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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Posts: 1689
Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 00:41
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How to run Puppy at 75MHz with 40 megs of EDO RAM
My purpose in posting this is to demonstrate the extreme lower limits that are possible and communicate the steps I took in order for users, with limited hardware available, to take advantage of what I learned and optimize their performance as much and as quickly as possible.
*disclaimer: All testing and comments were made using my test system:
40megs EDO Ram
2gig IDE HD
1.5 MB Floppy
Rematered CD that has a 215meg iso.
Booting from Floppy
If you BIOS doesn't support CD Boot, do this (otherwise, goto 2 under "Booting"):
1-Find a computer that boots from CD or currently has Puppy Running and make a "WakePup Boot Floppy" (Menu->Setup->WakePup create boot floppy).
Get WakePup2 for puppy2.16 or greater here.
2-Put in your CD (and boot floppy if needed) and boot.
note: If booting from CD you may need to use 'puppy pfix=ram' or 'puppy pfix=rdsh' at this point depending on mistakes, problems or method chosen to proceed.
3-Do keyboard wizard and video wizard (you probably want to pick XVESA if you have limited HW). Then when X starts to load (the text will go away and you'll see a big X on the screen), give it the three finger salute (ctr+alt+backspace) and get back to the command line.
Setting up Swap Space and copying squash files
4-You might now want to familiarize yourself with
How to Create a Swap Space
5-Make your save partition and maybe one for swap space or let puppy handle a swapfile. Although I found little notable difference in boot up or general performance in my tests, this may be due to non-extended use. I've read a partition is faster that a swapfile.
I made my partition the inner most partition in hopes of increasing seek time. I don't know how much this helped.
cfdisk /dev/hda
make save partition (vfat or ext3)
make swap partition (type 82)
write changes
run mkfs.vfat /dev/hda2
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=1024 count=1024
mkswap /dev/hda1 1024
*note: I did run another test with a second 2gig drive and hooked it up as a slave on the CD IDE cable. I set it up as a 2gig swap partition and removed the swap partition on the first drive. The performance increase seemed negligible. Perhaps there was a stability increase.
6-If you understand how puppy saves session then consider copying your pup_2xx.sfs file and zdrv_2xx.sfs file to that partition now, otherwise do so on the next boot (you may need to ctrl+alt+backspace again). Optionally, in a low RAM situation, you may want to consider leaving those two files on the CD depending on the speed of the CD drive. My tests used a CD drive that boasts of "600 KBS" transfer speeds so I opted to use the IDE HD for reading those files.
7-Type "shutdown" or "reboot" and select your save partition.
Optimize ROX and JWM
First thing, remove as many desktop/pinboard icons as you can. This made a noticeable difference in performance at the level I was working. Set the background to a single solid color (no picture) to speed things up a bit also. After you've done these, select your resolution (doing this last saves the time of rendering all the icons and picture again).
Make sure Thumbnails are shut off for JWM. They are by default now, but my remastered CD had them on and I thought it was worth mentioning.
Consider Changing Default Applications
Change Mozilla to Dillo (/usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser)
Change Geany to Leafpad (/usr/local/bin/defaulttexteditor)
Mozilla was impossible to run. Geany ran ok, but leafpad runs better. Most other applications seemed to function fine at this level with a bit of patience.
Kudos to the T2 implementation and team for building everything with x86. This seems to work much better than when I tried it prior to this.
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Joined: 04 May 2005
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Location: Paradox Realm
Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 05:20
Post subject: Which version of Puppy did you start with?
Very impressive.
Which version of Puppy did you start with?
OneBone Pup, PicoPup ... console based Puppy or a recent 'full version'?
Puppy Raspup 8.2
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Posts: 616
Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 06:05
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this is very cool, especially if you managed it in 2.14. i have 2.11 and dos grub running on a 32mb machine. xwin is as slow as you'd expect it to be, but it works. puppy 1.07 does not boot on the machine at all- the kernel has a fit about ram.
sadly, it is not possible to separate politics from free software. free software - politics = unfree software.
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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Posts: 1689
Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 06:34
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It was a remastered version of 2.13b1/2 I think. Maybe 2.12.
(I actually wrote that in the first week of Jan., so a few things like the menu locations might be off now.)
Check out the
idea also. I've never actually tried Pico or OneBone but I get the idea. I was thinking it would be possible to merge the two into one using that concept. So Puppy would be puppy, but with a quick arg it becomes as powerful a cli as onebone for use in the above situation to then become a sort of fat-pico/lite puppy afterwards.
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2007, 10:53
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i think the last time i owned anything that high performance was back in 1995. impressive to say the least. was that dx4 or pentium microprocessor?
Penguin, the OTHER white meat.
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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Posts: 1689
Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2007, 03:28
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First machine the family really started using together.
Brings a tear to my eye
I learned html on it and how to type really well; by entering the entire Chamber of Commerce into a database so I could print labels to mail them about my lawn service.
Before that it was all Franklin 3800's/Basic/Fortran, BBS's and some goofy apple boxes.
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Posts: 26
Posted: Sun 27 Jan 2008, 12:21
Post subject: My Pentium 100 with 64MB RAM. hangs during boot, copying sfs
Subject description: Stalls "copying pup_214.sfs to tmpfs...."
My Pentium 100 with 64MB RAM. hangs during boot from LiveCD 2.14 & 2.17.1 The last thing to appear on the screen is: "copying pup_2.14.sfs to tmpfs... " it NEVER ENDS
I've tried several Puppy vers. including 2.14 & 2.17.1
I have created a swap partition, hdc3 which 2.17.1 says is loaded.
I tried pfix=nox, but it doesn't get that far.
(It boots and runs DSL v.1.0 to v3.4.3 with no problems, except I have trouble with the multimedia apps.)
I want this machine for surfing and audio (CD to MP3). at a vacation home.
Any suggestions for making the Puppy behave. Are there cheat codes for lowRAM? Should I go back to v1.0 or some other version that may be happier with 64M??
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Posts: 2725
Posted: Sun 27 Jan 2008, 12:35
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Might try 2.02. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=131451#131451
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Posts: 2946
Location: Southampton, UK
Posted: Sun 27 Jan 2008, 13:45
Post subject: Re: My Pentium 100 with 64MB RAM. hangs during boot, copying
Subject description: Stalls "copying pup_214.sfs to tmpfs...."
