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The industry has come a long way since those early days and the price and feature gap has greatly narrowed. The continually increasing speed and power of computers has alleviated many reliability concerns simply because it's easier for an average system to process large blocks of video data. Today's affordable open-system hardware and software could easily edit circles around the top systems of those early years.
Yet, as open-system products have matured, they have found their way into more professional and time-sensitive situations. Down-time for tech support has gone from unavoidable to almost unacceptable. Ten years ago an event videographer might have been willing to work on the system as a hobby, especially because it offered professional results at such a relatively affordable price. Today, tinkering with a computer is more often just a waste of time.
Higher-end nonlinear editing system makers learned a long time ago that letting customers experiment with different computer configurations is a fool's game. It's a technical support Pandora's Box because it increases the number of possible configuration permutations. It's just not good business, even if it forces the customers to spend a little more money up front. Even amid a robust open-system market, there have always been integration companies that catered to independents by selling bundled systems and providing that one-stop tech support for turnkey systems featuring otherwise open system components.
Such expertise is likely to become quite valuable again as the industry moves toward HD editing. Processing extremely large amounts of HD data very quickly is again taxing the limits of system components and making efficiency critical. To avoid the return of open-system horror stories, several open-system partners led by Adobe have introduced OpenHD Certification, a joint effort to offer pre-tested configurations of HD-capable editing workstations.
Adobe has been the primary proponent of open-system editing for almost 15 years. Premiere has been bundled with dozens of hardware cards, from multimedia to professional quality. Yet, Adobe has historically tended to keep a hands-off approach (publicly anyway) as to not appear to endorse any one hardware maker over another. However, as Premiere Pro has matured, its competition has become more focused. Today, Apple's Final Cut Pro, which only works on Apple hardware, and Avid, which has always posted a list of certified system configurations, have emerged as Adobe's main rivals.
With OpenHD Certification, Adobe in joined by companies like Intel, Microsoft, Dell, and HP in an effort to collectively test and qualify specific system configurations that will work, out of the box, with no hassles. As of the end of July, the openhd.org Web site has listed four configurations built around Dell and HP workstations that are effectively guaranteed to include enough processing power, bandwidth, and storage to edit HDV, Uncompressed HD, Compressed HD in real-time, and uncompressed HD in real-time.
Each system still uses off-the-shelf I/O cards where needed, like BlackMagic Designs' DeckLink, AJA's Xena, or Matrox's Axio hardware. All four use NVidia graphics cards and off-the-shelf audio cards. And each includes both a system hard drive and independent storage for media. Expected pricing is listed on the site.
It all sounds smart and easy for potential buyers. But questions remain about how much value there really is in a certification for a group of companies that would naturally support users who buy their products. Adobe, Dell, HP, Microsoft, and Intel have all done extensive work over the years in building a platform for handling video, from Intel's Architecture Labs to Microsoft's very capable Windows Media division. However, it's unlikely that either company is doing anything for Adobe that doesn't also enhance the Windows platform for any other vendor, including Avid. Dell and HP have each had video editing configurations in the past for both Adobe Premiere and Avid. Adobe, naturally, wants to make Premiere Pro more professional.
Even though these configurations have the blessing of each of the applicable OpenHD companies, you'll still need either to build the system yourself by purchasing the components separately, or to contact a Certified OpenHD reseller (submit your information at openhd.org and a reseller will contact you). In many ways, that's no different from buying a system from an integrator like BOXX Technologies, 1 Beyond, Laird Telemedia, or several others. As yet, it's still a little unclear where tech support will come from for purchasers of Certified OpenHD configurations, although it's expected to be a third-party organization contracted by the OpenHD alliance members.
Without details on service contract costs, hours of operation, and ability to solve problems, OpenHD Certification is really only putting a nice collective face on an open-system problem. It's a step in the right direction and credit is due for the initiative and desire to make things easier. But how all those big name companies actually interact with the independent video producer remains to be seen—and that, after all, is what will really matter.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, biennial, perennial herb
Stem simple or branched; branches generally ascending to erect, hairy
Leaves strigose, rough-hairy, or bristly, largest bristles (especially lower surface) bulbous-based; basal whorled; cauline generally opposite below, alternate above
Inflorescence generally terminal, generally elongated in fruit, open (flowers in fruit not overlapping or touching side to side) or dense (flowers in fruit overlapping or touching side to side)
Flower: sepals ± free; corolla generally white, tube generally 113 mm, appendages 5, white to yellow, limb 15 mm wide in annual, 612 mm wide in per; anthers included; ovary generally 4-lobed,
Fruit: nutlets 14, back generally grayish brown, smooth and shiny or granular, tubercled, or rough at 10X , margin rounded, sometimes sharp-edged, groove on inside surface narrow, open to closed, sometimes raised, edges inrolled to sharp-angled, generally forked or flared open at base
Species in genus: ± 160 species: w Am
Etymology: (Greek: hidden flowers, from cleistogamous flowers of some species)
Reference: [Higgins 1971 Brigham Young Sci Bull Biol Ser 13(4):163]
Annual species generally self-pollinating; per species homostylous or heterostylous. Many annual species difficult to separate; observation of nutlets and hairs requires magnification at 20X.
Annual 540 cm
Stem simple or few branched throughout, generally strigose; some hairs curved upward
Leaves 14 cm, oblanceolate to oblong, short-bristly; upper oblong-lanceolate
Inflorescence open in fruit
Flower: sepals 1.52 mm, 2.54 mm and ± lanceolate in fruit, bristles spreading; corolla limb 12 mm wide
Fruit: nutlets 4, ± 2 mm, ovate, back smooth, shiny, groove ± closed, off-center near margin, sometimes short-forked at base
Ecology: Open areas, generally coniferous forest
Elevation: 7502900 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Warner Mountains
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Perfect timing for me! I've been slacking on my daily motivational self-talks. Which pretty much come down to convincing myself that being hungry and eating fairly monotonously are rewards.
I found 2 typos, business men don't question for their money. At the end of the "Timing of Reward or Punishment" section, 'lo9gically' appears.
