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Here's why the Inland blood bank's supply of type O blood has run dry
LifeStream is seeking donors' help because shelves of the vital blood type have been empty since Monday, June 10
Bernadette Toledo, a registered nurse, draws O-negative blood from Iris Lumsden, a 67-year-old Yucaipa resident, at LifeStream in San Bernardino on Tuesday, June 11. The facility is out of O-positive and O-negative blood and is seeking donations. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
By Matt Kristoffersen | mkristoffersen@scng.com |
For the past few weeks, the supply of O-positive and O-negative blood at LifeStream's blood donation centers has run dangerously close to empty.
The center, which serves most of the Inland area, has only been able to keep a one- to two-day supply of the vital blood types through drives and regular donations. LifeStream typically looks for a three- to five-day supply and such a low amount can lead to long wait times for transfusions.
But when the last units of blood left its shelves Monday, June 10, officials couldn't replace what they had given away. In fact, LifeStream CEO Frederick Axelrod said their six donation centers across Riverside and San Bernardino counties had run completely dry of those blood types.
"We literally have no O-positive and O-negative blood on the shelves," he said. "It's just really been awful."
Empty trays of O-negative blood sit in a refrigerator at LifeStream in San Bernardino on Tuesday, June 11. The facility is out of O-positive and O-negative blood. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Iris Lumsden, a 67-year-old Yucaipa resident, relaxes Tuesday, June 11, as she donates O-negative blood at LifeStream in San Bernardino. Her blood, if it passes health tests, will be sent directly to a hospital.(Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
O-negative blood fills a bag at LifeStream in San Bernardino on Tuesday, June 11. Once tested, the blood will be sent to a hospital in need. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Empty trays of O-negative blood sit in a refrigerator at LifeStream on Tuesday, June 11. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Bernadette Toledo, a registered nurse, prepares to draw blood Tuesday, June 11, from Yucaipa resident Iris Lumsden, who has O-negative blood. LifeStream in San Bernardino is in need of O-positive and O-negative blood. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Registered nurse Bernadette Toledo prepares to draw blood from Iris Lumsden, a 67-year-old Yucaipa resident with O-negative blood on Tuesday, June 11, at LifeStream. The facility is out of O-positive and O-negative blood, and will be sending her blood directly to a hospital if it passes health tests. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Unlike common blood types such as A-positive and B-positive, doctors can use O-negative blood in any patients, regardless of their blood types, and O-positive is compatible with any positive blood type. Since O-type blood cells lack specific identifiers, called antigens, the immune system can't flag them as hostile invaders.
This versatility is especially useful for trauma patients who depend on transfusions to survive or in emergency situations where finding a patient's blood type would take too long.
Now that Inland hospitals cannot rely on LifeStream to replenish their blood reserves for the time being, patients across Riverside and San Bernardino counties will be forced to wait until more of those types comes in or use blood that corresponds to their own types.
It is not known how long the wait will be.
While most blood banks — including LifeStream and San Diego Blood Bank — can usually restock their shelves from a network of centers around the country, Axelrod said extreme weather and the end of school have significantly reduced the number of blood drives nationwide. Without drives, the national network doesn't have much, if any, blood to spare, he said.
"Hundreds of blood drives have been canceled because of tornadoes and floods," he said, and "Twenty percent of the blood we collect is at the high schools. Now we don't have any blood drives scheduled there."
Summer may be a tough time for donations, but the unprecedented low blood supply of O-positive and O-negative blood is something Axelrod said he hasn't seen in years.
Centers outside the Inland Empire also have felt the pressure.
The San Diego Blood Bank, which does not serve hospitals in Riverside County but accepts blood donations from the southern part of the county, is hovering at around a two-day supply for O-type blood — far below its goal of a seven-day reserve, Manager of Public Relations Claudine Van Gonka said Tuesday, June 11.
Gonka added that they expected low amounts of blood donations over the summer, and that a two-day supply is not unusual for this time of year. To bolster its supplies, the blood bank hosts annual drives in summer.
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To reach San Diego's current blood levels, LifeStream would need to receive 600 units — or pints, roughly — of blood every day for the next month, Axelrod added. On average, the centers collectively receive between 300 and 350 units per day.
Each donor can safely give one unit of blood at a time. Once someone has donated, they can't do so for another eight weeks. Potential donors must be 15 years or older and weigh at least 110 pounds.
LifeStream is set to hold dozens of drives this month in hopes of replenishing at least some of its parched reserves. Since the area's donation rates are below the national average — 2.5 percent compared to the country's 4 percent, Axelrod said — the organization is working hard to mobilize eligible donors.
"If we had 4-percent participation, we would have more than enough and would even have excess," he said.
LifeStream information: 909-885-6503 or www.lstream.org
Lifestream is hosting several blood drives to address its shortage of O-positive and O-negative blood. Donors are guaranteed a free cholesterol screening and loyalty points that can be redeemed online. Most locations also offer a chance to win four Disneyland tickets. Incentives are given regardless of blood type. Information: 909-885-6503 or www.lstream.org
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When: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Incentives: None
Where: Simpson Center, 305 E. Devonshire Ave., Hemet
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Incentives: $17 in movie tickets on Fandango
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When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Wednesday, June 19:
Where: UEI College, 1860 University Ave., Riverside
Incentives: $5 In-N-Out Burger gift card
Thursday, June 20:
Where: Old Town Tire & Service, 28700 Old Town Front St., Temecula
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Where: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 425 N. Kirby St., Hemet
When: 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Estancia Del Sol Assisted Living Community, 2489 California Ave., Corona
Incentives: $17 in Fandango movie tickets
Where: Mt. San Jacinto College, 1499 N. State St., San Jacinto
Where: Rubidoux High School, 4250 Opal St., Jurupa Valley
Friday, June 21:
Where: Lowe's, 40390 Winchester Road, Temecula
Where: Farmer Boys, 1201 S. Sanderson Ave., Hemet
Incentives: Coupon for a "big cheese" burger at Farmer Boys
Where: Farmer Boys, 12240 Pigeon Pass Road, Moreno Valley
Where: Moreno Valley Mall, 22500 Town Circle, Moreno Valley
Saturday, June 22:
Where: CVS, 27749 Clinton Keith Road, Murrieta
Where: BreckenFit Gym, 5963 Arlington Ave., Riverside
Where: Chick-fil-A, 450 Hidden Valley Parkway, Corona
When: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Miller-Jones Mortuary and Crematory, 26770 Murrieta Road, Menifee
When: 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Sears, 2200 W. Florida Ave., Hemet
Sunday, June 23:
Where: Corner Cafe & Froyo, 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Suite 234, Murrieta
Where: St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 3774 Jackson St., Riverside
San Diego Blood Bank is also hosting events in southwest Riverside County.
Where: Kohl's, 24661 Madison Ave., Murrieta
Where: Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, Temecula
Where: The Diamond stadium, 500 Diamond Drive, Lake Elsinore
Incentive: Ticket to future Lake Elsinore Storm game
Where: Dream Tan, 40525 California Oaks Road, Murrieta
LifeStream has six donation centers across Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Details: Donors must be 15 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be generally healthy.
Information: 909-885-6503 or https://www.lstream.org/
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79215 Corporate Centre Drive, La Quinta
40365 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Murrieta
384 W. Orange Show Road, San Bernardino
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#ifndef PCL_REGISTRATION_IA_KFPCS_H_
#define PCL_REGISTRATION_IA_KFPCS_H_

