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Location: Food and Feed Safety Research
Project Number: 6435-42000-021-15-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Aug 1, 2008
End Date: Sep 30, 2012
Identify stress factors and modify biochemical feed stocks that can influence the production of legume phytochemicals. Test individual combinations of phytochemicals in human model systems. Characterize procedures that can enhance the levels of natural products having estrogenic, anticancer, or potential cancer preventative activities. Perform computer modeling of potential phytoalexin structures for PPAR agonist activity.
Soybean cultivars will initially be grown under well-controlled test tube conditions. After various growth periods, roots will be harvested and their natural products extracted. Selected compounds will be purified and identified using HPLC and various instrumental methods applicable to organic structural characterization such as MS, NMR, IR, and UV. These experiments will then be repeated in the presence of various stress factors such as cyst root nematodes, and in the presence of modified biochemical feed stocks such as aryl-substituted phenylalanine and cinnamic acid derivatives, in order to determine useful elicitation methods and to produce altered phytochemical materials, respectively. Interesting components will again be purified and identified, after which the pharmacologic properties for all materials will be assessed as either individual or combinations of phytochemicals using in vitro models for estrogenic, anticancer, and potential cancer preventative activities. The most promising natural products will be produced in larger quantities by scaling-up the appropriate controlled-growth conditions and by conducting chemical synthesis, as necessary, to support further pharmacological assessments in an expeditious manner. The latter will involve the use of in vivo models indicative of potential estrogenic activity, anticancer therapy, or cancer prevention in humans. Useful growing conditions connected to the most pharmacologically promising compounds or mixtures of components, will be extended to greenhouse settings and eventually to field environments.

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During a kidney biopsy — also called renal biopsy — your doctor removes a small piece of kidney tissue to examine under a microscope for signs of damage or disease.
Your doctor may recommend a kidney biopsy to diagnose a suspected kidney problem, determine the severity of kidney disease or monitor treatment for kidney disease. You also may need a kidney biopsy if you've had a kidney transplant that's not working properly.
Most often, a doctor performs a kidney biopsy by inserting a thin needle through the skin — a procedure known as percutaneous kidney biopsy. An imaging device helps the doctor guide the needle into the kidney to remove tissue.
A liver biopsy is a procedure to remove a small piece of liver tissue, so it can be examined under a microscope for signs of damage or disease. Your doctor may recommend a liver biopsy if blood tests or imaging studies suggest you might have a liver problem. A liver biopsy is also used to determine the severity of liver disease. This information helps guide treatment decisions.
The most common type of liver biopsy is called percutaneous liver biopsy. It involves inserting a thin needle through your abdomen into the liver and removing a small piece of tissue. Two other types of liver biopsy — one using a vein in the neck (transjugular) and the other using a small abdominal incision (laparoscopic) — also remove liver tissue with a needle.
Lumpectomy (lum-PEK-tuh-me) is surgery to remove cancer or other abnormal tissue from your breast.
Lumpectomy is also called breast-conserving surgery or wide local excision because — unlike a mastectomy — only a portion of the breast is removed. Doctors may also refer to lumpectomy as an excisional biopsy.
During lumpectomy, a small amount of normal tissue around the lump (also described as clean or normal margins of breast tissue) also is taken to help ensure that all the cancer or other abnormal tissue is removed.
Lumpectomy helps confirm a diagnosis of cancer or rule it out. Lumpectomy is also a first treatment option for some women with early-stage breast cancer. In cases where cancer is found, lumpectomy usually is followed by radiation therapy to the breast to reduce the chances of cancer returning.
Lung cancer screening is a test to look for signs of lung cancer in otherwise healthy people. Lung cancer screening is recommended for older adults who are longtime smokers.
Doctors use a low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scan of the lungs to look for lung cancer. If lung cancer is detected at a very early stage, it may be more likely to be cured.
Discuss the benefits and risks of lung cancer screening with your doctor. Together you can review your risk of lung cancer and decide whether screening is right for you.
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a new way to image the body. It works by combining MRI imaging with sound waves to create a visual map (elastogram) showing the stiffness of body tissues.
MRE is used to detect hardening of the liver caused by many kinds of chronic liver disease. MRE also has potential as a noninvasive way to diagnose diseases in other parts of the body.
MRE was invented at Mayo Clinic. The test is available there and at various other centers. It's usually done as part of a conventional MRI exam.
A mammogram is an X-ray image of your breast used to screen for breast cancer. Mammograms play a key role in early breast cancer detection and help decrease breast cancer deaths.
During a mammogram, your breasts are compressed between two firm surfaces to spread out the breast tissue. Then an X-ray captures black-and-white images of your breasts that are displayed on a computer screen and examined by a doctor who looks for signs of cancer.
A mammogram can be used either for screening or for diagnostic purposes. How often you should have a mammogram depends on your age and your risk of breast cancer.
Mastectomy is surgery to remove all breast tissue from a breast as a way to treat or prevent breast cancer.
For those with early-stage breast cancer, mastectomy may be one treatment option. Breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), in which only the tumor is removed from the breast, may be another option.
Deciding between mastectomy and lumpectomy can be difficult. Both procedures are equally effective for preventing a recurrence of breast cancer. But lumpectomy isn't an option for everyone with breast cancer, and others prefer to undergo a mastectomy.
Newer mastectomy techniques can preserve breast skin and allow for a more natural breast appearance following the procedure. This is also known as skin-sparing mastectomy.
Surgery to restore shape to your breast — called breast reconstruction — may be done at the same time as your mastectomy or during a second operation at a later date.
Mohs surgery is a precise surgical technique used to treat skin cancer. During Mohs surgery, layers of cancer-containing skin are progressively removed and examined until only cancer-free tissue remains. Mohs surgery is also known as Mohs micrographic surgery.
The goal of Mohs surgery is to remove as much of the skin cancer as possible, while doing minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Mohs surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis using a local anesthetic.
Mohs surgery is an improvement to standard surgery (local excision), which involves removing the visible cancer and a small margin of healthy tissue all at once. Mohs surgery allows surgeons to verify that all cancer cells have been removed at the time of surgery. This increases the chance of a cure and reduces the need for additional treatments or additional surgery.
A needle biopsy is a procedure to obtain a sample of cells from your body for laboratory testing. Common needle biopsy procedures include fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsy. Needle biopsy may be used to take tissue or fluid samples from muscles, bones and organs, such as the liver or lungs.
Oral cancer screening is an examination performed by a dentist or doctor to look for signs of cancer or precancerous conditions in your mouth.
The goal of oral cancer screening is to identify mouth cancer early, when there is a greater chance for a cure.
Most dentists perform an examination of your mouth during a routine dental visit to screen for oral cancer. Some dentists may use additional tests to aid in identifying areas of abnormal cells in your mouth.
