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It seemed almost a fitting conclusion to last night's seventh annual Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic before 8,027 at Petco Park.
No player dogpiles, no dousing of a winning coach with water or Gatorade. Just handshakes all around.
The top 40 high school seniors from the East and West put on a dazzling defensive show and displayed a posse of power pitchers in a 4-4 tie that was halted after 10 innings by mutual agreement.
Rancho Buena Vista middle infielder Tony Wolters of the West squad was chosen the Most Valuable Player by the media.
Wolters was the only player to generate two hits (plus a walk) in a game that featured just eight hits between the two teams.
Wolters also struck the biggest blow in the bottom of the ninth. With Matt Lipka (McKinley High in Frisco, Texas) on first with two outs, Wolters ripped a triple into right field to tie the game 3-3.
The game continued into the 10th under a makeshift playoff format with each team scoring once.
"I just couldn't believe it," said Wolters, who had his photo taken with Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith upon being presented his postgame award. "To play with the best 40 players in the country and to be honored this way, well, I'm speechless."
Since the bases were loaded in that fateful ninth inning, the East brought its outfielders in a few steps.
"I'm a short guy, but saw their guys creeping up so shallow," the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Wolters said. "I said to myself, 'Man, I want to hit the ball over their heads.' "
And so he did.
Jacoby Jones, the East second baseman, was one of the players setting up for a relay should Wolters have entertained any idea of attempting to circle the bases for an inside-the-park job.
"Naw, I wasn't thinking that at all," Wolters said.
Jones (Richton High in Mississippi), who helped Wolters decide to hit the brakes as he was in relay mode, had an eighth inning single which tied the game 2-2.
And it was actually Jones who won a battle of sorts with West pitcher Pete Tago (Dana Hills).
"He threw me a fastball outside, so I knew he was coming with breaking ball inside," Jones said. "I saw the ball leave his hand so I was thinking right field. I just turned on it, hit it in the gap."
Wolters singled, stole second and scored on a wild pitch in the first inning.
But his best work came on defense. He made a brilliant retrieval on to complete a "strike-'em out, throw-'em out" double play from catcher Bryce Harper in the top of the opening frame.
"That's the kind of kid this Wolters is – he makes things happen," West coach Steve Vickery (El Capitan High) said.


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The Blocking Lemma for a many-to-one matching model
The Blocking Lemma identifies a particular blocking pair for each non-stable and individually rational matching that is preferred by some agents of one side of the market to their optimal stable matching. Its interest lies in the fact that it has been an instrumental result to prove key results on matching. For instance, the fact that in the college admissions problem the workers-optimal stable mechanism is group strategy-proof for the workers and the strong stability theorem in the marriage model follow directly from the Blocking Lemma. However, it is known that the Blocking Lemma and its consequences do not hold in the general many-to-one matching model in which firms have substitutable preference relations. We show that the Blocking Lemma holds for the many-to-one matching model in which firms' preference relations are, in addition to substitutable, quota q-separable. We also show that the Blocking Lemma holds on a subset of substitutable preference profiles if and only if the workers-optimal stable mechanism is group strategy-proof for the workers on this subset of profiles.
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Fast and intense action
Nice challenge
Large levels that look great
Nice voice acting
Camera could be placed better
Character models could look nicer
Slowly but surely, Sony's own development studios are building
a solid collection of exclusive titles in a wide range of
genres. With the likes of Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden setting
the bar for action titles, Sony's own Santa Monica office
had a certain level of expectation that they had to meet when
they released God of War. While God of War and
it's nearest competitors share the same basic concepts, they
certainly play differently.
The story begins with the brutal warrior, Kratos, throwing
himself to his death. Why would he do such a thing? Because
Kratos is being used as a pawn in a war between the gods of
Olympus. As is revealed throughout the game, Kratos is changed
into a killing machine by Ares, but revolts and is eventually
used as a weapon by the other gods when Ares wages war on
The gameplay behind God of War is a nice balance of
combat, puzzles, exploration and platforming, without being
too heavy in one certain area. Because of this, the action
never really gets too tedious and the flow of the game rarely
lulls. Kratos is a breeze to control and comes packed with
a ton of moves. The X Button allows you to jump, while the
Square and Triangle Buttons serve as a standard and heavy
attacks, which can be strung together in combination. The
Circle Button is used for grabs, often only available after
you damage an enemy enough. Once you grab an enemy, you can
perform finishing moves which differ by the enemy type. Minotaurs
can be finished off by tapping the Circle Button while Gorgons
can be killed by certain on-screen analog stick motions. If
successful with these, you earn green or blue orbs to replenish
your health or magic. Most enemies drop red experience orbs.
The L1 Button is a block/parry button, while the R1 is used
to dash. The R2 is an all-purpose interact button, while the
L2 uses the equipped magic/magical item. These are gained
throughout the game as Kratos runs into various gods. At first,
you'll gain an area attack from Poseidon, but eventually,
you'll be able to toss lightning bolts and use Medusa's head
to turn enemies to stone. Each of the magics have different
uses without much similarity. As you gain more and more red
orbs, you'll be able to spend them to level up Kratos' weapons
and attacks, making the attacks more powerful and opening
up more combinations.
As you kill more and more enemies (and they will come at
you in waves), your rage meter will fill. Once it does, you
can unleash Kratos' Rage of the Gods, which gives you awesome
damage dealing power, even if for a limited time.
Visually, God of War certainly does a lot good. Locations
are large and feature a ton of detail. Many locations are
so impressively large that the sense of scale is awe-inspiring.
The character design for Kratos, the gods and many of the
enemies are pretty interesting, even if they add a more modern
taste to the characters. There's a lot of heavy metal flair
to the overall character design. When it comes to the average
human NPC, though, most of the characters are pretty uninteresting.
Visual effects add an extra layer to the nice textures in
creating a cohesive game world. One can not overlook some
excellent level design, especially in Pandora's Temple, where
the level is one large puzzle unto itself. To finish this
all off are some excellently done CG story sequences that
are both directed well and just look good to boot.
The sound portion of God of War works as a nice backdrop
to the visuals. The music is finely scored and works hand-in-hand
with the action to create both a fine mood when you're exploring
and a certain level of excitement at the right moments. Sound
effects have a nice variety and really give a punch to the
on-screen action. The voicecast, featuring TC Carson, Steve
Blum, Linda Hunt and Carole Ruggier, delivers on the wonderful
developed story.
There is certainly a lot going right in God of War.
With having said that, though, there are some minor issues
that I wish could have been polished. First and foremost,
the player has no control over the in-game camera. A lot of
the time, this isn't much of an issue, but there are a few
occasions where it proves to make things more challenging
than needed. Also, there is a few times where the lower-poly
character models stand out as a sore spot, especially in comparison
to contemporaries in the genre.
God of War is a solidly executed action title that
provides more than a decent challenge. The game balance is
well done and the average gamer will find a lot here to enjoy.
With high production values and a solid story, I have to hope
that this quality title will spawn future sequels.
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What's On: Lucian Freud Portraits
"Everything is autobiographical" Lucian Freud said, "everything is a portrait, even if it's only a chair." Freud himself was instrumental in bringing together the pieces in the show at London's National Portrait Gallery, working closely with the curators in selecting work from his entire career – a process that would go on to include his final ever portrait, unfinished at the time of his death in July 2011. Such is the scope of this exhibition that it will genuinely crumble any expectations you have of his work, replacing it instead will be a psychologically raw and infinitely more intimate respect for the power of portraiture.
Freud's work was/will always be dependent on his relationships with the sitter. Near the beginning of the show are a number of the works depicting his first wife Kitty Garman, painted in the late forties, early fifties, and are described as almost psychological in the detail.
