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Gunshot victim aided by brother's fundraising efforts
When Stanley Williams arrived in the emergency room at UC Davis Medical Center last summer with a massive gunshot wound to his chest, his life was in jeopardy.
Thanks to the expert care and advanced technology available at the medical center, the U.S. military veteran survived his wound and continues to recover while waiting to resume his training for a culinary career.
Williams later learned that his brother, Doug, contributed to his recovery. During his stay at the hospital, Stanley Williams required a highly specialized medical device called extracorporeal life support (ECLS), which oxygenates the blood outside of the body.
Years earlier, Doug Williams had been hospitalized at UC Davis following a serious car accident. Following his hospital stay, a group of Sacramento radio stations raised money to support the ECLS program, and Doug, a radio host at one of the stations, played a key role in the fundraising drive.
"I knew that he had done some fundraising for the medical center," Stanley Williams said of his brother. "But I didn't know it was for those machines. It was a pretty cool feeling to find out that he had helped purchase something that helps keep people alive."
Wendy Ziegler, a fellow in trauma surgery, was on call when Stanley Williams arrived at the medical center. Initially, he was alert and talking despite the large gunshot wound to his chest.
The wound was 4 centimeters in diameter. In contrast, most gunshot wounds are around 1 centimeter, about the size of a pen. The wound was so large that air was entering Williams' body through that opening instead of his trachea.
Concerned about his decreasing oxygen levels and difficult breathing, the team inserted a chest tube, which filled up with blood. A CT scan showed right rib fractures and multiple, scattered foreign body material. Not only was there was no exit wound, but no bullet — just missile fragments over his chest, along with significant lung contusions.
Saved by his sternum
In the operating room, Ziegler and attending surgeons Edgardo Salcedo and Joseph Galante explored the wound and found that Williams' injuries could have been much more severe.
"His sternum saved his life," Ziegler said. "The bullet appeared to have bounced off his breastbone and nail his right lung, but it didn't hit his heart, left lung or any other important structures."
"He basically walked out. Stanley is a miracle."
Williams still had profuse bleeding, decreasing blood pressure and a shattered right lung. The surgical team essentially removed the entire middle lobe of the affected lung, and a portion of the upper lobe. The surgery stabilized Williams and he was moved to an intensive care unit. About 36 hours later, the team returned to the operating room to permanently close his chest wound.
"He was doing great," Ziegler said. "And no sooner did I literally walk out to his family to tell them how wonderfully he did, than I was paged because his oxygen levels began dropping again."
The surgical team rushed back in, but every measure they attempted failed. Finally, trauma surgeon John Anderson requested an evaluation for ECLS — a last-resort measure.
Machine takes over for the body
ECLS involves a specialized machine that essentially takes over the function of the heart and/or lungs when a body's own system fails due to injury or disease. It provides the body with oxygenated blood and the time needed to heal — anywhere from a few days to a few weeks — while protecting the organs from further damage. ECLS is most commonly used with neonates and children than with adults.
"ECLS is not routinely used in trauma surgery," said Ziegler. "There may be only a dozen patients per year who are candidates for ECLS and the mortality rate is upwards of 50 percent or higher. Only Level I trauma centers like UC Davis, working in conjunction with our pediatric intensive care team and our cardiothoracic surgery services, can provide this kind of technically advanced rescue intervention.
"That's why UC Davis is a leader in trauma surgery. Stanley's case illustrates our multidisciplinary approach to severely injured patients."
Williams remained on ECLS for a little more than a week, stabilizing and healing, while the ICU team began to slowly "wean" him off.
There were minor setbacks with a blood clot, but then he "basically walked out," Ziegler said. "Stanley is a miracle."
Williams, a father of three who had spent more than six years in the military, had just begun classes at Le Cordon Bleu, reimagining his future in the culinary arts. His education is on hold while he recovers, but he's taking it day by day, and has an immense appreciation for all the UC Davis staff.
"They all created a real trusting atmosphere," Williams said. "Because of what they did and how they did it, they deserve all the recognition they can get."
Radiothon makes key contributions
The ECLS program began in July 2005, after a cluster of radio stations organized a radiothon to raise money for UC Davis Children's Hospital and Children's Miracle Network. The annual event — a three-day, three-night on-air drive — has raised almost $3 million in 10 years.
Doug "Lazy" Williams was a host at one of the participating stations, The End 107.9. The car crash that landed him in the hospital in several years ago paralyzed another occupant in the car and left Doug with chronic back pain.
"Doug's station was a big fundraiser for us," said Jacqueline Kay-Mills, development officer of community giving and Children's Miracle Network. "The ECLS program is a biggie. The Children's Miracle Network money funded the program and the training needed to bring it to UC Davis — including training for use on adults — as well as recent upgrades to the equipment."
Since 2005, UC Davis Medical Center has performed about 20-24 ECLS cases per year, the majority of them neonates. But training has been extended so that adult patients like Williams can also benefit.
"The mission of Children's Miracle Network is connecting and inspiring community support for the healthiest children and families we are privileged to serve," said Mills. "Doug and his efforts show how you can improve lives and transform health care through innovation. Amazing!"


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If I have an ordered set of objects (for concreteness, say they're integers) $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, I might call it a tuple of integers.
Perhaps, though, I have an set of integers $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ but the order is only defined up to cyclical permutation (imagine they're sitting at distinct points along a circle); so $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ is the same as $(x_2,\ldots,x_n,x_1)$. I thus can't call this a "tuple of integers" because that would imply there is a canonical ordering. Is there some standard term I can use, besides the unweildy phrase "cyclically ordered set of integers"?

