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Imagine walking into a cold, hard-stoned room with a stench of filth and bacteria like you could never imagine. The walls are bare with only drawings from volunteers who came for a short time over the years.
Each room is small. Six dirty cribs, once knowing the color white, stack side by side, leaving only a little space for the nurses to get through. A child in each crib is lying there in soiled rags. These rags, or so-called diapers, have not been changed since morning.
The heat is so unbearable in the rooms, yet the children are wrapped in layers of clothes and blankets. One of the dirty, vomit-covered babies catches your eye and you bend down to pick her up.
The Romanian nurses look at you suspiciously, seeming to wonder why you would want to pick up this dirty baby, but you wonder why they have not. You pick her up, cradle her for just a minute.
As you get out a wipe from your bag, you begin to wipe her face, which reveals her beauty. You lay her down on the changing table, take off layer-by-layer of her soiled clothes and clean her even more.
Stopping just for an instant, you glance over to see her name: Monica. Now you start to use her name. What's in a name? We never wonder that, but yet it is so important. As you say her name, she lights up. She finally has an identity. Coming prepared, you pull out lotion, powder and cream and tenderly treat her like the princess she truly is.
Next, you pull out a diaper and fasten it on her. As you lift her up in full view, you notice how her ribs sharply poke through her thin skin. Yet she is beautiful. Her brown hair, now that it is cleaned, shines over her soft brown eyes and olive skin. How could anyone leave her abandoned? Suddenly, you hear the rattle of bottles.
"Oh, good!" you think. She looks very hungry. But you look at the orange mush in the bottles and wonder if it's nutritious at all. But anything, you conclude, will do. You gasp as they prop up the bottles on blankets and shove them into the sleeping babies mouths. The nurses don't take the time to hold or feed them themselves. Or perhaps they don't have the time.
Then the nurse reaches for Monica. Since you can't speak the language, you motion to see if you can feed the baby yourself. The nurse shrugs and hands you the bottle. So you sit and feed her in your arms. You notice that she has made no eye contact the whole time you've spent with her.
You begin to motion her face toward you with the bottle. Slowly you see some progress, but not enough to satisfy you. So you make a mental note to come back each day to work specifically with this baby. You begin thinking how important it is to spend time feeding a child.
In America, we quickly look past these simple gestures. She drifts off to sleep. As she sleeps in your arms, you sing to her and tell her stories that were once told to you as a child; stories like "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "Jack and Jill" and "Mother Goose" rhymes. These stories, once so meaningless, now seem your only way to communicate through her dreams.
Then you tell her that there is one true love that has never forgotten her, that will never abandon her. Perhaps you are speaking this to comfort yourself. ... You whisper, "Jesus loves you, will always love you." in her ear.
After a while, you place her back into her run-down crib. With one last glance in her direction, you slowly leave the room. You start to wonder as you walk away, how could you possibly make a difference in this hospital. But then the thought comes: That one moment in Monica's life made a difference. And that one moment changed your perspective.
Jessica Hamilton is a Charleston native who returned home three years ago after graduating from Winthrop University. She is a kindergarten teacher who has a passion for writing and drinking coffee.


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May 23, 2011
Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
From the FDA on Friday (it's always on Friday, isn't it):
FDA approved Edurant (rilpivirine) 25 mg tablets, a new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) for the treatment of HIV. Rilpivirine is an antiviral drug that helps to block reverse transcriptase, an enzyme necessary for HIV replication. The recommended dose of rilpivirine is one 25 mg tablet once daily taken orally with a meal.
This approval comes as little surprise, as the large ECHO and THRIVE studies clearly demonstrated that rilpivirine (RPV seems to be the preferred abbreviation) was "non-inferior" to efavirenz as initial therapy.
So how will clinicians use the drug?
The answer may be like the debate about iPods (and CDs vs records before that, boy I am showing my age): Audiophiles knew that the compressed sound required for iPods led to inferior sound, but the new devices were so easy to use that in most cases it didn't really matter. Today CDs are rapidly on their way out.
So is RPV the iPod of NNRTIs? Both better and worse than current options? Maybe -- that would be the best case scenario.
But if the complete iPod effect is going to take place, we probably need the single-tablet formulation of TDF/FTC/RPV, which is currently under development.
Paul Sax is Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His blog HIV and ID Observations is part of Journal Watch, where he is Editor-in-Chief of Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care.
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text: Hunting: Recipe Recipe Posted 05-06-2011 Le Pomme Cochon (The Apple Pig) (Recipe) From The Camo Gourmet Le Pomme Cochon (The Apple Pig) Wild Boar backstrap with brown sugar apples and spicy mustard 1 2lb. Wild pig backstrap or tenderloin butterflied 1 large apple cored and thinly sliced 4 oz. brown sugar 4 oz. spicy brown mustard 1 oz. white wine Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees. Mix brown sugar and spicy brown mustard. Butterfly the back strap and place ½ mixture inside with the sliced apples. Tie the butterfly closed using cooking twine or large toothpicks to close backstrap. Sear 3 sides of back strap in a cast iron skillet or pan. Don't sear the butter flied side to prevent the mixture from running out. Place backstrap on flat cooking tray or leave in cast iron skillet and put it in the oven for 5 minutes. Allow internal temp to rise to 160 degrees. Remove from oven and let it rest on cutting board and cover with tin foil. Add a small amount of white wine to the drippings in the searing pan and bring to a mild boil. Scrap around the pan and get all the remnants from the cooking and searing in the mixture until liquefied. Add remaining apples and sauce mixture and heat for only 15 to 20 seconds and set aside. Plate and cut backstrap on serving dish and pour your just completed sauce over the top. Pour a glass of Pinot Noir, say grace and get it on! Tried this recipe? Share your comments below using Facebook! Share This Story Next From Recipe Crush Recipe: Mini Elk Meatloaf Related Miss Homemade - Game and Meat Recipes : Posted 10-24-2017 Bacon-Wrapped Venison Tenderloin Bake Recipe View Miss Homemade - Game and Meat Recipes : Posted 03-27-2013 Easy Sweet and Sour Pork (Recipe) View Miss Homemade - Game and Meat Recipes : Posted 12-10-2012 Wild Boar Tenderloins (Recipe) View Hunting : Posted 01-10-2010 Wild Boar Pork Satay Recipe View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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Customer Reference/Case Study
During the Universitätsklinikum (University Clinic) Leipzig's conversion to a virtualized data center infrastructure, it became clear that the existing storage system was not powerful enough to provide the fast response times needed for its SAP applications. Using Fusion ioMemory™ PCIe solutions further reduced read and write latency for CPU-intensive applications following virtualization.
The Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (UKL) is a full-service hospital which covers the entire spectrum of medical care, with the exception of cardiac surgery and pediatric cardiology. Over 6,000 people are employed across the hospital and its research and teaching departments at Leipzig University's faculty of medicine. The UKL is one of two full-service hospitals in the German state of Saxony, and is therefore an important center for inpatient and outpatient treatment in the region. Two data centers on the hospital campus form the core of its IT systems.
The Challenge
The UKL's data centers had been gradually converted to virtual servers and the existing server had been replaced with the FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX600 and FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX4770. However, the hospital's storage resources were no longer sufficient. "At the time we were working on the virtualization project, both of our storage systems were under so much strain that we had no reserve capacity at all," said the Head of IT, Daniel Pfuhl. This meant that response times had become very poor and individual jobs were taking far longer than users expected. The SAP system had up to 2,000 users accessing it at any one time and the database had reached 600GB. "We started looking for server-side caching solutions. These cache the majority of the load from the virtual machines and therefore relieve the strain on the storage system," explained Pfuhl.
Daniel Pfuhl,
Head of IT, Universitätsklinik
(University Clinic) Leipzig data center
The Solution
The hospital chose a solution from PernixData which the department manager felt would work well with the solution from SanDisk and FUJITSU. It now uses a 5.2TB Fusion ioMemory™ PX600 PCIe application accelerator from SanDisk in each of its four FUJITSU Servers and four 400GB SSD drives in each of its four FUJITSU hosts. Of the peak load of 5,000 IOPS for the hospital's applications, approximately 4,800 IOPS—90 percent—now run on the flash media, and 200 IOPS run on the storage system.
The main challenge was that the hospital needed very high capacity storage media. "We determined that the 400GB storage cards we had previously purchased would not have provided enough capacity to accelerate the SAP system," says Pfuhl. The reason was that the majority of the data in the 600GB database is accessed on a daily basis and changes constantly. "This meant that we needed the largest capacity flash drives possible to run the SAP system and other virtual machines." However, no flash storage of this kind had been approved at the time the hospital was installing the FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX4770.
