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|Sport, 1 pitch, 100'
|YDS: 5.11c/d French: 7a Ewbanks: 24 UIAA: VIII ZA: 25 British: E4 6a [details]
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By MARSHALL BRITTLE
Sep 25, 2001
|This is great climbing. I've been climbing C. Creek for 3 years and just got on the route Sun. I am not a strong climber, I want to get that straight, and I don't think I can on sight 5.11c/d. Does the grade hold strong??? 5.11b or maybe low 5.11d are my thoughts. Clear Creek seems to be rated heavy compared to the rest of the world.
By Richard M. Wright
From: Lakewood, CO
Sep 25, 2001
|I was going with 5.11c myself.
By Chris Dawson
From: Denver, CO
Nov 11, 2001
|I have to go with 5.11a max. This route had one 11 move at the third "crux", but you get an awesome rest before and after it. All the ledges make for a very easy onsight. Without those, it might be harder.
By Nate Weitzel
Nov 11, 2001
|I would second Chris, good route to onsight, lots of good rests, but the hard moves are straightforward. On par with Refer Madness in difficulty, although the style is vastly different.
By JDory
Jun 26, 2003
|Did this route last week. 11c/d is generous. The roof starts well, a little tricky, but ends in a "positive" sense. Certainly worth the drive down! A must do Clear Creek route! I say b or b/c.
By Edward Jenner
Sep 4, 2003
|Fun route. Lots of 10+ and 11- crux's with rests in between. I think the first little roof is harder than the large one.
By Andrew James Pierce
Mar 13, 2004
|You know...I was shimmying my way up Curvacous and had to tweak it over the first roof, but it wasn't until the final overhang when I finally got the lead out.
By Andrew James Pierce
Mar 13, 2004
|You really need to tweak it on the first roof...but it wasn't until the last overhang when I really got the led out!
By Bob Rotert
Nov 7, 2004
rating: 5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c
|Boy this is a great route, but I can not believe the grade inflations on some of these sport routes these days. To rate this 11c/d is a hugh ego stroke. I believe this route would maybe be rated 10+ if done in the 80's. Good comparison route would be to go do Guenese in Eldorado. Guenese is rated 11a now, I believe Erickson rated 10+ when he freed it and that is with going thru the roof on the first pitch and not utilizing the cheater belay under the roof. This is an awesome route but some of the folks out there really need a reality check on the ratings cause they sure ain't using what I know as the YDS rating system.
By micah stocker
Nov 12, 2004
|I agree with Bob this route a great route but not worth the rating. However, maybe the people who put this route up rated it 11c/d to discourage people from climbing it. There are some fragile flakes up there. So for those people who man up to this route they get an ego boost, while other climbers who could easily onsight this are driven away by the rating. It is kind of a good ideal for preserving the route. However, like Abraham Lincoln said "you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time." I think at the top there should be a little sign that tells the climber what they really just climbed. Still a three star route. A three star 10d/11a. Take it from me I onsighted this with a hang over, and vomit all over my shirt, oh-yeah don't forget a broken finger. As for CCC, it is relatively a new climbing area, people should give the place a chance. Just like Eldo in the 80's the grades were f..., so with time the grades will become more consistent. Especially with assholes like me writing their two cents!
By a concerned user of the world wide web
Nov 13, 2004
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|Why not 10b? If you can onsight this, you shouldn't have too much trouble with 11c routes at Rifle. The "contributors" who seem to think they're adding to this site by whining about the good old days or about how other states (California?) are graded so much harder might better spend their time working on harder climbs. The surest sign of an over-the-hill climber is constantly referring to Eldorado Canyon as the benchmark for rock-climbing. The second-surest is complaining about overgrading at the 5.11 level. And the third-surest is posting tthose comments on this website
By ac
Nov 13, 2004
rating: 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|_ Nicely said.
By ac
Apr 24, 2005
rating: 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|This route is in the 5.10 to 11a range only to internet spraylords and the hopelessly insecure. Definitely not Rifle or Eldo 11c/d, but pretty consistent with most modern sport ratings.
By Luke Evans
Sep 6, 2005
|Lots o' Bird turds and Rope Drag? Go do it!
By Bob Rotert
Oct 9, 2005
rating: 5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c
Just one more comment and I will leave it at that. I would say folks who seem to get defensive about an over the hill and elderly climbers opinion and post their comments as AC or "A Concerned User" seem insecure to me. The fact is 11c/d should be 11 c/d whether in Eldo, Rifle, Clear Creek, Yosemite, Canada or done in the '70s, '80s, '90s or the Millineum. That's the purpose of a standard rating system.
The way I voiced my opinion above, may have made some feel it was directed at them personally. Apologies if so, that was not my intent. I know many climb well above the 11+ grade. I just hate to see some of these "Sport Routes" in Clear Creek and Bolter Canyon get ratings so out of whack with reality. I'll tone it down a bit. Regardless of rating, this is a super fun route, and anyone who climbs it I think will agree with that.
By Umph!
Feb 11, 2006
|I'd have to agree with Rotert. That is the reasoning of standards - to create consistency. Some climbs are quite dependent upon the climbers heighth and size (say finger) - this is the only time a rating should fluctuate much beyond two letter ratings. And this coming from a relatively new climber (12 years or so on technical rock). . . . I guess that blows the "old-timers" theory into the shitter.
By Richard M. Wright
From: Lakewood, CO
Feb 14, 2006
|Here is the central issue missing from the present discussion. Grading any climb is a subjective process of refinement and consensus, and the posting of new routes in a public forum before the rotes have appeared in print allows the process of refinement and consensus to unfold in a timely manner. It is important to understand that when a new route goes in, and that is when Curvaceous got its grade, the grade applied reflects only the impression at the time. It is nearly a universal truth that running a route a few times, with different climbers, improves the ascent. The initial ascent is usually, more likely always, inefficient and done wrong. Unless one is putting in new routes, it's hard to imagine how often a line seems very difficult when done on jugs, with the difficulty melting away on the FFA. Equally often, a bollixed up sequence gets logged into the brain on jugs, and when the route is run for the FFA, the bollixed up sequence is used again!!! The mind is a damnable thing. Just recall Chris Sharma on the Mandala: he almost called V16 after the FFA, only to have it shake down to V12 when consensus finally arrived. And this from someone with all kinds of experience to back up his giving the grade. The idea that some ego thrust is at stake in giving a grade is nearly humorous at the 5.11 level. We all know climbers that can hardly tell the difference between 5.9 and 5.11. Frankly, rather than assuming the worst about the climber giving a first impression, imagine that your own ascent contributes valuable experience to the assessment of the grade. Get it out there and see how the dust settles. More often than not consensus will yield the proper grade, and not the FFA. My own occasional return to the route in question has me leaning more to 11a as well. Now it is hard to imagine why we were doing it in a more difficult way than was required, but one way this happens is to do a route with poor efficiency - but still succeed. Is there any climber out there who has not refined their moves by repeating a route only to find it easier than they first imagined? So, here is a suggestion for all of the new first ascent data posted here (or anywhere for that matter). We can give the FFA grade a "T" designation (T for tentative), for example 5.11b(T), and when the grade for the route has been finally consolidated we can dispose of the tentative designation.
