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Following optical networking equipment supplier Ciena's (CIEN) better-than-expected fiscal Q3 results reported in the morning, and upbeat forecast, CEO Gary Smith was kind enough to talk with me by phone today.
For some background, see the earlier roundup of analyst discussion of the quarter.
The company's success in "packet" networking products — sales doubled, year over year, to just over $61 million — was driven by carriers increasingly selling "business services," where they create dedicated Ethernet connections for companies, Smith clarified.
That is in addition to long-term-evolution, or LTE wireless 4G networks, which had already been driving demand for packet networking.
I asked Smith about the large customer concentration of Ciena at AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ), which make up 32% of Ciena's sales. Smith pointed out that Ciena is helping with multiple different parts of the networks of both companies, so it is hard for the company not to find a great deal of its revenue coming from the two.
I asked Smith if the announced sale of Vodafone's (VOD) stake in Verizon Wireless back to Verizon would prompt greater investment by Verizon. "Historically, such moves have been beneficial" to spending, he said, alluding to M&A deals in the telecom market.
Vodafone is not yet a customer of Ciena.
I also asked Smith about the focus some analysts placed on gross margin possibly declining. It was 43.6% last quarter, and the company telegraphed on last night's earnings call that it may not be quite as high in coming quarters.
That is a result of the fact that Ciena is going after so-called Tier 1 carriers as new customers, and those sales require greater up-front investment by both Ciena and by the customer in initial deployment phases.
"We are taking the opportunity to capture those Tier 1 carriers," said Smith, even if it comes with higher expenses. He pointed out the company still expects to be in its targeted range of 40% or so, and still believes it can reach the "mid-40s" in coming years.
Ciena shares today closed up 2 cents at $23.56, after jump 14% during yesterday's session.


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Japan Needs a Hero: Genki Sudo Will Do, His Latest Music Video
- Written by Dave Walsh
Japan is in dismay still from the earth-shattering (literally) 9.0 Earthquake that happened just a week and a half ago off the Northeastern coast of Japan, triggering aftershocks that would send most of us reeling, tsunamis that we got to watch wash away entire towns and cities live across the world and finally the uncertainty that comes from fires in nuclear reactors. It has already been rated about as much of a toxic disaster as 1979's Three Mile Island incident in Pennsylvania that scared Americans to death about the future of nuclear energy. So, donate if you can, to any charitable organization you feel fit.
Secondly, if you are like me, you had a few heroes in the MMA and fighting world in general. If you did, Genki Sudo was probably on the list somewhere. The guy was simply amazing on many levels; from his insane grappling ability, to the striking skills he picked up, to his incredible dance skills and intricate entrances, to his acting, to his people skills, world outlook and of course, now his music. This guy really has done everything.
Genki Sudo's message to the Japanese people and world remains as clear as ever; WE ARE ALL ONE. In his message, he talks about the darkness of these disasters eating up the light, but wants people to remain positive; "and I also believe that no matter how strong that darkness is, we can always use light to beat it back."
This same day, he released a mind-boggling, insane new music video that tops the last one for slow-motion dance moves over a real-time world. He also asks very serious questions, apparently; "Where's the world going, won't somebody tell me? Are these thoughts illusion? Are we all one? Can this world change, is this feeling an illusion?"

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Chippewa leader is calling on state officials to stop spreading what he calls "propaganda" about spear-fishing and imploring lawmakers not to trade the state's natural resources for temporary jobs at a giant iron mine near Lake Superior.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chairman Gordon Thayer delivered the annual State of the Tribes address Tuesday. He's complaining about Department of Natural Resources press releases about tribal spear-fishing saying the agency's propaganda could re-ignite anger toward tribal anglers.
DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp has issued the following response:
"The health and sustainability of the fishery, the interests of Wisconsin's citizens and respect for the Treaty Rights of the Chippewa Tribes are foremost in my priorities.
I have stated it in the past, and I want to be clear again, that the Chippewa tribes are acting lawfully within their treaty rights and the increased declarations do not endanger the fishery.
However the declaration of 197 lakes at a level that will result in a one-walleye daily bag limit for anglers was a drastic increase, given that over the past 15 years, we have seen a maximum of 10 lakes declared at one time for one-walleye bag limits.
As we have stated publicly, the reduced bag limit has the potential to drive down angler participation throughout the summer, decreasing tourism to the lakes of northern Wisconsin, and impacting local economies. These are economies that are already suffering the impacts of reduced winter recreation and summer visits.
These are our concerns and the interests I seek to represent in attempting to negotiate with the tribes on a reduction in their declarations.
We have reached out to the tribes asking to meet with them to discuss the walleye spearing declarations.
I am committed to continuing to build upon the successful partnerships we have expanded upon under this DNR administration. The tribes of northern Wisconsin and the DNR have numerous successes to celebrate and a strong foundation for negotiating on issues such as this."
In his State of the Tribes address, Chairman Thayer also complained about a Republican-authored law that relaxes mining regulations. The law is designed to help Gogebic Taconite open a huge open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills near the Bad River Chippewa's reservation.
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A Woodrow Wilson School alumnus who has served as deputy assistant U.S. trade representative will present "A Practical Guide to Trade Negotiations: What I Learned After I Left WWS" on Wednesday, March 3.
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Damond spent 12 years as a trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington. As deputy assistant, he was in charge of the overall coordination of trade policy issues pertaining to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the premier trade and investment policy forum in the Asia-Pacific region. He was the chief negotiator of the historic U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, which was completed in July 2000 and normalized trade relations between the former adversaries.
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Shares of Mechel (MTL) surged 12% to $3.19 today after the Russian steelmaker and coal miner lost millions but said it would buy back shares.
Reuters has the details on Mechel's earnings:
Russian miner Mechel posted on Tuesday a first-quarter net loss of $321 million, compared with profit of $218 million in the same quarter last year partly due to the sale of loss-making Romanian assets in February.
Its net loss adjusted for the effect of assets impairment, discontinued operations and other lines would come at $233 million, Mechel added. Analysts had expected Mechel to report a net loss of $111 million, according to a Reuters poll.
Mechel opened up 0.4% at $28.35 but surged after the company said it would commence buying back its shares. From the company's press release:
Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces the decision of the company's Board of Directors to authorize the buy back of up to $100 million of ADRs representing Mechel OAO's common shares…
"The Board of Directors has a diligent approach toward appraising capital structure and studying ways to efficiently use cash flows to increase the company's shareholder value. The buyback decision reflects the Board's confidence that the fundamental value of our company's shares is higher, and meets the interests of all of its shareholders", Mechel OAO's Chief Financial Officer Stanislav Ploschenko noted.
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I have always been a recreational fisher/hunter, taking trips with friends, don't own a boat or a lease. My two sons have begun taking in interest in duck hunting and really all shooting sports lately so I have become committed to spending as much time as I can with both of them outdoors. I have been involved with little league football with the younger but the older showed no interest and that chapter may be closing for our family. I am spending time "around" my son while I am coaching but I can't say we are spending time together.