JPsDad wrote:
I want this machine for surfing and audio (CD to MP3). at a vacation home.
If you want to rip CD to mp3 I'm not sure that your processor is up to it. If any one knows differently I'm very interested, I have a p133 laptop that I would like to be able to do this with if it is possible.
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Posted: Tue 04 Nov 2008, 21:30
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Thanks for the post, very helpful.
I installed almost the same puppy version (2.14) on the same configuration (P75MHz, 40MB EDO RAM, 1GB HD, CD Rom not bootable). I configured a 128MB partition for swap but it looks like it doesn't use it by default. Each time I boot I have to click on the Devices icon and then click "use swap" link next to the swap partition.
I'm not sure if I missed something from your explanation. Can I set the swap partition to be used on boot?
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Posts: 4878
Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posted: Sun 16 Nov 2008, 14:39
Post subject:
manual full install would go something like what is in the puppy universal installer and would be better on older systems (follow the same steps as above also for swap etc.. also turn off unneeded services like cups as well trayed apps - see /root/.jwmrc.tray)
it basically does the following (all $ are variables created in the script - use what is applicable to you instead)
wipe the destination drive
rm -rf $DESTMNTPT/*
mount the sfs
losetup-FULL /dev/loop2 $SRCPATH/$xSFSNAME
mkdir $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt
mount -r -t squashfs /dev/loop2 $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt
copy files
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/bin $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/dev $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/etc $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/lib $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/mnt $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/proc $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/root $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/sbin $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/tmp $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/usr $DESTMNTPT/
cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/var $DESTMNTPT/
[ -d $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/opt ] && cp -a -u --remove-destination $DESTMNTPT/srcmntpt/opt $DESTMNTPT/
update PUPSTATE
echo "ATADRIVES='$ATADRIVES'" >> $DESTMNTPT/etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE
update fstab
mv -f $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab.bak
echo "/dev/$DESTPART / $DESTFS defaults 0 1" > $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab
echo "none /proc proc defaults 0 0" >> $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab
echo "none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0" >> $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab
echo "none /dev/pts devpts gid=2,mode=620 0 0" >> $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab
echo "/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw 0 0" >> $DESTMNTPT/etc/fstab
it also shows basically how to create a boot floppy
I only took the key points for those who would actually need to do it this way (no sata checks etc..) if you need more info look at the puppyinstaller script
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Posted: Thu 18 Dec 2008, 13:24
Post subject: Re: My Pentium 100 with 64MB RAM. hangs during boot, copying
Subject description: Stalls "copying pup_214.sfs to tmpfs...."
HairyWill wrote:
f you want to rip CD to mp3 I'm not sure that your processor is up to it. If any one knows differently I'm very interested, I have a p133 laptop that I would like to be able to do this with if it is possible.
It's not necessarily the processors fault. If you can force the CD drive to do digital audio extraction, it should work at any cpu speed. Just don't ask me how to do that in Linux.
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Location: Belzig, Germany
Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009, 07:21
Post subject: Re: How to run Puppy at 75MHz with 40 megs of EDO RAM
John Doe wrote:
Set the background to a single solid color (no picture) to speed things up a bit also.
How is this done? The only method I know is to make a .jpg file (eg with mtPaint ) that shows only one solid color, but this will not really save resources (will it?) I once tried to change .jwmrc to make a solid desktop background but either I had a wrong syntax or it was overridden from somewhere else.
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Posts: 908
Location: Moorooka, Queensland
Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009, 08:09
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Subject description: How to run Puppy at 75MHz with 40 megs of EDO RAM
Just goes to show that while you may not have room to swing a cat, there's always room for Puppy...
I think I will leave my 75MHz dustbunny machine in the "too hard" basket though - I only have 16Mb EDO RAM for that one, and life is always getting shorter.
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Posted: Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:25
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maybe try DeLi linux on that really old one?
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EncryptConnectionString = CType(configurationAppSettings.GetValue("OleDbConnection1.ConnectionString", GetType(System.String)), String)
Me.OleDbConnection1.ConnectionString = decrypt(EncryptConnectionString)
Though this used to work seems now to be in a Catch 22 situation. I can enter the code above in the #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code ", but it unsets the dynamic connection property in the IDE. If I set the dynamic connection property in the IDE to map to a key in the app.config file, i.e., OleDbConnection1.ConnectionString, it rewrites the #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " and erases over the decryption code above.
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I have written a letter in response to a planning application for a residential development at the Caerphilly Miners Hospital. The hospital is an important feature in the local history and culture of Caerphilly. It was opened in 1923 after the local miners had collected money by means of a levy on their weekly wages in order to buy a large house, The Beeches, on the outskirts of the town and they converted it into a hospital. Some £30, 000 was collected by the miners (the mine owners contributed £3000!). Wards were added to the original building and initially there were 23 beds, but this soon increased to 84. At first the hospital was only for the miners and their families but in 1942 it became available to everybody and further expansion occurred.
The proposed development will see all of the additions to the original building demolished and it will be converted for community use with a residential developement being built around it. As such we have no objection to the proposals (the Beeches was built on a greenfield site and the extensive latter additions will have destroyed any buried archaeological features); however, the historical development of the site is of interest and in my letter I have recommended that a condition ensuring that a photographic record of the buildings is compiled before demolition commences and that the information is then placed in the HER.


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Suspects in alleged Canada bomb plot likely to plead not guilty
The suspects in an alleged plot to set off bombs at a public party on Canada's national holiday appeared in court on Tuesday, one of them clutching a Koran, and their lawyer said it was likely they would plead not guilty to the charges against them.
The two Canadians are charged with trying to explode nail-laced pressure cooker bombs while a crowded July 1 Canada Day party was taking place in front of the provincial legislature in Victoria, British Columbia.
Surrey Provincial Court Judge Richard Miller agreed to a request by a federal prosecutor to have the case tried at the British Columbia Supreme Court without first going to a lower court.
The two suspects, John Stuart Nuttall and Amanda Korody, will appear in the B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning.
