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Coos Bay kids may have been exposed to Whooping Cough
COOS BAY, Ore. -- Coos County Public Health is advising parents in two Coos Bay schools that their child may have been exposed to Pertussis.
Students at Millicoma Intermediate School and Blossom Gultch Elementary School were reported to have been infected with the illness.
Health Authorities have reported four cases between the two schools.
Pertussis, better known as Whooping Cough, is not fatal in immunized children.
County health officials say there is a concern that it could be passed on to a younger sibling, in which the risk of fatality increases.
Officials are asking parents to keep children at home who show early symptoms such as a mild cold with an occasional cough.
It is a legal requirement for doctors to report Pertussis cases to a public health department.
The best way to safeguard against the disease is to get yourself and your children vaccinated, authorities say.
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Here is the release from the Coos County Health Department:
Coos County Public Health Department confirms there have been 4 cases of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) in children attending Millicoma and Blossom Gulch schools.
Pertussis is a contagious respiratory infection spread by droplets produced from a cough or sneeze. Early symptoms may appear as a mild cold with an occasional cough. The disease then progresses to severe coughing fits, often with a characteristic whoop or followed by vomiting. Pertussis usually does not produce a fever. The period between exposure to when an individual begins to have symptoms is usually 7-10 days but can last as long as 21 days.
Parents are advised to keep children at home who show these early symptoms and to contact their children's health care provider for further guidance. If a child is diagnosed with Pertussis, antibiotic medication is needed to treat the disease and prevent further spread.
Public Health recommends that all Millicoma students 10 years and older, their family members, and staff who have not already received the Pertussis booster shot (called Tdap) get one as soon as possible. Tdap vaccination is especially important for those individuals who will be around infants or pregnant women.
At this time, Public Health recommends that Blossom Gulch students, as well as students at other schools in the area, become up-to-date with any needed vaccinations. This is also an opportunity for adults who have not received a Tdap booster (since it became available in 2005) to obtain one, as adult immunity appears to wane approximately 5-10 years since the date of the last pertussis vaccination.
Currently Coos County Public Health has a program that is providing the Tdap vaccination at a reduced cost for children and adults. Contact Coos County Public Health Department at 541.751.2419 for more information.
Tdap vaccinations are also available at:
- North Bend Medical Center Pediatrics
- Bay Clinic Pediatrics
- Waterfall Community Health Center or School-Based Health Center at Marshfield High School campus
Everyone should remember to cover their coughs and sneezes, dispose of used tissues in the wastebasket, and
wash their hands afterwards. These simple steps can help minimize the spread of infection for Pertussis as well as
other respiratory-spread diseases such as seasonal flu.
For more information, contact Lena Hawtin, Communicable Disease Coordinator at 541.751.2419


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Z-Machines Robot Band Programmed To Take Over
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It had to come to this eventually: a functional computerized 'band' called "Z-Machines." Created by engineers at the University of Tokyo, the robot band uses around 300 kilowatts of electricity and replicates, albeit in sterile form, the sounds of an actual band. The 'guitarist,' 'March,' is two meters tall, has 78 fingers and wild long hair made of cables. Meanwhile, the 'drummer,' named Ashura, has 22 arms in order to do his — its — thing. And finally we have 'Cosmo' on keyboards.
"Using robots has this eerie narrative associated with it — the twilight area between human and machine," composer Tom Jenkinson told CNN. Under the moniker of Squarepusher, Jenkinson has been churning out his own computerized sounds for years now. "It's just a box of tricks," he adds. "But it still haunts us because we see it as an impression of ourselves."
Designed by engineer Kenjiro Matsuo. the robot band has been turning heads to all who have seen it. "We just bought a power board which has a switch," he said. "Many people can try to make this kind of robot in their house now." No surprise then that this robot band will soon be releasing their debut recording. 'Sad Robot Goes Funny' is the debut single from a forthcoming five-track EP.
"Can these robots play music that is emotionally engaging?" pondered Jenkinson, who wrote the song, "It's a fascinating question, and one that I've tried to explore in this project. I'll let people make up their own minds." Surprisingly, perhaps, the answer is yes. Though it does have a mechanical quality to it, it is not without texture and variation, and to some degree resembles '70s jazz fusion with a hint of prog mixed in." It's just another way of making sound," he adds. "But in this case what's interesting is the aesthetics of the instrument."
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Gentle Giant, based in Burbank, Calif., has led the development of state-of-the-art content using 3D scanning and modeling to develop and make licensed 3D printed characters, toys and collectibles from a variety of franchise properties including Marvel, Disney, AMC's The Walking Dead, Avatar, Harry Potter and Star Wars.
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A HIGH school has implemented a new IT scheme using iPads. The Accrington Academy iPad Scheme is now fully in place with most pupils accessing the devices.
Special lessons have already started at the school using the new tools in lessons.
Headteacher Andrew Bateman said: "We have now fully implemented our exciting iPad scheme. Over 90 per cent of year 7, 8 and 9 students now have an iPad and are using them daily to great effect.
"Many lessons have been transformed by the addition of these iPads and with our students now having a wealth of resources at their fingertips, we hope to see an even greater advancement of skill sets and academic achievements.
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Fortuna's council meeting saw incumbent Mayor Douglas Strehl reappointed, Councilman Mike Lowsey taking over the mayor pro tem position previously held by former Councilman Ken Zanzi, and the seating of new Councilwoman Tami Gillam-Trent.
