USFLaw will give you a glimpse of the exciting things happening at the law school. I look forward to your thoughts as we work together to train generations of lawyers that truly can help create a more humane and just world. I can't think of any work that could be more rewarding and exciting.
- Dean Jeffrey Brand
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In his new book titled Police Interrogation and American Justice, Professor Richard Leo sheds light on how crime units have developed sophisticated interrogation methods that rely on persuasion, manipulation, and deception to move a subject from denial to admission. Leo's extensive research reveals how these tactics often lead to false confession and wrongful conviction.
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Today the House voted to pass a revised version of the America COMPETES Act, a bill that would reauthorize several key science agencies and STEM Education programs, completing an unlikely resurrection of a bill most in the science advocacy community (including this correspondent) figured was dead in this session.
COMPETES has been through quite a legislative rollercoaster on its trip through Congress and has emerged at the end significantly leaner. The version the House granted final approval of today has been trimmed significantly since its original passage — the Senate having shed the bill of a number of controversial tech-transfer and tech-innovation programs, cut the authorization amounts for NSF, NIST and DOE Office of Science, and removed the Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) Program reauthorization and the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) from the package. The resulting "clean" package was far more palatable to Senate Republicans who had opposed the House version of the bill, and the Senate was able to find time on its calendar late on Sunday to pass the bill by unanimous consent.
Unfortunately, the Senate managed to find time on its calendar because the Democratic leadership wasn't able to strike a deal on passage of a Omnibus Appropriations bill that would have contained — along with funding for all the operations of government — real funding increases for NSF and NIST in FY 11. Instead, the Senate leadership pulled the omnibus legislation and has passed a so-called "Continuing Resolution" (CR) that would keep the government running at the FY 10 budget levels through March 4, 2011. The House is expected to agree to the March 4th CR this evening.
But despite actual appropriations being left up in the air for science agencies, it is still symbolic that both chambers decided to use precious closing-session floor time to debate and ultimately authorize increases for science funding. Advocates for science can now at least point to these authorized levels as a target for appropriators as the new Congress convenes in January.
And what did legislators ultimately approve? The Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA) has put together a handy comparison chart (pdf) showing the various authorization levels approved along COMPETES bumpy path. In short, here's where NSF and NIST finished up:
- National Science Foundation: Authorized for three years with a total increase of nearly 20 percent over the three years, compared to the agency's FY 10 budget. Under the plan, NSF would grow by 7.2 percent in FY 11.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology: Authorized for three years with a total increase of 21.4 percent over FY 10. Under the plan NIST would grow 7.3 percent in FY 11.
- DOE Office of Science: Authorizes a 14 percent increase in DOE's R&D programs over three years. Includes $900 million in authorization for DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) over three years.
The bill passed by a vote of 228 to 130, on an essentially party-line vote. Sixteen Republicans did cross the aisle to vote for the measure, though.
We'll have more on what's actually in the revised COMPETES Act in a future post. For now, the bill's passage is about the only cause for celebration we're likely to get as this Congress comes to a close. And given the changing tenor in Washington, it may be the only thing we celebrate for much of the next one, too…
Update: (12/22/2010) — The White House has weighed in. A snippet:
Passage of the Act comes at a crucial time in our Nation's economic and technological trajectory—a time that President Obama characterized last month as a "Sputnik moment." Just as Americans in 1957 quickly grasped the significance of the Soviet Union's historic launch of the world's first artificial satellite—responding aggressively with new investments in research and development (R&D) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education—Americans today are recognizing that we are once again on the brink of a new world. The decisions we make today about how we invest in R&D, education, innovation, and competitiveness will profoundly influence our Nation's economic vitality, global stature, and national security tomorrow.
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The House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee has marked up it's FY11 appropriations bill and approved a healthy increase for the National Science Foundation. The committee approved essentially the President's requested increase for NSF, about an 8 percent increase in FY11 vs. FY10. Here's a breakdown. It appears that NSF's Research and Related Activities account is slightly lower than the request ($58 million, but $343 million more than FY10), and that Education and Human Resources is bumped up by a nearly corresponding amount ($66 million more than the request, $86 million more than FY10).
