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Tree Atlas of Namibia
The Tree Atlas of Namibia presents the distribution and estimated abundance of over 400 species of woody plants in Namibia.
Autor: Curtis, Barbara; Mannheimer, Coleen; Loutit, Blythe
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Title: Tree Atlas of Namibia
Authors: Barbara Curtis; Coleen Mannheimer; Blythe Loutit
Genre: Botanical guide
National Botanical Research Institute of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia 2005
Softcover, 18 x 25 cm, 674 pages, countless illustrations and maps
We finally have the definitive reference work to tell us where each of Namibia's 408 species of trees and large shrubs occurs. The Tree Atlas of Namibia is the culmination of six years of data gathering by a team of enthusiastic tree-lovers. Without receiving any remuneration or compensation, they took themselves off to all corners of Namibia and identified trees, faithfully recorded their observations and patiently sent their atlassing data to the co-ordinators of the Tree Atlas Project, appropriately abbreviated TAP. For scientists who monitor our natural resources, the Tree Atlas gives a snapshot of Namibian tree biodiversity in the early years of the 21st century. This will be our scientific baseline against which to compare future patterns of tree distribution and occurrence as our population expands, as our natural resources are used and possibly abused, and as the changes wrought by global warming take their toll. The book starts with info about the process of atlassing, and then goes on with some very useful data on the vegetation biomes in Namibia, patterns of plant diversity and ecological aspects, some of the threats facing our woody resources, and what is being done about them. For a tour guide who needs to talk knowledgeably about plants and to give more than just a name to the odd species that the inquisitive tourist asks about, this section will be very useful. The bulk of the book contains the species accounts, filling just over 600 pages. Almost every species is graced with a botanical drawing of the leaves and fruit, most of which were done by the late Blythe Loutit, who sadly never saw the completed product. Her finely detailed and elegant drawings remind us that we have lost not only a dynamic conservationist, but also a botanical artist of distinction. The drawings accompany short notes on the identifying features of the plant, while some of the plants are illustrated by means of a photograph. The most important feature for each is the species map, showing precisely where the tree was recorded.
Tree Atlas of Namibia, by Barbara Curtis, Coleen Mannheimer and Blythe Loutit
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James Williamson: Raw Power
David Von Bader
With one of the Gibson Les Paul Customs he typically favors, James Williamson takes the stage as a Stooge during the band's last run of performances. Although his preferred amp is a Vox AC30, he's flanked here by two stacks of Blackstars. Photo by Tim Bugbee/Tinnitus Photography
As someone who's had a career as a major player in the tech industry and a career as a producer, I find it interesting that you still favor such simple, vintage-style gear—especially considering the renaissance we're going through with digital signal processing. Do you have an opinion on all of the DSP-based guitar tech coming out these days?
I try to continue using the things that are already working and have a quality I like to them, and I try to use newer things in the places that stuff comes up short. For example, I came up in the era of tape, and tape was a bitch. You're there with a razorblade all night long editing and it's a mess, and it's noisy, and it was no fun to work with … but it was all we had. I think it's so wonderful to have digital editing. It's a completely new world that I didn't have access to back in the day, so I love digital editing. But ... there are things about tape that are wonderful, particularly the kind of compression tape gets that you really just can't get in the digital medium. There's stuff that comes close, but you can always hear it if you really know what tape sounds like. It doesn't always matter, especially if you're making music for people that listen to nothing but MP3s, but if you're making music for yourself—which is what I do—or for people that really pay attention to it, you want to make it as good as possible. And I think tape and the sounds of the '70s, in general, are hard to beat. So I use stuff like Neve 1073 preamps and EQs, and the sounds I grew up with.
This album's guitars have a lot of very thick tones, but it doesn't sound heavily layered. Do you have a specific approach to tracking those chunky rhythm guitars?
Williamson: Yeah! I've developed a blend of stuff that seems to work well for me, even though a lot of guys see my setup and go, "Wow, man! Who set this up, because it must be phase city?" That's because I use multiple mics on my amp: One is a Sennheiser and the other is Unidyne's early version of an SM57. I'll blend them until I get the tone I'm looking for, which can be thick thanks to some of those mics, but I also try to keep a really crisp high on top of it. It's usually just one guitar track that's feeding several mics. Sometimes I'll doubletrack a guitar part, and because it's me, I can get it pretty spot on when I play it again. But a lot of it is mics.
"I think the sound I'm known for comes from a low-impedance pickup into a loud amp, where the bite really comes from the amp itself."
Which tracks on this album are in open tunings and which tunings are you using?
"Pink Hearts Across the Sky" and "Destiny Now" are, surprisingly for me, open G, which is something I don't normally use because everything you play sounds like Keith Richards. I normally prefer open C, because I used it back in the day and not many people used it, and I think it sounds great. "No Sense of Crime" [from 1977's Kill City] and some other older songs of mine are in open C. Live, I use a Telecaster for those tracks, but on the record, it's a Tele, a Les Paul, and a Martin acoustic.
The acoustic guitar has played a major role in your sound over the years—especially in getting the layered textures that really filled up some of the iconic Stooges tracks like "Gimme Danger." I understand you wrote all of those tunes on an old Gibson B-25, which are extremely underrated guitars. Do you still have that guitar and could you describe it?
Yeah, that's correct. It was a '70s model in natural. It's at the Rock Hall with the Leopard Lady Les Paul now. I got that guitar when I first went over to London, and this one was actually kind of crappy. It had that adjustable bridge. I don't know why they put those on there, but I swapped it for a fixed bridge and it sounded a lot better. I wrote a lot of those songs with it. We lived in a Mews house, which had shared walls, and you can't rock out in that situation, so I could work out the details of songs with that, and it also allows you to really hear the notes a lot better. You get the purity of the notes and you know fast if you have it or you don't. I've very rarely written on an electric guitar since.
Do you have a preferred version of the Raw Power mixes between Bowie's original and Iggy's 1996 remix for the deluxe reissue?
Hands down, I much prefer Bowie's mix—really just because it's the original. With all of its flaws and even despite Bowie's artsy stamp and all that, it's still the one everybody knows. You can't change that or its place in time. There are technical reasons why that mix happened that way. And Iggy's thing was kind of just ham-handed: put up all the faders and make it loud! There was a lot of digital distortion in that mix and it just didn't work for me, but what it did do was get the album reissued, because it was out-of-print when he did that, so there's a silver lining.
James Williamson fulfills his iconic role in the Stooges, backing up Iggy Pop with his Leopard Lady Les Paul onstage during the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2010. And yes, that's Mike Watt playing bass!
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Next Left: How linked are the different Democratic campaigns?
How linked are the different Democratic campaigns?
North Carolina should be an interesting place to find out.
The Obama staffers we talk to are, of course, very positive about their Democratic counterparts, and their chances of success.
Of slight concern, however, was meeting Kay Hagan, Democratic candidate for the Senate (against the virtually absentee incumbent Liddy Dole, wife of former Republican veep candidate Bob Dole) in a park in Raleigh at a tiny endorsement rally held by the International Association of Firefighters.