The Results
Fujitsu worked with SanDisk to test the PCIe flash cards the hospital wanted to use, and issued a special approval as a result. This was then certified so that support could be provided. Once the caching solution was installed, users' response times improved immediately and are now down to less than a millisecond. The solution has been running reliably with no issues for more than a year.
The hospital will continue using flash drives when the time comes to invest in additional storage. "We have seen that our SAN architecture—with its central SAN running over Fibre Channel switches and various intermediate points—creates a chain of latency points that really add up," Pfuhl explained.
Daniel Pfuhl,
Head of IT, Universitätsklinik
Leipzig data centerer
"Having flash media in the server gives us the option to accelerate certain latency-sensitive applications on individual virtual machines," said Pfuhl. "We can even activate read and write acceleration separately. You can't get down to this granular of a level with a central storage system." The alternative would have been to, "invest lots of money in an additional storage system to improve the performance of the central storage system. But that would have been significantly more expensive".
The original plan was to use the SSDs to accelerate the SAP applications and thereby improve response times after the virtualization process, without having to invest a lot of money into the storage infrastructure. But the team members were so impressed with the results that further CPU-intensive applications such as SQL Server for SharePoint and other databases are now being supported by the new solution too. The system is certified and has been running reliably for over a year.
"It is exactly what we hoped for. The overall costs proved to be significantly lower than investing in a new storage system would have been. So we can put off making the larger investment for a while yet," Pfuhl told us.
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013 11:20 AM
The healthcare enrollment website, a key part of President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law, crashed on its Oct. 1 launch and was subjected to weeks of emergency fixes.
"I am asking the Inspector General to review the acquisition process, overall program management, and contractor performance and payment issues related to the development and management of the HealthCare.gov website," Sebelius said in a blog post.
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, requires most Americans to have at least enrolled in health coverage by the end of next March or pay a penalty.
The number of people seeking health insurance under the law more than doubled in November to around 250,000, according to a government report released on Wednesday, showing Obamacare is still far from its goal of extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.
The website's disastrous debut created a political crisis for Obama and fellow Democrats.
Sebelius, who is scheduled to testify before a congressional panel later Wednesday, also said she had asked Marilyn Tavenner, the chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to create a new chief risk officer position at CMS.
The new official's first assignment would be to review information technology contracting and identify the "risk factors that impeded the successful launch of the HealthCare.gov website," Sebelius said.
Late last month, the Obama administration announced that QSSI, a unit of health insurer UnitedHealth Group, would serve as a general contractor to oversee repairs to HealthCare.gov.
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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — A poker blogger was sentenced to a probation program for stealing nearly $700 at a Connecticut casino by using chopsticks to pull cash out of a hole in a card dealers' locked tip box.
Jay Newnum, 41, of Fishers, Ind., returned the money stolen from Foxwoods Resort Casino after a poker tournament in December and was granted accelerated rehabilitation, a state court program that allows the charges to be erased if he successfully completes probation, The Day of New London reported (http://bit.ly/1dBp89p ).
Newnum was arrested on a misdemeanor larceny charge Dec. 16 after the Mega Stack Challenge $600 no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament, but Connecticut State Police didn't issue a press release about the arrest until Thursday. Police said Newnum was caught "fishing" cash out of the tip box.
Newnum declined to comment Friday in a call to The Associated Press.
He posted a statement on his blog www.whojedi.com indicating that he would "step away from the poker world indefinitely."
"The Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge ended early in the morning on December 16th," the statement said. "After flying home that same day, I agreed that I would not discuss anything with anyone. I have honored and will continue to honor that commitment."
In the statement, Newnum also defended Billy Shea, president of the Foxwoods dealers' union, who said he received personal attacks for revealing Newnum's theft in website posts last week. Newnum said he didn't condone those attacks.
Shea posted that Foxwoods had hired Newnum to provide online video coverage of the tournament.
Foxwoods officials declined to comment.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially asked President Barack Obama to appoint a second Presidential Emergency Board on March 5 in resolving its longstanding contract impasse with Long Island Rail Road union workers, who have threatened to mount a labor strike that could now be pushed back to July.
After less than a day of negotiations in Washington D.C. on Feb. 27 — in which both MTA officials and LIRR labor chiefs offered new wage proposals without reaching a settlement — MTA President Helena Williams sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday, asking him to appoint a new board of mediators that will investigate both sides of the dispute and report their findings for a resolution.
"Although the recommendations in the first Emergency Board report… did not result in a resolution of the dispute," Williams wrote in the letter, "we are hopeful that a second Board will assist the parties in achieving an agreement."
As stated in the Federal Railway Labor Act, the second board will present a nonbinding recommendation to both MTA officials and LIRR unions, but if both sides fail to reach a deal, LIRR workers can legally strike as early as July 19.
MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said in a statement Wednesday that the first board "ignored the enormous burden" placed on the agency's budget in its recommendations, which initially called for a 17 percent wage increase over six years.
In order to meet those terms, Lisberg added, the MTA would have to raise fares as much as 12 percent or cut around $6 billion from its next capital budget.
"The MTA has cut almost $1 billion in recurring annual expenses," he said. "The MTA hopes the second Presidential Emergency Board will take everyone else's sacrifices into account as it begins this process."


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TieGuy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 89 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Lose the Shoes
We're a fledgling tee shirt, beach and summer wear company.
We think that "lose the shoes" is the perfect way to say "Relax and be happy. You're on vacation."
We're going to be selling "lose the shoes" tee shirts and other summer related products via an online store, beach town boutiques and at summer markets.
There's a song to lose your shoes by. It's called, appropriately enough, "Lose the Shoes."
Here's a link to a demo version of it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUrD4biKvc)
When the finished version makes it out of the recording studio it will have marimbas, bongos and steel pans enticing you to some sunny island with plenty of reggae and just enough calypso make you close your eyes and say to yourself "Remember this!"
[If the link doesn't work, try the attached file at the bottom of the page.]
Everyone who buys a tee shirt with a logo on it. Essentially the same people who wear "Life is Good" paraphernalia.
"Lose the Shoes" is a beach house attitude. It's walking into the door of a bright, open summerhouse, dropping your bags and losing your shoes (and responsibilities) for a week or two.
For the kids it means endless days in the surf, starfish on the jetty, gulls making lazy passes on the trade winds, and a pail and shovel for every budding castle engineer.
For teenagers it means no school, no chores, no worrying about what they have to wear for days on end. To teens, "Lose the Shoes" is just short-hand for saying "Relax, summers are for, well, just 'hanging.'"
This is what parents have been waiting for for how many months now? Since last summer? There may be an alarm clock in the house, there may be an internet connection, there may be a reason to put on a good shirt. But who cares? All you packed were Bermuda shorts, a swimsuit and your favorite tee shirt. Lunch is one-ish, your sunglasses are never out of reach, drinks are at sundown and dinner is whatever anybody is in the mood for. The kids are around but not underfoot and they're happy. And you're happy because they're busy and you're not. "Lose the Shoes?" Well, for adults it's a chance to wind down and laugh and feel like a kid for a while.
· Style in simplicity is important
· Fun, but not overly simplistic and child-like. Avoid the stick figure from the "Life is Good" brand of clothing. We need to differentiate ourselves from "Life is Good."
· Eventually, we would like the logo to be recognizable enough to be used on collared shirts ala Izod and Polo, but we're beginning with just tee shirts.
· Logo should reflect the relaxed ethos of the brand, but not too down-scale.
· Not looking for a super-sleek post-modern design. By the same token, we don't want it to be too "retro" either. (Stay away from any design that smacks of the '70s, though)
· We're currently "seeing" the logo as footprints with the phrase "Lose the Shoes" spelled out in a distinctive font. The bare feet should also be distinctive enough to eventually stand on their own (pardon the pun), without the phrase attached.
· We'd like the design to be simple and unique enough to be understood in different languages and different locales.
· With that being said, we're open to all creative ideas.
· The logo will go on all different colored tee-shirts, other beach and summer clothing, doormats, and will be the company logo.
We'll need the logo in a vector format so we can tweak it in Photoshop if necessary. Also, a high-res jpg. Thanks
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois State Rep. Lou Lang has decided not to call his medical marijuana legislation until next week.
The Skokie Democrat told The Associated Press Wednesday he's still not certain he has the 60 votes he needs for passage.
