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Wow, that is so amazing that you lived in Anarctica! Great photos as well
Skiing at the end of the earth (South Pole)
Trip Start Dec 18, 2008
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Communal skis are now stored in the abandoned Hypertats, (Remember the Flintstones?) which are buried in snow. These are located past the current Cargo and Fuelie huts, near the air strip. There is a pretty impressive collection of abandoned boots and skis, though they are low on matching poles. I don't really know if all the abandoned stuff here is just goodwill passed on from former employees, or if the Pole was purposefully stocked years ago by Dever headquarters so people wouldn't be lonely
First we pick up a radio from Comms (Communications) so if we get lost in Antarctica, we can call for help. This seems sort of silly considering the station is the only standing structure breaking up the white horizon, but I was surprised at how quickly it faded into the white haze, especially on overcast days.
This is Austin's first time on skis, and he often works with the Survayers who snowmobile all over the ice flat, so he isn't as impressed by the vast emptiness we are heading towards. "Push and glide... with your knee!" I tell him, but he is convinced walking would be faster and easier. It is a bit difficult, because the glacial ice isn't flat, but crests and dips in waves which must be crossed.
The day I arrived at Pole, a man named Todd Carmichael arrived on foot from the coast in just under 40 days--a new world record. Apparently his skis broke eight miles in and maybe he thought, "well I've just come too far." Or maybe he shares Austin's view on the sport. Either way, I was a bit pissed, because he made my entrance seem completely lame. It also makes me sort of jealous and want to plan my own ice adventure
One step at a time, I suppose.
We ski out through a bit of Polie art (corrugated metal sheets fashioned into something like a wind tunnel) and out onto the ice flat. Our destination is a ski hut past summer camp and the rows of stacked garbage behind it. The hut isn't visible form the station, but is the most common ski area. After about a half hour of work, we reach the hut, de-ski, and pry open the door. The room is small and square, built in greenhouse fashion to absorb the sun's heat and keep the inside quite tolerable. Unfortunately there has been no sun for hours and the room is dead cold.
There is a small bed, and desk complete with writing utensils and log. I thumb through the log, which is just a bound notebook with a bunch of crayon scrawling dating back for years. Thoughts, declarations of existence, and even some drawings of intimate couplings that have occurred here fill the pages, but I find I have little to say. I can't remember exactly what I wrote.
Austin and I sit on the bed and shiver for a while, trying to warm up enough to push ourselves back outsidemold research! You would think wood would preserve very well in the ultra-dry and frozen environment, but in the summer when the Ross Sea climbs above 0 F, fungi are working away tearing down what humans have built. Too cool.
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The Fabric Group
In the 1920s there was no place more modern and glamorous than New York and towards the end of the decade there were three debonair young men who were causing a sensation. Each week in The New Yorker their exploits were splashed across the page and the public eagerly awaited the next exposé. But there is a twist in this tale. The dapper trio were cut-out dolls, joined at the trouser cuffs and elbows, and were advertising Fabric Group suits from Manhattan men's haberdashers Weber and Heilbroner. Australian-born American photographer Anton Bruehl (1900-1982) was responsible for the award-winning long-running series that captivated The New Yorker readership.
Bruehl's innovative Fabric Group advertising campaign ran exclusively in The New Yorker with the first advertisement published in the January 1, 1927 issue with instalments then featuring weekly or fortnightly until the campaign's ultimate appearance in the December 29, 1928 issue. A photographic illustration dominated the advertising space accompanied by copy expressing dialogue of the trio, usually incorporating a mention of stylish Fabric Group suits. They credit their sartorial smartness for catching the eye of a beach babe, "...She's looking at all three of us, and you can thank our Fabric Group suits for the favour!"[i] And the cheeky chaps believe that after just one glimpse of their suits "half the fair population of Venice [will be] swimming in [their] wake."[ii]
[i] "The Adventures of the Fabric Group No. 21," The New Yorker, 18 June 1927, p 67.
[ii] "The Fabric Group Abroad No. 21," The New Yorker, 26 November 1927, p 53.

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Alternate name: Meadow Goldenrod, Northern California Goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family
Description Native herbaceous perennial. Spreads by rhizome; may form large colonies.
Habit: strong and upright; solitary hairy stem.
Height: 1-5 ft (30-150 cm).
Leaf: alternate, gray-green, hairy; near the base, narrow, pointed, serrated, 6 in (15 cm) long; upper leaves smaller, entire, oval.
Flower: many small shaggy yellow to gold flowerheads, to 1 in (25 mm) wide, with stubby sparse rays and a shaggy center; held in a long dense cluster at the end of the stem.
Flower Summer/fall: June-October.
Habitat Dry or moist; open or shaded; coastal scrub, woodland edges, forests, valley grassland, disturbed areas; to 8000 ft (2400 m).
Range Native to western North America from Oregon to Baja California. Now cultivated as an ornamental.
Discussion Also known as: western goldenrod. Goldenrods are often thought to cause hay fever, but they are not major allergens for most peope.


