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I can't afford classes or videos. The cycling is still plenty difficult and great exercise for me, definitely a mood booster, but I haven't been able to do it much this week because of major thunderstorm threats. So far, no rain today, but it looks bad. Tomorrow says 90% chance, today was 60%.
I only cycled to work consistently for 4 days in a row last week. It is too early to say if that would be enough to rule out the 5-HTP altogther, but I doubt it.

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Correct, uninstall from Data Management, you can leave it there tho. It won't affect GX on anything.
Ifyou decide t uninstall just reinstall that wad you mentioned.
Can I install Priiloader 0.7 after using your guide to softmod ? Im asking because Im pretty sure your guide is using that "system menu x" (Or something similar), & I read before that Priiloader needed to be modded to recognise the system menu x. So can I update from Priiloader 0.6 (In your pack) to the most recent Priiloader 0.7 ?
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people around the forums....
hi.. So i follow your guide and everything went fine without errors or so.. my problem is this,, whenever i go to option and select IOS from the CFG USB Loader there's a bunch of IOS install 11 in total.. everything load except from " 245 246 247 " I cannot seems to understand what IOS is that since i follow your guide and it went flawless without an error when i softmod my WII,, as for your " Loading Backups FAQ's " i cannot seems to find the Hermes- cIOS202[57]-v5. Because one of the game i Backed Up the " Wii Sports Resort " is not working on every IOS i choose.. Whenever I run the game it just went back to the wii system home screen.. Any help on this problem not running???
Do i still need to update my ISO since my system becomes 4.1 U and not the 4.3 U??
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If I follow this guide on a Wii 4.3, will I be able to use both DVD backups and USB loading? Or just USB loading?
It all depends on the drive your wii has which is usually dependent on the age. Wii post 2009 can not usually play dvds so if its from 2009 or later probably no disc but before 2009 there is a good chance it can, usb for any.


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By definition, a continuous linear operator, T, on a topological k-vector space, X (with k = R or C), is "hypercyclic" if there is a vector, x, in X, such that the set of all vectors Tn(x), with n running through the natural numbers, is dense in X. And T is "supercyclic" if there's an x with the property that the set of all the cTn(x), with c running through k and n in N, is dense in X. Finally, and familiarly, x is cyclic if k[T]x is dense in X. These are the players at the top on the list of the cast of characters appearing in Dynamics of Linear Operators, by Frédéric Bayart and Étienne Matherton. They're introduced on page 1, and then the first proposition in the book appears, stating that if X ≠ {0} and dim(X) < ∞, there are no hypercyclic operators on X.
In most cases of interest X will be a Fréchet space: X is locally convex, complete, and metrizable. Thus it's clear from the outset (we're only on p. 2, after all) that functional analysis is on the scene in a big way: Banach spaces, even Hilbert spaces are waiting in the wings.
Bayart and Matherton race on to prove (pp. 2–3) the transitivity theorem of (George David) Birkhoff, to the effect that if X is a separable, complete, and metrizable topological vector space then T is hypercyclic if and only if T is topologically transitive: for any non-empty open sets, U, V, in X, there is an iterate Tn such that Tn(U) intersects V; and then the set of all hypercyclic vectors for T is a dense Gd subset of X.
Well, this is manifestly very serious stuff for the unsuspecting: we're only on p. 3 and are already climbing to 30,000 feet — fast. At the same time, it's clear as wodka that the material Bayart and Matherton present to us ought to be accessible to, say, a decently prepared young graduate student willing to work hard (is the second stipulation redundant?). The authors say explicitly, in fact, that "[they] hope that various kinds of readers will find [the] book useful, e.g. PhD students, specialists in the area and non-specialists wanting to get a flavour of the subject … it should be accessible to a rather large audience, including graduate students with an interest in functional analysis." That says it all, really: specialists should be keen on this stuff because of the relative youth of the subject of dynamics of linear operators and the evidently high current level of activity in this area. Outsiders should be attracted to this material simply because of the obvious promise the study of dynamics of linear operators holds vis à vis applications across the mathematical spectrum (if I may be excused an easy and egregious pun) — additionally the intrinsic elegance of all things functional analytic should draw in a lot of dilettantes.
And here is what one can expect, in the way of a sampling of topics in the pages of the book: "Hypercyclicity everywhere" (including, "2.4 There are many hypercyclic operators," "2.5 There are few hypercyclic operators" [only in functional analysis, eh?], and then, yes, "Linear dynamics is complicated" [No kidding ... ]), "Weakly mixing operators," "Ergodic theory and linear dynamics'" [not surprisingly], and then on to "Beyond hypercyclicity," and then… Well, see for yourself.
From my own parochial point of view it's very exciting that Gaussian measures are discussed in the context of ergodic theory and that the penultimate chapter in the book is devoted to the Riemann zeta function. Given that qua functional analysis I belong to the dilettante class, this material by itself qualifies as a sufficient reason to delve deeper and deeper: might exciting arithmetical possibilities be hiding in the shadows?
To be sure, Dynamics of Linear Operators is very compactly written, but it's quite accessible: the dense appearance of the presentation is largely due to the (welcome) wealth of detail in the proofs — Bayart and Matheton are thorough to a fault (if there is such a thing), but the pacing is good, if a little fast. The book also comes equipped with sections titled "Comments and exercises," appearing at the end of each of the twelve chapters. These sections are gems in their own right: the comments are wonderful and often revealing and once more evince the authors' high level of scholarship; the exercises are, well, fruity. There are four appendices: complex analysis, function spaces, Banach space theory, and spectral theory.
It's an impressive work, filled with serious and fascinating mathematics. Each of the three audiences defined by Bayart and Matherton should thrive on it.
Michael Berg is Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction; 1. Hypercyclic and supercyclic operators; 2. Hypercyclicity everywhere; 3. Connectedness and hypercyclicity; 4. Weakly mixing operators; 5. Ergodic theory and linear dynamics; 6. Beyond hypercyclicity; 7. Common hypercyclic vectors; 8. Hypercyclic subspaces; 9. Supercyclicity and the angle criterion; 10. Linear dynamics and the weak topology; 11. Universality of the Riemann zeta function; 12. About 'the' Read operator; Appendices; Notations; Index; Bibliography.


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An embolic protection filter. In some embodiments, the device includes an elongate shaft, a filter coupled to the shaft, and a proximal stop coupled to the shaft.
1. An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a medical device disposed on the elongate shaft and defining a lumen therethrough, said lumen having a distal end;
an embolic protection filter coupled to the elongate shaft; and
a stop fixed to the elongate shaft proximate the filter,
wherein the distal end of the lumen defined by the medical device is capable of passing at least partially over the filter and is not capable of passing beyond the stop.
