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Changing Patterns of Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities
Changing Patterns of Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities
Patients with hematologic malignancies and other patients with cancer
who are receiving aggressive treatment with chemotherapeutic regimens
are highly susceptible to infections because of lowered leukocyte
counts and breakdown in their mucosal and immunologic barriers.[1]
These patients often experience episodes of fever and neutropenia,
and are hospitalized to receive intravenous antimicrobial therapy
until their acute illness resolves. The appropriate choice and prompt
delivery of antibacterial drugs is crucial to decrease morbidity and
mortality in these patients.
Selection of empiric treatment for any bacterial infection must
account for antibiotic resistance patterns. The kinds of organisms
that predominate vary geographically, temporally, between patients,
and within the same patient over time.
The predominant infectious organisms in patients with neutropenia and
fever have shifted over the past few decades: gram-negative bacilli
were more prevalent in the past, but gram-positive cocci now
predominate. This shift in pathogens is one of several factors that
must be taken into account in the design of an effective empiric drug
This article will review changes in the prevalence of bacterial
species causing bloodstream infections in the United States and
Europe. The article will also review microbial resistance patterns
and present evidence regarding newer drugs that are active against
resistant bacterial strains. Data from microbiologic surveys in
institutions that treat cancer patients are considered, along with
surveillance data of bloodstream infections among the general
hospitalized population.
Emergence of Gram-Positive Bacterial Predominance
The pattern of isolates causing bloodstream infections in
hospitalized patients, both in the United States and in Europe, has
changed, and gram-positive organisms are now predominant. The
investigators conducting the Surveillance and Control of Pathogens of
Epidemiologic Importance (SCOPE), a national surveillance program,
recently reported findings from 10,617 cases of nosocomial
bloodstream infections at 49 hospitals in the United States.[2] For
all patients and hospital departments combined, well over half (64%)
of the isolates were gram-positive cocci (Table
The most common isolates were coagulase-negative staphylococci,
followed by Staphylococcus aureus, and then enterococcus
species. Streptococcal species accounted for about 6% of all
bloodstream isolates, of which half were due to the viridans group
(especially Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus sanguis, and Streptococcus
salivarius).[3] Gram-negative bacilli were isolated in 27% of
these samples. This is a reversal of the pattern of the organisms
recovered in the 1970s, when gram-negative species were isolated in
more than 75% of nosocomial bloodstream infections.
The pathogens reported in the SCOPE study were from clinically ill
patients with bloodstream infections. An analysis of patient
subgroups revealed that, among neutropenic patients, S aureus
was isolated less often, and streptococci of the viridans group were
identified more often, than in patients with a normal neutrophil
count.[2] There was also a clear difference in the frequency of
specific pathogens when data were subdivided into cases from
intensive care units (ICUs) and other inpatient wards (Figure
For example, Enterobacter species (gram-negative) were nearly twice
as common in ICUs than in regular wards, but the reverse was true for Escherichia
coli and viridans group streptococci. These observations are a
reminder that patterns of pathogens vary among patient subpopulations
and hospital departments.
Similar trends have been seen at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC), a hospital (approximately 18,000 admissions/year) in
New York City that specializes in cancer. Data have recently been
compiled that describe the prevalence and resistance patterns of
bacteria among all cancer patients, most of whom had leukemia or
lymphoma or were recipients of a hematopoietic stem-cell transplant.
Some of the findings in this pool of patients parallel those of the
SCOPE study, while others reflect local variation.
A basic finding at MSKCC was that the rate of bloodstream infection
cases had increased over the past decade, despite increased
prophylactic use of fluoroquinolones and other antibiotics. When the
number of specific organisms was analyzed, gram-positive species were
detected in blood samples from patients with bloodstream infections
more frequently than were gram-negative bacteria (Figure
2). While gram-negative infections have decreased, they still
pose a significant potential threat of morbidity and mortality for
immunocompromised patients.
The bacterial species most likely to cause infections at MSKCC were
coagulase-negative staphylococci, S aureus, and enterococci.
Coagulase-negative staphylococci outnumbered S aureus by about
400%. Among gram-negative species, E coli, Klebsiella species,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species were
still the most common pathogens, accounting for about 44%, 28%, 16%,
and 12% of gram-negative infections, respectively.
Shifting Pathogen Prevalence in Europe
As in the United States, many European centers are experiencing a
rise in the prevalence of gram-positive bacteria and a relative
decline of gram-negative species. The International Antimicrobial
Therapy Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research
and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has for decades recorded patterns of
infectious microbes among cancer patients entered into their
treatment trials.[4] In the 1970s, gram-negative species accounted
for about 70% of single-organism bloodstream infections, but by the
late 1980s, gram-positive bacteria had become predominate. Currently,
gram-positive bacteria account for about 70% of bloodstream
infections in these patients (Figure
It should be noted, however, that gram-negative organisms (eg, P aeruginosa)
are still common enough to require an empiric regimen that includes
antibacteria activity against such species. As is the case in the
United States, coagulase-negative staphylococci were the most common
pathogens, but the prevalence of viridans group streptococci varies
between individual centers, and also has varied over the years
recorded by the EORTC (Figure 4).
For example, in a survey conducted in France with the support of the
Maurice Rapin Institute, a low incidence of viridans infection (4% of
total cases of febrile neutropenia) was noted, contrary to some other
institutions.[Ribaud P. December 1999. Unpublished data.]
Pediatric Cancer Populations
Pediatric cancer patients who are neutropenic typically experience
fever of unknown origin. The populations of suspected causative
organisms display several features similar to those of adult
populations. In children, as in adults, a predominance of
gram-positive infections has been reported in several recent series,
both in the United States[5] and Europe.[1,6,7] Coagulase-negative
streptococcal species are a common cause of infection.
The Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio,
recently reported infection rates among their leukemia/lymphoma and
solid tumor patients.[5] Eighty-three percent of patients developed
infections. Bloodstream infections and otitis media were the most
prevalent infections, each accounting for 23% of all cases.
Gram-positive organisms dominated the blood culture isolates (49%)
compared to gram-negative species (34%). Coagulase-negative
staphylococci were the predominate gram-positive species.
Mortality due to all causes was 36% in these pediatric patients,
one-fifth of which was attributed to infection, particularly gram-negative
bloodstream infections.[5] A recent analysis of pediatric blood
isolates from an Italian transplant center reported a suspected
infection (fever during the granulocytopenic period) in 87% of
patients, with bloodstream infections being the most common type of
infection. Gram-positive species were isolated more than twice as
often as gram-negative species.[1] Almost all gram-positive species
were either coagulase-negative staphylococci or viridans group
The frequency of isolates of viridans group streptococci varies
widely among reports for pediatric cancer patients at different
centers. A pediatric oncology department in Germany found viridans
streptococci to be more common than coagulase-negative isolates among
leukemia/lymphoma patients.[6] Patients with solid tumors, however,
experienced more coagulase-negative infections.[7]


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Dean Leah H. Jamieson and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Klod Kokini welcomed the new faculty to the College of Engineering at a reception held on Friday, September 6, 2013, in the Dunville Conference Room in Armstrong Hall. The new faculty had the opportunity to meet their colleagues from across the college as well as the members of the dean's cabinet. Incoming faculty members were able to make connections, learn about the different offices and the programs available to facilitate their successful transition to Purdue and the College of Engineering.


