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The caiman lizard can be found inhabiting the rainforest and swampland areas of South America in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Caiman lizards are most commonly spotted in areas which are flooded as they are very aquatic creatures.
Caiman lizards are large carnivorous predators that only hunt other animals in order to gain their nutrients. Snails are the primary source of food for the caiman lizard along with other invertebrates such as insects and crabs, and occasional larger animals such as fish, rodents and amphibians.
Due to it's relatively large size and part water, part tree-dwelling lifestyle, caiman lizards have limited predators within their natural environment. Large predatory mammals including jaguars are known to hunt the caiman lizard along with other large reptiles including snakes and crocodiles.
Although little is known about the reproduction of the caiman lizard, they are thought to behave in a similar way to other large lizard species. After mating, female caiman lizards will lay their eggs into a hole in the riverbank which they cover up to protect them from hungry predators. When the baby caiman lizards hatch, they are completely independent as there is no prenatal care from the caiman lizard parents.
Today, although the caiman lizard is not considered to be a species that is under immediate threat from extinction, the caiman lizard populations have been declining in specific areas, mainly due to habitat loss often caused by high levels of pollution and deforestation.


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War veteran robbed while collection donations
Richard Ott will be back collecting Saturday at Bluemound Road, Glenview Avenue
A Milwaukee war veteran is robbed while collecting donations outside a Milwaukee grocery store.
"He got close to me and 1, 2, 3 he snatched the can and was off. He was a track star," Richard Ott said.
Ott said he was taking donations for veterans outside the Pick 'n Save on Glenview Avenue and Bluemound Road Friday morning when a teenager snatched his jar and took off.
An off-duty police officer chased the teen but wasn't able to catch him.
When employees and others heard what happened, they jumped right in to make the situation right.
"One lady called her up. That lady brought me three $20 bills. Another employee put three $5 bills in my jar. Another put a $20 in. People are very generous," Ott said.
The crime was captured by the stores surveillance cameras. Police told WISN 12 News they are reviewing the footage.
Ott told WISN 12 News he's fine and will be back at the store Saturday collecting more donations for veterans.

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Apple has finally relented in an ongoing dispute with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) over issues with first-generation iPod nanos sold in Japan. Apple now says it will replace any first-gen iPod nano with overheating batteries in Japan, addressing METI concerns that the overheating batteries presented a safety risk.
The METI has been investigating cases of batteries in the devices overheating, and in some cases causing sparks or burns, since March of 2008. Apple said at the time that the problem happened only in "very rare cases," which were traceable to batteries from a specific unnamed supplier. The company began a voluntary battery replacement program in August 2008.
Since then, however, METI has identified 60 additional cases of overheating iPod nano batteries, four of which resulted in minor burns for the users. Last week, the ministry forced Apple to display information about the problem and the replacement program more prominently on Apple's website. Apple spokesperson Tom Neumayr also said that the company "worked closely with METI to make sure first-generation iPod nano customers who are concerned with their battery have the latest information."
This week, Apple took things one step further, announcing that it will replace any original iPod nano that overheats with a new model. According to Reuters, an Apple spokesperson in Japan declined to comment on the issue further, and Apple did not respond to our questions about the issue by publication time.


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Ariel and bwgrkL default fonts display very poorly on my MacBook (2006) and iMac (2009), even though they are fine in WinXP.
BitStreamVeraSerif and bwgrkN are much, much sharper. Sizes I prefer are 10 and 12 point respectively.
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The River Tamar divides Cornwall from the rest of England for all but three miles in the far north. It runs for 60 miles down to Plymouth Sound, winding its way through rich farmland and areas of industrial history, now with World Heritage Status. Much of the area is also part of the Tamar Valley AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).


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ontransitioncancel property of the
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transitioncancel events.
transitioncancel event is sent when a CSS transition is cancelled. The transition is cancelled when:
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transition-propertyproperty that applies to the target is changed
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var transitionCancelHandler = target.ontransitioncancel;
target.ontransitioncancel =
Function to be called when a
transitioncancel event occurs indicating that a CSS transition has been cancelled on the
target, where the target object is an HTML element (
HTMLElement), document (
Document), or window (
Window). The function receives as input a single parameter: a
TransitionEvent object describing the event which occurred; the event's
TransitionEvent.elapsedTime property's value should be the same as the value of
elapsedTime does not include time prior to the transition effect beginning; that means that the value of
transition-delay doesn't affect the value of
elapsedTime, which is zero until the delay period ends and the animation begins.
In this example, we use the
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transitionend events to detect when the transition begins and ends, to cause a text update to occur during the transition. This could also be used to trigger animations or other effects, to allow chaining of reactions.
In addition, we also use a
click event to make the box dissappear (
display: none;), showing how it triggers the
transitioncancel event to fire.
HTML content
This simply creates a

 which we'll style with CSS below to make into a box that resizes and changes color and such.

CSS content
The CSS below styles the box and applies a transition effect which makes the box's color and size change, and causes the box to rotate, while the mouse cursor hovers over it.
.box { margin-left: 70px; margin-top: 30px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #0000FF; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; font: bold 1.6em "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif; -webkit-transition: width 2s, height 2s, background-color 2s, -webkit-transform 2s, color 2s; transition: width 2s, height 2s, background-color 2s, transform 2s, color 2s; } .box:hover { background-color: #FFCCCC; color: #000000; width: 200px; height: 200px; -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg); transform: rotate(180deg); }
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Next, we need to establish our event handlers to change the text content of the box when the transition begins and ends.
let box = document.querySelector(".box"); box.ontransitionrun = function(event) { box.innerHTML = "Zooming..."; } box.ontransitionend = function(event) { box.innerHTML = "Done!"; } box.onclick = function() { box.style.display = 'none';
timeout = window.setTimeout(appear, 2000); function appear() {box.style.display = 'block';
}} box.ontransitioncancel = function(event) { console.log('transitioncancel fired after ' + event.
elapsedTime + ' seconds.'); }
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Also note the log that appears in the JavaScript console when you click the box, or move the cursor away before the transition has run to completion.
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|Chrome Android No support No
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|Safari iOS
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- The
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The UK's National Physical Laboratory has been proceeding with an interesting project on reusable electronics, ReUSE (Reuseable, Unzippable, Sustainable Electronics), according to the Oct. 30, 2012 news item on Nanowerk,
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), along with partners In2Tec Ltd (UK) and Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd, have developed a printed circuit board (PCB) whose components can be easily separated by immersion in hot water. …
The electronics industry has a waste problem – currently over 100 million electronic units are discarded annually in the UK alone, making it one of the fastest growing waste streams.
It was estimated in a DTI [Dept. of Trade and Industry]-funded report, that around 85% of all PCB scrap board waste goes to landfill. Around 70% of this being of non-metallic content with little opportunity for recycling. This amounts to around 1 million tonnes in the UK annually equivalent to 81 x HMS Belfasts [ships]
This revolutionary materials technology allows a staggering 90% of the original structure to be re-used. For comparison, less than 2% of traditional PCB material can be re-used. The developed technology lends itself readily to rigid, flexible and 3D structures, which will enable the electronics industry to pursue new design philosophies – with the emphasis on using less materials and improving sustainability.
Here's a video demonstrating the technology, from the ReUSE project news page,
I had to look at this twice to confirm what I was seeing. (I worked for a company that manufactured circuit boards for its products and the idea of immersing one of those in hot water is pretty shocking to me [pun intended].)