#include <pcl/registration/ia_fpcs.h>

namespace pcl
{
  namespace registration
  {
    /** \brief KFPCSInitialAlignment computes corresponding four point congruent sets based on keypoints
      * as described in: "Markerless point cloud registration with keypoint-based 4-points congruent sets",
      * Pascal Theiler, Jan Dirk Wegner, Konrad Schindler. ISPRS Annals II-5/W2, 2013. Presented at ISPRS Workshop
      * Laser Scanning, Antalya, Turkey, 2013.
      * \note Method has since been improved and some variations to the paper exist.
      * \author P.W.Theiler
      * \ingroup registration
      */
    template <typename PointSource, typename PointTarget, typename NormalT = pcl::Normal, typename Scalar = float>
    class KFPCSInitialAlignment : public virtual FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>
    {
    public:
      /** \cond */
      typedef boost::shared_ptr <KFPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar> > Ptr;
      typedef boost::shared_ptr <const KFPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar> > ConstPtr;

      typedef pcl::PointCloud <PointSource> PointCloudSource;
      typedef typename PointCloudSource::Ptr PointCloudSourcePtr;
      typedef typename PointCloudSource::iterator PointCloudSourceIterator;

      typedef pcl::PointCloud <PointTarget> PointCloudTarget;
      typedef typename PointCloudTarget::Ptr PointCloudTargetPtr;
      typedef typename PointCloudTarget::iterator PointCloudTargetIterator;

      typedef pcl::registration::MatchingCandidate MatchingCandidate;
      typedef pcl::registration::MatchingCandidates MatchingCandidates;
      /** \endcond */

      /** \brief Constructor. */
      KFPCSInitialAlignment ();

      /** \brief Destructor. */
      virtual ~KFPCSInitialAlignment ()
      {};

      /** \brief Set the upper translation threshold used for score evaluation.
        * \param[in] upper_trl_boundary upper translation threshold
        */
      inline void
      setUpperTranslationThreshold (float upper_trl_boundary)
      {
        upper_trl_boundary_ = upper_trl_boundary;
      };

      /** \return the upper translation threshold used for score evaluation. */
      inline float
      getUpperTranslationThreshold () const
      {
        return (upper_trl_boundary_);
      };

      /** \brief Set the lower translation threshold used for score evaluation.
        * \param[in] lower_trl_boundary lower translation threshold
        */
      inline void
      setLowerTranslationThreshold (float lower_trl_boundary)
      {
        lower_trl_boundary_ = lower_trl_boundary;
      };

      /** \return the lower translation threshold used for score evaluation. */
      inline float
      getLowerTranslationThreshold () const
      {
        return (lower_trl_boundary_);
      };

      /** \brief Set the weighting factor of the translation cost term.
        * \param[in] lambda the weighting factor of the translation cost term
        */
      inline void
      setLambda (float lambda)
      {
        lambda_ = lambda;
      };

      /** \return the weighting factor of the translation cost term. */
      inline float
      getLambda () const
      {
        return (lambda_);
      };

      /** \brief Get the N best unique candidate matches according to their fitness score.
        * The method only returns unique transformations comparing the translation
        * and the 3D rotation to already returned transformations.
        *
        * \note The method may return less than N candidates, if the number of unique candidates
        * is smaller than N
        *
        * \param[in] n number of best candidates to return
        * \param[in] min_angle3d minimum 3D angle difference in radian
        * \param[in] min_translation3d minimum 3D translation difference
        * \param[out] candidates vector of unique candidates
        */
      void
      getNBestCandidates (int n, float min_angle3d, float min_translation3d, MatchingCandidates &candidates);

      /** \brief Get all unique candidate matches with fitness scores above a threshold t.
        * The method only returns unique transformations comparing the translation
        * and the 3D rotation to already returned transformations.
        *
        * \param[in] t fitness score threshold
        * \param[in] min_angle3d minimum 3D angle difference in radian
        * \param[in] min_translation3d minimum 3D translation difference
        * \param[out] candidates vector of unique candidates
        */
      void
      getTBestCandidates (float t, float min_angle3d, float min_translation3d, MatchingCandidates &candidates);

    protected:

      using PCLBase <PointSource>::deinitCompute;
      using PCLBase <PointSource>::input_;
      using PCLBase <PointSource>::indices_;

      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::reg_name_;
      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::tree_;
      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::final_transformation_;
      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::ransac_iterations_;
      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::correspondences_;
      using Registration <PointSource, PointTarget, Scalar>::converged_;

      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::delta_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::approx_overlap_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::max_pair_diff_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::max_edge_diff_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::coincidation_limit_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::max_mse_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::max_inlier_dist_sqr_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::diameter_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::normalize_delta_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::fitness_score_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::score_threshold_;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::linkMatchWithBase;
      using FPCSInitialAlignment <PointSource, PointTarget, NormalT, Scalar>::validateMatch;

      /** \brief Internal computation initialization. */
      virtual bool
      initCompute ();

      /** \brief Method to handle current candidate matches. Here we validate and evaluate the matches w.r.t the
        * base and store the sorted matches (together with score values and estimated transformations).
        *
        * \param[in] base_indices indices of base B
        * \param[in,out] matches vector of candidate matches w.r.t the base B. The candidate matches are
        * reordered during this step.
        * \param[out] candidates vector which contains the candidates matches M
        */
      virtual void
      handleMatches (
        const std::vector <int> &base_indices,
        std::vector <std::vector <int> > &matches,
        MatchingCandidates &candidates);

      /** \brief Validate the transformation by calculating the score value after transforming the input source cloud.
        * The resulting score is later used as the decision criteria of the best fitting match.
        *
        * \param[out] transformation updated orientation matrix using all inliers
        * \param[out] fitness_score current best score
        * \note fitness score is only updated if the score of the current transformation exceeds the input one.
        * \return
        * * < 0 if previous result is better than the current one (score remains)
        * * = 0 current result is better than the previous one (score updated)
        */
      virtual int
      validateTransformation (Eigen::Matrix4f &transformation, float &fitness_score);

      /** \brief Final computation of best match out of vector of matches. To avoid cross thread dependencies
        *  during parallel running, a best match for each try was calculated.
        * \note For forwards compatibility the candidates are stored in vectors of 'vectors of size 1'.
        * \param[in] candidates vector of candidate matches
        */
      virtual void
      finalCompute (const std::vector <MatchingCandidates > &candidates);

      /** \brief Lower boundary for translation costs calculation.
        * \note If not set by the user, the translation costs are not used during evaluation.
        */
      float lower_trl_boundary_;

      /** \brief Upper boundary for translation costs calculation.
        * \note If not set by the user, it is calculated from the estimated overlap and the diameter
        * of the point cloud.
        */
      float upper_trl_boundary_;

      /** \brief Weighting factor for translation costs (standard = 0.5). */
      float lambda_;

      /** \brief Container for resulting vector of registration candidates. */
      MatchingCandidates candidates_;

      /** \brief Flag if translation score should be used in validation (internal calculation). */
      bool use_trl_score_;

      /** \brief Subset of input indices on which we evaluate candidates.
        * To speed up the evaluation, we only use a fix number of indices defined during initialization.
        */
      pcl::IndicesPtr indices_validation_;

    };
  }; // namespace registration
}; // namespace pcl

#include <pcl/registration/impl/ia_kfpcs.hpp>

#endif // PCL_REGISTRATION_IA_KFPCS_H_

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package colorize

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"regexp"
	"strings"

	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
)

// colorToValueMap can convert the string values of an input ASCII
// color to its appropriate integer counterpart. See table above for
// mapping information
var colorToValueMap = map[string]int{
	"black":   0,
	"red":     1,
	"green":   2,
	"yellow":  3,
	"blue":    4,
	"magenta": 5,
	"cyan":    6,
	"white":   7,
}

