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Hypoparathyroidism is an uncommon condition in which your body secretes abnormally low levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH plays a key role in regulating and maintaining a balance of your body's levels of two minerals — calcium and phosphorus.
The low production of PTH in hypoparathyroidism leads to abnormally low ionized calcium levels in your blood and bones and to an increase of serum phosphorus.
Treatment for hypoparathyroidism consists of taking supplements to normalize your calcium and phosphorus levels. Depending on the cause of your hypoparathyroidism, you'll likely need to take supplements for life.
Signs and symptoms of hypoparathyroidism can include:
If you have any of the signs and symptoms associated with hypoparathyroidism, make an appointment with your doctor for an evaluation. Contact your doctor immediately if you have a seizure or have difficulty breathing, both of which can be complications of hypoparathyroidism.
Hypoparathyroidism occurs when your parathyroid glands don't secrete enough parathyroid hormone. You have four parathyroid glands — each normally about the size of a grain of rice — situated in your neck, adjacent to your thyroid gland.
The low production of PTH leads to abnormally low calcium levels (hypocalcemia) in your blood and bones and to increased levels of serum phosphorus (hyperphosphatemia).
Factors that can cause hypoparathyroidism include:
Factors that may increase your risk of developing hypoparathyroidism include:
Hypoparathyroidism may result in numerous complications.
The following complications are due to low calcium levels, most of which are likely to improve with adequate treatment:
Accurate diagnosis and effective treatment may prevent these complications associated with hypoparathyroidism, but once present, they won't improve with calcium and vitamin D treatment:
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. You may then be referred to a doctor who specializes in treating hormone disorders (endocrinologist).
Here's some information to help you prepare for your appointment.
Preparing a list of questions may help you make the most of your time with your doctor. For hypoparathyroidism, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions you have.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
A doctor who suspects hypoparathyroidism begins by taking a medical history and asking about your symptoms, such as muscle cramps or tingling of your toes, fingers or lips. He or she will want to know whether you've had recent surgeries, particularly operations involving the thyroid gland or your neck.
Next, your doctor will conduct a physical examination, looking for signs that suggest hypoparathyroidism, such as facial muscle twitching.
You'll also have blood tests, and the following findings may indicate hypoparathyroidism:
Your doctor may also order a urine test to determine whether your body is excreting too much calcium.
In diagnosing children, doctors check to see whether tooth development is normal and whether they have met developmental milestones.
The goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms and to normalize levels of calcium and phosphorus in your body. A treatment regimen typically includes:
Some studies have shown benefits of treatment with recombinant human parathyroid hormone (PTH), currently used to treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. However, it's not approved for treatment of hypoparathyroidism.
Your doctor may recommend that you consult a dietitian, who is likely to advise a diet that is:
If you need immediate symptom relief, your doctor may recommend hospitalization to administer calcium by intravenous (IV) infusion. These IV infusions may be important if you're having severe spasms associated with tetany. After hospital discharge, you can continue to take calcium and vitamin D orally.
Your doctor will regularly check your blood to monitor levels of calcium and phosphorus. Initially, these tests will probably be weekly to monthly. Eventually, you'll need blood tests just twice a year.
Because hypoparathyroidism is a long-lasting (chronic) disorder, treatment generally is lifelong, as are regular blood tests to determine whether calcium in particular is at normal levels. Your doctor will adjust your dose of supplemental calcium if your blood-calcium levels rise or fall.
If calcium in your blood remains low despite treatment, your doctor may add a prescription diuretic medication — specifically a thiazide diuretic such as hydrochlorothiazide or metolazone. While some other types of diuretics (loop diuretics) decrease calcium levels in your bloodstream, the thiazides can increase blood-calcium levels.
Most people who are treated for hypoparathyroidism can keep their symptoms under control if they continue to receive treatment. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent complications of hypoparathyroidism, some of which are permanent.
There are no specific actions you can take to prevent hypoparathyroidism. However, if you're scheduled to have thyroid or neck surgery, talk to your surgeon for assurance that steps will be taken to avoid damage to your parathyroid glands during the procedure.
If you've had surgery involving your thyroid or neck, be alert for signs and symptoms that could indicate hypoparathyroidism, such as a tingling or burning sensation in your fingers, toes or lips, or muscle twitching or cramping. When they occur, your doctor may recommend prompt treatment with calcium and vitamin D to minimize the effects of the disorder.
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I haven't commented yet on Bob Gates's new defense agenda because I've been ambivalent about it. I still am, even after having gotten off a conference call between the defense secretary and some writers.
He proposed many initiatives that make sense. These include spending an extra $2 billion on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities including 50 new Predator-class unmanned aerial vehicles; $500 million more for helicopter operations; and $500 million for training and equipping foreign militaries to fight our mutual enemies. Other valuable increases include more Special Operations Forces, more cyberwarfare specialists, and more Littoral Combat Ships that are especially useful for operations such as hunting pirates and terrorists.
I am also amenable to some of the cuts he proposed. I have never been convinced of the need to buy both the F-22 and F-35, so I think Gates made a perfectly defensible decision to stop buying more F-22s while increasing and speeding up the acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. I am also concerned that future Navy ships are ruinously expensive and too vulnerable to low-cost missiles, so his decision to delay the Navy's CG-X program to develop the next-generation cruiser makes sense. So too I applaud his decision to end the VH-71 helicopter, designed for use by the president, which had become a gold-plated monstrosity.
Gates described his decision to halt and restructure the Army's Future Combat System as the hardest call he had to make (he said he didn't reach a final decision until this weekend), but I believe it was the right call. The conceit behind the FCS program -- that a single line of lightly armored vehicles could meet all the needs of the army in the future -- was always questionable. The army placed too much faith in perfect "battlespace awareness" without sufficiently incorporating the lessons learned about fighting low-end enemies in places like Iran and Afghanistan. Now those lessons can be more effectively integrated and different types of vehicles can be designed for different needs in the future.
Those are the positives. But from my perspective there are also some negatives. Gates's decision to spend less on missile defense overall, even while boosting funds by $700 million for theater missile defense, sends the wrong signal, coming as it does only a day after North Korea's missile launch. Lest we forget, Iran is also developing ballistic missiles. Defending against these threats must remain a top priority.
I am also concerned that Gates did not announce any increase in army end-strength. When he served in the George H.W. Bush administration, the active-duty army was more than 700,000 strong. Today it is projected to grow to only 547,000, even though it has far more missions on its hands than it did in the early 1990s. I don't see how Gates can justify not growing our land forces more.
Finally, I am worried that our fleet is getting dangerously small.
It's below 300 ships and we are projected under this plan to have only 10 carrier battle groups in the future. Those numbers seem inadequate to deal with all the threats we face, especially with China pursuing a breakneck military modernization program. It's nice that Gates wants to build three rather than two Littoral Combat Ships next year and to continue production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, but that alone won't maintain our mastery of the oceans which underwrites American power and global security.
More broadly, I am concerned that this is basically an austerity budget. The budget calls for total spending of $534 billion. Gates said that's a 4% increase over the current year's budget. What he didn't mention is that some of the spending which had previously been covered in supplemental appropriations is now being moved into the core defense budget. According to Rep. John McHugh, the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services committee, "If implemented, this proposal will be tantamount to an $8 billion cut in defense spending." In our conference call Gates didn't deny that arithmetic (which had been questioned elsewhere) but he did say that "virtually every decision I announced yesterday I would have made regardless of what our topline was. If our topline had been $581 billion, I would have made the same decisions I made and announced yesterday." General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who was also on the call, jumped in to say, "these are not cuts, this is a reshaping of our basic capability."
It still looks like cuts to me. In a world of limitless spending, I would buy more F-22s and F-35s, more missile defense, more troops, more ships, and I am puzzled why Gates wouldn't want to do that also. Wouldn't any defense secretary want to hedge against a variety of risks? Instead he is taking difficult decisions which, as Kori Schake warns, risk focusing "on counterinsurgency . . . at the expense of other military capabilities. Whether he admits it or not, Gates seems to be operating under an overall imperative in Democratic-controlled Washington to stop growing defense spending-even as the administration and Congress are overseeing out-of-control growth in domestic spending. That leaves me puzzled: If the president is so worried about creating jobs, why is he closing some defense production lines which will throw workers out of a job?