He says he has most of the necessary votes but there are "a whole bunch of people who are wavering." He will continue talking to them over the weekend and try again in the Legislature's second week of its fall session.
Lang believes marijuana should be available in limited amounts for people with specific illnesses who get pain relief from the drug.
It's the tightest such measure in the nation.
Eighteen states allow medical marijuana use and two of those recently OK'd recreational use.
The bill is HB30
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Today is Fat Tuesday! Fat Tuesday marks the end of Mardi Gras and is a day for eating rich foods Here is the Wikipedia description
/ˈmɑrdi grɑː/, "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season",[1][2][3][4][5][6] in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany and ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday" (in ethnic English tradition, Shrove Tuesday), referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which started on Ash WednesdayWe can think of some yummy, rich, fatty foods we would like to have like stinky goodness and temptations! A few years ago, a super pal of ours, Diamond, made this for Allie for Mardi Gras - isn't it pawsome?? Thanks again Diamond!


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If you want healthier, more luminous looking skin – getting more sleep can help. If you are not getting your required 7-9 hours of sleep a night – your skin will suffer! Lack of sleep can make your skin look dull, lined, and possibly saggy. So get some good, quality sleep with these helpful tips.
– TAKE TIME TO WIND DOWN. For at least 30 minutes before bedtime turn off your computer and your TV as these can over stimulate your brain and make it harder to fall asleep. Maybe use this time to do some deep breathing or gentle stretching.
– TAKE A WARM BATH OR SHOWER. Some people find this to be a soothing experience to lull them into sleep.
– READ AN EASY BOOK. Reading something easy before bed can also help you wind down. Try to read an easy novel and not an exciting thriller which could get your mind going.
– USE ESSENTIAL OILS. Either in your bath, a diffuser, or simply sprinkle on your pillows. Lavender and chamomile are especially relaxing.
– MAKE YOUR ROOM DARK AND COOL. Use thick curtains or blinds, turn away your clock's bright light and lower the thermostat to a cool but not cold temperature for a perfect sleeping environment.
– AVOID CAFFIENE AND ALCOHOL IN THE EVENING. These can affect your ability to sleep properly. Herbal teas can be good to help relax you in the evening but make sure your tea is decaffeinated.
– WRITE IN A JOURNAL BEFORE BED. Take a few minutes to write down what you need to remember to do the next day and any issues you are feeling uncomfortable with. Getting it out of your head helps you relax and fall asleep.
– AVOID EXERCISING TOO CLOSE TO BEDTIME. Your body generally needs at least 2-3 hours to cool down properly after exercise.
– TRY TO KEEP YOUR SLEEP HOURS THE SAME EVERY NIGHT. Going to bed late and sleeping in on weekends can mess up your sleep schedule. Try to keep your bed time and wake up time on weekends within an hour or two of what it is on weekdays.
Getting enough sleep helps your body create collagen, regenerate the skin's cells, and allows any anti-aging and moisturizing products to properly penetrate your skin.


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Today's Meditation
Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
-1 Corinthians 15:33 (NRSV)
Packing hurriedly after a long church conference, I shoved my dirty laundry into my suitcase along with my clean clothes. I figured that when I got home I could wash the dirty clothes and wear the clean ones. But when I opened my suitcase to unpack, the acrid smell of old sweat rolled out. The odor of my dirty clothes had permeated my clean clothes.
Something similar can happen in our social interactions as well. Sometimes church kids will ask me if it's OK to have friends who are not Christians. "Absolutely," I tell them. "In fact, I think you should. But always ask yourself, Am I rubbing off on them, or are they rubbing off on me?" And peer pressure can be just as big a deal for grownups. Negativity, gossip, prejudice, and greed can all be contagious. But so can love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal. 5:22-23).
Today's reading from James cautions us to keep ourselves "unstained by the world." Certainly this does not invite us to be aloof or self-righteous. But this admonition does remind us that we must not allow ourselves to be overpowered by worldly society. Instead, we should be the stronger influence, spreading the love of Christ by our example. (See 2 Cor. 2:14-16.)
Michael Raypholtz
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Prayer: Dear Lord, help us to allow Christ to be the greatest influence on our lives, so that his light may shine through us. Amen.
Thought for the Day: God calls us to have a positive impact on our environment.
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|Birth Date:
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|South Doyle
Jarrad has provided consistent efforts and constant improvement
throughout this four years on the roster...a team leader, he was
also elected president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
for his senior season...wrapped up his senior season having
competed in every Golden Eagle meet during the past four
years...named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll to recognize
his work in the classroom.
AT TECH - (In 2009): One of six runners who competed in every meet in 2009, Jarrad showed consistent improvement every week of the season...moved from seventh on the team to third by the end of the year...his season-best time was 28:35.46 at the Evansville Invitational where he finished fourth on the team...was third on the squad at the OVC Championship with a time of 28:08.03.
(In 2008): Jarrad competed in all six meets the Golden Eagles participated in, and had strong showings in just about each event...best time was clocked in at Evansville where he finished with a time of 26:42.53, which stands as his career best, and also stands as the 17th best finish in Tech history...had a strong finish at the OVC Championships where he placed second on the squad...also finished with fourth-place showings at the Tennessee Tech Invitational, Furman and Evansville.
(In 2007): Jarrad had strong showings in the Furman and the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships, where he placed fourth among his teammates in each meet. He also placed strong in the Chattanooga Invitational where he came in fifth for the Golden Eagle squad.
(In 2006): Jarrad was one of the most improved runners on the roster in his rookie season, climbing to fourth toward the end of the schedule...ran in every meet...opened the year fifth on the team at Sewanee and Austin Peay, and placed sixth among his teammates at Vanderbilt...jumped to fourth on the squad for the TTU Invitational and Evansville Invitational...best time clocked in at 27:50.44 at Evansville to finish 44th overall.
HIGH SCHOOL: Jarrad comes to the Golden Eagles from South Doyle High School with inside knowledge of the TTU program, having been a standout distance runner under the direction of his prep coach, Donnie Madgett, a former Golden Eagle runner..Jarrad lettered four times in cross country and two times in track and field, and also earned two letters on the basketball and soccer teams...Jarrad holds his school record for 3,200 meters in track and placed third in the region while earning all-KIL honors.
PERSONAL: Jarrad is the son of Randy and Debbe Read...born September 27, 1987...full name is Jarrad Randolph Read...majoring in business.


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Starting with SQL Server 7.0, a central goal of the SQL Server development team has been to produce an easy-to-use system that requires little care for daily operations. To meet this goal, the team designed SQL Server to be a self-tuning system that dynamically manages system resources such as memory. However, although this self-tuning behavior reduces the daily need to actively manage your server's memory utilization, SQL Server professionals still need to understand how SQL Server uses and manages memory. Monitoring and analyzing SQL Server's memory utilization can provide vital information for performance tuning and capacity planning. As members of Microsoft's SQL Server Development Customer Advisory Team,we use our understanding of SQL Server's memory utilization to discover and solve problems in various aspects of customers' applications. Memory-based analysis often reveals application-design problems such as excessive or improper use of ad hoc queries, use of unnecessarily high isolation levels, improper security for stored procedures and views, or poor coding practices in database-update constructs. Memory analysis might even lead to the redesign of the logical and physical schema of an application to correct problems such as excessive denormalization or improper indexing. In this article, the first of a two-part series, we look at how SQL Server uses memory and ways to monitor such utilization. In the follow-up article, we'll show you how to use information about memory utilization to tune performance.
Memory Internals
For an overview of SQL Server's memory-management architecture, see the Microsoft article "Inside SQL Server 2000's Memory Management Facilities" by Ken Henderson. As Henderson explains, SQL Server organizes most of its memory into a buffer pool divided into 8KB chunks. SQL Server uses memory from the buffer pool to support a variety of needs including the database page cache, the plan cache, workspace memory, and locks. You can view data about these various memory-utilization functions by checking the Performance Monitor (PerfMon) counters in the SQL Server:Buffer Manager object, the SQL Server:Cache Manager object, and the SQL Server:Memory Manager object. In addition, the SQL Server:Access Methods, SQL Server:Locks, and SQL Server:SQL Statistics PerfMon objects contain useful related information. Let's explore the different types of SQL Server memory utilization and which counters give you information about each type.
