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May 30, 2014
It's that time of year again (summer!) where we replace our Big Read-focused posts with Blue Star Museum Fridays. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the NEA, the Department of Defense, Blue Star Families, and more than 2,000 museums across the country, which offers free museum admission...
War Stories, and the Women Who Write Them
May 29, 2014
As long as war has been fought, war literature has been written as a means of explaining, questioning, and coping with the horrors that have taken place on the battleground. It has taken us to the front lines, to the decision rooms, to the prison camps, and to the training grounds. Much less...
Spotlight on Asian Arts Initiative
May 27, 2014
"[A]rtists interested in socially-engaged work should give before expecting to receive, which they can do by sharing what they are genuinely passionate about." -- Gayle Isa While many arts organizations can claim to be located in certain neighborhoods, not all of them can claim to...
For Graduation, Wise Words from the Literati
May 23, 2014
It's that time of year when thousands of newly minted graduates collect their diplomas and throw off their caps and gowns in preparation for What Comes Next. The future looms shiny and bright, and things like work, rent, and bills still seem like proud emblems of adulthood rather than the...
Art Talk with Sun Mee Chomet
May 22, 2014
"[T]he best art, it stays in your muscle memory for the rest of your life. And that's the kind of theater I want to create, that's the kind of work I want to do on stage and on the page. I'm not interested in something just for the moment. I'm interested in something that hits...
Spotlight on the Henry Art Gallery, a #BlueStarMuse
May 21, 2014
"Does everybody that we work with go on to be a big name? No. But if we did, we wouldn't be taking enough risks, as far as I'm concerned." – Sylvia Wolf The Henry Art Galler y, located on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington, comes by its innovation bonafides...
Audio Art Talk with Nick Spitzer
May 20, 2014
NEA grantee American Routes has been on the air for almost 16 years, educating and entertaining audiences about all sorts of American music and cultural heritage. Now Nick Spitzer, folklorist, professor, and the show's host, has taken the show on the road…and we ain't talking Route...
Notable Quotable: Aditi Brennan Kapil on actors and her work
May 19, 2014
"I tend to write a lot of subtext. I leave a lot of space for subtext and I leave a lot of room on the assumption that an actor's going to fill that.... I can't just look at [my work] on the page and know what it's going to be. I need an actor to actually bring it to life and show...
Why Children's Books Matter
May 16, 2014
Wandering the gallery space of The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter , on view through September 7th at the New York Public Library, feels like stepping back into a comforting, colorful, and perhaps forgotten world. There is Alice, with her flowing hair and look of curious surprise. There...
Notable Quotable: Rajiv Joseph on what inspires his playwriting
May 15, 2014
"When those two things collide, the politicial forces of the world and the primal nature of one's own being, sparks fly, and, at least in the dramatic form, you have something that is hopefully quite provocative and interesting. And to me, that intersection of the primal and the political...
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Hate Black Friday? You can still get a great deal on books
If your idea of a successful shopping day involves lazily flipping through books while sipping on a cappuccino, you're in luck. Barnes & Noble is giving book lovers a whole day of deeply discounted deals and it's happening a whole week earlier than Black Friday, so you can stay inside with your new books and avoid the shopping mobs.
The store is launching its first ever Discovery Friday, happening Nov. 22, with holiday deals and knowledgeable staff to help shoppers find the perfect book for everyone on their list. The stores are also bringing in noted authors to sign books and host games. There will be giveaways at each store, and the chance to win a $1,000 Barnes & Noble shopping spree. Each store is also hosting kid-friendly events, such as an "Elf on the Shelf" special story time at 7 p.m.
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The City said it is a pilot project designed to test the interest and effectiveness of such a service.
To sign up for this service, users can send a text to (509) 385-5775. Text the word "Brownes" to that number if you live in Browne's Addition, the word "Hills" if you live along an arterial or in a residential hill route—those numbered 20 and above on our residential plow route map, and the word "Parking" if you live outside of these areas.
The text service will complement the City's other citizen communications on snow, including information on City's website, on Facebook, and Twitter, and on CityCable 5.
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13 biotech stock predictions for 2013
TheStreet's Adam Feuerstein gazes into his crystal ball to offer his biotechnology forecast for the new year.
By Adam Feuerstein
The biotechnology sector attracted plenty of interest in 2012 but investors may not fare so well in 2013. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index will likely end 2013 flat or down single digits, amid disappointments with weight-loss and Hepatitis C drugs and other setbacks. However, investors can also expect a number of strong drug launches and perhaps some sizeable M&A deals.
Here are 13 predictions for the year ahead:
1. The U.S. commercial launch of Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) and Eisai's weight-loss pill Belviq will be a major disappointment. Belviq will also fail to receive European approval.
2. Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) will have another big year, with an accelerated approval filing mid-year for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug eteplirsen in the U.S. and a significant and lucrative ex-U.S. partnership for the company's exon-skipping drug technology platform.
3. Orphan drug pricing comes under scrutiny and increasing criticism.
4. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index will close 2013 flat or down single digits.
5. Amarin (AMRN) delays the commercial launch of its triglyceride-lowering fish-oil pill Vascepa to the second quarter due to manufacturing and supply issues. Vascepa sales fail to meet lowered expectations.
6. Gilead Sciences (GILD) hits a snag that delays the filing, approval or launch of its all-oral Hepatitis C drug regimen. Investors also wake up to the realization that the commercial market for Hep C drugs is far smaller than expected. Gilead shares close in the red for the year. This is my Black Swan prediction for 2013.
7. FDA takes steps to liberalize overly restrictive conflict-of-interest rules that are preventing "A list" medical and scientific experts from participating in advisory committee meetings.
8. U.S. courts decide that off-label drug marketing is a form of constitutionally protected free speech and therefore legal.
9. "Expert networks" Gerson Lehrman Group and Guidepoint Global see a significant drop off in investor and doctor participation. Revenues plummet and the two companies either merge or one goes out of business.
10. By the end of the year, one or more of these companies will be gobbled up an M&A deal: BioMarin Pharmaceuticals (BMRN), Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX), Medivation (MDVN), Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN) and Incyte (INCY).
11. Cell Therapeutics (CTIC) raises money at least twice. (I needed at least one prediction guaranteed to come true.)
12. Celgene (CELG) will be the best-performing large-cap biotech in 2013.
13. Strong 2013 drug launches: NPS Pharma (NPSP) (Gattex), Medivation (MDVN) (Xtandi), Aegerion Pharma (AEGR) (Juxtapid), Roche (RHHBY) (T-DM1), Biogen Idec (BIIB) (BG-12), Onyx Pharma (Kyprolis).
Weak 2013 drug launches: Arena Pharma (Belviq), Amarin (Vascepa), Ariad Pharma (ARIA) (Iclusig), Alexza Pharma (ALXA) (Adasuve), Navidea Biopharma (NAVB) (Lymphoseek), AVEO Pharma (AVEO) (tivozanib.)
Here's a look back at how well my 2012 predictions fared:
1. The Amgen (AMGN) strategy of returning cash to shareholders in form of share buybacks, Dutch tender offers and dividends is abandoned in favor of ramped up acquisitions i.e. Gilead Sciences buying Pharmasset. Large-cap biotech firms start acting like Big Pharma -- choosing to buy growth instead of seeking it from internal drug development.
Correct: Amgen remains the only biotech firm to offer a dividend. Amgen bought Micromet, Kai Pharma, and DeCode Genetics; Gilead Sciences bought YM BioSciences (YMI); Biogen Idec acquired Stromedix; and Celgene acquired Avila Therapeutics.
2. After much wrangling, lawmakers pass important PDUFA V legislation but it's amended to prohibit FDA from issuing drug approval decisions on Friday evenings.
Correct. PDUFA V was passed and signed into law, although FDA still hasn't figured out how to avoid Friday drug-approval decisions.
3. Cancer immunothera-flop: Phase III cancer "vaccine" studies being run by Merck KGaA and Oncothyreon (ONTY) (Stimuvax in non-small cell lung cancer) and Vical (VICL) (Allovectin in melanoma) both fail. The only positive clinical news in cancer immunotherapy in 2012 will come from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with its Mage-A3 therapy, in phase III for melanoma.
Partly correct. Stimuvax failed. Results from the respective Vical and Glaxo studies were pushed into 2013. I still believe the Vical drug fails while Glaxo will be positive.
4. By the end of the year, one or more of these companies will be gobbled up in an M&A deal: Seattle Genetics (SGEN), Celgene, Biomarin Pharmaceuticals, Amag Pharma (AMAG), Onyx Pharma, Momenta Pharma (MNTA).
Incorrect. A big zero. None of my takeout picks were taken out. There's always this year.
5. Cell Therapeutics exits 2012 the same way it started -- with pixantrone still not approved anywhere. The only changes at the company will be to its share count and executive compensation -- both higher; and stock price -- lower.
Mostly correct. European regulators approved pixantrone, now known as Pixuvri, in May although Cell Therapeutics has yet to launch the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma drug. Cell Therapeutics' share count ended the year higher, its stock price much lower.
6. Roche doesn't buy Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS) despite a half-dozen additional Seeking Alpha articles penned by "Jeremy Richards" claiming otherwise.
Correct. Aeterna Zentaris is still single and "Jeremy Richards" disappeared.
7. Leucovorin shortages end, so too does Spectrum Pharma's (SPPI) fairytale ride.
Correct. Leucovorin shortages have eased although not ended entirely but Spectrum shares ended the year down 24%.
