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HP Delivers Innovations to Power Cloud Computing
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- HP today announced new virtualization software solutions that simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines (VMs) and data in cloud environments, providing clients with increased agility for addressing dynamic market opportunities.
In legacy infrastructures, moving a VM workload such as a Microsoft® Exchange application between data centers requires hundreds of complex, manual device-level configuration steps. Data mobility is similarly challenging because storage requires a physical deployment that consumes floor space, power, cooling and infrastructure investment, which locks clients into a proprietary environment.
New HP Converged Infrastructure solutions help to eliminate these issues, delivering increased agility and simplicity:
- HP Ethernet Virtual Interconnect (EVI) is the industry's first solution(1) to simplify and speed the interconnectivity of up to eight geographically dispersed data centers in minutes, eliminating manual configuration tasks.
- HP Multitenant Device Context (MDC) software delivers increased security for multitenant cloud applications, eliminating the comingling of data from different applications or departments.
- HP StoreVirtual virtual storage appliance (VSA) increases flexibility by allowing clients to easily build storage pools on any x86 server using VMware vSphere® or Windows® Server Hyper-V hypervisors. As a result, clients can move data across heterogeneous servers, hypervisors and data center locations to better meet organization needs, while reducing overall cost and complexity.
"Clients are seeking a more flexible virtualized environment that enables mobility of virtual machines and data services across the enterprise," said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP. "HP's unique virtualization technologies meet that need, helping clients to significantly increase their agility and innovate at a pace their organizations demand."
Industry's only multitenant Data Center Interconnect for cloud networks
Connecting geographically dispersed data centers optimizes workload mobility and disaster recovery. Typically, this connectivity requires months of error-prone and costly manual network redesign and reconfiguration.
HP EVI is the industry's only(1)Data Center Interconnect overlay technology that enables "single touch" connection of up to eight data centers around the world from one location. Clients can optimize server and storage resources to perform workload mobility or disaster recovery by linking the software in HP EVI from one data center to another.
With HP MDC software, clients can create multiple, secure and isolated functions for organizational departments such as finance, human resources and engineering, while reducing the number of networking devices in the data center by 75 percent.(1) Combining HP EVI with HP MDC simplifies data-center interconnectivity while reducing total cost of ownership by 56 percent(1) with a single management platform.
"We needed a centralized, consolidated data-center infrastructure that delivered long-term operational efficiencies to accommodate our network of more than 100 agencies," said Jason Cohen, global chief information officer at Diversified Agency Services, a global marketing services and specialty communication company. "HP delivered exactly that, and the new Data Center Interconnect additions will ensure business continuity by distributing applications and compute resources for our enterprise private cloud."
Industry's only hypervisor-independent virtual storage appliance
To address flexibility and cost, many organizations have moved from physical storage deployments to VSAs and VM-based data services to support new application workloads and rapid data growth. However, most VSA software is proprietary, supporting only a single vendor's hardware and hypervisor.
HP StoreVirtual VSA is the first software-based virtual storage appliance to operate on any x86 server, while connecting to a range of third-party external storage solutions and supporting a mix of VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisors simultaneously.(2) This heterogeneous, hardware-agnostic solution for delivering shared storage in virtualized environments eliminates vendor lock-in, reduces infrastructure cost by up to 60 percent(1) and increases utilization without additional investment.
"The ability to reduce distance limitation in networking and to simplify storage infrastructure is important for organizations using VMware vMotion® in VMware vSphere," said Gary Green, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware. "We are pleased to continue to partner with HP to enable our customers to address IT challenges with better resource utilization and optimization for workload mobility across data centers."
Pricing and availability
- HP Ethernet Virtual Interconnect and HP Multitenant Device Context will be available worldwide this fall as software upgrades for the HP FlexFabric core switches.
- HP StoreVirtual VSA will be available worldwide in September with a starting U.S. list price of $700 per license when purchased in multilicense packs.(3)
Additional information about the new networking and storage solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/VirtualAppNetworks and www.hp.com/go/StoreVirtualVSA.
HP's premier Europe, Middle East and Africa client event, HP Discover, takes place Dec. 4-6 in Frankfurt, Germany.
(1) Based on HP internal comparative analysis of publicly available data from major competitors.
(2) Based on HP comparisons of publicly available data and expert observations as cited by the Taneja Group that HP LeftHand Virtual SAN Appliance software was the first virtual storage product on the VMware HCL and later on the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog.
(3) Estimated U.S. list prices. Actual prices may vary.
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First it was Polar Bears Now It's Penguins
Posted by Jeff Id on January 28, 2009
In a dramatic and unprecedented switch of focus, from winter to summer, scientists have now used computer models to predict the demise of the antarctic Emperor penguin. Well —- in a hundred years.
Emperor Penguins March Toward Extinction?
Screw the data they used models.
The paper, co-authored by five researchers including WHOI biologists Stephanie Jenouvrier and Hal Caswell, uses mathematical models to predict the effect on penguins of climate change and the resulting loss of sea ice.
The research indicates that if climate change continues to melt sea ice at the rates published in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the median population size of a large emperor penguin colony in Terre Adelie, Antarctica, likely will shrink from its present size of 3,000 to only 400 breeding pairs by the end of the century.
What's more, the researchers calculate that the probability of a drastic decline (by 95 percent or more) is at least 40 percent and perhaps as much as 80 percent.
Melt rates published by the IPCC? Considering that antarctic sea ice has increased, I wonder what they are talking about.
"The key to the analysis was deciding to focus not on average climate conditions, but on fluctuations that occasionally reduce the amount of available sea ice," said Hal Caswell, who is noted for his work in mathematical ecology.
Ok, I see now. They ignored the upward trend and focused on the fluctuations. Good, now that makes sense.
Because Jenouvrier and Caswell's models were based on fluctuations rather than smooth trends, and because different IPCC models differ in their forecasts of future Antarctic climate, the results of the analysis incorporate uncertainty in the details of the future population growth, but the conclusions are not uncertain. "If the future behaves anything like the IPCC models predict, the Terre Adelie population will decline, probably dramatically," said Jenouvrier
Yup, it's like they want me to be a skeptic. It's like they're pushing sanity out of the process. Listen to this translation – Well the models differ on forecasts of the future climate, we ignored the measured data but were certain this will happen. Please fund us.
In the more immediate future, the study even might impact legal protections available for the emperor penguin. In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a preliminary ruling declining to list the emperor penguin under the Endangered Species Act. Caswell said this ruling is still being evaluated and research presented in this paper will have to be considered.