Well, if we're editing then I would also point out "(with weeekly weigh-ins) " in the third to last paragraph.
Great read.
I tidied up a bunch of stuff but typos are required.
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Interesting. Possibly useful to a degree. However...
An important point to remember is that dogs, like every other non-human animal, have no choice: they will ALWAYS behave like dogs. We, on the other hand, are beings of volitional consciousness. We can choose to act in ways in opposition to our own best interests. We can choose to be irrational. Makes applying principles of behaviorism, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, to people, somewhat problematic.
"When I die, if there are no dogs in Heaven, I want to go where they went."---Will Rogers
"While there is obviously more to it than that in humans, there is no doubt that these types of pathways play a role in human behavior."
Or pointed out the bizarre irrational chioces (i.e $10 now vs $1000 later, 1 marshallow now vs. later) that humans make.
Nevermind, clearly you didn't.
"When I die, if there are no dogs in Heaven, I want to go where they went."---Will Rogers
I really like the article and your focus on the psychological aspects of healthy lifestyle in the face of laziness and temptation. Consistency and adherence is really the key here, and the selection of a training or diet programme always comes second.
When I was young, I exercised for the fun of it, for the endorphine rush and for the pleasure of the feeling that thanks to the training my body always has spare or even excess power and endurance capacity, which made the regular daily activities seem very easy and effortless.
Now that I'm older, I no longer get the endorphines flowing in my brain from the exercise, and training makes me sore, tired and even beaten for a large part of the week. I stick to the lifestyle, but for different reasons now. The things that drive me include:
1) The realisation that to keep healthy, I have to keep at it until the end of my life. This helps immensely, because it does away with any stress over having to achieve my goals as soon as possible, as well as with any stress over any little failures to adhere to the diet or the training programme all the time. It makes me more patient, as it puts my goals in a broader perspective, so that I do not neglect the less exciting stuff like mobility and technique training. And since I know that there are limits to what I can achieve in each particular area of fitness, this approach makes me think about any other skills that I might want master in future and helps me look forward to it.
2) The decision to set for myself performance and skill-based goals, short and long-term rather than focusing just on how I look naked.
3) The decision to train and diet in cycles, according to a plan. When I train to improve strength, I do not stress about eating too much and gaining a little fat, and save my willpower for training hard, when I diet to get back to my weight class, I pay much more attention to how I eat, and stress less about my performance in the gym. I try to stick to the plan exactly, because I know that I only have 12 or 16 weeks to achieve that goal, and since the plans tend to be difficult to complete, it forces me to pay attention to proper recovery.
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Brent Wolfe of Wolfe Quail raises the largest and possibly the best quail in the U.S., and we are fortunate to have him as an alumnus of our American Harvest Workshop. Chef Brian Streeter created this inspired recipe of Oven Roasted Quail with Bing Cherries and Fennel. The sauce is full of big, fruity, spicy flavors. Enjoy with Cakebread Cellars Pinot Noir.
6 Wolfe Quail*, semi-boneless
24 Bing Cherries, pitted
6 Fennel Slices, 1/2" thick
18 Cipollini Onions**
3 T. Balsamic Vinegar
1 c. Chicken Stock
1 T. Fresh Sage, chopped
1/2 tsp. Fennel Seed
1 tsp. Nutmeg, ground
1 T. Butter, melted
Salt & Pepper
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Season the quail with salt and pepper, place a cherry in the cavity of each quail, and fold the legs of the quail one over the other, tucking them in close to the breast. In a ceramic baking dish, lay the fennel slices flat on the bottom and season with salt and pepper. Arrange the quail on top of each fennel slice. Place the rest of the cherries and onions around the quail in the ceramic dish.
In a small sauce pan over high heat, reduce the balsamic vinegar until almost dry. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Season the broth with sage, fennel seeds, and a pinch of salt and pour in the baking dish. Sprinkle the top of the quail with nutmeg and bake for 20 minutes.
When the quail is done baking, remove from the oven and turn on the broiler. Brush the tops of the quail with butter. Place under the broiler and crisp the skin. Strain the broth from the quail and place in a sauce pan and reduce by half.
To serve, place a piece of fennel on each plate, split each quail in half and place it on the fennel, garnish with cherries and onions, and dress with the reduced sauce. Enjoy with a salad of your favorite greens.
*Brent Wolfe of Wolfe Quail raises the largest and possibly the best quail in the U.S., and we are fortunate to have him as an alumnus of the winery's American Harvest Workshop. His quail are found in the Bay Area's best restaurants. We would encourage you to buy the largest semi-boneless quail from your local meat market, and support your local producers.
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Cardiologists still are evaluating new guidelines for statin use and subsequent reports that a risk calculator for heart attacks and strokes far overestimates the number of people who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Cardiologists still are evaluating new guidelines for statin use and subsequent reports that a risk calculator for heart attacks and strokes far overestimates the number of people who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs.
There�s broad support, overall, for the recent recommendations from the country�s leading heart groups. They call for moving away from an obsession with achieving a particular cholesterol number and toward using statins, at the appropriate doses, in patients likely to benefit.
The guidelines highlight four groups of patients: those with established cardiovascular problems; those with genetic cholesterol disorders; those with diabetes; and those with a number of risk factors, including health markers and family history.
The last category is where the calculator, based on studies going back to the 1990s, comes in. It was created by respected scientists and is based on good research. But other well-regarded scientists have applied it to different, more-recent study populations and said it overestimates risk and recommends statins to too many people � perhaps by millions.
Dr. Carl Orringer, a cardiologist and lipid specialist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, helped develop and review the guidelines. He said using older risk-assessment tools makes sense while scientists work out the controversy.
�We have to wait a little bit to see where the fallout is in terms of the risk calculator. ... I understand the arguments on both sides of the fence,� said Orringer, the president-elect of the National Lipid Board.
In the meantime, cardiologists in central Ohio say they�ll use a variety of tools to assess risk of heart attack or stroke while trying to optimize statin use and individualize patient care. In some cases, statins clearly will be called for, they say. In others, trying to modify lifestyle first could make sense.