// DisableColor sets the coloring option off. This automatically is set for
// dumb terminals, and can optionally be set at the module level for CLI
// apps that may support an option like `--no-color`.
var DisableColor = os.Getenv("TERM") == "dumb" ||
	(!isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) && !isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()))

// ColorString is a function which returns the "input" string after surrounding
// it by the appropriate ASCII escape sequence for the requested "color".
// If the "color" input is not a member of the map, we simply return
// the input without any change
func ColorString(input, color string) string {
	if DisableColor {
		return input
	}

	color = strings.ToLower(color)
	if colorIndex, valid := colorToValueMap[color]; valid {
		return fmt.Sprintf("\033[3%dm%s\033[0m", colorIndex, input)
	}

	return input
}

// Colorize is a function whichtakes in a string embedded with
// "<color>...</color>" tags. Any un-matched tags will be ignored and not
// stripped from the input string
func Colorize(input string) string {
	for color, index := range colorToValueMap {
		var (
			searchString  = fmt.Sprintf("(<%s>)(.*?)(</%s>)", color, color)
			replaceString = fmt.Sprintf("\033[3%dm$2\033[0m", index)
			match         = regexp.MustCompile(searchString)
		)
		if DisableColor {
			replaceString = "$2"
		}
		input = match.ReplaceAllString(input, replaceString)
	}
	return input
}