8. Vertex Pharma's (VRTX) cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco will be approved. More importantly, studies testing Kalydeco combined with other Vertex's cystic fibrosis drugs will show strong benefit in a larger swath of patients. Vertex becomes a cystic fibrosis company. Hepatitis C? What's that?
Correct. Kalydeco was approved in January -- in my opinion, the most important drug approval in 2012. The Kalydeco-VX-809 combination study was successful, even though the Street is still debating the magnitude of the regimen's benefit to cystic fibrosis patients.
9. FDA rejects obesity drugs from Arena Pharmaceuticals and Vivus (VVUS) for a second time.
Incorrect. My lamest prediction of 2012. I'll did better when I later warned of a disappointing launch for Vivus' Qsymia and I'll be right when Arena's Belviq launch flops in 2013.
10. Celgene will be the best-performing large-cap (market cap greater than $10 billion) biotech stock in 2012.
Incorrect: Celgene finished 2012 up a respectable 16%. Unfortunately, Gilead, Biogen and Amgen all posted stronger returns.
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And you will be wrong about Celgene this year in 2013. They have nothing really hot in terms of new drugs despite the hype around the company. 1) Abraxane is losing money- PANC is the only savior for this drug. The mBC indication has always been a difficult sell to physicians with generic options, and the NSCLC approval has been dismal given the non-inferiority trial the approval has been based on 2) Revlimid- Maintenance therapy duration has been declining & new competition is quickly gaining ground. Onyx is going to give them a run for their money given the better safety profile of their drug. Revlimid will lose market share in later lines of therapy 3) Istodax- what's that? A drug with less than $100m in annual sales in Seattle Genetics' Adcetris a much better drug 4) Oh and apremilast- the drug that is supposed to transform Celgene? Good luck trying to get derms to use it. This was a great stock a few years ago not anymore, unless you plan on making gains based on their stock buyback. Adam double check this predication
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is there any way to speed up a view query
I have a view...
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String designDoc = "dev_rules"; String viewName = "by_eventKey"; View view = client.getView(designDoc, viewName); Query query = new Query(); query.setIncludeDocs(true); // Include the full document body query.setRangeStart(eventKey); query.setRangeEnd(eventKey + "_!"); ViewResponse response = null; try { response = client.query(view, query); } catch (Exception e) { Log4jNode.log(logPrefix, "DEBUG", "**** client.query exception:" + e.getMessage()); }
Is there any way to speed this up? The query has from none to 20-30 hits and takes 7-20 ms and I want to trim as much as I can.
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But something you can do is to cache the result of your query. Something like:
Hard to say without knowing your exact system.
But something you can do is to cache the result of your query. Something like:
- https://gist.github.com/tgrall/6162974
- http://blog.couchbase.com/caching-queries-couchbase-high-performance


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LED fans, B&H Photo is offering the Bescor Morning Star LED-125 (125W, 144 individual 5mm LED bulbs, fully dimmable 100% to 10%, six AA batteries) for $65 w/free S&H. There you will also find it bundled with the Vello Multi-Function Ball Head Kit for $80. The LED light has 57 customer reviews at the B&H product page with an average of 3.8 out of 5.


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Use NoSQL, but Keep an RDBMS in Your Back Pocket
A very entertaining article getting most of the things right:
So clever programmers looked at this ridiculous edifice and realized the real problem: the data store and the use-case were mismatched. So they threw away ORM, SQL, and RDBMS, and wrote lovely new key-value stores, or object stores, or document stores, or searchable indexes, or any of a half-dozen other data structures that more closely matched what they were trying to do.
Is your data really just a giant hash lookup? Then a key-value store is what you want. Do you primarily access your related data via a single key? Then a document store is for you. Do you need full-text searching? Then, dear god, use a text-indexing engine, not an RDBMS. Do you need to answer questions about your data that you can't predict in advance? Then make sure your data also ends up in an RDBMS. Maybe not in real-time, maybe summarized rather than in raw form, but somehow.
The only part I don't agree with is the part saying that ORM has been created to deal with SQL. The reason behind ORMs is object-relational impedance mismatch:
I want to be very, very clear about this: ORM is a stupid idea.
The birth of ORM lies in the fact that SQL is ugly and intimidating (because relational algebra is pretty hard, and very different to most other types of programming). Our programs already have an object-oriented model, and we already know one programming language — why learn a second language, and a second model? Let's just throw an abstraction layer on top of this baby and forget there's even an RDBMS down there. […]
You've stored your data in a way that doesn't match your primary use-case, accessible via a language that you are not willing to learn. Your solution is to keep the store and the language and just wrap them in abstraction?
And the end of the post is fantastic:
So go forth, use your OMADS, keep an RDBMS in your back pocket, and stop being so mean to poor old SQL.
