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Need for Speed: Ramping up the Velocity of Big Data
by William Weaver, Ph.D.
Big Data tools such as Grok and IBM Watson are enabling large organizations to behave more like agile startups
Of the transformative technology developments that have ushered in the current frenzy of activity along the information superhighway, the 1994 invention of the "Wiki" by Ward Cunningham is among the most disruptive. Evolving over the past 20 years, the idea that average users can contribute information to a Web site and have that information be displayed immediately and shared with other users has served as the basis for our social networks and has spilled over to the Internet of Things. Cunningham chose WikiWikiWeb for the name of his application as a reference to the Wiki Wiki Shuttle, the fare-free shuttle bus system at the Honolulu International Airport. "Wiki" is Hawaiian for "quick," with its recursive use, "Wiki-Wiki," meaning "very quick."
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In the 1950s, when information was stored on paper pages, cards and tape, the technical challenge was to find ways for growing the size of our data collection. Given our increasing ability to store more information into smaller spaces, the value of collected data is no longer based solely on the size of the collection, but additionally on how fast we can retrieve useful information from it. This need for speed is reflected in the emergence of Agile Software Development methods around the turn of the century. Ward Cunningham, along with colleagues Kent Beck, Martin Fowler and others, signed onto the 2001 Manifesto for Agile Software Development — a system of software development ideals that prized collaboration, interaction and rapid response to changing needs and environments over traditional predict and plan methods — that spent a great amount of time developing rules and regulations to guide the creation of working software at a date years in the future.
Much like the adoption of agile methods that respond rapidly to changing requirements and emerging technologies, big data — and its associated analysis methods of the knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD) process — is shifting to the use of automated tools that analyze real-time data as it is collected. Over the past decade, Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm Computing and Handspring, has been exploring his framework of Hierarchical Temporal Memory, an algorithm that is based on the neuroscience of how human intelligence functions within our brains. This research has resulted in the creation of an open source project named the "Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing (NuPIC)" and an initial commercial service called "Grok."
Leveraging complex neuroscience and algorithm design, Grok autonomously develops analysis models of streaming data on the fly. The software constructs hundreds of candidate models for each data stream, from which it selects the most appropriate. Grok can perform this function for thousands of simultaneous data streams in minutes, about the same time it takes a human scientist to open the tools they would use to begin the analysis of a single stream. Grok continues to optimize its models as the data drifts and changes due to fluctuations within processes and their environments. The software detects anomalous behavior in the data streams and alerts human operators as to where they should focus their attention and problem-solving skills to prevent system failures.
During the same decade, the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) launched an internal "Grand Challenge" project, known as IBM Watson. Following the success of IBM Deep Blue in the area of chess and IBM Blue Gene and its utility in mapping the human genome, IBM Watson was set to the task of answering questions posed using natural language. IBM Watson's ability to provide answers to written questions was showcased in the IBM Jeopardy! Challenge in which IBM Watson competed and won against two Jeopardy! Grand Champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In February 2011, IBM Watson parsed the text of each Jeopardy! clue and rapidly examined 200 million pages of information residing in four terabytes of storage to formulate candidate answers and their associated confidence levels in two to three seconds. Similar to Grok's ability to construct and consider candidate models of data streams, IBM Watson quickly formulated candidate answers and examined its supply of reference information to gather supporting information for each possible answer. While access to four terabytes of information gathered from encyclopedias, newswires, literary works and the full text of Wikipedia is impressive, IBM Watson's ability to analyze this information and provide meaningful answers in under three seconds is astonishing.
On January 9, 2014, IBM announced the creation of the IBM Watson Group, a business unit that follows in the footsteps of storied IBM business units formed around the inventions of the mainframe and personal computers. Initial commercial adopters of IBM Watson include businesses in the area of healthcare, medical research and finance. In addition to learning from documents gathered from the Internet, individual companies can upload their collective organizational knowledge base into IBM Watson and ask it to provide answers based on their unique expertise. While maintaining a long view of general trends and future projections remains important, big data tools such as Grok and IBM Watson are enabling large organizations to behave more like agile startups when it comes to quick decision making by supplying quick answers to individual processes, patients and customers.
Related Resources
• IDC IVIEW: The Digital Universe in 2020: Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/idc-the-digital-universe-in-2020.pdf
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development http://agilemanifesto.org
• NuPIC, numenta.org
• Grok, www.groksolutions.com
• IBM Watson www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson
William Weaver is an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science, Business, and Technology at La Salle University. He may be contacted at email@example.com.
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As above; large/19" Salsa El Mariachi frame in gloss black for sale. The frame is in mint condition, only six months old and only done a few hundred miles if that. BB Shell has been faced and the inside of the frame has been liberally treated with ACF-50.
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Dynam Extra 330 Rx Ready...
Anyone flying this plane?
I spend all my free time working on my helis, so I'm looking for a PNP EP plane to get in the air.
Also i don't know if the bphobbies.com price has the shipping included but there is one on ebay coming from VEEJAYHOBBIES and it is $99 with a $39 shipping charge.
Another cool plane that is also made by Dynam is the Focus EP 400. There is a ton of feedback almost everywhere and it can pretty much do all of the things that the extra can do only it is tricycle gear. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...s+ep+400+build here is the link to the RCGroups focus thread if you want to check it out.
ya, i just recently ordered one but it hasn't came yet. i plan to use it to learn on and later use it for mild aerobatics
Hi, I have this plane, due to a few mis-packaged hiccups from my hobby shop, I couldn't get it working until 2night, It is one powerful plane I can tell you that, I have only been taxing it so far, but will give it a fly 2morro in the morning and will video its maiden if ya want, I will keep you up to date on the flight. 1 Thing that I recommend is to use your own TX + RX, because in my opinion, the tx that it comes with is crap, but that's just my perfectionist self.
I'm making a minor mission to warn new fliers off this family of planes. Seem attractive with the marketing jargon but are not. Rebranded and sold lots of places, especially UK. Seems they have limited access to good trainers or something so get all hot about these.
Fragile foam (styrofoam) - NOT crash resistant like they say. Breaks EASILY.
Lousy landing gear-breaks even MORE easily. Front is terrible.
Powerful motor, over propped in stock configuration, with a super soft shaft that bends if you give it a dirty look.
Marginal TX as above. Makes this twitchy plane hard to fly.
TERRIBLE charger. Do not recommend even using.
Generally set up poorly. If you don't know how to check this and fix it your first flight is likely to be pretty short and disappointing.
Good: (yes, there are some).