Database page cache. The most common use of memory in SQL Server is for the database page cache (aka data cache or buffer cache). SQL Server databases are composed of 8KB pages that SQL Server can cache in memory in the database page cache. The PerfMon counter SQL Server:Buffer Manager:Database pages shows the number of pages in the database page cache. SQL Server:BufferManager:Buffer Cache Hit Ratio measures the fraction of database page requests that SQL Server is satisfying from the database page cache versus the total number of requests. In releases before SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), the Buffer Cache Hit Ratio counter represents the accumulated hit ratio since the SQL Server instance started. Therefore, as the time since the instance startup increases, the counter becomes less indicative of the current hit ratio and hence less useful as a diagnostic tool. In SQL Server 2000 SP3 and later, this counter represents the current hit ratio—that is, the ratio measured over the last few thousand page accesses.
There's no predefined limit for how much of the buffer pool can be filled with database pages. However, SQL Server uses a modification of the classic clock algorithm to eliminate from the cache database pages that haven't been accessed recently. The SQL Server:Buffer Manager:Page life expectancy counter measures the average number of seconds a page would stay in the buffer cache without a new access before SQL Server would purge it from the database page cache.
Plan cache. When you send a T-SQL statement (or query) to SQL Server, SQL Server first compiles the request through an optimization process that results in a query plan. SQL Server holds recently used query plans in the plan cache (aka procedure or SQL cache) and reuses them if it needs to execute the same statement in the future.
Query plans come in two varieties: compiled plans and executable plans. Compiled plans are the product of query optimization and are read-only data structures that contain essential information about how to execute a statement. For example, a compiled plan would specify which tables and indexes to access, in what order to access them, and how to join, aggregate, or sort the data. Multiple concurrently executing queries can share the same compiled plan structure; thus, the plan cache has at most one compiled plan for a given statement at any point in time.
However, SQL Server can't execute compiled plans; to execute a statement, SQL Server must have an executable plan. SQL Server creates an executable plan by starting from a compiled plan and adding parameter and variable values, session-specific information such as user information and set options, and global runtime information such as the state of server CPU and memory utilization. Executable plans also contain small amounts of memory space that SQL Server uses for storing database row values while processing them through the executable plan. Because executable plans contain information and memory space specific to the particular invocation of the statement, SQL Server needs a different copy for each currently active invocation. Thus, the plan cache might hold several copies of the executable plan for a statement at a particular point in time.
You can examine the current contents of the plan cache by executing a SELECT statement against the master..syscacheobjects system table. For each plan currently cached, this system table contains the first 128 characters of the SQL text for the statement, the plan type (compiled or executable), the objectid of the matching database object in the case of stored-procedure or trigger plans, the reference and use counts for the plan, and the set options and database ID the plan was compiled under. Figure 1 shows an example of how to retrieve information about all the stored-procedure plans currently cached in the system.
As we mentioned, at any point in time, the plan cache has at most one copy of a compiled plan for a particular SQL statement. However, SQL Server might need to produce different query plans for the same statement based on the current settings of some set options (e.g., whether you've set ANSI_NULLS ON or OFF). Similarly, the database you're working with affects the plan for a particular statement because the same SQL text might refer to completely different database objects depending on which database you execute the statement in. Thus, it's more accurate to say that SQL Server has at most one compiled plan in the plan cache for a particular combination of database and plan-affecting set options. Figure 2 lists the plan-affecting set options.
In most cases, reusing cached query plans is desirable because doing so reduces the amount of CPU time SQL Server spends compiling statements. However, in some circumstances, plan reuse might be detrimental to performance—for example, when the best plan for a stored procedure depends on the particular values of parameters passed in. We'll explore the merits of plan reuse more in our follow-up article.
SQL Server can cache and reuse all compiled plans and most executable plans. However, the presence of some query operators prevents SQL Server from caching certain executable plans. For example, plans that contain the HASH operator or the PARALLELISM operator are not cacheable in SQL Server 2000. In such cases, SQL Server must generate the executable plan from the compiled plan each time you invoke the statement. However, generating an executable plan from a compiled plan is much less expensive than producing a compiled plan in the first place.
The SQL Server:Buffer Manager:Procedure Cache Pages PerfMon counter tallies the number of pages that the plan cache currently occupies. Counters in the SQL Server: Cache Manager object provide further details about the plan cache. In particular, the Cache Hit Ratio counter measures the fraction of times SQL Server found a matching plan for an SQL statement in the plan cache; however, this ratio is the accumulated value since the instance of SQL Server was last started and, thus, gets progressively less sensitive over time. Other counters in this object tally the number of different plans of various types and the number of buffer pool pages those plans occupy. As with the database page cache, there is no predefined limit to the size of the plan cache. The buffer pool's clock algorithm purges less frequently used plans from the plan cache to make room for other memory needs.
Workspace memory. As we mentioned, executable plans contain small amounts of memory space for buffering runtime database row values while SQL Server is processing those values through the executable plan. For example, a SCAN operator in an executable plan would allocate enough space to store all the columns for one row of the table or index that operator is scanning. This fixed-size space is all the memory the SCAN operator will ever need, regardless of how many rows exist in the table, even if the number of rows varies from one run of the execution plan to the next. In contrast, any SORT and HASH operators in the executable plan need workspace memory in various amounts depending on how much data they process. For example, a SORT that needs to sort 1 million rows of 100 bytes each ideally needs approximately 100MB of workspace memory to sort all the rows in one pass. Because SORT and HASH operators can require a lot of workspace memory, SQL Server has a special process for handling queries that contain such operators. Before execution, a query that needs workspace memory enters a memory-grant queue to get a workspace-memory grant. This grant is permission to allocate a particular amount of memory at a later time during the query's execution. Based on the current state of the system—such as the amount of memory available to SQL Server, how busy the buffer pool is with database-page I/O activity, and how much memory SQL Server has given in grants to other sessions—a query might have to wait in the workspace-memory-grant queue before it can start execution. The SQL Server: Memory Manager object includes the following workspace-related PerfMon counters: Memory Grants Pending, which tells you the number of waiting queries; Memory Grants Outstanding, which counts the number of queries that have grants and are currently executing; Granted Workspace Memory (KB), which measures the total amount of grants SQL Server has made to running queries; and Maximum Workspace Memory (KB), which measures the maximum amount of memory SQL Server is currently willing to devote to workspace-memory grants. In general, SQL Server is able to devote between 25 and 75 percent of the buffer pool's virtual memory to workspace memory. The value varies based on the demand for memory for other uses (such as database page cache and plan cache). If demand is low, SQL Server devotes a larger fraction of memory to workspace memory needs; if demand is high, SQL Server devotes a smaller fraction to workspace memory.
Locks. SQL Server uses two structures to implement locking: lock blocks and lock-owner blocks. A lock block (which requires 64 bytes on 32-bit systems and 96 bytes on 64-bit systems) represents a particular resource such as a row or a page that SQL Server has locked. A lock-owner block (which requires 32 bytes on 32-bit systems and 56 bytes on 64-bit systems) represents a particular lock holder (i.e., a transaction). The SQL Server:Memory Manager:Lock Blocks Allocated and SQL Server:Memory Manager:Lock Owner Blocks Allocated PerfMon counters tally how many of each of these structures SQL Server has allocated. You can get more detailed information about current system locks (e.g., the resource that's locked, the mode of the lock) by examining the master..syslockinfo system table or by executing the sp_lock system stored procedure.
By default, SQL Server dynamically manages the number of locks in the system to match the demands of the workload. SQL Server restricts locks to an upper limit of 60 percent of the buffer pool's virtual memory. If the amount of memory that locks occupy crosses this threshold, subsequent attempts to allocate a lock structure result in error 1204. In addition, you can use the advanced sp_configure option locks to set an explicit limit on the number of locks SQL Server will allocate.
Other Memory Uses
SQL Server also uses memory for a variety of other purposes such as caching connection information, optimizing queries, and processing utility commands such as bulk copy program (bcp) and backup/restore. You can find PerfMon counters for some of these uses in the SQL Server:Memory Manager object. The DBCC MEMORYSTATUS command provides an overall summary of SQL Server memory utilization, including the uses we've discussed. Although an explanation of this useful command is outside the scope of this article, you can read a detailed description of it in the Microsoft article "INF: Using DBCC MEMORYSTATUS to Monitor SQL Server Memory Usage."
We hope the information in this article helps you understand some of the important uses of memory in SQL Server and how to monitor them. Take some time and get familiar with the memory-utilization characteristics of your SQL Server. In the second part of this series, we'll look at how to use all this information to find and fix potential memory problems and boost SQL Server performance.
Related Reading
"Managing Memory," May 2003
"Memory Myths," April 2003
"Memory Management," March 2001
"Page Life Expectancy a Reliable Indicator of SQL Server Memory Pressure," August 2004
"Memory Leak Problems with SP3," September 4, 2003


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Jeffrey LaBroad said the move from assistant principal to principal of Joseph Estabrook Elementary was unexpected.