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Sabres vs. Canadiens – 3.29.09March 28, 2009
First Period
– Like the Sabres, I spent today in Canada. I went to Ikea in Burlington, and then on the way home, did the touristy thing and walked around Niagara Falls, ON. I've said it before, but the Canadian side of the Falls is so much cooler than the American side. It has the better view and the totally cheesy tourist attractions that make it so much fun. I walked up Clifton Hill (which, between the Hill and the 7 flights of stairs walk to my car, means that my legs are screaming at me now) and walked along the Falls. The weather is still cold enough that the water coming over the Falls has caused ginormous blocks of ice to form at the base of both the Horseshoe and American Falls. The ice formations were absolutely gorgeous, and the ones at the base of the Horseshoe Falls were home to a number of seagulls. Also, why are the Timbits so much better in Canada than they are here?
– I'm liking that the Sabres crease has again become a no-touch zone for the opposition. Gaustad and Kaleta prove on the first Montreal shift that they will not tolerate any liberties in or around the crease. What made the situation funnier was that Miller was trying to sneak out of the crease and away from the fists of fury.
– The two minute penalty on Lapierre was bullshit. That was a nasty hit that could have seriously injured Kaleta. Lapierre should have been given a minumum four minutes, if not thrown out of the game.
– Holy hell, the Rivet / Kostopolous fight was hot. Remind me to cross the street if I see an angry Craig Rivet heading my way. Kevin Sylvester interrupts to tell us that Rivet was screaming at Kostopolous that 'this was Round One.' Oh lord, this game is going to get out of control quickly.
– There was a shot of three Sabres lined up in the penalty box after the Rivet fight. With Rivet, Kaleta and Moore in there, things were kind of tight. But we were at least treated to shirtless Rivet, so thank the broadcast gods for that.
– Hank takes a deflected shot off of his forehead, so while he's off getting checked out and Rivet is in the box, the Sabres play with only four defensemen.
Ryan: "Oh shit, he's bleeding. What do we do?"
Toni: "Usually with the kids, I kiss it and make it all better. I ain't kissing Hank."
Ryan: "Don't look at me. I don't do owies."
– WHOOO! Mair tips a shot past Carey Price to make it 1-0, Buffalo. Someone forgot to cover Mair, as he was wide open to the left of Price. Memo to the Habs: just because he's not a scorer doesn't mean he should be ignored.
Second Period
– I often wonder if Harry Neale's repeated use of "the Buffalo player" during a call is him honestly not knowing who is involved in the play or if he's just trying to be generic and leave the details to RJ?
– WHOO! Timmy rips a bullet past Price for the Sabres second goal of the night. And a power play goal, no less.
– RJ: "These guys have got to get off, but they can't do it." I think they have medicine for that now.
– Harry Neale mentions that Timmy's goal earlier tonight gives Timmy 17 for the season, which is a career high. It's kind of sad that he's such a talented player and has only ever had 16 goals in a season. I know the concussions and crap have hindered him in the production department, but I had no idea his numbers were that low. I want to see him get 20 by the end of the year.
– Higgins rips a shot from the dot past Miller to make it 2-1, Buffalo.
– Rivet somehow gets hurt during a flurry in the Buffalo zone. He skates off the ice, doubled over, and we're treated to several shots of him on the bench shaking out his right hand and applying ice to it. In addition, RJ notes that Kaleta has not reappeared on the Buffalo bench for the second period. I wonder if he got his bell rung after that hit in the first and his better angels talked him out of returning for the rest of the game,.
– In the dirty play department, Butler was cross checked in the back of the head, and Roy got a stick tap in the face. It's all fun and games until someone gets seriously hurt, boys.
– RJ tries to inject a little levity into the game, as the Sabres and Habs tussle after yet again another stop by Price leads to a tussle in front of the net. RJ wonders how many times he's said "and here we go' during the game. Not that the chippy is getting out of control or anything.
– The Bell Centre PA System is playing "99 Luftballoons" during a stoppage in play. Awesome.
– Shit. Montreal ties it at two on a wraparound by Koivu.
– Double shit, Montreal takes a lead on a Kovalev power play goal. Stupid fucking Hecht takes a retaliatory cross checking penalty as he was removed from the puck on a breakaway. Meanwhile, Derek Roy is off for repairs after taking a stick to someplace where sticks should not go.
– I knew I should have picked up some alcohol at the Duty Free on my way home from Canuckistan. I'm not liking where this game is headed.
– During the intermission, Timmy kind of gives Kevin Sylvester an "are you fucking kidding me" look during their intermission conversation. Kevin Sylvester brought up the fact that tonight Timmy scored his career high in goals, and will he think about that now or after the game. Timmy pissily (and rightly so) replies that all he's thinking about is the next 20 minutes, and how it's the most important 20 minutes of the season. I liked seeing the fire coming out of Timmy, but do want to point out that we wouldn't be hinging an entire season on one fucking period if the earlier parts of the season hadn't been such a hot mess.
Third Period
– "Ambition without determination has no destination.' – Reportedly Lindy's game quote for the day.I'm surprised that perspiration or some other -ation didn't appear in the quote as well.
– WHOO! Clarke MacArthur scores his 15th goal of the season to tie the game at 3. If he would have missed the wide open net, I might have thrown my shoe at the TV.
– Sweet German on a bratwurst, Hecht continues his suckitude tonight by flipping the puck out of play. Real good, Jochen. Real good. Well, at least this penalty didn't cost the Sabres as the PK performs admirably, including a nice shorthanded chance by Timmy.
– Whoever decided that the song with the annoying "put your hands up in the air" lyrics needed to be a part of any arena rotation should be taken out back and shot. Thank you.