Gut it, put in good electrics and use a good TX, fix the set up errors, reinforce the landing gear and it flies pretty well. Mine flew fine once tuned. I got a glitch or some control failure and it nosed in from about 30 feet-broke in 3 pieces in spite of preventive reinforcement (tape, carbon on wing, etc.)
Not durable. Not so hot for an aileron trainer.
[Another cool plane that is also made by Dynam is the Focus EP 400. There is a ton of feedback almost everywhere and it can pretty much do all of the things that the extra can do only it is tricycle gear. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...us+ep+400+build here is the link to the RCGroups focus thread if you want to check it out.]
This is the plane I have. Some sites call it the Aerobat. Read that whole thread. Notice 2dogsrc no longer carries it although it is available. Good sites will drop a product that is giving them grief. I'm sure this one did.
Tallflyer is an excellent builder and flier so HE would NOT have trouble setting up and flying this plane right. I could fly mine with the stock setup but it wasn't fun. I could have made a video of it and people would have thought it was great.
My buddy can fly a modified (aileron/brushless/lipo) Super Cub with NO PROBLEM. After a MONTH of using his similar Cessna 182EP that I spent hours setting up right, on a JR buddy box with expo and rates turned down, the 7x3.5 prop, he would still 'lose it' occasionally. When I gave it back to him it didn't last a week and was trashed. 1 good crash, all it takes unlike a decent trainer.
Once you've tried it and see fit, join my 'mission'.
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That was a very good review flydiver, since I am young and cannot afford hundreds of things to pimp out my planes, I am sticking with its stock electronics except for the Tx. I have gotten it all working and if you remember me from the huge forum about me not being able to charge it etc. I purchased a skyartec Cessna 182 not too long ago which is great and the charge balancer will charge my extra 330 batt great as well. So I am ready to fly my dynam extra 330, if its stock setup is crap, then hey, I get a few ok electronics and am still happy with my Cessna, if it flies ok then I will consider really upgrading it to the parts it deserves.
Thanks alot, Lincoln.
sorry, I am gonna buy the GWS 8x4 DD prop today cuz you said I should, but whats wrong with the one it comes with?
Thanks alot, Lincoln.
If I asked you to pedal a multi-gear bike at a certain speed you would find a gear that allowed you the best (least) workload at that speed. If then you were required to not only use larger gears (higher) but go faster you might be able to do that a little but not for long. Similar idea.
HeadsUp has gotten some prop/work data on that particular motor.
Keep the throttle down below max and you'll be fine. Doubt you would like it at max anyway. A smaller prop will allow you to have better throttle control over the plane.
hi guys
i have had this plane for over 2 moths and i landed and broke my motor shaft over one moth ago. i still havent got it fixed because of all the websits keep sending me the wrong one. does anyone know a good website in the uk where i can get a new motor from. although when this plane is flying it is amazing and can do 3d acrobatics, only buy from local hobbie stores not of the internet.
Your motor probably is a TowerPro 2408-21? Take a look:
Be aware all the TowerPro's look similar and a re-brand of one may not have any identifying markers. If it's a 3mm shaft you can get it from HeadsUpRC.
I DO NOT recommend the stock shaft-they are noodles and bend easily. Since yours BROKE it's possible you have a different motor.
We can't help unless you identify the exact motor or post a good picture. These planes get new parts all the time, depending on what's cheap and available, so you can't just ID the plane.
You can always replace the motor with one of similar weight and specs if you can find out what that is.
ok thnaks but is is not that one
it is Dynam Extra 330 Outrunner Brushless Motor (1050kv)
400 Brushless Outrunner Motor (1050kv)
Can Dia:28.3mm
Can Lenght: 31mm
Shaft Dia: 3mm (threaded)
Weight: 50g
this is on this website
but i dont want to order from this website because it is froma diffrent county and may be difficult to take back if there is any problems.
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Hope08 Challenges Christians to Give 1 Million Hours of Kindness
Hope 2008, a yearlong grassroots initiative, is challenging Christians across the United Kingdom to give a million hours of kindness during the country's public holiday on the first Monday of May.
Christians and churches of all denominations and traditions will come together throughout the day to undertake a practical action that meets a particular need within the local community.
Mike Pilavachi, co-founder of Hope 2008, together with The Message Trust's Andy Hawthorne and Youth for Christ head Roy Crowne, encouraged Christians to demonstrate God's love through their actions.
"The million hours of kindness is a million hours of worship – it's as much an expression of love for God as it is an expression of his love for others," he said.
The initiative, "HOPE Where You Live," is the third of the five Hope08 "high points." The high points represent seasons of activity at different points of the year that encourage churches to engage in activities with the knowledge that other Christians across the UK are doing the same thing. HOPE Where You Live will be followed up by HOPE Explored, a season of inviting the community to explore the Christian faith in September, and A Gift of HOPE at Christmas.
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Hope08's holiday action also brings together some well established events, including The Noise, in which Christians across Bristol show God's love in practical ways, and Soul Action, set up by Tearfund and Soul Survivor to help Christians be good news for the world's poorest by responding to God's heart for justice.
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Lil Wayne Beats 'Watch the Throne' -- 'Carter IV' Breaks iTunes Single-Week Album Sales Record
Less than three weeks after the U.S. iTunes Store's single-week album sales record was broken by Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Watch the Throne," it's been smashed again -- by Lil Wayne's new "Tha Carter IV."
"Carter" has sold over 300,000 downloads via iTunes in only its first four days of release, according to Cash Money/Universal Republic Records. That outpaces the 290,000 that "Throne" moved through iTunes in its entire first week.
"Carter's" achievement is all the more impressive because it's available through all digital and physical retailers, not just iTunes. Comparatively, "Throne" was sold exclusively through iTunes for its first four days of release.
Further, "Carter IV" is on its way to an overall first-week start of more than 850,000 copies -- digital and physical sales combined - according to industry prognosticators.
If "Carter IV" shifts 850,000 or more, it will instantly mark the biggest sales week for a hip-hop album (or one by a male artist), since his own "Carter III" bowed with 1.01 million on the June 28, 2008 chart according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"Carter III" is one of only 17 albums to have sold a million or more in one week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.

"Carter IV" follows a pair of top-two sets for Wayne in 2010: "Rebirth" (No. 2) and "I Am Not a Human Being" (No. 1). They launched with 176,000 and 110,000 copies, respectively.
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"Before There Was Mozart"
Thursday, May 19, 2011, 2:17 p.m.Bellevue (William O. Lockridge) Library
"Before There Was Mozart"
This book has a striking title with a handsome picture of a young black man named Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, on the front cover. Before There Was Mozart was written by a husband and wife team, Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome. They used beautiful oil paintings as illustrations which complements the era and setting of the story.
