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Okadaic acid (OA) and its analogues, dinophysistoxin 1 (DTX1) and dinophysistoxin 2 (DTX2), are lipophilic and heat-stable marine toxins produced by dinoflagellates, which can accumulate in filter-feeding bivalves. These toxins cause diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP) in humans shortly after the ingestion of contaminated seafood. Studies carried out in mice indicated that DSP poisonous are toxic towards experimental animals with a lethal oral dose 2–10 times higher than the intraperitoneal (i.p.) lethal dose. The focus of this work was to study the absorption of OA, DTX1 and DTX2 through the human gut barrier using differentiated Caco-2 cells. Furthermore, we compared cytotoxicity parameters. Our data revealed that cellular viability was not compromised by toxin concentrations up to 1 μM for 72 h. Okadaic acid and DTX2 induced no significant damage; nevertheless, DTX1 was able to disrupt the integrity of Caco-2 monolayers at concentrations above 50 nM. In addition, confocal microscopy imaging confirmed that the tight-junction protein, occludin, was affected by DTX1. Permeability assays revealed that only DTX1 was able to significantly cross the intestinal epithelium at concentrations above 100 nM. These data suggest a higher oral toxicity of DTX1 compared to OA and DTX2.
During harmful algae blooms, bivalves accumulate marine toxins, being a serious threat for human consumers of edible shellfish. Toxins causing diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) are produced by several marine dinoflagellates of the genera,
Chemical structure of (
The mechanism of action of this group of toxins is mainly the potent inhibition of serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A) [
In the present work, we have studied and compared some cytotoxicity parameters of OA, DTX1 and DTX2. Our final goal was to determine the toxin absorption through the human intestine by using human colon adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells.
Metabolic activity assay: Cytotoxic effects of OA, DTX1 and DTX2 (1, 10, 20, 40, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 nM) in differentiated Caco-2 cells have been evaluated in a time-dependent manner by the AlamarBlue metabolic activity assay. Incubation with 0.01% Triton X-100 has been used as a positive control of death. Data are shown in
Cell membrane integrity assay: Some fluorescent methods allow a non-destructive evaluation of apoptosis by detecting changes in the structure of cell membranes. Annexin V has a high affinity for phosphatidylserine (PS), a phospholipid component located on the inner surface of the lipid bilayer of the cellular plasma membrane. During early apoptosis processes, this PS migrates to the outer portion, becomes exposed on the surface of the cell and can be detected by binding to annexin V labeled with a fluorescent dye. The annexin V assay was carried out in differentiated Caco-2 monolayers that were treated for 24 h with 100 nM of OA, DTX1, DTX2 or vehicle. Incubation with 0.005% Triton X-100 was used as a positive control of cell death and 1 μM staurosporine (STP) and 100 mM sodium butyrate (NaBT) as inductors of cell apoptosis.
Control confocal microscopy images (
Viability of Caco-2 cells treated with OA, DTX1 and DTX2. Differentiated Caco-2 cells were incubated with increasing concentrations of (
We assessed tight junction formation stability through measurements of trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER). Therefore, only inserts with TEER higher than 300 Ωcm2, which indicates that the Caco-2 monolayer is intact and suitable for drug permeability assays [
Confocal imaging of differentiated Caco-2 monolayers treated with OA, DTX1 and DTX2 and labeled with FITC-conjugated annexin V (left columns). Transmission images of the same cells are presented in the right columns. (
Effects of OA, DTX1 and DTX2 on the trans-epithelial electric resistance (TEER) of differentiated Caco-2 monolayers. Figure shows the TEER ratio between toxin-treated monolayers and control monolayers. (
The observed decrease of TEER in the Caco-2 cells when incubated with 50 nM DTX1 for more than 12 hours suggests some damage to the monolayer that has been often linked to tight-junction disruption. Tight-junction strands are composed of membrane integral proteins, occludin being the best-studied member. We evaluate the integrity of such tight-junctions in Caco-2 cells treated with 100 nM OA, DTX1 and DTX2 for 24 h by labeling occludin. Immunofluorescent staining in control conditions (
Effects of OA, DTX1 and DTX2 on occludin distribution in differentiated Caco-2 monolayers. Occludin from Caco-2 monolayers were labeled with anti-occludin, mouse monoclonal antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488). (
With the aim of evaluating the transport of OA, DTX1 and DTX2 through the cell monolayer, we performed the permeability assays as described in
Permeability of differentiated Caco-2 monolayers to OA, DTX1 and DTX2. Toxin content in samples taken from wells and inserts with or without Caco-2 monolayers was quantified. The cells were incubated with 50 and 100 nM of (
At present, the Caco-2 cell line is one of the best available models of human enterocytes
When Caco-2 cells are cultured on inserts, they display the typical properties of an epithelial barrier, allowing for studies of permeability [
Thus, one of the possible reasons for the decrease of TEER in DTX1-treated Caco-2 monolayers could be the damage of tight-junctions among cells. Tight-junctions form the physical barrier to the diffusion of substances through the paracellular space [
However, 100 nM DTX1-treated Caco-2 cells, whose TEER values were highly reduced, showed a clear alteration of the occludin labeling, with discontinuous distribution, indentations between adjacent cells and noticeable, numerous, rounded vesicles; opposite to the smooth and evenly distributed occludin in controls. (
The permeability of Caco-2 cells to DTX1 is significantly higher compared to the same concentration of OA and DTX2 with almost 50% of the initial amount recovered from the basolateral side at 24 h, as shown in
OA is highly toxic to mice by intraperitoneal injection, with reported LD50 values ranging from 192 to 255 μg/kg b.w. (body weight) for OA [
The toxicity equivalent factors (TEFS) of these compounds also require attention. TEFs establishment is a matter of vital importance, especially for the analytical detection of marine and freshwater toxins. The control methods require an estimation of the toxic potential of a mixture of toxins with different potency to protect consumer's health [
Human intoxication by DSP is due to seafood consumption. Therefore, the shellfish meat regulation level of DSP toxins established by the European Union should be able to protect human health regardless of the toxin present in the shellfish sample. In this sense, our study gives new evidence that DTX1 oral acute toxicity could be higher than OA or DTX2, due to the increased absorption rate through the intestinal tract. Therefore, it constitutes a strong argument for a future revision of the actual TEF values for the analogues of the OA-group.
Okadaic acid (purity ≥ 98.9%), dinophysistoxin-1 (purity ≥ 98%) and dinophysistoxin-2 (purity ≥ 98%) are Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) supplied by Laboratorio CIFGA S.A. (Lugo, Spain). AlamarBlue® (AB) and anti-occludin mouse monoclonal antibody labeled with Alexa Fluor® 488 were purchased from Invitrogen (Camarillo, CA, USA). Trypan Blue solution 0.4%, penicillin-streptomycin solution, staurosporine (STP), Triton-X 100 and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). The Annexin V-FITC Apoptosis Detection Kit was obtained from Immunostep (Salamanca, Spain). HAM's F-12 with stable glutamine medium, Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium (EMEM), fetal bovine serum (FBS), gold and 18-mm Aclar coverslips were purchased from PAA (Pasching, Austria). Sodium butyrate (NaBT) was purchased from Fluka (Steinheim, Germany). Formaldehyde 16% was from Electron Microscopy Sciences (Hatfield, PA, USA). Costar 96-well assay plates with a clear bottom and tissue culture-treated surface were from Corning Inc. (New York, NY, USA), Falcon Multiwell 12-well polystyrene plates were from Becton Dickinson (Le Port de Claix, France). 12-well Milicell hanging culture inserts with a 0.4 μm pore size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) membrane were from Millipore Corporation (Billerica, MA, USA). Eight-well Nunclon plates were from Nalge Nunc International (New York, NY, USA). All other chemicals were reagent grade and purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Madrid, Spain) and Panreac (Barcelona, Spain). Phosphate buffered saline solution (PBS) was 137 mM NaCl, 8.2 mM Na2HPO4, 1.5 mM KH2PO4, and 3.2 mM KCl, pH 7.4.