As, in general, his later, visceral almost sculptural works are what we have come to recognise him for, the indelible softness and extraordinary detailing of these particular portraits of Kitty, especially Girl With Roses, is a startling contrast.
As the exhibition continues, the dynamic gestures of Freud's paintings increase as the show moves you chronologically and, nearly a decade after painting Kitty, you see that he completed Hotel Bedroom featuring his second wife Caroline Blackwood. This was the last painting he ever completed sitting down.
Of this transitional moment, one that encouraged the artist to use coarser brushes and, from his powerful physical position, gave him a confidence to portray more and more of the naked form, he simply said: "When I stood up I never sat down again."
We were told that Freud considered nudity to be the "most complete portrait" and it is hard not to try and imagine the lives of his sitters as the are intimately depicted in front of you. Also you question the nature of their relationship to the painter – such is the social spectrum of his sitters, from criminals to royalty.
Recognisably there are portraits of family, well-known friends and other artists; David Hockney, Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon. The other people, anonymous acquaintances who demanded Freud's attention hold their unknown status in an effective and intense illusion while positioned candidly on canvas. Lucian Freud Portraits we are told, "is a life represented in paint rather than a biographical retrospective."
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Tough Mudder founder Will Dean credits an unlikely inspiration for his multimillion-dollar company: a jammed zipper. Faced with the wet suit malfunction during a triathlon six years ago, Dean, 33, asked the guy next to him for help but was rebuffed. "He was in a rush—even though this was not a competitive event, with no prize money," Dean says. "I realized that this was an incredibly solitary pursuit and that I wanted to create an event focused instead on teamwork and camaraderie."
With that company mission in mind, Tough Mudder designs obstacle courses that require participants to rely on each other for a physical—and mental—boost, like forming a pyramid with teammates to conquer a wall. The 10- and 12-mile courses test the participants' strength, stamina, and grit, says Dean, who is a former counterterrorism officer for the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
For the multi-Mudders—that is, those who complete two or more events—Dean recently launched Mudder Legion, which offers "perks" like an exclusive obstacle called Fire in Your Hole, a slide with a nearly vertical drop that shoots participants through fire.
"I believe that experiences are the new luxury goods, and I expect to see more and more events that are focused on providing shared experiences."
Tough Mudder boasts 1.3 million participants to date, with events taking place across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. But course safety has come into question recently as the company faces a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother of a participant who died from brain injuries sustained during a race last year. Dean told HuffPost Live in May that there are more than 70 emergency personnel on site at every event, adding that their races are actually about 20 times safer than triathlons. The risky challenges haven't deterred sign-ups though.
"I believe that experiences are the new luxury goods, and I expect to see more and more events that are focused on providing shared experiences," Dean says. "With so many responsibilities and distractions, getting the chance to spend quality time with the people who matter to you can become frustratingly rare. Events like Tough Mudder offer a way for people to connect again."


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Short History of Church Farm & Ardeley
We know the landscape in this area was formed by the "glacial beaches" of the retreating glaciers around 10,000 years ago. This accounts for pebbles in the fields and the mixture of different soil types, sometimes all in one field.
The farm lies to the south of the village of Ardeley. The village dates back many thousands of years. An object found 10 years ago was dated to 6000BC – it was a Mesolithic ceremonial mace head. The Church is nearly 1000 years old. All who come remark what a wonderful place it is.
In 1820 William Cobbett sat upon the hill at Ardeley looking down to Cromer and over to Luffenhall and wrote of the fair farming and countryside here. Little has changed since then. Ardeley Bury, all the land and farms around it and three other villages were given by the first King of England – Athelstan – in around 900AD to the Canons of St Pauls Cathedral in London. They owned it for the next 1000 years – the wealth from here went to maintenance of the Canons and the Cathedral.
The Jolly Waggoner was once known as the "New Bell Inn" as it was next to another pub "The Old Bell". In front of the pub was a blacksmith's shed – since converted – and the parish tithe barn – now a house and a pond. For hundreds of years this was a busy meeting place for people from miles around.
The farm was part of Ardeley Bury Estate up until about 100 years ago. It was a dairy farm and owned by a milkman up to 1958 when William and Roger Waygood moved to Church Farm from Six Mile Bottom in Suffolk. William Edward Waygood died in 1998, and was the last member of the family to plough with horses.
Church Farm was an arable, pig and poultry farm from the 1960's through to 1988 when the land and farm was set aside. In 1995 two ponds were constructed attracting wildfowl. Three woods were planted in 1999 and two more in 2003.
Then a farming renaissance started in 2008 with the farm developing fast over the past few years. Pay us a visit to see how much we have achieved in a few short years.
Roger's Early Life, and his Farming Business Life.
Not many people knew his motto, his school motto "Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes" it means "Quit Ye Like Men, Be Strong". He never preached or hardly ever spoke of it. But he wanted to pass this epitaph onto his children and grandchildren at this time.
Evidently it was a motto he lived by, from a young age to this last difficult year Roger was a strong, stoic man but in a warm, wise and gentle way.
Roger was interested in History and latterly traced his family tree back 500 years and wrote down an interesting personal history of his early memories which we will type up in time and share.
Roger was an only son, born on 23rd July 1943 at Carlton Grange Farm, rented from the Six Mile Bottom Estate Nr Newmarket in Suffolk . He was born when his parents were much older as they had married only in their late 30's and when he came he was no doubt an amazing blessing to William Waygood and Katie, his mother.
He was surrounded by extended family, his grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins who lived on the estate and worked together in partnership on the farm enterprises or ran other tenant farms.
Roger's grandfather Fred and grandmother Louisa headed the family and were forged through the steel of tough experiences. They were self made people.
Fred Waygood had left a large farming family in Somerset in about 1890. Fred left home at 15, moving east to South Mymms and then Suffolk where he settled first as stable lad. He must of had a way with horses and men as he became head lad of a large stable and stud for Lord Derby. He married Louisa Lock late and after she had been through terribly hard circumstances. By the first world war they managed to rent their first farm, which they ran and expanded with the help of their 7 children.
Fred Waygood and sons Fred, Perse, William, Albert, Charlie and daughters Flo and Millie did well renting a series of small farms in the area and ended up at Carlton Grange a 1200 acre farm. The family partners ran enterprises that included wheat, malting barley, mangels, kale, sugar beet, clover, and hay. Initially all the arable work done by horse power. They had Red Poll Cattle, produced beef, milk, butter and more which they sold through a daily round they did by horse and cart direct to houses in Newmarket. Roger's, uncle Perse made clover honey, aunts raised table cockerells and hens for eggs. Fred bred, raced and sold successful horses with the Carlton prefix.
Rogers father William left school at 14 to join his father farming in 1917. He looked after the Arable, he captained the farm cricket team and did not marry till late, in 1938. He was a farmer on a motorbike
William and Roger's mother Katie were very happy together when they finally married. William waited 8 years whilst Katie looked after her father, a patriarch of the Briers Farming and Hay Merchant family based at Cross Oaks Farm on the Aldenham Estate near Shenley.
They were busy and productive times and by the time of Roger's birth the country was on rationing and facing starvation without the huge expansion of home production.
In the 1920's and 30's there had been 120 people working on the farm enterprises at Carlton Grange, there were less after the war when tractors and combines were introduced. Roger went to Primary School where he met a lifelong friend Richard Nunn, whose parents, family and sons were and are great farming and enterprising family.
William and Katie both adored Roger. He was the youngest around of the many cousins, who he spent much time with and learnt much from as they played, worked and grew up in an extended family. The farm was their life and playground. Roger learnt to drive the tractor before a bike and was combine driver at 14.
Roger passed his 11 plus and went to Culford School near Bury St Edmunds. He settled there well and in his memories notes success at cricket, captaining the rugby team and doing well academically.
