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Our group has taken a lead role in defining effective antirejection therapy directed against the T cell: both the efficacy of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) as well as the first human trials of the monoclonal antibody OKT3.
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Renal Allograft Rejection
Until recently, most studies on the mechanism of renal allograft rejection have focused predominantly on the central role of the T cell and cell-mediated mechanisms that lead to allograft injury and destruction. And indeed our group has taken a lead role in defining effective antirejection therapy directed against the T cell: both the efficacy of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) as well as the first human trials of the monoclonal antibody OKT3.
The deleterious effects of HLA antibodies in renal transplantation also have long been recognized. Since the early 1960s, it was known that if an allograft was placed in patient with preformed HLA antibodies (i.e. positive cross match) inevitable graft loss would occur (hyperacute rejection). Thus, the present requirement for a negative cross match prior to renal transplantation.
In recent years, however, it has been increasingly recognized that the detection of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) de novo after transplantation (i.e. negative pretransplant cross match that subsequently became positive, post transplant), is also associated with important clinical sequelae due to antibody-mediated effector mechanisms of tissue injury. Over the last 6 years, we have made contributions to the understanding of the clinical pathologic syndromes associates with humoral rejection in renal transplant recipients with important therapeutic implications for patient management. The identification of the complement fragment C4d as a specific marker for humoral rejection in pertitubular capillaries of renal allograft biopsies has been critical to define and characterize these syndromes and has been shown to highly correlate with the detection of de novo anti-HLA donor specific antibodies in the serum of patients with acute humoral rejection. Thus, an important diagnostic tool has been devised and now is being implemented and confirmed nationally and internationally. The C4d stain has recently been adopted as a key pathologic feature of antibody mediated rejection at the First Antibody Working Group Conference in 2002. Clinically, patients with acute humoral rejection (AHR) present with early and severe allograft dysfunction with a 50-80% risk of graft failure in the first three months post transplant. Since 1995, we have utilized a new therapeutic approach consisting of plasmapheresis combined with tacrolimus/mycophenolate rescue plus IVIG for recipients suffering from AHR refractory to both steroids and antilymphocyte therapy with a gratifying 80% graft survival and 100% patient survival to date. These observations have recently been extended to the treatment of chronic humoral rejection associated with donor-specific antibodies and C4d deposits. We have exchange, results in sustained decreases in DSA titers with stabilization of renal allograft function. These preliminary findings confirm that suppression of alloantibody production is possible with this drug combination. We are now studying the efficacy of similar strategies to desensitize patients pretransplant with high levels of preformed positive antibodies (highly sensitized patients) in an effort to convert a positive crossmatch to negative.
Simultaneous Bone Marrow and Renal Transplant
Renal transplantation has made great strides over the last 25 years, with dramatic improvement in both patient and allograft survival. However, despite our success, renal transplant remains plagued by chronic rejection, the life-long need for immunosuppresion, and the risks of infectious complications, malignancies, and metabolic complications of the drugs, such as hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. In addition, there is a long-term concern about the nephrotoxicity of the calcineurin inhibitors. Thus, the pursuit of tolerance remains the Holy Grail of transplantation.
While multiple strategies have been employed to achieve tolerance and many have been successfully applied in small animal models, extension of these approaches to large primate models or humans has been long in coming. One approach, that of mixed chimerism, has been championed by the Transplantation Biology Unit of Mass General Hospital - Dr. David Sachs, Dr. Megan Sykes, Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, and Dr. A. Benedict Cosimi. New protocols recently developed in large animal models have shown that a non-myeloablative conditioning regimen with limited toxicity can induce mixed chimerism and donor-specific tolerance in solid organ allografts.
Recently, several investigators at our institution (Dr. Megan Sykes, Dr. Thomas Spitzer) demonstrated the efficacy of HLA matched or mismatched bone marrow for the treatment of refractory hematologic malignancies. When a non-myeloablative conditioning regimen was employed, a striking graft versus tumor effect has been observed. In these trials, mixed chimerism was achieved using high-dose cyclophosphamide in combination with in vivo T cell depletion and thymic irradiation before bone marrow transplant. HLA matched bone marrow was administered and cyclosporine was utilized for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. The anti-tumor response noted in these patients with refractory malignancies suggests that allogeneic bone marrow transplantation without myeloablative conditioning may have potent immunotherapeutic benefits without excessive GVHD. Based on these findings, our group has extended these observations in a pilot study to patients with myeloma and dialysis-dependent renal failure. Standard renal transplantation was contraindicated because of the underlying myeloma, and likewise these patients were not candidates for full myeloablative bone marrow transplants because of the accompanying renal failure. Dr. Nina Tolkoff-Rubin has been the key transplant nephrologist involved with the multidisciplinary effort between the bone marrow and renal transplantation teams. Two HLA matched patients have now received simultaneous bone marrow and renal transplants, using an adaptation of the non-myeloablative protocol previously described. In each of these patients, an antimyeloma effect is measured by urine kappa light chain excretion. In the first case, complete remission has been achieved now >4 years post transplant. In the second case, there is a marked decline in urine light chain excretion and a normal bone marrow 2 years after transplant. Both of these patients have normal renal function, off all immunosuppresion, without GVHD. Our first patient has been the subject of a Lifetime television documentary.
Based on these observations, a multi-institution immune tolerance network (NIH/JOFR funded) trial has now begun, and four additional patients have undergone therapy with similar results. The question now is - can we expand the envelope? As part of the ITN, we have initiated a tolerance protocol utilizing a nonmyeloablative simultaneous bone marrow and renal transplant in patients with nonmalignant renal failure and one haplotype matches. The first patient is out over a year and off immunosuppresion!
- Spitzer TR, Delmonico F, Tolkoff-Rubin N, McAfee S, Sackstein R, Saidman S, Colby C, Sykes M, Sachs DH, and Cosimi AB. Combined histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-matched donor bone marrow and renal transplantation for multiple myeloma with end stage renal disease: the induction of allograft tolerance through mixed lymphohematopoietic chimerism. Transplantation. 1999. 68(4): 480 - 484.
- Collins AB, Schneeberger EE, Pascual MA, Saidman SL, Williams WW, Tolkoff-Rubin N, Cosimi AB, and Colvin RB. Complement activation in acute humoral renal allograft rejection: diagnostic significance of C4d deposits in peritubular capillaries. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1999. 10: 2208 - 2214.
- Pascual M, Williams WW, Cosimi AB, Delmonico FL, Farrell ML, and Tolkoff-Rubin N. Chronic renal allograft dysfunction: a role for mycophenolate mofetil? Transplantation. 2000. 69(8): 1749-1750.
- Denton MD, Magee CC, Ovuworie C, Mauiyyedi S, Pascual M, Colvin RB, Cosimi AB, and Tolkoff-Rubin N. Prevalence of renal cell carcinoma in patients with ESRD pre-transplantation: a pathologic analysis. Kidney Int. 2002. 61: 2201-2209.
- Pascual M, Curtis J, Delmonico FL, Farrell ML, Williams WW, Kalil R, Jones P, Cosimi AB, and Tolkoff-Rubin NE. A prospective randomized clinical trial of cyclosporine reduction in stable patients greater than 12 months after renal transplantation. Transplantation. 2003. 75(9): 1501-1505.


