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Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system. This highly sophisticated filtering system helps the body's immune system remove bacteria, viruses, and other unwanted substances.
The lymphatic system includes the lymph nodes (glands), thymus, spleen, tonsils, adenoids, and bone marrow, as well as the channels (called lymphatics or lymph vessels) that connect them. When lymphoma happens, cancer cells develop in a person's lymphatic system and start to grow uncontrollably.
The different types of lymphomas are grouped into two broad categories: Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lymphomas that involve a type of cell known as a Reed-Sternberg cell are classified as Hodgkin lymphoma. The different subtypes of Hodgkin lymphoma are classified based on how the cancerous tissue looks under a microscope.
Lymphomas without Reed-Sternberg cells are usually classified as non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Risk Factors
Age is a risk fact for Hodgkin lymphoma — it tends to mostly affect teens and people older than 55. It also can happen in people with severe immune deficiencies from things such as inherited immune defects, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, treatment with immunosuppressive drugs after organ transplants, or Epstein-Barr virus.
Usually, the causes of lymphoma are unknown and no lifestyle factors have been definitely linked to childhood lymphomas.
So, neither parents nor kids have control over the things that cause the disease. Most lymphomas come from noninherited mutations (errors) in the genes of growing blood cells. However, there is a very slightly increased risk of Hodgkin lymphoma if other family members have had the disease. Regular pediatric checkups can sometimes spot early symptoms of lymphoma.
Signs and Symptoms
The most common first symptom of Hodgkin lymphoma is a painless enlargement of the lymph nodes (often called "swollen glands") in the neck, the underarm area, or the groin.
If cancer involves the lymph nodes in the chest, pressure may trigger an unexplained cough, shortness of breath, or problems in blood flow to and from the heart.
About a third of patients have other nonspecific symptoms, including fatigue (tiredness), poor appetite, itching, or a rash. Unexplained fever, night sweats, and weight loss are also common. Many patients have no other symptoms at all.
One of the things doctors might look for if they suspect lymphoma is enlargement of the lymph nodes. They may first try to treat swollen lymph nodes with antibiotics, because infections are the most common cause of this.
But if the lymph nodes stay swollen, a child may be referred to an oncologist (cancer doctor), who might recommend imaging studies and a biopsy (tissue sample) of the lymph nodes.
During a biopsy, a tiny bit of tissue is removed from the body and sent out to a laboratory for analysis. If Hodgkin lymphoma is suspected, one of these biopsies may be done:
- Core biopsy: the doctor uses a hollow needle to remove a small amount of tissue from the lymph node.
- Excisional biopsy or incisional biopsy: the doctor opens the skin to remove the entire enlarged lymph node (excisional) or only part of it (incisional).
Depending on the type of biopsy ordered, the doctor might use local anesthesia (where only a part of the body is numbed) or, most commonly, general anesthesia (in which a patient is asleep) to ensure there is no pain.
If the doctor suspects Hodgkin lymphoma, more tests will be done to see if the cancer has spread. These can include:
- blood tests
- a chest X-ray
- a computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan, a type of X-ray that rotates around the patient and creates a picture of the inside of the body from different angles
- a bone marrow biopsy to check for cancer in the bone marrow
- a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, which can tell the difference between normal and abnormal cells
Treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma is very effective for most kids. The choice of treatment is largely determined by staging. Staging is a way to categorize or classify patients according to how extensive the disease is at the time of diagnosis.
There are four stages of lymphoma, ranging from Stage I (cancer involving only one area of lymph nodes or only one organ outside the lymph nodes) to Stage IV (cancer has spread, or metastasized, to one or more tissues or organs outside the lymphatic system). The stage at diagnosis can help medical professionals choose the best therapy and predict how someone with lymphoma will do in the long term.
Treatment may involve radiation (the use of high-energy rays to shrink tumors and keep cancer cells from growing), chemotherapy (the use of highly potent medical drugs to kill cancer cells), or both, depending on the type and stage of the cancer as well as the age and overall health of the child.
For children whose cancer comes back after treatment or who do not respond well to treatment, doctors may do stem cell transplants (also called bone marrow transplants) to replace cells damaged by chemotherapy or radiation. These transplants involve taking the cells from bone marrow or blood (either taken from the patient or donated by another person) and transplanting them to the patient after chemo. There are also some very effective drugs that have helped improve the chances of a cure.
Researchers are constantly working on new treatments for cancer. Some parents enroll their child in clinical trials, which are ways to test new cancer treatments or compare their effectiveness with existing treatments. If your child has Hodgkin lymphoma, the doctor can tell you whether this is a good idea for the particular type he or she has.
Short-Term and Long-Term Side Effects
Treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma is powerful. It destroys good cells along with bad, which can create certain side effects.
Intensive lymphoma treatment affects the bone marrow, causing anemia and easy bleeding, and increasing the risk for serious infections. Chemotherapy treatments have side effects — some short-term (such as hair loss, increased infection risk, and nausea and vomiting) and some long-term (such as heart, thyroid, and kidney damage, reproductive problems, or the development of another cancer later in life) — that parents should discuss with the doctor.
The majority of kids with Hodgkin lymphoma are cured, meaning they will have long-term cancer-free survival. However, those with higher-stage disease are at risk for more long-term side effects as a result of more intensive treatment.
After treatment is finished, it's important for anyone who has had Hodgkin lymphoma to have regular checkups throughout life to watch for recurrence of the lymphoma and for late side effects of treatment.
More on this topic for:
- Chemotherapy
- Childhood Cancer
- Neutropenia
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Lymphoma
- Radiation Therapy
- Stem Cell Transplants
- Caring for a Seriously Ill Child
- Cancer Center


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Brown sugar pear cake (for pudding)
for the pears
2 large ripe pears (such as comice) peeled
juice of a lemon
100g caster sugar
2 slices of fresh ginger
splash of brandy
for the cake
100g golden caster sugar
100g light brown sugar
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
100g ground almonds
100g semolina
1 tsp vanilla extract
zest of a lemon
4 medium free range eggs, lightly beaten
200ml olive oil
1. Place the pears in a deep saucepan with 300ml water or just enough to cover. Add the lemon juice, sugar, ginger and brandy and bring to simmer. Simmer over a medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes until just beginning to soften and the poaching liquid has taken on some of the flavour. Remove the pears with a slotted spoon and allow to cool. Don't worry if they start to brown.
2. Vigorously simmer the juices for 20 minutes so they reduce into roughly 75ml of golden, caramel-like syrup. Pour almost all of the syrup in the bottom of a lightly greased 20cm springform cake tin and swirl to cover a bit. Slice the pears in half, remove the core and thinly slice. Layer onto the caramel base in a spiral shape, overlapping slightly and covering entirely.
3. Preheat the oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4. In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Stir through the eggs and olive oil to make a wet batter. Pour the batter over the pears and slide the cake tin, on a baking sheet, into the oven. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
4. Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, before turning it out onto a wire rack. While still warm, brush the remaining syrup onto the pears. Best served warm (not hot) with a drizzle of cream.