text: Biology can be fascinating at any scale, but the most intriguing aspects are often the ones we can't see without the aid of a microscope. Plants, animals, microbes, and even humans are completely alien, sometimes strange, and almost always beautiful this close up. This year's winners of the ninth annual Olympus Bioscapes Digital Imaging Competition are simply stunning. Every time I think I've seen the most amazing microscope images, a new crop comes along to prove me wrong. The top ten images and videos were chosen from nearly 2,000 entries from 62 countries. The first place winner is Ralph Grimm, a teacher from Australia who made the video above of a colony of microscopic rotifers from a lily pad in his pond. It is the first video to win the competition. Above: 1st Place Ralph Grimm, Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia Subject: Colonial rotifers showing eyespots and corona. Technique: Differential interference contrast microscopy Magnification: 200x - 500x Image: Ralph Grimm / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®2nd Place Arlene Wechezak, Anacortes,WA Subject: Red algae Scagelia, showing reproductive tetraspores and golden diatoms. Technique: Darkfield Image: Arlene Wechezak / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®3rd Place Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI, Ashburn,VA Subject: A common East coast U.S. fern, Polypodium virginianum, showing a cluster of spore-filled sporangia and specialized protective hairs called paraphyses. Technique: Confocal microscopy Image: Igor Siwanowicz / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®4th Place Christian Sardet and Sharif Mirshak, The Plankton Chronicles Project, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada Subject: Claw of the crustacean amphipode Phronima sp., Muscles and rows of pigment cells (melanocytes) are visible. Image: Christian Sardet and Sharif Mirshak / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®5th Place Rogelio Moreno Gill, Panamá City, Panama Subject: Unicellular green alga Micrasterias from lake sample. Technique: 22 stacked images, differential interference contrast Image: Rogelio Moreno Gill / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®6th Place James Nicholson, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston, SC Subject: Live mushroom coral Fungia sp., close-up of mouth during expansion. Technique: Tungsten illumination; the green color is bright autofluorescence Image: James Nicholson / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®7th Place Christian Klämbt and Imke Schmidt, University of Münster, Münster, Germany Subject: Beta-tubulin expression of a Drosophila third instar larval brain, with attached eye imaginal discs. Technique: Confocal microscopy Image: Christian Klämbt and Imke Schmidt / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®8th Place Edwin Lee, Carrollton, TX Subject: Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) stamens anthers and filaments. Henbit is an annual plant that is sometimes regarded as a weed. The stamens is the male reproductive part of the flower. During pollination, pollen from the anthers is carried by wind or insects to the stigma of the pistil of another flower, where fertilization takes place. Technique: Phase contrast illumination Magnification: 100x Image: Edwin Lee / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®9th Place Sahar Khodaverdi, University of Tabriz,Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran Subject: Seed of Delphinium. Technique: Multiple Z- stacked images, epi-fluorescence Image: Sahar Khodaverdi / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®10th Place Charles Krebs, Issaquah,WA Subject: Butterfly "Prola Beauty" (Panacea prola) wing scales. Technique: Diffused reflected illumination Magnification: 200x Image: Charles Krebs / Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®


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Live: The Ronald Reagan GOP Debate
Before anything else: Let us bow our heads in prayer to St. Ronald Reagan, the dead host of tonight's debate in California. Our Lord, Ronald Reagan, hallowed be thy name. You are the man. What was that movie you were in? Amen. Now let's get out there and kick each other's asses!
7:57 — The debate is on MSNBC. Oh, did you want a funny drinking game? Jump off a bridge when someone says something. When Ron Paul says something! Jump off a bridge when Michele Bachmann says something, that's the ticket.
8:00 — Rick Perry is first. Brian Williams asks him why no one in his state has a decent education. That's easy, says Perry. That's how we get them to do cheap labor!
8:05 — Mitt Romney, is it a bad thing for someone to serve in government their whole career? Romney: No! That's only the major implication of my top campaign line. Perry: Mitt Romney sent jobs overseas.
8:12 — Jon Huntsman, you know China. Why does Mitt Romney want to start a trade war with China? Because he's not as good of a presidential candidate as I am, Jon Huntsman says. He's lived overseas four times. He knows things. But has he killed anyone while overseas, like Romney has?
8:14 — Michele Bachmann has a story about turning down a job request from a 17-year-old. She blames this on ObamaCare. HAHAHA: "Kids. Need. Jobs." — Michele Bachmann.
8:18 — Newt Gingrich would like to talk about Ronald Reagan. "I served as a sophomore helping pass the Reagan jobs program." Yeah, Newt Gingrich, when you think about it, is the real Ronald Reagan. He's upset that President Obama refuses to go to the Reagan Library and talk to people like Herman Cain about jobs, because he's too obsessed with "class warfare."
8:20 — John Harris, the Politico editor and other moderator, tries to play audio or something and the entire telecast goes silent. Politico wins the debate!
8:23 — Why are so many people in Texas uninsured, Rick Perry? It's the federal government!
8:25 — Jon Huntsman: Less regulations "allow the free market to create a marketplace."
8:27 — Aaaaand as predicted, Newt Gingrich is just yelling obnoxiously at the moderators. He doesn't like how they're trying to get Republicans to fight with each other! That would be too much like a "debate," probably. Ha ha! He is trying to get all other candidates to join forces to stop "the news media."
8:29 — Oh fuck, time to throw Santorum a bone. Brian Williams: You're a big time Catholic, Santorum. So why do you hate the poor so much? Rick Santorum: "Nobody did more to work on poverty than Rick Santorum."
8:32 — I believe Rick Perry just referred to white people as "Anglo." Whether you're Hispanic, Asian, or "Anglo." Eat shit, Saxons!
8:35 — Yeah, it really will be interesting to see how President Bachmann keeps gas under $2 during her presidency. Some mix of tar sands/Everglades alligator fat?
8:37 — Ron Paul cheers right up when someone asks him if we should eliminate the minimum wage. Why yes, please! Oh shit, now he's promising a gallon of gas for a DIME. Oh, it's getting better: "A silver dime."
8:39 — Ron Paul has successfully picked a fight with Rick Perry, over Ronald Reagan. Ron Paul supports the "message of Ronald Reagan." Not the actual real life Ronald Reagan at all, but the message? Sure, he likes that.
8:43 — That huge airplane that's in the debate room, hanging over everyone and surrounded by a glass wall? Too close to 9/11. Ronald Reagan should be ashamed.
8:45 — Aaaaaand now we have a Ronald Reagan montage. [Smoke break.]
8:47 — The candidates are lining up to suck Nancy Reagan's big toe.
8:48 — Rick Perry is asked about why he wants to destroy Social Security. First, he says: If you're my age, and you're near Social Security, don't worry about a thing! For the rest of you: It is a "monstrous lie" and a "Ponzi scheme." Genuinely surprised that he didn't back away from that SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS line from his book.
8:51 — Ugh. Here we were having so much fun! But now we feel obliged to briefly discuss policy: The Social Security growth rate is steady in the long-term. Look at the chart. It is not a problem. Jesus.
8:52 — Herman Cain is talking about General Pinochet's Chilean pension reform. It did not work as well as he says it does. Oh good, now the fun's starting again! They're talking about why Rick Perry made girls get vaccinated against HPV, which he's now renounced.
8:55 — Michele Bachmann can't believe that Rick Perry would force the vaccination of "innocent" 12-year-old girls.
8:56 — Rick Perry: "I hate cancer."
8:57 — Jesus, they're making it sound like Rick Perry raped every 12-year-old girl in Texas.
9:00 — Ron Paul accuses TSA agents of "sexual activity," the way they grope passengers. The last 10 minutes of this debate have been seriously uncomfortable.
9:03 — Herman Cain: "Let's not eliminate FEMA. Let's fix FEMA. Let's fix Homeland Security." This is the left-most comment that's been made all night, since it doesn't recommend instantly eliminating every agency and department.
9:05 — Brian Williams is again hammering Rick Perry on the "why has no one in your state graduated from high school" front. He says, we're getting there! But mostly, it's the Mexicans' fault, for sneaking in and being dumb.
9:08 — Oh shit, a Mexican is walking on stage! Where are the guards? GUARDS! SECURE NANCY REAGAN! Oh nevermind, it's just a host from Telemundo. (GET HIM!)
9:10 — Mitt Romney is describing a giant "magnet" that brings Mexicans in, illegally. Where is this magnet? How can it be "turned off"? Fuck you guys, I'm going out to find this magnet.
9:12 — Biggest applause line of the night goes to Newt Gingrich for saying English should be the official language of the country. No applause, however, when he says immigration reform needs "to be done in a humane way." Get off the stage, Pelosi!
9:18 — Herman Cain: "This is how we fix the entire problem."
9:23 — Brian Williams to Mitt Romney: Are you a member of the Tea Party? Mitt Romney says he likes a lot of the things that the Tea Party likes! This sounds weak, to not sign it up entirely... but it's probably good for the general election. The Tea Party is unpopular!
9:26 — Jon Huntsman comes out strong against dumb campaign pledges. No pledges, he says. Good for him! (He wants to raise taxes to 150% of everything, is the takeaway, for Republicans.) Did you know too that he has a sinus infection? Maybe Rick Perry has a vaccination for that.
9:27 — Easiest question of the night: Is there a crisis of confidence in the country? Actually maybe that's not the easiest question of the night. I just don't know the truth anymore.
9:29 — MSNBC zooms out to the image of the large, large aircraft hanging from the roof as the moderators bring up 9/11.
9:30 — Rick Perry thanks Obama for keeping Guantanamo Bay open. Damn!
9:33 — Now they're all thumping their chests about having war everywhere. Nice time for some Gawker Staff In-Game Analysis, featuring staff writer Max Read:
Jim: MAX
Jim: what do you think of the debate so far?
Max: i turned it off when i heard that reese witherspoon had been hit by a car
Max: didnt seem right to keep watching
Jim: seriously?
Jim: is she dead?
Max: well shes "okay"
Max: but, you know
Max: its reese witherspoon
Max: america's sweetheart
9:37 — Rick Perry wants these climate change scientists to do the science that they've already done several hundred times over before we do anything. And if they find something, oh those scientists are gonna be treated pretty ugly down in Texas.
9:40 — Newt Gingrich would "fire" Ben Bernanke tomorrow, if he were president. Can presidents fire Fed chairs? Slate magazine explains!
9:43 — Mitt Romney's pledge to remove the capital gains and dividend taxes for "middle-class" ($200,000 or less) earners is the most amazing thing. He gets so passionate about it! Let the working man shit more money into the great Wall Street roulette wheel of failure!
9:45 — Rick Perry gets heavy applause for his heartfelt defense of state-sanctioned killings of unarmed people — "the death penalty," they call it. Of course he does. People love death!
9:49 — Oh thank you Jesus and Allah, the debate is over. Who "won"? Ronald Reagan won. Thank you for reading and commenting!