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Ivory Flame 1
On first glance, she looks like she has short hair and in this, because of that, she is almost "boyish" in a really pretty, "Tom boy" kind of way.....I find this image really quite endearing and different for her. Not so much the "art" shot she is usually well known for doing, but more the relaxed, this is the "real me" kind of image. This could almost be an shot between shots and thats not a bad thing as it captures HER more of a person rather than an object of shape and desire, which is what most of the images of her seem to do. This is quite, quite lovely and goes straight into my favourites. I would agree on the background a touch, but a tiny minor gripe that certainly doesn't detract from a trully pretty and beautiful and telling image.....
A really quite beautiful model, such a wonderful and vibrant smile. Like the pose, the look and the environment, its a very nicely composed and crafted image. My ONLY gripe with it is that she looks just a tiny, tiny touch out of focus, but only just. Pin sharp on the eyes and face would have made this image utterly scream out of this page. I love it though, simply through the vibrance of your model and the lovely light you have cast on her. A really quite lovely, lovely image
Hair & Makeup
Nicely shot. Agree with Dougie, but I also like the lack of separation...its a tough on....the simplicity of this works very well. Love the shocks of colour, might have been tempted to stick a light on the background instead of the hairlight to bring out a bit of separation that way maybe? Either way, there is a touch of hair being lost into a very dark background, but you have balanced the light perfectly on her from front on. Its a very, very good basis of a nice and original image. Good work!
film star
Lovely model, lovely angle, well cropped....but, its a touch dark here, might need a little brightening or taking exposure up a notch, then adding either a bit more "black" or boosting contrast in the S curve to bring out the details and depth. And with that, add a touch of sharpening, just to really make the eyes sing. But its a lovely image....
singer & guitarist
I like this a lot.....please, not to be taken the wrong way, but it has a 70's album cover feel, from maybe some Irish brother/sister folk band...the kind you would see of people you would never hear of, but see loads of their records in the charity shops, that kind of thing! That really isn't a criticism as I think it is superbly photographed, has a real charm to it, beautifully lit (with one light, I think you have done really well) and tack sharp. The processing works and brings that idea fully across.....could be two thirds of Peter, Paul and Mary.....just a lovely, lovely image!
The light is great, the pose, model, composition, angle, everything, is really quite great. Superb first attempt. My only tiny gripe (and I hope you see this is as constructive, I would hate to think I was just criticising) is the really unnatural halo she has around her. Its almost as though its been burned in around to make the outer edges of the image darker, but not quite gone right up to her. I would possibly have done a selection in PS and then maybe changed the levels or exposure that way? If the light DID fall on her looking like that, then I apologise, but its really quite weird looking. But other than that, a first attempt and its really quite cracking!
Paola, I really don't know if you realise how amazingly "woman" you are......a lot of SP's cannot convey this openness, but still have a beautiful innocence about them. This is wonderfully sensual, not erotic or "sexy" in any way.....just an "awakening" of realisation of what you are, who you are and how powerful that is. You have an extraordinary body that you can manipulate into natural shapes, ideas, feelings and so on so naturally, so "unstaged" and without feeling like its been deliberately set up......its a magical thing you have there.
This to me, isn't the best photograph technically you have taken, its not even the best in terms of composition, idea and so on. But what it DOES have, in huge amounts and is possibly the best image you have taken for, is all of the above.......just a wonderful image that can only be taken by a woman who is just realising the power she has at her fingertips, but really does decide to exercise control over it......utterly fantastic Paola, just fantastic....
This to me, isn't the best photograph technically you have taken, its not even the best in terms of composition, idea and so on. But what it DOES have, in huge amounts and is possibly the best image you have taken for, is all of the above.......just a wonderful image that can only be taken by a woman who is just realising the power she has at her fingertips, but really does decide to exercise control over it......utterly fantastic Paola, just fantastic....
Agreed. There are merits to this kind of image if they are done correctly (see fb101's PF) and can be spectacularly done, but this is bordering on a slightly "porn" aspect. I really am no prude, I like the nude as much as the next man, but the model has to be shown in a flattering or interesting light to work (regardless of the "reportage" feel of an image that this kind of has) and for me this doesn't. The light doesn't flatter, the composition doesn't quite strike to be anything in particular and it just sort of looks a touch like a snapshot of a naked friend mid conversation. If I may be so bold as to offer some advice on how to get this standing out next time? Maybe work on the pose and if you are looking to get a more raunchy aspect, such as this, out of the model, maybe get her in a more flattering pose. Get her fired up, have some attitude in the face, or maybe get her in a mood of contemplation or eroticism. Work on the mood, move her around and use a more flattering light, so you can bring that mood out of her, while keeping that slightly raunchy feel to things. Sorry, I don't mean to sound critical, as I think you might be on to something here. She is a pretty lady, can see why she is your favourite, but this doesn't quite work for me. Seems as though the pose was done simply to display her genitals rather than this being on display as part of a bigger "picture" so to speak.....
Tamrin 2
A great gaze, superbly lit.....my only crit, if I may be so bold, is that she is quite a way over to the left in the frame, cutting off her hands a touch. Widening the shot, but still filling the frame to get her hands in and either move her back to the right or centralise her would have impact? I could be wrong, up to you, but I still like it. Lovely image....
Simply Naked
Yeah, something like this will divide opinion more as it might not be seen for what it is....which is an interesting study and actually something rather appealling in terms of honesty, openness, comfort and rapport (with you, the model and the viewer) and a genuine sense of freedom, regardless of the expression and mood she is creating. That is something different as we can read into it an "act" that she may be putting on as if there was a lack of comfort with the nakedness, she wouldn't be doing this at all.
The way you have treated this reminds me of the spate of "art" photographers back in the 80's doing something similar.....all had a "starkeness" about them that wasn't really erotic, sensual, sexual or enticing in any way....was much more a lifestyle and thought provoking study and I equate this to those images from there. Has a modern feel a look, but the principle is the same. Don't stop taking or posting due to the lack of votes and comments as these shots are really rather good.....I just think its of limited appeal, which isn't such a bad thing....cracking shot John
The way you have treated this reminds me of the spate of "art" photographers back in the 80's doing something similar.....all had a "starkeness" about them that wasn't really erotic, sensual, sexual or enticing in any way....was much more a lifestyle and thought provoking study and I equate this to those images from there. Has a modern feel a look, but the principle is the same. Don't stop taking or posting due to the lack of votes and comments as these shots are really rather good.....I just think its of limited appeal, which isn't such a bad thing....cracking shot John
Wooden Stairs
I find this utterly enchanting and also slightly haunting...the tones from that wood seem to wrap around her, the light softening the lines. She looks either very, very isolated and frightened or almost at peace with what has gone on before......its a mesmerising image, one that has me thinking both sides of good and bad......stunning stuff Tony, really quite stunning.....
Scarlet Duggan
Sensual.....not because of any particular originality or anything out of the ordinary (really, no criticism there, just I mean that many types of shots like this have been done before....as has pretty much every other type of photography). But what it does have is a real subtlety, softness and delicate feel from the light, the "emotion" coming from her isn't just from her pose, but also the clothing, the positioning, the deftness of touch.....I find this seriously alluring, really very, very attractive and yet another classy piece of lovely, lovely photography. Beautiful....
