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Here's a rundown of each of the major BB systems currently available, along with advantages, disadvantages & notes on compatibility.
Conventional threaded
Modern threaded bottom brackets are not a new invention.
The idea is simple: by moving the bearings outboard of the shell, you can then use a much larger spindle. Currently, 24mm is the accepted norm compared to square taper's relatively miniscule 17mm diameter.
Shimano popularized the concept as Hollowtech II, with the introduction of the XTR M960 group in 2003 – even now it's still, arguably, the gold standard.
Pros: Easy at-home service; interface surfaces can often be machined; huge selection of parts and accessories
Cons: Heavier than press-fit systems; frame design limited by relatively small-diameter and narrow shell
Crank designs that will fit: Standard 24mm external type (Shimano Hollowtech II, SRAM/Truvativ GXP, Campagnolo Ultra-Torque, FSA MegaExo, Race Face X-Type, etc), square taper, ISIS, BB386 EVO
Trek introduced BB90 in 2007, on the revamped Madone, and soon followed with the mountain bike-specific BB95. Instead of having cartridge bearings that were pressed into aluminum cups that were then threaded into the frame, Trek eliminated the middle man and pressed the bare bearings directly into the frame.
Bearing seats were molded into the carbon fiber frame structure, to save weight, and bottom bracket shell width ballooned to 90mm on road bikes and 95mm on mountain bikes, creating more real estate for frame tubes and suspension pivots.
Aside from omitting the cups, the BB90/95 setup is functionally identical to conventional threaded bottom brackets, in that it uses the same bearings and the same bearing locations as before. Crankset compatibility is thus unchanged, although you do lose the ability to run chain guides that sandwich between the driveside cup and frame.
Trek's adherence to the standard it created seems to be wavering, though, as many of the models introduced for 2016 have switched to PF92 (which is covered below).
Pros: Lighter than conventional setups but retains wide range of compatibility; creates a wider BB shell without affecting crank width
Cons: Can't use cup-mounted chain guides; shell is wider but still small in diameter; requires a separate bearing puller and press for service
Crank designs that will fit: Standard 24mm external-type only
Very closely related to Trek's BB90/95 system is the PF86/92 standard used by Scott, Giant, Pivot, and many others. Once again, the bearings and their locations in space are identical to those of conventional threaded bottom brackets, only they're mounted in small composite cups before being pressed into the frame.
The advantages are similar to those for Trek's BB90/95: a wider bottom bracket shell that doesn't otherwise affect crank width, plus lighter weight compared to threaded aluminum cups.
From a manufacturing standpoint, PF86/92's dimensional tolerances aren't as stringent as BB90/95's, and it's easier to adapt the system into aluminum frames. As long as you have a concentric bore of the right diameter, parallel faces, and a proper shell width, you're good to go.
Pros: Same as BB90/95
Cons: Same as BB90/95
Crank designs that will fit: Standard 24mm external-type, BB386 EVO
Several companies have dabbled in alternative bottom bracket standards over the years (Gary Fisher, Klein, and Merlin, to name just three) but it wasn't until Cannondale released its then-proprietary BB30 system as an open standard in 2006 that something actually stuck.
BB30's bearing cartridges press directly into a precision-fit shell, as with Trek's BB90/95 system – albeit with the additional aid of two pairs of snaprings. But here it's the shell and spindle diameters that increase in size, not the shell width.
The key benefits here are lighter weights owing to the larger, 30mm-diameter aluminum spindle and the elimination of separate bearing cups. Plus, because the shell is still just 68mm wide, the cranks can also be made to provide more heel clearance – or, depending on the crank design, even a narrower stance width (commonly referred to as 'Q factor').
BB30 shells, however, do require more stringent dimensional tolerances to work well – meaning it's more expensive to manufacture. Moreover, with the notable exception of Felt, who uses a carbon tube, BB30 also usually employs an aluminum shell insert that has to be bonded or co-molded into an otherwise carbon fiber frame.
Pros: Lighter weight; more resistant to axle twist; more heel clearance; larger-diameter shell and spindle; potential for narrower pedal stance width
Cons: Shell still just 68mm wide; metal-on-metal interfaces can be prone to creaking; requires a separate bearing puller and press for service; requires high manufacturing tolerances; bearing seats can't easily be faced post-manufacturing
Crank designs that will fit: BB30, BB386 EVO, standard 24mm external-type, Specialized OSBB, BBright
Cannondale has a variant of BB30 called BB30A. This uses a shell that's 5mm wider than the original but it's an asymmetrical layout that only adds those extra millimeters on the non-driveside. According to Cannondale, this allows for wider bearing spacing and better spindle support (which should improve bearing longevity). Other critical dimensions such as bearing outer diameter and thickness remain unchanged, and there's also no difference in pedal stance width or ankle clearance (in most cases).
Those extra five millimeters can complicate crank compatibility, however. BB30-compatible cranks that feature axle spacers on the non-driveside (such as from Cannondale and SRAM) will work just fine, as all you'll have to do is remove spacers as needed to accommodate the extra width, but BB30 cranks without such spacers (such as from FSA and Specialized) won't work. Thankfully, many newer BB30-compatible cranks now feature extra-long spindles for wider compatibility and those will install just fine.
Pros: Lighter weight; more resistant to axle twist; more heel clearance; larger-diameter shell and spindle; potential for narrower pedal stance width
Cons: Metal-on-metal interfaces can be prone to creaking; requires a separate bearing puller and press for service; requires high manufacturing tolerances; bearing seats can't easily be faced post-manufacturing; not all BB30 cranks will fit
Crank designs that will fit: BB30 (some), BB386 EVO, standard 24mm external-type, BBright
SRAM addressed BB30's stringent dimensional tolerances and their associated manufacturing costs with the advent of PressFit 30 in 2009. Just as with PF86/92, PF30 is analogous to BB30 in that the bearings and bearing locations are identical, but with the addition of intermediary composite cups that allow for looser frame tolerances.
The Specialized OSBB system
The OSBB is basically the same as BB30 but with a little tighter tolerances and a 0.5mm difference in the clip-to-clip dimension. Cranks of both systems are compatible with each other.
Pros: Same as BB30 but with lower costs, easier assembly, and the potential for additional bearing seals integrated into the cup/bearing assembly
Cons: Standard-width shell; requires a separate cup remover and press for service
Crank designs that will fit: BB30, BB386 EVO, standard 24mm external-type, Specialized OSBB, BBright
BBright shares its 30mm-diameter aluminum spindle, cartridge bearings, and driveside bearing location with PF30 – in fact, the bottom bracket cups are identical to PF30.
However, the non-driveside bearing is pushed outward by 11mm – the same as conventional threaded, BB90, and PF86 bottom brackets. This makes it something of a hybrid between the two widely accepted systems.
Pros: Stiffer than BB/PF30, in theory, without impacting other attributes; good crank compatibility, cheaper to manufacture than threaded or BB30
Cons: Questionable longevity; requires a separate cup remover and press for service
Crank designs that will fit: BBright, BB386 EVO, standard 24mm external-type
Takes the oversized principle to extremes. The bearings have the same nominal spacing, width-wise, as conventional threaded, BB90/95, and PF86/92 formats, but it uses BB/PF30's bigger 30mm diameter spindle.
As stiffness is directly tied to cross-sectional size it's no surprise that, theoretically, BB386 EVO has the most to offer, with both the added shell width and diameter that many frame-makers yearn for.
In addition, it uses the same bearings and cups as PF30 and BBright and, thus, the same manufacturing tolerances and required tools.
Pros: Theoretically the best in terms of frame stiffness; reduced manufacturing costs; generous crankset versatility
Cons: Heel clearance isn't as good as BB30; requires a separate cup remover and press for service
Crank designs that will fit: BB386 EVO, standard 24mm external-type