– Harry reports that Sekera hasn't played a shift in the third period, but doesn't know if he's hurt or just in the doghouse. My vote is for doghouse. Sekera was brutal earlier tonight.
Overtime/Skills Competition
– RJ shares the comforting stat that the home team has won every game in this series so far. Great, just great.
– Bob Gainey looks like he's in need of an enema or something. Dude looks uptight.
– Four-on-four blahblahblah. The game will be decided in the skills competition.
– Timmy's the first Buffalo shooter and there's a brief delay while the refs sort out the paperwork. Timmy looks like his pissed at the delay. The mom unit cracks that every minute this game is delayed is one less minute the boys can spend at a bar when they get back to Buffalo.
– Miller stops Kovalev and Price stops Staffy.
– Next up Tanguay is biffed by Miller, who deflects it over top of the net. Pommers whiffs his shot off the fucking crossbar.
– Miller stops Koivu point blank on the final regulation shootout.
– And I beg to differ with Harry Neale. The shootout is not exciting. Hockey is a team sport and should not be decided on an individual effort.
– Price stops Roy and Miller stops Markov to complete Round 4.
– Price stops Vanek's attempt for the top corner and Miller stops Plekanec to finalize Round 5.
– Holy flirkin schnitt. Toni Lydman scores in the shootout. Turns out its the game winner as Miller makes the save on the Montreal player. I was kind of having flashbacks to Hank scoring on Marty Brodeur last year. It's amazing what happens when you put the less conventional players out in the shootout, eh?
– So, as it stands right now, the Sabres are four points behind Montreal for eighth. Things just got a heck of a lot more interesting. Never a dull moment in the Buff, right?
– Ooh, commercial for a free chicken wrap snacker at Timmy Ho's on 4/1 between 1130-2. Sweet. And Wednesday is also free medium coffee day at Dunkin Donuts.


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Ferry from Hell: Athens to Santorini June 28, 2009Posted by pacejmiller in Travel.
Tags: Athens, Athens to Santoniri, Boat, Ferry, Greece, Greek Islands, Melos, Milos, Santorini, Sea Jet, Superjet
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Most people who visit Greece will find an opportunity to visit at least one of the Greek islands, most probably in the Cyclades. Flights can be rather expensive and can sell out quickly (especially during peak season), so venturing out by sea is generally the preferred choice. There are plenty of ferry companies competing for your services, so shop around and make an informed choice. The following is a true short story of sorts chronicling the nightmarish trip we took from Piraeus (the Athens port) to the beautiful island of Santorini by Superjet (of the Sea Jet company), supposedly the fastest way there by water.
Or so we thought…
Ferry from Athens (Piraeus) to Santorini (Thira)
Flights from Athens to Santorini only take 30-45 minutes, but each ticket costs around 115-120 Euros. On the other hand, the fastest ferry, Superjet, takes only 5 hours (whereas the slower ones can take as long as 8 or 9 hours) and less than half the price. Factor in the time for check-in at the airport and immigration and collecting luggage, we thought that a flight would not save that much time compared to a fast ferry, so we went with the cheaper option. We booked online and got the tickets mailed to us in advance.
[Note that Santorini is also known as Thira and the main town on the island is called Fira, so don't get confused!]
An ominous start
Our departure time was 7:15am, but its's a good idea to get there around an hour earlier because there is very limited luggage space, and there's also another very important reason which I explain below. So we departed our hotel by 6am by taxi. Things did not get off to a great start when the taxi driver got lost at the port of Piraeus, and directions requested from ground staff were not exactly accurate. Nevertheless we got there, still relatively early and towards the front of the queue that was already forming by the smallish, pink and white ferry.
We got on board and stashed our luggage by the back door and found our seats at the very first row, right in the centre. As it turned out, the Superjet was no luxury cruise for passengers to enjoy. It was simply a speedy mode of transportation. There were just rows and rows of seats and not much else. No tables, no common area to chill out, only one mini-bar on the ground floor. The upper deck was for smokers. No one would be allowed to go outside to catch some sea breeze or enjoy the views. It was going to be a long 5 hours.
Before long, crowds were flocking in and the seats soon filled up. It became clear that there was not enough space for people to put their luggage, as the bags and suitcases began flooding into the isles and every empty space passengers came across. Here's a photo of the emergency exit, situated right in front of where we sat.
That wasn't all.
Minutes before departure, a worried-looking, slim, curly-haired lady stood in front of us and told us that we were sitting in her seat. We told her she was wrong, but somehow she just kept standing there. When her friend arrived, she told us again, and we asked her to show us her ticket. Turns out she got the ticket number confused with the seat number (it was all in Greek, so it was pretty confusing), which we pointed out to her. Embarrassed, she moved on to the seats beside us, but oddly enough, they were also occupied.
Then some quiet bickering commenced, which started to turn heads when it got loud. The girls sped off with their luggage, and the remaining group told everyone that the girls had gotten on the wrong boat! However, the girls soon returned with an attendant. Actually, they were on the right boat, and those were their seats, but the seats had been double-booked. The ferry company screwed up. The girls had to be moved upstairs, among the smokers.
See what I meant when I said it was a good idea to get there early?
The Ferry from Hell
We were scheduled to arrive at Santorini at 12 noon. Even though the ferry left slightly late (around 7:30), I wasn't concerned at all. Not yet anyway.
The first few hours passed quite smoothly, and by about 10am, we were already wondering what we were going to do for the afternoon in Santorini.
