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PHILADELPHIA -Along with the start of May, it is also the start of the postseason for the University of Pennsylvania men's track and field team. The Quakers head to Princeton, N.J., for the 2013 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships on Saturday and Sunday at Weaver Stadium.
The Heps meet kicks off at 11 a.m. for the men on Saturday with the start of the decathlon. A few field events finals will be take place later that afternoon, including the hammer throw, pole vault and long jump. Saturday concludes with the finals for the 10,000 meters at 6:30 p.m. Championship Sunday begins with the resumption of the dectathlon plus the finals for the triple jump and shot put. The 2013 Heptagonal team champion will be announced around 5 p.m. For live updates and results throughout the meet, see the link atop this release.
At Heps, only the top-six finishers score in each event and Penn will be counting on points from a variety of its athletes. Entering this weekend's competition, Penn has 13 marks ranking in the top six of the Ivy League.
That includes title favorite Tom Timmins, who has posted the best time in the Ivy League this year in the 400-meter hurdles. His mark of 52.23 from the George Mason Patriot Invitational is 10th-best all-time at Penn and two-tenths better than any other Ivy runner this season. One of his biggest challengers is teammate Tim Carey - a two-time NCAA qualifier in the event - who owns the league's third-best time of 52.69 set just two weeks ago at Princeton.
Sophomore Mato Bekelja cracked Penn's all-time top 10 in the 800 meters earlier this year and is one of just six Ivy runners to break the 1:50.00 mark in the event.
Brendan Smith will look to provide some points in the steeplechase. Entering the weekend, he owns the fourth-best mark in the Ivies at 9:07.00. In addition, both relay teams are expected to score this weekend.
In the field events, junior Jake Brenza enters the meet with the league's fifth-best shot, while freshman Sam Mattis will vie for the discus title as he enters the meet as the No. 2 seed. Junior Karl Ingram is the second seed in the javelin.
In the high jump, junior Maalik Reynolds is the two-time defending champion and ranked No. 2 in the league entering Sunday's competition. Freshman Thomas Pitt and sophomore Nate Harriger will hope to make a trio of Quakers on the podium in the high jump. Pitt posted the fourth-best jump in the Ivies this season with his latest performance at the Penn Relays and Harriger is tied for the league's sixth-best jump at 2.00 meters.
Last year, the Quakers finished sixth at the Outdoor Heptagonals. Reynolds defended his outdoor title without a miss. Reynolds left the bar intact at 2.19 meters, but Cornell's Montez Blair knocked it down on all three of his jumps to give Reynolds the title. Brenza had the biggest impact on the Penn record books though. In the shot put, his fifth-place mark of 17.25 meters (56-07.25 ft.) is currently third all-time at Penn and the best for any Quaker since 1981. And Carey had an All-Ivy performance in the 400-meter hurdles. He was the runner-up after a strong finish propelled him into second with a season-best time of 52.71.
A full recap of the 2013 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships will be available at PennAthletics.com shortly after the completion of each day's events.


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Iowa (4-6, 2-4 Big Ten) at No. 23 Michigan (7-3, 5-1).
Line: Off the board.
Series Record: Michigan leads 40-13-4.
The Wolverines need a win to keep their fading chances alive of winning their first Big Ten title since 2004. To get into the conference championship game, Michigan needs to avoid an upset at home against the Hawkeyes, to win at Ohio State next week and has to hope Nebraska loses a game. The Hawkeyes have to win their next two games -- after losing four straight -- to earn a bowl bid.
Iowa RB Damon Bullock against Michigan's front seven. With RB Mark Weisman likely out because of a leg injury, the Hawkeyes need Bullock to run as he did against Northwestern -- with 107 yards on 22 carries -- not like he did last week with just 43 yards rushing on 23 attempts against Purdue.
Iowa: QB James Vandenberg. The senior has fewer touchdown passes (five) than interceptions (six) and hasn't thrown for more than one score despite averaging nearly 34 passing attempts. If the Hawkeyes are going to pull off an upset, Vandenberg has to make plays through the air as he did last year with 25 TD passes and seven interceptions.
Michigan: QB Devin Gardner. In two straight starts in place of injured Denard Robinson (right elbow), Gardner has connected on 28 of 47 passes for 520 yards with four TDs and two interceptions. The junior has also run for 68 yards and three scores. Gardner has helped Michigan out a lot this season and added optimism for next season with him getting experience under center.
The Wolverines, who have 23 seniors, are playing their home finale before wrapping up the regular season against on the road against the rival Buckeyes. ... Iowa has lost four straight for the first time since 2007 -- the last season the proud program failed to qualify for a bowl. ... Michigan coach Brady Hoke will only say Robinson is "day to day," because of nerve damage in his right elbow. ... The Hawkeyes will play against a ranked opponent for the first time this season on Saturday. ... The Wolverines have lost three straight to Iowa -- their longest skid in a series that dates to 1900 -- and five of the last eight matchups.


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St Mark in the Cherry Orchard, Bath Road, Worcester, is staging a tenebrae service at 8pm on Friday, April 18 and the word 'tenebrae' is Latin for shadows and the purpose of the service is to recreate the emotional aspects of the passion story.
The service will begin in candlelight and there will be as many candles as there are readings, plus a white Christ candle.
It is a very moving, reflective service alternating chants/songs with the readings telling the story of the Crucifixion and the time leading up to it.
The readers read their assigned selections one at a time and extinguish one of the candles at the end of each passage until only the Christ candle remains.
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Norris solid, but Maxwell injured in Astros' win
HOUSTON -- When a team is struggling like the Astros, any win is big. But Tuesday's 3-2 win over Seattle at Minute Maid Park was tempered a bit as Houston starting center fielder Justin Maxwell was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured left hand.
Maxwell was hit by a pitch from Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma in the third inning with the bases loaded that resulted in the Astros' taking a 3-1 lead.
In only five innings, Iwakuma had 11 of Seattle pitchers' 15 strikeouts, but the Astros probably wish Iwakuma had a little better control and had not hit Maxwell, a key component for the Astros.
"It's tough; he's a staple in center field," said Astros starter Bud Norris (3-2), who earned the win in a five-inning stint. "We'll miss his bat in the lineup and his leadership."
The Astros did receive some power in Marwin Gonzalez's third home run of the season among Houston's eight hits. The Astros (6-14) have homered in seven consecutive games and have 22 home runs through 20 games.
Gonzalez has hit .500 (6-for-12) with three home runs and four RBIs in four games against the Mariners this season.
"Marwin had a big hit tonight," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "He's made great strides."
For the seventh time in the last eight games an Astros starting pitcher failed to last beyond the fifth inning. But Norris gave up just one, and the Astros benefited from Gonzalez's third-inning home run while surviving a mammoth eighth-inning homer by Seattle's Kendrys Morales off Travis Blackley.
"Every win is big," said Astros reliever Hector Ambriz, who replaced Blackley after he gave up Morales' 444-foot homer to left-center and retired all three batters he faced and set up the save for Jose Veras. "What matters is we got the win."
The win was only Houston's second in the last 10 games since a three-game winning streak that included two at Seattle.
Norris was coming off the shortest start of his five-year career, two-thirds of an inning last Wednesday in a loss at Oakland.