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Test-driven development (TDD) is a common agile software development technique. Although the name implies that TDD is a testing technique, it is actually a programming practice that has both specification and validation aspects. With TDD, you specify your software in detail on a just-in-time (JIT) basis via executable tests that are run in a regression manner to confirm that the system works to your current understanding of what your stakeholders require. Agile teams have been very successful applying TDD in practice, although a recent study has shown that teams are struggling to scale TDD to more complex situations. This is because TDD, by itself, doesn't scaleyou need to apply other techniques to address the concerns that TDD doesn't cover.
TDD is the combination of test-first development (TFD) and refactoring. With TFD, you write a single test and then you write just enough software to fulfill that test. You can do TFD at the requirements level by writing a single customer test, the equivalent of a function test or acceptance test in the traditional world, and at the design level with developer tests. Refactoring is a technique where you make a small change to your existing code to improve its design without changing its semantics. Examples of refactorings include moving an operation up the inheritance hierarchy and renaming an operation in application source code; aligning fields and applying a consistent font on user interfaces; and renaming a column or splitting a table in a relational database. I have an overview of TDD at www.agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html and the Jolt Award winning book Test Driven Development: A Practical Guide (Prentice Hall, 2003) by Dave Astels is an even more detailed resource.
Figure 1 depicts the process of implementing a new feature via a test-driven approach. It starts when you pull a new feature off of your existing work stack to implement. You begin by formulating a customer test that specifies one aspect of the detailed requirements for that feature. For example, let's assume that you are implementing the functional to calculate the discount for an order and that you already have basic order-handling functionality in place. The first customer test that you would implement might explore what to do when a discount shouldn't be calculated; in this case the customer test would involve a customer who is not "elite" making a small order. To implement this functionality, you might first write a developer test that specified that the discount on an order with no items in it was zero and the supporting production code to do that calculation. Once that ran successfully, you'd add a test to verify that the discount for an order with a total of $999.99 is also zero, reflecting the business rule as it was described to you by your stakeholders. You'd then add a test validating that if the order is placed by a customer with a bad payment history, the discount is zero, and so on until you've got the "when not to give a discount" logic implemented. The next step in implementing the discounting functionality would be to write a customer test that specified what to do when a good customer places an order between $1000 and $5000 (give them a 1 percent discount) and sufficient developer tests to drive the implementation of the source code. You would proceed iteratively, writing sufficient customer tests and the supporting developer tests and production code to implement the complete feature. In parallel to this test-first programming, you would refactor any relevant production code that you find that wasn't the best design possible for what you were currently implementing. Once the feature is implemented, you'd pull another off the stack and begin again.


