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DU-WY Final Results | Video Highlights
The University of Wyoming swimming and diving teams remained undefeated in dual meets on Saturday, sweeping the Denver Pioneers in Corbett Pool on Senior Day. The Cowboys defeated the No. 25 Pioneers 164-136 advancing their season dual record to 2-0. The Cowgirls dominated the Pioneers 195-105 winning their fourth dual of the season. Wyoming honored its seven seniors prior to this afternoon's meet. UW's senior honorees were Sasha Andrie, Jessy Badaracco, Paige Fischer, Shayna Swanson, Meghan Swirzcki, Tyler Kybartas and Trevor LeValley.
The Cowboys and Pioneers went back-and-forth for 14 events before the Cowboys were able to pull away in the final two events. The Cowboys led the Pioneers 137-127 with the 200 individual medley and the 400 freestyle relay to go. In the 200 IM, the Cowboys closed the door on the Pioneers finishing first, second and third. Winning the 200 IM was Adam Kalms (1:52.63), followed by Ryan Nelson in second (1:55.28) and Jordan Turner in third with a time of 1:55.94. Cowboys Ethan Griffel, Ryan O'Leary, Tyler Kybartas and Jeff Frey also won the final event the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:04.92 to give the Pokes the victory.
"I knew this meet would be close on the men's side and it turned around for us with one event to go," Wyoming head coach Tom Johnson said. "I told the guys all week that this was not going to come down to the number of event wins, but the touch-outs and how we placed everyone. We got embarrassed last year when we swam DU and the kids and I knew we didn't want that to happen again. The guys were really dialed in for this meet I am very happy with how they performed. It was a terrific team effort today. This meet really impressed me with our team and our depth."
Overall the Pokes won eight events against the Pioneers with the final two proving to be the dual-winning events. Winning two events for the Cowboys was Kalms who won the 200 IM and also touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle with a Corbett Pool record of 44.99. Kalms bested former BYU swimmer Brett Allen's 2006 time of 45.15.
"Adam had a great swim to break the pool record in the 100 free and he was very close in the 200 IM as well," Johnson said.
Also winning swimming events for the Cowboys were Ethan Griffel in the 200 freestyle (1:40.45), George Eglesfield in the 200 butterfly (1:53.23) and Jeff Frey in the 50 free with a time of 20.85.Cowboy diver Derek Campbell won his first dual event of the season on the 3-meter springboard with a NCAA Zone "E" qualifying score of 328.88. Campbell also finished second on the 1-meter with a mark of 286.20.
"I am very happy with Derek getting his first zone cut score of the season," Wyoming diving coach Yahya Radman said. "I thought we were a little sloppy on some of our dives but overall I am very pleased."
The Cowgirls dominated the meet against the Pioneers winning 13 of 16 events. Winning multiple events for the Cowgirls were freshman Nicole Hlavacek, Badaracco and junior Morgan Hartigan. Hlavacek helped set the tone for the Cowgirls winning the 1000 freestyle (10:30.64) early in the meet and also helped keep the pressure on late in the meet winning the 500 free with a time of 5:09.64. On senior day, Badaracco picked up two individual event wins in the 200 butterfly (2:05.75) and the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.89. Hartigan won both sprint freestyle events winning the 50 freestyle (23.47) and the 100 free with a time of 51.71.
"Jessy had a great senior day today," Johnson said. "She has really proven herself as a great leader for this team. Nicole also had a great day today, both of her times were close to pool records. Our times were not terrific today, but we did what we needed to win. The girls also were embarrassed last season at Denver and they did not want that to happen again."
Other individuals winning events for the Cowgirls were Stephanie Young in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.54) and Claudia Carlson in the 100 fly (57.73). Both Cowgirl relay squads won their events. In the 200 medley relay, Hartigan, Young, Badaracco and Melanie McDonough won with a time of 1:44.66. In the 400 freestyle relay, Hartigan, Emily Stucky, McDonough and Jordan Denny touched the wall first with a time of 3:33.34.
The Cowgirl divers swept both boards with Andrie winning the 1-meter springboard with a NCAA Zone "E" qualifying score of 270.75 and Carolyn Wallace winning the 3-meter with a score of 263.10.
"I am proud of Sasha coming through with a big dive to win the 1-meter," Radman said. "I am also proud of Carolyn to win the 3-meter. They both dove very well today. As a team, I was pretty happy with how we all dove. We are not where we want to be yet, but we are getting there."
Wyoming will return to the pool on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18-19, with the Cowboys traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo. for a quadrangular with Air Force, North Dakota and Settle. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday. The Cowgirls will return to the pool on Saturday with a trip to Boise, Idaho to take on the Boise State Broncos beginning at 1 p.m.


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The winter of 2011-12 was unusually tranquil from a snow and ice standpoint. Overall, mild temperatures were found from the mid-Atlantic to New England for the majority of the months. With that, will it be cold enough to snow this upcoming season? The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has major effects on the outcome of this winter and the forecast shows for a weak upcoming jet stream, which means colder weather. In the beginning of the months we will see milder weather with small chances of a winter storm, but later, in February and March will be the anticipation for greater precipitation and even colder air.
November 2012
Following a mild October, a major pattern shift will begin to take place through much of the first half of the month. Low pressure will establish itself in the east bringing in some cold air. If a storm should occur, it will most likely be as early in the month as possible, since it's likely to warm by the middle of November and only bring a minimum amount of snow. Even closer to the coast, snow has a hard time driving significant accumulations of snow, so if moisture and cold air team up, it would most likely only bring a wet snow.
December 2012
December will be milder compared to the first half of November. Colder winds that do attempt to filter into the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic will be hampered by warm ocean temperatures. Although there are indications that an active storm track across the region could persist, snowfall should remain below average and only mixed precipitation should occur.
January 2013
The warm air from December will linger for a few days in January but the cold air won't be too far behind. Low pressure is expected to return to parts of the Northeast and cool down the area substantially. There will certainly be enough cold air to support wintry-type systems.
February 2013
February is typically one of the coldest of the winter months and this year will be no different. Along with the cold air, an active storm track should continue, which will make most of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast susceptible to above average snowfall. Additionally, a "blocking" pattern during this time will increase the risk for nor'easters, with the greatest potential of a region-wide significant event during the latter half of the month.
March & April 2013
During these last months of the season, it is looking to be cooler than normal and stormy patterns are expected for much of the Northeast area. There is evidence that it could end up snowier than usual because of late-season nor'easters. Right now, the most favored time for a significant winter weather event is during the middle to late portion of March.