By chris deulen
From: Castle Rock
May 15, 2006
rating: 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|Fantastic route. Fun, somewhat pumpy.
By Dana Bartlett
From: CT
May 11, 2008
|This seemed closer to 5.10c/d. Who knows?
By Jeremy
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 9, 2008
rating: 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
|Isn't grading more of a general guideline? I can usually onsight 11c, especially in CCC. However, this route beat me down. Maybe it's the length, or the overganging nature, or the pump I had. I did another 11c at the same crag right before and this felt harder.
By Sam Benedict
From: Denver, CO
Jun 22, 2009
|Oh Mountain Project sigh how I love these little discussions. This is what climbing is all about right here: bickering endlessly about some numbers followed by letters that dont make a shit-bit of difference. This is one of the coolest routes at the wall excepting the stupidly misplaced bolt down low. Getting to campus the last roof alone makes the route worth doing. God bless all you MP swine.
By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jun 22, 2009
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|Regarding the misplaced bolt (at first roof): I am willing to move it, but how about I take a poll first if I should? Also will post on a forum....
By slim
Jun 22, 2009
rating: 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|I agree about the bolt. Totally weird location. I actually thought the crux of the route was clipping it. Definitely detracts from the quality in my opinion.
By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jun 22, 2009
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|Moved bolt 5 June 22, 2009.
By Jeremy
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 5, 2009
rating: 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
Since the majority of comments on this route are about the grade, I'll chime a little more.
I noticed in the new guidebook that Reefer is an 11b and this is only supposed to be an 11b/c. These are at least 2 letter grades apart in difficulty in my opinion.
Great route! and great move on that weird bolt.
By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Oct 5, 2009
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
Yeah, Jeremy, tough to grade those two. Both have some height dependent parts, I personally would have given Reefer 10d in my book, but shorter folks think is harder. How about we call Curvaceous an 11 and Reefer 11-?
At any rate, both are good fun and worthy of a lap almost every time I am up there.
By Monty
From: Golden, CO
Nov 7, 2009
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
This now sports lower off clips since most people lower to clean their draws any how.
By Luke Childers
Nov 11, 2009
rating: 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
|Great line!!! With some many rests on the line I can't see the line being any harder than 11b or so... regardless it's a nice long bit of climbing that is worth doing!!! I will be doing this one many more times in the future. It could also be a great warm-up for some.
By percious
From: Bear Creek, CO
May 10, 2010
rating: 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
|Thanks to WiledHorse for replacing that bolt. I look forward to climbing this again.
By Ben L.
From: Highlands Ranch, CO
Jul 20, 2010
|Way fun! You have to do this route!
By Harald Harb
From: Dumont
Aug 5, 2011
Since I live near CC, I climb here a lot and love the climbing, but after two summers traveling to Rifle, the grades and ratings are totally off the scale. Either Rifle is too sandbagged, or CC is too highly graded on most of the climbs. This isn't just a minor discrepancy, a letter or two here or there. It's almost a full number difference in grades between CC and Rifle, for many comparable climbs.
Example: to compare, "80 Feet of Meat" to Reefer Madness, isn't realistic. I agree with Darren M., Reefer is more like a 10d and 80 feet is more like a CC 5.11c or d.
Curvaceous, if in Rifle, would be a 5.10d. Any 10 climber can red point this climb after 4 or 5 attempts. You can't do that on "Cold Cuts" or "80 Feet of Meat".
If you want a reality check, try Fossil Family, a Rifle 5-12a. that is a standard that is a valid "test piece" for a 12a.
By Jay Samuelson
From: Denver CO
Aug 6, 2011
rating: 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
Harold, you're right. Comparing Reefer Madness and 80 Feet of Meat isn't realistic. Maybe the discrepancy you're seeing is that everything below 5.12 in Rifle is horribly polished, sandbagged ,and generally crappy, contrived lines put up by .13+ and .14 climbers (although 80 Feet of Meat is not, and is an excellent line).
You'll probably feel better when you realize Rifle is overly sandbagged at the low end and average or soft (depending on the route) once you get above mid-12. And that CC is soft on some of the routes on some of the walls. Instead of trying to bring the 1000s of crags across the country into line with Rifle, maybe we should just be honest and bring Rifle up to the standards of everywhere else. 80 Feet of Meat is easily an .11+ at any other area, it's just fun to keep calling it .11b to your friends who have never tried it. Kinda like how Helicopter is still V5....
And if you want a reality check, stop using Rifle as your standard.
By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Aug 6, 2011
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
Rifle has its own rating scale.
Heck, I thought Crime and Punishment in Rifle is a soft 12a.
By Keith H. North
From: Englewood, CO
Aug 7, 2011
|How is Rifle relevant to grades in Clear Creek Canyon? Compare this route to other routes in the canyon, besides grades are so God damn subjective anyway, is it really that important?
By Dwight Jugornot
From: Arvada, Co.
Nov 26, 2011
rating: 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
|Really enjoyed this route. Getting up under that roof on thin, bulgy stuff. Seems impossible until you just go for it. Very intimidating & quite heady but nicely bolted.
By Scott Thurnauer
Aug 28, 2012
rating: 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
This route is simply a lot of fun. Our last of the day and we almost didn't go because rain was coming. It was so worth it. Was a bit heady for the leader probably, particularly the final roof, but everything is fun and bolts are in the right places, etc. Definitely uses every inch of a 60meter, so tie a not. I will climb this again for sure.
By Andrew Riley
From: Yangon, Myanmar
May 9, 2013
|Hey, I left a Gri-gri at the bottom of this climb on 5/8/13, checked today and it wasn't there. If you picked it up/found it, let me know and I'll buy you a six pack. - Andrew Riley 217-779-7779.
By Train4life
From: Boulder, CO
Jan 7, 2014
rating: 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
|Excellent route! Super super soft! 10d, maybe 11a! When you can rest at every stance and have basically one real pull off a huge jug, it's hard for me to give it harder than 11a! That being said, great route!
By Jack Sparrow
From: denver, co
Apr 26, 2017
rating: 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
|I think this route is 5.8, probably soft for the grade. Wahoooooooooooooo.


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Don't miss the "spooktacular" Halloween Party hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 7288 in Calabash from 7-11 p.m. Saturday night, Oct. 30.
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I have some degree of expertise on nurses, having been a guest in every hospital in Fort Wayne over the past two decades. They are angels. Heart surgery. Heart attack. Hernia surgery. Stroke. Broken elbow. Hit by a truck. Concussion. Doctors saved me. Nurses put up with me.
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One nurse named Ethel Hoover had worked there over 20 years and was considered a leader by the other nurses, the nurse everyone looked up to for her dedication and her skill. She had missed in all that time five days of work. Her reward? Fired. That's how the American medical profession shows its gratitude.
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As one of the fired nurses, Joyce Gingerich, said in explaining why she refused, "I believe the flu shot has a lot of adverse reactions, and so I choose not to put it into myself."