Bob Gates's decisions on individual programs are intelligent and defensible within the parameters he is operating in. But in a world where we are still fighting two wars and face growing threats from the likes of Iran and North Korea, even as our economy cries out for stimulus, there is a good case to be made for considerably more defense spending than this budget envisions. What puzzles me is that Gates isn't making that case, at least not publicly.
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Jude Watson (Jedi Apprentice and now Jedi Quest ) is doing an excellent job as usual!
Her books are amongst the best SW I ever read. They are young adult books (look in the kids' section of Barnes and Nobel, Wal*Mart, or wherever) but they are better than most books I've read and way better than Rogue Planet or The Approaching Storm! (adult hardcovers about Anakin and Obi-Wan)
Jedi Quest got off to a great start.
I'm glad Siri is still in it. I'm surprised that Obi-Wan never explored romantic possibilities with her before they were fully trained Jedi. And if he did, that it didn't strengthen their friendship, and only now, as Jedi Masters, are they learning to be friends and cooperate with one another better. Then again, divorced parents sometimes get along with each other better than they did when they were married, so...
But Siri's padawan, Feris Olin is pretty intriguing. He's likeable enough, and you wish Anakin would just learn to get along with him. The two could be colleagues, but Anakin has to be so competative. It's not like they aren't all supposed to learn how to be little "alpha leaders" but Anakin learns that Tru Veld can lead and be a great ally.
I also wonder if he's so hung-up on women, (well his mother is a different matter - but Padme, who he knew for like a week or two is his life) that he'd find Darra Thel-Tanis, a Jedi padawan his age, and attractive no less, to be quite interesting.
She seems more bonded with Feris, and maybe Anakin will develop feelings for her and butt heads with Feris more over this. Since Jedi marriage isn't allowed, I'm sure any activity that ummm, could lead to procreation isn't encouraged either. But Anakin doesn't care about the rules. We see that time and time again. Feris will have to have it in his head to break them over Darra, or hide any relationship he has with Darra from their masters, if Anakin will have anything to get jealous of over there. But he didn't seem the least bit interested in Darra, romantically.
Later, I realize he's learned not to trust Jedi. He won't get close to Bariss Ofree in The Approaching Storm because she'll tell everything to Luminara, and from there it will get back to Obi-Wan.
If he has one friend he can confide in now, it's Tru Veld. That makes me think Tru is going to get himself killed and it will somehow be Anakin's fault.
These stories cannot have happy endings. By the time of The Approaching Storm, Anakin does not trust Jedi and doesn't have many (or any) friends amongst them. Yes he loves Obi-Wan like a father, but do you tell YOUR parents everything? Especially if you're living under their rules...
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The Princeton Singers will perform at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the medieval galleries of the Princeton University Art Museum. The program "Dante's Dream: To See the Stars Once More" includes music from the Renaissance, Romantic and contemporary eras. The 8 p.m. performance will be followed by a reception. Tickets are available through University Ticketing at 609-258-9220.


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The diSiac Dance Company
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April 27-29, in the Frist Campus Center theater. Showtimes are 8
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The performance by the student company will feature various dance styles -- hip-hop, modern, ballet and jazz.
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A Look at the Field For Glory 9's Light Heavyweight Tournament
- Written by Dave Walsh
GLORY 9 takes place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City this Saturday, June 22nd. Among the night's major attractions will be an 8-man light heavyweight (209 lb./95 kg.) tournament, featuring much of the world's top talent at that weight. The tournament field includes longtime divisional standouts, champions of all varieties, and a couple of American kickboxers with the chance to prove themselves on the international stage. Here is just a bit more information about each of the fighters in the field.
Tyrone Spong leads the pack in both name recognition and prior accomplishments. Spong is a former champion at light heavyweight, having won the It's Showtime 95MAX title against a pre-Freddie Mercury mustache version of Zabit Samedov in 2008. Fans will be more familiar with his recent time as a heavyweight, capped off by knockout victories over Peter Aerts and Remy Bonjasky. The second part of Spong's ongoing The King of the Ring video series was just released.
Michael Duut is the youngest competitor in the 8-man field. He is coming off of two late-notice wins under the Glory banner, defeating Dustin Jacoby via technical knockout and Steve McKinnon via decision. Despite those two wins, Duut has perhaps the most formidable task of anyone in the quarterfinal round of Saturday's tournament, where he meets Tyrone Spong.
Steve McKinnon may be 0-1 in Glory, but he enters with one of the more impressive resumes in the tournament field. The Australian light heavyweight gained some notoriety for his second bout against Nathan Corbett this past September, a bout which McKinnon lost via decision. McKinnon holds victories over Paul Slowinski, Ashwin Balrak, Stephane Susperregui, and Frank Munoz.
Filip Verlinden enters Saturday's tournament ranked second among light heavyweights in Glory's internal rankings. Like others in the tournament field, the Belgian has spent some time at heavyweight. He competed in Glory's heavyweight Grand Slam last year, dropping a decision to Remy Bonjasky in the opening round. Verlinden has competed for It's Showtime, defeated Martin Jahn and Chris Knowles in the Muaythai Premier League, and was victorious at the IFMA World Championships in 2010.
Danyo Ilunga won the It's Showtime 95MAX title in early 2011, after it was vacated by Tyrone Spong. Ilunga successfully defended the title three times before the promotion was assumed under the Glory banner. Ilunga's final title defense came against tournament competitor Filip Verlinden, in a bout that Ilunga won via split decision. The Congolese-German fighter has since defeated Ali Cenik and Stephane Susperregui in two Glory bouts.
Mourad Bouzidi will meet up with Danyo Ilunga in the quarterfinals of Saturday's tournament. Bouzidi is 2-2 in Glory fights since last October. This will be Bouzidi's second Glory tournament, as he competed in the promotion's heavyweight Grand Slam late last year. He left Rustemi Kreshnik with one of the nastier broken noses you'll ever see in a bout that occurred a little less than a year ago. Bouzidi has experienced some hot and cold stretches throughout his career, including a five fight streak of losses that immediately followed back-to-back victories over Anderson "Braddock" Silva.
Dustin Jacoby competed in the UFC twice between 2011 and 2012. Jacoby began his kickboxing run in February of this year, winning the 8-man, Road to Glory USA light heavyweight tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jacoby scored three knockout wins in that one-night competition, defeating tournament favorite Randy Blake, fellow MMA veteran Roy Boughton, and his upcoming opponent Brian Collette. He has competed once since, losing to fellow tournament competitor Michael Duut at Glory 5 in London.
Brian Collette was something of an American kickboxing prospect heading into February's Road to Glory tournament in Tulsa. The Virginian made it to the finals with his undefeated record intact, on the back of knockout wins over Jeremy Freitag and Kyle Martin. Then he lost to surprise tournament winner, Dustin Jacoby. A WKA amateur champion, Collette has competed in New York City before, fighting for Take On Productions at Madison Square Garden. He'll be looking to get one back against Jacoby in the opening round of Saturday's tournament.


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Gonococcal arthritis is inflammation of a joint due to a gonorrhea infection.
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI)
Gonococcal arthritis is an infection of a joint. It occurs in people who have gonorrhea caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonococcal arthritis affects women more often than men, and it is most common among sexually active adolescent girls.
Two forms of gonococcal arthritis exist:
Blood cultures should be checked in all cases of possible gonococcal arthritis.
Tests will be done to check for a gonorrhea infection. This may involve taking samples of tissue, stool, joint fluids, or other body material and sending them to a lab for examination under a microscope. Examples of such tests include:
The gonorrhea infection must be treated.