The Caco-2 cell line, which is derived from a human colon adenocarcinoma (ATCC N°: HTB-37), was routinely cultured in Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium with Earle's salts (EMEM) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine complemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 1% non-essential amino acids (NEA) and 0.5% penicillin/streptomycin solution. The cells were grown in 75 cm2 tissue flasks incubated in a humidified atmosphere containing constant 5% CO2 at 37 °C. The culture medium was renewed every 2–3 days, and cells were sub-cultured by detaching them with trypsin-EDTA once per week.
The viability of the Caco-2 cells was measured by Alamar Blue assay, as previously described [
To visualize apoptosis by confocal microscopy in the toxin-treated Caco-2 monolayers, an apoptosis detection kit containing annexin V conjugated with FITC from Immunostep (Salamanca, Spain) was used.
Caco-2 cells were seeded on glass coverslips at an initial concentration of 65 × 103 cells/mL and cultured for 21 days until differentiation with medium renewal each 2–3 days. On the 21st day, the cell medium was removed, and the monolayers were treated for 24 h with toxins: OA, DTX1, DTX2, vehicle and positive controls of apoptosis and cellular death (staurosporine (STP), sodium butyrate (NaBT) and Triton-X 100). Immediately after the 24 h of incubation, the medium was removed, and the cells were rinsed 3 times with PBS just before the addition of annexin V-FITC in a proportion of 1:100 diluted in the provided binding buffer. After 15 min of incubation in the dark at room temperature, the cells were rinsed again 3 times with PBS and fixed using paraformaldehyde 2% for 15 min at 4 °C. Finally, another 3 washes with PBS were required prior to mounting the coverslips over microscope glass slides with 10 μL of PBS/Glycerol (1:1) and sealing the edges with nail varnish. Confocal imaging was then carried out with a 40× oil immersion objective of a Nikon Eclipse TE2000-E inverted microscope attached to the C1 laser confocal system and EZ-C1 V.2.20 software (Nikon Instruments Europe B.V., Amstelveen, Netherlands). An argon laser was used to excite the annexin V-FITC conjugated protein (λ excitation = 488 nM, λ emission = 530 nM).
Trans epithelial electric resistance (TEER) was measured across differentiated Caco-2 monolayers, as previously described [
Alexa Fluor® 488-labeled anti-occludin mouse monoclonal antibody from Invitrogen (Camarillo, CA, USA) was used for visualizing occludin, as previously described [
Briefly, differentiated Caco-2 monolayers were treated with OA, DTX1, DTX2, vehicle and positive controls of apoptosis and cellular death: staurosporine (STP), sodium butyrate (NaBT) and Triton-X 100. Immediately after treatments, the cells were fixed and incubated with the anti-occludin antibody. Each experimental condition was performed in duplicate. Confocal imaging was then carried out with a 40× oil immersion objective of a Nikon Eclipse TE2000-E inverted microscope attached to the C1 laser confocal system and EZ-C1 V.2.20 software (Nikon Instruments Europe B.V., Amstelveen, Netherlands). An Argon laser was used to excite the Alexa Fluor 488 conjugated antibody.
The permeability assay was carried out as previously described [
OA, DTX1 and DTX2 samples taken from the inserts/donor compartments and wells/receptor compartments where quantified, as previously described by Fraga
The results were analyzed using the Student's two-tailed
OA, DTX1 and DTX2 did not induce any noticeable cytotoxic effects on differentiated intestinal Caco-2 cells at concentrations up to 1 μM for 72 h. However, DTX1 was able to disrupt the monolayer integrity at concentrations >100 nM for 12 h and above and to modify occludin distribution between adjacent cells. Furthermore, the permeability assay performed revealed a greater intestinal absorption of DTX1 when compared to OA or DTX2. These data suggest new evidence that the oral toxicity of DTX1 is higher than OA or DTX2.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the following FEDER co-funded-grants: from the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain (AGL2009-13581-CO2-01, AGL2012-40485-CO2-01); from Xunta de Galicia, Spain (10PXIB261254 PR); from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme managed by REA [Research Executive Agency;
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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There's An Arms Race Going On In Asia Unlike Anything Since The Cold War
Japanese officials followed their first defense spending increase in a decade by promising they would lay out another 2.1 billion dollar one-time bonus for defense procurement.
The bonus puts Japan's defense spending increase at just over 6 percent year-over-year, undoing a decade of decreases.
The increase reflects a rise in tensions in the Southwest Asia area of military operations, which most analysts attribute to island disputes, Chinese jet incursions, and North Korean ballistic missile tests.
China's military spending has seen percentage growth each year in the double digits recently, capping off a spending spree that started with initial procurements of arms from Russia in the 90s. New Chinese drones, jet fighters, long-range "giant war planes" recently made headlines as well.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/arms-race-in-asia-2013-1#ixzz2HZPYrhWy
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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 08:34 AM
Confusious (8,317 posts)
1. Scary
China is pushing a lot of thier smaller neighbors around like Vietnam, the phillipines, and Japan.
They're also stoking the nationalists.
We could get dragged into some shit I wouldn't like to be dragged into, but we would have to, since they're our friends.
Scary shit.
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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 11:28 AM
Javaman (48,798 posts)
2. China and Viet Nam have only tollerated each other recently.
Historically, they have hated each other.
They have fought several against each other, and each time, Viet Nam wins.
Interestingly enough, modern china is turning into more of a modern version of Chiang Kai-shek rule than certainly one of Mao.
I just finished reading a great article detailing the rise of the Chinese Oligaky. And how the 8 "Immortals", or better known as the 8 Elders, gave rise to the new ruling rich class aka the "Princelings".
Here is a link to a google listing on the "Princelings" and their obcene wealth and the well documented list of their government/corporation/corrupt practices.
