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Chris Dagdigian <dag at sonsorol.org> wrote: > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] The Walmart Compute Node? > It is dangerous to project *your* particular use cases and workflows > upon the community at large. > > Most of the clusters I end up building or working on (academic, > government and corporate sites) are intended to support periodic > spikes in computing demands. Exactly. It's not just academic. This mode of parallel operation comes up any time the user needs the result to proceed with a project, and either their time has value or time is critical. So cutting a job down from 2 hours to 6 minutes even occasionally can be justified economically even if the cluster sits idle the rest of the time. BUT, while it is sitting idle you'd naturally like it to burn as little power as possible. The one thing that the C7 processors offer that the main line AMD and Intel processors don't, at least last time I looked, was the ability to run really, really, really slowly, and so drop standby power on the processor to something negligible. Clearly it would be better if the AMD and Intel processors kept their capabilities and added equivalent low power modes. Vincent Diepeveen <diep at xs4all.nl> wrote: > Would it be interesting to open a discussion how to reduce sound of > cheapo clusters as well? Been there - this is a VERY hard nut to crack. The problem isn't "cheapo", the problem is peak power and getting rid of it. Sound insulation is very closely related to heat insulation. The net result is that it's relatively easy to cool a cluster, or to muffle its sound, but fiendishly difficult to do both at the same time. The cheapest way to "quiet" a cluster is to move it to a place far away from the people who would be disturbed by its noise. In our case, that was a separate machine room (which already had a chilled water line for cooling). Knowing what I do know, if I absolutely had to put a cluster in a location close to users (as in, inside an office space) I'd build a big sound insulated box with a large AC coiling coil inside it and big (large diameter) fans to drive the air around in a defined path. Then run the freon lines out to a condenser outside the building. Notice that this is still, essentially, moving the cooling away from the users. It's relatively easy to contain sound inside a box if the only holes in it are the small ones for the power cable,the AC coolant, and a drip line for the coil condensation. Note that this is essentially the approach Sun took with it's cluster in a shipping container products, although I believe those are water cooled. Run a building air cooling duct into a box containing the cluster and you'll have lots of fun keeping the noise out of the building's ventilation system and from spreading to nearby offices. Regards, David Mathog mathog at caltech.edu Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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Edvard Munch's "The Scream"
Mark Langan is an Ohio artist who has mastered the art of upcycling. For about five years, his focus has been giving used corrugated cardboard a new life as sculpture. His materials are about as simple (and green) as it gets: corrugated boxes, non-toxic glue, a razor knife, a cutting edge and mat.
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This page provides some basic information, pointers and links to explanations of Ontologies for beginners in this field. (2JJI)
More focused discussions are planned for geo-spatial ontologies along with material to help develop such ontologies. As time permits these may be focused on specific efforts of the community including demonstrations, workshops and developmental efforts as part of the NSF Interop work. (2JCP)
Early Definition (2JCV)
An ontology holds information about what categories exist in the domain, what properties they have, and how they are related to one another. (Chandrasekaran et al. 1999) (2JCQ)
Ontology engineering is a relatively new discipline assembling a set of tasks for the development of ontologies. These may be a foundational set or for a particular domain. Ontology engineering, like data and software engineering involves a lifecycle starting with strategic views, going through the development activities of analysis and design to building the ontology using a representational language and testing of the final product - an ontology. (2JDF)
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While Ontological engineering has many steps the more recent publicized work has emphasized improved representations for ontological products using specially designed languages such as OWL (Web Ontology Language) developed as part of the Semantic Web effort. Ontologies are a core building block of the semantic technology stack of the Semantic Web effort. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_language and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web (2JDE)
More recently a thrust into Linked Data -Linked Open Data has been emphasized by the Semantic Web effort and recent SOCoP demonstration work has taken this direction by converting small samples of some U.S. based open source geo data (USGS, Geonames, Census, Linked Geo Data [Open Street Map], DBPedia etc. into RDF (see below for a discussion of RDF) and hosting these as SPARQL endpoint(s.) (2JJJ)
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A start on analysis for developing ontology may be to look at simple lexicons and/or controlled vocabularies. As Noy and Mcguinness point out ontologies defines a common vocabulary for researchers who need to share information in a domain. But the challenge is to take informal definitions and elevate them to machine-interpretable definitions of the basic domain concepts and relations among them. (2JCS)
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More detail on methods from some approaches are at SOCoP/OntologyMethods (2JDN)