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"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names." (Psalm 147:4)
Molly loved to visit her grandma on her farm in Missouri. Because Grandma lived so far away from all the city lights, Molly could see many more stars there than she could at her house in the city. She would lie in the grass on a summer night, just staring into the sky. It seemed like the longer she looked, the more stars there were. Millions and billions and trillions of stars.
The Scripture says that God, the Creator, knows the number of the stars. And not only that, but He also knows all of their millions and billions and trillions of names! His knowledge of His creation is infinite.
The God who created each of the stars created you, too. He knows your name, too. And He knows you from the inside out. He knows all of your thoughts, good and bad. He knows your fears and your desires. He knows what makes you cry. He knows what you love most. He knows things about you that you don't even know yourself! He knows all this and He loves you.
God's knowledge of His creation is both infinite and personal.
My Response: » Am I willing to ask God to show me things about myself that need to change?
"God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him."
One half of a prayer request was answered on May 21, 1832, when James Hudson Taylor was born. Prior to his birth, his parents had prayed, "God, if You should give us a son, grant that he may work for You in China." God gave Mr. and Mrs. Taylor a son, but would he ever go to China?
As a young boy, Taylor learned about China from his father who read him stories from a family book. He decided he wanted to live overseas someday, but China was a long way from his home and from his parents in England.
At age 17 – after a brief time of teenage rebellion – Hudson Taylor trusted in Jesus Christ to be His Lord and Savior. He went on to study banking and medicine, but he found no satisfaction in these career paths. Could it be that God really did want him to go to China?
Taylor eventually embraced what he came to believe was God's call on his life; and in 1853, he began his six-month voyage to Shanghai, China. During his 51 years on the mission field, he became the most widely-used missionary in the entire country. His goal was to make sure every province in China heard the Gospel. Over time, God used Hudson Taylor and the ministries he began to bring over 35,000 people to Himself.
He often said, "If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China."
We joke about cats having nine lives, but what if it were true that we could have more than 1, or 9? or if we could really have 1,000 lives to live on Earth? If you had 1,000 lives, how would you spend them? Would you play extreme sports (since if you were hurt, you would know you'd always have another chance)? Would you be lazy (knowing you would have plenty of time to work hard later on)?
The truth is, each of us will have only one life to live. What will you do with yours? Would you willingly devote every day and hour and minute to God's glory and spreading the Gospel of Jesus?
Psalm 16:11 – You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews
John 19:19 "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."
He gives us the Holy Spirit to live inside us in a special way. Galatians 5:22-24 – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Justification is an act done in an instant by God in which he 1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ's righteousness as belonging to us and 2) declares us to be righteous in his sight. Justification is just as if we never sinned. We are declared not guilty. It is the opposite of condemnation when a person is declared guilty. (Romans 5:1) "Therefore being justified, by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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This new edition has been reorganized to provide clearer separations between the three instructor levels: Ch. 1-9 cover Level I; Ch. 10-14, Level II; and Ch. 15-17 Level III. The text has been shortened from 22 chapters to 17. As a result, the text is more concise and easier to teach. Finally, the text reflects new changes in the NFPA® standard, including a discussion of bias in instructional and testing materials.
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Each was fitted with a Blake, horizontal, direct-acting, vacuum pump.
I merely removed the air from the jar with a vacuum pump and the little creature passed out of the picture very quickly.
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This is kept hot, and whatever moisture is in the rubber is either evaporated or sucked out by a vacuum pump.
This will give a hollow branch which may be cut off at any desired point, and is then ready for connection to the vacuum pump.
One of the tubes is connected to a vacuum pump, and the other with a vessel containing a sufficient quantity of boiled-out oil.
If a tube from a vacuum pump is near the coil the whole of the pump is brilliantly lighted.
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After planting his foot firmly in his mouth with his recent birther dog whistle saying that Obama has a "troubling" "perspective" because he grew up in Kenya – and then offering the dubious "explanation" that he meant to say Obama grew up in Indonesia - Mike Huckabee went on The O'Reilly Factor last night (3/2/11) for a Fox News dose of Republican Rehab. I suspect O'Reilly was chosen as Rehabilitator because he has the top show and because he's not anything like the kind of Obama basher that Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are. So when O'Reilly validated Huckabee's underlying theory that Obama is not quite as American as the rest of us – because he "grew up" in Indonesia - not Kenya, as Huckabee originally said – maybe Fox figured its viewers would not shrug it off as just another anti-Obama diatribe. But how did that anti-British "perspective" that Huckabee blamed on Obama's childhood in Kenya, fit into the "corrected" Indonesia childhood? Conveniently, O'Reilly never asked.
Huckabee "Clarifies" His Obama Comments: Obama Not All-American Because He "Grew Up" In Indonesia, Not Kenya
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We identified and characterized the primary structure of the Korean oily bitterling
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MLCs comprise two sub-families: the essential- or alkali-light chain (MLC-1 or ELC) that can be released from heavy chains by alkali treatment, and the regulatory light chain (MLC-2 or RLC) that is removable by 5,5′-dithio-bis-2-nitrobensoic acid (DTNB) treatment [
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A database search using the BLASTP software (
Using the BioEdit software, pairwise alignment revealed amino acid identities of 80%–98% in MLC2f of
MEF2 involved in the regulation of muscle development can regulate gene expression by binding the promoter of teleost
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HEK293T cells were seeded on glass coverslips in a 12-well plate and transiently transfected with 400 ng of pcDNA3/C/EBPβ or empty vector with 400 ng of pDsRed2-1/Akmlc2f P2657 using Polyfect transfection reagent (Qiagen, Seoul, Korea). At 24 h after transfection, the cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS (pH 7.4), mounted using VECTASHIELD® with DAPI (Vector Labs, Burlingame, CA, USA), and viewed using an LSM700 confocal laser scanning microscope (Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). The promoter activity of pDsRed2-1/Akmlc2f P2657 with C/EBPβ or empty vector in the cells was demonstrated by direct fluorescence; stacks of optical sections were acquired by sequential acquisition and analyzed using the LSM software (ZEN 2009, Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany).
Adult fish were maintained at 28.5 °C with a 14 h light/10 h dark cycle as described in Westerfield [
Total RNA was prepared from tissues using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions, treated with DNase I (New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA, USA) and quantitatively determined; 1-μg samples were used for reverse transcription (RT). First-strand cDNA was synthesized using an Advantage RT-for-PCR kit (BD Sciences, San Jose, CA, USA). Quantitative real-time PCR was performed using Fast SYBR Green Master Mix (Applied Biosystems, Inc., Foster City, CA, USA) and the following forward and reverse primers:
All data are expressed as means ± SD (
In this study, we report the molecular cloning and characterization of the
We thank Jung-Hyun Kim for maintenance of fish and Yoon Kyung Jun for microinjection into embryo. This work was supported by a grant from the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Korea (RP-2013-BT-043).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Schematic representation of the genomic organization of the
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Pendulum Swings To Green
We are in the midst of what I call a pendulum swing. Changes in the conscious of American consumers is swinging away from the desire for industrial cheap food and back towards basic real food like that produced on small-scale family farms where care, quality and pride go into the product. The buying practices, moral considerations, health and safety issues and overall awareness of the environment are fueling this pendulum swing. These factors are causing an increase in interest in alternative production methods for fuels, natural and organic products and low carbon footprint livestock raising.