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|From: John Clements (clements at brinckerhoff.org)
Date: Mon May 19 15:04:46 EDT 2003
On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 02:09 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote: > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > > At Sun, 18 May 2003 14:00:41 -0400, "Neil W. Van Dyke" wrote: >> I now have to admit that I was trying to use a concrete example to >> ask a >> more general question about syntax extensions that cache values. >> >> So I'm also curious if there's a way to solve this problem using a >> hygienic macro, without using a table. Intuition says there should be >> an easy way. >> >> (I asked on plt-scheme list before comp.lang.scheme, since the answer >> might be sensitive to the trickiness of evaluation phases, and >> MzScheme >> seems to know phase separation well.) > > You're poking at the edges of the phase problem, where it's not yet > right in MzScheme, and where I think we need one more piece to make it > right. > > > Here's one way to do what you want, at least for now. It exploits a > kind of hole in MzScheme: > > (define-syntax remember > (syntax-rules () > [(_ expr) > (let ([b #&#f]) > (begin > (unless (unbox b) > (set-box! b (list expr))) > (car (unbox b))))])) > > (define (f x) (remember x)) > > (define (g x) (remember x)) > > Everytime you call `f', the result is the argument provided to `f' for > its very first call. Ditto for `g', but `g' is independent of `f'. > > The `remember' macro exploits an as-yet-untamed phase: the time when > run-time values are generated for syntactic constants. If you evaluate > the expressions above directly, this generation happens when each > definition is compiled. If you compile the code to .zo, it happens at > `read' time for the compiled code. > > If you put the code in a module, then every instance of the module > (independent of its phase) shares the same pair of mutable boxes for > `f' and `g'. That's the most obvious way that this is a hole in the > enforcement of phases. I'm guessing that I'm confused here, but can't we achieve the same result with 3D code? Even in a module? Is this an instance of the same thing? Or does 3D code just break all the rules? (module stx-test mzscheme (define-syntax (remember stx) (syntax-case stx () [(_ expr) (let ([b (box #f)]) #`(let ([b #,b]) (begin (unless (unbox b) (set-box! b (list expr))) (car (unbox b)))))])) (define (f x) (remember x)) (define (g x) (remember x)) (display (equal? (list (f 3) (g 9) (f 4) (g 10)) `(3 9 3 9))) ) => #t john
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The chair didn't look right. It was too ... rigid.
In almost every other context, this might be satisfactory. Uncomfortable, perhaps, but more than sufficient. But when the chair in question is of the rolling variety, a facsimile created for HBO's new series "Boardwalk Empire," a little inflexibility just wasn't going to cut it.
"That's a very iconic image of Atlantic City of the period," said prop master Tommy Allen. "You do not want to screw it up."
Rolling chairs are a bit player in the Prohibition-era drama, which debuts tonight amid "Sopranos"-style expectations. They pop up in the occasional Boardwalk scene, often in the background. But the quest for the perfect rolling chair is proof of the production's slavish devotion to period authenticity.
From the lavish, 300-foot re-creation of Atlantic City's Boardwalk to minute, blink-and-you'll-miss-it background details, "Boardwalk Empire" sweats the small stuff. It may be historical fiction, but that doesn't mean cast and crew didn't want to strive for perfection.
"If we took liberty with some of the characters," said Shea Whigham, 41, who plays Sheriff Elias Thompson on the series, "we didn't do that at all with what they were wearing, what they were driving, where they'd be living."
As such, every design decision was fueled by a dogged investigation of the resort's past, led by a man whose family tree grows right through Enoch "Nucky" Johnson's Atlantic City. Johnson, of course, provides the inspiration for the character of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, the man around whom all else revolves in "Boardwalk Empire."
Ed McGinty's grandfather worked at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where Johnson lived, climbing from bellman to facilities manager during his career. McGinty's father was a page boy, often running messages for the political boss. The elder McGinty still lives in the resort.
On "Boardwalk Empire," McGinty serves as research adviser, and also has a bit part as a ward boss. But the series' local ties only begin with him, and weave through a who's who of Atlantic City historians that includes Nelson Johnson, whose "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" forms the series' foundation. Filming may have taken place in Brooklyn, but Atlantic City's DNA, like rum runners on an illegal shipment of booze, is all over this production.
Judging from the high praise coming from city historian and "Boardwalk Empire" historical consultant Vicki Gold Levi — sentiments echoed by others — executive producer and writer Terence Winter and his crew nailed it.
"When I first went on the Boardwalk, I was blown away," said Levi, no stranger to film, television and stage sets — good and bad — attempting to re-create America's Favorite Playground. "Nothing has come close to the creative design authenticity, the evocation of the era, the feeling behind it."
A ritzier Ritz for Nucky
Which isn't to say the Atlantic City of "Boardwalk Empire" is an exact replica of the resort as it once was. There is, out of necessity, a certain amount of dramatic license that needs to be taken.
The Ritz, where "Nucky" Thompson lives, looks nothing like the actual building located on the Boardwalk at Iowa Avenue — the original is too "blocky," production designer Bob Shaw said. But within the show's Ritz, all the details are there.
"The question, right out of the gate, was, 'Do we want to do a stylized version of Atlantic City? Or, do we want to make it real? And we opted for real," said the show's creator, executive producer-writer Terence Winter said.
"Boardwalk Empire" bows at the dawn of Prohibition, in 1920. The real Ritz didn't open until 1921. For the fictionalized version of the place where Nucky lives, Shaw said he drew on other hotels of the time, such as the Marlborough Blenheim, tossing their design elements into a blender.
Instead of the original's rectangular design, the Ritz on the series features shells, dolphins and other ornamentation. It is a bold departure, but one Shaw feels was necessary.
"(The original) didn't seem fanciful enough. It didn't capture the imagination. And, it doesn't make the statement about Atlantic City that we wanted it to make — that Atlantic City was a different world," he said.
Before producers could break with history, however, they had to learn it. When Winter, fresh from "The Sopranos," came to the project — hearing that Martin Scorsese was aboard as one of the executive producers sealed it for him — he immediately immersed himself in the history of the time, reading books and watching old movies.
Before long, it dawned on the Emmy winner: This is big. Capital 'B.'
"Re-create the Atlantic City Boardwalk from 1920? The more reading I did, I thought we wouldn't be able to," said. It wasn't until he saw what the network was doing for its epic miniseries, "John Adams," that he began to feel at ease.
"They did stuff digitally that blew me away," he said of re-creations of 1775-era Boston.
Researching the facts
A mutual friend put him in touch with McGinty in spring 2008. McGinty, armed with historical photos and stories, met Winter for breakfast. When the meal was done, he had a job.
As research adviser, McGinty spent much of his time in the writers' room, spinning yarns his father had told him and answering whatever questions Winter and his staff peppered him with. If he didn't know, it was off to find the answer, on his own or by tapping into one of his local contacts.
Levi recalls supplying period photos at times and making suggestions of her own. Nelson Johnson said he answered a few continuity questions, matters of who died first and so forth. Others tapped include Allen "Boo" Pergament, of Margate, and Heather Perez, archivist of the Alfred M. Heston collection at the Atlantic City Free Public Library.
While the writers did their thing, other members of the production team embarked on their own historical crusades. McGinty tried to touch base with all of them, but each had their own resources committed to perfecting the look of 1920s Atlantic City.
Allen, the prop master, made a trip to the resort's library to explore its collection of microfilm.
Costume designer John Dunn began his adventure at the Brooklyn Museum, the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
Even McGinty, despite being able to tap into his own considerable knowledge — he's read Johnson's "Boardwalk Empire" three times — needed more. He found a treasure trove of information at the Library of Congress and Duke University, which has an archive of billboards, including those erected on the Boardwalk at the time.
Shaw had his own research coordinator: Sometimes, when he and executive producer Tim Van Patten were trolling for locations, they'd hold impromptu research smackdowns that would involve sending the same question to their respective researchers — art-department coordinator Miriam Schapiro for Shaw, McGinty for Van Patten — to see who would come up with the answer first.
Getting the right feel
To a person, the production team calls building "Boardwalk Empire" from the Boardwalk up a monster of an undertaking.
And, they say, it is one thing to re-create the 1920s. It's another thing entirely to bring 1920s Atlantic City to life.
"It really was like no other place on Earth at that time," Shaw said. "We're really trying to have the Boardwalk and sets convey that, that there were things you would see there that you wouldn't see anywhere else."
So, you've got your baby incubators set up in a Boardwalk storefront. The sport of midget boxing figures into one episode. The familiar Fralinger's candy shop will be a welcome sight for resort regulars.
Naturally, there are rolling chairs. Those confounding rolling chairs.
Rather than rent rolling chairs, the production bought one. They considered having duplicates made, but apparently folks who work with wicker aren't readily available, and the three-month waiting period for custom-built chairs didn't mesh with the production schedule.
That left Shaw and Co. to build copies — six or eight, Allen can't quite remember which — for themselves.
They began with vacuformed plastic molds, but during construction Shaw realized that they looked too rigid, not like the rolling chair they wanted to replicate. It was the chair's sleigh-like front that proved vexing. Next, they made a mold of the front using flexible latex. Much better.
To finish it off, sash cord — like clothes line, only thinner — was braided to resemble the wicker work on the original chair. Voila! A finished rolling chair.
"There are some things you think, 'Who's going to remember? Who's going to know?' And then there are things that everybody's going to remember," Shaw said.
Yet for all the research, there remained quite a bit left to the imagination.
For instance, how to create Nucky's bedroom suite? To Nelson Johnson's knowledge, there are no photographs of the space. And yet HBO's version of the living quarters looks very much as he'd imagine it to be.
Ultimately, Shaw said, it comes down to this: "It's about creating a feeling, and giving people the sensation of being there."
Expanding the world
Capping the city's look are liberal dollops of digital effects.
Many scenes exemplify this, although Winter cites one in particular, which appears during the season's 10th episode. People are sunning and cavorting on the beach. You see the great expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shot pans up the beach to the Boardwalk.
He defies you to see where bricks and mortar and pixelated set dressings meet.
Computer-generated effects are responsible for everything from extending the Boardwalk in either direction to the Ferris wheel and giant Gillette sign towering above the boards. It gives the city depth and the ocean breadth.
All of this glitz and grandeur, of course, costs money. Ask Winter or Shaw about how much and they quickly demur — "I don't want to know sometimes," the executive producer said. "I don't want to be hindered by price. I just want to write it."
HBO, politely yet firmly, won't comment on the series' cost. But reports in the Wall Street Journal and Variety peg the Boardwalk set alone at $5 million, with the series pilot topping out at about $18 million.
Watching the initial episodes, it is apparent how seriously all involved approached the series. So, whether it's Shaw exploring the underside of the Boardwalk to see just how vibrant a green the scum gets or Allen driving to the middle of nowhere Maine in search of a vintage Rolls Royce suitable for Nucky's limousine, it pays off in the finished product.
"In some ways," Allen said, "a period piece can be easier. You want a car from 1920? It'll be a Model T. You want a car from today? You've got umpteen choices."
Are these sometimes minor details? Sure. But, like crafting the perfect rolling chair, they were deemed essential.
"They've got the feel, they've used the right colors, they have the right names, they have the right curiosity shops. I felt they captured the feel, the tones, the colors, all of the things the Boardwalk did look like in the 1920s," Johnson said.
The viewers decide
Now it's time to sit back and await the viewer's verdict. McGinty admits to a few sleepless nights while wondering what the continuity police might find. But Shaw will have none of that.
"I said to the art department that they were going to have to recite the 'Serenity Prayer' pretty often while working on the show," he said.
That is because there will always be people out there who will focus on the minutiae of a given period. Like, for instance, the antique-stapler-enthusiasts website he encountered while working on AMC's "Mad Men" a few years back.
"You cannot," he said, "make it your business to satisfy the antique-stapler enthusiast."
When you re-create a place in time for a period drama — whether it's the always-mutating '60s of "Mad Men" or taking over a western Maryland farm to film a Civil War epic — the sets are as much a character as the actors populating them.
Strictly speaking, this may not be Nucky Johnson's Atlantic City. But he would feel very comfortable here.
"Probably the best day of my life is when I invited my dad onto the set. He looked at it and was just floored," McGinty said. "He had been riding his bike that day on the (real) Boardwalk. He went up the steps and surveyed everything. He leaned back and put his elbows on the rail. He was pretty amazed and convinced that it was the Boardwalk he grew up on. It won't be exact, but it will really bring a sense of nostalgia. Because people will remember."
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'Boss of the Boardwalk'
A documentary about the life of Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, airs 3 p.m. today on WMGM-TV 40.
'Boardwalk Empire'
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Many of Santa Barbara's most popular attractions are close to Ballard, so it is a smart choice as a place to base yourself during your visit. Two attractions that should be on every visitor's list is the fabulous Fiddlehead Cellars and the ever-popular Bridlewood Winery. Also worth checking out are the Hans Christian Andersen Museum and the Mission Santa Ines.
Santa Barbara is celebrated throughout the world as the home of the Mission Santa Barbara. This popular attraction is 1 mile (2 kilometers) from the heart of the city.
Stop by some of the nearby museums and galleries, which help make this region such a unique vacation destination. Pay a visit to the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art in Solvang, to get your fill of art.
Those travelling without kids will love an hour or two at Gainey Vineyard in Santa Ynez.
At the end of a busy day taking in the sights around Ballard, put up your feet and relax at one of the area's hotels or serviced apartments. For a good night's sleep check out the amenities at the Hadsten House, Solvang, the Kronborg Inn, Solvang, and the Wine Valley Inn, Solvang.