My older son has a birthday in February and he really wants a Lab. I might get him a Christmas pup in the hopes we can have the dog with us opening dove season next year (I live east of Houston) I have grown up with dogs (house felt weird if we didn't have two dogs at one time) so our family is dog friendly. He is the type of kid animals and small children follow around. Good natured and very attentive. I really want to try and start this off right but there are a bunch of differing opinions out there and I was curious about the suggestions for a COMPLETE beginner. I searched the forum and it seems some of the suggestions were for field trial dogs or competition. I am not interested in that. We will have a family pet that can hunt too.
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Seminary Ridge now a Civil War museumJuly 2, 2013 12:00 PM
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Connecticut resident George Sipprell stood in the cupola of the new Seminary Ridge Museum and gazed out on the breathtaking view of the hilly terrain where Northerners fought Southerners on July 1, 1863, exactly 150 years ago Monday.
"The view is spectacular," said Mr. Sipprell, who was in the cupola with several friends. "We are just ecstatic."
He learned more than a year ago that the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, working with the Adams County Historical Society and Evangelical Lutheran officials, had decided to renovate the old red brick, four-story seminary building, which was erected in 1832.
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Michael Kraus, curator of Soldiers and Sailors Museum and Hall and a Civil War re-enactor, explains why defending Gettysburg was so important to Pennsylvania and the North. (Video by Julia Rendleman; 7/1/2013)
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On this week's "Tech Talk," Ced Kurtz and Laura Schneiderman talk about the technology of war at the time of the battle of Gettysburg. (Video by Melissa Tkach; 7/1/2013)
The renovation project was intended to educate Americans about the battle and honor soldiers from both sides who fought, were wounded and died on the first day of the three-day clash that changed the course of the Civil War.
Mr. Sipprell sought reservations from Seminary Ridge officials in early 2012, hoping to be among the first people to climb the narrow wooden staircase from the fourth floor of the old seminary into the small cupola, which can hold a dozen or so people at a time.
He got his wish, as he and his Connecticut friends were the very first visitors to enter the cupola, where Union Gen. John Buford, on the morning of July 1, 1863, saw Confederate troops streaming from the west toward Gettysburg. He ordered his badly outnumbered cavalry troops to dismount and block the advancing Southerners, putting up such a fight that it took the attackers nearly all day to finally capture Seminary Ridge, a hill just west of town, where the Lutheran Seminary still sits.
Gen. Buford also ordered Union cannons to fire at the Confederates. To be historically accurate, on Monday five groups of blue-uniformed Union re-enactors loaded five Civil War cannons and at 8 a.m. fired 25 deafening cannon blasts. Several hundred visitors were on hand to watch and cheer, many holding their ears due to the pounding noise.
Also awed by the new museum -- with dozens of rooms devoted to Civil War soldiers, the fight against slavery and other moral issues of the 1860s, the medical care for the wounded and details of the July 1 fighting -- were Texas residents Keith and Marlene Spring.
When you learn about the pain and suffering that both sides endured, "it shows that battle is not glorious at all. It's horrific," Mr. Spring said. "To be shoulder to shoulder with your brothers in arms and have to do what they did is unimaginable to me. It went far beyond what they signed up for" when they joined the army.
Another Texas resident, Houston businessman David H. LaCook, was one of the speakers, along with Gov. Tom Corbett and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, who addressed the crowd on hand for the opening. Mr. LaCook gave an oversized check for $150,000 to Seminary Ridge Museum officials, a private donation from his company, FabEnCo Founding Fathers Foundation.
It was just one part of the $15 million in funding from the federal and state governments, private foundations, individuals and bond money used over the past year to repair and update the old seminary classroom building.
"The Seminary Ridge Museum allows us to understand better the pivotal decisions made on that first day of the battle," Mr. Toomey said. "The Civil War is in many ways the defining experience of American history, keeping the nation together and ending slavery."
He and Mr. Corbett both made their way up the narrow staircase that leads to the cupola atop the building. "You had to stand up there and look at the beautiful countryside and try to think what it looked like 150 years ago," Mr. Corbett said.
Several visitors said one of the best things about the cupola is that it gives people a 360-degree view of Gettysburg -- from where the Confederates advanced from the west, to the downtown less than a mile away to the east, and even the area southeast of town where Union forces massed on Cemetery Ridge and fought off the Southerners on days 2 and 3 of the battle.
After the first day, the seminary quickly became a makeshift field hospital for treating the wounded -- more than 600 troops from both sides -- and it remained a hospital until September 1863.
In July 1863 the building was called Schmucker Hall, after then-seminary president Samuel Schmucker, a Lutheran pastor. The house where he lived still stands a couple hundred yards down the road that runs past the new museum.
The walls of the museum contain 10 new paintings of battle scenes and oversized quotations from soldiers and Gettysburg residents of time. One is from teenager Lydia Ziegler, whose family lived on the first floor of the then-seminary and who watched as wounded men were brought in for care.
"It was a ghastly sight to see some of the men lying in pools of blood on the bare floor," she said.
Life-size human replicas fill several of the rooms, many of them covered in fake blood, to show what it looked like on the first day of battle. During renovations, walls were removed and several letters from the wounded soldiers found inside them.
About 50 years ago the one-time seminary had fallen into such disrepair that there was a chance it might be torn down, Lutheran church officials said.
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Church officials decided to donate it to the Adams County Historical Society, which worked with other history buffs and other fundraisers to raise the money to restore it.
Tickets to the museum are $9 for adults and $7 for senior citizens and children 6-12. There is an additional $20 charge to walk up into the cupola. Further information is available at www.seminaryridgemuseum.org.mobilehome - state - civilwar - gettysburgstories
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I am having bubble like sensation in my throat. I consulted doctors. And they have medicines like antacids. It gives me relief. But the problem is not entirely solved. When I am busy or doing some work I don't have this problem. But when I think about it or during stressful time it's starting to feel. It's been more than one month. I am a fatty boy. And I am addicted to fast foods. Etc. When I searched on the net and people are saying that it could be acid reflux problem. Can you help me please. And they are also saying that this could be solved by change in life style. Please answer me fast.
Yesterday I was bathing in a swimming pool and after the bath I felt like water got sticked in my right ear and its not coming out. I feel like it sticked badly and now m also feeling some pain when I am try to take that water out. It also caused blockage to my ear. please help me how to cure that.
I often suffer from nazle infections and have slight moderate asthma too my MBBs doctor often give me antibiotics like micro flox cipro flax azithromycin and levoflox depending upon infections is it correct to take in I usually suffer 2 to 3 times in month working in shift duties in totally ac control room.
My mother is 60 years old and complaining about vertigo. She feels sudden spinning of head at various time of the day.
Hello Doc. Well I went to the ENT to get my left ear wax removed. When I got home. My left ear started bleeding. I called him up and told him and he told me that it's just a small skin tear. And that the bleeding will stop when I put a cotton ball in my ear. It's been abt 1 and half days. The bleeding stopped. And now there's dry blood in my ear. Should I clean it or go back to the ENT and what is going to happen? Please reply. Thanks doc.