There are two aspects of treating a sexually transmitted disease, especially one as easily spread as gonorrhea. The first is to cure the infected person. The second is to locate, test, and treat all sexual contacts of the infected person to prevent further spread of the disease.
Some locations allow you to take counseling information and treatment to your partner(s) yourself. In other locations, the health department will contact your partner(s).
A standardized treatment routine is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Your health care provider will determine the best and most up-to-date treatment. A follow-up visit 7 days after treatment is important, if the infection was complicated, to recheck blood tests and confirm that the infection was cured.
Symptoms usually improve within 1 to 2 days of starting treatment. Full recovery can be expected.
Untreated, this condition may lead to persistent joint pain.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of gonorrhea or gonococcal arthritis.
Not having sexual intercourse (abstinence) is the only sure method of preventing gonorrhea. A monogamous sexual relationship with a person who you know does not have any sexually transmitted disease (STD) can reduce your risk. Monogamous means you and your partner do not have sex with any other people.
You can greatly lower your risk of infection with an STD by using a condom every time you have sex. Condoms are available for both men and women, but are most commonly worn by the man. A condom must be used properly every time.
Treating all sexual partners is essential to prevent re-infection.
Cook PP, Siraj DS. Bacterial arthritis. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Gabriel SE, et al., eds. Kelly's Textbook of Rheumotology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 109.
Matteson EL, Osmon DR. Infections of bursae, joints, and bones. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 280.
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Let's Go Outside! Featured Refuge Events for the Week of December 5th
It's the holiday season on our refuges! Here are some of the events happening at refuges across the country this week, many in the spirit of the season. Check out this link for more events happening in December on our refuges.
As always, make sure you head over to the Refuge System's homepage and use their searchable map to find events at a Wildlife Refuge near you!
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Winter Weather Mission: Ride the Storm
By: StormChaseMets , 6:24 AM GMT on December 11, 2011
Weather Underground meteorologists Jess Parker and Tim Roche, we have a mission for you, should you choose to accept it.
Your mission: Ride the Storm
Track a strong Winter storm from the West Coast to the Plains in all-terrain vehicles...before Christmas. While tracking the storm, you should document every type of precipitation and Winter conditions possible. This should include rain, snow, wind, freezing conditions, and, if possible, freezing rain. To fulfill the requirements of this mission, we are going to require documented proof via WunderPhotos and videos posted via twitter. Your mission will not be fulfilled unless the entire Weather Underground community can follow your progress via a weather station attached to one of your vehicles. This weather station must be transmitting to Weather Underground constantly, even in the montainous areas of the West.
Your Target: West Coast storm December 12th
After weeks of monitoring a stagnant weather pattern for much of the country, mission control has finally pinpointed your target storm. You are to travel to Los Angeles on Sunday, December 11th, approximately 24 hours before a Pacific storm hits Southern California. From there, you will meet up with sleeper agents who will assist you in your mission. In advance of the storm, fellow covert agents at the National Weather Service have issued a Special Weather Statement for your target area, predicting what you are to expect from the first part of your mission. Note, especially, the first line of the statement, "A cold storm system to impact the area". The storm should be cold enough to lower snow levels to 3,000 - 4,000 feet during the first part of your mission. You should pay particular attention to the watches and warnings during your travel. The storm is already cold enough to instigate Winter Storm Watches for the hills of Southern California, promising a decent chance at rare December Winter weather in what is normally sunny California.
Agents Jess and Tim, please rest up once you get to Southern California, because your mission does not end at the border of California and Arizona. You are to investigate the storm as it moves into the Southwest. The storm may play tricks on you, hiding the Winter-type precipitation in various places in Arizona, but you are experts. You are not to come home unless you find that snow and track the storm into the treachous mountains of the Rockies. You should have no problem finding snow there, but please remember to document your trip as much as possible so we can follow you here back at home base, Weather Underground.
Agents, all of us here at Weather Underground are depending on you. So, please, take this mission seriously.
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In the forth Quarter. Now here i thought every thing is rosy with our prez back in. It is just amazing these number just come out now
In the forth Quarter. Now here i thought every thing is rosy with our prez back in. It is just amazing these number just come out now
$5 trillion in stimulus
Worst perfomance since '09
Biggest dip in 3 years
Democrats blame Republicans
60% approval rating for Obama
"at this point, does it really matter?"
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He correctly states that "Dems blame Reps"
he fails to mention that Reps blame Dems.
Both of those statements are correct
What is also correct is that the problem is the responsibility of the Dems and the Repubs.
He goes on to state "at this point does it really matter?"
My answer to that question is "YES" At this point it matters more than ever
We are in a crisis. Both the Dems and Reps have had periods of control of both houses of Congress and the White House during the formation of this crisis. In those periods the problem just got worse. To a rational mind that would seem to clearly show that the Dems and Reps have both proven they are the problem and are incapable of solving it; even when they control Congress and the White House.
Yet we keep blindly voting for either the Dems or the Reps to the exclusion of all other parties.
We the sheeple keep voting the same two parties into power; those two parties have caused the problem and have proven they cant & wont solve the problem.
When Franco and others point out the folly of this practice the response from the sheeple is to point fingers at the other party. After ridiculing Franco, All or most will begrudgingly admit that the two party system has failed us. They will also admit that they like much of the platform of other parties; however those parties are too weak to have any effect.
That is a failed argument. If you argue that the Ravens are likely to lose the Super Bowl if they replaced their lines with weak, frail octogenerians from a rest home I would agree. Those old men would be too weak and insignificant to stop the 49ers lines from dominating the game. They are never going to get strong enough too have any impact regardless of how much time they spend in the rec center at retirement village
However politics aint football. In Politics ALL of the strength still comes from we the sheeple; with our votes.
If we the sheeple deny our votes {and $}to the failed Dems & Reps then instantaneously they become the skinny frail ineffective retiree who can no longer have any impact on the result of what is for the USA the ultimate SUPER BOWL.
Need I remind the Dem & Rep denizens of this echo chamber of the definition of insanity???
Please dont anyone quote this post, so as not to expose the delicate RK to anymore of my MEANNESS
They have had solid input and great content.
I disagree slightly on the third party issue, but so what, it's your opinion.
That's what this is about.
As far as those pictures, they were "2 other boys that look just like us!"
(Beavis & Butthead reference)
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Katherine Johnson: 2013 Outstanding Graduate in Liberal Arts (Regional)
Katherine R Johnson was selected as the Outstanding Bachelor of Liberal Arts Graduate for the 2012-2013 academic year by the regional bachelor of liberal arts faculty workgroup. Katie's interdisciplinary studies emphasis includes a primary field of psychology and a secondary field of sociology. Along with having the highest cumulative UAS GPA of the B.L.A. students in her graduating cohort, Katie embodies the values and conscientiousness the faculty workgroup envisions for our graduates, all while sharing the challenges of being a transfer student and having work and family responsibilities outside of school. This included her high quality writing, dedication to knowledge and skills in her chosen disciplines, and valuing her education beyond her grades, including completing work beyond the minimum required by her courses to get the most out of her educational opportunities and using her education to provide service to her community in Sitka. Congratulations Katie!
Crystal Rogers is receiving her Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Independent Design, focusing on the art, language, government and history of indigenous and Western societies in Alaska, with a minor in Tlingit.
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of solar energy technology provider First Solar (FSLR) are up $10.29, or almost 18%, at $67.85, after the company this morning announced, on the occasion of its analyst day meeting, a forecast for revenue this year above what analysts have been modeling, and projected profit in the next two years well above consensus.
For the current year, First Solar sees revenue of $3.7 billion to $4 billion, and EPS of $2.20 to $2.60, and operating cash flow of $250 million to $450 million.
That profit outlook is lower than the forecast provided by the company nearly at year ago, at its April 9th analyst day, which was for $2.50 to $4, though the company raised the bottom end of the revenue range from the $3.5 billion offered at that time.
The Street has been modeling $3.77 billion in revenue this year and $3.28 per share.