On Tuesday, Norris avoided trouble for the most part, allowing eight hits and two walks, but Seattle's only run off Norris came in the second inning on a RBI double by Endy Chavez. Norris is 2-1 at home this season with a 2.75 ERA.
"The start in Oakland didn't go the way I wanted," Norris said. "I didn't have my best stuff today, but I battled and made it through five innings and kept it a one-run, two-run ballgame.
"I never got in a groove, but I work well with [Astros catcher Jason] Castro. I have a comfort zone at home. Our job is to pass it on to the bullpen. Getting the lead makes it easier on us."
Norris did not pitch great, but he was effective enough to keep the Astros in the game.
"He's got the fastball, slider, changeup to lefties," said Justin Smoak, who along with Morales and Michael Morse had two hits among nine total for the Mariners. "He pitched well for them, and we hit some balls hard off him.
"We just didn't get the job done. We had guys on and hit balls hard; just things didn't go our way tonight."
The Astros did not face either Felix Hernandez or Iwakuma when the Astros played at Seattle April 8-10. On Monday the Astros faced Hernandez, who notched his 100th career win in beating the Astros, 7-1. On Tuesday, Iwakuma gave up three runs (two earned) and six hits.
The three-game series concludes Wednesday before the Astros embark on a four-game series at Boston and three games at the Yankees.
The Astros showed some hustle Tuesday in a two-run third inning. After Gonzalez's homer gave Houston a 2-1 lead, Jose Altuve followed with a single. Altuve raced from first to third on a line-drive single to center field by Fernando Martinez. Altuve safely beat the throw at third from center fielder Chavez, and Martinez, who never broke stride in running to second, just beat the throw to second base from third baseman Kyle Seager.
Later in the inning, the Astros went ahead, 3-1, when Maxwell was hit by Iwakuma's pitch, forcing in Altuve after Carlos Pena was intentionally walked.
Richard Dean is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Not only the body can get a background in this way: also some other elements, and the text color somewhere can get a color by a random word too. So there is more! And a series of browser differences, of course.
So if you wonder what is your personal color *), have a look! - But be careful: you can have a flashy color!
*) Sensei #PAULOB must have a black belt, I see. :find:
Wow Francky, that's excellent!I'm pleased to say that my colour (real name) was royal blue
As an Arsenal huge supporter I'm proud to say that my colour is Arsenal red! : )
That's a lot of research Francky. Well done? I can see you had fun working all that out:)
It's interesting to see what hoops browsers try to jump through.
BruceLee comes out as a nice light blue.
Excellent work! My given name is kind of a maroon red, but with my nickname it's a dark green. Guess I've got a Christmas-y kind of name!
I tried this with a whole bunch of names using the formula instead of the poster's test page, and I found that sometimes the leading 0 is not used. For example, when I code my name I get 0ea0b 0a000 0a00e which should give the colour #0e0a0a (a very dark grey) but the browser gives me #eaa0a0 (pink) because the first 0 was dropped. But another name coded was 0a000 c0d0b b0000 which gave #0ac0b0 (a turquoise colour) because the first 0 was not dropped. It seems very random. Does anyone know why this would be happening, or would like to figure out why because this is fun and they really don't have anything they would rather do?
@moretea:Beautiful, now you change your mood between red and green (and the blue is present too: "more tea" is almost the color "aqua").
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@WebMachine,I can't reproduce your findings, for I don't know which words you started with.
But I tried the formula of Sam Schinke 2 times: once with a pure name as "color name", and once with a trailing zero.
=======Color name = Francky
In Hex notation: #F00C00 = rgb(240,12,0) = almost red.This is exactly the color appearing in the test page. (try "Francky" and "#F00C00" in the input field)
=======Color name = 0Francky (it's a zero, but in this case === uppercase O and === lowercase o )
In Hex notation: #0FA000 = rgb(15,160,0) = almost green.This is exactly the color appearing in the test page. (try "0Francky" and "#0FA000" in the input field)
=======In these cases the formula is doing as promised in both cases: no dropping zero.
=======So my questions are:
My name is Jean Braithwaite so I used 0ea0b0a0000a00e which has 15 digits so I didn't have to add any. I split the sequence of digits into three parts - 0ea0b 0a000 0a00e. Taking the first two digits of each group leaves me with the hex code 0e 0a 0a, but when I tested my name in bgcolor="jeanbraithwaite" I got the hex code ea a0 a0 which is what you would get if the leading zero is dropped from the sequence.
When I did Samuel Clements (no-one I know ) the sequence is 0a00e 0c0e0 e0000. I had to add the final 0 to make a multiple of three. Using the first two digits of each group the colour is 0a 0c e0, which is exactly what I got with bgcolor="samuelclements". The leading 0 was not dropped.I tried it with four other names - sometimes the leading zero was dropped, sometimes the leading zero was not dropped.
Yes, I see. There must be some gap in the formula, between two steps must be another rule for dropping the starting-0 or not. :rolleyes:
Strange-strange-strange!While I don't have the brute force to get the explanation, I think we have to ask the browsers.


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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Jussi Jokinen had a hand in all three of Pittsburgh's first-period goals and the Penguins notched a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at Staples Center.
Jokinen assisted on Evgeni Malkin's marker 57 seconds into the game, then picked up the primary helper on Chris Kunitz's power-play goal at 10:50 before potting a power-play tally of his own 57 seconds later to help the Penguins grab a two-goal lead.
"We had a really good first period getting that lead," Jokinen said. "They came back but then we got two big power play goals and after that we played a pretty good second and decent third."
Tanner Glass scored Pittsburgh's other goal in the second and Jeff Zatkoff stopped 30 shots for the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins, who have won four of their last five games.
Anze Kopitar registered LA's lone goal, while starting goaltender Jonathan Quick was chased after giving up three goals on seven shots in the first period.
Martin Jones made 14 saves in relief for the Kings, who have dropped seven of their last eight games.
Jokinen wasted little time finding the score sheet, as he recovered a blocked shot on the low left side before backhanding a no-look feed through the top of the crease to Malkin, who pounded the puck home for a 1-0 lead less than a minute in.
Kopitar brought the Kings even at 9:32 when he beat Zatkoff short-side with a heavy slapper from the left circle with LA on the power play, but Kunitz and Jokinen lit the lamp under a minute apart to put Pittsburgh back on top.
With Pittsburgh on a 5-on-3 after Jarret Stoll and Dustin Brown went off for separate minors at 10:05, Kunitz one-timed a blast high over Quick from between the circles off a nice one-touch feed from Jokinen.
Just under a minute later, Jokinen rifled a wrister from the right circle that sailed past Quick's glove to make it 3-1 at 11:47.
"If you give any team a five-on-three they are going to create chances," Quick said. "They get one there, and then they get a two-on-one where they beat me over the shoulder."
Glass beat Jones with a backhander from the right circle 11:44 into the second and Zatkoff stopped 23 shots over the final 40 minutes to maintain Pittsburgh's cushion.
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Pittsburgh leads the Eastern Conference with 78 points ... Pittsburgh went 2- for-3 on the power play, while Los Angeles went 1-for-4 ... Pittsburgh's Matt Niskanen notched two assists ... Sidney Crosby collected his league-leading 48th assist of the season for the Penguins ... Quick dropped to 1-5-1 in his last seven starts.