Medical organizations disagree on whether healthy people without risk factors for mouth cancer need oral cancer screening. No single oral exam or oral cancer screening test is proved to reduce the risk of dying of oral cancer. Still, you and your dentist may decide that an oral exam or a special test is right for you based on your risk factors.


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September 23, 2012
Routt County rancher Jim Stanko uses a brush hog on a field Sunday as he prepares his ranch for winter. A climate expert with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction is predicting an El Nino winter will bring less snowfall than normal to Steamboat Springs.
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National Weather Service predicting below average snowfall for Steamboat
Big snow year or not, Routt County ranchers prepare for ensuing temperature drops
If the height of false-hellebore accurately predicts the ferocity of winter in Steamboat Springs, skiers are in for a big disappointment this year.
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text: I have a '04 colorado and bought new rims which make the tires stick out past the stock fenders. I have been lookin for the bolt on style fenders such as the ones made my bushwacker but have not been able to find any that are made to fit my truck. I was wondering if anyone has come across a place that has them for colorados or if anyone knows if you can buy them to say fit a silverado or gmc sierra and then modify them to fit a colorado. Thanks.


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Cerezha, just in case you missed it.
Two pages of cunningly worded argument aimed at boxing MP into some kind of corner, will not change that.
Cerezha, just in case you missed it.
Two pages of cunningly worded argument aimed at boxing MP into some kind of corner, will not change that.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
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Серёжа, Sergey
Cerezha you misquoted me in the above post. I would prefer in future that if I am quoted, only the words I said please. IE, don't attribute the words of others, to me.
My losses?
I have 2 separate groups of hives, treatment free, and treated. The losses of the TF hives are a little hard to define because they have been started from just one hive and built up by constant splitting. However I have slowed this process over the last year & allowed to die anything that was overrun by varroa, except for 4 hives I took out of the program and treated. All up losses over the last two years are something around 50%, depending on how and when you define hive numbers.
Of the treated hives, losses are basically zero this year. However it depends how you define a loss. Couple hives got robbed due to poor management on my part and by the time I picked it up, one was queenless and almost a write off. However I combined a nuc with it, so would you call this a loss? Don't know. There's been other hives I've intervened to save such as one 2 days ago that had a drone laying queen I requeened it.
So if you are talking about actual complete losses of the treated hives, I could claim zero this year. But if you count ones that had to have a nuc added, or some other major intervention, 3 to 5 hives depending how you define it, so out of my 100 or so hives, 3 to 5 percent.
This does not make me a better beekeeper than anyone in the US with higher losses. US is a much harder climate for bees, and the commercial beekeepers do not have the luxury of only running 100 hives and being able to give a lot of time to each one.
What is the point of your question?
Last edited by Oldtimer; 05-17-2013 at 02:31 AM.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Loses below baseline - good beekeeping practice! Now we just need to establish the baseline.
Last edited by cerezha; 05-17-2013 at 03:12 AM. Reason: added last paragraph
Серёжа, Sergey
95% of the responders where backyard beekeepers which if the city bees are doing better than country bees may mean these numbers are actually low.
Back In February there where stories every where you turned about the shortage of bees for California.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
How many acres didn't get pollinated?
Mark Berninghausen
No idea I didn't write the reports. Better question is. How many acres did not get adequate bees to maximize pollination. My bet is all of them.
I know I saw at least one report on a broker that was not able to fill contracts for even long standing customers. How many acres did not get served. I do not know.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Oh. An all time record crop. What a surprise I thought there were stories everywhere.
Back In February there where stories every where.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
I'm not sure you can call 'pre-varroa' natural losses. There were pesticide kills of colonies prior to varroa and neonics. There was AFB. There was PPB.In the light of THIS discussion, it is easy: 10% natural loss, not from neonics, not from varroa; 20% - non-best beekeeping practice, which may include everything including varroa, chemicals, pollination (transportation), stress etc.
I think varroa and the viruses they transmit are a moving target when it comes to control. From the few anecdotal reports I hear it sounds like the beekeepers that assume they have varroa and have adjusted the way they keep bees are successful. Those who state they treated for varroa and done things as they always have are sometimes surprised by large losses.
Almonds Update:
May 2013
The monthly shipment report was released today and California shipped 129.5
million pounds of almonds in April, down 12.8% from shipments of 148.5
million a year ago. Domestic shipments were up by nearly 13% to 51.3
million pounds, but exports at 78.2 million pounds were sharply weaker with
very few bright spots.
The Subjective Estimate was released last week forecasting the 2013 crop at
2.00 billion pounds. The market was uninspired by the news. A few weeks
earlier new crop had already been slated by a California exporter report at
1.96 billion. The Subjective seemed to confirm the outlook. Current crop got
a bump out of the new crop forecasts, but subsequently slipping back as
sellers emerged and buyers remained reticent.
My understanding is that it is premature to make any conclusions regarding Cal Almonds-2013. As a commodity, almonds are subject of heavy "political/economical" games. It is absolutely not in the interest of almond producers to report decrease in the crop production. We will know the real situation next April, when supply will exhausted (hopefully not!)
Серёжа, Sergey
(1) In Southern-Western part of US, ANY treatment is not effective.
(2) in Northern-Eastern US part - only 2 chemicals (I forgot the names) are approximately 10% effective.
(3) that's it!
In this sense, best beekeeping practice approach, is sounded more effective than chemical treatment alone, which is no surprise, right?
Серёжа, Sergey
Last edited by Oldtimer; 05-17-2013 at 04:17 PM.
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How do I know this is going on? I am an inspector for my government and looking at other peoples hives I see it all the time.
That is why results will vary from one beekeeper to another, in the same area.
But if a survey was taken, those beekeepers with bees that did well and they felt no need to treat them, will put them down as untreated survivors. But the ones with hives that did get sick, and were finally treated but died anyway, are put down as treated hives that died.
When I'm inspecting, I'm constantly (daily) coming across dying hives, that when the beekeeper has finally noticed, has belatedly put some treatment into. The treatment is often not done right. I get paid to inspect, not do their beekeeping for them. But none the less, if they are there and ask me to, I will sometimes make a few little tweaks, that will save the hive, which would otherwise have perished.
It is not the beekeepers fault, they lack experience, and simply do the best they can.
Other thing, I'll sometimes find a hive crawling with mites and in trouble. I tell the owner, and they say, can't have any mites, I just treated it. It will always turn out they 1. treated ineffectively, and 2. didn't check afterwards to see if it worked.
It's those kind of things skew surveys.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Also, it looks like the increase related to increase of almonds acreage.
Серёжа, Sergey
Very possible. Won't know till full & final data comes out.
I just posted what I did, as what you selected to quote made it appear the harvest was smaller. But reading your quoted article in it's wholeness showed the harvest was not smaller.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Yes it appears bearing acreage increased by 20,000 meaning that the additional hive demand was probably in the 30 to 40,000 hive range.