For 2015, the company sees revenue in a range of $3.8 billion to $4.3 billion, below the average $4.24 billion estimate, but EPS of $4.50 to $4.60, above consensus for $3.82. That EPS view is higher on the bottom than the prior $4 offered in April.
Operating cash flow next year is expected to rise to a range of $300 million to $600 million.
The view for 2016 is for $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion, above the average $3.87 billion estimate on the Street, and EPS of $3.50 to $5, well above the average $2.76-per-share estimate.
Today's upbeat forecast follows a disappointing Q4 report on February 25th that pushed the shares down 9% the next day.
Noted bear Gordon Johnson of Axiom Capital, who has a Sell on First Solar shares, and a $29 price target, is the first I've seen to weigh in this morning. Last night, Johnson, who has a Sell rating on the stock, had published a report stating operating expenses are running at 14.9% of sales, and that as a result, profit this year might come in lower than expected.
Johnson takes a victory lap this morning on that view:
… raised the 2014 rev. guidance slightly to $3.85bn vs. $3.75bn previously (i.e., guidance provided at last analyst day). Thus, in a nutshell, on higher revs., the company is generating less profitability. This is in line with our pre-guidance day note published yesterday [...] Of course, EPS in 2015 was raised slightly from $5.00/shr to $5.25/shr, but SHOCKINGLY 2015 rev. was lowered to $4.05bn from $4.5bn, and 2015 OCF was lowered to $450mn from $800mn. We think EPS takes a nose dive in 2015, and ends up below $2/shr. But, it would appear that FSLR is beginning to "see the light" on its limited prospects. Given how the stock has traded, and no plans on a yield co. at present, we see these results as neg.
Johnson provides the following handy comparison of last year's and this year's forecasts (click for larger image):


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Chapter 1: Expressions, Equations, and Functions
The study of expressions, equations, and functions is the basis of mathematics. Each mathematical subject requires knowledge of manipulating equations to solve for a variable. Careers such as automobile accident investigators, quality control engineers, and insurance originators use equations to determine the value of variables.
Functions are methods of explaining relationships and can be represented as a rule, a graph, a table, or in words. The amount of money in a savings account, how many miles run in a year, or the number of trout in a pond are all described using functions.
Throughout this chapter, you will learn how to choose the best variables to describe a situation, simplify an expression using the Order of Operations, describe functions in various ways, write equations, and solve problems using a systematic approach.
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Variable Expressions
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Expressions with One or More Variables
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Algebraic Expressions with Fraction Bars
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Calculator Use with Algebra Expressions
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Patterns and Expressions
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Words that Describe Patterns
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Equations that Describe Patterns
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Basic Inequalities
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Function Notation
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Domain and Range of a Function
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Functions that Describe Situations
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Functions on a Cartesian Plane
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Recognizing Functions
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Problem-Solving Models
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Trends in Data
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This chapter first deals with expressions and how to evaluate them by using the correct order of operations. Tips on using a calculator are also given. It then builds on this knowledge by moving on to talk about equations and inequalities and the methods used to solve them. Next, functions are discussed in detail, with instruction given on using the proper notation, determining a function's domain and range, and graphing a function. How to determine whether or not a relation is a function is also covered. Finally, the chapter concludes by highlighting some general problem-solving strategies.
Expressions, Equations, and Functions Review
Define the following words:
- Domain
- Range
- Solution
- Evaluate
- Substitute
- Operation
- Variable
- Algebraic expression
- Equation
- Algebraic inequality
- Function
- Independent variable
Evaluate the following expressions.
- ; use and
- ; use and
- ; use and
- ; use
Choose an appropriate variable to describe the situation.
- The number of candies you can eat in a day
- The number of tomatoes a plant can grow
- The number of cats at a humane society
- The amount of snow on the ground
- The number of water skiers on a lake
- The number of geese migrating south
- The number of people at a trade show
The surface area of a sphere is found by the formula . Determine the surface area for the following radii/diameters.
Insert parentheses to make a true equation.
Translate the following into an algebraic expression, equation, or inequality.
- Thirty-seven more than a number is 612.
- The product of and –7 equals 343.
- The quotient of and 18
- Eleven less than a number is 43.
- A number divided by –9 is –78.
- The difference between 8 and is 25.
- The product of 8, –2, and
- Four plus is less than or equal to 19.
- Six is less than .
- Forty-two less than is greater than 57.
Write the pattern shown in the table with words and with an algebraic equation.
- A case of donuts is sold by the half-dozen. Suppose 168 people purchase cases of donuts. How many individual donuts have been sold?
- Write an inequality to represent the situation: Peter's Lawn Mowing Service charges $10 per mowing job and $35 per landscaping job. Peter earns at least $8,600 each summer.
Check that the given number is a solution to the given equation or inequality.
- Logan has a cell phone service that charges $18 dollars per month and $0.05 per text message. Represent Logan's monthly cost as a function of the number of texts he sends per month.
- An online video club charges $14.99 per month. Represent the total cost of the video club as a function of the number of months that someone has been a member.
- What is the domain and range for the following graph?
- Henry invested $5,100 in a vending machine service. Each machine pays him $128. How many machines does Henry need to install to break even?
- Is the following relation a function?
Solve the following questions using the 4-step problem-solving plan.
- Together, the Raccoons and the Pelicans won 38 games. If the Raccoons won 13 games, how many games did the Pelicans win?
- Elmville has 250 fewer people than Maplewood. Elmville has 900 people. How many people live in Maplewood?
- The cell phone Bonus Plan gives you 4 times as many minutes as the Basic Plan. The Bonus Plan gives you a total of 1200 minutes. How many minutes does the Basic Plan give?
- Margarite exercised for 24 minutes each day for a week. How many total minutes did Margarite exercise?
- The downtown theater costs $1.50 less than the mall theater. Each ticket at the downtown theater costs $8. How much do tickets at the mall theater cost?
- Mega Tape has 75 more feet of tape than everyday tape. A roll of Mega Tape has 225 feet of tape. How many feet does everyday tape have?
- In bowling DeWayne got 3.5 times as many strikes as Junior. If DeWayne got 28 strikes, how many strikes did Junior get?
Expressions, Equations, and Functions Test
- Write the following as an algebraic equation and determine its value. On the stock market, Global First hit a price of $255 on Wednesday. This was $59 greater than the price on Tuesday. What was the price on Tuesday?
- The oak tree is 40 feet taller than the maple. Write an expression that represents the height of the oak.
- Graph the following ordered pairs: (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5) (5, 6), (6, 7).
- Determine the domain and range of the following function:
- Is the following relation a function? Explain your answer.
- Evaluate the expression if .
- Simplify: .
- Translate the following into an algebraic equation and find the value of the variable: One-eighth of a pizza costs $1.09. How much was the entire pizza?
- Use the 4-step problem-solving method to determine the solution to the following: The freshman class has 17 more girls than boys. There are 561 freshmen. How many are girls?
- Underline the math verb in this sentence: 8 divided by is 48.
- Jesse packs 16 boxes per hour. Complete the table to represent this situation.
- A group of students are in a room. After 18 leave, it is found that of the original number of students remain. How many students were in the room in the beginning?
- What are the domain and range of the following relation:
- Write a function rule for the following table:
- Determine if the given number is a solution to the following inequality:
Texas Instruments Resources
In the CK-12 Texas Instruments Algebra I FlexBook, there are graphing calculator activities designed to supplement the objectives for some of the lessons in this chapter. See http://www.ck12.org/flexr/chapter/9611.


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'Tis the season for games! Video games are on many holiday wish lists (including mine)! Some of you may even have a couple I SPY games on your lists. If you do, Scholastic has a special treat for all the I SPY gaming fans out there. For the first time ever, Scholastic has released I SPY game packs on Wii and Nintendo DS that offer double the fun with two complete I SPY games in one. The Wii game pack includes Ultimate I SPY and I SPY Spooky Mansion, while the Nintendo DS pack includes I SPY Fun House and I SPY Universe (all rated E).
