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Endophenotype, Molecular Genetic Study on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2009 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
National Science Council, Taiwan
Information provided by:
National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 13, 2007
Last updated: December 14, 2009
Last verified: December 2009

The ultimate goals of this study are to identify patterns of familial aggregation with regards to categorical and dimensional approaches of ADHD and neuropsychological measures, to validate the phenotypes and endophenotypes that are close to biological expression of genders underlying ADHD, and to identify the genetic variants close to the etiological genes of ADHD in Taiwanese sample. We propose to replicate the analysis of the candidate genes identified by previous genetic studies on ADHD using the candidate gene association study design (family-based case control study using parental controls) to validate the findings from other research groups. With the accomplishment of these goals, this study will resolve controversies over inconsistent findings in previous genetic studies and contribute to the literature on the validity of ASD using clinical and genetic data.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Family-Based
Official Title: Endophenotype, Molecular Genetic Study on Attention-deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

Resource links provided by NLM:

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Biospecimen Retention:   Samples With DNA

The subjects will receive blood withdrawal. The blood sample will be used for establishing lymphoblastoid cell lines, which will be used for molecular genetic experiments

Estimated Enrollment: 200
Study Start Date: August 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2010
Detailed Description:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, is an early onset, highly heritable, clinically heterogeneous, long-term impairing disorder with tremendous impact on individuals, families, and societies. It affects 5-10% of school-aged children worldwide (7.5% in Taiwan) and 2-4% of adults. Neuropsychological deficits related to executive functions, state regulation, and delay aversion show heritability, replicated association with ADHD, and familial-genetic overlap with ADHD, are suitable for biomarkers for ADHD. Despite the abundance of molecular genetic studies on ADHD, the genetic etiologies of ADHD have been non-conclusive, and there is limited information about the expressions, endophenotypes, and genetic variants for ADHD in Chinese population. This polite study, a family-based parental control association study, aims to identify the genetic markers for ADHD using the dichotomous categorization of affected and non-affected, quantitative phenotypes (symptoms dimension and severity of ADHD) and endophenotype (neuropsychological measures) as well.

Specific Aims:

  1. to determine the components of ADHD and neuropsychological deficit with the greatest familial recurrence risks;
  2. to replicate studies with positive genetic findings from literature by performing candidate gene analysis such as DRD4, DAT1, DRD5, HTR1B, SNPA-25, 5-HTT, DBH, CHRNA4, CHRNA7 etc;
  3. to identify the potential genetic variants using haplotype tag SNPs for the following candidate genes, CHRNA4 and CHRNA7 and any updated genetic findings.

We will recruit 200 probands with ADHD, aged 7-18, and their parents (n = 400) and siblings (n= 150) in three years (50, 100, and 50 families with ADHD in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year, respectively). The measures include (1) interviews for psychopathology (K-SADS-E) and social functioning (SAICA), (2) self-administered questionnaires to measures ADHD symptoms (CPRS-R:S, CTRS-R:S, SNAP-IV and Adult ADHD rating scale) and comorbid conditions (ASRI and CBCL), and (3) Neuropsychological tests: WISC-III, CPT, CANTAB, and Time Perception Tasks. The DNA will be collected and analyzed. The transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) and quantitative TDT will be used in data analysis.

We anticipate the establishment of clinical, neuropsychological, and genetic database of 200 ADHD families, completion of the screening of several candidate genes, and identification of potential genetic variants for ADHD, and determination of their association with ADHD diagnosis and symptoms and its endophenotype in a Taiwanese sample. The long-term objectives are to identify the behavioral phenotypes and endophenotypes that are close to the biological expression of genes underlying ADHD. The findings of different approaches to identify the genetic etiologies for ADHD in this pilot study should help us to determine the most promising approach for future molecular genetic study on ADHD.

Ages Eligible for Study:   7 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

The sample will consist of 200 children and adolescents with ADHD, aged 7-18.

Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria for the proband subjects are

  • (1) that subjects have a clinical diagnosis of ADHD, or Hyperkinetic Disorder (HD) defined by the DSM-IV and ICD-10, respectively, which was made by a full-time board-certificated child psychiatrist at the first visit and following visits;
  • (2) their ages range from 7 to 18 when we conduct the study;
  • (3) subjects have at least one biological parent;
  • (4) both parents are Han Chinese; and
  • (5) subjects and their biological parents (and siblings if any) consent to participate in this study for complete phenotype assessments and blood withdraw or saliva collection for genetic study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The proband subjects will be excluded from the study if they currently meet criteria or have a history of the following condition as defined by DSM-IV:
  • Shizophrenia,
  • Schizoaffective Disorder,
  • Organic Psychosis, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
  • Moreover, the subjects will also be excluded from the study if they completely cannot cooperate with blood withdrawal, collection of saliva, or buccal swabs.
  Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00529906

Contact: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, MD, PhD +886-2-23123456 ext 66802 gaushufe@ntu.edu.tw

National Taiwan University Hospital Recruiting
Taipei, Taiwan
Contact: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, MD, PhD    +886-2-23123456 ext 66802    gaushufe@ntu.edu.tw
Principal Investigator: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, MD, PhD
Sub-Investigator: Chih-Min Liu, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Taiwan University Hospital
National Science Council, Taiwan
Principal Investigator: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, MD, PhD Dept of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided by National Taiwan University Hospital

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00529906     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 200612114R
Study First Received: September 13, 2007
Last Updated: December 14, 2009
Health Authority: Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
neuropsychological deficits
molecular genetics
candidate gene
family-based association study

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Mental Disorders
Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms

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A Study Of Atorvastatin For The Treatment Of High Cholesterol In Patients At High Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)

This study has been completed.
Information provided by:
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: March 25, 2008
Last updated: March 27, 2008
Last verified: March 2008

A study of the long-term (1 year) effectiveness of atorvastatin to keep patients of high cardiovascular risk at the LDL cholesterol goal of <115 mg/dL

Condition Intervention Phase
Drug: Atorvastatin
Phase 4

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Multicenter, Open-Label Extension Study Of High-Risk Hyperlipidemic Patients Treated With An Atorvastatin Starting Dose Adapted To Their Baseline LDL-C Level

Resource links provided by NLM:

Further study details as provided by Pfizer:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target of <115 mg/dL [ Time Frame: Week 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Achievement of LDL-C target and total cholesterol target (<190 mg/dL) concomitantly [ Time Frame: Week 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • LDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), total cholesterol, and triglyceride levels [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 6 for base study; Baseline and Weeks 17, 34, and 52 for extension study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Percent change from baseline of base study in LDL-C, HDL-C, non-HDL-C (triglycerides of >200 mg/dL), total cholesterol, and triglycerides in patients who were statin-naive at baseline of base study [ Time Frame: Baseline and Weeks 17, 34, and 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Achievement of LDL-C target grouped according to whether patients had achieved target at the start of this extension study [ Time Frame: Week 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Adverse events and laboratory test changes [ Time Frame: Weeks 17, 34, and 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Achievement of LDL-C target [ Time Frame: Weeks 17 and 34 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Achievement of LDL-C target by diabetic patients [ Time Frame: Week 52 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 196
Study Start Date: September 2003
Study Completion Date: March 2005
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm A Drug: Atorvastatin
Atorvastatin tablets at starting doses of 10, 20, 40, or 80 mg once daily. Three dose adjustments were allowed at baseline, Week 17, and Week 34. Patients who did not meet the LDL-C target at any of these time points had their doses doubled except for those who were on the 80 mg dose. Treatment was given for 52 weeks.