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Forest River Cherokee Ice Cave ice house 17MP highlights:
If you are wanting a weekend away from the hustle and bustle of life, then choose the Cherokee Ice Cave 17MP. You will enjoy relaxing indoors while fishing at the same time. There are eight fishing holes throughout this model, and when you are not fishing then come visit with your family and friends at the sofa or at the dinette. Above the dinette there is a flip-up bunk for additional sleeping space. Your fishing rods can easily be stored at the two rod storage compartments along either side of this model. You will also enjoy the convenience of your own private front bathroom.
When the winter ice fishing activities are calling your name you will want a Cherokee Ice Cave ice house by Forest River. These models have plenty of windows throughout where you can enjoy the scenic view. Inside there are Mocha stained shaker-style cabinets. Along the exterior you will find an aerodynamic radius front profile and a powder coated, rust resistant frame.
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I love great poetry, but as a mother of young boys I combed through many a library bookshelf only to come up short on poetry compilations that touched the heart as well as tickled the funny bone. The older the book (I liked the outdated Childcraft encyclopedias that I found at yard sales) the better were my chances of finding substantial poems. Most of the modern poems were just too sing-song-y. Or just plain annoying.
Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" was one of our favorites. We "chortled in our joy" over such phrases as "frumious Bandersnatch" and "vorpal blade". We saw (in our mind's eye) the Jabberwock that "burbled as it came". What a word feast! The closest I've come to finding a "perfect" book of poems (meaning I rarely skipped over any of them when reading aloud) is A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. These delightful verses are all written from a child's point of view. Some other authors who have gentle, but unobtrusive rhymes are Dorothy Aldis and Eleanor Farjeon. Listed below are some exceptional books of poetry for the young.
Leaves From A Child's Garden of Verses ( "best of")
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (illustrated by Gustave Dore) – (for older children)
Whiskers & Rhymes - Lobel
A Book of Americans – Benét (American history in poetry form)
Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense (1970 version is out of print - this one is not for the faint-hearted!)
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and really regret the thirteen hours you wasted on "The Killing." LET'S GO!
COMBAT HOSPITAL – 10:00PM (ABC) ABC's ambitious new summer drama follows a group of military doctors tending to wounded soldiers in Afghanistan. And yes, you certainly think of the names "M*A*S*H" and "China Beach" any time a show promises medical care, gallows humor, and armed conflict all in one tidy package. There's still a great show to be made out of our current batch of wars. FX's "Over There" never managed to stick. And "Generation Kill" on HBO was just a miniseries. At some point, there will be a War on Terror show that Americans don't steadfastly avoid like the plague. Maybe this is the one. ANTICIPATION: BLOODY!
101 WAYS TO LEAVE A GAME SHOW – 9:00PM (ABC) It's a huge night of premieres for ABC, what with the above show, and also this brand new game show in which losing contestants are dismissed via terrifying stunts like being dynamited into the air and dropped from an 18-wheeler. And the problem with shows that have these kind of extreme elements is that, frankly, a lot of these stunts don't look all that great on the small screen. Jumping out of an airplane is pretty nutty. But watching it on TV is as interesting as watching bowling. All the speed and terror fails to translate through the camera. So in order for this show to work, they're gonna have to REALLY make these dismissals brutal. Can't wait! ANTICIPATION: HUMILIATION!
NAIL FILES – 10:00PM (TV Guide Network) Follow a LA nail salon owner as she, like, does nails in this new reality series. In the premiere, Debbie Gibson stops by. So yeah, you can spend your evening watching Debbie Gibson get her nails done. Nothing could be more exciting. ANTICIPATION: NUTTY!
CROC KEEPER – 9:00PM (Animal Planet) Another new show! This one is a reality show about a family in Oxford, England that keeps a bunch of pet crocodiles in their backyard. Is that legal? That strikes me as incredibly illegal. ANTICIPATION: WORST NEIGHBORS EVER!
STATEN ISLAND CAKES – 9:00PM (WE) Five for five on new shows this evening. I almost included NatGeo's "Amish on Break," but when you have a chance to watch the premiere of the 9,000th cake-based reality show on cable, you gotta go with your heart. Anyway, follow Staten Island bake shop owner Vinny Buzzetta as he and his KRAYZEE family bake cakes and get all spicy with one another. At this point, they're basically handing out reality shows to any horrible tri-state area Italian stereotype. ANTICIPATION: FROSTING AND FROSTED TIPS!
Tuesday Watch List: Will There Ever Be A Great War On Terror Show?
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The pro-life movement lost one of our great figures the other day, with the death of Nellie Gray. Most people have never heard of her, yet she was the driving force behind the annual March for Life. The march is the largest, longest-lasting public witness in the history of the United States (even if it is regularly ignored by the media). Nellie helped found the March in 1974, she hosted the rally itself, and she proudly lead the way down Commonwealth Avenue, regardless of the weather or the political climate. She was a force of nature in the pro-life movement, and the March is a seminal event for us — it's a combination of rally, party, and requiem.
I never met Nellie, but I have been to many Marches. I was asked to contribute to a memorial for Nellie, and here was what I offered:
Nellie Gray and the Gifts of Constancy and Renewal
One of the many things to consider about the life and work of Nellie Gray is how she, and her beloved March for Life, represent what is so great about the pro-life movement, and what continues to confound its opponents.
Anyone who has been to the March will quickly notice several things. There are so many stalwarts there who have fought to defend life for years — just like Nellie Gray. They were out there when the states started legalizing abortion, and when Roe v. Wade was decided. They have shown the strength of the movement by their fidelity to the cause over many, many years. Constancy — staying the course in a just cause.
They also notice all the young people who are filled with passion for defending life — just as Nellie Gray was. The March is a rally and party, remarkable for an event about such a lamentable reality. This atmosphere, particularly the energy of the pro-life youth, lifts us up and encourages us that there is hope for the future. Renewal — transforming new hearts and minds and culture.
No movement in America is less fashionable and fancy than the pro-life cause. Its opponents cannot understand its appeal and its longevity. The March for Life is hardly a glamorous event. There are no movie stars, rock musicians, or A-list celebrities in sight, and there is little likelihood that it will become the next big fad.
But Nellie understood. The truth of the pro-life movement is very simple — every life has value. This drove Nellie Gray — and millions like her — to be steadfast defenders of life, and it continually renews the cause. Nellie Gray was an ordinary woman called by God to do exceptional work, with constancy and hope for renewal. The March goes on.
We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses (Heb. 12:1), and Nellie Gray was one of them. Please pray for the repose of her soul and her eternal happiness with God, and for the consolation of her many friends and colleagues.