If anyone would know the risk involved in putting a foreign substance into her body, it would be a nurse. She also points out the hospital failed to provide concrete medical evidence that the flu vaccine would actually prevent employees from passing the flu to patients. She's right. A TV station in Minneapolis early in January ran a piece pointing out that the shot is effective in only 59 percent of adults and that many patients in the hospital suffering from flu had gotten a flu shot, leading Dr. Mike Osterholm to say, "We think we can do much better."
He should know. He's the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. Nurses are fired for refusing a shot that clearly does not result in a 100 percent prevention of the flu. Here's what freedom is in America: You are free to have an assault weapon and use it to murder 20 kids, but you're not free to decide what substance goes into your body. Of course if you want to get a flu shot, by all means do. But it should be your choice.
So why is it mandatory? The American system of medicine is first and foremost for profit. That's why Americans do not have universal health coverage like all other industrialized countries, unless of course you're a member of the lawmaking body that denies you coverage called Congress, which enjoys the finest health plan we can buy for them. So the primary purpose of the flu vaccine is to generate a lot of money for the drug companies that make it.
To make the money they have to have customers. A lot of customers. The best way to get customers is force. The drug companies spend a lot of money trying to convince you that you will get the flu if you don't take the shot. They pay doctors to tell you that you need the vaccine and not to worry, it's safe. Based on what?
Studies the drug companies pays for. Their priority is profit, not patient safety.
As a result, America spends more on health care than any other country with dismal outcomes, such as the lowest life expectancy of 17 countries studied in a recent report by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Ethel Hoover and Joyce Gingerich and the other six nurses are heroes. They stood up against the American medical establishment. For their courage, they lost their jobs, which make the real losers their patients.


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At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing. I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. This is absolutely nothing against The Hockey News or our awesome local reporter who picked them, just wanted to look back. It's almost impossible to predict how 30 teams will finish when their lineup in September will likely be completely different once the season starts and throughout.
I don't think anyone could have predicted the Norfolk Admirals of all teams to win their last 28 games of the regular season for a historic finish. The list could go on but since I had posted the predictions back in October I thought I'd see how the results were.
Western ConferencePredicted Final Standings Charlotte Checkers Oklahoma City Barons Peoria Rivermen Toronto Marlies Chicago Wolves Chicago Wolves Rochester Americans Abbotsford Heat Toronto Marlies Milwaukee Admirals Houston Aeros San Antonio Rampage Hamilton Bulldogs Rochester Americans Lake Erie Monsters Houston Aeros Texas Stars Charlotte Checkers San Antonio [...]Read More


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Morten AndersenFootball Player, 1982-2007
New Orleans Saints
Inducted: 2013
As expected, Morten Andersen's election into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame came swiftly and unanimously in his first year of eligibility. The Great Dane proved to be a virtual "shoo-in'' for the prestigious award, having one foot in the door and a leg up on the competition after a distinguished 25-year career in the National Football League, the first 13 with the New Orleans Saints (1982-94).
"This is a tremendous honor,'' Andersen said of his inclusion in the Class of 2013. "I know so well what the Saints mean to their loyal fan base. And the Sugar Bowl is such a prominent national sports organization. They do so much good for the local community with their many charitable endeavors. I've tried to conduct myself in a similar way both as a player and as a servant to others.''
Arguably, no one kicked a football between two unforgiving goal posts better than him.
Andersen went into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2009. Two years later, he joined the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the Michigan State Athletics Hall of Fame. He is currently one of 25 semifinalists for the Class of 2013 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame - and longtime NFL observers believe the left-footer is destined to land in Canton.
"If you follow football at all, you've got to marvel at the career Morten has had," said former Saints coach Jim Mora, who coached Andersen in New Orleans from 1986 through 1994 said. "Good kickers can make the 50-yarders in practice and in pregame warm-ups, but the great kickers are the ones who can put it through the uprights with the game on the line.
"Not only should Morten Andersen go down as the greatest kicker in NFL history, but he should go down as one of the great players in National Football League history," Mora added. "I really believe that.''
Andersen, a native of Denmark, finished his career as the Saints' and NFL's all-time leader with 1,318 and 2,544 points, respectively.
The seven-time Pro Bowl player is a member of the NFL's "All-Decade'' team for the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to the scoring record, Andersen set Saints franchise records with 302 field goals, 412 PATs and 196 games played. He made 77.6 percent of his field-goal attempts (302 of 389). He scored 100-plus points nine times with the Saints, including 121 in 1987 when they went to the playoffs for the first time in club history. Forhis full career, he holds NFL records in field goals made (565), attempts (709), points (2,544) and games played (382). Also ranks second in extra points made (849) and attempts (859) and set a league mark for consecutive games scoring (360).
Despite being dumped unceremoniously by the Saints organization on the eve of training camp in 1995, New Orleans still holds a special place in his heart.
"One of the reasons that my relationship was great with New Orleanians was that I immersed myself in the culture there and the city, and I became a New Orleanian," Andersen once said. "Even though I'm still a Danish citizen, I became part of the fabric of the city and I got involved in community service. I was a visible Saint."
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UCLA is off to a disastrous start.
This was supposed to be the year the Bruins reclaimed their traditional spot among the sport's powerhouse programs, but little has gone right for coach Ben Howland's team. The Bruins needed overtime to beat UC-Irvine without top recruit Shabazz Muhammad and just last weekend lost to Cal Poly with him on the floor.
Junior guard Tyler Lamb announced he was leaving the program Sunday, and big man Joshua Smith—the source of so much consternation and promise—followed Lamb out the door Wednesday. It's been a bumpy start, to say the least. There's still time to rebound, of course. December is just arriving, and there remains an abundance of talent on the Bruins' roster.
Jordan Adams is averaging 17.0 points per game, Muhammad is at 16.0 and the Wear twins (David and Travis) are combining for 22.1 points and 12.6 rebounds per game.
On Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPNU), the Bruins face a good San Diego State program looking for a marquee non-conference victory (such as it is now) in the John Wooden Classic in Anaheim.
The 23rd-ranked Aztecs, after losing their opener to No. 6 Syracuse on an aircraft carrier, have won four consecutive games. Jamaal Franklin, as expected, has been solid (18.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.0 steals, 1.6 blocks), even though his long-distance shooting numbers haven't been great—he's 5-for-25 from 3-point range.
This is just one of several intriguing matchups this weekend (all times ET):
Baylor at No. 8 Kentucky, Saturday, 12:30 p.m. (CBS)
This is a fascinating game for a young Kentucky squad. The Wildcats were thumped at Notre Dame on Thursday night, but there's no shame in that. The Irish are a veteran, tested squad and the Joyce Center is one of the toughest places in the country for a visiting team—especially a non-conference opponent—to escape with a victory. The Irish are 41-1 in their last 42 home games.
It's right up there with Rupp Arena, in fact. Since John Calipari took over the Kentucky program, his Wildcats have more national championships—one—than losses on their home court—zero. That's pretty impressive. But it's pretty clear after the loss at Notre Dame that location wasn't the only reason the Wildcats lost by 14 points—this youthful team has a long way to go to reach its potential.