My mother is suffering from dizziness from last week .she has taken many medicines but not worked so pls tell me the medicines or home remedies to treat with this.
I have problem of ear. My ear flows continuous water since 25 year. I treated many ent doctor but not get any proper solution. Which treatment is best for this problem. Firstly I stop my ear flowing. Then I decide middle ear surgery. Pleas give me proper solution and suggest proper treatment. First I stop my ear water flow.
I have sinus problem from 6 months. What medicine I have to take. To which doctor I have to consult either I have to go with homeopathy or general physician.
I had right ear discharge since 10 years so I loss hearing. Two ears back I had right ear surgery, some times i'm having discharge, at present right ear not hearing means I loss hearing. How I get hearing.
I am 24 year boy and have keratosis tonsil from 2 yrs. Please give suggestion how to control it or remove it mam. Can be he is danger for health.
Hi. I went to the ENT to remove ear wax. He removed the wax from my left ear and after I got home. It started bleeding a little. So I called him up and he told me to put cotton in my ear and said that it was a small skin tear and that it will stop after I change the cotton once or twice. It's late at the moment and I need some help. It bleeds little bit. I am worried. Can you help? Please. Thanks.
I just been slapped from my friend very hardly so I think there is problem of ruptured eardrum When I blow air closing my mouth and nose air come from my right ear.
I have tinnitus sound in my both ears. And I also experience dizziness while walking. I have also problem of cervical spondylosis. Is my tinnitus and dizziness bcs of cervical problem or by any other problem. I visit to ENT specialist twice but he told your this problem is not related to ear. What should I do to overcome this problem. And which specialist doctor I have to visit. Please advice me the better solution.
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Meningitis, sometimes referred as spinal meningitis, is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Usually caused by a viral infection, but it can also be caused by a bacterial or fungal infection.
Among pediatric patients admitted for treatment of sinusitis, 3.2% were found to have an intracranial complication. Infection of the sphenoid sinuses, however, merits concern. These thin-walled sinuses develop late in childhood, and their deep location places them adjacent to the dura mater and other critical structures.
Sphenoid sinusitis is identified in approximately 3% of cases of acute sinusitis, typically in the context of pansinusitis. Significant development of the sphenoid sinuses does not begin until age 4 to 6 years, thus, sphenoid sinusitis is restricted.
Viral infection causes most cases of spinal meningitis. Viral meningitis is usually mild and heals without treatment. Bacterial meningitis is more severe and requires treatment with antibiotics. Streptococcus pneumoniae and neisseria meningitidis are strains of bacteria that cause pneumococcus and meningococcus meningitis respectively.
It can be life threatening condition owing to its proximity to brain and spinal cord and infective media is the fluid surrounding them.
Diagnostic tools:
• Lumbur puncture – csf examination (cell count, glucose, proteins) and culture
• Blood culture
• Chest x ray
• CT scan of head and nose – pns
• MRI brain
Symptom checker in meningitis secondary to sinusitis:
• Fever (92%)
• Headache (85%)
• Nausea, vomiting (62%)
• Altered consciousness (31%)
• Seizure (31%)
• Hemiparesis (23%)
• Visual disturbance (23%)
• Meningismus (23%)
Conclusion and quick pearls:
• Complications that are less common with antibiotics
• Orbital (cellulitis, abscess)
• Intracranial (subdural empyema, thrombosis of cavernous sinus)
• Bony osteomyelitis.
• Can result in drastic sequelae
• Drain abscess and open involved sinuses
• Ent surgical involvement – functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Usually amenable with medical treatment
- Drain sinuses if no improvement after 48 hours
• Ophthalmology check up
• Neurosurgery intervention
A low index of suspicion is necessary for early diagnosis and treatment of sphenoid sinusitis, orbital complications and prevention of intracranial complications including meningitis.
Having a foreign object stuck inside a child's ear or nose is an issue many parents encounter, especially while their child is a toddler. At the early developmental stages, it's natural for children to be curious and attempt such things. It is also quite common for children as well as adults to get insects caught inside their nose or ear. In situations such as this, it's best not to worry, as people tend to aggravate the situation when they panic.
The first thing you should try if you have any foreign object stuck inside your nose is to blow your nose. Be careful not to push too hard so as to not risk injury. Often children will be able to expel foreign objects from their nose only when asked to blow their nose.
If the foreign object in question is not stuck up the nose, but up the ear, or if blowing your nose has not helped, you should try and remove the object with a pair of clean tweezers. Do not try to use household items other than tweezers, as they might push the object further up the cavity. Do keep in mind to have someone help you while removing foreign objects from your own ear as well as to keep in mind to be extra careful not to be too harsh as you might puncture your ear drum. If the foreign object is stuck up your child's nose or ear and they refuse to keep still, it's best to take them to a professional.
What can an ENT specialist do?
If you have a foreign object stuck in your nose or ear and can't get it out easily, it's safest to go to the doctor rather than risk hurting yourself or your child. An Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist can use a local anesthetic to numb the area and use their expertise to better navigate the cavity and remove the object from the ear or nose. If the object is too far up the nose to reach, the ENT Specialist can administer medication to induce a nosebleed which will naturally dislodge the object from the cavity without having to insert anything into it.
When faced with problems such as a foreign object stuck in the ear or nasal cavity, it's best to consult a professional as soon as possible instead of leaving the problem untouched for a long duration of time, as activities such as sniffing or scratching may further aggravate the issue.
About a 45 percent of adults snore occasionally, and although most people tend to ignore it, snoring is a problem that must be dealt with consideration. There are many families where one spouse snores and keeps the other person from a good night's sleep. It has been reported that snoring can create severe disputes in marriage and one who snores must take steps to control snoring.
Snoring is not simply a nuisance, but a major proportion of individuals who snore are affected with obstructive sleep apnea by which breathing is disrupted while a person is fast asleep. This condition increases the risk of heart diseases. Fortunately, there are ways to control a person's snoring.
- Weight loss: Having a large neck circumference and being overweight increases the risk of pushing the fat down at the throat resulting in snoring. With a suitable weight loss training, one can control the snoring to a considerable extent.
- Altering sleep positions: Sleeping on the sides help in forbidding the tongue from resting backwards and blocking the throat while sleeping. Some specially created pillows can help the individuals from rolling back during sleep.
- Limit alcohol intake: Drinking alcohol contributes to further relaxation of muscles in the airways and collapse the path which makes snoring even worse. Limiting consumption of alcohol and avoiding to drink it at least 4 to 5 hours before going to bed can reduce snoring to a significant extent.
- Stop smoking: Smoking invariably leads to nasal congestion as well as inflammation which in turn worsen snoring. If one is running out of reasons to avoid smoking, then this is one of the most convincing reasons to quit smoking and enjoy overall good health.