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Paper Titles & Abstracts
Abazi, Vigjilenca
Allies in Transparency? Parliamentary, Judicial and Administrative Interplays in the EU's External Negotiations
(Joint paper with Johan Adriaensen)
Adelle, Camilla
Policy Transfer through Transnational Networks? Evaluating the EU's Use of Transnational Networks in its External Environmental Governance
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Ademmer, Esther
A Multifaceted Game: Migration Policies and Geopolitics in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood
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Quantifying Competition for Regional Integration: the EU and Russia in the Post-Soviet Space
Aden, Harmut
The Regulatory Framework of Financial Accountability in the EU Multilevel System
Adriaensen, Johan
The EU's Market Access Strategy: Promoting the Free Trade Agenda?
(Joint paper with Johan Adriaensen)
Agzitemiz, Merve
Return Directive (2008/115/EC) in the Wake of the Migrant Crisis
Albi, Anneli
Erosion of Constitutional Rights in EU Law: Mapping Blind Spots in the EU Law Discourse
Albulescu, Ana Maria
A Comparative Analysis of EU Engagement with Contested Statehood in Moldova and Georgia
Almeida Cravo, Teresa
The EU's Development Aid in Times of Austerity: a Constructivist Approach
Alpan, Basak
Securitising Energy in Turkey: Cheap Talk or New Policies
Andreas, Jan-Justus
Energy in Crisis - The Impact of Austerity on Energy Transitions in Germany and the UK
Asarite, Laura
National Equality Bodies and Europeanization of National Administration
Askola, Heli
Populist Parties and Future of Gender Equality Policies in the EU
Averre, Derek
Rethinking Democracy and Security in the Caucasus
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Averre, Derek
The EU as a Security Actor: Russia's Response to EU Policy in Ukraine
Barnes, Gregory
Gun Control, Identity, and the EU's Post-Paris Response
Bassiri, Aniseh
Ad Hoc Groups in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy: What Role after the Lisbon Treaty?
Batzella, Francesca
EU Energy Union: A New Name for Old Aims?
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The Route to Reform of the EU's Budget Revenue
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Same Table, Different Menus? A Comparison of UN and EU Mediation Practice in Kosovo
Bergmann, Julian
Framing European Security Governance: A Case Study on the Creation of the European Institute of Peace (EIP)
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The Politics of Recognition and De-recognition: European Practices in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Technocracy in Context: the Social Roots of Europe's Independent Branch
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"Intruders in Suna" (砂への侵入者たち, Suna e no Shinnyūsha-Tachi, Viz: Intruders in the Sand) is chapter 247 of the original Naruto manga.
Sakura takes Naruto for a tour of Konoha to reacquaint him with the village. They run into Shikamaru escorting Temari from the village, the two working together in anticipation of the next Chūnin Exams. They inform Naruto that he is the only member of their group to still be a genin, everyone else now either a chūnin or, in some cases, a jōnin, and Gaara has become the Fifth Kazekage. In Sunagakure, Gaara has a meeting with the village's council as they discuss rumours of an impeding Akatsuki attack. Yūra begins acting peculiar following the meeting just as cloaked individuals approach the village. He eliminates Sunagakure's border guards to grant the Sasori and Deidara passage. Sasori is glad to see Yūra has remained a loyal sleeper agent, and Deidara prepares to capture Gaara for the tailed beast sealed within him.


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Jamie Kennedy is attempting to unload his "funky ranch" found on the edge of Griffith Park in the Los Feliz neighborhood of LA, for the third time, reports Realtor.com.
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Driver goes wrong way for 15 miles on I-43
There have been 31 incidents of wrong-way driving in Milwaukee County this year
A suspected drunken driver went 15 miles in the wrong direction early Saturday morning on Interstate 43.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation video shows he got on at McKinley Avenue and began his dangerous journey, driving south in the northbound lanes.
The recording started around 2:20 a.m. Saturday, and it shows the driver narrowly missing trucks and navigating through construction zones.
Other drivers called 911.
"OK, he's southbound in the northbound change?" the dispatcher asked.
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"I'm going northbound on I-94, and there is a car going southbound?" one driver said.
"Wrong way?" the dispatcher asked.
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The suspected wrong-way driver has not been charged yet, WISN 12 News was told charges are pending.
His blood-alcohol content was 0.18, more than twice the legal limit.
Deputies cited an 82-year old woman for driving the wrong way on Interstate 43 Sunday night.
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She was the 31st wrong way driver on the Milwaukee County freeway system so far this year.