Interestinly, you are up against a cultural disposition here as well. Americans quite like divided government. Back in March and April a lot of Democrats were really hopefuly that Obama's coat tails would help them in the House and the Senate. But now Obama looks set to win comfortabley (touch wood!). But the fact that his victory seems pretty likely may actually encourage lots of moderate Americans to vote for him for President, but then ticket split further down the ballot.
Another point. Obama's remarkable fundraising operation may have harmed other candidates. It is certain the DNC has actually had a pretty bad fundraising electio. The RNC out scored them $3 to $1.


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Coral Reef Project
Explore the fascinating undersea world of coral reefs. Learn how we map, monitor, and model coral reefs so we can better understand, protect, and preserve our Nation's reefs.
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Landscape Response to Disturbance
This project characterizes and measures sediment-related effects of landscape disturbances (such as major storms, drought, or wildfire) and river management. We focus primarily on the U.S. west coast, and our work relates to natural hazards and resource management.
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Sediment Lab Suite and Carbon Analysis Laboratory
Puget Sound Priority Ecosystems Science
Puget Sound Priority Ecosystem Science (PES) supports interdisciplinary ecological research in the Puget Sound, Washington, watershed and nearshore.
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Estuaries and large river deltas in the Pacific Northwest
Essential habitat for wild salmon and other wildlife borders river deltas and estuaries in the Pacific Northwest. These estuaries also support industry, agriculture, and a large human population that's expected to double by the year 2060, but each could suffer from more severe river floods, higher sea level, and storm surges caused by climate change.
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Element concentrations and grain size of sediment from the Similkameen River above Enloe Dam (Enloe Reservoir) near Oroville, Washington, 2019
In 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a reconnaissance survey of concentrations of 41 trace elements present in bed sediment in the reservoir on the Similkameen River upstream from Enloe Dam, near Oroville, Washington. The Similkameen River drains a watershed containing highly mineralized geologic deposits with current (2019) and historical mining activity. Results of this survey indicated
Water Resources, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Washington Water Science Center
Marine paleoseismic evidence for seismic and aseismic slip along the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault system in northern San Pablo Bay
Distinguishing between seismic and aseismic fault slip in the geologic record is difficult, yet fundamental to estimating the seismic potential of faults and the likelihood of multi-fault ruptures. We integrated chirp sub-bottom imaging with targeted cross-fault coring and core analyses of sedimentary proxy data to characterize vertical deformation and slip behavior within an extensional fault ben
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Core Preparation and Analysis Laboratory and Sample Repositories, Multi-Sensor Core Logger Laboratory
Land-based sediment sources and transport to southwest Puerto Rico coral reefs after Hurricane Maria, May 2017 to June 2018
The effects of runoff from land on nearshore ecosystems, including coral reef communities, are influenced by both sediment supply and removal by coastal processes. Integrated studies across the land-sea interface describing sources and transport of terrestrial sediment and its nearshore fate allow reef protection initiatives to target key onshore and offshore areas. Geochemical signatures in the f
Legacy and current-use toxic contaminants in Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) from Puget Sound, Washington
Forage fish are primary prey for seabirds, fish and marine mammals. Elevated levels of pollutants in Puget Sound, Washington salmon and killer whale tissues potentially could be sufficiently high to elicit adverse effects and hamper population recovery efforts. Contaminant transfer and biomagnification of the toxic compounds measured in this study likely contribute to those elevated concentrations
Ecosystems, Water Resources, Species Management Research Program, Washington Water Science Center, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)
Physicochemical controls on zones of higher coral stress where Black Band Disease occurs at Mākua Reef, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Pervasive and sustained coral diseases contribute to the systemic degradation of reef ecosystems, however, to date an understanding of the physicochemical controls on a coral disease event is still largely lacking. Water circulation and residence times and submarine groundwater discharge all determine the degree to which reef organisms are exposed to the variable chemistry of overlying waters; und
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and metals in ambient sediment at mussel biomonitoring sites, Puget Sound, Washington
Caged mussels used as biomonitors can provide insights about ambient contaminant assemblages and spatial patterns, sources of contaminants, and contaminant exposure risks for consumers of wild and farmed mussels. This study explored the potential role of ambient sediment in the uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and potentially toxic inorganic elem
Natural Hazards, Water Resources, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Washington Water Science Center
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Pacific sand lance, Puget Sound, Washington
Forage fish are small, abundant, schooling planktivores that form a critical link in marine food webs by transferring energy from plankton up to birds, fishes, and marine mammals. Forage fishes in Puget Sound include the iconic Pacific herring as well as lesser known species such as surf smelt and the Pacific sand lance. There are significant knowledge gaps regarding the basic life history and p
Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Fisheries Program (unpublished), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Washington Water Science Center, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)
Sources, timing, and fate of sediment and contaminants in the nearshore: insights from geochemistry
Rivers in Cascade watersheds carry sediment with a volcanic composition that is distinct from the plutonic composition of the Puget lowlands. Compositional properties (signatures) allow discrimination of river-sourced Cascade from lowland sediment, and inferences about transport pathways. Surface sediment on land contains atmospheric radionuclides whose known decay rates define monthly (7Be) and d
Stream sediment geochemistry of four small drainages on the north shore of Kauai west of Hanalei
Geochemical compositions of fine-grained stream sediment from four drainages on the north shore of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, west of Hanalei and two back-beach sites were explored to increase understanding about land-based runoff and ecological risk from runoff to nearshore coral communities. Stream and beach sediment were collected between July 30 and August 2, 2016, and major, minor, and trac
Contaminant baselines and sediment provenance along the Puget Sound Energy Transport Corridor, 2015
The transport of coal and oil can result in contaminated soil, water, and organisms from unintended releases. Trains carrying coal and crude oil regularly pass through Puget Sound, Washington, and an increase in the number of coal and oil trains is expected in the future. This study characterized levels of potentially toxic contaminants in sediment in September 2015: arsenic, metals, and polycycli
Natural Hazards, Water Resources, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, California Water Science Center
Geochemical sourcing of runoff from a young volcanic watershed to an impacted coral reef in Pelekane Bay, Hawaii
Runoff of sediment and other contaminants from developed watersheds threatens coastal ecosystems and services. A sediment geochemical sourcing study was undertaken on a sediment-impacted coral reef flat to identify terrestrial sediment sources and how these changed over time. Geochemical signatures were identified for watershed soils that formed on Hawaiian basaltic and alkalic lavas using relativ
Tracking riverborne sediment and contaminants in Commencement Bay, Washington, using geochemical signatures
Large rivers carry terrestrial sediment, contaminants, and other materials to the coastal zone where they can affect marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems. This U.S. Geological Survey study combined river and marine sediment geochemistry and organic contaminant analyses to identify riverborne sediment and associated contaminants at shoreline sites in Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, Washington
Sediment sampling following California wildfires
In the lab, USGS scientists analyze sediment samples collected from stream banks to test for contaminants produced by wildfires. The toxic chemicals...
Tracking the movement of sediment and contaminants from northern California wildfire areas to San Francisco Bay
USGS research geologist Renee Takesue of the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center collected 20 sediment samples from Sonoma Creek and Napa River...