- Certain medications: There are some medicines, particularly sedatives and antihistamines are designed to have a relaxing effect and can, therefore, aggravate snoring. But it is advised to consult with the general physician before making any alterations in the medicine routine.
- Avoid opening the mouth: Those who are aware of snoring with the mouth open must avoid opening the mouth during sleep by using a specifically designed tape or adhesive for closing shut the mouth while sleeping.
- Using specialised device: The mandibular advancement device is specifically crafted for those who suffer from tongue-based snoring. This equipment helps in moving the jaw forward as well as prevent the tongue from blocking the backside of the throat while sleeping.
- Avoid nasal collapse: Those who suffer from nasal collapse must use some form of adhesive nasal dilator strip which has to be placed over the nose. This would aid in keeping the airways open as well as reduce snoring.
- Treat allergies: Inflammation, as well as nasal congestion triggered by allergies, is a common cause of snoring while sleeping. One must opt to do an allergy test to identify and reduce potential allergens in the area where the individual sleeps such as bedding type, pet hair, dust mites, wheat or dairy intolerance and lessen snoring.
Thus, snoring can be controlled before it becomes a problem.


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For those of you who oppose stem cell use here is news.
Rats' mobility
spinal-cord study
By Michael Booth
The Denver Post
Posted: 03/03/2011 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 03/03/2011 10:35:14 AM MST
Support cells strained from human stem cells and
transplanted into paralyzed lab rats repair
damaged nerve systems remarkably quickly and
help the rats walk again, according to CU
researchers, who say the experiments could
extend to injured humans within two years.
Working with University of Rochester scientists,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
researchers made "a huge step" in treating
spinal-cord injuries, according to a paper
published in the peer-reviewed online journal
PLoS ONE.
The rapid improvement in paralyzed rats has
"very exciting" possibilities to repair other
nervous-system damage from strokes, traumatic
brain injury, and Parkinson's, Alzhei mer's and
Lou Gehrig's diseases, said CU medical-school
researcher Stephen Davies.
"We were able to show that we could bring near-
complete restor ation of normal movement,"
Davies said.
Previous studies have shown that isolating the
same form of rat cells for transplant can bring
improvements in rats, but the latest step
advances to using human stem cells and an
isolate called astrocytes, said lead study author
Chris Proschel, assistant professor of genetics at
the University of Rochester Medical Center.
"What's really striking is the robustness of the
effect," Proschel said. "Scientists have claimed
repair of spinal-cord injuries in rats before, but
the benefits have been variable and rarely as
strong as what we've seen with our transplants."
The research isolated cells called astrocytes
from human stem cells. Previous experiments
assumed less-refined stem cells could be
transplanted with good results; the Colorado-
Rochester experiments found that by turning the
stem cells into the right form of astrocytes
before transplant, improvements in the injured
rats came much more quickly and reliably.
The researchers will now branch out their testing
on rats, implanting the isolated form of cell to
target more severe and complex spinal-cord
injuries. They also will pursue eventual clinical
tests on injured humans, meanwhile trying to
cultivate usable cells from adult or preapproved
embryonic stem-cell lines.
"Now the challenge is how rapidly can we
translate these discoveries from the lab for use


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2 lbs of boneless turkey(breast or dark: leg & thigh)
salt & pepper (to taste)
1 tablespoon sugar
3 to 4 potatoes cubed
1 lb frozen lima beans
1 cup frozen sliced okra
2 cups frozen corn
1 sliced bell pepper
1 medium diced onion
3(14oz) cans chicken broth
8 oz can of tomato sauce
Combine all ing. in large crock pot & cook on low for 10 hours.
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Single-day tickets for Saturday are available for $30 by calling (515) 271-DOGS, or visiting www.ncaa.com/tickets to purchase online.
--special thanks to Chuck Schoffner for compilation of notes
Standouts Claim Multiple Titles On Third Day Of NCAA Championships
A third consecutive day of sunshine and warm temperatures greeted fans and competitors Friday at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. A total of 16 athletes were crowned champions. Oregon's Brianne Theisen claimed her third title in the women's heptathalon while Southern Utah's Cameron Levins won his second title in three days at Drake Stadium with his victory in the men's 5,000 meters, following his 10,000-meter conquest on Wednesday.
Championship Central
Saturday Start List (PDF) | Friday Results (PDF)
Friday Photo Album
Schedule and Results | Quotes
Day 3 Live Blog -- Friday, June 8
Notes on Friday's action:
Friday's announced attendance was 4,683.
The sun shone over the blue oval the entire day with temperatures staying in the mid 80s. A slight wind fluctuated from seven to 13 mph throughout the afternoon.
Collegiate Season Bests
Repeat Champions
World List
Lucky Number Seven
Oregon's Brianne Theisen dominated the competition in winning the heptathlon for the third time. Theisen finished with 6,440 points, which ranks second on the all-time collegiate list. Barbara Nwaba of UC Santa Barbara was second with 5,927 points. Theisen won her previous heptathlon titles in 2009 and 2010 and was fourth in 2008. This latest title gives Theisen seven NCAA championships for her career (three heptathlon, three indoor pentathlon, outdoor 4x400 relay). Only three women have won more combined indoor-outdoor titles: Colette Guidry of Texas with 12, Suziann Reid of Texas with 10 and Suzy Favor of Wisconsin with nine.
Levins Livin' High
Southern Utah's Cameron Levins followed up his championship in Wednesday's men's 10,000 with a victory in the 5,000, the first runner to sweep those events since Oregon's Galen Rupp in 2009. Levins is the first Southern Utah athlete to win an NCAA title in track. He ran his final lap in 54.4 seconds and sprinted to the finish to beat Paul Chelimo of UNC Greensboro and Arizona's Lawi Lalang.
Was That Ever Close
The top three finishers in the men's 100 all were clocked in 10.28, so their marks had to be carried out to the thousandths of a second to determine the winner. It was Andrew Riley of Illinois in 10.272. Auburn's Harry Adams was second in 10.274 and Florida State's Maurice Mitchell took third in 10.277. Riley will go for the title in the 110 hurdles on Saturday.
English Lesson
Oregon's English Gardner outran LSU stars Kimberlyn Duncan and Semoy Hackett to win the women's 100, a race that featured two schools battling for the team title. Gardner, who was seventh last year, finished in 11.10. Duncan ran 11.16 for her second straight runner-up finish, while Hackett took third at 11.33. Oregon picked up 10 team points in the race, while LSU got 14.
Salty Run
Stanford's Amaechi Morton completed a steady climb to the championship in the men's 400 hurdles. Morton finished third in 2010, second last year and won this year's title in 48.76, the top collegiate mark this year. Amaechi had the previous best of 48.95 in winning the Pac-12 title.
Alexander Wins Another
Virginia Tech's Alexander Ziegler came up with the top collegiate mark of the season in winning the men's hammer throw for the second straight year. Ziegler threw 248-7, topping the previous best of 242-9 by Princeton's Conor McCullough. McCullough, who also was the top regional qualifier, did not compete in the NCAA meet because he failed to meet academic requirements. Drake Relays champion Jeremy Postin was second at 227-11. Ziegler is a former under-23 national champion in his native Germany and finished second at the 2010 NCAA meet.