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Target's New Look: A Bit Like Amazon.com
Easy online shopping? Free shipping and discounts for members? What company does that sound like? It's not Amazon. Paul Ziobro joins digits with a look at Target's revamp. Photo: Target.
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... will commit Digits I'm Steve Russolillo ... easy online shopping free shipping and discounts for members ... on demand video streaming what company does that sound like it's not Amazon ... the issues Paul Ziobro joins us now ... Hall who was talking about ... we'll talk about a Midwestern retailer called target my dinner ... lot of people knowledgeable of their stores but ... um you know as Amazon's been growing and it won the one thing is ... really becoming clear for Target is that the target shopper is in such a word that he'll be leaving overlap between the two ... aam for reasons ... beyond target so is poured more upscale customer more educated customer ... and the turn of these into people like to shop for them ... ok so is essentially the same since operative ones that are going into the targets on versus going on line in violent similar products on Amazon's now targets and figure out how we get some of those shoppers to start shopping now with anything the things they're doing is a hymn repairing deliveries they can get by persona that every month from target dot com which is what Amazon rehab has offered ... twenty resale so much talk ticket which is a video streaming service with Samsung offers for the crime ... aam notes it's these things that are really come mimicking what Amazon doesn't wanna get when yes and no or hate ... it looks like you do are things that Amazon offers in their saying ... no ... we're just offering what I guess one offer but the fun of you that that is what the guests was is focusing on Amazon already has ... so the big public this for a top target is ... I'm how often hear the story that somebody goes into Target to buy you know ... that the bankers the roll of paper towels in the bike two hundred dollars with a stop email they don't see ... lamps ... rugs sheets scandals all the says that by ... what people are going to target him to buy those things those diapers and so they going to Amazon again those ... that fit this is happening in the two hundred dollar purchases and happenings consumers not splurging on products that we would write in his late in the store which is a big part of the target success story over the years gets ready to come in for ... Yelp something they ... they need anyone wanna go these things they want to say he talks of how they're doing a lot of things their websites that mimic what Amazon is doing now are the ... what else are they doing are they doing anything any additional work out so the B Lowe the more creative in the sense that finding ways to ... serve draw people to their site the needy Amazon isn't doing right now ... well ... maybe not this I ... aam and is thus far and away I think ... the online sales of the reader ... and and dusted and the head of the game ... what story does have that Amazon does and is teaching them stores the people visit him in the in the U S and Canada ... so um you know what they're doing is that they're trying to ... make their service better and some key departments and sister and their stores ... aam if you go to some of the B sections around Chicago ... beer at Tesco the beefy sixty where there's just more personalized ... recommendations from the employees' cars when one feels that ... concierges and MPT sections ... he recommends no mascara ... they scream in those sorts of things it just ... kept reading those things that that ... the kind of Amazon can do because they don't have the story presents you know very interesting nugget in your story about how ... previously up until twenty eleven ... on ... its website was won by a dry Amazon managed to write a mean that seems to be a little strange he's an outsider Agora you tell me that love the funny thing is that an IPO Amazon to run target dot com for entire decade but it is as a weapon and went up to ... one former Tory executive who sent him that that's a pretty big mistake for Target to buy to ... let it ... run for that long and it was still partially because inside Mannesmann banners inside cut its top management ... there was to serve ... us well ... um ... is it that that in a long time to realize just how big a threat and wants to be a lot of the things when ... maybe they should be focusing a lot more on a ... Thursday company were working on for now that has tons of steel a lot of or sales ... we need for more focus on that and to the credit they are trying to do a lot right now ... but ... this is the prevailing in the car gets its online sales are just one point not ... less than two percent ... of the overall sales Celik there really is a little that slowing the too big of a keen compared to you know ... Wal-Mart is no deal the more ... aam online sales target alright all silver thank so much else from ... and I'm Steber


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|2011-10-08, 03:48
|Link #1802
Turnin' the Tables
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Where dimensions collide...
Age: 31
The Kakera-verse is simply Ryukishi07's vision of the multi-verse on a consciously manageable scale: an endless field of hand-sized crystals, each representing a different universe. For the sake of simplification, Ryukishi07 limits Rika's access of the multi-verse to that of her doubles' own lifetime and location (Since her consciousness technically inhabits whatever Rika that exists within a chosen Kakera, she is not able to travel before or after her lifetime, and she's also stuck in Hinamizawa.). Even with this limitation, each Kakera holds different decisions and circumstances, from something as small as Keiichi winning a club activity instead of Rena, to something as large as Akasaka or Keiichi never coming to Hinamizawa.
|2011-10-08, 14:37
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Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 24
Oh, that's a good way of putting it.
I think it's important to note that Rika can see what is going on in each world on the surface of the kakera. So she probably observes for a while to ensure things look like they're going well before entering a world.
|2011-10-08, 18:38
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Turnin' the Tables
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Location: Where dimensions collide...
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Location: Where dimensions collide...
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|2011-12-21, 19:23
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Actually, no I didn't find it...Does anyone have the RAR of Tsumihoroboshi's music patch on them, or at least Tsumihoroboshi-hen with the music patch applied to it? The one on HigurashiFix is a dead link, and I just tested out the one that someone on TVTropes compiled using Minagoroshi-hen, it doesn't sound complete / it sounds like some MG or PS2 tracks were slipped in, and I want to keep to the original VNs as much as possible...
|2011-12-23, 18:59
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I've just gotten around to buying Mangagamer's version now that Umineko's done,
and I've been wondering as I've heard that their version is somewhat lacking majorly because of the music and sound replacements
(which I'm aware can be fixed somewhat through patching),
But what about the translation itself? If it's particulary bad, is this to the point where it ruins the story's immersion?
For example, if I could either read the Sound Novel or the Manga,
would the Manga actually be the better alternative in this case?
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The VN is more complete than the manga. The only downside to using Mangagamer's version is they changed the soundtracks from the original.
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A little while back, I attended a morning outing with a couple of good friends and then three of us retired back to the house for lunch and a few bottles of wine. These were pretty much pop and pour, though we were able to sit with them for a good long while to follow their progression.
2007 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley. This is a fun wine to drink, starting off with a citrusy bouquet of lime, kiwi, melon, flint and background notes of brown spices. It is fairly full and generous in the mouth, especially for a Sauvignon Blanc, with a generous bottom note and plenty of fleshy yet lively flavors of melon, peach, lime and soft oak. It is creamy-textured, not shy, a tad plump, but fine-flowing and easy to enjoy.
1975 Chateau Trotanoy Pomerol. This wine presents a very healthy and robust nose full of funky truffle, mushroom, tobacco, forest floor, iodine and rusty nail aromas allied to tangier bits of cranberry and sour cherry fruit that work really nicely together. In the mouth, it is medium-weighted but smooth and luxuriant in texture—loaded with fine flavors of cassis, plums and red currants, along with dried blood and earthy gypsum sorts of accents. I like the red flower-tinged inner mouth perfume that emanates from it, as well. It is a sort of sexy-sweet, open and easy package for the most part, though eventually those '75 tannins start to clamp down on the finish. It might not be entirely profound or anything, but I must say it is a real treat to drink.
1983 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac. The nose here seems fairly serious and dense, with classic aromas of tobacco leaf, dry dirt, green peppers, red currants and red licorice rope showing plenty of vigor to my way of thinking. There's plenty of complexity here and I find myself returning to the glass quite often trying to capture additional nuances. In the mouth, it is solidly-structured and richly-fruited at its core, yet rather nuanced and finessed in its top notes. It is quite giving with its full flavors of red currant, red licorice, grilled herbs and liquid smoke—feeling smooth, balanced and surprisingly effortless across the palate despite a muscular tension throughout. It is solidly packed and still showing a bit tightly-wound and waiting for full release, seemingly. Overall, it is great for drinking now, but at least based on this one (un-decanted) bottle, I would have no trouble holding it, either.
1986 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac. This is definitely the most brooding and dark-toned wine of the trio, featuring aromas of black currant, blackberry, lead pencil, black earth, rich chocolate and hardened lava rock. In the mouth, it packs a lot of energy and verve to go with its gripping flavors of black currant, blackberry, dark mocha and smoky char. The tannins are definitely in play here, creating a drier impression to the wine the longer the afternoon unfolds. I really do like the liveliness and intensity of the wine, but I would certainly prefer to drink it with another 5 years or so of cellar time under its belt.


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NOVA "Venom: Nature's Killer" Venom scientists are in a race against time to learn the secrets of many creatures who have evolved extremely toxic cocktails designed to kill, that now may also yield a new generation of advanced drugs to treat human ailments. NOVA reveals how venom works and follows two scientists on expeditions to track down and capture deadly creatures to collect and study them before the animals become extinct.G
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Unlocking The Secrets of Our Cells - The Nobel Prize Inside all of us exists a series of micro-worlds at the cellular, molecular and atomic level, constantly working to maintain our existence, but of which we are blissfully unaware. The 2012 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, have all unveiled new knowledge about this micro-world; this program explores their work, going on a journey through the micro-layers, showing how the discoveries they have made influence all our lives. Inside all of our cells is the next - molecular- level of the micro-world. D
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EcoSense for Living "Household Tips" Household tips for saving money while going easier on the planet. The first segment features nationally syndicated radio host and consumer advocate, Clark Howard, showing us the simple changes he's made in his own house to save on his energy bills. In the second segment, an urban couple in an older home is amazed at the results of their whole house energy audit. D
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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "Don't Forget" Alda investigates how people create memories and how, with age, memories become slippery, elusive and may vanish. Technology reveals Alda's brain at work as he memorizes names and faces. He discovers how ice water can boost memory and how easy it is to have a false memory implanted.G