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A testy fight between ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and a Cleveland company has ended. ICANN has withdrawn its February 2011 breach notice against Cleveland-based Employ Media, the registry operator of the .jobs domain and confirmed that Employ Media is in good standing. As a result, Employ Media has dismissed arbitration proceedings with ICANN. This settlement "brings to a close the dispute between the two parties regarding how non-company names (such as geographic, occupation, and dictionary terms) in .jobs are registered and used," according to a statement from Employ Media. In 2011, Employ Media accepted proposals from various parties to launch websites using geographic and occupation names under .jobs. DomainIncite reports that ICANN "will not seek to impose restrictions on new or existing policy initiatives within .jobs as long as such conduct is consistent with the .jobs charter and terms of the registry agreement." The original breach notice alleged that the registry had gone too far when it sold thousands of generic domain names to the DirectEmployers Association to use for jobs listings sites, according to DomainIncite.com. The project "was criticized harshly by the .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, an ad hoc group of jobs sites including Monster.com, which lobbied ICANN to enforce the .jobs contract," the website reports. (.jobs was originally supposed to be for companies to advertise only their own job openings.) The reasoning behind ICANN's change of heart now "is a little fuzzy," DomainIncite.com reports. "Ostensibly, it's because it received a letter December 3 from the Society for Human Resources Management, Employ Media's policy-setting 'sponsoring organization,'" according to the website. "The letter states that all of DirectEmployers' domain names are perfectly okay registrations — being used consistently with the terms of the .JOBS Charter" — and have been since the .Jobs Universe project started." In a statement, Tom Embrescia, chairman and CEO of Employ Media, said, "I am particularly pleased that ICANN has agreed that we are in full compliance as the registry operator of .jobs. Resolution of this dispute with ICANN gives us, the .jobs universe and those registering existing and future .jobs domains the ability to move forward with business certainty."
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Have vacation days left and no time to use them before the end of the year? You aren't alone. Most employees failed to use all their vacation time in 2012, according to a survey by Right Management, the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup. About 70% of respondents indicated that they did not take all the time due them, while just 30% said they had. (Right Management surveyed 703 workers throughout North America via an online poll that ran from Nov. 15 to Dec. 14.) The findings are consistent with those of a Right Management poll a year ago, where 70% reported not using all their vacation time in 2011. "Such a reluctance to take all of one's vacation is a sign of an intense, pressure filled workplace," said Katherine Ponds, a Right Management career management practice leader, in a statement. She says the trend has grown during the recession "and we may in fact have a new norm, which would be unfortunate." Ms. Ponds advised senior management not just to encourage employees to take their vacation, but also to be sure to take their own: "It's the boss who sets the example and sends the message," she says. "And if the boss won't take all of his or her vacation, then workers will pick up on that and may be inclined not to use all theirs."
New frontier: Alliance Solutions Group, a staffing and recruitment agency with offices in Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Franklin, Lorain, Mahoning, and Wyandot counties, said it has expanded its presence to Lake County by opening an office at 8334 Mentor Ave. in Mentor. The office will offer recruitment and staffing services to people throughout Lake County. The Mentor office is the fifth new or expanded office that Alliance Solutions Group has opened in the past year, with earlier expansions taking place in Mahoning Valley, Akron, Elyria and Upper Sandusky. A site to behold: SS&G Healthcare Services LLC, a financial management and operational health care consulting firm and an affiliate of SS&G Inc., has launched a website at www.ssandghc.com that's targeted toward businesses and professionals in the health care industry. The site offers visitors "streamlined, intuitive navigation of services and solutions for private practices, hospital-employed and affiliated physicians, post-acute care facilities, clinical research settings and other businesses within the health care industry," according to the firm. It also features a blog called "Vital Signs." Spend it carefully: One of our sister publications, Workforce, reports that a new survey shows just how predictable travel and entertainment expenses can be. The survey lists the top five expensed restaurants, cities, airlines, hotels and rental-car agencies among the clients of Certify, a Portland, Maine-based company that specializes in cloud-based expense management software. According to the survey, Starbucks outpaced McDonald's by nearly 8,000 expense reports this year to earn the top spot among restaurants. The average Starbucks receipt was $7.54, while the average McDonald's receipt was $6.73. (Somehow, people become big spenders at Subway, with an average transaction of $11.88!) Delta was the most frequently expensed airline, Hilton the most expensed hotel chain and National the most-used car rental agency, according to the survey. There's a lot of fun detail in the survey. For instance, the highest two-month average for total expense reports, $943, occurred during February and March, while the lowest, $864, occurred during August and September. (More employees are on vacation during the summer, and room service is used more often in cold-weather months.)
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BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") announced that at a meeting today, the Company's Board of Directors voted to increase the size of the Board by two and elected Prue B. Larocca and John R. Erickson to the new positions.
"We are very excited to have Prue and John join our Board of Directors," said Malon Wilkus, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of AGNC. "Both of these Directors bring a wealth of insight and experience, which will be invaluable to our Board, and I expect that they will play an integral role in guiding AGNC in the years ahead."
Ms. Larocca retired in 2011 from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), where from 1997 until her retirement, she was a Managing Director in the firm's Mortgage Backed and Asset Backed Finance Group. She is a widely recognized expert in the areas of housing finance and securitization and is a member of the board of the Housing Preservation Foundation as well as having previously served two terms on the board of the American Securitization Trade Association. Prior to joining RBS, Ms. Larocca was a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers in the mortgage finance business, managed the consumer and single family securitization business for the Resolution Trust Corporation, practiced law with the firms of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy as well as Kutak Rock. She is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and Indiana University.
Mr. Erickson has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since its formation in 2008. He is also Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Company's Manager, American Capital AGNC Management, LLC. Mr. Erickson is also the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. Mr. Erickson has also served as President, Structured Finance of American Capital, Ltd. since 2008 and as its Chief Financial Officer since 1998. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Erickson was the Chief Financial Officer of Storage USA, Inc., a REIT formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP.American Capital Agency Corp. is a real estate investment trust that invests in agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. The Company is externally managed and advised by American Capital AGNC Management, LLC, an affiliate of American Capital, Ltd. ("American Capital"). For further information, please refer to www.AGNC.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL American Capital (Nasdaq: ACAS) is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager. American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate and structured products. American Capital manages $18.6 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $118 billion of total assets under management (including levered assets). American Capital, through a wholly-owned portfolio company, manages publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) with approximately $10 billion market capitalization and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: MTGE) with approximately $850 million market capitalization. From its eight offices in the U.S. and Europe, American Capital and its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities from $10 million to $750 million. For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.
CONTACT: Investors – (301) 968-9300
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In accordance with the language of HB 27 passed by the last Kentucky Legislative session, it is not possible by reason of time to change precinct boundaries within a redistricted county. It may create some misunderstanding of procedure in the newly redistricted Trimble County, especially in the city limits of Milton, County Clerk Robert Moore said. The voter list in East Milton precinct will be marked and those people in the city limits of Milton will be allowed to vote for magistrate candidates in District 1, and the portion of East Milton outside of the city limits will vote for magistrate candidates in District 3. The problem of the precinct boundaries will be eliminated later, but not in time for the May 25 primary election.
It could cost taxpayers of Trimble County a quarter of a million dollars if the Bedford sewer system isn't completed in time for the new high school to tie into the project, James Black, Bedford mayor said this week. The only alternative for the school would be to purchase land, excavate a lagoon and build a pumping station, he said. He said that 10 or less easements are yet to be obtained, some of them being people living away from the area, and a few necessitating court action to obtain. "As soon as we get the few easements straightened out," Black said, "we will be ready to advertise for bids. And work will progress quickly. Getting right down to brass tacks,"
The home of Raymond Webster down New Hope way was des-troyed by fire Wednesday, Jan. 28.
Deaths: Mabel Wheeler, Sierra Madre, Calif.; Mildred Powell, 70, Bedford; John Pritchett, 83, Henderson, Ky.; Irvin D. Adams, 77, Orlando Fla., formerly of Campbellsburg; Kenneth Richmond, 65, Scottsburg, Ind.; Mary Bailey, 88, Bedford.
50 years ago – Feb. 9, 1961
Winter time is more than just a season of the year in this area, as the order of each new day is either snow or sleet, or both, and usually it boils in with all of the wrath of twisting, turbulent blizzard conditions. Snow has been the continuous white mantle in this area through the past 59 days.
Bobby True makes his announcement to seek the office of County Attorney. Shirley Leach is making a bid to get elected for Trimble County jailer.
Robert Webb and Richard Webb, both driving 1959 model cars, collided head-on on Webb Lane road early Sunday evening. Both men and their wives, along with Tommy Webb, 5-month-old son of the Richard Webbs, were injured. The men were treated and released. Both Mrs. Webbs were hospitalized at Carrollton, but are improving according to reports. Mrs. Robert Webb gave birth to a 6 lb., 7 oz., boy on Tuesday morning. The young man has been named Robert Leslie.
Deaths: Raymond Ward, 57, Indianapolis; Carrie Jackson, 71, Kirkwood, Mo.
70 years ago – Feb. 13, 1941
In a move, designed to give the county AAA and the County Agent sufficient room, the offices were changed from the Mosley building on West Street to the new Wood building on Church Street. This move gave the agricultural group three general office rooms and a committee room for private conferences.
Deaths: Sam Williamson, 68, victim of a traffic accident, died Wednesday, Feb. 12 at King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, of a fractured skull, followed by complications of pneumonia.
80 years ago – Feb. 12, 1931
Arrangements have been completed for the administration of government loan funds to help farmers to buy seed, fertilizer, work stock feed, tractor fuel and spray materials. Farmers whose 1930 crops were damaged 50 percent or more by drought may obtain not to exceed $600 at 5 percent interest. A first lien on crops to be sold will be required. Those with lesser damage will receive loans per regulations.
A double wedding in California included three former residents of Bedford. Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5, 1931, Miss Ethel Bare became the bride of Mr. Lyle R. Wood, and Miss Anna Law was married to Mr. Frank Hardy.
Deaths: Walter Kunkle, 47, Cincinnati.
Hilda Parrish is office manager of The Trimble Banner. She is an avid historian and genealogist and a long-time Bedford resident.
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I will resurrect a thread on Safestrap Compatible ROMS on verizon S4. I will attempt to try installing and setting up before I post the ROM and the link to that ROM. Please feel free to add to this BUT this is not a thread to ask specific questions on those ROMS. Those threads exist in other forums.
No CM, ASOP, or GPE based roms are compatible with SS3.70/3.71 andriod 4.3 build.
All revisions of the I545 after MDK (ME7, MI1, MJ7, MK2) can NOT have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, only Safestrap can be used.
I will start including Antutu benchmarks based on my setups with each ROM
To locate your firmware version (build number) use Settings/More/About phone. Read the "Build number". The last 3 characters are how we describe what version your phone is using and why we always ask what build or base you have. Do not confuse this with the radio baseband.
You can not flash to previous firmware releases.
USB communication with S4 can be touchy, I recommend only using the samsung USB cable that was provided with the phone.
All files downloaded need to be verified to their checksum MD5. There are free md5 checkers for windows. I strongly urge to download to PC and copy to extsd card.
Can someone explain to me what makes a rom safestrap compatible? What can I do to a rom to make it boot with safe strap?
The ROM needs to be built to use the stock TouchWiz kernel that's on the phone, as Safestrap can't replace the kernel. (Flashing a non-Samsung kernel will set the "Knox Warranty Void" flag.) per k1mu
"The number one reason people brick their Verizon Galaxy S4 phones is due to attempts to flash TRWP or CWM custom recovery and using Goo Manager, dd, and other tools without understanding when those will or won't work. The Verizon S4 is very locked down, and will reject such attempts in most cases."
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MARION — Dorothy Helen Wade Widler, 82, retired bank cashier and church secretary, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.
She was born in Wichita, Kan., to Everett Wade and Cerece (Dowell) Wade. Dorothy attended and graduated from Burns High School with the class of 1948.
Dorothy also attended college at Bethany, Lindsborg, Kan., and worked at American Airlines in Tulsa, Okla.
Ronald Widler and Dorothy Wade were united in marriage on July 23, 1950, at Summit Church, near Burns, Kan.
Dorothy and Ronald made their home in Marion in 1956. Dorothy worked for Farmers & Drovers National Bank/Central National Bank for 37 years.
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For the past few years, she was a member of Marion Presbyterian Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, and her husband. She is survived by one son, Steven Widler and his wife, Vanessa, of Washington, Iowa; and one daughter, Jeannie Wildin and her husband, Brad, of Marion, Kan.; grandchildren, Joshua Wildin and wife, Sara, of Wamego, Kan.; Clark Whitwell and her husband, Josh, of Ardmore, Okla.; Caren Thompson of Columbia, Mo.; Brandon Widler of Salina, Kan.; and Michele Prottsman and her husband, Jaden, of Riverside, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Jay Dee and Emily Schafers of Marion, Kan.; Jordan, Jacob, and Jerrid Whitwell of Ardmore, Okla.; Makenzie and Eva Wildin of Wamego, Kan., Adisyn and Joslyn Prottsman of Riverside, Iowa; and Justin Widler of Salina.
Services were held at Marion Presbyterian Church, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at 3 p.m., with Pastor Jeremiah Lange officiating, Laura Williams was the organist, and Keith Collett was the vocalist.
Memorials may be sent to Marion Presbyterian Church, 610 Lawrence, Marion, KS 66861.