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A couple of weeks ago, former Texas Governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, announced that her husband had something very important to tell all of us on June 4 in Dallas: He's going to run for president, again. (It was a pre-announcement announcement, not an announcement-announcement. Just try to act surprised today.)
In the interim, we've heard all the reasons why 2016 is going to be different from Perry's first presidential run in 2012, also known as The Big Oopsapalooza. Perry wasn't going to completely embarrass himself this time because he was going to buckle down and really try, according to information carefully disseminated to the likes of Politico. He's not coming off a back surgery, unable to remember which parts of the federal government he wants to dismantle. He's spent the last three years studying and, most important, he's started wearing smart-guy glasses, like Mr. Peabody. On a bad day in Iowa next year, look for him to break out a pipe and tweed coat with elbow patches. This is Perry 2.0, the guy who's going to get his full roll out in ... well not actually Dallas ... but at Addison Airport, later today.
The guest list for Perry's shindig — free tickets are available on Eventbrite — tip the governor's hand. This campaign is going to be built around Perry's post-Vietnam Air Force service record, which isn't a terrible move considering Lindsey Graham's the only other Republican running who's been in the military. Four current or former Navy SEALs, a retired U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician, a retired U.S. Marine Corps captain and "American Sniper" Chris Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, will all join Perry onstage in Addison.
"I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry," Kyle said in press release from RickPac, the Perry-promoting political action committee that raises money by selling T-shirts emblazoned with Perry's mugshot.
Perry remains under felony indictment in Travis County for abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. If nothing else, having a few SEALs and an explosives expert as pals might come in handy for the former governor, should things go badly with his criminal case and he need to make a fast exit.
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We are introducing the speakers of Days of Oris 15 which will be held on 17th and 18th October at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall.
Iva Letilović and Igor Pedišić, prominent Croatian architects, winners of the 2011 Cemex Award for the project 5 small houses on the island of Silba.
Born in 1972 in Zagreb. Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 1997. From 1997 she has worked as an associate on projects at the Institute for Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb. In 2003 she started an architectural firm with Morana Vlahović, where she worked until 2007. From 2002 to 2007 she worked as a part-time assistant lecturer and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb. Since 2007 she has worked as a part-time lecturer at the Department for Architectural design at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy and in 2011 she was named assistant professor. Awards: the Piranesi Award from Piran Days of Architecture in 2003, Vladimir Nazor Award in 2003, Drago Galić Award for the best residential architecture in 2003: special Piranesi Award from Piran Days of Architecture in 2004, award at the competition Das Erste Haus, Silver Plate at the European Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza in 2004, won the third prize at the 41st Zagreb Salon of architecture, Bernado Bernardi Award for the best realization in design and interior design in 2011 and the Cemex Building Award in 2011.
Born in Zadar in 1953. Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 1978 and took a postgraduate course at the same faculty. From 1980 to 1992 he worked in the architectural office Donat in Zadar. In 1992 he started his own firm. ¶ From 1984 to 1986 he taught Design and Visual Communications at the Department of the History of Art at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zadar. He organized several architectural exhibitions: Piran Days of Architecture in 1989, 1995 and 2011, De architectura habitationis Zadar in 2004, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Munich in 2005, New Sacral Art in Zagreb in 2006, and exhibitions at the 41st and 47th Zagreb Salon of Architecture. ¶ He won the Viktor Kovačić Award in 1988 for the pool in Biograd and the Cemex Building Award in 2010 for the Central hospital kitchen in Zadar. ¶ He received the Bernado Bernardi Award in 2011 for the temporary exhibition rooms at the Rector's Palace in Zadar and the Cemex Building Award for Five houses on Silba.
An article about Cabinet of Curiosities of the Zadar Collection of Antiquity published in Oris magazine, issue 90, you can read more here.
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If you ever need reminding that 1965 was a very different time than 2015, think of this: Back then, Barbara Eden's navel was a real hot button issue on "I Dream of Jeannie"!
As a genie who emerges from a bottle to serve the astronaut who frees her, Eden had to wear a skimpy costume that still satisfied the mores of the period. That meant an exposed midsection, but billowing pants to cover her legs. And, apparently, no exposure of her belly button.
Fifty years later, Eden just chuckles about the discussions had over her waistline. As she told TODAY's Willie Geist on Thursday, when producer George Schlatter wanted to "premiere my navel ... executives at NBC [the show's network] got very frightened. George said he had never seen so many suits sitting around a table in his life discussing someone's anatomy."
Eden went on to a fruitful career on shows like "Harper Valley P.T.A." and "Dallas," and says for a long time she'd "forgotten" about Jeannie. But then came this anniversary, and she popped out again.
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State Department Iftaar Dinner
On Tuesday, December 19 dozens of Muslim leaders and individuals from around the U.S. gathered at the State Department for the second annual Ramadan Iftaar Dinner, hosted by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The following is Secretary of State Albright's remarks.
I am very, very pleased to welcome you all to the Department of State. And as many of you know, we had a similar Iftaar Dinner here last year for the first time, and tonight we continue what I hope will become a tradition that lives on for many years to come.
I want to really make very clear how important Assistant Secretary Koh has been in all the endeavors he credits me with, because he has been the one that has conceptualized the issues, discussed them, pushed for them, articulated a vision. I think one of the smartest things I ever did was to persuade him to come here and talk about the embodiment of human rights. Harold, without you, a lot would not have happened.
The month of Ramadan and the daily fast are powerful reminders for Muslims of the centrality of God and of the potency of the message conveyed through the Prophet Muhammad. For us all, they are a demonstration of virtues cherished by all great religions-kinship and faith, charity and humility, and discipline and worship.
For Muslims, Christians and Jews alike, this holiday season is a time for reflection and honoring our traditions and beliefs. We all take pride in the past, but we are united as well by our hopes for the future. And this is natural, because it is part of our shared and ancient heritage.
Until Abraham, humans were resigned to a life without progress, constrained by the unceasing cycles of nature. And that is why Abraham's bold journey into the unknown was an unprecedented act of faith that, at God's direction and with God's help, the future could improve upon, not simply mirror, the past.
Today, we are not often asked to pull up stakes and trek thousands of miles, but we are compelled by our convictions and responsibilities to serve justice, promote peace, and, in the words of the Qur'an, "forget not kindness" among ourselves.
In these tasks, we will do better if we pull together, and we will do best if the actual and potential contributions of all Americans, including Muslim Americans, are fully recognized. I am pleased that since last year the State Department has inaugurated a new website entitled, "Islam in America." Its purpose is to help people everywhere learn more about the positive force that Islam has become in American life and about the growing role of Muslim Americans as they are there to play a role in ensuring the security, prosperity, and freedom of our land.
Equally vital are the international exchange and people-to-people programs we conduct with Muslim-majority nations. These efforts bring distinguished Muslim visitors to our shores to exchange views and promote understanding.
In addition, President Clinton's Interagency Council on Women consults regularly with Muslim American women on ways to support greater political and economic participation for their counterparts around the globe.
We are strongly encouraging young Muslim Americans to apply to the Foreign Service as part of our overall effort to attract talent and promote diversity, and we have had a lively discussion at my table on that subject.
And we are preparing a guide to help familiarize the State Department and other federal employees with the tenets and practices of the Islamic faith.
This past September, I devoted my column in the State Department's official magazine to the importance of involving Muslim Americans more fully in discussion about U.S. foreign policy. I chose to focus on this because I have often found myself in discussions about the relationships between the American and the Islamic world, and I find that people tend to talk as if these were two entirely different entities-us and them-an attitude I simply don't share. After all, where in such a conversation is there space for the six million Americans who embrace Islam, and just where do they fit in?