Gillam-Trent and Strehl were elected to the council's two open seats in November's election.
"It was my first meeting, but it was actually very comfortable," Gillam-Trent said. "I felt like I fit right in."
According to Gillam-Trent, the decisions to reappoint Strehl as mayor and appoint Lowsey as mayor pro tem were made unanimously by the council.
Strehl said while the appointment was expected -- the council had indicated at a previous meeting that he would be nominated -- he said he is excited to serve again.
"The best part is I have always loved this town. It's nice to be its representative," he said.
Although Gillam-Trent said it was bittersweet to say goodbye to Zanzi, who decided not to run for reelection, she said she was excited for the new council to get to work.
One of the new council's first items of business was considering the adoption of a resolution imposing a $1 fee on any applicant for a business license or renewal, for the purpose of increasing disability access.
Strehl said the fee passed unanimously, but it was "approved under protest." Strehl said the council worries not only about creating additional hurdles for business owners, but also about state-imposed fees.
"It seems like every time you turn around, the state raises a fee, and you don't have any input," he said. "Hopefully, there is going to be some good from it though. At least Fortuna will see some of that money coming in to help educate the business world about being ADA compliant."
The fee is part of Senate Bill 1186, signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in late September, which is designed to help businesses comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
In creating the bill, authors Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, looked specifically at methods to curb frivolous ADA lawsuits against small businesses across California.
The $1 fee will go into effect July 1, 2013, according to a staff report. All businesses, including rental properties and nonprofits, would be subject to the fee. Under the bill, 70 percent of the fee would be kept by the city to facilitate compliance with federal and state disability laws. The other 30 percent would go to the Office of the State Architect for its disability program.
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Role of Intraoperative Thymoglobulin in Decreasing Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
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The restoration of normal blood flow following a period of ischemia may result in ischemia / reperfusion injury (I/RI), which is characterized by inflammation and oxidative damage to tissues. Varying degrees of I/RI occur upon reperfusion of a donor heart after cold storage. Medications containing antibodies against immune cells have been used for many years as powerful immunosuppressants. These medications, called polyclonal antibody preparations, are generally only used immediately following transplantation and/or to treat rejection. At our institution, one such antibody preparation (Thymoglobulin) is used in most pediatric heart transplant recipients for 3-5 days immediately after transplantation. Because standard immunosuppressive medications (called calcineurin inhibitors) are toxic to the kidneys, the use of Thymoglobulin allows us to delay the initiation of calcineurin inhibitors until the kidneys of completely recovered from the shock of the transplant surgery.
We hypothesize that Thymoglobulin may be beneficial in reducing the damage caused by I/RI. Thus, the present study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of an intra-operative dose of Thymoglobulin (in addition to the standard doses post-operatively) at reducing the effects of I/RI. The study will be a double-bind placebo-controlled trial involving 20 subjects. Biologic markers for I/RI will be assessed at periodic intervals for six months post-transplantation. Subjects receiving intra-operative doses of Thymoglobulin will be compared to the controls in order to assess the effectiveness of intra-operative Thymoglobulin in ameliorating the effects of I/RI.
|Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Heart Transplantation
|Drug: Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Drug: Normal Saline
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Role of Intraoperative Thymoglobulin in Decreasing Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
|Study Start Date:
|July 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Placebo Comparator: 1
Drug: Normal Saline
Normal saline will be utilized as a placebo comparator. It will be infused in the same fashion as the Thymoglobulin in the intervention arm.
|Active Comparator: 2
Drug: Anti-Thymocyte Globulin
Thymoglobulin (1.5 mg/kg body weight) will be infused through a peripheral intravenous line over a minimum of 6 hours. The infusion will be started at the time of donor visualization (once it is confirmed the transplant is proceeding). The peri-operative nurse or anesthesiologist will be responsible for drug infusion.
Other Name: ATG
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pediatric population (ages 0-21 years)
- End-stage cardiac disease requiring heart transplantation
- Approval for listing by the UCLA Heart Transplant Committee
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior documented Thymoglobulin allergy/adverse reaction
- History of or current diagnosis of lymphoma
- Documented lymphopenia
- Documented Thrombocytopenia
- Pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00709293
|United States, California
|Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Principal Investigator:
|Juan C Alejos, MD
|Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles
|Responsible Party:
|Juan Alejos, Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00709293 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Thymoglobulin - Alejos
|Study First Received:
|July 1, 2008
|Last Updated:
|June 17, 2013
Keywords provided by Juan Alejos, University of California, Los Angeles:
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Pediatric Heart Transplant
Induction Therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Wounds and Injuries
Reperfusion Injury
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Postoperative Complications
Antilymphocyte Serum
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Immunosuppressive Agents
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A 15-YEAR-OLD Harper Green pupil has been found hanged near Clifton Country Park.
Emotional tributes have been paid to James Jones, who was found hanged in a wooded area near Kearsley on Monday.
James, who lived in Lawefield Crescent, Clifton, was a pupil at Harper Green School in Farnworth, where staff described him as "absolutely lovely" and a "polite young man".
The year 11 pupil would have been preparing to sit his GCSE exams this summer.
James' body was found on land near Ellen Grove, Kearlsey, at about 7.40pm on Monday.
Police have ruled out any foul play and said his death will be passed to the coroner.