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12. An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
a shaft including a proximal region having a first outside diameter, a tapered region, and a distal end;
a first stop coupled to the shaft near the distal end;
a second stop coupled to the shaft at a position proximal of the first stop;
a filter assembly slidably disposed over the shaft between the first and second stops, the filter assembly including a tube and a filter membrane coupled to the tube;
wherein the filter includes a nose cone, a filter frame, and one or more struts extending between the filter frame and the tube, and wherein the one or more struts are coupled to the tube by a coupling;
a third stop coupled to the tube between the nose cone and the coupling; and
wherein the third stop has an outside diameter that is larger than a distal end of a lumen defined by a medical device slidable over the shaft, the distal end of said lumen being sized to pass over at least a portion of the filter and not to pass beyond the third stop.
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17. An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and a distal portion adjacent to the distal end, the elongate shaft extending through at least a portion of a lumen defined by a medical device capable of being advanced distally over the elongate shaft, said lumen having an inner diameter at its distal end;
a first stop coupled to the distal portion of the elongate shaft;
a second stop coupled to the distal portion of the elongate shaft distal of the first stop;
a tube slidably disposed over the distal portion of the elongate shaft intermediate the first stop and the second stop;
an embolic protection filter coupled to the tube; and
a third stop attached to the tube, said third stop having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the lumen at its distal end such that the distal end of the lumen is sized to pass over at least a portion of the filter and not to pass beyond the third stop.
18. An embolic protection filtering device, comprising:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a medical device disposed on the elongate shaft, said medical device defining a lumen having a distalmost inner dimension;
an embolic protection filter coupled to the elongate shaft at a first location and a second location; and
a stop fixed to the elongate shaft intermediate the first location and the second location, the stop having an outer dimension larger than the distalmost inner dimension of the lumen thereby preventing the medical device from advancing relative to the elongate shaft beyond the stop,
wherein the distalmost end of the lumen is sized to pass over at least a portion of the filter.
This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/331,380 filed Dec. 30, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,625,389.
The present invention pertains to intravascular filtering devices. More particularly, the present invention pertains to devices for filtering embolic debris generated during intravascular medical interventions.
Heart and vascular disease are majors problem in the United States and throughout the world. Conditions such as atherosclerosis result in blood vessels becoming blocked or narrowed. This blockage can result in lack of oxygenation of the heart, which has significant consequences since the heart muscle must be well oxygenated in order to maintain its blood pumping action.
Occluded, stenotic, or narrowed blood vessels may be treated with a number of relatively non-invasive medical procedures including percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), and atherectomy. Angioplasty techniques typically involve the use of a balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is advanced over a guidewire such that the balloon is positioned adjacent a stenotic lesion. The balloon is then inflated and the restriction of the vessel is opened. During an atherectomy procedure, the stenotic lesion may be mechanically cut away from the blood vessel wall using an atherectomy catheter.
During angioplasty and atherectomy procedures, embolic debris can be separated from the wall of the blood vessel. During angioplasty procedures, stenotic debris may also break loose due to manipulation of the blood vessel. Because of this debris, a number of devices, termed embolic protection devices, have been developed to filter out this debris.
Embolic debris can also be generated when performing an intravascular procedure at a location away from the heart. For example, engaging or treating the renal artery may generate embolic debris.
The present invention incorporates design and manufacturing refinements to embolic protection devices. In some embodiments, a filter can be coupled to an elongate shaft. The shaft may comprise, for example, a guidewire. A proximal stop may be coupled to the shaft. The stop may be adapted and configured to essentially prevent a catheter from passing over the shaft distally beyond the stop and over the filter. The stop may also be configured to release therapeutic drugs or other appropriate substances.
The following description should be read with reference to the drawings wherein like reference numerals indicate like elements throughout the several views. The detailed description and drawings illustrate example embodiments of the claimed invention.
Intravascular medical procedures such as angioplasty or atherectomy can generate embolic debris. This debris can travel in the bloodstream and possibly obstruct downstream vascular regions.
The majority of the length of shaft 12 can generally have a constant outside diameter, shown in
When using typical guidewire/filter combinations, the potential exists that a catheter may be advanced over or past the filter. If this occurs, the interventional device may engage the proximal end of the filter and close it inadvertently and/or cause jamming of the devices together. Stop 16 has an outside diameter OD2 that is generally larger than OD1. In particular, OD2 of stop 16 is designed to be large enough to substantially prevent medical devices passing over shaft 12 from passing over and/or damaging filter 14. For example, OD2 may be about 0.026 inches or less.
In general, a size relationship exists between OD1, OD2, and the inside diameter of a medical device to passed over shaft 12. Thus, the inside diameter of the medical device is sized to be larger than OD1 so that the medical device can be advanced over shaft 12. Additionally, OD2 is sized to be larger than the inside diameter of the medical device so that the medical device cannot pass stop 16. The relative sizes are configured so that OD2 is the largest (e.g., about 0.022 to 0.030 inches), the inside diameter of the medical device is next largest (e.g., about 0.013 to 0.022 inches), and OD1 is the smallest (e.g., about 0.010 to 0.016 inches). It can be appreciated that the actual sizes of these elements are not intended to limit the invention and can be varied without altering the contemplated scope of the invention.
As stated above, stop 16 is coupled to shaft 12. Being coupled to shaft 12 is understood to include being directly attached to shaft 12, being attached to another device disposed adjacent shaft 12 (e.g., tube 18 as described below), or any other suitable attachment. Stop 16 may be coupled to shaft 12 by any suitable technique. For example, stop 16 may be coupled to shaft 12 by adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, soldering, etc. Stop 16 may be comprised of any suitable material. In some embodiments, stop 16 is comprised of a polymer, metal, or metal-polymer composite. Alternatively, stop 16 may be comprised of or be plated with a radiopaque material. Radiopaque materials are understood to generally produce a relatively bright image on a fluoroscopy screen during a medical procedure. This relatively bright image aids the user of device 10 in determining its location. Radiopaque materials include, but are not limited to, gold, platinum, and plastic material loaded with a radiopaque filler.
In some embodiments, filter 14 is coupled to a tube 18 slidably disposed over shaft 12. Tube 18 is adapted and configured to allow filter 14 to be advanced over shaft 12 to a desired location. Tube 18 may be held in position by a first stop 20 (e.g., located near the distal end 22 of shaft 12), and a second stop 24 (e.g., generally located proximally of first stop 20). In some embodiments, stop 16 may be attached to tube 18.