The answer to me is obvious. You belong at the table along with everyone else who has a stake in how our policies are shaped and how well they succeed. Together, during the past few years, we have made an important beginning in providing that answer, not only through these dinners but also through religious freedom roundtables, open forums, conferences, and seminars. We have established and expanded a dialogue, but obviously much more remains to be done. It is vital for Muslim Americans to know and have access to American policymakers. It is even more vital to become policymakers.
So I want to congratulate the many in this room who have helped to motivate and educate and register voters so that Muslim participation in our democratic institutions will continue to grow. Although I can't comment on specific issues or cases, I can say that you are right to object to illegal discrimination and racial profiling when that occurs. You are right to pursue legal remedies when you perceive injustice on such matters as secret evidence. You are right to work with leaders from other religious traditions in promoting tolerance among faiths within our own country. And you are right to raise questions when you have concerns about U.S. foreign policy, because we need to hear your priorities and views, as we do those of every American.
Of course, the United States doesn't have a political policy towards Islam or any other faith. Our foreign policy is based on our national interests and not on attitudes towards any particular religion or community. Moreover, after four years as Secretary of State, it will not surprise you that I believe there is a lot to be said for U.S. foreign policy.
I am proud of our efforts to support peace and prosperity and freedom around the globe. Under President Clinton's leadership, we have strengthened our alliances, managed key relationships well, and tried to shape a world economy that will benefit the many, not just the few.
We have done much to stop proliferation, combat AIDS, relieve Third World debt, and improve the lives of women and girls. In the quest for peace, we have not only succeeded, but America has made a huge difference for the better in places such as Northern Ireland and Korea, Bosnia and Kosovo. And it is no accident that President Clinton will leave office with America more secure than ever before in my lifetime, in a world more free than at any point in history.
At the same time, there have been some painful disappointments, most particularly in the Middle East, where we have all been witness this fall to a season of sorrow. We have learned again that violence begets only more violence, and been reminded that those who suffer most are the innocent, including children such as 12-year-old fifth grader from Gaza, Muhammad al-Durrah.
There are some who say that these disruptions have exposed as naïve the very premises upon which the Middle East peace process was built. I say they're wrong. The terrible tragedies we have seen validate the central point of our policy, which is that without peace there can be no security, no fulfillment or aspirations, and no freedom from daily hardships and fear.
And that is why, despite the recent shocks, neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis have given up. The pace may have changed, but the goal has not. And the United States today welcomed the return to Washington of senior negotiators from the two sides, and we will strive to help them restore the momentum to their search for peace.
In a few days, the appearance of the new moon will signal an end to this holy month of Ramadan, and let up hope that the new crescent will also auger a new spirit of reconciliation in the Middle East and South Asia, Chechnya and Afghanistan, and wherever tensions are high and dangers are great.
Let us pray that democracy succeeds in lifting people's lives in Nigeria and Indonesia, and that Iran is able to chart its own course based on what the majority of its people want. And let us vow to assist the Iraqi people in their search for an end to isolation and repression brought on by a leader they never elected and don't deserve.
I look around this room and I think of the diverse paths we have traveled. We are different in country of origin, race, occupation, gender, age, customs, philosophy, and faith. Our experiences are as broadly varied as life itself. In many respects, we are not the same, and yet the fundamental values we hold most dear, although sometimes differently expressed, are similar. We all yearn for a world where the habits of peace are established, the dignity of all is respected, and the basic needs of every man, woman, and child are met.
We are, moreover, each an inheritor and trustee of American democracy. We each believe in the creative power of free people working together to create a future better than the past. We are doers, and like Abraham 4,000 years ago, we believe in mankind's capacity to lift itself up through faith in each other and belief in God's power.
I want to thank you all for being here, for braving the inclement weather and joining us here tonight. This dinner is already one of my favorite traditions and one of the events I will miss most when I begin my new life. I hope that the friendships that have begun here will grow, and that the acquaintances renewed here will blossom, and the paths we take from here will cross many times in years to come.
Good night, and Ramadan Kareem.
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It's that time of year for barbecues and bonfires! I enjoy playing hostess, serving vegetables from our raised bed/containers, and soaking in the ambiance of my flower gardens. However, weeds are a constant battle. Do you have any advice on how to un-invite the weeds from my summer party?
Weeds ruthlessly invade our flower gardens, veggie beds and lawns. They grow at an accelerated rate, have deep roots, aggressive shoots and adapt to disturbed soils. Seeds drop like crazy and may remain viable in a seed bank for years. For example, dandelions can produce 15,000 seeds per plant! In addition, seeds can be transferred by birds, critters and unintentionally by ourselves via stowaways in our shoe treads or in the soil amendments we introduce to the garden.
There are cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical methods of controlling weeds. Mulching, landscape fabric and competition from crops are cultural approaches that provide positive results over time. Irrigation and lawn mowing are also contributing factors. Mowing the lawn too short, not only may fry your grass, but the decrease in vigor allows for weeds to shoot up. In garden beds, you'll want to maintain moist soil for the roots of your plants but not a soggy surface area. A damp, empty space in a nutrient-rich substrate is like rolling out the 'welcome' mat for weeds.
Mechanical methods are a quick fix, environmentally friendly and relatively inexpensive. However, they can also be labor intensive and are most effective on smaller infestations and tiny weed seedlings, not well-established perennial weeds. Simple perennials like dandelions have a root crown that produces new shoots every year; any remaining root will just resprout. Tilling, hand pulling, mowing, weed whacking and burning are all mechanical methods of controlling weeds. Hand pulling weeds once a week may feel like an uphill battle, but your persistence will pay off.
Solarization is another mechanical technique. First, you will remove vegetation and cultivate the soil up to 6 inches in depth. Next, water down the area and cover it with 4 mil clear plastic, burying the edges. Flattened cardboard drenched with a hose can also do the trick. Let it sit for three weeks in the July/August heat. Solarization warms up the soil and ultimately kills roots, weed seeds and soil-borne insects/diseases. To avoid stirring up new weed seeds, just refrain from further cultivating.
Biological methods, such as employing insects or grazing livestock, can be long-term control solutions. Unfortunately, chomping bugs, sheep, cows, horses and goats do not eradicate the weeds. They also take little direction as to which plants to chew and which are non-target plants.
Herbicides are a chemical control method. They can be extremely effective when applied properly or environmentally destructive should the label's instructions be disregarded. Herbicides work by disrupting key physiological processes within the plant, ultimately causing its death. There are selective herbicides that target monocots (i.e. grass) vs. dicots (i.e. thistle). Pre and post-emergent herbicides focus on germinating seeds versus actively growing weeds. There are even systemic herbicides that move internally in the plant, and contact herbicides.
Unfortunately, pesticides like Roundup are often applied in the "better safe than sorry" mentality so improper and excessive use is common around the home. Unnecessary application can lead to runoff impacting our local streams and wildlife. In addition, throwing unused pesticides down the drain can be detrimental to our environment. These pesticides should be taken to the household hazardous waste program at our community landfill near Keystone to be disposed of properly.
Weeds are more than just an eyesore or nuisance. They compete for nutrients against your plants and can house pests. Invasive plants can take over an entire site, replacing wildlife habitat and threatening biodiversity. Uncontrolled thickets of weeds only add to the fuel for a forest fire!
Your best bet is to be proactive and utilize an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan. To start, only install weed-free sod, seeds and soils. Avoid contributing to the problem and stir clear of invasive species. Use mulch where appropriate, irrigate and fertilize as needed.
IPM also explores the life cycles of certain pests (bugs and weeds) using a systems-thinking approach to how pests thrive in their natural environment. The IPM approach includes observation, identification, monitoring, prevention and then control.
Lastly, I must also mention the hundreds of organic, permaculature, biodynamic and homemade remedies that rely on IPM methods without the toxic controls. You can discover a few of these recipes under "mountain gardening" at http://www.SummitGardenNetwork.org. Remember that healthy plants are more capable of competing and thriving against weeds. And healthy soil promotes healthy plants!
Ask Eartha Steward is written by the staff at the High Country Conservation Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to waste reduction and resource conservation. Submit questions to Eartha at eartha@highcountryconservation.org.