Raphaella Morning Wind
A lovely shot John, really lovely, but I think the points made are all valid ones, even if nothing could be done about them I guess. You have to make the best of what you have sometimes and for me, you have definitely done that with this shot. I do feel the light on the right from outside is a little distracting, but knowing your limitations on space, I think this works wonderfully....great movement and shape, lovely light on the model, well exposed....just a lovely, lovely image...
Beach Portrait
This is lovely, but can't help thinking this would have worked really, really well in landscape format, rather than portrait, to give everything a touch more space and maybe work to the "thirds" rule a bit better.....
The focus thing has already been said. Not entirely critical and not completely out, but something to watch. But as a lovely shot, it works wonderfully....lovely tones, great expression, nice composition, lovely leading lines from the pathway....really, really nice shot....
The focus thing has already been said. Not entirely critical and not completely out, but something to watch. But as a lovely shot, it works wonderfully....lovely tones, great expression, nice composition, lovely leading lines from the pathway....really, really nice shot....
Tiger Pussy Cat
Nicely done John....but can I play devils advocate after what I said on your previous similar upload? I like the idea of the vignette in this as its dark, not white, but....I think its gone a touch too far? Bit dark and round and looks a touch artificial....but, the rest of the shot, as with the other one, is really rather lovely indeed.....love the costume, the light, pose, model, sharpness and composition....excellent stuff
The Raphaella Tippy Toe Dance
Nope, all subjective and I like the way it is as the moment...the of kilter verticals work for me very well. The shape of her, the low vantage point and the off straight framing make this image....I can see the point of the straight verticals, but then it just becomes another shot...whereas this is much more "interesting" because it DOESN'T conform to what should seem Ok....I like this. Beautifully done and can see what others are saying, but for me, personally, its spot on as it is. But would agree about the black fireplace...the V2 and V3 really work for me....
Nude #2
These kinds of shots work so well when they look like the model is in isolation e.g. darkness all around and only reflected light from her body to make the shot. The flare, although sometimes CAN work, doesn't work in this I feel as it then lets the viewer know where the light is coming from. We should be able to see this from the subject and not have our eyes lead out of the image. Agree with Chase about the foot as well. The light around her foot, as well as the foot itself, has the same effect as the flare a little, but showing us where the light it and making us want to look outside of the image. I would be inclinded to either clone out the flare at the top and make it completely black and maybe burn down the foot a little and darken the pool of light around it to put her entirely in isolation. The light is really nice and would stand on its own to get the effect you would want I feel. Lovely light set up, like the pose and model, you have got that bit utterly sorted. Just the tiny details will bring this to life.....keep up the good work, this is good stuff for first time shooting!
Don't know....its kind of wierd as I know what you mean...some of it is perfect, other bits, not so....but its more the whole that makes me conflicted rather than little bits of it. I guess if I was really, really nitpicking, I would say that her head is a bit too far back, the pose, being almost side on makes her thigh look really big in comparison to the rest of her, it has a look of her back being really badly arched in, but when you look closely, its just not......really really strange. I just can't pick out what sticks with me and what doesn't.....the light is nice though, and like the conversion....just the pose.....I just cant put my finger on it.....how strange....I guess thats why its a compelling image I suppose!
I love the pose and the idea, as well as the lighting, but the blue sparkles from the floor covering just detract a little for me. I love this type of shot, real "art" nude stuff. But I feel, personally, that a fully dark or toned floor and backdrop would do this great. Only my opinion, which is usually rubbish, but a really nice shot all the same.

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By: Debbie Strauch (Resident Hicktowner)
Reprehensible and revolting. Instead of trying to figure out how to hold onto his money, Mr. Goodman needs to get down on his knees and beg forgiveness from Mr. Wilson's family. I suddenly feel sick to my stomach and hope Mr. Goodman is prepared to deal with the karmic tsunami that will one day crash onto his shores. His girlfriend needs to look long and hard in the mirror at herself as well. My sincere condolences to the Wilson family.
A wealthy Florida polo club founder has adopted his longtime adult girlfriend in what attorneys believe may be a legal maneuver to protect his financial assets–which he estimates as "several hundred million dollars"–as he faces a trial for a drunk driving incident that killed a 23-year-old.
John Goodman, 48, formally adopted Heather Laruso Hutchins, 42, in October 2011. The couple started dating in 2009. Goodman is the founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Fla.
West Palm Beach Judge Glenn Kelley wrote in a court order that the twists in the case "border on the surreal and take the Court into a legal twilight zone."
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Study the best in the world and improve your game
Hit It With Your Downswing
Stuart Appleby has become one of the best golfers in the world due to a great combination of power and accuracy, both of which are a result of his nearly perfect backswing. When looking at Applebys swing from this angle, youll notice two elements that epitomize the modern golf swing. First, he makes a great full turn with his torso without moving his legs out from underneath his body. His feet remain flat and both knees stay flexed despite the strong turn of the shoulders and hips. Next, his arm swing is short, leaving space between his right arm and right ear at the top of the backswing. This eliminates the possibility of overswinging and greatly improves his balance.
Soft Landing
A shot that truly separates the amateurs from the pros is the soft lob that can travel over a hazard and still land softly. The reason so many amateurs lack the ability to execute this shot is because they dont understand that the club must continue to accelerate all the way through the swing. Obviously, there are other key elements that make the soft lob possible, like a clubface that stays open and feet that aim left of the target, but in terms of actually executing the shot, its critical to focus on acceleration. Keep your arms loose and swing all the way through, and the shot will rise quickly and stop softly due to the trajectory of the shot rather than the amount of spin.
Three Right Hands
Ben Hogan said he wished he had three right hands to hit the ball. This advice has messed up golfers for decades because they misunderstood what he meant. In an attempt to involve the right hand too early, many golfers allow their arms to straighten and their wrists to flatten before impact. The typical result from this casting move is a lack of power and a lot of slices and over-the-top pulls. The correct technique for using the right hand is perfectly displayed by Kevin Na. Instead of straightening early, notice how his right arm remains bent at the elbow while his right wrist is bent back approaching impact. This combination effectively sustains the acceleration of the club while facilitating the correct rotation of the lower body, creating power with ease.
Make A Splash In The Sand
Aaron Baddeley illustrates proper bunker technique perfectly with his wide stance and flexed knees. Once he establishes this setup position, all that remains is to splash the club through the sand several inches behind the ball, allowing the bounce of the wedge to move the sand from underneath the ball.
Turn Your 7-iron Into A 4
Pros like Tommy Armour III know how to hit the ball with a descending blow and compress it against the clubface, which produces a hard, boring trajectory. Conversely, recreational golfers tend to hit iron shots on the upswing, which adds loft to the shot and robs distance. To produce pro-style trajectory, allow your hands to lead the clubhead into impact, turning your right palm toward the ground instead of toward the sky.
Down And Out, Not Up And In
Tiger is a perfect example of a great ballstriker who knows how to work the club through the impact area on the proper plane, traveling down and out, not up and in. The down and out path is the one the club needs to travel on in order to create the proper impact alignments that produce maximum distance and accuracy. Many amateurs attempt to help the ball go toward the target by moving the club up and in toward their body through impact. Instead of achieving the tremendous extension seen in Tigers swing, their misguided efforts at impact produce the ugly, power-draining chicken wing that features bent, jammed arms. Follow Tigers lead and avoid trying to add power at impact with your arm muscles. Instead, simply let the arms extend down and through the impact zone.