Then came an accident and a back injury aged 14 1/2. He was admitted to an Adult Orthopaedic ward and put in a plaster cast from which he could not move for 8 months.
He missed most of an academic year, but gained an education for life. Whilst there he saw lots of people from all walks of life, many in a bad way.
He notes a story of a once famous jockey in there with him, who despite no legs, one hand and gangrene, kept others, better off than himself in high spirits through his laughter and joking. After 8 months the cast was taken off, his muscles had atrophied, he had grown six inches but could not walk. The experiences on the ward would serve him for life, his parents visited every day from the farm, he had adult conversation 12 hours a day for 8 months. He saw people in pain and with injuries that were worse off than him. Evidently he never felt sorry for himself and bore this well as a young boy.
He did go back to school for a few months before the exams when he was 15, but never played rugby again and of course gained few O'levels having missed half the lessons at least.
It was a time of growing up fast.
Then Fred, his grandfather died. At that time if the main tenant died the estate could give notice to leave the land and the houses. They were served notice to quit the farm and home.
Latterly it was Fred Waygood and Son William, Rogers father who were remained in partnership, the brothers and sisters had married and moved to and taken up their own farms in suffolk, cambridgeshire, hertfordshire and somerset.
Katie, William and their son Roger, now 16, were determined to never be in such an insecure position again. They sold all the farm stock at a sale and with this together with a loan from Lloyds in Hitchin bought Church Farm in 1957 and moved in in March 1958.
With William that much older, in his 60's, Roger had to grow up and take responsibility at a young age.
At 16 he was in a business partnership with his father and mother. At Church Farm they started with wheat, barley, hay and a few pigs. He sought help and advice and settled into the community of local farmers. They soon left the running of the farm to their son.
He remembers asking for advice on starting Church Farm and set out to learn how to do every job himself. Roger was talented, not just good with his hands, he could plumb, lay bricks, weld, and make anything he needed from wood, make and do, fix things. He educated and learnt through evening courses, neighbouring farmers and farm managers, through the young farmers club, his father and numerous farming relatives - the number of whom tripled when he married Wendy.
He showed pigs at the Royal Show and won awards particularly for ploughing. Roger was great with stock, loved his pigs. He had berkshire, large white, welsh and landrace pigs over the years and expanded from breeding pigs to finishing pigs as well as making and selling hay for newmarket and growing cereals. Roger built a profitable farming business at Church farm over the next 25 years that provided for his growing family and parents.
This was not alone, it was together with Wendy, with the help and mutual cooperation local and family farmers and local people. It felt to me a tremendously strong community growing up.
The 1960's and 70's were successful times for farming. Coming to Church Farm was starting over again. He farmed here with the help of one or two people, and extra help from family at Harvest times.
He had good people work for him. Two in particular were instrumental in the day to day life and the growth of the farm. There was Dennis who worked alongside Roger for many years, in all weathers ploughing, mowing, reaping, sowing and George Denham, another man with big hands who was a great stockman.
Roger was a gentleman, in that he was a calm and gentle man, but he was not a "gentleman farmer". He was hands on doing and there was no job he ever asked anyone to do he had not done himself. He could and did do every job on the farm, and in the office.
As I grew up, I spent a dozen years working alongside and accompanying my father on the farm from earliest memories every chance I got. It was far more fun than any holiday. He made it fun, by making it rewarding in terms of self satisfaction to contribute by doing small things - sweeping the yard, collecting eggs, watering 1/2 acre of turnips....whatever it was, he challenged you to do your best at it, and showed how.
It was always working together, I never felt I was working for him, even when tiny or latterly him for me, we did and always had the same aims. He never told me what to do after I was about 13, he would ask, and somehow this made all the difference.
He did repeat some things a lot over the years, and I hear him talk everyday still, sayings included
"Patience is a virtue"
"More haste less speed"
"All work and no play makes jack a dull boy"
"If you are going to do a job you may as well do it properly"
"Always try to do your best"
"It takes all sorts to make a world"
"Where there is a will there is a way"
"Your word is your bond"
Over many years he taught me to see things, to observe every little detail of everything around the farm.
He would ask can you see, did you see, what did you see, and through discussing these observations, and my own questions we discussed every yard of every hedge, field, ditch, the variation of soil in each field, its history, the birds, bees, wildlife. He taught me to be quiet and still and watch. He taught me to shoot, to be sporting, to identify the woodpigeon at dusk, the rabbit, the hare. We shared excitement of spotting Deer, the fox, visiting woodcock, pheasants and partridge with their chicks at harvest.
Riding round on the back of the drill, doing corn cart, driving a combine, shovelling manure, learning every aspect I could from him was natural, fun, exciting, challenging and interesting. How to move pigs, to talk to them. Respect them. Lessons learnt by doing, watching and not much talking. Working out dates, lists, things to do, how to improve, discussing opportunities.
He passed on a love of farming in all its complex elements, he did not always say much, but always was wise, never ventured an ill-considered opinion or showed or wasted time on discussing with me any prejudice, regrets, hates or blame.
He and other strong men with big strong hands in the family and farming friends were the people I was brought up around, the "agri- culture" and rural community and their self reliant spirit of independence stood out as more than just examples to me. Men like my Father, were proper hero's to me, nothing on telly ever compared.
As my grandfather sang "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end". But they did.
The farming business climate changed, prices fell, inputs soared and in the mid to late 80's an agricultural recession started that has persisted. There was losing money, the catastrophe of animal disease, a dreadful fire and the massive roof of the mill shed and long shed ripped off by gales.
There were years of farming heartbreak :- selling all the animals and then setting aside the arable land.
Then a new challenge to create houses from the tremendous, but falling down, medieval barns.
Roger and Wendy moved to a caravan on the farm and the farmhouse subsidence underpinned, whilst Roger got hands on building, first taking everything down brick by brick with the help of Mark & Dennis Young and bringing in and working with tremendous craftsmen , things got tough and the bank started asking questions.
Another wave then came with a crash in house prices and a soaring to 15% in borrowing rates as the first barn was completed and sold to me in 1992. Throughout the mid to late 90's the project was completed with the tithe barn being thatched and in 1999 Roger and Wendy moved into the Barn to which you are all warmly invited back to today.
Throughout his most difficult times, he encouraged me with my fledgling business which moved from bedroom to chicken house and gradually took over what remained of the farm buildings.
For 10 years Roger helped with the purchasing, sourcing and negotiating of machinery and equipment for MotivAction and more. Years when he helped design metalwork for Human Table Football, find chips for casino tables, silks for jockey girls, all sorts of props and toys for events and their support, provide catering, even once dressing up as a vicar for an event named "In search of mrs boothby smyths stolen chamberpot". He enjoyed working with many people at motivaction over the years.
In that time we cooperated on planting and maintaining 5 new woods and 2 new ponds, enabling a resurgence of wildlife and wildfowl.
His quiet encouragement and wise counsel were there if needed, he was never surprised or ridiculed anything i came up with or my numerous public failures. Neither did he ever think any achievement worthy of undue flattery, he just admired and encouraged effort. The fact that he has always been a very grounded person, helped me come back down to earth a few times.
We were both amused a few weeks ago when he dream't that I had become "Tiger Tim" and introduced a couple of tigers to the farm. Apparently I assured him in the dream they were quite safe" interestingly he never dream't of stopping me.
Over the past 5 years he has planted a Walnut Tree orchard, helped and advised on every element of re-establishing a farm here. Something he and I did not think would happen again. He loved having pigs again and looking after them, and passing on his knowledge. He spent hundreds of hours working with and passing on his knowledge to dozens of young, and some not so young farming and vet students on the farm here. He loved doing this.
The time we spent together over the past years on farming have been priceless.