They want to list the penguin as an endangered species, because of potential future trouble? Or is it for the money?
Support for this work was provided by the UNESCO/L'OREAL Women in Science program and the National Science Foundation.
Follow the money.
17 Responses to "First it was Polar Bears Now It's Penguins"
January 28, 2009 at 8:04 pm
"Or is it for the money?"
Ya THINK????????????????????
In reality, how can a "not uncertain conclusion" be based on a conditional premise?
I'm actually beginning to hope that Yellowstone blows.
January 28, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Haven't the penguin populations survived fluctuations in the past?
January 28, 2009 at 9:27 pm
The answer to #2:
The IPCC has either stated or will state in the near future, "The tree ring data used to verify modeling techniques will not confirm prior nor future existence of a penguin population. Further, it is uncertain whether or not a correlation can be made between tree ring data and penguin population data, so we can conclude that our organization will correlate tree ring data with penguin population densities with a high degree of certainty. Any fluctuation in the data that does not correlate with our conclusion will be removed. We can assure you that we have used the highest degree of integrity to manipulate the data to show the world the truth about global warming and the consequences thereof."
January 28, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Oh noes – not the penguins!
Well, it doesn't beat out the "earthquakes caused by AGW" article from last year, but that was initiated by a well known quack. Then again…
I am sad for Woods Hole, which I've been to, back in the day
January 29, 2009 at 2:01 pm
"If the future behaves anything like the IPCC models predict,"
'Nuff said?
January 29, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Well, this is just awful news. Perhaps they can implore the Pittsburgh Penguins to put a patch on their jerseys to increase public awareness.
By the way, I have developed a computer model which predicts that the Detroit Lions will be extinct by 2012.
It also predicts that the Bears will win Super Bowl LXVIII. Get your bets in now, people! It's never too early!
I wonder if Vegas allows bets on these ridiculous climatic predictions. You'd think they could give me an over/under on average global temperatures for the next few decades. I want the under.
January 29, 2009 at 5:46 pm
2012??? They are extinct NOW, they just don't know it yet…
David Jay
(Certified Michigander TM)
January 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm
As I said somewhere else, I want to see them run the model backwards in time to see what is the effect of a massive increase in sea ice. My bet is that would predict extinction too.
January 29, 2009 at 10:35 pm
So first loss of sea ice will kill off polar bears. Oh wait, they can swim.
Let's say it'll kill off the penguins instead! Oh wait, they can swim too.
I think the AGW crowd are just going for the Linux-user vote now. After all, who wouldn't act on climate change if it means saving Tux from extinction?
As Jeff predicted, the growing absurdity and divergence between models and real life is causing them to thrash around ever harder with ever less plausible nonsense. Nice to see some predictions in the field of Climate come true(!)
January 30, 2009 at 5:19 am
I saw March of the Penguins and it is amazing these doltish creatures haven't yet expired! Let's migrate to the absolute coldest place on earth to hatch our young and then take a frozen Bataan death march back to the sea, carrying our young upon the tops of our feet. Sheer Genius, I tell you! If the hatching grounds warm up 10C it will only be -50C. Somehow I don't think the eggs will get overcooked. Nothing is going to eat the Penguins, that is certain. Have you ever smelt a penguin? Have you ever been at the Penguin House at the Zoo?
January 30, 2009 at 8:08 am
Sharks, Great Whites for example, eat penguins. Sharks will pretty much eat anything.
January 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Can someone help me make sense of the "Global sea temperature anomaly" at http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/hydro/hydrosphere/latest/avhrr_sst/avhrr_ssta.html. It would seem that ocean temperatures are above average and have been for a while, though it is hard to actually tell. Is there better information at another sight. It seems to me that ocean temperatures would be a better measure of climate trends then surface temperatures.
February 1, 2009 at 3:56 pm
"So I have only one thing to say.
Go Wings!"
I think they are slipping a bit lately. You might have to switch allegiances to the Hawks. 🙂
Go Steelers! (Vikings next year though).
February 1, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Kurt Warner is a FA next year isn't he? Wouldn't he look good wearing Lion's colors next season?


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This team will give us a heart attack before the season is over. This past weekend, the D-Rays took two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays. The series saw the Rays win a game they were trailing 6-0, lose a game they were winning 4-0 and win a second game in which they were trailing 2-1 in the 7th. In baseball, it is about winning series, and anytime you take two of three on the road against a division foe is reason to be happy. The D-Rays are 3-3 and will host the Orioles tonight for their home opener.
Highlights from the weekend
The offense is going to be fine. In the first week, the team scored 32 runs (7th in the AL) with a team batting average of .261 (9th). Not great numbers, but they are solid, especially when we consider that the team is missing their starting middle infielders, Jorge Cantu (day-to-day) and Julio Lugo (15-day DL). The power numbers are about what we would expect from this team as they have hit 8 home runs (6th). This is a team that is capable of the long ball, but still needs to manufacture runs to be effective. One cause for concern is the lack of stolen bases. The team has one stolen base in the first week of the season (Carl Crawford). Joe Maddon apparently is having the players be more selective when they are running, unlike past seasons when players like Lugo, Crawford and Joey Gathright were given the green light at all times to cause havoc on the basepaths.
The pitching on the other hand is going to give us agita all season long. In the span of four days the pitching staff pitched a complete game shutout (Mark Hendrickson), gave up six runs in the first three innings (friday), lost a game 8-4 in which the Rays were winning 4-0, and then Scott Kazmir, almost got his first complete game of his young career in a 5-2 win on Sunday. The team pitching is last in the American League with a 7.06 era, which includes Hendrickson's amazing performance on Thursday night. The staff is also last in hits allowed (71), last in HR allowed (12), 11th in walks allowed (23) and 13th in strikeouts (28).
A bright note was Kazmir's performance on Sunday. We have seen more dominating performances by Kazmir, but we have not seen a better pitched game by him, than what he displayed on the mound againt the Blue Jays. We commented last week after his opening day start that our biggest concern was his pitch count. Against the Orioles he threw 104 pitches in 4+ innings of work. On Sunday, Kazmir threw 119 pitches in 8.2 innings including a whopping 82 for strikes. But his pitch count only begins to tell the story. Kazmir showed guts and poise on the mound. In the third, after a sacrifice bunt, he faced second and third with one out. He proceeded to get Reed Johnson and Alex Rios to strikeout swinging to end the threat. In the fourth, with first and second and one out, he enduced an inning ending double play from Shea Hillenbrand. He also seemed to find his groove again late in the game. After giving up 2, 2-out runs in the fifth to fall behind 2-1, it would have been easy to give up on Kazmir and send him to the showers. But Joe Maddon stuck with him and Kazmir went 1-2-3 in the sixth and the eighth. From the sixth, until two outs in the ninth, Kazmir only gave up one hit and walked none. In addition, he was much more selective with his slider. In time, the slider will be Kazmir's best pitch, much like Randy Johnson, another hard throwing lefty. Most people are aware of how hard Johnson throws, but baseball people know his best pitch is his slider. Only when he learned how to control the slider and when to use it did Johnson become the dominant pitcher that he is. For a pitch like a slider to be dominant it needs to be thrown less often, not more. There is a saying in baseball that a hard thrower doesn't learn how to pitch until he hurts his arm. It was just one game, but Kazmir is beginning to show that he can be a good pitcher and not just a dominant one.