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Placebo Effect
What is a placebo?
A placebo (pluh-SEE-bow) is a substance or other kind of treatment that looks just like a regular treatment or medicine, but is not. It's actually an inactive "look-alike" treatment or substance. This means it's not a medicine.
Typically, the person getting a placebo doesn't know for sure that the treatment isn't real. Sometimes the placebo is in the form of a "sugar pill," but a placebo can also be an injection, a liquid, or even a procedure. It's designed to seem like a real treatment, but doesn't directly affect the illness.
What is the placebo effect?
Even though they don't act on the disease, placebos affect how some people feel. This happens in up to 1 of 3 people. A change in a person's symptoms as a result of getting a placebo is called the placebo effect. Usually the term "placebo effect" speaks to the helpful effects a placebo has in relieving symptoms. This effect usually lasts only a short time. It's thought to have something to do with the body's natural chemical ability to briefly relieve pain and certain other symptoms.
But sometimes the effect goes the other way, and the placebo seems to cause unpleasant symptoms. These may include headaches, nervousness, nausea, or constipation, to name a few of the possible "side effects." The unpleasant effects that happen after getting a placebo are sometimes called the nocebo effect.
Together, these 2 types of outcomes are sometimes called expectation effects. This means that the person taking the placebo may experience something along the lines of what he or she expects to happen. If a person expects to feel better, that may happen. If the person believes that he or she is getting a strong medicine, the placebo may be thought to cause the side effects. The placebo does not cause any of these effects directly. Instead, the person's belief in or experience of the placebo helps change the symptoms, or changes the way the person perceives the symptoms.
Some people can have the placebo effect without getting a pill, shot, or procedure. Some may just feel better from visiting the doctor or doing something else they believe will help. This type of placebo effect seems most related to the degree of confidence and faith the patient has in the doctor or activity.
The placebo effect can make some treatments seem like they help certain symptoms, when in fact they do nothing to directly cause a change in the disease. Other factors that are sometimes lumped in with the placebo effect can also make a treatment appear to help even when it does nothing for the illness. These are discussed in the section called "Other things that can add to or be confused with the placebo effect."
How are placebos used in research?
Placebos may be used in clinical trials. Clinical trials are research studies testing new drugs or other treatments in volunteers. Before a new treatment is used on people, it's studied in the lab. If lab studies suggest the treatment will work, the next step is to test it on animals. If that also gives promising results, it may then be tested in clinical trials to see if it has value for humans. The main questions the researchers want to answer are:
- Does this treatment work?
- Does it work better than what we're now using?
- What side effects does it cause?
- Do the benefits of the treatment outweigh the risks?
- Which patients are most likely to find this treatment helpful?
If standard treatments for the disease are already available, the new treatment is usually compared to one of them. This tells researchers if the new treatment is as good as or better than the one that's currently available.
If there's no approved treatment for an illness or condition, some people in the study may be given a placebo, while others get the new treatment being tested. The main reason to have a placebo group is to be sure that any effects that happen are actually caused by the treatment and not some other factor.
The placebo looks, tastes, or feels just like the actual treatment, so that the patient and doctor's expectations don't affect the outcomes. The placebo control makes it possible to "blind" patients and doctors to which treatment they're getting. This is called a double-blind controlled study, and neither the volunteers taking part in the study nor their doctors know who's getting which treatment. This study design helps avoid biases in measuring outcomes that can be caused by the researchers or the patients' expectations about the treatment. This is not as big a problem in studies of cancer treatment, where objective outcome measures are most often used. It's more likely in studies that require patient reporting for symptoms like depression, sleeplessness, or pain.
If you would like to know more about clinical trials, see Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know.
People in a study using a placebo must always be informed that there's a chance they could be getting the placebo. Please read Informed Consent for more on this.
Those who get placebos in medical studies serve an important role. Their responses help provide a good way to measure the actual effect of the treatment being tested. The placebo group provides an important baseline with which to compare the treatment group. It helps researchers see what would have happened without the treatment, though both groups may still have some short-term effects based on what the patient expects. For instance, illnesses that sometimes go away on their own might be thought to get better because of the medicine, unless there's a placebo group and those people get better too. On the other side, bad effects that were going to happen anyway, or that occur from some unrelated cause, may be blamed on the treatment unless they also happen to people in the placebo group.
How does the placebo effect work?
In the past, some researchers have questioned whether there's convincing proof that the placebo effect is a real effect. But there are studies showing that the placebo effect is real in some situations. For example, scientists have recorded brain activity in response to placebo. Since many scientific tests have shown that there is a placebo effect, it's one way we know for sure that the mind and body are connected.
Some scientific evidence suggests that the placebo effect on pain may be partly due to the release of endorphins in the brain. Endorphins are the body's natural pain killers. But it appears there's more to it than this.
The expectation effect
Many think the placebo effect occurs because the patient believes in the substance, the treatment, or the doctor. The patient's thoughts and feelings somehow cause short-term physical changes in the brain or body. The patient expects to feel better, and so he or she does feel better for some time. But even if a person feels better after taking a placebo, it doesn't mean the person's illness or symptoms were not real. For instance, the person may feel less anxious, so stress hormones drop. Taking a placebo may change their perception – for example, a person might re-interpret a sharp pain as uncomfortable tingling.
The placebo effect even plays a role in mainstream medicine. There's evidence to suggest that what a patient expects about real medicines can influence how the patient feels after the medicine is taken. Even though responses from real drugs aren't typically thought of as placebo effects, some short-term effects are affected by expectations – good ones as well as bad.
Many people feel better after they get medical treatments that they expect to work. But the opposite can also happen, and this seems to support the idea of the expectation effect even more. For example, in one study, people with Alzheimer disease got less relief from pain medicines. These patients required higher doses – possibly because they had forgotten they were getting the drugs, or they forgot that the pain medicines had worked for them before. This suggests that past experiences also play into the placebo effect.
The conditioning effect
In one study that looked at the placebo effect in pain relief, one group got a real pain medicine and the other did not. In the following days, both groups were given a placebo that looked like the real pain medicine. Those who had gotten the real pain medicine were able to tolerate more pain than those who had not gotten pain medicines before.
In the same study, people who were given a drug that raised a certain hormone level beforehand actually had a similar (but smaller) hormone response when they were given a placebo later. Those who had not gotten the real drug beforehand had no change in their hormone levels when they got the placebo, even though they were told that they would. This helped to separate the power of the researcher telling them they would have an effect from the learned experience of having the effect in the past. This type of learned response after personal experience is called the conditioning effect. It seems to be part of what we call the placebo effect.
The nocebo effect
The nocebo effect, in which a person has more symptoms or side effects after a placebo, is still being studied. Researchers believe it may be partly explained by a substance in the body that sends messages through the nerves. When a person is anxious, for instance, the substance is activated and the person feels more pain than a person who isn't anxious. The nocebo effect can be seen in the brain: brain-imaging studies have shown that pain is more intense when a person expects more pain than when they don't. This is linked to changes in certain brain regions on the imaging studies.
The mind-body connection
Although we may not know all the ways it might work, the idea that the mind can affect the body has been around for thousands of years and is well-proven for certain situations. Many ancient cultures depended on mind-body connections to treat illness. Shamans or medicine men would not have viewed their efforts as placebos. But their healing powers may have worked partly through the patient's strong belief that the shaman's treatments would restore health. Or it could be that a sick person was going to get better anyway, but the recovery was thought to be because of the treatment – which might have really done nothing for the illness.
Because placebos often have an effect, even if the effect doesn't last long, some people think that the placebo produced a cure. But placebos do not cure. And in studies where doctors are looking at whether a tumor shrinks, placebos have very little, if any, effect.
Still, placebos clearly can help reduce certain symptoms such as pain, anxiety, and trouble sleeping in some people. In earlier times, placebos were sometimes given by doctors out of frustration or desperation, because nothing else was available or seemed to work. A 2008 study found that nearly half of the doctors polled said that they used a placebo when they felt that it might help the patient feel better.
Some scientists believe that the effects of many complementary and alternative therapies may simply be a placebo effect. If the patient believes in the treatment and wants it to work, it can seem to do so, at least for a while. If the placebo worked on an illness that usually would not get better on its own, and it lasted, it would be considered a real cure, not a placebo effect.
Remembered wellness
Some believe that placebos seem to work because many illnesses improve over time even without treatment. People may also take better care of themselves by exercising, eating healthier, or resting if they are taking a placebo. Just as natural endorphins may relieve pain once they are released, some research shows the brain may respond to an imagined scene much as it would to something it actually sees. A placebo may help the brain remember a time before the symptoms and bring about certain chemical changes. This is a theory called remembered wellness.
Other things that can add to or be confused with the placebo effect
Certain other factors can affect study outcomes, and may be confused with the placebo effect. These are effects that can cause a study to report that a placebo (or even a treatment that doesn't actually work) had some effect when it really didn't.
Timing of unrelated events
Along with the placebo or nocebo effect, incidental events (unrelated effects that might have happened without the placebo) might also be linked to the placebo because of their timing. For example, a headache or rash that happens soon after taking a placebo could be caused by something else entirely, but the person might think the placebo caused it. The same can be said for good outcomes: if a person happened to start feeling better after taking a placebo, it might be thought to be due to the placebo.
Healing or changes in symptoms
A health problem that improves on its own (many do) can sometimes add to what's thought of as the placebo effect. Even in serious conditions such as cancer, some types appear to get better and worse on their own, although they continue to spread and worsen over time. This is part of the effect of timing, noted above. A person who was taking a placebo when symptoms started improving on their own is very likely to believe that the placebo had some effect. And a self-limited illness that goes away completely on its own at such a time might have the placebo-taker convinced it was a miracle drug.
Timing can have another effect when symptoms cycle through getting better and worse on their own. The patient is more likely to sign up for or be accepted into a study when their symptoms are very bad. But in cyclic illnesses, the worst symptoms are usually followed by a period when they start getting better – no matter what's done. This can make the test method seem like it works, or it can look like the placebo effect if the person ends up in the placebo group. An advantage of having a control group that's very much like the test group is that both groups should have about the same numbers of people who'll get better with or without treatment, so they balance each other out.
Patient selection and sign-up
Patients who already have some faith in a particular method are more likely to sign up for a study about that method. For example, people who have faith in their medical doctors' methods are more likely to sign up for a study on medical treatment. People who believe that acupuncture works are likely to volunteer for a study of acupuncture. Those who don't believe a method works probably won't sign up to test it. This means that the group who volunteers for the study already has some expectation effect before the study starts. Many who sign up are likely to report at least a brief improvement in symptoms with the treatment (or even with a placebo, if one is used) because they expect to be helped by the treatment. (See the section, "What is the placebo effect?")
Patient reporting
Lack of blinding can affect reporting of these kinds of coincidental timing effects and belief in what caused them. For example, people who know they're getting placebos will know that their headache is not caused by the medicine, and they probably won't report it. Those who know or believe that they are getting the real medicine are more likely to believe that the medicine is causing the headache, and are more likely to report it. Blinding and having groups that are very much alike help to balance these incidental timing effects.
Biased patient responses
Studies comparing placebo to no treatment, which would be expected to find no difference at all, instead found that patients were more likely to tell the study investigator that there was some improvement in their comfort even if they were on placebo. This was observed more often when the patient had to rank their symptoms on a scale, say, from 1 to 10. When the patients' rankings were compared with outcomes others could measure (like the amount of swelling, fever, or movement) there were often no improvements in the measurable outcomes.
Some researchers believe this is because patients want to give the investigator good news. In some studies, it may be that the patient is comparing current symptoms to what they remember, which are often the worst symptoms their problem has caused in the past. A common result is that patients report that the problem is better than it was before the study started, whether they get treatment or placebo. Again, when the study and control groups are very similar and well blinded, these effects can be recognized as unrelated to the actual treatment.
Getting treatment outside of the clinical trial
The patient who isn't getting better in a study may also seek outside medical help without mentioning it to investigators. Or outside treatment for a related problem may help the symptom being studied in the clinical trial. This can affect outcomes for both the placebo and treatment groups. If there's no placebo group, it may make the test treatment look like it works, at least for some people.
Study dropouts
People who are not getting better in the study, including those on placebo, are more likely to leave the study before it's over. This means that people who aren't helped are less likely to be counted in the final analysis. This makes the tested treatment look like it works, or that it works better than it really does, because the people who felt better during treatment were more likely to have their results counted at the end of the study than those who didn't.
Not surprisingly, people who know that they're in the placebo group of a study (either because it isn't a blind study or because they figure it out another way) are more likely to drop out. This can shrink and otherwise change the makeup of the comparison group, which can also affect results.
Limits of the placebo effect
A 2010 review carefully analyzed more than 200 studies that included a placebo group along with a "no treatment" group. The reviewers found that placebo treatments don't have major effects on illness, but in certain settings they appear to improve patient-reported outcomes – especially pain and nausea. Placebo effects on pain varied quite widely, from almost none to significant relief. These variations in the effect of placebo were partly explained by differences in how studies were conducted and what patients were told. The reviewers noted that it's hard to tell if patient-reported effects were truly due to placebo effects or if they were just biased patient responses. Studies in which patients didn't know they were getting a placebo showed the strongest placebo effects.
The bottom line is that placebos don't cure. Sometimes they can make people feel better, but they can also make people feel worse. And placebo effects (along with other factors that can affect study outcomes) often make clinical trials that aren't carefully designed come out with falsely positive results. This is one of many reasons why good study design, like having control groups that are set up to be very similar to the test groups, are so important in human studies.
National Cancer Institute
Website: www.cancer.gov
Toll-free number: 1-800-422-6237 (1-800-4-CANCER)
Offers information about cancer, treatment, clinical trials, and related help on many cancer topics for patients, families, and caregivers
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Toll-free number: 1-888-644-6226
Website: https://nccih.nih.gov/
Offers details on many complementary, alternative, and other non-standard treatments for cancer-related symptoms as well as clinical trials
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
About Herbs and Botanicals
Website: www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products
Has summaries of information on a number of complementary and alternative treatments
United States Food and Drug Administration
Website: www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/default.htm
Toll-free number: 1-888-463-6332 (1-888-INFO-FDA)
Has information on dietary and food supplements. You can also report side effects or other adverse events from dietary supplements, drugs, or medical devices by calling Medwatch at 1-800-332-1088 (1-800-FDA-1088)
National Council Against Health Fraud
Website: www.ncahf.org
To help you discern scammers and fraudsters from proven cancer treatments
*Inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement by the American Cancer Society
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Course Section: 025
Credit Hours: 4
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Civil Procedure II is a four-credit course that will focus on the Rules of Civil Procedure (rather than non-Rules topics such as jurisdiction and res judicata) and how lawyers use the Rules in litigating civil cases from initiation through the pre-trial stages. The class sessions will be devoted primarily to "re-litigating" a real personal-injury case, Ruelas v. APS, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (but with attention to significant differences between the Federal and Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure). The course materials will consist of a series of handouts that include (a) questions that ask students to apply the relevant Rules to the Ruelas case; (b) important case precedents; and (c) investigative reports, court papers, and documentary and photographic exhibits from the actual Ruelas case file. The course will re-cover some topics that were covered in most first-year Civil Procedure sections in the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 academic years, either quickly to refresh recollections or in considerably more depth; and the course also will cover Rules that were not covered in any meaningful sense in the first year. The idea is to concentrate on those areas that are most important to the pre-trial litigation process (and, coincidentally, to the bar exam).
The final exam will be a combination of short-answer and traditional essay questions. Students will be permitted to bring any inanimate object that does not belong to the Law Library with them to the exam.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numeric Grade and ONE-Time Pass Option is Available, or Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Experiential Learning: No
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure - LAW 518
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
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CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA; ENTACAPONE (kar bi DOE pa; lee voe DOE pa; en TA ka pone) is used to treat Parkinson's disease. Carbidopa and entacapone help levodopa to work better.
Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Do not cut, crush, or chew this medicine. Take only one tablet of this medicine at each dose. You can take this medicine with or without food. However, avoid foods that are high in fat, calories, and protein near the time of taking this medicine. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on the advice of your doctor or health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
falling asleep during normal activities like driving
fast, irregular heartbeat
feeling faint or lightheaded
hallucination, loss of contact with reality
involuntary muscle movements
mood changes like aggressive behavior, depression
sore muscles
stomach pain
trouble passing urine or change in the amount of urine
uncontrolled movements of the mouth, head, hands, feet, shoulders, eyelids or other unusual muscle movements
unusually weak or tired
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
muscle twitches
nightmares, trouble sleeping
upset stomach or loss of appetite
Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
MAOIs like Marplan, Nardil, and Parnate
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
iron supplements
isoniazid, INH
linezolid or tedizolid
medicines for depression, anxiety, or psychotic disturbances
medicines for high blood pressure
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
depression or other mental illness
heart disease, including history of a heart attack
irregular heart beat
kidney disease
liver disease
lung or breathing disease, like asthma
melanoma or suspicious skin lesions
stomach or intestinal ulcers
an unusual or allergic reaction to levodopa, carbidopa, entacapone, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservative
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Do not take any additional medicines for Parkinson's disease without first consulting with your health care provider.
Entacapone may increase the side effects caused by Levodopa; Carbidopa such as nausea or restless movements. If you notice an increase in or the appearance of certain side effects that occurred only while you are taking Levodopa; Carbidopa, contact your physician. The dose of Levodopa-Carbidopa may need to be lowered. Do not decrease your medicine dose without asking your doctor or health care professional.
You may get dizzy or have difficulty controlling your movements. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol can increase possible dizziness. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
If you find that you have sudden feelings of wanting to sleep during normal activities, like cooking, watching television, or while driving or riding in a car, you should contact your health care professional.
Your mouth may get dry. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking hard candy, and drinking plenty of water may help. Contact your doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe.
You may experience a 'wearing off' effect prior to the time for your next dose of this medicine. You may also experience an 'on-off' effect where the medicine apparently stops working for anything from a minute to several hours, then suddenly starts working again. Tell your doctor or health care professional if any of these symptoms happen to you. Your dosage may need adjustment.
A high protein diet can slow or prevent absorption of levodopa. Avoid high protein foods near the time of taking this medicine to help prevent this problem. You may want to eat higher protein foods later in the day or in small amounts. Discuss your diet with your doctor or nutritionist.
Do not take iron supplements within 2 hours of taking this medicine. The iron may decrease the amount of levodopa in your system and decrease the effectiveness of the drug
If you have diabetes, you may get a false-positive result for sugar in your urine. Check with your doctor or health care professional.
This medicine may discolor your urine, saliva or sweat, making it look darker or red in color. This is of no cause for concern. However, this may stain clothing or fabrics.
There have been reports of increased sexual urges or other strong urges such as gambling while taking some medicines for Parkinson's disease. If you experience any of these urges while taking this medicine, you should report it to your health care provider as soon as possible.
You should check your skin often for changes to moles and new growths while taking this medicine. Call your doctor if you notice any of these changes.