Harper Green headteacher Andrew Foster said the teenager's death has come as a shock — and that he had no problems at school.
Mr Foster said: "James was a well-behaved and polite young man who is described as 'absolutely lovely' by all his teachers and friends.
"He was a conscientious pupil with a keen interest in chess, which he played avidly with a close group of friends."
He added: "James will be greatly missed at Harper Green. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends at this very difficult time for them."
James was found by Rob Gordon, aged 36, of Corrie Drive, Clifton, who was out walking his dog on Monday evening.
He said: "I went to take the dog out for a walk at about 7.30pm.
"I went down to the woods and came across what I now know was James.
"I called my neighbour. I felt very shocked. It was surreal. At first I thought it was a dummy or something or kids having a laugh.
"When you first see something like that you think to yourself 'is it real? Is it not?'
"My son was very good friends with him.
"Every time I have seen James, he has come across as a fun, easygoing kid.
"He was always out with the other kids having a laugh and a joke like kids do.
"He was an outgoing kid like all the others — he never seemed to have any problems on his mind."
The death has shocked his friends, who have posted tributes on Facebook.
Paul Jones wrote: "R.I.P James Jones you will be missed loads little bro."
Aran O'Mahoney wrote: "R.i.P love you James you were the funniest out of the lot," while Forhan Ahmed said: "James might gone from us but he still in our heart".
Olivia Marriott added: "rip james you will be missed, I can't believe it."
A spokesman for Salford City Council said: "We understand police are preparing a file for the coroner. This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "Police were called to an area near to Ellen Grove at around 7.40pm on Monday 28 April 2014.
"Officers arrived and discovered the body of a 15-year-old boy.
"There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death."
Bolton Council is now offering support to James family and pupils at Harper Green.
Margaret Asquith, the council's director of adult and children's services, said: "We are extremely sorry to hear of this sad death and our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends.
"Children's services' specialist staff are working with the school and his family to ensure that appropriate support is available to anyone who knew him."
James' family were too upset to speak to The Bolton News.
He is the second Bolton teenager to apparently hang themselves this month.
James' death follows that of 16-year-old Aleysha Rothwell, who died at her home in Breightmet on April 3.


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Activin A and Inhibin A in Predicting Outcome of Pregnancies of Unknown Location After Assisted Reproductive Technology
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|Ectopic Pregnancies
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Single Determination of Serum Activin A and Inhibin A in Predicting the Outcome of Pregnancies of Unknown Location (PUL) After IVF and Oocyte Donation.
- levels of activin and inhibin A [ Time Frame: within the first two weeks after the first control of pregnancy ]
- Progesterone and BHCG [ Time Frame: within the first two weeks after the first control of pregnancy ]
Biospecimen Retention: None Retained
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|PUL (pregnancy of unknown location),
|EP ( ectopic pregnancies P)
|IUP-singleton intrauterine pregnancies
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Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is one of the most common pathologies seen in emergency gynaecology practice. Early diagnostic of this situation is a clinical objective because it remains an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, transvaginal ultrasound scan (TVS) allow ascertain the location of the pregnancy. However, the diagnosis of EP is complicated by a nonspecific clinical presentation and the inconclusive results in some cases of transvaginal ultrasound at first presentation. For this reason several biomarkers have been investigated to accurately detect the establishment of pregnancy and predict its outcome as early as possible.
These biomarkers include: markers of abnormal embryo/trophoblast growth (β-subunit of HCG, Activin A, etc), markers of abnormal corpus luteum function (progesterone, inhibin A, etc), markers of a growing pregnancy in the Fallopian tube (creatine kinase, vascular endothelial growth factor, etc), markers of inflammation and peritoneal irritation (cancer antigen 125, interleukin-6, etc), and uterine markers of normal implantation (leukaemia inhibitory factor and glycodelin). Β-HCG and progesterone are usually used in clinical practice and activin A and inhibin A have recently shown promising results.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) diagnosed 22 - 27 days after oocyte retrieval, at first ultrasound routine control (A "pregnancy of unknown location" (PUL) is a term used to classify a women with a positive pregnancy test and an empty uterus with no signs of an intrauterine or extrauterine pregnancy on a transvaginal ultrasound scan.)
- Patients with Intrauterine pregnancy : Viable intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) An intrauterine gestational sac containing a fetal pole with visible cardiac activity
- Patients with Ectopic pregnancy (Tubal ectopic pregnancy): An empty endometrial cavity with: (i) an inhomogeneous adnexal mass or (ii) an empty extrauterine gestational sac seen as hyperechoic ring or (iii) an extrauterine gestational sac with a yolk sac and/or fetal pole with or without cardiac activity
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01589016
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|Valencia, Spain, 46015
|Principal Investigator:
|Juan Giles, MD
|IVI Valencia
|Responsible Party:
|Juan Giles, Gynaecologist IVI Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Spain
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01589016 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 18, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pregnancy, Ectopic
Pregnancy Complications
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Paul George: "Had we started the playoffs in Nov/Dec we'd probably be holding up a trophy. We peaked too early." http://t.co/N5exQbPnL0
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Paul George: "Had we started the playoffs in Nov/Dec we'd probably be holding up a trophy. We peaked too early." http://t.co/N5exQbPnL0
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Honest, but also meaningless. Just another step in the growth of maturity as a team and particularly for our superstar. The season is 82 games plus playoffs. Definitely think the team as a whole took their foot off the gas sometime in February and then couldn't find the horsepower again when they needed it against Miami. The Pacers are good enough to beat the ATL's and Wash's of the world like that, but will need more this year against CLE and CHI.