Subcommittee Chair Alan Mollohan (D-WV) explained how the bill treats science and STEM Ed funding in the bill in his statement to open the markup:
For investments in science, technology and innovation, the bill provides $32.8 billion, an increase of $1.6 billion over comparable levels from last year. Within this level, the Subcommittee bill provides $7.4 billion for the National Science Foundation and $19 billion for NASA, both equal to the request. For NIST, the bill provides $882.9 million. NOAA is recommended for $5.5 billion. The Subcommittee recommendation continues to provide resources consistent with the doubling path identified for NSF and NIST in the COMPETES Act. It also considers the science and research conducted at NOAA and NASA as critical to the Nation's science enterprise as that performed by the NSF and NIST, and investments are recommended accordingly.
Within overall science funding, the bill provides $1.5 billion to support all aspects of science, technology, engineering and math – or STEM – education, from kindergarten through graduate school. The bill puts a particular focus on inquiry-based instruction, broadening minority participation, and increasing graduate student fellowships.
Encouraging step. Still far from the endgame in appropriations, but about as good a start as we could've hoped, I think.
More details as I get them.
[Each year, AAAS asks CRA to prepare a chapter on IT research funding in the federal budget request for their Research and Development FY 20XX report, and so we plow through the various agency budget documents and the White House releases and come up with 2000 words or so that attempt to sum up the Administration's thinking, the current policy environment, and provide a little background on the program. While our attention will soon shift from budget requests and authorizations to actual appropriations, it's useful to understand the "starting point" in the process: the President's request. Given the immensity of the request ($4.3 billion) and space constraints imposed by AAAS, there's not a ton of analysis here. But for those trying to get a sense of the composition of the NITRD portfolio, this is probably a good starter. For a more in-depth look at individual agency spending, there's always the Budget Supplement prepared by the National Coordination Office for IT. In any case, here's what we saw and submitted to AAAS:]
Computing Research in the FY 2011 Budget
Peter Harsha and Melissa Norr
Computing Research Association
- Funding for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program would decrease by 1.0 percent in the President's FY 2011 Budget Request versus the FY 2010 request.
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), the primary supporter of university-led computer science research in the United States, would see its share of the NITRD program increase $80 million to $1.17 billion, or just over 7.3 percent, in FY 2011 under the President's request.
- Changes in leadership at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have members of the computing research community optimistic that the agency will attempt to reengage its historically fruitful relationship with university computer science researchers.
The importance of computing research in enabling the new economy is well documented. The resulting advances in information technology have led to significant improvements in product design, development and distribution for American industry, provided instant communications for people worldwide, and enabled new scientific disciplines like bioinformatics and nanotechnology.
Information technology has also changed the conduct of research. Innovations in computing and networking technologies are enabling scientific discovery across every scientific discipline – from mapping the human brain to modeling climatic change. Researchers, faced with research problems that are ever more complex and interdisciplinary in nature, are using IT to collaborate across the globe, simulate experiments, visualize large and complex datasets, and collect and manage massive amounts of data.
As of FY 2010, the Federal IT R&D effort is now a $4.3 billion multi-agency enterprise called the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program and coordinated by the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Information Technology Research and Development of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). NITRD is the successor of the High Performance Computing and Communications Program established by Congress in 1991. NITRD agencies now coordinate research in eight Program Component Areas (PCAs): High End Computing Infrastructure and Applications; High End Computing Research and Development; Human Computer Interaction and Information Management (HCI&IM); Large Scale Networking (LSN); Software Design and Productivity; High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS); Social, Economic, and Workforce Implications of IT; and Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA). The NSF is the lead agency out of 13 member agencies in NITRD. Additionally, NITRD intends to formally recognize the Department of Homeland Security as a member agency this year after several years as a participating agency.
Over most of the last decade, policies at DARPA have discouraged university-based computing researchers from participating fully in DARPA-sponsored research. During that time, DARPA – which, along with NSF, has been responsible to some significant degree for most of the major innovations in computing over the last 40 years – adopted a series of policies that hampered the ability of university researchers to participate in DARPA research. As a result, DARPA's share of support for university computer science dropped from nearly 50 percent in FY 1998, to less than 15 percent in FY 2008.
However, new leadership at the agency has many in the community optimistic that DARPA will again play a key role in advancing university computer science. The new Director, Regina Dugan, has announced she has already, or intends to reverse each of the problematic policy requirements that hampered university participation. These include removing the requirement for "go/no-go" decisions on DARPA-sponsored research and publication pre-clearance review (except in exceptional cases of national security). Dugan has also promised the agency will be more cautious in its use of classification and will revamp the proposal process to give office directors and program managers more authority to pursue promising research.