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loghisto
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spacejam/loghisto.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/spacejam/loghisto)

A metric system for high performance counters and histograms.  Unlike popular metric systems today, this does not destroy the accuracy of histograms by sampling.  Instead, a logarithmic bucketing function compresses values, generally within 1% of their true value (although between 0 and 1 the precision loss may not be within this boundary).  This allows for extreme compression, which allows us to calculate arbitrarily high percentiles with no loss of accuracy - just a small amount of precision.  This is particularly useful for highly-clustered events that are tolerant of a small precision loss, but for which you REALLY care about what the tail looks like, such as measuring latency across a distributed system.

Copied out of my work for the CockroachDB metrics system.  Based on an algorithm created by Keith Frost.

### running a print benchmark for quick analysis
```go
package main

import (
  "runtime"
  "github.com/spacejam/loghisto"
)

func benchmark() {
  // do some stuff
}

func main() {
  numCPU := runtime.NumCPU()
  runtime.GOMAXPROCS(numCPU)

  desiredConcurrency := uint(100)
  loghisto.PrintBenchmark("benchmark1234", desiredConcurrency, benchmark)
}
```
results in something like this printed to stdout each second:
```
2014-12-11 21:41:45 -0500 EST
benchmark1234_count:     2.0171025e+07
benchmark1234_max:       2.4642914167480484e+07
benchmark1234_99.99:     4913.768840299134
benchmark1234_99.9:      1001.2472422902518
benchmark1234_99:        71.24044000732538
benchmark1234_95:        67.03348428941965
benchmark1234_90:        65.68633104092515
benchmark1234_75:        63.07152259993664
benchmark1234_50:        58.739891704145194
benchmark1234_min:       -657.5233632152207           // Corollary: time.Since(time.Now()) is often < 0
benchmark1234_sum:       1.648051169322668e+09
benchmark1234_avg:       81.70388809307748
benchmark1234_agg_avg:   89
benchmark1234_agg_count: 6.0962226e+07
benchmark1234_agg_sum:   5.454779078e+09
sys.Alloc:               1.132672e+06
sys.NumGC:               5741
sys.PauseTotalNs:        1.569390954e+09
sys.NumGoroutine:        113
```
### adding an embedded metric system to your code
```go
import (
  "time"
  "fmt"
  "github.com/spacejam/loghisto"
)
func ExampleMetricSystem() {
  // Create metric system that reports once a minute, and includes stats
  // about goroutines, memory usage and GC.
  includeGoProcessStats := true
  ms := loghisto.NewMetricSystem(time.Minute, includeGoProcessStats)
  ms.Start()

  // create a channel that subscribes to metrics as they are produced once
  // per minute.
  // NOTE: if you allow this channel to fill up, the metric system will NOT
  // block, and  will FORGET about your channel if you fail to unblock the
  // channel after 3 configured intervals (in this case 3 minutes) rather
  // than causing a memory leak.
  myMetricStream := make(chan *loghisto.ProcessedMetricSet, 2)
  ms.SubscribeToProcessedMetrics(myMetricStream)

  // create some metrics
  timeToken := ms.StartTimer("time for creating a counter and histo")
  ms.Counter("some event", 1)
  ms.Histogram("some measured thing", 123)
  timeToken.Stop()

  for m := range myMetricStream {
    fmt.Printf("number of goroutines: %f\n", m.Metrics["sys.NumGoroutine"])
  }

  // if you want to manually unsubscribe from the metric stream
  ms.UnsubscribeFromProcessedMetrics(myMetricStream)

  // to stop and clean up your metric system
  ms.Stop()
}
```
### automatically sending your metrics to OpenTSDB, KairosDB or Graphite
```go
func ExampleExternalSubmitter() {
  includeGoProcessStats := true
  ms := NewMetricSystem(time.Minute, includeGoProcessStats)
  ms.Start()
  // graphite
  s := NewSubmitter(ms, GraphiteProtocol, "tcp", "localhost:7777")
  s.Start()

  // opentsdb / kairosdb
  s := NewSubmitter(ms, OpenTSDBProtocol, "tcp", "localhost:7777")
  s.Start()

  // to tear down:
  s.Shutdown()
}
```

See code for the Graphite/OpenTSDB protocols for adding your own output plugins, it's pretty simple.


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namespace Terramar\Packages\Job;

use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
use Terramar\Packages\Application;

abstract class ContainerAwareJob
{
    /**
     * @var \Resque_Job
     */
    public $job;

    /**
     * @var string The queue name
     */
    public $queue = 'default';

    /**
     * @var array The job args
     */
    public $args = array();

    /**
     * @var Application
     */
    private $app = null;

    /**
     * @return ContainerInterface
     */
    protected function getContainer()
    {
        if ($this->app === null) {
            $this->app = $this->createApplication();
            $this->app->boot();
        }

        return $this->app->getContainer();
    }

    /**
     * @return Application
     */
    protected function createApplication()
    {
        return new Application(
            isset($this->args['app.environment']) ? $this->args['app.environment'] : 'dev',
            isset($this->args['app.debug']) ? $this->args['app.debug'] : true,
            isset($this->args['app.cache']) ? $this->args['app.cache'] : true
        );
    }