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Football fans across the country flagged Yahoo (YHOO) for a personal foul after its fantasy sports service crashed an hour before the kickoff of many NFL games Sunday.
Yahoo, which said its service had mostly been restored Monday, apologized profusely for fumbling at the worst possible moment, when last-minute fantasy trades or lineup changes are made, moves that can determine whether users' fictional teams make the playoffs and who wins end-of-season cash prizes of hundreds of dollars or more.
Services like Yahoo's, which enable users to set up their own leagues with drafts, randomized team games and a process to make trades, are free. But fantasy sports leagues generate massive website traffic and direct and indirect revenue estimated to be $3 billion a year.
"It was like putting up a sign that said, 'Use ESPN instead,' " said Dan Fogarty, editor-in-chief of the Sports Grid blog. The competition among various sports sites for the eyeballs of these passionate football fans is fierce, he noted. Yahoo, which has the nation's leading sports site, is battling against competitors such as ESPN, NFL.com and CBS Sports.
"The servers crashed at noon on the East Coast," Fogarty said "That's a big deal because that's pretty much when people set their lineups. Guys are getting up from the Saturday night hangovers or they just dropped the kids off somewhere. That's when you get the most up-to-date information."
Every Sunday morning, the NFL releases a report listing all the inactive players for the day. If a fantasy football player using Yahoo did not get onto the site the hour before bodies started hurtling across the gridiron, he could not make critical last-minute changes to his team, Fogarty said. For example, if a fantasy football participant had Minnesota Vikings star receiver Percy Harvin on his team, he would get zero points for the player Sunday if he didn't have time to make a player substitution on his fantasy roster because Harvin was out with a sprained left ankle.
The snafu could cause infuriated fans to use another service next season, he said. In fantasy football, there are no replays.
On Sunday, Ken Fuchs, head of Yahoo Sports, issued an apology for the blown coverage.
"I am disappointed that we failed all of our fans today," he said, admitting it was "awful timing."
On Monday, a Yahoo spokeswoman said in an email, "We have since improved the fantasy issues on PC and mobile, and continue to address and monitor to ensure users do not experience additional issues."
Fantasy football fans tweeted their frustrations Sunday. Wrote one who goes by the name of WFANAudio: "Dear Google (GOOG), please develop a fantasy football platform. That will end Yahoo! as we know it. Love, Long Suffering Yahoo Fantasy users."
Another Twitter user, Justin Oh, wrote: "I hope Yahoo's stock tanks the same way its fantasy football servers did this weekend."
The outage, though, occurred on a day there were relatively few last-minute roster changes due to injuries, observed Dan Williams, co-founder of FantasyAlarm.com, a service that issues a constant flow of sports news to fantasy sports fans.
"I don't think it had a huge material effect on a proactive (fantasy) manager," he said. Word of Harvin's injury, for instance, was out the night before.
In all, there are about 36 million fantasy league participants in North America, said Paul Charchian, president of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association and LeagueSafe.com, a PayPal type service for fantasy leagues. And the ranks of fantasy sports players are growing by as many as 3 million a year, he said.
The fantasy sports concept dates back to the 1960s in the Bay Area, where some Oakland Raiders executives and others participated in the first fantasy football league, Charchian said. Fantasy leagues exploded in the 1990s with the broad use of the Internet, which makes them much easier to manage.
"Fantasy sports players consume twice as much television football than other football fans," Charchian said. "You are both watching your team and all of our guys on other teams. That is creating significant dollars (in revenue)."
In the end, Williams said, fantasy fans probably won't punish Yahoo for Sunday's blackout.
"Yahoo is a great product," he said. "It's free. People have short memories."
Contact John Boudreau at 408-278-3496; follow him at Twitter.com/svwriter.
Sports coverage gets lots of website clicks in the United States. A large part of that is driven by fantasy sports fans, who constantly seek out information about their players and manage their team rosters through services offered by companies such as Yahoo. Here is the list of the top 10 sports sites with the most unique visitors in October.
Yahoo Sports: 45.5 million
ESPN: 44.4 million
FOXSports.com on MSN: 37 million
NFL Internet Group: 24.6 million
USA Today Sports Media Group: 23.2 million
CBS Sports: 21.2 million
Turner Sports Digital: 20.5 million
Major League Baseball: 14.5 million
NBC Sports: 11.8 million
Sports Illustrated sites: 10.7 million
Source: comScore Media Metrix


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(NewsUSA) – It's been said that "Music gives life to everything." Combine that with the adage, "Variety is the spice of life," and you've got the perfect description of the entertainment found in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
The Smoky Mountain town of a little more than 6,000 residents attracts millions of visitors each year, and many of them come for the shows performed in the city's dozen theaters. Each theater offers something different, so the choices are seemingly endless when it comes to entertainment.
Since Pigeon Forge is located in east Tennessee, one may expect to hear country and bluegrass performances. There's plenty of that and more, as talented entertainers belt out gospel, rock 'n' roll, Broadway tunes and even a touch of Motown. There's a fair share of magic and comedy as well, and we can't forget performing dogs, racing pigs and stampeding buffalo.
It's not just the diverse styles of music that give variety to the shows in Pigeon Forge. Each is filled with its own special cast of talented singers, dancers, musicians, comedians and more. Dig a little deeper into the talent pool, and you'll find a pre-teen banjo picker, a Grammy award-winning gospel group, an international yodeling champion, a lifetime member of the International Magicians Society, a gold medal-winning clogger and many others who bring special skills to the stage.
Pigeon Forge is home to a number of dinner theaters that combine mouthwatering meals with family-friendly entertainment. Again, it's all about variety? a friendly North/South competition performed on horseback, feuding lumberjacks and mountain families, and a nightly murder mystery to be solved, all serve up with tasty Southern treats.
Two of the city's special events feature musical performances. Saddle Up in February is filled with western music and cowboy poetry, while performances by nationally recognized country, rock or gospel artists highlight July's Patriot Festival.
In addition to the theaters of Pigeon Forge, award-winning shows are presented daily at Dollywood, one of the nation's most popular theme parks, many of them written by the park's namesake, Dolly Parton.
For more information about Pigeon Forge, call 1-800-251-9100 or visit MyPigeonForge.com.
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Patrons at Tark's Grill were eating in the dining room and drinking at the bar when the ferocious storm struck Friday night and the Brooklandville restaurant went dark.
The Green Spring Station establishment was among many Baltimore-area eateries and grocery stores that not only lost prime weekend business but also merchandise — food that went bad in the heat.
Tark's reopened Monday with a limited menu and estimated losses of at least $25,000, owner Bill Shriver said.
"We had no ice and nowhere to get ice — try opening a restaurant with no ice," Shriver said. "We were flat-out shut down for two days."
Still, Shriver counts himself fortunate. A vendor lent him a refrigerated truck Saturday, enabling the restaurant to save 75 percent of its food, Shriver said. Power to the business was restored Sunday.
Giant Food Inc., the area's biggest grocery chain, had 60 stores operating on backup generators at the height of the outages and still had eight stores using emergency power Monday, spokesman Jamie Miller said.
While the chain kept all its stores open, it had to throw out perishable stock. "We're still assessing how much product was lost over the past few days," Miller said.
Safeway lost electricity at about a third of its 150 stores in the Baltimore-Washington area, the company reported. Backup generators allowed the stores to stay open, but many goods could not be saved, spokesman Greg Ten Eyck said.
"For perishable goods, refrigerated and frozen foods, after a time without the power, we have to throw that food away, so there's a great deal of waste," he said, calling the loss "substantial."
On Monday, only the Charles Village Safeway still did not have full power, said Ten Eyck, adding that the store would be restocked with perishable food once power was restored.
Most area Wal-Marts had reopened by Monday afternoon, including one at Towson Place shopping center, said Dianna Gee, a spokeswoman for the discount chain.
Gee said perishable items had been lost, but she would not put a dollar amount on the spoiled goods.
"Any time there is a loss of power, we properly dispose of fresh, refrigerated and frozen foods," or divert delivery to other locations, she said.
At a 7-Eleven on Park Heights Avenue, power was still out Monday afternoon when the franchise owned by M.D. Rashid was visited by Cassandra Cary, a Baltimore City health inspector.
Cary told Rashid — who had the front door propped open — that he had to close the store until the power came back on.
"It's horrible," Rashid said. "I can't take it. It's almost three days, and we've lost so much money on the business. The electric company, BGE, they need to find out a better way to fix it earlier than this."
Rashid said he understood the risks involved in operating a store without power — food safety and safety in general. But he chafed at the city's restrictions.
"There is no income, but the expenses are still on," Rashid said. "Payroll is still on; all the other expenses are still on. But there's no income. It's almost three days."
Baltimore Sun reporter Colin Campbell contributed to this article.
Baltimore grocers, restaurants cope with power outage losses
Patrons at Tark's Grill were eating in the dining room and drinking at the bar when the ferocious storm struck Friday night and the Brooklandville restaurant went dark.