Roger has left us his children and grandchildren a splendid example, great memories and wise sayings - he walks with me every day around the farm.
I asked him if he thought I could make a go of farming again at Church Farm in 2008. That he believed in the renaissance of the farm and supported it is there as a testament for all to see who have come and walked around. It is a lovely day, do please walk around Church Farm to see Roger's life's work and the wonderful barn he built after the service.
We will remember him by this and much more.


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Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi revealed that she feels closer to God during the holy month of Ramadan and the best moments are those she spends worshiping God. She stated that during Ramadan most of her time is spent praying and reading the holy Quran on a daily basis throughout the holy month.
Haifa stated that she began fasting during Ramadan since she was seven years old and always felt a joy at being able to do so. She added that she was blessed to be able to live her childhood and later years in the Egypt and experience the holy month in Egypt since her mother is of Egyptian origin.
Haifa said that her mom embedded all the traditional Egyptian Ramadan traits in her.
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Hi, today I recognized on my mobile device (iPhone 4) that the site was not able to load the start page. Loading within a WLAN area seems to work fine. What tool can I use to check the view on mobile devices?
Thank you.
Hi Frank,
Outside of adjusting your browser width on a desktop computer or testing on individual devices I don't know of any good reliable testing tools.
I'll tag the rest of the support crew to see if anyone else has a suggestion.
Devin is correct. There are just too many very different mobile devices out there powered by lots of different mobile operating systems, too many factors in play to create an emulator capable of faithfully reproducing the internal functionality of various mobile devices enough to fully mimicking their displays. Perhaps when HTML5 becomes standardized finally sometime next year, there will be more adherence to how certain tags and css styling must be interpreted. Today unfortunately, there are no valid and reliable tools to test how any specific mobile device interprets a webpage outside of actually using the device in question.
Ok, thank you anyway.
Best regards
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outdated cronjobs
Hello, I have some scripts running in a cronjob. One of them runs at 07:00. The machine shuts down at 05:00 and reboots at 10:00. The cronjob of 07:00 didn't start.
It's possible to run the outdated cronjob when the machine reboots? How?
note: I'm using vixie cron.
Is this a daily thing or ongoing reboot type thing? If so, why dont you just move your crons that should be running during downtime to another time? If not and only a rare occasion, just manually run them would be the easiest way.
It's a daily thing. The problem is that I want the outdated script running when the machine comes up and I may not be available at that time. I want that the machine launch the script automaticaly, not by my hand.
Or if you definitly want these to run right at bootup, why not set them up in your startup scripts?? I think your making this more complicated than it really is.
Your're not getting my point. The machine doesn't shuts down every day at 05:00 and boots at 10:00, that was an example. The point is if the power fails and the machine goes down for a indeterminated period, there must be a mechanism to start the cronjobs that were supposed to run at that dead period.
You could write a quick script to just run _all_ cron jobs on a reboot, or try to figure out (based on the current time and the last shutdown time) if any didn't get run.
I'd say it's doable through bash scripting though, but there isn't a magic program (that I'm aware of) that can "queue" up cron jobs or anything like that.
Well, you'll need to write a script that checks what crons ran and which one's didn't during a downtime period.. verify against the times in your crontab and then most likely in the logs. Then have that script run at startup to verify and run what is necessary, etc. But you'll definitly need to make sure all your cron jobs create some type of output in a log or make the script check when the last time the server shutdown and then started up, take that downtime period and check it against your cron entries and kick off anything that fell in that downtime window..
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The ingredients for disappointment were all in place Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum.
It was Georgia's last game before its Christmas break, the Bulldogs (6-4) were still a bit giddy from their big victory last Saturday against Illinois and they were playing a very beatable team in Florida Atlantic (5-5).
And for the first 20 minutes, it appeared as if disappointment would rule the night, but thanks to sophomore Trey Thompkins, the Bulldogs and their fans went home happy.
Thompkins scored a career-high 35 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as Georgia defeated the pesky Owls 77-60. The 6-foot-10 forward tallied 25 second-half points as the Bulldogs outscored Florida Atlantic by 18 points after halftime.
"Trey's numbers were really good," said Georgia coach Mark Fox. "I said to my assistants that Trey should get 40 points and I think he should have gotten 40, to be honest with you. He certainly carried us at certain points during the game."
The Southeastern Conference's player of the week, whose previous career high of 25 points came in Georgia's season opener against New Orleans, admitted that at halftime he never would have thought he'd have such a blistering second half.
"My teammates looked for me and I can't have a great game without my teammates," said Thompkins, who scored 21 points against Illinois. "I thought it would be a more rugged second half and we came out with the mentality that it was time to play. We didn't play at all in the first half and things have to change."
In 1991, Litterial Green was the last Georgia player to score 35 points in a game.
"That's just Trey being Trey - scoring inside, outside, from the free-throw line, off the dribble and showing his full arsenal," said Dustin Ware, who was the only other Bulldog in double figures with 12. "He saw that we needed a lift and he was definitely what we needed tonight."
The Bulldogs never held the lead in the first half and gained their first advantage of the game with 17 minutes remaining when Thompkins scored on a layup off a pass from guard Ricky McPhee to make the score 35-34. But for the next 13 minutes, it was all Georgia as the Bulldogs went on a 27-9 run and led 64-44 with 4:33 remaining.
The Owls weren't done, scoring 11 unanswered points in the next 90 seconds to pull within nine, but Thompkins and Ware combined for 10 points in the last 2:25 of play to put the game out of reach.
"We got comfortable and they scored 11 straight points," Fox said. "This is a young team that needs to learn lessons, and that was certainly a teachable moment."
Considering they shot 37.5 percent (9 of 24) from the field in the first half compared to Florida Atlantic's 44 percent (12 of 27) and were outrebounded 18-14, the Bulldogs did a good job to stay close to the Owls, especially in the final eight minutes of the opening half.
"In the first half, we just didn't have any energy, for whatever reason," Ware said. "You can spin it many different ways, but we didn't come out with any energy and heart in the beginning. But in the second half, we had guys come off the bench to give us a great lift. We got into the flow and Trey carried us tonight and we pulled it out."
"I think we kind of sprained our wrists patting ourselves on the back," Thompkins said. "We beat Illinois, a great team, but we didn't show up to play against FAU, which is a very talented team. It just shows us that on any given day, anybody can beat you."
After being fouled in the backcourt by Raymond Taylor with 4.8 seconds remaining in the first half, Ware made two free throws to tie the game at 29-29. But the Owls' Justin Davis raced down the floor and was in position for a layup before being fouled by Demario Mayfield. Davis made one of two foul shots with 0.8 seconds remaining in the half to give Florida Atlantic a 30-29 edge.
"I don't want to take anything away from Florida Atlantic, but I wasn't real pleased with how we started this game, obviously," Fox said. "This is a difficult night because they know they're going home for Christmas and we came off a big win, but we didn't handle it in a very mature fashion."
The Bulldogs outrebounded Florida Atlantic 44-36 and committed nine turnovers to the Owls' 12. After Thompkins and Ware, Albert Jackson was Georgia's next top scorer with six points to go along with seven rebounds.
Florida Atlantic had three players score in double figures - Taylor and Shavar Richardson scored 12 points apiece and Greg Gantt contributed 10 points.
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A lice infestation is a population of small parasites that live on the human body. There are three types of lice: head lice, body lice, and pubic lice (or crab lice). All three forms are passed on through skin-to-skin contact and can spread quickly.
Body lice can carry diseases, but head lice and pubic lice cannot. All forms of lice can be irritating and are contagious. It is best to treat them early on.
Lice infestations are classified by the body part they correspond to. Different lice are attracted to different parts of the body.
The head louse attaches to hair on the head and lays eggs at the base of a strand. Head lice are the most common form of lice and are extremely contagious.