More and more consumers are regularly buying products that are considered good or less harmful for the environment. According to the research from Mintel International Group conducted in December more than one-third of consumers surveyed said they "regularly" buy green products, compared to only 12% in August, 2006. Those who responded that they "never" buy green products were cut in half, to 10 percent.
Consumers are voting for what exists in the world by how they choose to spend their dollars.
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Any lingering fears that Wasatch Mountain snows might dry up too quickly this spring are buried under the 14 feet that fell in Alta in as many days.
Rain and snow storms that began March 22 after a long spell of dry, warm weather continue to pelt Utah, with winter storm warnings and weather advisories stretching along the Interstate 15 corridor from Idaho to Milford.
When all that snow does finally melt, said National Weather Service hydrologist Brian McInerney, it appears the runoff will flow as it should -- into the reservoirs, without jumping the banks.
"Unless the weather goes monstrous for the rest of April," he said, "most likely we are not even close to any kind of flood scenario."
Weather Service maps show precipitation from October through March was above normal in western Utah, near normal in the central region but drier in the eastern and southern areas.
The headwaters of the Colorado River saw normal to above-normal precipitation but not so healthy amounts in the Uinta Mountains. Runoff will vary by region; some areas stand at 50 percent of the 30-year average and others at more than 100 percent.
The Weather Service said Wednesday the Pacific storms rolling in will bring valley rain, mountain snow and maybe thunderstorms into this afternoon. Small hail fell in some areas Wednesday. Gusty winds could kick up, particularly over northern Utah.
Another storm system is likely to occur by late Friday, forecasters said. The heaviest precipitation is expected across southern Utah at night, but by Saturday afternoon the storm will spread into the state's central and northern regions.
High temperatures in Salt Lake City will be in the low to upper 50s, with lows in the upper 30s and low 40s. St. George will see daytime highs in the 70s with overnight lows mostly in the mid-40s.
The National Weather Service has posted a narrative report on Utah's water supplies and precipitation at www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/river/presentations/
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In a conversation with Charlie Rose, Melinda Gates said that foundations must act as catalysts to spurn governments into action.
A Ted Cruz may spurn those local politicians, and instead build his campaign upon national organizations.
LaSalvia went on to cite examples large and small of how the Republican Party had continued to spurn gay conservatives.
Mutlaq is painfully aware that his own side will be harmed if they spurn a place at the table of the enfranchised.
In that momentary calmness, he felt so strong and so rejoiced in his self-command that his spirit seemed to spurn its casket.
I spurn brotherhood of soul with one whose ambition has been for himself.
Something told me I might address you and you would at least listen; would not spurn me or turn away in hateful contempt.
If he read pity in them too, it was not such as he would now spurn.
For this reason I will not spurn this first good road, nor prefer conducting my carriage on the wrong path.
After playing with it, she will spurn it for a more ambitious alliance!
Old English spurnan "to kick (away), reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnanan (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cf. Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.


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Fantasy Football, online poker, and the craps tables have nothing on my favorite betting pastime: Predicting what the celebs will wear to the year's biggest red carpet events. I may not have won the office pool on Michelle Obama's inauguration dress (confession: I was too busy to enter!), but I have a feeling my Oscar picks are going to be a lock...
We've got some serious A-list talent nominated this year (we're talking one half of Brangelina, okay?), so the dresses are going to have to be dramatic, glamorous, statement-making, and crowd-pleasing all at once. With a little Photoshop magic, we Slaves to Fashion bring you the Oscar dresses we hope these lovely nominees will wear...
Anne Hathaway in Giambattista Valli: Hathaway is dressed by none other than The Zoe, so Rachel, if you're listening...I want her in this! It's her first nomination, which gives her carte blanche to do the over-the-top glamour thing. Nothing says "look at me" like a strapless princess gown, and I think the dusty pinkish-greige color is perfect for her skin tone.
Taraji P. Henson in Carolina Herrera: There are still plenty of people who have no idea who Benjamin Button star Taraji P. Henson is. If she wears this yellow dress, there will be about six of those people left. Few gals can wear this shade but she's one of them, and I think the one ruffled asymmetrical top would show off her smoking hot body.
Marisa Tomei in Elie Saab couture: She's dark and mysterious and completely beautiful...and so is this dress. I think it's the perfect way to make a transition back into the spotlight after a little absence--anything brighter would be overkill, and if she wore black she'd get lost in the shuffle.
Meryl Streep in Chanel couture: Let's be honest, she has a record 15 nominations and nothing to prove here. But I'd still love to see her turn up the glamour factor for once! This dress is a.) age appropriate, b.) concealing and revealing in exactly the right places, and c.) something Meryl would totally wear, don't you think?
Angelina Jolie in Ralph Lauren: She doesn't tend to think too far outside the red carpet box, and that's fine with me...as long as she chooses anything but black! This Ralph Lauren dress is classic, well cut for her body, and would kinda make her resemble the Oscar statutette, which should bode well with the Academy, don't you think?
Amy Adams in Versace: Redheads look great in white, and this dress is simultaneously sweet and completely sophisticated, just like the Disney princess-turned-serious actress herself! Some major shoulder-sweeping earrings would be just the right finishing touch.
Kate Winslet in Armani Prive: She's definitely been known to show some skin when she feels like it, and she also looks great in strapless. Black and white is a winning combination I'm totally feeling right now--couldn't you see Kate doing this dress with a sleek bun in her hair?
Penelope Cruz in Oscar de la Renta: I absolutely love this dress. If I were nominated, this is what I would wear! Penelope has worn a few full skirts before (mostly from Versace), and she also tends to favor black. Not to be all corny but even if you don't bring home the Oscar, you're a winner in this dress, my dear!
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Recap - Dolphins Defeat Buffalo 24-10
Ryan Tannehill passed for 2 TDs and 130 yards in leading Miami to a 24-10 win over Buffalo on Sunday at Sun Life Stadium.
Miami won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the 5-point spread as favorites. Totals bettors, meanwhile, saw the game go UNDER the closing number of 43.5.