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'Love Song' Singer Sara Bareilles to Fill Nicole Scherzinger's Shoes As Judge on NBC's 'The Sing-Off'
So long, Nicole Scherzinger — there's a new judge in town.
The Pussycat Doll is departing NBC's a cappella competition series 'The Sing-Off,' heading for 'X Factor' and leaving fellow recording artist Sara Bareilles to take over for her at the judges' table.
"A cappella music is very near and dear to my heart, and I have been a huge fan of the show from the beginning," Bareilles said in a statement. "I love the opportunity to be a part of something that celebrates a genre of music that I just adore and believe in. I can't wait for it to start."
Bareilles, who earned a Song of the Year Grammy nomination for her 2009 breakout hit, 'Love Song,' knows a thing or two about carrying a tune — as do her fellow judges, Ben Folds and Boyz II Men member Shawn Stockman. According to NBC's Paul Telegdy, this is what sets the show apart: "Simply put, they can do what the contestants are doing, and that means a lot."
'The Sing-Off' is currently casting contestants for the upcoming third season, set to begin in September.
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Up And Running — The New Melges 20 A Big Hit At Annapolis Boat Show
14 October 2008
Experts say that the Annapolis Boat Show is the 'big' boat show of the year. With all the ambivalent economic news, Melges Performance Sailboats wondered just how productive the show would really be. Would the turnout meet their expectations? What was certain was the extreme interest in the Melges 20.
To start off the show, Sailing World Magazine deemed that the Melges 20 was a definite Boat of the Year Nominee. Test sailing in Annapolis harbor proved lucrative and very exciting as people lined the waterfront to watch it sail. A Melges 20 was available for test drives as part of the full Melges boat show display alongside of the popular Melges 32 and Melges 24. Actually seeing the Melges 20, live and in person, is what really grabbed everyone's attention.
By the close of the show, Melges confirmed 8 Melges 20 orders. "The Melges 20 test drive program at the show made all the difference for us," said Andy Burdick, President of Melges Performance Sailboats. "It is amazing how much interest we have in this new boat. When we get the potential buyer on the water, and they see how the boat sails and works, their interest elevates to a whole new level."
The boat looks fantastic from a distance, but to take the opportunity to sail the Melges 20 is quite an experience!
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – David Thomas compiled six blocks, six kills, and five digs in MIT's 25-12, 25-16, 25-15 victory over Southern Vermont College in a North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division men's volleyball match on Friday night. With the win, the nationally-ranked No. 11 Engineers raised their ledger to 15-4 on the year and 9-0 in conference play while the Mountaineers dipped to 2-10 overall and 2-6 in the New England Division.
The visitors picked up the first two points of the match, but MIT rattled off nine straight points to take control of the set. A kill by Southern Vermont's Connor Murray led to an exchange of points, helping keep his squad within striking distance. The Engineers countered with a 12-5 run which resulted in a 23-10 advantage. Both sides picked up a pair of points to wrap up the frame.
MIT established an 8-2 lead in the second set; however, the Mountaineers battled back and narrowed the gap to five on three occasions, the last at 19-14. A strike by Ken Siebert helped the Engineers record six of the final eight points to clinch the game.
The Cardinal and Gray created a 4-2 edge in the final set, but kills by Anthony Barahona and Sean Moore coupled with a pair of MIT errors put Southern Vermont in front, 6-5. Sparked by a kill and block by Patrick Vatterott, the Engineers regained the lead and increased their margin to 14-7. A service error, a block by Barahona and Murray, followed by a solo block from Barahona quickly brought the Mountaineers within four (14-10). This was as close as it would get, as MIT generated an 11-5 run to capture the win.
Matt Hohenberger led the way for the Engineers with 12 kills to go along with three blocks, and one ace. Billy Evans posted six kills, four digs, and an ace as Vatterott finished with five kills, two blocks, and an ace. Siebert notched five kills and five digs while Garrett Winther contributed three blocks. Tim Lee tallied 34 assists, five digs, two blocks, and two aces as Jeremy Velazquez chipped in five digs.
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Microsoft Considered Laramie For New Data Center
Recently, Microsoft announced the plan to build a $112 million data center in Cheyenne. With this development, comes the prospect of many new jobs and a great amount of revenue that will benefit the state of Wyoming. During Microsoft's selection process however, came the notion Laramie could be next to see a technological development such as the one in Cheyenne.
According to the Laramie Economic Development Corporation:
Microsoft considered Laramie as a "very attractive location," adding there was no doubt that another company will land a data center in Laramie."
According to the LEDC, Laramie boasts favorable operating costs, fiber optics, geography, and talent availability largely thanks to the University and the constant influx of capable minds and bodies. Laramie will be aided by the general attractiveness of the state of Wyoming which the LEDC describes as, "irrefutably a highly-rated and alluring State in which to locate data centers."
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Many in Laramie have been in support of this potential development, and the LEDC is in support as well, saying that it "...positively demonstrates the vision and forward thinking necessary to stimulate growth in Laramie's technology sector."
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For most of the last three decades, China has presented a challenge to a favorite axiom of classical liberals—namely, that economic freedom begets political freedom in the fullness of time. China appears to be a huge exception to this idea (which was popular with, among others, Milton Friedman). How long would China be able to go on with economic liberalization without political and social liberalization? Or had they in fact developed a stable new combination of economic dynamism within political authoritarianism?*
With China's economy slowing, it looks as though the classical liberal view may turn out to be right—except that what is going to change is not political authoritarianism, but economic freedom. Today's New York Times has an important story, buried on page 6 of the national print edition, with the ominous headline: "China Closes Window on Economic Debate, Protecting Dominance of State."
After nearly a decade of President Hu Jintao's focus on strengthening the state, a broad consensus of Chinese economists says the country is overdue for another big push to encourage private enterprise and to foster a shift toward a more consumer-driven economy. The challenge, they say, is turning back China's domineering state sector.
But that seems increasingly unlikely. Publicly controlled enterprises have become increasingly lucrative, generating wealth and privileges for hundreds of thousands of Communist Party members and their families. And in a clear sign of its position, the government has moved to limit public debate on economic policy, shutting out voices for change. While political reform has always been a taboo topic in China, in economics, from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, almost anything went, with powerful voices backing strong measures that challenged the status quo. But now, despite the rise of social media, fewer prominent voices within China are able to make the case for a systemic overhaul that would prepare the nation for long-term prosperity on sturdier foundations.
"It's not a good time to speak out for reforms, but it's a good time to speak out against them," said Li Shuguang, a professor at the China University of Politics and Law. "The government doesn't encourage debate." . .
Challenging the system, Mr. Zhang contends, has been the key to China's economic success. Today, he says, that would mean reducing the party's control over important sectors of the economy. Over the past decade, state companies have maintained and expanded control over industries like automobiles, aviation, chemicals, energy, information technology, machinery, metals, steel and telecommunications.
Mainstream criticism of this trend, however, is limited. A propaganda department directive this year explicitly banned the term "monopoly" to describe state-owned enterprises. Journalists say they regularly have articles kept from publication if they discuss the deadening effect of state control over so many industries.
This is not good.
By the way, there is this amusing and revealing correction to the online version of the story: "An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to the Propaganda Ministry of the Communist Party. While there is a propaganda department under the Communist Party Central Committee, there is no government ministry by that name." Talk about a distinction without a difference: if the Communist Party has monopoly control of the government, then…
* Yes, yes, I'm aware that much of China's economy is more properly characterized as state capitalism (or crony capitalism), and that foreign investment is tightly controlled and overseen, but even with this important caveat the rapidly emerging middle class ought to be a force for social and political liberalization, as well as the rising class of entrepreneurs who will want further economic liberalization and eventually will see that political reform is the necessary condition for that.
Now back to the elections in Greece and Egypt.
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Videogames, by nature, have the awesome ability to take us to worlds and times that have no basis in reality. Because of this, the medium is also responsible for giving birth to some of the most ridiculously awesome gadgets we've ever seen. Not only that, but some games also give us the opportunity to use real-life gadgets in ways we would never have the chance to in our normal, boring, everyday lives. Obsessable's Top 10 coolest in-game gadgets feature will take you on a tour through some of gaming's most insane, deadly, and useful gadgets to ever grace your TV screen.
I used to love Taser, it was like the best weapon in the game never runs out if ammo, zap just about anyone, even if they were wearing flak jacket and in my view Syphon Filter was a very good 3rd person shooter, it took seven long years to make a 3rd person shooter as good as Syphon Filter was for it's time.
I can't find it. Anyhow...I like the updated version of the gun from Resistance that allows you to shoot through walls. The one from Resistance 2 gave you the ability to see the silhouette through the wall.
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To continue with my list of highlights from the SF show… It's always a treat seeing Thom deVita and, as usual, finding him in the hotel lobby every morning by 7a.m. (He and I are commonly the only people stirring at this hour). Sitting with Thom and listening to a few of his stories each morning was a real treat.
The first morning I asked him what he was doing…"Are you people-watching?"
"Lady-watching," he said, with a wry grin.
DeVita also sold some of his art (which we will soon be featuring on the TAM site) and he did several tattoos on some devoted tattooers over the weekend. (It was the first time I'd seen him wear gloves!)
I was able to successfully film the long-planned Jack Rudy interview and a video of him doing a tattoo for our upcoming 25th issue spectacular!
Everyone who knows Jack can appreciate the sense of accomplishment we felt upon completion of this most difficult task. We managed to get the interview done merely a few hours later than expected and the 2 p.m. tattoo appointment we filmed started well before 7p.m. on the following day! Ha-ha.
We all felt a wave of relief, knowing that the hardest job of the weekend was over. Thanks Jack!
In addition to Rudy's video I was able to film some upcoming featured TAM artists including; Mike Rubendall, John Glessner, Beppe, Jason Kundell and Robert Ryan (the conversation with Robert was particularly enjoyable for me).
Having Grime give me a personalized copy of his new book Iron Will was a very nice experience. And I'm pretty sure he sold out of all the advanced copies at the show. It's quite an amazing collection and it also comes with a new printing of his first book– Two-Year Autopsy. You need one.
I was happy to be present for Scott Harrison's "last convention" as he (sadly for us) officially retires from the world of tattooing after 20 years!
Harrison will be pursuing his art and illustrations full-time from now on. Please visit his site: Headband Brothers. Harrison will also be contributing a new comic strip for TAM entitled, Tatcon Level 3 –beginning in issue #23! It is hilarious!
Richard Stell (thanks to the brain-power of Clay Decker) proved that nothing could slow him down, not even a power outage!
Stell had a crowd around his booth because he was the only tattooer still working when the power went out. He completed his Sunday appointment with a rotary machine and a spliced USB cord attached to his laptop. It was quite a sight and, though we were all impressed, Clay marveled at our collective fascination stating, "I guess people really need more obstacles in life." Ha-ha.
My favorite quote of the weekend (only slightly ahead of the one listed above from Clay) was by Thom deVita, "I've been hungry since the depression."
Near the end of the show Bob Roberts told me what was wrong with the magazine!
And he was right too! Ha-ha.
It's never easy to get an unsolicited critique, but it reminded me of the old days of TAM when, following the printing of each issue, Mike (Rollo) Malone would shred it apart. I learned a lot then, and there's no reason to think it can't still be helpful now to get reamed out for falling short of perfection. Thanks to Bob for your time and thoughts.