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Orioles' offense contained in Norris' rough outing
Three-run eighth-inning rally not enough as O's tally only three hits
SEATTLE -- A previously high-flying Orioles club looked pretty flat on Saturday afternoon at Safeco Field.
Right-hander Bud Norris couldn't keep Baltimore's impressive quality start streak alive, struggling with command in a five-inning outing, while the offense had no answer for Mariners starter Chris Young. The O's, who scored all of their unearned runs in the eighth inning, couldn't capitalize enough in the 4-3 loss to the Mariners, squandering a chance to increase their lead in the American League East.
Baltimore (57-46), which dropped just its second game in its last six, is still three games up in the division and 5-4 on a three-city West Coast trip with one game remaining. But with a key play going against them -- Kendrys Morales' bases-loaded hit-by-pitch -- and an underwhelming afternoon from both Norris and the offense, the Orioles were lucky the game was as close as it was.
"I wouldn't say fortunate," manager Buck Showalter said of his team hanging around despite Young's dominance. "A little frustrated. I think we all knew we were going to be challenged by a presentation that you don't see much. ... Chris is good, athletic. I've had him. He's a good man. He's in a good situation there, they are lucky to have him. [We] had a shot there."
While Young dealt, Norris -- coming off an excellent outing in Anaheim in which he struck out a season-high eight batters -- had command issues from the get-go. After working around a pair of two-out walks in the first, he gave up a leadoff third-inning single to No. 9 batter Jesus Sucre. One out later, Dustin Ackley doubled and Norris intentionally walked Robinson Cano.
Norris paid for the move, as Morales was struck by a pitch to bring in a run. After catcher Nick Hundley checked with third-base umpire Brian Knight on Morales' checked swing, Showalter came out to argue.
"I don't want to say too much about it, because it happened and I didn't get the call," said Norris, who surrendered three runs in the third. "When I'm trying to execute that pitch and I'm ahead in the count in a situation with the bases loaded, I'm trying a back-foot slider there and I got a swing, even when I went back to look at it here. Unfortunately, it would have changed the situation in the entire inning for our team and so forth, but they got the call. Sometimes they're going to get the call.
"It's unfortunate, but I've got to keep getting better and get out of that inning and minimize the damage, and they put a couple across."
It was a lead Seattle would never relinquish as Norris -- who also allowed RBI singles to Kyle Seager and Logan Morrison -- was tagged with six hits and three walks in the 97-pitch outing.
"I think the swing that wasn't called on the hit-by-pitch hurt him a little bit," Showalter said. "Maybe lost some concentration. He made a good pitch there and we didn't get the call. Pretty obvious he swung.
"Why couldn't you look at if he was hit by a pitch or not and then see if he swung, which he obviously did? It doesn't work that way [with replay review], so it's kind of inconsistent."
The Orioles' offense, which scored two runs on third baseman Seager's error, couldn't get anything going against Young. Anyone not named Delmon Young was held in check by the 35-year-old Mariners starter, who struck out eight in his first outing against Baltimore since 2005.
"He's got that fastball that he elevates and it's hard to catch up to," said shortstop J.J. Hardy. "It's just deceiving, it's different. He's good. He's been good for a while."
The O's used a two-out hit-by-pitch and walk to threaten against reliever Danny Farquhar in the eighth, with the pair advancing on a wild pitch by Farquhar's replacement, Joe Beimel. Chris Davis, who was Friday night's hero with a 10th-inning homer, hit a hard ground ball that skipped by Seager's glove and into left field to cut the deficit to two.
Hardy followed with an RBI single to left, the O's third hit of the afternoon, but Yoervis Medina got Manny Machado to ground back to the mound to end the inning.
"I wish we had a little better at-bats," Showalter said of his club, which won the first two games of the four-game set. "Two tough ballgames coming into today and a quick turnaround. They just pitched a little better than we did today."
Norris, who navigated through a scoreless fourth inning, allowed the Mariners to score their fourth and decisive run with a pair of doubles by Ackley and Cano in the fifth. He was replaced by lefty T.J. McFarland, who allowed one hit over the next 2 2/3 innings to keep the O's within striking distance.
But the trio of runs in the eighth was too little, too late as the O's couldn't make up enough ground to negate Young's early dominance.
"My last start, the team spotted me three early and I gave it right back in Anaheim," Young said. "That's another very good lineup, so that was in the back of my mind. 'Don't let up. Don't lose focus. Continue to make one good pitch after the next.'
"They're very capable of coming back, and coming back very quickly. As we saw, they almost did today. You don't take it for granted."
Baltimore threatened briefly against Seattle closer Fernando Rodney, with pinch-hitter David Lough working a one-out walk. But Nick Markakis flied out and Lough was picked off with Young at the plate to end the game.
"A loss is a loss," Young said. "We could have lost like we did in Oakland or we could lose on a walk-off. A loss is a loss, but we still have a lead in the division. We got plenty of games to play. So we just got to come out tomorrow ready to play."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Welcome to another post awards-ceremony-packed-weekend edition of The Crap We Missed, which of course means it will include anyone who looked confusingly hot and weird at the same time, awesomely inappropriately groped someone and/or something, or just showed up with his top bitch. As for those not invited to the fancy awards shows, we've got Leonardo DiCaprio demonstrating how supermodel vagina gives you mutant abilities, Denzel Washington totally fucking up at oogling the Laker girls' asses, and Miranda Kerr inventing the optical illusion boner.
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Brussels, 7 June 2012
Lithuania is the 15th EU Member State to sign up to new rules helping international couples
Today, Lithuania announced its decision to join the enhanced cooperation procedure allowing international couples to select which country's law applies to their divorce. The EU adopted its first decision on enhanced cooperation two years ago (IP/10/347). It will enter into application end June 2012. Enhanced cooperation allows a group of at least nine member states to implement measures if all 27 Member States fail to reach an agreement. In this case, it allows the 14 participating countries1 and now Lithuania, to move forward with a Regulation that will give couples legal certainty and prevent a "rush to court" and forum shopping in divorces, while at the same time avoiding emotionally and financially costly proceedings.
"This first use of enhanced cooperation is a big step forward towards an EU that works for its citizens. People fall in love across borders, whatever their nationality, but Member States' courts have different ways of deciding which country's law applies to divorces. International couples need to be certain of the rules that apply in their situation – which is what the Regulation provides for," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. "It is particularly encouraging to see that even before the entry into force of the Regulation, more countries are deciding to join the enhanced cooperation."
Following the Lithuanian request, the Commission must now, within four months, confirm its participation in the established enhanced cooperation concerning the law applicable to divorce and legal separation.
The Regulation on the law applicable to divorce aims to protect weaker partners during divorce disputes. International couples will be able to agree in advance which law would apply in the event of their divorce or legal separation. In case the couple cannot agree, judges will have a common formula for deciding which country's law applies. Couples will have more legal certainty, predictability and flexibility. This will help protect spouses and their children from complicated, lengthy and painful procedures. The Regulation has no effect on national divorce or marriage laws, nor does it foresee the adoption of rules affecting substantive family law of the Member States
The new solution will help couples of different nationalities, those living apart in different countries or those living together in a country other than their home country. The need for EU action is clear: There were more than 1 million divorces in the 27 Member States in 2007, of which 140,000 (13%) had an "international" element.