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Good Body Language Improves Classroom Management
Successful Teachers Blend both Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Effective teachers use body language to communicate with students, build rapport with them, and make them feel safe and supported.
"Face the student with arms uncrossed and relaxed," says Mindy B. (on NEA Today Facebook) "and usually always smiling! Give them eye-to-eye contact, and pay attention to them! By doing this, I'm conveying the message that 'I care!'"
"The ability of a teacher to establish positive rapport with students is a critical aspect of the teacher-learner relationship," explains Ron Benner, a school psychologist in Bridgeport, Connecticut. "The successful teacher blends both verbal and nonverbal communication skills in establishing good rapport with students and this has a direct correlation to student achievement."
Test your understanding of your students and how your body language affects them by standing in the doorway of the room as your students shuffle in. This close contact sets up a naturally occurring single file line that calms them before they enter the classroom and enables a positive learning environment before they even sit down, according to body language expert Chris Caswell.
From the start, command the classroom. Greet the class with a loud, clear, upbeat voice. If you look frazzled, you seem vulnerable. Lack of confidence is a red flag to students.
Body Language Dos and Don'ts
Where and how you stand in the classroom speaks volumes, too.
- Stand up straight. Poor posture—slumped shoulders, stomach sticking out—is not only physically unhealthy, but it can convey a whole range of attitudes and degrees of interest and respect.
- Avoid folding your arms, standing behind a desk, and using barriers. These behaviors "simply sends the signal that you don't want to make contact," says Caswell. It blocks you off and makes you appear unapproachable. Don't cross your arms or shuffle papers that aren't related to the lesson, and refrain from looking at your watch when a child is speaking.
- Use the whole classroom. Walk around the students' desks to show interest, and indicate approval with a head nod. Caswell suggests leaning slightly forward and moving momentarily into their territory in a nonthreatening way.
- Be aware of your facial expressions (or lack thereof!). They can easily convey any number of moods and attitudes, as well as understanding or confusion.
- Smile. It conveys happiness and encouragement. Frowns show sadness or anger. Big, open eyes suggest fear. An animated face draws the listener in.
- Make eye contact. It helps establish rapport and trust, and it shows that you're engaged and listening to the students.
- Adopt different poses when you want your students to respond in a particular way.
- Your hand on your chin encourages students to think about the answer and shows you're waiting for their answer.
- Hands out and palms up shows that you're open to questions and answering in a nonthreatening way.
- Observe wait time—don't stare and rush them. Appear relaxed and ready to listen.
Body language helps you get your message across. Let students know that you want to create a supportive, productive learning environment.
Greeting at the Door Puts You in Charge
"I recommend greeting students at the classroom door, because it establishes you as a person in charge, models the respectful kind of interaction..."
- Fist to Five Feedback
Video on instant feedback from kids on lesson or social experience. From Teaching Channel.
- Attention Getting Signals: One Spot
Video on establishing a routine for getting students' attention. From Teaching Channel.