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A man who police say was watching a fistfight between two women died after he was struck by gunfire during the larger brawl, according to KTRK-TV.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, died in surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was taken by LifeFlight from the fight scene in north Houston.
Witnesses told police the man collapsed in the street about 10:15 p.m. Friday after running from a nearby apartment complex, KPRC-TV reported.
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Durable Goods Orders Exceed Expectations
Polya Lesova reports on better-than-expected February durable goods data, pointing to continued momentum of the economic recovery. Photo: AP Images.
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The FR12 is a small, light powerhouse. With its compact dimensions and a weight of only 12.9 kg it can be carried easily with just one hand, leaving your other hand free for other important things, such as a second FR12, for example. It has a specially designed high-performance loudspeaker plus a horn tweeter, which allow it to achieve a very linear response across the entire frequency range. Both are powered by a built-in 300 Watt power amp using the same proven solid state technology that can be found in other Matrix products.
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A million votes for education in the post-2015 agendaFeb 12, 2014
New York -- The United Nations Millennium Campaign, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and their partners announced today that more than one million people have voted in the global MY World survey for education as a priority that would make the most difference to their lives.
The MY World survey asks people to choose six out of 16 possible issues that could improve their lives, identifying priorities for global policy-making at the United Nations.
Almost 1.5 million people have responded to the survey so far, and two out of three people identified education among their top priorities, making it the most popular issue that people want the international community to focus on.
"The call for better education is coming from every corner of the world, there is a truly universal belief that education is the solution to many problems," said Corinne Woods, Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign. "People know that better educated population is healthier, more prosperous and more harmonious."
Roughly half of all MY World votes came via the MY World online platform available in 16 languages and from polling by mobile phones. The other half came from interviews conducted by polling teams, which hiked to remote villages in Bangladesh, Peru, Rwanda and other countries to survey communities without access to cell phones or the Internet.
Peoples' demand for education is closely followed by their call for better health services, honest and responsive governments and better job opportunities, all key catalysts for improving their lives.
The MY World survey was launched in summer 2012 as part of the United Nations-driven "Global Conversation" about the priorities for the Post-2015 global development agenda that will follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after their target date in 2015.
"The provision of education as well as improving health services, creating jobs and providing access to food, water and energy are emerging as central elements that people want to top the post-2015 development agenda," added Corinne Woods. "We're seeing that people across continents are expecting governments to be able to deliver these services."
In addition to the MY World survey, the United Nations teams organized public discussions about priorities for the future global development agenda in 88 countries, and held 11 thematic consultations with civil society and experts on the most critical development issues, including education, inequality, health, economic growth and employment.
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It's been quite some time since I've been blogging over here... Things have been quite busy the last couple of weeks to settle in over here in Redmond, both personally and professionally but rest assured: everything's going fine! In this blog post I wanted to answer a few questions...
Very good question indeed. As you know from a previous post I've joined the Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond to work on the Windows Presentation Foundation. More specifically, I'm part of a team called AppModel and we own all sorts of stuff that doesn't fit in some other category or feature area. Examples include the Window and Application classes, XBAP stuff, resource loading, etc. So you'll most likely hit our code in virtually any WPF application out there in the wild :-). The last two weeks I've familiarized myself with the code-base and various internal tools we use to build and test our stuff. During that time I've been working actively on this project for our team.
And, next to this, I keep myself busy with various other fun projects and experiments which might hit the blogosphere some time in the near or distant future :-).
You bet it is! Although the latest check-in on the project is almost two months ago, I've been working on a next set of features offline. Once time permits and a few other things have been figured out, I'll start to continue regular work on the project and give you an update on the project's status and goals. For now, it's my pleasure to announce you I'll be covering LINQ to SharePoint on Channel 9 geekSpeak next week on October 31 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time! For more information and to register, check out this site: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352641&Culture=en-US. Topics covered include the use of LINQ to SharePoint, a look under the covers of LINQ query providers and an update on the project's future roadmap.
Another reason it's been pretty calm over here is the prep work for my sessions (and side-activities) on TechEd EMEA Developers. I'll be presenting two sessions:
Oh yes, and there's a pre-event interview with me over here. Other great videos from Belgians over there include Gunther's on the database track, Profke's covering SharePoint sessions and Gert's on the overall event. Of course, check out the others as well: Scott Guthrie, Mike Hall, etc - just a few names.
If you're attending TechEd EMEA Developers this year, definitely come and see this year's Speaker Idol competition. I won't be a participant this year of course, but will be there! We have four waves with three participants each and one final to find this year's Speaker Idol. Check it out on the Speaker Idol page.
That's it for now - I promise to start blogging on a more regular basis again when things calm down a little bit.
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Mayflower oil spill could affect gas prices in the long-term
Economists say pipeline could affect gas prices if it is not fixed in 6 months
The Arkansas Attorney General has vowed to investigate an oil spill from a pipeline in one local community.
Economists said the downed pipeline could possibly affect our gas prices if the line is not fixed in less than 6 months.
In the Little Rock bedroom community of Mayflower, cleanup efforts are underway in the residential neighborhood.
Economists in the commodities industry said the pipeline accounts for 7% of ExxonMobil's Beaumont, Texas refinery's daily production.
Crude oil that spilled from the Pegasus Pipeline economists said has already been bought on the market.
Economists said a shuttered oil pipeline could affect gas prices in the long term.
"Sometimes they (traders) worry typically how long the pipeline will be closed. I said that even though it's a 7%, 7% is quite a bit if the pipeline's closed for a significant period of time. Usually over a year, they start to worry because they're worried if the pipeline will ever comeback because this is an older pipeline," said University of Arkansas Fort Smith Economist Dr. Jim Wollscheid.
Wollscheid said commodity traders know how to respond in the market to events if and when pipeline accidents happen.