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Mount Tyndall > Climber's Log
Mount Tyndall Climber's Log
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|Rick Kent
|Route Climbed: NW Ridge & North Rib Date Climbed: July 3, 2004
|Had a great time climbing up on the crest of the NW ridge (thinking it was the North Rib). As I neared the junction between the NW and W ridge it became difficult to stay on the crest. After a few moves exceeding class 3 I jumped off the ridge to the right and then scrambled up to the gendarme at the ridge junction. I went around this gendarme on the left and then jumped over to the righthand side of the ridge on the way up to the summit. On the way down I climbed on what I later realized was the North Rib.
|Posted Jul 7, 2004 12:02 pm
|Route Climbed: Shepards Pass approach with North Rib variant Date Climbed: June 27th, 2004
|Wow what a beautiful climb. The most rewarding to-date for me! Climbed with rgreene up the North Rib and found the friction on the slabs to be excellent. Lots of great holds on the Class three rock. Made the summit from the first lake in a casual 1.5 hr. and enjoyed the views from the top for 45 min. The views of SNP, Williamson, Whitney, and the Williamson Bowl will be etched in my mind forever. Unfortunately, so will the arduous climb up the Shepherds Pass trail! 6000+ ft. of elev. gain with 60 lbs pack and 10 hours...my quads will never forgive me!
|Posted Jun 29, 2004 1:22 am
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: 27 June 2004
|Climbed the North Rib with blmcclain. Tyndall itself and the North Rib were excellent -- really enjoyed the peak, views of Williamson, sitting on the summit high point and wondering how much falling down the 2000' exposure would hurt! The North Rib climbing is great -- I stayed mostly off the slabs to the left and followed the rocky route on the right side of the rib. Pretty straightforward and enjoyable, even for a non-climber like myself. Now, Shepherd's Pass... what a monster hike in. How do people do that in 4 hours???
|Posted Jun 28, 2004 4:23 am
|Route Climbed: N Rib Date Climbed: August 1975
|This was my first 14000 foot peak.
|Posted Jan 26, 2004 7:13 pm
|Route Climbed: north rib Date Climbed: october 11, 2003
|dayhiked from the trailhead. initially, wasn't sure about the friction on the slabs to the right of the rib, so alternated between the rib and the slabs in an attempt to find a good line. higher up, stayed mostly on the slabs - decent friction and holds for most part. gained the summit ridge at a prominent gendarme by some iffy moves (this gendarme is just north of the gendarme that is at the top of the north rib). the boulder formation defining the pinnacle is cool.
|Posted Oct 12, 2003 5:40 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge and North Rib Date Climbed: July 8, 2003
|Northwest Ridge on the way up, North Rib down. My first 14er! :)
|Posted Sep 5, 2003 2:03 pm
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: August 25 2003
|2nd time up, NW ridge was the first route. Although the North Rib can appear to be a bit more intimidating from the pass, it is the way to go. It is better rock, faster, safer, and more fun. The view of Williamson from the top is incredible
|Posted Aug 29, 2003 12:47 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2003
|A leisurely and rather enjoyable day hike, Day 8 of the 2003 Sierra Challenge. I'd climbed Cardinal Mountain via Taboose Pass the day before (a register entry there had claimed that climb to be 8200+ ft of gain, which I guess sounds about right), so I was a bit concerned that I'd run out of energy today. Instead, I felt great, and reached Shepherd Pass in four hours... I relaxed for a couple of hours waiting for the less-acclimatized folks, and we summited in a couple of hours from the pass.
The North Rib is a great route--I stayed to the right on slabs with good friction and excellent holds the whole way up. It's an easy but fun climb. I followed the NW Ridge past almost all the good scrambling on the way back to check it out, before descending the North Face to meet the rib again. The ridge has some pretty fun third class, too.
|Posted Aug 19, 2003 6:28 pm
|Route Climbed: North RIb Date Climbed: July 26th, 2003
|It was a nice day-hike to the summit. I left the trailhead at 2:40 am, summitted at about 11:30 am, and got back to my car by 8 PM. I tried to descend via the Northwest Ridge, but got into terrain that was much more difficult than class 2 when bypassing the minaret, so I traversed across the north slabs to go back down the North Rib.
|Posted Jul 28, 2003 11:34 pm
|Route Climbed: NW face up, N Rib down Date Climbed: July 21, 2003
|Climbed with engineer_charley (see his entry for more details). The 10 hour RT time is from our camp at the lake by Shepherd's pass. Brought up new notebook for summit box.
|Posted Jul 28, 2003 4:53 pm
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: July 15, 2003
|I set off solo from the Shepherd Pass trailhead at 3:00 AM and arrived at SP at 7:20 AM. I first climbed Mount Tyndall on an easy line just to the right of the North Rib, mainly on slabs, then traversed left to the top of the rib and onto the summit ridge. I reached the summit at 9:40 AM and descended the same route. At the bottom of the rib, I turned right and descended into the Williamson Bowl. Boulder-hopping across the Bowl was not pleasurable. Beginning the West Face Route, I stayed slightly left of a/the black stain. To avoid the worst of the talus in the chute, I stayed left on more solid rock for about the first half and right for the second. I made it to the summit of Williamson at 2:55 PM. Since it was 15 July, I was probably the last to summit before the end of Williamson's 'regular' climbing season. I returned to SP and then to the trailhead, arriving back at my car at 8:45PM. This trip started as an attempt at the CA 14ers record.
|Posted Jul 22, 2003 10:47 pm
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: June 29, 2003
|Tom Donnelly and I started out from camp at the first lake above Shepherd Pass at 5:30 AM. Mike and Deborah had started about 30 min. before us. Tom summited about 7:30 and I made it about 8:00 AM. Mike and Deborah soon joined us. Since we were planning on doing Mt. Williamson too, no time was wasted on the summit. By the time I reached the summit register, Tom had gained a couple of pinnacles along the ridge to the SE. I returned via the ascent route for the trek across Williamson Bowl. JM.
|Posted Jul 22, 2003 12:27 am
|Joe Hanssen
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: July 13th '03
|The North Rib has great rock to go up and down. Cool summit boulder. Took two hours to get from the summit of Williamson to Tyndals.
|Posted Jul 14, 2003 10:43 am
|Route Climbed: North rib Date Climbed: July 12, 2003
|North rib was a good route. Mostly class 2 with some class three (and 4 if you so choose near the top of the rib). 14'er number seven.
|Posted Jul 12, 2003 7:11 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge / North Rib Date Climbed: July 8, 2003
|Ascended the Northwest Ridge, descended the North Rib - my advice: dont waste time on the ridge route, its terrible, take the North Rib, its fun and direct, an excellent hike. PICS
|Posted Jul 11, 2003 4:38 pm
|Paul Spraycar
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 4, 2000
|Ascended Northwest Ridge, encountering fun Class 2 most of the way. Descended west directly to Wright Lakes, which turned out to be very loose in places.
|Posted Jun 29, 2003 3:22 pm
|Route Climbed: Ascend NW face, descend NW Ridge. Date Climbed: 8/31/02
|Hiked from the car to summit and return the same way the same day. Also, did a side trip to see some Bighorn Sheep on Willy mountain. Saw no hikers above Anvil Camp.
|Posted Oct 11, 2002 6:40 pm
|Route Climbed: West rib Date Climbed: July 3 2001
|Left for an evening ascent up the west rib from Shepherd Pass. Summited at 8pm as the sun went down. Descended the north rib.
|Posted Oct 6, 2002 2:01 pm
|Route Climbed: North Rib Date Climbed: 09-28-97
|Left from Anvil Camp at 9am, saying goodbye to my girlfriend. Below Shepherd Pass a group of climbers told me to turn around because of the new snow. Very windy on top of the pass, proceeded to the North Rib. Spent a lot of time scrambling up boulders, arrived around noon. Descend the same way, but, continued all the way back to the car.
|Posted Sep 12, 2002 6:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Tourist Trail--->North Rib Date Climbed: Sept. 8, 2002
|Dayhiked on a perfect Saturday with bearbnz. Wore my Nike sandals the whole time, as the North Rib is very low angle. Winds on the Pass were a bit chilly, as were those on the summit. Barry was feeling pretty sick---the worst of the summer---so we took it easy. CTC in 13:05. Oh yeah, this was the final 14'er of our 2002 California 14'ers dayhiking tour!
|Posted Sep 9, 2002 12:25 pm


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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Has Higher Poll Ratings than Obama
The crack-smoking mayor of Toronto is more popular than President Barack Obama.