Stop 16 and/or filter 14 may be adapted and configured to delivery a pharmacological agent. For example, stop 16 may be coated with pharmacological agent such that stop 16 will elute or release the agent. Alternatively, the agent could be releasably encapsulated within stop 16 so that the agent can be released over a period of time within the bloodstream. In another alternative, shaft 12 or another elongate shaft or other suitable element may physically alter stop 16 (e.g., by stimulation with force, electrical current, heat, etc.) so as to cause the agent to be released. Moreover, the physical means for releasing the agent may be controllable by the clinician so that the clinician can release the agent at any desired point in time.
A number of different pharmacological agents may be used in conjunction with stop 16. The therapeutic agent may be generally described as a drug, chemotherapeutic, antibiotic, etc. Additionally, the pharmacological agent may include anti-thrombogenic agents such as heparin, heparin derivatives, urokinase, and PPack (dextrophenylalanine proline arginine chloromethylketone); anti-proliferative agents such as enoxaprin, angiopeptin, or monoclonal antibodies capable of blocking smooth muscle cell proliferation, hirudin, and acetylsalicylic acid; anti-inflammatory agents such as dexamethasone, prednisolone, corticosterone, budesonide, estrogen, sulfasalazine, and mesalamine; antineoplastic/antiproliferative/anti-miotic agents such as paclitaxel, 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, vinblastine, vincristine, epothilones, endostatin, angiostatin and thymidine kinase inhibitors; anesthetic agents such as lidocaine, bupivacaine, and ropivacaine; anti-coagulants such as D-Phe-Pro-Arg chloromethyl keton, an RGD peptide-containing compound, heparin, antithrombin compounds, platelet receptor antagonists, anti-thrombin anticodies, anti-platelet receptor antibodies, aspirin, prostaglandin inhibitors, platelet inhibitors and tick antiplatelet peptides; vascular cell growth promotors such as growth factor inhibitors, growth factor receptor antagonists, transcriptional activators, and translational promotors; vascular cell growth inhibitors such as growth factor inhibitors, growth factor receptor antagonists, transcriptional repressors, translational repressors, replication inhibitors, inhibitory antibodies, antibodies directed against growth factors, bifunctional molecules consisting of a growth factor and a cytotoxin, bifunctional molecules consisting of an antibody and a cytotoxin; and cholesterol-lowering agents; vasodilating agents; agents which interfere with endogenous vascoactive mechanisms; anti-sense DNA and RNA; and DNA coding for (and the corresponding proteins) anti-sense RNA, tRNA or rRNA to replace defective or deficient endogenous molecules, angiogenic factors including growth factors such as acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor α and β, platelet-derived endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, tumor necrosis factor α, hepatocyte growth factor and insulin like growth factor, cell cycle inhibitors including CD inhibitors, thymidine kinase ("TK") and other agents useful for interfering with cell proliferation, and the family of bone morphogenic proteins ("BMP's") including BMP-2, BMP-3, BMP-4, BMP-5, BMP-6 (Vgr-1), BMP-7 (OP-1), BMP-8, BMP-9, BMP-10, BMP-11, BMP-12, BMP-13, BMP-14, BMP-15, BMP-16, "hedgehog" proteins.
Shaft 12 includes a proximal end 26 and distal end 22. Shaft 12 may comprise any elongate medical device such as a guidewire, catheter (guide, diagnostic, or therapeutic), endoscopic device, arthroscopic device, etc. Shaft 12 can be made of any material suitable including metals, metal alloys, polymers, or the like, or combinations or mixtures thereof. Some examples of suitable metals and metal alloys include stainless steel, such as 304v stainless steel, nickel-titanium alloy, such as nitinol, nickel-chromium alloy, nickel-chromium-iron alloy, cobalt alloy, or the like, or other suitable material. The word nitinol was coined by a group of researchers at the United States Naval Ordinance Laboratory (NOL) who were the first to observe the shape memory behavior of this material. The word nitinol is an acronym including the chemical symbol for nickel (Ni), the chemical symbol for titanium (Ti), and an acronym identifying the Naval Ordinance Laboratory (NOL).
The entire shaft 12 can be made of the same material, or in some embodiments, can include portions or sections made of different materials. In some embodiments, the material used to construct shaft 12 is chosen to impart varying flexibility and stiffness characteristics to different portions of shaft 12. For example, the material composition adjacent proximal end 26 of shaft 12 may be relatively stiff for pushability and torqueability, and the material composition adjacent distal end 22 of shaft 12 may be relatively flexible by comparison for better lateral trackability and steerability. Relatively stiff materials, for example, may include straightened 304v stainless steel wire, and relatively flexible materials may include, for example, a straightened super elastic or linear elastic alloy (e.g., nickel-titanium) wire. In addition, shaft 12 may generally taper near distal end 22.
Shaft 12 may also include a distal tip 28. Distal tip 28 may comprise a "spring tip" or "floppy tip" similar to analogous tips known in the art. For example, distal tip 28 may comprise a coil or spring that helps make distal end 22 generally atraumatic to blood vessel walls, body organs, and tissue when advancing device 10 through the vasculature.
Filter 14 and/or tube 18 may be disposed near distal end 22 of shaft 12. Filter 14 may generally comprise a number of configurations known to those skilled in the appropriate art. Filter 14 may include a filter frame 30, a filter material 32 disposed over frame 30, and one or more struts 34. In general, filter 14 operates between a first generally collapsed configuration and a second generally expanded configuration for collecting debris in a body lumen. Frame 30 may be comprised of a "self-expanding" shape-memory material such as nickel-titanium alloy (to bias filter 14 to be in the second expanded configuration). Filter material 32 may be comprised of a polyurethane sheet and include at least one opening that may be, for example, formed by known laser techniques. The holes or openings are sized to allow blood flow therethrough but restrict flow of debris or emboli floating in the body lumen or cavity.
Strut 34 may be coupled to tube 18 (or shaft 12) by a coupling 36. Coupling 36 may be one or more windings of strut 34 about tube 18 (or shaft 12) or be a fitting disposed over an end of strut 34 to attach it to tube 18.
The position of stop 16 can be described as being generally adjacent filter 14. In some embodiments, stop 16 is disposed proximally of a nose cone 38 coupled to tube 18. Stop 16 is generally located proximally of filter 14 but, as described above, could also be described as being attached to shaft 12, attached to tube 18, etc.
It should be understood that this disclosure is, in many respects, only illustrative. Changes may be made in details, particularly in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of steps without exceeding the scope of the invention. The invention's scope is, of course, defined in the language in which the appended claims are expressed.
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Many people are already aware of the impacts of autism because their family lives with it.