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Born: March 3, 1924
Krzepice, Poland
The youngest of two children, Henia was born to a Jewish family in the town of Krzepice. By the early 1930s, the Jewish population of Krzepice comprised more than 40 percent of the town's inhabitants. Henia's father made his living trading cattle in the area. Henia attended a public elementary school.
1933-39: On September 1, 1939, the Germans invaded Poland; a day later, they entered our town. We tried to escape to Warsaw but the German forces quickly overtook us and ordered us back to Krzepice. Several days later the Germans set up a ghetto in Krzepice. We weren't allowed to leave the ghetto on penalty of death. Many people were shot for doing so, but rather than starve, I sometimes sneaked out to search for food.
1940-44: In 1941, hearing that the Germans were seizing people for work details, I escaped to a nearby village. But I missed my parents so I returned. Searching for them, I was arrested and eventually deported to the Mauthausen camp. While digging a ditch in a field I tried to escape into the woods. After two days, SS guards with dogs hunted me down. They beat me ruthlessly, breaking my nose. As I lay on the ground I heard the guards say, "Don't waste a bullet on her, she's dying." Later, I crawled back to the barracks.
Henia was then deported to the Bergen-Belsen camp. She was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945. After recuperating in Sweden, she immigrated to the United States in 1947.


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I know this will sound strange but most of my life since I can remember I have been followed around by a strange black rabbit who isn't really there. Most encounters I have with it are out of the corner of my eye but on occasion I see it right in front of me and it will sit and stare at me sometimes for a few moments the run off and disappear. Now I'm not some strung out kid im am a grown sober man I don't even drink I can't understand it's reason to follow me. It has no evil or menacing presence. Just as if it's curios about me. I've read a bit about shadow animals but haven't found much but what I have read doesn't really seem the same for instance I see it's face and body very clearly and it seems to want me to know it's there at times. It even goes as far as to run in front of me as I'm walking (on vary rare occasions). I don't mean for it to leave I'd just like to understand it a little more. If you think you could help please let me know thank you Adam
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I'm not quite sure if I can be of any help, but I have seen shadow animals as well. The ones I see are black birds. I can even see them in a house, or at work. I don't have to be outside to see them. They are blurry when they move or flap their wings, and it usually looks slowed down, and not a normal, fast flapping you would usually see on a bird.
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I updated my End of the Beginning post and somehow none of it was saved, so, try, try again. The title comes from a song by my good friend and talented singer/songwriter John Flynn : http://johnflynn.net You can hear the song there.
The songs resonates with me because I realize there are far more years behind me than there are ahead. I have lost one parent:
My mother is 90 and a half, and I don't think it will be long before I become a motherless child:
Mother and Dad lived for 40 years in the old house where they watched 3 generations grow up:
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, even great-great grandchildren:
The time came when Mother could no longer stay in that old house:
Our experiment with sending her to live in a fancy "assisted living" facility didn't work out. After a mistake with her medication that almost killed her, my sister Gwen took Mother home with her.
So now I find myself at the beginning of the end, although I hope it'll be a long time before I get there. John's song says "The journey of a single step can begin with a thousand miles." Here was where I started:
I grew up, went to college, got married:
We had kids:
Then we had some grandkids:
We got divorced, but later became friends again. I had some adventures, did a lot of traveling, met some interesting people and some great friends, mostly because of Arlo Guthrie:
To quote John again, I'm thankful "for old friends you can count on, even though their ranks are thinning."
Dennis Lachappelle, best bus driver and best friend anyone could ever ask for.
There are others I dearly miss: dear, sweet Jack Dultz, Gay, who will always be sitting at the front table at the church, Gerry Harper – your daughter grew up to be as wonderful as you were, sweetheart. So many friends and loved ones gone but never forgotten.
Our sons grew up:
Our granddaughters are teenagers!
So, what happens next? I need to work on that Bucket list – maybe finish the mystery I started writing many moons ago. I have continued to write and get published – here's the launch of the latest anthology from the Final Twist, Oct. 2011:
Chorus of The End of the Beginning" "Oh, the journey you make, from the first breath you take, to your last dying day, the mystery will take your breath away …"
Kris Kristofferson, who accompanies John on this song, has a song with a similar line:
From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse, the going up was worth the comin' down. I do believe he's right. Journey on …