Then, the boat started to rock. A lot. So much so that I was starting to feel nauseous. My mother vomited into a bag beside me. So did dozens of people by the sound of things behind me. I didn't dare look back as I was close to joining them myself. I was very proud actually, as I considered myself the King of Vomit (having once literally exhausted all the vomit bags on a long haul flight – this was before I discovered the miracle drug that is Xanax – now it's all smooth flying).
It was awful. Think Lardass and the pie-eating contest from Stand By Me. The attendant lady was busy running around dishing out more vomit bags, almost tripping over the luggage piled up where they shouldn't be.
My dad, who fancies himself as a bit of a pressure point master, started to tap his fingers on the top of my head, kind of like a massage. Surprisingly, it really helped with the nausea. Within a few minutes everyone on the boat was doing it!
It was around 11:30am (just 20 minutes from the scheduled arrival time) when a poor English speaker announced that we were going to arrive 20 minutes late at the island of Melos (or Milos). It wasn't until after we arrived at Melos that we were told that we had to turn around because of poor weather, and we wouldn't be leaving the dock for another hour and a half (ie 1:30pm). And as it turned out, Melos was another 2 hours from Santorini, so the earliest we would be getting there is 3:30pm. Seeing that there wasn't much we could do, we decided to make the best of it and go grab a bite to eat near the pier.
The Waiting Game
After a hasty lunch with our eyes fixated on the boat in the distance, we hurried back and crowded around the attendant lady who announced (with a barely audible voice) that the weather was still no good and the boat would not be leaving until 3:30pm now. After much of the crowd dispersed, she spoke to the captain again and changed her tune, saying that 2:30pm was a possibility. But what about all those people that heard 3:30 and wouldn't be back until then? I guess it would be bad luck if the boat took off without them.
So we went back out, sitting by the water, grabbing an ice cream and waiting for the time to tick by. By now we just wanted to get to Santorini before dinner. We could still catch the sunset!
At 2:30pm, we went back, and fair enough, the wait was now until 3:30. At 3:30, we went back and were told that it would now be 5:30. And if at 5:30 it wasn't ready to go then the boat would head back to Athens. Frustrated, we headed back to the boat. Given how unpredictable things were, we decided to stick close to base. A nap, some light reading and sudoku passed the time.
Just when we thought things could not get much worse, at about 5pm we heard a commotion at the back of the boat.
My wife and I raced there to see an attendant surrounded by people (by now more like an angry mob). We were fortunate to squeeze into a space beside her, and heard her say that the boat was about to head back to Athens! There was another big boat departing Melos at 9:30pm tonight to Santorini, and another at midnight – these would not be affected by the waves like our small Superjet. Otherwise we'd have to wait and catch the 10:20am Superjet the next morning. There were mixed messages and rumours floating around about whether the company was going to pay for the night of accommodation. We'd have to sort everything out ourselves at the ticket office in Melos. Truthfully, we were just glad that unlike 60-70% of the rest of the boat, we heard what we did.
We split up. My wife would grab my parents and I would race to the ticket office near the pier to arrange new tickets. Upon exiting the back door, I was caught up in a frenzied crowd. Dozens of people who didn't want to go back to Athens were trying to get on the boat, while those who didn't were trying to get off, creating a massive logjam at the bridge connecting the boat with land. The boat's captain was stuck in the middle, trying to explain to dozens of others (without the aid of a loud speaker) what was happening.
It was one of the most chaotic scenes I had ever witnessed in my life.
Quick thinking ensued and I literally jumped off the boat. It was the only way I could avoid being crushed by the crowd swarming in from both ends, neither side willing to budge. I raced up to the ticket office, and fortunately, I was only third in line, and there were two people helping at the counter.
About 10 minutes later, I was still third in line, and the line behind me had now extended far into the streets. There was a lot of confusion, and the ticket office really didn't have a clue, the staff arguing amongst themselves over whether a refund would be granted, whether they would issue tickets on the spot or they'd get the tickets from somewhere else, and whether they'd gather everyone's tickets in one go or do it individually.
Furthermore, there was no ferry at 9:30pm. It was either the slow midnight ferry which would arrive at Santorini by 6am, or the 10:20am fast ferry the next morning, which would arrive by noon.
Needless to say, some people were now hanging by a thread, emotionally speaking. People behind us complained that they had booked expensive, non-refundable tours in Santorini for that day or early next morning. Some girls said they had to get to Santorini that night to attend a wedding. One guy said he had been trying to get home for 3 days. Another little dude pushed to the front and began slapping the counter with one hand while holding his tickets in the other. His voice was breaking and it seemed like he would burst into tears any second. He may have been the groom. Us losing a night of accommodation in Santorini didn't seem so bad in comparison.
Anyway, after another 20 minutes, it was finally my turn. We opted for the midnight snail ferry that would take 6 hours. We had no choice, considering that would be our only day in Santorini and we didn't want to waste any more time. As I grabbed my replacement tickets and headed out the door of the travel agency, the line had gotten even longer. At this rate there was no guarantee people at the back would even make it to the front of the counter by midnight! Naturally, I was swarmed by people wanting to know what the deal was.
Oh, and by the way, according to the travel agency, there was apparently another big ferry which docked next to us at around 4pm that could have taken us to Santorini by that day (though this was refuted by some). Unfortunately the staff on our Superjet boat forgot to mention it.
With another 6 hours on our hands, we decided it was time to tour the island of Melos. The tourism office was open and the lady there was very friendly and helpful. We took a cab up to the village of Plaka, with its traditional narrow pathways and pretty white and blue buildings. It only took about 30 minutes but it was well worth it. We followed that up with a hearty dinner, some more icecream and then a leisurely stroll along the banks. Melos wasn't anything special but at least we got to experience another island.