Under the EU Treaties, enhanced cooperation allows nine or more countries to move forward with a measure that is important but is blocked by a small minority of Member States. Other EU countries keep the right to join when they want (Article 331 TFEU).
EU governments adopted the Council Decision authorising enhanced cooperation on the law applicable to divorce and legal separation on 12 July 2010 (IP/10/917). It was published in the EU's Official Journal on 22 July 2010. The 14 participating countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain) then negotiated and, on 20 December 2010, adopted a Council Regulation that contains the detailed rules that will apply to international divorces (which was published in the EU's Official Journal on 29 December 2012). The Regulation will enter into force on 21 June 2012. It has no effect on national divorce or marriage laws.
Other Member States that wish to participate can do so at any time. Under the Lisbon Treaty, they must first notify the Council and the Commission. Lithuania is the first additional Member State to notify the institutions of its desire to participate in the enhanced cooperation.
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FELDY: I'm cleaning off a spot on my shelf for our traveling football picks trophy, the P-B Cup (which, really, is just an old coffee mug that former P-B sports writer Steve Webb left behind in the desk I inherited).
Anyhow, I'm 47-16; Phersy is 41-22. He's going to have to make some bold moves this week and next. Unfortunately for me, we're getting to the point that all of these games could really go either way.
As Phersy would say, #letsgetiton ... Is that what he says? Doesn't matter, I guess.
I'm going to select the games and pick first, as Phersy is avoiding his computer right now. Hopefully he gets his picks in by game time.
I'm also including the seed of each team:
No. 2 Owatonna 27, No. 3 JM 21: Huskies rebounded well last week after that tough, last-minute loss to Mayo in the regular season finale. One thing about this JM, team, though, it seems like they're able to get themselves mentally prepared and are intense for every game. And, after watching tape of the Mayo-Owatonna game, the Rockets know the Huskies are beatable.
No. 3 Northfield 14, No. 2 Red Wing 12: These teams were separated by just one score when they met in the regular season. The Raiders flip the tables on the Wingers this time.
No. 1 Lourdes 26, No. 5 Stewartville 19: Stewy handed Lourdes its only loss this season. The Eagles have probably thought about it every day since. It wouldn't surprise me if the Tigers win again, but I'll give Lourdes the home-field advantage.
No. 2 P-E-M 37, No. 3 Kasson-Mantorville 31 (OT): This could be the game of the night in the area and possibly the state. It's the best matchup in arguably the best section in the state. I'll take the 'Dogs D to make a stand in OT, then their offense gets the winning points.
No. 2 Chatfield 17, No. 3 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14: I'll go with the 3-point home-field advantage for coach Jeff Johnson and the Gophers. Hopefully coach Johnson (he's also the Gophs' softball coach) doesn't flash ahead and think this is a Chatty-ZM softball showdown. Might be trouble if he calls for the fastball on EVERY play.
No. 3 Southland 16, No. 2 Fillmore Central 9: The Falcons beat Southland, 7-0, in their regular season matchup. This is a tough one to call because it's another one of those sections where I could see any of the four remaining teams winning the championship. (Blooming Prairie and Goodhue meet in the other Section 1A semifinal).
No. 2 Grand Meadow 24, No. 3 Mabel-Canton 16: M-C beat Grand Meadow during the regular season by one score. I'll say the Larks flip that result today. And, as usual, Cougars fans should be overjoyed because I pick 9-man games as well as the Rangers close out World Series games.
PHERSY: Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm not good ... it's about time you win this thing after five straight years of losing.
I'm going for broke this week ... because let's face it, I'm already broke.
No. 3 JM 22, No. 2 Owatonna 19: Ugh, the Rockets will have to play a lot better than they did last week to pull off this upset. But I'm in trouble in the standings ... so go Rockets!
No. 2 Red Wing 16, No. 3 Northfield 6: Red Wing didn't look good last week in the rain, cold and wind. But the weather is nice today, so Newman will do enough and the defense will carry the Wingers to victory.
No. 1 Lourdes 20, No. 5 Stewartville 19: The Eagles get their revenge. Sorry Tigers!
No. 3 Kasson-Mantorville 28, No. 2 P-E-M 17, : Winner of this game is a state-title contender. This is a great wrestling rivalry, so I hate Feldy for doing this to me ... but I'm going with the KoMets.
No. 3 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14, No. 2 Chatfield 13:This would be a huge upset, but I have to get crazy to catch Feldy. ZM survived a scare last week. Let's hope it motivates them.
No. 2 Fillmore Central 21, No. 3 Southland 7: Fillmore knows it can beat the Rebels. They'll do it again.
No. 3 Mabel-Canton 26, No. 2 Grand Meadow 24, : This one is a no-brainer ... I always do the opposite when Feldy is picking Nine-Man games. LOL. Go M-C!


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John Bartelle Shepherd, 81, passed away December 27, 2009 in North Richland Hills, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Verda, daughter Francie Cooper and husband Steven, son Jamie Shepherd and wife Patty, grandchildren, Brady Cooper, Dalton Shepherd, Karen Cooper and Victoria Shepherd. John is also survived by his sister Ann Roach and husband Clyde of Los Alamos, Brothers Bill Shepherd, Jim Shepherd and wife Jonell of Albuquerque and many other family and family friends. Mr. Shepherd was born in Owosso, Michigan and moved to New Mexico during his youth. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and retired from the New Mexico National Guard. He was a master wood and leather craftsman and was proud to have built furniture for Hodgin Hall Lettermen's Club at UNM. John loved to cook, sing, Dance and read. He attended Albuquerque High and was a graduate of the University of New Mexico. Mr. Shepherd taught drafting for 20 years at Del Norte High School. A service will be Thursday, December 31, 2009, 11:00 a.m. at French Mortuary Lomas location with burial following at Fairview Cemetery. Friends may visit Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
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Sample Microsoft Excel 64-bit Projects Illustrating How to Call the NAG C Library Mark 9
The information here is applicable to the DLLs supplied with CLW6I09DAL.
This web page contains links to several zip files, each containing a Microsoft Excel worksheet showing how to call a NAG C Library function.
These projects were created for the 64-bit NAG C Library Mark 9 DLLs using 64-bit Microsoft Excel 2010. They will not work in older versions of Excel or in 32-bit Excel 2010.
Support files for Visual Basic for Applications 7.0 (VBA7) may be found under the VBA7 headers page. These files can be used in 64-bit VBA7 code. Separate 64-bit VB.NET headers and 32-bit VB6/VBA headers are available.
For each NAG C Library chapter letter there is a file called clvba764-<chapter letter>.bas which contains the VB declarations of the C functions from all the chapters beginning with this letter. For example, clvba764-e.bas contains the declarations of all the functions from the chapters e01, e02, e04 and e05. There is also a corresponding set of files called clvba764-<chapter letter>-long.bas using NAG C Library long names. The supplied files also contain commented out skeletons for call-back functions. All Enum and Type declarations necessary for the parameters (mandatory and optional) can be found in the file clvba764-types.bas. The file clvba764-utilities.bas contains declarations of the Windows kernel function RtlMoveMemory and its aliases. This function is used to copy memory between C pointers and VB variables or arrays. clvba764-*.bas files can be imported into your VB project. In the example projects above, clvba764-<chapter letter>.bas files are imported as the "Declarations<chapter letter>" modules, clvba764-types.bas as the "Types" module and clvba764-utilities.bas as the "Utilities" module.