A new poll by Toronto-based Forum Research shows Mayor Rob Ford's ratings have rebounded to 47 percent, mainly because of his aggressive response to Toronto's recent ice storm.
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World of Warcraft Hits 5 Million Users
Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment is reporting that its immensely popular World of Warcraft online role playing game (RPG) has hit 5 million users. The massively multiplayer entertainment service said that the subscription service's growth exceeded all of its expectations. The World of Warcraft game puts online players in an online world with quests, monsters, and a focus on fantasy and adventure. The service has even spawned its own economy, with trade in virtual weapons and armor. World of Warcraft said that it counted customers as those who have paid a subscription fee or purchased a prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those purchasing an installation box with free one montha access. The service is available internationally, with the company recently adding Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong to the countries where the game is available.


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Big Sixth Inning Pushes East Carolina Past Liberty, 11-2
With the loss, Liberty opens the season at 1-2, while the win moves East Carolina to 2-1 on the year.
For the first time on the weekend, East Carolina jumped on the scoreboard first. Center fielder Harrison Eldridge singled to lead off the Pirate half of the first inning. After the next batter struck out, Eldridge swiped second and came around to score on a double hit sharply past the third base bag by first baseman Brandon Henderson to give the Pirates a 1-0 advantage.
Liberty knotted the score at 1-1 in the top of the fifth. Aaron Phillips singled and Tommy Bussey doubled to center field to open the inning. After a nice play by East Carolina starter Dustin Sasser on a ground ball back at the mound by Kenneth Negron for an out, Patrick Gaillard brought home Phillips with a ground out to the shortstop.
In the home half of the sixth, the Pirates erupted with seven two-out runs to go on top, 8-1. With one out, left fielder Ryan Tousley singled to center and broke the tie on a two-out double by designated hitter Jake Dean. The next batter, Jamie Ray, then delivered Mark Letchworth, who came on to pinch run for Dean, with a single to right. After an error by the first baseman kept the frame alive, Eldridge singled home an unearned run to make it, 4-1. Mollenhauer followed with his slam to right field, clearing the bases. It was the shortstop's first career grand slam.
The two teams added runs in the later innings. Garrett Young, who walked and stole second, scored Liberty's second run on a single by Nate Thompson in the eighth. East Carolina plated an additional run in the seventh on a RBI single by pinch hitter Kyle Roller and two in the eighth on a double and an infield single.
Despite taking the loss, Flames' starter David Stokes (0-1) had a solid outing in his Liberty debut as he allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Sasser (1-0) picked up the win, allowing one run on five hits.
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WindMade, the first global consumer label for companies using wind energy, made its U.S. debut in New York City on Wednesday, designated as Global Wind Day.
The proposed standard, unveiled at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in January, requires participating companies to get at least 25% of their electricity from wind power. After a public consultation period, which begins today and ends Aug. 15, companies are expected to begin applying for the final standard in September. Work on a similar standard for products is slated to begin later this year.
"Market-driven solutions like WindMade will increase voluntary purchasing of renewable energy, and complement the national and state standards that create the market," said Elizabeth Salerno, chief economist for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) in a statement.
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Federal prosecutors said the death of a Wilkinsburg man factored into a plea bargain that will send a Peters physician to prison for more than 11 years. "That's an unusually long sentence for a doctor," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Kaufman. Relatives of Ira Gray Jr. appeared in federal court today as Dr. Oliver W. Herndon, 40, pled guilty to prescription drug abuse and health care fraud. Herndon and his lawyer, Roger Cox, declined comment after the hearing. Herndon remains free on a $50,000 bond. Prosecutors and Herndon agreed to the sentence of 11 years and 3 months, which is the maximum recommended by sentencing federal guidelines. U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab scheduled Herndon's sentencing for Sept. 24. Gray, 23, died in Silver Spring, Md. An autopsy determined he died of oxycodone toxicity, and his death was ruled an accident, according to the Maryland Chief Medical Examiner's Office. Gilbert Stubbs, Gray's uncle, and Patricia Bogle, Gray's mother, believe he died because of the combination of oxycodone and his sleep apnea. "My son died in his sleep," Bogle said after the hearing. She said she agrees with Herndon's sentence "as long as he's going to do some time and is going to lose his license." Bogle said her son injured his leg a couple of years ago when it was crushed between two cars. At the time of the injury, the treating physician only prescribed Percoset for the pain, she said. Gray had told her he had gone to a doctor to get more painkillers, but not that he was taking oxycodone, she said. U.S. Attorney David Hickton held a press conference this afternoon to announce that his office and other federal, state and local agencies are increasing their focus on prescription drug abuse. "Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians and traffickers should all be on notice. If you are illegally prescribing, dispensing or distributing prescription pain medication, we are coming after you," he said.
Brett Pritts, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the Herndon bust reduced the availability of painkillers on the street because the street price of oxycodone in Western Pennsylvania has jumped from $20 to $40 per pill since his arrest.The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and health shows that about 2 1⁄2 times more Americans abuse prescription drugs than the combined number for people using illegal narcotics, he said. Hickton said most of the addicts are in their teens and early 20s and don't realized the risk they're taking. "That young people consider prescription drugs abuse a 'low risk' is disturbing," he said. "And the fact that the majority of those 12 and older who abused pain relievers in the past have received them from friends and family for free, including from their home medicine cabinets, should be cause for outrage." Hickton said area agencies plan to hold a summit on prescription abuse, tentatively scheduled for June 27 at Washington & Jefferson College. Kaufman said the one-year investigation into Herndon started with pharmacists complaining about the number and strength of the painkillers Herndon was prescribing. About 87 of 128 pharmacies contacted in Western Pennsylvania had stopped filling prescriptions from Herndon, he said. Most of Herndon's patients were in their 20s or 30s, and "many appeared to be strung out or stoned," Kaufman said. Herndon saw 80 to 130 patients daily and, when his office was located in West Mifflin, added two waiting rooms to accommodate the crowds, Kaufman said. The health care fraud charge is based on insurers paying claims for people who didn't need the painkillers, he said. As part of the plea agreement, Herndon agrees that insurers paid out $400,000 to $1 million in fraudulent claims, Kaufman said. Herndon also agrees that he prescribed about 10,800 oxycodone tablets, at an average strength of 30 milligrams, and 3,600 oxymorphone tablets at an average strength of 40 milligrams, Kaufman said.


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Oct 23, 2013 - By Alejandra Silva, Staff WriterCommunity members celebrated a completed safer highway Tuesday with the ribbon-cutting ceremony on 17 Mile Road. The completion of the project also celebrated the partnerships that have developed since 1998, when it was recognized that improvements were critical because of a high fatality rate on the popular Wind River Indian Reservation highway.