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One tool from Semantic Web work to start on the formalization of vocabularies is RDF (Resource Description Framework. RDF is an assertional language made up of three terms that was intended to be used to express propositions using precise formal vocabularies, particularly those specified using the REF Schema (RDFS) for access and use over the World Wide Web. in combination RDF and RDFS was intended to provide a basic foundation for more advanced assertional languages with a similar purpose. Essentially RDF triples denote relations between pairs of objects. Often the triple is thought of as a Subject-Verb Relation-Object. Thus RDF can informally express Circle isa Shape. While RDF was originally designed as a metadata data model for web information "resources" a semi-formal method has grown around the RDF formalism to capture simple conceptual description of information. Thus is added by the use of RDFS the simple RDF schema language RDFS (Resource Description Framework Schema). (2JJN)
RDFS offers a simple vocabulary to model class and property hierarchies and other basic schema primitives that can be referred to from RDF models. Thus RDFS provides a simple ontology that particular RDFy documents may be checked against to determine semantic consistency. (2JJO)
See http://www.w3.org/RDF/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework (2JDK)
Using WGS84 as a reference model RDF has been applied by a W3C Semantic Web Interest Group (SWIG)to build namespaces to represent lat(itude), long(itude) and other information about spatially-located things. (2JJP)
See http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/#status (2JDM)
Formal, complex domain ontologies' design provides an overall conceptual structure of the domain. This typically identifies the domain's principal concrete concepts and their properties and where concepts have named relationships with other concepts, like "aligned-with" or "near-to". (2JD7)
Often abstract concepts (e.g. Role, Situation) as organizing features, are employed to define new concepts. An ontology will often identify the relationships among the concepts and distinguish which concepts have instances properties. (2JD8)
One ontology often references or including supporting ontologies. These may be more specific and/or more general such as a top-level ontology (e.g. DOLCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolce). (2JD9)


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North vs. south: the real housing market winners
England's housing market is so often a tale of two regions: the north and the south. But who are the real winners? Robert Powell patches together the figures in an attempt to find out.
Three words that will crop up in most housing and mortgage surveys: 'north', 'south' and 'divide'.
Whether it's average prices, repayment stats or rental rates, England boasts an ever-widening housing crevice between its two poles. But, to ask an almost answerable question, which end of the country is in better shape property wise?
First-time buyers
It's been a rough few years for first-time buyers. A housing bubble inflated by cheap credit has ushered in an industry-wide fear of high-value, small-deposit mortgages. In the long term, a move back towards more responsible mortgage lending will undoubtedly prove wise, if not a little predictable. But in the short term, the knee jerk reaction of rolling back maximum mortgage values has prevented many from getting onto the property ladder.
House prices do vary substantially by region, offering easier rides for first-time buyers in certain areas. Rightmove's latest report showed record high average house prices in Greater London and the south west of £464,994 and £270,735 respectively. The south east is perched in between at £316,245.
Average house prices in the north of England are far lower. Rightmove's 'north region' – essentially from north Yorkshire and north Lancashire to the borders – emerges bottom with an average price of £151,891, a third of the London average. Yorkshire and Humberside is next at £156,672.
But these house price variations come within drastically different contexts. The average wage within the boroughs of Greater London is pegged at over £35,000 – with the highest earning constituency, Westminster North, boasting an average of £39,745. In comparison, the lowest paid constituency, Blackpool South in Lancashire has an average of £15,481.
This difference is less drastic than the house price gap, suggesting that buying a property in the north is easier than it is in the south.
Price stability
Looking at static property price figures only tells half the housing story. Looking back to the May 2008 pre-crash peak shows that house prices have continued to accelerate in the south. The Greater London average is now 16% higher than in May 2008, while the south west figure is just over 2% higher.
However values have dropped across the north. Prices in Yorkshire and Humberside are now 9% lower on average, while in Rightmove's north region prices have fallen by an average of 4% between 2008 and now.
On a basic level this suggests that prices in the north are not as stable as in the south, making property a riskier investment. And at the extreme ends of the spectrum, this assertion has some truth in it. Even in the exceptional circumstances of the financial crash, prices in London only dropped by 4.1% and recovered strongly and quickly.
But when looking at the bigger picture, this is a touch too simplistic.
House price recovery
The largest drop in house prices between April 2008 and 2009 was not in the north at all. The east midlands suffered the most, with crashes of 11.7%. The north fell by 9.7% over the same period, while Yorkshire and Humberside dropped by 8%. But the south did not fare much better. Prices in the south west fell by 8.5% and by 7.6% in the south east.
The failure of house prices in the north to keep pace with the south's recovery can be predominantly explained by a lack of demand. Recent figures from Zoopla show that sellers are now slashing asking prices in an attempt to shift their properties. Northern locations dominate the chart of the biggest reductions. This lack of demand has been fuelled by the disproportionate impact of public austerity on northern regions.