Lamar Miller rushed for 73 yards, while Reggie Bush added 65 yards in the win. Reggie Bush and Rishard Matthews added 42 and 37 receiving yards respectively.
C.J. Spiller rushed for 138 yards for Buffalo, while Ryan Fitzpatrick added 18 yards. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 240 yards for the Bills, while receivers Dorin Dickerson and T.J. Graham had 54 and 49 yards respectively.
Miami was outgained by Buffalo 381-301 yards in Sunday's match, while the important battle of first downs was won 18-17 by the Dolphins.
Buffalo lost the time of possession battle 30:17/29:43, leaving their defense on the field more than they wanted.
Miami looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Patriots. The Bills will aim to get back on the winning track vs New York.


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how is it that these are so cheap and supersprint's are so so much more. their has to be a reason. I wouldnt trust these for a second. We didnt cheap out when we bought our cars so i know Im not going to cheap out on the parts. just my .02
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buy a pair of nike shoes for $100. they are made of leather and rubber
buy a pair of walmart shoes for $25. thet are also made of leather and rubber.
the nikes might look bettter, and be lighter, or more fashionable, or trendy. The walmart shoes will get you from point a to point b, and probably not last as long, but they will keep you from going barefoot.
So in summary, they both perform the same general function, however those who pay more for their "nike" headers feel like they have a better product because they paid more for it. Only time will tell if there is a significant difference in build quality. But for $100, I could buy 8 sets of headers just to be safe. Installation would be the same, since I would do it myself.
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New dairy factory promises jobs boost
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter says a new $75 million dairy factory at Allansford will create 15 jobs.
The company has built a factory to produce baby formula in a joint venture with Freisland Food.
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter's chief executive, Neil Kearney, says the Great Ocean Ingredients factory will open next month.
He says most of the factory's employees have been sourced from within the company, which creates vacancies in other areas.
"Those roles have been replaced within Warrnambool Cheese and Butter by recruitment, so it's not on a massive scale, but nonetheless it is the creation of 15 new jobs in the region," he said.
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Newly discovered engravings at the Ness of Brodgar on the Scottish island of Orkney are finer and more complex than previous examples of its Neolithic art.
Described by site director Nick Card as "inspiring" and "one of the finest pieces of art from this period found at Ness of Brodgar, if not the United Kingdom," the engraved stone was found in Structure 10, and consists of two sides carved with intricate etched designs.
Examination has revealed a finely incised chevron design and small cup marks, as well as a main design of interconnecting triangles.
Decoration on stones from Orkney from the Neolithic period is almost entirely angular, and shares a commonality with the decoration found on Grooved Ware ceramics.
This new find highlights the life of ritual and decoration that occupied the people of Orkney five millennia ago. Nick Card reveals that, "Until now, Skara Brae had the most recorded Neolithic art in the UK, with about 70 panels. But we have already discovered 450 here. A new piece of decorative art comes up every day. We now have the largest collection in the UK."
Only a small part of the 2.5 hectare site has been excavated so far. It lies between the world famous sites of Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness.
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December 8th, 2012 at 2:05 PM
New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller will miss tomorrow's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Dustin Keller injured his ankle against the Arizona Cardinals and will almost certainly miss Sunday's game, another blow to an already struggling Jets offense. Add in that Stephen Hill is also up in the air,...
New York Jets Sign Seven Players to Practice Squad; Waive Three, Including Aaron Maybin
September 4th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
The New York Jets have signed seven players to the practice squad - tight end Josh Baker, wide receiver Patrick Turner, offensive linemen Trevor Canfield and Matt Kroul, defensive lineman Jarron Gilbert, linebacker Matthias Berning, and cornerback Julian Posey. The Jets also claimed quarterback Kevin O'Connell, wide receiver Mardy Gilyard,...


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The Daily Bail posted a video today of "911 Truthers" disrupting Bill Maher's show. I'm a big fan of the Daily Bail (DB) because I see it's primary focus as, "Seek Justice First". Everyday DB sifts through mountains of material to bring the best (and funniest) examples of how our great nation has completely lost its way.
I guess I'm not sure why DB chose to post this. I guess it has some entertainment value, and hope it is not an attempt to criticize anyone's views on the events of 911, because that would be silly (and not in a good way). When it comes to 911, I see mostly varying degrees of how far your head is up your ass. People in up to their eyebrows, probably shouldn't be laughing at those with who've managed to get their chins in too.
Let's tell it to the Eskimos……
More than 5,000 years ago, the Eskimos decided that they'd rather brave the most inhospitable conditions on earth, than listen to the blatherings of white people. So they took their big brains and headed north, where the stupid would freeze to death or get eaten by polar bears (they tried unsuccessfully to sue Darwin for copyright infringement).
Anyway, I've developed a little mental exercise to determine the soundness of my reasoning. I imagine trying to explain my point of view to a group of Eskimos, who don't like me much to begin with. Convoluted reasoning is punished by yellow snowballs (thwump)….keep pushing the envelope and you get the "Baby harp seal" treatment. Since I'm more experienced at this game and a self-confessed "conspiracy theorist", I'll go first:
On the morning of September 11, 2001 15 Saudis (plus 1 Egyptian, 1 Lebanese & 2 UAE citizens) hijacked four planes at the direction of a member of a prominent Saudi family, and crashed them all. Considering 80% of those involved (thwump) were Saudi, I think we should have blamed them.
Okay, your turn……
Yeah, but you see, it really wasn't Saudi Arabia's fault (thwump) (thwump)…… Bin Laden got kicked out of his family (thwump)….and ran training camps in a place called Afghanistan. But in the meantime, there was this really dickish ruler in Iraq (thwump) (thwump)…..
Dude, that's not good. 5 snowballs in the first round? They usually get the clubs somewhere in double figures…My Turn
I thought it was weird that WTC-7 collapsed (thwump) and we never saw clear video from the Pentagon crash (thwump).
Back to you, babe.
Anyway, we figured this dick in Iraq had like "Super-weapons" or something, because he said he didn't (multiple thwumps)… so we attacked him….Funny story, it turns out this other dicky leader actually did have them, but we were already up to our elbows in two other wars….(a barage of thwumping).
Time to go…….
How do you think you did, America? I gotta be honest with you; that's the kind of feeble-minded talk that gets you skinned alive around my imaginary Eskimo friends. I will say this though. Do you know what those "controlled demolition, missile hit the pentagon, Cheney did it" wing nuts got that you probably don't?
The balls to stand up and be counted.