In addition, Dugan announced the creation of a new office – the Tactical Convergence Technology Office (TCTO), headed by former Carnegie Mellon Department of Computer Science Chair Peter Lee. The TCTO is charged with reengaging the agency with the university research community and will house much of the fundamental computer science research programs that the community believed had gone neglected under the previous agency leadership. As a result, the computing community is optimistic that a crucial part of the federal computing research portfolio – the DARPA model for research – may be restored.
Cybersecurity R&D will also receive continued attention this year as both chambers of Congress look to move comprehensive cybersecurity bills before the end of the session. In the Senate, S. 773, sponsored by Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) would authorize $395 million in cybersecurity R&D through FY 2014. In addition, the bill contains a number of more controversial provisions for the community, including a requirement that professionals in cybersecurity be certified, a focus on training to mitigate cybersecurity risks rather than education, and a requirement that NSF promote and enforce a particular "secure coding" curriculum at colleges and universities. The House passed a more limited cybersecurity bill, H.R. 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which would also authorize $395 million in cybersecurity R&D through FY 2014, as well as language to improve the coordination of federal cybersecurity R&D activities. While it is not clear how the House and Senate will align these two differing approaches to cybersecurity policy, it does seem likely that a healthy increase to the authorization for cybersecurity R&D will be part of any final package.
Eight agencies included requests for FY 2011 funding as part of the NITRD activity. Under the President's plan, NSF would once again be designated the lead agency for the initiative. For FY 2011, the President has requested $4.3 billion for the NITRD initiative; a decrease of 1.0 percent over the FY 2010 estimated level. The NITRD budget continues some significant declines within the National Security Agency (NSA) and the DOD service agencies, including the Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). NIH, NSF, DOE, and NIST's IT R&D budgets would receive the bulk of the increases. The remainder of the participating agencies will see flat or slight declines in their budgets under the President's plan for FY 2011.
National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation would spend $1.2 billion on NITRD-related research in FY 2011, an increase of $80 million, or 7.3 percent, over its FY 2010 estimated level.
The locus of NSF's NITRD activity is the Foundation's Computing and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate, which would account for $685 million of NSF's NITRD-related funding in FY 2011, an increase of $66 million (or 10.6 percent) over the FY 2010 request. CISE would continue to be the lead directorate for the Foundation-wide "Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation" initiative, with funding of $50 million in CISE in FY 2011. Additionally, CISE would contribute $15 million to the cross-foundation "Science and Engineering Beyond Moore's Law," initiative, which aims to "position the U.S. at the forefront of communications and computation capability beyond the physical and conceptual limitations of current systems."
CISE would be heavily involved in two new Foundation-wide programs for FY 2011. CISE would contribute $29.3 million to the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) program, a Foundation-wide program with a total budget of $765 million, and $15 million to Cyberlearning for Transforming Education (CTE), which has a Foundation-wide budget of $41 million.
NSF's Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) would also see an increase in the President's budget for FY 2011. Under the Administration's plan, the office would grow 6.4 percent over FY 2010 to $228 million.
Department of Defense. Overall funding for IT R&D at the Department of Defense agencies would decrease significantly in FY 2011 compared to FY 2010, with cuts of $83.6 million for NSA (or 53.7 percent), bringing its budget to $72.2 million; a $67 million reduction (11 percent) for the service agencies and OSD, bringing their collective budget to $516 million; and $53 million reduction (9.6 percent) at the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA), bringing its budget to $500.8 million under the President's plan.
According to DOD, the planned decrease at DARPA is largely due to decreases in the CSIA, HCI&IM, and LSN Program Component Areas with a slight increase of $19 million in HEC R&D for extreme computing technologies. The reduction in OSD and the Defense service labs would be due to decreases in HCI&A, CSIA, and HCI&IM. The proposed NSA decrease is due to the elimination of FY 2010's Congressional add-ons.
Health and Human Services (HHS). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) constitutes the bulk of funding in IT R&D at HHS. For FY 2011, the President's plan includes $1.3 billion in IT R&D funding at HHS, an increase of $38 million over the FY 2010 estimate. The NIH request of $1.2 billion for FY 2011 includes additional funding for HEC I&A and HCI&IM as well as continued adjustments based on the reporting system NIH implemented last year.