With this context you won't be shocked to read that a north/south gulf between households in negative equity (where mortgage debt is bigger than the property's value) has now opened up. Figures from Standard and Poor's show that mortgage borrowers in the north are 30% more likely to be in arrears.
Huge deposit levels for mortgages (driven by high house prices) in the south suggest a high level of demand for rented property. And indeed, recent stats from Spareroom.co.uk do confirm a swell of demand within London and the south east commuter belt, along with far higher rental rates in these two areas. However for landlords, this has not manifested itself in bumper profits.
Further research from Zoopla shows that a gulf in buy-to-let profits has opened up, but perhaps not in the way you would expect.
Liverpool, Hull and Oldham emerge as the areas with the highest rental returns, while Cambridge, York and Reading come out with the lowest. Again, this is down to the greater exposure of these areas to austerity.
As Zoopla Director Nick Leeming explains: "Property prices in these locations are low, but this does not necessarily mean people can afford to buy them." This pushes more people into the rental sector, producing a perfect and profitable storm for landlords: high demand, cheap property prices and reasonable mortgage rates.
Bubbles and busts
So which pole is England's property winner? Well – as dissatisfying as it is – I'm starting to side with the response that this is indeed an unanswerable question. I'll go further. As a proposition (and despite the last 900 words), attempting to pick a polar property winner is an exercise in futility.
Looking back across the so-called divides within house prices, market stability, negative equity and rental, it becomes obvious that property gulfs are not levered open unilaterally. They exist because of other more serious social and economic cracks: most predominantly, job creation.
And perhaps this is where our law makers go wrong. By viewing house prices as the problem and not the pointer, they paper over the cracks when they should be fixing the fissures.
More on property:
Blip or bust: the end of the rental boom?
The towns where taking in a lodger could make you mortgage free


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Sun in London? In October? Yes…at least economically speaking.
It may not be a bright, sunny day for the UK economy, but with Thursday's news of a surge in economic growth in Q3, perhaps we can be forgiven for feeling that at least the clouds have parted. And believe me, Londoners will take "partly cloudy" when we can get it.
This uptick in GDP growth marks Britain's emergence from a double-dip recession, and I have to say it feels like there is a real shift in policy focus off the back of that one number. The preliminary estimate from the Office for National Statistics put GDP growth at 1.0% for the third quarter of 2012. It was well above consensus estimates in the range of 0.6% to 0.8%.
This marks the first quarter of expansion since the third quarter of 2011, and it's the fastest rate of growth in five years. What's behind the surprise increase? Probably the Olympics. Read more


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The Power Architecture The Power ecosystem maintains a wonderful binary compatibility over more than a decade of processors. Code compiled for the IBM 603/750 (Apple G3) functions without issue on a Freescale 74xx (Apple G4), IBM 970 (Apple G5), IBM pSeries (POWER4, POWER5, POWER6), PA Semi PWRficient, and the new Sony-Toshiba-IBM (STI) Cell Broadband Engine whose PPE (Primary Processing Element; one of 9 on-board cores) is essentially a single core 970, including the AltiVec 128-bit vector processor. While GCC now includes compile-time flags to support the AltiVec unit, development tools for the Cell processor come in a variety of forms, both freely available and as commercial products with a growing pool of on-line knowledge and support. |
The Cell Broadband Engine Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001. Cell combines a general-purpose Power Architecture core (PPE/PPU) of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements (SPEs/SPUs) which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as many other forms of dedicated computation. While code build for other Power based architectures will run without recompile on the Cell PPE, to take full advantage of the Cell/B.E. it is important to optimize the code for the SPEs. The following are HOWTOs, tutorials, and examples for programming with and optimizing for the Cell Broadband Engine. |
- Fixstars' Introduction to the Cell Broadband Engine
- Wikipedia's "Cell BE"
- Sony's Cell: A New Plalform for Digital Entertainment
- IBM's Education
- IBM's Alphaworks Cell SDK is where it all starts.
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- Fixstars' How to Install IBM XL C/C++ Compiler on YDEL
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Immigration Law and Federal Court Jurisdiction
Immigrants at the Intersection of Congressional, Administrative, and Judicial Power
For more than ten years, Congress has been amending the Immigration and Nationality Act in its efforts to reduce the amount and quality of federal court review of immigration law. Despite these legislative changes, administrative streamlining and increased deportation enforcement has led to an exponential increase in the immigration law caseload. One study reports a 970% increase in the immigration related caseload during this past decade. Most recently, Congress adopted the Real I.D. Act as part of an omnibus appropriation bill. This legislation purports to eliminate federal habeas corpus review in all immigration cases and transfers pending habeas petitions to the Courts of Appeals. Despite this new legislation and the past restrictions on immigration jurisdiction, litigation continues over the forum and content of judicial review.