Bees clearly were a bit short this year, no doubt about it, but there clearly had to have been a lot of good hives out there to pick up the slack or they wouldn't be projecting a record crop.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Total production is useless. yield per acre is what you need to show.
Yeild per acre 2011, 2670 lbs. 2012 2560
In 2011 2.06 billion lbs of almonds where produced on 760,000 acres yet in 2012 only 1.98 billion lbs where produced even though ti was grow on 780,000 acres. 20,000 more acres required to keep the losses at only 80 million lbs.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)


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Ok, I do this every year and hope we get a LB every year only to be extremely disappointed, but what do you guys think about the 2015 crop of LBs most likely hitting the NFL?
Anyone you like not on this list?
I was glad to see Dyshawn Davis from Cuse getting some love at CBS. I think he will have a very good year this year for the Orange.


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Divide the State of California
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Jul 2, 2012
What made sense some years ago about a state that consists of such disparate places should be called into question at this time.
IMHO the state of California has gotten past the point of being merely dysfunctional.
I make the modest proposal that the state get divided into three states that can reflect better the views of the people they represent, and not have to deal with other parts of the state, where constituents may have another point of view.
Status quo has not worked for years. J. Brown and Prop 13 got it started, and the California train has been wobbling off the rails for some time.
I take a view that is common in business. There are times when something leads to a reorganization of a company in order to be more effective in how it serves its customers.
I have spent some time in local volunteer government service, and I have an appreciation for how it has challenges that are different than what commercial companies face. That said...
Bottom Line? My assertion is that California is too big and needs to be re-organized. 3 States.
Comments (14)
a resident of Green Acres
on Jul 2, 2012 at 12:26 pm
No dividing the state. There would be one two great states and one lesser state that would depend on the usual 'red-state-welfare' that all the small red flyovers depend on from the Federal Government.
Of course, it would be easier to suggest to certain posters that they have a new home close at hand....
Keep California whole -- the great blue state in America.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 2, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Dividing California will never happen if it comes to popular vote. Both Southern California and Central California need North California's water. Southern California has enough votes to not let the measure pass.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 2, 2012 at 7:52 pm
People have been talking about splitting California into 2 or more pieces ever since California became a state. None of these proposals have ever gotten support from more than a few percent of our residents and I see even less reason to split now than 100 years ago.
a resident of another community
on Jul 2, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Better idea:
Give the whole state back to Mexico.
They are going to get it eventually anyway. Might as well do it under mutually agreeable terms now.
a resident of another community
on Jul 2, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Outside observer.......really ???
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jul 2, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Essentially almost all of the NorCal Counties & Cities/Towns outside of the Bay Area are hurting for tax revenue. They rely upon the wealthier counties' tax money to help balance their budgets.
Divide up the state and counties such as Shasta, Modoc, Trinity, Glen --- they would all default without funds coming in from the Bay Area, LA, OrCo and SD regions. Especially the school districts up there.
Not a good idea if you have the greater good in mind.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2012 at 10:29 am
Hetch hetchy would go with central California. We take our water from others too.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jul 3, 2012 at 10:44 am
"Hetch hetchy would go with central California."
Hetch Hetchy is Dept of interior land, would not belong to 'East Cal', and under various acts of Congress, the water goes to SF, and the Peninsula.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2012 at 11:32 am
I get that. The were just comments about where LA gets its water and SF area gets it from elsewhere as well. I would not expect that to end even with a state split up. Just tired of the "they steal our water crowd" when in actuality SF has no local water that it uses. It is piped in from elsewhere.
a resident of Stanford
on Jul 3, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Funny, I was thinking about this recently. Your idea of THREE states is especially intriguing. It's time, I agree, as the state's problems are truly dire.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jul 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Interesting idea - how about the coastal cities vs. the non-coastal cities.
a resident of Green Acres
on Jul 5, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Divide into 3 states -- North South Inland.
Picks up 2 more Democratic Senators, maybe 3 if we can sell a blue dog to Inland.
Works for me.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 5, 2012 at 3:24 pm
If California divides, other states will demand the same thing. For example, Alaska could divide by 10, with about 19 Republican Senators.
Paul Losch is shooting blanks on this one. Amusing, though!
a resident of Green Acres
on Jul 5, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Of course it's idle amusement. As amusing as it would be to have the ten Alaska states fight over which ones get the oil fields, and the end of oil company sponsored socialism with every resident getting a check.
Speaking of Alaska, local write Michael Chabon's fun followup to the great 'Amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay' was 'The Yiddish Policeman's Union', set in Alaska, with a twist. Ad no, it ain't about public safety worker unions!
Good summer read.
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ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter 199, July 7, 2000
ARSC SGI Cluster and the T3E[ Editor's Note:
Many thanks to Don Morton of the University of Montana, who provided this article.
ARSC is investigating different cluster technologies and has been developing the SGI cluster described below. The ARSC SGI cluster isn't quite ready for general use, but interested users are encouraged to contact us for more information.
Don helped solve and identify several technical issues, and as always, it was great sharing our space with him on his annual migration north. ]
With the evolution of Linux during the 1990's, it became a natural to utilize it on PC's to build low-cost parallel computing environments which could be used to continue research activities and to train students in parallel computing. The key to all of this was to make use of software that could be used in both supercomputing and low-cost cluster environments.
During the last half of June, I came up to Fairbanks for the purpose of helping ARSC configure a cluster of SGI workstations that might ultimately be used as a training platform in parallel computing, and a launching point for use of higher-end architectures such as yukon. The primary goal was to try out software that would make a cluster manageable for this task, while offering a user interface somewhat similar to that on the CRAY T3E.
This work was well-supported by ARSC, in particular Liam Forbes and Dale Clark who performed the software installations for me.
This article focuses on the use, testing, and installation of MPI on ARSC's SGI cluster, an evolving Linux cluster at UAF's Physics Department, a Solaris cluster at The University of Montana, and ARSC's Cray T3E (yukon).
Native MPI on the SGI ClusterMessage Passing Interface (MPI), a standard which defines widely-used programming interfaces for parallel programming, is a logical tool for achieving portability of programs across a wide range of parallel architectures. With MPI it's quite easy to learn and develop parallel codes on low-cost clusters and then move them to supercomputers without any sort of modification. So, MPI is a logical first-step towards achieving common environments between low-cost clusters and supercomputers.
The SGI cluster, by default, has a native implementation of MPI. This implementation is integrated into the "arrayd" environment which offers a high-level interface to the cluster environment. For example, one may execute the command "array who" to get a list of the users on the cluster.
"arrayd" is an SGI attempt at creating a single, unified view of the cluster. Though I didn't investigate it fully, it appears to do this to some degree. On the other hand, "arrayd" is not typically found on other cluster platforms, so doesn't fit in with the goal of establishing common environments across parallel platforms.