Baylor is a very different team than Notre Dame, and it has been a rough start for Scott Drew's team—losses to Colorado and the College of Charleston—but the Bears have the talent to win what probably will be a relatively undisciplined game.
Alabama at No. 17 Cincinnati, Saturday, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
This game showcases two undefeated teams led by two good players who have already exceeded lofty expectations this season—Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick and Alabama's Trevor Releford.
Kilpatrick, a 6-4 wing, is averaging 21.0 points and 6.7 rebounds a game. Releford, meanwhile, is shooting a blistering 55.0 percent (11-for-20) from beyond the 3-point arc; he's averaging 18.6 points and 3.4 assists. He missed Alabama's win against Lamar on Tuesday because of the flu but is expected to play Saturday.
The victor will get an NCAA resume building win, but the loser shouldn't be hurt too bad.
No. 15 Oklahoma State at Virginia Tech, Saturday, 2 p.m. (espn3.com)
The Cowboys surprised just about everyone when they beat N.C. State by 20 points to claim the Puerto Rico Tip-Off title, a day after handing a solid Tennessee team a 17-point loss in the tournament semifinals.
This game against the Hokies is shaping up to be tougher than expected, too. Virginia Tech fired coach Seth Greenberg in the offseason, and the roster took a bit of a hit. But new coach James Johnson has his team playing exciting basketball—the Hokies are averaging 87.0 points—and Virginia Tech is 6-0 for the first time since the 1982-83 season.
The Cowboys will present the biggest defensive challenge the Hokies have seen, though. Oklahoma State's defensive efficiency rating of 89.0, according to kenpom.com, ranks 14th in the country.
No. 19 Colorado at Wyoming, Saturday, 10 p.m. (Root)
OK, so maybe Wyoming's 7-0 start is a bit deceiving—the Cowboys' best win is against a Northern Colorado team ranked 196th in the kenpom.com ratings—but there's something to be said about a confident team playing well. Three players—Leonard Washington, Luke Martinez and Derrious Gilmore—are all averaging at least 12.1 points.
Colorado had plenty of confidence after beating Dayton, Baylor and Murray State to win the Charleston Classic title in mid-November, but the Buffaloes just barely escaped Texas Southern on Tuesday. They needed double-overtime—at home, by the way—to beat a squad that was just 1-5 on the year heading into that game.
No. 25 New Mexico at Indiana State, Saturday, 2 p.m.
The Sycamores, led by guard Jake Odom, are one of those Missouri Valley squads that will be a pesky out all season. Any chance of making a case for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid, though, probably hinges on their ability to beat an unbeaten New Mexico squad on Saturday. Indiana State lost to UCLA in the season opener, and Ole Miss is the only other relatively significant team remaining in the non-conference portion of the season.
Appalachian State at No. 16 Missouri, Saturday, 3 p.m. (espn3.com)
Point guard Michael Dixon, who hasn't played this season, is being forced to transfer. Because of the nature of his off-court issues, there's a significant amount of negative attention on the Missouri program at the moment. A home game against a 1-5 Appalachian State team isn't a bad way to ease back into the schedule.
Saint Joseph's at No. 11 Creighton, Saturday, 3 p.m. (espn3.com). Two veteran teams bound for the NCAA Tournament face off in wonderful non-conference matchup.
Pacific at No. 12 Gonzaga, Saturday, 8 p.m. (Root). Pacific already has wins over Xavier and St. Mary's, but winning at Gonzaga is a different story.
BYU at Iowa State, Saturday, 2 p.m. (cyclones.tv). A couple of teams likely to land on the NCAA Tournament bubble in the spring face off.
Detroit at Pitt, Saturday, 7 p.m. (espn3.com). After back-to-back road losses to Miami (Fla.) and Bowling Green, Detroit could really use a win at Pitt. Good luck with that.
Belmont at VCU, Saturday, 7 p.m. (Comcast Mid-Atlantic). This should be a nationally televised game. Shame it isn't.
Cal Poly at Saint Mary's, Saturday, 10 p.m. Hey, Cal Poly beat UCLA, remember? Crazy things happen.
Valparaiso at Saint Louis, Sunday, 4:30 p.m. (Fox Sports Net). The Billikens have struggled without point guard Kwamain Mitchell, who won't be ready for a game against a good Valpo squad.


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text: 'The Black Presence in West Virginia' to occur in collaboration with Sesquicentennial. By David Gutman June 13, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is the only state to secede from a Confederate state and one of only two states officially formed during the Civil War, two facts which will be well touted during next week's Sesquicentennial celebration.But the issue of slavery, one of the biggest factors in West Virginia's formation, will not be prominently featured during the sesquicentennial celebration.So the Tuesday Morning Group, a church-based coalition in Charleston, is staging "The Black Presence in West Virginia," four days of events to occur before and in collaboration with the Sesquicentennial."The issue of slavery and the black presence of the state had been overlooked in the sesquicentennial. We did not take that as an insult; we took that as an opportunity to help in the visibility," said Rev. Ron English, the event organizer. "There was a lot of Civil War re-enactment, a lot of attention to Lincoln, but we thought that lynchpin was missing."The four days of events will culminate June 19, in a celebration of Juneteenth at the First Baptist Church of Charleston. Although the Emancipation Proclamation officially freed the slaves on Jan. 1, 1863, it took more than two years for most slaves to feel any actual changes. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and actually free the state's slaves.Juneteenth, a combination of June and nineteenth, celebrates that day and is a recognized as a holiday in many states.English pointed out there was a similar wait of about two years between West Virginia achieving statehood on June 20, 1863, and slavery being officially abolished in the state Feb. 3, 1865.The events will begin Sunday, June 16, with a program at the Capitol's Culture Center. There will be a presentation on the Hawk's Nest disaster, when hundreds of black workers died in the 1930s after digging a tunnel through pure silica and breathing the dust with no protection. There will also be music, poetry, a presentation on the John Henry folk legend and a keynote speech from David Fryson, chief diversity of officer at West Virginia University.On June 17, Rev. Matthew Watts will moderate a program and discussion on "The Black Presence in Politics for Social Change" at Mary C. Snow Westside Elementary. There will be presentations on statehood, civil rights and Booker T. Washington and his legacy of education and self-help. The topic on June 18 will be education and there will be a number of presentations, including one by Charles Ledbetter, a retired history professor at West Virginia State University. Ledbetter wrote a history of how West Virginia State College (which became WVSU) played a role as a predecessor to the famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.Ledbetter wrote that in 1939 WVSC was the first of six historically black colleges to establish an aeronautics program, predating the Tuskegee Institute and others.WVSC was selected in part because it was next to Charleston's municipal airport at the time, Wertz Field.In 1942, Union Carbide bought land near WVSC to build a chemical plant, and the city closed Wertz Field and moved the airport.That summer, the federal government canceled pilot training programs at all six historically black colleges and consolidated all those programs at Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama.English said the state Division of Culture and History, which is planning the Sesquicentennial, has been very supportive of the supplemental events and he hopes that the events will have a lasting impact. "In a state where we have 3.5 percent African-Americans, it is easy to be in a situation of marginal visibility. We've seen that happen over and over again as groups convene that affect our lives politically, educationally, culturally," English said. "This is another way of establishing that presence that hopefully will have a longer term effect."For more information on "The Black Presence in West Virginia," see: http://www.wvculture.org/wv150/juneteenth.html.Reach David Gutman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5119. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 5 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says Juneteenth precedes Sesquicentennial Previous Story Bulletin board: June 14, 2013 Next Story


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A DEAD-HEAT drama saw Barton-le-Street's Peter Niven celebrating Listed race glory at York – but his winning horse won't be appearing in the Ebor Handicap in August.