Tate's Redemption
LSU's Cassandra Tate made up for last year's heartbreak when she won the women's 400 hurdles in 55.22. Tate reached the finals last year with the third-best time from the semifinals but was disqualified. She overtook UCLA's Turquoise Thompson in the stretch and beat the Bruins junior by .06 seconds.
Thompson also was the runner-up last year.
Jock Makes Sure
Charles Jock of UC Irvine made sure nobody caught him this time in the men's 800. Last year, Jock led the race until Virginia's Robby Andrews caught him in the final meter and edged Joc by four-hundredths of a second for the title. Jock again raced to the lead on Friday and stayed in front, finishing in 1:45.59 to hold off hard-charging Erik Sowinski of Iowa, who took second in 1:45.90.
Make It A Double
First she won the NCAA indoor title in the women's 800. Now BYU's Nachelle Mackie has the outdoor crown to go with it. Mackie outran a good field to win in 2:01.06, topping her own collegiate best this season of 2:01.11. Defending champion Anne Kesselring of Oregon finished fifth in 2:03.41.
Big Finish
Florida's Tony McQuay turned it on in the straightaway to win the men's 400 in 44.58, the best collegiate mark this year. McQuay, who was second at last year's NCAA meet, remains No. 3 on the world list but with an improved time. He had run the previous season best, 44.67, in the semifinals.
Fabulous Frosh
In a field that had only one senior, Illinois freshman Ashley Spencer won the women's 400 in 50.95, the top collegiate mark this year. Spencer the previous best at 51.02. She was the Big Ten champion in the 200 and 400 and helped the Illini win the 4x400 relay.
A Drake Double
Oklahoma's Tia Brooks won the women's shot put at the Drake Relays this year and in her return to Drake Stadium, she added the NCAA Title to her collection. Brooks threw 60 feet, 6 inches to beat runner-up Brittany Smith of Illinois State by more than 2 feet. Smith also was the runner-up in the hammer throw on Thursday. Hammer champion Jeneva McCall of Southern Illinois finished third in the shot.
Barrett Wins Again
Arizona junior Brigetta Barrett keeps adding high jump championships to her resume. Barrett cleared 6-4 to win the women's event for the second straight year. She also was the indoor champion this year.
Badger Barrage
With finishes of fourth (Jessica Flax), eighth (Dorcas Akinniyi) and 10th (Deanna Latham), Wisconsin became the third team in NCAA history to place three athletes in the top 10 of the NCAA championships heptathlon. UCLA accomplished the feat in 1983 behind champion Jackie Joyner (first, fifth, eighth), as did LSU in 1991 behind champion Sharon Jaklofsky (first, fifth, ninth).
With seven events to go Florida leads the men's team competition with 36 points. Virginia Tech is in second with 28 and Arizona in third with 24. LSU and Oregon share the lead in the women's competition at 40 points a piece. Oklahoma is the next closest team with 24 points.
Single-day tickets for Saturday are available for $30 by calling (515) 271-DOGS, or visiting www.ncaa.com/tickets to purchase online.
--special thanks to Chuck Schoffner for compilation of notes


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Here's one man's take on what a 2-deep might look like for Saturday against Central Arkansas. We'll know a little more later today. It was Ed Orgeron's staff that coined the phrase "etched in sand" regarding the depth chart. It won't be surprising to hear that phrase today.
There are a couple of names missing in this guess list that I suspect will see significant snaps. Don't know if they'll start Collins Moore out of respect for the work Korvic Neat did in camp, but Moore will play, and they will want to get him into shape. Same for Charles Sawyer. They may get him on the field quicker and more often than Moore, because of the inexperience in the secondary.
Running back will be an interesting position to watch. I really think they built depth there this month. Randall Mackey had a good camp, and Jeff Scott, while far and away the most experienced, was held out most of camp. Look to see both of them on the field at some point.
At corner, Louis Covington has had a good camp, and Wesley Pendleton has missed a good deal of time with the knee sprain. Those two could flip on a depth chart.
WR: Donte Moncrief, Cody Core
WR: Ja-Mes Logan, Vincent Sanders
Slot: Korvic Neat, Philander Moore
QB: Bo Wallace, Barry Brunetti
RB: Randall Mackey, Jeff Scott
TE: Ferbia Allen, Jamal Mosley
LT: Emmanuel McCray, Robert Conyers
LG: Aaron Morris, Justin Bell
C: Evan Swindall, Chase Hughes
RG: A.J. Hawkins, Jared Duke
RT: Pierce Burton, Patrick Junen
DE: C.J. Johnson, Jason Jones
NT: Gilbert Pena, Issac Gross
DT: Bryon Bennett, Carlton Martin
DE: E.J. Epperson, Cameron Whigham
LB: Mike Marry, Joel Kight
LB: Aaron Garbutt, Denzel Nkemdiche
CB: Senquez Golson, Abdul Bangura
CB: Wesley Pendleton, Louis Covington
S: Dehendret Collins, Brishen Mathews
S: Cody Prewitt, Trae Elston
S: Charles Sawyer, Chief Brown


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...with a tad of history, so you'll be better prepared for the "if" of the future. UB
A Golden Vending Machine
by Bill Bonner
London, England
The Dow fell another 107 points yesterday. Oil held steady at $70. The dollar fell to $1.38. And gold rose $4 to 932.
What if the rally is over? Could be...it began on March 9th. That makes it more than three months old. Most likely, it will continue through the summer. But who knows?
The important thing to remember is this:
There can be no major, sustained bull market without one of two things happening.
Either the mistakes of the Bubble Epoque must be cleared away...allowing for a new era of genuine growth and real prosperity. At best, this would take a few years to achieve. Just imagine how long it will take to restructure GM into a profit-making business again. Just imagine how long it will take consumers to pay down their debts so they can begin to spend again. Just imagine how long it will take to save enough money to build new factories...and convert shopping malls to warehouses and apartment complexes... And just imagine how long it will take with the feds fighting it tooth and nail. At least a decade!
Or people must be willing to go even further into debt...thus increasing the errors of the debt-soaked boom. Anything is possible. But here at The Daily Reckoning we think the economy is already saturated with debt. It can't absorb more. Besides, the financial industry is no longer capable of pushing debt on the public. That machine is broken. The bubble in finance exploded when Lehman Bros. went down. Once a bubble blows up, it can't be reflated.
And so far, the feds' efforts to reflate the bubble in consumer finance have caused a return of speculation in oil, commodities, and emerging markets. There is no sign of consumer price inflation or expanding consumer credit. Instead, consumer credit is contracting.
So don't expect a real bull market.