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Craigslist RSS feeds use invalid dc:date values, along the lines of <dc:date>2007-08-28T21:38:22-0700</dc:date> when the timezone offset should instead be -07:00 with a colon. Since the regex in W3CToIETFDate() is already ensuring that there's [+-] in front of four digits coming after everything else we want, it ought to be safe to make the colon optional.
1. Load attachment 278724 [details], a Craigslist search feed as of 2007-08-27.
2. Note that the preview lists the first item with a date of "Tue, Aug 28, 2007 2:38 PM" (if you're in PDT, as I am now), the result of treating 21:38:22 as a UTC time, rather than showing it as "9:38 PM", the intended time.
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10 years ago
I think it's ok to fish for invalid field values as long as we don't break any valid dates.
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10 years ago
Which makes step 1 "verify that we have test coverage for every possible form of W3CDTF." (And step 2 "worry about ISO 8601 forms which are not W3CDTF" but I'm not spending CHF 126.00 for a copy of the spec.)
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(In reply to comment #2) > Which makes step 1 "verify that we have test coverage for every possible form > of W3CDTF." mmm, ok, I can buy that. maybe lose the melodrama and say "lots of w3cdtf tests". ;) > (And step 2 "worry about ISO 8601 forms which are not W3CDTF" but > I'm not spending CHF 126.00 for a copy of the spec.) Nope, ISO8601 does much more than timestamps, but no feed date element allows anything but timestamps. The unpleasant interaction of RFC 3339 with xsdDateTame is probably the nastiest case we have to deal with: http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg13103.html
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(In reply to comment #3) > no feed date element allows anything but timestamps. Sadly, that's not the case. Either the RSS 1.0 authors didn't read the part of http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime which says "An adopting standard must specify which of these options it permits" or they meant to allow all six granularities, but didn't read the part that says "If a given standard allows more than one granularity, it should specify the meaning of the dates and times with reduced precision" so for dc:date in RSS 1.0, <dc:date>2007-08-29</dc:date> is an absolutely valid value, with an undefined relationship to values like <dc:date>2007-08-29 00:00:00</dc:date>. Since ISO 8601 is well-designed, I don't see any way that allowing no-colon timezones will get anything wrong, as long as it's after [+-], but we still should be testing that we're getting our best-guess at what RSS 1.0 would have specified if they did their job, 2007 == 2007-01-01T00:00:00.0-00:00.
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(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > no feed date element allows anything but timestamps. > > Sadly, that's not the case. Yes, sad. We'll do the best we can with non-timestamp values, but we'll probably be buggy there until we can incorporate a real ISO8601 parser, hopefully in a library that we can share across the product.
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Fixed by bug 682754.