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Direct beneficiaries per year: Each Lubuto Library has more than 50,000 visits per year. The primary beneficiaries of the Lubuto Library Project are OVCY in targeted communities (identified in consultation with government and local authorities), including street children, out-of-school youth, OVCY who have experienced trauma, and those living in dire, isolated or exploitive circumstances.
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: We meet in the basement of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 4900 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, on Sunday afternoons between 3pm and 6pm (except holidays) to catalog and process books for Lubuto Library collections in Africa. The church is just west of Connecticut Avenue across from Politics & Prose Bookstore, and the entrance to the room where we store the Lubuto collection is near the corner of 36th and Everett Streets, N.W., on the side of the church facing Connecticut Ave. We place a sign outside the door to help new volunteers find us. Many people can only come for part of the 3pm-6pm time, which is perfectly fine. inputting of cataloging records may be done remotely as well.We also need volunteers to conduct book drives at their workplace, association or community, using guidelines that we provide for the types of books we include in our collections. We also have a short film that can be used, or could provide a speaker to kick off a book drive.
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I'm old enough to remember Ozzie and Harriet, which means that my idea of the nuclear family was born in the 1950s and never quite grew up. By that I mean, a family has a Mommy, a Daddy, and two kids. And a dog.
Run, Spot, run!
We all know that the nuclear family has changed, but what's interesting to me is that nobody has just one dog anymore.
I'm not sure when it started, but all of the people who used to have a family dog now have family dogs. I myself have a full herd--three golden retrievers and one Pembroke Welsh corgi, who rules us all. Multiple dogs used to be thought of as crazy. Fifteen years ago, when I used to walk two dogs in the city, people asked me if both dogs were mine. Now I walk four and nobody raises an eyebrow.
This is true on TV as well. More and more, we see two dogs chowing down in Iams commercials, side-by-side. The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Milan, spends many of his episodes trying to get all of us crazies with multiple dogs to live happily together.
So when exactly did people start acquiring multiple dogs?
And why?
Before you answer, consider another phenomenon, which I'm sense is related. What caused the nuclear family to blow up was that people started getting divorced like crazy. All of a sudden, the divorces began to pile up. I don't mean across-the-country, I mean in one person. People I met had acquired second and third divorces almost as easily as they had acquired second and third dogs. At some point, the third divorce became the new second divorce. No one even bothered to count their first divorce. People didn't tell their third set of kids about it. It happened so long ago, you could easily forget.
Nowadays, even normal people are on their second divorce. People like me, for example. I have two ex-husbands, Thing One and Thing Two. To be honest, I used to be embarrassed about being divorced twice. When people asked me if I was married, I would simply answer, "No, I'm divorced." Okay, technically it was the truth, but lawyers would call it a material omission. Sooner or later, my pathetic personal history would spill out, and I'd be busted.
But recently, I was speaking at a library in California, and I met a lot of very nice women my age. And when I mumbled something about being divorced twice, one of them said, "Don't worry about it, honey, I'm divorced four times." And somebody else chirped up, "I'm on my third." And another chimed in, "I'm on my fifth!"
Boy, did that make me feel great! Er, I mean, it made me feel terribly concerned for the future of our nation and the American family.
And the funny thing is, many of these women had multiple dogs. Everyone I spoke with who had more than one dog also had more than one divorce. Some women had more divorces than dogs, others had more dogs than divorces. It makes you wonder which came first--the dog or the divorce?
Is the new dog acquired as a result of the new divorce? In other words, do we trade our husband in for a dog?
Or does getting yet another Yorkie lead to your fourth divorce?
Are we replacing stable human families with stable dog families?
You may think I'm comparing two unrelated things, but this really isn't so crazy when you consider that many women, myself included, sleep with their dogs on the bed. In fact, in my own case, three of my dogs sleep on what used to be my ex's side of the bed. Plus, dogs do a lot of the things husbands do; snore, toss and turn, and fart. And I think my corgi has restless leg syndrome.
I believe these things are related. From my side of the bed, I'm smelling a connection.
The only thing that's missing is the prenup.
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50 U.S. Code § 1804 - Applications for court orders
(a) Submission by Federal officer; approval of Attorney General; contents
Each application for an order approving electronic surveillance under this subchapter shall be made by a Federal officer in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge having jurisdiction under section 1803 of this title. Each application shall require the approval of the Attorney General based upon his finding that it satisfies the criteria and requirements of such application as set forth in this subchapter. It shall include—
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(5) a description of the nature of the information sought and the type of communications or activities to be subjected to the surveillance;
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(D) that designates the type of foreign intelligence information being sought according to the categories described in section 1801 (e) of this title; and
(7) a summary statement of the means by which the surveillance will be effected and a statement whether physical entry is required to effect the surveillance;
(8) a statement of the facts concerning all previous applications that have been made to any judge under this subchapter involving any of the persons, facilities, or places specified in the application, and the action taken on each previous application; and
(9) a statement of the period of time for which the electronic surveillance is required to be maintained, and if the nature of the intelligence gathering is such that the approval of the use of electronic surveillance under this subchapter should not automatically terminate when the described type of information has first been obtained, a description of facts supporting the belief that additional information of the same type will be obtained thereafter.