In either case, experts say, lifestyle remains an important part of lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke, and the new guidelines shouldn�t be seen as a sign that their field is giving up on diet and exercise and now pushing pills on everyone.
�Right now, the numbers show that 3 percent of the public is getting 150 minutes of moderate activity a week, which is a scary number,� said Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist with the Mount Carmel Medical Group.
Statins are proven, and their safety is well-established. But they can have side effects, most commonly muscle pain and weakness. Some people say they have cognitive problems from the drugs.
Most statins are available as generics. Crestor, the most potent, remains on patent (meaning generics are unavailable) and is the most expensive.
Dr. Martha Gulati said she appreciates guidelines that get away from focusing on reducing cholesterol. At times, she has been prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications and wondering whether they were really helping.
�Any time I�d prescribe a nonstatin drug in my lipid clinic, I�d often be saying, �We have no evidence that it�s going to save your life,�??� said Gulati, the director of preventive cardiology and women�s cardiovascular health at Ohio State University�s Wexner Medical Center.
Like Sabgir, Gulati hopes the new guidelines and controversy over the calculator won�t overshadow the importance of emphasizing healthy lifestyles, including exercise and diets high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and good fats.
�The lifestyle recommendations will always be first and foremost,� she said.
Dr. Michael Tempelhof, an interventional cardiologist at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, said the move toward more (and better) statin use is important. The past several decades have been marked by great progress in lowering deaths from heart disease, but much of that has been because of good care after someone already had a problem, Tempelhof said.
Broader use of statins in people who are high-risk, and in those with diabetes, could stop problems before they emerge, he said.


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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! The kids and I had a lot of fun working on our handmade Valentine's this year and I wanted to show you what we created. In year's past, I haven't been this ambitious, but I am beginning to realize that our days of crafting Valentines are numbered. I really wanted to take advantage of our time together and thought this would be a fun way to spend it.
Emily has been begging me to make fabric flower barrettes for her friends and I thought this would be the perfect time to share them with her friends. I found these fabric quarters at Walmart and used them to create matching hair accessories for all of her friends. The flip side had white felt hearts to pull them together. These are so inexpensive to make, but I hope that her friends have fun sporting their new hair accessories.
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If you are looking for ideas for celebrating with your significant other may I recommend this sweet & simple steak dinner at home, my linguine with white clam sauce for a frugal dinner option, our tips on choosing a budget-friendly and delicious boxed wine for your celebration, or listen to this great podcast on choosing great wines.
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Robert Rodriguez's Machete featured any number of ridiculous, over-the-top things to get excited about, from Lindsay Lohan shooting a gun in a nun's habit to the titular character using intestines as a bungee cord. But judging from the Internet the most exciting thing of all was viewing a small piece of Jessica Alba's skin that no one had ever seen before, when the famously nude-shy actress bared all for a brief shot in the shower.
Or did she? As uncovered by Britain's Daily Mail, Alba actually wore underwear, which were digitally removed in the final print. Not only did they remove, underwear, but they basically created the image of the breast that you see in the photo. They posted the side-by-side image, which you can see below.
Alba has said several times she'll never do a nude scene for a film, but the Daily Mail article doesn't explain how Machete got away with the digital underwear removal, or whether that's in violation of what I assume is a "no nudity" clause in Alba's contract. Obviously digitally creating nudity is a whole lot of effort with little reward unless you're working with a star on Alba's level, but is this going to be the start of some trend? Digital trickery has been used to mask nudity plenty of times in the past, most famously in the orgy scene in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, but are we now to the point of creating a nipple slip on an actress who most definitely kept her clothes on in real life?
I'm not sure how uncomfortable to feel about all of this not knowing how much a role Alba played in this. If she was OK with the nude scene but was unwilling to disrobe during filming, then hey, the digital effects get people googling her image without ever having to go the full monty. But if this is Rodriguez's way of getting around an actress's demands for privacy, a loophole in her contract, it feels incredibly sleazy and in violation of her basic rights to her own image.
What do you guys think? Is this some venture into a brave new world we ought to be afraid of, or is anything that allows for nudity we didn't get before just fine by you?


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I got this cookbook today and couldn't wait to go look at all the yummy recipes. Unfortunately, most of the pages are stuck together where it's bound. Some came apart, but many pages tore. I bought three to give as gifts. I am hoping the gifts won't have the same problem. I am anxious to see if the food tastes as good as it looks!
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Vital lessons at orangutan 'Oxbridge'
The discovery of a group of privileged primates teachingeach other
sophisticated behaviour hints atthe way human intellect has evolved
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday April 9, 2006
The Observer
Suaq Balimbing, in the Kluet swamps, is one of Sumatra's least attractive
destinations. It has mud, a profusion of biting insects, oppressive heat, and
little else. To humans, it is a place to avoid. But to the island's wild
orangutans, Suaq is a magnet. It is the simian equivalent of Oxbridge, a place
to obtain a privileged education so they can stand out among their peers.
At Suaq they learn from other wild orangutans how to make tools, to play
jumping games and even to blow kisses to each other at night. Stay at Suaq and
you become a special animal.
And that, say researchers - writing in the latest issue of Scientific American -
has critical implications for humans. The existence of a place in the wild where
apes undergo intense social learning suggests a route by which humans acquired
their intelligence, as we evolved from primitive apemen to Homo sapiens.
'Our analyses of orangutans suggest that not only does culture - social
learning of special skills - promote intelligence, it favours the evolution of
greater and greater intelligence in populations over time,' says Carel van
Schaik, director of the Anthropological Institute at Zürich University.
In other words, apemen got their big brains by hanging about in groups, learning
social skills and tool-making - like orangutans. And as the generations passed,
apemen with bigger brains did better and better in these groups. The end result
was Homo sapiens.
Schaik and his colleagues began observing orangutans in the wild several years
ago and chose Suaq because the swamp supplies abundant food for orangutans all
year round. As a result, the site is visited regularly by dozens of them. 'It is
great for orangutans, but hell for researchers,' Schaik adds.