"It's kind of built in. Spills unfortunately happen and I said they're not unpredictable. We know they're going to happen, we just don't know when. It's kind of like hurricanes. We know we're going to have a hurricane typically in the Gulf, we just don't know when," said Wollscheid.
Economists said consumers may not see any changes in gas prices because refineries are in the process of switching their gasoline blends for the summer months.
They said gas prices change during this changeover that takes place in May.
Local industry experts said there are no crude oil pipelines running in the Fort Smith – Arkansas River Valley Region, only larger natural gas pipelines run in the area.


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Nomura Equity Research's Rick Sherlund this afternoon reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Salesforce.com (CRM) following the company's announcement this morning that it will integrate the offerings of Workday (WDAY) into Salesforce's cloud computing applications, and that Workday will do likewise.
The companies are to host a conference call with analysts this evening, starting at 4 pm, Eastern time. You can listen to a webcast of the call on the company's investor relations Web site. Salesforce stock is up $2.47, or 5%, at $52.37, while Workday stock is up $2.93, or 3.8%, at $81.05.
Writes Sherlund, the agreement is a plus for Salesforce, as it removes some headaches for the company's customers:
We believe that Salesforce is the big winner from this announcement regarding deeper integration with other applications vendors, eliminating the need for customers to endure the expensive and lengthy process of integrating applications from different vendors. Integration has historically been a key advantage of SAP, so we view these announcements as a relative benefit to Salesforce.
Sherlund notes the deal follows a much ballyhooed deal of a similar sort in July between Salesforce and Oracle (ORCL), thus reducing the competitive advantage for Oracle. He thinks SAP (SAP) may feel compelled to follow suit.
SAP has long maintained the benefits of a broad integrated applications product line, in the earlier generation of client server applications, delivering rich functionality, while eliminating the need for costly integration among different vendors' products. As the market moves to best-of-breed SaaS solutions, we see SAP's competitors striving to deliver the benefits of integration among their respective products. Oracle was likely motivated to gain competitive edge against Workday, although Workday now seems to have neutralized any potential relative integration advantage that Oracle might otherwise have derived vs. Workday. Were SAP compelled to also integrate with Salesforce, this would provide a further significant advantage to Salesforce.com.
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SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) -- Mark Streit is a rarity for the New York Islanders. The veteran defenseman is one of the few players, who when given the chance to go anywhere, actually chose to play on Long Island.
Nearly five years after he signed his free-agent contract, Streit is about to wear the team's orange and blue sweater in a playoff game for the first time.
"It's amazing," the Islanders captain said Monday after practice. "It's a great feeling. The past was some rough years, definitely."
The Swiss defenseman had logged three seasons with the Canadiens when he hit the free-agent market in the summer of 2008. Five years later, the move is finally paying off with a cast of players that weren't around when he arrived.
With young superstar John Tavares leading the way and veteran Evgeni Nabokov in goal , the Islanders are in the playoffs for the first time since 2007.
Don't try to bring them down with doom and gloom talk about having to play the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins (36-12-0) in the first round of the Eastern Conference tournament.
"The future is bright," Streit said. "There are a lot of young guys on the team and there is a veteran presence, as well, so it's a good mix. The future in Brooklyn looks great, as well.
"They are the best team in the Eastern Conference and it's a big challenge for us, but we beat them, too, this year. In sports, nothing is impossible. They are the big favorite, but it starts at 0-0 and we want to give them a good series."
The Islanders (24-17-7) know they have nothing to lose once the series begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh. If they can win at least one of the first two games on the road, they will return to what will surely be a raucous Nassau Coliseum for a Game 3 matinee on Sunday.
New York dropped four of five this season against its Atlantic Division rival.
Getting the Penguins early could even be a bonus if star Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby isn't ready to return to action because of a broken jaw sustained against the Islanders when he was struck in the face by a puck.
"They're ranked where they are for a reason," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said of the Penguins. "The ultimate goal is to win the Stanley Cup. If you're going to get to the Stanley Cup you've got to beat the best teams. No matter who we played in the first round, to get there you have to get through them.
"We are asking our guys to be relaxed and focused. That's all I am asking them to do."
Sharing this run, no matter how long it lasts, with the core led by Tavares, Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey, makes it that much more satisfying for the 35-year-old Streit.
"It's my fifth season and I played with a lot guys since they came into the league," Streit said. "You see they are progressing every year, you see the team growing, and finally you make it and it's an unbelievable feeling for the players, the staff and for the fans who have been waiting for this for a long time."
It has been 30 years since the dynasty days of the Islanders, those golden times from 1980-83 when the team won four straight Stanley Cups.
The team's time on Long Island is running out. A move to a new arena in Brooklyn is already scheduled for the 2015-16 season. In a perfect world it will happen sooner, but the Islanders are committed to honoring the lease they have unless given the go-ahead to get out early.
"There is a great deal of excitement that the team is finally getting a first-class building to play in," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "I'd like to see them in the newer building as soon as possible, but I know the Islanders are prepared to fulfill their obligations under their lease.
"If Nassau County was inclined to let them go earlier, I know they would definitely be interested."
With a young nucleus and a bright future in front of them, the days of the Islanders being irrelevant in the NHL could soon be over -- and perhaps already are.
"I don't know if people are paying attention to us or not," said Okposo, the No. 7 pick in the 2006 draft. "We don't really look at that, we don't really care. We know what we have here.
While this will be the first postseason game for many of the Islanders, Capuano and several players quickly pointed out that New York has been playing with playoff pressure for weeks as the club fought to finish in the top eight in the East.
"I have been wanting to play in the Stanley Cup playoffs since I was 6 years old," Okposo said. "It means a lot to me personally. I am very excited, but I will be ready to play."
The Islanders had their sights set on maybe getting up as high as fifth or sixth, but an 0-1-2 finish at the conclusion of a season-ending, five-game trip, dropped them to eighth. A win by Ottawa on Sunday night in the NHL's final game set up New York's matchup with Pittsburgh.
But an 11-1-2 surge leading up to the late-season skid made the playoff berth not merely a hope, but a reality.
"We're playing some confident hockey and want to take that into the playoffs," said Moulson, the Islanders' second-leading scorer behind Tavares. "We're prepared to try to play any team we're playing in the playoffs.
"You get into the playoffs, you want to win the Stanley Cup. I think that is enough pressure for anyone."
While no one was harkening back to the Islanders' glory days, when this club was the one no one else in the NHL wanted to face, Capuano and some of his players did dip into hockey history to try to make the point that everyone is even now.