A big part of that is coaching. The Pacers need to use their bench and expect them to produce. But again that comes back to using your players and their abilities
in the smartest way possible. Vogel has to use his bench this year to rest the starters and also to make them battle tested. A big fail in both areas last year. I would rather see a worse record and a better result next year. Homecourt is still big as witnessed by San Antonio but playing better is more important than that.
I don't think there's something as "peaking too early". You just have to be able to sustain it. Pacers were playing a level of defense, requiring energy and intensity that probably simply wasn't sustainable for an entire 82 game season.
Easy to peak in November and December when there isn't much pressure.
Agreed. With us being this good we need to realize that we can conserve energy and still get a good seeding in the East, then go all out come playoff time.
I think part of the early peak was from a pure energy perspective. They were killing themselves early on and looked gassed down the stretch. Growing process is right, they learned the hard way that they have to pace (irony) themselves.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Problem was not peaking to early, problem was not keeping it up and staying consistent.
Why so SERIOUS
words can't describe how much i dislike "peaking too early" excuse. it's another way of saying we all ****ed up.
I thought this was a more interesting part of the article:
Ultimately, George felt the Pacers simply lost their way after getting caught up in their success.
"Before we were hungry," he said. "We started the year off hungry, the bad taste from the year before was in our mouths and everyone was on a mission. Once we started to win, the game was coming too easy. We were running away from our opponents and we just kind of forgot that edge."
And that doomed them.
"It was a point where we came into games thinking we could just turn it on, regardless if we started bad or not. And I think that kind of put us in a funk to where teams were starting to really play us and get ready for us," he said.
"We weren't the team chasing opponents. We were being chased and we couldn't find that balance between getting that edge back we started the season with."
"I'll always be a part of Donnie Walsh."
-Ron Artest, Denver Post, 12.28.05
We placed entirely too much focus and energy on being the #1 Seed. That obviously weighed heavily on the teams psyche and wore them down physically down the stretch. To be honest, I could care less if this team gets the top spot or not. Im glad that they showed they were capable of doing it but its not all that important to me.
Anywhere between 1-4 seed and im satisfied. As long we dont drop off a cliff, ill have no beef with that. This team at its best is still capable of competing for the Eastern crown with a completely healthy Chicago and the Wizards as our only threaths barring Love going to Cleveland.
As the season progressed, many other teams were able to develop similar chemistries and began playing better. The advantage that a Miami and a San Antonio had over the Pacers were they were more experienced and mentally stronger than the Pacers. When push came to shove they were better in "doing the things they do", probably because of that mental toughness, than were the the Pacers.
I think the moment Lance blew in James ear is the precise moment that James knew he had us. Go out and force your will on your opponent and prove to him that you are mentally tougher. The moment you have to resort to silly-arsed pranks to break my concentration is the moment I know I own you.
We need to learn not just to play physically we need to learn to be tough where it counts most. Between the ears. Physical play does not equate to playing tough.
Coach Sideburns also could have celebrated a lot of wins after peaking at halftime.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
Seems to me like a throwaway comment. A platitude that doesn't mean or explain anything. If we peaked then why couldn't we maintain that level of play? And how can you peak the first 3 weeks of the season? That's the real question.
Danger Zone
As long as the team (and coach) learned from this experience and doesn't repeat it, that's all you can really ask of a young group.
I really think the problem was as much Frank playing the starters playoff minutes as anything else. The level of defensive intensity they played with at the beginning of the year is impossible to keep up for 100+ games while playing 40 mpg. Combine that with Lance's perceived All Star snub and it all starts to unravel. Not saying Hibbert or Hill doesn't bear some responsibility for their actions in response to Lance's stuff. I really expect a better chemistry with the starters now that you don't have a role player trying to prove his Alpha status. 5 guys playing as one. Hopefully Frank learned a lesson over the last season (in reality, 2) of starter heavy basketball and will be less rigid in his rotations and more willing to give guys a chance (Cope and Rudez specifically. I'd love a Mahinmi, Watson, Cope, Rudez, CJ Miles bomber lineup).
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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Came out focused and kicking arses, was too easy, stopped working as hard, bought into hype, things unraveled, could't get it back together.
Seems reasonable to me. Hopefully it was a lesson learned for the future.
It's not about peaking. They were peaking the entire first half of the season if that was the case. They simply had chemistry issues they don't want to talk about. There is no other explanation for what happened.
Agree. If they peaked too early they would have a slight drop off. Instead they had a historic drop off that made them resemble the worst teams in the league at times.
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I'm honestly not too confident we would beat a healthy Bulls team that has home court advantage in a series.


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Train tunnel No. 1 on the old California Western Railroad has endured a lot of punishment since it was hacked out of the rock east of Fort Bragg by Chinese and Italian laborers a century ago. There have been earthquakes, landslides, broken timbers and even an oversized boxcar that got wedged inside and had to be cut up and removed in the 1970s.
But now it is facing a threat that could shutter the 128-year-old rail line and Mendocino County's beloved tourist attraction, the Skunk Train.
Sometime overnight between April 12 and 13, a 40-foot length of the tunnel collapsed for reasons still unexplained, dumping thousands of tons of rock onto the track, rubble that Skunk Train officials say they cannot afford to remove.