And it was here the scientists made their first, astonishing discovery. The
orangutans of Suaq create and wield a variety of tools, carefully fashioning
twigs and sticks to poke into ant, termite and bee nests to collect insects and
honey and to prise open nuts and fruits. Often a twig is held in an orangutan's
mouth, then delicately moved around a nest. Then it is withdrawn and the honey
licked off.
Chimpanzees have occasionally been observed using twigs in a similar fashion,
but orangutans in the wild have never been seen to make and use tools before.
Crucially, orangutans at neighbouring sites do not display such skills.
The orangutans of Suaq also say good night to their families by blowing a loud
raspberry noise which is often amplified by cupping hands. In addition, they use
leaves as protective gloves or napkins. Again, such behaviour is unique to Suaq,
a place that has its own distinctive orangutan culture.
All these habits were learnt from other orangutans and the benefits have
clearly made it worthwhile for them to stick together in large numbers despite
their natural tendency to be reclusive and reserved. The skills they pick up at
Suaq - like honey eating - clearly gives them an advantage in surviving life in
the wild. Dozens of them gather there to cavort in trees overhanging the swamp.
'And when an orangutan in Suaq has acquired more of these tricks than its less
fortunate cousins elsewhere, it has done so because it had greater opportunities
for social learning throughout its life,' adds Schaik. 'In brief, social
learning may bootstrap an animal's intellectual performance onto a higher
It is the orangutan equivalent of going to a good school, an act that can
confer critical advantages in later life just as it does with a human child.
However, there is more to social learning than explaining why some youngsters
get on in life and others do not, Schaik argues.
Over millions of years individual animals of high intelligence do best in
top-stream institutions and will be favoured by natural selection. Thus our
ancestors picked up the habit of social learning millions of years ago and
slowly evolved bigger brains as a consequence. It was all about education,
education, education.
Such an account does not explain why humanity's ancestors, alone among the great
apes, evolved extreme intelligence, however. Other factors must be involved,
otherwise orangutans would be as clever as humans today. On the other hand, the
remarkable behaviour of orangutans in rich cultural settings like Suaq makes
the gap between ourselves and the great apes seem less profound than it might
otherwise appear, adds Schaik. 'Quite simply, culture promotes intelligence,' he


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South-Western City Schools will participate in a partnership grant program between AmeriCorps and the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.
South-Western City Schools will participate in a partnership grant program between AmeriCorps and the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.
AmeriCorps will provide 45 volunteer members through the service center who will tutor South-Western students in second and third grades who have demonstrated weaknesses in literacy, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum John Kellogg told the school board Nov. 26.
The district will provide an in-kind contribution of $3,200 per volunteer, he said
The tutoring sessions will be school-based and will take place during and after school, Kellogg said.
The volunteers will be trained by the district to use literacy-based instructional strategies in order to align with current best practices, he said.
"We will also be hiring district teachers at each school to serve as after school coordinators," Kellogg said, "so after school, students will have a volunteer tutor and a teacher to coordinate their (sessions.)"
The tutors will serve full time, working 37.5 hours a week, he said.
The service center will target certificated teachers to participate in the program, Kellogg said.
The volunteers will not be paid a salary, but will receive a stipend they can use for educational opportunities or to help pay back their student loans, he said.
"The goal of the program is to accelerate student learning in literacy," Kellogg said. "It will have a positive implications for the third grade reading guarantee."
The tutoring program also will benefit student groups, including those with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Program and English as a Second Language students, he said.
The district will begin training the tutors next month so that they can "hit the ground running" after students return from the holiday break, Kellogg said.
This year's program will run through the end of June 2013, so the district will be able to make use of the tutoring services into the summer, he said.
The grant has a component to evaluate the impact the tutoring program is having on second- and third-graders and the potential for future funding, Kellogg said.
If the program proves successful, the district may be able to apply for tutors for next school year and begin the program in August ahead of the start of next school year, he said.
"This is an exciting program that landed in our laps," Kellogg said.
Also at this week's meeting, the school board voted 4-1 to join the Central Ohio Compact.
The compact is a partnership of school districts, adult career-technical centers, colleges and universities, and business and civic leaders with the goal that by 2025, 60 percent of adults in the region will have earned a post-secondary certificate or degree.
Board member Jo Ellen Myers cast the only vote against the resolution, expressing concern that while it's good to help students go to college, the compact and its goals could be considered as being "almost social engineering."
The district has a commitment to make sure its students are college- or career-ready when they graduate, and the compact "will allow us to partner with everyone who will help us do that," board member Cathy Johnson said.
The compact is not legally binding.


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No. 2 seed Andy Murray, who is trying to become the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles title since Fred Perry triumphed in 1936, easily won his first-round match on Monday with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Benjamin Becker of Germany.
Murray completed his victory shortly after No. 5 Rafael Nadal had been upset in straight sets by Steve Darcis of Belgium, a result that took Nadal out of Murray's potential path.
"It's obviously surprising but that's sport, and Rafa's not played on the grass this year either," Murray said in an interview with the BBC.
"It's obviously an upset, but if you're a little bit off, that can happen."
In a matchup of promising young American players, No. 17 Sloane Stephens of Plantation, Fla., defeated Jamie Hampton of Auburn, Ala., 6-3, 6-3. In another all-American matchup, Christina McHale of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., defeated Alexa Glatch of Newport Beach, 6-4, 6-4.
In general, though, it was a rough day for American women.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, defeated Coco Vandeweghe of Rancho Santa Fe, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 after Vandeweghe fought off one match point. Varvara Lepchenko of Allentown, Pa., was eliminated by Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., lost to Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal, 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 4-6, and Vania King of Long Beach was eliminated, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, by No. 29 Alize Cornet of France. Also, Lauren Davis of Gates Mills, Ohio, lost to 27th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic
Top-seeded Serena Williams is set to play her first match on Tuesday, against Mandy Minella of Luxembourg.
Rafael Nadal is upset in first round at Wimbledon
Roger Federer has work cut out for him at Wimbledon this year
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What with all the cotton black people picked during slavery, seems like we should be able to walk in the mall, and anything that's 100% cotton, we ought to get for free.