Given everything that had happened, we weren't going to relax until we got on that boat. And it did come, eventually, after several false alarms, at just after midnight. We were crammed into the lower deck, with rows of wide seats that were slightly more comfortable than what you would get on a Business Class flight. Good enough for us. We were exhausted and we needed to get some sleep. After all, we needed to cram a day and a half of activities in Santorini into one.
We finally arrived at Santorini at around 6:30am, roughly 23 hours after departing Athens and 18.5 hours after the scheduled arrival.
If you've read this far, then I don't really need to say it, but I will, just in case. Avoid taking small boats when island hopping in Greece. Chances are, you won't be as unlucky as we were, but apparently our experience was not uncommon. Play it safe. The larger ferries may be slower, but at least you're more or less guaranteed to get there on time. And they're cheaper too.


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Russia's prime minister says the women in the Pussy Riot punk band serving two-year prison sentences should be set free.
Three members of the band were convicted on hooliganism charges in August for performing a "punk prayer" at Moscow's main cathedral, in which they pleaded with the Virgin Mary for deliverance from President Vladimir Putin.
One of them, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was released on appeal last month, but the other two, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, were sent to prison camps to serve their sentences.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. He made a similar statement before October's appeals hearings, fueling speculation about their possible release.
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and that they burn up 16 pounds (sometimes down to 8 pounds) of honey to make a pound of wax. Which is basically irrelevant as they build the comb more slowly and time is the issue. Drawn comb makes more honey, not because of the COST of wax but the TIME to make the comb.
a strong colony of bees will make almost as much comb honey as extracted honey on a strong honey flow.
If you've ever eaten comb honey you'd taste the difference. It's like the differece between buying ground coffee and griding it fresh.
His point, and my point, is that the gain with drawn comb is that the bees have somewhere to store even a short sudden flow.
Under these circumstances there is a very noticable difference between already drawn comb and when they have to draw it before they can store the nectar.
There IS a difference in taste. Its almost like an honey version of "Pop Rocks" when you chew the comb and the cells bust open in your mouth.


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Senei Van Canna is trying to get some Uechi people and friends, who play soccer, and make up some teams to play at summer camp. My son in law is a good soccer player, is still playing activly. He can play and can bring any number of players to help fill up some teams so there can be some really good competion. Any soccer players out there who want to jump in, get hold of Van or even me. I will help all I can. I even volunteered to be second base. I know nothing much about soccer.
Get moving on this asap so Van can get an idea of how many teams can be put together. Something else that can make this another great Summer Camp. Looking forward to seeing all of you there.
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Idle reduction has to be among the most daunting challenges in trucking. It's habitual, it's sometimes necessary and it's terribly expensive. Fleets and owner-operators seeking workable and cost-effective solutions to idling have been stymied by a combination of barriers, including a lack of unbiased data about the true performance gains offered by these technologies.
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has just published its third Confidence Report, 'Idle Reduction Solutions,' intended to help end users and manufacturers determine whether to adopt a specific technology or set of solutions. This one focuses on idle reduction solutions. It includes a best practices study and draws on interviews with large fleets and owner-operators that use the various solutions. It also boasts a calculation too to help operators of Class 8 over-the-road sleeper trucks determine which technology, or multiple technologies will offer the best payback in specific applications.
"This is a comprehensive, unbiased account on the solutions available to lower the cost of providing a comfortable sleeper environment for truckers," notes Mike Roeth, executive director of NACFE. "The study team conducted hundreds of interviews with end users, manufacturers, truck builders and others. 19 technologies are detailed, 5 common fleet strategies shared and nearly 40 suppliers specification sheets are included in an appendix."
The report looks at nine separate technology groups, broken down further into 19 separate solutions, and documents each solution's strengths and weaknesses. It also offers end-user perspectives and experiences, and tries to clarify some of the language used to describe the various solutions.
The Confidence Report also contains a tool for comparing different solutions, which Roeth says can be a substantial challenge given the many available options and considerations.
"The idea is to help fleet owners and operators choose the right technology for their specific operation," he says. "Some of the areas to consider in choosing the right technology fit for a fleet include the amount of time spent idling, the climate where the truck operates, the variability of routes traveled, whether the driver is always driving a particular truck or rotating and the amount of upfront capital the buyer has."
The report also includes a detailed list of manufacturers' specification sheets on many of the solutions along with links to useful tools such as payback calculators, regulatory items and newsletters that include grant opportunities for buyers.
The technologies considered in this report include:
1. Fuel-Operated Heaters, including; Fuel-Operated Air Heaters and Fuel-Operated Coolant Heaters
2. Auxiliary Power Units, including; Diesel APUs, Battery APUs and Thermal Storage Systems
3. Automatic Engine Start/Stop Systems
4. Vehicle Electrification, including; Inverters & Battery Chargers and Solar Energy Capture
5. Truck Stop Electrification
6. Off-board AC Power (also known as shore power)
7. Driver/Vehicle Behavior Controls, including Electronic Engine Idle Parameters, Driver Training and Driver Incentives
8. Additional Vehicle Systems, including Additional Cab Insulation, Light-Color Paint, Additional CPAP Battery and Ultracapacitor Starting Systems.
9. Sleeping Quarters, including Hotels and Dormitories.
The real benefit of this report is the heavy reliance on end-user experience. Manufacturer claims can rarely be relied up to proved a 100-percent accurate picture of the costs associated with a specific product. There's also the reality that while a product may suit one fleet and application perfectly, it may not suit another's. NACFE's Idle Reduction Confidence Report provides an unbiased look at the effectiveness of these technologies and a real-world look at how industry has taken advantage of their benefits and overcome their drawbacks.