"What happened, I don't know; even the geotechnical engineers don't know," said Robert Pinoli, vice president of Mendocino Railway, which runs the train. "Was there a shift in the mountain? Was it a small earthquake?"
The railway is launching a campaign to raise the estimated $300,000 it will take to remove the largest blocks of rock sitting on the rails, offering special "Save Our Skunk" passes and opening a fundraising campaign through the website Kickstarter.
Unless that tunnel is reopened, Pinoli said, the future of the railroad is bleak.
"We can do tunnel repairs, but this is far larger than anything we have ever encountered before," Pinoli said.
The 40-mile historic railroad connects Fort Bragg and Willits, winding along the redwood-lined Noyo River and passing through two mountain tunnels. The collapse came in the tunnel just three miles outside Fort Bragg.
The 13-by-16-foot tunnel, lined with huge redwood beams bracing walls of 3-inch-thick redwood planks, now suddenly ends about 300 feet from the eastern end at a tangled pile of boulders and rubble. At the center is a huge, square chunk of rock, at least 15 feet across.
The best estimate is that once the rocks are hauled away, the cave-in will leave a cavern more than 50 feet wide, 40 feet long and 30 feet high. That's about the size of the Skunk Train's headquarters building in Fort Bragg.
After the collapse, railroad crews did their best to remove the rubble, Pinoli said, but after hauling out at least six dump-truck loads of rock, they concluded the scale of the damage was so great, they would need outside help.
Bids are coming in, he said, but it appears the remaining work will cost more than $300,000 and require several weeks.
The privately run company won't release its financial information, but Pinoli said its reserves are drained after suffering a series of expensive blows. Heavy rains in 2006 caused mudslides that cost a great deal to clear, he said. A 2011 manhunt for an armed killer hiding in the woods along the tracks dragged on for more than a month and cost the company $200,000, none of which has been reimbursed by the law enforcement agencies that used the tracks and trains for the search.
With the tunnel shut down, the railway is able only to run a short jaunt from the Fort Bragg end of the line to Glen Blair along Pudding Creek, just a few miles through the woods. All of the company's train equipment was in Fort Bragg at the time of the collapse, so there is no way to run trains on the remaining 36 miles of track on the Willits side of the line.
Passengers on Friday's shortened run seemed sad they couldn't take the full ride. Several said they had no clue that the line was operating a reduced schedule until they stepped up to the ticket window.
"I had wanted to do it for a long time, so I was disappointed when I found that it wasn't the full thing," said Wendy Rogers, a college professor in Southern California who was touring Northern California to see the rhododendrons bloom.
"I just love to be on the trains, and I don't have that much opportunity in regular life," she said. "And when you have the old train, the scenery is right next to you."
Wes Keyson brought his wife, Nancy, from Orangevale, near Sacramento, to celebrate her birthday. The couple seemed excited as they got off the morning run, though they had hoped for a longer excursion.
"It brings back memories of years ago when trains were the big mode of transportation. ... We've got to come back when it's all the way and do it again," Nancy Keyson said.
The name "skunk" came from the distinctive smell of oil-fired potbelly stoves used to keep passengers warm in self-propelled passenger cars added to the line in the 1920s. The rail line still owns those original "rail buses," but no longer runs the stinky stoves. The skunk name, however, has stuck.
The Skunk Train is the county's top tourist attraction other than parks, said Scott Schneider, president and CEO of Visit Mendocino County, "and not having that will certainly have an effect" on the tourism economy.
The train carries more than 40,000 passengers yearly, mostly in the summer, and the vast majority of those stay at least one extra day in the area, boosting revenue for hotels, shops and restaurants, railroad and tourism officials say.
"It's definitely an economic engine for us," said Lynn Kennelly, executive director of the Willits Chamber of Commerce. "People come from all over the world to ride that train."
So important is the railroad that tourism-based businesses are discussing a plan to add a dollar or two to customers' bills to help fund the tunnel cleanup, Schneider said.
The railroad, meanwhile, is reaching out to fans and railroad buffs to raise money. Besides the Kickstarter campaign, it also is offering yearlong "SOS" passes for $300 and $750 each, and a lifetime pass for $1,885; the latter number picked in honor of the year the railroad was founded. They sold three of the lifetime passes in the first 12 hours, Pinoli said.
Schneider said Visit Mendocino County will use its marketing muscle, including a social media operation, an outside PR firm and national press contacts, to promote the passes and Kickstarter campaigns.
Local train historian Tony Phillips says he's concerned about not only the loss of a rare nugget of railroad history, but of the heartbeat of Fort Bragg itself. With the timber industry nearly extinct, he said, there is little else to bring business to the small town.
"You take the Skunk Train away, you ain't got Fort Bragg," he said.
Even in its diminished state, the Skunk Train still seems to have the power to move people.
Kim Easly had brought her train-obsessed 5-year-old son, Zarian, from their home in Oregon to ride -- and even the 4-mile route delivered. "It's still a train ride," she said, watching Zarian frolic on the train platform. "Next year, we'll come back and do the same one."
Here's how train buffs and other fans of the Skunk Train can help, according to the Mendocino Railway. Find details at www.skunktrain.com.
Visit Fort Bragg and Mendocino and take a short ride on the train for $20 adults, $10 kids.
Donate to the upcoming Kickstarter campaign.