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Congrats on the new PB CarlTook the car out to HMP last weekend for the first time since the last posting above back in November 2014. I haven't changed anything on the tune other than a new set of spark plugs. I put a pair of new/used 28x10.5 stiffwall slicks that I bought 2nd hand with the stickers still on them back around January. I did adjust the rear shock settings by just a few clicks on extension and a couple of clicks on rebound since I was going from a radial to a slick. First pass off the trailer I had the pressure too high as I set them before a burnout. I also did a huge burnout to break the tires in for their first hit. Result a spinning 1.37 sixty foot, firstname.lastname@example.com or so MPH.
I let the car cool down for a couple of hours and went back up for another hit, now with the tires set at the more desirable 12 psi (set them after I returned from the first pass while still hot). The guy I was lined up next to was taking forever to stage and I didn't look at my temp gauge (we'll return to that in a second). We finally got staged and I launched and she felt good. Really felt like it pull a small wheelie and carried at nearly 100 feet or so, but the video doesn't really show that. The result was a 1.32 sixty foot on what I thought was the back tires, 5.49@129x4 mph. I did pull almost 100 lbs of ballast out of the car since I wasn't running Ultra Street plus there is some saved weight from the change back to the slick from the radial, so probably 120 lbs lighter. That explains the picked up MPH to me, even though almost everyone will tell you that Radials will pull more MPH on the big end than slicks I think I proved that wrong.
Remember when I said I didn't look at the temp gauge? Yeah, that might have been a mistake. At the top end of the track, the radiator cap started blowing fluid out. Apparently my catch can was full and the water had nowhere to go but out the cap, all over my engine bay, and guess what...under the tires too! Yeah I lost it. The car swerved to the right, then to the left, then to the right a little further, then hard left again. It slid for probably close to 200 feet with my drivers side door facing the starting line and passenger door facing the sand traps. Unlike the first time I had this type of wreck back in Oct 2008, this time I had a little more driving experience and managed to steer and save the car. While it was sliding left basically sliding perpendicular to the race track, I kept the steering wheel straight, meaning the front and rear wheels were parallel. I think this is what kept the car sliding in a straight albeit perpendicular path instead of swerving around more and tagging the wall. When the slide started to slow down, I turned the wheel to the left, away from the skid instead of the instinct to turn it into the skid, this resulted in the front of the car moving back towards the finish line and the car came to a stop at about a 45* angle on the track, probably around 100-150 feet from the end of the track. The engine temperature when I came to a stop showed 250*. I jumped out and shut the battery off, took my helmet off and raised my arms and helmet in joy as I had just pulled off an awesome save! Raised the hood and found water everywhere.
So in short, I need 4 new tires and a new pair of shorts, but luckily the car and engine were not hurt. I now have to decide whether I want to spend money on tires right now and try to run another event this year, or just put it on jack stands until next year. Obviously I didn't have much time or desire to go race the car this year as I've been busy with all the kids and now my wife's two nieces are living with us. So I have a house full of kids and activities keeping me busy all the time. I've had this motor in the car just over two years now and probably made close to 100 or so passes on it. The aluminum rods are probably ready to be swapped and the valve springs may be getting weak at this point considering its an 8200 rpms motor. So it may be about time to freshen her up and that said I don't have the money for that at this point. Decisions, Decisions...anyone want to sponsor me an engine rebuild and some new tires
good save too bro
If you get new tires look into those new M/T radials they are ridiculous. The new Compound is insane and guys are breaking records and hooking on much less radial friendly surfaces very consistent. The Pro-bracket radials are flat out nasty on very little burnout required.


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Anuja Dokras, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
Penn Fertility Care
3701 Market Street, Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3701 Market Street, Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-0085
Fax: 215-349-5512
Fax: 215-349-5512
Research interests
Research interests
Education:Permanent link
HSC (Science/Math)
Jaihind College, India, 1982.
University of Bombay, India, 1988.
PhD (Medicine)
University of Oxford, UK, 1992.
HSC (Science/Math)
Jaihind College, India, 1982.
University of Bombay, India, 1988.
PhD (Medicine)
University of Oxford, UK, 1992.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests: Dr Dokras directs the Penn Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) trans disciplinary research program.
Keywords: PCOS, androgens, metabolic risk, mood disorders, HRQOL
Research Details:PCOS is the commonest endocrine disorder in reproductive age women with a prevalence of 8-15%. It is associated with significant gynecological, dermatologic, metabolic and psychiatric co-morbidities. Our research program has two main interests; understanding long term cardiovascular morbidity and risk of depression and anxiety disorders in PCOS. Both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mood disorders are associated with significantly physical and emotional morbidity and add significantly to the financial burden of the healthcare system.
Our studies have shown that young women with PCOS have an increased risk of obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis compared to age matched controls. We are currently interested in understanding the determinants of CVD risk by performing studies at both cellular level (lipid phenotyping, HDL function) and population levels (impact of steroid hormones on lipids, studying role of androgens in subclinical atherosclerosis). Some of these studies are conducted in collaboration with Dr Dan Rader.
Our second area of interest is to better understand the risk of lowered health related quality of life (HRQOL), and increased risk of anxiety and mood disorders in PCOS. We were among the first groups to comprehensively demonstrate a fourfold increased risk of depression and anxiety in PCOS. We are interested in understanding the impact of interventions such as lifestyle change, hormonal contraception, CBT on HRQOL, mood and anxiety disorders.
Description of Clinical ExpertiseDr Dokras directs the Penn PCOS center which offers comprehensive gynecological, reproductive, dermatological, metabolic, nutritional and psychological care to women with PCOS. The program is present at 3701 Market St and Penn Medicine at Radnor with nutrition services available on-site.
She also Directs the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis program at Penn Fertility Care.
Selected PublicationsRoe A, Hillman J, Butts S, Smith M, Rader D, Playford M, Mehta NN, Dokras A.: Decreased cholesterol efflux capacity and atherogenic lipid profile in young women with PCOS. J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 99(5): E841-847, Feb 2014 Notes:
Dokras A, Witchel SF: Are Young Adult Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Slipping through the Healthcare Cracks? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(5): 1583-1585, Feb 2014 Notes:
Milman L, DOkras A, Allison KC, Sarwer DV, Coutifaris C, Kris-Etherton PM, Kunselman AR, Stetter C, Dodson W, Legro RS. : Improvement in health related quality of life (HRQOL) following weight loss and/or normalization of hyperandrogenism with continuous oral contraceptives (OC) in women with PCOS. Fertil Steril 102(3): e247, 2014.