"It's a unique project because of the collaborations," said Wyoming Department of Transportation chief engineer Delbert McOmie. "If we want something done in Wyoming, we got to bring everybody together."
Speakers for the ceremony at the Sand Creek Massacre Trail interpretive turnout included chief and district engineers with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Central Federal Lands Highway Division engineer Ricardo Suarez, Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan, Rep. Patrick Goggles, D-Ethete, Eastern Shoshone Tribe chairman Darwin St. Clair Jr. and Northern Arapaho Tribe chairman Darrell O'Neal Sr.
To fund the $8.23 million project, the tribes applied for a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant that financed the rebuild of road from the Little Wind River bridge to the Coolidge Canal. Roughly $2.15 million in funding for the 8.3 miles of reconstruction was provided by Fremont County, $85,000 came from Wyoming tourism funds and $430,000 came from the Indian Reservation Roads program. Both WyDOT and the tribes contributed about $9.2 million.
WyDOT district engineer Shelby Carlson said it cost about $1.8 million for every mile of construction. She added that about 305,000 cubic yards of dirt were moved and 44 tons of pavement were used.
"Highways are a way of life in Wyoming. ... We depend on them and we need them," she said.
The highway first was built in 1930 and received upgrades in 1950. But until then, contributing factors turned the road into a death trap for many people, causing rollovers, accidents and unsafe interactions with pedestrians and bicycles.
When the road recorded an average fatality rate twice that of the national average, renewed interest was paid to the highway's reconstruction.
"Pedestrian fatalities were higher here than any other reservations," McOmie said.
Eventually, a 2,000-per-day vehicle count necessitated changes in the road's alignment, curbs and flat slopes, he said.
"This is a road that has tragically taken the lives of our Native people," St. Clair said.
McAuslan noted that it has been 22 months since the last traffic-related fatality was recorded on 17 Mile Road.
"Back then, when you drove on 17 Mile Road, you were taking chances that somebody may die," he said. "It was the norm. ... It was an accepted part of living on the reservation."
He praised the changes that would now make commuting safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
The width of the highway was increased to 44 feet, which includes shoulder space and recovery zones.
An additional 49 cattle guards and new roadway lighting were put into place. Canal ditches too close to the road were removed and a new sanitary water line was connected into the Beaver Creek Housing division.
More than 15,000 flagging hours were recorded during the project, and the numerous job opportunities provided to more than 130 enrolled tribal members were recognized. The positions generated roughly $4.5 million into the reservation and surrounding communities. They reportedly earned more than $3.7 million in wages.
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The Labor government has called the Greens hypocritical for opposing abolition of tax breaks for miners, a measure designed to fund its $1 billion package to support blue-collar jobs, as the split between the former allies worsens.
Former prime minister
"They call themselves 'the Greens' as if it's a social movement,'' he said.
"The Greens party, it's a political party, which organises itself for political purposes.''
Mr Rudd said part of the reason Ms Gillard and the government were struggling at the moment was because it has had to accommodate such "fickle partners" as the Greens.
"I think the Prime Minister,
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While still guaranteeing supply and confidence, Senator Milne flagged that the era of co-operation was over and, on Wednesday, said the Greens would not support Ms Gillard's $1 billion package to fund initiatives to boost the manufacturing sector.
Senator Milne said unless the government toughened its mining tax to make the big miners pay more, the Greens would not support abolition of research and development tax concessions for companies with an annual turnover of $20 billion and more. The abolition of these tax breaks will fund the package.
The Greens' threat could well be hollow because the legislation abolishing the R&D concessions need not pass Parliament until the end of next financial year, well after the federal election. The Coalition will oppose abolishing the tax cut.
Nonetheless, the government rounded on the Greens for a second day in a row on Wednesday,
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"This exposes the base politics behind Senator Milne's publicity drive in recent days. More importantly, it shows that the Greens party has no coherent values,'' he said.
Ms Gillard ignored the Greens' demand to amend the mining tax as a condition of passing the R&D cuts.
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Updated 9:31 pm, Thursday, February 27, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — Where: 12333 West Ave., 210-314-2336, www.craw dadspourhouse.com/
On the menu: Appetizers, $8-$12; po' boy platters, $7-$14; Cajun favorites, $10-$15; kids menu, $4.99; desserts, $6; and weekend breakfast, $2.50-$6
Fast facts: There are several seating areas, including a dining room, bar area, deck seating and a private party room. This is prime sports-watching territory with TVs throughout the restaurant.
Impressions: If you're looking for Cajun food and crawfish, Crawdads is a good choice. Start with a bloody mary that's served in a large mug and garnished with olives and pickled green beans and okra. The crab claws had a nice tartness and seasoning from a marinade of citrus, herbs and vegetables. Looking for Natchitoches meat pies or crawfish this Mardi Gras? Crawdads has both. Our favorite was the shrimp po' boy with crisp, lightly battered shrimp served on a baguette with a flavorful house-made tartar sauce. The owner, who was proudly sporting an LSU shirt, walked around to ensure guests at each table were satisfied. That's always a good sign.
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How do you fix battery life problems after updating to iOS 10 or upgrading to iPhone 7? Here are our top power-saving tips!
Apple currently offers the standard iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and the smaller iPhone SE. Between them, they're rated for 10 to 12 hours of battery life while browsing the web, checking email, and chatting. But if you've just updated to iOS 10, or you're upgrading to an iPhone 7, you might see a serious drain on your battery power. Rather than cursing and throwing your iPhone — as much as you might want to! — here's what you can do to fix battery life and get on with your life.
Wait for it
Whether you restore from backup or set up as new, your new iPhone or new version of iOS 10 could expend up a lot of power downloading apps, games, mail, photos, and other content. That's because the Wi-Fi radio stays on for a long time, and Spotlight — the iOS search system — has to index everything. When radios and processors can't sleep, power consumption goes way up.
If you've just upgraded the hardware, updated to iOS 10, or restored, give things a day or so to finish up and go back to normal. If you're fine after that, great. If not, keep reading!
Test on standby
In addition to the system taking a while to really finish transferring everything over, we also tend to spend a long time playing with new phones and new features. That's especially true with things like Live Photos, 12 megapixel cameras, 4K video, iMessage apps, Siri integrations, and more. So the screen stays on, storage gets written to, WI-Fi and maybe cellular radios stay lit up, and power gets consumed.
In other words, if you're battery feels like it's only lasting half as long, the first step to fixing it is figuring out if you're using it twice as much.
So, note down how much battery life you have left. Then put your iPhone down for 20-40 minutes. When you pick it back up, note down how much battery life you have left again. If there isn't a big change while in standby, you're probably okay, and your battery life will return to normal when your usage returns to normal (after the novelty wears off).
If your iPhone continued to drain and drain fast, even when you weren't using it, keep reading!
Rebooting, restarting, or resetting is the oldest cliche in troubleshooting. Because it works. Sometimes a good reset is all that's needed to kick bad bits loose.
iPhone 7 requires different button combo than previous iPhones:
If your iPhone 7 stops responding and you can't even turn it off by holding down the power button, you may need
- Press and hold down the On/Off button on the right side
- While continuing to hold the On/Off button, press and hold the volume down button on the left side of your iPhone.
Hold both buttons as the screen turns off, and keep holding them until the screen turns back on and displays the Apple logo.