After tasting glory at the Dante Festival last month, Clever Cookie returned to Knavesmire to share the spoils with Ralston Road in the Stowe Family Law LLP Grand Cup.
Jockey Graham Lee kept Niven's six-year-old, the 3-1 favourite who was stepping up in class, at the back of the 12 runner field before coming out wide in the closing stages and looking like he would claim a straightforward victory in the mile and three quarter contest.
But Ralston Road (12-1), ridden by top Irish apprentice Ronan Whelan, fought back strongly and the pair crossed the line stride-for-stride.
A lengthy study of the photograph at the winning post couldn't split the pair and Niven, while delighted to still have one hand on the prize, said he didn't believe Clever Cookie saw out the trip – with a slow, crawling pace early on eventually turning into a sprint in the home straight.
"He doesn't go for the Ebor but he might come back for the John Smith's Cup," he said. "We will see what the handicapper does to him.
"I am going to have a little think about it. He's had a hard race. It is the first time he has really been properly emptied and Graham says he was empty from two out so he has done very well to win.
"He's got a touch of class and these horses will win over anything you throw at them. I think his optimum trip will be between a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half.
"He has come out to win this race and he's not got the trip. Take nothing away from the horse we have dead-heated with but we're well on top from half a furlong out and he has come back at us.
"He shouldn't have done – not the way the race has gone. He should have been running away. He's a very, very good horse."
Pat Shanahan, trainer of Ralston Road, said the Gold Cup at Ascot would be next for his Irish raider. "He's actually got some very good form as he ran a good race in last year's St Leger and he wasn't beaten far in a good Group Two at Meydan over two miles."


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BLOOMINGTON, ILL.—Richard Gearheard, president of Crop Production Services, provided the keynote opening presentation of the 2012 National Agronomic Environmental Health and Safety School at Bloomington, Ill., in the brand new Asmark Institute Agricenter on Tuesday.
Gearheard addressed what it takes to "build a safety culture." He noted the need for the following: "access to professional advice, commitment from senior management, commitment from people at risk and knowing what good looks like."
Access to professional advice requires taking advantage of third-party and in-house advice and resources—being open to what is improvement. Knowing what good looks like is learning from other operations or the best single operation from within a large operation such as Crop Production Services has.
Gearheard talked about CPS's ownership in Agrium and the company's total operations prior to focusing on the safety aspects that comes down throughout the entire Agrium company.
From Gearheard, the safety school program moved to providing insight into what has been happening in Washington, D.C.—including legislative and regulatory agency activities. Richard Gupton, vice president of legislative policy for the Agricultural Retailers Association; Sarah McLallen, executive director, CropLife Foundation of CropLife America; and Pam Guffain, vice-president, member services, The Fertilizer Institute, provided a wide assortment of information.
Gupton addressed the farm bill roadblock and the national financial crisis. McLallen talked about the "changing terms of the debate" surrounding pesticide registrations and the need for pesticides to bring in support from organizations that wouldn't normally be seen as traditionally aligning with pesticide organizations. Guffain mainly focused on the ammonium nitrate security program (ANSP) and how 99 percent of improvised explosive devices are made from fertilizer products. She explained how the U.S. availability of nitrate fertilizers is being tied to the international discussion, which is making it harder to keep ammonium nitrate available for import to the U.S.
Greg Handke, chemical security inspector, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, followed with a detailed explanation of the current situation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). One of his comments that struck home for the attendees was how the site security plan was probably too complicated and poorly written.
Next up was William DelBagno, chemical countermeasures unit of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who explained the vision to "eliminate the acquisition and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by all adversaries." A big focus in the U.S. has to be on "explosive precursor chemicals," or the type of chemicals that can be bought over the counter, whether it is nitrate fertilizers, pool water cleaner chemicals or hair salon chemicals.
Shawn Lambert, risk management coordinator with the Co-Alliance Co-op in Indiana, provided his company's experience with a federal inspection from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He noted some of the problems that can occur if the inspector is given full access without the business shutting down during an inspection.
Brian Bothast, compliance assistance specialist with the OSHA office in Illinois, also talked about the "hot topics" that are the focus of inspections. He noted the six major hazards being focused on are falls, electrocution, engulfment in grain/fertilizer, auger entanglement, combustible dust explosions and struck by equipment. Of the top 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations in Region V, two related to hazard communications are in the top three—1) general improper machine guarding, 2) lack of program hazard communications, and 3) lack or proper hazard communications training.
The day was rounded out with an explanation of the Progressive Agriculture Safety Days program, a panel explanation/discussion of how states are dealing with the National Pollutant Discharge Ellimination System (NPDES), and the Powerpoint presentation that goes along with the Purdue University printed "The ABC's of Trailers and Hitches" was presented by its author Fred Whitford.
Whitford, Ph.D., coordinator of the Purdue Pesticide Programs, showed his ability to wake up any tired crowd at the end of a long day of meetings. He provided a large volume of comedy about serious topics whenever he takes the microphone.


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Fort Mill Public Library, Fort Mill, SC
Application Deadline: July 30, 2017
Starting Salary: Beginning salary is $10.59 an hour for 15 hours per week. Fringe benefits package includes optional State retirement. Work schedule includes night and weekend hours.
General Statement of Job: Under regular supervision, sorts and shelves materials at the library. Assists in retrieving materials. Performs a variety of other duties to help ensure the efficient and effective services to the public. Reports to the branch manager.
Minimum Training and Experience: Requires a junior high school diploma, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Must be at least 16 years of age at time of hire.
Application Deadline: Applications may be obtained at any York County Public Library or online at yclibrary.org. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a York County Library employment application. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Completed application and resume may be hand-delivered or mailed to: York County Library, Attn: Anita Rookard, Human Resources; 138 East Black Street; Rock Hill, SC 29731 and must be received by July 30, 2017, for full consideration.
Under general supervision, sorts and shelves materials in the children's department. Assists in retrieving materials. Performs a variety of other duties to help to ensure the efficient and effective services to the public. Reports to the Chidren's Manager.
Core Tasks: The tasks listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional tasks related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
- Performs various tasks to assist in maintaining shelving order and material condition for the library; sorts and shelves books and all other materials in appropriate areas of the library; sets aside materials for mending; reads and straightens shelves to ensure that materials are shelved in the correct order; shifts materials on shelves to balance shelf loads and accommodate new materials. Restocks displays.
- Loads, unloads, and transports book carts; empties book return box.
- Assists with special library programs and projects as needed.
- Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as other library staff, patrons, and the general public; informs manager of any concerns or problems within the library.
- Assists patrons in locating specific books or other materials, and with a variety of other requests and problems as needed.
- Performs a variety of clerical and administrative tasks to include making copies, faxing information, completing forms, marking books with identification stickers, discarding books, and related duties as instructed; performs computer data entry to record and retrieve various data.
- May assist with annual inventory.
- Operates a variety of equipment such as computers, printers, copier, telephone, fax machine, book cart, hand truck, book return cart, and related equipment as needed.
- Shares with staff the responsibility for the security and safety of the facility, guests and library personnel. Refers any problems to the library staff.
Data Involvement: Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data according to a prescribed schema or plan. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
People Involvement: Requires giving information, guidance or assistance to people to directly facilitate task accomplishment; may give directions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Involvement with Things: Requires handling or using machines requiring moderate instruction and experience such as computers, and software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets or custom applications.
Reasoning Requirements: Requires performing semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules with occasional problems.
Mathematical Requirements: Requires using addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, sequencing of numbers and letters.
Language Requirements: Requires reading a variety of policy and procedure manuals. Requires the ability to enter data into the computer and prepare forms and correspondence with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control and confidence.
Mental Requirements: Requires the ability to apply principles of common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations. Requires the ability to learn and understand principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information and to understand and implement basic office machinery functions.
Vocational/Educational Preparation: Requires a junior high school diploma or equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Must be at least 16 years of age at time of hire.
Special Certifications and Licenses: None.
Experience Requirements: None.
Physical and Dexterity Requirements: Requires being physically able to operate a variety of machines and equipment including a computer, telephone, calculator, and related office equipment. Must be able to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Work involves sitting, walking or standing for periods of time. Must be able to lift and/or carry weights of up to 35 pounds.
Environmental Hazards: The job risks exposure to no known environmental hazards.
Sensory Requirements: The job requires normal visual acuity, field of vision, hearing and speaking, and color perception.
Judgments and Decisions: Responsible for guiding others, requiring a few decisions affecting a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions but with some variations from the routine.
York County Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.


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A Conversation for DEVON'S NEW FLAG
Devon Flag
Ozzie Exile Posted Sep 18, 2003
For those of you who were curious, the previous posting was from Mr Flag and apparently related to the Devon Flag windsocks they are selling.
Incidentally - and as predicted by Mr Flag - other Flag manufacturers have taken up the 'Devon Flag'.
An example is shown in the link below
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The flag is made of printed polyester (which looks a little cheaper - but then again - it is) and I don't have an issue with that. However the flag as shown does not look "quite right". The Black band looks to be too thick and the green "too bright".
In fact the flag looks more like an original design by Estren than that of Ryan (and I have seen someone incorrectly use the Estren design on a personal website).
I will refer the matter to the Devon Flag Group.
Devon Flag
Researcher 228968 Posted Sep 19, 2003
I dont like printed flags does any one have a dictonary which defines what a flag is .And I can see that the flag is more aforable .I see it on the Brixam Lifeboat and flying over our church .I have worked preaty hard to establish the proper janners green sown flag in the area our local chandeler now stocks it it was over eighty when we closed the book . I supose it was bound to happen. Please god let the yobs stick with other flags. I already know of some one who had there Devon flag stolen from off of there fishing boat.I also know it was flying at the last night of the proms in the albert Hall.I am now expecting a roasting for flying it as an ensign what else can i do on a sixtean ft launch. I am taking it the janners green down to cornwall this weekend the movers and shakers in the county think its great.
Devon Flag
Researcher 228968 Posted Sep 19, 2003
Sorry the flag on our church which I supplied and the flag on the BXm life boat are proper sown flags I did not make that cleer which I was more then happy to gift.
Devon Flag
Ozzie Exile Posted Sep 19, 2003
It seem sthe 'BBC anti-advertising police' are in overdrive at the moment.
The company who are selling polyester Devon Flags are known as 'theflagshop'. You can do a google search on the Devon Flag and they will come up fairly early.
Obviously my posting was not meant to advertise their product - in fact almost the opposite - which I thought matched the BBCi guidelines because it is pointing the site out for evaluation/criticism rather than promotion (which seems ok even after I read the guidelines again!)
Anyhow, my point was that the flag they are promoting does not 'look right'.
I agree that sewn flags look better, but I don't have a problem with printed flags as such. They don't look as good or last as long as sewn flags... but they are cheaper. However whoever does them should get them right.
I have emailed theflagshop and told them that the design looks incorrect (the green should be Pantone 348 according to Mr Flag - and the Mr Flag flags look right to me).
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Ozzie Exile Posted Sep 28, 2003
There is at least one more flag manufacturer out there selling the Devon Flag (in addition to MrFlag and theflagshop).
I have come across the Hampshire Flag Company - which like MrFlag is selling sewn flags.
Again - the picture doesn't look 'quite right' but is does appear closer than theflagshops picture.
By the way - Ashburton Council have been sighted flying the flag - and the Ashburton Info Centre will shortly be selling Devon Flag bumper stickers!
Devon Flag
Ozzie Exile Posted Oct 1, 2003
Kevin Pyne has suggested that the Devon Flag should be flown at half mast in support of the Appledore Ship "Yardies" who have just been made redundant.
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MrFlag Posted Oct 1, 2003
I don't believe a flag should be flown at half mast except when demonstrating respect to the recently deceased.
After death, a flag is run to the top of the flagpole and then lowered by an amount equal to the width of the flag. Thus the (invisible) 'death flag' flies above your own as a mark of respect. It remains that way until the funeral, after which the flag is returned to it's original state.
IMHO however worth a plight such as redundancy may be, it is not death.
Devon Flag
Ozzie Exile Posted Nov 4, 2003
Some of you may have noticed a few articles in the local press regarding the Devon Flag.
Most recently Kevin Pyne had a letter posted - with picture.
Also the 'DevonFlag' website seems to be up and running and seems to be run by Devonians (also based in Dartmouth which is unfortunate in a way)
Keep up the good work guys.
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Devon Editor Posted Nov 10, 2003
Hi all. Did anyone watch the live rugby between England and Wales from Brisbane on Sunday 9th November broadcast on ITV?? Glad to say there was a huge Devon flag being waved enthusiastically from the grandstand. What a great advert for Devon!
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Ozzie Exile Posted Nov 13, 2003
We are in the news again:
I am not sure about anyone following the flag into battle - hopefully we have outgrown that - although the Duke of Exmouth did use a Green and White Flag in the Battle of Algiers some centuries ago
Here is another reference
Also - The 'DevonFlag.co.uk' site is up and running - any comments????
Devon Flag
Bob McBob Posted Dec 5, 2003
Like the site! (http://www.devonflag.co.uk)
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Ozzie Exile Posted Jan 13, 2004
I understand that a new community centre is being built in Dartmouth (the Flavel Centre?) and they are putting a 'time capsule' in the foundations.
One of the items that will be "travelling in time" will be a Devon Flag along with a potted history of the Flag and its development.
Immortality at last!!!