Did you know that the covers of all the I SPY video games are designed so that you could play I SPY on the cover? It's true! There are numerous objects hidden within each I SPY cover and you could play I SPY on each one. So in honor of the game packs and for some fun (not to mention extra challenge), we've developed two I SPY riddles to solve across the Wii and DS games. Are you up for the challenge?
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By Lance Traweek / American Press By Jim Beam / American Press
BATON ROUGE — Legislative bills designed to give House members some tools to reform the budget process were reported unfavorably here Monday by the House Ways and Means Committee, but they can still be used as vehicles to achieve the reforms.
Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, chairman, said the bills allow a coalition of conservative Republicans, Democrats and the Legislative Black Caucus to continue discussions about the need to replace one-time and other funds removed from the budget.
"There's things about the budget discussion that give everybody heartburn," Robideaux said. Change means there will be some parts of reform that not everyone will like, he said.
Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a $24.7 billion budget, but it contained $490 million in revenues that are one-time money and that are contingent on actions that haven't happened yet. That money was removed by the House Appropriations Committee in order to send the budget bill to the Senate for reworking.
House members rejected that plan, saying they wanted to make those decisions. They gave themselves some bills they can use to restore the $490 million.
One reduces the severance tax rate on oil produced from inactive wells from 12.5 to 6.25 percent. Another creates a tax registry and establishes rebate programs.
Robideaux has one that raises the state sales tax from 4 to 6.25 percent, but he said it won't be used for that purpose. Rep. Jack Montoucet, D-Crowley, has a measure that would reduce tax exemptions by 5 percent.
Montoucet said higher education has been cut for four or five years, and those affected by his legislation would still keep 95 percent of their exemptions.
"It's a small price to pay to serve the people of the state," he said.
Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, has legislation that would reduce tax credits and rebates. The reductions would range from 5 to 15 percent.
Other bills change the Enterprise Zone Program and reduce the rebate companies receive from inventory taxes.
Rep. Dee Richard, I-Thibodaux, has a measure reducing the state sales tax from 4 to 2.88 percent.
Tim Barfield, executive counsel for the state Department of Revenue, complained that the public is out of the loop on what the reformers are proposing.
Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Marksville, said, "Now you know how we feel." He was talking about the governor not being transparent in some of his operations.
Barfield said the Jindal administration is concerned about the full impact of the reform effort. He added he has "grave concerns" about what will be done with the bills on the floor of the House.
John LeBlanc with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and Bob Israel with the Louisiana Auto Dealers Association said they were both concerned about the impact of the reform effort on businesses and industries.
Lawmakers sponsoring the bills said they are a work in progress and a lot of discussion will still be taking place.
Reps. Chris Broadwater, R-Hammond, Julie Stokes, R-Metairie and Lenar Whitney, R-Houma, spoke against the proposed bills. They said they were worried about the effect they would have on affected businesses. Broadwater said the dairy industry in his area is hurting and this could wipe them out.
Stephen Moret, secretary of the state Department of Economic Development, said he is gravely concerned about the business image of the state. This movement hurts their competitive advantages, he said.
Moret said Gov. Jindal had some of these same bills, but he was proposing to eliminate state income taxes to make the tax increases revenue-neutral.
Rep. Major Thibaut, D-New Roads, said, "We are concerned about business impacts, but these are instruments to move us forward. Punting to the Senate is not an option."
A proposal to tie the state's gasoline tax to the Consumer Price Index was narrowly defeated 8-7 here Monday in the House Ways and Means Committee.
Rep. Mike Danahay, D-Sulphur, was one of the eight members voting against the bill.
Rep. Karen Gaudet St. Germain, D-Plaquemine, is sponsor of House Bill 675. She is chairman of the House Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee.
St. Germain wanted to link only 16 cents of the state's 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax to the CPI. The other 4 cents is being used to pay off bonds that helped finance four-laning of a number of highways in the state.
The legislation would have raised $148.5 million over the next five years. St. Germain said Louisiana is one of the seven states with the lowest gasoline taxes.
The transportation committee has visited every region of the state, and St. Germain said its scary to hear about the highway needs in every area.
It takes five years to get a highway overlaid, she said, and new construction is almost non-existent. There is a $12 billion highway construction backlog, she said.
The 16-cent tax was passed in 1984 and it wasn't indexed. If it had been, it would be 71 cents today, she said.
The Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association said the gasoline tax doesn't grow with the economy or with rising prices.
Derrell Cohoon, a consultant with the Louisiana Association of General Contractors, said rural roads got some one-time funding, but other needs have gone wanting.
Other speakers said the federal government is also in bad shape and there won't be any help coming from the Federal Highway Trust Fund.
It was reported that eight states are indexing their gasoline taxes and 23 states are increasing highway funding. Businesses look at infrastructure when they decide where to locate, one supporter said.
Opponents included the Louisiana Motor Transport Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
The following items have been complied from Associated Press stories.
A proposal for Louisiana to tap into the federal health overhaul money available for expanding Medicaid has been steered to the Senate budget committee for review.
The measure would require the state health department to seek federal approval for a program using the expansion dollars to provide private insurance.
The bill by New Orleans Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, a Democrat, has received the backing of the Senate's health committee. It was reassigned Monday to the Senate Finance Committee.
The measure seeks to provide health insurance coverage to adults making up to 138 percent of the poverty level — less than $32,000 for a family of four — as allowed under the Affordable Care Act. The federal government would pay for most of the coverage.
Gov. Bobby Jindal opposes the expansion.
Although no manufacturer exists in Louisiana, the House backed a proposal that would allow gun buyers and sellers to circumvent any federal firearm ban if the gun was manufactured in the state.
The proposal by Republican Rep. Joe Lopinto would create the "Louisiana Manufactured Firearms and Ammunition Act," providing for state licensing and regulations instead of federal oversight.
The bill was approved 75-20, primarily along party lines with Republicans supporting and members of the Legislative Black Caucus in opposition. It heads to the Senate.
Louisiana State Police estimates it would cost $2.2 million to set up the licensing and $600,000 annually afterwards. Legislative fiscal analysts say they can't corroborate the estimates because it's unclear if any companies would seek the license.
Both the House and Senate unanimously agreed Monday to delay by one year the start of Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k)-style retirement plan.
A suspension of the law until July 1, 2014, would give lawmakers time to have some outstanding issues resolved.
A district court judge has ruled the retirement plan unconstitutional. That ruling is on appeal. Meanwhile, leaders of two state retirement systems have raised concerns about tax implications.
The retirement change, approved by lawmakers last year, created an investment account similar to a 401(k) plan for certain state employees hired after July 1. That would stand in place of a monthly retirement payment based on salary and years of employment.
No legislation has made it through both chambers and received final passage yet, however. The House version (House Concurrent Resolution 2) heads to the Senate for debate, while the Senate version (Senate Concurrent Resolution 1) moves to the House.
The House agreed Monday to two separate bills that would delay the use of a new formula for calculating school performance grades and the disciplinary effects of a new statewide teacher evaluation program.
The new accountability formula, which would include ACT test scores at the high school, would have been applied to school and district performance scores released later this year.
Instead, the proposal (House Bill 466) by Rep. Kenny Havard, R-Jackson, would require the state to use the same formula and accountability policies applied in the 2011-12 school year until the House and Senate Education committees approve any change.
The bill passed in a 70-28 vote and heads to the Senate for debate.
Meanwhile, a measure (House Bill 160) by Rep. Gene Reynolds, D-Minden, garnered unanimous support for postponing for one year the use of evaluations in determining the effectiveness of teachers for retention or termination.
A proposal that would allow schools taken over by the Recovery School District to be returned back to local control if that school has earned a "D'' or "F'' for three consecutive years was unanimously approved by the House.
Under the bill (House Bill 115) proposed by Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, schools could be returned to local school system's control if parents of a majority of the students sign a petition making the request.
The measure moves to the Senate for debate.
The community and technical college system would be able to get construction financing outside of the traditional budget process, under a bill backed by the Senate in a 30-6 vote, over the opposition of the state's top higher education board.