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Measles - May 2003
Issued 2 May 2003
There have been four confirmed cases of measles in Melbourne in the last seventeen days. Three of the cases have occurred in the 18 to 35 year age group, which is an age group particularly susceptible to measles infection due to low immunisation coverage during their childhood. All four cases presented to hospital Accident and Emergency departments as well as to their general practionner. Three of the cases have been hospitalised.
There is also an ongoing outbreak of measles in the Bendigo area.
Criteria for notification
Measles is an illness characterised by:
What can you do?
Think measles in patients who present with a febrile rash illness.
Notify any patient that you suspect could have measles immediately to the Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, on telephone 1300 651 160 or facsimile 1300 651 170.
Take blood - serological confirmation is important.
Minimise transmission in your surgery by:
- Examining patients suspected of having measles in their homes, if possible.
- If this is not possible, avoid keeping the patient in your waiting room and take them directly to a consulting room.
(That room should not be used for another patient for at least two hours after the consultation.).
- If the person with suspected measles has contact with other people who have attended the rooms at the same time or within two hours after the visit, these people may be at risk of infection and should be treated as contacts.
Treat susceptible contacts of a measles patient with:
- MMR if within 72 hours of first contact with the patient or Immunoglobulin if longer than 72 hours but less than 7 days from contact. For advice concerning contact treatment, call the Communicable Diseases Section on 1300 651160.
- Vaccinate any susceptible staff aged under 35 years.
Review the vaccination status of:
- All children and young adults (under 35 years of age) attending your practice for any reason, and vaccinate with MMR if required. MMR vaccine is still free for this age group.
- Children under 18 years of age should have two documented doses normally given at 12 months and 4 years of age.
- All persons between 18 years and 35 years of age should have documentation (a personal immunisation record) of at least one dose of a measles containing vaccine.
- Women should be asked about their last menstrual period to ensure that they are not pregnant and advised that they should not become pregnant for two months following receipt of the vaccine.


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HOUSTON - (April 25, 2011) - The use of family-focused gardening in the fight against childhood obesity may become a growing trend with a near $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a Texas higher education partnership.
The project, "Texas Grow! Eat! Go!," will involve horticulturists, nutritionists, physical activity experts and public health leaders from AgriLife Extension Service, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Texas (UTHealth) and Texas A&M University.
"We want to test the impact of several Extension programs on behaviors related to childhood obesity and track any changes in obesity related to the programs," said Judy Warren, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension special initiatives coordinator and principal investigator.
Alexandra Evans, Ph.D., M.P.H., co-principal investigator and associate professor at The University of Texas School of Public Health, added, "This project's focus on families, schools and environmental changes is a natural extension of the ongoing work related to the prevention and control of childhood obesity at the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living." The Dell Center, which is located on the School of Public Health's Austin Regional Campus and is part of UTHealth, will lead the project's research activities.
Building on the Coordinated School Health program requirements for public schools, researchers are using a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the approach and determine whether the programs impact rates of childhood obesity, are cost-effective and sustainable.
A leading factor in the effort is AgriLife Extension's Junior Master Gardener program, which has demonstrated that children who grow vegetables are more likely to taste and like them, Warren noted.
"It isn't so much about nutrition facts (in combating obesity) as it is to get kids to taste nutritious foods and enjoy them," she said. "Incorporating experiential learning can be effective in improving health-related behaviors and academic learning in science, as previous research on Junior Master Gardeners has shown. We are also using Walk Across Texas, a fun, physical activity program that AgriLife Extension has available for schools."
"We looked at an overall strategy that could engage school leaders, volunteers and local AgriLife Extension educators," Warren added. "We are focused on the school community, getting the kids involved at school, and engaging the whole family in being healthy through food choices and being more active together."
By growing and preparing nutritious foods, Evans said, she hopes this project will help families enjoy eating healthier together. The study will build on current knowledge about effective childhood obesity interventions and could provide evidence-based strategies for future projects, she added.
Joining AgriLife Extension and the UTHealth in the project are Texas A&M's departments of kinesiology and sociology, the School for Rural Public Health and the Institute of Obesity Research and Program Evaluation. The project will continue through 2016.
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The iconic Sydney Hih letters come down
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Are you serious? ICONIC? This building was a dump that is long over due its final demise! IMHO, even the wrecking ball is too good a death for this eyesore.Hide replies
yes tabitha. Iconic.
then again an ignorant person like you doesn't seem to know a single thing about the building, so who would even listen to you?
What..a old medical/surgical building well past its prime? Rat infested? Home to a hotdog stand and a gay leather bar? Give me a break. This building has, since the 60's, been an eyesore and a blockage to any redevelopment EVER attempted for the area. Just because a "has been" lawyer puts his name on the building keeps it historic? Give me a break.
ummm, tabitha?
your ignorance is showing again....
Im glad this eye sore is being removed. I hope the land doesnt stay vacant like the rest of the corridor. I cant believe nothing has been done over there since they tore down the hwy. its a crying shame
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Staal is a three-year starter on the Bucs' tennis team. After playing No. 3 singles as a freshman, she played No. 1 singles her sophomore and junior seasons, and will occupy that spot again this coming spring.
She had a little help choosing Valparaiso — a Lutheran-affiliated private school in Valparaiso, Ind. Her older brother — former Buccaneers' quarterback Scott Staal — is a sophomore at Valpo.
"Obviously, my brother was a factor, and I already loved the campus," Staal said. "The tennis program really excited me, and they have a great education program, which is what I plan on studying. Everything just lined up perfectly."
Staal is the daughter of David and Becky Staal of Grand Haven.
Jeremy Case is resuming his role as the Bucs' varsity girls coach this spring after taking a few years off. He said it's exciting coming back to such a promising group, which includes seven seniors.
'This is a unique opportunity for me because I'm a little bit removed from the girls program," Case said. "And before oure season even starts, we're doing a national signing. Valpo is going to get a fantastic player. This is a good start, and I hope we can continue this."
Also present at Thursday's ceremony was Staal's long-time private tennis coach, Jorge Capestany, who teaches out of the DeWitt Tennis Center in Holland.


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After the MP1 for CMS 7.1 SP2 Installed, the PXE is broken on Site Servers
Hi everyone,
I've made the update of the MP1 for CMS 7.1 SP2 for my main NS Server with success.
But after enable the policy for upgrading the Site Server, the service PXE "SBSSERVER" _Symantec_netboot_Server service can't start anymore on all my site server (task server and package server).
The error is 'Windows could not start the _Symantec_netboot_Server service" because the SBSServer.exe isn't at that path Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\SBS anymore. It seems that the Main server upgrade have caused the deletion of the exe "SBSServer.exe".
12 site servers(Server 2003 / 2008 / 2008R2 / Seven) so this problematic.
So i've tryed this : for the Server X64, I can copy the File "sbsserver.exe / sbsNSIFace.dll / SbsParsePXE.dll and SbsPXeOpts.dll" from the Main Server (2008R2)
But for the Site Server (X86) can I copy the folder "Task Server Handler" for X86 and Run the "TaskHandlerInstall_x86.bat" to fix this issue ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help
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I'd recommend trying a repair of Deployment Solution, per this thread:
I'd also try just clicking 'Reboot Preboot Environment' and updating configurations on a bugged site server.