    /**
     * Perform the work
     */
    public function perform()
    {
        $this->run($this->args);
    }

    abstract protected function run($args);
}


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Ashley Barty made a huge decision in July 2015 to leave tennis, and began training with Australian women's cricket team Queensland Fire. The nineteen year old had a promising tennis career, being a doubles finalist at Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open in 2013. Since taking up cricket, Barty has been described by coaches as a natural, and following a promising debut, was signed by Brisbane Heat. With her tennis earnings in 2013 being $600,000, and with cricketers earning around $10,000 per year, time will tell if it is a viable long term option. Barty however, has not ruled out a return to tennis in the future.
Arguably the most famous name in basketball, Michael Jordan shocked the world when he announced his retirement from the sport in October 1993. In February 1994, he caused more confusion, when he signed a contract with minor league baseball team, Chicago White Sox. He made his debut with the White Sox affiliate team Birmingham Barons, and also made appearances for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Ultimately Jordan's baseball career was short lived, and he returned to play basketball in 1995.
Winning two gold and two silver medals in sprint cycling, Victoria Pendleton is Britain's most successful female Olympian ever. In March 2015, Pendleton announced her intention to become a jockey, and took part in her first competitive race in August 2015, finishing second.
After a drug ban in 2003 prevented him from competing in athletics, Chambers decided to pursue other sports despite public backlash. After attending a series of NFL Europa training camps, he gained a professional contract with German NFL Europa side Hamburg Sea Devils. To make matters worse for Chambers, the NFL closed the league down on 29 June 2007, and Chambers needed to look for other options. In March 2008 Chambers joined Castleford Tigers, a rugby league side on a trial basis. He made his debut in a reserve game against York City Knights. The transition to rugby league was not a successful one, and it was announced by Castleford following the game, that they would not be offering a permanent contract.
Rebecca Romero started her career in rowing, and saw success winning a silver medal, as part of the quadruple skulls at the 2004 Olympic games. Suffering from a persistent back injury, Romero retired from rowing in 2006, and decided to switch to track cycling instead. She participated in her first event in December 2006, and won a silver medal at the UCI Track World Cup event in Moscow. She went on to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and by winning gold in the individual pursuit, became only the second woman to win Olympic medals, in two different sports.
A former professional footballer Woodhouse made most of his appearances for Sheffield United, but also played for Birmingham City, Grimsby Town, alongside making four appearances at U21 level for England. In 2006 he decided to leave the sport of football, and follow his dream of being a boxer. He took part in 29 professional fights with a record of 22 wins, 13 by knock-out, and 7 defeats. Most recently, Woodhouse has moved into football management, and currently manages Northern Counties East League side, Hull United.
That concludes our list, if you can think of any more multi-talented sport stars, be sure to leave them in the comment section below.


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How does it feel to be back for the London Chess Classic? It's excellent. I enjoy this tournament immensely. It's a great showcase for chess in Britain and it has the worthy aim of building chess in schools too.
So when enthusiastic kids ask how they can become chess masters, what do you tell them? Just keep playing often. Concepts fall into place only when you get them on the board. It's a bit like learning a language; it's nice to read a book, but only when you speak to someone does it all start to fall into place.
When you are preparing for major tournaments like London how many hours a day do you devote to getting ready? As much as it takes – up to 10 hours if needed – plus another two or three hours during the tournament.
And how do you prepare physically? Mostly by running and doing weights. Mainly it's to relieve yourself of tension, and to sleep soundly.
It sounds a strange question to ask a world chess champion, but how much can you bench? I don't bench press but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on — and then I'll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.
The Soviet world champion Mikhail Botvinnik used to get training partners to deliberately blow smoke in his face to prepare for opponents who may try to unsettle him. Is there anything you do to prepare for psychological tricks or gamesmanship? Not really, but when smoking was allowed I really hated it. Thankfully it's been banned for 20 years or so now.
Which opponent pushed those boundaries most? [Long pause] Well, I had very difficult matches with [Gata] Kamsky and Garry Kasparov in the 1990s. They were psychologically intense, probably because I was still inexperienced.
So what was it like facing a peak Kasparov glaring at you? Well, it's annoying – because first of all he makes good moves and on top of that there's all the other pressure he inflicts too. But what made Kasparov dangerous was his moves. If he was making faces and then played bad moves we would have just laughed at him. These days, I think you can over-estimate the psychological stuff.
How good are you at picking up on your opponents' 'tells'? It's not like I can read their minds completely but I can usually work out in which direction their thoughts are heading. Often their breathing is a tell-tale sign. Sometimes an opponent stops breathing and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet, or they get fidgety. After a while you pick these things up and become more alert to them.
The BBC are currently showing the documentary Bobby Fischer, Genius and Madman. You met Fischer in 2006, a couple of years before he died. What was he like? I found him surprisingly normal. Well, at least not very tense. He seemed to be relieved to be in the company of chess players. He was calm in that sense. He was also a bit worried about people following him, so the paranoia never really went away. But I am really happy I got the chance to meet him before he died in 2008. It was weird as well because I kept having to remind myself that this was Bobby Fischer sitting in front of me!
Were you tempted to whip out a pocket chessboard and challenge him to a quick blitz game? No, because he whipped out his pocket chess set first and we started to analyse some recent games I'd played.
Really? Yes, I showed him some of my games from Wijk aan Zee and tried to share some interesting developments. He was sort of able to follow everything – he hadn't lost his sharpness for chess – but his methods were a bit dated. In that sense he had fallen behind.
If you could go back in time, which world champion would you have most liked to have faced at their peak? Mikhail Tal or Bobby Fischer. How would I have got on? Well, it depends whether the time machine drops me back in 1960 or 1972 or it puts Tal and Fischer in 2011. It would make a big difference.
OK, on to the important questions. You're a Monty Python fan, right? Very much so.
Do you have a favourite sketch? I have a few. Of course there's the Parrot sketch, and Michelangelo and the Pope. And there's one where some Nazis are in an English hotel. That's quite funny as well.
Really? Yes, afraid so. I also watched the whole of the Yes Minister series, and last year I went to the theatre production, which was updated to take in the financial crisis, people trafficking and so on.
Are you a cricket fan? I'm not a big one. But in India you get to watch it every day anyway.
What's the last album you bought? Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto. I'm just about getting used to it. I like U2 as well.
And the last book you read? One on Steve Jobs that was published after his death.
Right, time for some crowdsourced questions via Twitter. Benonix asks whether it's inevitable that Grandmasters decline after 40 - and also how long do you reckon you have left at the top? Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.
Figgmeister tweets: I'd love to know what you made of Carlsen doing the modelling gig. Is that OK for a chess master? Sure. I thought it was brilliant. And definitely it improved the image of chess.
Do you read chess books or do you just spend your time mining databases? I do. Right now I'm reading the best games of my next World Championship opponent, Boris Gelfand. He will be a very difficult opponent because he's so experienced.
You're a newish father. How is that experience? [With genuine emotion] It's amazing! For the first time I begin to understand my parents as well. It's an experience that really changes your life. I'm having a blast. He's eight months now and he's just started to stand up and babble a bit too.
Bollywood or Hollywood? I'm more into Hollywood films.
Who or what would you put in Room 101? Excuse me? [Small Talk goes on a long, rambling explanation detailing the finer points of the concept]. Ah, OK. Let's say traffic. And corruption in India, which is a big problem.
Speaking of India, you were back there last year for a dinner with Barack Obama. How was that? Well, I wasn't sitting at his table so I spoke to him for only a few minutes.
Well, we know all about that Vishy. Thanks for your time, and good luck in London. Thanks Small Talk. It's been a pleasure.
Vishy Anand will be competing in the London Chess Classic at the Olympia Conference Centre from 3rd to 12th December. For more information and to buy tickets, visit http://www.londonchessclassic.com.