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Unique drilling project to improve research at OSC
Construction is underway at the Ocean Sciences Centre.
By Kelly Foss
In the height of summer, in a small parking lot outside of the Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), a unique project began.
It was the first of three stages in a major upgrade of infrastructure for the Logy Bay research facility. This particular step would see the facility receive a new water intake and involved drilling horizontally for over half a kilometre from the parking lot, under the centre and out into the ocean to a depth of some 35 metres.
This aspect was particularly challenging for the contractor undertaking the work, Michaels Canada Company of Alberta, as well as Memorial's Facilities Management and the engineering consultant, Hatch Mott MacDonald Inc., who together oversaw the project.
It represented the first large diameter horizontal directional drilling project in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The challenges surrounding the project were considerable given that it involved a saltwater exit at depth in rugged rock and a difficult marine environment.
Given the novelty of this aspect of the project, a technical paper was written about the process.
The article, authored by Glenn Duyvestyn and John Leonard of Hatch Mott MacDonald, Gary Boone of Michaels Canada Company and Keith Hiscock of Memorial University, states: "The design challenges included steep cliffs and rugged slopes along the shoreline, (and) significant wave activity in the vicinity of the exit location."
The job was not without issue as fractured bedrock near the surface of the initial bore hole caused problems which necessitated a second hole being drilled. Extra care was taken during the drilling of the second hole to ensure a casing was in place to provide support where the fractured bedrock had created earlier problems.
The next stage involves the precision blasting of a wet well and the construction of an overlying pump house that will see the delivery of cold water into the OSC's facilities. Blasting of the well is expected to begin in the spring with the pump house being completed in the fall.
When finished, the pump house will provide a deep-seawater source that will provide consistent, high quality, low temperature (4-6 Celsius) seawater on a year-round basis. This will resolve issues with the current near surface, seawater source, which sees water temperatures fluctuate between -1 and 17 Celsius.
"Our fish disease research requires that the seawater entering our laboratories is of consistent quality and temperature," said Dr. Matt Rise, an assistant professor at the OSC and the Canada Research Chair in Marine Biotechnology. "A new deep-water source at the OSC will provide the high-quality seawater needed for this research."
"For deep-sea research on live animals, access to a stable supply of cold, high-quality water is simply essential," added Dr. Annie Mercier, an associate professor at the Ocean Sciences Centre. "To achieve this, currently, we have to use powerful chillers in the summer and fall months combined with complex header systems in order to run chilled seawater on flow-through.
"Not having to resort to in-line chillers makes it much easier, more reliable and more environmentally friendly not to mention less costly. I think that would apply to the maintenance of all live specimens from all depths."
The new deep-water source will not only alleviate the temperature issues, but also provide increased water volume for improved overall research capacity at the OSC. There will also be enhanced water treatment capabilities including filtration, UV sterilization and ozonation, which are central to holding cold-water organisms and aquaculture species under pathogen free conditions.
Funding for the project was provided by the Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Department of Education, as well as through in-kind support from the Canadian Hyrdographic Service.


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Complex biological organisms can be viewed as hierarchical ensembles of cooperating units with controlling elements that operate at the micro & nanoscale. In these systems, dysfunction at the fundamental cellular and molecular levels is responsible for a variety of diseases including cancer. Another hallmark of these systems is a dependence on microscale fluid vessels (e.g. capillaries, lymphatic vessels) for proper survival and function. Considering the similar scales and fluid environments, engineered micro- and nanofluidic devices appear ideally suited to diagnose, simulate, and probe biological systems.
We are exploiting unique physics, microenvironment control, and the potential for automation associated with miniaturized systems for applications in basic biology, medical diagnostics, and cellular engineering.
Current Research Topics
1. Inertial Microfluidics. By exploiting unique fluid physics at the microscale we are developing passive high-throughput systems for complete cell and particle control. Applications include next generation extreme throughput flow cytometers, passive rare cell isolation, and automated sample preparation.
2. The Mechanics of Cancer and Metastasis. Microfluidic devices allow precision control of the chemical and mechanical environment surrounding cells. We are using these tools to better observe and investigate the process of progression to malignancy and metastasis.
3. Automated Cell Biology. Localization of signaling is fundamental to control of cell behavior. We are developing high-throughput automated tools to quantitatively characterize the effects of nanoscale localization of mechanical and chemical signals. We anticipate this as a transformative tool to investigate, in analogy to engineering systems, the input-output response of cells.
4. Microfluidic Directed Cellular Evolution. Microfluidic technologies may offer advantages in creating new useful selection criteria for cellular evolution. Examples include cell migration speed, proteolytic activity, deformability, shear-stress stability, and osmotic tolerance. Besides gaining an understanding of dominant molecular pathways in controlling these behaviors, the resultant evolved cell populations and genetic modifications may be useful for therapeutic applications.


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Game time moved up from 5:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --- After taking two out of three against Morehead State last weekend, the Tennessee Tech baseball team will take a short break from Ohio Valley Conference play Tuesday as it travels to Clemson for a 1 p.m. game.
The game time, originally scheduled for 5:30 p.m., was moved up to 1 p.m. due to the threat of inclement weather.
The Golden Eagles (19-27, 9-12 OVC) are currently on a two-game winning streak after winning their last two games against Morehead State by the scores of 10-9 and 13-7. In the OVC standings, the Golden Eagles are seventh overall, but hold the final spot in the OVC Tournament due to IU Edwardsville being ineligible this season.
Zach Stephens still leads TTU in several offensive categories including batting average (.404), hits (72), home runs (16) and RBIs (48). Michael Morris, who is batting .343 on the season, recorded four doubles last weekend, including three in Tech's 10-9 win over MSU Saturday.
Clemson (28-20, 14-10 ACC) won two of its last three games against the College of Charleston, but lost its most recent game 4-2 Monday evening.
Richie Shaffer has been one of the offensive leaders for the Tigers this season as he leads the team with 15 doubles, eight home runs and a .346 batting average. Phil Pohl has driven in a team-high 44 RBIS, while Steve Wilkerson has scored a team-leading 42 runs.
Probable Starters
TTU: RHP Nick Price – 2-0, 8.31 ERA, 17.1 IP, 23 H, 15 SO, 6 BB, 16 R, 16 ER
CU: RHP Mike Kent – 1-1, 2.16 ERA, 33.1 IP, 34 H, 19 SO, 7 BB, 12 R, 8 ER


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The Butterfly: A Miracle of Colours
Do you know that butterflies don't have wings when they are born?
That is true! The butterfly is born without wings. It needs to pass through four phases to become the butterfly you see in the countryside or garden. Some have a lifespan of one to two months while some others only live for 24 hours. A butterfly emerges from the egg as a little larva. Soon, it grows into a lovely caterpillar and thus the second phase of the butterfly begins.
There are a total of 14 to 15 rings on a caterpillar's body. It has little eyes on its head, and a jaw that it uses for chewing. On the front part of its trunk, it has eight legs. When the butterfly is still in the form of a caterpillar, it has no wings and its antenna are very short. Meanwhile, its salivary gland secretes a kind of silk.
A caterpillar does not become longer as it grows; it only puts on weight. Finally, the caterpillar breaks loose from its skin by gradually tearing it. This skin is quickly replaced by a skin more fitting to its fat body. Caterpillars are very delicious creatures for birds that feed on insects. For this reason, our Lord has taught caterpillars various defence techniques. When standing upright, some of them resemble a branch, some of them camouflage themselves by remaining on a leaf that is exactly the same colour as their bodies, while some others play dead. These defence techniques are vital for their survival. They remain alive and grow into butterflies, thanks to these defence techniques.
The caterpillar employs these camouflage techniques also when it grows into a butterfly. Butterflies live in regions that match their own colours. But how do butterflies check that their colour suits the environment since they are unable to see themselves? How can they be sure that they are secure? Certainly, they cannot know or consider any of these. Allah, their Creator, places butterflies in the most suitable place where they can be secure.
Allah is the "Merciful" and the "Protector", and, as a manifestation of these attributes, He gives many capabilities to living beings, so that they can protect themselves from danger. Otherwise, butterflies are bereft of the wisdom that would make them think that they should protect themselves. Consequently, they themselves could never develop a defence mechanism such as camouflage. The One Who has created all these techniques that make life easy is our Lord, the One Who created the heavens and the earth and everything between them.
The caterpillar, which develops under the protection of the defence techniques given it by Allah, finally reaches the third phase. In this phase, it fills its stomach with as many leaves as possible so that it almost splits apart. In this third phase, the caterpillar imprisons itself in a sack and the metamorphosis begins.
The hard shell that is formed around the caterpillar in this phase is called a "chrysalis". In this shell, it is still and does not eat anything. In this phase, it utilises the energy of the leaves it ate when it was a caterpillar. Chrysalis shells are attached to a leaf, a rock or a branch. If you encounter one of them, have a look at it, because, when you look at the caterpillar inside the chrysalis, you can see the traces of the proboscis and the limbs that will be formed on the butterfly.
After approximately ten days, tearing its shell open in just a few minutes, the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.
At that time, the wings of the butterfly have not yet reached their normal size. In the fourth phase, in order to stretch its wings, the butterfly inflates the veins of its wings with its body liquid. When its wings dry, it instantly begins to fly without any training. The wings also help the butterfly in its respiration.
As you see, even a tiny butterfly is a great miracle created by our Lord. Scientists have been conducting research to answer the question: "How does a caterpillar decide to change into a butterfly?" This metamorphosis only occurs because our Lord wills it so. Allah shows us how varied are the creatures He can create, and the unprecedented ways in which He can change them.
Another miracle is that the wings of butterflies are covered with tiny scales. The wings consist of these scales arranged one on top of another. How do you think these wings have come into existence?
Have these scales accidentally come together and formed a wing with its perfect structure?
Have these scales spontaneously united to form a wing?
Has the butterfly himself stuck these scales to one another to form the wing? Did the butterfly himself attach this wing to its back?
A butterfly cannot see its back. But there are perfect symmetrical patterns on its back that it can never see. The scales are arranged in such an orderly manner that the patterns on both wings are exactly the same. If you measure the size of the patterns with a ruler, you will see that they are all equal.
All of these show us our Lord's artistry, eternal knowledge and unlimited power. Upon seeing all these, we should reflect upon them and honour our Lord.