"Eliminating idling entirely is an unrealistic demand for the industry today and one which fails to recognize the human needs of sleeper-cab drivers to maintain comfortable working conditions," the report suggests. "A key finding of the Confidence Report overall is that the opinions, preferences, and knowledge of drivers are crucial to both the decision to install an idle-reduction technology and to the successful implementation of the chosen technology."
NACFE's Other Confidence Reports
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has published two other Confidence Reports, along with several Executive Reports on other fuel saving strategies and technologies.
This series includes Tire Pressure Systems (August 2013), 6x2 Axle Configurations (January 2014), and this latest report on Idle Reduction Solutions. Two more Confidence Reports are in the works, one on Automated Transmissions; the other on Driver Coaching Aids. See the links below for reports that are now available on the NACFE website.


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Before gene therapy becomes practical for treating human diseases, researchers must master the details of safe and effective delivery. Cardiology researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have advanced delivery techniques by creating a versatile synthetic material that can bind to a variety of gene therapy vectors and can be custom-designed for controlled local release of therapeutic genes at a disease site.
In an animal study, the research team used their new synthetic formulation to bind adenoviruses to bare metal stents, tiny metal scaffolds inside the carotid arteries of rats. Adenovirus served as a gene therapy vector to carry genes for an enzyme that significantly reduced restenosis, the hazardous narrowing of a blood vessel that often occurs despite the presence of a stent designed to hold it open.
Although the materials are in an early stage, the hope is that this method may help to treat artery disease in people. "We developed a synthetic gene delivery system that can be used for any gene therapy vector, not just adenoviruses," said study leader Robert J. Levy, M.D., the William J. Rashkind Chair of Pediatric Cardiology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Furthermore, this new formulation allows us to increase the dosage of gene therapy vectors delivered, and we can tune the materials for sustained release over a longer time period."
Levy's group reported its study this week in the online version of the journal Circulation, published by the American Heart Association.
Over the past decade, stents have become increasingly useful in treating constricted blood vessels in heart disease and in peripheral artery disease. Stents, which expand partially blocked blood vessels to improve circulation, may be made of bare metal or may have a coating of polymers that release drugs.
Neither type is ideal. Polymer coatings cause inflammation in vessels, which may lead to new bottlenecks at the same time the coating releases drugs meant to reduce vessel injury. Bare metal stents produce less inflammation, but without the benefit of drug delivery. Previously, in a proof-of-principle study in animals, Levy's group attached to stents an extremely thin layer of protein, one molecule thick, containing adenovirus vectors that delivered genes that successfully inhibited restenosis. However, that method had serious limitations; it operated only within a narrow range of temperatures and acidity levels, and was useable only with adenovirus vectors.
The new formulation, said Levy, is more robust, more controllable and adaptable to any virus used as a gene therapy vector, not just adenoviruses. His team synthesized three components into a complex that tethers viral vectors to stent surfaces. One of the three components is an amplifier that increases the dose of gene vector more than fourfold over the previous formulation.
In addition, by varying another component, the stent can be tuned to release vector at a controlled rate that can theoretically be tailored to a schedule appropriate for the particular treatment. "Prior studies have shown that 90 percent of the gene vector is released within 12 to 24 hours, after which vessel blockages regrow," said Levy. "In this study, the stents had significant coverage of the vector seven days later--and less restenosis. Our goal is to customize the materials to allow peak release of the vector when it can have the maximum benefit."
The adenovirus vector carries genes that code for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), a protein that controls cell damage in blood vessels. In the current study, the iNOS reduced restenosis by 56 percent in the carotid arteries of treated rats, as compared with control animals.
Although this particular study used adenovirus vectors, said Levy, the synthetic formulation could tether any other type of viral gene therapy vector to the metal stents. It might also carry other therapeutic agents in addition to gene vectors. Further studies, he added, will refine these methods and investigate them in larger animal models that more closely simulate human vessel disease.
The National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association provided grant support for the research. Levy's co-authors from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are Ilia Fishbein, M.D., Ph.D.; Ivan Alferiev, Ph.D.; Marina Bakay, Ph.D.; Stanley J. Stachelek, Ph.D.; Peter Sobelewski, Ph.D.; Meizan Lai, M.D.; and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hoon Choi, Ph.D.; and I-W Chen, Ph.D.
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Features a green monster holding Houdini captive in his Water Torture Cell.
Reads, The Hull Palace, dated Monday, January 27, 1912. (see detail below)
Printed the first year Houdini introduced the Water Torture Cell act.
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Despite budget cuts, test scores are up in the state's lowest performing schools over the past three years. And the jump was even higher in low-performing schools who, under a new state program, received extra money to hire instructors and improve teacher training.
Results from the program (established in 2006 as part of the settlement of a lawsuit over state school funding) show that low-performing schools in the program saw greater increases in their Academic Performance Index scores than low-performing schools that weren't part of the program. This is particularly impressive given overall budget cuts to education during this period.
The California Teachers Assn., the biggest backer of this program, is touting the results. What's less clear is what worked: was it the additional money for hiring, or the resulting reduction of class size, or the greater emphasis on teacher training? Or something else?
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John Fensterwald has more thoughts on this data at Educated Guess.


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Borderlands 2 DLC Devs Kickstart Their New Game
Triptych Games, the developers behind Borderlands 2's Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt and Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty downloadable content packs, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming game called Fuzzy Slaughter.
With research showing that cute animals make for a tastier sandwich, these fuzzy little furballs have decided to wage a vengeful war against the global industrial meat complex.