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Weekly dairy cow slaughter under federal inspection
Week ending Jan. 25: 60,500 head
Year-to-date (YTD) 2014: 240,000 head
YTD compared to same period 2013: -17,100 head
Highlights: For the week, 30% came from USDA Zone 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH & WI); 26% came from USDA Zone 9 (AZ, CA, HI & NV).
Source: USDA Weekly Cow Slaughter Report
FAO January food price index down, but dairy, beef up
Global dairy prices rose in January 2014, bucking a trend that saw the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index decline. The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of five food commodities – cereal, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar.
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The FAO Meat Price Index declined 1% from December, but that decline was primarily due to pork and lamb/mutton. Beef and poultry rose marginally, with beef demand from China and Japan resulting in prices showing consistent growth since the middle of 2013.
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January's Class III price is the fourth highest on record, at $21.67/cwt., and the second-highest January price on record. The January Class IV price is $22.29/cwt., an all-time record for any month.
February Class III futures closed up 24¢ yesterday on Feb. 5, at $23.08/cwt., which would be an all-time high Class III price. (http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/futures/by_trade_date/3.rhtml).
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INTL FCStone Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, FCStone, LLC, has acquired Sinclair & Company, an introducing broker in Twin Falls, Idaho. Focusing on dairy, grains and livestock, Sinclair & Company has been meeting the commodity risk management needs of their customers since the late 1970s. Further information, visit www.intlfcstone.com.
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Organizations representing the nation's dairy farmers and dairy companies jointly urged state lawmakers in South Dakota to reject efforts easing regulations surrounding raw milk sales directly to consumers.
In a letter sent Wednesday to South Dakota state senators, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) said that the risks inherent in raw dairy products are not worth any purported benefits to either consumers or producers of unpasteurized milk products. The two associations urged lawmakers to reject Senate Bill No. 126, legislation designed to further ease the sale of unpasteurized milk in South Dakota. The measure is the subject of a hearing in Pierre, S.D. on Friday, Feb. 7.
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The International Dairy Federation (IDF) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have joined forces to expand the scope of an international dairy industry standard to measure the protein content of cow's milk. The Kjeldahl method plays a pivotal role in national and international trade, helping calculate fair milk payments for dairy farmers, controlling manufacturing processes and checking regulatory compliance.
The revised standard ISO 8968-1:2014 (IDF 20-1:2014) reconfirms the crucial role of the Kjeldahl method in trade harmonization and enhances consumer protection safeguards. The next step is to submit the revised Kjeldahl method for endorsement by Codex Alimentarius.
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Oogst wrote:Question: is this technique indeed new?
Thamas wrote:...you might also consider heavy fog inside the building. (If I glark correctly how you're calculating things, this would be trivial to add.)
Aladrin wrote:...You aren't gonna copyright the technique and make us all hate you, are you? ...
SpannerMan wrote:...Is it easy enough to configure a little, like say for example to:
a) change the amount of lighting on each level's ceiling/floor texture? For example a level may have its lights turned off.
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jjp wrote:...I think it might in practice not be that more expensive to actually put some planes inside the building and have "real" floors and ceilings. But I wonder if this technique has other interesting uses?
Oogst wrote:Aladrin wrote:...You aren't gonna copyright the technique and make us all hate you, are you? ...
Nope. I intend to write a short paper about it instead, just for the fun of it.
Oogst wrote:(This is still just a cube made of 12 triangles! These planes are not in actual geometry!)
ahmedali wrote:I think the technique used in this project is called Camera Mapping, commonly used in programs like 3dsmax/maya to map textures/pictures to 3d objects based on camera position and angle. If generalised, there may be many other uses too.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Astros rookie outfielder George Springer could return to action as early as Thursday if his rehab continues to progress as planned.
Springer, who has been on the disabled list since July 20 with a left quad strain, was scheduled to play five innings in the outfield in the second game of his rehab assignment at Class A Quad Cities on Tuesday. He was the designated hitter on Monday and went 0-for-1 with two walks and a stolen base, which was a good sign.
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said he wants to see how Springer responds in consecutive games played before making a decision about when to activate him.
"Whether we decide to have him play Wednesday [at Quad Cities] and then bring him here Thursday, or have him play Wednesday and be off Thursday, those are both good scenarios for us because it has him back Thursday or Friday," Luhnow said. "A lot of that depends on how he feels [Tuesday]."
Meanwhile, outfielder Alex Presley -- out since July 8 with a strained right oblique -- continues to progress. He hit some balls that were flipped on Tuesday and is responding well. He hopes to take some batting practice, either on the field or in the cage, on Wednesday.
"As these injuries go, it hasn't taken really long," Presley said. "As far as the timetable goes, I'm probably around a week or so ahead. I didn't know what to expect with this. It's definitely one of those things that's frustrating because you have to do nothing for a while and work on little stuff. I'm actually getting back to some of the fun stuff, and I'm looking forward to that."
Meanwhile, Luhnow said the Astros were "days away" from deciding when to send outfielder Dexter Fowler out on a rehab assignment. Fowler has been out since June 27 with a right intercostal strain.
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Steve Davis failed in his mission to qualify for the Dafabet World Championship on Thursday night as he suffered a defeat that means he stands to lose his tour card for next season.
Davis has said he plans to compete in Q School in May, when he could grasp a tour lifeline, but unless he survives that scramble for places the six-time world champion will be relegated from the elite bracket for the first time since he joined the professional ranks in 1978.