Ages Eligible for Study:   30 Years to 80 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Completion of base study
  • Dyslipidemia and at high risk of CHD

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Impaired liver function
  • Gastrointestinal disease that could limit drug absorption
  Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00644709

Pfizer Investigational Site
Antwerpen, Belgium, 2018
Pfizer Investigational Site
Brasschaat, Belgium, 2930
Pfizer Investigational Site
Brussels, Belgium, 1180
Pfizer Investigational Site
Genk, Belgium, B-3600
Pfizer Investigational Site
Gent, Belgium, 9000
Pfizer Investigational Site
Gilly (charleroi), Belgium, 6060
Pfizer Investigational Site
La Louvière, Belgium, 7100
Pfizer Investigational Site
Mechelen, Belgium, 2800
Pfizer Investigational Site
Menen, Belgium, 8930
Pfizer Investigational Site
Merksem, Belgium, 2170
Pfizer Investigational Site
Mortsel, Belgium, 2640
Pfizer Investigational Site
Roeselare, Belgium, 8800
Pfizer Investigational Site
Seraing, Belgium, 4100
Pfizer Investigational Site
Wilrijk, Belgium, 2610
Pfizer Investigational Site
Wingene, Belgium, 8750
Sponsors and Collaborators
Study Director: Pfizer CT.gov Call Center Pfizer
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Director, Clinical Trial Disclosure Group, Pfizer, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00644709     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: A2581112
Study First Received: March 25, 2008
Last Updated: March 27, 2008
Health Authority: Belgium: Ministry of Health

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Anticholesteremic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Hypolipidemic Agents
Lipid Regulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses

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The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified March 2010 by Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Information provided by:
Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 6, 2008
Last updated: April 4, 2011
Last verified: March 2010

Fever is one of the most common symptoms in pediatrics and one of the most common reasons for visits in pediatricians' office and pediatric emergency departments. Many parents consider fever to be the most terrifying symptom.

Ibuprofen is an effective and safe treatment for febrile children. Until recently ibuprofen was available only in tablets suspension and as a liquid gel. All these dosage form are administered orally. Rectal suppositories are often essential for treating febrile children who cannot take medications by mouth (e.g vomiting). In the current study we aim to compare the effect on fever of ibuprofen given as suspension with ibuprofen suppositories.

Condition Intervention Phase
Drug: Ibuprofen suppository
Drug: Ibuprofen Suspension
Phase 4

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Oral Versus Rectal Ibuprofen for Fever in Young Children - a Randomized Control Study.

Resource links provided by NLM:

Further study details as provided by Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Maximal change in temperature during the 4-hour period after enrollment. [ Time Frame: 4 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Proportion of patients with a drop of at least 1°C and 2°C in mean temperature at 4h. Decrement in fever at each time point, and the area under the temperature (versus time) curve. Proportion of patients with temperature < 38 at 4 hours. [ Time Frame: 4 h ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 40
Study Start Date: September 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date: June 2011
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Ibuprofen Suppository
Drug: Ibuprofen suppository
5-10mg/Kg of ibuprofen
Active Comparator: 2
Ibuprofen suspension
Drug: Ibuprofen Suspension

Ages Eligible for Study:   3 Months to 5 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Inclusion Criteria:

Age: 3 mo- 4 years

  • Weight 6 - 18 kg
  • Rectal temperature > 38.50

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment with acetaminophen in the last 4 hours
  • Treatment with Ibuprofen in the last 6 hours
  • Unable to take oral or rectal medications
  • Hypersensitivity to ibuprofen
  • Renal failure
  • Liver disease
  • Rectal temperature can't be measured (due to anatomical or medical problem)
  • Informed consent could not be granted
  Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00729976

Contact: Eran Kozer, MD 972 8 9779916 erank@asaf.health.gov.il
Contact: Ehud Rosenbloom, MD 972 8 9779916 ehudroze@gmail.com

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Recruiting
Zerifin, Israel, 70300
Contact: Eran Kozer, MD    97289779916    erank@asaf.health.gov.il
Sponsors and Collaborators
Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Eran Kozer, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00729976     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 091/08
Study First Received: August 6, 2008
Last Updated: April 4, 2011
Health Authority: Israel: Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center:
febrile children

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Body Temperature Changes
Signs and Symptoms
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Antirheumatic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Therapeutic Uses

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#20158 closed Bug (fixed)

Test models for pickled querysets have invalid code

Reported by: bmispelon Owned by: bmispelon
Component: Testing framework Version: master
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

The models located in tests/queryset_pickle/ use some defaults that can't actually be called.

This doesn't show when running the tests because no models are actually created so the problematic functions are never called.

The standalone_number function and the Numbers.get_static_number static method shouldn't actually take any parameter.

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PR here:

I fixed both function's signatures and added a setUp method on the testcase that creates a Happening instance.

comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by Baptiste Mispelon <bmispelon@…>

  • Resolution set to fixed
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Fix #20158: invalid code in queryset_pickle test models.

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Fix #20158: invalid code in queryset_pickle test models.

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    Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

      I see all these threads about dedicated servers and other things you know they are not going to deliver. They make all kinds of promises and then NEVER deliver.  Stop wasting your money on this garbage. They could care less about us PC gamers so we shouldn't waste a dime on any more COD games. I haven't bought COD the last 2 times and I'm not going to waste any more money until they give us TRUE dedicated RENT-ABLE Servers and I advise everyone else to do the same. Don't come in here crying after you pay for this garbage when you knew exactly what was going to happen.

        • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

          Just a curiosity on my part but what's the grand appeal to rentable servers?  From what I have read all you get is basically someone's custom game build, generally with one map selected and whatever the owners least favorite fill in the blanks removed.  It seems like it takes away all of the challenge of actually playing the full game and leaves nothing but easy XP lobbies.  I don't care if Ghosts does have them but I seriously doubt that I would have any interest in playing on one and I know that I wouldn't spend any money renting one.

            • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

              The thing I loved on blops og was being able to have customization like you said, and the ability to manage our servers to not have to deal with toxic players. Just people who want to play with similar game type interest i.e. no tubes and there are certainly a lot of people (not myself) that love crouch only, and that gives them a way to enforce it and have more enjoyable game play. Another huge plus is having a localized known good server instead of random connections that fluctuate all of the time.

              Not to mention how it promotes a real sense of community.

              • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                Based on your reply, your understanding of rentable dedicated servers is from 'what you read'. This means you don't really have any experience with them or know exactly what they truly are or the benefits they provide.