Metal and other element partitioning in southwest Puerto Rico ultramafic soil, Rio Loco sediment, and Guanica Bay sediment
Five-stage sequential extractions were performed on ultramafic soil from Bosque Susua and Guanica Dry Forest, stream sediment from Rios Loco and Yauco, and nearshore sediment from Guanica Bay in southwest Puerto Rico. Sequential extractions showed partitioning of geologically enriched metals and other elements among five phases: 1) adsorbed and calcium-bound, 2) iron-, manganese-oxyhydroxide-bound
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Organic Geochemistry Laboratory, Trace Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratory
Geophysical properties, geochronologic, and geochemical data of sediment cores collected from San Pablo Bay, California, October 17-20, 2016
Geophysical properties (P-wave velocity, gamma ray density, and magnetic susceptibility), geochronologic (radiocarbon, excess Lead-210, and Cesium-137), and geochemical data (organic carbon content and 60 element contents) are reported for select vibracores collected aboard the S/V Retriever October 17-20, 2016 in San Pablo Bay, California. Geophysical properties were measured with a Geotek Multi-
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Multi-Sensor Core Logger Laboratory
Parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in north San Francisco Bay, Napa River, and Sonoma Creek in 2018 and 2019
Sediment grain-size distributions, stable carbon isotope ratios (d13C), total carbon to total nitrogen ratios (C:N), short-lived radionuclides (Beryllium-7, Cesium-137, and Lead-210), concentrations of 76 parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and concentrations of 33 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were measured in the northern reach of San Francisco Bay (San Pabl
Geochemistry of fine-grained sediment in Bellingham Bay, Nooksack River, and small creeks from June 2017 to September 2019
Elemental compositions are reported for the fine fraction of surface sediments from Bellingham Bay (June 2017 and March 2019) and in the fine fraction of streambank sediment from the Nooksack River (September 2017, March 2019, September 2019), Squalicum Creek (March and September 2019), Whatcom Creek (March and September 2019), and Padden Creek (March and September 2019). Major oxide percentages a
Eelgrass distributions and bathymetry of the Nisqually River delta, Washington
This data release presents eelgrass distributions and bathymetric data from repeated surveys performed on the Nisqually River delta to document interannual changes in eelgrass abundance and coastal morphology following the removal of dikes in 2009 that restored tidal processes to over 300 ha of former freshwater wetlands. Survey operations were conducted by a team of scientists from the U.S. Geolo
Geochemistry of sediment and organic matter in drainages burned by the Altas and Nuns wildfires in October 2017 and of nearshore seabed sediment in north San Francisco Bay from March to April 2018
Fine-grained sediment was collected from the banks of Napa River, Sonoma Creek, and tributaries in March 2018 and from shallow nearshore areas of the northern reach of San Francisco Bay in April 2018. Bulk sediment was dated using activities of short-lived cosmogenic radionuclides (beryllium-7, cesium-137, and lead-210). Contents of potentially toxic metals and source-rock-indicative elements, inc
Geochemical and isotopic compositions of stream sediment, parent rock, and nearshore sediment from southwest Puerto Rico, April 2017-June 2018
Geochemical and isotopic compositions were determined in stream sediment and parent rocks collected in April 2017 and June 2017 and in nearshore sediment collected bimonthly in sediment traps from May 2017 to June 2018 in the coastal zone and 12 drainages of southwest Puerto Rico: Rio Loco, Yauco, Guayanilla, Macana, Tallaboa, Matilde, Portugues, Bucana, Inabon, Jacaquas, Descalabrado, and Coamo.
Inorganic compositional data for fine-grained Puget Sound sediment along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line, September 2015
Nearshore surface sediment was collected with a petit ponar grab sampler between April 22 and September 17, 2015, at five sites in Puget Sound, Washington. Four sites were adjacent to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line in urban and non-urban areas, and one site was in an urban area that was not adjacent to the rail line. Total and near-total major, minor, trace, and rare earth element cont


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PARENTS DISCOVER FBI FORCING MENTALLY ILL SON INTO RIGHT-WING TERRORIST
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THE PARENTS OF A SEVERELY MENTALLY DISABLED MAN SPEAK OUT ON HOW THE FBI GROOMED HIM AS A RIGHT-WING TERRORIST. THEY KNEW HE'S PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC.
Originally Released 08/17/17 – (TFTP) It's become a near-weekly occurrence. Somewhere in some states, the FBI will announce that they've foiled yet another terrorist plot and saved lives. However, as the data shows, the majority of these cases involve psychologically diminished patsies who've been entirely groomed, armed, and entrapped by FBI agents. Simply put, the FBI manufactures terror threats and then takes credit for stopping them.
While many of these cases garner attention and exposed by the alternative media, a recent case out of Oklahoma sets a new low for the FBI. This reveals how insidious these plots can be.
FROM MIDDLE EASTERN TO AMERICAN
Through the hundreds of 'foiled terror plots,' the FBI has 'busted' over the years, many of them focus on people of Middle Eastern descent or people associated with ISIS or al-Qaeda. This time, Jerry Drake Varnell, the 23-year-old schizophrenic, morphs into the accused, attempting to bomb a bank. The FBI fomented terror, utilizing the typical, overrated right-wing label.
In a June meeting with the agent, according to FBI documents, Varnell described himself as a believer in the "Three Percenter" ideology. This falls into a right-wing group claiming to be committed to standing against and exposing corruption and injustice.
According to federal documents, Varnell drove what he believed was a stolen van containing a 1,000-pound ammonium nitrate bomb on Saturday morning to blow up an Oklahoma City bank. Vile, indeed.
However, if we backtrack just a bit, to when the FBI catapults the grooming of their would-be right-wing militia terrorists, the vileness derives directly from the government.
THE FBI KNEW HE WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC
"The FBI knew he was schizophrenic," Varnell's parents declared on Wednesday in an open letter bravely published by NewsOK.
"Underneath his condition, he is a sweet-hearted person and we are extremely shocked that this event has happened. However, what truly has us flabbergasted is the fact that the FBI knew he was schizophrenic. The State of Oklahoma found him mentally incompetent and we, his parents have legal guardianship over him by the Court. These documents are sealed from the public, which is why no news media outlet has been able to obtain them. The FBI clearly knew that he was schizophrenic because they have gathered every ounce of information on him."
Yet they knowingly continued to groom him, despite the clear immoral implications.
When they began grooming him, according to the family, the FBI knew that Varnell was declared mentally unfit to live by himself and that he was a paranoid schizophrenic. Without their criminal informant and the FBI tactics playing mind games (MK-ULTRA?) with this vulnerable man, the idea of him committing an act of terror would have likely never materialized.
"THE FBI CAME AND PICKED HIM UP FROM OUR HOME…"
"What the public should be looking at is the fact that the FBI gave our son the means to make this happen. He has no job, no money, no vehicle, and no driver's license, due to the fact that he is schizophrenic and we; his parents do everything we can possible to keep him safe and functional….. He has suffered through countless serious full-blown schizophrenic delusional episodes and he has been put in numerous mental hospitals since he was 16 years old. The FBI came and picked him up from our home, they gave him a vehicle, gave him a fake bomb, and every means to make this happen none of which he had access to on his own."