Most of us have heard of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He attended one of Joseph's performances; Mozart was "enthralled" by an unusual melody Joseph played. "Brimming with inspiration, Mozart went home to Vienna, where he began work on his Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for violin and viola."
Months later, Joseph's and Mozart's names appeared side by side on concert posters. They played to full-house audiences on alternating nights, and they enjoyed each other's music. They knew about each other, but had never officially met. Unfortunately, Joseph's music died with his soul, and Mozart's music lives on.
Read this book to learn more about Joseph Boulogne; there are some interesting facts that would make good conversation with your child. For example, Joseph was born on Christmas Day, and the midwife predicted he would meet the king and queen of France, and he did.
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Will "Tax The Rich" Save The Economy?
August 13, 2010
Higher taxes on the nation's top wage earners could give a needed jolt to the struggling U.S. economy. Or it could be the tipping point that topples the nation back into recession. That sums up the stakes in the debate over what to do when the Bush tax cuts expire on Dec. 31, says CNNMoney.
Economic theory says that a weak economy is bad time for a tax increase, as higher taxes slow spending and thus economic activity. But with the federal government running record deficits and some economists calling for additional stimulus, there are those who believe higher taxes are needed to fill the gap.
The Obama administration says it wants to keep the lower rates in place for most taxpayers earning less than $200,000 a year, even as rates in the top bracket are allowed to rise. Many economists, however, worry that the economy is too weak to increase anyone's taxes.
According to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics:
- The recovery is just too fragile to raise taxes, even though the economic impact from the upper income tax cuts is low.
- He recommends a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the low- and moderate income wage earners, and a one-year extension for top wage earners, with a two-year phase-in of higher rates after that.
According to Brian Wesbury, chief economist at First Trust Portfolios:
- Keeping all taxes as low as possible is always the best course for spurring the economy.
- Even though raising the top rates won't throw the world into a recession, it's a mistake because fewer jobs will be created and the economy will be less dynamic."
Other economists argue that raising upper-income rates will hurt a broad range of workers who depend on the spending done by those with more discretionary income.
Pamela Villarreal, senior policy analyst for the National Center for Policy Analysis, a free-market think tank, says while the wealthy might save more money than lower income Americans, they also buy more than their share of goods ranging from cars to restaurant meals to movie tickets.
"When they stop spending money, there are plenty of lower-income people who end up getting laid-off," says Villarreal.
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Bible Mini-Series an Answered Prayer for Millions
When it comes to movies made about the bible, there are very few that are considered well done. Production and acting values for most all the Christ-centered flicks rate in the 'B' movie range, with the exception of the 2004 'Passion of the Christ' movie–it was a solid blockbuster ranking right up there with the best. Now the History Channel has taken another shot at a mini-series with 'The Bible.'
As a Christian, I have not watched the mini-series, and probably won't. I have read the God's word from cover to cover a few times, and believe every word. Like God's grace, the theater of my own mind and faith is sufficient. And generally theologians will pick apart most every scene anyway, so why bother. But apparently millions have found 'The Bible' it to be enthralling.
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BERLIN, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Eon Chief Executive Officer Johannes Teyssen, the head of Germany's largest utility, said Wednesday European governments should drop national energy policies for a European one by 2020 or lose out to dynamic competitors such as China.
In a speech in Berlin, Teyssen derided the sometimes conflicting national policies that he said are hurting the European energy industry's competitiveness by preventing technology advancements and slowing a necessary modernization of the continent's energy grid.
"Europe should completely abolish, by the end of this decade, its different national energy policies," Teyssen said at the Handelsblatt energy conference, which runs through Thursday. "I don't see any other way to reach our ambitious targets in Europe without overburdening its economies."
There are different standards for wind power technology in different European nations, Teyssen said. "The Chinese should be happy about this," he said, alluding to the increasing competition in the renewable energy sector from Chinese manufacturers in the wind and solar energy sectors.
A truly European energy strategy and an integrated market, he said, would create much-needed investment security and could even be "the basis for a successful Europe."
Teyssen said he expected EU ministers to re-evaluate the European Union's current energy strategy to push for more European integration at a Feb. 4 EU summit.
German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, whose office is preparing the German position at the next summit, said he was in favor of an integrated market.
"We need a European market with European targets and conditions," Roettgen said, adding that jointly developed technology efficiency standards, for example, would benefit German high-tech exporters.
Roettgen has been a strong supporter of Germany's renewable energy law, the EEG, which regulates clean energy funding. If the EEG would be "Europeanized," as Teyssen has suggested, growth of Germany's domestic solar power market -- the world's largest when it comes to installed capacity -- is poised to grind to a halt (and move to sunnier regions).
Germany in 2010 saw an estimated 10 gigawatts of new installations, compared to 4 GW the year before.
Because the renewable energy feed-in tariff is paid by German taxpayers via their electricity bills, the 2010 solar module sales record has driven up power prices. The so-called eco-tax jumped from 2 cents to 3.5 cents per kilowatt-hour at the start of this year. As subsidies are guaranteed for 20 years, Germany faces billions of dollars in costs for decades to come. This year alone, German consumers subsidize renewables with $17.6 billion, German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said Tuesday at the Handelsblatt conference.
A breakthrough seems imminent: Roettgen announced the industry and the government had come to an agreement on the solar subsidy cut, without providing details of the deal, to be unveiled Thursday.
Solar sector lobbying group BSW earlier this month told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper it was ready to accept cuts "by up to 12 percent" as early as July.
The industry has warned against more drastic cuts or even a cap, saying it could lastly damage Germany's green tech sector.
One of the world's leading, the German renewable industry employs roughly 340,000 people. The EEG has boosted the share of renewables in the German power mix to 17 percent and has been emulated all over the world.


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Replacing ObamaCare's Accountable Care Organization
October 18, 2013
The White House and Congress are inching closer to a conversation about serious entitlement reform. A good place to start would be how to replace the overhyped Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) concept, enacted in ObamaCare, with a reform idea that would actually work, says James Capretta, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
ObamaCare attempts to incentivize ACOs with a new bonus payment system. But the ObamaCare ACO concept suffers from a fatal flaw: the beneficiaries generally have no idea they are even enrolled in an ACO. This was by design. The authors of the law did not want the beneficiaries to be part of the ACO enrollment equation.
This "passive enrollment" system is the result of policy bias and political calculation. If costs are lowered from ObamaCare's ACOs, the only winners are the providers and the government, not the beneficiaries.
There are far better ways to encourage the spread of high-quality integrated care networks in Medicare. The fastest, surest way would be to create a level competitive playing field with Medicare's insurance system.