Their sights needed to go back just one year when the Los Angeles Kings -- the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference -- knocked off No. 1 and No. 2 en route to becoming the lowest seed to capture the Stanley Cup.
"We're in the playoffs, so we're obviously a team that had a good season, and we really had a strong second half," said Tavares, whose MVP resume features 28 goals and 47 points. "We had a great run toward the end of the season that we needed to get into the playoffs. That's going to gain attention.
"We've proven we have the ability to make the playoffs and be a tough team to play against and compete with every team in the league. Now it's another test, another level to challenge ourselves to be successful. This is that next step for us to raise our level. We ultimately want to win the Stanley Cup."


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KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Aksel Lund Svindal became the first skier in nine years to win three World Cup super-G races in a season on Friday.
Austrian standout Hermann Maier was the last skier to do it in 2003-04.
Svindal's 20th career World Cup victory — and first in Kitzbuehel — left him one shy of the all-time Norwegian record by Kjetil Andre Aamodt. In light snowfall and fog, Svindal used a strong finish to win in 1 minute, 14.68 seconds on the Streifalm course.
"I've been leading before in Kitzbuehel but always lost the race," Svindal said. "For me the last guy was Max Franz, I thought he could take me. He started 30th, so I felt my heart beating until I saw his split times."
Matthias Mayer of Austria was 0.13 behind in second, and world super-G champion Christof Innerhofer of Italy took third, 0.40 off the lead. Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian in fifth.
Svindal extended his lead in the discipline standings to 171 points over Matteo Marsaglia of Italy, and he closed the gap to overall leader Marcel Hirscher to 88 points. The Austrian skipped the race.
Guay lost time when he took a direct line into a turn, a small mistake that likely cost him a place on the podium.
"I'm happy that I'm fifth but bummed that I'm not on the podium," Guay said. "This one turn I pushed in fairly direct and went into the soft snow. I skied extremely well on the bottom section.
"I just feel like it's the same story – I skied really well in sections but didn't put it all together."
Jan Hudec of Calgary was 15th, Vancouver's Manuel Osborne-Paradis was 22nd, Ben Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., was 28th and Calgary's John Kucera was 34th.
Svindal, from Norway, saw his victory as ideal preparation for the world championships in Schladming, where the men's super-G takes place in 12 days' time.
With Saturday's downhill in Kitzbuehel, followed by the super-G and a downhill in Schladming, Svindal knows this is the time of the season to peak.
"That's four races in a row where I have a good chance to win," said Svindal, who crashed into safety nets at last week's downhill in Switzerland. "If you look at one race separately, you can become nervous. If it's four races, it's easier to get over the bad luck card that I drew in Wengen."
Halfway down his run, Svindal trailed leader Mayer by 0.02 but attacked the second part in impressive style to deny the Austrian a surprise victory.
Earning his first World Cup podium while being loudly cheered by a home crowd left Mayer nearly speechless.
"I don't know what to say, I am totally excited," said the son of Helmut Mayer, a silver medallist in super-G at the Calgary Olympics in 1988.
"Kitzbuehel is like a child's dream," Mayer said. "Every time you watched TV in your childhood, you saw Kitzbuehel and the many emotions. I am proud to be on the podium here."
Innerhofer, who started ahead of most of the favourites in eighth, shouted out loudly in the finish area to celebrate his run, which was by far the fastest until then.
The Italian has been in the middle of a dispute with governing body FIS, who gave him start position 46th for Saturday's downhill as a punishment. In Thursday's downhill training, Innerhofer ignored a stop signal from a jury member who waved the yellow flag.
The Italian, however, claimed a jury member allowed him to ski down the course. He finally stopped his run after being shown a second yellow flag.
The incident made Innerhofer "more angry than normal."
"But I had to concentrate on the race," he added. "I must not think that I must show something more. I must ski 100 per cent and not 120, so I focused on the race and tried to forget other things."
Innerhofer, who won in Wengen last week, trails leader Svindal in the downhill standings by 52 points. His late start on Saturday will likely reduce his chances of closing that gap.
"I must find the right balance again. I want to ski how I can," Innerhofer said. "For the moment, I am in great shape. I feel sorry that I must start so late, because I only did what the guy said to me but I will accept it."
Teammate Kjetil Jansrud led Svindal on his run until he lost speed coming out of a sharp turn before the finish section and finished 0.64 back in fourth.
Ted Ligety of the United States had a similar mistake to Jansrud and came 0.83 back in sixth for his best career result in Kitzbuehel. Ligety was third in the overall standings, trailing Hirscher by 199 points.
Former overall champion Benjamin Raich of Austria competed in his 400th World Cup and finished 1.84 behind Svindal in 25th.
The 73rd Hahnenkamm event continues on Saturday with the classic downhill on the Streif, followed by a slalom the next day. The added downhill and slalom results will also count as a combined event.
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Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 22 February, 2007: Canon today releases its latest L-series EF lens along with several accessories optimised for its new professional SLR, the EOS-1D Mark III.
The EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM is set to become the ultra wide-angle zoom of choice for professionals. With vastly improved peripheral sharpness, it replaces the popular EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM as Canon's leading wide-angle zoom. A constant f/2.8 aperture ensures exceptional low light performance and depth-of-field control throughout the zoom range.
In combination with the EOS-1D Mark III, Canon expands the professional EOS system with the following accessories:
Speedlite 580EX II – When connected to the EOS-1D Mark III, the Speedlite 580EX II allows for weather resistant flash shooting and flash control via the camera's menu system. Replacing the Speedlite 580EX, it offers faster, silent recycle times and a more durable build quality. A new Off-Camera Shoe Cord, Compact Battery Pack and Speedlite Bracket (also released today) maintain moisture and dust resistance for off camera shooting.
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 – Smaller, lighter and more versatile than its predecessor, the unit enables wireless image transfers to computers and remote FTP servers. Support for HTTP means that picture editors can connect to the EOS-1D Mark III over the internet – allowing them to view, select and download images from the camera's memory card moments after capture. PTP connection mode enables two-way communication between the EOS-1D Mark III and a computer for wireless remote shooting with the supplied EOS Utility software.
Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 – Like the Data Verification Kit DVK-E2, the Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 can detect whether an image has been changed since it was captured by the camera. In addition to data verification, Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 supports image encryption for protection of critical images.
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM – Superior image quality
Canon's engineers have completely redesigned the optics on the EF 16 35mm f/2.8L II USM to deliver higher contrast levels and improved resolving power. To ensure corner-to-corner sharpness and contrast throughout the focal range, the lens includes three types of aspherical lens elements (ground, replicated and glass moulded). Two UD lens elements virtually eliminate chromatic aberration, while Super Spectra lens coatings suppress flare and ghosting.