Call them what you want, but they are not sheep. They possess the spirit that gave birth to this country, so cut them some slack, here them out, and lead them to reason whenever possible. Before someone sells them on the notion of "72 virgins" for committing mass-murder. (Seriously though, who wants to be surrounded by 72 people who have no idea what the fuck they're doing?) They are not the sociopaths that took the lives of your countrymen; they are your countrymen. Tell me, do you love your country enough to interrupt a lame TV talk show?
I've heard that driveling moron, Bill Maher enough to last me a hundred lifetimes. He is another cartoon character that's supposed to represent some slice of America. I'll bet his audience is primarily conservatives justifying their contempt for liberals. Same goes for Limbaugh, O'Rielly, Maddow, Oberman, Coulter, Beck and the rest of the pathetic caricatures on TV. Fuck you and the Donkey/Elephant you road in on.
Yeah, yeah yeah………….I hear the "Twilight Zone" music already…..I'm almost done!
My unaddressed issue from 911 is that clearly Saudi Arabia has no fucking clue how to raise decent human beings. Yet they were the primary beneficiary of the 911 aftermath (oil was under $25 prior to the attack). Apologies? Sanctions? Hell no, that's tin-foil hat stuff.
And Hank Paulson's a hero…….all other views will be promptly labeled tin-foil hat stuff.
The Daily Bail is a website of Truth, Courage and Conviction, it's voice needs to be heard. The very sad reality is that many Americans have actually become conspiracy theorists by believing what they were told. I mean full blown, tin-foil hat, shit for brains, conspiracy theorists laughing at others, because there's safety in numbers. To you, I say, "BAaaaa" and don't stray too far north…
You've just read everything I have to say about 911, other than that I will never make light of the grief caused my that day. But the reasoning (or lack thereof) that followed remains inexcusably poor.
P.S. I've been very critical of NASA recently, but I'd gladly support any costs associated with blasting both Maher and Ann Coulter off into Deep Space (separate capsules – opposite directions, to minimize the chance of spawning a race of super-idgits).


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With South Korea edging closer to deciding on a contractor for its $7.3 billion KF-X fighter program, a European competitor is dangling a new carrot to its bid.
EADS, based in the Netherlands and part of the consortium that builds the Eurofighter Typhoon, says if the aircraft is chosen to replace South Korea's antiquated F-4 and F-5 fleets, it will invest $2 billion "and its technology in the KF-X to help Korea to become a fighter jet producer."
The announcement follows that of Eurofighter, which promised to assemble 53 of 60 aircraft to be produced in South Korea. It's estimated the local assembly would lead to creation of 50,000 jobs.
EADS has also said it would build a maintenance repair and overhaul facility for the aircraft in South Korea and an aerospace software center.
"If Korea chooses Eurofighter as its next generation fighter jet and EADS invests more than 2 trillion KRW [$2 billion] in the KF-X program, it will bring bigger economic effect than the SURION and Korea will be the fifth country [that] produces Eurofighter, high-level fighter jets," EADS said.
"It will also create strong political and military ties with Europe."
SURION is a Korean utility helicopter developed by Korea Aerospace Industries with technology obtained from Eurocopter, an EADS subsidiary headquartered in France.
"The SURION raised Korea to the 11th helicopter manufacturer in the world," EADS said, and created 25,000 jobs.
In its news release, EADS emphasized its business ties to the country. KAI, it noted, has supplied parts for Airbus aircraft since 1998.
Airbus, located in France, is another EADS subsidiary.
Other competitors for the KF-X contract are U.S. companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Lockheed is offering its F-35 Lightning II fighter while Boeing is offering its F-15 Silent Eagle.
A news report from Seoul says the country's Defense Acquisition Program Administration expects to make a final decision on a contractor next June.
"The price negotiations have been completed and we don't plan to have another round of negotiations," DAPA spokesman Baek Yoon-hyeong told a news briefing. "We plan to conduct the auction within June."
Meanwhile, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency reports the South Korean government has requested possible procurement of weapons in support of a "potential Direct Commercial Sale" of F-15 SE aircraft.
The package, if approved by Congress and if it goes through, would include associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support.
The deal would be worth $823 million.
Among items requested: Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, Joint Directed Attack Munition Tail Kits, small diameter bombs, general purpose bombs, AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) tactical missiles, containers, missile support and test equipment, provisioning, spare and repair parts.
"The proposed sale will provide the ROK with aircraft weapons for the F-15SE," the agency said. "These aircraft and weapons will provide the ROK with a credible defense capability to deter aggression in the region and ensure interoperability with U.S. forces."
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Goalkeeper Matt Glennon produced two outstanding saves to keep Carlisle in the FA Cup as they drew with Scunthorpe at Glanford Park.
Glennon reacted brilliantly to divert Andy Dawson's 30-yard free-kick wide and with time running out, also tipped Scott Brough's fine left-foot shot over the crossbar.
Tom Evans was rarely troubled in the Scunthorpe goal, although he had to make an alert stop at Richie Foran's feet in the first half.
Brough almost won the tie for the hosts with the final whistle approaching but his shot deflected off a defender and crashed against the woodwork.
Scunthorpe: Evans, Stanton, Byrne, McCombe, Dawson, Sparrow, Kilford, Brough, Featherstone, Torpey, Carruthers. Subs: Calvo-Garcia, Graves, Lee Ridley, Parton, Collins.
Carlisle: Glennon, Shelley, Taylor, Murphy, Maddison, McCarthy, Summerbell, Birch, McGill, Robinson, Foran. Subs: Wake, Jack, Kelly, Baldacchino, Nixon.
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A Midvale city councilman accused of stealing parts and tools from a neighbor has accepted a plea deal that could allow him to keep his council seat.
Wayne Sharp, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday to reduced charges of attempted burglary and theft, both class A misdemeanors. Sharp had originally been charged with three third-degree felonies, crimes punishable by up to five years in prison and serious enough to disqualify him from holding office.
Prosecutors have said Sharp broke into the shed near 300 W. Wasatch St. and stole a welding machine, engines and a cement mixer.
Police found the cement mixer in Sharp's home. Officials said the councilman sold other items for at least $500.
Sharp was elected to the city council in 1998.
Sharp's attorney, Greg, Skordas, said Sharp on Monday paid the $11,000 he owed in restitution.


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Aliso Viejo-based DATAllegro said earlier this week that it has appointed Steve DeSantis as CFO. DATAllegro develops data warehousing appliances used for the business intelligence market. DeSantis has previously served as CFO of TCI Solutions, and applications software company. DATAllegro also said that it is moving to a larger facilities in Aliso Viejo due to growth. More information »


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Feb 10, 2013 - StaffNadine R. Howell of Las Vegas, Nev., who had relatives in Riverton, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. She was 57 years old.