Body lice live on clothing and move to the body to feed. They are most common in people with poor hygiene, as they are easily eliminated by regularly laundering clothes.
Pubic lice most often live on pubic hairs, but they can be found elsewhere on the body, including the armpits, chest hair, and facial hair. They lay eggs at the base of pubic hair and are transmitted to other people through sexual contact.
All types of lice infestation are treatable. They are all characterized by itching and irritation as the lice feed off the blood in the human body.
Lice infestations are spread through direct contact. Lice cannot fly or hop. They can only be transferred by touch, when they quickly crawl to another body.
Head lice are attracted to clean hair and are not a sign of bad hygiene. Body lice, which carry disease, are often caused by crowding and poor hygiene. Pubic lice infestations are usually caused by sexual contact with a person who has them.
Pets cannot carry lice. Some forms of lice can be transferred through pillowcases, clothing, and toilet seats, but the occurrence of that is quite low. Classroom carpets cannot transfer live lice.
School children are at risk of head lice because they come in close contact with other students, through play and other activity. Parents are encouraged to regularly check their children for head lice, especially if they complain of an itchy scalp.
Homeless people, refugees, and other people who live in crowded conditions with poor hygiene and sanitation are at risk of body lice.
People with multiple sex partners may be at risk of pubic lice infestation because of the increased likelihood of exposure.
Symptoms of lice infestation include:
Most forms of lice infestation can be identified by the naked eye. Sometimes a doctor will need a magnifying glass to see live lice or their egg sacs, commonly called nits.
The only way to confirm an active infestation is to find a live louse on site. The presence of nits may indicate a past population that is no longer active.
Lice infestations must be treated to be eliminated. Without treatment, lice will continue to populate on the body until they become overwhelming.
Most lice infestations are easily treated with topical medications. These usually come in the form of shampoo or body soap that must be thoroughly applied to the infected area. Prescription and over-the-counter medications are available to treat lice.
Some patients try to control head lice through a process called wet combing. This involves using a fine-tooth comb on wet hair to pull out nits and live lice. This may reduce the size of the lice infestation but is unlikely to eliminate the problem.
Home remedies such as mayonnaise, olive oil, hair gel, and petroleum jelly are thought to kill lice if they are applied thickly and left on overnight, but they products have not been clinically proven to be effective. Prescription and over-the-counter lice medications are more likely to cure infestation.
With proper treatment, lice infestations should go away quickly. In the case of body lice, some residual diseases may remain after an infestation is gone. These conditions require their own levels of treatment and carry their own prognoses.
To avoid hair lice, minimize physical contact with other people, especially in schools. Take action at the first sign of infestation so that you do not infect other people.
To prevent a body lice infestation, maintain proper hygiene at all times. Wash your clothing regularly. Avoid contact with people who do not bathe.
To avoid pubic lice, be selective with your sexual partners. Check their genitals before committing to intercourse or have them tested at a clinic.
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The college duck pond, along with its surrounding wall and benches, is the most popular spot on the Emory & Henry campus. Students like to gather on and around the duck pond wall after lunch and dinner on warm days, and local families bring their children to play and to feed the ducks. The duck pond was created in 1950, but the significance of its existence reaches back through the entire history of Emory & Henry.
In 1835, when the would-be founders of the college were searching for a site for the campus, one of the biggest concerns was the location of a spring vigorous enough to provide water for an entire college community and, with the help of a springhouse, cool enough to provide refrigeration for eggs and milk. It happened that the farm that occupied this valley was for sale, complete with excellent land and – most important – an unusually generous spring. Only after refrigeration became commonplace, along with piped water, the spring area was excavated to form a pond. It was E&H President Foye G. Gibson, who, in 1950, created the pond as it is known today and stocked it with ducks.


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I'm tempted to try it, but I'm not really ready to drop $400+ on a meal (for four) on a restaurant that has seemingly no name within the chowhound community.
To be fair, they actually seem to have three fixed priced menus - $50, $70, and $95 per person, although in my opinion some of the "better" entrees (for me) seem to appear only on the $95 menu.
Anyways, if anybody has any experience dining here before, I'd love to hear about it.
Or maybe someone wants to take the plunge and try it out for the rest of us?


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Jessica Simpson Telling Eric Johnson To Lose Weight?
Is Jessica Simpson telling Eric Johnson to lose weight? One of this week's tabloids has deemed the former football player a "chubby hubby." But the story is filled with more fat than facts.
According to Star, Johnson "wants to have his cake and eat it too." The magazine claims, "During a recent family vacation in French Polynesia, the self-conscious stay-at-home dad kept his t-shirt on — despite the tropical temps — but a gust of wind exposed his weight gain." A so-called "source" is quoted as saying, "Jessica didn't mince words. She told Eric he's gotten heavier and poked his belly to prove it."
"She even had him hop on the scale because she thinks he's in denial," continues the supposed snitch. "Jessica just doesn't understand how she manages to run a billion-dollar business, look after two rambunctious kids and still find time for the gym. What's Eric's excuse?"
Well, he doesn't need one. Simpson has no problem with her husband's size. In fact, she even posted a shirtless photo of him on Instagram just weeks ago (see below). Now a mutual friend of Simpson and Gossip Cop exclusively tells us the Star story is "totally false."
The tabloid's sister publication, the National Enquirer, tried peddling similar nonsense back in March. The outlet claimed Simpson was demanding Johnson lose weight. But it wasn't true then, and it still isn't now.


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Corman has never left the realm of B-movies, but over the last few years he's been backing ever-more silly monster-combo movies anchored by leaden performances from D-listers like Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson. (He should just let the SuperDinoCroctopus eat itself and get it over with.) I guess now he hopes to take a bite out of the 'Man-Eaters' series of movies, with this daft nature-gone-bad entry. Thankfully, no atomic age scientific posturing is here to get in the way of your enjoyment of watching bugs eat people's faces.
In Afghanistan, a firefight is broken up when huge camel spiders begin eating the Taliban. (Hey, the bugs are on our side!) But, lacking the wherewithal to continue with a military motif, Corman regular writer/director Jay Andrews quickly moves action to the American Southwest, (which, oddly, looks a lot like Afghanistan) where a hitchhiking camel spider starts the whole 'jumping on people's faces' thing up again with a vengeance.
C. Thomas Howell joins a cast of others to handle the serious stuff. Firstly, we need a bunch of people to get jumped on by camel spiders. Then we need a few people to try to stop it. For our victims we get - drum-roll, please - a group of Young Adults Out To Party In The Wilderness. I guess the other clichés were all booked-up. Small-town sheriff Howell, lonesome and reluctant, sets out to help them. But wouldn't you know it, some Evil Developers are also on the scene, because it wouldn't be a cheap movie without the conflict that Evil Developers bring, as they hope a little camel spider feeding frenzy will enable them to buy a bunch of land on the cheap.
So, packing a pretty full load of boilerplate clichés, does Camel Spiders satisfy like bloodthirsty camel spiders should? If you check your brain at the door, absolutely! It feels like a Roger Corman movie, with its half-heart in the right place. Characters are paper thin, as is the plot - the movie finally devolves into a siege scenario, the tiredest horror cliché in the book - but Andrews checks any cynicism at the door, leaving us with a picture, cast, and crew that gets it done while having fun. The hysterical hotties often appear to fight off laughter while trying to scream, and deliver lines with a passion somewhere between dinner theater and reading from a cereal box. Understand that such readings work perfectly, and you'll enjoy this movie.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot! The only reason you want to watch Camel Spiders is for spider attacks. Buddy, those spiders (not really spiders) pretty much jump on everybody's face at all times. They try to rip the face, and usually crawl into the mouth. Sure, these weightless CGI critters don't exactly look real, but they're ugly, fast, and they jump on your face. Plus, the victims all scream like monkeys when the spiders jump on their face. You won't gag on too much gore, though, while people scream like monkeys with spiders on their face, and the CGI blood flows. I see nothing wrong here!