A first-step Medicare reform should focus on giving provider-run integrated care plans -- or Medicare Integrated Networks -- the ability to attract beneficiaries in an open enrollment process.
- The government would be assured of spending no more than it would without the new integrated care option (and potentially a lot less) because it would reduce the amounts paid for services rendered by the integrated plan's physicians, hospitals and other service providers to cover, at a minimum, the total amount of reduced premiums paid by the plan's enrollees.
- The integrated plans could also elect to have the government's fee-for-service payments sent directly to the plans, and not the doctors and hospitals.
- This would allow plans to design provider compensation programs without meddling from the Medicare program.
These reforms would jumpstart a genuine integrated care program in Medicare by harnessing the beneficiaries' interest in getting high quality, low cost care. A program built on accountability to patients and consumers will have far more success than one focused on pleasing the government.
Source: James C. Capretta, "Jumpstarting Entitlement Reform: Replace Obamacare's Flawed Medicare Acos with a Better Model," Economic Policies for the 21st Century, October 14, 2013.
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Can't seem to get building a SS out of my mind, would also probably try this Rigid thing (Carbon Fork).
I have been watching these threads about 69ers/96ers with interest as well.
It will probably not happen, but just in case STW must have loads to look at.
Come on show us em!
Both cheap and expensive ones.


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VISTA ---- Members of the Sheriff's Department's bomb squad and Vista firefighters responded Tuesday to a report of a possible pipe bomb at the intersection of Vista Way and Nettleton Avenue, authorities said.
At least two businesses in the area were evacuated, including Quality Recycling, reported a North County Times staff writer at the scene.
Sgt. Karen Spubkjaer said an employee of a portable toilet company found a device that looked like a pipe bomb on a sidewalk near the business about 11:30 a.m. Authorities locked down the area.
A device was later detonated, according to a fire official.
A sheriff's official said the area remained shut off until about 1:50 p.m.


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Polini is one of the big names in 50cc scooter tuning, and is also one of the leading manufacturers of tuning parts for Vespa, modern and vintage. Cylinders, intake manifolds, exhausts, air filters, carburetors, crankshafts and more - everything you need to boost the performance of your Classic Vespa.
Polini Cylinder Kit cast iron Vespa PK 50cc, cast iron cylinder for Vespa by Polini.
Port timings are designed to favour mid rpm range, top speed is increased and cooling properties are excellent. The piston is a low-friction 2-ring piston. Optimum RPM range is approximately 7,700rpm.
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Between anthrax and bird flu, viruses are big news these days, which makes the virus thriller more potent than ever. Case in point: Tim Downs' third novel, PLAGUEMAKER. Five years ago, its premise would seem silly and far-fetched; nowadays, it seems like a "just a matter of time" scenario.
Desiring payback for the atomic bomb that killed his sister back in World War II, a Japanese madman named Matsushita plots the release of a biological weapon over New York City via a fireworks display on the Fourth of July. FBI agent Nathan Donovan is tipped off to the terrorist's plans by an elderly Chinese man. This Mr. Li has his own reasons for revenge on Matsushita, and only agrees to disclose what he knows if Donovan promises to take him along on the search. Reluctantly, he does.
Because of the psychological nature of hunting such a criminal who threatens to unleash a horror more devastating than the Black Plague, Donovan is forced to work with his ex-wife Macy, an international relations professor at Columbia. Though the trappings of the genre lead their relationship down the road toward repair as you would expect, their dialogue (and banter) is more realistic than one usually finds in thrillers, and it grounds the work.
So do the scientific details of the crime, from fleas to flammables, well-researched and spelled out in an entertaining, Crichton-esque manner. Though lots of virus novels take great pains to do the same, few have the tightly wound plot going for them as Downs does here. The speed is close to breakneck, and the tension – particularly in the final 100 pages, where that kind of thing counts – is as palpable as its story is plausible. The result greatly outshines more high-profile virus thrillers of late, like SLATEWIPER and THE XENO SOLUTION.
Though you wouldn't know it by description, PLAGUEMAKER falls into a relatively new niche market called "evangelical fiction." What does this mean? In this case, that you get a reference to David and Goliath and a character with faith who's not portrayed as a nutjob, so don't think that label suggests something of less quality, where the story takes second chair to a sermon. There's also no profanity and no sex. But with as much action and suspense as are going on here, you won't miss them. –Rod Lott


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Investigating Safety and Pharmacokinetics of NNC 0128-0000-2011 Compared to NNC 0128-0000-2021 in Healthy Male Subjects
This study has been completed.
Novo Nordisk A/S
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: January 7, 2011
Last Update Posted: August 20, 2014
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
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This trial is conducted in Europe. The aim of this trial is to investigate the safety and pharmacokinetics (the rate at which the body eliminates the trial drug) of NNC 0128-0000-2011 compared to NNC 0128-0000-2021 when given for the first time to healthy human subjects.
|Congenital Bleeding Disorder Haemophilia A Haemophilia B
|Drug: NNC 0128-0000-2011 Drug: NNC 0128-0000-2021
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Single-centre, Randomised, Double-blind, Single Dose, Cross-over Trial Investigating Safety and Pharmacokinetics of NNC 0128-0000-2011 Compared to NNC 0128-0000-2021, Following Intravenous Administration in Healthy Male Subjects
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: hemophiliaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novo Nordisk A/S:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Frequency of adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: from first trial product administration until maximally 10 weeks after last trial product administration ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Neutralising antibodies against FVII and/or N7-GP [ Time Frame: from first trial product administration until maximally 10 weeks after last trial product administration ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
Drug: NNC 0128-0000-2011
Administered as one single i.v. (intravenous) injection, 100 mcg/kg
|Experimental: B
Drug: NNC 0128-0000-2021
Administered as one single i.v. (intravenous) injection, 100 mcg/kg
Information from the National Library of Medicine
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Body weight between 50.0 and 100.0 kg, both inclusive
- Body mass index (BMI) between 18.0 and 28.0 kg/m2, both inclusive
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to trial product or related products, such as activated recombinant factor VII
- Any clinical sign or known history of atherosclerosis or thromboembolic events
- Renal dysfunction
- A subject considered at high risk of thromboembolic events
- Overt bleeding, including from gastrointestinal tract
- Hepatitis B or C infection
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Positive test for drugs of abuse or alcohol as well as a history of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 12 months
- Smoking within 3 months prior to trial start
- Unable to abstain from alcohol consumption during visits of trial product administration, visit 2 (0-28 days after screening) and visit 3 (2-4 weeks after visit 2)
- Habitual excessive consumption of methylxanthine-containing beverages and foods (coffee, tea, soft drinks such as cola, chocolate) as judged by the investigator (trial physician)
- Excessive consumption of a diet deviating from a normal diet
- Blood donation within the last three months prior to screening
- The receipt of any investigational product within 30 days of trial product administration
- Participation in any other trial investigating a procoagulant within the last six months prior to screening
- Strenuous exercise within four days prior trial start
- Suffers from a life threatening disease
- Males who are sexually active and not surgically sterilised, who or whose partner are not using adequate contraceptive methods (adequate contraceptive measures as required by local law or practise).