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Vladimir Jabotinsky, who organized the Jewish Legion which fought under General Allenby in the British Army's Palestine campaign during the World War, is seeking Polish citizenship, the Warsaw Togblatt reported today. Jabotinsky, founder and head of the Zionist Revisionist movement, at present has citizenship in no country, being one of the holders of the Nansen, League of Nations, passports.
Revisionist circles are buzzing with rumors that, if granted citizenship, Jabotinsky will appear in the next elections for the Polish Sejm, heading a list of candidates put up by the Revisionist organization.


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GERROA'S Lilian Wood is celebrating her 100th birthday today.
Mrs Wood, who was born in England, immigrated to Australia in 1978 after attending the wedding of her only child - daughter Cate.
"Mum raised me on her own after my father was killed while working as an engineering officer in the British Air Force in 1944 when I was just 11 months old," Cate Waterhouse said during her mother's surprise birthday party at Kiama Adult Care's Friday Friends this week.
"I moved to Australia with a friend as a teacher in 1970 and mum visited a few times, but when my husband Geoff and I were married and had our son Drew, who is mum's pride and joy, she decided to stay.
"She found work in afterschool care at Claremont College and then worked in the office at Centrepoint Tower in Sydney – before she retired at the age of 80 and moved down with us at Gerroa.
"In fact she retired for a while earlier to enjoy travel, but after about two years she was called back to get the office in order."
Still enjoying a sharp mind, she loves the Friday Friends group and spends much of her time doing craft work, reading or doing crosswords.


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The Morris Area School Board met last night to discuss the school's position on consolidation with the Cyrus school district. The Cyrus school, while planning to continue operating through the 2012-2013 school year, is engaged in exploratory talks with the Morris, Minnewaska, and Hancock districts. The action before the board was to pass a resolution announcing their intent to continue consolidation talks with Cyrus. On a motion by board member Laura Carrington and a second from board member Brent Fuhrman, the Morris School Board passed the resolution to continue talks with Cyrus.
There were several questions the board wants answered before moving too far along in the process. Among them: What is Cyrus' debt burden? How much capitol do they have? What operating levies do they hold and, how would those levies change with a consolidation? As a "science and technology school," what type of technologies does the school have?
The Cyrus school currently has about 32 students in grades K-6. While Cyrus is in Pope County, along with the Minnewaska Area Schools, they are geographically the closest to the Morris Area Schools. Hancock is also closer to Cyrus than the Minnewaska schools. It remains to be seen, however, what school–or combination of schools–will want to pursue a single or joint consolidation plan.


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A Victorian man is dead following a motorcycle accident near the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
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A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that a 19-year-old Victorian man had died in Vietnam.
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Civil War in Missouri: A State Divided Traveling Exhibit. Missouri's status as a border state forced many of its citizens to make difficult decisions and choose sides in a complex situation that resulted in a bitter, divisive, brutal, and psychological war within a war. Organized along three broad themes, the exhibition looks at the contest for the hearts, minds, and bodies of Missouri's citizens. The complex issue of slavery in Missouri is examined in the context of that contest. The guerilla war that consumed Missouri during the period of the Civil War and the Union efforts to suppress that activity are featured as well.
The exhibit would be organized around three major topics; slavery in Missouri, people forced to choose and/or acknowledge their loyalty and beliefs, and the guerilla war. The exhibit will be crafted in a way that connects the present to past experiences in Missouri.
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I'M not an envious person, but if I were to play body swap shop, I know what I'd want.
Forget long Amazonian legs or a firm and generous pair of boobs – I'd take long eyelashes anytime.
My seven-year-old daughter has an amazing set – inherited from her father. Dark and long, they curl gently upward, beautifully framing her large, blue eyes. In a few years time when she's a dab hand with a mascara wand, those eyes will melt a hundred hearts.
As for my hubby – well his eyelashes are just wasted on him. Much fairer that he had my mousey brown stubby set.
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Unless your eyelashes are naturally dark, most probably you will need them tinted before having the extensions (£45) or perming (£40). This costs an extra £12, takes about ten minutes, and is recommended to achieve the best possible effect.
My appointment took about an hour and a half. After tinting my eyelashes black, beauty therapist Sonal Patel reclined my chair and told me to relax. She then put a cotton pad between my top and bottom eyelid and asked me to close my eyes – and keep them closed while she set to work.
I was warned that I might experience a slight stinging sensation as she fixed the false lashes to my own. I did: and it made my eyes water. I winced and wondered for a moment if I could carry on. But Sonal assured me it would pass. She was right: as soon as the glue dried, the stinging ceased.
Sonal put at least 50 lashes into each eye, to create a thick and full lash. The false lashes have a curl on them, which helps open up the eye.
The lashes come in various sizes: 14mm, 10mm, 8mm and 6mm. Sonal used mostly 10mm on me, with a few 8mm in the inside corners.
Looking in the mirror, I was amazed at the transformation.
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"The beauty of eyelash extensions is that you don't have to wear mascara – so no smudgy eyes!" says Simona Baglioni, of Beauty Plus.
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JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's Republican Party on Wednesday refused to hear challenger Chris McDaniel's effort to overturn his June 24 GOP runoff loss to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. The party said McDaniel would do better taking his challenge to court.
In a letter to McDaniel's lawyer, state Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef wrote that a court is needed to "protect the rights of the voters as well as both candidates."
Nosef wrote that under state Republican Party bylaws, seven days' notice has to be given before the executive committee can meet. If the notice went out Wednesday, he wrote, the committee couldn't convene until Aug. 13, only one day before the deadline for McDaniel to file his complaint with a court.
Nosef wrote that the committee would have to determine procedures, decide whether McDaniel had challenged in time, order investigations by county committees, hear "potentially dozens of witnesses," examine evidence and vote in one day.
"Obviously it is not possible for our committee of 52 volunteers to attempt to engage in such an exercise in a prudent manner in one day," Nosef wrote. "In fact, given the extraordinary relief requests of overturning a United States Senate primary in which over 360,000 Mississippians cast votes, the only way to ensure the integrity of the election process and provide a prudent review of this matter is in a court of law."
McDaniel, a state senator from Ellisville whose campaign was backed by the tea party, asked the party on Monday to declare him its nominee, saying Cochran's 7,667-vote victory in the runoff was due to Democratic voters who illegally cast runoff ballots for the six-term incumbent. The result was a blow to outside conservative groups who poured money into the race, hoping to oust the long-serving senator and send a message to other Republicans.
Several of those groups, including FreedomWorks, backed McDaniel in calling for a challenge.
"What I would like to say is [Cochran] stole it fair and square," Adam Brandon, the executive vice president of FreedomWorks told CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes. "In Mississippi the Republican primary is open for Democratic voters. And he turned them out in droves because he knew he could not turn out Republicans and conservatives to win his primary."
McDaniel's lawyer Mitch Tyner said in a statement that his client "is very disappointed he will not have the opportunity to present his election challenge before the state Executive Committee, especially in light of the fact that we delivered a physical copy of the challenge to all fifty-two members of the committee."
"The party was the perfect venue in which to hear the challenge since it was responsible for the election," he added, "but we will move forward with a judicial review as provided for under Mississippi code."
Tyner and a spokesman for McDaniel didn't respond to emails and telephone calls seeking further comment on McDaniel's next move.
Cochran spokesman Jordan Russell continued to downplay McDaniel's challenge.
"We were surprised by this decision, but whether Chris McDaniel's ridiculous challenge is heard by the State Executive Committee or a court, we are confident it will be rejected," Russell wrote in an email.
Nosef did not answer his cellphone or immediately respond to a text message requesting comment.
Referring the issue to court also allows members of the GOP's executive committee, many of whom have ties to Cochran, to avoid ruling on McDaniel's challenge. McDaniel supporters have criticized Nosef and even called for his resignation, saying he has favored Cochran despite his claim of neutrality.
McDaniel could file suit in any county where he feels illegal voting occurred. The state Supreme Court will then appoint a special judge to hear the challenge.
There's no deadline to challenge in Mississippi, but state law urges judges to decide primary challenges before general election ballots are printed. State law says sample ballots must be given to local election officials by Sept. 10, which is 55 days before the Nov. 4 general election. That squeezes the timeline for a lawsuit and a new primary runoff. State law says a court could order a new primary even after the general election. The Nov. 4 ballot will also include Democratic former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers and the Reform Party's Shawn O'Hara.
Any court challenge could lead to a lengthy trial, because McDaniel's claims cite multiple counties. While Mississippi courts have ordered some new local elections, no court has overturned or ordered a new statewide election in at least the past six decades, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.