Instead, let's move on...this just in:
The Financial Times reports that a vending machine company is soon to install machines in Germany where you'll be able to buy gold as easily as buying a chocolate bar. There's one machine already in the Frankfurt Airport, where for 30 euros you can buy a 1-gram wafer of gold.
Already, in Switzerland, you can buy gold in the post office.
What do these yodelers and sausage eaters know that we don't? Germany was required to pay reparations after WWI. The amount was about $1.121 trillion in today's money. In gold. She had no choice. She had to turn over her real money - gold - to the victorious French and English. Thus, she had no real money left in the domestic economy. What could she do? Germany printed up marks...not backed by gold and experienced hyperinflation, up close, in the '20s. Coming not long after the debacle of WWI and the Treaty of Versailles, it not only destroyed the economy...it also wiped out savers and destroyed Germans' residual faith in their own sausages. Soon after, there were armed gangs of communists and national socialists fighting for control of the streets. And we all know how that turned out...
So, back to the U.S.A.: The United States has entered the third and final stage in the life and death of a great country.
America's history can be divided into three broad stages. The first stage was industrialization. This is what took the United States from a marginal nation of settlers, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs and religious refugees to become the world's richest and most powerful country. The source of its wealth and power was its factories...and its people. The factories were the best in the world. And the people how labored in them were accustomed to hard work, saving, and self- discipline. There were no free lunches in America during this period. The fastest growing cities of the time were manufacturing centers - Chicago, Gary, Detroit, Pittsburg, and Birmingham. Thanks to its smokestacks and assembly lines, the US could make things better, cheaper and faster than any other country, with the possible exception of Germany before WWI and Japan after WWII. That is how the US became the world's largest creditor - by selling US-made goods to foreigners. And it's how the United States won WWI and WWII too. American factories could turn out more tanks, more planes, more guns and more butter than any other nation. And the United States had an abundant source of fuel too; "Texas Tea" they called it.
After WWII America enjoyed its glory days. It was on top of the world...in practically every sense. The United States was #1.
Let's stop here and go to the news:
"When the recession is over, how will we know?" wonders Ian Mathias in today's issue of The 5 Min. Forecast. "Last month, we explored the idea of peaking initial unemployment claims being the canary in the coalmine for economic recovery. While it's worked in the past... we're not convinced.
"Today, check out this D-list data point - Capacity Utilization.
"It's a simple concept that's hard to track. Capacity utilization measures what percent of businesses are using existing capabilities. 100% marks an economy 'firing on all cylinders,' as the corporate catch-phrase goes. When consumer demand drops, so too does capacity utilization... and since 1970, it hasn't picked up until the worst is over.
"Yesterday, capacity utilization in the US found a record low of 68.3%. The Federal Reserve said utilization fell another 0.7 percentage points from April to May, to the lowest score since at least 1967, when they started keeping track. Factory output is down 13.4% over the last year, the biggest drop since 1946."
And now...back to Bill's look at the U.S.A.:
Nothing fails like success. The New Deal had fundamentally changed Americans' relationship to the state. Federal meddlers began playing a larger and larger role in the economic life of the country. Soon, American attitudes evolved to fit the circumstances. With the world's reserve currency...a huge lead over its competitors...and a government that promised to take care of its wants and needs, the US workforce relaxed. Gradually, it shifted from making things to buying them...while industry turned its focus from production to sales...and then, financing. Then, the United States entered the second stage: financialization.
In this second stage, the center of gravity shifted from the wealth- producing factories to the financial centers - mainly Manhattan. Prices of real estate in New York soared. Wall Street came to be seen not merely as a place to invest the proceeds of honest toil...but a way to create wealth. The most ambitious college graduates turned from engineering and manufacturing first to sales and marketing and later to finance; because that's where the money was. At the peak, in the Bubble Epoch, 2003-2007, Wall Street was drawing in the world's leading scholars in mathematics and statistics... These people were creating the biggest debt bombs in history...exotic, complicated financial concoctions...that eventually blew up in their faces.
Detroit went into a decline as early as the late '60s. GM continued to make cars, but it looked to financing as a way of make money. GMAC became the major source of GM's profits. Still mills along the Monongahela River began to rust in the '70s. Ships began to come to the US laden with goods in the '80s and '90s...and to go back empty. The US Fed tried to stimulate the US economy on several occasions, but it had a strange effect. It put more credit in the hands of US consumers - who used the money to buy goods from overseas. In effect, the US Fed was stimulating manufacturing in China!
But in 2007-2008 the bubble in consumer debt blew up. GM went broke in May of '09. The financialization stage ended. In its place comes a new stage: politicization, the third and fatal phase of a great nation.
Where is the money now? It took the train from Grand Central Station in Manhattan down to Union Station in Washington, DC. Want money? Ask Washington. It's pledged an amount equal to three times what it spent in WWII to the fight against deflation.
Where is the power now? Just ask Chrysler bondholders; in the end it didn't matter what their contracts said...when the US government turned against them, their goose was cooked. The Obama Administration, owner of GM, now sets top salaries and determines what kind of cars the company will make. Washington also determines which businesses will be kept alive - AIG - and which will die - Lehman Bros. Now it's the politicians, not Wall Street, nor investors, who decide the allocation of big capital...
And when ambitious young people buy a ticket to begin their careers, are they going to Milwaukee...to Manhattan...or to the lobbyists' mecca in Northern Virginia?
Until tomorrow,
Bill Bonner
The Daily Reckoning


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|Set on the cliff at the quiet northern end of Patong
Beach, the resort has a dazzling view of the Andaman Sea and is backed
by green forest, a location that combines gentle sea breezes and the
fragrance of the tropical woodland. This tranquil spot is however only
minutes away from the centre of Patong, with its endless leisure attractions,
shopping opportunities, and amazing nightlife. The location and the
resort facilities make this an ideal venue for couples, families, and
those on corporate programmes or incentives tours.
From spacious rooms to villas set in a secluded location, the resort offers a range
of accommodation that provides flexibility for couples and families, and for groups of friends travelling together.
The minimalist décor has warm tones and wood accents to provide a soothing setting,
and all rooms have a bathtub and shower. The villas are all located to enjoy the
famous Phuket sunsets, facing west across the ocean.
Each guestroom comes with a host of amenities and services including flat-screen TV with satellite channels, individually controlled air-conditioning, in-room safe, minibar, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryer, IDD telephone and wireless internet access.
Children 12 years old and above are classed as adults.
Superior Room
Stay in any one of our 69 Superior Rooms and enjoy great comfort. Superior Rooms offer up to 42 square metres of indoor and outdoor space, and feature a furnished balcony, a bathroom with bathtub and separate shower and the option of a king-sized bed or twin beds. Suitable for couples and small families, these rooms can accommodate up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child.
Deluxe Ocean Facing
Designed to echo the tranquillity of the ocean view, and with a light décor enhanced by an air of spaciousness, all 78 Deluxe Ocean Facing rooms offer the option of either a king-sized bed or twin beds accommodating couples and families of up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child. Comfortable living space of 45 square metres features a furnished balcony and a large bathroom with bathtub and separate shower.