Nuttall's lawyer, Tom Morino, said he would ask the judge on Wednesday for a four- to six-week postponement ahead of a bail hearing to give prosecutors time to provide the defense with details of their case and for Morino to review them.
Nuttall, born in 1974, and Korody, born in 1983, have been in jail since their arrest last Monday. Both are Canadian-born citizens who lived on government support in a basement apartment in Surrey, British Columbia, a bedroom community about 30 km (19 miles) southeast of Vancouver on Canada's Pacific Coast.
As she entered the courtroom, Korody smiled at Nuttall. Nuttall was wearing a loose red T-shirt, his longish brown hair uncombed. He sported an unkempt beard.
Morino said the suspects, whom he said were married under Islamic law, were being kept segregated from the general prison population for their own safety. Nuttall was also going "cold turkey" from his dependence on the opiate Methadone, while in jail.
"I anticipate that there will be not guilty pleas entered," Morino told reporters after the brief court appearance. He said there was "no incentive" to plead guilty as the charge of terrorism against them had a mandatory minimum sentence.
Canadian police described the plot to detonate the home-made bombs filled with nuts, bolts and rusty nails on the steps of the B.C. Legislature as being inspired by al Qaeda ideology. But they said there was no evidence to suggest a foreign link to alleged attack plans.
Morino said it was his "understanding" that U.S. authorities were involved in the investigation of the pair. He would not say which authorities.
Canadian police have said they had monitored the couple since February and that the public was not at risk, since agents had made sure the bombs would never have exploded. Police did not give more details.
Nuttall, a self-styled "Muslim Punk" who also wrote songs about his love for Satan, has a history of addiction and violence.
Karody is originally from Ontario but family members have told the media they lost contact with her when she moved west to British Columbia. Both lived on social assistance and, according to friends, became interested in Islam in the past couple of years.
Morino speculated that a trial could take four to six months.
(With additional writing by Rod Nickel; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson and Peter Galloway)


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Groups across Tri-state commemorate Sept. 11 anniversary in variety of ways
Several organizations honor anniversary
Several organizations across the Tri-state volunteered in remembrance of Sept. 11.
Wednesday was the National Day of Service and Remembrance.
In Mount Healthy, volunteers from U.S. Bank spent time painting the halls at the Volunteers of America building, on Hamilton Avenue.
The program gives homeless veterans a place to stay while they get back on their feet.
"We want them to feel at home, we want them to be comfortable. They've been through a lot. There's a lot of struggles that people here have been through, a lot of energy and work they're putting in to get back to where they want to be, and being in a safe, comfortable, clean environment to do that is very meaningful," VOA program director Donald Nicely said.
At Kings High School, the senior class gathered for an assembly and moment of silence before they began volunteering for several groups including Tender Mercies and Habitat for Humanity.
The students were in the first grade in 2001.
"I think we do a much better job in school of talking about history and the impact history has had, and this day, Sept. 11, is a day of history that they were alive during, rather than some of the other days, like Kennedy. So I'm amazed at how well these kids are aware of it," Kings Superintendent Valerie Browning said.
In Boone County, about 1,000 veterans were recognized for their service to the United States.
"The state of California doesn't honor their veterans like Kentucky or the Midwestern states. These people here go out of their way. They will meet you on the street and shake your hand, and the first thing they say out of their mouth is, 'Thank you for service to this country,'" Korean War veteran Sale Shaw said.
At Fairfield South Elementary, members of the Boy Scouts raised a new American flag to replace the school's tattered old one.
"Former President Bush encouraged the American people to overcome evil with acts of goodness: love a neighbor, reach out to someone in need," Principal Jason Hussel said.
The students also honored Fairfield police and firefighters during the ceremony.
In Corryville, the Cincinnati Fire Department and the group Muslims for Life held a blood drive to mark the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11.
"We wanted to encourage individuals in the Cincinnati area to make a blood donation in remembrance and service for Sept. 11, and so those two groups came together, and what better way to honor those than making a life-saving blood donation?" Hoxworth worker Alecia Lipton said.
One blood donation can save as many as three lives, workers said.
Finally, in Green Township, a piece of the World Trade Center was dedicated to the Fire Department. It was donated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
"Instead of breaking us, they did nothing but bring us closer together, and we as Americans showed collectively, as one, that we will not run, we will not hide, and we will not be broken," township trustee Rocky Boiman said.
The Green Township Fire Department donated half of the 24-foot steel beam from Ground Zero to the Cincinnati Fire Museum.


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Fresh on the heels of its F-150 XLT and Lariat models' release, Ford announced today that it will debut its 2013 FX4 trim level at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at the Michigan International Speedway Sunday. It will be the race's official pace truck.
Like all the other 2013 F-150 models, the 365 hp 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6-equipped FX4 will have the beefy new grille, and this one, at least, will feature HID projector headlamps. Ford said that like the SVT Raptor, FX4s will come stock with hill descent control and SYNC with MyFord, Ford's 4.2-inch screen controlled infotainment system. We're not sure what all that will do for the pace truck on an oval track, but it's cool nonetheless.
For a little more money, of course, customers can upgrade to SYNC with MyFord Touch, which includes a full color 8-inch LCD screen. That package comes with more bells an whistles, of course, including USB ports, an SD card reader, and audio/video input jacks. That's right, it turns the truck into a laptop.
It sounds like the blue oval folks are especially proud of the new grill, though. They used the word bold to describe it. Personally, I'd opt for chunky, or meaty (or beefy, as I did earlier). But that might confuse customers into thinking the truck comes with a free palette of Campbell's Soup.
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'That no good son of a bitch motherf*****!' He started yelling about what a wimp Kennedy was and talking about how he had worked on the Bay of Pigs and how he had to watch all the men he had recruited and trained get wiped out because of Kennedy…he added: "Well, we took care of that son of a bitch, didn't we?"' –David Sanchez Morales' friend Ruben Carbajal, Gaeton Fonzi, The Last Investigation, 1993.
'Mrs. Ruby Henderson, saw two men standing back from a window on one of the upper floors of the Book Depository…one of the men "had dark hair…a darker complexion than the other." At the time, it occurred to her that he might have been a Mexican…Mrs. Henderson saw the two men less than six minutes before the assassination.' – Anthony Summers, Conspiracy, 1991.