On September 26, 2005, the Justice Action Center at New York Law School invited litigators, judicial administrators, and academics to discuss the contours of federal court jurisdiction. The program included experienced litigators reflecting on the battles over jurisdiction during the past decade or more. Speakers included members of the judiciary and Congress, and academics addressed such issues as the remaining content of habeas review, standards of review, the potential for judicial review of discretionary decisions, other court stripping provisions in the Real I.D. Act, and the perverse consequences of Congressional limits on judicial review.
The New York Law School Law Review's symposium issue "Seeking Review: Immigration Law and Federal Court Jurisdiction" collected the scholarly contributions that emerged from the September 26, 2005 live event. Click here to view the articles.


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Best gluten free pizza I've had! Even without cheese, the gluten free pizza I had with ham, pineapple and bacon was incredibly tasty. Only the 10 inch is available gf, but it was more than enough for lunch -- enough for two lunches actually.
Best gluten free pizza I've had! Even without cheese, the gluten free pizza I had with ham, pineapple and bacon was incredibly tasty. Only the 10 inch is available gf, but it was more than enough for lunch -- enough for two lunches actually.
Their Italian sausage is delicious. Crust was nice. Really loved the sauce. My only question, is it REAL 100% mozzarella cheese? It made me wonder. Staff was very polite.
My husband ate here on a business trip and brought the family back for the wonderful pizza and desserts. We had Bayou Rolls, 2 different pizzas, the Cochon Po-Boy, fried Oreos and bread pudding. Every one was excellent. The Bayou Rolls and Po-Boy were the stand outs and the pizza was fantastic left over and cold at midnight! As a... More
I had been hungry for a good pizza for several days and finally went to Deano's for lunch. The pizza was very good. Crust was excellent as were the toppings. Don't think I have ever had such a good pizza. Many choices and prices reasonable. I will definately return.
Save room for dessert is all I have to say!! Our first visit to Deano's was great until we tried the fried Oreos...then it was fantastic!! My mouth is watering for one now as I type!
I loved the pizza! I ordered one smothered in crab meat.... mmmm, I was in shellfish heaven!! I ate the other half for breakfast, too. I WILL go back there if I visit Lafayette again.
Table of 3 ordered a large 12 piece pizza each 1/4th done a different way. We each had a different favorite although it was all great! Cajun Violation made with boudin (was fantastic & my favorite) Cajun Canaille with shrimp & peppers, Marie LeVeaux with crabs & Cajun Executioner. We all left happy & full with left overs for breakfast.... More
Our first night on vacation, we stopped here based on a friend's recommendation...it was so good. We started with the seize- her salad and then split a speciality pizza three ways...the muffuletta pizza was the best pizza I have ever had! It was so unique and tasty...the crab pizza was good too.
Deano's has been around since @ least my husband graduated from college in Lafayette many years ago. It's been enlarged, & keeps on keeping on. The pizza was good, with many local toppings, such a shrimp, boudin, spicy sausage, & then some. We go when in town to bring back memories from the old days for my husband.
The number one reason to go to Dean-o's is the Marie LaVeau. It's a crabmeat pizza that's head & shoulders better than any other seafood pizza I've ever had. I hear the other stuff is good too, but I always go with that Voodoo Woman, Marie.
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I have a SpaceNavigator and wanted to use it with MSFSX for controlling Eyepoint and Pan.
Eye point Right uses CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER
Eye point Up uses Shift-ENTER
Eye point Back uses Ctrl-ENTER
I press [ENTER] for the Keystroke with CTRL and SHIFT as modifiers but [ENTER] doesn't appear. Can't spell ENTER because the input just takes the letter E.
How do you set the profile to send an [ENTER] or [RETURN] keystroke??
Is it that the 3DxWare is not capable of sending an ENTER keystroke or is it that the profile properties manager is not capable of detecting the keystroke?
Although I could reassign the keystrokes from within FSX to not use ENTER but if MS can detect/record an ENTER keystroke ... why not 3Dconnexion.
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Intel® Node Manager dynamically monitors power management, enabling limiting at every data center level for increased density and load balancing.
The client role in a cloud strategy is determined by what needs to be secure and delivered centrally vs. delivered locally, for best user experience.
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Explains the architecture evolution to scale-out storage for greater manageability, performance, and utilization with nearly unlimited scalability.
Create a cloud-based trusted computing platform on Intel® processors for multi-tenancy and personal device use with software and hardware security.
Optimized for the cloud, Intel® technologies deliver I/O throughput, responsiveness, and storage solutions, so Dad can enjoy the fun things in life.