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PARKERSBURG -Most West Virginians take pride in celebrating the state's birthday, particularly Thursday's sesquicentennial.
For 97-year-old Rachel Perine, the day is particularly special. Her father, Harvey Smith, served the Union during the Civil War from which West Virginia was created.
That's not a typo.
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Rachel Perine holds a photo of her father, Civil War veteran Harvey Smith. Perine, 97, is the state's last living son or daughter of a Civil War veteran. She takes pride in West Virginia Day knowing her father served in the war that created the state. (Photo by Jody Murphy)
Perine's father served in the Civil War, joining the Union Army in August 1862 in Wheeling.
"It's a little special," she said. "I'm proud of my father; that he served."
Perine's mother, Virginia Elliott of Ritchie County, married the 70-year-old Civil War veteran in 1915. Elliott, who was 25 when she married Smith, died in 1972.
Smith, who fathered 11 children from his first marriage, had four children with Elliott. Rachel was the oldest, born in 1916. The family lived in Arnold's Creek in Doddridge County, where Smith ran a large farm that included gas and oil tracts.
Perine, who was 13 when her father died in 1929, at age 83, recalled him as quite a talker. He was a popular man who enjoyed company, she said.
"If he rode his horse to town, he didn't get back until after dark. He was a great talker," she said. "We'd hear him singing when he came home."
Perine said house guests would stay up until late at night talking with Smith.
"If anybody came to the house they didn't go to bed," she said.
But Perine recalls little of her father's tales from the war or views on statehood.
"If he did, I can't remember," she said. "Kids don't pick up on that. It doesn't interest them."
"He talked, he talked about the war. I didn't realize at the time how important his words were," she added.
Perine retains some of her father's papers from the war. She has Army papers detailing his pension. And she was a member of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, established to perpetuate the memory of Union soldiers.
Less than two years after he enlisted, Smith was captured at Cloyd's Mountain, Va., on May 9, 1864. He spent six months as a prisoner of war, including a 20-day stint at the infamous Andersonville prison in Georgia.
Perine remembers her father talking about an incident that occurred in Andersonville one summer night.
"He was on the upper end of the prison grounds. He heard a commotion on the lower end during a storm. Water from a well began gushing up and the soldiers were drinking it. Some died because they drank so much water after not having any for so long," she said.
A structure was later built around the site at Andersonville called "Providence Spring." Perine has made three trips to Andersonville to tour the grounds; her last was more than 30 years ago.
One of Perine's great-granddaughters wrote a paper about Smith for a social studies project in 2001.
According to records and Internet databases, there are little more than 30 living sons and daughters of Civil War veterans in the United States. Perine is the last in West Virginia. She and her husband, Benjamin, settled in Parkersburg in 1952, raising two sons. Benjamin passed away in 1980.
In addition to Perine, there are three sons of Charles Parker Pool, a Ritchie County native who served in the 6th W.Va. Infantry. Pool moved to Missouri following the war, marrying twice and bearing several children.
Pool died in 1933, at age 89, but three sons- Garland, Ernest and William- are still alive and well in Missouri. Garland Pool was born in 1927.
Perine remains a life-long West Virginian. She spent a few winters in Florida, but gave it up to stay at home.
"I was born here," she said. "It's a beautiful state."


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It's the kind of idea that you would think any big city's parking-place-starved residents would love, if only the city's parking meter czars could be persuaded to engineer it. Madrid recently instituted smart parking meters in a program that is scheduled to start operating Tuesday (July 1). Parking meters will charge more for cars that are heavy polluters, less for hybrids and nothing for all-electric cars. Whether a car qualifies for a 20 percent reduction or increase in its parking meter fees will be based on a table that identifies which cars pollute more and which pollute less or not at all.
According to this article in The Guardian, "The city is hoping that the new system will help ease pollution levels, which consistently rank above the EU (European Union) average. The Spanish capital continually exceeds the EU limit for nitrogen dioxide in the air – mainly released through car exhaust systems – with rates that have at times spiked five times above the limit deemed safe by the EU."
You would think that parking meter officials in big American cities would have a look at the Madrid program and maybe adapt it wholesale or at least in part. You might think that.
San Francisco already has a sophisticated parking meter management system, but as far as I can tell it doesn't include Madrid's anti-pollution pricing.


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text: Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments was founded by Geigenbaumeister (Master Violin Maker) George Kelischek in Witten, Germany, on May 1st 1955. We moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1960, but relocated ten years later, in 1970, to a much larger, newly-built home and workshops on 32 acres of land in Brasstown, North Carolina, in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains. We incorporated our manufacturing activities in North Carolina in 1972 as Kelhorn Corporation. Our emphasis is in the field of early music and folk music. In our own Brasstown workshops we manufacture the Susato Pennywhistles, Tabor-Pipes, Txistu, Pentatonic and Wide-Bore Recorders, Crumhorns, Kelhorns, Reeds and Ocarinas. Additional instruments are in various stages of design and development for future release. Hurdy-Gurdies, Violas da Gamba, Lutes, Baroque and modern Violins and Violas are always custom made one-at-a-time. All Susato brand products are made in our Brasstown, North Carolina shop. A growing list of Susato Press Editions of music for recorders and other instruments is typeset, designed, printed and bound in our own new studios as well. For our retail store and display room we import and stock a variety of quality instruments of American, European, Asian and Mid-Eastern Origin. Wooden and plastic Recorders in sizes from Gar-Klein to Contrabass, Violins from 32nd to full-size for students, high quality Violins and Violas for professionals, Bows, Harps, Lap Dulcimers, Hammered Dulcimers, Bodhran-Drums, Ethnic percussion, Strings and all sorts of Accessories, etc... Restorations and repairs of string and wind instruments on all levels are affected frequently in our well equipped workshops. We are very appreciative of your support and trust. We pledge to continue giving you the best service possible. When in the mountains of Western North Carolina, visit our showroom. We hope to meet you soon. Sincerely, George Kelischek


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The Rig Technician program will train you to operate oil and gas drilling rigs. There are 3 levels of rig technician, each with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership. Rig Technician 1 (motorhands) work under the direction of derrickhands and drillers. Rig Technician 2 (derrickhands) work under the direction of drillers. Rig Technician 3 (drillers) supervise crews and report directly to the drilling rig manager.
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Rig technicians are employed by drilling contractors who own and operate oil and gas well drilling rigs and who contract with oil producers to drill wells. Rig technicians may be promoted to rig managers, or to other management positions within the drilling industry.
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Virginia QB Sims ruled ineligible
Charlottesville, VA – University of Virginia head football coach Mike London announced on Friday that quarterback Phillip Sims is ineligible and will no longer be enrolled at the school.
Sims recently completed his sophomore season in 2012 after he transferred from Alabama earlier last summer. This past fall, Sims played in all 12 games for the Cavaliers, including four starts, completing 132-of-231 passes for 1,426 yards and nine touchdowns.
Virginia finished with a 4-8 record in 2012, including a 2-6 mark in ACC play.
"Phillip Sims did not make the commitment he needed to succeed here," London said. "I appreciate his efforts last season. He is a very talented young man who is blessed with some extraordinary athletic abilities."