Currently, one in 68 children in the United States suffers from the disorder, with boys receiving the diagnosis at a rate more than four times that of girls. Though the number of children impacted by autism has increased in recent years, the general public still does not have the same knowledge of the disorder as with other conditions.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released a list of 544 schools that are being kept under a close eye after questions were raised in regard to finances. Of those, 69 schools reportedly face an investigation for "severe" findings in their audit. Included among those 69 schools was St. Catharine College.
Schools found to have severe issues were placed on the HCM2 (heightened cash monitoring) list, which means the department of education will begin closely watching the handling of funds at those institutions.
On March 24, a Washington County Grand Jury filed an indictment against Charles Chesser, 72, of Willisburg, in a shooting that resulted in a man, Joseph Hill, being hospitalized.
According to the indictment, the charge being placed against Chesser is assault in the first degree, a Class B felony.
The lone count of the charge reads that on or around Jan. 13, in Taylor County, Chesser intentionally caused serious injury to Hill with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument with indifference to the value of human life.
Substantial rain hit the area late last week, leading to flash flooding in many areas. Damage in Washington County was minimal, however, with around four to four-and-a-half inches coming down in most places.
Despite Gov. Steve Beshear declaring a state of emergency, Washington County Road Department Supervisor Dale Mann said the flooding locally did not reach levels that it has in the past. Still, several roads and bridges throughout the county had to be temporarily closed.
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The pomp may have been lower key, but the circumstance was just as important to the seven most recent graduates of the GED program at the Marion County Detention Center.
David Nelson, 36, was the first person at the jail to earn his GED after the implementation of a computer-only testing system.
"It's been 20 years since I dropped out of school. It was not easy," Nelson said.
For him, completing the GED, along with the substance abuse program at the jail, is a new step in his life.
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As an economic developer for Springfield and Washington County, my job centers on business attraction and business retention for our community.
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A Republican criticism of Jack Conway is that he's a "career politician," but the 45-year-old state attorney general and Democratic candidate for governor said Wednesday his nearly 14 years of experience in state government means he won't have to learn on the job.
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Washington County Concert Band traveled to John Hardin High School last Thursday, where they competed in the KMEA Concert Band Festival.
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Men's Tennis | Friday, April 15, 2011
Bearcats Will Battle Pirates in Semifinals of NWC Tournament
SALEM, ORE. -- Hoping to continue the success it experienced during the regular season, the Willamette University men's tennis team will compete at the Northwest Conference Tournament this weekend (April 16-17) in Walla Walla, Wash. Willamette, seeded #2 with a 12-5 overall record and an 11-1 record in the NWC, will open the tournament against Whitworth University, seeded #3 with an 11-9 overall record, 8-4 in the NWC.
The Bearcats and the Pirates will play at 2 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 16. In the day's opening match at 10 a.m., #1-seeded Whitman College, 14-6 on the season and 12-0 in the NWC, will take on #2-seeded Pacific University, 8-8 overall, 7-5 in the NWC.
Both matches will be played at the Whitman Outdoor Courts or at Whitman's Bratton Tennis Center if the weather forces the action indoors.
Winners of the semifinal matches will meet in the tournament final on Sunday, April 17. Match time for the final is set for 11 a.m. (PDT).
Three of the four teams are ranked in the West Region of NCAA Division III. Whitman is ranked #7, while Willamette holds down the #11 spot and Whitworth is ranked #15.
The top four players from Willamette's team that lost to Whitman in the tournament final a year ago are still with the Bearcats.
Michael Baumgartner (So., Albany, OR/West Albany HS) is Willamette's #1 singles player. He owns a 10-7 overall record and an 8-4 mark against NWC opponents. Baumgartner is ranked #28 in the West Region.
At #2 singles for the Bearcats is Joshua Wong (So., Hilo, HI/Hilo HS). Wong is 10-4 in singles, with a solid 9-1 record in the NWC. Cody Ferguson (Jr., North Bend, OR/North Bend HS/Western Oregon Univ.) has played mostly #3 singles and is 10-5 overall, with an 8-2 conference record.
Matthew Houser (Sr., Vancouver, WA/Evergreen HS) is Willamette's #4 singles player. He has achieved a 10-5 record, including 9-2 in the NWC. The combined singles record of Baumgartner, Wong, Ferguson and Houser is 40-21 (.656) overall and 34-9 (.791) versus NWC foes.
In doubles, Willamette's top team of Baumgartner and Houser is 6-4 on the season and 6-0 against the NWC. Baumgartner and Houser have won their past five matches since losing to Anson McCook and Rich Bonfiglio of nationally-ranked Trinity College (Conn.) on March 23.
The winner of the NWC Tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
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Tue, March 19, 2013 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM • FAC 18
Peace Corps / SIT Graduate Institute Info Session
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
FAC 18 (LACS Library)
SIT Graduate Institute (formerly the School for International Training) offers MA degree programs that focus on global social justice and intercultural communication in areas such as Intercultural Service, Leadership & Management, Sustainable Development, International Education and Peacebuilding. SIT enjoys a long and unique history with the US Peace Corps.
Join Alumni and Admissions Officers Tuesday March 19th noon-1pm (lunch provided) in FAC 18 for a discussion about SIT's experiential cohort-based learning and ways to combine your graduate degree with Peace Corps Service.