To run a simple, parallel, Hello World program across the SGI cluster, using the native MPI environment, one must specify the hosts to run on. In my opinion, this forces the user to become a little too "intimate" with the local environment, particularly if the user is migrating between several different systems.
A default run on the designated cluster server would look like:
-------------------------------------------------------------- csrv% CC -o pHello pHello.C -lmpi csrv% mpirun -np 4 pHello PE0: running on csrv PE1: running on csrv PE2: running on csrv PE3: running on csrv csrv% --------------------------------------------------------------To specify particular machines, first, you have to know the names of the available machines, then you have to include in the command line the names of the machines, and how many copies to run on each machine - for example:
-------------------------------------------------------------- csrv% mpirun host1 1, host2 1, host3 1, csrv 1 pHello PE3: running on csrv PE2: running on host1 PE0: running on host2 PE1: running on host3 csrv% --------------------------------------------------------------If you get the command-line syntax just a little wrong, your program simply won't run as expected.
MPICH on the SGI ClusterBecause of the "different" behavior of the native MPI implementation on the SGI cluster, we thought it would be interesting to install the MPICH implementation of MPI, available for a wide range of architectures from Linux clusters to the T3E. In addition to its ease of use and common interface, several important parallel programming software tools (e.g. Totalview Debugger, VAMPIR performance analyzer) are compatible only with the MPICH implementation.
So, MPICH was installed and tested as the default MPI implementation which established the same user environment you would encounter on other clusters that use MPICH. Thus, one can move easily between environments without having to worry about a lot of site-specific peculiarities.
MPI on the Cray T3E (yukon)There are two MPI implementations on yukon, the default implementation, and an MPICH implementation. An example of compiling and executing with the default implementation follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------- yukon% CC -o pHello pHello.C yukon% mpprun -n 4 pHello PE1: running on yukon PE3: running on yukon PE0: running on yukon PE2: running on yukon yukon% --------------------------------------------------------------Naturally, we expect the hostname to be the same on each T3E processor.
To use the MPICH implementation, it is necessary to include header files, and link with libraries in /usr/local/pkg/mpich/current. There is no mpiCC script on yukon for compiling C++ MPI programs, but by converting the HelloWorld program to C, we can compile and run on yukon as:
-------------------------------------------------------------- yukon% /usr/local/pkg/mpich/current/bin/mpicc -o pHello pHello.c yukon% mpprun -n 4 pHello PE 1: running on yukon PE 3: running on yukon PE 0: running on yukon PE 2: running on yukon yukon% --------------------------------------------------------------Presumably, the yukon MPICH distribution will be upgraded to include the mpiCC script for C++ programs but, for now, one can compile and link, as alluded to in Newsletter 158, as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------- yukon% CC -c pHello.C -I/usr/local/pkg/current/include yukon% CC -o pHello -L/usr/local/mpich/current/lib/cray_t3e/t3e -lmpi pHello.o yukon% mpprun -n 4 pHello PE2: running on yukon PE0: running on yukon PE1: running on yukon PE3: running on yukon --------------------------------------------------------------
Some Timings on Various Platforms and EnvironmentsJust for fun, and a demonstration of portability, we'll look at the execution of a parallel Jacobi method for solving dense systems of equations. The program and Makefiles can be accessed at:
http://www.arsc.edu/~morton/NewsSupps/by clicking on News199Supps.tgz
The program is run like this:
mpirun -np 4 pJacobi 4000 (MPICH clusters) mpprun -n 4 pJacobi 4000 (T3E)where the 4000 is the dimension of the test system of equations (the system is generated within the program).
The sample test run consisted of a very simple system (i.e. starting with the Identity Matrix!) of dimension 4000.
The following denotes the wall time (in seconds) required for solving the internally-generated system of equations on the various platforms and environments.
Number of Processors Platform/Environment 2 4 8 yukon / Native MPI 0.74 0.46 * yukon / MPICH 1.08 0.58 * SGI cluster / Native MPI 2.85 1.84 * SGI cluster / MPICH 2.77 2.38 * Intel Solaris / MPICH 0.0018 0.0010 0.00088 Intel Linux / MPICH 54.8 * *
- The T3E has 450 MHz DEC Alpha chips
- The SGI machines have 270 MHz MIPS R12000 chips
- The Intel Solaris machines have 450 MHz Pentium II chips
- The Intel Linux machines have 450 MHz Pentium III chips
Conclusions / Future WorkThe above work was a first exercise in exploring programming environments that might allow researchers and students at small institutions, with limited resources, to learn about and develop parallel programs in a manner that will be compatible with usage at the supercomputing centers. In this way, "inefficient" activities such as development and debugging may be performed "offline," reserving supercomputing resources for final testing and production runs.
As demonstrated, MPI clearly serves as a portable tool for learning and developing across a wide range of platforms. There are differences between the MPI implementations, but use of MPICH can often create a "common" environment, while maintaining compatibility with other software tools.
An evaluation copy of Totalview, a portable, graphical parallel debugger was also installed on the SGI cluster (and on a Linux cluster), and will be discussed in a future newsletter.
Finally, when one begins to accommodate an increasing number of users on their clusters, it becomes necessary to worry about the scheduling of jobs. I have been investigating a free, portable scheduling system, Portable Batch System (PBS), which is much like the NQS used on yukon. With its use, users can submit jobs as they do with NQS, and the jobs will be launched on the most appropriate machines in the cluster, or held until processors are available. PBS is highly-configurable. To date, I have installed and tested it on a Linux cluster, and it has been installed on ARSC's SGI cluster with minor problems related to Kerberos authentication. This, too, will be discussed in a future newsletter.
Checkpointing Long Running Jobs
[ Many thanks to the Technical Assistance Group at the NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) for permission to print this article. It was taken from their T3E help pages, at:
http://esdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ESS/crayt3e/CrayT3E.htmlNCCS is a part of the Earth and Space Data Computing Division at Goddard Space Flight Center. The Technical Assistance Group may be reached at: email@example.com . ] Batch jobs on the T3E are restricted by maximum runtime. Given this constraint, how can you execute a program that takes many hours? By designing it so that it writes out intermediate data at intervals and can be restarted by reading in this data and continuing from the point at which the previous execution wrote out the data. Then you can submit it to the batch queue as many times as necessary.
Since most parallel programs that need long run times are iterative, it is convenient to design a program so that it writes out intermediate data every N iterations, where N is chosen so that it will be reached with certainty before the batch queue time limit expires.