Dokras A: Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women with PCOS. Steroids 78(8): 773-776, August 2013 Notes: [Epub ahead of print, May, 2013]
Roe AH, Prochaska E, Smith M, Sammel M, Dokras A: Using the Androgen Excess-PCOS Society Criteria to Diagnose Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents. J Pediatr [Epub ahead of print, Dec] 2012.
Dokras A, Wild R: Anxiety disorders in women with PCOS: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Fertil Steril 97(1):, Jan 2012.
Wild RA, Carmina E, Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Dokras A, Escobar-Morreale H, Futterweit W, Lobo RG, Norman RJ, Talbott E, Dumesic D: Prevention of cardiovascular disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A position statement by the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95(5):2038-49, May 2010.
Kerchner A, Lester W, Stuart S, Dokras A: The risk of depression and other mental health disorders in women with PCOS: A longitudinal study. Fertil Steril 91(1):207-12, Jan 2009.
Hollinrake B, Abrue A, Maifield M, VanVoorhis B, Dokras A: Increased risk of depression in women with PCOS. Fertil Steril 87(6):1369-76, June 2007.
Shroff R, Kirschner A, Maifield M, Van Beek EJ, Jagasia D, Dokras A: Young obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome have evidence of early coronary atherosclerosis. J Clin Endocirnol Metab 92:4609-614, 2007.
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The U.S.-UK Special Relationship: Past, Present and Future
Edited by Dr. Douglas V. Johnson II.
Brief Synopsis
On April 11-13, 2005, the Strategic Studies Institute co-sponsored a conference on "The U.S.-UK Special Relationship: Past, Present and Future," in cooperation with Dickinson College, and the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham. The conference was followed by a wrap-up session hosted by the Royal United Services Institute in London. Conference attendees were primarily from the Defence Academy and its associated colleges and research bodies.
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Artichoke Hearts Recipes
Mediterranean Mini Pizza with Cannellini Beans and Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus
I made a hummus pizza a few days ago and I felt like recreating a sandwich version of the dish with a bunch of Mediterranean ingredients. The problem was that I only had pita bread at home. I could have created a pocket in the bread and stuffed it, but I decided to place the ingredients on top of the pita bread to create a meal that resembled a pizza.
Following the Mediterranean theme, I made a cannellini bean and roasted red bell pepper hummus-like spread and topped it with Greek feta cheese, capers, sun-dried tomatoes, arugula, pickled shallot, black olives and marinated artichoke hearts. For the meat lovers out there, I would add some cubes of lamb kebabs.
I'm sure you've heard of 30-minute meals, but this took me 10 minutes, tops. Try this recipe the next time you're in a hurry. Beat that, Rachael Ray!
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Summer Vegetables and Hummus Pizza
Hummus pizza breaks the traditional rules by using a garbanzo bean spread instead of the standard tomato sauce. I added some Mediterranean ingredients to keep the flavor fresh, such as asparagus, garlic, roasted red bell peppers and artichoke hearts.
It's the perfect recipe for a light summer meal; the few shavings of parmesan cheese is the only sinful ingredient in an otherwise very healthy pizza.
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America Was Birthed in Prayer
June is almost gone and schools are out. Commencement exercises, notable for their absence of prayer, are over. College graduates now face the tough decision of whether to try to find a job in a stagnant economy or go on to graduate school to increase their skills-and their debt.
Our youth are suffering the most in the flat economy. The non-partisan Economic Policy Institute reports that unemployment among college graduates younger than 25 has averaged 9.4%, with an additional 19.1% in jobs for which they were overqualified. The stats for young men without a college degree are even grimmer: in October 2011, 22.4 percent of those in the 20- to 24-year-old bracket were unemployed.
But William H. Jeynes, professor of education at California State University, Long Beach, says the root of the problems these young people now face is not primarily economic. Instead, Dr. Jeynes says today's problems began 50 years ago this month when the Supreme Court banned prayer in public schools.
Jeynes says that decision and the one the following year in which the Supreme Court declared school-sponsored Bible reading in public schools unconstitutional dramatically affected the moral foundation of our nation. "Because it has been a number of decades since moral education and prayer were removed from the public schools, most of the adult working population in the United States were raised in schools in which character education and voluntary public prayer were absent," write Jeynes in his 2010 book, A Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools.
Jeynes argues that "Character education that is taught in the public schools will foster economic growth." And he has published research that explains why. "Myriad qualities," he writes, "that are associated with lives of morality and integrity are also some of the most important prerequisites for a society to maintain high rates of economic growth."
Dr. Jeynes, an evangelical Christian who along with his wife has done missionary outreach in 20 nations, has the done the research to back up his claim that removing character education and prayer has had a "detrimental impact" for decades. Taking this fact into account, says Jeynes, gives a very different perspective and helps us understand the "numerous problems that the United States faces."
It's a perspective, however, that's consistent with that of our Founders who understood the importance of religion and morality as the key supporting pillars for a new republic and a growing nation. For the Founders prayer was essential.
For example, there was another significant day in June-June 7, 1775, just 10 days before the bloody engagement between the colonists and the British at Bunker Hill-when the Continental Congress approved a resolution that called for the first of many subsequent "fast days" to be observed in the Colonies. The resolution read in part:
The Congress, therefore, considering the present critical, alarming and calamitous state of these colonies, do earnestly recommend that Thursday, the 20th day of July next, be observed, by the inhabitants of all the English colonies on this continent, as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer; that we may with united hearts and voices, unfeignedly confess and deplore our many sins; and offer up our joint supplications to the all-wise, omnipotent, and merciful Disposer of all events…. And it is recommended to Christians, of all denominations, to assemble for public worship, and to abstain from servile labour and recreations on said day.