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Charting Romo
ARLINGTON – Thursday's game marked Tony Romo's 50th career start for the Cowboys. In that span, he's completed 1,031-of-1,642 passes for 13,233 yards, 95 touchdowns and 50 interceptions, putting him in some heady company. In the Super Bowl era, he has thrown for the third-most TDs and the fourth-most yards through 50 starts. No. 1 […] [Read More]
The dynamic duo
ARLINGTON – The Cowboys had two receivers with over 100 yards today: Miles Austin (145) and Jason Witten (107). It was the first time Dallas had two receivers top 100 yards since Terrell Owens (117) and Terry Glenn (109) did it against Detroit oon Dec. 31, 2006. [Read More]
Offense wracking up the yards
ARLINGTON – The Cowboys' 494 yards of offense in today's 24-7 win over Oakland marked the fifth time this season Dallas has gained more than 400 yards. The franchise record for games with 400-plus yards is six, a number recorded by the 1979, 1981, 1983 and 2007 teams. Five other teams did it five times […] [Read More]
Spencer 2, Ellis 0
ARLINGTON – Cowboys OLB Anthony Spencer has two sacks today, while the man he replaced, Raiders DE Greg Ellis, has been shut out. To be fair to Ellis, he's been bothered by a knee injury and hasn't played much in the second half. The two sacks are Spencer's first of the season. Ellis has five. [Read More]
Praise for one of the league's toughest players
ARLINGTON – Cowboys TD Jason Witten has four receptions for a season-high 103 yards. And he's done it all on a sprained foot. Witten was questionable entering the game, but he's had his best game of the season, making receptions of 31, 37 and 44 yards. Another guy playing with pain for Dallas today is […] [Read More]
Even Roy Williams is having a decent day
ARLINGTON – The Raiders defense is so bad that even Roy Williams is having a decent day. Williams just handed Dallas a commanding 24-7 lead with a 6-yard TD catch. It's Williams' fourth TD of the season. As usual, the Texax alum celebrated by flashing the Hook 'em Horns sign. [Read More]
Raiders' TD costly
ARLINGTON – No, I don't think Oakland is going to come back and win this game. But if the Raiders keep it a two-score game, I doubt Wade Phillips will take out many of his starters. I'm primarily thinking of Tony Romo and Jason Witten, both of whom entered the game with injuries. Romo's bruised […] [Read More]
Austin tops 100 yards
ARLINGTON – Miles Austin entered halftime with 129 yards on nine receptions for a 21.5 average. It's his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and first since he had 171 against Atlanta on Oct. 25. [Read More]
Raiders avoid the shutout
ARLINGTON – The Cowboys entered the second half looking like they were headed to their first shutout since 2003. Bruce Gradkowski's 4-yard TD pass to first-round WR Darrius Heyward-Bey early in the third quarter ended that dream. Heyward-Bey slipped S Alan Ball in the end zone to score his first NFL TD and cut the […] [Read More]
The big play is back
ARLINGTON – The Cowboys used the big play to snap out of their two-game offensive slump. Dallas has seven plays of 20-plus yards in the first half: FIRST QUARTER Tashard Choice 66-yard run Miles Austin 49-yard reception SECOND QUARTER Felix Jones 46-yard run (touchdown) Austin 27-yard reception Austin 20-yard reception Marion Barber 42-yard reception Jason […] [Read More]
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oh joy! here come four years of conservative bush/foster-style hackery, and "values" lecturing. good job louisiana!
People are voting for Jindal because he's the anti-Blanco, not because of anything he's accomplished or proposed. He's never held a job for more than 3 years HIS ENTIRE LIFE. He's done nothing of note in Congress. He's failed to make any firm policy propositions for fear of scaring voters away. He wasn't even going to step down from his ivory tower to debate the other candidates, until public pressure forced him to. He's run the dirtiest campaign of the election, calling Boasso a clown and Georges a criminal (for accepting gambling money, which Jindal ALSO HAS).
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The Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and the lowest elevation of the surface of the Earth's crust. It is currently estimated to be up to 10,971 m (35,994 ft) deep. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres (1,580 mi) long but has a mean width &hellip Continue reading
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Health officials say they'll soon offer an imported vaccine to prevent more cases of potentially deadly bacterial meningitis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, after last month's vaccination of more than 5,200 students at Princeton University.
Enough shots to cover about 20,000 students could be available at UCSB within several weeks, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. They're aimed at halting an outbreak of meningitis strain B that sickened four California students in November, including one young man who had to have both feet amputated. No new cases have been reported on campus since Nov. 21.
Vaccines approved in the U.S. protect against four strains of bacterial meningitis — but they don't cover meningitis B.
The imported vaccine, Bexsero, is approved in Europe, Australia and Canada, but not in the U.S. Federal health officials got emergency clearance to use it to inoculate the Princeton students in New Jersey last month after an outbreak of meningitis B that has sickened eight people since March.


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Full Frame to pay tribute to filmmaker
The 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will celebrate the work of filmmaker Jessica Yu during its thematic program and tribute. The program will examine the intersections of truth and storytelling with a series of films curated by filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev.
The festival will honor Yu with the Full Frame Tribute and will feature a retrospective of her work. Yu is a director of both documentaries and scripted films. She won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short for "Breathing Lessons" (1996), a film about Mark O'Brien, a poet confined to an iron lung. Her latest film for Participant Media, "Last Call at the Oasis" (2011), is a chronicle of the water crisis. Her documentaries include the award-winning features "Protagonist" (2007), "In the Realms of the Unreal" (2004), and HBO's "The Living Museum" (1998), and the shorts "Meet Mr. Toilet" (2012) and "The Kinda Sutra" (2009).
Bar-Lev directed the documentary films "Fighter" (2001), "My Kid Could Paint That" (2007), and "The Tillman Story" (2010). He co-produced the documentary "Trouble The Water" (2008), which won the 2008 Full Frame Grand Jury Award and was a 2009 Academy Award nominee. Bar-Lev is currently directing "Happy Valley," about the Penn State scandal.
"Attending Full Frame, what always inspires me most is the infinite variety of approaches to storytelling," Bar-Lev stated in a press announcement. "Every documentary is a unique, thorny relationship – between filmmaker and 'character,' fact and representation, reality and story. As guest curator, I've selected a handful of films that wrestle, each in their own way, with the medium of documentary filmmaking itself."
"With this year's thematic program, I wanted to address the tension between truth and perspective," said director of programming Sadie Tillery. "What happens when one person's impression of events is at odds with the facts on the ground? I am particularly interested in films that give equal weight to, or even attempt to reconcile, different notions of truth. Amir Bar-Lev brings distinct experience and insight to this exploration. I'm thrilled to be working with him."
"Full Frame has become an oasis for documentary filmmakers and audiences," Yu stated. "Having been fortunate enough to bring several films to the festival, I have found it to be a source of inspiration and camaraderie."
Both Yu and Bar-Lev will attend the festival. Specific titles for the thematic program and the Full Frame tribute, along with additional attending guests, will be announced in March.
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For the past few months I have been babysitting a little two-year-old boy and his infant brother. As my children are school-age, I have enjoyed having a baby and toddler in my home again. The toddler constantly makes me laugh at his excitement for simple things like rays of sunshine streaming through the window, a […] [Read More]


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The East Garrison is located inside Blackrock Depths, and is accessible directly from the Detention Block by a door locked with the Shadowforge Key. If the door cannot be bypassed, it is necessary to enter the Ring of the Law and defeat the challengers there to access the garrison. The garrison holds the gigantic locking mechanism to open the passage to the West Garrison and the Manufactory, but the Shadowforge Key is also needed to operate the lock. The stairs leading up from the East Garrison lead past the Ring of the Law spectators to the Shrine of Thaurissan.
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iPhone 5 launches in more countries
The iPhone 5 has launched in several new countries recently, predominantly in Africa. The phone launched on December 21 in Botswana, Camaroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, and Uganda, along with the islands of Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts. The iPhone 5 also went on sale in Vietnam.
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Geoff joined Collective Next in January of 2006. He began his career in collaborative design and facilitation in 1997 as an independent contractor working with Ernst & Young's Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE). While associated with the ASE, he had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients including Boeing, Genentech, Hewlett Packard, and Starbucks.