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Tekfusion Twinwoofers
" HERE IS MY FULL REVIEW ON THE TEKFUSION TWINWOOFERS Note: I'm not much of a reviewer, but i had to review these In-Ear Headphones because they are so special to me, and to my collection, so couldn't resist but give you guys some of my views. Hope you like it. Also, if you don't like my review, forgive me for taking your time but i think you won't INTRO Tekfusion Twinwoofers is a..." --audiophilic0
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Brownhas surrendered to authorities and will begin a 55-day jail sentence for a driving under the influence conviction.
Brown's attorney and a spokesman for the city attorney's office say the R&B singer turned himself in at a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday.
Brown pleaded no contest to DUI and driving on a suspended license in February. He will also be required to serve four years on informal probation and complete an 18-month alcohol treatment program after he is released.
The conviction is Brown's second for DUI in less than a year. He avoided jail after pleading no contest to a March 2012 drunk driving case.
The 44-year-old New Edition singer is the ex-husband of deceased singer Whitney Houston.
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Earl M. Anderson
McFarland- Earl M. Anderson, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Skaalen Home in Stoughton. Earl was very involved with the Historical Society of McFarland and Cottage Grove. He was an active member and volunteer of the Hope Rod and Gun Club.
Earl is survived by his long time companion, Virginia Starin. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Cress Funeral Home in Stoughton, with Rev. Kelli Schmit officiating. Burial will follow in the Upper McFarland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until the time of services Saturday. Memorials may be made to the Dane County Humane Society.
A special thank you to Earl's doctors and to the staff of Skaalen Home.
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Finished Casino Royale and Live and Let Die, now halfway through Moonraker. Since you can only borrow 1 book per month from the Kindle Prime reading library, I ended up buying Live and Let Die and Moonraker, and have already borrowed Diamonds are Forever (I have it set in my calendar to borrow a book on the first of every month now ).
Live and Let Die is in some ways similar to the film (it was the first Roger Moore 007 outing) and in other ways very different, and it's interesting that there's scenes in it that were used in different 007 films, License to Kill and For Your Eyes Only immediately spring to mind. The wrap-up on Live and Let Die comes surprisingly late and is quite spartan compared to the rest of the book, but the use of the gruesome death of a major character keeps it from feeling underwhelming. The way the ethnic dialogue is written phonetically borders on racist, but the various characterizations feel boldly ahead of their time, and not all of the racist Harlem dialogue comes from negative stereotypes. It's certainly less jarring than Bond thinking about "the sweet tang of rape" in Casino Royale, holy crap was that an offputting line.
I don't think Kindle prices are directly tied to paperback prices, but Amazon in general is very active in making sure they are competitive in any market down to a minute-by-minute basis, so I'm sure it would have some effect.
Annoyingly, and as I feared, the Bond books went up in price on Kindle from $7 to $7.99 once the 50th anniversary month was over.