The PITA! Sandwich corporation won't take this animal revolution lying down, as they've commissioned rats, armadillos, and other baddies to take down the fuzzies. With upgrades and a rage meter that unlocks abilities and special moves to demolish your enemies, Fuzzy Slaughter is hoping its action driven storyline will attract a devoted following.
The goal is to raise money for a digital release on Steam for Windows, Linux, and Mac. For a $10 pledge, gamers will receive a free digital download of Fuzzy Slaughter as soon as it's released. For a $5,000 pledge, fans will have lunch with the developers, receive a special care package, and take an early look at the game's development. As a stretch goal, If Triptych Games raises $360,000, the developers will focus on an Xbox 360 version of the 4 player co-op game.
Fuzzy Slaughter needs to reach $50,000 in funding by Wednesday, March 6th, 2013. Watch the video below and check out the Kickstarter for more information Let us know if you plan on helping fund this adorably brutal beat 'em up!


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The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.And I thought of another old observation that applies to all of us: generals are always ready to fight the last war.
I fear being the unwitting subjects of beautiful theories is part of the human condition. But it explains the fury of internet outrage, when people angrily promote vaguely-understand ideas that are no longer relevant, and may have never been as useful as their first promoters believed.


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Nestled among the toes of Bree Hill, along one of the cobbled streets winding up the hillside sits a small, two story house surrounded by a white picket fence. Window boxes filled to overflowing with brightly colored flowers hang below the windows on the ground floors and the walls, freshly whitewashed, gleam in stark contrast to them and the lush green ivy climbing the trellis bordering the door on both sides. It is a cozy looking house, one of many that line the streets of Bree, but there is one difference-- next to the door hangs a sign, lettered in bold, flowing script- The Old Grey Mares' Reading Room.
The atmosphere reflected on the outside is continued on the inside. The main floor is one large room paneled in light golden oak that lends a warm, welcoming glow to visitors during the daylight hours. Small, matching fireplaces were at opposite ends of the room, their cheery fires adding light and warmth during the nighttime hours or grey, dreary days
On the walls of the room are row upon row of book filled shelves interspersed with landscape paintings and tapestries depicting the varying landscapes found throughout Middle Earth. Comfortable chairs are strategically placed so that no matter what time of day or night there was sure to be light from either windows, firelight or oil lamps placed on a nearby tables.
A door tucked away in the corner behind by a row of shelves, slowly swung open and a slightly disheveled person walked into the room. It was a middle aged woman, wearing a pair of light weight woolen trousers and a cream colored cotton shirt. The shirt tail was pulled out in the front, the woman using it to wipe off the something held in the crook of her arm.
"Aerin! Where are you?" Dark eyes, set in a plain, dirt streaked face sparkled with excitement as she looked around the room.
"Up here," A voice answered from the opposite side of the room. Standing on a ladder propped against the wall, Aerin was dusting the top level of a row of shelves that nearly reached the ceiling. She turned, a look of surprise coming to her face as she looked across the room at Hunter. "What have you been doing?"
"I've been digging around in the cellar!" Hunter laughed.
The expression 'digging in the cellar' was a phrase often used by an old friend of hers whenever he'd gone in search of something prized that hadn't been seen or used in a long time. Though long vanished from these lands, her old friend was not far from her thoughts these days. It was from talking with him about stories she had heard of that she first started to search out the tales being spun by storytellers and why the first glimmer of a place to collect them had come into being. She felt they needed to be preserved and readily accessible to everyone, kept in one place, not scattered around the country side where only a few, such as she, knew where to find them.
"Come see what I found." In the crook of one arm she held a stack of books. They were old, some of them a bit worn around the edges but still in good condition. She ran her hand fondly across the topmost book as Aerin climbed down the ladder.


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In the spirit of setting new goals and making positive changes as we start the new year, we're putting together a mini-series of posts on "New Year's Resolutions with LastPass". Our little tips and reminders will contain simple steps that help increase your online security in 2012, and ensure you get the most benefit out of the features LastPass has to offer to improve your digital life.
First up, let's take stock of the data stored in your LastPass account with the LastPass Security Check! Located in your LastPass Icon under the Tools menu, the LastPass Security Check analyzes the passwords stored in your LastPass account.
When you open and run the Security Check, you are given a score from 0 to 100 and ranked amongst LastPass users who have taken the test before, based on such factors as the strength and uniqueness of your passwords, the number of passwords stored in LastPass, and the use of multifactor authentication with your account.
You might be surprised by the results – most people underestimate the number of logins they have stored, and the number of old passwords still lurking there.
If you've run the Security Check before, you will see a graph charting the history of your performance over time – hopefully showing improvements as you've continued to use LastPass!
Take a minute today to run the Security Check and review your numbers. We won't get into the work right now of raising your score, but let's use it as an opportunity to see how your passwords are doing, and see where there are some areas for improvement. Do you have a lot of old logins with old, simple passwords? Are you still using the same passwords across multiple sites?
If you answered "yes", or just generally see room for improvement, our upcoming posts will help you up your score and get back on track!
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text: As a die-hard fan tried-and-true Cornhuskers spirit is all you know. Flaunt your sound team dedication with the Heritage hoodie featuring a bold team logo between the school name and the sport of your choice in cotton twill lettering on the front. As an added bonus the graphics will fray a little more with each wash so you can intensify the look of your lasting Cornhuskers pride!


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well, I guess it's problem of charging stations if and how they want to get money for charging, not the user problem...
But if you mean paying on places which wasn't supposed to be charging station, does Model S show how much enegry is in the battery? Maybe it's as easy as look at the actual SoC before and after charging and calculate the difference yourself or doesn't even Model S show exactly how much energy was charged?