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Brighton May Festival ! 3rd-25th May
Brighton Festival is an annual celebration of music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and family events, which takes place in venues both familiar and unusual across Brighton & Hove for three weeks each May. This year's (48th) … Continue reading
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Family Festival 2012 – Brighton Dome – 13 July – 7.15pm
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My Take on the Recent Robotics Kerfuffle
This month ACOG released a statement on Robotic Surgery, generally negative towards the development. They propose that robotics does not offer a proven advantage in benign gynecologic surgery, and increases cost.
Per the statement "If most women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions each year chose a vaginal or laparoscopic procedure—rather than TAH or robotic hysterectomy—performed by skilled and experienced surgeons, pain and recovery times would be reduced while providing dramatic savings to our health care system. Conversely, an estimated $960 million to $1.9 billion will be added to the health care system if robotic surgery is used for all hysterectomies each year."
This morning a large cadre of minimally invasive surgeons released a statement of response, accusing ACOG of not being supportive of minimally invasive techniques and misinterpreting the data on robotics.
Here's my take on the issue:
I am a surgeon that focuses on minimally invasive techniques and gets a lot of referrals for difficult cases. I've been doing robotics for about two years now, and have done enough cases (over 100) that I feel like I can make a pretty objective assessment of its utility in what I do.
As Intuitive Surgical will be happy to tell anyone that listens, robotics has quite a few advantages.
The ability of the robot to move with wrist-like motions allows laparoscopic maneuvers that are difficult if not impossible with straight stick laparoscopy. This allows one to do surgery in very small delicate areas that are much harder to address traditionally.
The vision allowed by the robot is far superior to traditional laparoscopic vision, for 4 reasons: 1) image fidelity is better than most traditional equipment 2) 3D vision allows one to see relationships between structures far better 3) the screen is so close to your face that it fills your whole field of view, creating an immersive "I am the robot" experience and 4) you control the camera and don't have to depend on your assistant to show you what you want to see.
The ability to pass energy through both primary instruments creates a surgical flow that is difficult to match with traditional instruments. The fact that one can cauterize every surface that is cut tends to lead to bloodless surgery. This can be done traditionally as well, but its a bit more difficult to achieve the same result.
Long laparoscopic surgeries require a surgeon to stand in a way that is eventually painful to the back and legs. Robotics is quite comfortable for the surgeon, as he is sitting in a ergonomically superior position.
All of this together allows one to tackle much more difficult cases than one might have tackled with straight stick, such as stage IV endometriosis with obliterated cul-de-sacs, huge uteruses, or cases that require extensive suturing. As such, robotics has the potential to turn cases that otherwise would have been abdominal cases into laparoscopic cases.
There is potential to do surgeries through a single site using the robot, which is a cosmetic advantage over multiple port surgeries.
And here is the downside:
The robot is a tremendously complicated piece of equipment that requires a very skilled team to operate efficiently. Without that team, the use of the robot adds a huge layer of complexity to a surgery. With that team, it still slows things down. While one may be able to do the operative portion faster, the setup time for the room and and early part of the surgery is significant and will slow most cases down overall. A ideal team may mitigate this completely, but such a team I have never seen in an academic center.
The robot is extremely expensive, both to buy and to maintain. It costs between 1.5 and 2 million dollars, and several hundred thousand dollars a year for a service contract.
One usually needs more port sites to do robotics than traditional laparoscopy.
The robot breaks down from time to time, sometimes in the middle of a surgery. While these problems inevitably get resolved, it is a remarkably unpleasant experience for all involved. A two million dollar machine with a two hundred thousand dollar a year service contract should not break down at all.
The robot is sold and serviced by a company that does not have an objective view of their own technology. They aggressively market their product directly to patients, and even more so to the robot trained surgeons. They do not seem to see the reality of their product, which is that it is very useful for a subset of laparoscopic surgeries and a hinderance to another subset. They prefer to think about it as an improvement to all laparoscopic surgery, which it clearly is not.
My feeling is that ACOG's statement is a response to the tremendous proliferation of robotics throughout benign gynecologic surgery without a clear evidence base to suggest that this level of use can be justified. I agree with that part. A lot of surgeons are using robotics to complete cases that could have been done via traditional laparoscopy or vaginal surgery, which is not right. The entire point of the robot was to convert open surgeries to laparoscopic surgeries, but in benign gynecology it is being used for far more than that. This drives up costs at minimal to no benefit to patients.
Some argue that robotics allows a surgeon who is not a particularly skilled laparoscopist to do more difficult laparoscopic surgeries. I think this is true, but at the same time I am not sure that is a good thing. Surgery is done best when it is done by people that do a lot of it. If one does a lot of laparoscopy, one gets good at doing a lot of things with or without the robot. At that point many mild to moderate difficulty laparoscopic surgery is most easily done without the robot.
Right now my hospital has two robots at one center and is about to buy a second at our other site. The drive to have multiple robots is because of demand for time on the robot. While this seems appropriate, I have to ask myself whether these marginal cases that justify a second machine actually cases that require robotics to be completed laparoscopically. If not, then the cost is not very justifiable.
I love working with the robot, and get a real feeling of accomplishment when I am able to complete a robotic case that I know I never would have been able to do through traditional methods without a laparotomy. I have done many of those. But having done over 100 robotic cases, a 10 week size hysterectomy done robotically does not give me that sense of accomplishment. I get that sense of accomplishment by doing that case vaginally or via traditional laparoscopic surgery, being out of the room in two hours and with far less expensive toys.
Tips For When One is Struggling with Laparoscopic Surgery
There are days when laparoscopic surgery is a breeze. The anatomy is perfect. The view is beautiful. Your assistants are thinking three steps ahead of you. In other words, the way surgery happens in your dreams
And then there are days when it isn't going that way. The anatomy is distorted and confusing. There is bleeding that continuously distort your view. Your assistants are struggling. You are quickly becoming unhappy and want nothing more than for the surgery to be over and the patient to be well.
I have had many of both kinds of days. Over the years I have been operating, I have identified a few things that tend to have happened on the latter kind of days, and hope to pass a few of those things on. So if you find yourself struggling with laparoscopy, consider whether one of these things is going on.
Surgical Video: Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis Resection #1
This video demonstrates techniques for resecting infiltrating endometriosis, including dissection of bilateral ureters and pararectal spaces.
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Taking Care of the Dying Jehovah's Witness
This month I started a fellowship that predominantly involves taking care of women with cancer. Through surgery, chemotherapy, and other medications we do our best to cure or hold back malignancies of many kinds. In these past weeks, I have taken care of several patients who are Jehovah Witnesses, an experience that has been quite interesting.