David Sanchez Morales was a CIA man of many places and many different faces. He was of Mexican and Native American descent and could pass himself off as someone from numerous ethnic groups. After making a name for himself in assisting in CIA backed coup efforts in Guatemala and Venezuela, Mr. Sanchez Morales moved to the Miami area to work on the CIA's efforts to overthrow Fidel Castro from Cuba. He ran in circles with top CIA spooks such as David Atlee Phillips, Tom Clines, Ted Shackley, William Harvey and E. Howard Hunt during these missions and was credited for his amoral tenacity, 'If the Agency needed someone action-oriented, he was at the top of the list. If the U.S. government as a matter of policy needed someone or something neutralized, Dave would do it, including things that were repugnant to a lot of people.'
Sanchez Morales and the CIA trained many Cuban exiles for the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. JFK inherited the on-going Cuban intrigues when he took office in January 1961. He was not on board with many of the reckless, provocative tactics of the CIA in regards to Castro and called off air support for this raid, factoring into the deaths of more than 100 Cuban exiles and the capture of 1200 more men that Sanchez Morales had personally trained. Evidently, David Sanchez Morales never forgot this slight and could rationalize his role in the JFK assassination as getting even for JFK getting his soldiers killed. This suspect meets the description of the dark skinned Latin that Air Force Sgt. Robert G. Vinson saw boarding his flight along with Oswald impostor, Billy Seymour, in the hours after the JFK assassination.
Moments prior to the JFK assassination, 'an elderly negro' (likely dark complexioned David Sanchez Morales) was seen on the 6th Floor of the Texas School Book Depository with a rifle by witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rowland:
After the assassination witnesses reported seeing Oswald picked up by a 'negro' in a station wagon which belonged to Ruth Paine, Oswald's landlady and CIA-affiliated babysitter. This was David Sanchez Morales picking the real Oswald up to drop him off at his other Dallas rooming house so that he might be killed there by conspirators Roscoe White, J.D. Tippit and Billy Seymour. Mrs. Paine would go on to be the Warren Commission whitewash's star witness against 'lone nut' Oswald! Additionally, her husband Michael Paine, was a higher-up at Bell Helicopter which profited mightily from the Vietnam War which Kennedy did not want.
Finally, in recent years allegations have surfaced that David Sanchez Morales was also on the scene at the RFK assassination in 1968. One industrious researcher looked over all the available film of that evening in a search for Mr. Sanchez Morales in the crowd overseeing that particular Kennedy assassination plot. On that Kennedy killing assignment, a crooked security guard likely killed RFK and a low IQ'd simpleton with a major gambling debt took the fall as patsy.
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Clark Scholars Spend Summer Delving into Research Projects
Bioengineering major Elizabeth Bentley explains her research on incorporating antibiotics into bone cement.
Seventeen UT Dallas students spent the summer immersed in research projects that touched on topics from bioengineering and environmental chemistry to atmospheric physics and advanced wound healing.
Through the Clark Summer Research Program, managed by the Office of Undergraduate Education, UT Dallas undergraduates are matched with faculty mentors and spend nine weeks conducting research in the mentors' labs. The group, consisting primarily of incoming freshmen, recently wrapped up their work at the annual Clark Research Symposium, where Clark Scholars displayed posters summarizing their projects and described their research to faculty, staff, students and parents.
Incoming freshman Elizabeth Bentley is majoring in bioengineering. Her summer project looked at incorporating antibiotics into bone cement, a biomaterial used to help anchor artificial joints to bones in the body.
"Infection is a really big problem with total joint replacements and other implantable devices," Bentley said. "We incorporated lactose into the cement in order to create a porous structure, which is good because cement with pores can hold more antibiotic and release more to treat and prevent infection. The pores can also be bad, because we're basically poking holes into the cement structure, which could lower the strength of the material and result in implant failure."
Bentley acquired hands-on engineering experience when she conducted mechanical stress tests on the lactose-infused cement. The goal is to find a concentration of lactose that will maintain a high level of antibiotic release while having the least impact on mechanical strength.
"Biomedical engineering is such a broad field, there are so many things you can do with it," Bentley said.
Soumitra Lele's research has application in accelerating wound healing.
Freshman Mary Smith focused her efforts on identifying molecules that can selectively capture arsenic from water. Such molecules might be incorporated into a filter, she said.
"This has enormous possibilities," Smith said. "Ultimately we might use different molecules that can capture various types of metals, like mercury or cadmium. It's very exciting."
Freshman bioengineering major Soumitra Lele spent the summer investigating ways to incorporate the molecule nitric oxide into electrospun nonwoven polymer fiber mats. A bandage made from such mats might accelerate healing, Lele said.
"There are lots of potential applications," he explained. "I'm interested in medicine, so the applications of this project gave me the most motivation."
Recipients of UT Dallas' Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES) awards are eligible to apply each spring for a position in the Clark program. Scholars are provided a stipend and work full time on campus. Incoming freshmen with AES awards are given priority consideration.
"Three months ago these students really did not know much about their research topics," said Dr. Paul Pantano, associate professor of chemistry at UT Dallas and the Clark Program faculty advisor. "It always amazes me at the end of the nine weeks, when you listen to them describe their research, just how far they've come."
The Clark Foundation established a permanent endowment in 1978 to support the summer research program in recognition of the interests of Dr. Anson L. Clark. The foundation's philanthropic activities have for many decades supported scholarly endeavors at a number of Texas colleges and universities, including the Anson L. Clark Memorial Lecture, the Clark Summer Research Program and the Clark Presidential Scholarship, all at UT Dallas.
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What is a complete, successful abortion and how do you know you've had one?
A complete abortion means that the body has expelled all the products of pregnancy (blood, tissue, embryo) and there is no need for surgery (vacuum aspiration) afterwards. The only way to make sure that you've had a complete abortion is to have an ultrasound 10 days or a negative pregnancy test 3-4 weeks after using the medicines. You should not have extreme pain, prolonged heavy bleeding, or fever. You will bleed for 1 to 3 weeks.
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All women who have successful medical abortions experience vaginal bleeding 1 . The average number of days that a woman will bleed varies from study to study, but it is likely that women will bleed for one to three weeks 26 .