                How would you know you wouldn't want them? Do you dislike food after reading about it? lol

                There is so much you can't understand.

                • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                  If it's a rentable dedicated server on COD: Ghosts it's likely to have the usual game server interface found on most rentable dedicated servers. It will have the list of servers for you to pick & choose to join if there's available slots remaining. It's likely well be rentable dedicated servers on PC & current/next gen consoles (except the Wii U) because of the clan war & matching feature on COD: Ghosts. Unless Activision found another another way for gamers in a clan to play as a group on the same dedicated server without going into the list of clan game servers then it's gonna be the traditional way. I'm guessing it's only the Wii U that's gonna be left out on rentable dedicated game servers. The Wii U still will have dedicated servers but I think it's going to be non-rentable & hybrid with an interface similar to P2P (like that of BO2) only this time it's not gonna be the gamers with the highest bandwidth hosting (P2) but a dedicated server run by Activision.

                • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                  I agree with you 100% The the makers of Ghosts are trying to make us PC gamers have a xbox experience when we game so I cancelled my order and will not buy this game until I see this in the PC version.

                  I think its all basic what we want as PC gamers  .....

                  1- Unlock fov and let us set it to what we want.

                  2-Unlock FPS and let our video card work

                  3- Let us pick the server we want to game on we are not console players we are PC

                  4- Make sure when you put in game settings resolution 5760 x1080 it works correct. as it never has yet in the two COD I tried it on lol.

                  5- Stop trying to make PC gamers play like a xbox.

                  6- make sure we can play in our game configs

                  7- servers allow us to rent and build our own Ghosts servers and let them be true ranked.

                  • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                    Well i think matchmaking is better because i can play with my friends in a party...

                    On rented servers every time we were on oposite teams and wasnt as fun

                    • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                      Rentable servers are far from a make or break feature for me. I just want a game that is fun to play, that's all. Things like rentable servers/mod tools while nice, will not sway my decision to purchase a game I think is going to be great fun. As far as I'm concerned things like that are just icing on the cake, but if you put delicious icing on a pile of ****, I don't want to eat it. I know the two aren't mutually exclusive, but I can enjoy a fun game without rentable servers/mod tools, I can't enjoy a boring or bad game that does have these kinds of features.

                        • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                          amen my friend

                          Why arent there more people like you.

                          For me COD has been fun servers or no servers and now i think it will be even better with the ps4 and xbox one release the texture will be far far better and more features will be added

                            • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy
                              wierd worlds are these

                              Whilst I want Rentable Ranked Dedicated Servers, it actually is not going to stop me buying the game and I will be hitting the pre-order button later on today at some point.

                              I have played Call Of Duty, ever since the 1st one was released and I have played them on the PC and the Xbox 360/PS3, and to be honest the experience was pretty much the same however I am just a better player on the pc because, that is the platform I have played on for all my life really and that is where I built up what bit of skill I have.

                              I never had a issue really with the servers on MW2 and MW3, and that is mainly because I hosted the games most of the time because of my pc and my connection.

                              I can quite easily host a 32 player slot server on my pc and connection whilst playing the game, or I could load the server files on to my Media Server and run a 32 slot server on that if I wanted to as well as that has it's own 120Mb/12Mb Modem on it.

                              I personally prefer Call Of Duty to most games for multiplayer because of it being normally fast paced and smooth, however Black Op's 2 is the only COD game that I have not really had that much fun playing, and that is down to the servers.

                              If we get the same style server with Ghosts as we have now with Black Op's 2 and they work how they should then, there should not be a issue really since IW's netcoding is normally 10x better than Treyarchs.

                              If they also go down the route that they did with MW3 and make unranked dedicated servers available then fine, but they will need to do some sort of unlock system so that players who want to play on them actually feel like it's worth it, because that is the only reason I did not play on them on MW3 because everything was unlocked for me already, with me not getting any sort of reward for playing the game and getting a decent score etc.

                              I mean it cannot be that hard to implement 2 different ranking systems, one for the IWnet type servers and one for the Dedicated Servers.

                              Either way let's see what happens on launch day, because I have that week off work and I will be recording some videos and will get them uploaded on the same day.

                          • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                            This is probably the least important problem facing COD, thanks for the advice tho.

                            • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                              Ghosts PC will also have a server browser and rentable ranked servers after launch

                              Mark Rubin: "@Tintindye Matchmaking onto dedis. Hoping to add server browser and rent-able ranked server once we get through launch crunch. no info yet."

                              GHOSTS ONLINE CONNECTIVITY UPDATE: I wanted to give a quick update on some of the work that has been done to improve everyone’s online experience. We’ve already mentioned dedicated servers as part of the overall plan to improve connectivity. Dedicated servers will be used on current gen, next gen and PC with Ghosts. And, in order to make sure that people have the best possible experience regardless of platform, location or connection, Ghosts will be using a hybrid system of dedicated servers and listen servers. So no matter where you are the game will always be trying to give you the best online performance possible. There is also some great new tech in the matchmaking system that will place players in matches that have the best combined overall connectivity performance. Again these are just some of the things that are going into Call of Duty: Ghosts to give players a great online experience. Can’t wait to see you all online.”

                              Sources: IWMarkRubin's Twitter

                              • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                                It really is amazing to me how many people are ok with it. It's not just about a feature. It's about control and your lack of it. The COD team is going to control every aspect of this game and you won't have s*** to say about it.

                                • Do you wish there were more Hardcore game modes available?

                                Good luck without control over dedicated servers since IW will create whatever playlists they want. This goes the same with any 'playlist'. Playlists are insulting IMO.

                                • Want to play your favorite map?

                                They'll tell you how to do that. Like the Nuketown pre-order that no one could play since they didn't give you a playlist lol Now they finally have a dedicated playlist for those who love the map, but the game types rotate between all available game types and it sucks.

                                • Live somewhere where they are no servers provided by IW?

                                Good luck. It's all listen servers for you and those just simply suck when it comes to gaming and competition.

                                • You want to have competition? lol

                                Just don't try to play people across geographical distances like East vs West coast. With dedicated servers you could use one in the middle of the two teams, but without them, you'll be forced to use listen servers where one team will ultimately be at a disadvantage due to host.

                                • How to deal with foul mouthed idiots with attitudes?

                                No worries, you won't have a choice but to deal with them. Without dedicated servers, you have no admins so your playing environment is up for grabs. If someone is spoiling your game, just leave the lobby and hope when you try to join a new one, it doesn't put you back in the same place. You won't have control to go somewhere specific.

                                • You think they'll stop hackers? lol

                                Hackers will always be around. Hacks will be available the first day the game is out just like Black Ops 2. And they did a reasonable job banning hackers, but bans don't happen right away. I want them banned immediately. Only a server admin can do that.

                                I can go on, but really the thing is - rentable dedicated servers are about freedom and service. You have the freedom of choice and you have the service of a readily available server admin who have a vested interest in making sure your gaming experience is a good one. Servers that are configured in unpopular ways with jerk admins simply don't stay around.