The measure (Senate Bill 204) by Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, moves to the House for discussion. Adley described the need for upgrades and expansion as "dire."
The Board of Regents, which oversees all higher education managing boards, opposes the bill as an end-run around the regular construction budget process that all other public colleges must follow.
An attempt to ban posting to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites while driving is nearing final passage in the Louisiana Legislature.
The proposal, approved Monday by the House transportation committee, is designed to close what lawmakers call a loophole in the state law that prohibits texting and driving.
The Senate-approved bill would add accessing, reading and posting to social media sites to the prohibition. It heads next to the full House.
Livingston Sen. Dale Erdey, the Republican sponsor of the bill, says he's trying to cut down on distracted driving and improve public safety.
If passed into law, violators would face a fine up to $175 for the first offense and up to $500 for second and subsequent violations.
• The Senate voted 33-2 for a proposal that would remove a requirement that judges retire after reaching age 70 and completing their current terms. The bill (Senate Bill 5) heads to the House for debate. If approved there, the constitutional change also would require approval from voters in a statewide election.
• Standstill budgets to finance the operations of legislative agencies and the state court system received backing from the House Appropriations Committee without objection. The budget to finance the House, Senate and other legislative agencies in the fiscal year that begins July 1 would remain at $93 million. The budget to finance the operations of many state courts, including the Louisiana Supreme Court, would stay at $163 million. The proposals (House Bills 687 and 691) move to the full House for debate.
• The House voted 58-33 for a bill that would allow annual 4 percent pay raises to parish clerks of court for the next four years. The salary boosts could cost up to $1.2 million over four years, and would only be allowed if clerks complete an annual certification and maintain the certification. The proposal (House Bill 174) by Rep. Jeff Arnold, D-New Orleans, moves to the Senate for debate.


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1917 August - 1918 January
1918 January-June
1918 June-November
1918 November - 1919 March
Subject File, 1866-1929
Scope and Content Note
Aleksandra Iosifovna, Grand Duchess of Russia.
Scope and Content Note
Aleksei Nikolaevich, Czarevitch, son of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
Scope and Content Note
Churchill, Reginald, "Easter Day, 1919" sermon.
Scope and Content Note
Creative writing - Collection of poems by unidentified author(s).
Scope and Content Note
Scope and Content Note
Grandchildren of Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess, and Aleksandr Mikhailovich, Grand Duke.
Scope and Content Note
Mariia Feodorovna, Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia
General, 1916-1918 (12)
Unidentified correspondents, 1891-1918 (15).
Scope and Content Note
Aleksandr Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1927 (1)
Aleksei Nikolaevich, Czarevitch, son of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1916-1917 (2)
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1918-1926 (17)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1917 (1)
Anastasiia Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, 1916 (1)
Bariatinskaia, Nadine, Princess, 1919 (2)
Benkendorf, Pavel, Count, 1917 (2)
Calthorpe, Arthur, Sir, Vice-Admiral, 1918-1919 (3)
Christian X, King of Denmark, 1917 (1)
Churchill, Reginald, n.d. (1)
Davidson, Arthur, Sir, Colonel, 1920 (1)
Davydov, 1917 (1)
Dimitrii Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia, 1915-1926 (8)
Fon Tal', Iakov, 1921 (2)
George, Duke of Kent? n.d. (1)
George V, King of Great Britain, 1919 (2 plus transcription of 1 telegram)
Georgii Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1917 (1)
Gervais, Vice-Admiral, 1919 (1)
Gorchakova, Mariia, 1917 (1)
Hird? Ol'ga, 1917 (1)
Kleinmikhel, Ekaterina, 1917 (1)
Kukushkina, L., n.d. (1)
League for Restoration of Russian Monarchy, 1918 (1)
Louise, Queen, consort of Frederick VIII, King of Denmark, 1917 (1)
Marie, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of Romania (Missy), 1918 (2)
Mariia Aleksandrovna, Empress, consort of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1866 (1)
Mariia Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, 1916-1917 (3)
Meiendorf, Vera, 1917 (1)
Mikhail Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke, 1916-1917 (10)
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1916-1918 (8).
Nikolai Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, 1917 (1)
Ol'ga Konstantinovna, Queen, consort of George I, King of Greece, 1917-1922 (10)
Ol'ga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, 1916-1918 (8)
Orblliani, Vera, n.d. (1)
Ozerova, Ekaterina, 1917 (2)
Paskevich, J., 1917 (1)
Prince, John Dyneley, 1927 (1)
Roche, C., 1919 (1)
Tatishcheva, Ekaterina, 1917 (1)
Tat'iana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, 1916 (3)
Tolstaia (Sazonova), Mariia, 1917 (1)
Tolstoi, Sergei, 1917 (1)
Trubetskaia, Aleksandra, 1919 (1)
Veselovskii? 1916 (1)
Vrangel', Petr, 1921 (1)
Waldemar, Prince of Denmark, 1917 (3)
Diaries, 1920-1923
Visitors' book
Death of Mariia Feodorovna, 13 October 1928.
Scope and Content Note
Unidentified (27)
Al'brikhovich, Petr
Anastasii, Archbishop
Antonii, Metropolitan (2)
Bagration-Mukhranskaia, Nina, Princess
Baliasnaia, Liudmila
Bariatinskaia, Mariia
Bel'gard, B.
Bezak, Elena
Bezobrazov, Guards Captain of Cavalry
Bezobrazova, Nadezhda
Blakeslee, Victor
Bobrinskaia, Ol'ga
Brant, Evgenii, Captain of Cavalry
Crofts, Melicent
Davydova, Dar'ia
De Chateauneuf, Allan
De Chateauneuf, Henriette A.
De la Roche Guyon, Marquis
Demchenko, Evgenii
Demidova, Sof'ia
De Stoecke, Alfred
Dimitrii Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Russia?
Dolgorukova, Aleksandra
Domozhirov, Sergei
Eagen, Margarete
Ebelin, Mariia
Eimer, Mariia
Engel'gardt, Sof'ia, Baroness
Evreinov, S.
Evreinova, Anna
Fenton, Margery
Fersen, Asia
Gagarina, Tat'iana
Gardner, Frank
Gardner, Marie
Gartman, Mary
George, Duke of Kent?
George V, King of Great Britain
Georgievskii, Aleksandr
Ginand (Vyvodtseva), Mariia
Golitsyna, Aleksandra
Golitsyna, Ekaterina
Golitsyna, Merika
Gordienko, K.
Grabbe (Obolenskaia), Mariia
Grabbe, Mikhail, Count
Gregori, Emma
Grickham, A. Z., Captain of Royal Navy
Grigor'ev, Aleksandr
Gruzinskaia, A., Princess
Goujon, M.
Haakon VII, King of Norway (Charles)
Humphrey, Alice
Iakushev, V.
Ierones? A., Colonel
Ignat'eva (Urusova), Mariia
Il'ina (Kornilova), E.
Izvol'skaia, Mimi
Johnson, D., Vice-Admiral
Kantakuzina, May
Kantakuzina, Ol'ga
Kantakuzina-Speranskaia, Iuliia
Kaul'berg, Aleksandr
Kazbek (Dadiani, Princess), Nina
Kedrov, Nikolai
Kirova, Dar'ia, Countess
Kleinmikhel', Mariia, Countess
Kleinmikhel', Vladimir
Kochubei, Elena
Kokovtsev, V., Count
Kologrivova (Dumbadze), Nina
Komov, P.
Komova, M.
Korybut-Dashkevich, Ol'ga
Kovalev, Petr
Kozakovskii, Nikolai
Kum, A.
Kuralin, Ivan
Kuryndin, Georgii
Kutuzova, Vera
Lazareva, E.