The header files are based on the stand-alone version of the NAG C Library DLL (CLW6I09DA_nag.dll); to specify the version of the DLL which uses the MKL BLAS/LAPACK instead (CLW6I09DA_mkl.dll), replace CLW6I09DA_nag.dll by CLW6I09DA_mkl.dll in the Function and Sub declarations.
These support files use the VB option to base arrays at one, i.e.
Option Base 1
All the examples use this convention.
Note: Regardless of this option, arrays within User Defined Types (UDT) have a base of 0, unless explicitly declared to be 1, e.g.
Dim X(1 To 5) As Double
After opening the worksheet with Excel, you can view the Visual Basic for Applications code that is part of the spreadsheet. This can be done by selecting the "Developer" tab and then clicking on the "Visual Basic" icon in the "Code" panel. (If the "Developer" tab is not visible, click on the "File" button, then click on the "Options" button, then select "Customize Ribbon" in the left-hand column, and check the box for "Developer" tab in the "Main Tabs" list on the right.) This VBA code is used to interface to the NAG C Library.
In general, on opening the spreadsheet the results of the example will already be displayed. Some examples are implemented as macros and to rerun these select the "Developer" tab and then click on "Macros" in the "Code" panel. To rerun a function call go to the Formula Bar and type return (or Control-Shift-Return for multi-valued functions).
Remember also that to be able to use the NAG C Library DLL, its location will need to appear somewhere in your current path. If the DLL is in C:\Program Files\NAG\CL09\clw6i09dal\bin (for example), then your PATH environment variable must contain this folder before starting Excel. If you are using the MKL-based version of the NAG C Library (CLW6I09DA_mkl.dll), then the folder containing the MKL DLLs should also be on your path, but should appear later in the path than the bin folder for the NAG C Library DLLs, e.g.
C:\Program Files\NAG\CL09\clw6i09dal\bin;C:\Program Files\NAG\CL09\ clw6i09dal\MKL_x64_10.2\bin;<rest of path>
This simple example is implemented as a macro and consists of two VBA modules, one containing the declarations for the a chapters and another with Enum and Type declarations, and of a subroutine that gets two numbers from the spreadsheet, passes these to a02dcc and returns the result to the spreadsheet. Note that the Complex data type is declared in the "Types" module.
This simple example is implemented as a function. There are just two modules, one containing declarations for the s chapter and another with Enum and Type declarations. This is all that is needed, because the s10acc function is so simple that a VB interface is unnecessary and the function can be called directly. The number of functions that fall into this category is quite small. The function return value and arguments must be double or Integer scalars and there must be no fail parameter. This technique might be useful for some special functions (s chapter) and random number functions (g05).
In the NAG C Library function declarations, arrays are declared only with their type. To pass a VB array to the C Library simply pass the first element and, by default, VBA passes its address.
Declare PtrSafe Sub e04ccc Lib "CLW6I09DA_nag.dll" (..., ByRef x As Double, ...) Call e04ccc(... x(1), ...)
(Note that the declarations in the header files specify "ByRef" explicitly for clarity.)
Call-back Functions
The supplied clvba764-<chapter letter>.bas files contain commented out skeletons for call-back functions. They can be copied into your code and uncommented to form the basis of your call-back function.
In the VBA declarations of NAG C Library functions and subroutines, call back function dummy arguments are declared as LongPtr. These are pointers to the functions and a LongPtr is used to contain this pointer. The pointer to the actual function is passed using the VB AddressOf operator.
Declare PtrSafe Sub d01sjc Lib "CLW6I09DA_nag.dll" (ByVal f As LongPtr, ...) Call d01sjc(AddressOf fun1, ...)
Please see the d01sjc, e04ccc and e04ucc examples for examples of call-back functions.
Array Arguments to Call-back Functions
Because the underlying library is written in C, array arguments are simply declared as the appropriate type. VBA passes arguments, by default, ByRef. Hence we have access to a pointer to the array. In the case of input array arguments, the appropriate amount of storage has to be copied to a VB array before it can be used. At the end of the function, output arrays must be copied back to the pointer.
In the examples, the Windows function RtlMoveMemory is used to do this copying, e.g.
Declare PtrSafe Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByRef hpvDest As Any, _ ByVal hpvSource As Any, _ ByVal cbCopy As LongPtr)
Sometimes Alias is used to rename declarations requiring different types, e.g.
Declare Ptrsafe Sub CopyMemFromPtr Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" ( _ ByRef hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As LongPtr, _ ByVal cbCopy As LongPtr) Declare Ptrsafe Sub CopyMemToPtr Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" ( _ ByVal hpvDest As LongPtr, ByRef hpvSource As Any, _ ByVal cbCopy As LongPtr)
These declarations are included in the supplied file clvba764-utilities.bas.
Here is an example of how to do this in a user supplied function called objfun.
Sub objfun(ByVal n As Long, ByVal ptr_x As LongPtr, ... ' Declare x as an array Dim x() As Double ' Re-dimension it the right size ReDim x(n) ' Copy from the pointer ptr_x to our local array Call CopyMemFromPtr(x(1), ptr_x, n * Len(x(1))) ' The array x can now be used. ... ' If x is updated, copy it back to the pointer ptr_x Call CopyMemToPtr(ptr_x, x(1), n * Len(x(1)))
Examples of how to handle arrays in call-back functions can be found in e04ccc and e04ucc.
C Library Typedefs and VBA User Defined Types
Assigning pointers in VBA Types
Pointers in the VBA Types defined for the NAG C Library are declared as LongPtr. In order to assign, for example, a VB Double array to such a pointer, some trickery is needed.
First we need a function that accepts the array pointer ByVal and assigns it to the pointer in the Type, in this case Nag_User.
Sub load_address_of_array(ByVal comm_array_ptr As LongPtr, comm As Nag_User) comm.p = comm_array_ptr End Sub
This subroutine is called using the VarPtr function to pass the address of the array x as a LongPtr.
Call load_address_of_array(VarPtr(x(1)), comm)
To access the array pointer stored in the VB Type we again use RtlMoveMemory, but this time there is a slight change needed in its declaration. As the pointer is stored in a LongPtr we need to trick RtlMoveMemory to accept this and the argument associated with this pointer is declared as being passed ByVal, which causes VB to pass the contents of the LongPtr to RtlMoveMemory which hence receives the required pointer.
Two different declarations are used, to copy to and from the local array, for example
Declare Ptrsafe Sub CopyMemFromPtr Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" ( _ ByRef hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As LongPtr, _ ByVal cbCopy As LongPtr) Declare Ptrsafe Sub CopyMemToPtr Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" ( _ ByVal hpvDest As LongPtr, ByRef hpvSource As Any, _ ByVal cbCopy As LongPtr)
These declarations are included in the supplied file clvba764-utilities.bas.
In, for example, a user supplied function this array may be accessed by first copying it to a VB array. If the array is updated it must then be copied back.