The parents noted that during the setup, they suspected something was going on and Jerry's father told the informant to stay away from their son. However, according to the parents, the informant "continued to sneak onto our residence. The FBI paid him to continue this operation and I believe they have cleared his criminal record."
Because they knew Varnell had severe mental disabilities, the FBI should have had stopped their plans to do this and immediately sought an option of hospitalization. However, they pressed on.
Knowing a sane person would likely never attempt to blow up a bank, the FBI deliberately targeted a severely delusional and mentally ill person. This is wrong on so many levels. Will the next mass murderer they groom come directly from a mental institution?
"The FBI should have filed conspiracy on our son and had him committed to a mental institution. They should not have aided and abetted a paranoid schizophrenic to commit this act. There are many more facts that I will not make public that will support my son and the disturbing acts made by the FBI.
I realize that many will say my son could have found another person to commit this act. Yet, any person that has access to the materials and the state of mind necessary to bomb a building would not have any need for a schizophrenic who has no resources to contribute."
Clifford and Melonie Varnell, Jerry's parents make a powerful point. No one other than the FBI would've attempted to get a schizophrenic man! He contributes nothing only to do their bidding, a futile effort. The FBI merely searches for an easy patsy.
David Steele, the second-highest-ranking civilian in Marine Corps Intelligence, and former CIA clandestine services case officer, had this to say about these most unscrupulous operations:
"Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services. In the United States, every single terrorist incident we have had has been a false flag, or has been an informant pushed on by the FBI. In fact, we now have citizens taking out restraining orders against FBI informants that are trying to incite terrorism. We've become a lunatic asylum."
Indeed, we've become a lunatic asylum.
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An unusual case of acute respiratory failure in a patient with pulmonary veins stenosis late after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a case report and the review of the literature
Savino Spadaro1,
Sara Saturni2,
Delia Cadorin1,
Maria V. Colamussi1,
Matteo Bertini3,
Roberto Galeotti4,
Riccardo Cappato5,
Franco Ravenna2 &
Carlo A. Volta1
BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 15, Article number: 128 (2015) Cite this article
Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be treated with percutaneous catheter ablation procedures into the left atrium. Pulmonary veins stenosis (PV) stenosis is a severe complication of this procedure.
we report a case of late hemoptysis secondary to severe PV stenosis in a man who underwent AF ablation 9 months before onset of symptoms. He presented four episodes of bleeding and developed an acute respiratory failure (ARF). Parameters of respiratory mechanics and medical investigation did not show any abnormalities. Only computed tomography (CT) angiography showed stenosis of 3 out of 4 native PVs. PV balloon dilatation in all affected PVs and a stent was implanted in 1 of the 3 PVs with full restoration of respiratory function during 1 year follow-up.
PV stenosis may be the underlying cause of recurrent haemoptysis after AF ablation in the presence of normal respiratory parameters. This diagnosis can be confirmed by means of CT angiography and magnetic resonance imaging can provide accurate localization of stenosis.
Massive haemoptysis is characterized by a relevant bronchial hemorrhage, usually quantified in 100–1000 ml in about 24 hours, and it is potentially life-threatening, representing a medical emergency [1]. When a patient presents haemoptysis the main clinical problems explored are infections, tumors, bronchiectasis, malformations, vasculitis, coagulative defects [1]. Haemoptysis as a complication due to cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is not even take into consideration [2]. However, AF is the most common clinically important cardiac arrhythmia occurring in 1–2 % of European population. Over 6 million Europeans suffer from this arrhythmia, which is increasing in frequency as the population ages [3, 4].
Usually, the first approach to AF is medical therapy or electric cardioversion. Catheter ablation strategies should be reserved for patients with AF, which remains symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy, or for paroxysmal AF in young patients with severe symptoms [4].
Percutaneous catheter ablation procedures involve the application of radiofrequency energy into the left atrium. Specifically, the technique consists of the electrical isolation of pulmonary veins (PV) from left atrium by encircling their ostium [3, 5]. Initially, almost 15 years ago, the electrical isolation of PV was performed applying radiofrequency energy, very close to the ostium, but 7–8 years ago the majority of centers began avoiding this technique and radiofrequency energy is now applied outside the ostium of PV thus reducing the risk of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in long-term follow-up. Indeed, nowadays PVS after AF ablation is considered a rare complication. In general, the complications of this procedure performed with standard catheters include cardiac tamponade, systemic embolism, phrenic and vagus nerve lesion, atrial-esophageal fistula, pulmonary dysfunction and bleeding deriving from the anticoagulation required. PVS is a rare and potentially severe complication of this procedure [5] which occurs in 0.4 % to 1 % of patients, even in experienced centers [2, 3].
The clinical presentation, investigation, management, and outcome of this disease have not been completely explained.
This report describes a case of severe pulmonary vein stenosis associated with major haemoptysis and ARF requiring intensive treatment.
A 40-year-old male, heavy smoker, occupational exposure to inhaling substances (his work consisted in floor tiling), was admitted to our intensive care unit on December 2013 because of major haemoptysis thus causing respiratory failure.
The patient's medical history included hypertension and AF which began on December 2011, with no response to antiarrhythmic medications. In September 2012, the patient underwent catheter ablation for AF in another hospital. The procedure was conducted as conventionally with irrigated tip radiofrequency electrode. In particular, circumferential ablation about 1 cm away from PV orifice for all PVs was performed with maximum delivered power 35 watts at pre-set maximum temperature setting 38 °C. Since July 2013 he referred the onset of dyspnea and asthenia with several episodes of spontaneous haemoptysis. In October he was admitted to a medical ward. Complete blood count, coagulation study, arterial blood gases, bacterial and fungal cultures, virologic test, autoimmunity study, electrocardiogram, chest radiography and Positron Emission Tomography were carried out, but did not show any abnormalities. An echocardiogram performed on September 2013, showed a normal dimension and normal biventricular systolic function (estimated Ejection Fraction >70 %) and pulmonary artery pressure was estimated about 25–30 mmHg. Reumatological and Otolaryngological examinations were normal. He had no fever, chills, night sweats or weight loss. A thoraco-abdominal Computed Tomography study, performed in October 2013, documented the presence of mediastinal lymphoadenomegalia.
At the beginning of the flexible bronchial endoscopy, which was aimed at perform transbronchial fine needle aspiration of the node station 4R, 4 L and 7 (in order to exclude a proliferative pathology), the patient had hemorrhaged (about 400 ml in 30 minutes). The bleeding started immediately spreading from tracheobronchial mucosa. However, the bronchial tree anatomy was normal, and no evident hemorrhage source was found. Bleeding was copious and persistent, thus making the collection of a sample impossible and orotracheal intubation was required. Then, an angiography of the bronchial arteries was performed, but it did not reveal any active source of bleeding. However, a selective embolization was performed because of convoluted aspect of the bronchial arteries. Following the procedure, the patient was transferred to our intensive care unit in order to treat the respiratory failure.