                                For those of you who can't see how important rentable dedicated servers are for PC, I'm getting the impression you really don't understand it.

                                I pre-ordered my BF4 dedicated server and it'll go up on Tuesday when the game releases.

                                BTW - I think IW is stringing us PC players along with their comments. They truly are a dishonest group of people coming from this franchise. They just want to get us to buy the game. I'll see it when I believe it.

                                • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                                  Let me just get this straight your argument is, I shouldn't waste my money buying a game that won't allow to me waste yet more money renting a private server?

                                  • Re: Don't waste your money, no rentable dedicated = No Buy

                                    Guys slow your roll! I cannot imagine PC or other consoles (except the Wii U) not getting rentable dedicated servers. It's hard to imagine also Activision running multiple game servers by themeselves & paying for the costs of those servers. The clan wars & matching features alone make it necessary to have rentable servers. Clan matches can be best organized by someone who has direct control of the dedicated servers to keep the slots open only to those members of the clan &/or punt non-clan members or keep the server close &/or clan members only (password access) during clan matches.


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10 Replies Latest reply: Nov 27, 2013 5:59 PM by bughunt RSS

    Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

      I was playing a game of Free-For-All and someone by the name of Fantomm hacked/glitched out the whole lobby by freezing the game. The same thing happened a while back when a buddy and I were playing domination, but it was a different user under the name of Bullet Dodger. I reported them using the In-game Report function, but from what I hear it's better to use the Official Forums. Anyways, hope this helps in reducing the amount of hackers in the game and to let y'all aware of what's going on and that apparently there are exploits that are being used to perform this. I wish I could give more information, but I don't know how they are doing it.

        • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

          No hackers on wii u.

          It was either just plain funky lag or maybe there's an exploit like the one with the riot shield in MW3 that made lobbies freeze.

          • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

            no hacks and this is not the way to report. devs have asked to report in-game but probably ignore it due to people false reporting.

            • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

              My nephew plays on PS3 and told me there was a glitch/exploit that lets you freeze the console of everyone in the match (including yours).  Maybe its also present in the Wii U version?

              • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

                Someone named "Fearless07" froze up a couple games of FFA last night. Verbally abusing the lobby before freezing consoles a minute or so into game. Just a really **** move. Not impressed.

                • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

                  If you're going to report people in the forum its best to PM Foxhound or A_Trey_U. Your post will be edited as soon as one of them sees it..

                  • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

                    The very same person came into a full Core TDM lobby of [MP] and [3D], spoke on the mic and said in two minutes he was going to freeze the entire console. An exchange of words ensued between him and another, then the game started.

                    No less than 30 seconds in just as we were pushing forward, the whole game freezes (like the typical early BO2 ones), nothing bar pulling the plug out can unlock it.

                    Eventually get back in the party, and a few of our group reported him. But he was not on my players history, so I could not.

                    His NNID was definitely Fantom something, and it was a deliberate and successful hack/ or switch on a core Wii U game.

                    This needs reporting, he needs banning.

                    And to think, I was coming on here to say to A_Trey_U, what a great job they did bringing this over.

                    It has it's problems, there is no denying that. But in terms of content, variety, and gameplay. Wii CoD has come a long way.

                    There are parts of this game I haven't even looked at, and I have no regrets in getting Ghosts.

                    So ignore the trolls, you did a fair job. With a the connection sorted out, I dare say it would be as good as it gets on Wii U.

                    Fingers crossed for a patch to stop this inconsistency.

                    • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

                      Those damn glitchers need to be stopped!

                      • Re: Concerning Hackers/Glitchers

                        Just took a look for this and think I've found the exploit that people are using.

                        As PenguinAvenger said it is a glitch/exploit that exists on both the PS3 and XBox 360.  It also exists on the Wii U due to it being ported, just like the majority of glitches and exploits that we end up with.

                        An equally nasty and game breaking exploit still exists on BO2 but has yet to be patched because support was dropped before I could get the info to A_Trey_U.  I'm still sitting on the details and proof of it being used.  To make the matter worse there are more people using this same exploit due to it not being patched.

                        I know that the game has been hacked on the other platforms and people will be quick to either claim to use hacks in order to appear "cool" or want to blame it on hacks, but the Wii U, PS4 and XBox One are currently hack free.  This is just a glitch/exploit that is being abused.


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10 Replies Latest reply: Feb 7, 2014 11:09 PM by LE3TGAM3R2 RSS

    Did the latest patch remove hc leaderboards?

      mcdonamw Had just made me aware that on xbox360 that in the leaderboards hitting y brings up the filter but the option to swap from core and hardcore is gone, it is only showing core stats . Is this just Xbox or did they do it to ps as well . Was this done on the latest patch. Thanks.


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5 Replies Latest reply: Feb 7, 2014 11:25 PM by JTerk498 RSS

    Squads, Friends Challenge

      hello everyone,

      been playing alot of squads recently with a friend, but always coop  and we cant figure out how to challenge eachother in a head to head match with us leading our own squads, only works solo and the other squad is automated. r we missing something or is that not a possibility.


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3 Replies Latest reply: Mar 7, 2012 10:36 AM by bigjon00 RSS

    Black Box

      Well the video released.  What do y'all think?  It's different than I thought.  I thought it would be more Afghan like with wide open area.  This seems like a cluttered combination of Afghan and NukeTown.  But we'll see I guess.


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0 Replies Latest reply: Aug 20, 2013 3:11 PM by shibalrocks RSS

    Treyarch Strikes ?

      Hello guys i  was just thinking after watching Origins cinimatic Tralier over and over and over and still watching it , of course till now we did not have a clue of  anything to build like on other maps which i hightly think they won't add that , so no TREMPLE STEAMS ! YES ! am i right YES **** YOU GLITCHES and no Wonder Weapon Flying Glitch ? YES! okay i was just joking i know people will find glitches and ruin the LEADERBOARDS ! , but who cares its origins we only care about the Story line now right ? i bet my ass they added these Robot ( the normal ones not the 1000 feet robot ) just like a powerful one who you can't beat easily so now you can't glitch i think , however i think that would be Brilliant Since Zombies team ****** UP DIE RISE AND BURIED they knew people will find other Glitches with the tremple **** even after patch , lets forget about glitches lets go on with story Tell me guys about your theory's i like to read this stuff since i only see people complaining about stupid stuff like Nikoli's name what the **** man just go on , my theroy is in the end of the tralier when Richtofen look at his hand that weird look as like he was in a place and he found him self in another , Richtofen was in Samantha's body and Boom he found him self in his body thats why he looked at his hand , he looked up before the robot lunch or light up he knew what was going to happen , i think its a continued Loop and in Origins it have to be the ending of that Loop , in the end i would like to say sorry for my Spelling im not an english guy just like i said tell me your theroy's , Peace


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    3rd time asking for help!!! Can not open the app!