Dim x(4) ' Copy from pointer to x Call CopyMemFromPtr(x(1), comm.p, 4 * Len(x(1))) ... ' Copy back from x to pointer Call CopyMemToPtr(comm.p, x(1), 4 * Len(x(1)))
Use of such an array is illustrated in the d01sjc and e01bac examples.
Assigning function pointers in VBA Types
Again a function, declared to receive the pointer ByVal, is used to assign the pointer as a LongPtr.
Sub set_print_fun(ByVal ptr_fun As LongPtr, ByRef options As Nag_E04_Opt) options.print_fun = ptr_fun End Sub
The call to this function uses the AddressOf function to pass the address of our function called monit.
Call set_print_fun(AddressOf monit, options)
An example of this can be found in e04ccc.
Internally VB uses Unicode ("wide") characters, whereas the NAG C Library uses ASCII. VB handles the conversion from Unicode to ASCII for function/subroutine arguments but not for strings in UDTs. Therefore, some C strings are declared as Byte arrays in the VB header files. These VB strings need to be copied to and from the Byte arrays.
To copy a C null terminated String to a VB String, e.g. the fail.message Byte array in the NAG error structure:
Dim message As String * NAG_ERROR_BUF_LEN, i As Long For i = 1 To NAG_ERROR_BUF_LEN If (fail.message(i) = CByte(0)) Then Exit For Mid(message, i, 1) = Chr(fail.message(i)) Next i
Or, to copy a VB String to an optional Byte array parameter to a NAG C Library function:
Dim filename As String, i As Long filename = "e04ccce.r" + Chr$(0) For i = 1 To Len(filename) ' Copy VB String to Byte array. options.outfile(i) = CByte(Asc(Mid(filename, i, 1))) Next i
Console Window
A number of NAG C Library functions, by default, create a console window to display intermediate results, etc.
How to use the console window depends on which version of the C Library you have; use the "Check NAG DLL Accessibility" feature from the Start Menu (as described in the Users' Note) to ascertain the Mark number, then follow the appropriate advice below.
Alternatively, this output may be redirected to a file, as may be seen in the e04ccc example, or suppressed entirely.
Using the console window from Mark 9.6 or later
(This information also applies to Mark 8 of the NAG C Library DLLs.)
The console window may be closed temporarily (until more output arrives) via File | Close or permanently (until the next time Excel is invoked) via File | Exit. Closing the console window from the close button ("X") in the top right hand corner or via Alt-F4 has the same effect as File | Close. There are also cut, copy and paste facilities available via the Edit menu.
The e04ucc example uses this feature.
Using the console window from an earlier version than Mark 9.6
We strongly recommend that you contact NAG to obtain the latest release or download it from the NAG website. If you have a version earlier than Mark 9.6 (excluding Mark 8 of the NAG C Library DLLs), and you are unable to upgrade to a more recent version, then the following information applies.
If a console window is created, it is important to note that closing this window by clicking the button marked "X" in the top right hand corner will immediately close Excel without saving any modified files. This is a documented feature of Excel. So some other way of dismissing the console window should be used. (This problem does not arise with the latest release of the NAG C Library.)
The Windows function FreeConsole may be used to dismiss the console window safely.
Declare Function FreeConsole Lib "kernel32" () As Long ... Dim i as Long ... i = FreeConsole()
Once the console window has been closed in this way, the NAG C Library will not re-open it.
If you require further advise on the use of FreeConsole, please contact NAG.


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I know a lot of you travel by air and I just had a few questions. Lauren and Gio will be heading to Riviera Maya in Mexico in 9 days. We called the airport and asked some questions, but want to make sure there are no problems. Lauren carries all her meds in a little zipper bag in their original bottles. She has a port and she has a card stating what type it is. She has also had Theraspheres and has a letter stating she has had this procedure. Is there anything else she needs? Any other suggestions to make their trip enjoyable and stress free? Thanks in advance for your responses!!
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Filmed in Videcolor and Supermarionation (it says so right in the opening), this British mid-60s classic answers the question: What would a retired astronaut with his own private island, access to unlimited technology, and five upstanding sons do if given the chance? He'd help people in need, of course, and do it with the slickest supersonic jets, amphibious vehicles, and rockets imaginable.
Once you get past the fact that, yes, the cast of Thunderbirds are all 9-inch puppets, the eye-popping color and groovy vehicles are all quite cinematic. Thunderbirds lasted only two seasons but inspired numerous sequels, reboots, film versions, tie-in fiction and, indirectly at least, Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police.
In February, ITV announced its intention to bring the show back one more time for the 50th anniversary in 2015. Thunderbirds are Go, and, apparently, will continue to Go.
A lot of great theme songs live on this list, but we may have hit the best one right here. As the banjo and synthesizer-based synopsis reminded us, Land of the Lost tells of a routine expedition fraught with peril, as a poorly superimposed yellow raft falls down a waterfall into a parallel universe.
From the great producers Sid and Marty Kroft, Land of the Lost scared the hell out of the kids of the 1970s with rubber suits and cheap stop-motion, forever associating the consumption of Saturday morning Alpha-Bits with the horrors of tyrannosauruses and Sleestaks. A surprising number of notable science-fiction authors contributed scripts during the show's three- season run, including the legendary Theodore Sturgeon, Ringworld author Larry Niven, and Grand Tour novelist and longtime Omni and Analog: Science Fiction and Fact editor Ben Bova.
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Residents are being urged to beware of crocodiles as the flooded Fitzroy River in Rockhampton recedes after peaking at a less than expected 8.6 metres.
The weather bureau's revised forecast had the central Queensland river reaching 8.7 metres, but the eventual peak hit on Saturday morning, putting it well below the 9.2 metre peak of early 2011.
By 5.30am (AEST) today, the river level had fallen to 8.53 metres, a week after ex-tropical cyclone Oswald lashed the Queensland coast.
Rockhampton Airport is expected to remain closed to most passenger flights for another few days, but turbo-prop aircraft with up to 74 seats are resuming services this afternoon.
Residents are urged to stay out of the receding floodwater following several crocodile sightings at Koongal and Depot Hill.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Coming into the second day of the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational the University of Florida men's golf team was in sixth place. The team then recorded a 295 (+7) on Monday, February 25 to propel them into a four-way tie for fourth place at the Sawgrass Country Club.
"Given the conditions today, we played better than we did yesterday," head coach Buddy Alexander said. "We got off to a rough start, but made a pretty good comeback."
Sophomore J.D. Tomlinson (Oak Hall) put together the best round of his season, relative to par, to lead the Gators. Tomlinson began his second round with two bogeys on two of the first three holes of the par-72, 6,910 yard course. He responded with five birdies against one bogey over the final 15 holes to finish with a 70 (-2). It marked his lowest round, relative to par, since last year's SEC Championship when he carded a 68 (-2) in the second round. The Gainesville native is currently in a tie for ninth place going into tomorrow's final round.
Fellow sophomore Eric Banks also rebounded from a rough start. The Canadian was six-over par following his first six holes of the day. He compiled five birdies against one bogey in the 12 holes to finish at two-over par.
Senior T.J. Vogel shot a 75 (+3) on the second day of the event. Vogel is even-par for the tournament and is tied for 12th place.