Department of Energy. IT R&D activities in DOE's Office of Science (DOE SC), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and the Office of Nuclear Energy constitute DOE's participation in NITRD. Under the President's plan DOE NITRD funding would be $510 million, an increase of 5.7 percent, or $28 million, from the FY 2010 estimated level. NNSA would see a $1 million increase in NITRD-related funding to $14 million for FY 2011.
The DOE SC's Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program makes up the majority of the department's participation in NITRD. For FY 2011, ASCR requested $426 million, up 8.1 percent over FY 2010. ASCR's mission is to underpin and enable the efforts of programs within the DOE SC, as well as "to provide the high-performance computational and networking resources that are required for world leadership in science." Additionally, the DOE increase in funding includes additional funding for HEC I&A for Leadership Computing Facilities, in particular the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Under the President's plan, NASA would see a slight decrease of $0.3 million below the FY 2010 request level for its NITRD programs. The President's request includes $82 million for NASA IT R&D in FY 2011.
Department of Commerce (DOC). The DOC request for FY 2011 contains NITRD-related funding requests from two agencies: NOAA and NIST. NIST IT R&D efforts include working with industry, educational, and government organizations to make IT systems more useable, secure, scalable, and interoperable. In addition, NIST works to apply IT to specialized areas like biotechnology and manufacturing, and to encourage industry to accelerate development of IT innovations. The President's request includes $92 million for NIST IT R&D in FY 2011, an increase of $15 million over FY 2010. The increase is to support the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, Nationwide Healthcare Information Infrastructure Initiative, and Interoperability Standards Initiative.
NOAA supports IT research in emerging computer technologies for improved climate modeling and weather forecasting, and for improved communications technologies to disseminate weather products and warnings to emergency responders, policymakers, and the general public. The President's request includes $26 million for NOAA IT R&D in FY 2011, flat funding compared to FY 2010.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA IT R&D would receive $6.3 million in FY 2011 under the President's plan, the same it received in FY 2009 and FY 2010. EPA intends to use that funding to support IT technologies that facilitate ecosystem modeling, risk assessment, and environmental decision making at the federal, state, and local levels.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA research focuses on the management and preservation of electronic records and fosters the development of advanced technologies for the management of electronic records for the current and future operations needs of government. For IT R&D, the agency requests $4.5 million, the same it received in FY 2010 and FY 2009.


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|MicrobiologyBytes: Infection & Immunity: Bacteria
|Updated: October 21, 2004
Aims and Objectives
A table of the staining characteristics for some common bacteria of medical importance is given below. Note that for cocci, it is not just the shape and colour of the individual bacterial cells that is important, but the way that all these cells group together too. Put simply, round purple balls that look like bunches of grapes under the microscope (i.e. Gram-positive cocci in clusters!) suggests that the bacteria are staphylococci. Most of these bacteria are fairly flexible about the conditions they require for their growth - give them roughly the right temperature and a few simple nutrients and they are happy. A few of them are rather more fussy though and bacteria such as Clostridium and Bacteroides are examples of this; they are called anaerobes which means that they can only grow if there is absolutely no oxygen present.
|Gram positive
|Gram negative
|Cocci (= round)
|Staphylococcus (in clusters)
|Neisseria (in pairs)
|Streptococcus (in chains)
|Moraxella (in pairs)
|Bacilli (= rod-like)
|Enterobacteriaceae (coliforms)
|Escherichia coli
|Campylobacter (spiral)
|Helicobacter (spiral)
|Clostridium (anaerobic)
|Bacteroides (anaerobic)
Why should you bother with all this? There are three reasons:
Exceptions to the rule: not all bacteria are shown up by the Gram stain, but there are only a couple of important exceptions for you to remember now!
How do you get information about bacteria in clinical practice?