Many women will already know if the abortion is complete, but we advise women to have a pregnancy test 3-4 weeks after the medical abortion to be absolutely sure that the abortion succeeded. Studies do show that women can often tell if they have had a complete abortion without an ultrasound or a doctor's examination, but she can only be absolutely certain after a negative pregnancy test. When this test is done before 3 weeks after medical abortion, often the pregnancy hormone in the blood will be still too high. When after 4 weeks the pregnancy test remains positive, it is advised to have an ultrasound.
An ultrasound has to be made in cases of ongoing severe abdominal pain, too long and too heavy blood lose and pregnancy signs, to see if the abortion was complete or if there is an ongoing pregnancy.
In case of an ongoing pregnancy the woman can redo the same procedure (within a week), or have a surgical procedure (MVA, medical vacuum aspiration).
A woman who has had a complete abortion should not have any of the symptoms of incomplete abortion or infection such as extreme pain, prolonged heavy bleeding, or fever.
Several studies suggest that women often correctly assess whether their medical abortions are complete or not, especially with protocols that include Mifepristone. One analysis used data from a clinical trial of Mifepristone-Misoprostol abortion in China, Cuba, and India. "Of 222 women, none incorrectly believed their abortions were complete when, in fact, they were not. 110 women incorrectly believed that the abortion was not yet complete, but this error would simply have led them to seek professional assistance, even if it were not routinely scheduled 1 . Another study involving women in the United States concluded, "Women and clinicians are very accurate at determining expulsion of the gestational sac during medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol without ultrasonography or a physical examination 29 .


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Australia's Yarra Valley, best-known for its slew of award-winning wineries, is now capitalising on its lesser-known history of beer and cider making. Aficionados are flocking to its microbreweries, and a road-trip along the valley's burgeoning booze trail offers a new way to explore the region. Justine de Jonge went in search of the perfect pint.
Beer-making in the Yarra Valley dates back to the 1800s, when the softly-rolling hills were found to be the perfect site for both vines and hops. Today, nearly two hundred years on, not only are the wineries turning out world-class vintages but brewers are employing a mix of timeless brewing techniques and modern technology to yield some of Australia's best beers and ciders.
Start your tour at the Coldstream Brewery, poised on the cusp of the Yarra Valley. This outfit is the brainchild of four school friends, who bought a dream of brewing their own booze to life. Over several years they transformed a former wool depot into a fully-fledged brewing house, deconstructing and shipping over the components of a New Zealand brewery before reconstructing them on site.
Coldstream currently produce and serve four outstanding beers and two ciders alongside good pub grub. The recycled timber fit-out and sprawling seating make this a great spot for a lazy Sunday afternoon session; try a pint or two of their Crisp Pale Ale.
If you're a cider-lover, a ten-minute drive down the road takes you to Napoleone Cider at Punt Road Wines. Family-owned since 1948, the winery is surrounded by vines and orchards. This is one of the more upmarket stops on the trail, offering a small range of sweet-smelling ciders made with estate-grown pears and apples; the textured Cloudy Apple Cider is particularly good.
Buckleys Beer in Healesville is the quirkiest destination on this tour. It's named after William Buckley, an infamous convict who escaped from authorities in the early 1800s to live with indigenous Australians – thus the Aussie saying "you've got Buckleys chance" was born. This brewery has a less bucolic setting on an industrial estate, though the staff are knowledgeable, hospitable and passionate about their brews, which are made from natural ingredients.
After a quick free tour of the brewery, you can sit back – or even play a game of foosball – as you savour a glass of Buckleys Bitter. Alternatively AUD$5 will buy you a tasting paddle of four beers, or you could try a bottle of the organic Kombucha, a fermented blend of green tea, hibiscus and lemongrass with a refreshing twist, for AUD$4.
Further afield in Healesville you'll find the White Rabbit Brewery. Channelling an Alice in Wonderland vibe, this this retro-styled brewery describe themselves as "free thinking Belgian hippies that have just gate-crashed an old English tea party". Quality ingredients go into their two ales: the rich, malty Dark Ale and the fruity White Ale. The former partners well with a homemade pizza, which can you can munch on a converted-keg stool as low-fi rock blares from the speakers and the workings of the brewery play out in front of you.
On the edge the Yarra Valley, overlooking the Toolangi State Forest, lies Giverny Estate. Kiwi groves were planted here in the 1960s, and thrive in Toolangi's crisp climate. Today Giverny produces both wine and cider using this unusual fruit; their delicate cider is unique to Australia.
Continuing to historic Yarra Glen, you'll find the Hargreaves Hill Brewing Company in a restored 1800s bank building. The vintage-style bar and restaurant here offers lunch and dinner, as well as an interesting tasting paddle of Hargreaves Hill's six beers for AUD$6. There's an open fire to snuggle up by during the winter months or you can take your brew outside on a sunny day.
Complete your lap of the valley with a stop at Kellybrook Winery, producer of the award-winning Kelly Brothers Cider. Established in 1962, Kellybrook is one of the only wineries in the region still owned by the original proprietors. Apples are now sourced from Yarra Valley orchards rather than grown onsite, but a traditional rack-and-cloth press is still used to crush the fruit. Kellybrook is also renowned for hosting the annual Cider Festival in May, which sees Morris dancers perform for crowds of scrumpy-sipping festival-goers.
The Yarra Valley is about an hour and a half's drive from Melbourne, though you might need to designate a driver. Discover more of Australia with the Rough Guide to Australia, book hostels for your trip and don't forget to purchase travel insurance before you go.
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In further proof that the days of presenting a united front at the Fed are gone, four central bankers said Tuesday that further stimulus, known as QE3, probably won't be needed as an unexpected increase in U.S. manufacturing output increased optimism over the country's economic strength.
John Williams, president of the San Francisco Fed, joined his counterparts from Richmond, Philadelphia and Atlanta in "casting doubt on the need for additional purchases of bonds to push down longer-term interest rates," Bloomberg reports. Three of them are voting members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee.
"Thresholds for further action 'would be if we see economic growth slow to the point where we're not seeing further progress in bringing the unemployment rate down,' Williams said, or if inflation dropped "significantly" below the Fed's 2% goal. Those aren't "the circumstances I currently expect," Williams said at a conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to the news service.