Premium Deluxe
Tranquil views of the gardens or swimming pool are a feature of the 27 Premium Deluxe rooms. Each room features a modern design accentuated by soothing hues of blue and grey with wooden highlights, and the choice of a king-size bed, twin beds or two double beds, providing comfortable sleeping for up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children. The rooms have up to 45 square metres of living space, including a balcony that is perfect to relax and a bathroom with bathtub and separate shower.
Premium Deluxe Ocean
With their contemporary design with clean lines and accents of blue and grey, ocean views from the balcony, and total living space of 45 square metres, the 46 Premium Deluxe Ocean Facing Rooms are perfect to relax. Designed with the comfort of families and couples in mind, these rooms offer the choice of a king-size bed, twin beds or two double beds that can sleep up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children, and a bathroom with bathtub and separate shower.
Premium Deluxe Spa
Spacious and designed with a minimalist décor with clean lines and wooden accents, the 28 Premium Deluxe Spa rooms are ideal for couples and those seeking tranquillity. The bedroom features a king-size bed and opens to a furnished balcony where you will enjoy superb ocean vistas or simply bask in tranquillity in your own outdoor bathtub. The Premium Deluxe Spa rooms offer a living area of 42 square metres including a bathroom with bathtub and shower.
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A fresh décor with wooden accents and hues of blue that echo the ocean views, along with lots of natural light, forms the setting for absolute privacy. Relax in the privacy of your spacious 4 Premium Deluxe Suite, each with up to 110 square metres of total living space comprising a king bedroom, a dining and living room, and a bathroom with bathroom and shower. These newly refurbished suites can comfortably accommodate couples or small families of up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child, and offer a furnished balcony overlooking the resort and the sea.
Deluxe Family Suite
Light, spacious, with an air of residential comfort, the 8 recently renovated Deluxe Family Two Bedroom Family can easily accommodate families of up to 2 adults and 3 children, with a spacious master bedroom with a king-size bed and furnished balcony overlooking the sea, and a second bedroom with twin beds. With 90 square metres of living space including a dining area suitable for four persons, the Deluxe Two Bedroom Family feature all the amenities families require, with a bathroom with bathtub and separate shower, flat-screen TV with international channels and complimentary wireless internet access.
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Pool Villa Club
Spacious and subtly designed with a contemporary décor featuring a melange of warm colours, wood accents and oriental influences, the five Deluxe One Bedroom Pool Villas offer great ocean vistas. Ideal for a relaxing family holiday or to entertain your friends, the villas span over 180 square metres of living space including a spacious living and dining area that opens to your own large plunge pool. The generous indoor living area also includes a spacious bedroom with a king-size bed sleeping up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children and a bathroom with both bathtub and shower.
Blue Pacific Restaurant
Set alongside the Blue Sapphire swimming pool, our all-day dining Blue Pacific Restaurant serves a choice of cuisines, starting with a full breakfast buffet of international and Asian favourites. International dishes are served a la carte for lunch and dinner against a background of the crystal clear waters of the Andaman Sea.
Open daily from 06.30 am. - 12.00 pm.
Andaman Restaurant
A short walk away from Kalim Beach, Deep Andaman Restaurant serves authentic local, Asian and international favourites with the emphasis on fresh seafood that reflects Southern Thailand's culinary heritage.
Open daily from 11.00 am. - 02.00 pm., 05.30 pm. - 10.30 pm.
|Tub Tim
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Set just off the Blue Turquoise swimming pool at the lower part of the resort, Tub-Tim Royal Thai Cuisine Restaurant is a casual eatery where the tantalising flavours of Royal Thai Cuisine and regional specialities are to be enjoyed indoors or on the spacious terrace that overlooks the beach. Barbecue dinners are held regularly, adding a culinary highlight to one's holiday and, of course, the restaurant offers a wide choice of beverages that perfectly accompany the deep flavours of Thai cuisine.
Open daily from 11.00 am. - 10.30 pm.
|By the
C Cafe
With its cosy and relaxing atmosphere, and good views of the Andaman Sea, By the C Café is a great place to enjoy coffee and delectable baked goods and snacks at any time of the day.
Open daily from 10.00 am. - 07.00 pm.
Relax Lounge
Sit back with some cocktails and snacks in the relaxing ambience at Let's Relax Lounge. Flanking the resort lower garden, Let's Relax also serves light meals.
Open daily from 10.00 am. - 10.00 pm.
The thatched-roof swim-up pool bar serves a selection of tropical cocktails and refreshments until the early evening. Located at the Blue Sapphire swimming pool, a crawl away from the submerged pool loungers, this pool bar is ideal for those who want to relax whilst enjoying great views of the Andaman Sea.
Open daily from 08.00 am. - 07.00 pm.
In-Room Dining
Open daily from 06.30 am. - 12.00 am.
|The resort offers spacious meeting facilities
that can accommodate up to 180 persons seated in theatre style or for
a cocktail reception. In addition to the fully equipped Caribbean Ballroom,
divisible into two intermediate function rooms, there is the expansive
Mediterranean Room, which can be divided into three smaller venues,
a pre-function area, and of course experienced support is on site to
assist with your business requirements and travel arrangements.
The range of audiovisual equipment available at your fingertips includes wireless internet access, portable screen, video projectors, microphones and separate sound system.
With a wide choice of water and land activities close by, the resort is also a prime destination for incentive groups and team-building exercises.
|With three large swimming pools, two children's pools,
a heavenly spa offering sheer pampering and deep relaxation for singles
and couples, a Kids' Club, and superb views to enjoy from every corner
of the resort, couples and families will find a lot to experience and
enjoy. The submerged sun loungers and great ocean vistas of the expansive,
hillside swimming pools make it impossible to resist an early swim or
a lazy afternoon. There is also a fully equipped fitness centre catering
to the more active guests, while younger guests will be kept busy and
happy with two children's swimming pools, in addition to a professionally
supervised Kids' Club offering a programme of daily activities and two
games rooms, one of which provides video games for the teens.
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Noonan syndrome is a disease that can be passed down through families (inherited). It causes abnormal development in many parts of the body. Noonan syndrome used to be called Turner-like syndrome.
Noonan syndrome is linked to defects in several genes. Problems with the genes cause certain proteins involved in growth and development to become overactive.
Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition. This means only one parent has to pass down the faulty gene for the baby to have the syndrome. However, some cases may not be inherited.
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Composer, performer and multimedia artist Maryanne Amacher will discuss her work at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in 106 Woolworth as part of the Department of Music's Composers Colloquium series.
An innovator in exploring sonic telepresence, Amacher has pioneered the use of telecommunication in sound installations. She is known internationally for her dramatic architectural staging of music and sound. Her work includes three series of multimedia installations produced in the United States, Europe and Japan: "City Links," "Music for Sound Joined Rooms" and "Mini-Sound Series."