Mike Clemson, Senior Systems Engineer, ASC
Intuitive Technology Group -- Symantec Platinum Partner
Thank's for your reply
For the first solution : Reboot Preboot Environment' and updating configurations on a bugged site server => Not Ok
So I found this article
You can run through the .msi steps manually, but running a repair of Deployment Solution through SIM will repair the same (and other) MSI's.
After repairing through SIM, then recreating preboot environment, then updating config on a broken site server, do you see correct behavior?
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Away Game Seating
My friend and I are planning on going to the game at IU this year, and this will be our first time in Bloomington. We've both taken trips to EL for an MSU-UM game before to sit in the student section, but other than that, we have no experience in other stadiums in the Big Ten.
We were planning on buying tickets through the UM ticket office in order to sit with other Michigan fans, but we were told that the seats were at the mercy of the IU Athletic Dept. I don't mind having "bad" seats if it means I sit with fellow Wolverines, but we can easily get "bad" tickets from other sources for a cheaper price.
I guess my question can be both general and specific:
- Can anyone who has gone to a game @ IU comment on the seating of opposing fans?
- How "nice" are other B10 seats for opposing fans?
If anything I'm curious to know how other B10 stadiums seat their opposing fans, especially given that our own athletic department seats many opposing fans in the top rows in the SE corner of the stadium.
Charter Bus for Road Games?
Does anyone know of a bus company that will charter people for the away games? I saw quite a few charters at the Notre Dame game and figured that there would be one for Indiana, Purdue, Penn State or Ohio State. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Question about the 1979 Michigan-Indiana game
Without giving too much boring information, I live in South Carolina and my parents are big Clemson fans. I miraculously became a Michigan fan after seeing Desmond strike the pose in 1991. I was 6. I've been obsessed ever since.
I've seen the 1979 highlights countless times but growing up in SC and not being able to attend my first Michigan game until 2006, I don't get to talk Michigan football history with many people, aside from MGoBlog, forums, etc.
Was there anything significant about the Indiana game of 1979? I realize how ridiculously awesome Wangler to Carter is by itself but is there any storyline behind that game? I've just always wondered if that game had more context or if it was simply a great moment in Michigan football history. Can anyone help?
Baseball: BTT Games 1 & 2 Open Thread
Michigan doesn't play today, but they'll take the highest seed of the two teams winning. Game 1 is half way through with Iowa tying it up 4-4. The big surprise in this game is Purdue's coach Doug Schreiber starting their #2 starter and saving ace Matt Bischoff for game two. Well, despite a solid start from #2 Matt Morgan, he's been removed from the game after a Hawkeye 4-run 5th.
It's vital for a team to avoid the loser's bracket, especially those that don't get a bye. They'll have to win 6(!) games in a row to finish the tournament. That's 7 games in 5 days. No way any team has the arms to do that. By saving Bischoff for a potential winner's bracket game, Scheiber has essentially said we're winning it in 3 games or bust.
Indiana and Northwestern are due to start at 3:30pm ET. Both the current game and the 3:30pm are both being shown, as all games in the tournament, on BTN live.
Baseball: Conference Midpoint Recap
Side Note: Derek Dennis's status is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
With half of the Big Ten regular season complete, it's time to take a look at the conference to see where Michigan is and what it will take to get a good seed in the Big Ten Tournament. In this post, we'll walk through the series we've already completed and then look at the opponents we still have on the schedule.
So, for all you late comers to the baseball season, here's what you need to know.
Where We've Been
Series Record
Game One
|Wild and crazy high scoring affair as it goes back and forth
after Michigan was all but dead early. Dufek wins it in the
10th with a RBI double. Two bench clearings. Crazy.
Game Two
|Brosnahan is sporadic but his emotion carries him through
for the win in a well pitched game by both teams. Michigan's
early lead is enough to get by.
Game Three
|Katzman makes the start and can't get through the first. Yours
truly quits the game early as Michigan was down 17.
Outlook Then
For as exciting and tense as the first two games of the series
While not much has changed in terms of outlook, Indiana hasn't turned out just as good as I expected either. They've been quite inconsistent, with their top hitters going ice cold the weak after they torched us. That freeze of course happened against Ohio State, giving the Buckeyes a pretty easy 2-1 series victory. They did sweep Iowa, though, something Michigan couldn't do.
Series Record
Game One
|Alan Oaks continued to struggle and Michigan could do nothing
with Purdue's Matt Bischoff in the loss.
Game Two
|Big inning early and a solid Brosnahan start allows Michigan to
coast to a victory with Burgoon locking down the 8-9th.
Game Three
|Brandon Sinnery gets his first start and makes good. A 7-run
4th inning caps off Ryan LaMarre's POTW winning series.
Outlook Then
Michigan is going to continue to make decent to good pitchers
The loss to Bischoff is still nothing to worry about. It really would have helped for Michigan to get a sweep. Ohio State isn't on their schedule, but I'm not sure if that helps or hurts us. Purdue may be able to steal a game from the Buckeyes, or they may get blown out in all three.
Series Record
Game One
|Alan Oaks is back! 8 innings of great pitching and the offense
explodes for 17 runs? We're rolling.
Game Two
|The bats fall asleep and Brosnahan has his shaky start that
should be good enough for a win. Bad defense doesn't help.
Game Three
|After 3 ugly innings by both teams, Tyler Burgoon steps in and
shuts down the Illini for Pitcher OTW honors. Offense explodes
late, sparked by POTW Patrick Biondi.
Outlook Then
2-1 series win over a BTT contender will work. We really had
Things haven't changed much here in a week. Illinois lost 2 of 3 at Michigan State, which means the Spartans are just keeping pace with us.
Series Record
Game One
|Jarred Hippen is really good. He overshadowed anything
Michigan related in this game.
Game Two
|Due to rain in the forecast, it was a double header, & Hippen
momentum carried right through game 2. Michigan grabbed an
early lead then blew a big inning. Brosnahan's luck runs dry.
Game Three
|Michigan jumps ahead and, for the most part, stays ahead.
Offense finally shows up late in the game.
Outlook Then
1-2 isn't going to cut it. Losing one to Iowa in the Hippen
That happened. Nothing has happened in our season and it still stings. I can't wait for this weekend to come so I can get it out of my head. Plus, the Buckeyes did us a favor losing a home series to Penn State just so we could keep pace.
After the jump, we look at the present and then haphazardly predict the future.
Oversigning in NCAA Baseball
The BuckeyeNine interviewed Indiana's Tracy Smith in build up to their series this weekend. The last question had to do with the oversigning problem that Rich Maloney also laments about constantly, and the response is definitely worth a link.
Now, I do believe the Big Ten recognized this as a huge disadvantage for our league and instituted a rule change this year that allows schools to over sign up to one scholarship spread over two players.
It does help, but when other schools are over signing by 6-8 scholarships, the playing field is not even close to being even. The part that drives me nuts is nobody talks about this issue. Everyone wants to talk about weather, and huge stadiums, etc., as being the things the hold our conference back, but it's not. The issue of over-signing is the real problem.