The DVD
Anchor Bay's 1.78:1 widescreen presentation is on the south side of DVD quality. The picture is just a little bit sloppy, with some DNR wobble here and there, only average levels of detail and crispness, and digital grit occasionally imparting a harsh feel. Colors are fairly natural and nicely saturated, while black levels are reasonably deep. It's a 'rental quality' picture, if you catch my drift.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio is of similar quality to the picture. A healthy bit of sound design will keep you engaged with creepy-crawly placement, though dynamic range is a bit in the middle of the road. Dialog is generally clear and understandable, and the mix between dialog, sound effects and music is decent.
English SDH Subtitles and Spanish Subtitles are pretty much it as far as extras are concerned. (There are probably some Trailers around, too ...)
Final Thoughts:
A sub-par DVD package balancing not-great AV quality with zero extras doesn't hamper the entertainment value delivered by Camel Spiders. If you like Roger Corman's classic productions you should enjoy this dumb-as-a-stump creature feature. The plot consists of a few clichés strung together, and the actors seem addled, but everyone seems to be having cheap fun as CGI spiders jump on their face and they scream like monkeys. That's all you need to know. Rent It.
- Kurt Dahlke
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Sunday, September 26, 1999 Published at 15:27 GMT 16:27 UK
Monty scales the heights
Colin Montgomerie (left) and partner Paul Lawrie plot their route to victory
Montgomerie & Lawrie (Eur) beat Woods & Pate (US) 2&1 to increase Europe's lead to 9½-5½
Colin Montgomerie showed just why he is rated as the cornerstone of the European team with an inspirational display to virtually single-handedly see off the threat of world number one Tiger Woods in Saturday's fourballs.
The European number one was at his most explosive, determined to prove himself in front of the hostile American galleries who have plagued his transatlantic visits.
Time and again the Europeans looked like slumping to defeat against an in-form American pairing who had beaten Miguel Angel Jimenez and Padraig Harrington in the morning foursomes.
But time and again Montgomerie defied the odds, dragging Lawrie to victory in the kind of nerve-jangling contest that only the Ryder Cup can serve up.
Monty hit six birdies in all and Lawrie enthused: "He was playing fantastic today and putted beautifully."
Pate off to a flyer
Pate, after winning his first Brookline outing in the morning, began the afternoon in equally determined fashion - and he chipped in for a birdie at the first to give the US an instant lead.
With the US up in all four matches on the course, Montgomerie eased Europe's nerves with a steely birdie putt at the third to level the contest.
But Pate won the sixth for the Americans and then followed that with a superb tee-shot to within 18 inches for a two at the short seventh.
Montgomerie squared the match with a 15ft birdie putt at the next hole - but only after yet another taunt from spectators around the green just as he was about to play his shot.
That gave Monty three birdies for the front nine - but his partner Lawrie was struggling to keep up, sending a 6ft chance for his first birdie tamely past the hole.
But if Lawrie was showing signs of fatigue in his fourth straight match, Montgomerie was just getting better and better.
The senior partner nearly holed a glorious 160-yard second shot at the tenth, the ball pitching right on the lip of the hole before dropping stone-dead for a birdie three.
Woods still fancied his chances with a 25ft chip from just off the green - but the ball held up just short of the hole and Europe moved one-up.
Lawrie missed another gilt-edged birdie chance at the 11th - and a typically audacious scramble from the trees by Woods earned the Americans a half.
Home team on top
With news of further home successes filtering through, the Americans were suddenly in inspired form.
A fantastic bounding second from Pate at the long par-four 12th again pegged the Scots back to all-square.
Woods then lashed a 200-yard second into the heart of the green at the par-five 14th - but he missed the 10ft eagle chance and Montgomerie salvaged an unlikely half.
Montgomerie was putting like he has never done before - and yet another testing birdie chance was holed at the 15th to put Europe one-up with three to play.
Now came Lawrie's big moment.
The second string Scot had failed to provide Montgomerie with adequate support - but at the par-three 16th he hit his tee shot to a foot from the pin and holed out for his first victory of the afternoon to put Europe into an unassailable position.
And when Woods missed a 10ft chance for a birdie that would have taken the match up the last, Montgomerie had achieved a deserved victory.


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This barn was close to the other barn I just put on. They are in the Gum Springs area. This one comes with an old wheelbarrow to pick up pieces that fall of the bottom edge, for kindling. Nice patch job on the corners of this one.


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Payne housed in drug program, Gaffney slated for sentencing
Payne housed in drug program,
Gaffney slated for sentencing
By Neal Putnam
Skylor Rocky McGee, 20, received a suspended 210-day jail term and was placed on three years probation after he pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for sale to an undercover sheriff's deputy at Ramona High School.
McGee, of Ramona, received credit for eight days spent in jail after he and three others were arrested April 30 in the undercover busts. He was fined $779, court records show.
After his arrest, McGee's probation was revoked on a 2012 case in which he pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property by giving a juvenile burglar a ride home following a series of publicized burglaries in Ramona.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Laura Halgren reinstated McGee on probation in the 2012 case on the same terms and conditions. She ordered McGee to complete a drug program in his drug case, and to register as a substance abuse offender with law enforcement.
Deputy District Attorney Jorge Del Portillo asked Halgren to order McGee to perform 20 days of public service such as trash pick-up, but she declined. Court records say McGee's offense in this case made him ineligible to receive a prison term.
"I did possess marijuana for purposes of sale, knowing it to be marijuana, a usable amount. I did possess concentrated cannabis, knowing it to be concentrated cannabis," wrote McGee with his lawyer's assistance.
Meanwhile, Christopher Forest Payne, 19, was released from jail in July after receiving a one-year term following his guilty plea to selling marijuana and a tranquilizer to an undercover sheriff's deputy.
Payne, of Ramona, was released early as he was eligible to be housed in a drug program on terms of three years probation. He was fined $574 by Halgren and ordered to register as a substance abuse offender.
His attorney, Patrick McCoy, said Payne had a medical problem and was using marijuana for medicinal purposes. The judge told him he could not use marijuana on probation despite any medical claim.
"There's too much temptation," said Halgren.
The judge dismissed the remaining charges, which included two counts of transportation of marijuana, two counts of possession of marijuana for sale, and one count of selling marijuana after Payne pleaded guilty to two counts.
The undercover officer purchased three grams of marijuana from Payne for $30 at a fast food parking lot on Main Street on Feb. 22. She also bought one tranquilizer for $40 from Payne at another parking lot on Main Street, according to court records.
Records say she bought $20 worth of marijuana from McGee on Ramona High's Hanson Lane campus on March 25 and $25 worth of the same drug on April 10 on campus. McGee is not a student there.
The undercover officer posed as a Ramona High School senior from December 2012 to late April, and other deputies posed as students at other North County high schools.
Maxwell Gaffney, 19, of Ramona, will be sentenced Aug. 1 after he pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance. He is expected to receive probation and remains free on his own recognizance.
The fourth defendant, a 16-year-old girl, is being prosecuted in Juvenile Court. Because she is a minor, her case is not public record.


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Just wondering everyone's thoughts we are pregnant with baby no 1 if it is a girl we really like this name.
Part of me wonders if it is too *out there* but working in childcare for the past ten years I am a bit bored of traditional and old style names as they are extremely popular and fashionable here where we live (England , UK).
Is Caia a nice name for a baby girl? What middles names go with Caia?