Andy Butler from Gartner and Boyd Davis from Intel discussed servers, storage, and networking in the cloud in this virtual event.
Video: Scale-out storage based on Intel® Xeon® processors lets you more easily scale your enterprise storage for added data protection and security.
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Considered to be one of the finest examples of federal architecture in the state, this stately 1810 mansion is unique with its curved roofline and totally stone construction. According to legend, Stephen Hopkins Smith was courting a woman who wanted to marry the man who could build her the most magnificent home in Rhode Island. Smith won $40,000 in the Lottery and used it to build this home, but the girl refused to marry him, saying she did not want to live so far in the wilderness, although it was just 7 miles from Providence. Handforging demonstrations by a blacksmith next door at the Hannaway Blacksmith Shop.
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The Computerphilologie Research Group at the University of Hamburg is an interdisciplinary unit between the Faculty for Language, Literature and Media and the Faculty of Computer Science. Members of this research group have long-standing expertise in modeling heterogeneous data, semantic web, on-line edition, and multilingual applications. The researchers involved in the current project bring with them the expertise of the Natural Systems Division within the Computer Science Department and the one from the Computing Center. The "Computerphilology" Research Group is member of the CLARIN Network and it is currently involved in several projects for developing semantic web applications for eHumanites.
As a leader of WP6, which is related to Machine Translation and cross-lingual search, UHH will play a significant role in the project. They will contribute with NLP tools for the most widely spoken mother tongue in the EU – German. Furthermore, their experience with the development of a cross-lingual search engine for the LT4eL project will be truly beneficial for the implementation of the envisaged multi-lingual full text search in the ATLAS project. UHH will further carry out the following major tasks:


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ANGOLA, Ind. – Trine University is one of only 65 schools across the country to welcome a representative from Call To Serve, a program designed by the federal government to facilitate hiring for government positions.
Julie Saad, program analyst for student programs at Call to Serve, will give presentations Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 4 and 7 p.m. in Fabiani Theatre, in the University Center on Trine's main campus. Saad will discuss how to improve resumes, explain the federal hiring process and share news of internship, co-op and full-time job opportunities.
"The federal government has thousands of mission critical professional positions to fill over the next five years, especially in engineering, technology and business," said Trine's career services assistant director Terry Johnson, who organized the event. "Our guest speaker will share personal background and insight into what it is like to serve the federal government."
Wanting to expand career opportunities for students, Johnson attended a federal advisor training last year. By attending the training, Johnson was able to have Trine added to the list of colleges from which the federal government recruits. Johnson also worked with Monica Bowles-Kozlowski, who works in U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar's office, to apply for a Call to Serve representative to visit campus and talk with students, faculty, staff and others interested in student programs.
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I felt like indulging in pure nonsense. Ive always loved Czerny and I think the influence shows my germ of an idea suggested something over the top and ridiculous, but much fun to play. A few nights later, around 3 a.m., inspiration seized again and I was fleshing it out via Sibelius on the computer. It made me laugh out loud, so much so that next morning the young friar in the neighbouring bedroom wanted to know why I was laughing in the middle of the night. As you can imagine, I was thought to be a little eccentric
Leaving the Franciscan Order in 2005 and his teaching duties at Melbourne and Monash Universities, Doheny now lives in Silicon Valley, where he is a Lecturer in Music at Stanford University and teaches at the Mountain View Community School of Music and Arts.
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I'm looking for advice as to whether to stay near Kailua-Kona or if I want to go north a bit to Waikoloa instead of Kailua-Kona. Wiakoloa was only recommended Nov-Dec in the Lonely Planet guide and I have no idea why. It seems like Waikoloa has more white sand beach/resorts in that area, so it seemed nice.
I'm planning on going a week in either June, July, or August. And spending 4 days on NW side Kona area, and 4 days in SE Hilo area near Volcano or Pohoa near the shore. Last trip to Hawaii, my family went to Maui and we really liked the Kaanapali area. But we didn't like Kihei as it was hotter. My family members are unfortunately allergic to the sun (not kidding) and broke out in bad skin rashes in Kihei from the heat. So I'm trying to find a spot that is beautiful, hopefully ocean views, but where heat won't be a problem.
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Health is more than just a doctor's appointment or an x-ray. Health stems from living in a community where everyone has opportunities to live healthfully, learn, work and thrive.
At Mayo Clinic, we work to foster healthy, informed communities — both locally and globally. Our steadfast goal is to connect patients to more resources; reach out to underserved and diverse populations; and translate research findings into action.