Levshin, Boris, Captain of Cavalry
Levshin, M., Major-General
Liven, Anatolii, Prince
Louise, Princess Royal
Makarova, Ekaterina
Makarova (Segiurlerg), Mariia
Maksimovich, Pavel
Mamontova, Ekaterina
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain (May)
Maslennikova, Sekira
Matveev, Aleksei
Maud, Princess (Maudie)
Maud, Queen, consort of Haakon VII, King of Norway
May, Lady
Meiendorf (Golenishcheva-Kutuzova), Sof'ia
Meshcherskaia, M., Princess
Meshcherskaia, Vera, Princess
Militsa Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Miloradovich, Ol'ga
Mochalov, Ippolit
Naryshkin, Vadim
Nazymova, Sabina
Nevrazhina, Liudmila
Niquille, Al
Nikitina, L.
Nikolai, Grand Duke of Greece?
Nikolai, Head Priest of Russian Orthodox Church in London
Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia
Nilova, Marianna
Nitsenko, Dar'ia
Obolenskaia, E.
Obolenskaia, Natal'ia
Officers of Household Cavalry of Empress Mariia Feodorovna
Ogilby, R. B.
Ol'denburgskaia, Ol'ga
Ol'shevskii, Georgii
Ostich-Rabich, R.
Pachich, Georgine N.
Panteleeva, M.
Paparigopulo, Aleksandr
Pashkevich-Balasheva, E.
Peel, Arthur
Plonskaia, Vera
Poltoratskaia, Elena
Popov, Nikolai, Head Priest of Russian Orthodox Church in Pau, France
Prince, Adeline
Putiatin, Sergei, Prince?
Putiatina (Mariia Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia), Mariia
Radziwill, Marie Rose, nee Countess Branicki (Bichette)
Richards, Julia
Sablin, E.
Sablina, Nadezhda
Sazonova, Rina
Semenova-Tian'shanskaia, Nina
Serafim, Bishop
Seymons, Blanchie
Seymons, Edward
Shakhovskaia, Mariia
Shatalin, Vladimir
Shebeko, A.
Shebeko, Vadim
Sheina, E.
Sheremet'ev, Sergei
Sheremet'eva, Anastasiia
Sheremet'eva, Mariia
Shtakel'berg (Kaul'berg), Mariia, Baroness
Shuvalova, Ol'ga
Sipiagin, N.
Stepankovskii, Boris
Stewart, Herbert E.
Stresova, Teresa
Strukova, Ol'ga
Strutfield, Henry
Tolstaia (Shuvalova), Mariia
Tolstaia, Zinaida
Tolstoi, D. I., Count
Tomson-Konshina, Sof'ia
Trubetskaia, Mariia
Trubetskaia, Meri
Uvarov, Sergei
Vasil'chikova, Sof'ia
Veimarus, Natal'ia
Vonliarskaia, Sofia
Vera Konstantinovna, Princess of Russia
Verkhovskoi, P.
Viazemskaia, M., Princess
Victoria, Princess Royal
Volkonskaia (Luchinina), Mariia
Voronov, Pavel
Vorontsov, Roman
Vrangel', Ol'ga
Vvedenskaia, Agnesa
Zbyshevskaia, Mariia
Zherebtsov, Dmitrii
Zhirar, Ol'ga
Zinov'ev, Aleksandr
Zinov'ev, Dmitrii
Zvegintseva, Sof'ia
Prayer for Russia
Press on
Refugees, Russian
World War, 1914-1918
Mikhail Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia.
Scope and Content Note
Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia - Resignation from the position of Commander-In-Chief of the Russian army, March 1917.
Scope and Content Note
Novikoff, Ol'ga, "Russia and Europe," Asiatic Review, October 1922.
Scope and Content Note
Rasputin, Grigorii.
Scope and Content Note
Songs, Russian
Audio-Visual File, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Depicting Vincent Cardinal; members of the Danish royal family; members of the Russian imperial family officers and men of the Russian army, as well as scenes of their activities in campaigns against Austrian troops during World War I, as well as the war's effect on lives, property, and the environment; scenes in Finland, including a monument to Alexander III; a cottage in France; HMS Marlborough as well as a silver bugle located on the ship; churches and other buildings in Russia; the tomb of Giulietta in Verona, Italy; and miscellaneous personalities and objects
Restricted Series, 1916-1919.
Scope and Content Note
Original diaries of Kseniia Aleksandrovna
1916 January 1 - September 15
1916 September 16 - 1917 March 27
1917 March 28 - August 23
1917 August 24 - 1918 January 16
1918 January 17 - June 18
1918 June 19 - November 9
1918 November 10 - 1919 March 25
Original correspondence between Kseniia Aleksandrovna and her brother Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1917-1918
Original letters from Nicholas II to his mother Mariia Feodorovna, 1916-1918
Increment, 1894-1960
Scope and Content Note
Biographical File
Greetings on Kseniia's marriage, 1894 January-July
Documents concerning the evacuation of Grand Duchess Kseniia from the Crimea on 11 April 1919 and then from Malta, 1919 May 9 1919
General, incoming
Unidentified, handwritten personal letters and greetings
Undated, Gadon, Vladimir
Undated, Golitsyna, Ekaterina
Undated, Nieroth, Georg
1894 January, ZHukovskii, M.
1898, June, Nestor, A.
1904 January 11, Suprunov, Fedor
1906 December 12, Belyi, Gerasim
1907, Kozakevich, Sergei
1917 January-December, Evreynoff, S., letters from Russia
1917, Two letters contained in an envelope with the words "Letter, Count Sergei (D') Sheremetiev and Paul"
1927 February, Sablin, E.
1929 January, Kleinmikhel, Mary
1932 November, Antonii, Archbishop of Kiev and Galitsiia
1933 February, Mirskaia, S., Duchess
1936 July, undated, Sheremetiev, Dmitrii
1938 January, Kleinmichel, Vladimir
1939-1940, Levshin, Boris
1940 April, TSeshkovskiy, E.
1948 May, Albright, Andrew
1954-1959, Ermakov, Mstoslav
1955, Demchenko, Evgeni.
Scope and Content Note
1956, Kamenski, V.
1957, Rimarenko, Adrian
1958, Delianich, Ariadna
1959 April, Starikov, Simeon.
Scope and Content Note
Outgoing. Pavlova, Nastia 1926-1930,
Family. Letters to Princess Kseniia from her son Nikita, daughter-in-law Marie (Vorontsov-Dashkov), and grandsons Aleksandr and Nikita
Sandro (Kseniia's future husband Aleksandr), 1889, August 4
Telegrams and letters of condolence on the death of "Sandro" (Kseniia's husband Aleksandr) in France. Includes a letter from Princess Victoria of Wales, 1933
Europe, including World War II, 1921-1955
United States, 1940-1960.
Scope and Content Note
Royal relatives
United Kingdom, 1938-1958
Sweden, 1941-1958
Germany, 1950-1959.
Scope and Content Note
Georgii Aleksandrovich. Letter from Grand Duke of Russia (1871-1899) Georgii Aleksandrovich to his sister Grand Duchess Kseniia, Saint Petersburg, 1894 April 16
Pavlova, Maria (daughter of Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich), 1900
Queen Olga of Greece, 1904, 1925
Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia (1856-1929), 1920 July 10
Prince Christopher of Greece, 1926
King of Denmark, 1926-1948
Prince George of Greece, 1926-1944
Prince Aleksandr Romanoff, I, 1934-1959
Prince Valdemar of Denmark, 1937-1938
Princess Elizabeth of Greece, 1938-1956
Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, 1938-1958.
Scope and Content Note
Prince Aleksandr Romanoff, II, 1943-1959.
Scope and Content Note
King Frederick IX of Denmark, 1958
Princess Maria, Duchess of Kent, 1940-1959
Subject file
Poem, glory to the Prince Nikolai, 1906 August 13
Verses, some written by the hand of Grand Duchess Kseniia, undated
Material on death of Aleksander III, 1865
Scope and Content Note
Material regarding the last order of the Tsar Nikolai II from March 8 1917.