As Bloomberg notes, the FOMC left policy unchanged after its April 24-25 meeting, and Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that further easing was unlikely unless the economy unexpectedly deteriorates. Bernanke said it would be "reckless" to pursue policies that would drive up inflation when it's already near the Fed's target, while noting he was "prepared to do more" should conditions worsen.
President Jeffrey Lacker of the Richmond Fed, who has dissented three times this year against the panel's statement that borrowing costs are likely to stay "exceptionally low" at least through late 2014, repeated his objections yesterday, according to Bloomberg.


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Interesting find Kickstones.kickstones wrote: Seneca, the below video clip from euronews on youtube shows how people were instructed to leave. It also shows intrepid reporter Ketevan Kardava (around 1:19), mentioned earlier in the thread, in the so called thick of the action taking pictures, also, at the end of the video notice what appears to be a stack of tiles.
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP7YXNJtTPc
Still this wasn't what I was looking for. I want to know how they evacuated the departure halls. This is made in pier B, between gate B30 and B36. The cameraman and most people are being evacuated in the opposite direction of were the departure hall is (which would be logical). Pier B is used for flights outside the Schengen area. Here is the best map I could find, but the numbers are still barely readable. Pier B is on the right and gates B30-36 are near the end.
It is interesting because it could have been made by an independent witness.
-At the start of the video a man can be seen holding his hand to his chest. It looks like he is doing a mime performance. I presume he is talking about how he witnessed the bomb blast. He shows a strange round cut in his shirt under his vest. A woman comes to him and says "c'est très impressionante" (It is very impressive). The man standing next to the mime player wearing the same uniform is very interested in the cameraman and finally blocks the view with his hand.
-lots of people in different uniforms waiting, talking to each other or on the phone. Some looking in the camera.
-0:36 a man coming from the direction of the departure hall telling everybody to leave. He is holding a walkie-talkie and wearing shoulder boards. One star and 2 stripes. It looks like something a pilot would wear, 2 stripes is for a co-pilot. You can see this best around 1:00. "We moeten zeggen dat iedereen naar de tarmac kan. Alle bagages blijven hier. Wij weten niet wat dat erin zit. Er zijn wapens gevonden, er zijn kogels gevonden. Dus wij weten niet wat dat er in zit. Alle bagages blijven liggen. Iedereen gaat naar de tarmac. Zonder pardon."
translation: "We have to say that everybody can go to the tarmac. All luggage stays here. We don't know what is inside (the luggage?). Weapons have been found. Bullets have been found. So we don't know what is in there. All the luggage stays here. Everybody goes to the tarmac. Without excuse.
-0:52 A man holding a professional camera above his head is following the"co-pilot".
-1:19: Yes, that woman looks like Ketevan Kardava. Does anyone know what clothes she was wearing that day? If it really her than this is yet another enormous contradiction in her story.
1:28: Man trying to go through emergency exit door, "co-pilot" tells him to keep moving.
-1:52 Indeed a strange place for a stack of tiles. Is it placed there to be used in the departure hall? Not very convenient. It is still about 500 meters from there.
Funny that they tell over and over "leave your luggage", yet everybody keeps carrying theirs. Just a few people stop moving, wondering if they will leave it. Doesn't make sense anyway because all luggage would already have been checked for weapons.


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Josef Gingold was born in 1909 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland. The sixth and youngest child in his family, he learned to play the violin at an early age. In May 1920, with his family, he immigrated to New York where he began studies with Vladimir Graffman. Gingold credited Graffman with "opening his mind" to the potential of the violin.
In 1927, a year after his debut at New York City's Aeolian Center, Gingold and his mother set sail for Europe. Gingold arrived in Brussels in May, where he began studies with the Belgian master and virtuoso Eugene Ysaÿe. Gingold once said of his return to the United States in 1929 that he not only returned a better musician but a better man--having learned from Ysaÿe the importance of striving for beauty in both music and in personal relations. "Never was the violin treated brutally," Gingold said.
In the 1930s, Gingold played in the orchestras of three Jerome Kern musicals, and one each of Rogers and Hart and Cole Porter, as a struggling musician in Depression-era America. In 1937, he auditioned for Arturo Toscanini and won a spot in the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
After seven years with the legendary conductor, Gingold was offered the position of Concertmaster and occasional soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He remained with the Detroit Symphony until 1947, when George Szell asked him to accept the position of concertmaster with the Cleveland Orchestra. Gingold later said that Szell had the greatest influence on him as a musician and teacher.
It was during this time that Gingold developed his reputation as an accomplished teacher and performer at Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Music School Settlement, and numerous other schools across the country. He was Concertmaster of the June Music Festival in New Mexico for twenty-five years and headed the Chamber Music Series at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York state for thirty summers.
Gingold remained with the Cleveland Orchestra until 1960, when he joined the music faculty at Indiana University and was later named Distinguished Professor. He compiled and edited Orchestral Excerpts consisting of 300 works in the symphonic repertoire, published by the International Music Company of New York. The three-volume work is a standard text used by students and symphonists worldwide.
Professor Gingold represented the United States on the juries of all major international competitions including the Queen Elisabeth, Wieniawski, Paganini, Sibelius, Nielson, Naumberg, Leventritt, and Tchaikovsky.
In 1982, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis was founded under the artistic guidance of Josef Gingold. He helped to establish its repertory, choose the jurors, and shape its protocol-setting the standard for future competitions worldwide. In 1994, Professor Gingold stepped down as President of the Jury by bestowing the honor to his student, friend and colleague, Jaime Laredo.
Some of the numerous honors Gingold received during his lifetime include the American String Teachers Association Teacher of the Year; the Fredrick Bachman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching at Indiana University; the Chamber Music America National Service Award; Baylor University's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers; and the American Symphony Orchestra League's Golden Baton Award.
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For some people, being free to choose the place to study is also a disadvantage, because there is a danger of social isolation if the student spends too much time alone at home studying and stops taking part in social life. This danger is actually only significant if you also work in a profession which involves little human interaction. In distance-learning courses in which the internet plays an important role (that is, most of them), you can also interact socially while learning over the internet.