A memorial service is scheduled at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Reach Fondation center on North Eighth Street West in Riverton.
Nadine Rita Howell was born Dec. 9, 1955.
Her family said she was an amazing mother, sister, aunt and friend. "she is loved and will be missed," the family said.
She is survived by her sons, John Justin Howell and Richard Jeremy Howell of Riverton; her father, Leo J. Beck Jr. of Riverton; sister Laura Toney of Las Vegas; brother Philip Beck; sister-in-law Michelle Beck of Las Cruces, N.M.; nieces and nephews Dan, Amy and Jackson McDonald, Katelynn Davis, Jennifer, Corey, Garret and Gabe Person of Riverton, Joe Westling and Shandra Stasser of Las Vegas, and Christian and Jasmine Beck of Las Cruces. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Kevin Howell; her mother, Alma Rose Beck; and a brother, Randal Paul Beck.
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The Stone Jetty
The Stone Jetty in Morecambe was built as a rail terminus to serve ferries in the 1800's according the the sign on the building you can see. I quite enjoyed the Promenade this evening, I was a little early for sunset and had the family with me so couldn't wait around, but there are some very promising locations for the future here.
Great Door on Yewbarrow overlooking Wast Water and The Scafells.


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The Court of Appeals has rejected Ernest Wireman's cumulative error claim following a nine-day trial in June of 2010 in Starke Circuit Court. Wireman was accused of brutally murdering his wife, Mary, before burning down the trailer with her inside and shooting her son, Jeremy, who survived the attack. Wireman pleaded insanity to the charges against him, but was found guilty but mentally ill of Murder, Attempted Murder as a Class A felony, and Arson as a Class B felony and ordered to serve 110 years in the Department of Corrections.
Wireman appealed the decision, claiming that the State's psychiatrist, Dr. Gregory Hale, should not have been allowed to render his opinion of Wireman's mental state because he lacked knowledge of Indiana's standard for determining sanity. Further, he claimed that the jury's verdict of guilty but mentally ill was not supported by sufficient evidence, and said that the errors in the trial violated his right to a fair trial. Finally, Wireman claimed that the trial court did not appropriately consider his mental illness in determining his sentence.
The Court of Appeals ruled that although Wireman's mental illness played a part in his decision to murder his wife and attempt to kill his stepson, the evidence presented at trial showed that Wireman knew what he was doing was legally wrong, and concluded that his 110-year sentence is appropriate.


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Despite the fact that temperature measurement in children seems so simple – a wide variety of devices are available to record a fever from skin, oral or rectal mucosa or the tympanic membrane – the choice for health professionals and parents has never been so complicated.
According to traditional teaching, the normal body temperature is 37°C (98.6°F), but it is generally accepted that a temperature of 38°C (100°F) or greater, as measured by a rectal thermometer, represents a fever [1][2].
In febrile children younger than 36 months of age, most serious illnesses are caused by infectious agents [3]-[6]. The presence of a fever in children younger than three months of age triggers a thorough investigation into the source of the infection [7][8]. However, the presence of a normal or subnormal temperature in children younger than three months of age can also be associated with severe infections in the presence of other appropriate signs and symptoms. The definition of a fever of unknown origin also relies on stringent diagnostic criteria (ie, a fever lasting more than 14 days with no etiology found after routine tests), and depends on precise temperature recordings [9]-[11]. Finally, an appropriate recording of the absence of a fever reassures both parents and health care providers who seek to diminish fever phobia, and inappropriate medical consultations and investigations [12]. It is, therefore, essential that the measurement of a fever be accurate and reproducible from infancy through adolescence.
Rectal thermometry has traditionally been considered the gold standard for temperature measurement [13][14][39][44], but some studies have revealed limitations of this method [15]-[18]. Rectal temperatures are slow to change in relation to changing core temperature, and they have been shown to stay elevated well after the patient's core temperature has begun to fall, and vice versa. Rectal readings are affected by the depth of a measurement, conditions affecting local blood flow and the presence of stool. Rectal perforation has been described [19][20], and without proper sterilization techniques, rectal thermometry has the capacity to spread contaminants that are commonly found in the rectum. Contraindications of rectal thermometry are addressed in the section Other Devices, below.
Many parents and older children may be uncomfortable with this method of temperature assessment, and older children may resent it.
While axillary temperature is easy to measure (compared with oral or rectal measurements), it has been found to be an inaccurate estimate of core temperature in children [13][15][18][21]. This type of measurement relies on the thermometer remaining directly in place over the axillary artery, and it is largely influenced by environmental conditions.
Despite its low sensitivity and specificity in detecting fever, axillary temperature is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a screening test for fever in neonates because of the risk of rectal perforation with a rectal thermometer [22], although this complication is estimated to occur in less than 1 in 2 million measurements [23].
The sublingual site is easily accessible and reflects the temperature of the lingual arteries. However, oral temperature is easily influenced by the recent ingestion of food or drink and mouth breathing [21]. Oral thermometry relies on the mouth remaining sealed, with the tongue depressed for 3 to 4 min, which is a difficult task for young children. This method of temperature measurement cannot be used in young children, or in unconscious or uncooperative patients. Generally, it has been suggested that the accuracy of oral thermometry lies somewhere between that of axillary and rectal thermometry. It appears that accuracy may increase with the age of a child, primarily due to compliance and the ability to use proper technique.
The traditional mercury thermometer has been replaced by the more "user friendly" digital thermometer. Since the accuracy is comparable with both instruments [24] and mercury remains an environmental hazard, the Canadian Paediatric Society no longer recommends the use of mercury thermometers.
The first devices used to measure tympanic membrane (TM) temperature did so by being in direct contact with the tympanic membrane. In 1969, it was shown that such a device measured core temperature better than a rectal thermometer [25]. However, thermistors in direct contact with the TM are not practical for everyday use.
Instead of being in direct contact with the TM, today's tympanic thermometers measure the thermal radiation emitted from the TM and the ear canal, and have therefore been called infrared radiation emission detectors (IRED). Because the amount of thermal radiation emitted is in proportion to the membrane's temperature, IRED accurately estimates TM temperature [16]. In contrast with other sites of temperature measurement, the TM's blood supply is very similar in temperature and location to the blood bathing the hypothalamus, the site of the body's thermoregulatory centre. It is, therefore, an ideal location for core temperature estimation [26][27]. Crying, otitis media or earwax have not been shown to change tympanic readings significantly.
Much has been published both in support of [15][16][26][27] and against [29]-[32] the use of infrared tympanic thermometers in clinical practice, and it is no wonder that many physicians remain skeptical about measurement reliability. Results of a questionnaire completed by randomly selected members of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians demonstrated that 78% of respondents had used infrared thermometers at least once; 65% of paediatricians and 64% of family practitioners were current users [32]. The most commonly reported causes for the discontinued use of tympanic thermometers were inaccuracy or lack of staff trust with the device.