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With similar conditions the usual suspects maintained their bid wind form retaining the lead in tough conditions.
Alison Young (GBR) had another great day placing 1 and 2 in the breeze to maintain her lead, "It was pretty breezy for the two races this afternoon, piping up as well all the way through," said Young. "It was pretty shifty on that course area so some good racing. It definitely gets harder from here going into the gold fleet. There are four races and the medal race to go, so still a lot of racing. I just need to be consistent for the remaining races."
Dutch sailors Marit Bouwmesteer (NED) and Claire Bom (NED) scored equal results to get to third and six positions. Krystal Weir (AUS) maintain her earlier second position.
The Netherland's Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout are making the most of the big breeze and added another race win to their score card. Japanese pair Ai Kondo and Wakako Tabata (JAP) stay in second with Americans Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan third.
The Polish are still in command in the Men's and Women's RS:X with Piotr Myszka and Maja Dziarnowska winning more races to comfort their lead. Dziarnowska said, "I am very tired but satisfied with my results. I have great speed in the breeze. I came to give my best but didn't expect to be leading the event." Maja is Zofia Keplacka's training partner for the Olympic Games and added, "I am very fast in the breeze and I can help her be faster in these conditions."
Olga Maslivets (UKR) and Charline Picon (FRA) are second and third overall. And in the Men's fleet Myszka leads World Champion Julien Bontemps by one point.
The top three remain unchanged in the Star after only one race on day three which was won by Olympic champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR). They keep their second position with Canadians Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn in the lead and French Xavier Rohart and Pierre Alexis-Ponsot third.
After one race early this morning in the Sonar, Bruno Jourdren, Nicolas Vimont-Vicary and Eric Flageul (FRA) conserve their lead over, Aleksander Wang Hansen, Per Eugen Kristiansen and Marie Solberg (NOR). Today's race went to John Robertson, Hannah Stodel ans Steve Thomas (GBR) who climb to third overall.
It is very tight at the top of the Lasers classification. With the worse race excluded from the results, Philipp Buhl (GER) takes a narrow one point lead over the next four boats. After winning two races Andrew Murdoch (NZL) places second on equal points with Tom Slingsby (AUS), Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) and Tom Burton (AUS).
The 49er managed to sail one race despite the strong breeze. After placing second, Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes (GBR) take the lead from France's Julien D'Ortoli and Noe Delpech who suffered in the breeze. After many capsizes, the early leaders didn't finish the race and are placed third overall. Many Dyen and Stéphane Christidis (FRA) take second overall.
World # 1 Men's 470 pair Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page have climbed from tenth to first. After discarding a 24th place from the race where they broke their mast, the Australians are only counting their top results. Croatians Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic are second with the Coster brothers (NED) third.
"It was pretty windy today, you know when they start you at 9am that you're expecting a pretty scary forecast," said Belcher. "The race committee did a great job and we got two races in. We had a bit on but just tried to get around the course and keep it upright.
"We're sailing really well and are happy with our form from Palma and to continue that here is great," he added. "We had a bit of a hiccup with the broken rig on day one but are sailing really well and are in a nice spot at this stage, we just have to work hard and keep it going."
At the end of the day, all classes sailing in groups were able to complete their qualification stages. Tomorrow will be the first day of finals. The Women Match racing will conclude their round robins.
Sailing will start at 08:30 local time for the Women's Match Racing and 11:00 for the other classes.
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Consumers spend more than $100 billion a year on bottled water; that's about 50 billion individual water bottles—or 1,500 plastic bottles per second going into our landfills! (thewaterproject.org) And with concerns about tap water containing chemical additives and heavy metals, in addition to having a chlorine taste and odor, it's hard to be a good environmental steward and get great-tasting water at the same time.
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Republican reaction to President Obama's gun control agenda generally has been negative, but Sen. Marco Rubio (R Fla.) was particularly combative in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night."I actually think the president, and he just doesn't have the guts to admit it, is not a believer in the Second Amendment, although he states that he is," Rubio said. "If he doesn't want the Second Amendment to be in the Constitution or if he wants to reform it, then have the guts to admit that."