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Mojave spaceport
Title: Mojave spaceport
Mojave Air and Space Port
IATA: MHV – ICAO: KMHV
Mojave, California
35°03′34″N 118°09′06″W / 35.05944°N 118.15167°W / 35.05944; -118.15167
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The Mojave Air and Space Port (IATA: MHV, ICAO: KMHV), also known as the Civilian Aerospace Test Center, is located in Mojave, California, at an elevation of 2,791 feet (851 m).[1] It is the first facility to be licensed in the United States for horizontal launches of reusable spacecraft, being certified as a spaceport by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 17, 2004.
1.1 Air racing
1.2 Flight testing
1.3 Space industry development
1.4 Aircraft heavy maintenance and storage
3 First flights and significant events
4 Civilian Aerospace Test Center test programs
5 World records set
6 Notable pilots and engineers
7 Accidents and incidents
8 Movie/television location credits
Besides being a general-use public airport, Mojave has three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage.
Air racing
The airport has a rich history in air racing. In 1970, a 1000-mile Unlimited race was held—the first closed-course pylon race to include pit stops. The race was notable in that it featured a DC-7 airliner, which flew non-stop and finished sixth out of twenty aircraft. The race was won by Sherm Cooper in a highly modified Hawker Sea Fury which also flew non-stop.[2] The following year the race was shortened to 1000-km, and was again won by a Hawker Sea Fury, this time flown by Frank Sanders. From 1973 to 1979, Air Race Management (run by famed race pilots Clay Lacy and Lyle Shelton) organized a series of Reno-syle races at Mojave featuring Unlimiteds, T-6's, Formula-1's, and Biplanes. In 1973 and '74, the program also included jet races. Unlimited winners at Mojave included Lyle Shelton in 1973, Mac McClain in 1974 and 1976, Dr. Cliff Cummins in 1975, and Steve Hinton in 1978 and '79. The races at Mojave were hampered by constant winds, and extreme temperatures. In the 2000s, California HWY 58 was extended to bypass the town of Mojave, which cut directly across the race course—thus precluding any future racing events on the site. In 1983, Frank Taylor set the 15 km closed-course speed record at 517 mph at Mojave in the P-51 Dago Red. Over the years, several notable teams have been based out of Mojave. The two active race teams currently based at Mojave are Nemesis Air Racing (Sharp Nemesis NXT), and Wasabi Air Racing. In 1990 Scaled Composites rolled out the radical Pond Racer - built and tested on-site. During the mid-90's, the Museum of Flying based its two racers Dago Red and Stiletto out of Mojave as well. And since the early '80's, the oft-talked about, but rarely seen Wildfire (a custom built Unlimited based around a T-6 airframe) has slowly been developed in a Mojave hangar. Ralph Wise's many air racing projects including the Sport Class Legal GT400 and his V-8 powered unlimited, the GT500, were designed and built at Mojave. The GT 400 Quicksilver ultralight program is also based out of Mojave airport.
Flight testing activities have been centered at Mojave since the early 1970s, due to the lack of populated areas surrounding the airport. It is also favored for this purpose due to its proximity to the Edwards Air Force Base, where the airspace is restricted from ground level to an unlimited height, and where there is a supersonic corridor. Mojave is also the home of the National Test Pilot School and Scaled Composites.
Space industry development
Beginning with the Rotary Rocket program, Mojave became a focus for small companies seeking a place to develop space access technologies. Mojave Spaceport has been a test site for several teams in the Ansari X Prize, most notably the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, which conducted the first privately funded human sub-orbital flight on June 21, 2004. Other groups based at the Mojave Spaceport include XCOR Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, and Firestar Technologies[3] Other companies at Mojave include Orbital Sciences Corporation and Interorbital Systems.
The East Kern Airport District has been given spaceport status by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Mojave Air and Spaceport through June 16, 2014.[4]
Aircraft heavy maintenance and storage
The Mojave airport is also known as a storage location for commercial airliners, due to the vast area and dry desert conditions.[5] Numerous large Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, and Airbus aircraft owned by major airlines are stored at Mojave. Some aircraft reach the end of their useful lifetime and are scrapped at the Mojave aircraft boneyard, while others are refurbished and returned to active service.
The Mojave Airport was first opened in 1935 as a small, rural airfield serving the local gold and silver mining industry.
In July 1942, the U.S. Marine Corps took over the field and vastly expanded it as the Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station (MCAAS) Mojave. Many of the Corps' World War II aces received their gunnery training at Mojave. With the end of World War II, MCAAS was disestablished in 1946, and became instead a U.S. Navy airfield. At the end of 1953, the USMC reopened MCAAS Mojave as an auxiliary field to MCAS El Toro.
In 1961, after the USMC transferred operations to MCAS El Centro, Kern County obtained title to the airport. In February 1972, the East Kern Airport District was formed to administer the airport; EKAD maintains the airport to this day. To a great extent EKAD was the brainchild of Dan Sabovich who heavily lobbied the state for the airport district's creation and ran EKAD until 2002.
On November 20, 2012, the EKAD Board of Directors voted to change the name of the district to the Mojave Air and Space Port. Officials said that the spaceport name is well known around the world, but EKAD is not. The change took effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
First flights and significant events
July 1, 1942 — Construction begins on Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station at Mojave.[6]
July 31, 1944 — USMC Capt. Edward Shaw, a decorated World War II ace, was killed while test-flying an F4U Corsair[7][8]
February 7, 1946 — MCAAS disestablished.[6]
December 31, 1953 — MCAAS Mojave re-established.[6]
May 21, 1975 — First flight of the Rutan VariEze
June 30, 1978 — First flight of the Rutan Defiant
June 12, 1979 — First flight of the prototype of the Rutan Long-EZ
April 3, 1980 — First prototype Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed in the Mojave desert, killing one of the pilots; flight test program was operating from Mojave at the time.
September 25, 1981 — National Test Pilot School opens
August 23, 1983 — First flight of the Boeing Skyfox
August 29, 1983 — First flight of Beech/Scaled Composites Model 115 Starship
January 7, 1986 — Voyager homecoming, after round-the-world record flight.[9]
July 12, 1988 — First flight of the Scaled Composites Triumph
February 19, 1990 — First flight of the Scaled Composites ARES
July 26, 1998 — First flight of the Scaled Composites Proteus
March 1, 1999 — Rollout of the Rotary Rocket Roton ATV.
July 28, 1999 — First flight of the Roton ATV.
October 12, 1999 — third, final and longest flight of Roton ATV.
October 8, 2000 — First firing of an XCOR Aerospace LOX-powered rocket engine.[10]
July 21, 2001 — First flight of the XCOR EZ-Rocket, flown by Dick Rutan (single-engine configuration).[10]
October 6, 2001 — First flight of a twin engine rocket plane, again the XCOR EZ-rocket.[10]
May 31, 2002 — First flight of the Toyota TAA-1, built by Scaled Composites.[11]
July 24, 2002 — First touch-and-go of a rocket-powered aircraft, the XCOR EZ-Rocket (world record).[10]
August 1, 2002 — First flight of Scaled Composites White Knight
September 18, 2002 — First flight of world's largest jet engine, GE90-115B on GE's Boeing 747 testbed aircraft.[11]
May 20, 2003 — First captive flight, unmanned, of SpaceShipOne
July 29, 2003 — First manned captive flight of SpaceShipOne
August 7, 2003 — First free-flight of SpaceShipOne
December 17, 2003 — First powered flight of SpaceShipOne, on 100th anniversary of powered flight by the Wright Brothers.
March 5, 2004 — First flight of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer[12]
June 17, 2004 — Mojave designated a Spaceport by the FAA.
June 21, 2004 — SpaceShipOne flight 15P, the first spaceflight of SpaceShipOne.
September 29, 2004 — First Ansari X Prize flight of SpaceShipOne.
October 4, 2004 — X-Prize-winning flight of SpaceShipOne.
June 21, 2005 — First captive flight of Boeing X-37 under Scaled Composites White Knight
December 3, 2005 — First departure of a rocket-powered aircraft on a point-to-point flight (XCOR EZ-Rocket, departed MHV for California City, flown by Dick Rutan).[13]
December 15, 2005 — First arrival of a rocket-powered aircraft on a flight originating at another airport (XCOR EZ-Rocket return flight from California City, piloted by Rick Searfoss).[13]
April 7, 2006 — First free flight of Boeing X-37 (take-off from Mojave, landing at Edwards)[14]
January 23, 2007 — First flight of the Lockheed CATBird[15]
July 26, 2007 — Explosion with at least three fatalities at Scaled Composites facility.[16]
January, 2008 — Arrival of Gimli Glider for retirement.[17][18]
December 21, 2008 — First flight of Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo[19]
October 7, 2009 — Lunar Lander Challenge flight by Masten Space Systems wins second place for Level 1 of the NASA competition[20][21]
October 30, 2009 — Lunar Lander Challenge flight by Masten Space Systems wins first place for Level 2 of the NASA competition[20][21]
January 16, 2010 — AOPA president Craig Fuller came to speak at MHV.
May 26, 2010 — Masten Space Systems completes the first ever flight of vertical take-off, vertical landing (VTVL) vehicle with successfully re-light the rocket engine.
January 20, 2012 — Stratolaunch Systems breaks ground for production facility and hangar.
Civilian Aerospace Test Center test programs
Boeing X-37
Eclipse 500 (crosswind landing data)
General Electric CF34
General Electric GE90
Lockheed CATBird (post modification and systems flight test)
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (crosswind landing data)
Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30[22]
Air Tractor 401 modified with an Orenda Aerospace OE600 engine (certification flight test program)[23]
Rotary Rocket
Scaled Composites White Knight and SpaceShipOne
Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 (envelope expansion, flutter, stability and control, crosswind takeoffs and landings)[24]
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
Adaptive Compliant Wing developed by FlexSys Inc flight tested on White Knight.[25][26]
World records set
FAI Class C-1, unlimited weight
Group 1, internal combustion engine
Speed over a straight 15/25 km course: P-51 Mustang N5410V piloted by Frank Taylor, 832.12 km/h, July 30, 1983.[27]
Group 3, turbojet
Speed over Recognised Course: Mojave to Gander, Newfoundland, Canadair Challenger CL601 N601TG piloted by Aziz Ojjeh, 816.48 km/h July 24, 1984.[27]
Group 4, rocket engine
Altitude Gain, Airplane Launched from a Carrier Aircraft: 85,743 meters, SpaceShipOne piloted by Mike Melvill, June 21, 2004.[27]
Distance: 16 km, XCOR EZRocket piloted by Dick Rutan, December 3, 2005[27]
FAI Class C-1a, Landplanes: take off weight 300 to 500 kg
Distance, Rutan VariEze piloted by Frank Hertzler, Mojave to Martinsburg, West Virginia, 3,563.02 km, July 15, 1984.
Speed over 3 km course with restricted altitude: DR90 Nemesis piloted by Jon Sharp, 466.83 km/h, November 15, 1998 (aircraft now on display at the National Air and Space Museum)[27]
Speed over straight 15/25 km course: DR90 Nemesis piloted by Jon Sharp, 454.77 km/h, October 31, 1998.[27]
FAI Class C-1b, Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg
Distance over a closed course: Rutan Long-EZ N79RA piloted by Dick Rutan, 7,725.3 km, December 15, 1979.[27]
Speed over a closed circuit of 2,000 km without payload. Rutan Catbird N187RA piloted by Dick Rutan, 401.46 km/h, January 29, 1994.[27]
FAI Class C-1c, Landplanes: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg
Speed over a closed circuit of 2,000 km without payload. Rutan Catbird N187RA piloted by Mike Melvill, 413.78 km/h, March 2, 1994.[27]
FAI Class C-1d, Landplanes: take off weight 1750 to 3000 kg
Distance over a closed course, Voyager N269VA, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Vandenberg, California to Mojave, 18,658.16 km, July 15, 1986.[27]
FAI Class C-1e, Landplanes: take off weight 3,000 to 6,000 kg
Altitude: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,277 m, October 25, 2000.[27]
Altitude in horizontal flight: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,015 m, October 25, 2000.[27]
Altitude with 1,000 kg payload: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 17,067 m, October 27, 2000.[27]
Notable pilots and engineers
Brian Binnie
Jon Sharp
Fitzhugh L. Fulton
Mike Melvill
Burt Rutan
Tom Jewett
Dick Rutan
Richard A. Searfoss
Doug Shane
Peter Siebold
Ralph Wise
Gene Sheehan
On February 4, 2010, Douglas DC-3-65/AR N834TP of the National Test Pilot School was substantially damaged in a take-off accident. Both sets of undercarriage and the port engine were ripped off. The aircraft was on a local training flight. The accident was caused by an incorrectly set rudder trim.[28][29]
Movie/television location credits
Due to the Mojave Spaceport's unique location and facilities, a number of movies, TV shows and commercials have been filmed on location here. The Airport Administration actively promotes the facility as a set. The airport has facilities dedicated for filming, a large supply of aircraft to use as props and two large film pads that can be flooded for water scenes. Action movies and car commercials make up the bulk of the filming at the airport.
Movie credits include:
Executive Decision
Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne
Speed (specifically, the exploding airliner)
Thirteen Days
The Tuskegee Airmen
TV credits include:
Bullrun (episode 1 of season 3)
"Flying Heavy Metal-Bruce Dickinson
Lost – plane used in pilot episode was found in, and transported from, Mojave Airport
Man vs. Beast
MythBusters (Episodes: Explosive Decompression and Jet Taxi)
The Rebel Billionaire
Smash Lab
Stunt Junkies
The Othersiders
Other credits:
The Automatic - Steve McQueen music video.
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away" music video from the soundtrack of Top Gun.
Dr. Dre - "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" music video from the soundtrack of Friday.
Robbie Williams- "Bodies" music video
Noah and the Whale - "Life is Life" music video
Verdant Meadows airfield, one of the key locations in video-game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is loosely based on Mojave Air and Space Port
List of airports in Kern County, California
Commons has media related to Mojave Air & Space Port.
Official site.
Encyclopedia Astronautica entry.
Mojave Transportation Museum's Virtual Museum web site
MojaveAirport discussion list on Yahoo Groups
Listing of aircraft wrecks in the Mojave area, including many from World War II
Airliners.net Mojave airport photos
Mojave Air & Space Port video on YouTube, August 2008
cover story, 2009
KMHV page at ClearanceWiki - airport notes for instrument-rated pilots
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PDF), effective June 26, 2014
FAA airport information for MHV
AirNav airport information for KMHV
ASN accident history for MHV
FlightAware live flight tracker
NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
SkyVector Terminal Procedures
The Spaceship Company
Virgin Galactic (Virgin Group)
Scaled Composites (Northrop Grumman)
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
White Knight Two
Spaceport Sweden
Ansari X Prize
Kármán line
List of space tourism companies
Sub-orbital spaceflight
Suborbital spaceplane
Asia and the
SDSC
TERLS
Palmachim
Uchinoura
KCST
Sohae
Tonghae
SUPARCO
Sonmiani
Tilla
Dombarovsky
Svobodny
Vostochny
Ras Al Khaimah spaceport (private)
Kapustin Yar
Plesetsk
Esrange
CAF / CSA
Fort Churchill
Wallops
WSSH
Corn Ranch
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
FAB / AEB
Barreira do Inferno
Spaceport Curaçao (private)
/ ESA / CNES
Guiana/Kourou
/ ASI / Broglio Space Centre
Reagan Test Site (Kwajalein, Marshall Islands)
Sea Launch (private)