      It seems like the only questions that get a response on here are the ones that criticise the lack of support. I have my game at lvl 39 and I really want to finish it, however now it wont open. My activate username is [Removed by Moderator] ^AH I have tried it on an iphone 4s, and galaxy tab 2, and ipad and my new galaxy s4 all with the same result. After the main splash screen the game crashes back to the home screen of the device. It happened right after the element of the day stopped appearing. PLEASE contact me if you require any further information or if you have the solution.

      Message was edited by: OGHuxtable Due to privacy reasons, we have removed your email address from this post.


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6 Replies Latest reply: Mar 8, 2013 3:25 AM by BluShadow RSS

      Any one can tell me How to compare two diffrent table column data type and size
      column by column ...........
      like emp table having 8 column and dept having 3 column mean both table having different column,dayta type and size
      i need matching column and not matching column names in seperatly .


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The Fallout from Nuclear Secrecy

During the Cold War’s early years, the U.S. government detonated dozens of nuclear explosions on Pacific atolls, spreading nuclear fallout around the globe and making some areas uninhabitable, a grim legacy captured in secret documents finally being shared with the Marshall Islands’ government, reports Beverly Deepe Keever.

By Beverly Deepe Keever

More than a half century after U.S. nuclear tests shattered the tranquility of Pacific Ocean atolls — rendering parts of them uninhabitable — the U.S. government has quietly released secret fallout results from 49 Pacific hydrogen-bomb blasts with an explosive force equal to 3,200 Hiroshima-size bombs.

The U.S. government turned over to the Republic of the Marshall Islands 650-plus pages of newly declassified documents that include four reports detailing fallout results of 49 tests it conducted in Operation Redwing in 1956 and Operation Hardtack in 1958 at Bikini and Enewetak atolls, according to a three-paragraph press release posted on the web site of the U.S. Embassy in the capital city of Majuro on June 12.

A U.S. government photograph of Operation Redwing’s Apache nuclear explosion on July 9, 1956.

U.S. Ambassador Thomas Armbruster presented the previously classified nuclear documents detailing fallout results to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Christopher  Loeak, and his Cabinet, The Marshall Islands Journal reported. The Journal also indicated that RMI officials are now reviewing these documents, which they had requested. Several documents listed in the press release had been extracted and declassified in the 1980s though they received little public notice.

Before the nuclear tests, the U.S. government removed all atoll inhabitants; some are still exiled from their radioactive ancestral homelands. All 49 hydrogen-bomb tests were laced with plutonium, one of the deadliest elements known to humankind with a radioactive existence of half a million years.

From 1946 to 1958, the U.S. government conducted 66 nuclear weapons tests from and near the two atolls of Bikini and Enewetak, when the U.S. administered the Marshall Islands under a U.N.-sanctioned trust arrangement. The reports provide technical and scientific data on results of these second and third most destructive nuclear-weapons operations the U.S. ever conducted and the last ones it exploded in the Marshall Islands and the surrounding waters.

The reports detail instruments and procedures used to capture and measure fallout from experiments conducted on the atolls, underwater or in the atmosphere. Included are diagrams of flight patterns flown to capture fallout in the clouds, tables listing each detonation, maps showing blast locations plus graphs and charts detailing measurements of old and new radioactive products that were collected by using technical instruments such as spectrometers, aerial radiation detectors or telemeters.

Not until 1993 did the U.S. declassify information on the explosive force or magnitude of 44 of the 66 nuclear weapons tests conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls so as to inform Marshallese and U.S. test personnel. Now, the newly declassified U.S reports give Marshallese and others more fallout results of those explosions.

The fallout from the 49 explosions in Redwing and Hardtack is hard to comprehend. In 1994, when the U.S. government released details about its 1,054 nuclear tests worldwide from 1945 to its last one in 1992, the data showed the yield – the explosive force – of Operations Redwing and Hardtack at more than 48,846 kilotons, or the equivalent of about 3,200 Hiroshima-size bombs.

Operation Redwing included tests to assess military effects. Hardtack centered on developing missile warheads and high-yield strategic hydrogen bombs. The next-to-last test in the Redwing series, codenamed Tewa, was launched from a reef at Bikini and packed a yield of 5,000 kilotons — which equates to 333 Hiroshima-size bombs.

“Tewa was so powerful it lit up the sky in Hawaii,” a U.S. serviceman identified as Carl Duncan is quoted as saying in  describing that blast 2,500 miles from Honolulu. Tewa’s fallout was about 30 percent of its total yield of 5,000 kilotons and contaminated 43,500 nautical miles of ocean, according to “Operation Redwing: Fallout Location and Delineation by Aerial Surveys,” as first declassified in 1988. The U.S. gave a newly declassified version of this report to RMI officials.

“Eniwetak was hit by very heavy fallout that lasted for days,” Michael Harris, a 22-year-old Army draftee who experienced 12 of the 17 Redwing blasts, wrote, in adding italics on days. “And Carl and Berko (and the rest of the men) were exposed to seven and a half times more radiation than they received from all the other” blasts. (The spelling of Eniwetak has since been changed.)

The Tewa fallout on the Enewetak base camp did lead to dusting servicemen there with fallout exceeding the maximum permissible exposure, according to a 454-page report titled “Operation Redwing,” dated 1956 and declassified in 1982. However, that report indicated, “The highest exposures were recorded by Air Force flight officers whose aircraft penetrated the nuclear clouds.” The U.S. gave to RMI officials a report focusing on U.S. Air Force operations to collect fallout data titled “Final Report of the Commander Task Group 7.4 Operation Redwing.”

“Eniwetak was still receiving heavy fallout from the Tewa cloud,” when the next blast, codenamed Huron (each blast was named after a Native American tribe), was detonated the following day, Harris recounted. The Huron blast of 250 kilotons equates to 16 Hiroshima-size bombs. In contrast, the Eisenhower administration at the time disclosed that the Redwing series had powdered Enewetak with only “light” radioactive fallout.

When a Soviet diplomat delegated to the U.N. Trusteeship Council asked whether these islands must be “lost forever,” the U.S. official in 1956 replied that Bikini and Enewetak might be uninhabitable for at least two generations. Today Bikini and parts of Enewetak are still too radioactive to be safely inhabited.

As the Redwing tests continued, radiation badges were handed out, which Harris described as “small rectangular plastic discs three inches by an inch and a half.” Even with these, Harris wondered about the future impact of the radiation: “Had our genetic code been compromised? Would we get leukemia or some other form of cancer?”

His answer came decades later. Those present at Operations Redwing or Hardtack or for six months afterward who succumb to one of 19 primary cancers are eligible for $75,000 compensation made available by Congress.

At the time of Operation Redwing in 1956, the U.S. government under President Dwight Eisenhower released very little information. This secrecy was politically significant because it kept voters in the dark during the presidential election campaign in which Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson advocated stopping the H-bomb tests being conducted by the Eisenhower administration.

During the election year, U.S. officials announced only two of the 17 blasts in the Redwing series. This virtual blackout hid from U.S. voters over 77 summertime days during the presidential election campaign Redwing’s 20,820 kilotons of explosive force — or the equivalent of 1,388 Hiroshima-size bombs. That tonnage is the equivalent of 18 Hiroshima-size bombs per day over 77 days.