I think it shouldn't be such a problem...
btw: using supercharger is free, so you don't pay anything there :)
Solar City sells more power from solar arrays than it uses, so that's how it's paid for.
Blink does it by how long you are attached, so if you are parked for ten hours but your charge ended at one hour you are charged for ten hours.
Some fast-charger operators here in Norway are considering a subscription-based model. Customers will pay a flat monthly fee for the right to unlimited charging at any of the providers charging stations.
You have to remember that electricity is pretty darned cheap. The major costs the operator has to recover is for the site, the charger and installation... plus a little for profit :)
For example, an 85 kWh battery will use about kr 60 worth of electricity to recharge from zero. My guess is that the fast-chargers we've been installing here in Norway have cost around kr 500,000 on average (including costs for charger, installation, site and in some cases the need to upgrade the distribution network).
So even at a 100% mark-up on the electricity price, it will still take the operator at least 8333 recharges to break even. Include costs for maintenance and back-office/payment system and the number goes even higher...
Food for thought :)
In the province of Quebec you pay 2,5$ per fill. It is not dependant of the time you are plugged.
The free supercharger concept really sets Tesla ahead of the EV pack, you do not see Fiskar offering that to its customers. Another smart move by Elon...
Fisker barely qualifies as an also-ran compared to TM.
Fiskers lack the reliability to actually make it to a charging station (without something falling off).


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Vote on it - The most versatile AEG? (1999-11-02)To loyal readers of this column, I must first extend an apology for skipping a week. At the risk of opening myself up to a hose of flames, I'll venture this week to address the age old question of "Which is the best airsoft AEG?".
In my own humble opinion, the MP5SD series satisfies this question best. If you had asked me which AEG was the best in a particular category, I may have answered otherwise but in terms of versatility, realism, ability to take all sorts of accessories, upgrades in power, and so on, the MP5 series has withstood the test of time as a clear winner. Its continued popularity only supports this theory (trust us on this way...we know what we're talking about!).
Many of you will undoubtedly ask why? When I classify an AEG as the best, I believe that means an AEG that can grow with you as you become more experienced in the sport. The MP5 series weapons can take a large assortment of add-ons including all sorts of scopes, lighting accessories, and other fancy (and most often not necessarily needed) equipment. Now most weapons can take this stuff easily using universal mounts, but being able to tack on a ridiculous amount of accessories and still have a gun that looks balanced, integrated, and basically damn good looking, is another story. OK so it's not as heavy as the real thing and some might point out that "Hey, the CAR-15 weighs exactly as much as the real steel and has more metal parts"...but hey, I can tell you from experience that the MP5 series is 50 times if not more popular than these other more "realistic" weapons. Of course, apart from the ability to take accessories, there is undeniably an insane amount of replacement parts for the MP5 series such as gearboxes, power upgrades, metal parts...so much that you can replace EVERY single piece on the stock gun into metal (which I've done and feel quite silly sometimes lugging around an insanely heavy piece of airsoft while battling for hours under intense tropical sun).
Well alright the MP5 series is definitely a winner but why did we single out the SD series? Simple. The SD is the only AEG that can take a tracer unit as a direct replacement to it's stock silencer and therefore keep the stock look of the gun even after installation. The result is an incredibly real looking airsoft (at night of course) when the "silencer" is flashing off rounds in the opponents face. Shoot the tracer mounted SD in a dark room and the walls around you flash from the "report" of the tracer! (Very cool looking I must add!) And for you folks who don't care about the tracer, the silencer gives you the option to extend the inner barrel out to the tip of the silencer. Now while you lose the silencer effect, seasoned airsofters know that a longer inner barrel means increased accuracy and power. Finally for those who have bought our theory thus far and are wondering which model they should get...upgrade freaks should opt for the SD5 such that the solid stock can accommodate a 8.4v 2000mah or 3000mah to push that really stiff spring. For those moderate folks who want to upgrade to about a 210% (or not even at all), I would recommend the SD6 for it's increased versatility and (in our opinion) better looks. The foregip on the SD6 can only take a 1500mah or 1700mah battery that has less "pushing" power.
Having said all this, does this mean you should run out and grab one for yourself? It's a matter of preference and we've found that the latest infatuation with RIS rail systems has made pretty much every airsoft AEG as versatile as the MP5 in terms of accessories. But do they look as good?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :-)
By Tom Stace (October 2003)
Best AEG? After reading an article on the best AEG I was very dissapointed as the MP5SD came in on top. I am dissapointed because I own the P90 TR and I believe(along with many others) that it far exceeds most other AEGs. Why? The silencer on the SD series does not work! a working silencer can be added but it costs. The P90 TR comes with working silencer and no replacement is needed. As we all know a longer barrel usually means greater accuracy. The SD has a 229.5 barrel but the P90 has a 247 barrel lenght. MUCH LONGER = more accuracy in a much smaller frame. The motor in the MP5SD is only an EG700 but the P90TR is EG1000. The P90 far exceeds the ROF(rate of fire) of the MP5SD. It is true that the MP5 series of weapons have many accessories and add-ons but many are not functional and most hard to attach to the gun. The P90 comes with a triple rail mount which is very easy to use. The accessories are easy to install and almost all are functional. I also believe the MP5s can start to look 'tacky.' This is obviously only my opinion and I am sure many of you out there reading this dissagree with me but I also know many of you agree with me. I am not saying you should all go out and splash out on a P90TR but I think anyone looking for an AEG should consider purchasing this Bullpup SMG for the reasons above. Thankyou for reading this article
Thanks to Tom for pointing this out. This article was written in 1999 and is probably out-dated in its views on which AEG is the most versatile. Clearly many new AEGs have been released during this time and many other options exist. :-)