- Subjects at increased cardiovascular risk, including a strong family history of cardiovascular disease
- Subjects with high fasting cholesterol at trial start
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01272206
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01272206
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2010-021286-67 ( EudraCT Number )
U1111-1118-0208 ( Other Identifier: WHO )
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|January 6, 2011
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|January 7, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|August 20, 2014
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|August 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Blood Coagulation Disorders
Hemostatic Disorders
Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited
Hematologic Diseases
Coagulation Protein Disorders
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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There u go, a nice tool for removing things above Frame Main and under MeshNormals and all things in the .X file. Made by me and my friend. it can be used to fix single or multiple .x files.....take it and comment, don't be shy.......
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Posted 25 April 2006 - 02:20 PM
Thx...it's pretty useful, aint'it ?
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Three decades later, Spirit Lake holds a new mystery: How did fish, now twice the length of those pre-eruption rainbows, reappear? Everyone has a theory. Smith, who runs Eco Park Resort at the edge of the volcanic monument, thinks the trout slid down from smaller, higher St. Helens Lake during a flood year. But that lake has only mackinaw—and the Spirit Lake fish are rainbows. Biologist Bob Lucas of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife believes someone illegally planted them. In the late 1990s, an anonymous call to his home seemed to confirm it: "I'm the one who stocked the fish." Preliminary genetic testing by Forest Service ecologist Charlie Crisafulli also suggests the trout did not descend from the pre-eruption population, but he's given up on figuring out their origin. "There are as many stories as there are fish tales," he says, "and all of them start, 'I know somebody who put those fish in there.' " To him the important question is not how they arrived but how they grew so big. On the 30th anniversary of the May 18 eruption, one of the only things certain about the trout in Spirit Lake is that they've given everyone—environmentalists, scientists, fishermen, congressmen, rangers, and business owners—something else to argue about.
Mark Smith grew up at the lake, where his family ran the lodge one down from the one owned by Harry Truman, the famously cantankerous 83-year-old who shared a name with a President and was among the eruption's 57 victims. As a boy, Smith fished there. Today he'd have to break the law to do so. He's not saying he does, but if ever I want to join him, he is, ahem, very familiar with where a poacher could sneak in. "We were lost!" he yells, practicing his alibi. "We just saw this and started fishing!" The 2,700-acre lake now sits at the center of a restricted research area taking up roughly a quarter of the 110,000-acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which Congress set aside in 1982 "to protect the geologic, ecologic, and cultural resources … in as natural a state as possible, allowing primarily natural geologic forces and ecological succession to continue unimpeded." Mostly closed to the public, this part of the blast zone has become one of our planet's grandest experiments.
The volcano came back to life from 2004 to 2008, shooting off plumes of steam and ash up to 30,000 feet into the sky, growing a new lava dome in its crater, and captivating sightseers and geologists. But many of the area's greatest insights have come in the field of ecology.
As a natural lab to study the rebirth of ecosystems, the blast zone has no equal. "It's the most thoroughly studied large-forest disturbance in the world," says Crisafulli, examined from nearly every angle, at nearly every scale, from molecules to ecosystems, bacteria to mammals, steaming geothermal vents to waterlogged meadows. Almost daily, callers inquire about the lessons of St. Helens. One woman is interested in salamanders, another in toads. Officials in Alaska and Chile want to know what to expect after eruptions of their own.


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Summer jobs can be a great opportunity for college students to earn money to pay for school. But working during the summer can also give students some early career experience, a taste of adventure or even a chance to catch up on college credits.
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After trekking several kilometres accross the lake, the guide's sled veers up the bank and into the forest where the teams run on an old, snow-covered service road. A hill lies ahead. This means the humans have work with the dogs and push the sled up the incline in the shin-deep snow. Man and dog become a team. This realization is the goal for Mad Dogs and Englishmen, the company that has organized this half-day journey into Kananaskis country.
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The Globe and Mail
February 2012
Few things beat skiing a snow-covered trail with your canine companion in tow, except perhaps when you're the one in tow. Skijoring, literally "ski driving" in Norwegian, is a sport in which a skier travels with the help of one or more dogs.
Travel Age West
January 2011
This short, easy ride is perfect for families, budget-minded clients or anyone who is hesitant about dogsledding. It includes about 40 minutes on a gentle route with a stop at a native teepee along the way.
Travel Alberta
September 25, 2009
Dog sledding is one of the coolest winter activities. But when the snow's gone, there's downtime for the hundreds of dogs at Alberta dog sled operations. During the spring and summer, you can tour these sled dog kennels for a hands-on look.
The Insider Magazine, US
by Rita Cook - June 2009
Mad Dogs and Englishmen is really the best place for dog sledding in the area. The dogs pulled us over a frozen lake and believe me, they have more energy than I did when we were finished. Anyone who says dog sledding is easy hasn't done it, as i stood behind the basket in the musher position I was exhausted.
The Insider Magazine, US
by Rita Cook - January 2009
Dog sledding can be one of the best outdoor winter activities you will ever experience. From the sound of the dogs barking as they beg to be chosen to pull the sled to the sudden quiet as each dog runs in unison with only the sound of the snow under their paws and the wind rushing through your hair. Indeed, it's a picture of calm and beauty that is hard to forget once you have explored the frozen tundra with man's best four-legged friends.
Fall Line Skiing Magazine, UK
by Yves Garneau - January 2006
Only a twenty minute drive from Banff, one of Canmore's finest adventures has got to be dogsledding. We meet up with Russell Donald, owner and operator of 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (maddogsexpeditions.com), not really expecting to be greeted by a real Englishman who'd just spent several days out in the bush training the British army. "The dogs have been out four days but they've still got plenty of juice," Russell explains as he gives us a crash course on preparing the sleds. "Put on something warm, we'll be out there for a few hours," he continues, releasing the hatches on Oreo and Alaska's cages. The snow crunches under the dog's paws and their excited whimpers accentuate their eagerness to keep running. Soon, they're hurtling across a frozen lake in Kananaskis country, fearing only one disappointment... being stopped!
by Debbie Olsen, for the Calgary Herald
Mushing Through the Snow: Dogsledding
It's an almost magical experience -- dogsledding in the mountains. I snuggled up to my 11-year-old son, Dylan, as we rode inside the sled driven by our guide Dave.