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(B) Except when disabled or otherwise unavailable to make a request referred to in subparagraph (A), an official referred to in that subparagraph may not delegate the authority to make a request referred to in that subparagraph.
(C) Each official referred to in subparagraph (A) with authority to make a request under that subparagraph shall take appropriate actions in advance to ensure that delegation of such authority is clearly established in the event such official is disabled or otherwise unavailable to make such request.
(A) If as a result of a request under paragraph (1) the Attorney General determines not to approve an application under the second sentence of subsection (a) of this section for purposes of making the application under this section, the Attorney General shall provide written notice of the determination to the official making the request for the review of the application under that paragraph. Except when disabled or otherwise unavailable to make a determination under the preceding sentence, the Attorney General may not delegate the responsibility to make a determination under that sentence. The Attorney General shall take appropriate actions in advance to ensure that delegation of such responsibility is clearly established in the event the Attorney General is disabled or otherwise unavailable to make such determination.
(B) Notice with respect to an application under subparagraph (A) shall set forth the modifications, if any, of the application that are necessary in order for the Attorney General to approve the application under the second sentence of subsection (a) of this section for purposes of making the application under this section.
(C) Upon review of any modifications of an application set forth under subparagraph (B), the official notified of the modifications under this paragraph shall modify the application if such official determines that such modification is warranted. Such official shall supervise the making of any modification under this subparagraph. Except when disabled or otherwise unavailable to supervise the making of any modification under the preceding sentence, such official may not delegate the responsibility to supervise the making of any modification under that preceding sentence. Each such official shall take appropriate actions in advance to ensure that delegation of such responsibility is clearly established in the event such official is disabled or otherwise unavailable to supervise the making of such modification.
Source(Pub. L. 95–511, title I, § 104,Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1788; Pub. L. 106–567, title VI, § 602(a),Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2851; Pub. L. 107–56, title II, § 218,Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1071(e),Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3691; Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 108(a)(1),Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 110–261, title I, § 104,July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2460; Pub. L. 111–259, title VIII, § 806(a)(2),Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2748.)
2010—Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–259made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(e). See 2004 Amendment note below.
2008—Subsec. (a)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(1)(A), (B), redesignated pars. (3) to (5) as (2) to (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "the authority conferred on the Attorney General by the President of the United States and the approval of the Attorney General to make the application;".
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(1)(B), (C), redesignated par. (6) as (5) and struck out "detailed" before "description". Former par. (5) redesignated (4).
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(1)(B), (D), redesignated par. (7) as (6) and substituted "Affairs," for "Affairs or" and "Senate, or the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if designated by the President as a certifying official—" for "Senate—" in introductory provisions. Former par. (6) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(1)(B), (E), redesignated par. (8) as (7) and substituted "summary statement of" for "statement of". Former par. (7) redesignated (6).
Subsec. (a)(8) to (11). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(1)(A), (B), redesignated pars. (9) and (10) as (8) and (9), respectively, and struck out par. (11) which read as follows: "whenever more than one electronic, mechanical or other surveillance device is to be used with respect to a particular proposed electronic surveillance, the coverage of the devices involved and what minimization procedures apply to information acquired by each device." Former par. (8) redesignated (7).
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 110–261, § 104(2)–(4), redesignated subsecs. (c) to (e) as (b) to (d), respectively, in subsec. (d)(1)(A) substituted "the Director of National Intelligence, or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" for "or the Director of National Intelligence", and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to exclusion of certain information respecting foreign power targets.
2006—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109–177inserted "specific" before "target".
2004—Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(e), as amended by Pub. L. 111–259, substituted "Director of National Intelligence" for "Director of Central Intelligence".
2001—Subsec. (a)(7)(B). Pub. L. 107–56substituted "a significant purpose" for "the purpose".
2000—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–567added subsec. (e).
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–261effective July 10, 2008, except as provided in section 404 ofPub. L. 110–261, set out as a Transition Procedures note under section 1801 of this title, see section 402 ofPub. L. 110–261, set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under section 1801 of this title.
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
For Determination by President that amendment by Pub. L. 108–458take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memorandum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458effective not later than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) ofPub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title.
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Enerplus has assets in some of the hottest plays in North America, including the Bakken, Marcellus Shale, and Viking. The company's balance sheet remains in good shape, with a debt-to-funds-flow ratio of 1.6.