A number of different samples can be sent to the diagnostic laboratory for microbiological analysis including fluids (such as blood, urine or cerebrospinal fluid [CSF]), pieces of tissue or swabs taken from infected lesions. For specimens such as CSF that would normally be sterile, microscopy can be very useful as the presence of any bacteria is always abnormal. However, for the great majority of specimens, the sample will have to be spread out onto culture plates to grow the bacteria, to see if there are any in the sample that might be the cause of the infection - this will generally take at least 24 hours. If there are any suspect bacteria there, they will probably need to be identified further and also checked out to ensure that they are not resistant to the effect of antibiotics - at least another 24 hours. In situations where it is not possible to grow bacteria, it may be possible to diagnose infection based upon a person's antibody responses - but this is not usually a rapid method either! So that in many cases, you must make initial decisions about antibiotic treatment based upon a sound knowledge of bacteriology - what is the most likely or most important bacterial cause of this infection and what is the most appropriate antibiotic for treatment? This will usually be backed up by laboratory investigation to confirm your diagnosis (or not!) and help you refine your future management of the patient. To practice clinical medicine effectively you must have a good knowledge of bacteriology, some idea about the service provided by diagnostic laboratories and the ability to interpret the reports that are issued.
In the table of Gram stains above, the bacteria were grouped together and listed by genus name (plural = genera). This is a name given to a collection of bacteria that share many fundamental, major, obvious characteristics. However, by examining bacteria more closely, perhaps by looking at some of their biochemical capabilities for example, it is possible to divide them up further into individual species. This is very often of great clinical significance. An example of how this works in clinical practice is given below. Also, at the end of this chapter there is a table with a list of common bacteria of medical importance, the sites at which they can normally be found and the sorts of infections that they cause when things go wrong. This is intended to be a ready reference as you go through the course and you are not intended to learn all the information straightaway, but hopefully, by the end of the course, you will have become familiar with much of this information.
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Case review:
This fairly simple case does illustrate a number of points:
The human body is not sterile - bacteria do not equal disease! Surfaces exposed to the external environment, such as the skin, vagina and upper respiratory tract, are teeming with bacteria, most of which are either harmless or positively beneficial. In terms of sheer numbers though, the digestive tract must hold the record - human faeces typically contains more than 10,000,000,000,000 bacteria/ml.
A clinical problem, such as a pyrexia, requires a provisional diagnosis before you can decide on the appropriate patient management. Infections of the respiratory tract, the urinary tract and the wound site are all common causes of a post-operative temperature, not to mention some of the non-infectious possibilities described above. Your initial decisions will probably be based upon clinical history and examination, but laboratory investigation is important as it allows you either to confirm your diagnosis or else modify your treatment when things are not going as smoothly as you had expected. A very large range of bacteriological investigations is available and you may not always know which are the most useful - the lab can help you there if you give them good clinical information. Microbiology takes time so that it is vital to get it right first time - what if the lab didn't know that this patient was allergic to penicillins and only tested flucloxacillin?
Clearly, if you want to get the best from the laboratory for your patients, good communication is desperately important.
|Colonisation site
|Site of infection / clinical syndrome
|Bacillus anthracis
|Bacillus cereus
|food poisoning / food-borne enteritis
|Bacteroides sp.
|large bowel
|abdominal sepsis, abscesses (including cerebral)
|Bordetella pertussis
|whooping cough
|Campylobacter sp.
|food-borne enteritis
|Chlamydia pneumoniae
|respiratory tract (atypical pneumonia)
|Chlamydia trachomatis
|genital tract, eye
|Clostridium botulinum
|Clostridium difficile
|(large bowel?)
|antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (inc pseudomembranous colitis)
|Clostridium perfringens
|large bowel (& soil)
|gas gangrene, abdominal sepsis, food poisoning
|Clostridium tetani
|large bowel (& soil)
|Corynebacterium diphtheriae
|other Corynebacterium sp.
|skin / nasopharynx
|urinary tract, 'line' colonisation / infection
|Enterococcus spp. (formerly Streptococcus)
|large bowel
|urinary tract, 'line' colonisation / infection, abdominal sepsis
|Escherichia coli
|large bowel
|urinary tract, abdominal sepsis, neonatal septicaemia / meningitis
|Haemophilus influenzae
|non-capsulate: respiratory tract (inc exacerbation COAD, middle ear)
|group b capsulate: epiglottitis, meningitis, osteomyelitis
|Helicobacter pylori
|atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease
|Klebsiella sp.
|large bowel
|urinary tract, abdominal sepsis
|Legionella pneumophila
|Legionnaires disease (Pontiac fever, 'atypical' pneumonia)
|Listeria monocytogenes
|(large bowel?)