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I've been ordering forms from McKenzie, seems that the faces are very narrow. Deer I am mounting are from Wisconsin, our deer (WI) seem to have fuller faces. How can I be sure the forms I order will fit my hides correctly. After the deer dries, everythings looks fine, other than the face looks more narrow that in real life. Is there certain forms for deer in the north vs. deer in the south?
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Matuska Taxidermy Supply has a website and has what you need. They carry Competitor's Choice forms sculpted from Wisconsin deer by Wisconsin taxidermists and world champions Pat Wagner, Brian Olson and Mike Yeska. They fit our deer.
forms in the catalog than what's listed on the website, so I recommend getting the catalog.
im from wi been using the meder forms since they came out.
they look and fit great.
You can still order from McKenzie, just specify that you want the "old "style of head on everything. They are well aware that the new, skinny heads suck. Every time I order now, I just ask for the old heads, and haven't had a problem. Ben Mears forms seem to work great for me on Northern deer if you want to go that route.
I recommended the Matuska forms above, and have also used Meder. Meder forms are big, especially in the shoulders and if you are mounting very large bodied deer, you are fine, but I prefer Matuska and only use the Meder now for full sneaks since Matuska doesn't offer them. Post an e-mail address and I can send you some pictures if you want.
I suspect an opinion based on finacial compensation here.
Here's what the old taxidermist that trained me 35 yrs ago had to say
about taxidermist who always have something else to sell besides their work, stay away from them. I suspect this mike on the second page of the Matuska catalog.
Mike how do you straighten the noses on Matuska forms. They all twist to the right. I tried them in the past and quit because of this and just this weekend did two more because a friend really liked them. Quess what? Same twist on the first one and after some work on the second it came out pretty good. I like the fit but the extra work makes it questional if I would order another.
meder forms dont have overly large shoulders. that is one of the main reasons i use them.
Mike, are you refering to Joe "Coombs" instead of Joe "Meder"? now coombs forms have wide shoulders, and McKenzie forms have wide shoulders.....and I mounted a 240 dressed buck on the largest straight form that Ben Mears had. the face and neck fit like a glove......but I had to take about 4 inches off at the shoulders.
but really.....meders arent wide.
I like Joe Meder forms, but I like Matuska forms as well. I did say that I use full sneak Meder forms, because Matuska doesn't make them. I don't care what you use I just was adding an opinion. No I am not Mike Yeska, who is the sculptor. Don't jump to conclusions based on your best guess, I have nothing to do with the company. Have fun with it and good luck, I was just trying to help.
I have noticed in the past that the Meder forms seem to have shorter, fatter necks and larger shoulders. Deer vary and different manufacturers have different forms for those variations. If you haven't read Rick Carter's last article in Breakthrough about shoulder size, I believe its titled,"ten pounds of manure" take a look at it, interesting reading.