Seven Redwing tests received no public notice and the remaining eight blasts were disclosed by Japanese scientists in news articles datelined Tokyo. Thus the fastest and most accurate information about U.S. Redwing testing was disclosed from Tokyo by Japanese, an immense irony given that only a decade earlier, U.S. atomic bombs had contributed to Japan’s surrender by destroying two of its cities. Eisenhower handily won re-election.

The more powerful 32 detonations in Operation Hardtack were launched in 1958 as the U.S. and the Soviets raced toward declaring a moratorium on such experiments and the U.S. accelerated testing missile warheads. Washington disclosed only nine of the 32 blasts that produced a total yield of 28,026 kilotons, or the equivalent of 1,868 Hiroshima-size bombs – an average of 35 per week in 1958 or five per day. That was the lowest disclosure rate of any U.S. Pacific testing operation.

Even more ironic than the Japanese disclosures in 1956 were the Soviet ones about the 1958 Hardtack detonations. The Soviets charged that the U.S. had concealed most of the tests being conducted, which even U.S. officials deemed accurate.

In doing so, the Soviets made huge propaganda gains as they announced their initiative of stopping their nuclear testing that year. Surprisingly, New York Times columnist James Reston wrote that “the United States, which pamphleteered its way to independence and elevated advertising and other arts of persuasion into a national cult, should be unable to hold its own in the battle for the headlines of the world.”

Samples made during several Hardtack tests showed that fractions of the radioactive elements of strontium and cesium were dispersed over distances of more than 4,000 miles, according to a report titled “Operation Hardtack: Fallout Measurements by Aircraft and Rocket Sampling” dated 1961 and declassified in 1985. The U.S. gave a newly declassified version of this report to RMI officials.

That 4,000-miles range means the radioactive elements could have descended on San Francisco and other West Coast areas.  Both radioactive elements pose serious health problems.

The decades-long delay in receiving a full accounting of these fallout results helps to substantiate the contention of the RMI that its negotiators were denied vital information when they agreed in 1986 with President Ronald Reagan to form an independent nation, thus ending the American administration of the U.N.-sanctioned trust territory established in 1947.

Kept in the dark about the fallout results, the Marshallese agreed to terms so insufficient that a U.S.-financed $150 million nuclear-claims trust fund is now penniless, unable to compensate fully Marshallese for health and property damages presumed to have resulted from the tests. RMI’s appeals to Congress, the U.S. courts and the Bush administration have been turned back and the Obama administration has yet to help them.

Last September, Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu of the United Nations reported to its Human Rights Council that the U.S. government should:

–Remedy and compensate Marshall Islanders for its nuclear weapons testing that has caused “immediate and lasting effects” on their human rights,

–Open up still-secret information and records regarding the environmental and human health effects of past and current U.S. military use of the islands,

–Grant Marshallese full access to their  medical and other records, and

–Consider issuing a presidential acknowledgment and apology to victims adversely affected by the 66 weapons tests it conducted when it administered the Marshall Islands as a U.N. strategic trust territory.

Over the decades, the Marshallese have not been alone in wanting more information about the nuclear tests. In 1954, the Association of State Health Officials voted to ask the federal government to give health officials with security clearances access to classified atomic energy information so as to prevent health hazards.

From 1945 to 1992, the United States carried out 1,054 nuclear tests worldwide.

Beverly Deepe Keever is the author of News Zero: The New York Times and The Bomb and the newly released Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting.

  4 comments for “The Fallout from Nuclear Secrecy

  1. elmerfudzie
    July 23, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Beverly, thank you for your tireless, lifelong journalistic efforts and expose'(s) in the search for truth. Caught the first glimpse of your photo on the front page of my dad’s daily tabloid read. I was probably just thirteen years old. Mumbled to myself, who is that white gal in the jungle interviewing tiny Asian people? She must be pretty brave. Well, back now to your article. To help visualize the enormous energy released at the Bikini test, the wave height was ninety four feet measured at three hundred and thirty yards from the point of detonation. This wave was still nine feet high at four thousand yards away! I reference here one of the finest books ever printed on the subject of nuclear weapons effects. The authors avoided math and physics beyond a high school level, it is VERY readable and illuminating. Title; The Effects of Nuclear Weapons by Samuel Gladstone and Philip J. Dolan, published by DOD in 1977 approximately six hundred and fifty pages. After this and other articles related to the Fukushima disaster, I’ll never eat fish from the Pacific again! To give some balance to this radioactive nightmare, let me paraphrase Dr. Helen Caldicott statement about European food; I’d never eat anything in Europe. As an MD, she knows full well the consequences of Chernobyl and fallout. In the 1950’s the world’s scientific community did not have sufficient understanding of fission products and biological concentration nor was there an understanding that dilution of pollution works fine for bacterial contamination but is meaningless for radioactive material.

  2. Hillary
    July 23, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    The “grim legacy” is a total understatement .
    Tons and tons of “Depleted Uranium” have been deposited in Iraq , Afghanistan and the Middle East with not a word but resulting in many deformed babies and more.

  3. LD
    July 23, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    “Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea’s two alleged nuclear tests in this past decade (the legitimacy of both of which is not 100% clear).

    Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonate a nuclear weapon, with a running tally kept on the top and bottom bars of the screen. Hashimoto, who began the project in 2003, says that he created it with the goal of showing”the fear and folly of nuclear weapons.” It starts really slow — if you want to see real action, skip ahead to 1962 or so — but the buildup becomes overwhelming.”

  4. Tony A DEBRUM
    July 23, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Thank you, Beverly. The people of the Marshall Islands, indeed, the people of the world, will always be grateful to you for your tireless efforts to shed light on America’s Pacific nuclear legacy.

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The big change

I put the novel aside while analyzing the skills my students should master this unit.  I forgot the novel while designing my assessments.  So now my lessons are built on a firm foundation of skills as delineated by the Common Core State Standards.  My lessons are no longer simply a variety of engaging activities to take us through a novel, but are lessons specifically tied to skills my students have been told to master in order to successfully complete the final assessment.

Step One

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Steamboat Springs is considering establishing a stormwater enterprise

From Steamboat Today (Scott Franz):

Interim City Manager Deb Hinsvark said [November 8] that the scope of the fee, or whether it will be assessed at all, will depend on the results of a $180,000 infrastructure study of Steamboat’s bridges, culverts and dams that is expected to be completed by the end of this year…

If a fee system is implemented, Steamboat would join several other growing Colorado municipalities that already charge residents a monthly bill to help pay for their own infrastructure upgrades. A March 2011 study conducted for the city of Greeley by AMEC engineering showed residents in 30 Front Range municipalities from Lakewood to Fort Collins typically were paying between $1.98 per month to $14.26 per month for stormwater infrastructure. Fort Collins represented the high end of the spectrum.

More infrastructure coverage here.