My friends who coach at southern schools laugh when I tell them that we can't over-sign kids until our underclassmen physically sign a contact. They are like, "how in the heck do you guys recruit?" I have my response down to a science now, I put my hands behind my back and say, "like this."
Big Ten coaches in baseball haven't been able to sign players until their players who leave early for the draft actually sign their pro contracts in June-August. That leaves them potentially 2 months before school starts to find talent to replace their draft picks. So pretty much, they're left with no options as nearly everyone signs either in the fall or spring. What kid with talent is going to wait until after their summer season is over to decide to go to a school? Yeah, no one.
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Drive through the government precinct and see the historic Exhibition Buildings alongside the ultramodern Melbourne Museum. Next take in the bustling activity of Queen Victoria Markets where huge range of fresh produce, exotic foods, clothing and artifacts are sold amidst a chorus of stallholders. (Please note that the Queen Victoria Markets are not open Monday and Wednesday.) Amongst the glorious colors and smells of the Botanical Gardens enjoy morning tea near the banks of the Yarra River.
Drive by the Rod Laver Tennis Center that host the Australian Tennis Open each year continuing on to St Kilda, one of the most picturesque points of this bayside suburb. At Lake Albert you will enter the Australian Formula One Grand Prix track as you proceed back to the city center.
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(WZZM) - Whether you call them yard sales or garage sales, spring is the season for them. But a new trend in the practice is making them prominent year-round.
Facebook Online Yard Sales are popping up in nearly every west Michigan community. Michele Marie started the Greater Grand Rapids Online Yard Sale about seven months ago.
"My dad passed away and we had a lot of things we had to clear out and there were groups in Muskegon and I figured why shouldn't we have one in Grand Rapids also?"
The sites are free to sell or buy from, you simply type in the key words for you community and ask to be added. An administrator from the site will give you clearance and you are on your way.
"We don't want home-based businesses in there," explains Marie. "This is basically helping people clear out things in their house or find things at a cheaper price than they could at a store. It's people setting a price for what they think their items are worth and finding somebody willing to pay that price for it."
Similar to a traditional yard sale, in the online version, the early bird catches the worm. If you comment on an item that you are interested in, you are essentially telling that seller that you want to buy that item at that price. You are not committed to buying it, but it does give you first dibs on the item if you want it because on Facebook comments, everything is recorded by the date and time. Once you agree on a purchase, you send the seller a private message and arrange a transaction at an agreed upon location.
And even if you decide this online way isn't for you, if nothing else, it will help you with your traditional sales because in a matter of seconds, you can do a search for an item or find the going rate for something you're contemplating selling or buying.
Besides the Greater Grand Rapids Online Yard Sale, there is one for Muskegon, Norton Shores and many other towns as well as the new "Children's Item Yard Sale", among many others. If you live in a decent-sized community, chances are there is one on Facebook for your location too.
By typing some key words on your Facebook page like, "yard sale" or "garage sale," that should pull up a dozen or more sites.
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Q. I heard that it's not safe to get vaccines if you have rheumatoid arthritis. Does that mean I should not get a flu shot?
A. No. Flu shots are especially important for people with rheumatoid arthritis because the immunosuppressive drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can increase the risk of getting the flu and also slow recovery from flu in those who get it.
A vaccine deliberately exposes a person to an infectious substance so the immune system will create antibodies to ward off infection. Some vaccines are made from live viruses, and in people whose immune systems are compromised, such vaccines carry a small risk of causing the disease that the vaccine is designed to protect against.
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The Future Looks Bright (and very warm)
Friday, March 19, 2010
After a very long and arduous journey to all corners of the world, Argus, King of Pugsville, has settled on his new domain. Pugsville is now in the paradise otherwise known as Scottsdale, Arizona. But the new task is at hand, supervising the design and development of the perfect desert oasis for he and his royal subjects. Here, Argus is deep in thought over the plans for his garden, pond, and cool shady spots while basking in the warm late-winter sun. Or, maybe he's just basking in the sun. It doesn't matter, as the King of Pugsville may do whatever he likes, and he likes what he does.
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Trees and power lines are down across the county because of the storm.
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- Take a narrated 25-minute drive (approximate) through historic Nassau, as you make your way to the world-renowned Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
- Recalling the mythic lost island city in breathtaking detail, Atlantis is home to the world's largest open-air marine habitat, where 14 fascinating exhibits and 13 sparkling lagoons brim with more than 50,000 sea creatures representing 250 species.
- Enjoy an approximate 45-minute guided tour of the "ruins" of ancient Atlantis at The Dig, which is an elaborate replica of an archeological site. Explore a labyrinth of underground passageways where age-old hieroglyphs mingle with large viewing windows filled with exotic marine life - from docile sea lions and manta rays to fierce-looking piranha and gigantic lobsters.
- Stroll through Predator Lagoon, where you can get an up-close look at such fearsome fish as sharks and barracudas from the safety of an underwater tunnel and learn about the habits of these creatures of the deep from your friendly guide.
- After the tour, feel free to enjoy the rest of the afternoon as you desire: You can visit the casino, if interested, spend some time shopping in the Marina Village or simply wander through the impressive lobby of the Royal Towers.
- After your visit, make your way back to the designated pick-up point and begin the approximate 15-minute drive back to the pier. Note: Return transport runs every half hour and Guests choose their own return time.
- This excursion includes an approximate 15-minute walk to and from the pick-up point and a minimum of 0.4 miles of walking at Atlantis. Because of this, Guests are encouraged to wear comfortable walking shoes.
- Guests are encouraged to bring credit cards to purchase optional extras, such as souvenirs or food and beverage. Many outlets at Atlantis do not accept cash.
- Guests should note that only credit cards are accepted at some kiosks and restaurants.
- Wheelchairs need to be standard size and collapsible; no electric wheelchairs permitted. Guests must be able to board and debark the bus or mini-van on their own.
- This excursion is stroller accessible. However, some portions of the tour may require Guests to fold accompanying strollers. Lightweight strollers are recommended.
- This is a guided tour of the Aquarium. The use of pools, water slides and beach areas is not included in this excursion.
- Due to extreme limited availability of this excursion, Guests are encouraged to book early.
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Premiering on Friday, September 25th, 1970 on the ABC television network, The Partridge Family was the follow-up-to-the Monkees brainchild of Screen Gems studio Executive Producer Bob Claver. Casting bankable Broadway and film star Shirley Jones as the mother of five musically talented children and the nervous driver of a psychedelic bus, step-son David Cassidy as the Davy Jones freshly-scrubbed face of the clan, Susan Dey as the cute one and Danny Bonaduce as comedy relief. Screen Gems had a hit show and, as planned, a slew of hit songs, albums and lunch pails.
A few of the songs were classically gummy enough to be included her but, regardless, the session work produced by Paul Witt and Wes Farrell and played by the L.A. "Wrecking Crew" were top-notch Top 40 fare. Proven hit writers such as Tony Romeo (Cowsills' Indian Lake), Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (Monkees' Last Train To Clarksville), Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Well, combined with the underrated singing of David Cassidy and the musical chops of Hal Blaine (drums), Mike Melvoin (piano), and the rest of the "crew" make all the Partridge Family records worthy of a listen or two.