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Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity's University of Georgia chapter should be shut down today.
Not after some "investigation" by the university's student affairs staff, not after any "inquiry" by the fraternity's national office, not pending any "hearing" by the university's student judiciary, but by close of business today. Dealing with Lambda Chi Alpha should be at the top of UGA President Michael Adams' to-do list.
Early Tuesday morning, Lambda Chi Alpha's latest exercise in creative herd-thinning found one of its members engulfed in a ball of flame during a drinking game involving 190-proof grain alcohol and an oil lamp. Apparently, the contingent of the best and brightest admitted through the doors of the South Milledge Avenue fraternity house was collectively absent for Bunsen burner day in their respective high school chemistry classes. At any rate, the resulting burns were serious enough to send fraternity member William Flynn Miller IV, 21, to an Augusta hospital for treatment.
Happily, the fraternity's latest attempt to diminish its own ranks was apparently not as successful as the April 2003 incident which claimed the life of 19-year-old Lambda Chi Alpha member Travis Starr of Martinez. Starr died after being thrown from the bed of a pickup truck driven by a fraternity brother following a night of drinking in downtown Athens.
In light of the two incidents outlined here, there should be no suggestion that Lambda Chi Alpha deserves some sort of hearing in front of the student judiciary, or any other form of university-based due process, before its fate is decided.
It does not.
The university, through its judicial programs office, has the ability to issue an interim suspension of the fraternity's status as a recognized campus organization. That power is reserved for situations in which a clear danger is present, and this situation clearly rises to that level. And quick action against Lambda Chi Alpha will spare the community from having to listen to the inevitable protestations that Greek organizations, through philanthropy and volunteer work, are a beneficial presence in the community. They do, of course, perform good works. But the brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha at UGA could raise enough money to cure cancer and tutor every kid in the Clarke County School District into an Ivy League school and still not come close to mitigating the danger - that's right, danger - they pose to the community.
Any fraternity that has seen one of its members die and another suffer severe burns within the space of 19 months has forfeited any presumption of innocence, any benefit of any assumption that it is an organization simply plagued by unfortunate circumstance. The only logical presumption regarding Lambda Chi Alpha's UGA chapter is that it is populated by idiots.
And the only conclusion that can be drawn from that is that its members will continue to be a danger to themselves, to the rest of the university community and to the community at large.
Think that's overstating the case?
If so, then consider what might have happened if the truckload of people on the streets of Athens-Clarke County that April night had careened into the path of a car carrying a teenage girl returning home from a babysitting job. Or what might have happened if the flames that erupted early Tuesday morning in the fraternity house had ignited furniture or something else, turning the structure into a blazing deathtrap.
At the very least, the two misadventures, whether or not they occurred as part of an official fraternity function, conclusively illustrate that its members are too aggressively stupid to be allowed any continued formal association, particularly under color of even the merest suggestion that association is sanctioned by the university.
If the young "men" of Lambda Chi Alpha want to get drunk, set each other ablaze and sling each other out of moving vehicles, they can do so. But neither the fraternity's national office nor the university should pretend that allowing such activity to continue is anything less than a tacit endorsement of a recklessness that will likely result in more injury or death - in the fraternity's ranks and, potentially, in the larger community.
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Double Pork Mini Burgers with Apple-Tarragon Salsa Served on Split Apple Fritters These burgers are a perfect blend of savory and sweet.
This is a midwest-inspired homey type burger. It is a take on the old pork chops and applesauce dish my mom made back in the 50s.
People tend to think Texas is all about beef, but we have equal love of pork—especially sausage and bacon.
I was fortunate to spend several months in Germany and enjoyed many of the foods and flavors I've incorporated into this recipe.
In the South and Alabama in particular, pork and BBQ are king. So, I decided to create a burger that just screams Alabama BBQ.
In Central Pennsylvania, tailgating at a Penn State game starts long before the game kicks off in the afternoon.
The Houston area is a very diverse community with people from all walks of life. Texans just love to eat and eat big.
This burger contains a bit of Illinois with the bella mushrooms that are grown in Illinois.
This midwest-inspired brat burger is packed with many great flavors...like bella mushrooms from Illinois. The kraut-chili topping with the Thai chili paste gives the kraut zing.
When I think of the heartland of America, I think of the good ol' county fair. The fair is where delicious food combines with contests and fun of all sorts.
I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Every year, in the nearby town Mt. Angel, Oktoberfest is celebrated. The area was settled by many Swiss and German pioneers.
I was born and raised in Western New York State where the Italian community greatly influenced the cusine and the culture.
Growing up in Cincinnati with four very German grandparents, the scents of German meat and cabbage along with Rye Bread is something that everyone remembers.
With 3 kids and a pool, we grill alot of burgers for quick easy dinners! I grow bored with a plain patty, so I try to come up with creative burgers for us to try.
This burger puts the flavors of Miami on a bun. Citrus and garlic pork, jicama and plantain chips for an unexpected sweetness and crunch.


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I have a client where a student loan is repayable due to high levels of dividends. I need to adjust the amount owed for the student loan, as the amount being calculated is far more than the remaining amount owed on the loan. I am using HMRC software and cannot find where I can adjust this. Any ideas?
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I don't believe you can. I think it's a case of paying the calculated amount and then obtaining a refund from the SLC.
Or could you can contact SLC, pay the outstanding balance voluntarily and then you would not need to include it in the tax calculation. HMRC suggest in the Tax Return notes that you should contact SLC if you are nearing the end of the loan.
Voluntary overpayments
Or could you can contact SLC, pay the outstanding balance voluntarily and then you would not need to include it in the tax calculation. HMRC suggest in the Tax Return notes that you should contact SLC if you are nearing the end of the loan.
As I understand it voluntary overpayments do not reduce the amount that is calculated via self assessment. Per the guide below
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A voluntary payment does not affect the amount of any Student Loan repayments based on your income and deducted:
• by your employer; or
• those calculated through the SA process
described above.
You cannot choose to make voluntary payments instead of, or in place of, the above repayment methods. Voluntary payments will always be in addition to any sums collected by HMRC.
As suggested above...
.... unfortunately, you have to overpay on the loan through SA and then get a refund from The SLC.
Student Loan Calculation
I've come across this a couple of times and in every case the SLC unit at HMRC (Centre 1) told me to put a note in the additional information page on the Tax Return stating that the client wishes to informally standover the amount of £x (x being the excess amount calculated but not due). The client then pays the reduced amount (i.e. the actual amount due) over to HMRC and they then square the position with SLC.
In virtually every case, the client has had a letter regarding unpaid tax (i.e. the amount stood over) whilst HMRC are squaring the position with the SLC but a quick phone call to point them towards the note on the Tax Return was sufficient to sort the position.
So the client doesn't actually have to overpay on the loan, they can pay the correct amount and HMRC will accept the 'underpayment' if you tell them why.
Hope this helps
It's now possible to enter into a direct debit arrangement with the SLC when nearing the end of the loan (within 23 months?) so that this problem of overpaying and then reclaiming can be avoided.
Student Loan Calculation
I agree with ssutherland, the way to deal with this is by using a note in the 'white space' on the return asking HMRC to hold over the excess amount. This is the method that HMRC recommend and so far I've found that it actually works.


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Anchorage, Alaska • The honorary mayor of a tiny Alaska town is noticeably absent this week, when he should be hanging out at the general store or sipping his water-catnip concoctions from a wine glass at the pub next door.
Instead, Stubbs the cat is sedated and under veterinary care after he was badly injured in a vicious dog attack in Talkeetna, a quirky community of 900 that elected him in a write-in campaign 15 years ago. Talkeetna has no human mayor, so you could say 16-year-old Stubbs is the reigning leader of the feline sort, anyway.
"He's everybody's guy," said Stubbs' owner, Lauri Stec, who manages Nagley's General Store, where the orangey-beige cat lives and mingles with locals and tourists alike. Saturday's attack by the loose dog left Stubbs with a punctured lung, bruised hips, a long deep gash on his side and a sternum fractured to the point it might need to be repaired with a plate.


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AUSTIN, TX – In its May edition, Inc. Magazine will feature the 2007 "boomtown" report, ranking Austin as the 16th best big city for doing business (up 10 spots from 2006). While the magazine cites resurgence in Austin's high tech market, one local company has been successfully evolving alongside the ever-changing Internet landscape since its inception in 1994. From the company's humble beginnings at a local mall kiosk to its evolution as a multi-million dollar global Internet operations company, OnRamp was built on a simple idea: To provide all of the services necessary to conduct and manage business on the Internet. Today, OnRamp is an Internet Operations Company with 14 years of experience in delivering a full suite of services for local, national and global businesses. The company's continued success and survival is attributed to its unique ability to provide all of the services necessary to build, deploy and manage Internet operations.
In 1994, the information superhighway was a term unfamiliar to most and even fewer realized the tremendous impact the Internet would have on conducting business. OnRamp founder Chad Kissinger recognized the Internet's future as a global information system and, in that same year, introduced the Internet to weekend shoppers with a kiosk at Barton Creek Mall in Austin, TX. Within a year of its inception, OnRamp's Internet backbones provided dial-up, ISDN and T-1 service while the racks in the company's Data Center began filling up with servers from Co-location and Managed Server customers. As the need for Internet connection, server storage and management increased, so did the demand for websites. The expansion of OnRamp's customized Internet services led to the formation of one of Austin's original and largest web development departments and the creation of more than 700 websites and applications, including sites for the State of Texas, Earl Campbell, the Girl Scouts Lone-Star Council and James Avery Craftsman.
In 2003, OnRamp relocated to a 12,000 square foot state-of-the-art Data Center after nine years in downtown Austin. Today, OnRamp is uniquely positioned to provide all of the services necessary to build, deploy and manage Internet operations in the areas of Colocation, Managed Servers and Web Development. Customers often view OnRamp as an extension of their IT Department and choose to enhance their service(s) with OnRamp's system administration consulting and customized support.
"We have been able to separate ourselves from other service providers because we offer a complete suite of Internet solutions," said OnRamp President and Founder Chad Kissinger. "Our success lies in our unique ability to speak the same language as our customers, supplementing their needs with our depth and breadth of expertise and services. In short, we are able to eliminate the seams that exist in other companies that can only provide certain parts of the solution."
Consistently ranked among the top service providers in the Austin Business Journal's "Book of Lists," OnRamp is one of Austin's original Internet companies continuing to achieve growth and success amidst the high tech ebb and flow.