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Get ready for Friday's action
Jerimiah Hunter, F, Hunter Huss
The senior scored 16 of his 24 points in the third quarter as Huss pulled away from South Point on Tuesday. Hunter came one point shy of a season high. He averages 14.1 points and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game.
Kyla Walker, G, Highland Tech
The sophomore turned in Highland Tech�s best scoring performance of the season with 26 points in Tuesday�s loss to North Lincoln. Walker made six 3-pointers.
Boys: Jaelan Kennedy scored 26 as Hunter Huss beat South Point � Michael Meeks� 26 points led Bessemer City in a loss to Lincolnton � Highland Tech�s Sebastian Nieminen scored 22 in a win against North Lincoln � Tristan Rodriguez scored a career-high 21 points in Ashbrook�s win over North Gaston � East Lincoln�s Addison Parrish had 20 points in a win against West Lincoln � South Point�s Deonte Gaston scored 19 points in a loss to Hunter Huss � DeSean Murray had 19 points and 13 rebounds as East Gaston lost to Olympic.
Girls: Lauren Smithscored a career-high 26 points to help Forestview beat Crest for a first-place tie in the Big South 3A Conference � Gaston Day�s Evonna McGill scored 22 points in a win against Hickory Christian � Forestview�s Bre Armstrong scored 21 in the win against Crest � Treasure Avery�s 19 points led Lincolnton to a win over Bessemer City � East Gaston�s Carly Kluttz had 17 points and 15 rebounds in a loss to Olympic.
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Forestview's Bre Armstrong is queen of the boards
Boys: Lake Norman Charter (13-4, 8-1) at East Lincoln (14-4, 7-2)� Lake Norman Charter can avenge its only league loss while East Lincoln can pull into a first-place tie in the area�s most significant game of the night. East Lincoln claimed the first meeting 57-54.
Girls: South Point (14-3, 5-3) at Ashbrook (14-4, 5-3) � These teams are tied for third in the Big South 3A Conference, which receives four playoff berths. A win Friday for one of them could make a big difference in a first-round playoff matchup. Ashbrook won 47-45 in the first meeting.
Boys: Highland Tech (7-10, 6-3) at Bessemer City (13-5, 5-4) � The Southern Piedmont Conference�s No. 2 Class 1A playoff seed is coming down to these two rivals. Bessemer City won the first matchup 56-48.
Girls: Lincolnton (13-4, 8-1) at North Lincoln (13-6, 7-2) � Lincolnton is trying to stay in a first-place tie with Lake Norman Charter in the Southern Piedmont Conference while North Lincoln is attempting to climb back up. Either way, the league�s top 2A playoff seed should go to one of these two teams. Lincolnton won the first meeting 49-31.
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South Point at Ashbrook
North Gastonat Forestview
Kings Mountain at Hunter Huss
Southern Piedmont 1A/2A
Highland Tech at Bessemer City
Cherryville at West Lincoln
Lake Norman Charter at East Lincoln
Lincolnton at North Lincoln
East Gaston at Harding
Berry Academy at West Mecklenburg
Olympic at Garinger
Private/charter schools
Gaston Christian at Concord First Assembly
Piedmont Community Charter at Gaston Day
Lincoln Charter at Thomas Jefferson
*The Lincoln Charter boys clinched the Piedmont Charter Athletic Conference title for the first time in school history with Wednesday�s 70-41 defeat of Queens Grant. This is the final season of the PCAC as all its members will move into traditional conferences next academic year.
*Gaston Day holds homecoming on Friday as it hosts Piedmont Community Charter.
Bessemer City will recognize its 1972 and 1991 state runner-up teams during Friday's home matchup against Highland Tech. The reunion program will begin as soon as the girls game ends. Participants need to be at the gym by 7 p.m.
The school will also honor players who scored 1,000 career points.
Bessemer City�s 1,000-point scorers
Boys: Sid Woody (Class of 1957), Reggie O�Brien (1957), Tony Byers (1970), Goldie Byers (1974), Kevin Millwood (1993), Chris Edwards (2002), Marcus Barnette (2004), Donald Wade (2008), Bradley James (2013)
Girls: Wanda Brown (1980), Sheila Mackey (1982), Kychelle Collins (1999), Shameka Smith (2002), Monica Adams (2004), Auny McCaskill (2006), Janaura Sellers (2010)
Bessemer City's 1972 2A state runner-up team
Head Coach: Jackson Parker
Managers: Johnny Ward, Cleveland Alexander
Roster: Clarence Alexander, O'landa Alexander, Tony Brown, Goldie Byers, Donnell Camp, Jimmy Hovis, Roger Lomick, Jimmy Maney, Jerry Meeks, Theo Smith, Darryl Ward, Reggie Wideman, Stanley Woody
Bessemer City's 1991 2A state runner-up team
Head Coach: Marty Hatchell
Assistant Coach: Hardin Davis
Managers: Patrick Woody, Jody Dills, Daniel Goodson, Sean Strama
Scorekeeper: Terry Ussery
Roster: Freddy Adams, Qwame Jackson, John Kaiser, Mike Ledford, Vida Merritt, Kevin Millwood, Bennie Roper, Kenneth Starr, Garland Williams, Calvin Whitener, Chris Woods


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Community Notes: April 27
Self defense seminar
A free women's self defense seminar will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Karate International of Garner, 1411 Aversboro Road, Garner. The seminar is open to all women ages 17 and up. Register at 919-772-1414.
5K run
Garner Magnet High's PTSA will sponsor the second annual March of the Mighty Trojans 5K run Saturday, May 3, at 2101 Spring Drive, Garner. Visit GarnerHS.wcpss.net or call 919-779-9347.
Big Sweep
The annual Big Sweep will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at White Deer Park Nature Center, 2400 Aversboro Road, Garner. Volunteers will pick up litter along roads, neighborhoods, parks and other public spaces. Free breakfast will be provided. Call 919-661-6892 for more information.
Family Fun Day
The Child Collaborative in partnership with Johnston County Mental Health will host a Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives Family Fun Day from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Johnston Medical Mall on North Bright Leaf Boulevard. May is Mental Health Awareness month. This free event will include children's games and activities, an art contest, variety of vendors and free food. Information about the art contest can be found at www.johnstonnc.com.
Blast from the Past
The Johnston County Chorale's spring musical, "Blast from the Past," will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Clayton Center, 111 E. Second St., Clayton. The show will include music from the 50's, 60's, Motown, country, gospel, and more. Also featured will be the Johnston County Chorale Jazz Ensemble, Rendance Company Cloggers, and the Knightdale High School Gospel Choir. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office, 919-553-1737, or theclaytoncenter.com.
Crawfish festival
The inaugural Crawfish Festival will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Aversboro Restaurant and Sports Bar, 1411 Aversboro Road, Garner. Proceeds from the festival will go to charities such as the N.C. Food Bank, ARC of Wake County, Pediatric Cancer, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Donations will be accepted at the event and sponsors are currently being sought. Call 919-812-1968 for more information.
Free HRD class
A fee-waived HRD class will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 20-29, at Johnston Community College's main campus in Smithfield. The 16-hour class will be free for those who are unemployed or underemployed; otherwise it is $70. The class will focus on general job requirements, necessary skills and responsibilities of the personal and home care professional, as well as a layman's CPR class. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 919-209-2042 for more information.
High school reunion
The Garner High School Class of 1964 will celebrate its 50-year class reunion May 30 and 31. Any class members who have not received information from the reunion committee should call 919-772-3654 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Paintings on display
The Africa Series, a series of paintings by Jane Lillian Vance, will be on display through the spring semester at the Frank Creech Art Gallery, 245 College Road, Smithfield. For more information, visit www.JohnstonCC.edu/PerformingArts.
Square dancing lessons
Square dancing lessons are held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Friday night at Saint Andrews United Methodist Church, 1201 Maxwell Drive, Raleigh. Casual dress, $20 per person per month. Call 919-266-0845 or visit www.GarnerSquareDance.org.
Events at Southeast Regional Library
Southeast Regional Library, 908 Seventh Ave., Garner, has an extensive list of activities for the whole family. Find a complete list of events at www.wakegov.com/libraries or call 919-662-2250.
2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4: Find It! will teach participants how to download e-books from the library catalog to an e-reader.
2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11: Find It! will teach participants how to search the library database for more than 7,000 e-books and e-audio.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14: Transform a mason jar and recycled book pages into a rustic candle holder. All materials provided, ages 16 and up.
6:30 to 8:30 Thursday, June 12: Introduction to Entrepreneurship will teach participants critical first steps toward entrepreneurship.
Food pantry
A food pantry is open from 9 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 1082 Amelia Church Road, Clayton. The food is free to anyone presenting an ID card. For more information, call 919-934-0213.
Parenting workshops
Partnership for Children of Johnston County offers two programs for parents with young children.
• Motheread is a 12-week self-paced program that combines the teaching of literacy skills with child development and family empowerment issues.
• The Incredible Years parent program offers weekly group sessions for 14 to 16 weeks. Participants practice skills to promote children's academic, social and emotional skills.
For information on times and location, contact Erica Reid at 919-202-0002, ext. 258, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Classic Car Club meets
Memory Lane Classic Car Club meets for dinner at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Golden Corral, 60 Son-Lan Parkway, Garner. For more information, call 919-553-6229.
Overeaters Anonymous
An Overeaters Anonymous support group meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Lakeside Drive and N.C. 50 in Garner. Park in the rear of the church and look for the OA signs. Call Sherylyn at 919-779-6392 or Regina at 919-614-3425 for more information.