As historian Rodd Gragg recounts in Forged in Faith: How Faith Shaped the Birth of the Nation, 1607-1776, not only was this resolution published in newspapers and distributed as a handbill, but pastors also read it from their pulpits and encouraged their congregants to observe the day. And so they did.
In Philadelphia the streets were empty that Thursday and Americans, writes Gragg, "quietly observed the day at home, or assembled in their churches for appropriate services of worship." The Continental Congress spent most of the fast day in church, attending the Anglican Christ Church in the morning and the Presbyterian Old Pine Street Church in the afternoon. At Christ Church the Reverend Jacob Duché exhorted them;
And whilst we are faithfully persevering in the defense of our temporal rights, let us humble ourselves before God…and seriously impartially inquire what returns we have made to Heaven for its past favors, and whether its present chastisements have not been drawn down upon us by a gross neglect of our past privileges.
A little less than a year later, on May 17, 1776 the Continental Congress called for another day of "fasting, humiliation, and prayer." Like the one the year before it was not compulsory, but again a resolution was sent throughout the colonies to publicize it, recommending that "Americans everywhere beseech God for his protection 'through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ.'" The resolution concluded with the prayer that Almighty God "would be graciously pleased to bless all his people in these colonies with health and plenty, and grant that a spirit of incorruptible patriotism, and of pure undefiled religion, may universally prevail; and this continent be speedily restored to the blessings of peace and liberty, and enabled to transmit them inviolate to the latest posterity."
Ten days later, on May 27, 1776, two resolutions were presented to the Continental Congress, both advocating independence. Then on Friday, June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia addressed the Congress and presented the final resolution that won the support of all the delegates:
That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
In a few weeks, we will celebrate the Independence that so many sacrificed so much to achieve and maintain. When we do, let us remember that America was birthed through prayer. And, in a time when many government leaders are afraid to pray in Jesus' name and we are reaping the consequences of expunging prayer from our nation's schools, let us pray that God will be merciful to our nation and allow the blessings of peace and liberty to be transmitted "inviolate" to our posterity. More than a million Americans have pledged to pray on the Sunday before Independence Day, July 1st, as a part of the interdenominational Call2Fall, a call to Christians all across America to "get on our knees and faces before the Lord in repentant prayer for God to reshape our lives and renew our land." You can find out how you and your church can participate, at www.Call2Fall.com.


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For example, if you want to reduce replication bandwidth, you can choose not to replicate attributes with typically large values such as photo, jpegPhoto, and audio. As a result, these attributes will not be available on consumers. As another example, you can choose to replicate only the uid and userpassword attributes to a consumer server that is dedicated to performing authentication.
Fractional replication cannot be used in versions of the product prior to Directory Server 5.2. When configuring a fractional replication agreement, both the master and consumer replicas must use at least Directory Server 5.2.
Enabling or modifying a fractional set of attributes requires you to reinitialize the consumer replica. Therefore, you need to determine your fractional replication needs before deployment and define your attribute set before you initialize your replicated suffixes for the first time.
You need to proceed with caution when replicating a small set of attributes, given the dependency of complex features such as ACIs, roles, and CoS on certain attributes. In addition, not replicating other attributes that are mentioned in specifiers or filters of the ACI, roles, or CoS mechanisms might compromise the security of the data. Not replicating might also result in different sets of attributes being returned in searches. Managing a list of attributes to exclude is safer, and less prone to human error, than managing a list of attributes to include.
You need to turn off schema checking in the consumer server if the attribute set that you replicate does not allow all replicated entries to follow the schema. Replication of non-conforming entries does not cause errors because the replication mechanism bypasses schema checking on the consumer. However, the consumer will contain non-conforming entries and should have schema checking turned off to expose a coherent state to its clients.
Fractional replication is configured in the replication agreement of master replicas with hubs and dedicated consumers. Configuration of fractional replication between two master replicas in a multimaster replication environment is not supported. Also, if several masters have replication agreements with the same replica, all these agreements must replicate the same set of attributes.
To configure fractional replication, you must specify the suffix, determine whether to include or exclude attributes on that suffix, then choose which attributes to include or exclude. If you choose to exclude attributes on a suffix, all other attributes are automatically included. Likewise, if you choose to include certain attributes on a suffix, all other attributes are automatically excluded.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Configure fractional replication on a replication agreement located on the source server.
$ dsconf set-repl-agmt-prop -h host -p port suffix-DN consumer-host:consumer-port property:value
where property is either repl-fractional-exclude-attr or repl-fractional-include-attr.
For example, if you want to configure a fractional agreement to exclude JPEG and TIFF photos from being replicated on the suffix dc=example,dc=com, use this command:
$ dsconf set-repl-agmt-prop -h host2 -p 1389 dc=example,dc=com host1:1389 repl-fractional-exclude-attr:jpegPhoto repl-fractional-exclude-attr:tiffPhoto
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The British number one will play his first slam match since back surgery in September when he takes on Japan's Go Soeda in the opening round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Nadal is making his own return in Melbourne having missed the year's first grand slam 12 months ago as he continued his recovery from knee problems that kept him out for seven months.
The Spaniard is back as world number one after a stunning sequence of results that saw him win 10 tournaments in 2013, including the French and US Opens.
Nadal was not the same as before, he was better, dominating on hard courts as well as clay with a 26-match winning run on what had been considered his worst surface.
Murray has not missed a grand slam but was unable to play the final two months of last season after opting for surgery to cure a troublesome back problem.
He is still very much feeling his way back in and is unsure how he will fare over best-of-five-set matches.
Murray accepts Nadal's success means expectations for his own comeback will have been raised, but the superb form of the Spaniard also offers hope that the road back to his best form may not be too long.
The Scot also cited their differing schedules, with Nadal playing himself back into form at smaller clay-court events before taking on his first big tournament at Indian Wells a month later.
Murray told Press Association Sport: "How Rafa recovered so well is pretty amazing but obviously coming back and going straight into a slam in your second tournament is different.
"Playing best-of-five-set matches is different, it takes time to build up that match practice.
"I have to be realistic but in some ways you can see that if you put the work in, you have the right attitude on the court, you can get back fairly quickly."