The Partridge Family Album (Bell 6050) 1970
The Partridge Family Up To Date (Bell 6059) 1971
The Partridge Family Sound Magazine (Bell 6064) 1971
The Partridge Family Christmas Card (Bell 6066) 1971
The Partridge Family Shopping Bag (Bell 6072) 1972
The Partridge Family Notebook (Bell 1111) 1972
The Partridge Family Crossword Puzzle (Bell 1122) 1972
The Partridge Family At Home With Their Greatest Hits (Bell 1107) 1972
The Partridge Family Bulletin Board (Bell 1137) 1973
The World Of The Partridge Family (Bell 1319) 1974
I Think I Love You/Somebody Wants To Love You (Bell 910) 1970
Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted/You Are Always On My Mind (Bell 963) 1971
I'll Meet You Halfway/Morning Rider On The Road (Bell 996) 1971
I Woke Up In Love This Morning/Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Bell 45-130) 1971
It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)/One Night Stand (Bell 45-160) 1971
Am I Losing You/If You Ever Go (Bell 45-200) 1972
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do/I'm Here, You're Here (Bell 45-235) 1972
Looking Through The Eyes Of Love/Storybook Love (Bell 45-301) 1972
Friend And A Lover/Something's Wrong (Bell 45-336) 1973
Lookin' For A Good Time/Money, Money (Bell 45-414) 1973
From the August 1999 issue of KEYBOARD magazine:
ALBUM: Partridge Family, Up to Date
KEYBOARDS: Mike Melvoin
Okay, two things we must get out of the way: First, Mike Melvoin is not only the father of former Prince keyboardist Wendy, but also of Jonathan Melvoin, former keyboard player for the Smashing Pumpkins, who sadly overdosed while on tour. Second, the Partridge Family was not a "real" band, but in fact an assemblage of choice studio musicians and writers, fronted by David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. Writers for the series included everyone from Paul Anka to Rupert Holmes, the team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, producer Wes Farrell, David Cassidy himself, and my favorite, Tony Romero, writer of the group's biggest hit, "I Think I Love You." The musicians included drummer Hal Blaine and guitarists Larry Carlton and Tommy Tedesco, backed by the keyboards and string/horn arrangements of Mike Melvoin.
In listening to this record, one must suspend certain prejudices against early '70s pop music, most notably against the lyrical content and over-earnest back-up singers. It's in the arrangements and melodies that we find true greatness, and Mike Melvoin is no stranger to greatness. Having worked with Quincy Jones, the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, and too many others to list, Melvoin has been on many recordings you've probably heard. As a piano player, he shines brightly on Up to Date, starting off the record with the piano riff of I'll Meet You Halfway played against lush string arrangement and Wes Farrell's rhythmic arrangement. These two gel so well, they almost make it seem easy -- almost. Follow any instrument through the song, and you'll hear finesse of harmonic stacking and melodic interplay, something that has become a lost art. Melvoin's role on this album is huge; listen to his piano riffs and chords on Romeo's brilliant You Were Always On My Mind or the way-cool I'm Here, You're Here with its '60s organ licks. He even uses harpsichord on Umbrella Man. This disc is a buried treasure for arrangers, composers, and multi-dimensional keyboard players!
Also recommended: Partridge Family, Sound Magazine.


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|The Project
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|Wednesday, 25 August 2010 00:00
UPDATE (August, 2010)
Current NZ Wilding Conifer Management Group members are:
DOC, Forest companies, Environment Bay of Plenty, Environment Waikato, Hawkes Bay Regional Council, Horizons Regional Council, Tasman District Council, Marlborough District Council, Environment Canterbury, Environment Southland, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Land Information NZ, High Country Federated Farmers, Landcorp Farming, Royal Forest and Bird Society, Scion
Below is a brief update to explain how we have got where we are over the last 18 months:
On July 24, 2009, the South Island Wilding Conifer Management Group met at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch – at the end of 3 years of research, funded by MAF's Sustainable Farming Fund and nine stakeholders.
At the meeting, there was agreement that the impetus of the Group's wilding work needed to be maintained. Members wanted to see the website continued and further development of the Google Earth risk assessment package. In addition, there was discussion about the continuation of the vegetation succession research. To this end there was an application to MAF for SFF funding to complete work within existing Milestones, using some 'carry-over' funds remaining from the 2006-09 project
MAF agreed to a short term extension through to December 1, 2009. This, together with funding from the Group's fifteen members, allowed a research programme to continue through to June 30, 2010. During this period, the focus was on creating more user-friendly risk mapping and demonstrating this to endusers, organising visits to properties with wilding issues, assessing vegetation successions associated with conifer control, and maintaining awareness via the website.
As the wilding research activities extended more into the North Island, the name of the Group was changed to the New Zealand Wilding Conifer Management Group (formerly it was the South Island WCMG). If you wish see a summary of work during this period to June, 2010, look at the mid-2010 Newsletter (link to Newsletter).
At the end of this period, a meeting on July 24 at the School of Forestry, Canterbury University, Christchurch, was attended by 16 members. These represented DOC (2), Councils (4), forestry companies (4), Fed Farmers (1), LINZ (1), MAF (1) and Scion (3). Last year's research results were presented in the form of a report on vegetation successions following wilding control (link), plus Ppt addresses on other topics (link). All these (see links above), plus the meeting minutes (link) can be accessed on this website.
As at the meeting a year before, there was 100% support for the further continuation of the Group through 2010-11. This was endorsed by emails from non-attendees before and after the meeting. The main purpose is for the Group to become a national wilding 'umbrella entity, with the core function of gathering and sharing information (mainly via website), contributing towards a national policy and lobbying for regulatory changes and additional funding. It was agreed that if we do not satisfy members that we have achieved this after one year, then we will go our separate ways. Hamish Roxburgh was re-elected as Chairman, with Thomas Paul and Graham Coker (Scion) maintaining the website, and Nick Ledgard continuing as Manager. A Steering Committee of representative(s) from the main member agencies (see above) was elected.
Since that meeting, the Group Agreement has been modified and will be presented at a Steering Committee meeting on October 20, 2010. Go to (give link) to see the Agenda for this meeting.
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HELP! How do I Restore a .V2I file using symantec ghost 10.5 ?
I'm kinda in a wierd situation at work, where someone ghosted a machine and it created a .V2I file. All I have is Symantec Ghost 10.5 to try and restore it, but I don't have any luck at all. I tried creating the boot disc, but when loading the .V2I file. It just errors out.
Can someone explain to me What I need to do with ghost 10.5 to load an image in the .V2I format?
I'm lost and this has become a priority here at work. Please help me.
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Can you please clarify on few things:
1. There arent no such thing as ghost 10.5. There is ghost 11.0.x (GSS 2.0) and Ghost 11.5.x (GSS 2.5). Prior to that there was Ghost 8.3 (GSS 1.1).
2. If someone has created V2I image that this was clearly not taken with "Classic Ghost" but rather with PowerQuest technology that was rebranded as "Norton Ghost for consumers".
Now, if you have V2i and you have Ghost 11.5 you can restore you V2I image. Classic Ghost that comes with Ghost Solution Suite (or Ghost for Enterprises) can restore those image via V2iDiskLib.dll library. You'll need to find this lib either in \windows\system32 or in \program files\symantec\ghost folder and manually copy it to the same place where you are running ghost32.exe from. You can only deploy V2i images from Windows or Winpe environment.