Scope and Content Note
Material regarding Anastasia case
Letters from P. Botkin, 1928
Letters from A. J. Wright, 1929
Letters to Aleksandr. With oversize materials
Duke Nikita Aleksandrovich, 1959
Scope and Content Note
Duchess Maria Illarionovna, 1959
Scope and Content Note
Nikita Romanoff, diploma, degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in history, University of California, Berkeley, 1953 September 12.
Scope and Content Note
Religious materials
General, undated
Prayer, undated
Bible, New Testament, Saint Petersburg, 1905
Photographs, mostly undated.
Scope and Content Note
Postcards. Five Finnish postcards depicting Russian military personnel, undated
Oversize Materials, 1910-1942
Scope and Content Note
Queen Olga of Greece (1851-1929)
1910 February 19
1914 December 27
1917 July 31
1917 September 27
1923 January 16/29
1923 March 19/23
1923 March 24/April 6
1923 April 11/24
Parting of the Empress Maria Fedorovna with her son Nikolas II, Emperor of Russia at the railway station, Saint Petersburg, 1917 (written in September 1920)
Grand Duchess Ella (sister-in-law of Nikolas II, Emperor of Russia), 1912 February 26.
Scope and Content Note
Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Russia (Married to Kiril Vladimorovich)
1917 August 6/15.
Scope and Content Note
1918 July 13/26.
Scope and Content Note
1918 October 9/22
1919 August 15/28
1920 November 13
Queen Maria of Romania
1918 September 18.
Scope and Content Note
1918 November 6/19. Includes photograph
Scope and Content Note
Princess Maria of Greece, 1919 February 24/March 9
Prince George of Greece, 1920 November 2
Letters from French Embassy in London and Belgium. Permission allowing Kseniia take her bags through custom without hesitation, 1928, 1932.
Scope and Content Note
Gleb Botkin, 1928 October 18
Victoria Milford Haven, 1939 September 8
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, 1942 September 7


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Allen is the only one that still worries me. More than anyone outside the big three Spoelstra seems committed to him, and hes been a complete defensive liability all season long. It works when hes the reserve guard and they can bring in Joel to back him up, but this finishing lineup with Bosh, James, Wade, Allen, and whoever is an invitation for people walk to the rim unmolested.


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Cloud providers Google, AWS and Microsoft are doing some spring-cleaning - out with the old, in with the new - when it comes to pricing services.
With the latest cuts, here's a news flash: There's a new business model driving cloud that is every bit as exponential in growth -- with order of magnitude improvements to pricing -- as Moore's Law has been to computing. Let's call it "Bezos' Law," and go straight to the math
Bezos' law is the observation that, over the history of cloud, a unit of computing power price is reduced by 50% approximately every 3 years
If Bezos' law reflects reality, most enterprises should dump their datacenters and move to the public cloud. Let's factor in recent events.
Google was first to announce "deep" cuts in on-demand instance pricing across the board. GigaOm's Barb Darrow was quick to capture the excitement: And bam: Google cuts on-demand cloud prices by a third, demos live migration for its cloud
To make the point that cloud pricing has been long overdue, Google's Urs Hölzle showed just how much cloud pricing hasn't followed Moore's Law. Over the past five years, hardware costs decreased by 20-30 percent annually, but public cloud prices fell at just 8% annually.
Having watched AWS announce, by my count, 43 price cuts during the past eight years, the claim of merely a 6-8% drop for public cloud seems off.
A look at Wikipedia defines Moore's Law.
Moore's law is the observation that, over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years
If you were to apply a Moore's Law approach to capture the rate of change for cloud, you could hold constant the compute unit, while the gains are expressed in terms of lower price.
Bezos' law is the observation that, over the history of cloud, a unit of computing power price is reduced by X% approximately every Y years.
Bezos' law is the observation that, over the history of cloud, a unit of computing power is increased by X% approximately every Y years at a fixed price.
Either approach illustrates what is happening to computing power and cost over time.
A bit of digging on Amazon's Web Services blog shows how Amazon determined the percentage in computing power (X) and time period (Y) on May 29, 2008. The data from 2008 and the Amazon EC2 Spot Instances on April 1, 2014, shows that in six years, similar compute instance types have declined by 16 percent for medium instances and 20 percent for extra-large instances. Assuming a straight line, the pricing would have tracked as follows:
Clearly, cloud, as opposed to building or maintaining a data center, is a much better economic delivery approach for most companies.
How can an enterprise datacenter possibly keep up with the hyper-competitive innovation from Amazon, IBM, Google and Microsoft? Enterprising tech pros know how this is going to play out. They're way ahead in asking: "Why should we continue to saddle our company with a huge cost anchor called a datacenter or private cloud?"
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Cloud Expo, Inc. has announced today that Aruna Ravichandran, vice president of DevOps Product and Solutions Marketing at CA Technologies, has been named co-conference chair of DevOps at Cloud Expo 2017. The @DevOpsSummit at Cloud Expo New York will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, and @DevOpsSummit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will take place Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Enterprise architects are increasingly adopting multi-cloud strategies as they seek to utilize existing data center assets, leverage the advantages of cloud computing and avoid cloud vendor lock-in. This requires a globally aware traffic management strategy that can monitor infrastructure health across data centers and end-user experience globally, while responding to control changes and system specification at the speed of today's DevOps teams. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Josh Gray, Chie...
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The proper isolation of resources is essential for multi-tenant environments. The traditional approach to isolate resources is, however, rather heavyweight. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Igor Drobiazko, co-founder of elastic.io, drew upon his own experience with operating a Docker container-based infrastructure on a large scale and present a lightweight solution for resource isolation using microservices. He also discussed the implementation of microservices in data and application integrat...
Apr. 22, 2017 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 6,155
We'd all like to fulfill that "find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life" cliché. But in reality, every job (even if it's our dream job) comes with its downsides. For you, the constant fight against shadow IT might get on your last nerves. For your developer coworkers, infrastructure management is the roadblock that stands in the way of focusing on coding. As you watch more and more applications and processes move to the cloud, technology is coming to developers' rescue-most r...
Apr. 22, 2017 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,053
2016 has been an amazing year for Docker and the container industry. We had 3 major releases of Docker engine this year , and tremendous increase in usage. The community has been following along and contributing amazing Docker resources to help you learn and get hands-on experience. Here's some of the top read and viewed content for the year. Of course releases are always really popular, particularly when they fit requests we had from the community.
Apr. 22, 2017 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,531
Even for the most seasoned IT pros, the cloud is complicated. It can be difficult just to wrap your head around the many terms and acronyms that make up the cloud dictionary-not to mention actually mastering the technology. Unfortunately, complicated cloud terms are often combined to the point that their meanings are lost in a sea of conflicting opinions. Two terms that are used interchangeably (but shouldn't be) are hybrid cloud and multicloud. If you want to be the cloud expert your company ne...
Apr. 21, 2017 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,215
SYS-CON Events announced today that CollabNet, a global leader in enterprise software development, release automation and DevOps solutions, will be a Bronze Sponsor of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, taking place from June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. CollabNet offers a broad range of solutions with the mission of helping modern organizations deliver quality software at speed. The company's latest innovation, the DevOps Lifecycle Manager (DLM), supports Value S...
Apr. 18, 2017 03:30 PM EDT Reads: 4,386
The human body is the most complex machine ever created! With a complex network of interconnected organs, millions of cells and the most advanced processor, human body is the most automated system in this planet. In this article, we will draw comparisons between working of a human body to that of a datacenter. We will learn how self-defense and self-healing capabilities of our human body is similar to firewalls and intelligent monitoring capabilities in our datacenters. We will draw parallels b...
Apr. 16, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,767
Cloud adoption is often driven by a desire to increase efficiency, boost agility and save money. All too often, however, the reality involves unpredictable cost spikes and lack of oversight due to resource limitations. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Joe Kinsella, CTO and Founder of CloudHealth Technologies, will tackle the question: "How do you build a fully optimized cloud?" He will examine: Why TCO is critical to achieving cloud success – and why attendees should be thinking holisticall...
Apr. 16, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,904