Most studies that compare the accuracy of tympanic thermometers with other classical measures of body temperature evaluate the accuracy of tympanic readings by comparing them with rectal, oral or axillary measurements. Given the variations of temperature ranges with each of these methods and the limitations of their accuracy discussed above, using any one method as a 'benchmark' or 'gold standard' is misleading. Because estimates of core temperature measured at different body sites will vary, an effort has been made by manufacturers of IREDs to correlate tympanic readings to rectal or oral equivalents [16].
These conversion scales (known as 'offsets') convert the measured ear temperature to one that would be found at a different site, allowing a user to define more easily a fever from a measurement in the ear. The offsets are based on an algorithm that transforms a subject's tympanic temperature to that found at either the oral or rectal site. However, the data used to develop these offsets may not be readily applicable to the paediatric population. Some researchers advise eliminating these adjusted modes and simply using unadjusted ear temperature (Table 1) [16][18][21][43].
|Normal temperature ranges
|Measurement method
|Normal temperature range
|36.6°C to 38°C (97.9°F to 100.4°F)
|35.8°C to 38°C (96.4°F to 100.4°F)
|35.5°C to 37.5°C (95.9°F to 99.5°F)
|36.5°C to 37.5°C (97.8°F to 99.5°F)
Factors related to the patient, instrument, technique and environment contribute to the variability of ear-based temperature measurements. For example, the ear canal's structure, probe design and probe positioning affect how well the canal is sealed from ambient influences and what parts of the tympanic membrane, ear canal wall, and perhaps skin surface, are in the thermometers field of view [33]. To get an accurate reading of tympanic temperature, the infrared probe (up to 8 mm in diameter) must be small enough to be deeply inserted into the meatus to allow orientation of the sensor against the TM [28]. While this is of less concern in children older than two years of age whose meatus is wider than 8 mm, the average diameter of the meatus in young children (4 mm at birth, 5 mm at two years of age) can cause complications for tympanic thermometry. When the probe is too large, it will detect infrared emissions from both the TM and the proximal meatus wall. Because the thermometer averages the two surface temperatures, it can produce an erroneously low reading. It is generally recommended that a slight tug of the pinna to straighten the ear canal can improve accuracy and consistency.
Also, each different brand of ear thermometers has its own design, technology, offsets and operating instructions that affect its reliability, accuracy and use. Consumer and professional units are available; the latter are designed to be more durable to withstand day-to-day use in a professional setting. While many current brands exist, the reliability of different instruments seems to be comparable, if the manufacturer's instructions are followed properly.
The authors of a recent systematic review and meta-analysis comparing infrared tympanic and rectal thermometry concluded that infrared tympanic thermometery lacks sufficient agreement with their defined gold standard—rectal thermometry—to be used with confidence in situations where body temperature needs to be measured with precision [35].
Infrared arterial temperature can be measured with a device that is passed over the front of the forehead to the temporal area. This relatively new method of body temperature measurement has been shown to be more accurate than tympanic thermometry and better tolerated than rectal thermometry [36].
In a recent trial in a paediatric emergency department, the temporal artery device was shown to have a sensitivity of about 80% to identify fever (as determined by rectal measurements). When a cut-off temperature over 37.7ºC was used on the temporal artery device to define fever, the sensitivity improved to 90% for identifying a fever of >38ºC as measured by the rectal thermometer, but the specificity dropped to about 50%. Moreover, parents' use of a similar device resulted in inadequate agreement with rectal temperatures [37]. Other studies have concluded that temporal artery thermometers (TATs) may be an effective screening tool for homes and offices, but not in clinical settings where investigations and treatment may be affected by limited sensitivity in infants younger than 3 years of age[38][39][40]. TATs do show promise in situations where rectal thermometry is contraindicated (eg, during a surgical operation on the rectum or perineum, or when an inflammatory disorder of the rectum, congenital ano-rectal malformation, fistulae or fever/neutropenia are present). TATs are also susceptible in a setting where radiant warmers are in use [39] [44].
Temporal artery thermometry, though promising, may be a more useful tool for screening children at low risk in an acute care setting; this method cannot yet be recommended for home or hospital use when definitive measurements are required. Further studies involving large numbers of subjects are required before any alternative method replaces rectal or axillary/oral thermometry as "the gold standard" in children younger than 3 years of age. Current pricing for temporal artery temperature devices is also significantly higher than for oral/rectal thermometers, which may be a complicating factor for home use or for institutions where many devices are required.
Pacifier thermometers may not be feasible for sick infants (particularly if in respiratory distress) and have been shown to be less accurate than rectal thermometers [41].
While it is evident that all devices available currently to measure temperature in children have their strengths and weaknesses, the choice made by parents may be influenced by the convenience of use, cost and advertising. For professionals, the older, time-honoured methods may be chosen because they are deeply entrenched in the medical literature and there is no groundswell for change. However, in keeping with environmental concerns, mercury thermometers should no longer be used.
Based on the evidence currently available, the relative ease, speed, accuracy and safety of the infrared tympanic thermometer warrant its inclusion in the group of currently available instruments for temperature measurement in older children. Nonetheless, children who are younger than two years of age should continue to have their temperature taken rectally until an adequate probe for tympanic thermometry is designed or until other methods of measurement are shown to be accurate and reliable in larger studies (Table 2).
|Summary of recommended temperature measurement techniques
|Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health - Strength of Recommendations: B, II [42]
|Recommended technique
|Birth to 2 years
|1. Rectal (definitive)
|2. Axillary (screening low risk children)
|Over 2 years to 5 years
|1. Rectal (definitive)
|2. Axillary, Tympanic (or Temporal Artery if in hospital) (screening)
|Older than 5 years
|1. Oral (definitive)
|2. Axillary, Tympanic (or Temporal Artery if in hospital) (screening)
The committee thanks Dr. Howard Levitt for this research in the preparation of the original version of this position statement.
Members: Cecilia Baxter MD (1998-2004), Mark Feldman MD, William James MD (2002-2004), Mia Lang MD, Denis Leduc MD (Chair, 1998-2004), Cheryl Mutch MD, Michelle Ponti MD (chair), Linda Spigelblatt MD, Sandra Woods MD (1998-2004), David Wong MD (Board representative)
Liaison: Richard Haber MD, CPS Community Paediatrics Section
Principal authors: Denis Leduc MD, Sandra Woods MD
Revision: Mark Feldman MD, Larry Pancer MD
Disclaimer: The recommendations in this position statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate. Internet addresses are current at time of publication.