|septicaemia / meningitis (esp neonates & immunosuppressed)
|Moraxella catarrhalis
|respiratory tract (inc exacerbation COAD, middle ear)
|Mycobacterium leprae
|Mycobacterium tuberculosis
|other Mycobacterium sp.
|rarely tuberculosis, possibly other infections in immunosuppressed
|Mycoplasma pneumoniae
|respiratory tract ('atypical' pneumonia)
|Neisseria gonorrhoeae
|Neisseria meningitidis
|septicaemia / meningitis
|Proteus sp.
|large bowel
|urinary tract, abdominal sepsis
|Pseudomonas aeruginosa
|large bowel
|urinary tract, abdominal sepsis, respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis patients
|other Pseudomonas sp.
|large bowel
|'line'; colonisation / infection
|Salmonella typhi /paratyphi
|large bowel?
|typhoid fever
|other Salmonella sp.
|large bowel?
|food-borne enteritis
|Shigella sp.
|large bowel?
|food-borne enteritis
|Staphylococcus aureus
|nasopharynx, skin
|skin & soft tissue (eg abscess / cellulitis / fascitis), food poisoning & other toxin-mediated disease, endocarditis, osteomyelitis
|Staphylococcus epidermidis
|skin, nasopharynx
|'line' colonisation / infection (& other prostheses)
|Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B -haemolytic)
|neonatal septicaemia / meningitis
|Streptococcus pneumoniae
|respiratory tract (including lobar pneumonia, exacerbation COAD, middle ear), meningitis
|Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A -haemolytic)
|skin & soft tissue (eg abscess / cellulitis / fascitis), pharyngitis (rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis)
|Streptococcus viridans
|skin / mouth / nasopharynx
|bacterial endocarditis
|Vibrio cholerae
|food-borne enteritis including cholera
NB: for some infections, e.g. with Salmonella , asymptomatic carriage of the organism may persist for some time, especially following infection. However, as this is generally only temporary it is not the same as true colonisation and has therefore been placed in brackets with a question mark in the above table.


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Each Spring, the Prescott College Ph.D. program in Education with a concentration in Sustainability Education hosts a symposium centered around the theme of sustainability and its connection with education throughout our society. Over the course of the three-day symposium, participants learn from an array of internationally-known keynote speakers and other renowned sustainability and education experts in a variety of modes: panel discussions, workshops, formal presentations, and via informal networking opportunities. A highlight of the event are the dissertation presentations from soon-to-be graduates of the College's doctoral program.
Previous Keynote Speakers:
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N. Kirkman
North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services
******Alert #321******
Federal Indictments Against Ten Alleged Jamaican Lottery Scammers
Task Force member Angela Ellison of the US Postal Inspection Service in Raleigh shares the following announcement concerning a case she and her colleagues have worked on:
February 4, 2014
Ten Charged in Lottery Scam That Targeted the Elderly
Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced that ten individuals, most of them residents of Little River, South Carolina, have been charged in a complaint alleging a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The complaint, unsealed today after the arrests of nine of the defendants, alleges that the scam targeted elderly victims around the country, notifying them that they had won a lottery or sweepstakes, but that they needed to pay fees in advance in order to receive their winnings. The complaint alleges that more than 200 individuals were victimized and paid more than $1 million to receive their non-existent lottery prizes. The conspiracy charge carries a maximum prison term of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000. The defendants and their last known city of residence are:
Defendant Lorenzo Samuels was arrested this morning in Georgia and is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Atlanta at 2:00 p.m. The other eight arrestees will make their initial appearances in Florence at 2:30 p.m.
The case was investigated by Special Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Inspectors with the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). These individuals stand accused of preying on some of the most vulnerable members in our communities in their callous quest for money," said Brock D. Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Atlanta. "We will continue to work with our partners at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Attorneys Office and other law enforcement agencies to put these criminal enterprises out of business. Added Keith A. Fixel, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division, The United States Postal Inspection Service is dedicated to combating Jamaican foreign lottery scams across the U.S. and here in South Carolina. Those who attempt to utilize the U.S. Mails to prey on Americans, especially the elderly, are pursued to the fullest extent of the law by U.S. Postal Inspectors. Working alongside our law enforcement partners, this case is an example of agencies joining forces to protect the public and demonstrates the far reaching arm of law enforcement to identify those responsible and hold them accountable.