"It's not how I saw my first year as assistant principal ending," LaBroad said.
Hired as an assistant principal for Estabrook in 2015, LaBroad took the reins of the school when Principal Sandy Trach was appointed as the special assistant of the superintendent this summer.
Though the opportunity was surprising, LaBroad said he is ready to make an impact on the school.
"We change kids' lives every single day," LaBroad said. "The overarching goal is continuing the great teaching and learning that has been going on for a long time."
LaBroad graduated from Boston College, earning a double major in journalism and public relations as well as elementary education. He also holds two master's degrees, one in curriculum and instruction and one in instruction leadership.
While teaching fourth- and fifth-grades in Lincoln and Brookline, LaBroad also directed the Boy Scouts' Day Camp program for several years.
"The perfect compliment with my work as a teacher was to work as a leader in the recreational world," LaBroad said. "That experience I use as often as my classroom experience in this job."
When asked how he took on the top position at Estabrook Elementary after only one year, he conceded it was the challenges of last year, and the team at the school, that helped him forward.
"We had unprecedented population growth. We're also managing a brand new building," LaBroad said. "I also benefit from the fact that this is one of the strongest learning teams I've ever seen."
When a loud noise from banging-bolt syndrome prompted an evacuation of Estabrook Elementary, he said the experience was a valuable learning opportunity.
"We had to co-manage the crisis," LaBroad said.
In looking to the future of elementary education, LaBroad believes technology plays a big part in students' lives and should be given special consideration.
"We have children on social media that don't have the capacity to truly deal with it," LaBroad said. "Social pressure used to go away when you walked through the doors of your house. Because they are always plugged in, there is no break from their peers."
LaBroad said digital literacy and citizenship will be incorporated into the educational plan to help students learn about the multide of issues.
Along with this, social and emotional learning is taking a larger role in the educational experiences of students at Estabrook because students need to be "ready" to learn.
"When you realize there are over 500 children with a distinct need, the magnitude of the job is highlighted. We need to continue to nurture our children's social-emotional well-being," LaBroad said. "One of my goals this year is to strengthen their ability to take care of themselves and each other."
According to Massachusetts Department of Education data, Estabrook is one of four elementary schools in Lexington which has a minority-majority population.
LaBroad said education in cultural proficiency early on in the students' educational careers will be beneficial down the road, and that he will be incorporating this into Estabrook's educational plan.
"If you looked at any classroom picture at Estabrook, you'd see we're incredibly diverse," LaBroad said. "It's about discovering what the common bonds are that we all share."
A major goal of LaBroad's is to strengthen the bond of communication between staff, students and parents.
"I was very fortunate this past year to get to know the student body and their parents. When you know the family you know where students are coming from," LaBroad said. "When parents know what is going on in school, and they know why, they trust you more. Also, as a teacher I've lived through not having home to school communication. It explains a lot."
One thing LaBroad is excited about is piloting the Alternative Homework Program, which focuses much more on independent reading than on written homework.
LaBroad said the amount of homework does not correlate to quality learning.
"We're piloting removing the vast majority of written assignments this year," LaBroad said. "If you're a good reader, you're a good learner."
Above all, LaBroad said the ability to instill a love of learning in each student is the most important part of education. He said living out that philosophy is his core mission.
"I've seen what a positive educational experience can do for children," LaBroad said. "When I think of successful experiences I've had as an educator, the stories that come to mind are not academic. The kid who went from hating school to loving it, the kid who didn't think they could and they did, that's what does it for me."


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Woah time has just been flying by in the lead up to Christmas, but one night that I managed to slow down a bit, was the night I hosted a little shopping event over at Juicy Couture's Regent street store. We had Champagne, shoe cookies and lipstick sorbet (!) Whilst welcoming their most recent, and in my opinion - the best, jewellery collection to date.
Was so wonderful meeting many of you again, thanks to everyone that came down. And if you are struggling with some last minute Christmas shopping, you now know where to turn.
I wore a JUICY COUTURE dress and jewellery and JIMMY CHOO heels.
I was obviously hard on Instagram too! you can mind me @5inchandup, naturally.


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Zach Houston runs his Poem Store (on any given sidewalk) with these items: a manual typewriter, a wooden folding chair, scraps of paper, and a white poster board that reads: "POEMS — Your Topic, Your Price."
Houston usually gets from $2 to $20 for a poem, he says. He's received a $100 bill more than once. The Oakland, Calif., resident has been composing spontaneous street poems in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005. Five years ago, it became his main source of income.
"I quit my last conventional job on April Fools' Day, 2007," says Houston, 29. "They didn't believe me, because I said I was going to write poems, on the street, with a typewriter — for money." It was no April Fools' joke.
On most Saturdays, you can find Houston at San Francisco's Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Passersby eye his sign and watch intently as Houston types away on his Swiss-made, green 1968 Hermes Rocket.
"Straight out of Switzerland, man," Houston says. "And it's my purse full of language. I love it."
A woman visiting from Olympia, Wash., gives Houston three ideas for her poem: spring break; road trip; and Olympia. Houston starts typing away immediately. In roughly 60 seconds, he pulls out the small, asymmetrical piece of white paper from the typewriter and reads it aloud:
"Where the Greek gods live with history and trees
protecting patience of rainforest
where it doesn't rain
simmers, fog, moisture
worship her, mother nature, newly wed
every year to visit a season
is called spring
forever returning to its source"
"I've always loved poetry. I've always cared about how language works," Houston says.
His mother claims that Houston carried a dictionary around when he was little. But even though he loves writing poems, his motivation wasn't "bringing poetry to the world," Houston says. Rather, he thought, "I love writing poems. I bet I could make a few dollars and survive off of writing poems."
"Believe it or not, it's not totally a reliable income. Who knew?" he says with a laugh.
But the career choice has its advantages. Last year, Houston's work was featured at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., and at SF Camerawork in San Francisco.
As Houston stretches his back between writing poems, someone has been standing behind him for quite some time, paying close attention: 10-year-old Miles Fogler of San Francisco, who had been walking down the street with his family when he noticed Houston.
"I really like typewriters," Miles says, "and I wanted to see someone write on a typewriter, because I haven't seen anybody do that." And when Miles saw that Houston was writing poems, he decided he wanted one. His topic of choice? Legos (he's building a big structure at home).
Houston is delighted. "Legos are amazing," he says. "What a wonder. Discrete units, man." He starts typing.
Listen to the poem Zach Houston composed for Miles Fogler:
Houston says he's written thousands of poems in the past seven years on his Hermes Rocket. He gives them away to his patrons. He writes his e-mail address on the poems and asks them to send him copies. Some do.
In the past, Houston could be found regularly at Bay Area art festivals, coffee shops and farmers markets. These days, Houston primarily shows up at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on Saturdays. The rest of his time he now devotes to more private writing.
He also toys with the idea of going back to college, Houston says, so he can "get into arguments with poets about how they're using words all wrong."
Now, in honor of National Poetry Month, we want to introduce you to a hardworking poet. We caught up with Zach Houston at a farmer's market in San Francisco, sitting on a wooden folding chair, banging away at a typewriter perched on his lap. A sign beside him reads: Poems: Your Topic, Your Price.
ZACH HOUSTON: I compose spontaneous poems on a manual typewriter - 1968 Hermes Rocket, straight out of Switzerland, man - and it's my purse full of language. I love it. Do you guys want a poem? What are the first three things you thought of?
ANN: I have to go home today.
HOUSTON: Where do you have to go home to?
ANN: Olympia, Washington. So...
HOUSTON: (unintelligible)
ANN: Spring vacation or spring break, road trip and Olympia.
ANN: My name is Ann. I'm from Olympia, Washington. I just bought a poem from Zach. It's a little, ripped piece of white paper. It too him, like, what, 60 seconds to pound it out on the typewriter. It's very cool.
HOUSTON: Where the Greek gods live with history and trees, protecting patience of rainforest where it doesn't rain, simmers, fog, moisture. Worship her, mother nature, newly wed, every year to visit a season is called spring forever returning to its origin - or source. To its source, or origin. Which one do you prefer?
ANN: To its origin.
HOUSTON: Good job, 'cause that's what I wrote. Did you read that, or did you...
ANN: No.
HOUSTON: No, good job.
ANN: Thank you.