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Gender And Unpaid InternshipsComments
There are several good points in Phoebe Maltz Bovy's analysis:
While many understand the intern to be well-off and female, the issue has traditionally been discussed in terms of class, not gender. But that's begun to change since Schwartz's essay. Schwartz draws a connection between unpaid office workers today and unpaid housework of mid-century married women—even when they worked outside the home, women were underpaid back then, too, and for a similar reason. They were "secondary breadwinners; they didn't need full-time jobs," she writes. "Any financial compensation—'pin money'—was incidental to their crucial place within the household." And like yesterday's housewives, according to Schwartz, today's interns must demonstrate "flexibility, submission, gratitude."
But even if the concern for rich women's sense of self-worth or purpose inspires eye-rolls, is there anything progressive at all about the expansion of unpaid work? Unpaid internships may feel compulsory, and may be just that in some academic programs, but they are often unlikely to lead to paid work. The wealth and connections that are often helpful in snagging an unpaid internship may be more helpful than the internship itself in securing future success. Frequently, too, the justification for unpaid internships is that they can be educational. Yet the logistics of making sure one gets paid—doing things one would rather not do in order to have rent or at least coffee money, asking for a raise, following up with bosses when not paid—are much of what makes a first job educational.
The availability of free labor makes the same work cost less. Postings stating that interns are "needed" might indicate that their work is, well, needed. Despite what popular images might have us believe, the problem with unpaid internships isn't that entitled young women are just hanging out in lieu of getting a job. It's that a certain, mostly-female population is signing up for what seems like on-the-job training, with no job in sight.
And, of course, even if unpaid internships are predominantly taken by women from privileged backgrounds, they're still a problem for everyone, because they close off opportunities for people who can't afford to do uncompensated labor. As Paul says, this phenomenon is really something that calls for legal intervention.


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This is a recontextualisation of Choe Yong Sun's artwork The construction site 2005 exhibited in Brisbane at the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. It deals with issues of government and media censorship in the Eastern and Western spheres of influence. In the original work the walls of the building were being repainted, but in appropriating this work I have changed the conceptual significance of that symbolism by layering the walls with collaged texts from world revolutions, specifically the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. It is important to consider the suppression of free speech and the power of government censorship in differentiating between what is real and what is fake.
Influencing artist: Choe Yong Sun
Jessie Traill depicts the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1929. What makes this work effective? Research and compare other artists who have used the same subject matter.
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Southampton manager Nigel Adkins is confident both he and QPR counterpart Mark Hughes will remain in charge whatever the outcome of Saturday's match between their respective sides.
Saints head to Loftus Road this weekend with just one win to their name since their seven-year Premier League exile came to an end. QPR are the only side below them after an 11-match winless streak, something they hope to end.
It has been suggested the losing manager could be sacked but Adkins said: "I don't think it will have any relevance whatsoever for either manager. I'll be perfectly honest because that is what you're going to build it up as, because we've got two managers, two football clubs at the wrong end of the table."
He added: "I am pretty sure, I am pretty confident that both managers will be in situ come on Monday. I am looking forward to another game. It has been a good week's training. I feel fit, I feel fresh and I've got an energy about myself.
"I feel stimulated and I am looking forward to the next game in the Barclays Premier League, which is away to Queens Park Rangers. It's the next game in the journey that we're on. Every game that you look at has three points up for grabs. That's what we've got to go and do. We've already established that we're at the wrong end of the league table.
"We can't hide away from that and so the importance of the next game is always going to be highlighted. But it is going to be like that for us for the remainder of the campaign. It's a tough league that we're in, we're well aware of that, but one we love being in and one we expect to be in for many, many years to come."
Adkins boasts a near fully-fit squad for the trip to west London, with only Frazer Richardson and Richard Chaplow ruled out. He could therefore name the same starting XI that faced Swansea last weekend, although the side's number one position remains unclear.
Adkins, himself a former goalkeeper, has started Kelvin Davis, Paulo Gazzaniga and Artur Boruc already this season and, rather than being disruptive, he thinks the rotation policy will pay off.
"I am just going to highlight how hard and how dedicated the three goalkeepers have been and I can't speak highly enough about them," he said. "They all want to play.
"They're all desperate to play and the only opportunity they have to play is by keeping working on the training ground and conducting themselves in the right way, and I must say the three of them have been outstanding."


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Snakes stage pitch invasion after Indian match
Ground staff at the Kalyani Stadium near Kolkata had some extra cleaning up to do on the weekend after over a dozen poisonous snakes made their way onto the field shortly after Mohun Bagan's I-League football match against Arrows
The Indian Express quoted local municipality chief P.K. Sur on Tuesday attributing the influx of snakes onto the field to the onset of summer heat in the area.
The venue is unlikely to be banned by the All India Football Federation, with its chief executive Sunanda Dhar saying it has "instructed the authorities to take proper measures'' to ensure the snakes were kept clear of the stadium.
No players, or ball boys, were bitten Sunday as Bagan won 3-2.


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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule Published
The long awaited MU Stage 2 final rule was published last week by CMS. No one will be required to follow the requirements until 2014, when the program is set to begin. The Stage 2 final rule is 672 pages long. The press release concerning MU Stage 2 mentions interesting facts, such as 3,300 hospitals have participated thus far.
ICD-10 Delay Finalized with New Unique Plan Identifier
In an announcement that was kind of lost in the midst of the meaningful use stage 2 final rule, the ICD-10 delay is official. As someone said on Twitter, you now have two years to get ready for ICD-10. You better get started now. The announcement of a Health Plan Identifier (HPID) is also very big news.
Nurses Raise Alarm Over Epic-Related Safety Errors
With any EMR, there is an adjustment period. However, there was an error recently at a prison clinic in California that could have been deadly that was related to the implementing of an Epic installation. Nurses have raised many concerns about the system, and have likely not been adequately trained. Is the issue with Epic because of the system, or because of inadequate training?
We Know What's Right, but It's Hard
Being healthy and overcoming illnesses takes works. And obviously, most of us know that if we don't put in that effort, there will be negative consequences. Unfortunately, many people don't put in that effort. Luckily, with the advent of being able to monitor health from home with smart phone apps and other gadgets, it is easier to do what we know is right. Is mHealth applications the answer to the question of how do we motivate ourselves to do what we know we should?