Suppose your program iterates until some convergence criterion is met:
Initialize Read input data and parameters WHILE NOT reached convergence Calculation END-WHILE Write resultsThe central loop might be modified to do N iterations and exit:
J = 1 WHILE NOT reached convergence AND J < N Calculation J = J+1 END-WHILE IF J = N Write intermediate data ELSE Write results END-IFOr the central loop could be modified to continue running after saving intermediate data by resetting a counter:
J = 0 WHILE NOT reached convergence Calculation J = J+1 IF J = N Write intermediate data J = 0 END-IF END-WHILEWith this latter method, the iterations that occur from N+1 up until the job uses up its run time will be wasted, because on restart it will be restored to where it was after iteration N. On the other hand, this design is useful if the program is ever to be run where computing time is unlimited, subject only to random events such as hardware failure or power outage.
Either way, the original beginning of the program:
Initialize Read input data and parametersmust be modified to read conditionally the intermediate data file. This could be accomplished by:
Initialize IF intermediate data file exists Read intermediate data file ELSE Read input data and parametersObviously, "intermediate data" in this context will consist not only of arrays but also of whatever individual variables are needed to restore the program to the environment it had after the Nth iteration.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:{{ How can I initialize common blocks in Fortran 90? Thanks to Alan Wallcraft for this reply: F90 allows initialization as part of a type declaration statement, as an alternative to a DATA statement, but the rules for common block initialization are the same in F90 as in F77. Blank common cannot be initialized at all, and named common can only be initialized via a BLOCK DATA program unit. Many compilers allow common to be initialized outside BLOCK DATA, but that is a non-portable extension to the language. A better approach in F90 is to use a MODULE in place of COMMON. MODULE COMMON_A SAVE INTEGER :: KA = 1 REAL :: X = 9.0 REAL :: Y(3) = (/ 1.0, 8.0, 99.0 /) END MODULE This is approximately equivalent to: BLOCK DATA INTEGER KA REAL X,Y COMMON/A/ KA,X,Y(3) SAVE /A/ DATA KA, X, Y / 1, 9.0, 1.0, 8.0, 99.0 / END On the T3E, saved module variables are symmetric data objects (accessable via SHMEM) just like common block variables. However, a module is not "sequence associated", e.g. it isn't necessary for the module's KA to become immediately before X in memory. Usually this an an advantage, since the fixed memory order of a common can lead to poor memory access performance on some machines and this should be less likely to happen with a module (and a good compiler). Any subroutine that accesses variables in the module must start with a USE statement. SUBROUTINE KA_8 USE COMMON_A KA = 8 END As an alternative to: SUBROUTINE KA_8 INTEGER KA REAL X,Y COMMON/A/ KA,X,Y(3) SAVE /A/ KA = 8 END Q: What does the "R" mean? Rr-------- 1 freddy mygroup 2772992 Jun 28 07:30 core And, while we're at it, I have no clue what program I crashed to create this core file. How can I find out?
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Richard Littlemore | September 21, 2006
By Richard Littlemore • Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 10:08
At the same time, let's all acknowledge the continuing position of the Bush Whitehouse, which today re-announced the same roughly $3 billion in annual spending that the American government can, in one way or the other, claim is related to climate change.
President George W. Bush's plan, with effective start dates that are four years away, couldn't even garner unanimous support from Republican politicians - although the Exxon-funded think tank, the American Council for Capital Formation, announced that Bush's new plan was "a substantial, credible effort" to address global warming.
Anonymous replied on Permalink
bush gets spanked
Wow. The white house has gotta love the fact that they (the largest GHG contributors and the richest nations) put forward the same amount as one guy. Oh yah, if climate change isn't actually happenening, as the skeptics would have us believe, why would a business Mogul like Branson be willing to drop so much coin on "the myth of global warming." Announcements like this just make Bush and the skeptics look more and more like throw backs from the caveman days.
Anonymous replied on Permalink
Keep it straight and narrow
Although it makes for a catchy title, it isn't factually correct. Branson's company, amazingly, is contributing $3B over 10 years. The US federal government spends $3B annually on climate-related and technological research. Heaven knows I'm sympathetic with your site, but for your own sake you'll want to keep the credibility up by keeping it factual.
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
Point taken ...
I don't find any clear evidence that the Whitehouse is adding anything new to the coffers, but I will acknowledge a degree of overstatement that rendered my math ridiculous.
<b>The US federal government spends $3B annually on climate-related and technological research. Heaven knows I'm sympathetic with your site, but for your own sake you'll want to keep the credibility up by keeping it factual.</b>
You should take a closer look at the 3B in annual numbers. The vast majority of that is merely relabeled nuclear fission subsidies that have always existed. What is left is ITER which won't play any part in the climate change solution because it will get here about 40 years too late. The boondoggle of corn-ethanol subsidies and hydrogen make up the rest. I'd have to check for to know for sure. However, this one man may actually be outperforming the US in *MEANINGFUL* energy developments. The whitehouse likes to cook their books.
John replied on Permalink
Guess I'll be flying Virgin
Guess I'll be flying Virgin from now on.
This guy might be beating Bush
I've just reviewed the GAO report. I picked the most important technologies to fight climate change (solar, batteries, OTEC, etc). This guy is donating more than 3x the DOE's budget in these area's. And this is BEFORE the budget cuts. There is a very real possibility this guy is not only beating but destroying Bush.


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Spring Fling 2010 will take place Thursday, April 15, on the Main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Campus Center promenade.
This year's theme is "Child's Play" and features a live chess tournament, a four-man bungee jump, 3D golf, giant twister, music and free food. Many student organizations and campus departments will also sponsor games and have information tables.
Spring Fling at Little Rock-West took place April 8, and Spring Fling at Little Rock-South is set for April 22.
The event is sponsored by Student Life and Leadership and the Student Government Association.
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City Central Studio
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Площадь30 м²
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Located just one block from Wenceslas Square and the national Museum.
Being in the heart of the city centre, there are numerous bars, restaurants, shops , clubs and supermarkets in the vicinity.
The apartment consists of entrance hallway, with doors leading to:
Bathroom, with shower unit, sink unit and W.C. and washing machine.
Large studio room with kitchenette consisting of Fridge, double hotplate, microwave oven, toast machine, kettle, coffee maker, plenty of pots, pans, cutlery etc.
A king size bed, and large wardrobe with built in drawer space are located in the sleeping area of the studio, whilst a sofa bed (suitable for 1 person) , breakfasting table and chairs are in the living the area.
For your convenience, the apartment has free wifi, washing machine, iron and ironing board and drying rack for laundry.
Правила ПроживанияThe apartment is NO SMOKING
Standard check in time is after 15:00hrs
Standard check out time is before 10:00hrs.
We will try our best to accommodate clients travel plans where ever possible.
Garbage/Trash to be taken out at end of stay.
Apartment to be left in a clean and tidy state at end of tenancy.
No parties! the apartment is in a building with other long term residents who wont appreciate the noise!
|Цена за месяц (вплоть до 2 гостей)
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We really enjoyed our stay at this apartment in Prague, we were welcomed and guided trought the apartment and could get answeres to all our questions by Andrew as well as get som extra tips about the city. The apartment was also well cleaned and in nice shape, all we could ask for!