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Community Foundation
Community Business Bank has established a foundation to designate donations to non-profits within the communities we serve. To decide on requests, Community Business Bank has established a Community Foundation Committee. This committee will evaluate all requests for donations and as a group make formal decisions on behalf of Community Business Bank.
If your non-profit would like to make a formal donation request, please review the submission guidelines as detailed below.
Donation Request Guidelines
On behalf of the Bank, the Committee will review and decision all donation requests over $250. Donation requests under $250 will be referred to and decided upon by the local office manager.
In order for a donation request to be considered, the request must:
- come from a qualified non-profit organization (must provide proof of your organization's exemption under Section 501(c) (3) of the United States IRS Service tax code);
- provide service and benefit within the Banks local market which includes Yolo, Sacramento, Solano and San Joaquin County;
- be submitted in writing;
- be received during an open window period; and
- must not be from an organization that is political, religious, or racially biased as well as organizations that refuse to disclose financial and management information upon request.
When to Submit Requests
Donation requests may be received any time during each Open Window period as provided below:
January 1st through March 31th
Award Date April 15th
Where to Send Donation Requests
Community Business Bank
Attn: Community Foundation
P. O. Box 912
West Sacramento, CA 95691
Donation requests received after the close of any respective Open Window Period will automatically be rolled over to the next period.


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Oldest Human Blood
Published: May 2, 2012
Oldest Human Blood, Scientists examining the remains of "Otzi," Italy's prehistoric iceman who roamed the Alps some 5,300 years ago, said on Wednesday they have isolated what are believed to be the oldest traces of human blood ever found.
The German and Italian scientists said they used an atomic force microscope to examine tissue sections from a wound caused by an arrow that killed the Copper Age man, who was found frozen in a glacier, and from a laceration on his right hand.
"They really looked similar to modern-day blood samples," said Professor Albert Zink, 46, the German head of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman at the European Academy in Bolzano, the capital of Italy's German-speaking Alto-Adige region.
"So far, this is the clearest evidence of the oldest blood cells," he said by telephone, adding that the new technique might now be used to examine mummies from Egypt.
The studies were carried out in conjunction with the Center for Smart Interfaces at Darmstadt Technical University in Germany and the Center for Nano Sciences in Munich.
Over the last two decades, scientists have collected data from the stomach, bowels and teeth of the well-preserved man, who was found protruding out of a glacier by German climbers in 1991 in the Tyrolean Alps on the Austrian-Italian border.
Otzi, whose nickname derives from the German word for the area where he was found, had brown hair and type-O blood and was believed to be 45 when he was felled by an arrow while climbing the high mountains some 5,300 years ago.
The nanotechnology instrument used by Zink and his team scans the surface of the tissue sections using a very fine probe, the scientists said in a summary of their report. (London Free Press)
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Dickens County
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Physical Features: West Texas county; broken land, Caprock in northwest; sandy, chocolate, red soils; drains to Croton, Duck creeks.
Economy: Agriculture, government services/prison unit, hunting leases, wind farms.
History: Comanches driven out by U.S. Army 1874-75. Ranching and some farming began in late 1880s. County created 1876, from Bexar District; organized 1891; named for Alamo hero who is variously listed as James R. Demkins or Dimpkins and J. Dickens.
Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 66.9; Black, 6.5; Hispanic, 26.4; Asian, 0.8; Other, 0.6.
Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 15; deaths, 29; marriages, 10; divorces, 6.
Recreation: Hunting, fishing; Soldiers Mound site, Dickens Springs; downtown Spur.
Minerals: Oil, gas.
Agriculture: Cattle, horses, cotton, hay, small grains. Some irrigation. Market value $18.5 million. Hunting leases important.
DICKENS (254) county seat, market for ranching country.
SPUR (1,204) farming, ranching, hunting, government/services; museum; homecoming in October.
Other towns include: Afton (15) and McAdoo (75).
Wind farm, McAdoo. Photo by Robert Plocheck.


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Thank you for your reply. Her visa expires December 2012 and we'll get married here in London.
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If the college refuse to postpone her studies, will she not enrol/study for this semester?
She wanted to but she's having a difficult time on her pregnancy. Another thing is, if she will enrol this semester she won't be able to finish it that's why she's planning to enrol after giving birth. She will undergo CS (caesarian) so it will take more months to rest.
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Given that even if she enrols she will be unable to complete the course of study then I cannot see the benefit of not applying on a settlement basis since presumably the long term goal is for her to settle permanently in the UK with you.
I would attempt to negotiate a postponement with the college and considering how to apply for settlement. This can either be by way of a fiancé visa or a spouse visa
Alternatively, you can apply for a fiance visa so that she can come here specifically for the purpose of marrying. Once married you would then have to apply for a spouses visa (settlement). Two applications, two application fees.
You can either marry where she is and then apply directly for a spouses visa at the UK embassy in your home country; Once application, one application fee.
The eligibility criteria is largely similar for both applications.The advantage is that if your fiance visa is refused then you are not married. If you marry and you spouses visa application is refused initially and then on appeal then you are stuck being married but in different countries.
Here is the criteria you would need to fulfill for a fiance visa, as I say the criteria is largely the same for a spouses visa. If you meet this you will almost certainly not be refused a spouses visa:-
You have to produce to the UKBA documentation that proves the above. This would be some of the following:-
Further information here:-
The application will have to be supported by evidence proving the above eligibility criteria. They key to a successful application is producing well-collated documentary evidence for the above criteria. You will also have to produce statements made by both of you explaining and supporting how you meet the eligibility criteria.
You will need to apply for fiance/spouses visa using form VAF4 which is available for download from the UKBA website
You should consider instructing a immigration solicitor based here in the UK to prepare an application for her (whichever way you decide to do it). You can find local solicitors via:-
It should cost around £1000-1500+ VAT. It will save you money in the long run, in all probability.
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7 Dynamic Stretches to Improve Hip Mobility
Dynamic stretching, which involves lengthening and shortening your muscles repeatedly over a specific period, is one of several methods you can use to improve your hip mobility, range of motion and the flexibility of the surrounding muscles and connective tissues. Have a personal trainer watch your technique for each exercise, especially at first, to avoid injuries.
Alternate Toe Touches
Alternate toe touches target the gluteus maximus muscle and hamstrings, increasing your hip-flexion mobility. Stand with your feet wider than your shoulders, your knees flexed slightly and your arms extended overhead. Bend forward, and touch your left foot with your right hand. Stand and repeat, touching your right foot with your left hand. Continue alternating sides for 10 seconds or more.
Backward/Forward Leg Swings
Swinging one leg at a time backward and forward stretches the hip flexors in front of the joint and the hip extensors in back. Stand with your side close to a wall and place your hand on it for balance as you swing your inside leg repeatedly.
Groin Stretch
The dynamic groin stretch requires a stability ball. Stand and place your left knee on top of the ball. Place your hands on your hips and roll the ball slowly to the left, keeping your right foot in place until you feel a gentle stretch through the inside of your left thigh. Return to the starting position and repeat. Perform the exercise with your right leg as well. Place a chair in front of you and hold onto it if you have trouble keeping your balance.
Hip-Flexor Stretch
With the dynamic hip-flexor, you execute the stretch and return to the starting position repeatedly. Kneel on one knee with your opposite foot flat on the floor in front of your body. Shift your weight forward until you feel light tension through the hip flexors on your back leg. Shift back to the starting position and repeat for at least 10 seconds. Perform the exercise from your opposite knee as well.
Knee-to-Chest Stretch
The knee-to-chest stretch targets the gluteus maximus and the upper muscle fibers of the hamstrings. Lie on your back and draw your left knee toward your chest. Pull it closer with both hands and release repeatedly for 10 seconds or more, then repeat the stretch with your right leg.
Lying Leg Crossover
The lying leg crossover stretches the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus, which act as the primary hip abductors, moving your legs sideways, away from the center of your body. Lie on your back and raise your left leg above your waist with your knee extended. Lower it over your right leg as far as possible, keeping your shoulder blades on the floor. Return to the starting position and repeat. Perform the exercise with your right leg as well.
Side-to-Side Leg Swings
Swinging one leg at a time from side to side alternately stretches the hip abductors and adductors that cross the outside and inside of the joint. Face a wall, and place both hands against it for balance. Lift either leg, kicking it out to the side then across the front of your opposite leg repeatedly. Continue for at least 10 seconds, then repeat with your other leg.