For those previous iPhones updated to iOS 10, it's the same buttons:
- Press and hold down both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time.
- Keep them held down until you see an Apple logo.
- Let go.
On iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus, the power button is located on the right side:
On iPhone through iPhone 5s, and iPhone SE, the power button is located on the top:
Once your iPhone has rebooted, repeat the previous steps and see if battery drain has returned to normal. If not, keep reading!
Check usage
iOS contains a terrific battery usage — aka battery shaming — utility that lets you know exactly which apps and services are using your battery and how.
- Launch Settings from your Home screen.
- Tap on Battery.
Wait a moment for Battery Usage to populate.
- Tap on the Show Detailed Usage button to get a breakdown of foreground and background power usage.
Tap on Last 7 Days to get a broader look at power consumption over time.
It can be tricky to understand, but here's the deal: If you see iCloud Photo Library there, and you've just upgraded, it's a sign you're downloading thumbnails and things should return to normal when you're done. If you see Facebook there and it says 4% on screen and 40% on background, it's a sign something has gone wrong.
At that point, you can force quit a rogue app and likely get your power consumption back to normal.
- Double click the Home button to bring up the fast app switcher.
- Swipe to the app you want to force quit.
Touch the app card and flick it up and off the screen
If an app appears to be consistently misbehaving, you can try re-installing it or even switching to an alternative app or a service's website for some of your activity.
Restore as new
Sometimes restoring from an old backup, especially a backup of a different device like an iPad, can be less than ideal. Cruft builds up and things just don't run like they used to. Sometimes your once-fresh setup also goes stale.
If you suspect that's the case, you can suck it up and set up your iPhone as new. Yes, it can be an incredible pain in the apps, but if you have a significant and continual problem, and nothing else can fix it, setting up as new can be a solution.
It's the nuclear option, no doubt about it. You will have to set up almost everything again, including passwords and settings, and you will lose all your saved data like game levels, health, and activities, but in most cases, your battery life will be better than ever.
Battery cases and banks
If you need to go longer than the built-in battery in your iPhone will allow, one option is to get an external battery. You can either get a battery case or. a battery bank. A battery case keeps everything tightly packed together but limits the size and scope of the power source — it can't be too big to fit in your pocket, and it typically can't power other devices as well. A battery bank can come in all shapes and sizes and can often charge multiple devices, even at once.
I have both a battery case for my iPhone 7 and a battery bank with two charging ports for my iPhone 7 Plus and iPad. They've both been life savers, especially when traveling. Here are some of iMore's favorites:
Low Power Mode
If your battery life is normal but you want to get even more out of it, case or no case, you can use Low Power Mode. It turns off processes and otherwise conserves as much power as it can.
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen.
- Tap Battery.
Toggle Low Power Mode to on.
You can tell when Low Power Mode is enabled by looking at the color of the battery icon — it turns yellow. It will automatically turn off any time you recharge above 80% or more, so if you want to keep it on, you'll need to switch it on every time.
You can also switch on Low Power Mode quickly by using Siri. Just say "Hey Siri, turn on low power mode!"
If even Low Power mode isn't enough — you're stuck in the wilderness, at a conference with poor reception and no power — there are a few other hacks you can try.
- Turn down the screen brightness.
- Set Auto-Lock to 1 minute.
- Use headphones instead of the speaker if you have to listen to audio or music.
- Hide the Clock app in a folder. That animation uses GPU cycles. (Okay, silicon geeks only.)
Contact Apple
Every once and a while, you get a problem you just can't solve. Like any electronics, sometimes things go wrong. If you have AppleCare or AppleCare+, you should absolutely book a Genius Bar appointment and avail yourself of it. If you don't live close to an Apple Store, you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE in order to set up a mail-in repair.
More power saving tips!
If any of these power-saving tips worked for you, let me know! If you've got any tips of your own, let me know that too!
- How to fix watchOS and Apple Watch battery life problems
- How to fix MacBook Pro battery life problems


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When I was a kid, I always thought it was odd how so many people remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard President Kennedy was shot, and how so many of them cried when they heard. It was an important event, a horribly sad event, but these people were not related to him, so why was it so embedded in their memories? Now I understand.
I know people who lost friends or family in the terror attacks on 9/11, but I was not personally connected to it. Still, I remember. September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday also, and I was in my dorm room, working on a paper, when my roommate called from downstairs and told me to turn on the television. It was just after 9 a.m., and at that point everyone thought it was an accident, until we saw, minutes later, an explosion at the second tower. We didn't even know it was a second plane at first.
As long as I live, I will never forget our room becoming a communications center (we had a land line phone, and most cell phones stopped working when the north tower, with its cell antennas, collapsed) and comforting friends as they waited to hear if their loved ones had survived. I'll never forget walking downstairs and seeing people gathered in the common room, all watching TV together, or having the evening papers vanish in under five minutes, or piling that afternoon into a van to go donate blood, or looking out of my window in the dorms and seeing smoke rise from the city. I'll never forget the months of seeing flyers in every subway station, "Have you seen _____? Missing since 9/11," or the butcher paper memorials from all over the country and world showing New York some support.
As you go about your day, please take a moment to spare a thought or prayer for the people who were killed. No one should forget what today means in our national memory.
EDIT: I have one more request. Six years ago, 9/11 brought us together as a country, at least at first. Can we remember for just one day that we're all Americans, no matter what our religion or political leanings instead of defiling the day by fighting with each other?


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I have smoked off and on for 30 years. (I'm 50) it's never easy to quit, but I always did, immediately, with my pregnancies and 3 mos prior to my BA. I plan to have an explant of my 580cc, saline, smooth, partial unders, and since I have a D cup of natural, droopy tissue, I'd like to get a full anchor lift, simultaneously. (I can't afford 2 surgeries, nor do I want 2 recoveries/gen anesthesia) I won't even do it til I've completely been off nicotine for 3 months, but is that even enough?
How Much Riskier is It to Be a Patient That Quits Smoking 3 Mo Prior to an Explant/lift Vs Nonsmkr?
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How Much Riskier is It to Be a Patient That Quits Smoking 3 Mo Prior compared with a non-smoker
By three months away from nicotine, your risk should approach baseline for non-smokers.
Know that the nicotine is the problem. Nicorette gum and nicotine patches are probably worse that cigarettes in terms of wound complications in breast lift surgery.
Best wishes
Smoking Risk
It's good that you recognize the significant risk to wound healing in a patient who smokes. I think if you are at zero cigarettes and no other nicotine substitute for 3 months preop you will significantly improve your chances of avoiding healing problems. But there is always some risk that the incisions will not heal properly
Breast Implants and Smoking
Thank you for your question. Having a smoking history will always increase your risk, and the longer your smoking continues, the higher the risk. You can have a heart evaluation with your cardiologist, a treadmill test, and evaluate your coronary risk if your Surgeon feels this is warranted, and any blood work needed. Three months off is good, but 3 years off would be better. I hope this helps.
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Smoking and risk
If you are an ex-smoker your risks are lower than an active smoker but not quite as good as non-smoker. I recommend to my smoking patientst to stop for 3-4 weeks prior to surgery.
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WALL STREET: Stocks fall amid rising Ukraine tension
U.S. stocks fell in midday trading today, trimming a weekly gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after escalating tensions in Ukraine boosted demand for haven assets.