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Argentina Wrap: Gimnasia win three on the spin
Gimnasia La Plata made it three straight wins to start the Argentine Primera Division as they defeated Belgrano 2-1 on the road.
Federico Rasic's second-half brace secured the three points for Gimnasia after Belgrano took an early lead through Jorge Valazquez.
The home fans were delighted when Valazquez gave Belgrano an unexpected advantage after only six minutes.
Gimnasia failed to reply until after half-time when Rasic struck four minutes after the restart from Fernando Pereyra's assist.
The striker then set up Rasic for his brace in the 71st minute as Gimnasia kept their 100 per cent record alive.
Three points for Gimnasia have put them into second position in the standings behind Argentinos Juniors on goals scored but having played one game less.
Argentinos defeated Tigre 1-0 in front of their home fans thanks to Daniel Villalva's 77th-minute strike.
Two goals from Martin Rolle propelled Arsenal to a 2-0 triumph at bottom-placed Racing Club.
It was the fourth loss in a row for Racing, who had no answer to Rolle's 63rd and 88th minute goals.
Quilmes had a lead pegged back twice before finally seeing off San Lorenzo 3-2 at the Estadio Centenario.
Fernando Telechea and Luciano Abecasis put Quilmes into the lead on separate occasions but the efforts were cancelled out by San Lorenzo's Gonzalo Veron and Martin Cauteruccio.
It was left up to Quilmes substitute Arnaldo Gonzalez to score the winner in the 77th minute.
In other results, Guido Carrillo's double was crucial in Estudiantes' 2-0 win over Boca Juniors, Colon travelled to River Plate and emerged 2-1 victors, while Olimpia and All Boys fought out a 1-1 draw.
Rosario Central left it late as they triumphed 1-0 against Godoy Cruz, David Trezeguet scored as Newell's Old Boys won 2-0 at Atletico Rafaela and there was a goalless result between Velez Sarsfield and Lanus.


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All the hard work of cotton market economists often comes down to one question when it comes to price projections. "Is China buying?"
Of course, knowing China's production and consumption figures would also help analysts project prices. It's just that the figures are not always reliable and tend to gum up the works.
So economists figure stocks everywhere else in the world except China, then see if China's buying. While nothing's perfect, it seems to have some validity.
"There is a fairly good, negative relationship between the world stocks-to-use ratio (minus China) and world cotton prices from 1991 to 2003," said Gary Adams, the National Cotton Council's vice president for economics and policy analysis. He spoke at a briefing for Delta Council scholarship recipients at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
As for China, "We really know what China's internal situation is by whether they're buying cotton or exporting cotton."
China's buying as of late has pushed prices higher, although those prices have fluctuated significantly, noted Adams. Underlying the higher prices has been the whittling down of world cotton stocks, once very burdensome, over the last four to five years.
In 2002, the world started with 47 million bales of cotton and a stocks-to-use ratio of almost 50 percent. The textile world has now had two years in a row where production has fallen short of consumption, and world carryover has dropped to 32 million bales.
"The same situation is happening in the United States," Adams said. "We had a huge crop in 2001, more than 20 million bales, and were in the 17 million to18-million-bale range in 2002-03.
"We were fortunate to see offtake in the 19-million-bale range, with our export numbers going to the 13-million-bale range. This allowed the stocks-to-use ratio to drop down to what we think will be around 22 percent. That has led to better prices."
There is a downside to China's consumption, however. The United States is still the largest retail market for textile apparel products, with a market currently of the equivalent of a little over 21 million bales. However, only about 3 million bales of U.S. cotton is grown and made into apparel in the United States, "from dirt to shirt," noted Adams.
Meanwhile, the United States imports around 18 million bales (equivalents) of textile apparel products annually, or about 1.5 million bales per month. "That's what our domestic textile mills are battling," Adams said.
One factor impacting increased textile imports into the United States is the four-stage process of eliminating quotas on textile apparel product imports. "Stage Three began Jan. 1, 2002 and now we're less than a year away from all the quotas going away," Adams said. "At that point, all we will have will be the tariffs.
"We could see a greater increase in the number of textile imports," Adams said. "How much this hurts the domestic industry depends on whether or not we see our retail market continue to expand."
Safeguards are in place to limit the growth of Chinese textile imports, noted Adams. "When China entered the WTO, they agreed that if the growth of their imports disrupted our domestic industry, we could put measures into place. In late 2002, textile interests started pushing these safeguards on four products and three of the products were accepted."
The safeguards stipulate that imports of a particular product from China cannot be 7.5 percent above what they were the year before.
"But the growth of imports from China is just going to be a fact," Adams said. "Keep in mind that China is the largest consumer of raw cotton in the world, and they're where a lot of new investment in spinning is going. So they're setting themselves up on a path to be a dominant player in the world textile market."
The best that could happen to the U.S. textile industry is to stabilize its decline, according to Adams. "It's not realistic to say we are going to turn this back around and go from 6 million bales of domestic consumption back up to 11 million bales."
Another side to the equation is whether or not China can and will expand its production of raw cotton to meet its own needs. "They're only going to produce about 22 million bales this year, partly due to poor yields. For them to get to 27 million to 30 million bales will require them add area and have some good yields."
On the other hand, "they're already at 30 million bales of consumption and it's going to be hard for them to keep up with that. And a couple of years down the road, they may be at 32 million or 33 million bales of consumption."
Another factor buoying cotton prices is the fact that foreign cotton consumption and use (outside the United States) has run above foreign production for several years, "which has created a hole for U.S. cotton," even though the gap between foreign consumption and production has narrowed.
China has been a huge buyer of U.S. cotton, having bought a little over 3 million bales over the current crop year. Meanwhile, Mexico has been a solid customer at around 2 million bales.
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Research Highlights
November 2010
Monkeypox Study Reveals Clues to Virus's Role in Lung Disease
Findings might help better understand bronchitis, emphysema, other lung disease
Enlarge Image Distinct protein expressions were identified by high-resolution mass spectrometry in macaque monkey lung fluid over the course of either monkeypox or vaccinia viral infection. The blue, red, and green vertical bars indicate viral, increased macaque, and decreased macaque proteins, respectively, during viral infection. "Pre" represents protein expression observed in healthy macaque lung fluid prior to viral infection. "Early" viral infection is characterized by increased levels of inflammatory proteins (red) and decreased levels of structural and metabolic proteins (green). Viral proteins begin to appear during the "Early" time points, but only during the monkeypox viral infection, as expected because this virus is more virulent than vaccinia. "Late" in the viral infection, the viral proteins drop below the level of detection as the monkey recovers from the viral infection, and the host (macaque) proteins begin to return to "healthy" levels.
A study by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University scientists is providing better understanding of the mechanisms of monkeypox virus. Using proteomics capabilities at EMSL, a Department of Energy scientific user facility at PNNL, scientists have characterized the global proteome response in the lung fluid from macaque monkeys at OHSU's Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton.
Their results, which appeared in the online version of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics August 24, suggest possible new ways to treat lung diseases in humans.
More details about the research are available in the PNNL news release "Deadly monkeypox virus might cause disease by breaking down lung tissue."
Acknowledgments: The study was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Center for Research Resources, both part of the National Institutes of Health; the Department of Defense; and Battelle. Some of the work was performed at EMSL, a Department of Energy scientific user facility located at PNNL.
The research team included lead author Joseph Brown, PNNL; senior author Richard D. (Dick) Smith, Daniel Lopez-Ferrer, Heather Brewer, Theresa Clauss, Nathan Manes, and Joshua Adkins, all PNNL; and Scott Wong, Ryan Estep, Megan O'Connor, and Helen Li, OHSU.
Reference: Brown JN, Estep RD, Lopez-Ferrer D, Brewer HM, Clauss TR, Manes NP, O'Connor M, Li H, Adkins JN, Wong SW, Smith RD. 2010. "Characterization of Macaque Pulmonary Fluid Proteome during Monkeypox Infection: Dynamics of Host Response." Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 9, 2760-2771. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M110.001875