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Embellish dinner with a beautiful and flavorful salad.
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Beets range in color from the common deep garnet to white and gold. Although any color beet can be used in this salad, marinate each color separately because beets have a tendency to "bleed."
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Academic Appointments
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1. Flow Cytometry of Hematopoietic Neoplasms.
2. Automated Hematology Instrumentation.
3. Wright-Giemsa Cytology of CSF and Body Fluids.
4. Blood/Bone Marrow Pathology
Genome-wide expression studies using complementary DNA microarrays recently suggested a number of intriguing candidate genes for distinguishing plasma cell dyscrasias. Our objective was to test select markers using immunohistochemical analysis and a tissue microarray from paraffin-embedded bone marrow core biopsy specimens obtained from 8 patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, 17 with plasmacytoma, 160 with multiple myeloma, and 15 with plasma cell leukemia (PCL). We immunostained serial sections for CD138, CD27, CD56, p27, Ki-67, CD3, and CD20. Each core was scored in duplicate by observers blinded to phenotype and reported as the average percentage of CD138+ cells. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine significance between groups. PCL showed significantly less immunostaining for CD27 (P < .01) and p27 (P < .05) compared with plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma. Low CD27 expression also was associated with plasmacytoma progression to multiple myeloma (P <.05). Our results support the hypothesis that low CD27 expression correlates with high-risk disease, including primary PCL and decreased progression-free survival in solitary plasmacytoma.
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Enumeration of band neutrophils has a long clinical tradition as a diagnostic test for bacterial infection. Yet, the band count is a nonspecific, inaccurate, and imprecise laboratory test. Review of the literature provides little support for the clinical utility of the band count in patients greater than 3 months of age. The white blood cell count and the automated absolute neutrophil count are better diagnostic tests for adults and most children. Absolute numbers of bands are required for the Rochester criteria, a diagnostic algorithm for acutely ill, febrile children less than 3 months of age. No studies, however, assess the independent contribution of bands to the performance of the algorithm, or the use of the automated total neutrophil count as a replacement for the band count. Band counts also are required to calculate an immature to total neutrophil ratio (I:T ratio), an index widely used to aid in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. Studies, however, show a wide range of sensitivity and specificity for the I:T ratio, indicating variable performance. In the near future, rapid analysis of inflammatory factors, adhesion molecules, cytokines, neutrophil surface antigens, or even bacterial DNA may be superior alternative tests for the early diagnosis of sepsis.
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Lymphoma/leukemia derived from immature natural killer (NK) cells occur most commonly in adults and are characterized by blastic cytologic features and an aggressive outcome. Predilection for extranodal sites and absence of the Epstein-Barr virus associated with mature NK cell malignancies further distinguish this entity. We present a NK precursor acute lymphoma presenting with multiple masses in an infant without circulating blasts or marrow replacement by disease. The diagnostic difficulty arose from several factors, including young age, presentation with multiple masses, blastic cytologic features mistaken for a small, round, blue cell tumor, and the absence of lineage-specific markers. The CD56+, CD34+, CD33+, MPO-, cytoplasmic CD3+, CD45-, CD7-, HLA-DR-, and TdT- immunophenotype of this neoplasm overlaps with previously reported cases of myeloid/NK precursor acute leukemia and blastic NK cell lymphoma/leukemia. This case emphasizes the need for a strong index of suspicion to recognize this rare entity and to distinguish it from solid tumors and other hematolymphoid neoplasms that occur in infancy.
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Progression of follicular lymphoma to a higher-grade malignancy frequently heralds a poor prognosis. Clinical transformation is variably accompanied by a spectrum of histologic changes characterized by alteration in growth and cytology. Although several cytogenetic events and potential oncogenes have been documented in this progression, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. We present five patients with an unusual histologic transformation of follicular lymphoma manifested by blastic/blastoid morphology. This transformation is histologically distinct from other types of transformation of follicular lymphoma. All five cases exhibited the t(14;18) translocation and expressed the BCL-2 protein. In addition, two of the five patients showed increased levels of the p53 protein within neoplastic cells implicating a possible role for this oncogene in blastic/blastoid transformation. The lack of BCL-1 and myeloid antigens by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry studies served to distinguish blastic/blastoid transformation of follicular lymphoma from its morphologic mimics. This distinction is clinically important because lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias require significantly different therapeutic modalities and show better prognosis. Moreover, the lack of Epstein-Barr virus-specific mRNA suggests that this virus is unlikely to participate in blastic/blastoid transformation of follicular lymphoma.
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NK-like T-cell malignancies are part of a spectrum of lymphoproliferative diseases that complicate immunosuppression associated with solid organ transplantation. We describe 2 patients with long-standing immunosuppression following solid organ transplantation. Both patients had systemic symptoms that included fever, myalgia, and weight loss. Organ involvement and lymphadenopathy were not initially observed. Unique to these 2 cases are the initial leukemic symptoms, which led to further characterization and identification of NK-like T-cell malignancies. Both patients exhibited an anomalous T/NK phenotype, CD56 positivity, and atypical blastic architecture of the large granular lymphocytes. Clonal rearrangement of T-cell receptor genes was detected in both patients. In 1 patient, a cytogenetic abnormality involving 8q24 was demonstrated. The disease course in both patients was aggressive, with involvement of multiple sites and rapid demise. This study emphasizes the importance of including NK-like T-cell malignancies in the differential diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders associated with immunosuppression and recognizing that an aggressive clinical course may follow leukemic presentation of disease.
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Immunoglobulin (Ig)M myeloma is a distinct subtype of multiple myeloma (MM) displaying clinical and pathologic features of both MM and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM). Although the immunophenotypic characteristics of classic MM and WM have been reported, the surface antigen expression of IgM myeloma has not been reported. We report a case of IgM myeloma and describe its immunophenotypic profile using flow cytometry. The cells showed a hybrid MM-WM phenotype, strongly expressing CD38 but lacking CD45 and DR, typical for plasma cells; however, pan-B cell antigens CD20 and FMC7 as well as weak monoclonal surface Ig also were positive, resembling B-cell lymphoproliferative malignancies. Discordant B-cell antigen expression was present, in that pan-B antigens CD19 and CD22 were absent. In addition, B-cell activation antigen CD23, early B-precursor antigen CD10, and pan-T antigen CD5 were not expressed. Although CD20 and weak surface Ig expression have been reported in MM, FMC7 positivity has not been seen. The data therefore suggest that IgM myeloma may have a unique phenotype with characteristics of both MM and WM.
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Chimeric anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody was administered intravenously as a single dose to eight patients with mycosis fungoides. The dose was escalated throughout the study between patients groups, and individual patients received 50, 100, or 200 mg per dose. Seven of eight patients responded to treatment with an average freedom from progression of 25 weeks (range, 6 to 52 weeks). The treatment was well tolerated, and there was no clinical evidence of immunosuppression. Following treatment, there was significant suppression of peripheral blood CD4 counts in all patients for 1 to 22+ weeks. Only one patient made a very low titer human antichimeric antibody response. All but two patients made primary antibody and T-cell proliferative responses to a foreign antigen administered 24 hours after antibody infusion. However, there was generally marked, but temporary suppression of T-cell proliferative responses in vitro to phytohemagglutinin (PHA), tetanus toxoid, and normal donor lymphocytes. We conclude that at the dose levels studied, this antibody (1) had clinical efficacy against mycosis fungoides; (2) was well tolerated; (3) had a low level of immunogenicity; (4) decreased T-cell proliferative responses in vitro, and (5) did not induce tolerance to a foreign antigen.
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Hematogones (HGs) comprise a B-lineage lymphoid precursor cell population in the bone marrow (BM) that may simulate acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma. Increased numbers of HGs have been noted in children, but few reports describe their occurrence in adults. We identified 13 adult patients with significant numbers of BM lymphoid cells with the morphologic and immunophenotypic features of HGs. Common features in these patients included (1) presence of small numbers of lymphoid cells in the BM aspirate with morphologic features of HGs; (2) absence of cytologic atypia or abnormal localization of lymphoid cells in the BM biopsy; (3) absence of abnormal morphology or CD10 (common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen) expression in circulating lymphocytes; (4) normal BM karyotype; (5) persistence of cytopenia(s) without apparent cause, often for a prolonged period of time; and (6) no evidence of neoplastic marrow involvement, confirmed by clinical follow-up. Flow cytometry demonstrated surface expression of CD10, CD19, a lower percentage of CD20, minimal expression of CD22, and limited but polyclonal immunoglobulin light chain. Nine patients had received previous immunosuppressive therapy or BM transplantation or both, seven for hematolymphoid neoplasia. However, four patients with cytopenias of unknown etiology had no antecedent history of malignancy or marrow suppressive therapy. These findings demonstrate the clinical, morphologic, and immunophenotypic features of HGs in adults, and emphasize the difficulty in distinguishing these cells from residual marrow blasts after chemotherapy.