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New York man claims wife died in Hungary after airlines said she was too overweight to fly home
A sickly, obese Bronx woman was left stranded in Hungary then died from kidney failure after airline officials booted her from three New York-bound flights because she was too fat, her husband says.
"All we wanted was to come back home to get her treatment," said a grieving Janos Soltesz, a Staten Island Ferry security guard whose 56-year-old wife, Vilma, died in Hungary nine days after she was kicked off the first of three jets.
Vilma, who weighed about 425 pounds, had only one leg and used a wheelchair. She traveled with her husband of 33 years to Hungary on Delta and KLM airlines on Sept. 17.
They spent several relaxing weeks at a vacation home they owned in the Hungarian countryside. It was a trip they took almost every year.
Before the journey, their travel agent informed Delta of Vilma's condition and bought two tickets for her and one for Janos.
They planned to come home Oct. 15 so Vilma could resume treatment with the doctors she had been seeing for years.
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Hedgehogs can acquire external parasites. Flea infestation is not a common problem in pet hedgehogs. Fleas are a small insect parasite that may take up residence on your hedgehog, especially if exposed to fleas outdoors or in a house with dogs, cats or other animals who themselves have fleas.
Rabbits can acquire external parasites including fleas, especially if your rabbit is exposed to fleas outdoors or lives in a house with dogs or cats who themselves have fleas. Your rabbit may or may not be itchy depending on your rabbit's sensitivity to flea bites.
Guinea pigs are easy to care for and, if handled frequently and gently, make great family pets. They are generally hardy, healthy animals but are susceptible to certain problems and diseases.
Mites are small insect parasites that can cause serious skin problems for your guinea pig. The two common guinea pig fur mites are Trixacarus caviae (sarcoptic mange mite) and Chirodiscoides caviae.
The common rabbit pinworm (an Oxyurid called Passalurus ambiguus) is an internal (intestinal) parasite found in rabbits. It does not cause a serious health threat to rabbits, but it can cause uncomfortable itching and skin inflammation or redness.
Common conditions of pet prairie dogs include obesity, dental disease, respiratory disease, heart disease, and parasites. Prairie dogs can also be afflicted with cancer and ringworm.


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Car Review
2014 Maserati GranTurismo: Overview
Pros: Reasonably priced for a Maserati; excellent sound; bold styling; more usable than any previous Maserati sports car
Cons: Big depreciation; aging design; no dual-clutch automatic; new model right around the corner
What's New: The 2014 Maserati GranTurismo sees minor changes this year, as the brand's energy is instead focused on its new sedans. Revisions include new paint colors, new wheel designs and an available carbon fiber hood for MC models.
The Maserati GranTurismo is a 2-door, 4-seat sports car offered as either a coupe or a soft-top convertible. On sale since 2008, the GranTurismo is slated for replacement in the next year or two, but that doesn't mean it's a dinosaur. On the contrary, it still offers a high-end interior, bold styling and one of the best engine notes in the business.
That engine note comes courtesy of a 4.7-liter V8, which makes around 450 horsepower and comes standard in all versions of the GranTurismo. In total, there are five: a base-level convertible ($139,500), a GranTurismo Sport coupe ($127,500) and convertible ($144,000), and a GranTurismo MC coupe ($144,000) and convertible ($154,000).
Shoppers interested only in the GranTurismo's good looks and a more relaxed driving experience will want to go for a base-level convertible or a mid-level GranTurismo Sport. Those models come standard with a 6-speed automatic. They offer a long list of equipment, such as heated front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, Bluetooth and a voice-activated navigation system.
For drivers who want more all-out performance, the 2014 Maserati GranTurismo also offers performance-tuned MC models. While the MC trims don't offer any extra power, they add a firmer sport suspension, a quicker-shifting transmission and a dual-stage exhaust. Zero-to-60 times range from 5.1 seconds for the base convertible to 4.7 seconds for an MC coupe.


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close enough heheTom183 wrote:I wouldn't call that "on time"...naishkiter10882 wrote:I know i was in contact with one of these clouds now.. one kite was still up when it came.. i knew something was funky so i went in and i still had my kite up and i felt the wind shift a little and i imediately landed my kite. I grabed its leading edge and held on TIGHT, very strong gust.. i ran to my equipment and held it down.
The guy who still had his kite up use the quick release right when the gust got there.. He was advanced level though. He was on the beach when he did this.
This happened during an ocean session.. really good thing we were in on time, because wind started blowing offshore at 60 mph, in long island.. meaning there were no islands to be dragged to on your kite.. just the west atlantic ocean..


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by Wesley Ratko
The Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee considered only one item for its first meeting of 2013 – the issue of Herbiary starting a consultation and classroom business in a converted garage at 133 E. Mermaid Lane. The same issue was first discussed at last month's Development Review Committee meeting.
At issue is whether Herbiary, an herbal remedy business with locations at Reading Terminal Market and 7721 Germantown Ave. can continue to operate its "herbal consultations" practice at the location. Some near neighbors of the property oppose the variance on the grounds that it is a commercial intrusion.
Herbiary owners Andrew Celwyn and Maia Toll returned with their lawyer, Joe Beller, who will represent them before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 4, and the owner of the property, Ellen Deacon.
Celwyn and Toll applied for a use variance late last year, which was refused by Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections. They are asking the Chestnut Hill Community Association to support their appeal.
An existing use variance from 1956 had allowed a business office to operate out of the main house on what is otherwise a residential street. That office has since been converted into an apartment.
The property itself can be broken down into two parts – the main house along Mermaid Lane, and a carriage house in the rear. This rear building, which has two apartments, abuts a long garage with multiple bays.
Five of those bays have been converted into a single space that Herbiary uses as a classroom. In order for Herbiary to continue operating on site, a new use variance needs to be granted to reflect the nature of the new activity.
The city denied their recent request for such a variance based solely on the existence of the apartment, which brings the total number of living units on site to six. This is one more than what the city recognizes as legal.
Reading from a prepared statement Deacon, who lives in the carriage house, said that she felt she was "operating properly and in good faith." She said that because previous tenants included a stone mason, a house painter, a landscaper and a construction company, she was willing to consider other uses for the space and never believed Herbiary's activity would cause concern with the neighbors.
"I have nothing to gain by encouraging activities on any of these Mermaid Lane locations that are not to the benefit of all residents there, my tenants included," she said.
Toll said there are classes on site roughly five times per month: a 10-person class that meets twice a month, a 20-person class that meets once a month, and an evening class with up to 18 people one evening per month. Classes run from September to June and include the same students throughout: two on weekends, one in the evening, and one floating class that she reserved for guest speakers. Students are directed to park at the Wyndmoor train station at E. Willow Grove Avenue and Wyndmoor Street.
"Our goal is to be a part of this neighborhood," Toll said.
Nearby neighbors, however, said they were not ready to have a classroom or consultation business next door. They claim that these classes have brought an influx of strangers into the rear area behind their property that intrudes on their privacy and disturbs the residential character of the block.
Steven McGarvey of 127 E. Mermaid Lane read from a statement by Kristopher Jacobson, another near neighbor who was present at the DRC meeting but was unable to attend Thursday's meeting. Jacobson's statement indicated that no change to the activities or operating hours of the school would make it an acceptable use because of its public nature.
"There is no configuration that would be acceptable to me," said Jacobson's statement, although he said that limiting class time to weekday business hours, keeping the garage doors closed during classes, and prohibiting students from congregating on the pavement outside the garage during break times would be helpful.
Other neighbors said they felt the same way.
"A variance is permanent, but tenants are temporary," said Stephanie Pashton of 129 E. Mermaid Lane. Both she and McGarvey said that their interests as long-term property owners should be placed above those of Herbiary.
Because the refusal received from the city relates only to the number of dwelling units on the property, Herbiary's attorney, Beller, argued that the legality of holding classes on site was immaterial to the discussion and all neighbor complaints about the classes should not be the subject of the discussion.
"As far as I'm concerned, there is no problem with the classes that are being taught," said Beller. "As a neighbor and someone who wants to cooperate, the answer is given to your panel that there would be a willingness to limit [class size]."
Not all neighbors at the meeting were opposed. One near neighbor explained that his property abutted the open space behind the property. This space, which is close to an acre in size, is tended by Herbiary and its customers as a garden. He said he benefitted from the space remaining open.
In a split decision, the committee voted in favor of supporting the variance that would allow six apartments at the site, with the proviso that all classes conducted by Herbiary be over by 5 p.m. This was reached after a failed motion by committee member John Landis not to support the variance.
"I regret having to make this motion," he said, "but the use of what is private residential space for a public use is a material inconvenience for the neighbors." He added that where the need to balance the rights of a non-residential use in a residential area was concerned, the neighbors had to take precedence. "I believe everyone has acted in good faith," he said.
The applicants will return to the DRC for a vote later this month before it goes to the full CHCA board.