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ryan_sealey Posted Jan 13, 2004
Thats a nice thought isnt it.
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NEWPORT County goalkeeper Alan Julian faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the Blue Square Bet Premier season.
The former Gillingham and Stevenage stopper, who joined County last month, has been ruled out for between four and six weeks with a cruciate knee ligament injury.
The Exiles begin their league campaign at Mansfield Town on Saturday, August 11, meaning Julian is unlikely to be fit to start at Field Mill.
The news comes as a big blow to manager Justin Edinburgh, who saw his side win 3-0 in a pre-season friendly at Evesham United on Saturday.
"It's nice to get the win because winning becomes a habit and we got through without any injuries as well, which is a big plus," said the Exiles boss.
"Tony James and Ryan Charles should be fit for next week but we've had a bit of bad news with Alan Julian. He's got a slight strain of his cruciate ligament. "We sent him for a scan and got the results on Friday and we're hoping he won't be out for any longer than four to six weeks.
"We'll have to assess that once the specialist and the radiologist have a look at it today and then we'll know more.
"It's a massive blow for the boy and the football club but it could have been more severe than it was," he added. "It was just an innocuous challenge when he and Tony James collided at Undy and it could have happened at any time of any game or any training session.
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A Randomized Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of a Strategy of Starting With Nelfinavir Versus Ritonavir Added to Background Antiretroviral (AR) Nucleoside Therapy in HIV-Infected Individuals With CD4+ Cell Counts Less Than or Equal to 200/mm3
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To compare nelfinavir (NFV) with ritonavir (RTV) for delaying disease progression or death in HIV-infected patients with CD4+ cell counts less than 100 cells/mm3 [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/11/98: less than or equal to 200 cells/mm3]. To compare NFV with RTV for the development of adverse events and for rates of permanent discontinuation of study medication.
[AS PER AMENDMENT 10/02/97: To compare by intention-to-treat analysis for disease progression, including death, the following two regimens: NFV plus background combination antiretroviral (AR) therapy followed by indinavir (IDV) or RTV in the event of significant intolerance; and RTV plus AR therapy followed by IDV, then NFV, in the event of significant intolerance.] [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/11/98: SUBSTUDY CPCRA 045: To determine the relative rates of emergence of HIV-1 resistance and to compare changes in plasma HIV RNA levels and CD4+ cell counts in a sample of patients with CD4+ cell counts <= 200/mm3 who are enrolled in protocol CPCRA 042.] AR therapy is rapidly becoming the standard of care for the treatment of HIV infection. AR therapy provides the best opportunity for maximizing viral suppression, reducing toxicity and delaying the emergence of resistant strains. The newest class of AR agents, the HIV protease inhibitors, exhibits the most potent anti-HIV effects described to date. This study will compare 2 protease inhibitors, NFV and RTV for efficacy and safety in a population with advanced HIV disease, who are taking various background nucleoside therapies.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Indinavir sulfate Drug: Ritonavir Drug: Nelfinavir mesylate
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of a Strategy of Starting With Nelfinavir Versus Ritonavir Added to Background Antiretroviral (AR) Nucleoside Therapy in HIV-Infected Individuals With CD4+ Cell Counts Less Than or Equal to 200/mm3
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|Study Completion Date:
|December 2001
AR therapy is rapidly becoming the standard of care for the treatment of HIV infection. AR therapy provides the best opportunity for maximizing viral suppression, reducing toxicity and delaying the emergence of resistant strains. The newest class of AR agents, the HIV protease inhibitors, exhibits the most potent anti-HIV effects described to date. This study will compare 2 protease inhibitors, NFV and RTV for efficacy and safety in a population with advanced HIV disease, who are taking various background nucleoside therapies.
Eligible patients will be randomized either to NFV plus background AR nucleoside therapy or to RTV plus background AR nucleoside therapy. Background AR therapy may also be no background therapy, although use of protease inhibitors as monotherapy is not recommended unless there is no alternative. Patients will be allowed to cross over to the alternate protease inhibitor if they reach a primary study endpoint. Data will be collected every 4 months.
[AS PER AMENDMENT 10/2/97: Patients assigned to the NFV arm who develop a significant intolerance may switch to RTV or IDV; those assigned to the RTV arm who develop a significant intolerance are encouraged to switch to IDV (NFV allowed if IDV contraindicated). Switchover for intolerance is strongly discouraged during the first 4 weeks of follow-up. Patients initially assigned to NFV therapy who experience disease progression may switch to RTV; if RTV is not tolerated, patients may switch to IDV. Because of the cross-resistance between RTV and IDV, patients who progress on RTV should switch to NFV.] [AS PER AMENDMENT 12/15/98: Patients originally assigned to NFV who experience poor virologic control or disease progression should change to RTV or IDV or enroll in the PIP protocol (CPCRA 057). Conversely, patients originally assigned to RTV should change to NFV or enroll in the PIP protocol (such patients continue to be followed on this study). Because of cross-resistance between RTV and IDV, change from RTV to IDV is discouraged. Determination of poor virologic control or disease progression is at the discretion of the patient's clinician. Change in background antiretroviral therapy should occur at the same time that the protease inhibitor is changed for poor virologic control or progression; the choice of new background antiretroviral agents is at the discretion of the clinician.] Randomization is stratified by clinical site.] [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/11/98: SUBSTUDY CPCRA 045: At least 600 patients (>= 400 from CPCRA sites and >= 200 from CTN sites) will be enrolled in the substudy. These patients will have a plasma sample collected for HIV RNA and genotypic resistance within 30 days prior to randomization, at the 1-month visit, and at the q-4-month study visits thereafter until the end of the study. CD4+ cell counts will be done at the 1-month visit and at the q-4-month study visits until the end of the study. A subset of patients will also have immunophenotyping of CD4+ and CD8+ cell TCR V-beta clones carried out before and during treatment. Another subset of patients at selected sites will have viral cultures performed for phenotypic drug sensitivity testing.
Initially, specimens for 50 randomly chosen patients in the group originally assigned RTV will be identified for resistance testing. Of this group, specimens for those who have received RTV/IDV for more than 1 month will be analyzed for genotypic resistance to obtain an estimate of the rate of resistance development and to estimate the risk of disease progression associated with resistance to RTV/ZDV. Based on these estimates, determination will be made of the total number of patients and specimens in both treatment groups in order to address the primary objective of comparing genotypic resistance in the two groups.]
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Background AR nucleoside therapy is required, although background AR therapy may also be no background therapy. However, the use of protease inhibitors is not recommended as monotherapy unless there is no other alternative. Therefore, patients who are not on AR treatment may be enrolled at the discretion of the clinician.
- Saquinavir.
Patients must have:
- Documented HIV infection.
- A CD4+ cell count <= 100/mm3 within 3 months prior to the study. [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/11/98: CD4+ cell count <= 200/mm3 any time prior to entry].
- Parental consent if patient is < 18 years old.
Prior Medication:
- Saquinavir (SQV).
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Stage 2 or greater AIDS dementia complex.
- [AS PER AMENDMENT 10/2/97: Any acute disease or condition that would, in the physician's judgement, contraindicate starting NFV or RTV.]