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and hairy cell leukemia (HCL) are differentiated B-cell leukemias with well-described clinical, morphologic, and immunologic characteristics. We encountered two patients with indolent chronic B-cell leukemia showing overlapping features of these malignancies. The patients had progressive splenomegaly, minimal lymphadenopathy, and abnormal lymphoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and villi, which were strongly positive for surface antigens CD22 and CD11c, features associated with HCL. However, blood counts showed lymphocytosis without neutropenia and monocytopenia, and the bone marrow biopsies demonstrated tightly aggregated nodules of lymphocytes. In addition, the lymphoid cells were dual positive for CD19 and CD5, displaying weak-to-moderately positive monoclonal surface immunoglobulin, findings strongly suggestive of CLL. One patient failed to respond to therapy with chlorambucil and prednisone. The second patient showed a partial response to treatment with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine. We compare our patients with similar variants of differentiated B-cell leukemias reported in the literature, including disorders described as hairy cell variant (HCL-V) or splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL).
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Ciliocytophthoria are anucleate remnants of ciliated epithelial cells derived from the lower respiratory tract and female reproductive tract. We report a case of ciliocytophthoria found in the effluent dialysis fluid of a young woman undergoing long-term ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Inability to identify these "organisms" initially led to an extensive search for parasitic contamination or infection of the peritoneum. After identifying these "organisms" as ciliocytophthoria, a prospective study showed that ciliated cell remnants occur frequently in the effluent dialysate of young women, but not in older women or men. With increasing use of peritoneal dialysis, laboratory personnel can expect to see ciliocytophthoria in peritoneal dialysate effluent and should recognize them as benign, normal findings in young women.
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The authors evaluated the Coulter STKS (Coulter Corp., Hialeah, FL) five-part differential in a tertiary-care hospital using samples with a broad range of distributional and morphologic abnormalities. Particular attention was given to the performance of the instrument-generated suspect flags that occur as an aid to identify samples with abnormal leukocytes. A morphologically abnormal, or positive, blood smear was defined by the presence of any blasts, malignant lymphoid cells, grossly dysplastic neutrophils, nucleated red blood cells (nRBC), platelet clumps, or reactive lymphocytes of more than 5%. The presence of any white blood cell-related suspect flag, except for Immature Granulocyte/Bands (i.e., Blasts, Variant Lymph, NRBC, Platelet Clumps, Review Slide, or WBC*R), was considered to be a positive instrument result. The STKS showed excellent quantitative results for the WBC differential compared with the manual differential when these "morphologic abnormalities" were absent in a 400-cell manual differential or low in numbers (< or = 5%). Specificity of these non-immature granulocyte/band suspect flags was good, with a false-positive rate of only 11.7%. Overall sensitivity in 113 samples with morphologic abnormalities was 67.3%. Sensitivity to detection of > or = 1% abnormal WBCs or > or = 1 nRBC/100 WBCs (a subset of 78 samples) was 80.8%. Sensitivity to detection of more than 5% abnormal WBCs or more than 5 nRBC/100 WBCs (a subset of 53 samples) was 84.9%. The primary deficiency was the inability of the STKS to flag samples with lymphoma cells, lymphoid blasts, or more than 5% reactive lymphocytes.
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The CELL-DYN 3000 (Unipath Corp., Mountain View, CA) differential was evaluated in a tertiary care hospital using samples with a broad range of distributional and morphologic abnormalities. Particular attention was directed to the performance of the instrument-generated suspect flags that occur as an aid to identify samples with abnormal leukocytes, as well as the estimates of abnormal cells that are made by the instrument. The CELL-DYN 3000 showed excellent quantitative results for the white blood cell differential compared with a 400-cell manual differential, in which morphologic abnormalities were absent or occurred in low numbers (< or = 5%). Specificity of the BLAST, VARIANT LYMPH, NRBC, WBC, or DIFF suspect flags (with the requirement that the blast estimate and variant lymphocyte estimate by the instrument be > or = 1%) was 82.6%. Sensitivity of these flags to detection of more than 5% "abnormal" leukocytes (blasts, malignant lymphoid cells, grossly dysplastic neutrophils, nucleated red blood cells, or reactive lymphocytes) or significant platelet clumping was 81.6%. The primary deficiency was the inability of the CELL-DYN 3000 to flag samples with small numbers (< or = 5%) of nucleated erythrocytes, lymphoid blasts, or hairy cells, or more than 5% reactive lymphocytes. Specificity of the IG flag (with immature granulocyte estimate > or = 3%) for immature granulocytes (metamyelocytes, myelocytes, or promyelocytes) was 94.9%. Sensitivity of the immature granulocyte flag varied from 41.7% for identifying IG > or = 1% to 100% for the three samples with immature granulocytes > or = 3%. Calculation of sensitivity and specificity to varying percentages of bands showed poor flagging performance, with many false-positive and false-negative results at all levels.
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METOPROLOL (me TOE proe lole) is a beta-blocker. Beta-blockers reduce the workload on the heart and help it to beat more regularly. This medicine is used to treat high blood pressure and to prevent chest pain. It is also used to after a heart attack and to prevent an additional heart attack from occurring.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
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Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Do not crush or chew. Take this medicine with or immediately after meals. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take more medicine than directed. Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly. This could lead to serious heart-related effects.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 6 years for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
This medicine may interact with the following medications:
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certain medicines for depression, like monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, fluoxetine, or paroxetine
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
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Take this medicine by mouth with a drink of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take this medicine immediately after meals. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take more medicine than directed. Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly. This could lead to serious heart-related effects.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
certain medicines for depression like monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, fluoxetine, or paroxetine
This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
This does not apply.
Your condition will be monitored carefully while you are receiving this medicine.
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This drug is given in a hospital or clinic and will not be stored at home.
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Rest In Peace, Atul Chitnis
Today, very sad news has reached me: Atul Chitnis has passed away. Most people outside of India will most likely not recognize the name: He has been instrumental in pineering the BBS community in India, and the founder and leader of the Linux Bangalore and later FOSS.in conferences, held annually in Bangalore.
I myself first met Atul about ten years ago, and had the honor of being invited to speak at many of the conferences he was involved in. Besides that professional connection, we became friends. The warmth and affection with which I was accepted by him and his family during my many trips to Bangalore is without comparison. I was treated and accepted like a family member, despite just being this random free software hacker from Germany who is always way too busy to return the amount of kindness.
Despite the 17 year age difference, there was a connection between the two of us. Not just the mutual respect for each others' work, but something else. It might have been partially due to his German roots. It might have been the similarities in our journey through technology. We both started out in the BBS community with analog modems, we both started to write DOS software in the past, before turning to Linux. We both became heavily involved in mobile technology around the same time: He during his work at Geodesic, I working for Openmoko. Only in recent years his indulgence in Apple products was slightly irritating ;)
Only five weeks ago I had visited Atul. Given the state of his health, it was clear that this might very well be the last time that we meet each other. I'm sad that this now actually turned out to become the thruth. It would have been great to meet again at the end of the year (the typical FOSS.in schedule).
My heartfelt condolences to his family. Particularly to his wonderful wife Shubha, his daughther Anjali, his mother and brother. [who I'm only not calling by their name in this post as they deserve some privacy and their Identities is not listed on Atuls wikipedia page].
Atul was 51 years old. Way too young to die. Yet, he has managed to created a legacy that will extend long beyond his life. He profoundly influenced generations of technology enthusiasts in India and beyond.
- CIOL: Open Soruce guru Atul Chitnis, 51, no more
- NDTV Gadgets: Shine on, You Crazy Diamond: Atul Chitnis (1962-2013)
- lwn.net notice
- dna India: Atul Chitnis's death moves people
- Firstpost: Indian tech world mounrs death of open source guru Atul Chitnis
- NextBigWhat: R.I.P Atul Chntins: The Man Who Changed the Open Source World