Liquids (oil and natural gas liquids) are expected to be half of its production by the end of 2012, and 70% of its CapEx is going towards liquids plays, with about 40% aimed at Fort Berthold in the Bakken.
The company reported its first-quarter results earlier this month. It generated fund flows of $162.7 million, or 86 cents per unit (figures in Canadian dollars unless noted otherwise), which was up from $161.2 million, or 90 cents per unit, a year ago, when it had less shares.
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Planned non-core asset dispositions ($250 to $500 million) as well as the new stock dividend program should help maintain its solid balance sheet in the near-to-medium term. The company said it would feel more confident about its dividend with natural gas around $3.50CDN.
Barring a surge in natural gas prices, though, it seems like something will eventually have to give: either the CapEx spending, the dividend -- or both. (It pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share, good for a yield of about 14.7%.)
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Risperdal Consta is given as a shot by a doctor every 2 weeks. Because a doctor gives the shot and it lasts longer than other medicines, some experts think this makes it more likely that a person will take enough medicine to get better.
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Experts don't know exactly how these antipsychotic medicines work. They think these medicines work because of how they affect brain chemicals (neurotransmitters).
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These medicines treat the symptoms of schizophrenia. They may also cause fewer movement side effects than first-generation antipsychotic medicines, such as haloperidol (Haldol) or chlorpromazine.
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The side effects of the new second-generation antipsychotic medicines vary.
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In rare cases, second-generation antipsychotic medicines can cause some people to develop neuroleptic malignant syndrome. This is a rare but life-threatening side effect of antipsychotics. The first signs usually include a fever between 102 A?F (38.9 A?C) and 103 A?F (39.4 A?C), a fast or irregular heartbeat, rapid breathing, and severe sweating.
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The first-generation and second-generation antipsychotic medicines both can help the symptoms of schizophrenia. Which medicine is best for you usually depends on how well a medicine has worked in the past and its side effects. Your doctor will help you find the best medicine for you.
The effects of the second-generation antipsychotic medicines have not been studied in children, older adults, or pregnant women.
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If one antipsychotic medicine does not reduce or eliminate the symptoms of schizophrenia, your doctor may add another medicine or change to a different antipsychotic medicine.
How much medicine a person needs to treat schizophrenia varies for each person and with each medicine. If you take mood-stabilizing medicines along with antipsychotics, you may not have to take as much of the antipsychotic medicine. This will help reduce side effects.
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Both first-generation and second-generation antipsychotic medicines may make a stroke more likely in older adults who have dementia.2
Sometimes people who have schizophrenia also need to take medicines for other illnesses. Other medicines may interact with medicines for schizophrenia. Talk to your doctor if you are taking other medicines.
People who have certain body movement disorders (such as Parkinson's disease or seizures) or liver disease may not be able take risperidone. Tell your doctor if you have any other health problems.
Talk to your doctor if you drink alcohol.
The second-generation antipsychotic medicines may pass into breast milk and cause problems in a baby, including behavior changes. Talk with your doctor about this if you are breast-feeding.
To reduce interactions, ziprasidone should not be taken with certain medicines, such as amiodarone (Cordarone) or disopyramide (Norpace).
Ziprasidone can slow down the heart, so do not take it with other medicines that also do this, and do not take it if you have heart problems. While you are taking ziprasidone, your doctor may suggest that you get an electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) to measure your heart's electrical activity.
Because ziprasidone does not cause a lot of weight gain, it may be a good choice for people with schizophrenia who also have diabetes.
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Carpenters' union helps provide training for Moose Cree First Nations
The $2.6-billion Lower Mattagami River Hydro-electric Complex (LMRH) under construction by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) between Timmins, Ont. and James Bay will add more than 400,000 megawatts to the generating capacity of the big complex by 2015.
Between now and then, the OPG will continue to be a major employer in the area as about 1,100 or so workers build the development. The work calls for refurbishing three hydro generating stations and replacing a fourth along the river that flows into James Bay. Many of the workers employed are from the region's Moose Cree First Nations (MCFN).
It has been an exciting time for people like Kim Radboume, executive director of SIBI Employment and Training, based in Moose Factory.
From the outset of the ambitious hydro program in 2010, the OPG and its partners reviewed the First Nations labour pool and training options to maximize their role in construction, says Radbourne, whose position is funded by the MCFN.
Her focus has been on getting young people from the community into trade apprenticeship programs.
Today there are 18 carpenters' apprentices and 13 journeypersons from MCFN employed at the hydroelectric development. Of the apprentices, 15 came aboard as the result of carpentry skill level evaluations conducted by Carpenters Local 1669, Thunder Bay. Considering the sparse population, employing that many locals in the trade is significant, says Wayne Sohlman, vice-president, Local 1669. He says evaluations were important in identifying appropriate placement on the project. While a number of Aboriginals had carpentry experience in and around the community, others had none.