Can We Talk? Challenges of SaaS Type EMR User Interfaces
SaaS EMR User Interfaces have a variety of challenges. The latest issue is ensuring that all the individual software work together in a way that doesn't interrupt a practice's workflow. This week, Dr. Michael West talks about how, when one component gets updated, it often causes others to work less efficiently. His office recently experienced this, and described the frustrating experience.
Detecting Parkinson's with a Phone Call
About 5 percent of adults over the age of 80 has Parkinson's Disease. A new technology is being developed that supposedly can detect Parkinson's Disease. And not only can it detect it, but with 98.6 percent overall accuracy. This raises the question, what can a smart phone not do? This is just the beginning of disease detection and treatment with smart phones. What's next?
Five Health Communities Every Patient Should Use
It's easier than ever to have a health problem. Okay, not really, but it's easier to find support. There are many great communities online dedicated to helping patient's find information about just about every health topic out there. Some offer free advice from medical professionals, and others implement social media. Here are five of the best communities everyone should join.
Survey: Virtually All Docs Want Mobile EMRs
9 out of 10 doctors want to be able to access their EMR on a mobile device, according to a recent study. It makes sense, since so many doctors are using iPads and smart phones nowadays. Luckily for these doctors, companies like Vitera and eClinicalWorks are working on mobile solutions for this. Hopefully these solutions will include things like reviewing and updating patient charts, and ordering prescriptions, which ranked among the top functions doctors are hoping a mobile EMR would include.


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Nats remain confident entering pivotal second half
Club looks to ignite offense, move past first-half troubles to chase first-place Braves
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals entered the 2013 season as the favorites to win the National League East. In fact, manager Davey Johnson thought so highly of his team, he announced, "World Series or bust." There were good reasons for Johnson to feel good about the team.
It was believed that the pitching staff was even better after the team signed closer Rafael Soriano and starter Dan Haren in the offseason. The Nats were even better in the outfield, acquiring leadoff hitter and center fielder Denard Span from the Twins.
However, the Nationals stumbled into the All-Star break with a 48-47 record, six games behind the Braves.
"As soon as everyone says you are going to win 110 games, an easy season -- nothing in this game is ever easy," third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "I think a lot of us knew that. But fans, people who talked about this team, don't really know that it's hard and it isn't easy.
"Obviously we are a better team than what we have shown. ... You have to take it in stride. Whatever happened in the first half has happened. You can't do anything about it. You have to learn from it. Just go out, play the second half. ... If we go on a run, have a good 25-game stretch, we are right back in it."
One reason for the disappointing first half was the offense, which ranked near the bottom of almost every category, including on-base percentage and runs scored.
Washington's bench was one of the reasons it won the NL East last year. This year, the bench hasn't been productive and Johnson would like to add another veteran player. The Nats already acquired Scott Hairston from the Cubs last week.
Even more shocking was that the Nationals were one of the worst defensive teams in the NL, committing 67 errors. The Nats are not planning to make any changes to improve the defense. It also didn't help that the team had to deal with its share of injuries. It was without Bryce Harper (left knee) and Wilson Ramos (hamstring) for more than a month. When they were out, Washington had a tough time scoring runs.
First-half awards
|MVP: Ian Desmond Besides playing outstanding defense, Desmond leads the Nationals in almost every offensive category.
|Cy Young: Jordan Zimmermann He has dealt with neck issues since May, but it hasn't affected him on the mound. In 19 games, Zimmermann is 12-4 with a 2.58 ERA.
|Rookie: Ian Krol He helped stabilized the bullpen and is often used in the late innings.
|Top reliever: Rafael Soriano He has lived up to expectations and already has 25 saves.
The pitching staff was a bright spot for the team. Led by Jordan Zimmermann and Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals are fifth in the Major Leagues in ERA. After a slow start, the bullpen is better than ever after adding left-handers Ian Krol and Fernando Abad to the fold.
Although they are a game over .500, the Nats believe there is still time to win the division.
"There is a lot of baseball to be played. If you are looking at the stats right now, you are looking at them way too early," infielder Chad Tracy said. "You can change that in a matter of a week. If the Braves lose five and we win five, we are right there."
First baseman Adam LaRoche didn't expect the Nationals to run away with the division title, but he expected the team to score a lot of runs.
"I thought we would have more offense. It didn't happen," LaRoche said. "Absolutely nothing we can do about it. We hope to continue forward. It's not over and we are still in position [to win the division]. As bad as it was and still be where we are at, that's pretty darn good."
"We are still in arm's distance of where we want to be. It's going to be good to kind of go home, reset the batteries for the break, come back and get the ball rolling on a positive note for the second half," reliever Tyler Clippard said. "We are all very excited for this break. I'm looking forward to the second half."
Players to watch in second half
|Denard Span He was the team's leadoff hitter for most of the season, but he didn't get on base often enough and will now hit seventh to start the second half.
|Dan Haren He had a disappointing first half because of shoulder issues. After spending two weeks on the disabled list, Haren had two straight quality starts.
|Wilson Ramos He will be the everyday catcher for the second half, but can he stay healthy? Only time will tell.
The Nats need to see more production from the offense during the second half. Johnson took steps on the last day of the first half to try and make it click. Johnson decided to put Harper and Anthony Rendon at the top of the order and drop Span down to the seventh spot. Harper and Rendon have high on-base percentages, while Span is having the worst year of his career, hitting .260 with a .317 on-base percentage. Span is an excellent defensive center fielder, which is why Johnson has never thought about sitting him down.
For one day, anyway, the lineup change worked in a 5-2 victory against the Marlins on Sunday. Johnson said he is going to stick with this lineup for quite some time. Harper, for one, is not complaining about being a leadoff hitter.
"I was getting in there and getting the ABs that I did. I was able to get five at-bats. That was pretty awesome," Harper said. "I like doing it. I did it in high school, so that was pretty cool. I would be pretty comfortable out there. I got a pretty good pitch to hit in the first AB -- fastball right down the middle. It was a good day. I liked it."


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