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Hello,We have a customer who is having problems saving from our application to a 'shared filesystem'.
Our application is built with Qt4.3.0 and the user is running on Windows XP - saving to the filesystem on another windows XP PC, as either a mapped drive or as a UNC Path.
When saving data in compressed form we use a QFile e.g. QFile file( filename); if (file.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly )) { QDataStream stream( &file ); // stream header data stream << label; stream << version; QByteArray data = qCompress(modelData);stream << data; file.close();
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stream << label; stream << version;stream <<modelData << "\n";
stream.close(); }When the user uses ofstream code the file saves correctly, but when using QFile the call to file.open fails, error string from QFile is "Unknown error".
As far as we can tell the user does have permissions to write to the file system - and when using ostream code the file is written correctly.
Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions as to what could be going wrong in QFile? And how to correct it?
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EMU offers Army POW scholarship to become kindergarten teacher
YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan Universitys College of Education has extended an offer of a full-ride scholarship to PFC Jessica Lynch, the soldier who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital April 1. Lynch, of West Virginia, was a member of the 507th Maintenance Company, which was ambushed near Nasiriyah March 23.
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It is snowing in Davos. I don't know why that should surprise me. It is a ski resort, after all. The locals – who apparently do not simply disappear when the World Economic Forum leaves town – are pleased, since it means there will be plenty of snow on the slopes for the school half-term. But for some delegates, the snow seems to be a bit of a downer – adding to the discomfort of Davos. I saw one South African delegate struggling into his heavy coat and gloves and moaning, "this is torture." The Chinese, however, are pleased. A senior Chinese official claims that there is an old Chinese saying that – "Heavy snow means there will be a good harvest." This was slightly more interesting than his claim that the nations of the world "have common but differentiated responsibilities" over climate change.
I have spent much of the day in meetings of the Davos "International Media Council" which brings together a group of journalists from all over the world for off-the-record briefings with important people. This is all very flattering – but also slightly frustrating, since I am not allowed to report what they say.
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Skywatchers who glance at the rising or setting sun are sometimes surprised to see sunspots. Although there is no way to predict with certainty when such sunspots might be visible to the naked eye, chances are good that they may appear sometime within the next 12 months, according to astronomer Richard Teske.
If you look for sunspots, Teske warns that you should do so only at sunrise or sunset, or when the sun is almost hidden behind a veil of fog or clouds, so its scorching light will not harm your eyes.
Scientists who use telescopes to study the sun have known that dark spots frequently appear on its surface. The spots are cooler regions in the sun's outer layers that shine less brilliantly than the rest of its surface. "Sunspots are regions of powerful magnetism, which has the effect of lowering the normal 9,900 F temperature of the sun's visible layers to 'only' 7,900 F," Teske says.
Sunspots become visible when magnetic fields from deep within the sun penetrate through its gaseous outer layers, according to Teske. The spots are born in groups that usually have fewer than a dozen members, although occasionally a sunspot group may be made up of 100 or more. The members of a group are constantly shifting about, appearing and disappearing. A single small member lives one or two days, while a typical group lasts a week or more.
"Even though some of the individual spots are as large as the Earth or even larger, a telescope is usually needed to see them across the 93 million miles between Earth and sun," Teske says. "Only rarely do spots appear that are so immense they can be seen without optical help. But it's possible some may become visible in 1995 or the first half of 1996. Their size dwarfs even the largest planet, Jupiter."
There is an increased chance of seeing a naked eye sunspot during the next year or two because of the way their occurrence is connected to the sun's 11-year sunspot cycle, Teske explains. "During some years of the cycle, many spot groups are seen coming and going on the sun, while in other years sunspot groups are almost absent. The greatest number recently recorded was in mid-1989. Since then the number of sunspot groups logged by solar astronomers has been diminishing year by year," Teske says.
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Tuna-and-White Bean Salad with Herb-Caper Pesto
Excellent jarred Italian tuna makes all the difference in Melissa Rubel Jacobson's hearty salad. The herb-caper pesto is so versatile, it can also be used on chicken, fish or pasta.
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- 1 small garlic clove
- 1/2 cup packed flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup packed basil leaves
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oregano leaves
- 1/4 cup capers, drained
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Three 7-ounce jars high-quality Italian tuna packed in olive oil, drained
- Two 15-ounce cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 Belgian endives, thinly sliced crosswise
How to make this recipe
In a food processor, combine the garlic with the parsley, basil and oregano and pulse until the herbs are coarsely chopped. Add the capers and pine nuts and pulse until they are coarsely chopped. Add the olive oil and lemon juice and pulse until the pesto comes together but is still chunky. Season with salt and pepper.
In a large bowl, break up the tuna into bite-size chunks. Add the cannellini beans, sliced endives and caper pesto and toss gently until the salad is evenly coated. Season the tuna salad with salt and pepper and serve.
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The tossed salad can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours.
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Chef Robert Barral from Cafe Provence in Brandon joins us with a delicious recipe this morning.
Barley Risotto with roasted butternut squash (carrot, ginger and curry sauce):
Recipe for 6 ppl
Barley 2 cups
Spanish onion 1
White wine ½ cup
How water or vegetable stock
Butternut squash 1 small
Maple syrup ½ cup
Filo dough 1 bx
Butter 1 cup
Spanish onion ½
Apple juice 1 cup
Carrot 3 carrots
Ginger 1 piece
Curry powder 1 tsp
Chinese 5 spices ½ tsp
Cloves 3 each
Maple syrup to taste
Butter 1 tsp
Make the sauce:
Peel and dice the onion and the carrots. Sweat until golden brown in vegetable oil, sprinkle with the curry powder then deglaze with the apple juice. Bring to the boil and reduce slightly. Ad the vegetable stock of the water and the peeled ginger. Bring to the boil and let simmer for 45 minutes. Towards the end of the cooking process ad the cloves (in a sachet would be easier to retrieve). At the end of remove the ginger and the cloves and finish with the Chinese five spices. Pure and ad the butter.
Make the risotto:
Sweat the diced Spanish onions till translucent. Add the barley and and give a slight golden brown color by roasting the grains in the pan. Deglaze with the white wine, then keep adding the vegetable stock or the water until the barley will not absorb it any longer. At this point finish with cream, a touch of garlic and parsley and toss the roasted butternut squash.
Wrap in filo (optional):
When cold, make ball 5oz each of the risotto. Spread the melted butter on top of the filo dough and roll the portions. Bake in the oven 15 minutes at 350*.
Serve hot with the sauce around. Wilted spinach are a good accompaniment for the dish.