The 56-year-old has a stated desire to be a tour player at the age of 60, however he needed to beat Craig Steadman at the World Championship qualifiers to remain in the hunt for a place in the top 64 on the prize-money list.
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"Buddha wrote:Udayin, if someone should recollect his manifold past lives, that is, one birth, two births....thus, with their aspects and particulars, should he recollect his manifold past lives, then either he might ask me a question about the past or I might ask him a question about the past, and he might satisfy my mind with his answer to my question or I might satisfy his mind with my answer to his question. If someone with the divine eye, which is purified and surpasses the human, would see beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, fair and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate...and understand how beings pass on according to their actions, then either he might ask me a question about the future or I might ask him a question about the future, and he might satisfy my mind with his answer to my question or I might satisfy his mind with my answer to his question. But let be the past, Udayin, let be the future. I shall teach you the Dhamma: When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. When this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation of this,that ceases.
From what I see here, it appears the Buddha is saying, "Asking me a question about past lives when you yourself cannot see past lives will likely result in you being unsatisfied with any answer I give you. Likewise, asking me a question about the future when you yourself cannot see kamma will likely result in similar dissatisfaction. So don't ask me such questions." But then we have MN 57 in which two ascetics, Punya and Seniya, ask the Buddha about the future and the Buddha answers them. In fact there are many such conversations in the sutta with ascetics, with monks, and with laypeople too. So why in this sutta does the Buddha say "let be the past, let be the future"? I can think of three reasons for the discrepancy between these two suttas.
a] Perhaps Punya and Seniya could see kamma, therefore the Buddha would talk to them about the future? I would guess not. Specifically these ascetics asked what would be the future course for one who does a certain practice. If they could have seen kamma for themselves, I would think they could have answered their own question. Perhaps they had some ability to see kamma but not enough to answer their own question?
b] The specifics of the questions in these two suttas were different. One was worthy of answering and the other was not. But looking at the rest of MN 79 we never see what Udayin's question was. In fact, the sutta doesn't seem to actually be about Udayin's question but rather about the fact that Udayin asked a question of another teacher and was unsatisfied with the answer.
c] There was a difference between the two people. For one the question was worth answering and for the other it was not worth answering. The suttas don't really tell us anything about the people asking the questions. Maybe the commentaries do? One difference the suttas do make clear is Punya and Seniya were satisfied by the Buddha's answer and Udayin was unsatisfied with him answer. Perhaps the difference is Punya and Seniya were believers in rebirth and Udayin was a skeptic? Perhaps the Buddha is saying "If you are skeptical of rebirth then don't bother asking questions about it"?
I don't know. It's an interesting sutta. The other teacher Udayin saw was Nigantha Nataputta, someone the Buddha usually doesn't hesitate to show up. In this case though it seems like the Buddha was defending him. "You were dissatisfied with Niatha Nataputta's answer not because any lack of his but through your own lack."


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DETROIT -- Joakim Soria continues to stretch out his throwing program in his rehab from a left oblique strain, but the Tigers have no timetable on his return.
Soria threw off flat ground Tuesday and Wednesday, and is scheduled to stretch out his throws Friday in Chicago.
From there, he could progress to throwing off a mound, though there's no schedule for that just yet.
There had been some hope last week that Soria wouldn't need much more than the minimum 15-day stay on the disabled list, something team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski told MLB Network radio last Friday.
When Soria originally went on the DL Aug. 10, the hope was that he'd miss 2-3 weeks.
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According to an Associated Press report, early next year, McDonald's will begin allowing customers the option of swapping the fries that come standard with value meals for a side salad, vegetables, or fruit (at no extra cost) in 20 of the chain's biggest markets around the world, including the U.S. The move towards healthier alternatives sounds like a smart plan, but it begs the question: would you take a pass on McDonald's fries in favor of a salad, fruit, or vegetables? Let us know in this week's poll.
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Last week, we asked if you'd have a burger for your last bite on earth. The results were pretty evenly split between yes and no, with 47 percent of respondents voting for a burger as their last meal, and 53 percent saying they'd go with something else. Some of the proposed alternatives to a burger noted in the comments included everything from lobster (which got two votes) to a giant spoonful of brownie batter.
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JUST for once Winchester Crown Court shrugged off the sombre air of a building in which murderers are jailed - and instead echoed to the sound of uproarious laughter.
In order to raise money for its Witness Support Service, solicitors, ushers, cleaners, probation officers, judges and security staff shed their robes and suits to model vintage designs for a charity fashion show.
With clothes supplied by Winchester outfitters Vintage Hound and Stardust Years, the court's first floor gallery was tranformed into a cat-walk lined with 180 guests clutching glasses of bubbly, as staff sashayed and strutted, then struck the occasional pose.
It was soon apparent that Sylvia Anderson-Lewis – the court's receptionist – should be in showbiz.
She chivvied her models along with dollops of dry-humour, while whirring through the notes on her clipboard to find the correct description for the frocks, suits and Hawaiian shirts being shown.
"Pause while I find the right place, give them a twirl," she urged His Honour Judge Keith Cutler, who obliged with a gentle flourish.
To be fair there was quite alot of 'waving to the mayor' rather than the clothes horses keeping their minds fully on the job.