Assistant United States Attorneys A. Bradley Parham and Eric Klumb are prosecuting the case.
The United States Attorney stated that the charges alleged in the complaint are merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
******End of Alert******
Date: February 18, 2014
David N. Kirkman
NC Senior Consumer
Fraud Task Force
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
On the Beat is an occasional reporting of various crimes and complaints confronted by law enforcement personnel in Newton County in the course of their duties. It is compiled by News Editor Barbara Knowles, who can be reached at email@example.com what? A man reported someone had put his wife's name on Craig's List offering sexual acts. Just a little juice A woman reported to the NCSO that she found an electrical cord plugged into an outlet in her well pump shed. She followed the cord to an adjacent street and observed the cord going into a camper. Her electric bill had increased. Who could it be? A woman called the NCSO to report that someone had been using her credit card to purchase pizza on multiple occasions during the last month. The purchases totaled $192 and were from Premier Pizza and Domino's. All in the family A woman reported to the NCSO that someone had "keyed" her vehicle, scratching the word "slut" on it and had also inflicted two dents one on the passenger side door and one in the rear. She said she thinks the culprit is either "her soon-to-be ex-husband or her current boyfriend's ex-girlfriend." Taco hell A vehicle was observed weaving erratically as a woman drove down Ga. Highway 81. When NCSO deputies stopped the vehicle and asked the woman why she couldn't seem to keep her car in the correct lane of travel, she explained, "I just got a bunch of food from Taco Bell and was fishing through the bag." The deputy thought it might also have something to do with the heavy odor of alcohol emitting from the vehicle. The woman was arrested for DUI. Private party A man was arrested at Wal-Mart after he was observed trying to leave the store without paying for a container of queso dip valued at $3.24 and an X-box game valued at $29.96. Brazen A woman was seen leaving the Kroger store on U.S. 278 with a shopping cart and purse full of items she didn't pay for. A Kroger employee attempted to stop the woman, asking for a receipt, and the woman laughed in her face and kept going. CPD officers located the woman in her car near the intersection of Ga. Highway 142 and U.S. 278 and arrested her for shoplifting $172.81 worth of groceries. A woman was seen at Food Depot placing meat in grocery bags she had in her pocket and attempting to exit the store. She paid for $1.77 worth of groceries, but she had $37.22 in merchandise. When confronted, she began complaining of medical problems and got into a green Honda with a Walton County tag and left the store. The stolen merchandise was recovered. Two men in a black and tan Chevrolet S-10 pickup were seen loading somebody else's firewood in their truck and taking off. A disturbance The NCSO was called to a residence with a report of a family disturbance. They were told a woman's boyfriend had been drinking alcohol all day and punching holes in the wall of her house. He was arrested. Checking prices A grocery store reported that someone had stolen a "scan gun" valued at $1,000. Sleeping in A woman called the NCSO to complain that her boyfriend went to the Waffle House and when he returned he poured water on her while she was asleep. The boyfriend said he wanted her to get up and did it as a joke. He accused her of pulling his ears, but no injuries were visible. Not amused A man reported to the NCSO that someone had driven through his newly sodded yard and sprayed silly string in his mailbox and on his lights at the end of the driveway. A man reported to the NCSO that someone had shot his silver 2008 Mercedes-Benz R350 and his home. Deputies found bullet holes in the rear of the vehicle and in the right rear head rest, as well as the rear window was apparently shot out. There were three bullet holes in the front of the man's home. Seven 45-caliber shell casings were found in the road in front of the home. Not my fault A woman called the NCSO to report that she struck the curb while she was avoiding a collision with another vehicle. She said a woman in a black BMW which had left the scene made her hit the curb, although the BMW didn't make contact with her vehicle and didn't do anything that actually caused her to run into the curb. Nevertheless, the woman said the driver of the BMW should have to pay half of her repair bill and was "displeased" that the deputy didn't agree with her. The next day, she called the NCSO again for a report on the BMW. OK to drive A man was found in a field passed out at the wheel of his vehicle after he had lost control, sliding 77.3 feet off the right side of the roadway into a mailbox on Brown Bridge Road. He then traveled 113.2 feet striking a fence and fence posts and then another 107.7 feet before coming to his final resting place in a vacant field. When a deputy woke him up, the deputy asked the man where he got the wrist band on his arm and he said at O'Zone where he had two beers, but he was OK to drive.