Classmate Tyler McCumber recorded a 76 (+4) for the second round. The Ponte Vedra native is four-over par for the tournament and is tied for 31st place after two rounds.
Redshirt sophomore Santiago Gavino completed the Gator lineup, registering a 79 (+7) for the second round.
Competing as an individual, freshman A.J. Crouch recorded a 76 (+4) to bring his two-round total to 147 (+3). In his first event of the spring season, Crouch is tied for 28th place.
The tournament will come to a close Tuesday with the final round at the Sawgrass Country Club.
Women's golf: Overnight weather in the New Orleans area has caused damage to the English Turn Golf Course forcing Monday's second round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational to be cancelled.
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Managing Our Digital Legacies – Richard Banks, Microsoft Research [Video]
The Microsoft Research designer introduces the reality of online selves and what they mean for our future.
Family heirlooms are beginning to include digital files, in addition to unique, physical objects. Richard Banks, Principal Interaction Designer at Microsoft Research, has begun to grapple with this reality and presented possible future outlets at PSFK CONFERENCE LONDON. The company focuses on social science, performing field research and exploring how technology works to integrate human motivations into everyday life – digital legacies have become a pressing issue.
Banks and his team have created several prototypes, all of which work to archive files posted on popular social media sites. They include the Back-Up Box, which saves tweets and posts them on a screen, a Flickr Presentation Box, which displays a person's photos, and Timecard, a timeline of a person's life made from their photos and biographical information.
Banks also discussed the complications of information ownership. First, that a single file posted online becomes a network of files, as comments are added and digital connections are created; what was a single object has become a complicated network. Also a problem is the intent of the file(s) – were they made with the intent of creating content or were they participatory, or even private? All these questions will impact file transfer in the future.
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- Constantly upgraded technology makes it difficult to imagine files will be displayed in the future.
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From the Ashes is a Dungeons & Dragons gaming accessory for the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. It was published in 1992 by TSR, Inc. as a boxed set of materials. The accessory was the first major update of the entire campaign setting to be published after the first boxed set, World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting, was released in 1983. From the Ashes focuses on the situation on the Flanaess in the immediate aftermath of the Greyhawk Wars.
The tone of the materials is intentionally darker and more grim than publications set in the pre-Wars era, and was designed to re-energize TSR's sales of Greyhawk-related publications. The set was followed by related adventure modules and sourcebooks by Sargent including The Marklands[1], Iuz the Evil[2], and City of Skulls[3].
The boxed set consists of two books, Atlas of the Flanaess and Campaign Book, as well as several maps and reference sheets.
See alsoEdit
- ↑ Carl Sargent, WGR4: The Marklands (TSR, 1993), 95 pages.
- ↑ Carl Sargent, WGR5: Iuz the Evil (TSR, 1993).
- ↑ Carl Sargent, WGR6: City of Skulls (TSR, 1993), 63 pages.
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Food Labeling 101: Understanding Label Claimsby Katie Cavuto-Boyle in Grocery Shopping, March 4, 2012
The supermarket aisles are flooded with health claims from "healthy, all-natural" frozen dinners to "cholesterol-lowering" granola bars. We're constantly getting conflicting messages on what to what to eat — from organic produce to free-range or grass-fed meat — and what to avoid — from trans fats to high fructose corn syrup. It's not surprising that most consumers are left wondering what to believe and what it all means.
When it comes to making your selection it can be simple. Leading nutritionist and author of What to Eat, Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH advises "Never buy anything that has more than five ingredients, any ingredients you can't pronounce, anything artificial, with a health claim, or with a cartoon on the package."
The goal of this article is break down the information on the front of the packaging so you can make a more informed decision on the quality and content of the product you are purchasing. Words like organic and free-range may not be what you thought; can you trust these terms on labels or is it a marketing ploy? While certain labels are regulated, others are not. We have offered you a reliable list to follow when making your selections. The outcome: more conscious food choices that will benefit your body and the planet.
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Bird Friendly coffee is grown on farms in Latin America that provide forest-like habitat for birds, rather than farms that clear the land for direct sunlight and faster growing. Bird Friendly coffee is shade-grown and organic, meaning it is grown without the use of pesticides, which poison the environment. Farmers undergo a periodic audit by the Smithsonian Center to maintain this certification.
Certified Humane can be found on dairy, eggs, meat and poultry. Certified Humane meets the Humane Farm Animal Care program standards, which includes animals fed a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones, raised with shelter, resting areas, sufficient space and with the ability to engage in natural behaviors. Manufacturers who maintain this certification must comply with the American Meat Institute's standards.
Demeter Certified Biodynamic can be found on cheese, eggs, fruit, meat, vegetables and wine. A holistic approach to farming, Demeter Certified Biodynamic emphasizes organic fertilizer, healthy soil, and farmer-customer relationships. Food displaying this label is produced without fertilizers, synthetic pesticides, animal byproducts or genetically modified crops.
Dolphin Safe labels can be found on tuna and verifies that tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean was fished without deliberately harming dolphins. Vessels must have an independent observer on board attesting to the compliance. While the National Marine Fisheries Service doesn't monitor catches from other regions, tuna can still be labeled "dolphin-safe." It's still recommended to look for the label as these catches are better than those without the label.
Fair Trade Certified labels can be found on tea, rice, sugar, chocolate, coffee and tropical fruit. TransFair USA verifies that organizations pay Fair Trade prices and premiums and submit to rigorous supply chain audits. Ensuring that farmers and farm workers are paid a fair price for their products, TransFair USA prohibits the use of child labor and encourages sustainable farming practices.
Food Alliance labels can be found on meat, milk, wheat, vegetables, dairy products and frozen fruits. Farms and ranches must provide safe and fair work conditions, follow good environmental practices, and treat animals humanely. Food bearing this label is free of hormones and therapeutic antibiotics. Farmers also do not grow genetically modified crops.
Grass-fed or Pastured can be found on beef, milk, pork, and lamb. Products should carry both "USDA Process Verified" and "U.S. Grass-fed" labels. While the animals must have access to pasture and are not fed grain, they are allowed to receive hormones and antibiotics.
Rainforest Alliance Certified labels can be found on cattle, cocoa, coffee, tea, fruits and flowers. Farms must be audited by standards set by the Sustainable Agriculture Network. Farmers must practice fair labor treatment and use environmentally responsible farming, including integrated pest and disease management and soil and water conservation.
USDA Organic can be found on processed and frozen foods, coffee, beer, dairy, grains, produce, meat, shrimp and wine. The USDA certifies that foods bearing this label may not use synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation and genetic engineering. Organic animals are fed 100 percent organic feed without animal byproducts or growth hormones. (This certification is expensive and the process is cumbersome, making it difficult for small farmers to become certified even though their farming practices meet USDA Organic standards.)
There is some confusion around whole grains both by consumers and manufacturers. The term is often misused but thanks to the work of the Whole Grain Council, consumers can trust that each product that bears the Whole Grain Council's stamp contains at least half a serving of whole grains.
The following commonly-found labels lack strict regulation and discredit the quality of the label, so purchase with care.