Subsequently, he presented four more episodes of sudden major bleeding with acute desaturation. At the beginning, the oxygenation improved few hours after the bleeding events. Then the patient became severely hypoxic since the PaO2/FIO2 = 118 with a positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 10 cmH2O. The pulmonary shunt fraction, calculated with the Automatic Lung Parameter Estimator system (ALPE Essential, Mermaid Care A/S, Nr. Sundby, Denmark) was about 16 %. A protective lung ventilation was established. The patient was paralyzed and ventilated in Volume controlled mode with a VT of 5.7 ml/Kg and a PEEP of 10 cmH2O. Chest X-ray showing patchy bilateral infiltrates (Fig. 1). In order to improve oxygenation, the PEEP level was rise to 15 cmH2O and the shunt fraction decreased to 12 %. According to our protocol, we decided to prone him; the oxygenation further ameliorate since the shunt fraction decreased to 7 %. On the opposite, the static compliance of the respiratory system (Crs,st), equal to 52 ml/cmH2O, did not change by rising PEEP and by placing the patient in prone position. Cst, rs was calculated as VT/(plateau pressure – PEEPtot), where Plateau pressure and PEEPtot are the pressure registered after an end inspiratory/end expiratory occlusion of at least 5 sec, respectively. After 24 h of prone position, without further benefit in terms of oxygenation, the patient returned in supine position and the curarization was stopped. The shunt fraction was about 14 % with a PEEP of 10 cmH2O.
Chest X- ray made just before pronation (see text for further details)
The evident relationship between bleeding events and hypoxia imposed the re-analysis of the medical history of the patient. This helped us to notice the temporal correlation with the cardiac ablation. Indeed the latter could be responsible for severe complications, such as the PVS. Hence, to clarify this aspect, another Chest CT angiography was performed, at the seventh day of hospitalization. This showed the concentric severe stenosis of the right superior pulmonary vein (Fig. 2a) and the 50 % stenosis of both left pulmonary veins (Fig. 2b) while the right inferior vein appeared ectatic (Fig. 2c). The patient still intubated was then transferred to the Specialist Cardiologic Centre in order to perform balloon angioplasty with stent placement of the stenotic veins since the medical therapy was not able to reverse the ARF. One week after the procedure, the patient was successfully extubated.
a Computed tomography angiography A-P projection showed the concentric severe stenosis of the left superior pulmonary vein (arrow). b CT angiography A-P projection showed 50 % stenosis of both right superior pulmonary (arrow). c CT angiography A-P projection showed ectatic right inferior vein (white arrow) and stenosis of left inferior pulmonary vein (black arrow)
PVS is a relatively rare condition, which can be both congenital or acquired. The congenital form is linked almost completely to congenital heart diseases and inadequate embryological cardiovascular connections, and evidences in childhood [6]. In adults, the pathology is even rarer, but approximately 15 years ago it appears in literature as a consequence of catheter ablation strategies for arrhythmias [6, 7], arising a bimodal age distribution [6].
The most common causes of acquired PVS in adult patients are radiofrequency ablation procedures for AF treatment. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly defined, probably involving scarring, contraction of the venous wall and peri-adventitial inflammation or collagen deposition as a result of thermal injury, which may compromise or even occlude the lumen of PV [3, 5].
PVS is asymptomatic in most cases, especially when only one vein is involved. When clinically evident, the presentation varies depending several factors including: 1) the number of PV involved; 2) the severity of the lesions; 3) the response of the entire pulmonary vasculature to the lesion; 4) the time course of stenosis; 5) the clinical setting; and 6) the presence and extent of collateral vessels [3].
Patients with more extensive and severe involvement may present respiratory symptoms like dyspnea, orthopnea, cough, chest pain, recurrent pulmonary infections. Rarely, does an X-ray show bronchitis or pneumonia [3, 5].
Haemoptysis, the main symptom described in our case report, is relatively infrequent [3, 7]. Its etiopathogenesis has not yet been clarified, but the increase in venous pressure in the pre-stenotic zone could explain the lung tissue congestion and the risk of bleeding in this area [8].
Interestingly, our patient presented a severe hypoxemia requiring prone positioning [9]. This acute hypoxemic respiratory failure was interpreted as a consequence of repeated bleeding at the mucosal level capable of flooding the alveoli. It is true that the presence of blood in the lungs can be impetus for respiratory infections able to severely decrease oxygenation, such as pneumonia. However, we did not isolate bacteria in the bronchial aspirates or in the blood cultures; and the procalcitonin value was very low (0.04 ng/ml; n.v. <0.05). Further, although strictly speaking the acute respiratory failure of this patient could have been classifies as moderate ARDS, the lungs were not as stiff as in ARDS patients, since the values of static compliance were higher than those reported for patients with ARDS (33 ml/cmH2O) and even for patients ventilated for other diseases (44 ml/cmH2O) [10]. Hence, we thought that the principal diagnosis should have been different from the first that was hypothesized. Hemorrhagic pulmonary vasculitis was then considered in the differential diagnosis and a second CT angiography became mandatory.
The diagnosis of PVS may not be simple to identify, given the variability of clinical presentation and the atypical findings. Presence of dyspnea or cough after catheter ablation in the region of the PV should raise suspicions of PVS [3, 5]. Our case report suggests that even an ARF associated with nearly "normal" data of respiratory mechanics should imply a CT angiography and, to a lesser extent, Magnetic Resonance (MR) [11, 12] in order to exclude PVS. Indeed common radiological imaging (Chest X-ray or CT) is often irrelevant [7, 13]. Consequently, echocardiography should be routinely performed after AF ablation, because of the good feasibility, and the overall benefits in a population with increased risk of PVS development [6, 14]. Instead, CT angiography is a valid diagnostic tool, even if the resolution sometimes is not excellent, reducing the possibility to evaluate the stenosis degree [6, 15]. Furthermore, bronchoscopy has a major diagnostic role, especially when bleeding is the most relevant symptom, as underlined by international guidelines, which indicate the endoscopic evaluation as the most important instrument to investigate haemoptysis, after CT scans [16]. Nevertheless, there are cases in which bronchial endoscopy is not even taken into account, probably because of different clinical presentation (Table 1). However, the bronchoscopy value is particularly significant in differential diagnosis, in case of a normal CT, if the patient is high risk for lung carcinoma, or if symptoms continue [16].
Table 1 Cases of pulmonary vein stenosis with acute respiratory failure complicating trans catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
PVS can be treated acutely with balloon dilatation of the PV, although the long-term outcome is uncertain [5]. Treatment options are currently limited, and re-stenosis after PV intervention has been described and considered relatively frequent [17]. Hence patients with PVS need careful follow-up because of the risk of recurrence, which occurs in 50 % of patients within 1 year [6].
Prevention of PVS is mainly related to placing the ablation site from inside to outside the orifice of the PV and reducing the ablation temperature and energy. This strategy should decrease the risk of PVS down to less than 1 % [18, 19].
Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of PVS in patients who underwent ablation procedure for AF and those which present haemoptysis and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Hence pulmonary venous hypertension should be considered among the causes of ARF. Presence of dyspnea, cough, haemoptysis and acute respiratory failure after catheter ablation in the region of the PV should raise a high suspicion of PVS and a CT angiography should be performed since it can provide accurate location and evaluation of the extent of stenosis.
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ARF:
Acute respiratory failure
AF:
PEEP:
Positive end expiratory pressure
PV:
Pulmonary veins
PVS:
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We thank Dr Angela Ernan for the English editing revision. This work was supported by University of Ferrara
Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Anesthesia and Intensive care, University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro, 8, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
Savino Spadaro, Delia Cadorin, Maria V. Colamussi & Carlo A. Volta
Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, S.Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
Sara Saturni & Franco Ravenna
Department of Cardiology, S. Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Matteo Bertini
Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Vascular and interventional radiology Unit. S. Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
Roberto Galeotti
Centro di Ricerca Aritmologia Clinica ed Elettrofisiologia, Milano, Rozzano, Italy
Riccardo Cappato
Savino Spadaro
Sara Saturni
Delia Cadorin
Maria V. Colamussi
Franco Ravenna
Carlo A. Volta
Correspondence to Savino Spadaro.
None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare.
SS, MVC and CAV conceived of the idea for the report and wrote the draft. MB, SAS wrote the first draft. FR, RC and RG revised the manuscript. DC, SS helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Spadaro, S., Saturni, S., Cadorin, D. et al. An unusual case of acute respiratory failure in a patient with pulmonary veins stenosis late after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a case report and the review of the literature. BMC Pulm Med 15, 128 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0121-0
Received: 18 December 2014
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If you're a smaller, or newer business, a handwritten note can be a great way to encourage customers to remember you; however, this can be difficult to scale, and a photocopy or a print of a scanned note just won't get the same response.
You probably don't give your packing slip much thought – it just goes straight in the box – but this can be a great way of putting additional marketing into your box. Adding your logos, product images and coupon codes can be a great way to ensure your customer has seen your branding, and if you're a Linnworks user, it's simple to add. And remember, a packing slip isn't necessarily what the customer wants to see first, so if you're going for the luxury approach, consider whereabouts in the box it goes.
Everyone loves a surprise freebie – Free is our favourite price! This tactic will depend very much on your business, and what you sell, but if you sell beauty products and your customer orders a facial cleanser, including a sample of a moisturiser from the same range can increase the chances of that customer coming back to order again, and to order the moisturiser as well next time. If you're selling products for children, a great inexpensive freebie to remind parents and grandparents of your brand is to include a sheet of stickers, with at least one sticker that contains your logo.
Of course, you're thinking about how this will impact your business, no doubt in terms of both price and time. So you need to work out how you can make your unboxing experience, and your packaging work for you; we can't make recommendations for all your businesses here.
Even using one or two of these tactics can increase the likelihood of your customer talking about you on their social media or returning to you for another purchase, so the fraction of pennies on a sheet of tissue paper and a sticker in each package might just affect whether a customer becomes loyal to your brand, or if they hop back to Amazon because they liked what they ordered, but forgot who you were because there was nothing in the box to remind them, or to encourage them to visit your website.
If you're thinking about your unboxing experience or would like to discuss how to improve your packing slip, get in touch.


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Q: STM32F4 Flash Memory Write/Read Questions I want to declare 4 large arrays of each can store 48000 float_32 constants.
I am using STM32F4, so i figured out ram isnt enough and i should use flash
instead. Upon my research, seems like everyone is talking about one should never use flash for write/read processes on runtime, go for eeprom instead. I am aware of the risks, but why do 1mb flash memory is in there if i should never use it? What is it used for?
On my real problem, i just want to be able to write and generate a sampling array and write it on flash for once the device is initialized, and never be touched again. It is safe this way, but I can't find any useful and easy to understand tutorials anywhere for writing on flash. Is it forbidden? Should we not use 1mb of huge space available on the chip? Please point me to a nice tutorial on writing/reading STM32F4 flash.

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It's fruit harvest time again here!
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I've been seeing some of my favorites fruits now in the market stand here. Been buying some of it already. Bob and I went somewhere the day before yesterday and we bought some pomelo, it was juicy and good. They had mangosten there at the fruit stand, I just didn't purchase it yet because the price is super high. I can get it free from my cousin who lives in Kidapawan. Ha ha ha. They didn't come here to the city yet. When they come here I will ask them to bring us some.
When me and my niece went to the wet market a few days ago. We bought the fruits that's in season now here like some green mango, rambutan, ripe mango (the yellow one), marang, lanzones, guava, santol and banana (also the really ripe banana that's good for making banana bread). When it's in season the price is so reasonable. All of us here in the house like to eat fruits. Well, except Aaron. He is choosy on what fruit to eat. He likes to eat apple, ripe mango, some pomelo and oranges.
We also like to eat tangerines, the green kind. When growing up my folks always says that when you have cough, citrus (especially a juice of kalamasi) is good for you. So I carried that saying to my kids too. So we have so many other kinds of oranges here. We like to eat the tangerines and dip a little bit in a salt (kind of weird huh). But, really it tastes good though, for us anyway. I remember when I was pregnant with my oldest son Chris before, I was craving for pomelo. Since I can't find pomelo in the States, I just settled for grapefruit. Really it was good enough for me at that time. I would dip the grapefruit with salt. Same thing with the pineapple there, I ate it with salt. Really it helps with my morning sickness big time. My cravings when I was pregnant with Chris were pomelo, pineapple, grapefruit and beef jerky. What a weird combination huh? lol… Really that keeps me alive for the whole nine months duration of my pregnancy. Been to the hospitals a few times for dehydration. I can't keep any other food in me. I will just throw up.
Anyway, the only thing that I say that the US was better fruits than here were the watermelon, cantaloupe, apple and peaches. But we can live with it. We really think that we have better fruits here. Good to make fruit salad. But did you know that most Filipinos likes to eat the fruit salad from the can and mix it with mayo and other stuff. I like it too. But here in the house Bob likes to eat the fruit salad with fresh fruits mix all together. He is not a fan of mayo so when my nieces makes the fruit salad out from the can, Bob will not have any from that. But honestly I do miss the raspberries (easy pick from the back of my in-laws yard) and the blackberries (wild near our house there). Good thing Abreeza mall has them from time to time.
Do you guys want some durian? Durian is getting good now, it's the time of the year for harvest. When going around the city you can already see some trucks on the side of the road parking and selling durian. Bob and I usually opened our car window to get the lovely smell of durian. Bob and I, we are so opposite. He was the kano, but he was the one who ate the durian. Bob and my nieces they love it. I tasted the durian before but just don't like the after taste. I can even taste and burp that stuff a day after. I kinda like the taste, but I don't like the texture of it. Me and the kids would not eat durian, Jared definitely hates durian before. He even was mad one time when he was about 4 years old. He opened the our fridge and smell the durian, he was crying according to him "we are killing him" putting that durian on the fridge and it stinks to high heaven. It was funny to us when he said we are killing him. He was so furious and slammed the fridge door. He is okay with it now, but still would not eat it. He is into green mango though.