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Recently, I was invited to attend some event at Huntington Beach with the Kardashians. I replied to the publicist that I would rather stuff my private parts in a hornet's nest. True story. Since I do a lot of celebrity fitness interviews for the L.A. Times, publicists just naturally assume I live in Los Angeles, and so I am regularly invited to all sorts of parties, events and grand openings that have celebrities in attendance. Once I was actually tempted to fly down from Canada because Borg Babe Jeri "7 of 9" Ryan was going to be there. I digress. My latest email from a publicist was from a casting agent for reality TV shows. They were inviting me to audition for a new show called Gym Rescue in which they take crappy, failing gyms and turn them into good, profitable ones, or something like that. This show is about "mom and pop" type gyms that are struggling, but it got me thinking about how to make a gym profitable, and how large chain fitness clubs really screw people over in the quest for improving the bottom line. Here are four ways gyms -- especially the big franchise gyms -- screw you over:
1. The Activation Fee
Say you're out gym shopping, and you see a place advertising a special rate of $30 a month, and you think that sounds pretty good so you drop in to discuss buying a membership. There is lots of hype about all the awesome stuff this gym has to offer, and how it's going to become your new home away from home, and the people there are going to become your friends, and the hot girl at the check-in counter is going to seem like maybe she'll date you, and … And then after the tour and contract discussions, they spring the small matter of the "activation fee." $199 seems to be a popular amount for this fee. What is it? Is it to pay for those little plastic swipe cards they give you? In reality, it's just a bullsh*t "We're going to charge you this fee because we can" fee. They get you all hyped up, and then try to milk a couple of hundred extra bucks out of you. How to avoid it Refuse to pay it. Say it's bogus. Say it's false advertising. Say you're going to shop somewhere else for a gym that doesn't charge a fee like this. There is a good chance they'll waive it.
2. The Never-Expiring Membership
A gym membership can be like herpes -- impossible to get rid of. You can jump through all their hoops and do the cancellation procedures, and some places will still keep charging your credit card or debiting your bank account. They don't care if you ever use the place; they just want to keep charging you that monthly fee. And if you come in to try and cancel, they might guilt-trip you about "giving up on achieving your goals" or some crap like that. There was an episode of Friends that poked fun at this phenomenon, and I'd link it, but I think anyone with testicles and a brain hates that show, so I won't. How to avoid it Pay close attention: ONLY PAY CASH! Chances are, gyms are going to get you to sign up for a full year. The pay-by-month plan is sometimes available, but the fee is so much higher that it's not worth it. Quite often the way to go is to sign up for the full year because it has the best rate by far. But there is no law saying you have to pay month to month on your credit card or, god forbid, letting them debit your bank account. Just pay for that entire year upfront, in cash. As a warning, they might not like this. At my last gym, before I finally went home gym, I did this, and they pressured me for my credit card: "It will be easier to renew your membership if we have your credit card on file," she said. Me: "Easier for whom? If I want to renew at the end of the year, then I'll just buy another year then." It turns out, I didn't want to renew, and after my year was up, all I had to do was walk. No cancellation paperwork or other crap, because there was no way for them to keep charging me. Again, never, ever let a gym debit your credit card or bank account.
3. Personal Training
I can't tell you how many trainers of former big-box gyms I've spoken to who left their place of employment in disgust. Here is the reality of personal training in a large franchise gym: the trainers are valued far more for their ability to sell more training than their abilities as actual trainers. These trainers do not want to lose you as a client. Ever. So they teach learned helplessness. They teach you to be dependent upon them by constantly keeping you off balance and always having some new repertoire of bullsh*t exercises to teach you. These trainers have quotas to meet. There are meetings with sales managers where they discuss strategies on how they're going to sell you ever more sessions. You are viewed as a cash machine. How to avoid it Don't ever use the trainers at a large chain. Many (not all) have only pathetic, weekend certifications and don't have a proper understanding of exercise physiology, but they sure can sell. And when I say never, I mean don't even take the offer of "two free sessions" that come with the new membership. That's because those sessions are going to be sales pitches for more training. It's OK to have a membership at a big box gym, but get your training elsewhere, like a community center, a university gym or a personal training studio. Get someone with top-notch qualifications and discuss a plan on how you're going to "graduate" out of needing their assistance after an agreed upon number of sessions.
4. Supplement Sales
I don't take any supplements at all, so perhaps I'm biased. If gaining mass is your goal, then creatine can be helpful, but it's worth knowing before you take it that most women, while they like muscular men, aren't into "huge." And fat burners? Well, they either don't work, nuke your liver or possibly lead to psychological disturbances or even death. Seriously, these things can be tainted with all sorts of bad crap. And protein powders? Are you sure you really need them instead of just, you know, food? How to avoid it First off, get informed and decide if any of these supplements are even worth taking. A good site for checking out the efficacy of supplements is Examine. If there are supplements you favor taking, realize that your local gym is likely a far more expensive place to buy them than just about anywhere else.
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MEDFORD, Mass. (taken from a Tufts University press release) - Brandeis University junior Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter-Marian) went the distance, giving up just one earned run, but his couldn't help pull off an upset today, as the Judges lost to 24th-ranked Tufts University, 2-1, in non-conference baseball action on Huskins Field.
Brenner, who threw his third complete game of the season and the 10th of his career, dropped to 2-2. He allowed just seven hits and one earned run in eight innings of work. He walked two and struck out four. Brandeis dropped to 7-10 with the loss.
Jumbos' junior 3B Wade Hauser had two runs batted in and freshman 2B Tom Petry scored twice for the home team, who improved to 13-1 on the season.
The Jumbos struck first after Petry led off the third with a single to center. He stole second, was sacrificed to third by junior LF Nick Barker and then came home on a ground ball to short by Hauser.
Brandeis had four hits and a walk in three innings against Tufts starter Christian Sbily, but did not score. A double play in the second and a pick-off at second base in the third helped the Jumbo cause.
Sbily was lifted after a walk to lead off the fourth and freshman Speros Varinos came on and retired the side. Varinos gave up back-to-back singles by junior SS Brian Allen (Concord, N.H./Catholic Memorial) and freshman LF Ryan Tettemer (Westfield, Mass./Suffield Acad.) with one out in the fifth, but got the next two outs to squelch the threat.
The Jumbos extended their lead to 2-0 with an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth. Petry reached on an error, was sacrificed to second by junior CF Connor McDavitt, moved to third on Barker's single and crossed the plate on another single by Hauser.
After a 1-2-3 sixth, Brandeis cut the lead in half with a run off Speros in the seventh. Sopomore CF Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon) led off with a single to center, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Tettemer.
With Brenner blanking Tufts in the seventh through ninth, Brandeis couuld not get the equalizer. They started the eighth with a walk, but the runner was picked off. Jumbo hurlers Willie Archibald and Tim Superko closed it out, with Superko earning his second save.
Varinos got the win for Tufts, the first of his college career, allowing four hits and the one run with five strikeouts and no walks in four innings. McDavitt was 2 for 2 at the top of the Tufts order. With his two rbis, Hauser now has 14 in 14 games for Tufts.
Tettemer, who came off the bench in the third, finished 2 for 2 for the Judges. O'Connor was 2 for 4 as Brandeis out-hit Tufts 8-7.
The Judges continue a five-game road trip tomorrow at 27th-ranked Endicott College at 3 p.m. They are slated for their home opener this Sunday, April 6, at 12 noon against Framingham State.