Rapid auto focus is driven by a virtually silent Ring-type Ultrasonic Motor (USM) incorporating Canon's latest auto focus algorithms. Full-time mechanical manual focus override is also provided. As with all L-series lenses, the EF 16 35mm f/2.8L II USM is weather sealed to protect against dust and moisture.
A new 82mm Protect filter for the EF 16 35mm f/2.8L II USM has been released to coincide with today's launch.
Speedlite 580EX II – Increased durability
The Speedlite 580EX II improves on many of the specifications of its predecessor. Recycling is silent and up to 20% faster. Weather seals ensure that when attached to the EOS-1D Mark III, the [Canon Speedlite 580EX II] achieves the same level of dust and moisture resistance as the camera itself. A redesigned metal flash foot plate and connector pins allow more stable communication between the camera and flash, while a quick release mechanism minimises wear and tear on both units. The flash head zoom covers the range 24mm to 105mm and an integrated diffusion panel allows extended wide-angle coverage to 14mm.
The new Off Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3, Compact Battery Pack CP-E4 and Speedlite Bracket SB-E2 also allow sealing against dust and moisture, giving photographers a complete system to achieve off-camera lighting effects in difficult weather conditions.
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 – Faster workflows
Responding to feedback from Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E1 users, Canon has expanded the functionality of the Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 to also support two-way communication via peer to peer (PTP) and HTTP protocols. Remote users can trigger the shutter button or download images from the camera via an internet browser window, dramatically reducing the time it takes from capture to publication. The Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 offers users a greater degree of security by allowing up to 4 types of WEP encryption as well as WPA2-PSK, which supports high security AES encryption.
USB host functionality means photographers can shoot directly to external storage media on longer shooting assignments. The unit also supports recording of GPS data - when connected to a portable GPS device, the location and time of capture is automatically added to each image as EXIF data.
Requiring no additional batteries, the Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 fits neatly onto the side of the EOS-1D Mark III and offers the same degree of weather resistance as the camera body.
Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 – New encryption feature
The Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 supports advanced image encryption when used with the EOS-1D Mark III, answering a need in the market for a secure way to transmit electronic images. The system works by writing captured images to a standard CF memory card, while the SD card slot contains the Original Data Security card (supplied with the kit) which acts as the encryption key. Encrypted images can be decrypted only by a computer with the same encryption key, allowing photographers to send images over public networks – such as wireless LANs or the internet – with the assurance that only the intended recipient can view them.
The Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3 is capable of detecting the slightest (single bit) discrepancy in image data. For images shot with the EOS-1D Mark III and a GPS-connected Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2, it can also be used to verify that GPS data recorded at the time of capture has not been altered – an increasingly important consideration for news publications.
Listening to photographers
Developed with valuable feedback and advice from EOS photographers, today's releases underline Canon's commitment to the professional market. Canon's policy of listening closely to its users has been central to the success of EOS over the last 20 years and will continue to be a cornerstone of future development.
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What has dirt bikes, helicopters, tons of jets, and intense flag-capturing action? Battlefield 3's Endgame downloadable content does.
A new trailer has gone up, courtesy of EA and DICE, which shows off how dirt bikes and Capture the Flag will work on the upcoming DLC for Battlefield 3.
End Game will feature four new maps, new dog tags, the aircraft-focused Air Superiority mode, new assignments, a new dropship, and the return of Capture the Flag. And as we can see from the trailer, all kinds of chaos can ensue when you put all of these elements together.
Since End Game is the fifth and final DLC pack to roll out, we can only assume that DICE will turn their attention to Battlefield 4. Frankly, we can't wait for more Battlefield goodness.
If past DLC packs are any indicator, End Game will cost $14.99, or 1,200 Microsoft Points. If you're a Premium Member, you'll get it for free!
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Typically, we think of communication in the mammalian system as occurring by way of the nervous system. Oschman1 quotes Sherrington's2 statement about the single-celled paramecium that swims around gracefully, avoids predators, finds food, mates and has sex all without a single synapse: "Of nerve there is no trace. But the cell framework, the cytoskeleton might serve."
Oschman1 mentions that while we have been constantly studying the nervous system of the brain, communication occurs by way of connective tissue glial cells and neuronal processes. Research is revealing the relationship between the connective tissue and the nervous system.
Pischinger,3 who writes about the extracelluar matrix, states that the fascial system is the largest system in the body and is the only system that touches every other system. The fascia may be viewed as a single organ, a unified whole, the environment in which all body systems function.1,4 Guimberteau5 writes that the exchange of substances across the intercellular ground substance connects the fascia to cellular nutrition and metabolism.
Langevin6 hypothesizes that the connective tissue forms an anatomical network throughout the body and functions as a body-wide mechanosensitive signaling network. The signals work by way of electrical, cellular and tissue remodeling. Signaling also occurs through changes in movement and posture, and signaling would be altered in pathological conditions such as local decreased mobility due to injury or pain.
Langevin also mentions the connective tissue relation to internal tissues such as lungs and intestines, thereby influencing organ systems. She states that to prove this hypothesis, it must be shown how a specific stimulus is created by alteration of the connective tissue and that the signal would propagate over some distance through the tissue. It must be shown that electrical signals can be generated by mechanical forces.
It has already been shown that some proteins including collagen can display semi-conductive, piezoelectric and photoconductive properties in vitro. Oschman1 states that every movement made by the body generates electric fields due to the compression or stretching of bones, tendons, muscles, etc., and that these electric fields spread through the surrounding tissues, providing signals that inform the cells of the nature of the movement, loads, or other activities occurring elsewhere in the body.
Regarding a cellular influence, Langevin6 mentions how the mechanical activation of fibroblasts responds (spreading, lamellipodia formation) within minutes of tissue lengthening resulting in possible cell-to-cell signaling. In another study by Langevin,7 soft-tissue fibroblasts were shown to form an extensively interconnected cellular network, suggesting they may have important and so-far-unsuspected integrative functions at the level of the whole body.
Finally Langevin's6 third idea of signaling might come from remodeling of tissue (mechanical load) causing changes in collagen fiber density and orientation, with resultant changes in tissue viscoelastic properties (changes in tissue stiffness).
Maquart, et al.,8 state that in addition to the soluble factors such as hormones, cytokines or growth factors, cells also receive signals from the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) macromolecules. "The activity of connective tissue cells is modulated by a number of factors present in their environment (soft-tissue methods?). Moreover, they may degrade the ECM proteins and liberate peptides, which may by themselves constitute new signals for the surrounding cells. Therefore, an actual regulation loop exists in connective tissue, constituted by peptides generated by ECM degradation and connective tissue cells."