Murray knows he must be patient, but for a perfectionist such as the Scot, that does not come easily.
In a exhibition match against Lleyton Hewitt on Friday, which he lost in two tie-break sets, Murray's desire to find his best form again was evident.
He said: "It is a bit frustrating.
"I find it more frustrating when I have been playing and I'm not playing that well or moving that well. Certain days when things aren't going as I would have liked, I can get quite frustrated.
"But I'm not over-thinking too much. I understand why things aren't going as well but it can still be frustrating on the court.
"I still give myself a bit too much of a hard time when I'm practising but when the practice is done it's not like I'm taking that home with me or going back to the room and going, 'Oh my god, I can't believe I'm not hitting the ball that well'.
"I know why it's happening and I just need to keep ploughing through it."
On paper, Soeda represents a chance for Murray to ease himself back into slam play, with the 29-year-old Japanese ranked only 112th, down from a career high of 47 a year and a half ago.
The pair have never played each other before but Murray is confident he knows what to expect.
The 26-year-old said: "The Japanese players, a lot of them are fairly similar in the way that they play. They play from the baseline. They like to take the ball fairly early. They hit quite flat. Backhand's maybe a bit better. They compete well.
"I'll need to be ready. I haven't played a lot of matches, so I'm not going to look past anyone."
The weather is likely to be a complicating factor, with temperatures forecast to soar into the 40s for the remainder of the week.
The good news for Murray is the match has been scheduled not before 5pm local time on Hisense Arena.
Melbourne Park's second court has a roof, which means the contest will definitely be finished.
Should the extreme heat policy be activated, the pair would finish the set they were playing before the roof would close, while play on uncovered courts would be suspended.


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As oil's largest corporation have rushed into South Texas to pump millions of barrels out of the Eagle Ford Shale, wildcatter Harvey Howell has been drilling at the region's edges hoping to strike it big. Howell, a San Antonio geologist, hunts hydrocarbons in places no one else has found them yet or in depleted fields where others think oil is already gone.
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New WHO Book shows ways to safeguard medications.
GENEVA -- A new book, "The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action", launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), showcases examples of actions taken to slow down drug resistance and preserve the ability of medicine to effectively treat many infectious diseases. The steps taken by governments, health facilities and providers, and others are examples of what is recommended in the 2001 WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance.
Over several decades, powerful medicines have been developed to treat diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, influenza and many bacterial infections, and all medicines used to treat these infections will likely become ineffective because of resistance at some point. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has evolved to become a worldwide health threat. Of critical importance, every antibiotic ever developed is at risk. This makes it difficult and more expensive to treat many common infections, causing delays in effective treatment or, in worst cases, inability to provide treatment at all.
"In terms of new replacement antibiotics, the pipeline is virtually dry. But much can be done," says Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization. "This includes prescribing antibiotics appropriately and only when needed, following treatment correctly, restricting the use of antibiotics in food production to therapeutic purposes and tackling the problem of substandard and counterfeit medicines."
Drug resistance causes increased and prolonged illness, a greater risk of complications and higher death rates. Infections which are increasingly resistant to antibiotics are causing a heavy disease burden, particularly in developing countries.
Some of the examples of a number of successful strategies and measures highlighted in the book include:
In Thailand, the "Antibiotic Smart Use" programme reduces the prescribing of and demanding for antibiotics by both prescribers and patients. It showed an 18%-46% reduction in antibiotic use while 97% of targeted patients recovered or improved regardless whether they had taken antibiotics.
A programme in pharmacies in Viet Nam consisting of inspection for prescription-only drugs; education on pharmacy treatment guidelines; and group meetings of pharmacy staff resulted in a significant reduction in antibiotic dispensing for acute respiratory infections.
In Norway, the introduction of effective vaccines in farmed salmon and trout together with improved fish health management reduced the annual use of antimicrobials in farmed fish by 98% between 1987 and 2004.
In 2010, the University of Zambia School of Medicine revised their undergraduate medical curriculum. The topics of AMR and rational use of medicines were inserted prominently. The aim is that graduates enter clinical practice with the right skills and attitudes to be both effective practitioners and committed stewards of AMR containment. (PR)
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The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Bisons who slipped to 4-3 in the A-Sun, 8-7 overall. ETSU is 11-4 overall, 6-2 in the conference. It was the third straight win for ETSU.
The Bisons entered the game Sunday at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex ranked third in the conference postseason seedings. The first and second seeds earn a first round bye. The third and fourth seeds will host tournament games Nov. 6. The second round is Nov. 11 and the championship game is Nov. 13.
"It was a tough day, but it is a day where we got better as a team and our program got better," Bisons' coach Charles Morrow said. "We fought hard as a team and that was great to see."
The Bisons struck first when Kevin Barbar scored on a header from the right post 1:32 into the game. Joey Chiappetta was credited with the assist, his seventh point in his last two games.
In the second ETSU dominated the possession time scoring at 48:30 on a cross in front of the goal by Theo Yang.
With 53 seconds left in the first overtime Mario Samperio scored the game winner off of a rebound.
"We got caught twice not pursuing the ball," Morrow said. "ETSU took advantage of both of those mistakes."
It was only the second overtime game of the season for the Bisons. They lost to Florida Gulf Coast in overtime 2-1 Oct. 1.
ETSU is 4-0 in overtime games this season. They beat Clemson 1-0 Sept. 6, Marshall 2-1 Sept. 20 and UNC-Asheville 2-1 Sept. 25.
Lipscomb goalkeeper Brent McGee made eight saves. Two saves were given to the team. Despite the loss, Morrow called the game a solid team effort overall for his Bisons.
ETSU attempted 29 shots with 12 shots on goal. The Bisons had nine shots, including three shots on goal.
"Our guys fought hard as a team," Morrow said. "We had our opportunities. We did a really good job of executing the way we had to play against ETSU. The game could have gone either way.
"We played hard as a team. But individually I thought that Brent McGee and Garret Pettis both played great games. "
The Bisons close out the regular season on the road. They travel to Mercer Oct.28 and play at Campbell Oct. 30.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.