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Evening's Empire
Tor, Apr 2003, 15.95, 352 pp. ISBN: 0765302977 Needing closure by burying the specter of his wife who accidentally fell off the cliffs near Empire, Oregon, Russell Kent returns to the village with plans to compose an opera focusing on Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. However, ghosts haunt his sleep as he dreams of his deceased spouse as well as the town and its residents. Feeling a bit guilty, Russell has an affair with Megan Sumner, the owner of ...


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Go Here: Trampoline Walkway in Russia
Surely there is no better way to travel.
'Fast track' was installed in Nikola-Lenivets Forest Park for the Archstoyanie Art Festival in July 2012, as a temporary interactive art installation. Created by the Estonian architecture firm Salto Architects, 'Fast Track' was originally slated to be a fun temporary walkway during the event, and then be disassembled.
The 167-foot bouncing walkway was so popular, though, that the park decided to leave it as a permanent installation. The folks at Salto explained the project as "an attempt to create [an] intelligent infrastructure that is emotional and corresponds to the local context, giving the user a different experience of moving and perceiving the environment." Nailed it.
We really think that if all moving walkways were replaced with trampolines life would dramatically improve -- have you ever tried to be upset while jumping on one? It's actually physically impossible. Just imagine how much happier people at the airport would be, if instead of standing on those people movers, they were bouncing along to their gate. Jumping with carry-on luggage could be kind of dangerous, though.


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Tom payed $250 for a Candy Cloud special from Alycee who works the back bay. He got extra desert and diabetes that night.
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Jan. 30, 2006
BRUNSWICK, Maine - The men's track team placed first in the six team field on Saturday at Bowdoin College. The Engineers accumulated 184 points, while Tufts (156), Bowdoin (98), Springfield (96), Colby (20) and Gordon (0) followed behind. MIT had six individual event winners on the day.
Senior David Blau began the day by outpacing his opponents in the 55 meter dash. He then took home the 200 meter run with a time of 22.83. Blau was the only runner to finish the race in less than 23 seconds.
The Engineers got quality performances from the freshman class on Saturday. In the 600 meter run, it was freshman Dan Rodgers who came away victorious. Rodgers ran the course in 1:24.58, slightly faster than the runner up Marcelo Norsworthy of Tufts (1:24.66).
Another freshman, Trevor Rundell, finished first in the 5000 meter run with a time of 15:25.95. MIT senior Eric Khatchadourian (15:34.07) followed close behind Rundell.
Sophomore Omari Stephens claimed the best mark in pole vault. His 4.27 meter vault was significantly better than that of Tufts' Rob Lorie (3.81 meters).
To no surprise, MIT senior Uzoma Orji won both the shot put and the weight throw. Orji went about his business as the best in both events, posting an 18.08 meter mark in the shot put and a 18.63 meter toss in the weight throw.
The Engineers next compete in the Boston University Invitational on Monday, February 6 at 4:30 p.m.


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Quantum Dot Lab
Compute the eigenstates of a particle in a box of various shapes including domes and pyramids.
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Archive Version 2.1
Published on 27 Jan 2011 All versions
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This tool is supported by variety of different materials:
- A First time user guide
- A general tutorial entitled "Quantum Dots" on the origin of quantum mechanics and the interpretation of quantum dots as artificial atoms.
- An introductory tutorial to the tool "Introduction to Quantum Dot Lab" with usage scenarios on state filling, light/dark absorption lines, and absorption coefficients.
- A homework / project assignment entitled "Homework Exercise on Quantum Dot Spectra, Absorption, and State Symmetry".
Upgrades from previous versions:
- Ver 1.1: Now users can select an effective mass of the quantum dot. Also the tool speed was a bit improved and there is a status bar indicating progress in the visualization preparation – which had been slow.
- Ver 1.1.1: The optical absorption lines are not as finely resolved and therefore do not demand such large file sizes. The default absorption line width was also increased by a factor of 10. Finally the number of allowed states was increased to 150.
- Ver 1.1.4: Added default values for effective mass for the different materials listed.
- Ver 2.0: The tool now runs NEMO 5 instead of NEMO 3D. This fixes a problem connected to the absolute position of energy levels. A 1s tight-binding band structure model is used which is equivalent to an effective-mass model. The optical matrix elements and absorption peaks are calculated slightly differently compared to the old tool. The GUI has been rearranged, allowing for the effective mass parameters to be set by the user. The tab for optical calculations has also been cleaned up. The performance of NEMO 5 is still undergoing optimizations.
- Ver 2.0.1/2: 4 digits of floating point is used in energy states plot. Fixed error when the different number of states is used. Several detailed description of input parameters is updated.
- Ver 2.1: Update to NEMO 5 r4228.
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Quantum Dot Lab version 1.x ran NEMO-3D. Starting from version 2.0, the underlying engine is NEMO 5, a code under development in the research group of Gerhard Klimeck. NEMO 5 is an open source nanoelectronics device simulator containing a variety of different material and geometry models. Features include the construction of atomistic grids of varying crystal structures, multiband Schroedinger-Poisson simulations, and user-friendly input/output.
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- "Building and Deploying Community Nanotechnology Software Tools on nanoHUB.org and Atomistic simulations of multimillion-atom quantum dot nanostructures", Gerhard Klimeck, Marek Korkusinski, Haiying Xu, Seungwon Lee, Sebastien Goasguen and Faisal Saied, Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 2: pg. 807, 07 (2005)


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Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization
Technical Committee
Thursday, August 15, 2013
1:30 p.m.
County/City Building, Room 113
Roll call and acknowledge the "Nebraska Open Meeting Act"
- Review and action on the draft minutes of the May 16, 2013 Technical Committee meeting.
- Review and action on the Project Selection Task Force recommendations on the proposed program of projects for the Federal Transit Administration Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (5310) program. Action includes amending the FY 2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Program to add these projects and funding.
- Review and action on revisions to the FY 2013-2016 and FY 2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Programs.
- Nebraska Department of Roads: US-77-BNSF Viaduct (CN 13089), #HSIP-77-2(161)
- Lower Platte South NRD: Rosa Parks Way Trail (CN 12945), #ENH-55(164)
- Review and action on a resolution that would allow the Nebraska Department of Roads to assume the role of "Designated Recipient" for the new Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program for the Lincoln MPO.
- Briefing on the Lincoln MPO Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategy for improving individual travel choices and options within the MPO planning area.
- Report on current status of Pedestrian and Bicycle Counting activity and a proposed comprehensive city-wide pedestrian and bicycle counting program.
- Other topics for discussion.