The scenery was a winter wonderland and we tilted our heads up to see the snow-capped evergreens against the vivid blue sky. Riding's great, but to feel like a real musher, ask your guide for a turn at the reins, and learn to lean in and out of turns as you drive.
Cool Caper: Mad Dogs and Englishmen Expeditions co-ordinates Canmore.
Prairies to Mountains of Southern Alberta
December 31, 2007 by Jerry (Calgary, AB)
(...) I made a number of stops for photo-ops as the lighting was wonderful with soft dreamy images presented on all the cardinal points of the compass rose. I was making good time as I knew that the sled dogs with their human cargo would not get underway till probably around ten. I reached the Spray Valley and had pulled over for a photo-op when I was passed by the "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" dog sledding truck with its load of dogs and sleds making its way to the off-load point. The name of this dog sledding operation makes me think of the 1970's live album by Joe Cocker, featuring a fusion of rock and soul. I hate to date myself by telling you that I saw Joe Cocker in concert when I was much younger. I will have to ask Russell, the owner of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" about the name sometime.
I arrived to total bedlam as dogs and handlers with a topping of excited visitors all were milling about the five sleighs being made ready to get underway. With orientation on dog-sledding, dog handling and equipment out of the way and the dogs harnessed to their sleds, it was time that each team hit the trail for a tour of the Spray Lakes in Kananaskis Country, some of the most spectacular scenery in the Canadian Rockies. I shot many more photos on this day of the many activities happening in and around the Spray Valley, however I will have to save them for another day as its time for me to make my way into Canmore for a planned lunch at the Crazyweed. See-ya on the trail.
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Villanova University has named John Yukio Gotanda dean of the Villanova School of Law effective Jan. 1, 2011. The decision comes after a national search, conducted by a committee of Villanova trustees, faculty, administrators and alumni.
Gotanda comes to the position with a history of professional success. Often regarded as one of the world's most reliable sources on damages in international law, he has published in leading journals including the American Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal and the Oxford University Comparative Law Forum.
"We're incredibly fortunate to have a legal scholar and academic leader of John Gotanda's caliber," said Villanova University President, the Rev. Peter M. Donohue. "John's exceptional qualifications, impressive vision, and strong leadership abilities- combined with his prove commitment to Villanova's Catholic and Augustinian mission- make him uniquely qualified to lead the School of Law as it achieves new levels of excellence in the coming years."
Gotanda has previously served as the associate dean for Academic Affairs, associate dean for Resarch and a professor for Villanova.
"We have a strong and talented group of faculty, students, and alumni," Gotanda said. "I am honored to be entrusted with leading and collaborating with such an impressive group of scholars and students at Villanova School of Law as we move into the next century."
Gotanda's main goal as dean is to emphasize the importance of a united academic community. He will lead curricular and professional development initiatives, student services, faculty research support, external relations, and alumni services. In addition, he plans to bring new life to the School's Catholic and Augustinian roots.


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[1]Reports from mobile device users suggest that AT&T (NYSE:T[2]) may have changed its position on cellular FaceTime use again[3].
The wireless carrier initially didn't allow use of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL[4]) video-chatting application over its cellular networks, restricting users who wanted to use the app to WiFi connections only, SlashGear notes.
AT&T later opened FaceTime use to cellular customers, but only those with its high-end shared-data plans.
After complaints from consumer groups and customers, AT&T announced earlier this month that it would expand FaceTime use to other cellular customers[5], namely those with tiered data plans and 4G/LTE devices, including the iPhone 5 and latest-generation iPads.
Now, AT&T has apparently opened up FaceTime use to customers on all data plans, using a broader range of Apple devices. Users with grandfathered unlimited data plans and older iPhone models report that they can use FaceTime over cellular connections.
AT&T has not confirmed any change to its FaceTime plans, which could mean users with older devices and grandfathered plans have been mistakenly been granted FaceTime access. Additionally, not all customers with tiered-data plans report being able to use FaceTime just yet.
FaceTime calling hasn't been subject to restrictions by Sprint (NYSE:S) or Verizon (NYSE:VZ).
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For good reason, the individual matchup that many had circled prior to the start of the Orlando and Boston series revolved around whomever the Celtics put on Magic big man Dwight Howard.
For good reason, the individual matchup that many had circled prior to the start of the Orlando and Boston series revolved around whomever the Celtics put on Magic big man Dwight Howard.
But after his strong performance in Boston's win over Chicago, there was also a lot of attention being paid to the power forward matchup between the Celtics Glen "Big Baby" Davis and the Magic's Rashard Lewis.
Chalk up Round 1 for Lewis.
Thanks to a hot hand from the field, Lewis put Baby back in his crib with a combination of short jumpers.
He also was assisted by Davis' early foul trouble, which kept him strapped to the bench as Boston fell into a deep first-half hole.
Lewis finished with a team-high 18 points and seven rebounds, while Davis got to double-figures (12 points) but fouled out late.
It was the second straight big effort from Lewis in the playoffs, who had 29 in the Magic's Game 6 win over Philadelphia to close out the series.
"I've been in this league seven years and all I can say is, 'Wow,' " Mickael Pietrus said of Lewis' performance. "He gave us what we needed when we needed it tonight."
In his second NBA season, Davis has surprised many with how fast he's adapting to the NBA game and putting his skill set to work.
His fouls Monday, though, didn't allow him to show it much.
Davis stepped into the starting lineup after Kevin Garnett's February knee injury, with the coaching staff just hoping he could help them survive until KG's return.
Now that Garnett is likely out for the remainder of the postseason, Davis went into Game 1 knowing his matchup opposite Lewis would have a huge impact on who advances to the Eastern Conference finals.
Davis said it was frustrating not being able to be on the court to try to slow down Lewis late in the game.
"Yeah, it gets frustrating, but we've got to deliver," Davis said. "We can't spot teams 20, 15 points. When you spot teams, we've got to be really accurate."
Celtics Coach Doc Rivers said he actually thought the unit that featured Davis and Brian Scalabrine on the court at the same time was one of the more productive groups of the night.
He said he expects the forward battle to remain important.
"That's a tough matchup; we know that. It is what it is, though," Rivers said. "Baby, for the most part, did a good job when the Bulls went small with [John] Salmons. So at least we have some training for that."