In most cases, what religion a person subscribes to has little to no impact on their clinical outcome. We have an exception, however, when it comes to a Jehovah's Witness with cancer. JHW patients to a rule will not accept blood products of any kind, which greatly limits their ability to be effectively treated for cancer. In some cases they cannot have surgery because the surgery they need is unsafe without the possibility of blood transfusion. In some cases they cannot take chemotherapy because blood transfusion is required to survive the associated myelosuppression. As surgery and chemotherapy are our two best treatments, they are at a major disadvantage.
When I was a resident, I had a pretty hard opinion about this. I heard a lot of different view on the topic, but the position of one of my attendings resonated best with me. He felt that his job as a physician was to protect the health of his patients, and that if a JHW was dying in front of him he was going to transfuse them whether they liked it or not. He was quite clear about this upfront, and told JHW patients that if they were not happy about this they should find another doctor. He even arranged for attending coverage for emergent issues if need be. He felt that the preventable death of a patient was an emotional trauma he didn't want to be exposed to, almost as if the patient, through refusal of blood, was exposing him to unnecessary emotional violence. While this was a very hard line, I respected the boldness of it, and that he was being true to his internal values. I held a similar feeling for the first few years of my attendinghood, though I never had to test it until my third year out of residency.
On the Surgical Consent Process
Today I saw a patient for a preoperative visit and went through the ritual of "informed consent" and the signing of the surgical permit. We had decided to do a hysterectomy to treat her problematic fibroids, and she very much wanted to proceed. Having discussed the alternatives, we now had to go through the legal ritual of the surgical consent.
As usual, I discussed what we could expect to gain from the hysterectomy. There was a 100% chance that she would no longer have any bleeding, and a very strong chance that any pain that originated in her central pelvis would get entirely or mostly better. Anemia that resulted from the bleeding would improve. Other symptoms, like urinary pressure and frequency, and lateralized pelvic pain, would likely improve though it is not as strong a likelihood as the other symptoms.
We also discussed the risks. "You could have bleeding during the surgery, potentially enough to need a blood transfusion before or after surgery. You could get a communicable disease from a blood transfusion. You could develop a wound infection or abscess, which sometimes is easy to treat and other times quite complicated. Anything in the abdomen could be damaged during the surgery, such as the bowel, bladder, ureters ("which carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder" I always say), blood vessels, or other structures. Anything damaged can be fixed at the time by myself or a consultant. There is a possibility something could be damaged but we do not recognize it at the time, or that there is a delayed injury. If this occurs you might need further surgery, antibiotics, or hospitalization. Though extremely rare, you could die or be injured from an unforeseen surgical complication or complication of anesthesia."
At this point she looked white as a sheet, as usual, and then I tempered with "but all of this is extremely unlikely, less than 1% of cases for major issues, and I have to explain it all for legal reasons. I am well trained to do this surgery and will do my absolute best for you." I answered her questions, the consent is signed, and we had our pre-op.
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One for the medical students – on presenting
I have the pleasure of working with our resident GYN team for several weeks every few months, rounding on their patients and teaching each morning. One of the best parts of this is hearing our medical students present their cases.
Presenting patients is a skill that takes a great deal of time to master. Each student is taught the basic form of a medical presentation at an early 'age' – Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. Each of these bits can be broken down into many subareas, such a Past Medical History or Social History (part of the subjective usually), Chest Exam or Labs (parts of the objective), or individually listed problems (each parts of the assessment and plan.)
This sort of structure is both an aid to great presenting and a hinderance. It helps because it gives the presentation a structure that is easy to follow, and over the years of hearing such presentations the listener has created little boxes in their mind, and had developed the expectation that these boxes will be filled in a specific order. By following this structure, the student fills those boxes and thus creates a structured narrative that fits the listener's expectations. This can be very functional and efficient. The downside is that if the student follows that structure too tightly, the presentation sounds stilted, like a person reading a spreadsheet. This creates a presentation that is technically correct, but lacks grace.
The Downside of Understanding
As I look back over my 10 year career in obstetrics and gynecology, I am sometimes struck at how many things have been discovered in this time period. When I started the origin of pre-eclampsia was unknown, and now we know that it likely originates in an overabundance of a molecule called Soluble FMS-Like Tyrosine Kinase, a competitive inhibitor to natural angiogenesis in the placenta. Ten years ago the origins of cervical dysplasia were still being developed, and now we know that the majority if not the entirety of cervical dysplasia and cancer is due to an infection of Human Papillomavirus, and for all intents and purposes cervical cancer is actually a sexually transmitted disease. We have developed this idea even further, allowing us to use HPV virus detection as part of a screening program for cervical dysplasia and cancer, and even to immunize for HPV infection in young women yet to be exposed.
All of these things amaze me. But to be honest, they also make the practice of obstetrics and gynecology more difficult. We have advanced our understanding to level that is impossible to explain to patients who lack a strong background in science, forcing us to accept simplistic explanations over explanations of how it really works. Let's use HPV as an example.


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The legend he has probably been the second most influential rock drummer of all time behind John Bonham. I love everything about his playing his consistancy is second to none every note is played as intended the stick is the same height from the head the attacking angle the same. A machine he flows seamlessly through odd time and complicated multi time patterns. I noticed very early on long before I thought of becoming a drummer that there was something special about his playing he really took the progressive styling to a whole new level. I hear a Billy Cobham influence in his playing but where Billy had a little bit of slop (not a slam it was because he was pushing the boundrys and believed in preserving the integrity of the live performance) Neil strived to nail every part exactly the same every time. I have so much to thank this man for he has filled me with joy listening to his playing. He made me want to become a drummer I have only been playing 5 yrs but have been airdrumming since I can remember because of him. Also he has been an inspiration to me in life to continue drumming with the passion he has after the horrible tragedies in his life ( he lost his wife and daughter in the same year) drives me to overcome any obstacles in my life. Alot of people would say he is busy and doesnt play in the pocket but if you listen closley you will notice that he has a great ability to use space and not crowd the beat at all the appropriate moments. Imo the whole drumming world is a better place because of him.
Few people know that the late Johnny Carson was a drummer. He would have on his show as often as possible Buddy Rich. I saw Buddy one night talking to Johnny, when Johnny asked if he had seen the Rolling Stones at Madiso Square Garden. Buddy said "Yeah" and they have the worst drummer he had ever seen". Johnny just lost it laughing. he than asked who he thought was a good rock drummer. Buddy answered "Neil Pert".
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In the last two games, the Bears have become more of a pressure defense on third down. They have shown their core Cover-2 and brought zone blitzes ("fire zone") at the quarterback. We should expect the same against Brett Favre when the Bears use their nickel defense (four defensive lineman, two linebackers, five defensive backs) versus the Vikings' "Posse" personnel (three wide receivers, one tight end, one running back).