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Observational Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Levemir®, NovoMix® 30 and NovoRapid® in Insulin naïve Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
This study has been completed.
Novo Nordisk A/S
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First received: October 9, 2008
Last updated: October 26, 2016
Last verified: October 2016
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This study is conducted in Europe and Asia. The aim of this observational study is to evaluate the effectiveness and the incidence of serious adverse reactions while using Levemir®, NovoMix® and/or NovoRapid® in subjects with type 2 diabetes that have not used insulin previously under normal clinical practice conditions.
|Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
|Drug: insulin detemir Drug: biphasic insulin aspart 30 Drug: insulin aspart
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of Levemir® (Insulin Detemir), NovoMix® (Biphasic Insulin Aspart) and/or NovoRapid® (Insulin Aspart) in Insulin naïve Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Insulin Insulin human Insulin aspart Insulin detemirU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novo Nordisk A/S:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- HbA1c [ Time Frame: at baseline visit and during 3, 6, 9 and 12 months ]
- Serious adverse drug reactions including major hypoglycaemic events [ Time Frame: during 12 months of treatment ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of serious adverse drug reactions [ Time Frame: during 12 months of treatment ]
- Number of all major (daytime and nocturnal) hypoglycaemic events [ Time Frame: during 12 months of treatment ]
- Number of all minor (daytime and nocturnal) hypoglycaemic events [ Time Frame: During 4 weeks prior to each study visit ]
- Weight (BMI) change [ Time Frame: At 6 and 12 months ]
- Variability in fasting blood glucose values and average (mean) fasting blood glucose level [ Time Frame: At baseline visit and after 6 and 12 months treatment ]
- Average post-prandial blood glucose level (2h after dinner) [ Time Frame: At baseline visit and after 6 and 12 months treatment ]
- Quality of Life (QoL) as assessed by patient questionnaire [ Time Frame: At baseline and the end of 6 and 12 months treatment ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Drug: insulin detemir
Start dose and frequency at the discretion of the physician following clinical practiceDrug: biphasic insulin aspart 30
Start dose and frequency at the discretion of the physician following clinical practiceDrug: insulin aspart
Start dose and frequency at the discretion of the physician following clinical practice
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients of both genders who, in practice settings, have been deemed appropriate to receive Levemir®, NovoMix® 30 or and/or NovoRapid® as new treatment and as part of routine out-patient care by the prescribing physician.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any insulin näive type 2 diabetic patient that able to use the drug as judged by the investigator
Exclusion Criteria:
- In accordance with approved label
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00771680
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00771680
|Russian Federation
|Novo Nordisk Investigational Site
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 119330
|Novo Nordisk Investigational Site
|Kiev, Ukraine, 252030
Sponsors and Collaborators
Novo Nordisk A/S
|Study Director:
|Global Clinical Registry (GCR, 1452)
|Novo Nordisk A/S
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 21, 2017
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Novo Nordisk A/S
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00771680 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 9, 2008
|Last Updated:
|October 26, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Insulin degludec, insulin aspart drug combination
Insulin aspart, insulin aspart protamine drug combination 30:70
Insulin Aspart
Insulin, Long-Acting
Insulin Detemir
Biphasic Insulins
Insulin, Isophane
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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THE investigation into Melbourne's financial affairs ordered by News Ltd threatens the club's very existence.
It is understood that the investigation - described as a ''forensic audit'' by News - can go back as far as the investigators want. It is not just meant to cover 2006 to 2010, the period for which the Storm was yesterday hammered with an array of enormous penalties for cheating the salary cap. And it is not only meant to find out exactly what happened and who was involved in that particular rort.
If the investigation, by accounting firm Deloitte, uncovers any other apparent examples of salary cap cheating during that time it will look further into those, and if, because of any discoveries, it is felt there is a need to look even further back into the club's history, it will do that as well. It is understood that if any further evidence of rorting is found, News Ltd, the club's sole owner, would readily forward that to the NRL for consideration in terms of whether the Storm needed to face any further penalties.
The projected breach of $700,000 for this year means the club already has to somehow reduce player payments by that amount to get under the cap in time for next year. The simplest way to do that is to shed a star player or two. News Ltd issued a release last night that was headed: ''News condemns Storm management over salary cap rorts. Further action pending if more breaches found.''
The release said ''there could be further penalties against Melbourne Storm management and others involved in the salary cap rort'', and News chairman and chief executive John Hartigan added: ''I regret we have probably not yet uncovered the full extent of this fraud. Make no mistake, News does not tolerate this behaviour.''
The bottom line is this: as much as News has steadfastly supported the Storm financially over the years, pouring tens of millions of dollars into the club, there would be a point where News would say enough was enough.
If further breaches were uncovered, and further financial penalties resulted, it would put the club under enormous pressure as it back-tracked even more to try to stay under the salary cap. The club's viability - both financially and morally - would be threatened.
News would wind the club up if it had to. The club is obviously important to the game when it comes to television deals, because of the avenue it offers into Victoria. But even that factor would not be enough to save the Storm if the investigation showed the club was responsible for further rorting.
''I want to apologise unreservedly to the vast majority of people at the club who are victims of this fraud and to the other 15 premiership clubs, to the Storm's thousands of loyal fans and rugby league fans everywhere, and to the Storm's sponsors and people who support what the club does, including the Victorian government,'' Hartigan said.


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GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- A family spokesman says two girls have been reunited with relatives after being rescued from a man wanted by the FBI for killing their mother and sister.
David Livingston, a family friend, said Friday morning that sisters 12-year-old Alexandria Bain and 8-year-old Kyliyah Bain are at home in Tennessee and are "doing well."
Authorities tracked 35-year-old Adam Mayes to a wooded area in north Mississippi on Thursday evening, where they said he shot himself in the head. He was wanted for the killing of Jo Ann Bain and 14-year-old Adrienne Bain.
Livingston said the girls' father, Gary Bain, is ecstatic about their return, but is also distraught over the death of his wife and older daughter.