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NBC Awarded EPL Broadcast Rights In U.S. For $85M Annually
Published October 30, 2012
BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN UP: SI.com's Richard Deitsch wrote acquiring EPL rights "gives NBC the most significant soccer portfolio among American broadcasters." NBC is "counting on the EPL to bring eyeballs (and affluent ones at that) to NBC Sports Network, which could use an infusion of high-caliber programming with the NHL on lockout and depressed MLS ratings." Lazarus said, "It will not be unlike the Olympics where you saw programming on CNBC, Bravo, USA or MSNBC." He added that EPL fans "can expect a number of games to be broadcast on over-the-air NBC." Deitsch noted those matches will "likely air Saturdays and be shown live" (SI.com, 10/28). The AP's Rob Harris noted NBC Sports Group in '11 acquired MLS TV rights, and had "success with its soccer broadcasts during the London Olympics." NBCSN's "biggest property is the NHL, whose season runs concurrently with English soccer." Lazarus said that the EPL "will be a good complement to the network's hockey coverage." Lazarus: "It's a younger skewing sport than some others out there, like some that are in a championship series right now" (AP, 10/28).
MAJOR BLOW: SI.com's Deitsch in a separate piece wrote the loss of EPL rights is "significant for Fox, even though it owns the World Cup for rights beginning with the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada." EPL has been "the jewel in Fox Soccer Channel's programming, and much of the network's programming centers around commentary and news of the league." NBC "sees opportunity in int'l soccer, which has been trending upward as a television property" (SI.com, 10/26). In N.Y., Belson & Sandomir wrote the deal is "the latest blow to a channel that once dominated the soccer scene on American television." Fox has broadcast the EPL in the U.S. for "nearly two decades." But a source said that NBC will pay "just under four times more than Fox currently pays for the rights" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/26).
MORE RIGHTS AWARDED: Int'l Media Content, parent company of SportsMax Ltd., has been awarded EPL broadcast rights from '13-16 in the Carribbean. SportsMax President & CEO Oliver McIntosh said, "For 10 years now, SportsMax has provided coverage of the BPL (Barclays Premier League), this season increasing the number of matches we show to five each weekend and ensuring that all BPL matches each weekend are broadcast" Also, Sportsnet and TSN have been given EPL broadcast rights in Canada (Premier League).


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Eh, my husband got stuck with a stinker of a first name and has been going by his mn for most of his life. I don't think his mom planned it that way, however. I will say that it creates much more amusement when friends find out his "real" name than it has ever created confusion on the part of teachers or financial institutions. Actually, a lot of my friends go by their mns because there are just too many people in our age bracket with the same first names...not much naming creativity within our SES in the late 70s. It honestly doesn't bother me. I save my indignation for people giving childish names or nn as full names (frequently the same thing).
Frankly, I stopped worrying about giving our kid a hard to pronounce name when my teacher-friends started discussing the fact that NO ONE has easy names anymore, especially in a school district as diverse as ours. Our kid will probably be in a class with a Jai'breon, a Valeria and at least one Atticus...and those are the straightforward names.fave girls: November~Willowbrooke~Owen~Tahlene~Meraine
fave boys: Hunter~Jeremiah~Jhoan~Revere~Breslin
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LEHIGH VALLEY 5, BUFFALO 2: Zack Wheeler surrendered five runs on eight hits, including a solo homer to Sebastian Valle, while striking out eight and walking none in five innings. Wheeler now has a 4.60 ERA through three Triple-A starts. Justin Hampson and Garrett Olson combined for four scoreless relief innings. Lucas May and Lucas Duda contributed a sacrifice flies in consecutive innings. Brad Emaus and Fred Lewis scored, both after doubling. Box
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5, BINGHAMTON 2: New Hampshire's John Tolisano launched a tiebreaking three-run homer off Greg Peavey in the fourth inning and the B-Mets stranded 10 runners. Binghamton struck first, plating a run in the second inning against starter Fernando Hernandez. Jefry Marte reached on a one-out walk, took second on a passed ball, advanced on a single and scored when Wilfredo Tovar beat out a double play. The Fisher Cats tagged Peavey for four runs in the fourth. After Jake Marisnick's leadoff single, Brad Glenn tied the score with a double. Ryan Goins then singled to set the stage for Tolisano, who blasted a 1-0 pitch over the right-field fence. Binghamton threatened, placing two runners aboard in the fourth and sixth, but failed to score in either frame. Sean Ochinko extended the Fisher Cats' lead with a solo homer in the sixth. Binghamton's struggles with runners on base continued in the seventh. Ronald Uviedo allowed a pair to reach, but struck out Eric Campbell to end the inning. The B-Mets plated their final run in the eighth. Uviedo departed after issuing a leadoff a walk to Raul Reyes. After Marte greeted reliever Chorye Spoone with a single, Francisco Pena rolled into a double play that left Marte as the surviving runner at second. Tovar brought him home with a single. Spoone retired Pedro Zapata to end the inning and handed off to Sam Dyson for the ninth. Dyson threw a perfect frame. Peavey (6-8) went a career-high eight innings, but allowed five runs on eight hits. It was his second complete this season. Box
ST. LUCIE 7, PALM BEACH 5: Angel Cuan limited the Cardinals to one run in seven innings. Palm Beach rallied from a 7-1 deficit with a four-run eighth against Jeffrey Walters. Cory Vaughn launched his 21st homer and Alonzo Harris Jr. also had a two-run shot. Box
SAVANNAH 6, HICKORY 5: Yucarybert De La Cruz produced a three-run homer in the seventh as the Gnats overcame a 4-3 deficit. T.J. Chism picked up his 18th save. Box
JOHNSON CITY 14, KINGSPORT 3: Starter Corey Oswalt allowed seven runs on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. Box
TRI-CITY 4, BROOKLYN 2: With three Cyclones starting pitchers having appeared in Tuesday's New York-Penn League All-Star Game, Brooklyn leaned on its relief corps. Matt Bowman made his first professional start and tossed four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and a walk while striking out two. Tri-City starter Lance Day matched Bowman until the fifth, when Brooklyn opened the scoring. Jeff Glenn doubled and moved to third on Juan Gamboa's groundout. Dimas Ponce then singled to plate Glenn. Matt Koch replaced Bowman and found himself in a fifth-inning jam. M.P. Cokinos and Jean Batista connected on back-to-back hits that put two in scoring position with one out. After Dan Gubransen's sacrifice fly, Emilio King launched a two-run homer to put Tri-City ahead, 3-1. Brooklyn answered a half-inning later, after a fielding error and a walk put a pair of runners aboard. Kevin Plawecki singled to score Phillip Evans and slice Brooklyn's deficit to one run. In the seventh, the ValleyCats restored a two-run lead, although Logan Taylor limited the damage. After entering with the bases loaded and nobody out, Taylor induced a sacrifice fly and a double play to hold the deficit to 4-2. In the eighth, Jayce Boyd doubled and Plawecki singled, but Stefan Sabol and Glenn struck out to end the threat. Box
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Greg Shupe has been performing around the US, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and the Caribbean since his college days in Minnesota and West Virginia. Accompanying himself on guitar (and occasionally mandolin or concertina) he has played at festivals, clubs, colleges, coffeehouses, benefits, and rallies. Thousands of people have heard him share his eclectic repertoire of folk, blues, country, gospel, bluegrass, traditional, swing, political, and humorous songs from around the country and the world. He also writes and performs his own songs, several of which are featured on his CD - Midnight Train.