Hope this helps.


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Bloodshot Records celebrates 15th anniversary with concert series
Music lovers know that you can't judge an album by its cover, but often the record label is a fairly strong hint about the quality of the music inside. Most of the truly great record labels -- Stax/Volt, Blue Note, Motown, SST, Decca -- are so synonymous with a certain sound that you get a pretty good clue about what kind of music you're getting, too.
Chicago's Bloodshot Records -- celebrating its 15th year in business with a series of concerts, beginning Saturday night in Pittsburgh -- isn't quite at the aforementioned labels' level (yet). But for anyone interested in great roots-based rock 'n' roll, anything with the "Bloodshot Records" label is always worth listening to.
"It's all got some kind of roots or classic American tropes running through it, be it the Bottle Rockets or some more overtly country stuff like Wayne Hancock, or soul music like the Detroit Cobras," says Bloodshot co-founder Rob Miller.
"I kind of go through life thinking everyone's record collection is full of the Cramps and Howlin' Wolf, and Johnny Cash and Sex Pistols, and people don't really draw distinct lines between them -- well, I've discovered that's not really the case. We just like artists who take these traditional forms and molest them in their own special way and come up with something new and fresh."
The Bloodshot Beer-B-Q at the Smiling Moose in the South Side shows off Bloodshot's irreverent diversity rather well, with six bands, starting with the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
"They have a great love of Morrissey-era Britpop, and funnel that through a love of more punk stuff and the Pogues," Miller says. "It's kind of a raggedy collective -- they get up there and sing broken-hearted love songs about how your ex-girlfriend is a jerk.
"The Dex Romweber Duo -- you may know him from the Flat Duo Jets. He just recorded a seven-inch (single) with Jack White (of the White Stripes), a longtime admirer. Ha Ha Tonka have been getting a lot of Kings of Leon comparisons. They're from the Ozarks, really tight, really good. The Deadstring Brothers are like (the Rolling Stones') 'Exile on Main Street' as seen through the eyes of Detroit."
So Bloodshot is a little bit rock, a little bit country -- and you might as well throw in soul, punk, pop, bluegrass, blues and soul while you're at it. But after a few fantastic albums in the mid-'90s by Neko Case, The Old 97s and others, the "alternative country" tag has been hard to shake. Miller feels that's too simplistic, and the label doesn't get credit for its diversity.
"I think it's incredibly limiting," Miller says. "It's a term that when everyone coined (it), everyone here would just roll our eyes. Here, you're taking this incredibly broad spectrum of sounds and influences, capabilities and competencies and whatever, and just lumping it into a little glib hyphenate.
"On my good days, I just ignore it, and on my bad days I just want to go in my basement and hit things with a baseball bat. It just cheapens the whole thing."
The Beer-B-Q is an attempt to re-create Bloodshot Records' legendary events in Austin, Texas, during the South By Southwest conference, which started way back before anyone had heard of the label.
"The Pittsburgh one is free. We have six bands, there's food, if not free, extremely inexpensive beer specials, it's on the Fourth of July, there's an intermission to watch the fireworks, and the Bottle Rockets are headlining," Miller says. "Who better on the Fourth of July than the Bottle Rockets?"
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Sup guys, I have a weird problem here:
i bout a 2nd hand pc, wich had windows home premium along with the aforementioned card, 3gb ram (ddr2 800) and athlon II x3 2.7GHz. I have a very graphically minimalist CFG (lightmapped, low texture ql, 1024x720, trilinear filter, curved surfaces set as "performance", no skybox, no effect no nothing, not even dynamic lights).
when I had this pc with the old OS, and ****ty drivers, every map was stuck at 120fps, no fluctuation (my monitor is 60hz so I set com_maxfps 120 for "smoothness") now I formated the C drive, Installed windows 7 pro 32bits, I used the amd driver detector software and It installed CCC legacy driver 13.1 and now every ****ing map struggles to get 115-100 fps... why is that? can Anyone point me why the SAME config with worst OS performed better than a newly formated pc with a better OS? is the video driver right? wich is the best driver for quakelive? what can I do? because with this pc (I know is low end, but still) I think I should be able to max out almost everything in QL (i can run a LOT of more mothern games very smoothly it just sucks at QUAKELIVE with this new driver)
can someone help me please? the FPS fluctuation is ****ing my LG and RL :/


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Last week large numbers of supposed feminists on Twitter were exposed as trolls associated with the notorious troll citadel 4chan, and at least two of the most dubious Twitter hashtags, including #EndFathersDay turned out to be their work, part of an orchestrated mass trolling called "Operation Lollipop".
Everyone writing about the subject naturally concludes that it confirms their existing point of view. Lola Okolosie and Laurie Penny, writing in The Guardian, saw the whole thing as an extinction burst.
The reason sexist trolls fretting alone in their bedrooms are frightened of political women online, particularly women of colour, is the same reason they won't win. Despite our differences, and even because of our differences, we are powerful, and we are many, and this is our time, not theirs.
Meanwhile the former Communists turned right-libertarians of Spiked Online consider the whole thing to be a useful parody.
There is something pretty pompous about the rigid etiquette of the Twitter activists' call-out culture that begs to be mocked.
If hashtag activism is easily parodied, then that shows what is wrong with it. By drawing out the excessiveness of hashtags like #SolidarityisforWhiteWomen or #KillAllMen, the 4channers were doing everyone a favour. The wisest point about Twitter was made by playwright Steven Berkoff: if you jump in a dustbin you cannot complain that you are covered in rubbish.
The whole thing does seem like a very good practical demonsration of Poe's Law, which states:
Without a blatant display of humour, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.
And that's true about this. By no means everyone who picked up and ran with their fake hashtags were 4chan's adolescent racists and sexists. And quite a few right-wing anti-feminist types, including the arch misogynist Paul Elam fell for it too.
What it has done is exposed the weaknesses of "Hashtag activism". Twitter's 140-character limit means activist soundbites are stripped of all context and nuance, and Twitter always tends to magnify the loudest voices at the expense of the wisest. Even well-intentioned hashtags frequently become toxic as more people jump on, and nobody can control or moderate them.
Whether it will lead to any self-reflection remains to be seen. I'm not holding my breath.


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Sheryl Crow Tells Us: Second Adoption Kept "Falling Apart"
Sheryl Crow, who recently adopted her second 1-month-old son Levi, says being a single mother of two isn't that hectic, thanks to her 3-year-old son, Wyatt.
"He gives baths, he helps burp him, changes his diaper," she told UsMagazine.com Wednesday at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville. "It's really cute."
PHOTOS: CMT Music Awards style
Crow told Us Wyatt was aware early on that she wanted to adopt a second baby.
It wasn't an easy process.
PHOTOS: Sheryl Crow and all of the celebs at Us' Hot Hollywood bash
"We've been going through this for a year -- Getting ready for a baby; it falling apart; getting ready for a baby; the mom changing her mind," Crow told Us. "So [now] we were excited but conservatively excited."
What's it like returning to the red carpet?
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An hour-and-a-half before slipping into her white Basix sheath, "I was in sweats bottle feeding one, reading to the other," Crow told Us. "You make it happen."