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I need Macfarlane sport figures jersey variations of all new football,baseball,basketball and hockey.
Heres some of what I have
A bunch of Saga E2 errors on carded figures.
A couple of TRU landspeeders
3 12"jango fett mib
2 Jango room alarms
3 sets of the new 12inchers
Lego sets of 7163,7181
Jango fett slave 1 ship mib
new 2002 he-man figures
2 new 2002 Castle Grayskull
2 kiss alive box sets
3 aurroa sing masterpiece sets
1 sealed never open Sopranos Season 3
Any jersey variation would be appreciated. If interested email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for looking


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I took photos of my collection about a month ago to send in for the Ultimate Collector Contest Hasbro is putting on. I don't expect to win, but I do have a very large collection and thought I'd share it with you. The first two photos are of my POTF 2 Figurs and Vehicles. I have all the vehicles and figures ever made in the 3 3/4 scale since 1995. A few weren't avalable at the time of the photo shoot, but I do have them. The photo of the figures is only a fraction of what I have, but it's all that I could fit in the photo. The photo of the vehicles is more complete with only a few items not present.
The third photo is of my vintage vehicles. I have over have of the vintage vehicles and playset and they are represented here. Again, some are missing and a few have been added to my collection since the photo.
I will add photos of my vintage figure collection wich I have all of the figures ever made(with the exception of a couple boys named Fromm).
I hope you enjoy the photos. I am not trying to bragg or show off, but I think these photos are cool and I thought some other people would think the same.
Any positive or constuctive comments are welcome, but please don't bash me for showing off. This collection has been in the makeing for 24 years now and it has been a joy !!


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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
"A true work of design must be able to move people, to convey feelings, to trigger memories, to surprise, to go against the grain. From this point of view, design intended to conjure up images in people's minds, which makes them a bit happier, still has tremendous potential." --Alberto Alessi
Born in Bergamo, Italy, Laura Polinoro graduated in Drama Art and Music Studies in Bologna. Her first job was in the field of contemporary dance as art director and costume and set designer. Later she undertook research at the Domus Academy in Milan. From 1990 to 1998 she was in charge of the Centro Studi Alessi, where she operated as meta-project designer and art director, coordinating workshops both in-house and in association with various universities and design institutes the world over. She was also involved in publishing and communications activities. Items which entered production in that period are identified with the acronym "CSA". Since 2004 products overseen by Ms. Polinoro have been identified with the letters "LPWK".View other products by LPWK


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I know it's way past Thanksgiving, but I was reading Cut n Runs Happy Thanksgiving post and thought I'd share.
Twas the day before Thanksgiving and we got descended upon by the "Tribe". The youngest daughter got off at noon o'clock and she and her family came down from Amelia Island with all their camping gear. Her husband is a Civil War re-en-actor, with all the period correct gear (wall tents, A-frame tents, sheet iron camp stoves, the works) and they set up camp on the property. It was a real cool sight to have an 1800's camp sight all set up by the pond. So I put the john-boat in the pond and the fun began.
From Wednesday until Sunday morning we had all four grand kids (the other part of the tribe came up from Orange Park part of the time) with their Moms and Dads and the two dogs. What a blast. The oldest grand kids (one is six and two are eight) all got to go bass fishing from the boat, did their own casting, hook setting and all three caught and landed bass on their own ( makes a grand-pa proud).
Later in the week the oldest grand-daughter wanted to shoot her BB gun so I set up a make shift bench rest and put a three inch target on a coffee can and set it up at 15 long steps. Her Dad told me she was getting pretty good, but, boy was I surprised. I sure wouldn't want to be a critter in the sights of her pretty pink pump up BB gun.
It was a great Thanksgiving week-end. Made a old Grand-pa really thankful to the good Lord for all he has done for me and mine.
By the way here's that target she shot with open sights.
Good Hunting to all,


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Rhinelander teen is the fastest texter in America
Boy wins $50,000 in prize money
NEW YORK - The reigning 17-year-old champion of cellphone texting has retained the title of fastest texter in America.
Austin Wierschke, of Rhinelander, Wis., won after eight rounds at the texting competition Wednesday in New York's Times Square. He gets $50,000 in prize money, which he said he'll put away for college.
Eleven contestants from around the U.S. competed, all using the same type of phone. The competition tested three skills: speed, accuracy and dexterity.
There were three rounds, including texting while blind-folded and texting with hands behind their backs.
The third round is called "text blitz." Phrases were shown to the contestants for a length of time and they copied them as fast as they could.
The annual competition is sponsored by cellphone-maker LG Electronics.
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Doran selected as Sherman Scholar
Posted October 4, 2002; 05:47 p.m.
Michael Doran, assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton, has been selected as the first Sherman Scholar by the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Doran will present a lecture on Oct. 24 in Wilmington on "Israel Between the United States and the Arabs."
The Sherman Scholar is part of the newly created Virginia and Derrick Sherman Emerging Scholars Lecture Series, which provides a platform for emerging scholars to present perspectives, research, concepts and approaches to modern issues and theories in history, politics and international affairs.
As part of the lecture series, Doran will participate in faculty seminars and classroom presentations. The Sherman Scholar receives a $5,000 honorarium.
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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For years, none of us knew why we had the bench vice on that table; not that we knew it was called a vice.
John sir's nails would dig deep into our skin if we ever tried to mess with the vice,even if to stay awake in his boring class. I am not kidding. The sessions were super duper long and boring. A series test lamp that was tested for ages, all we figured was that when the circuit was complete,the bulb would light up.Don't know how many hours were spent explaining that.
Iron boxes were opened.Repaired.Wiring diagrams that would resemble unsolvable mazes were drawn.House wiring it seems.We learnt that bulb holders of various types have names like angle bulb holder,baton bulb holder etc.A ceiling rose was called a ceiling rose,that was some learning.Phase was always (in the) right,what was left was neutral,he kept talking about some archaic Indian Electricity rules(I haven't been able to dig this specific mention in the said rule).So,a tester glows on the right side of the plug,okay?. It was in these classes that we were taught the BBROYGBVGW of coding resistors even before we learnt that in Physics.Chokes and starters-why are they used in a florescent tube etc were taught to us there.We chuckled over the explanations of Fleming's left and right hand rules
Then there was torch repair,but that was much much earlier.
The school's public address system was the SUPW sir's/students' responsibility.Setting up the PA system,adjusting the mic during the morning assembly etc. Fiddling with the Bass/Treble/Volume and the innumerable controls on those Ahuja PA systems could easily create screeches to deafen the whole school.I have done the mic-testing-adjusting job once,that is it.
The girls were spared from the vice and such.They did some embroidery during the time, aah..I don't know what they did.
SUPW was not just about these wires and lights.Before the holders and lights came in,we made candles, the ones colored red,green,yellow and likes.So much fun it was.We bought them ourselves.Not just that.Chalks were made in SUPW classes,for internal consumption of the school.And how can I forget those dusters made in SUPW classes?
This is years after I learnt hem stitch and button stitches.Yes, I did learn them in school.Graduating from making flowers out of crepe paper and skirt for dolls using plastic straws,stitching was a giant leap.
Then,much hated SUPW was; now I realize it was not as bad as we thought it to be.
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Instead of discarding the family Christmas tree this year, turn it into cover for the birds. The life of the festive tree can be extended for several more months by taking it outside and laying it down or propping it up near or next to a bird feeder. In a matter of minutes, the old Christmas tree is providing new natural cover for the birds.
Every New Years, after undecorating our Christmas tree, I drag it outside and anchor it upright behind a low tray feeder just outside the sunroom where we eat breakfast and lunch everyday during the winter. The addition of the tree as cover behind the tray feeder immediately increases the number and kinds of birds that feed at the tray. In addition to the usual ground feeders, such as dark-eyed juncos and American tree sparrows, the Christmas tree cover attracts chickadees, nuthatches, northern cardinals and mourning doves. One year, we had a bobwhite use the feeder, and during other winters, ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys visited.
If I want more cover than my one Christmas tree offers, I have gathered up and used the discarded Christmas trees of my neighbors, who have left their past glories at the curb to be picked up by the garbage man.
One year, I was late removing the Christmas tree in the spring, and an American robin built a nest in its rusty red boughs, and raised four youngsters.
-- George H. Harrison