Born in southeast Arizona, Greg grew up in southern West Virginia, where the influences of traditional mountain tunes, country music, and union songs had a profound effect on his musical orientation. Over the years he has performed in bands, trios, duos, and solo. He spent three years singing 50's and 60's songs in the Blue Moons. He and Jeffrey Tveraas formed the duo Two Grits. He played in the Washington DC area with two groups, Late for Dinner (Dave Shepp and Tom Shaffer) and Thin Ice (Tom Shaffer and Fred Crozier). He has sung and played guitar with Doris Justis and Linda Baer. He was guitarist and vocalist for the West Virginia String Band. He has also performed with Harmony Dem, a vocal group from the US Virgin Islands.
A social worker by trade, he has worked for AARP and Ralph Nader's Public Citizen, as well as for the states of Maryland and West Virginia. From 1992 until 2009 he was involved in the issue of homelessness, administering programs for Baltimore and for the state of Maryland. After 25 years living and working in Baltimore, he retired in 2009 and moved to Milford, DE while also spending as much time as possible at his retreat in Chincoteague, VA.
He is performing now with various incarnations of his band, Men With Issues, featuring Dennis Diamond on mandolin, guitar, dobro and more, Zachary Diamond on fiddle, mandolin and percussion, and Duane Geruschat or Mark Ashby on bass. Unfortunately for the band, Zach has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and is leaving in late August, 2010, for Peru for the coming year.
Greg is also performing as half of the duo the Eclecticians with longtime friend Dave Shepp. He may even crank up the electric guitar for some of these gigs.


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Amtal (also known as the amtal rule), was a tradition practiced on many primitive planets, which literally translated as tested to destruction. As this translation indicated, the purpose of amtal was to discover the limits of a person, regardless of the consequences. In other words, only when an object is pushed beyond its limits will its true nature be seen. It was practiced by the Fremen, among other societies that live in the harshest of environments.
The Amtal RuleEdit
During the days of the Imperium, the Amtal Rule was a philosophical concept with the basic premise that in order to know a thing well, one had to know its limits. Only when an object was pushed beyond its limits would its true nature be seen. For societies that lived in the harshest of environments, Amtal was the only logical test of objects upon which people depended for survival. On Arrakis, for example, during the years before Paul Muad'Dib, the Fremen were strict practitioners of Amtal.
Whether it was a stillsuit to hold the body's water, a thumper to call the great worms of Dune, or a Maker hook for capturing and steering the worms, every design as well as every piece of material was tested until it was literally destroyed. The Fremen would so zealously apply Amtal because theory could not be depended on if one's own life and the life of the community was at stake. However, societies that did live in such harsh environments rarely viewed Amtal as a practical way of reducing the dangers of failure. For the Fremen, Amtal became religious ritual. To them, life on Arrakis was the ultimate test in which all things were known by how they were destroyed. However, such societies rarely viewed Amtal as merely a practical way of reducing the dangers of failure. For the Fremen, Amtal became religious ritual.
The Bene Gesserit took this concept to its logical conclusion: "The ability to destroy a concept is the ability to control it."
Amtal as a Metaphor for Life Edit
Only Shai-Hulud, the great sandworms of Arrakis, appears to have been exempt from Amtal, and the reason seems to be that this deity was the ultimate tester, the final applier of Amtal to all things on Arrakis. With such a mythology, Amtal, in even its simplest forms, took on a metaphorical dimension. In any of its applications it represented life itself, and was applied finally to human beings as well as to objects. If a failed stillsuit meant certain death for an individual Fremen, then so too the failure of a Fremen to carry out a necessary task meant the death of an entire community. All Fremen were, as a consequence, subject to Amtal at all stages of their lives. Every act became a further test to prove the worth of each individual to the community. If an individual failed that test, the consequences were the same as if an object had been pushed beyond its limits: The individual was destroyed.
It should be noted, however, that an individual's failure and death did not necessarily mean shame. For the Fremen, how the individual faced that failure was highly significant. Indeed, it was in the ending, in the extension beyond natural limits that the truth about the individual was revealed. Thus for societies like the Fremen living on Arrakis thousands of years before The Scattering, Amtal was the very cycle of life and death.


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A Martinez private school's football team might not be playing under Friday night lights.
After postponing a decision earlier this month, the Columbia County Commission rejected a rezoning Tuesday that would have allowed Augusta Preparatory Day School to erect lights around its football stadium on Flowing Wells Road.
The revision would have allowed the school to mount light posts 80 to 90 feet tall at four spots around the field.
Several residents of neighboring Springlakes subdivision opposed the lights, and the commission voted 3-1 to not allow them.
Commissioner Charles Allen abstained from the vote. When asked why after the meeting, he said, "I just decided not to vote."
Springlakes homeowners have argued that the light and noise pollution from nighttime athletic events is too disruptive.
"If the situation were in (Augusta Prep's) backyard, they would be taking the same position as Springlakes," neighborhood resident Rob MacGregor told the commission.
Commissioner Trey Allen, a Springlakes resident, initiated the motion to disapprove. Chairman Ron Cross and Commissioner Bill Morris voted with him.
When the action was considered May 3, Commissioner Ron Thigpen moved to table the motion until Tuesday in hopes of reaching a compromise between Augusta Prep and Springlakes. His substitute motion called for limiting the school to just 20 events a year that require the lights, forbidding the lights to be used during practices and after 10 p.m., adding more trees and shrubs to buffer nearby homes, and indefinitely prohibiting the school from adding lights to its baseball stadium.
Augusta Prep officials said they would comply with Thigpen's suggestions, and Head of Schools Jack Hall said it is asking to use the lights for only 34 hours out of more than 8,000 hours in a year.
Thigpen is the only commissioner who sided with Augusta Prep.
Hall said he recently learned that no county permits are necessary to operate temporary portable lights at any event in the county, which might provide the school an alternative to permanent stadium lights.
Hall has said Prep officials had hoped to install the lights by football season.
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