Since I'm on the bragging mode about our fruits. Do any of you like to eat the jackfruit? Some people hate the smell of that jackfruit too. Me and the family like to eat jackfruit. We even like to put jackfruit on our ginataan ( sticky rice with coconut milk, banana and other stuff in it). Good also with turon (fried banana with jackfruit inside wrap with lumpia wrapper).
I think the US now gets good fruits from the Philippines already. I've seen some people bragging they have some rambutan and lanzones and kalamansi there. So it must be shipped there regularly. That is really good to hear. During my time there in the States I hardly sees fruits that came from the Philippines. Hopefully Philippines will ship out more and more products to the West nowadays. If you happen to get tropical fruits, have a good eat there you guys.


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Karnataka Premier League Team Owner Arrested For Betting
India's cricket board has extended a match-fixing crackdown to regional leagues after the arrest of a team owner for making illegal bets with a Dubai-based bookie, officials said Wednesday. Ashfaq Ali Thara, owner of a team in the Karnataka Premier League — a state-level Twenty20 competition — was arrested in Bangalore on Tuesday, police said. Thara, who also owns a team in the Dubai T10 League, is under investigation for placing bets with a Dubai bookie, and is also being quizzed over a possible role in fixing matches.
"He has been arrested for betting and they are investigating other aspects," Ajit Singh, chief of the anti-corruption unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, told AFP.
The incident comes a week after the unit launched an inquiry into to an approach by suspected match fixers to players in this years Tamil Nadu Premier League.
A member of the Indian women's team was also approached by a bookie, and two suspects handed over to Karnataka police.
Singh, a former director-general of police, said there is now a greater focus on state-level leagues.
"The vigilance and awareness have increased and people are coming forward with it," he said.
"We have been conducting education classes for the players. We have been in touch with the associations also."
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Three-star center Quintin Wilson of Cincinnati announced on Twitter on Sunday that he had verbally committed to Kentucky.
The 6-3, 290-pound Wilson could be another player to play multiple positions for offensive line coach John Schlarman.
He has offers from Cincinnati, Boston College, Virginia, Duke and Minnesota.
"First of all, I would like to thank God for all the blessings in my life. Next, I would like to thank my family. Especially to you mom, you have been my strength and my support. I love you guys so much for everything that you have done for me on this journey. Thank you to all my coaches, you have guided me through this adventure and kept my feet on the ground. A special thanks to coach Lainhart for helping me through this journey and being a mentor to me in all aspects of my life, you have done so much and I owe you so much for all that you have done for everyone. Big shoutout to coach Cink for helping me so much through this recruiting process. And thank you to all the universities that have offered me the opportunity to play football but with that being said, I am ending my recruiting process and I am committing to the University of Kentucky to further my academic and athletic career!!! #BBN"
Ohio defensive lineman Alex Reigelsperger of Ohio vouched for Wilson's ability and also said UK has two other verbal commitments that he cannot reveal yet.
It was also interesting to note that Georgia junior quarterback Jarren Williams, who recently de-committed from UK but still has UK No. 1 on his list, also was one of the first to retweet the news of Wilson's commitment.
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Above: Marathon City: Sprint to Win is an exercise game.
Tata Consultancy Services has built a running game to go with the New York City Marathon.
Tata, a big India-based technology services firm, is a sponsor of the 26-mile race in New York, which takes place on November 4. In the kiosk-based Marathon City game, spectators will be able to get exercise by running on specially designed controller mats.
Two players can walk up to a screen and select one of seven playable characters. Then they can race each other by running on the controller mats. Disabled athletes can participate as well, as Tata also built a functional wheelchair trainer controller, so someone in a wheelchair can compete against other participants.
The game was built with TCS' own homegrown tech. At the end of the race week, whoever has the highest score can win a grand prize.
Michelle Taylor, head of Sports Sponsorships at TCS, said in a statement that the development team at TCS Interactive had to overcome challenges optimizing the controllers so that the wheelchair participants didn't win all of the time, as wheelchairs move faster than runners.
The team had to balance the sensitivity of the wheelchair trainer to create a fair and balanced competitive experience for the player, no matter the controller they use.


An up and down race.
Up to 6 senior men and 6 senior women of whom 2 are under 23 age group. Medals for teams given to the first 4 to count.
Teams will be selected on current form up to and including Donard Challenge race on 8th April and Slieve Donard on 20th May. You must now register interest before 20th May by emailing Anne Sandford at annerunning@hotmail.co.uk.


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After Giufà had scalded his little sister to death, his mother drove him from the house, and he entered the service of a priest. "What wages do you want?" asked the priest. "One egg a day, and as much bread as I can eat with it; and you must keep me in your service until the screech-owl cries in the ivy." The priest was satisfied and thought he could not find such a cheap servant again. The next morning Giufà received his egg and a loaf of bread. He opened the egg and ate it with a pin, and every time he licked off the pin he ate a great piece of bread. "Bring me a little more bread," he cried; "this is not enough;" and the priest had to get him a large basket of bread.
So it was every morning. "Alas for me!" cried the priest; "in a few weeks he will reduce me to beggary." It was winter then and would be several months until the screech-owl cried in the ivy. In despair the priest said to his mother: "This evening you must hide in the ivy and scream like an owl." The old woman did as she was told and began to cry: "Miu, miu!" "Do you hear, Giufà?" said the priest, "the screech-owl is crying in the ivy; we must part." So Giufà took his bundle and was going to return to his mother.
As he was going by the place where the priest's mother was still crying "Miu, miu," he exclaimed: "O you cursed screech-owl suffer punishment and sorrow!" and threw stones into the ivy and killed the old woman.
Giufà's mother would not allow him to remain at home, and made him take service as a swineherd with a farmer, who sent him into the woods to keep the swine until they were fat and then drive them back. So Giufà lived several months in the woods until the swine were fat. As he was driving them home he met a butcher and said to him: "Would you like to buy these swine? I will sell them to you at half price if you will give me back the ears and tails." The butcher bought the whole herd, and paid Giufà the money, together with the ears and tails.
Giufà then went to a bog near by and planted two ears close together and three spans off a tail, and so with all of them. Then he ran in great trouble to the farmer and cried: "Sir, imagine what a great misfortune has happened to me. I had fattened your swine beautifully and was driving them home when they fell into a bog and are all swallowed up in it. The ears and tails only are still sticking out." The farmer hastened with all his people to the bog, where the ears and tails still stuck out. They tried to pull the swine out, but whenever they seized an ear or a tail it came right off and Giufà exclaimed: "You see how fat the swine were: they have disappeared in the marsh from pure fatness." The farmer was obliged to return home without his swine, while Giufà took the money home to his mother and remained a time with her.
One day his mother said to him: "Giufà, we have nothing to eat to-day; what shall we do?" "Leave it to me," said he, and went to a butcher. "Gossip, give me half a rotulu of meat; I will give you the money to-morrow." The butcher gave him the meat and he went in the same way to the baker, the oil-merchant, the wine-dealer, and the cheese-merchant and took home to his mother the meat, macaroni, bread, oil, wine, and cheese which he had bought on credit, and they ate together merrily.