Nordstrom Inc. sank 4 percent after reporting sales that missed analysts' estimates. Monster Beverage Corp. soared 29 percent after Coca-Cola Co. agreed to buy a stake in the company. Applied Materials Inc. jumped 5 percent after forecasting sales that may top analysts' estimates.
The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent to 1,950.51 at 11:23 a.m. in New York, erasing an earlier advance of 0.5 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 66.34 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,647.24. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was 16 percent above the 30-day average at this time of day. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank eight basis points to 2.32 percent, the lowest since June 2013.
"You saw the market drift up because it appeared that things had quieted down a little bit, but this Ukraine headline changes that," Walter Todd, who oversees more than $1 billion as chief investment officer for Greenwood, South Carolina-based Greenwood Capital Associates LLC, said in a phone interview. "The move highlights the sensitive and reactionary nature of markets right now."
Ukrainian troops attacked and destroyed "part" of military column that entered country from Russia through rebel- held border post of Izvaryne, Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine's military, told reporters in Kiev.
The government earlier said Russia is still supplying rebels in the eastern part of the country with equipment, while NATO said it sees a continuous flow of Russian weapons into the region.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a website statement that it's getting information of direct threats to a convoy of trucks sent by the Kremlin to provide humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine.
The escalating crisis in Ukraine overshadowed mixed U.S. economic data that investors are scrutinizing for clues on Federal Reserve stimulus moves. Industrial production advanced 0.4 percent in July, while the New York Fed Empire Manufacturing gauge fell more than estimated and consumer confidence unexpectedly declined from its lowest level since March.
Separately, wholesale prices in the U.S. rose at a slower pace in July as fuel costs dropped by the most in eight months. Limited price pressures give the Fed room to maintain an accommodative position as its scales back their monthly bond purchases.
Recent economic strength had created concern that the Fed may be forced to act on rates sooner than anticipated. The U.S. central bank remains on pace to wind down its monthly bond purchases in October. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said officials will keep the benchmark rate low for a "considerable time" after the bond buying ends.
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American Homeowners Association AKA AHA What a bunch of garbage. Free is free, no charge for 30 days and they immediately charged my creadit card Stanford Connecticut
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I was so mad that I called them and told them not to bother and to put my money back, cancel the memership and don't have a cutomer service representative call because my mind was made up. I then called the credit card company and told them I was disputing any charge they made. They said not to worry and that they would take care of it. What a ripoff company. Buyer beware!
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You sound like a business man but you fail to see that charge for what it is. A Autherization charge. It used to be only a single dollar was dinged. But ppl got smart and started leaving 1.50 in their accounts to pass a standard "ding". I.E. Gas Station pumps. Online services, ect. That $1.95 was to ensure that the account information YOU gave them was accurate and active. So basically you made a giant a*s of yourself to a company that was doing WHAT you asked them to do.
The view must be nice on that high horse of yours. Perhaps your attitude will change once you realize all ppl get to see is your horses a*s.
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The Life of a Bankrupt American
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A story of an American woman who went through total financial ruin in her life. Go through her life on these pages as bankruptcy happened and what she had to do to fix it. This is a must read for anyone going through financial problems or know someone who is.
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A wife and mother of two, I have had a very colorful life. I have owned and managed my own restaurant business, bought and sold real estate and have been involved in many types of jobs. My experiences in all of this and becoming financially bankrupt has made me feel that others could benefit from what I have been through. I hold a tremendous amount of compassion for anyone who struggles financially for whatever reason.
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Of 3 major processing modes that Jackson supports, Streaming Processing (also known as Incremental Processing) is the most efficient way to process JSON content. It has the lowest memory and processing overhead, and can often match performance of many binary data formats available on Java platform (see "Performance Comparison" link below)
This performance comes at a cost: this is not the most convenient way to process JSON content, because:
All content to read/write has to be processed in exact same order as input comes in (or output is to go out) -- for random access, you need to use Data Binding or Tree Model (which both actually use Streaming Api for actual JSON reading/writing).
- No Java objects are created unless specifically requested; and even then only very basic types are supported (Strings, byte[] for base64-encoded binary content)
As a result, Streaming API is most commonly used by middleware and by frameworks (where performance benefits are available to wider range of using applications, and competition between implementation drives performance as one of measured features), and less often by applications.
Creating Parsers
Parsers are objects used to tokenize JSON content into tokens and associated data. It is the lowest level of read access to JSON content.
Most common way to create parsers is from external sources (Files, HTTP request streams) or buffered data (Strings, byte arrays / buffers). For this purpose org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory has extensive set of methods to construct parsers, such as:
JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(); // or, for data binding, org.codehaus.jackson.mapper.MappingJsonFactory JsonParser jp = jsonFactory.createJsonParser(file); // or URL, Stream, Reader, String, byte[]
Also, if you happen to have an ObjectMapper, there is also ObjectMapper.getJsonFactory() that you can use to reuse factory it has (since (re)using a JsonFactory instances is one Performance Best Practices).
But you can also create parsers from alternate sources:
Starting with version 1.3, you can read contents of root JsonNode (see Tree Model) by JsonParser jp = node.traverse()
Starting with version 1.5 you can buffer underlying JSON tokens into org.codehaus.jackson.util.TokenBuffer, and later on create JsonParser to read content (for replaying streams).
Reading JSON tokens from these sources is significantly more efficient than re-parsing JSON content from textual representation.
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Generators are objects used to construct JSON content based on sequence of calls to output JSON tokens. It is the lowest level of write access to JSON content.
Most common way to create generators is to pass an external destination (File, OutputStream or Writer) into which write resulting JSON content. For this purpose org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory has extensive set of methods to construct parsers, such as:
JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(); // or, for data binding, org.codehaus.jackson.mapper.MappingJsonFactory JsonGenerator jg = jsonFactory.createJsonGenerator(file, JsonEncoding.UTF8); // or Stream, Reader
An alternative method is available by using org.codehaus.jackson.util.TokenBuffer (added in Jackson 1.5): since it extends JsonGenerator, you can efficiently buffer any JSON output in case it needs to be re-processed:
TokenBuffer buffer = new TokenBuffer(); // serialize object as JSON tokens (but don't serialize as JSON text!) objectMapper.writeValue(buffer, myBean); // read back as tree JsonNode root = objectMapper.readTree(buffer.asParser()); // modify some more, write out // ... String jsonText = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(root);
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Xen Project Q&A Forum: First Line Help for Simple Questions
This is your chance to ask questions and provide answers about basic use of the Xen Project software. For debugging problems and for more complex issues, consider using the xen-users mailing list instead. You can find information about xen-users under "HELP | Mailing Lists" in the navigation bar above.
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RISING star Baily Cargill has cited his bruising Conference baptism as the primary reason behind securing a long-term future with Cherries.
The 18-year-old defender, who spent three months in non-league's top flight with Welling, returned to Dean Court in January with a hatful of plaudits.
During his stint under former Cherries player Jamie Day, Cargill impressed at left-back and centre-half, making 14 appearances at Park View Road.
His form prompted Wings fans to draw comparisons with one of their more famous former loan stars – Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson.
And Cargill, who signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Cherries in November, admitted the gritty edge gained in his loan spell had played a significant part in being offered a new contract.