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If you are getting interference on your radio beyond the normal static filtered out with your squelch, you may need an inline noise filter. Depending on the source of the noise, these devices install in your CB radio's power line, or connect between your radio and antenna. They filter the static, humming, squealing, and other noises you don't want, allowing you to hear the ones you do want!
If you need help troubleshooting your radio or antenna see our CB radio trouble shooting guide.


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Israel says that they may act.
Oil over $103. per barrel and climbing.
Is it time to turn the Israelies loose on radical Islam?
Will they get the arms they need from us? The Obama Administration has already cutback on arms to the Israelies. The French are willing to supply them but most of what they have is not compatable with planes or weapons from America.
Since Obama became President, Israel feels like they stand alone against millions of radical Muslims and numerous hostile countries.
Will be abandon our last remaining friend in the middle-east?


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i requested a dog related consultaion with an individual i did not personally know, but who's credentials i respect. the advise was given to me willingly and at no monetary cost. i listened intently and plan to follow the suggestions i recieved.........probably thanks for the time and wisdom of experience!
this is a good thread. we should all listen, learn and act on what we learn more often.


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Hey guys/gals,
The last couple of years I have used the ambush plan on fall turkeys and it has worked pretty well but after hearing that you can call fall turkeys in I have a couple of questions for the more experienced fall turkey hunters on here (aka Charlie Elk, Mark and others). I usually talk to the farmers before I go hunting and they typically know where the turkeys are at so I am generally pretty close to them already but here are my questions.
So my idea was to create this thread so fall turkey hunters can come here and learn different strategies, calls/sounds, set up locations and decoy set ups.
What kind of strategies do you guys use for fall hunting?
Preferred set up locations?
Decoys or no decoys?
If decoys then hens, jakes, toms and what kind of set up?
What kind of calls/sounds do you use?
Any other information that you can provide that would be helpful.
Thanks for the help guys/gals.


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Aww... It's a cute baby dragon.
Young dragons are relatively defenseless. Their scales don't grow in until right before they mature, and they have almost no strength. Once a hatchling's wings grow in, it marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are usually left alone by their mother and begin to hunt and survive on their own.


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I don't to bore anyone with too much text, so here is the basic info - I've got a BA in Computer Science, 2 years of experience as an Android developer, worked as a TA at my university teaching programming and computer graphics, with Unity basics and did freelance web development work before that.
I don't have any commercial game dev experience, all I've got are a few POC's / demos done in Unity. Most of my interviews end the same - "It's a highly competitive market and you don't have any experience".
I am trying to strengthen my overall profile, so I turned to online universities, courses, that kind of stuff. I know that coursera is a great site for these things and I'll be checking out this: https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory2
But is there more? Is there any online "university" that isn't a scam?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Damir H.


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Could you help me with this challenge please
The position of the DC motor should be detected by the potentiometer.
I think Arduino is not the best way in order to test a control strategy in real-Time
Thats why you can buy a servo to accomplish the same thing.
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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – The budget proposal adopted in early December by legislative leaders leaves more than $300 million in reserve funds that could be the center of debate during the upcoming 2013 legislative session.
How much, if any, of those reserve funds are tapped could be key to whether education receives more funding or whether other items, such as a requested increase in funding for the Department of Corrections or for Medicaid, are dealt with in 2013.
The new session begins Tuesday.
The budget recommendation approved by the 14-member Legislative Budget Committee leaves several sources of reserves, including $126.7 million in the Working Cash Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the rainy day fund, and $14.1 million in the Health Care Trust Fund, which was created after the state's successful lawsuit against the tobacco companies in the 1990s.
"The Committee has left cash reserves for future needs," the budget narrative stated
The budget proposal released by Gov. Phil Bryant in November leaves less in reserves. The main source of reserves in the Republican governor's budget is nearly $100 million from spending only 98 percent of the projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts July 1.
State law mandates that legislators only expend 98 percent of the projected revenue and set aside 2 percent in case actual revenue collections do not meet projections, but in many recent years during the economic downturns the law has been waived.
During the 2012 session legislators followed the law and spent only 98 percent of the anticipated revenue.
For the 2013 session both Bryant and legislative leaders again are advocating adhering to the law.
Bryant also expends a portion of $52 million in excess money in a fund at the Department of Revenue designed to help reduce the costs of car tags.
The Legislature puts $52 million in the fund in the 2009 session to shore up the fund. The fund, which depends on tax revenue from the sale of vehicles, has now been restored as car sales have ticked up in recent years after the downturn.
While the budget proposal of the legislative leadership does not touch the excess money in the fund, it does state "now that the fund is secure again, the Legislature may consider a repayment to the general fund."
It is not uncommon for the governor's budget proposal to depend on more sources of revenue to fund his proposal than does the Legislative Budget Committee.
Traditionally, legislative leaders have used only on tax revenue to fund its proposal and has not tapped other sources of revenue, such as the rainy day fund.
Instead, the legislative leadership has left the decisions to use those sources of revenue for the full Legislature to decide once the session begins.
Overall, the Budget Committee's proposal is $5.52 billion, which is $32.2 million less than what the 2012 Legislature appropriated. By the same token, Bryant's proposal is $5.72 billion – not including other items, such as deficits of $29 million for Corrections and $15.5 million for Medicaid, which are not funded in the Budget Committee's proposal.
Plus, Bryant funds other items not addressed by the legislative leadership, such as $3 million for early childhood education and $42 million for the Department of Human Services as part of a settlement of a lawsuit dealing with the state's foster care system.