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Holst Architecture's design for Ziba Design's new headquarters at NW Ninth Avenue and Marshall Street offers a powerful counterpoint to the well-built but largely humdrum architectural environs of the Pearl District. This building houses one of Portland's most successful and internationally connected design firms, creators of everything from ergonomic keyboards for Microsoft to whole new ways of doing business for UPS. The building had to be a statement.
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Joyo Analog Chorus
Chinese company Joyo is tempting all of us cash-strapped, effects pedal-loving guitar players with a range of inexpensive stompboxes.
All are a compact size and of a solid metal construction that belies the fact they cost less than £40. The Analog Chorus is the first example we've tried, and does exactly what it says on the tin, being powered by a BBD chip.
The JF37 delivers recognisable analogue chorus sound, and very nice it is too - much like a BOSS CE-2, but there's also a perceptible lift in stridency with a slight volume increase and a touch more treble.
MusicRadar Rating
Compact size; authentic analog chorus.
Four-screw battery access; sound change from bypassed to active won't suit everybody.
An inexpensive pedal to provide some '80s-style chorus flavour, especially if you like your effects to cut through when you kick them in.
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2 Parks near Iron River, Michigan
Crystal Falls, Michigan 14.76 miles E
Watersmeet, Michigan 27.16 miles NW
Bruce Crossing, Michigan 39.6 miles NW
Iron Mountain, Michigan 40.51 miles SE
Iron River, Michigan (map) | (906) 265-3822
Sites: 32 | Latest Rate: $23.00 | 10 Reviews
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Jun 2014 - $23.00
Nice little campground, nice people and a good place to relax. The bike or walking trail to Caspian is at the back of the campground and is 2.5 miles. Iron River is a quiet little town where the 2-3 local eating places don't open until 4 pm. We stayed a couple of days because it was so peaceful. Sometimes being away from the noise is the best place to be. We did not see showers or bathrooms. We would stop here again. - busyteach
Jul 2012 - $27.00
We have stayed here now for several years and will keep staying here when we return to the area. Park has all the amenities one could ask for in a small but well maintained park. Area is has plenty of things to see and do but require you to drive around to get to them. Shopping is limited, but groceries and laundry are close by. - SWAMP
Jul 2011 - $27.00
This is a small but very nice park. The roads as well as the sites are paved. There is good space between the sites and the hook ups were good. The Wi-Fi and cable TV were both excellent. There was an great walking path right next to the park which made the stay enjoyable. There isn't much in town to see but this is a hidden gem. We would definitely stay here again. - pariaman
Iron River, Michigan (map) | (906) 265-9259
Sites: 32 | Latest Rate: $14.00 | 1 Reviews
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May 2009 - $14.00
We LOVE this campground, been going here since I was a wee child. It's a national forest campground, so that means no electric or water at the sites. There are a few water spigots around the campground and also at the dump station there is potable water available. Fire rings and picnic tables at each site. We have a 40 ft motorhome and regularly try for site #17, our favorite. It's long enough for two, 40 ft motorhomes to fit, us and our folks. Of course we pay a double fee for doing so, but we don't mind. Our friends try for site number #15 where they can leave their boat tied up to shore right near their camper. New concessionaire this year, seems to be really nice. He handled some noisy folks immediately and they were quiet the rest of the night. Well kept, clean, and rustic camping with well-spaced out sites. You can barely see the next site over as it's well closed in by shrubbery and tall trees. All sites are wooded, so satellite signals are questionable. Host lady has been there for many years, and always comes back! She is so sweet and helpful and keeps the bathrooms immaculate. Bathrooms have flush toilets and cold water, no showers. Bathhouse by the swimming area is very rustic and pretty structure, able to be rented for parties, complete with a fireplace and a little kitchen. No cell service in the campground as its down in a hollow, but if you drive up the road a mile or two, you can reach an Altell signal. Great fishing, our guys regularly catch walleye here, it's their favorite lake for night fishing. Large boat landing area with parking. Only rated a 7 because of course no electric, no water at sites, no showers, and none of the frilly froo froo that some folks come to expect in a park. But we love it, so it's a TEN in our book! - kareninthewoods