A significant economic impact
In 2011, Mayo Clinic collaborated with public, private and nonprofit organizations to make a significant economic impact in local and global communities:
- Providing $62 million in charity care — worldwide
- Investing $3 million in community programs
- Reinvesting $839 million in research and education programs
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In 2011, Mayo Clinic continued its community mission by helping create healthy communities where our employees live and work — Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz., Jacksonville, Fla., Rochester, Minn., and Mayo Clinic Health System, a network of clinics and hospitals serving 71 communities in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
One example is a new patient-family advisory council, called One World, which reaches out to diverse communities in Rochester, Minn., especially those with language and cultural barriers. "Mayo Clinic can be intimidating for those who aren't native English speakers," says member Kari Podenski. "One World is finding new ways to meet the community's needs in a culturally sensitive way."
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Our global community is exactly what its name implies. In 2011, Mayo Clinic provided medical research, medical care and volunteer service in more than 54 countries worldwide. Our reach extends far beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics:
- As part of the Mayo International Health Program (MIHP), Mayo residents and fellows brought medical knowledge, care and treatment to underserved international populations.
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While living in Beirut as the Associated Press's chief Mideast correspondent, Terry Anderson is kidnapped by members of Hezbollah, a militant Shiite Islamic group. He is held captive for the next six years and nine months, until December 4, 1991. He recounted his ordeal as a hostage in his bestselling book, Den of Lions.
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Test ID: TIRU
Titanium, Random, Urine
NY State Approved Indicates the status of NY State approval and if the test is orderable for NY State clients.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Monitoring metallic prosthetic implant wear
Special Instructions and Forms Describes specimen collection and preparation information, test algorithms, and other information pertinent to test. Also includes pertinent information and consent forms to be used when requesting a particular test
Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
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Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching
(Ti) Titanium
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Specimen Required Defines the optimal specimen. This field describes the type of specimen required to perform the test and the preferred volume to complete testing. The volume allows automated processing, fastest throughput and, when indicated, repeat or reflex testing.
Collection Container/Tube: Clean, plastic urine collection container
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic, 6-mL tube (Supply T465) or clean, plastic aliquot container with no metal cap or glued insert
Specimen Volume: 2 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Collect a random urine specimen.
2. See Metals Analysis-Collection and Transport in Special Instructions for complete instructions.
Additional Information: High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to interfere with most metals tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Specimen Minimum Volume Defines the amount of specimen required to perform an assay once, including instrument and container dead space. Submitting the minimum specimen volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or perform reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (quantity not sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.
Reject Due To Identifies specimen types and conditions that may cause the specimen to be rejected
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Icterus | NA |
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Specimen Stability Information Provides a description of the temperatures required to transport a specimen to the laboratory. Alternate acceptable temperature(s) are also included.
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Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth's crust. Multiple oxidation states between 2+ and 4+ allow formation of a variety of compounds. There is no evidence that titanium is an essential element. Due in part to titanium's oxide formation propensity, the element is considered to be nontoxic. Soils, drinking water, and air all contain trace amounts of titanium. The food processing industry uses large quantities of titanium as a food additive; processed foods contain higher levels than are found in most produce and organic food-stuffs. The average daily oral intake through food consumption is 0.1 to 1 mg/day, which accounts for more than 99% of exposure. Gastrointestinal absorption of titanium is low (approximately 3%) and the majority of ingested titanium is rapidly excreted in the urine and stool. The total body burden of titanium is usually in the range of 9 to 15 mg, a significant portion of which is contained in the lung. Titanium dust entering the respiratory tract is nonirritating and is almost completely nonfibrogenic in humans.