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Students in the Princeton University Materials Academy are introduced to materials science concepts in projects that involve real-world science and engineering challenges. In this summer's academy, students focused on the design of low-cost, sustainable water filters for use in the developing world. They constructed pot-shaped water filters out of clay and organic materials. When the filters were fired in a kiln, the organic materials burned away and left behind micron-sized holes that trap bacteria but allow water to pass through.
Below left: From left, Rutgers Preparatory School student Erin Gange and Trenton Central High School students Evaline Mathiang and Nafeesa Masuod prepare to test their water filter as Dan Steinberg, the director of outreach and education for the Princeton Center for Complex Materials, looks on.
Photos: Frank Wojciechowski
Bottom left: As part of a weeklong program on laser technologies, academy students toured the lab of Claire Gmachl, an associate professor of electrical engineering and the director of the Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment center. During the tour, electrical engineering graduate student Ekua Anane-Fenin, far right, explains how temperature can affect the development of lasers to Trenton Central High School students, from left, Brayan Palacios, Evaline Mathiang and James Sadley.
Photo: Denise Applewhite
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Materials academy tackles multiple societal challenges
Posted July 30, 2007; 01:28 p.m.
A little clay and sawdust went a long way at Princeton this month when a group of Trenton-area high school students used the simple materials to create effective, low-cost water filters.
The project was part of the Princeton University Materials Academy outreach program for underrepresented minorities and low-income students, many of whom are in the federally funded Upward Bound and GEAR UP educational programs directed locally at the James Kerney Campus of Mercer County Community College in Trenton. Now in its sixth year, the academy is offered each summer by the Princeton Center for Complex Materials.
"The Princeton University Materials Academy is a way to reach a number of students who wouldn't otherwise have a lot of exposure to science and technology," said the center's director Richard Register, a professor of chemical engineering. "We want to open their eyes to the possibilities available to them at Princeton and beyond. Ultimately, we'd like to broaden our reach beyond the 30 students we work with each year by disseminating the experiments and activities on the Web."
The program introduces students to materials science concepts in modules developed at Princeton around real-world science and engineering challenges. Previous programs have addressed cancer detection and the development of solar-powered ovens. This year's academy focused on the design of low-cost, sustainable water filters for use in the developing world. Currently, more than 1.5 million children under age 5 die each year from water-borne illnesses that could be prevented by effective filtration practices.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Wole Soboyejo, the founder and director of the U.S./Africa Materials Institute, designed and advised the water filtration project. During the academy, Soboyejo met with the students to discuss their filter designs and the broader implications of their work.
"It's fascinating to watch the students realize how materials that everyone has could be really powerful in improving human health," said Katie Camille Friedman, a rising sophomore at Princeton who helped guide the students' investigations. Friedman is a member of the Global Development Network student group, supervised by Soboyejo, which promotes sustainable technologies in developing countries. As part of the materials academy, Friedman shared her experiences from a recent trip to Nicaragua working on water filtration with the Potters for Peace organization.
The materials academy students modeled their pot-shaped filters after one Friedman brought back from Nicaragua, fashioning them out of a mixture of clay and various organic materials, including sawdust, dried leaves and coffee grounds. When the filters were fired in a kiln, the organic material burned away and left behind tiny pores designed to trap bacteria but allow water to pass through. In a test using e. coli-contaminated water, the filters proved their ability to catch the e. coli while allowing water to flow through.
"This project could save lives," said James Sadley, a student in the Trenton Central High School Applied Engineering and Science Academy. "We're helping to find good ways to make better filters."
Nearby, his lab partner and classmate Brayan Palacios kept a close watch on their filter as he measured its flow rate. "They'll be cheaper, too," Palacios added, pointing out the need for a technology that not only works, but is affordable.
The students' engagement in the project and interdisciplinary understanding of technological problems are precisely what Daniel Steinberg, the PCCM director of education and outreach, is hoping to foster.
"The goal is to provide the students with an opportunity to study materials science and engineering that they wouldn't normally get in high school," he explained. "Because we focus on real-world problems, we're teaching the students complex engineering concepts and also helping prepare them for the future, on both on a personal and global level."
The work completed by the students in the materials academy, under the guidance of Middlesex High School and materials academy lead teacher Peter Gange, will contribute to ongoing efforts by the Global Development Network to explore economic and effective filtration technologies.
As part of the program, the students met with MIRTHE director Claire Gmachl, an associate professor of electrical engineering, and toured her lab where chemical-detecting lasers are being developed.
"This is high-tech, complex information," said Michael Ireland, the program's lead teacher. "So we're building on basic concepts they've been exposed to in school with experiments that excite the students and demonstrate how lasers can be used." Ireland, a high school teacher at the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa., spent the past two summers conducting research in the labs of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials as a participant in the center's Research Experience for Teachers program.
In one activity, Ireland had the students hook their iPods to laser pointers and shine the light down a hall to receivers connected to speakers. Many of the students were admittedly skeptical that anything would happen. But the laser light carried an encoded signal; music rang out loud and clear throughout Bowen Auditorium and so did the students' cries of astonishment and amazement.
Palacios summed it up. "That was really cool," he said with a grin.