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Three's Company: Tips for Creating Rooms for 3 Or More Kids
Putting three or more children in one room may not sound ideal. Space configurations, not to mention decor choices for two genders and a variety of ages can't be easy. Take a look at different approaches to this problem featured on Apartment Therapy in the past:
Though it might not always be one's first choice, children who grow up together in this kind of intimate setting may create bonds they might not otherwise if each had their own room. There will be lots of late night giggling and raucous pillow fights. Such is the stuff childhood is made of.
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1. Takeaway tip from Loft for Triplets, Home By Novogratz: Sometimes the best solution for small spaces is to spend your money on customizing it. Here, the loft bed and desk were built by a carpenter to maximize space for these triplets.
2. Takeaway Tip from A Small Space Triple Bunk Solution: Again, customization was key here. These staggered bunks were made just for this space and work like a charm.
3. Takeaway Tip from Simon, Levi and Josie's Shared Room: Although the configuration will have to change when Josie gets bigger, this family utilized the closet as a niche for the baby's crib by taking off the door
4. Takeaway Tip from Minimalist Bunk Beds for Four: If you're really short on space, go as minimal as possible with both furniture and decor. Many children's bedrooms are traditionally also a play area, but you may have to limit them to just sleeping.
5. Takeaway Tip from Linus, Miles, and Oliver's "Make Room for Three!" Room: Fitting three cribs in one room is a challenge. Here, they were placed length-wise next to the wall to leave more room in the center of the room. This same strategy could be used for toddler or twin-sized beds.
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6. Takeaway Tip from My Room: Sophia, Ava and Olivia: This mom not only tied the room together with bedding – she saved money by buying one quilt and cutting it into pieces for the bedding.
7. Takeaway Tip from Three Little Boys, One Room: Here, each brother has a magnetic board near his bed to decorate and use as he wishes. A small gesture toward giving them each a tiny part of the room for himself.
8. Takeaway Tip from A Definitely, Indisputably, Not-Girly Shared Room: Use your vertical space. Here, two boys bunked up to save space and shelves and artwork were hung high to maximize the space.
9. Takeaway Tip from A Bedroom Built for Four: "Start organized and stay organized." That's a direct quote from the mom of the four kids who occupy this room. Her best strategies are to limit kids' belongings and to invest in smart storage – even if it's bigger than you'd like. She even brought in a large dresser to replace smaller bins because using up the space was less important than keeping the room uncluttered.
10. Takeaway Tip from A Trio of Hanging Beds: There are three main tips here: go vertical, build a custom solution and keep the belongings and decor to a minimum.
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11. Takeaway Tip from A Charming Bedroom for Four: Uniformity creates a cohesive look. With a few subtle differences, each child's belongings (bed, bedding, chair, hamper, etc.) are the same.
12. Takeaway Tip from Bunk Beds for Four: Another Take: This isn't a particularly small room, but it still needs to house four kids. They smartly made the bunks into a wall of built-ins and included underbed storage. The nautical nets both play into a subtle theme for the room and add a safety component for the high bunks.
13. Takeaway Tip from Meg's Room For Three: A showpiece. Not only did Meg make some practical decisions about storage and organization in this space, the memorable cloud bed and rotating gallery wall immediately draw your eye in and distract from the smallness of the room.
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We all know that Justin Bieber wants to be the next Michael Jackson. That's not news. But it's not lip service. The Biebs and his manager Scooter Braun revealed that the pop singer literally models his career after the King of Pop's, making the same decisions he did.
No, that doesn't include the Neverland Ranch, Bubbles the Chimp, too much plastic surgery, marrying Lisa Marie Presley, dangling his son over a balcony or sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber. It's more along the lines of moonwalking. But make no mistake. The Biebs isn't copying directly from the King of Pop. Rather, he is using him as a guide. Despite all the ancillary drama, Jackson did have a long and rather successful career, especially in his teens and early '20s, which is where the Biebs is now.
In an interview with Maclean's (quotes courtesy of Hollywood Reporter), the Biebs said, "I model my career on the decisions Michael made and how he kept his young fan base and kept his private life private. All those things add up to me. That made him super interesting."
Braun qualified his client's statements, saying, "It's not that Justin wants to be Michael Jackson. But his thing is, if Michael was the greatest, then why not look to him? You're supposed to study the greats, their successes and failures." That's a smart and a fair way to assess it, Scoots!
PopCrushers, do you think Justin Bieber is wise to emulate the late, great King of Pop?
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Kenya: Floods - Aug 2011
Starting August 2011, heavy rains in northwestern Kenya caused several cases of flash flooding in the Kisumu East, Nyando, and Turkana districts. Around Kakuma, an estimated 60,000 people experienced flooding with water sources, latrines and homes damaged (UNICEF, 17 Aug 2011). As of 12 December ,Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) estimated at least 25 people had lost their lives in flood-related incidents and approximately 15,045 households (91,692 people) were displaced from their homes (IFRC, 12 Dec 2011).
Useful Links
Affected countries
Maps & Infographics
Most read reports
- Kisumu west district crop, livestock and fisheries asessment report for high and medium potential rainfall potential areas - October 10th to 20th
- Horn of Africa Crisis - Situation Report No. 26
- Climate Prediction Center's Africa Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET - November 17 – November 23, 2011
- Climate Prediction Center's Africa Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET - September 1 - September 7, 2011
- Climate Prediction Center's Africa Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET - December 29, 2011 – January 4, 2012
Period covered by this Final Report: March 2011- July 2012
Appeal target (current): CHF 30,438,354
Appeal coverage: The IFRC mobilized 33 percent of the budget with support from Partner National Societies(PNS) while Kenya Red Cross Society raised 66 percent of the appeal budget through bilateral contributions which included funds raised through private sector, the African Union and through the "Kenyans for Kenya Initiative." When these contributions are considered, the Appeal can be said to be fully funded.
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Period covered by this Ops Update: March 2011- May 2012
Appeal target (current): CHF 30,438,354;
Appeal coverage: The IFRC Drought Appeal has been fully funded. The IFRC was able to mobilize 33% of the budget. With support from Partner National Societies (PNS), 66% of the appeal funds were raised. Kenya Red Cross Society also raised additional funds through Corporate donors, the African Union and through the "Kenyans for Kenya Initiative."
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UNICEF report: despite recent improvements, outlook for the Horn of Africa increasingly worrisome
More than 8 million people need emergency assistance
NAIROBI, 11 April 2012 – The massive humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa in 2011 reversed the spread of famine and saved tens of thousands of children's lives, but the outlook is increasingly worrisome, threatening the tentative gains achieved to date, according to a new UNICEF report.
World Vision welcomes the news that the famine is easing in parts of Somalia. The United Nations has officially downgraded the situation in Bakaool, lower Shabelle and Bay. At the peak of the crisis, malnutrition was affecting 53 per cent of the population in some areas of Somalia; now, that figure has fallen below the famine threshold of 30 per cent. But although conditions have begun to improve in the Horn of Africa for some, challenges remain great for the families who live there and the aid workers trying to respond.
With the famine in Somalia sparking an increased flow of refugees into neighbouring Kenya, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is scaling up its programmes to help improve the living conditions in the northern part of the country.
CHF 300,003 has been allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Kenya Red Cross Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 3,500 households (21,000 beneficiaries). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.
Summary: The expected October-November- December (OND) short rains have so far been characterized by heavy rainfall and storms in various parts of North Eastern, Coast, Upper Eastern, North Rift, South Rift and Western regions of Kenya.
· The security situation in southern Somalia, northeastern Kenya and areas around the Kenya- Somalia border remains highly unstable.
· Access to the drought-affected population in the Juba regions of Somalia and northeastern parts of Kenya continues to be impeded by insecurity and heavy rains.
· 60 cholera cases have been reported in Dadaab refugee camp since August, with ten laboratory confirmed cases as of 4 November. According to UNHCR, despite the limited medical resources at the camp, the situation is currently manageable.
Between September 1 and November 4, insecurity and drought displaced approximately 65,000 people from central and southern Somalia, according to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Of the total population displaced, 17,500 people were displaced from Mogadishu, with 14,000 people moving to other areas within Mogadishu and 3,500 people leaving the city.
Increased attacks on civilian and police targets have been reported in Kenya this week, as the Kenya military incursion in southern Somalia continues.
Humanitarian operations at Dadaab refugee camps and drought-affected areas of northeastern Kenya have been increasingly restricted, and in some cases halted, due to insecurity and damaged roads resulting from the ongoing heavy rains.
Two killed in church explosion in Garrisa as Kenya surges on in fight against Al-Shabaab militants
National Commission on Integration and Cohesion warns against xenophobic attacks on Kenyan Somalis
Food security set to improve in coming months as 3.75 million people remain dependant on relief aid
Prices for the staple maize decrease by 42 per cent in some areas; but high fuel prices remain a concern
Conflict in Isiolo far from over; tensions remain high
Heavy rainfall in Kenya's northern districts is impacting negatively on humanitarian response to drought victims, but has also improved access to water and pasture. Heavy rains have led to delays in food aid distribution in Wajir, Garissa and Mandera because roads are impassable. Meanwhile, insecurity along the Kenya/Somalia border region continues to shrink humanitarian space, adversely affecting distribution of relief aid to hundreds of thousands of drought-affected Kenyans and hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Dadaab complex.
· Tensions remain high in the region as Kenyan troops advance further in Somalia in pursuit of Al-Shabaab militants.
· Non-essential humanitarian operations in Dadaab refugee camp have been temporarily suspended due to insecurity in the area.
· Heavy rains continue to be received in the region, rendering some roads impassable but positively impacting on water recharging and pasture regeneration in drought-affected areas.
· Humanitarian actors in Djibouti are rolling out more clusters, enhancing coordination in the country.
A recount of applicants for refugee status in Dadaab has found large numbers attempting double registration. The apparent large backlog in applications for registration has been adjusted from 40,000 to 1,909. The average daily arrival rate for the past week was about 1,100 people per day.
Deteriorating security situation along Somali border and around Dadaab; a vehicle belonging to an international NGO has been hijacked in Hagadera camp.


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