A really nice host and a very comfortable apartement. We missed nothing and if we will get back to prague, we will come back to this nice location :)
Andrew was super nice and helpful! He gave us the right tips on how to enjoy a beautiful city like Prague! The apartment is very cozy, well located between Prague1 and Prague2. I would recommend his apartment to anyone!
Very good location from the city centre just 9 minuts by metro. Metro is just 3 minuts by foot. The first day Andy received us and he spent all time we needed to explain us everything about the city and the apartment.
I would highly reccomend it!
Andy was extremely helpful. Flat is like on picture all great . Highly recommend
We were 4 persons on a very nice trip to Prag in week 14 2014. The apartment was very fine and clean. Andy gave us many informations about Prag in the week with sms. It was super. The apartment is very near to allthings in Prag. There is very many resturants near Miru just 5 min. walk and they are good and the prices low. So in all it has been a super stay.
Linda, Bjarne, Henny & Per
Ps: Do use this apartment.
Andrew was a fantastic host.
He took time to tell is where and what's.
His view of where to go to meet the locals was specific and helped us alot.
The apartment was fantastic, and the location was just perfect. 4 min walk to the nearest metro.
Will stay there again next time.
Thx Andrew
Andrew is very polite and friendly. The flat was good, clean and close to everything we needed. Great job, Thanks Andrew. I can surely recommend this flat. Bye.
Andrew was a wonderful host. He met us at the train station and took us to his beautiful apartment. He spent more than an hour with us. He explained to us every thing we needed to know. How to use the metro, where to go and gave us very useful information about the local area.
We have no hesitation in recommending this beautiful apartment with a very nice host.
Apartment is great. Close to metro and shops. Andy gave us great information regarding what tours to take to make the most of our stay. Will definitely come back.
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Starting Position: Stand in front of a wall with feet placed a few inches apart and toes pointing toward the wall. Lean forward into the wall with your hands on the wall directly under your shoulders. Heels stay in contact with the floor. Engage your abdominal muscles to stabilize your spine. Pull shoulder blades down and back. Do not allow the back to arch.
Maintaining alignment, slowly lift your right foot off the floor and bend the hip and knee to 90 degrees.
Maintaining your balance and stability, swing your right leg across the front of the body toward your left hip. Allow your hips to rotate and your chest to open to the left. Keep your head aligned over your shoulders but allow your gaze to follow the direction of the swing. Hold for 1-2 seconds. Then, swing the right leg out to the right side, allowing hips and your chest to open to the right. Keep your head aligned over your shoulders but allow your gaze to follow the direction of the swing. Hold 1-2 seconds. Throughout the exercise, keep the heel of your stance leg in contact with the ground as your weight shifts.
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Discussion in 'GMTC Merchandise' started by DirtDog, Feb 18, 2008.
Thanks Steve.:great: I just ordered mine.:glasses:
Awesome, several people have already ordered their, you're safely in the first group!
cant wait i ordered mine already
They look fantastic! They turned out much better than I had hoped for!
Those who ordered already will be shipped tomorrow!
@Steve how much is it for shipping them to Belgium? :neutral:
Looks like it will be about $4.00 to ship an envelope over there. Is that right?
I have no idea :neutral:
Here's what it looks like. I put this one on my Cavalier because I still don't have my Trailblazer back yet.
Look's awesome on that tinted window!
looks really nice
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Murray Hanson Golf Classic - Registration Now Open!
Feb 07 2014 - Louise Swain
Murray Hanson Lonestar Golf Classic to be held Monday, April 14th, 2014
Lonestar Soccer Club cordially invites you to the 7th annual Lonestar Golf Classic. In honor of our friend, colleague and Lonestar coach, we have dedicated our annual golf tournament to Murray Hanson by officially renaming it the Murray Hanson Golf Classic. At the request of the Hanson family, all donations and proceeds raised will go to the Lonestar SC Financial Assistance Program.
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I think it is a wonderful idea. I would spend more time with my husband but with two GGS around most of the time I am glad to have a small room of my own..finally....
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I think it is a wonderful idea. I would spend more time with my husband but with two GGS around most of the time I am glad to have a small room of my own..finally....
Your house should work for you and sometimes conventional use does just not suit or reflect your way of living. Our living room is just now having another remodel. For years it has been a giant office with desks, filing cabinets and computer stations for my family (homework and work had to come ahead of a showpiece living room). My last student has just graduated, I have recently retired and DH is down sizing his business. The living room will now be a "study" with some comfortable seating, one desk, some bookshelves and no filing cabinets or computers! Eventually it may be a living room again but who knows?
Shelbie from the High County in Southern Ontario
My husband has finally come to the realization that my sewing room is really a fabric storage facility. I sew in my dining room. Up side is when we entertain, I have to clean the whole thing out, so I keep reorganizing.
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
I love all the thoughts on using space. That's what are homes are - spaces for use. If it works best to use a small bedroom as a cozy den/living room and the spacious living room for sewing then so be it. Your sewing friends will love it, room to be with you when they come visit. Everyone doing their thing in comfort. happy stitching
Sally Dolin
Rock Island, IL
Of course you should create YOUR sewing room wherever you want. Bet once you do this, you'll be smiling each and every time you create there!
There's lots of wonderful organizing ideas/pictures in a special section here at quiltingboard. Just let us know what you end up doing and how you make it work for you.
Hi Sharon - I too live alone in a 1-bedroom apartment and currently sew in the "dining area". What I did was to buy some tall kitchen wall cabinets from Ikea, laid them on their sides, attached the door hinges so that the doors lift down and not up, then added a second stack. I can store my sewing machines and fabric for current projects. But I hate having to put my sewing machine away on the rare occasions when someone comes to visit, and to keep my living room basically unused except for those occasions when my children sleep over (twice a year) makes little sense. I'm loving your idea more and more.
A fabric stash is always missing that one fabric needed to finish the quilt on which you're working.
I know of a single lady who lives in a lovely home backing up to a lake - and her quilting machine and all her goodies reside in the living room - right as you walk in the front door. I have thought of it myself but the downstairs family room is longer and mine fits there better altho I would prefer it upstairs. It is YOUR home. Enjoy it.
I have a 20x24 family room that I found was rarely used with no family home....I turned the 12x18 dining room into the living room and put my grace quilter and DH treadmill in the big room along with all the dining furniture in the big room...we rarely use the table as we have a kitchen bar...so much more useable space now.