HOUSTON: I usually make five, 10, 15, 20 a poem. I started doing this in 2005, quit my last conventional job on April Fool's Day, 2007. And they didn't believe me, because I said I was going to go write poems on the street with a typewriter for money. Believe it or not, it's not a totally reliable income. Who knew? So, you want a poem, too?
MILES: A poem about Legos.
HOUSTON: Legos are amazing. What a wonder, discrete units, man.
MILES: My name's Miles, and I'm from San Francisco. I was walking down the street today, and I really like typewriters. And I wanted to see someone write a typewriter, because I haven't seen anybody do that. And then I noticed you were writing poems, and I really wanted you to do one.
HOUSTON: Here's your poem: The Lego glow took a while, total monument to construction, corporate crossover to get products diversified across markets that miles are a measure of light in total darkness, a candle underground, an engine of systems inside of instructions deified and defied, simultaneously toy and vinyl sidings. There you, buddy. There's your poem.
MILES: Thank you so much.
HOUSTON: Enjoy yourself.
MILES: There you go.
HOUSTON: Thank you, good sir. Patron of the arts, man. You're a collector now. I've always loved poetry. I always care about how language works. My mom claims I carried a dictionary around when I was child, but my motivation was less bringing poetry to the world and more like I love writing poems. I bet I can make a few dollars and survive off of writing poems. But basically, it makes me want to go back to college and get in arguments with poets about how they're using words all wrong. What do you want a poem about?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Bubbles and clouds.
HOUSTON: Bubbles and clouds.
NEARY: That's poet Zach Houston at the Fairy Plaza Farmer's Market in San Francisco. Tell us about the poems you love. Have you memorized any poems? Go to our Facebook page and tell us which ones. There you can also find a link to a game testing your skill as matching NPR personalities to their favorite poems. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Two state level pro-suppressor laws went into effect Wednesday in Arizona and Minnesota following approval by the state legislatures and governors.
Signed into law March 29 by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, House Bill 2728 grants hunters in Arizona the right to use legally owned suppressors while hunting game animals. With the passage of the law, Arizona became the third state in 2012 to legalize suppressor use while hunting. Similar measures also were passed in Texas and Oklahoma.
On April 18, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed HF 1816 into law, allowing Federal Firearms Licensees with a Special Occupational Tax in Minnesota to possess suppressors to sell to the government, military, and other FFL/SOTs. Championed by Minnesota based JP Enterprises, with direct support from Rep. Peggy Scott, and Rep. Mike Benson, the new law takes Minnesota one step closer to the ranks of the 39 states that currently allow civilian ownership of suppressors.
Contrary to popular belief, suppressors, also referred to as silencers, do not render gunshots inaudible. However, they often reduce the report of a firearm to hearing safe levels, helping to protect the shooter and those nearby from permanent hearing damage.
In order for a civilian to purchase a suppressor, they must live in one of the 39 states that allow civilian ownership. All applicants must submit two Form 4s to the ATF for each suppressor purchased. A Form 4, or Application for Tax Paid Transfer and Registration of Firearm, includes a stringent background check that is conducted by the FBI.
In addition, applicants must submit a $200 non-refundable transfer tax, duplicate copies of passport photos and fingerprints, and receive a sign off from a chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) in their jurisdiction. From start to finish, this transfer process takes anywhere from 30 days to one year to complete.


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COMEX Gold (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 01/04/13 @ 1661.10. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 01/04/13 @ 1648.90. Downside Target = 1625.70 – 1611.90.
- February gold continued its fall lower on Friday as it broke through the Q4 lows and settled and its second lowest point since late August before making an after pit-session short covering rally back near $1,655.
- Look for gold to fall back lower again on Monday and eventually drop down near the $1,600 level before finding any support.
- Projected Daily Range: 23.60
- Projected Weekly Range: 52.00
- Projected Monthly Range: 90.30
Euro FX (March '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 01/02/12 @ 1.3174. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 12/21/12 @ 1.3187. Downside Targets = 1.3093 – 1.3036.
- New lows made on current move Friday @ 1.3005.
- The March Euro FX also dropped lower throughout Friday's session before making a comeback to settle positive on the day after trading just through the downside targets.
- As mentioned in last week's reports, the euro was able to find solid support at 1.30 and should make a solid move back to the upside in the coming weeks.
- Projected Daily Range: .0092
- Projected Weekly Range: .0193
- Projected Monthly Range: .0381
E-Mini S&P (March '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 12/31/12 @ 1417.00. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/31/12 @ 1420.00. Upside Targets = 1452.00 – 1471.50.
- New highs made on current move Friday @ 1463.00.
- The March S&Ps made new contract highs on Friday but was unable to hold onto most of the day's gains as it settled back just above the daily mid-range.
- The S&Ps are nearing a point where they are extremely overbought as much as they were in mid-September and could see a drop lower in the coming weeks as Congress is sure to make a debacle out of the debt ceiling debate.
- Projected Daily Range: 18.25
- Projected Weekly Range: 59.25
- Projected Monthly Range: 76.00
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Testing for vector-borne pathogens in dogs: The best use of diagnostic panels
Vector-borne disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in dogs. Clinical findings include those commonly associated with idiopathic immune-mediated disease. Like vector-borne disease, the incidence of idiopathic immune-mediated disease can be seasonal.1,2 It has been hypothesized that many patients with immune-mediated disease actually have undiagnosed underlying infections with vector-borne and other infectious agents.
"Tick panels" and "vector-borne disease panels" give clinicians the ability to test blood for multiple agents and the presence of coinfection by using serology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, or both. Although these panels can be comprehensive, clinicians should remember that both PCR and serologic test results may be negative in the presence of infection, even if the assays are exquisitely sensitive.It has been shown that using a combination of serology and PCR can substantially increase recognition of the presence of vector-borne disease.3,4 Familiarity with the epidemiology and pathophysiology of each organism helps determine which agents should be included and which type of testing—PCR or serology, or both—should be used.
This article reviews the concepts that help clinicians decide which organisms to include in screening, which type of test may have the highest sensitivity and specificity for a patient, and whether further testing for a particular organism is warranted in a particular case context. The form Vector-borne disease testing: Helpful questions to ask yourself summarizes the questions clinicians can ask to facilitate the testing process.


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SCARSDALE, N.Y. – A car traveling north on the Hutchinson River Parkway lost control and careered off the road near Mamaroneck Road in Scarsdale on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Kieran O'Leary, the spokesperson for the Westchester County Police, at about 12:15 p.m. a Subaru Forester rolled over and came to a rest in the water that runs along the parkway in an upright position, facing south. The roof was crushed when the vehicle rolled and the driver had to be extricated by Westchester County Police and Scarsdale firefighters.
The male driver was unconscious when he was removed from his vehicle at 12:49. He was taken by ambulance to the Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla. The accident caused traffic to come to a near halt and was backed up for miles.
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September 5, 1888
Bring anything and everything that will help make a display at the Fair. The Fair is for the people, and the better the display, the better the satisfaction all around.
Hon. Joseph Fifer, the next governor of Illinois, will address an immense mass meeting of the people of DeKalb County on Sept. 19. Other candidates for state offices are expected to be present. The political situation will be intelligently discussed. Everybody is cordially invited to participate.
The routine work of the teachers' institute last week was varied by an elopement. Miss Catherine Farley of Malta turned her back forevermore upon the perplexities of the school room and became Mrs. Thos. Quinn of South Grove, much against the wishes of her parents and friends. We hope the fair Kate may never regret her action.
Somebody entered the summer kitchen on the West farm the night before the farmers' picnic and stole the Deacon's best boots.
With Edison's new phonograph, tubes are fitted to printers' ears and connected to the instrument. The phonograph talks into the printer's ears, and when these are full he stops the machine by pedal arrangement until he has transformed the words into type. The next step will be to connect the tubes with subscribers' ears and dispense with the printed paper entirely.
John Londergan, who has been conducting a fruit stand here, has sold out to an Italian.
A young lady of LaSalle recently stepped into a store and in an absent-minded sort of way asked for a sponge bath – a bath sponge was what she wanted. The clerk fainted and she slid out, and is now confined with a severe case of mortification.
September 6, 1913
Visitors to the Sandwich Fair will note many changes in the way of improvements, one of which is the beautiful new amphitheater with a seating capacity of 3,000 people. The association has arranged the program this year so that there will be something doing every minute.
Sycamore public schools started Tuesday with over 700 pupils enrolled. The high school has the largest beginning enrollment in its history with 160 pupils.