The increasing new information about the effects of mechanical load on our patients, which includes all of the many soft-tissue techniques we use daily in our practices, is slowly explaining why we achieve such great results every day.
- Oschman JL. Fascia as a Body-Wide Communication System. In: Schleip R, Finmdley TW, Chaitwo L, Huijing PA. Fascia, The Tensional Network of the Human Body. Elsevier: NY, 2012.
- Sherrington CS. Man on His Nature. Doubleday Anchor: Garden City, NJ, 1951.
- Pischinger A. The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation: Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine. North Atlantic Books: Berkeley, CA, 2007.
- Finando S, Finando D. Fascia and the mechanism of acupuncture. J Bodywk & Mov Ther, 2011;15:168-76.
- Guimberteau J. Human Subcutaneous Sliding System. The Basic Stone: The Microvascular Concept. Plea for a New Perception of Human Anatomy and of the Living Matter Architecture. In: Findley T, Schleip R (eds.). Fascia Research. Elsevier: Munich, 2007:237-240.
- Langevin HM. Connective tissue: a body-wide signaling network? Medical Hypotheses, 2006;66:1074-1077.
- Langevin HM, Cornbrooks CJ, Taatjes DJ. Fibroblasts form a body-wide cellular network. Histochem Cell Biol, 2004 Jul;122(1):7-15.
- Maquart FX, Siméon A, Pasco S, Monboisse JC. Regulation of cell activity by the extracellular matrix: the concept of matrikines. J Soc Biol, 1999;193(4-5):423-8.
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Amaro considers Phillies potential buyers
PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Thursday if the July 31 Trade Deadline were Friday, they would be buyers.
But the situation remains fluid.
"No one is running away with it," Amaro said of the National League East and NL Wild Card races. "No one is invincible."
The Phillies last season stood at 37-50 at the All-Star break, 10 games behind the Wild Card leaders and 14 games behind the Nationals in the division. They entered Thursday's series finale against the Nationals 45-47, 6 1/2 games behind the Wild Card leaders and 7 1/2 games behind the Braves in the division. The All-Star break begins following Sunday's game against the White Sox.
"I actually considered us less of a contender last year than we are now," Amaro said. "Weren't we 10, 11 games under .500 last year?"
Fourteen at one point, actually.
"I think if we were 14 [under], we'd be doing the same thing we did last year," he said.
The Phillies traded Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence at the Trade Deadline, but finished the season 36-24 for the fifth-best record in the league. They actually moved within three games of a Wild Card spot on Sept. 21 before finishing 4-7.
Amaro said he could subtract from the 25-man roster and still compete for the division title or a Wild Card spot. The Phillies technically could replace nearly anybody on their roster with another player in the organization, except closer.
It seems nobody could replace closer Jonathan Papelbon.
"I don't have a legitimate closer candidate," Amaro said.
So the Phillies need Papelbon to compete? Any team that needs a closer already has been connected to Papelbon, including Detroit and Boston.
"As it's constituted right now, yes," Amaro said.
Amaro reiterated the team needs bullpen help, but at what cost? If the Phillies are on the fence about buying or selling, would it make sense to trade a quality prospect or two for a reliever?
"I don't really want to move young talent," Amaro said. "If I have to do it to try to improve the club now, we'll have to figure that out. But with the way our club is and the age, I think it's a young man's game. We'll try to keep as many young assets as we can."
Amaro also said he has the financial flexibility to make a move if needed.
"My bosses have always allowed us to do the sensible thing, if it's something that makes some sense," he said.


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Over the coming months, those who want to ban three methods of bear hunting that are currently allowed in Maine will try their best to get their message out.
So, too, will those who prefer the status quo, and want to continue to allow bear trapping, as well as hunting with hounds and over bait.
Representatives on each side of the battle will also try to make the public believe their version of the "facts."
It's up to you, as potential voters, to decide which "facts" are actually factual, and which aren't.
To that end, I've provided a couple of links here. First, here's the Humane Society of the United States fact sheet on bear baiting. Next, here's a myth-vs.-fact sheet being circulated by Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting, which is pushing the referendum effort, which is supported by the HSUS.
Finally, here's the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's own bear hunting fact sheet.
You're welcome to read all three, and I encourage you to do so.
I'll undoubtedly be criticized for advising readers to absorb as much information as they can on the issue that promises to dominate outdoor policy discussions for the next nine months.
Ten years ago, when an identical measure was on the ballot, I was ostracized by some on both sides. To some, I was a neanderthal who wanted to slaughter defenseless bears. To others, I was a traitor, because (gulp!) I actually interviewed people who sought to end bear trapping, hounding and baiting.
One real "fact" I've been able to identify, both then and now: The bear-referendum "debate" is not a debate at all. Instead, it's more of a name-calling competition. The other side (whichever side that may be) is wrong. Dead wrong. And many won't even listen to a word this evil "other side" is saying.
That's too bad. Many on both sides of the issue are nice people. They're the kind of people you'd like to have as neighbors. They're the kind you'd want to be coaching your kids.
We disagree with each other. And we do so, in many cases, disagreeably.
As we move forward toward voting day, it's important for Mainers to study this issue as well as they can.
And it's important for them to know that all facts aren't equal.
Earlier this week, a guide who takes sports into the woods to bear hunt contacted me. He had found another "fact sheet" that he said could further muddy future debate.
After looking at the internet post, I agreed.
It seems that there's another form of "bear baiting" that's practiced in South Carolina. Others call it "bear baying."
Either way, it's a practice that I think most Mainers would oppose: Bear baying (or baiting, to some down south) is a competition that pits captive bears against packs of dogs. South Carolina's own Department of Natural Resources has taken a position against the activity.
The Maine guide's concern: Voters seeking information about bear baiting may inadvertently end up on the HSUS's page that condemns South Carolina's bear-baiting/baying, and think that Mainers are holding the same type of competitions.
Or, even worse, he's concerned that people may vote on the Maine referendum while thinking they're voting against practices that don't even take place here.
When I did a Google search on "bear-baiting," the first page of results contained plenty of sites that are describing an activity that's far closer to the South Carolina model than it is the Maine reality.
So what can Mainers do?
Study the issue. Read. Talk to people. Double-check what you're being told.
Then, come November, walk to the ballot box with a clear understanding of the issue and vote your conscience.