Retired and living in NE Michigan
Why not? My husband wants to do this. He will turn the extra bedroom that I use for sewing into a TV room. Works for us. Your home should reflect your lifestyle. A lot of artists live in their studios ;-)
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Abeille means "bees" in French and this product is all about the miraculous benefits honey, beeswax, and royal jelly can have for your skin. If you want to buy into the claim that those ingredients are essential for skin care than you might as well waste your money on this concoction because this overly expensive moisturizer definitely contains a mix of bee by-products. While those ingredients are on the label, this also contains almost as much fragrance and preservative as anything bees create. See More Info to find out why this much fragrance is a serious problem for skin.
In terms of your skin-care routine there is no research showing any substances from bees are good or even needed for skin. All you are getting is as an overly fragranced, absurdly expensive formula that is easily replaced by dozens of other far less pricy options. The paltry amount of antioxidants, skin-repairing ingredients, and cell-communicating ingredients it contains is shameful.
For the few beneficial ingredients this does include the jar packaging it comes in won't keep these air sensitive ingredients stable. Guerlain, just like many other cosmetic companies, won't give up jar packaging. The cosmetics industry stubbornly sells formulas in attractive containers that have no ability to keep the ingredients inside from degrading after opening. It is well known amongst researchers and scientists that jar packaging is not only unsanitary but most all beneficial ingredients breakdown in the presence of air. What a waste! See More Info to find out all the problems associated with jar packaging.
One other point: This product contains mica a shiny mineral used in thousands of products claiming to brighten and enliven skin. Other than the cosmetic benefit you may see after applying this product, shine particles don't have anything to do with skin care.
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Irritation From Fragrance and Fragrant Oils
Daily use of products that contain a high amount of fragrance, whether the fragrant ingredients are synthetic or natural, causes chronic irritation that can damage healthy collagen production, lead to or worsen dryness, and impair your skin's ability to heal. Fragrance-free is the best way to go for all skin types. If fragrance in your skin-care products is important to you, it should be a very low amount to minimize the risk to your skin (Sources: Inflammation Research, December 2008, pages 558–563; Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, June 2008, pages 124–135 and November-December 2000, pages 358–371; Journal of Investigative Dermatology, April 2008, pages 15–19; Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, March 2008, pages 78–82; Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, January 2007, pages 92–105; and British Journal of Dermatology, December 2005, pages S13–S22).
Jar Packaging
The fact that it's packaged in a jar means the beneficial ingredients won't remain stable once it is opened. All plant extracts, vitamins, antioxidants, and other state-of-the-art ingredients break down in the presence of air, so once a jar is opened and lets the air in these important ingredients begin to deteriorate. Jars also are unsanitary because you're dipping your fingers into them with each use, adding bacteria which further deteriorate the beneficial ingredients (Sources: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, September 2007, pages 818-829; Ageing Research Reviews, December 2007, pages 271-288; Dermatologic Therapy, September-October 2007, pages 314-321; International Journal of Pharmaceutics, June 12, 2005, pages 197-203; Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, January 2002, pages 1-32; International Society for Horticultural Science, www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=778_5; Beautypackaging.com, and www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2007/03/airless-packaging.php).
Bees produce some of the world's most effective natural healing substances. Extracted from their power, this day cream contains Pure Royal Concentrate which promotes the key mechanisms of the healing process within the skin to help repair wrinkles and tissue firmness.
Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Isononanoate, Pentylene Glycol, Mel (Honey), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Jojoba Esters, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Methicone, Behenyl Alcohol, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Polyglyceryl-3, Royal Jelly, Diglycerin, Ceteth-20, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Parfum (Fragrance), Dimethicone, Steareth-21, Steareth-25, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Acrylates/C 10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tromethamine, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, PEG-8, Tetrasodium EDTA, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Adenosine, Sorbitol, Mica, Limonene, Citric Acid, Algin, Benzyl Salicylate, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), BHT, Sodium Metabisulfite, Geraniol, Sodium Lactate, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Hydroxycitronellal, Vigna Aconitifolia Seed Extract, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Cellulose Gum, Citronellol, Linalool, Cythea Medullaris Leaf Extract, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Palmitoyl Oligopeptide
Guerlain At-A-Glance
Strengths: Lavish packaging (if that appeals to you); a good mascara; some excellent lipsticks.
Weaknesses: Very expensive; over-reliance on jar packaging; pervasive fragrance; overall mediocre to just plain bad skincare.
Guerlain's Paris pedigree, having evolved from a centuries-old fragrance house to a "lifestyle" line that prides itself on luxurious indulgences that promise to beautify (and perfume) almost every inch of you, still manages to hook plenty of unsuspecting women. Yet behind all of the enticing names and extraordinary claims lie some of the most unremarkable, overpriced skin-care products available. It may sound luxurious to find that gold is included in some of their formulations, unless you happen to know that when it's applied topically, gold is simply a potent allergen; there is no research showing it to have any effect on wrinkles or aging.
Guerlain's skin-care products contain a preponderance of ordinary cosmetic ingredients, with only a smattering of antioxidants, skin-identical ingredients, and anti-irritants, and most of these elegant ingredients are hindered by jar packaging. It's one thing to spend more than you need to on a skin-care routine, but at least if you decide to do so you should shop the overpriced lines that will reward you with far better formulations than what Guerlain offers. Guerlain is the very definition of style usurping substance. For example, there are dozens and dozens of moisturizers in this line that are at best described as mediocre and out of date, while the sunscreens have issues of their own, including low SPF ratings and potentially insufficient UVA protection due to smaller-than-usual amounts of avobenzone. And despite the specialty claims they make for each product grouping, repetitive formulations are the hallmark of the Guerlain line—too bad not a single moisturizer or serum formula comes close to beating the competition; more often than not they fail miserably.
Guerlain has been under the ownership of Sephora parent company Louis Vuitton-Moet-Hennessy since 1994, and is available in many Sephora boutiques.
For more information about Guerlain, visit www.guerlain.com.
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Surgery can be used to:
radiofrequency catheter ablation, abnormal electrical circuits in the heart that generate harmful rhythms can be located and destroyed. A catheter is introduced through a vein and advanced until it reaches your heart. Then, electrodes are heated with a radiofrequency energy that subsequently destroys areas of the heart tissue that cause the arrhythmia. This procedure is most frequently used to treat
atrial flutter,
atrial fibrillation, or
ventricular tachycardia.
Maze procedure
is a technique used to surgically treat atrial fibrillation (AF) that involves making several small incisions within the wall of the atria. This results in the formation of scar tissue that blocks the electrical impulses that cause the arrhythmia.
The Maze procedure may also be done as minimally invasive surgery, called
mini-Maze. It only requires one or two small incisions in the chest.
In certain cases of a ventricular tachycardia, specific abnormalities within the heart muscle might be responsible for generating the arrhythmia. The removal of the scar tissue underneath the lining of the heart may prevent the arrhythmia from occurring.
If the sinoatrial node malfunctions or stops working, an artificial
can be implanted to generate regular impulses. Pacemakers are implanted during a minor procedure. A wire is attached to your heart either through a blood vessel or directly into the chest. The wire is also attached to the device. An incision is made, and the device is placed under your skin, usually near the collarbone.