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Orchestra to perform under guest conductor, Dec. 5 and 7
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The Princeton University Orchestra , under the direction of guest conductor Hobart Earle, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Earle , a 1983 Princeton graduate, is in his 12th season as music director and principal conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine. He was the first American citizen to head an orchestra in the former Soviet Union. Under his leadership, the orchestra was elevated from regional to federal status in 1993, and again in 2002 to national status. It is the only performing arts organization in the country to have accomplished this feat.
The Dec. 5 and 7 program will include Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien," Skalkottas' "Greek Dances" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "New World."
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Kusama grew up in Matsumoto City, a provincial town 130 miles west of Tokyo. Her family was upper-middle-class, and her mother believed the life of an artist was unsuitable for a girl of her station. But as a child, Kusama always found a way to draw, first exhibiting her work in her teens. Our exhibition begins with paintings and drawings that she made as a student in Kyoto, challenging the Japanese artistic tradition. We'll see radically new paintings and sculptures that she made soon after arriving in New York in the late fifties. We'll witness her innovative development of entire art environments, and the convergence of art and life in her Happenings. In the last galleries of this exhibition, we'll see some of the work that Kusama made after returning to Japan—collages, paintings, and sculptures that have helped make her the country's most prominent contemporary artist.
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Detroit casinos' first-quarter revenue falls from 2013
First-quarter revenue for Detroit's three casinos was down 5.9 percent from year-earlier numbers.
March figures for the casinos were down 7.3 percent compared with the same month of 2013. But they reflected a 13 percent increase from the amount the casinos took in during February of this year, according to figures released by the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
MGM Grand Detroit had 41 percent market share last month with $50.8 million in revenue, reflecting a 6.6 percent drop compared with the same month of last year.
Gaming taxes for the three casinos totaled $10.1 million in March, down from $10.9 million during the same month last year.
Though down from year-earlier numbers, revenue for the three casinos increased month-over-month in February and March, according to the Gaming Control Board.
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Having roots in America's Dairyland, a top five finish in last Saturday's Nationwide stop at Road America would've been the ideal confidence-builder for an anxious Danica Patrick and race team, JR Motorsports.
Fellow driver Jacques Villeneuve put the brakes on that storyline when he chose not to use his own pads on the fabled Wisconsin raceway.
In the final lap of the Sargento 200 in Elkhart Lake, Villeneuve inexplicably gave Ms. Honey Badger, who was holding down the five spot, a solid hit square on the back-end, causing her Chevrolet to spin off track and off path towards her second top-ten finish (Texas) as NASCAR approaches its half-way point of the 2012 season.
This was no harmless trading of paint. In his brief post-race interview on ESPN, a smirking Villeneuve was dismissive of the mishap with Patrick, giving a strange "brake" explanation as cause for the short, sharp shock.
Only fitting that the man who took the cheddar…checkered flag, German-born Brazilian Nelson Piquet, Jr., was as much in need of the ego-boost as Patrick. The son of the legendary Formula One champion, it was Junior's first victory in Nationwide (3) and his first on the NASCAR driving circuit where he's competed mostly in the Camping World Truck Series (37), hitting that track the same year as Danica (2010).
Race officials and NASCAR will assess the matter further, but I found it ironic that just prior to Jacque's contact with the # 7 GoDaddy.com car, ESPN announcers speculated that NASCAR drivers are willing to "push" Patrick as "they know she won't push back."
Was this track take-out confirmation of such a prevailing attitude in the pits or merely an unfortunate accident and coincidence? I'll leave that judgment call to NASCAR, but as Elaine Benes of Seinfeld fame would say, "That's a BIG coincidence."
Though she was in no position to push-back once taken out, just the fact that DP was in the leadership pack before the bump means she was giving-back as well as others gave.
While Jacques was flippant, in her own post-race interview, Danica showed strength of character by 'taking the high road' in choosing to avoid the blame-game and deciding instead to focus on the positives of her bittersweet Road America experience.
"I was running ahead, didn't finish the deal (ESPN / 6-24)."
The ESPN race-announcer's observation was news to me, but not a shock, if true.
NASCAR drivers may not be the good ol' boy bunch of stock-car's earlier days, but it's still a man's sport where women on the track are usually wives or trackside reporters.
Patrick's position is not entirely unlike Jackie Robinson's in 1947. The bar will always be set higher for those who try to break barriers. Their resolve must be twice as strong.
But Patrick is starting to hit her marks on the raceway with more consistency now and it showed at RA. Hard part is finding that delicate balance, knowing when to push back and when to suck it up, or in the spirit of the Badger State, when to move "forward."
Playing the smart-card in her post-race interview was a good play. In any job, you've gotta' earn your stripes and make your own reputation. No one's gonna' hand it to you. But most drivers, not all, will respect the new employee who can take his / her lumps, put it behind 'em and stay focused on the next job that's just around the corner.
Branch Rickey and Robinson knew all too well, that, if you give the troublemakers & knuckleheads an opening, they'll slither right in.
Finding that balance, along with a little luck that every driver needs on occasion, Ms. Patrick should get a few more Nationwide top-10s and maybe even a nice Sprint Cup finish this season.
I just hope she can find her own Duke Snider and Pee Wee Reese to help hobble the chuckleheads along the way.
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People can't get themselves to disconnect from work, even on the holidays. A study by Harris Interactive shows that 59 percent of people check their work email during holidays. Worse, 55 percent check it every day and 28 percent check it multiple times each day. Harris surveyed 2,179 U.S. adults in early November, reports PC Mag.
More interesting is that of the 79 percent of people who received a work email during a holiday, 41 percent were annoyed and frustrated about the message; 56 percent of 18-34 year olds were bothered by such an interruption, showing that younger workers may value their off time more. However, though they were more likely to get annoyed by holiday emails, younger workers were far more likely to check email or use their phone during awkward family encounters or at other "inappropriate" times like parties or dinner.
Still, 15 percent were happy for the distraction and 10 percent felt bad for coworkers who are compelled to send emails during breaks. The most popular reason people check their email over breaks is to avoid falling behind (42 percent), as it makes the return from vacation less stressful.
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Fluvastatin sodium is [R*,S*-(E)]-(±)-7-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1-methylethyl)-1H-indol-2-yl]-3,5-dihydroxy-6-heptenoic acid, monosodium salt. The empirical formula of fluvastatin sodium is C24H25FNO4•Na, its molecular weight is 433.46 and its structural formula is:
This molecular entity is the first entirely synthetic HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, and is in part structurally distinct from the fungal derivatives of this therapeutic class.
Fluvastatin sodium is a white to pale yellow, hygroscopic powder soluble in water, ethanol and methanol. LESCOL is supplied as capsules containing fluvastatin sodium, equivalent to 20 mg or 40 mg of fluvastatin, for oral administration. LESCOL XL is supplied as extended-release tablets containing fluvastatin sodium, equivalent to 80 mg of fluvastatin, for oral administration.
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Limit alcoholic beverages. Daily use of alcohol may increase your risk for liver problems, especially when combined with fluvastatin. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
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