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Bring More Analysis to Your Data: learn key architecture lessons learned over breakfast in Tysons Corner VA

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Protecting BigData Inside and Out: Learn from Cloudera engineers in DC 7 May

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IBM Q-1 Labs

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While a $25 SRP may be a celebratory wine to some Americans, to others it is the benchmark, where retail wines become agreeably drinkable. Fitting tin that category, we are always delighted to discover a $25 wine that is better than many carrying a $50 (or more) price tag. And while Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi is hardy a secret in the wine world, it is reassuring to know there re names we can trust and depend upon.

All you ever want to know and more can be found below, but the truth is in the bottle and it is terrific now and will last some years. Make sure it is cellar temperature and opened a good 2 hours before drinking. We loved the generous fruit, structure and subtle tannins. Great with chicken, beef, lamb, medium firm cheeses.

Highly Recommended. We plan a tasting of the complete line one of these days.

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Releases ‘Tenuta Frescobaldi di Castiglioni’

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi launches its first wine in the US market bearing the family name, ‘Tenuta Frescobaldi di Castiglioni’. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and Sangiovese (8%), Tenuta Frescobaldi di Castiglioni comes from the original Frescobaldi family estate, Castiglioni, located approximately 20 kilometers west of Florence, in Val di Pesa, along the Arno River. The wine (2009 vintage, SRP $25), which has been marketed under Tenuta di Castiglioni previously, will be available in the US from January.

President of the company, Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi asserts, “We found it was appropriate to add the Frescobaldi name to this exclusive wine because it comes from the oldest estate where my family began to cultivate vineyards and produce wines over 700 years ago. Since that time, the family passion has flourished and continued to the present 30th generation.”

“The soil of the Castiglioni estate is located southwest of Florence on gentle hills,” he continues, “and is characterized by a mixture of sand, clay and limestone. The land offers a fitting home for the different vineyards cultivated with perfect exposure. The wine is very much characterized by this particular terroir and offers a great intensity of fruit with a long lasting finish, elegance, and its richness is extremely stylish.”

Tenuta Frescobaldi di Castiglioni expresses the typicity and character of the territory of its origin and is consistent with the philosophy and mission of the family to ensure that each estate’s wine maintains its unique identity. The Frescobaldi family traces its origins back to the 11th century in the area where the Castiglioni estate was established in the 14th century. The vineyards at the 513-hectare estate are 200 – 250 meters above sea level. The local climate is warm and dry and the vineyards, completely replanted to high densities in the 1990s, favor the production of wines that display rich aromas of wild red berry fruit, classic to this Chianti area.

Tenuta Frescobaldi di Castiglioni is understated and refined, much like the Frescobaldi family itself, with a rich, deep, ruby-red color that is striking to the eye. The bouquet is fragrant with dark fruit that blends with notes of cocoa powder and roast espresso beans. The tannins are well integrated and offer a warm, lingering finish.

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, the leading wine producer of Tuscany and one of the most historic and respected wine companies in the world, combines centuries of tradition with progressive winemaking techniques and practices. Founded in the 14th century and a supplier of wines to the royal courts of Europe for generations, Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi is still a family-owned company today. Comprised of nine distinct estates totaling approximately 1,100 hectares, Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi produces wines utilizing only the grapes grown in its own vineyards. The company continually upgrades and modernizes its grape growing and winemaking operations, maintaining a relentless focus on producing unique wines that express the individuality of each unique terroir from which they are produced

Tasted again in 2013, it still can use 2 years, but is a remarkable value now. Delicious and classy.

Copyright 2013 By Punchin International. All Rights Reserved.

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Pondering predictions…

…in this case, one I made more than a decade ago. The Internet was young and fanciful thoughts about what might happen to news were being bandied about when I came up with my wild concept.

Imagine a news organization that only employed a few anchors and reporters, but a ton of writers and producers. Imagine a breaking story…a plane crash. Rather than sending a team out, a producer does an Internet search (not even sure if Google was around at this point) and manages to locate a home across the street from the crash. Makes a phone call and tells the person who answers to hook up their video camera to their computer, point it out the window, and describe what they see. Almost unimaginable.

So what do we have today? Skype. Live streaming sites. Uh…it has happened, just not yet completely the way I guessed it might.

All this brought about by a discussion on b-roll.

What began as a discussion of the National Press Photographers Association contest and magazine has evolved into a discussion of the place of broadcast (read TV) members in the organization, how they are being served by NPPA (or not), and how the quality of broadcast has gone downhill – in terms of production values and equipment.

Sigh. There are a lot of anguished folks out there…who remember the “good ole days,” when a camera(wo)man could feel good about what they produced at the end of the day.

But financial hard times are a reality and we don’t always get what we want.

One of the lessons to be learned is from a very old, very tiny camera – the 35mm camera. For more details, check out the information on photo.net.

1914: Oscar Barnack, employed by German microscope manufacturer Leitz, develops camera using the modern 24x36mm frame and sprocketed 35mm movie film.

THAT was just the beginning. The camera became commercially available in 1924 (Leica) and took off in the years just before WWII. By the 1960s it had pushed the standard high quality cameras into the background and for forty plus years became the standard in print news photography – and there it reigned until the advent of digital.

We seem to be poised on the cusp of another change in standards…whether broadcast shooters like it or not. While there will always be room for big bucks, high end, expensive cameras, I am convinced that the news broadcast standard is the 1/3 inch three chip pro-sumer camera…with of course, the requisite bells and whistles. XLR, manual controls, shoulder mount, good glass.

The audience may love high-end high-quality in their movies. But I suspect they will settle for excellent quality video in news and general programs. I just hope they also demand the highest production standards to go with it.

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  1. Yeah…just HAD to add this comment. In the late 70s at KQED, film craftsperson (I was one TOO!) Bob Frisk and I were talking about the future and he said that with random access on disks, one day soon there would be a camera which we could access any video from as we wished, without having to roll thru an entire roll. Now why did THAT take so LONG?

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Posted by: David | May 7, 2012

Early May Photo Post

Here we are in May already. This has been one of the quickest academic years I can remember. The commencement tent went up last Tuesday, which started sunny and ended not. Today being Monday the 7th, the tent is probably no longer there. The rental company crew were packing up the chairs within two hours of commencement’s conclusion, when I blew out of town. This week’s a vacation week for me. Yay. I need it, my speech was beginning to slur.

You can barely make it out, but the crew is pounding in the posts and …

… the tent is all put up by early afternoon, with stacks of folding chairs.

The morning of commencement was cold and overcast, but by the time the new grads processed out of the tent to receive their congratulations from family, their professors, friends and college staff, the sun was making its way through the clouds.

The bookstore, very close to my office, is where the graduating seniors come to pick up their caps and gowns.

Also last week, a store that I drive by to and from work is finally opening after more than a year of extensive renovations. They did a wonderful job restoring the place. There will be more to show you from this place. They have some very cool stuff in there.

The store is called “Vernondales”. It was once the Post Office.

Some weeks earlier … there was this lovely floral arrangement with a strange and unearthly looking flower in it.