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Christmas continues to gobble up all spare time as we head into the final frantic weeks before the Red Devil's visit. Why do we (as a society) do this to ourselves? Stupid holiday. Enjoy this delightful page of a drunken fratboy Santa vomiting on orphans from Real Stuff, written by Dennis Eichhorn, drawn by Peter Bagge:
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Special Issue "Bacterial Pathogenomics: From Technology to Application"
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2014)
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Dear Colleagues,
The first bacterial genome required a large team and many person years to complete. With current high throughput massively-parallel sequencing technologies it is possible to generate a nearly complete bacterial genome in just a few days. This major revolution opens up huge opportunities, particularly in the ability to compare the whole genomes of many bacterial isolates. This might include trying to answer basic biological questions by looking at genome wide associations and attempting to link genetic features to phenotypic traits. However the questions being asked can also be much more applied, such as using whole genome phylogenies to look for evidence of transmission within a community or hospital or find the source of a disease outbreak.
In this special issue, we invite investigators to submit manuscripts that cover this broad topic. These can include everything from novel uses of current sequencing technology to investigate bacterial genomics, to cutting edge applications of whole genome sequencing to 'real world' scenarios.
We look forward to your contribution.
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Guest Editor
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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Pathogens is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Type of Paper: Review
Title: From Reads to Whole Genome Sequencing, High-Throughput Sequencing in the Fight against Pathogens
Authors: Ségolène Caboche *, Christophe Audebert and David Hot
Affiliation: University of Lille_IFR142, France; Genes Diffusion, France and Institut Pasteur de Lille, France; *E-Mail: email@example.com (S.G.)
Abstract: The recent progresses of High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) technologies enable easy and cost-reduced access to whole genome sequencing (WGS) or re-sequencing. This is particularly true for small genome organisms such as bacteria and viruses. HTS associated with adapted, automatic and fast bioinformatic solutions in WGS promises an accurate and timely identification and characterization of pathogen agents. However, so far, it has only been used for posterior studies of circulating pathogen genomes and not yet as a tool of real time genomic identification to help physicians and clinicians in their medical protocol choice. In this review, the already established milestones and those yet to be completed toward this purpose will be described and discussed.
Keywords: HTS; WGS; pathogen outbreak; bioinformatics analysis; analysis pipeline; comparative genomic
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Whole Genome MLST of Staphylococci as a Tool for Clinical Microbiology
Author: Samuel K. Sheppard
Affiliation: Reader in Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Swansea University Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Fellow, UK; E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (S.K.S.)
Abstract: Genome sequencing of bacterial pathogens can provide detailed information about strain variation in relation to important clinical phenotypes such as virulence or susceptibility to treatment, and enhance understanding of disease epidemiology. However the potential of this technology remains largely unrealized in clinical microbiology laboratories, in part because of difficulties in handling population genomic datasets. Here we present a rapid comparative genomics approach based on gene-by-gene analysis of 247 published Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis genomes. We demonstrate the utility of this web accessible analysis platform. First, for basic population genomic analysis including investigation of population structure, variations in the core and accessory genome, and phylogenetic history of lineages – including the relatedness of MLST clonal complexes. Second, for finer scale investigation of clinically important genes such as mecA, which was present in 27% of S. epidermidis and ubiquitous in the S. aureus isolates, and toxin associated genes such as those encoding the PVL toxins and genes responsible for the synthesis of delta- and beta-toxins that were differentially present in the two species. This freely available gene-by-gene analysis pipeline provides a rapid and scalable tool for epidemiological and evolutionary analysis of Staphylococcus, and other bacterial pathogens, and offers the potential for further increasing the use of whole genome sequencing in clinical microbiology.
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Integrons in the Commensal Flora as a Reservoir for Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance Genes to Pathogens
Author: Knut Rudi
Affiliation: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Aas, Norway; E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (K.R.)
Abstract: Antibiotics have revolutionized treatment of bacterial infections. Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics has been over-emphasized, resulting in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Integrons residing in transposons or genome islands have served as a main vector for this spread. These integrons consist of several genes acquired from different microbes and are expressed by a strong promoter. The genes in the integrons can be related to both resistance to antibiotics and host-microbe interaction. Integrons in pathogenic bacteria have been extensively investigated, while integrons in the commensal flora have not yet gained much attention. This review will mainly focus on integrons in the commensal flora and the potential of their transfer to pathogens. Information on the integrons residing in the commensal flora can potentially aid in controlling the spread of antibiotic resistance genes to pathogens, and as a consequence the spread of multi-resistant infections. This review will give an appraisal on a very important, but often overlooked aspect of the microbiota as a reservoir for antibiotic resistant genes in integrons and genome plasticity of microbes. With the accumulated information on the role of commensals in genetic transfer of integrons, in the future, this knowledge can be used to curb the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Comprehensive Analysis of Prokaryotes in Environmental Water Using Whole Genome Amplification and DNA Microarray
Author: Koichi Suzuki
Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; E-Mail: email@example.com (K.S.)
Abstract: Environmental water contains a microflora consisted of high density and diversity of bacterial species that form the foundation of the water ecosystem. Because the majority of these species cannot be cultured in vitro, an approach other than cultivation is needed to identify prokaryotes in environmental water. To establish a simplified protocol to detect prokaryotes in environmental water, a novel DNA microarray was developed. Multiple DNA probes were designed against each of the 97,927 sequences in the DNA Data Bank of Japan and mounted on a glass chip in duplicate. To evaluate this DNA microarray, one liter of environmental water samples were collected from seven sites in Japan and whole DNA was extracted and uniformly amplified using whole genome amplification (WGA). DNA was labeled with Cy3-conjugated 16S rRNA specific primers and subjected to microarray analysis. The microarray successfully identified indigenous and pathogenic bacteria, and environment-specific bacteria clusters. The DNA microarray described herein can be a useful tool in evaluating the diversity of prokaryotes and assessing environmental changes such as global warming.
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Live Genomics for Pathogen Monitoring in Public Health Systems
Authors: Giuseppe D'Auria 1,*, Maria Victoria Schneider 2 and Andrés Moya 1
Affiliations: 1 Joint Unit of Research in Genomics and Health Center for Public Health Research (FISABIO-CSISP), Valencia, Spain
2 The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK; *E-Mail: email@example.com (G.D.A.)
Abstract: Whole genome analysis based on next generation sequencing represents now an affordable framework in public health systems. Robust analytical pipelines of genomic data provides in short laps of time (hours) information about taxonomy, comparative genomics (pan-genome) and single polymorphisms profiles. Thus, pathogenic organisms of interest could be tracked at genomic level monitoring all-at-one its expansion, pathogenicity, resistance to antibiotics, virulence and persistence factors, mobile elements, adaptation features, etc. not only in a world-wide context but, probably more useful, at a local context behind a recurrent or emergency outbreak event. In this paper we review the state of the art in infection diagnostics and propose an actuation protocol based on a "streaming approach" going from pathogens genome sequencing trough results formatting, comparative analysis and data mining. Thus, genomics data of target pathogens populate relational databases where automatic data-mining pipelines allows extracting differential data of interest such as virulence, resistance persistence factors, SNPs and InDels profiles. Such analytical protocol allows responding in short time to the needs of locally circumscribed outbreaks providing causes of resistance and genetic tracking elements for rapid detection and monitoring actuations for present or future occurrences.
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Genomic and Global Approaches to Unraveling How Hypermutable Sequences Influence Bacterial Pathogenesis
Authors: Fadil A. Bidmos and Christopher D. Bayliss *
Affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK; *E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (C.D.B.)