Titanium-containing alloys are used in some artificial joints, prosthetic devices, and implants. Titanium dioxide allows osseointegration between an artificial medical implant and bone. Despite their wide use, exposure to these materials has not been linked to toxicity. In one study patients monitored up to 36 months following joint replacement with titanium-containing joints showed a statistically significant increase in detectable serum titanium within the study group. While titanium concentrations are not a measure of toxicity, they are useful in determining whether implant breakdown is occurring. Serum titanium concentrations are likely to be increased above the reference range in patients with metallic joint prosthesis. Prosthetic devices produced by Zimmer Company and Johnson and Johnson typically are made of aluminum, vanadium, and titanium. This list of products is incomplete, and these products change occasionally; see prosthesis product information for each device for composition details.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
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Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Prosthesis wear is known to result in increased circulating concentration of metal ions. In the absence of an implant, circulating titanium is <1 ng/mL. Modest increase (1.0-3.0 mcg/L) in urine titanium concentration is evident with a prosthetic device in good condition. Urine concentrations >10 mcg/L in a patient with titanium-based implant suggest prosthesis wear. Increased urine titanium concentration in the absence of corroborating clinical information does not independently predict prosthesis wear or failure.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Titanium is a trace metal commonly used in alloys and readily present in the environment. Thus, contamination of the collection site and of the specimen must be avoided. Failure to use metal-free collection procedures and devices may cause falsely increased results. See Specimen Required for collection and processing information.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Chao EY, Prichard D, Moyer T: Metal ion release in patients with porous coated megaprostheses. J Orthop Res 1995;11:A29
2. Jacobs J, Skipor A, Patterson L, et al: Metal release in patients who have had a primary total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg 1998;80-A:1447-1458
3. Liu TK, Liu SH, Chang CH, Yang RS: Concentration of metal elements in the blood and urine in the patients with cementless total knee arthroplasty. Tohoku J Exp Med 1998;185:253-262
4. Krachler M, Domj W, Irgolic KJ: Concentrations of trace elements in osteoarthritic knee-joint effusions. Biol Trace Element Res 2000;75:253-263
Method Description Describes how the test is performed and provides a method-specific reference
Titanium concentrations in urine can be determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Aqueous acidic calibrating standards, quality control samples, patient specimens, and blanks are diluted with diluent containing an internal standard. In turn, all diluted blanks, calibrating standards, quality control samples, and patient specimens are aspirated into a pneumatic nebulizer and the resulting aerosol directed to the hot plasma discharge by a flow of argon. In the annular plasma the aerosol is vaporized, atomized, and then ionized. Emission signals from titanium and the internal standard are observed axially by the emission spectrometer. Instrumentation response is defined by the linear relationship of analyte concentrations versus the ratio of the titanium emission signals to the internal standard. After reagent blank subtraction, unknown sample titanium concentrations are calculated by entering the net unknown intensity ratios into the linear calibration equation.(Unpublished Mayo method)
Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed Outlines the days and times the test is performed. This field reflects the day and time the sample must be in the testing laboratory to begin the testing process and includes any specimen preparation and processing time required before the test is performed. Some tests are listed as continuously performed, which means assays are performed several times during the day.
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Analytic Time Defines the amount of time it takes the laboratory to setup and perform the test. This is defined in number of days. The shortest interval of time expressed is "same day/1 day," which means the results may be available the same day that the sample is received in the testing laboratory. One day means results are available 1 day after the sample is received in the laboratory.
Maximum Laboratory Time Defines the maximum time from specimen receipt at Mayo Medical Laboratories until the release of the test result
Specimen Retention Time Outlines the length of time after testing that a specimen is kept in the laboratory before it is discarded
Performing Laboratory Location The location of the laboratory that performs the test
Test Classification Provides information regarding the medical device classification for laboratory test kits and reagents. Tests may be classified as cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and used per manufacturer's instructions, or as products that do not undergo full FDA review and approval, and are then labeled as an Analyte Specific Reagent (ASR), Investigation Use Only (IUO) product, or a Research Use Only (RUO) product.
CPT Code Information Provides guidance in determining the appropriate Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code(s) information for each test or profile. The listed CPT codes reflect Mayo Medical Laboratories interpretation of CPT coding requirements. It is the responsibility of each laboratory to determine correct CPT codes to use for billing.
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Amanpour Promises 'All Sides,' Yet She Skews Debate as She Charges 'Islamophobia' Spurs Anti-Muslim Violence
Published: 10/3/2010 2:40 PM ET
While twelve guests in total from both sides of the question earned air time (six on stage, three more in the Manhattan studio audience and three via satellite), Amanpour was more hostile to those who answered in the affirmative than she was toward those in the negative, cuing up advocates to correct critics, culminating in Amanpour trying to discredit critics by proposing "you think Daisy Khan is al Qaeda?"
She accused Gary Bauer of "blurring the lines between those who killed and the rest of the religion. Why are you deliberately blurring the lines?" And she charged: "So, Gary Bauer, as you know, a series of politicians have used the Islamic center, have used sort of Islamophobia and scare tactics in their campaigns." Raising the vandalism at the site of a proposed mosque in Tennessee, Amanpour asserted: "After some of the loaded things that have been said, and we can play you any number of tapes, Mr. Bauer. Do you take any responsibility at all for, for instance, what happened in Murfreesboro?" Bauer was incredulous: "Are you serious?"
The last word of the hour went to GZM's Daisy Khan. Amanpour wondered: "When you listen to all of this, do you think that you should move the center?" Khan insisted she's fighting for apple pie: "No. I think that American values have to prevail. I'm now fighting for American values." Amanpour: "On that note, I thank you both, all of you very much indeed for being here."