These devices have power sources that last a long time. Nevertheless, they should be checked occasionally to make sure they are still working. Your cardiologist will give you instructions on the care and maintenance of your pacemaker or defibrillator.
Colucci R, Silver M, Shubrook J. Common types of supraventricular tachycardia: Diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82(8):942-952.
Horowitz LN, Harken AH, Kastor JA, Josephson ME. Ventricular resection guided by epicardial and endocardial mapping for treatment of recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
N Engl J Med.
How are arrhythmias treated?
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/arr/treatment. Updated July 1, 2011. Accessed March 20, 2014.
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The fear & anxiety caused by the sudden realization that you've purchased too many Groupons (or other similar "deal of the day" online certificates) and have no time to use them before they expire.
I'm in a total Groupanic, I have three restaurant deals expiring this Friday and none of my friends want to have dinner with me. What a waste, I could have used that money on beer & porn instead!
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California's Energy Policy
The Warren-Alquist Act (Division 15 of the Public Resources Code) is the legislation that created and gives statutory authority to the California Energy Commission. The Act designates the Energy Commission as the state's primary agency for energy policy and planning.
Senate Bill 1389 (Bowen and Sher, Chapter 568, Statutes of 2002) requires that the Commission adopt and transmit to the Governor and Legislature a report of findings every two years. That report is called the Integrated Energy Policy Report or IEPR (pronounced eye'-per).
The IEPR Committee, listed above, provides oversight and policy direction related to collecting and analyzing data needed to complete the Integrated Energy Policy Report on trends and issues concerning electricity and natural gas, transportation, energy efficiency, renewables, and public interest energy research.
Current IEPR Proceedings
- 2017 Energy Policy Report (Docket # 17-IEPR-01)
- 2016 Energy Policy Report Update (Docket # 16-IEPR-01)
- 2015 Integrated Energy Policy Report (Docket # 15-IEP-01 - 13)
- 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update (Docket # 14-IEP-1)
- 2013 Integrated Energy Policy Report (Docket # 13-IEP-1)
Transmission Investment Plans
Senate Bill 1565 (Bowen, Chapter 692, Statutes of 2004) requires that the Commission adopt a strategic plan for the state's electric transmission grid. This Strategic Transmission Investment Plan is to be included in the biennial IEPR. Additional information about the Commission's transmission activities can be found on the main transmission page.
Past Transmission Plans
- 2009 Strategic Transmission Investment Plan - Final Commission Report, publication # CEC-700-2009-011-CMF. (PDF file, 193 pgs., 1.7 MB)
- 2007 Strategic Transmission Investment Plan - Final Commission Report, publication # CEC-700-2007-018-CMF. (PDF file, 184 pgs., 1.4 MB)
- 2005 Strategic Transmission Investment Plan - Final Commission Report, publication # CEC-100-2005-006-CMF. (PDF file, 117 pgs., 1.6 MB)
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I believe many guns are rated for 20,000. They typically go beyond that. But, do the math, and think about the cost of 380 ammo. Look at ho much ammo one would have to shoot each month, over the next 10-15 years to approach 20,000.
I think you will be okay.


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Two Hope players have been named to the All-North Region team by Don Hansen's Weekly Football Gazette.
Senior Phil Butler of Howard City, Mich. (Lake County HS) has been named the second team quarterback while senior Joel Verschueren of Muskegon, Mich. (Reeths Puffer HS) was voted a third team receiver.
The All-North Region team consists of players from NCAA Division III colleges in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Butler was voted the most valuable offensive player in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in leading the Flying Dutchmen to a league championship and berth in the NCAA playoffs. He rewrote the Hope recordbook for single game, season and career passing.
Verschueren, the leading vote-getter among All-MIAA receiver candidates, caught a school-record 17 touchdown passes.


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The key to creating change at any level you might wish is to start by looking in the mirror and asking yourself one simple question: "What can I do to make a difference that requires no one's permission other than my own?"
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Have any work-related stress these days? Imagine doing even more than you already are and winding up both more relaxed and with more energy. Sounds beyond counterintuitive, I know, but bear with me.
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LOS ANGELES - A tequila-toting tree trimmer who was stuck for nearly two hours in a large Eucalyptus tree on a hillside behind a home in Brentwood was safe today, thanks to firefighters who used ladders, ropes and harnesses to get him down.
The tree trimmer's plight was reported at 5:40 p.m. Monday at 11808 W. Kearsarge St., two blocks south of Sunset Boulevard, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The man was freed by 27 firefighters who used 35-foot ladders and ropes and harnesses, Scott said. The rescue proved difficult because of the challenge of putting ladders up on the hillside, he said.
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The one disappointing thing was that they didn't get Wilson to block (at least not that I saw).
This is the most all purpose yards ever by a Giant, an organization with a pretty strong history of all purpose players: Gifford, Meggett, Barber just to name a few.
All we hear about is Doug Martin and how close we were to getting him. I agree he is a damn fine player, but this Saints defense held him to 85 yards.
Why cant you let people be excited about a young talent without trying to poo all over it? Are you even a fan? Do you not get excited when young players do historical things?
"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones." - Bill Parcells
"Name the starting linebackers from 2007." - Jerry Reese
I am happy for Wilson. Its not hate....people were going impatient. Its easier to grow impatient when Doug Martin and Alfred Morris is running for 1100yards. Hate is when you want the guy to fail....my case was being impatient. I hope he continues to do well and hopefully this is the one game that will give him confident. Also the Saints kick coverage is atrocious, Wilson was almost untouched every kick return running into the kicker.
Dump him or we will begin to depend on him.
Don't get me wrong I think he is gonna be a real good back. But I am not on the bandwagon yet. 200+ return yards does not make him a good back. It makes him a real good returner, which we kind of already knew. Today the KR team finally didn't get flagged for holding. Aside from the big run at the end of the game, his day was pretty average for a RB. My one real concern is if they had to limit the offensive playbook because he was in the game. I look forward to seeing more of him sharing time with AB, but I do think AB is still the guy that this offense needs right now, even if he is not nearly as dangerous as Wilson is with the ball.


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Hi guys, just thought i'd run past my harness system idea.
See attached pic - I will have the usual straps coming off the shoulders and passing through the back plate to 'D' clips at the top of the JP (these are not shown on my pic though.
I have gotten hold of an old backpack and removed all except the straps and the back material. I have then added a plate to the back to reinforce it. I have next attached, using brackets, some metal rod bent as shown in the pic. These rods will then slide into tubes on the JP itself (in affect the JP will slot onto the rods.
The JP will then have the shoulder straps to stop it 'falling' backwards.
Will post pics once it is finished
PS sorry for the cruddy pic (whipped up in about two minutes :o)