Cargill told the Daily Echo: "I was really thankful for the opportunity at Welling. It was a really good stepping stone and it helped a massive amount.
"With that ground work, I am used to the physical battles now and I don't think there's anything better than gaining that experience.
"The tempo was much quicker than I had been used to and, while there was quality on the ball, I also played against some big units who put themselves about.
"In my first few games, I was knocked off the ball a bit too easily. We played Braintree and it was the most physical game I had ever been involved in. I must have headed the ball about 25 times in one half.
"They had a striker called Jordan Cox who was a couple of inches taller than me and he just came at me all game. I had to deal with a few elbows and all sorts. To begin with, he was bullying me.
"But I kept going and used what happened to grow into the game. In the end, I felt like I had won the battle.
"From there, I came to expect it that bit more. It was a learning curve but I think it played a big part in getting a new deal because it really helped bring on my game."
Loan rules stipulate that Cargill cannot return to Welling this season but he is allowed out elsewhere. However, he is keen to make an impression on boss Eddie Howe.
On his chances of grabbing a first-team opportunity, he added: "I need to build a bit more confidence to be able to really knock on the door but I don't think I'm too far away.
"A few good performances for the development squad or a few good training sessions and it might happen. I don't feel like it's beyond me, I feel like I could go out there and do a job.
"I think it is realistic but it is a massive step from Conference football and, if the manager thinks another loan is right for me, I will do whatever it takes to progress."


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Senate Bill to Revive Keystone XL Pipeline Introduced
Barely three weeks after the Administration decided to seek additional study on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, rather than approve the project, Senate Republicans introduced a bill to try to force the President's hand. On November 30, 2011, Richard Lugar (R-IN) led an effort with 37 other Senators to require the Administration to either approve the pipeline within 60 days or determine that it is not in the national interest.
If constructed, the pipeline would transport crude oil fromAlberta,Canadato theTexasGulfCoast. Extracting and refining oil from the Canadian tar sands is considered the most polluting and carbon intensive oil process on the planet.
The President and the State Department concluded on November 10 that the environmental consequences of the pipeline's route warrant greater study. The State Department also noted that in addition to concerns about specific routes for the pipeline, attention should be paid to the project's implications for climate change. Green America welcomed the decision to postpone action on the pipeline and continues to press for the cancellation of this massive fossil fuel project. Any environmental report, conducted with integrity, will identify major reasons to abandon the project.
Supporters of the new bill are trying to extract a political cost from the Administration for not moving ahead with the pipeline immediately. In particular, they emphasize the need for job creation. Green America urges everyone concerned about the relationship between this pipeline and US job creation and retention to read the latest report on the issue from CornellUniversity's Global Labor Institute. The report, Pipe Dreams? Jobs gained, Jobs Lost By the Construction of the Keystone XL shows how industry data on job creation has been wildly exaggerated – and how the pipeline could actually cost US jobs.
Fortunately, this bill isn't likely to go far in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Yet we'll need ongoing, informed pressure from Green Americans to ensure that the current delay in constructing the pipeline turns into its cancellation. Now is the time for investment in US renewable energy programs that can create enduring jobs while creating the clean energy future we desperately need.
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As Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama celebrated a series of resolutions on nuclear proliferation that they supposedly reached with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the complete opposite tone.
In a speech today before Israel's cabinet, CNN and the Washington Post report Netanyahu reiterating Israel's desire to completely dismantle Iranian uranium enrichment programs, and halt any nuclear developments by Iran.
"What was achieved last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement, but a historic mistake... Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world has taken a significant step toward attaining the most dangerous weapon in the world," he told he cabinet.
Iran, meanwhile, claims that the nuclear program is a peaceful one, that it is simply exercising a right to enrich uranium like other nations, and that only the medical research and energy industries will benefit. Not everyone in the international community agrees with Iran's assessment, even though the country has yet to officially enrich weapons-grade uranium.
If Iran makes the effort to start, then Israel appears prepared to preemptively strike. Israel's intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz, compared Iran to North Korea: "The last-second amendments put into the agreement are far from satisfactory. The current deal, like the 2007 failed deal with North Korea, is more likely to bring Iran closer to having a bomb."
Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, believes the deal "brings us to a nuclear arms race... The world has to understand that this is the biggest diplomatic victory Iran has had in recent years. There's no doubt the agreement recognizes Iran's right to enrich uranium."
White House descriptions of the deal seem a bit tamer than Israel's. A fact sheet from D.C. called the deal "the first meaningful limits that Iran has accepted on its nuclear program in close to a decade." It went on to say that, "With respect to the comprehensive solution, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed...Put simply, this first step expires in six months, and does not represent an acceptable end state to the United States."
The White House acknowledged Iran's official concessions in the agreement: all enrichment of uranium above 5 percent is to be halted; the stockpile of 3.5 percent enriched uranium is to be frozen; any uranium enriched to 20 percent is to be neutralized or diluted; and all activity at the Arak nuclear reactor (which has the potential to produce weapons-grade plutonium) is to be halted.
Netanyahu had been attempting to convince world leaders that Iran would be producing a "bad deal." After making his case to French President François Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin, relations between the White House and Israel seemed strained.
Isaac Herzog, the leader of Israel's opposition Labor party, called out Netanyahu, saying "Netanyahu must do everything in order to fix the damage that was caused from the public clash with the U.S. and return to an intimate relationship with President Obama and other world leaders."
The most dramatic quotation came from Israel's economic minister, Natfatli Bennett, who said "If a nuclear suitcase blows up in New York or Madrid five years from now, it will be because of the deal that was signed this morning... There is still a long campaign ahead of us [and] we will continue to act in every possible way."[Image via Wikimedia Commons]


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Wendell, Frederick E. and Hardy, Robert A. and Ames, Jack A. (1986) An assessment of the accidental take of sea otters, Enhydra lutris, in gill and trammel nets. Long Beach, CA, California Department of Fish and Game, (Marine Resources Technical Report, 54)
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The sea otter, Enhydra 1utris, is fully protected in California by both state and federal law. Despite this protection the population has not grown appreciably since at least 1976. Research efforts directed at identifying the reasons for the lack of population growth have concentrated on sources of mortality and their contribution to total mortality. The accidental drowning of sea otters in gill and trammel nets used to take California halibut, Para1ichthys ca1ifornicus, was identified as a source of mortality which has probably increased as the sea otter population expanded into areas of intense fishing. As a result, an existing gill and trammel net fishery observation program in Monterey Bay was expanded to assess the extent and significance of the accidental drownings of sea otters in the areas near Morro Bay and Port San Luis. Three different estimates of the number of sea otters drowned annually in gill and trammel nets were generated using comparable data bases. The average of these estimates was approximately 80 sea otters per year for the level of fishing effort expended during the June 1982 through June 1984 study period. Back calculations of the annual take of sea otters by the gill and trammel net fishery for California halibut were made for each year from 1973 through 1983. These calculations suggest that the level of accidental take of sea otters during the last decade may have been high enough to be a significant factor in the lack of sea otter population growth. (31pp.)
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In January 2013, Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner stood with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the Federal Aviation Administration's Michael Huerta to announce a joint review of the critical systems of the 787. That review is now complete and confirms that the 787 meets its intended high level of safety.
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