Label Claims to Beware of:
Antibiotic-free: The USDA banned the term "antibiotic-free;" however, it does allow the label to be used on meat and poultry products that claim to be "raised without antibiotics." Unfortunately, there is no system in place to regulate or certify these claims. This label can be found on dairy, meat and eggs.
Free Range: Beef, chicken or eggs labeled "free range" implies that the animals were raised in the open air or free to roam. Chickens allowed as little as five minutes of open-air daily meet the USDA standards for "free range." However, there are no regulations for eggs or beef.
Fresh or Never Frozen: A label that reads "fresh or never frozen" can be found on poultry products. By USDA regulations, the chickens can reach eight degrees below freezing and be labeled as "fresh."
Hormone-Free: There are no systems in place to verify meat or dairy labeled "hormone-free." However, the USDA allows producers to claim their meat or dairy products are "hormone-free" without regulations in place to confirm or authorize these claims.
Natural: Natural is an overused term in labeling food that is "minimally processed" or made with "natural" ingredients. Although some ingredients were natural at the time of harvest, once the manufacturer processes the food and alters the nutritional structure, it's no longer in its "natural" form. As in the case with the other labels or claims used by marketers, there is no system in place to verify these claims.
Lastly, safe shopping at the fish market is complicated by a lack of regulated labeling. While fish is one of the smartest protein choices you can make, choosing which fish to buy can be confusing and guidelines are always changing. To make matters worse, the USDA does not currently offer an organic label for seafood. That's why it's best to rely on the experts.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program creates science-based recommendations that help consumers and businesses make ocean-friendly seafood choices. You can visit their website to download a Seafood Watch card for your region. Some good options are: albacore tuna, black cod, farmed rainbow trout, European anchovies, Spanish mackerel, and wild sockeye salmon.
Making the best choice is easier when you understand the labeling of the foods in the supermarket aisles. Always remember, if you are not sure, just ask. Your fish monger, butcher or other grocery store team member should be able to help. The key is buying fresh foods from the source (like a farmers market) so the grower can answer your questions.
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The human race is about seven billion strong and growing, but the microbes that exist within the gut of even just one individual far surpass that number. In fact, the bacteria that make up your microbiome, as it's often called, outnumber your own human cells.
"There are way more of them than us," said Rick Bushman, a microbiologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Bushman is part of a recent wave of scientists studying these microbial communities, in hopes of better understanding their role in human health.
"Sometimes the bugs that live in us make us sick, like an HIV infection or something like that," said Bushman. "However ... the bugs that live in our gut help us digest food and help instruct the growth of our immune system."
You've got a virus. Billions of them, actually.
And Bushman isn't stopping there. Inside those bacterial cells exists an even smaller, but no less dynamic community. Welcome to the world of viruses, or your "virome." Healthy or not, everyone's got them.
Lots of them.
"Hands down, there are way more viruses than there are bacteria," he said. One gram of poop, for example, contains about a 100 billion viruses, making them in Bushman's mind "the all-time champs."
But unlike bacteria or other cells, viruses can't live on their own. They latch on to host cells to function. Once there, a virus may do a number of things. Some have integrated into people's DNA, explained Bushman, and are part of that essential genetic material that makes us who we are, telling our cells what to do and how to act.
"The human genome is 8 percent virus," said Bushman. "They're part of us."
One example Bushman gave is the role these viruses play in the development of a human placenta.
Viruses can also be ruthless predators. Once inside, they may replicate to the point of destroying their host cell, then moving on to the next one, wreaking havoc in the same way. In other instances, Bushman explained, viruses insert themselves in bacteria but stay put, replicating when the bacteria itself replicates.
"Sometimes they harm, sometimes they help," Bushman said.
In some instances, viruses may aid in the digestion of carbohydrates. In others, they may carry harmful toxins such as cholera
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For more than a century, scientists have turned to viruses to understand how molecules work.
"A lot of the early days of molecular biology involved studying bacterial systems, purifying one virus and seeing how it interacts," Bushman said. Scientists have long recognized that some gut diseases are viral.
Up until recently, scientists lacked the capacity to extract and study whole virus systems at once, with the volume of data too vast to process. Bushman said that has limited what's known about the nature and scope of how these little microbes act as a community. But thanks to the advent of genetic sequencing technology, he and others are now able to sift through billions of bits of sequenced genetic material – material, for example, that can be derived from one tiny ounce of, well, poop.
Bushman's lab began its study of the human virome by examining fecal samples from several individuals, identifying and comparing viruses from each of their guts.
"People [and their viral communities] were really different from each other," Bushman recalled from that study. His findings echo what other researchers are learning in the field.
"And the obvious question was: Why is that? What's going on long term inside one person?"
This led to Bushman's next experiment, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His team took one person -- a healthy male -- and tracked the virus activity in his gut over the course of two and a half years.
"The community is so huge inside that one person, it's like studying a rain forest," Bushman said.
Steady but evolving
It took Bushman's lab another year to analyze the genetic data from a mere 16 stool samples. After going through a refrigerator-like sequencing machine (located two buildings over), the lab ran computer programs on the data, trying to identify small virus segments and piece them together.
Two things stood out, he said. First, the majority of bacteria viruses he identified inside the individual's gut at the start of the study were still there at the end of the study.
"So that was important to know that the community was mostly stable," Bushman said. "Which then allowed us to start in on a whole new round of experiments, asking OK, against this background of being able to see this same virus over two and a half years, what more specific stuff could we see changing in those viruses?"
And, it turned out, a small portion of those viruses was far from static.
"For some of the viruses that are there, they're changing really, really fast. So in a lifetime of an average human, it seems that new kinds of viruses are going to be arising and living in their gut," Bushman said. "And in their gut only."
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Though still in the early stages of calculations, Bushman thinks about 5 percent of viruses evolve into new viruses, over time in an indivdidual's gut. In other words, what's in your gut is unique, in part because it contains different bacteria, which contain different viruses, that evolve over time.
This notion, Bushman said, opens the door to a whole new set of questions: What proportion of bacteria is killed each day by viruses? How do those bacteria continue to exist and survive?
The challenge now is learning more about how that might affect diseases, such as Crohn's, and individual treatments.
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Tamara Reid Bush conducts in vivo experimentation, methods development, and modeling to better understand clinically motivated problems connected with human movement and force generation. Specifically she is researching tissue damage due to external loading, the effects of blood flow and perfusion on the skin and surrounding tissues, hand kinematics and force generation, and cervical spine dysfunction.
Collaborators of Dr. Bush:
Ronald Meyer, Radiology and Physiology
Robert Wiseman, Radiology and Physiology
Laura Bix, Packaging
Gwen Wyatt, Nursing
Joseph Vorro, Osteopathic Medicine
Lisa DeStefano, Osteopathic Medicine
Tim Francisco, Osteopathic Medicine
Sherman Gorbis, Osteopathic Medicine
Clare Luz, Human Medicine
Mingfei Li, Statistics - Bentley University
Alla Sikorskii, Statistics
Seungik Baek, Mechanical Engineering
Ranjan Mukherjee, Mechanical Engineering
Brian Feeny, Mechanical Engineering
Alex Diaz, Mechanical Engineering
Gordy Alderink, Physical Therapy and Biomechanics, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Michael Seffinger, Pacific College of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University, Pomona, CA