Sohlman, along with John Johanson, Local l669's coordinator and business representative Renzo Rubert, were instrumental in the training and placement process.
Sohlman says when he first introduces a young person to trades training at the hydro project, he emphasizes that the learning process can be the start of a long-term career in the field, not just for a one-time job on the hydroelectric project. While those choosing to enrol in the apprenticeship program gain work hours on site, they are required to attend an eight-week apprenticeship course that run a total of three times over their 7,200 hours apprenticeship training at colleges in Thunder Bay, Timmins or Sudbury, Ont.
To support workers on site, SIBI Employment and Training hired a literacy instructor to work with students — most of whom speak Cree — in off-hours in preparation for apprenticeship exams. The idea is to the help them with parts of the English language they don't normally see, including mathematical terminology required for carpentry, says Radboume.
Once carpenters meet apprenticeship requirements and achieve Red Seal Certification, they can work anywhere in Canada, she adds.


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Only to be woken up by my boss that my contract has hit the skids because the contractor thinks his start date is an option! Oh and I gave her the bad news that I have suspected swine flu. Fabulous. Now employee health has to be involved because I work in a hospital. I am sure the Medical Director is all pleased right now and can only imagine what is going on. So I won't be going in to work anytime soon. I have a hopeful return date of 10/5, ONLY if I am fever free for 24 hours with NO meds. I can't cheat with Tylenol and motrin. I told my boss how to deal with Mr. contract guy. That made me mad because I came in to make sure everything was a go and out of the blue he says he can't perform the contract till a week later. Hello we need it on the date contracted NOT a week later. It's not an option. We run a hospital here. AGgggh. I did like that my boss called me and asked my opinion as what to do. It made me feel like one of the team. One of the reasons I love my new job so much.
On top of it, I am PRAYING that none of the kids get it, especially Cate. I have been super careful and wash my hands and use sanitizer anytime I touch her. I keep checking her for a temp. The dr said if she runs a temp to bring her in immediately. So far, so good. Oh and dh freaked out when I told him on the phone and wanted to run to the nearest ER for a swine flu shot (also not the fact that the ER staff would have died laughing at him). I had to tell him they were not out yet.
I had to cancel my PT appts and my ortho appts this week. I can't get the regular flu shot that I am scheduled for tomorrow. The girls still can get theirs. She told me to get mine when Cate comes in for her second flu shot (babies get the flu shot twice). So I won't be able to go first tomorrow to show them it is no big deal.
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I don't think I've ever seen anyone so covered in wine so early in the morning. Clearly, neither had cover model Diego's three-year old daughter, who I was hanging with during our photoshoot at Matthew Reamer's studio in the Mission for this week's Beer and Wine special issue.
"Daddy!" She had a good point -- he was standing barefoot in a puddle of wine. Ever the conscientious dad: "Don't worry sweetie, it's grape juice!"
And so on. Diego -- who you can catch spinning reggae, hip-hop, and world around town as DJ Mr. Lucky -- actress Carolyn, and creative-of-all-trades Bayview native Tossie got a chance to experiment with the trajectory of wine last week at our 10 a.m. cover shoot call. That's real morning to be messing around with flying booze, but they'd pro'd out. Even our art director Mirissa got involved, high-kicking and air-punching Diego into the appropriate defensive posture.
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Aethlon Medical creates medical devices that target unmet therapeutic needs in infectious disease and cancer. The company's lead product is the Aethlon Hemopurifier®, a first-in-class device that selectively targets the rapid elimination of circulating viruses and tumor-secreted exosomes that promote cancer progression. Exosome Sciences, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary that is advancing exosome-based products to diagnose and monitor cancer, infectious disease and neurological disorders. Additional information can be found online at www.AethlonMedical.com or www.ExosomeSciences.com.
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Health agency leaders faced a crowd of skeptics sprinkled with voices of hope Wednesday as they sought to sell Gov. Pat McCrory's plan to revamp the government program that provides 1.5 million poor children and disabled adults with health care.
Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos and Medicaid Director Carol Steckel held a question-and-answer session on the McCrory administration's plan to have private companies run a big chunk of the state's $13 billion a year Medicaid program.
The proposal will require approval from the federal government and the state's General Assembly to meet a July 2015 target.
It would have three or four statewide managed-care companies or other entities deliver medical, mental, and dental care for a set price. The private groups would have to pay for expenses beyond the state's monthly payments per patient, providing an incentive for them to improve patient health and giving more cost certainty to the state, which has dealt with perpetual overruns, Wos said.
The goal is to treat the sick comprehensively, cut down on repeat or unneeded treatments, while reducing the administrative complexity that steer many private-practice physicians from taking on Medicaid patients, Wos said. One physician said he hoped the changes would include simplifying the bureaucracy it takes for doctors to get paid.