Ray Helsdon suffered painful bruises, but considers himself lucky that he escaped with his life when he fell from a freight train on which he was brakeman. He attempted to board it when it had attained high speed.
Chicago has a problem worthy of her. Shall the new women police be called policewomen, policeladies or copettes?
Highway commissioners have been employing a gas-engine tractor to grade and shape the Charter Grove road preparatory to laying gravel. It has proven quite a saving over horses, and the work is better.
A carload of convicts from Joliet began work this week on a road near Grand Detour, where they will live in camp. They are without stripes or chains and with only two guards who are unarmed. It is an experiment which will be watched with interest.
September 7, 1938
In order to increase the checks paid to recipients of old-age pensions, a weeding-out process is being inaugurated. By cutting out those with $2,500 in realty property, $200 in cash assets or relatives able to care for them, the state expects to have sufficient funds to increase checks to other recipients.
DeKalb County won the third annual farm sports festival, which attracted approximately 30,000 spectators to the University of Illinois Saturday.
Lack of patronage caused the closing of the park swimming pool for the season Monday. It was originally intended to keep the pool open until Sept. 11, but park authorities decided there was not sufficient demand.
Charles Couch, stellar Sycamore High School football lineman for three years and all-Little 19 Conference tackle during the two years he played on the Northern Illinois State Teachers' College team, has gone east for a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers, gridiron team of the national professional football league.
Application was made by county authorities to the WPA district office this week for approval of a countywide secondary road project to rebuild 200 miles of roads, which will give employment to many men.
September 4, 1963
A 68-year-old farmer of Cortland Township was beaten by a complete stranger last Thursday afternoon. He was crowded off the highway by the stranger; when he stepped from his car to ask for an explanation he never had a chance. The stranger knocked him down and proceeded to kick and stomp on him. ...It is thought probable there was a case of mistaken identity involved.
A thief or thieves has stolen gasoline from buses owned by and parked near the Bethany Baptist Church on Bethany Road.
Marlyn Majorettes marched and twirled their batons to new glory over the holiday weekend, taking nine first places in several shows and contests. It was one of the greatest weekends in corps history.
– Sycamore True Republican
September 7, 1988
Despite commitments from the city of DeKalb, local banking institutions and other private sources, Northern Illinois University was unable to put together the long-term financial resources needed to purchase the Wurlitzer property on Gurler Road, which it had hoped to develop into a research and industrial park. The property is back on the market.
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UNH Interoperability Lab may realize move to downtown DurhamBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 19. 2014 10:08PM
DURHAM — The dream of bringing the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab from the west edge of campus to downtown may have new life.
A site plan proposal presented to the planning board Jan. 8 by Golden Goose Development for the Madbury Commons project now includes changes to accommodate 35,000 square feet of space for the IOL and related commercial opportunities.
The IOL had been planned as part of another project preliminarily proposed for along Main Street, but that project is no longer moving forward.
The Madbury Commons project will include additional commercial space as well as student housing on upper levels. The current proposed number of beds is 525.
A representative of Golden Goose told the planning board Jan. 8 they had high confidence they will be able to reach a lease agreement with the university to make the IOL the anchor tenant of the project.
He said it is a complicated lease, and they are not declaring victory until it is signed, but have changed their design plans assuming that an agreement will be reached.
They transformed what would have been underground parking on the first floor to create contiguous office space for the IOL and have inserted a loading dock facility into the plans to accommodate the lab's delivery requirements.
They have also tried to partition student traffic from IOL traffic and added an indoor bike room with capacity for 230 bicycles.
The entrance way to the IOL will be on the Pettee Brook side of the building, crossing a new footbridge from the public parking lot onto the property.
The representative said it would change the ratio of the development's commercial to residential space in a meaningful way.
Durham Administrator Todd Selig said the project received variances and zoning board approval for plans that included about 17 percent of non-residential space, and this increases that.
Following the ZBA approval, a lawsuit was filed, but later dismissed allowing the project to move forward.
The Golden Goose representative said one of the main reasons they have been able to make this work is collaboration between the town and the university on a multi-pronged solution to parking.
It is being called the "string of pearls" solution and will include a number of parking pockets that have been opened up to create about 60 parking spaces, which meets the requirements of the IOL.
About 20 spaces will be added along Strafford Avenue for business permit parking, 20 spaces will be added along Garrison Avenue that will be both metered and business permit parking and there are ongoing discussions about adding about 13 spaces along the side of Madbury Road on which parking is not currently permitted.
Selig said parking on that side of the street was eliminated to create bicycle lanes on both sides of the street.
"If we were to reinstate parking on that side of the road we would need to come up with another solution for the bicycle issue," Selig said.
This could include putting "sharrows" along Madbury Road, an idea that has been piloted on Garrison Avenue, as well as the addition of speed tables in the area. Sharrows are street markings placed in the center of a travel lane to indicate that a bicyclist may use that lane.
In addition, the town is working with UNH to make some spaces available in the university's C-lot, across from the entrance to the Mill Plaza. That would accommodate larger groups that visit the IOL to test equipment a couple of times each month.
Selig said Madbury Commons, particularly with the inclusion of the IOL, is a terrific project that has been more than two years in the making."It is a project that is bringing to fruition probably six years of collaborative conversations between Durham and UNH in terms of trying to bring research activity that's taking place on campus out into the broader community and into fully taxable, privately owned space, and it is the kind of research activity that will have an accelerator effect on other technology initiatives and professional initiatives in our downtown core," Selig said.
Although the IOL is not well known in New Hampshire, it is well known by some of the largest technology companies in the world and is the premier testing site for many of them to determine whether their hardware will be compatible with other systems.
"We anticipate that by bringing it to the downtown core we will be bringing hundreds of visits from premier technology companies from around the world to Durham each year," Selig said.
Marc Sedam, executive director of UNH Innovation, said right now visitors to the IOL have no reason to visit downtown Durham. Many of them stay in Portsmouth, drive to the IOL around downtown, and when they are done, go back to Portsmouth.
In addition, it will bring about 100 student employees each semester, as well as 20 full-time staff, into the downtown area in closer proximity to downtown businesses.
Sedam said he will feel more confident about the project once the lease is signed and the details are ironed out.
"We have very specific needs that in our discussions with the landlord we believe it's possible, but nothing's done until it's done," Sedam said.
The IOL, 100 percent funded by the corporate partners they work with, recently celebrated 25 years in operation.
Sedam said now is a good time to move the lab.
"The needs for the customers who use the IOL are only growing and that's a good thing. That allows us to consider this move," Sedam said.


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|Blue spruce
Picea pungens
|Scientific classification
|P. pungens
|Binomial name
|Picea pungens
The blue spruce, green spruce, [2] white spruce, [3] Colorado spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, with the scientific name Picea pungens, is a species of spruce tree. It is native to the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Its natural range extends from northern New Mexico through Colorado and Utah to Wyoming and into far southwest Montana, but it has been widely introduced elsewhere and is used as an ornamental tree in many places far beyond its native range. The blue spruce has blue coloured needles and is a coniferous tree.
In the wild, Picea pungens grows to about 23 m (75 ft), but when planted in parks and gardens it seldom exceeds 15 m (49 ft) tall by 5 m (16 ft) wide. It is a columnar or conical evergreen conifer with densely growing horizontal branches. It has scaly grey bark on the trunk with yellowish-brown branches.