Diminutive model Archie could have caused controversy for wearing "a beautiful blond fur coat" were it not for the fact that he is His Honour Judge Boney's Labrador.
While the event was light-hearted - the cause for which they were raising money is not.
Winchester's Crown Court is the most senior in the Western Circuit, with around 20 murder trials held there each year, as well as major rape, robbery and fraud cases.
The Witness Service's team of volunteers support vulnerable witnesses before and after they give evidence.
So crucial is the charity's input that senior Gloucester police officers wrote to thank them for helping to secure the conviction of infamous multi-murderer Rosemary West after her Winchester trial.
Witness Support manager Carolyn Martin said the event raised £3,000, which will be used to further train her band of 30 volunteers.
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here.BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The Boy Scouts of America isn't the only group of young people in uniforms descending on Beckley this weekend. More than 1,300 service members from all five branches of the U.S. military are headed to the Beckley area to help facilitate the National Scout Jamboree, which starts Monday.The military isn't directly involved with security at the Jamboree -- its members are there just in case, and to help out local law enforcement wherever needed."The Department of Homeland Security and the local state agencies, like West Virginia State [Police] troopers and local police, is handling most of the security," said U.S. Army Capt. Chad Elston. "We're only here if there's a terrorist threat or something like that. A lot of our stuff is a secondary role - in case something major happens - to assist."Elston is one of about 100 soldiers coming from Fort Hood, Texas.In total, 894 soldiers are coming to the Beckley area, some active duty and some from the National Guard. There are 237 representatives from the Air Force, 128 from the Coast Guard, 19 from the Navy, four Marines and 50 civilian military personnel.Some service members are there to teach Scouts about what their branch of the military does.Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Holt came from Atlantic City to run a tent at the Jamboree teaching Scouts about the Coast Guard.They'll see small Coast Guard boats and also have a chance to run damage control on part of a big ship. A model of the internal workings of a ship will be on display and, while Scouts are examining it, a pipe will burst, drenching them with water and forcing them to act quickly to clamp and patch the leak."Its just education," Holt said, "what the Coast Guard is, what the Coast Guard does." Capt. Lindsay Fletcher is one of more than 200 members of the Air Force coming to Beckley.Fletcher, an Air National Guardsman and special education teacher from Philadelphia, arrived early because she is in charge of processing the arrivals of other service members.Fletcher is one of 375 service members staying in the dorms at the University of Charleston's Beckley campus. The others are staying farther away, in Glen Jean and Summersville, and many of them are staying in tents or on cots in a gymnasium.For the University of Charleston it's a positive experience in two ways, said Jerry Forster, president of the Beckley campus."We partner with the Guard in every way we can, mainly academic programs," Forster said. "So it's a partnership, plus it's an economic boost to our campus in July, when it's normally very quiet."Fletcher, whose National Guard unit is based in Martinsburg, is familiar with West Virginia, but many others are not.Spc. Clarice Canaii and Pfc. Maria Irizarry of the Army National Guard came from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to help out with the Jamboree.West Virginia might be considered almost heaven, but Canaii, who has been here for a week, is ready to head back to the tropics."It's paradise," she said.Reach David Gutman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5119.


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Last year, when Larry Bird stepped away from the Pacers after 10 years running the team, he insisted the departure was not related to disagreements he may have had with owner Herb Simon. Instead, he said, he was leaving for health reasons, presumably because of the oft-injured back that has bothered him since his playing days.
Now, as if to show that, in fact, he never really wanted to leave, Bird has returned to the Pacers fold, a move that has been rumored for weeks. The team announced today that Bird would be reinstated as the team's President of Basketball Operations. He will replace Donnie Walsh, who will become a team consultant.
Walsh, who has been with the Pacers for a total of 22 years, had told Bird when he left that, should he want to come back, Walsh would have no problem stepping aside. On the eve of his departure, Bird saw to it that Kevin Pritchard was promoted to general manager, and that David Morway was let go. As things stand now, then, Bird will run the show, with Pritchard as his No. 2.
"The year off gave me a chance to reflect, to rest, to take care of some health issues and it re-charged me," said Bird in a statement. "Donnie and Kevin did a great job and I will lean on both heavily as we move forward toward the goal of competing for a championship."
Bird was away from the Pacers this year as it won 49 games and went to the Eastern Conference finals—losing to the eventual champ Miami Heat in seven games—but that team was almost entirely constructed by Bird. He made the trade for starting point guard George Hill, drafted and stuck by shooting guard Lance Stephenson, drafted center Roy Hibbert and Paul George and signed free-agent forward David West.
He can mostly claim to not be responsible for the awful Pacers bench, though. The three main additions to the reserve unit that were made last year—Gerald Green, D.J. Augustin and Ian Mahinmi—were minimally effective, and none of the three averaged more than 7.0 points.
Bird's first day back on the job will be Monday, the start of free agency. And though he has major issues to work out with the future of small forward Danny Granger and his injured knee, plus the free agency of West, fixing that beleaguered bench will be on his task list, too.


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Gong Minzys first solo debut stage will be revealed tonight on The Show.
As her first musical return in a year since leaving girl group 2NE1, fans are anxiously waiting to see the singer back on stage.
Also to appear on The Show in the Bingo Talk segment is EXID, who recently made a comeback with Night Rather Than Day. Other artists with comeback stages lined up for The Show include Laboum, Berry Good, and Apinks Jung Eun Ji.