It’s a crested celosia. I didn’t know until …

I ran around the Natural Sciences department showing the photo on my phone to various professors. We don’t have a botany specialist, but one intrepid teacher found the species name after 10 minutes of Googling images with terms like “red flower that looks like coral”. Other profs used search terms like “giant clam”. Or “brains” …

This is the backyard garden view one frosty morning in April. Friday the 13th it was. You can see that the garlic was pretty small back then.

Here’s the garlic a couple of days ago. About a foot high and doing very well.

A closer view of the garlic. The stalks are about a half-inch thick. They have another two months to grow.

In the first bed before the 4 main beds of garlic is an experimental garlic bulbil planting.

Yesterday my wife planted some onion plants, larger ones that she purchased. Our onion seedlings from seed that I saved are back on track after one tray failed. Apparently that tray was accidentally dried out and the surviving seedlings never fully recovered. So, the first 6 beds are all garlic and onions. It’s been pointed that I may have gone a little overboard on the garlic and where the hell are we going to put our peppers and cabbage and all that other stuff we like to grow? Have no reply to that.

  1. Your neck of the woods looks so storybook and peaceful, and it’s reassuring to know that you will never, ever have vampires. How many acres do you live on?

    I love those search terms for that flower! It’s gorgeous, but it does look kind of clam-like.

    Happy, happy vacation week!!!

    Embarrassing how long it took me to get the vampire/garlic reference. :(

    Our plot is about 10 acres. Less than half of it is under our control, the other half is wild with awful prickerbushes, scrubby conifers, and a little bit of swampy wetland. We love it and feel pretty lucky to have landed here.

    Yes, it’s a very odd looking flower. As a flower lover, I can’t say I like it, but it’s worth some attention.

    Thanks for the vacation wishes. We had a nice time at the kids place yesterday. The peanut came outside and watched us digging the garden for a while, then the blackflies started biting. Today was heavy rain. But good rain.

  2. Isn’t there some kind of Oscar awarded every year for garlic growing? I’m going to look into that and get you nominated… Or do you already have a bunch of those little statues stacked around someplace?

    I do hope my one bed of garlic doesn’t get that rust stuff on it again– (I planted in a new place as an evasive action.)

    Get every inch of happy out of that vacation, Dave!

    No Oscars here for anything. But that’s OK. One thing with garlic that’s so wonderful is how it’s up so early in the spring and how it stands through one frost after another. Another thing is its remarkable reproductive cycle.

    Smart idea to move your garlic to another spot. I read somewhere that if you have a variety you particularly like you can beat the diseases by allowing the scapes to go to maturity and planting the bulbils. It takes a longer time for them to mature, but this can break the cycle of soil-borne problems.

    Thanks for the vacation wishes. So far so good.

  3. I’ve commented before that there’s no such thing as too much garlic. But I inadvertently found out with last night’s spaghetti sauce that, yes, there is a limit. And I exceeded it.

    I’ve seen celosias before, on rare occasions. They are colorful, but their form is not my cup of tea.

    Yes, there is such a thing as too much garlic, and I may be exploring the mathematical limit if my crop does well. Fortunately, I have no trouble finding people to give some to, for eating or for planting. I plan to buy a food dehydrator this year and may try to make some dried garlic. We dried onions a few years ago and they kept for almost 2 years.

    I’d never seen celosias before. They’re rather horrible looking, I concur. I didn’t think it was a real flower when I first saw it.

  4. You can never have too much garlic. I am finally going to have a garden this year. My son-in-law is preparing 4 raised beds (our soil is really just sand so we had to buy soil). Moonbeam is right; at least you won’t have vampires.

    Until you said that, Moonbeam’s reference went wooooooshh, right over my head. Duh. Maybe you’d like to try growing some garlic. I’ll send you some to plant if so.

    Raised beds are great. One thing you’ve got access to there is seaweed. That makes a pretty good mulch.

    • Are you serious about the garlic? I would love some. We are serious here about garlic. I put it in almost everything and not just one clove either. Let me know I will message you my address on Facebook.

      Oh yea. See you on the Facebook …

  5. But what are you going to do with so much garlic? surely you can’t cook it all

    You’re right nursemyra, it’s more than we can use. I’ll end up giving some away. I have gardening friends that say they’d like to try growing it. I would also like to try dehydrating some garlic this year. Dried some onions a couple years back and they turned out to store very well and to be a very useful cooking ingredient, along with dehydrated tomatoes slices.

  6. Sorry, David, I am nowhere to be found because I am caught in a lawsuit as a member of what is here called an owners’ association, the people who own flats in this building. The association is managed by a firm. That firm was sold to another firm without telling us. That second firm let things slip by without getting the necessary authorization based on a majority of votes, and now we want to hang them to prevent them from hanging us.

    Since most of the other owners are illiterate, the problem is in the legally nonsensical decisions they take.

    Thanks for your very kind apology, but I am also nowhere to be found lately. I’m sorry to hear that you’re caught in a lawsuit, it sounds like a nightmare. I hope that sanity prevails.

  7. The flower-brain may attract plant-zombies! Do garlic and onions ward off vampires or just regular folks?

    Good one S. Le! I would avoid the hideous celosia myself. However, the garlic and onions, of the genus allium, are my favorites. They shouldn’t repel anyone.

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Sports teams at Davis Senior High School have traditionally been known as Blue Devils. The women's basketball team has the domain. The football team's website can be found at and is supported in part by the Davis Blue Devil Football Backers.

The Blue Devil as DHS' mascot was chosen by DHS students at the end of WWI after the Blue Devils of France, the same source for Duke University's Blue Devil mascot.

“The Chasseurs Alpins Corps … are popularly known as 'The Blue Devils.' The Devil part of their nickname is in flattering allusion to, their valour; the adjective refers to the dark blue colour of their uniforms. They display an almost religious observance in the fulfilment of their vow, indicated by the motto of their corps, 'Never to be taken alive.' The corps is recruited from the mountain country of France the men are remarkable for their sturdy physique (they are mostly men of medium height) and for their tenacious courage. They are accustomed to hardship and fatigue, they live on simple fare and by tradition are deeply imbued with antagonism to the Germans. They are silent men. Their square-set faces seem to speak of successful struggle against the mighty forces of mountain dangers; their strong backs and their frank manners. harmonise well with the brave deeds for which they are world famous” - Mr. Poilu, Notes and Sketches with The Fighting French by Herbert Ward, Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur, Croix Guerre

Does anyone know if there is a central website for Davis High School athletics other than

Other Non-Davis Blue Devils

If you are alumni of Duke, the use of Blue Devils is pervasive, and seeing it in the corner of your eye all over the place when you move to Davis can be disorienting until you realize that it is also the local high school logo.


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Lake Alhambra, Early 2010.

Lake Alhambra is a private pond that was built in the center of the Lake Alhambra Estates housing development in East Davis. Entrance to the development is located at the intersection of Alhambra Drive and Loyola Drive. Like Stonegate Lake, use of the lake is limited to Lake Alhambra Estates Homeowners Association members only.