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December 5th - Without a functioning rail service, there was no alternative and I cycled home from Tyseley. The wind was strong, but it had died back considerably, and the rain - apart from a brief shower as I hit Park Hall - had cleared. I didn't fancy the traffic up the main drag over Kingstanding with a side wind, so hit the canal all the way home. It got dark in Aston, and the front light - my trusty Hope R4 - was plenty good enough all the way. The going wasn't fast, but it was steady, and much of the time I was sheltered from the wind.
Reality checks came at Tower Hill, where rocks had tumbled from the steep cutting embankment onto the towpath, and Park Hall, where a tree had similarly come to a sad end.
There was a cracking sunset, too, but I missed most of it, hidden behind the cityscape. The views over Hamstead were great though, and it made a change to see them at this time of day. I must head here for a sunset when I get chance.
I arrived home tired, but just pleased to be back, and safe. Many, many people had a far worse time with floods, the tidal surge and severe gales. My tribulations were nothing, and I did get in a decent ride, after all.


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Sing The Body continues to rock Hawaii's alternative music scene with their second studio CD release Contrast. Like popular rock bands The White Stripes and The Black Keys, Sing The Body – comprised of Zack Shimizu and Elijah Oguma – take the "less is more" approach to music. They harness their deep talents to create a rich, multi-hued sound that explodes in this 11-track CD of all new material. Contrast features GRAMMY® award- winning Cellist Chris Chorney in "See It Run," "Stockroom," and, along with Lap Steel virtuoso Kilin Reece, "Under Eyed Child." iTunes top selling reggae artist Mike Love is featured in "Realize."
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Today dawns a New Year, and with it, our annual opportunity for a fresh start.
With or without a formal list of New Year's resolutions, many of us see the unfolding of a new calendar as a time to make promises to ourselves about what we want to do more of — and less of — from now on.
It might be as simple as losing weight, quitting smoking or getting to the gym twice a week.
Or we might be looking more outward: hoping to be more patient with our children and co-workers; trying to be more open to meeting new people and considering different views; vowing to finally make that phone call to start helping Habitat for Humanity build houses or to schedule a shift to help out at a soup kitchen.
Most of these positive intentions involve engaging less in some behavior, too; being less irritable, less impatient, less lazy.
That's why the idea of a new beginning works so well: To make a fresh start, we have to forgive ourselves for our past shortcomings, and the turn of the page provides a perfect backdrop for absolution.
The Jan. 1 start of the year may be an accident of history, but it is well placed just after the holidays, a season of excess of every sort. Overload, both positive and negative, can leave us exhausted. The build-up and let-down of emotion over reuniting with absent loved ones and enjoying long-anticipated celebrations can be just as draining as the frantic cooking, cleaning, shopping and planning that must be fit around all our regular responsibilities.
By Dec. 31, our brains and waistlines can get as overloaded as our overstuffed fridges and overstretched bank accounts.
After all that, who isn't ready for a clean slate?
Of course, everything isn't really new in the new year; old problems will persist, and familiar stumbling blocks will remain. It's possible we once again will fall short of our goals.
But something in our ever-hopeful nature inclines us to see the turning of the year as a new starting line. Somehow, we feel new energy to tackle old challenges. With some luck and extra determination, this could be the year we change for the better.
If not — well, we've survived so far despite our failings. And there's always 2014.
Happy New Year.


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Therese Fowler has believed in the magic of a good story since she learned to read at the age of four. At age thirty, as a newly single parent, she put herself into college, earning a degree in sociology before deciding to scratch her longtime fiction-writing itch. That led to an MFA in creative writing, and the composition of stories that explore the nature of our families, our culture, our mistakes, and our desires.
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My Child Walk n Rock can easily be converted from a walker into a rocker, offering a supportive footpad in rocker mode. This My Child Walk n Rock has a detachable musical, electronic activity tray that can be substituted with your baby's favourite toys.
Featuring an extra soft, removable padded seat with backrest in a pink coloured theme, the Walk n Rock is multi height adjustable for babies of different ages. A footrest pad is also included. Requires 2 x AA batteries.
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Inspired by the Bolo Santosi soundboard created by Poor Bison (flash version), Movura Labs brings you JC2 Voices, a Just Cause 2 iOS soundboard featuring the legendary Rico Rodriguez, and soon to feature many more, including the glamorous Bolo Santosi.
After showing off all the incredible fan made Just Cause 2 inspired art we've amassed over the past twelve months, we decided we wanted more. Yep, call us greedy if you like but with so much talent out there we just couldn't help ourselves. So we're willing to make a trade – you design us a piece of Just Cause 2 fan art and we'll reward our five favourites with a state of the art* Just Cause 2 t-shirt.
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