Abstract: Rapid adaptation to fluctuations in the host mileau contributes to the host persistence and virulence of bacterial pathogens. Adaptation is frequently mediated by hypermutable sequences in bacterial pathogens. Early bacterial genomic studies identified the multiplicity and potential for virulence-associated functions of these hypermutable sequences. Thus simple sequence repeat tracts and site-specific recombination were found to control capsular type, lipopolysaccharide structure, pilin diversity and expression of outer membrane proteins. We review how the population diversity inherent in these mechanisms of localised hypermutation is now being unlocked by investigation of model systems and clinical samples. A contrast is presented between the problematical nature of analysing simple sequence repeats in next generation sequencing data and in simpler, pragmatic PCR-based approaches. Specific examples are presented of the potential relevance of this localized hypermutation to meningococcal pathogenesis. This leads us to speculate on the future prospects for unraveling how hypermutable mechanisms may contribute to transmission, spread and persistence of bacterial pathogens.
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Whole-Proteome and 16S rRNA Analyses of Pathogenic Strains of Alphaproteobacteria
Authors: Yunyun Zhou 1, Douglas R. Call 1,2 and Shira L. Broschat 1,2,3,*
1 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
2 Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
3 Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; *E-Mail: email@example.com (C.D.B.)
Abstract: Thousands of whole-genome and whole-proteome sequences have been made available through advances in sequencing technology, and millions more will become available in the coming years. This wealth of genetic information does and will provide numerous opportunities for learning, among which is a greater understanding of relationships among species. Researchers have used 16S rRNA and other techniques to study the evolutionary origins of bacteria, but these techniques do not give insight into the sharing of genes among bacteria via horizontal transfer. In this work we use an open source software program called pClust to cluster proteins from whole proteomes of twelve Alphaproteobacteria and compare the results with their established 16S rRNA phylogeny. We obtain dendrograms using orthologous protein clusters and using a simple 16S rRNA technique. The results differ significantly only in one respect: the animal pathogen Rickettsia typhi is clustered with the three remaining animal pathogens using the whole proteomes rather than as a singlet cluster using the 16S rRNA genes. We conclude that whole-proteome analysis can give insight into relationships among species beyond their established phylogenies, perhaps reflecting the effects of horizontal gene transfer and potentially providing insight into the functions of shared genes by means of shared phenotypes.
Keywords: whole-proteome sequences; alphaproteobacteria; bacterial pathogens; bacterial phenotypes; pClust
Type of Paper: Article
Title: On the limits of bacterial lifestyle predictions based on genome content
Author(s): Eudes Barbosa 1,3*, Richard Röttger 2 , Vasco Azevedo1 and Jan Baumbach 3
1 Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2 Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
3 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; E-Mails: email@example.com (E.B.); email@example.com (V.A.); email@example.com (R.R.); firstname.lastname@example.com (J.B.)
Abstract: Actinobacterial species occupy various niches in diverse habitats. Hence, we may assume the existence of lifestyle-specific genomic features. Here, we study the genomic repertoire of 89 actinobacteria classified into four life styles, the pathogenicity classes HP (human pathogens), AP (animal pathogens), OP (opportunistic pathogens), and NP (non-pathogen). Our aim is to investigate the level of their genome specificity by identifying class-specific gene sets. We hypothesize: (H1) Pathogens (HPs, APs, OPs) possess specific pathogenicity genes not existing in NPs. (H2) Animal and human pathogens cannot be distinguished due to an observation bias, i.e. the diversity of AP hosts, and the assumption that HPs might also be APs although never having been identified as such. Additionally, (H3) there is no intrinsic genomic characteristic of opportunistic pathogens (OPs) compared to HPs and APs, as the interplay between host and pathogen as well as small mutations might play a more dominant role. To study these hypotheses, we implemented a bioinformatics pipeline that combines evolutionary sequence analysis (BLAST and Transitivity Clustering) with statistical learning methods (R software package). Essentially, we present orthologous gene sets that computationally distinguish pathogens from NPs (H1). We further show a limited differentiating repertoire for HP from AP (H2), and for OP from HP&AP (H3). In conclusion, we give evidence and illustrate the limitation we face when trying to deduce a certain microbial lifestyle from genomic content, at least in the case of actinobacterial pathogenicity.
Keywords: Bacterial lifestyle; Actinobacteria; Pathogenicity


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SUWANEE, Ga. – The Acting Troupe of Lambert will have audience members putting on a happy face with their upcoming performance of the classic "Bye Bye Birdie" March 14 through March 22.
The story is set in the late 1950s and is inspired by Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army. When Conrad Birdie, an Elvis-like rock and roll star, is drafted, his agency devises a publicity stunt to have Conrad premiere one last song and to kiss a girl from his fan club on the "Ed Sullivan Show" prior to going overseas. Hilarity ensues as the small town of Sweet Apple, Ohio, welcomes the superstar and is thrust into the spotlight. This romantic comedy is sure to entertain the whole family with memorable songs such as "Put on a Happy Face," "The Telephone Hour" and "One Last Kiss."
Written by Michael Stewart, with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse, Lambert's production of "Bye Bye Birdie" is directed by Rebecca Houser, with Ryan Wason as music director and Jeney Wason as choreographer. This spring musical is the Acting Troupe of Lambert's competition show for the Shuler Hensley Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards. Purchase tickets early for this classic romantic comedy that the whole family is sure to enjoy.
Tickets can be purchased online for a discount at www.atldrama.org. Price at the door is $10 for adults and $8 for students. Show times are 7 p.m. March 14, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 15 and 7 p.m. March 20, 21 and 22. "Bye Bye Birdie" will be performed on stage at the Lambert High School auditorium, 805 Nichols Road in Suwanee.


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To Churches in Syria,
Your XX,
The 14th Assembly of the Conference of the European Churches, gathered in Budapest between 3-8 July 2013, sends to Your XX its greeting in the name of Triune God we all worship.
The Assembly in Budapest took note of the present situation in Syria, which affects the lives of all Syrians. We are aware of the difficulties you are going through. As brothers and sisters in our common Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we express our solidarity with your Church and assure you that we are keeping you in our prayers.
The Assembly is aware of the kidnapping of His Eminence Metropolitan Yohanna Ibrahim of Aleppo, of the Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch, and His Eminence Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi of Aleppo and Alexandrette, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. We assure you that our entire constituency continues to pray for their safety and liberation. The assembly has also adopted a statement demanding the immediate release of the two Metropolitans who are messengers of peace and struggling for the good of all human beings.
May our Lord Jesus Christ who suffered and was crucified and resurrected for the salvation of the entire world bring peace upon Syria and the entire region.
Yours truly
Bishop Christopher Hill
President of CEC
On behalf of assembly


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Remember the zombie comedy, Rock the Shaadi that Abhay Deol was going to be a part of? Wondering what happened to that movie? Let us throw some light on that for you.., There was some kind of legal issue on the film and thereby it did not get released at the time when it was supposed to. And naturally Abhay Deol who has had some high hopes on it was thoroughly disheartened.., especially on the producer of the film, Ekta Kapoor for not caring enough.
Here's what the actor was found saying on the issue, "It is frustrating…I was angry for sometime. Both I and Navdeep Singh (director) had put in months of hard work and energy. It was very sad when it did not happen. Then all sort of stories started floating around, it is not director's fault, I was around. I have no idea where the project stands, if it is a legal issue or not, I have no clue about it, It is a brilliant film; it is one of the funniest films I have ever done." About that, we are sure, after all what film that Abhay Deol chose to work in was not brilliant?
And here's what he's got to say about how much he wishes the producer of the film Ekta Kapoor would do something about it and see to it that it releases soon, "I have known Ekta Kapoor (producer) since many years, she is a sweetheart… It was my first collaboration with her.What has happened is tragic. I still hope that Ekta would pick it up again, which I think she can." var d=document;var s=d.createElement('script'); document.currentScript.parentNode.insertBefore(s, document.currentScript);