In the meantime, both sides might be well-served to sit down and calmly discuss the issue with (double-gulp!) someone who holds a different point of view. Compare "facts." Leave the adjectives at the door.
Treat your opponents like people you'd like to have as neighbors.
Who knows? They might do the same.


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Volodymr Kondratenko held a role as a teaching assistant in the University of Colorado Denver Department of Mathematics in 2008, supported by a National Science Foundation grant. His focus was on the stabilization of tiled LU algorithms. Through the university's Center for Computational Mathematics, Volodymr was involved in a team-building effort to develop WRF-Fire, a wildland fire simulator based on the Weather Research Forecasting Model (WRF), and the related data assimilation.
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Monitoring peccaries in Brazil benefits wildlife, local communities and food security
Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the State Institute of Animal Health (IAGRO) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil have conducted one of the first health assessments of white-lipped peccaries (medium-sized pig-like animals) in Brazil's Pantanal. The study was an effort to gauge the impact of Leptospirosisa zoonotic bacteria that affects a wide range of animals as well as humanson wildlife and livestock.
The studyconducted between 2003 and 2005 in a region of the Pantanal undergoing increasing land-use change and habitat fragmentation has shed light on the prevalence of Leptospirosis in free-ranging populations of white-lipped peccaries, an important step in understanding the risks to wildlife and livestock.
The study appears in a recent issue of Tropical Animal Health and Production. The authors include: Tatiana P. Tavares de Freitas, Alexine Keuroghlian, Donald P. Eaton, Flavia Miranda, and José Virgilio B. Lima of the Wildlife Conservation Society; L. Nakazato, and V. Dutra of Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; E.B. de Freitas, A. Figueiredo, J.M. de Oliveira, R.C.S. Paes, L.A.R.C. Monteiro, and A.A. da C. Neto of Agencia Estadual de Defesa Sanitaria Animal e Vegetal de Mato Grosso do Sul (IAGRO); and J.C. de Freitas of Departmento de Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.
Transmission of Leptospirosis and other diseases from wild to domestic animals can threaten the integrity of food safety and human health. Conversely, the movement of pathogens from domestic animals to wildlife such as peccaries may adversely impact the health of that species and the ecosystem it shapes. In cattle, the disease can cause miscarriages, reduce milk output, induce weight loss, and cause death. Humans can also contract the disease through water contaminated by the urine of infected animals.
Researchers found that 55 white-lipped peccaries (70 percent of the animals in the study) tested positive for Leptospirosis. Among older animals, 80 to 100 percent tested positive, and additional analyses showed that they were exposed to a greater variety (called serovars) of Leptospirosis infections.
"The detection of Leptospirosis antibodies in white-lipped peccaries points to the need for further studies on how diseases move between livestock and wildlife, which creates risk for local economics as well as ecological health," said Dr. Marcela Uhart, WCS veterinarian and Associate Director for Latin AmericaGlobal Health Program.
The ongoing white-lipped peccary project is now one of several health projects supported by a $1.5 million gift from Cargill, an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. "We partnered with WCS because we believe the health of wildlife and livestock are interconnected," said Mike Robach, Cargill vice president of corporate food safety and regulatory affairs. "Food safety and security are top priorities at Cargill, and findings WCS is generating from research such as this helps to develop safer and more secure food systems."
WCS's peccary health project also includes a public awareness effort that combines conservation education with sponsorship of a local women's soccer team in the village of Taboco. Soccer is the most popular sport in the region, so by attending games and providing team uniforms, project team members have opportunities to teach local residents, school children, and neighboring communities about the role peccaries play in shaping forest environments. The program has been carried out in partnership with Cargill, a local grassroots NGO called "Quinta do Sol", and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
Describing the public awareness effort, WCS conservation biologist, Alexine Keuroghlian, said: "Team members teach local residents about the important role that peccaries play in maintaining regional biodiversity, for example as seed dispersers, forest engineers, and as prey of jaguar and mountain lions. We strongly discourage hunting of the animals and show how losses of local peccary populations degrade forest environments and cause declines of other forest species."
"As an encouraging sign of the success of the outreach program, we have received several reports from community members of peccary sightings in forest fragments," added Keuroghlian. "By educating young community members, like the soccer players, we're hoping that kids will influence their parents and grandparents, and pass on a conservation ethic that will help maintain wildlife populations in the region."
Cargill has contributed to a number of WCS's health initiatives in Latin America and Asia over the past three years, including in Brazil: a project focused on detecting diseases such as Newcastle and avian influenza in wild birds near commercial poultry farms; a study assessing zoonotic disease in indigenous communities; and an evaluation of wildlife reservoirs of tick-borne diseases.
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Emmetsburg's Freshmen E-Hawk basketball team battled hard in a loss to Estherville Lincoln Central on Jan. 14. The E-Hawks fell by a 50-30 final tally to the young Midgets.
The contest was close through the first three quarters of action, but in the final frame, the Midgets were able to pull away to take the 20-point, 50-30 win over Emmetsburg.
Leading the way for Emmetsburg was Wes Schultes with 15 points, while Nick Grandstaff added five points and Cole Jackson added four points. Kyle
Kassel, Alex DeFord and Cameron Heddinger each added two points to the effort.
Wes Schultes, Nick Grandstaff and Nate Schiek all pulled down six rebounds in the contest, while Nate Schiek made four steals for the E-Hawk defense.


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Basically, I have to develop a windows bluetooth application. I'm really new to developing this sort of application. This windows bluetooth application needs to detect an android phone's bluetooth, then display the bluetooth properties, discover other connections, connect to them and send commands through the bluetooth.
I'm supposed to develop this application using console app/command line/J2SE. I have clearly no idea how I should begin... I could really use some help with starting up... Thanks in advance!


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Let no opinion go unchallenged, eh Duion? lol I wasn't claiming they were the "best ever". I didn't say they were better or worse than anything else. I was just saying "I think the terrain materials in LiF look great, so I know that kind of result is possible", relative to the trouble I was having with it in 3.10.Life is Feudal does not have that good terrains, they are kind of mediocre and the textures as well. The thing with Life is Feudal is, that the Terrain can be modified ingame as well as all the other stuff, therefore you cannot enhance it artistically by hand. If you use baked basetextures for the whole terrain and high res textures you can even achieve much better results than Life is Feudal. Look at BeamNG they have much nicer terrains, but it all depends on scene.
As for the halo thing around texture layers.. yeah it's kinda unsightly. Hopefully that can be somehow addressed.
In the meantime, I think you can do quite a bit with 3 texture layers. Just have to be more "creative" with it.