The next day Giufà pretended he was dead and his mother wept and lamented. "My son is dead, my son is dead!" He was put in an open coffin and carried to the church and the priests sang the mass for the dead over him. When, however, every one in the city heard that Giufà was dead, the butcher, the baker, the oil-merchant, and the wine-dealer said: "What we gave him yesterday is as good as lost. Who will pay us for it now?" The cheese-dealer, however, thought: "Giufà, it is true, owes me only four grani but I will not give them to him. I will go and take his cap from him." So he crept into the church, but there was still a priest there praying over Giufà's coffin. "As long as the priest is there, it is not fitting for me to take his cap," thought the cheese-merchant, and hid himself behind the altar. When it was night the last priest departed and the cheese-merchant was on the point of coming out from his hiding-place when a band of thieves rushed into the church. They had stolen a large bag of money and were going to divide it in the dark church. They quarrelled over the division and began to cry out and make a noise. Thereupon Giufà sat up in his coffin and exclaimed: "Out with you!" The thieves were greatly frightened when the dead man rose up, and believed he was calling to the other dead, so they ran out in terror, leaving the sack behind. As Giufà was picking up the sack, the cheese-merchant sprang from his hiding-place and claimed his share of the money. Giufà, however, kept crying: "Your share is four grani." The thieves outside thought he was dividing the money among the dead and said to each other: "How many he must have called if they receive but four grani apiece!" and ran away as fast as they could run. Giufà took the money home to his mother, after he had given the cheese-merchant a little to say nothing about what had happened.
Giufà's mother once bought a large stock of flax and said to her son: "Giufà, you can surely spin a little so as to be doing something." Giufà took a skein from time to time, and instead of spinning it put it in the fire and burned it. Then his mother became angry and beat him. What did Giufà do then? He took a bundle of twigs and wound it with flax like a distaff; then he took a broom for a spindle and sat himself on the roof and began to spin. While he was sitting there three fairies came by and said: "Just see how nicely Giufà is sitting there and spinning. Shall we not give him something?" The first fairy said: "I will enable him to spin as much flax in a night as he touches." The second said: "I will enable him to weave in a night as much yarn as he has spun." The third said: "I will enable him to bleach all the linen he has woven in one night." Giufà heard this and at night when his mother had gone to bed, he got behind her stock of flax, and as often as he touched a skein it was at once spun. When the flax was all gone he began to weave, and as soon as he touched the loom the linen began to roll from it. Finally he spread the linen out and had scarcely wet it a little when it was bleached. The next morning Giufà showed his mother the fine pieces of linen, and she sold them and earned much money. Giufà continued this for several nights; finally he grew tired and wanted to go out to service again.
He found a place with a smith, whose bellows he was to blow. He blew them so hard, however, that he put the fire out. The smith said: "Leave off blowing and hammer the iron on the anvil." But Giufà pounded on the anvil so hard that the iron flew into a thousand pieces. Then the smith became angry, but he could not send him away, for he had agreed to keep him a year. So he went to a poor man and said: "I will make you a handsome present if you will tell Giufà that you are Death, and that you have come to take him away." The poor man met Giufà one day, and said what the smith had told him. Giufà was not slow. "What, are you Death?" cried he, seized the poor man, put him in his sack, and carried him to the smithy. There he laid him on the anvil and began to hammer away on him. "How many years shall I yet live?" he asked, while he was hammering. "Twenty years," cried the man in the sack. "That is not near enough." "Thirty years, forty years, as long as you will," screamed the man; but Giufà kept on hammering until the poor man was dead.
The bishop once announced to the whole town that every goldsmith should make him a crucifix, and he would pay four hundred ounces for the most beautiful one. Whoever brought a crucifix that did not please him must lose his head. So a goldsmith came and brought him a handsome crucifix, but the bishop said it did not please him and had the poor man's head cut off, but kept the crucifix. The next day a second goldsmith came, who brought a still handsomer crucifix, but it went no better with him than with the first. This lasted for some time and many a poor man lost his head. When Giufà heard of this he went to a goldsmith and said: "Master, you must make me a crucifix with a very thick body, but otherwise as fine as you can make it." When the crucifix was done Giufà took it on his arm and carried it to the bishop. Scarcely had the bishop seen it when he cried out: "What are you thinking of, to bring me such a monster? Wait, you shall pay me for it!" "Ah, worthy sir," said Giufà, "just hear me and learn what has happened to me. This crucifix was a model of beauty when I started with it; on the way it began to swell with anger and the nearer your house I came the more it swelled, most of all when I was mounting your stairs. The Lord is angry with you on account of the innocent blood that you have shed, and if you do not at once give me the four hundred ounces and an annuity to each of the goldsmiths' widows, you, too, will swell in the same way, and God's wrath will visit you." The bishop was frightened and gave him the four hundred ounces, and bade him send all the widows to him so that he could give each of them a yearly pension. Giufà took the money and went to each widow and said: "What will you give me if I will procure you an annuity from the bishop?" Each gave him a handsome sum and Giufà took home to his mother a great heap of money.
One day Giufà's mother sent him to another town, where there was a fair. On the way some children met him, who asked: "Where are you going, Giufà?" "To the fair." "Will you bring me back a whistle?" "Yes!" "And me, too?" "Yes!" "Me, too?" "Me, too?" asked one after the other, and Giufà said "Yes" to all. At last there was a child who said: "Giufà, bring me a whistle, too. Here is a penny." When Giufà came back from the fair, he brought one whistle only and gave it to the last boy. "Giufà, you promised each of us one," cried the other children. "You did not give me a penny to buy it with," answered Giufà.


Today I went back to my routes. No more frozen drinks. Just a good old-fashioned Pumpkin Spice Latte. It is uneventful. It is unremarkable.
It is unclear to me if I am less disgusted by today's PSL because it is better, in many ways, than its iced brethren, or if the challenge is nearing its successful conclusion. I am, I must admit, not far off from actually enjoying this drink. The first few sips were painful, to be sure, but its warmth and familiar flavours are not entirely lost on me.


The latest polls show Dan Sullivan, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, with a slight lead over Democrat Mark Begich. The polling data average shows Sullivan up by 2.4 points. Check out this brief synopsis at RealClearPolitics.com for more details on the race and the candidates.
Remember to vote tomorrow! Share this with friends and remind them how important each vote is. Your vote could make the difference in this election!


The Paideia Girls Ultimate team is one of the premier HS Girls Ultimate teams in the country. Coming in to the 2011 season, the team had not lost a HS game since February of 2008 – a span that covered 6 consecutive HS tournament titles, including victories at the 2008 and 2009 USA Ultimate HS Eastern Championships as well as winning records at competitive regional college tournaments. This video covers the 2011 season and highlights how the team began and continues to succeed. It includes interviews with players, coaches, alumni, parents, and school faculty.
Production work done by Justin Salvia of Rabbit Productions. Thank you to USA Ultimate and the players and parents for funding the video.


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