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how to use the word "yet"?
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how to use the word "yet"?
I want to ask this girl, "Are you single, yet?", with the same feeling as in English. I have a crush on this girl, and I know she likes me too, but she told me she has a boyfriend. So, I need to know, next time we meet, how to ask if she's single yet, at the same time implying that I was waiting for her to be single, or something like that. Any ideas? Thanks
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The high-speed NAND flash specification that Intel previewed at IDF last year is officially upon us. IM Flash Technologies, the joint memory venture that Intel and Micron started back in 2005, has announced a new line of NAND flash storage chips that boast a five-fold increase in read and write speeds versus conventional flash memory. NAND chips based on the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) 2.0 can achieve 200MB/s of sustained read throughput and 100MB/s of write throughput, making them better equipped to keep up with the boom in solid state disks and with the coming USB 3.0 spec.
(In case you're comparing the aforementioned read and write numbers to USB3's promised 4.8 GB/s bandwidth and wondering what gives, the answer is that multiple chips can be ganged together to provide a greater aggregate read bandwidth, just like is done with DRAM. The same is true for SSD.)
The new interface NAND spec increases the performance of flash memory by taking a page from the DRAM playbook and moving to a double data rate (DDR) interface. The new DDR signaling combines with an increase in bus clockspeed and a few other innovations to bring about the major throughput boost. Access latency isn't really improved by the new spec, but latencies for flash are already so much lower than those for magnetic storage (hence the use of flash caches in hard drives) that this isn't an issue.
Hello, EeePC and MacBook Air
The portable media player and digital A/V equipment applications for high-speed NAND are enticing, but the new chips will really have a dramatic impact in the solid state disks that power mobile computers like the Asus EeePC and MacBook Air. Hard drive transfer rates are in the 50 MB/s to 75 MB/s average throughput range, with burst transfer numbers going north of 200MB/s. Compare that to a single high-speed NAND flash part, which can do sustained 200MB/s transfers with access times about 10x faster than a hard drive and you've got a heckuva hard disk. All that, and low power, superior thermals and instant-on to boot.
All told, IM Flash claims to expect a 2x or 4x boost in SSD performance over those based on conventional NAND. With at least one recent 2.5" SATA SSD based on conventional NAND already hitting 170 MB/s burst speeds (up to 300 MB/s when two cards are ganged together), even a 2x speedup will going to make for pretty stellar performance for those who can afford a high-speed NAND SSD.
IM Flash is only sampling the new chips right now; full-scale production will start in the second half of 2008. With Apple as one of the flash maker's major customers, we can expect the high-speed NAND to make its way into Apple media and mobile devices eventually. But don't look for a high-speed NAND SSD option from Apple immediately after the chips become available, since it will take some time for the devices drop in price enough to make them worth considering for even a high-end consumer product.