Let's look at the Bears' "Nickel Fox" defense versus the Vikings' option routes out of two-by-two alignment.
Pre-snap alignment
The Bears want to show Favre they're playing Cover-2. Both cornerbacks will align in a press look on top of the Z and X and bail at the snap of the ball. The safeties — by their depth and alignment on the field — can show that they will drop to their Cover-2 landmarks at the top of the numbers and then rotate at the snap of the ball. Don't give Favre a chance to check to a hot read or to a run.


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HUMAN RIGHTS. María Magaly Contreras (55) is Venezuelan. She lives in Zulia state, northwestern Venezuela, and advertises herself as a "tarot card reader, clairvoyant and spiritual guide" on her @marletmaga Twitter account. For more than 19 years Contreras has received psychiatric treatment for a disorder known as anxious-depressive syndrome which "has caused her physical and emotional undermining preventing her full and complete discernment."
Opposition needs 98 women to meet electoral gender quotas
ELECTION 2015. The gender quota for the December 6 parliament vote established by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) will only be mandatory in the electoral constituencies where primary elections were not held and in candidates elected by lists per state.
Inflation and the Central Bank
OPINION. In a very graphic and premonitory way, Pedro Pablo Pérez Alfonzo said that oil was "the devil's excrement." By the same token, we can affirm that inflation is the refuse of the Central Bank. Inflation is the result of the exceeding issue of "inorganic" money by the Central Bank.
News This Week
Saturday August 01, 2015
Friday July 31, 2015
- ExxonMobil withdraws oil drilling ship from the Essequibo
- Venezuelan crude oil keeps on falling; hits USD 45.87
- Guyana willing to hold talks with Venezuela
- A man dead and 30 people arrested in San Félix, south Venezuela
- Uruguay to sell rice, powdered milk, chicken, and cheese to Venezuela
- Forex hurdles hit large US companies operating in Venezuela
- MUD vows amnesty law after getting parliament majority
- Freelance lawyers now eligible to be prosecutors in Venezuela
- Oil giant Pdvsa announces new investments in Guayana region
- President Maduro: barrel of crude oil stands at USD 46
Thursday July 30, 2015
- Ombudsman: Restructuring police agencies will prevent corruption
- CNE prevents disqualified citizens from running for Congress
- Venezuela advocates integration of LatAm and the Caribbean
- Venezuela rejects "offensive" statements from Guyana
- Venezuelan banks monitor shortage of high-denomination banknotes
- Food giant Polar's workers reject expropriation of warehouses
- Clashes on the Colombia-Venezuela border over death of smuggler
Wednesday July 29, 2015
Tuesday July 28, 2015
- Maduro lands in New York to meet with UN Secretary General
- Maduro rules out accepting international observation in 6D vote
- Spanish FM: "Venezuela has a long way to go in human rights"
- Venezuela seeks light crude contracts to make more attractive blends
- Venezuelan voters' register to be audited on August 5
- As many as 19,504,106 voters enabled for 6-D parliament vote
- Maduro elaborates on border dispute over the Essequibo at the UN
Venezuela, Guyana at odds
BORDER DISPUTE The president of the Venezuelan Chapter of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), Ángel Rodríguez, said that the Venezuelan government welcomed that US oil company ExxonMobil had removed its oil drilling ship, the Deepwater Champion, from the waters off the Essequibo coast, which are disputed between Guyana and Venezuela.
BORDER DISPUTE The President of Guyana, David Granger, is willing to engage in dialogue with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, to find a solution to the territorial dispute over the waters off the Essequibo coast, according to Guyanese Minister of Foreign Affaires, Carl Greenidge, Efe reported.
BORDER DISPUTE The Venezuelan government "categorically" rejected recent statements issued on Wednesday by the Guyanese Foreign Affair Minister, Carl Greenidge, who blasted Venezuela's claim over the disputed territory of the Essequibo.
Venezuelan Economy this Week
- Venezuelan crude oil keeps on falling; hits USD 45.87
- Uruguay to sell rice, powdered milk, chicken, and cheese to Venezuela
- Oil giant Pdvsa announces new investments in Guayana region
- Forex hurdles hit large US companies operating in Venezuela
- President Maduro: barrel of crude oil stands at USD 46
- Venezuelan banks monitor shortage of high-denomination banknotes
- Shortage of spare parts hampers timely repair of vehicles in Venezuela
- Venezuela seeks light crude contracts to make more attractive blends
- PetroVietnam ponders investments in Orinoco Oil Belt
- Venezuelan oil continues to "weaken"
- Pro-government deputies propose dual forex rate
- Venezuela's Central Bank drains liquidity by VEB 25.90 billion
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PCR-based identification of Erysiphe pulchra and Phyllactinia guttata from Cornus florida using ITS-specific primers
Mmbaga, M. T.; Klopfenstein, N. B.; Kim, M. -S.; Mmbaga, N. C. 2004. PCR-based identification of Erysiphe pulchra and Phyllactinia guttata from Cornus florida using ITS-specific primers. Forest Pathology. 34: 321-328.
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA and the intervening 5.8S rRNA gene for the powdery mildew fungi Erysiphe (sect. Microsphaera) pulchra and Phyllactinia guttata were amplified using standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols and the universal primer pairs, ITS1 and ITS4. PCR products for ITS were analysed by electrophoresis in a 1.5% agarose gel and sequenced. The size of the amplified ITS products (approximately 650 bp) were not sufficiently different to allow reliable differentiation of E. pulchra and P. guttata; however, their sequences were distinct. Specific primers for E. pulchra and P. guttata were developed and evaluated for use as diagnostic tools. The diagnostic band size from E. pulchra-specific primer pair was 568 bp while the P. guttata band was 597 bp; the two primer pairs were highly specific to E. pulchra and P. guttata. Comparison of ITS sequences with information in the GenBank showed a very close similarity between sequences of E. pulchra isolates from Cornus florida in the USA and isolates collected on Cornus kousa in Japan. BLAST analysis of the sequence of the 650-bp band from P. guttata revealed a close alignment with sequences of P. moricola (92%), P. kakicola (94%), and P. fraxini (92%). The sequence of P. guttata in C. florida also had a 98% identity with P. guttata in Calycanthus occidentalis and 94% identity with P. guttata in Corylus cornuta.
Keywords: internal transcribed spacer (ITS), rDNA, Erysiphe pulchra, Phyllactinia guttata, Cornus florida
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Wondering how much to pay your babysitter? UrbanSitter surveyed and compiled data from 7,500 families across the US to calculate the average hourly rates for babysitters, nannies, and mother's helpers.
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