Waxy gray-green leaves, up to 3 cm (1 in) long, are arranged radially on the shoots which curve upwards. The pale brown cones are up to 10 cm (4 in) long. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. [8]
The blue spruce is the State Tree of Colorado. [9]
Picea pungens and its many cultivars are often grown as ornamental trees in gardens and parks. [5] [6] [10] It is also grown for the Christmas tree industry. [5]
Pests and diseases
The blue spruce is attacked by two species of Adelges, an aphid-like insect that causes galls to form. Nymphs of the pineapple gall adelgid form galls at the base of twigs which resemble miniature pineapples and those of the Cooley's spruce gall adelgid cause cone-shaped galls at the tips of branches. The larva of the spruce budworm eat the buds and growing shoots while the spruce needle miner hollows out the needles and makes them coalesce in a webbed mass. An elongated white scale insect, the pine needle scale feeds on the needles causing fluffy white patches on the twigs and aphids also suck sap from the needles and may cause them to fall and possibly dieback. Mites can also infest the blue spruce, especially in a dry summer, causing yellowing of the oldest needles. [11] [12] Another insect pest is the spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) which bores under the bark. It often first attacks trees which have blown over by the wind and when the larvae mature two years afterwards, a major outbreak occurs and vast numbers of beetles attack nearby standing trees. [13]
The blue spruce is susceptible to several needle casting diseases which cause the needles to turn yellow, mottled or brown before they fall off. Various rust diseases also affect the tree causing yellowing of the needles as well as needle fall. Canker caused by Cytospora attacks one of the lower branches first and progressively makes its way higher up the tree. The first symptom is the needles turning reddish-brown and falling off. Meanwhile, patches of white resin appear on the bark and the branch eventually dies. [11]
Common cultivars (those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit): [14]
- 'Glauca Globosa'agm [15] – shrub from 3–5 feet (0.91–1.52 m) in height [16]
- 'Fat Albert' – compact perfect cone to 10 feet (3.0 m) of a silver blue color [17]
- 'Glauca Jean's Dilly' – shrub from 3–6 feet (0.91–1.83 m) in height [18]
- 'Glauca Pendula' – drooping branches, spreads to about 8 feet (2.4 m) wide by 4 feet (1.2 m) tall [19]
- 'Hoopsii' agm [20]
- 'Koster' [21]
- 'Baby Blue Eyes' [22] [23]
- 'Baby Blue' [24]
The Navajo and Keres Native Americans used this tree as a traditional medicinal plant and a ceremonial item, and twigs are given as gifts to bring good fortune. In traditional medicine, an infusion of the needles is used to treat colds and settle the stomach. This liquid is also used externally for rheumatic pains. Early people used their wood for building. [25]
- ^ A. Farjon (2013). "Picea pungens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T42333A2973433. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42333A2973433.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Picea pungens: Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, or Green Spruce (Pinaceae - Pine Family)".
- ^ "Blue spruce, Picea pungens Engelm., Plant Symbol = PIPU" (PDF). USDA NRCS.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ a b c USDA Accessed 2012-12-01
- ^ a b Barnes, Burton V.; Warren J. Wagner Jr. (September 15, 1981). Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Biological Science Series. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08018-2.
- ^ Vedel, H.; Lange, J. (1962). Trees and Bushes. Methuen & Co. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-0416617801.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ^ "State Trees & State Flowers". United States National Arboretum. June 11, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ Conifers.org . accessed 1.12.2012
- ^ a b Gilman, Edward F.; Watson, Dennis G. (2011-05-01). "Picea pungens: Colorado Spruce". EDIS. IFAS Extension Service: University of Florida. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ Cranshaw, W. S. (2013-06-13). "Scale Insects Affecting Conifers". Colorado State University Extension. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ Ciesla, Bill (2013-04-19). "Spruce Beetle Threatens High Country Spruce Forests". Colorado State University Extension. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 78. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector – Picea pungens 'Globosa'". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden: Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden: Picea pungens Fat Albert
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden: Picea pungens 'Glauca Jean's Dilly'
- ^ Fine Gardening Plant Guide: Picea pungens 'Glauca Pendula'
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector – Picea pungens 'Koster'". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Missouri Botanical Garden - Picea pungens 'Baby Blueeyes'".
- ^ "Washington State University - Picea pungens 'Baby Blueeyes'".
- ^ "West Montrose Farms Ltd - Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'".
- ^ U. Michigan-Dearborn: Ethnobotany Accessed 2012-12-01
External links
- Conifers.org: Picea pungens (blue spruce) description
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center NPIN — Native Plant Information Network
- Interactive Distribution Map of Picea pungens
- Picea pungens — U.C. Photo Gallery
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Picea
- Trees of Canada
- Trees of the United States
- Trees of Eastern Canada
- Trees of the Northeastern United States
- Trees of the Western United States
- Trees of the Northwestern United States
- Trees of the South-Central United States
- Trees of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Least concern flora of the United States
- Symbols of Colorado
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Garden plants of North America
- Ornamental trees
- Plants described in 1879


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Recap: Cards' Westbrook struggles again in 1st inning
CHICAGO (AP) Jake Westbrook has developed a troubling trend that could prove detrimental to the St. Louis Cardinals' playoff hopes.
For the third time in four starts the right-hander allowed runs in the first inning.
Westbrook walked the first three batters of the game and they all scored. The Cardinals couldn't recover, losing 7-0 the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
"I was pretty much all over the place and the walks hurt you, especially when they're in a row with no outs," Westbrook said. "It wasn't very good. It's always frustrating when you don't give your team a chance to win and do your job, which I haven't been able to do the last couple outings."
The Cardinals have lost six of nine and are tied with the Reds, 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates.
Asked if Westbrook is a certainty to make his next start, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny was noncommittal.
"We'll see how he feels tomorrow," Matheny said
"That's not what any of us were looking for," Matheny said. "Talked about it before, sometimes he just has trouble finding the release point for his sinker and he couldn't find it today until it was too late."
The Cardinals couldn't manufacture anything against Jake Arrieta, who threw seven innings of two-hit ball. Arrieta (1-0) struck out seven for his first win with the Cubs.
The hard-throwing right-hander was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles in a July 2 trade. Before Friday, Arrieta's only other day on the Cubs' roster was as the 26th man for a doubleheader against Milwaukee on July 30.
The Cubs snapped a four-game losing streak with the win and are 7-7 this season against the Cardinals.
"I've commanded the ball well, I've mixed my pitches well," Arrieta said. "I kept them off balance, off the heater enough, to get some weak contact. That's the goal."
The Cubs had been shut out in four of their past five home games – a streak dating back to Aug. 3.
Westbrook (7-8) finished with five walks but managed to grind through 6 2/3 innings to save the Cardinals' bullpen. Ultimately Westbrook allowed seven runs – six earned – on eight hits with only two strikeouts.
Since coming off the disabled list June 14, Westbrook is 5-7 with a 5.86 ERA. After the loss, Westbrook said his arm feels fine.
Nate Schierholtz, the Cubs' cleanup hitter, hit a two-run single to center to put the Cubs ahead in the first and after Welington Castillo grounded into a double play, Donnie Murphy followed with a run-scoring single to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead.
Arrieta sailed through the Cardinals lineup. After allowing a single to Carlos Beltran in the second, he got Kolten Wong to ground into a double play in his major league debut. Those two outs started a streak of 13 straight outs (including five strikeouts) until he walked Westbrook with one in the sixth.
The next batter, Matt Carpenter, also walked to give the Cardinals their first threat of the game, but Jon Jay grounded into a fielder's choice and Matt Holiday struck out looking to end the inning.
The Cubs added a run in the fifth on Schierholtz's sacrifice fly and then scored two more in the sixth on a run-scoring double by Darwin Barney and a safety squeeze by Arrieta. They tacked on one more run in the seventh which scored on a wild pitch.
NOTES: Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig said he has a sore left elbow after he was hit by a pitch from Arrieta in the second inning on a 94 mph sinker. Craig stayed in the game and finished 0 for 2 with two strikeouts and a walk. With the addition of prospect Kolten Wong (who went 0 for 3 in his debut) to the Cardinals' roster and lineup on Friday, former World Series MVP David Freese was relegated to the bench with leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter (who had been playing second) moving to third base. "I would say it's a day-by-day situation," general manager John Mozeliak said. "I'm not saying (Wong) has to play every day – there are gonna be times when we want to get David back in the lineup – so I imagine there's gonna be some split playing opportunities." … Cubs RHP Matt Guerrier was scheduled to have surgery on his throwing arm on Friday. The surgery, performed by doctor Timothy Kremchek, is expected to sideline Guerrier six to eight months. … The Cards' Joe Kelly (3-3) faces Travis Wood (7-9) in the second game of the series on Saturday.


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Clarkson University Student Guinevere Strack Receives ACS Award
Guinevere M. Strack of Parishville, N.Y., a graduate student pursuing her master of science degree in chemistry at Clarkson University, has been selected to receive a travel award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Biological Chemistry. This award will support of her attendance at the ACS national meeting in Philadelphia in August.
Strack has been working as a research assistant with Professor Evgeny Katz on a project related to biomolecular computing. This research studies biochemical mimicking of computing operations/devices using enzyme-based systems and their coupling with "smart" signal-responsive materials. Strack formulated her results into three papers, which were recently published in the prestigious scientific journals J. Am Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem. B and ChemBioChem.
"Guinevere is one of my best students for the last 20 years," said Katz. "She has demonstrated great perseverance and initiative. She is not only interested in and motivated to learn the material, but puts great work into assimilating it to her own experience and developing her own ideas about each scientific topic we discuss."
Strack is planning to continue her study for her Ph.D. at Clarkson, continuing her work in Katz's research group.


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