- Known hypersensitivity to RTV or any of its ingredients (for patients assigned to RTV therapy).
Concurrent Medication:
- Concomitant use of protease inhibitors.
- Concomitant treatments that cannot be discontinued, and in the physician's judgement, should not be taken with NFV or RTV.
- For patients randomized to NFV:
- Concomitant therapy with terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, triazolam, midazolam, ergot derivatives, amiodarone, quinidine, or rifampin.
For patients randomized to IDV:
- Concomitant therapy with terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, triazolam, midazolam, and rifampin.
Patients with any of the following prior symptoms are excluded:
- History of clinically significant hypersensitivity reaction to any component of NFV tablets (for patients assigned to NFV therapy).
Prior Medication:
- Prior use of protease inhibitors except SQV.
- Prior use of IDV for more than 4 weeks or other protease inhibitors (except SQV) for any prior duration.]
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000859
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|Study Chair:
|Perez G
|Study Chair:
|MacArthur R
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000859 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11592 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|September 28, 2013
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Resistance
Drug Therapy, Combination
HIV Protease Inhibitors
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Disease Progression
RNA, Viral
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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The irony is huge: Activists who profess a desire for a clean environment would rather see dairy farmers get in trouble than have the farmers work proactively with regulators on finding solutions.
That's one farmer's conclusion following a two-year pilot study in Yakima County, Wash., where 12 dairies worked with air-quality scientists and regulators to reduce air emissions.
Rather than seeing the farms work proactively with regulators, the activists would prefer to see "us have our names splashed in the newspaper saying we are guilty of something," Genny DeRuyter told those attending the Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium in Boise, Idaho, on April 16-17.
DeRuyter has first-hand knowledge of how the activists work after her family's farm ― DeRuyter Brothers Dairy in Outlook, Wash. ― was sued in 2008 by the Western Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Community Association for Restoration of the Environment.
After subjecting the DeRuyters to two years of "legal hell," the suit was dropped.
Genny DeRutyer gave one of the most eloquent descriptions I had ever heard of the dairy farmer's plight in these matters, trying to be up speed on the technical aspects of air quality ― a science in itself ― while also trying to keep cows milked, the farm running efficiently, and a myriad other issues.
Indeed, when you are in the business of milking cows ― serving as chief cook and bottle washer on a number of fronts ― "the amount of time to deal with being in environmental compliance is daunting," noted Kevin Abernathy, director of regulatory affairs for the Milk Producers Council in California.
It makes you wonder why the solution to this issue isn't education rather than litigation.
Abernathy and others at the meeting went on to cite progress that has been made in quantifying air emissions, scientifically, rather than relying on outdated studies that miscalculate the amount of methane emitted from a dairy cow. That is definite progress, and basing the discussion on facts helps take the emotion out of it.
But the activists would rather keep it emotional, they noted.
An air-quality regulator said he and fellow regulators are in a tough spot because no matter what they do, they are likely to be sued by environmentalists who think the regulations not strict enough.
The totality of these remarks leads me to the following question:
Are the activists really in this for clean air or do they have a hidden agency, such as animal rights or vegetarianism, which leads them to file the lawsuits instead?


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Just the roots.
Question on the jaw clips -
Does everyone pile the entire chunk of hair into the clip? Or could you just use them at the roots?
Can one of you gals post a pic of what your hair looks like with the jaw clip in? I just CAN NOT picture what you are talking about. Thanks!
I tried Youtubing it and can't find anything except a gal using tiny metal flat clips.
Thanks for you gal's help! I am just at the end of my rope with this CG thing! I am trying to find anything I can to make me stick with this.


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Description Hi, I wrote a DX11 DirectCompute implementation of a Buddhabrot/Nebulabrot fractal renderer. The submitted picture is a Nebulabrot with max iteration values set to red:10,000 green:1,000 blue:100. I rendered the above image (original image was 1592×1028) at around 14 fps (140,000 samples a second) for around 35 minutes.
On my HD5750, with the above max iteration values, I actually get frame rates around 42 fps, but I didn't change the default yielding behavior of DXUT when the application becomes inactive, so the above render was performed at 14 fps (doh!).
I wrote a CPU implmentation (non-simd & non-multithreaded) as well and my DirectCompute implementation is around 4-6 times faster than the CPU version. My CPU is an Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4ghz (not overclocked). I had earlier written a Mandelbrot DirectCompute implementation and that was 50+ times faster than CPU. Since the Buddhabrot is more complex than the Mandelbrot, I guess reduced performance is to be expected. I'm guessing the extensive scattered global memory writes of a Buddhabrot implementation may be slowing down the DirectCompute version.
For more details about my implementation (source & binary provided) see my blog post:
Very cool! I've been meaning to spend some time checking out this compute shader stuff...
Very nice!
Have you tried writing it in a good ol' pixel shader for comparison?
Cool indeed! And subscribed to your blog
Hi everyone. Thanks for the comments!
@Reedbeta Yeah, compute shaders seem pretty cool. It seems not everything, but lots of cool stuff can be sped up using it. Personally want to try gi pathtracer, fluid dynamics and post effects stuff in the future (those seem to be what other ppl have had success with so far.)
@poita The Buddhabrot algorithm requires a lot of random scattered writes. The above Nebulabrot has an iteration max of 10,000, so in the worst case, 9,999+999+99 scattered writes to the output uav buffer are gonna occur in a single compute shader thread (and there are 10,000 threads executing in parallel. The # 10,000 for total thread count is not related to the iteration max. Just coincidence that I have 100 thread groups each with 100 threads = 10,000 ttl.) I think it'll be hard and unnatural to implement it in the pixel shader.
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It looks like plastic made from a potato is a lot more flexible and clear compared to plastic made from milk. Either one is a nice eco-friendly alternative to the petroleum based variety. Although I think it's actual usefulness may be a bit limited.
In this video we make a batch of potato plastic based on an instructable by Brandon121233. For this project you will need potato starch, white vinegar, baking soda, water, and glycerin (which can be found at most pharmacies). The tools for this project are a stove and saucer pan, in addition you'll need a blender, knife, and peeler if you're making your own starch.
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slowarm wrote:Lost today my flat Opto Fuse. I probably just buy a new one, maybe in GL plastic.
But I'm always interested in trying new stuff, so if there are out great understable (not Wolf-understable!) mids that are easy to turnover and glide for ages, please tell me. Roc is out of question, I don't have the time to beat it in.
If Fuse's working well for you, there's no reason to change. It's one of the best understable mids around.


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2017-09-07 DR Congo
In DR Congo, karate helps rape victims rebuild their lives
For the past three years, Frenchwoman Laurence Fischer, a three-time world karate champion, has travelled to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo to help female victims of...
2017-09-01 Japan
Video: Returning home to Fukushima
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, in 1986. Just like in the Soviet Union,...
2017-08-23 Africa
Video: The fight for survival in drought-hit Somaliland
Since the beginning of this year, Somaliland, an autonomous territory in the Horn of Africa, has been ravaged by severe drought. As eighty percent of the region's livestock has...