"Being efficient does not mean providing less service. Being efficient will actually allow us to give the right service to the right person at the right time. Because right now some people get too much of a good thing and some people don't get enough," Wos said.
Wos emphasized that the state would launch a single, Internet-based Medicaid billing system by July, replacing several claims-processing systems.
But skeptics, who ran the spectrum from university physicians to a man named Ed who said his son suffered from schizophrenia, questioned why they should believe the health program for the elderly and disabled would be protected after McCrory and the General Assembly refused to expand Medicaid coverage earlier this year.
About 500,000 low-income North Carolinians would have qualified for government health insurance under the expansion. The federal government said it would cover 100 percent of the state's expansion costs through 2016 and at least 90 percent thereafter.
"How is the public to trust, and how are we to trust, that the changes that are going to be made are in the best interests of the quality of care for the poor?" asked Duke University medical school researcher Perri Morgan, whose question drew applause.
Wos and Steckel said Medicaid expansion was off the table this year. They avoided questions about why they believed managed-care companies would improve on the state's home-grown, non-profit Community Care of North Carolina managed-care doctor networks.
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Adoptable pets at Baltimore-area shelters [Pictures]
Here's a collection of a few of the dogs, cats and other critters in the Baltimore area who need homes. Be sure to check with the shelter before you go to verify that the animal you want is still there.
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Benji( Courtesy of SPCA of Anne Arundel County / September 17, 2014 )
Benji, a terrier mix, recently arrived at our shelter from another shelter. The dog caretakers say he loves being around people and is happiest when he is getting attention. He lets you pick him up, but he'd rather sit on your lap and snuggle. Benji is only 9 months old and has a lot of puppy energy. He is currently in a run with another dog and they get along really well. This little guy only weighs 13 pounds, so if you're looking for a small, young dog come meet Benji in our dog room!
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Posted on Saturday, July 9 @ 10:20:46 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff
I somehow managed to skip Haiku Fridays last week. I figured you guys would probably need a week off. It turns out I was completely wrong. A note for the future: if there's no Haiku Fridays post, you won't win anything for posting haiku all on your own!
That said, we worked up a pretty sweet contest to make it up for you this week. Instead of just one winner, we're giving three haiku craftsmen each a copy of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Why three? Because EDF: Insect Armageddon offers up three-player online bug-stomping! You'll have to exchange Xbox Live gamertags after you win!
I for one, welcome our new insect overlords. You might not be so friendly. Write a haiku about insects in the comments below and win one of three copies of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon for the Xbox 360! Get going! Winners will be announced Monday in The News!
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Audits to examine Vt. mental health servicesBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | October 02,2013MONTPELIER State Auditor Doug Hoffer says hell use his office to find out whether taxpayers are getting good value for the $300 million spent annually on local agencies that administer mental health services on behalf of state government.
An examination of Vermonts 13 designated agencies is among the four new performance audits Hoffer announced this week. He said Tuesday that the huge sums of money spent on the designated agencies, along with the unconventional manner in which the dollars are disbursed, make the organizations ripe for analysis.
We have no reason to believe its a problem, he said. However, given the magnitude of the relationship with the state, and given the importance of the services, it seems perfectly reasonable for us to ask the question of not only whether grant agreements are being enforced, but if the performance and outcome measures contained within the grant agreements are being met.
Hoffers 10-person staff will also launch performance audits looking at the accuracy of data in the sex offender registry, the potential for increased revenue generation at the Department of Liquor Control, and whether government agencies complied with a 2011 law that mandated 5 percent reduction in energy consumption in state buildings in 2012.
Hoffer said his staff selected the audit topics after running risk assessments that show the potential of an audit to do things like expose waste or fraud, recover taxpayer funds or have a positive financial effect on state programs in the future.
While the designated agencies scattered across the state arent part of Vermont government, they administer taxpayer-funded services to people with mental health conditions and developmental disabilities.
Hoffer said its been awhile since the auditors office scrutinized the programs. In light of a 2011 law that set out specific goals for the agencies, he said, it makes sense to take an in-depth look now.
Hoffers audit will be the first to look at reductions in energy consumption at state buildings in the wake of the efficiency law. He said compliance officials designated by the state might not have the expertise to determine whether agencies met the 5 percent benchmark.
The Department of Public Service is the party which collects the information from various departments and agencies. However, they do not really control the process inside those departments and agencies, Hoffer said. Were not entirely sure (compliance monitors) have the kind of expertise that would make them especially qualified to do that so well find out if its working.
The audit of the sex offender registry aims to determine whether the state has remedied errors on the site uncovered in an audit released in 2010 by Hoffers predecessor, Tom Salmon.
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