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The Secret Garden to be staged at Binghamton University
Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved children's story, The Secret Garden, will be enacted by young people for young people, or for the young-at-heart.
Members of the Summer Youth Musical Workshop, who range in age from 12 to 18 years old, will present the musical version of The Secret Garden at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15, in the Watters Theater, located in the Fine Arts Building on the Binghamton University campus.
Attracting the cream of the crop of area theater students, the workshop is headed up by Artistic Director Aaron Nicholson, Musical Director Brenda Dawe, Director Elaine Tamaru, with guest Musical Director Todd Robinson.
The show has been double cast. Morning workshop students will perform at 2 p.m. August 14 and 7:30 p.m. August 15. Evening workshop students will be featured at the 7:30 p.m. performance August 14 and the 2 p.m. show August 15.
The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox, a lonely little girl sent to live with her gloomy uncle Archibald in Yorkshire after being orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India. Still grieving over the loss of his beloved wife Lily, and distraught over the precarious health of his son, Archibald casts a dark shadow over the manor, until Mary discovers a secret garden that once belonged to Lily. By nursing the garden back to life, Mary also restores life to the grieving uncle and ailing son.
"Musically and dramatically, this story is already in the hearts of young and old," said Director Nicholson. "It's a familiar story that people love, even before they've seen the musical version," he said.
On an adult level, playgoers will appreciate the mystical and metaphorical quality of the story. The young girl, dead inside with grief for her parents and lost life in India, finds a way to give to others. As she brings the garden and the lives of the inhabitants of the Yorkshire manor to life, she is able to let go of the past, and blooms herself, Nicholson said.
The musical score is challenging and operatic, running continuously under the dialogue, said Nicholson, infusing elements of Yorkshire folk country tunes with Indian traditional music. "It's laden with beautiful melodies," he said. The pit orchestra will reflect this diversity, including dulcimer, guitar and other folk instruments.
With music by Lucy Simon, the musical was first staged in 1991 with a cast that featured Daisy Eagan, Rebecca Luker and Mandy Patinkin. Marsha Norman won a Tony Award for "Best Book of a Musical," while Eagan became the youngest actress ever to win a Tony for her portrayal of Mary. The production enjoyed a run of 706 performances.
Tickets, $9.50 general public and $5.50 for students, are available at the Anderson Center Box Office from noon to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 777-ARTS, online at http://anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door.
The Summer Youth Musical Workshop is co-sponsored by the Department of Music, and the Office of Continuing Education and Outreach at Binghamton University.
For more information, contact Jane Zuckerman at 607-777-6969.


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By Tiernan Ray
Berenberg Bank's Adnaan Ahmad is one of three analysts today cutting their outlook on Apple (AAPL) shares, as I mentioned earlier, in his case, cutting the stock from Buy to Sell, and cutting his price target from $800 to $360, writing that for too long he held to his 2010 view that Apple and Samsung Electronics (005930KS) were "the two ways to play the smartphone trend."
He also cut his rating on Samsung to Sell as part of a lengthy (60 pages) report on the overall outlook for the smartphone industry.
Ahmad thinks the smartphone industry has become like the mobile phone industry used to be, with vendors trading up and down on the basis of this or that handset:
The smartphone investment of the past three years is now a smartphone trade. This is very similar to what happened in the handset industry a decade ago, when volumes topped out in developed markets and were led by growth in emerging markets. The only stock winners at that time were product cycle "hope" stories – Motorola for a few quarters with its RAZR model, Nokia for nine months with the N95, LG Electronics for two quarters with its "Chocolate phone". We are not good traders and thus prefer to stick with our focus on structural winners and losers in the global technology hardware arena which we think are mispriced. We keep our bearish structural views on HTC, Nokia (NOK), Research in Motion (BBRY) [sic], and ZTE (0763HK).
Apple is caught between hanging onto its high-end position and losing the growth market in low-end phones, or doing battle in the lower tiers and seeing margin eroded, he writes:
Apple is obviously in a dilemma – does it go mid-end or not? If it does not, then it is more or less telling the market that it will focus on its high-end strategy, in the hope that its retention rate remains at the 85%+ level. If it pursues this strategy, then a) it is much more of a target for the rest of the industry as peers know that Apple will focus only on the high-end segment; and b) revenue growth in the iPhone business will primarily be a function of replacement volumes and a stable ASP. On the flip side, if Apple were to pursue a mid-end strategy, i.e. launch a lower-priced iPhone, the key risks to Apple's financials are ASP, margins and substitution. If you assume that a "mini" iPhone has an ASP of around $250, operating margins 10% less than the higher-end version and a cannibalisation rate of 20% on the "maxi" iPhone, then for iPhone EBIT to remain unaffected, Apple needs to ship ~90m minis. If you want 10-15% EBIT growth for the entire iPhone business, Apple needs to ship 220m minis; add in 140m maxis and you get to 30-35% market share in smartphones in the 2014 timeframe. This is not unachievable (Nokia had a 40% share at a point in its history and Samsung is at 35% of smartphones today) but not obvious either […] Our biggest issue with Apple's stock is the sustainability of its margin structure. A 38% gross margin and ~28% EBIT margin are high in the context of consumer electronics. If we assume that gross margins fall to the 30% level, where they were before the introduction of the iPhone, with 10% operating expenditure to revenues, this leads to $40bn in annual operating profit. Taxed at 25% and capitalised at a 10% free cash flow yield gets you to $300bn in value. Add its existing net cash of ~$140bn and you arrive at the current market capitalisation. The issues here is a) why do margin declines stop at 30% given where peer gross margins stand; and b) can you really value all of cash at par given that more than 65% sits off-shore?
Ahmad lays out his view of lower-than-expected results this ned few years:
We expect Apple's iPhone gross margins to decline from 45-50% today to c.35% in the next three years […] our earnings estimates are $42, $45, $48 for FY 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively – some 6%, 11% and 18% lower than consensus estimates. Our price target of $360 assumes a 8x PE multiple on our FY 2014 EPS estimate. We think Apple will continue to de-rate as gross margin pressure mounts in the next 18 months.
Samsung, for its part, might be facing an "iPhone 5 moment," he thinks, with the impending debut of the "Galaxy S IV," expected March 14th at an event in New York:
learning from our Apple experience, the Galaxy S4 launch could be Samsung's iPhone 5 "moment" – when the Apple stock peaked. The S4 should have a better processor (Exynos Octa chip) and improved display (potentially larger/flexible) but how much better can it really be? Samsung, as we have written extensively in the past, has a significant advantage over its peers as it has a 12-18 month lead on AM-OLED display technology. This technology allows for the screen to potentially be flexible and foldable. We do not think that flexible is a big differentiating factor, whereas foldable probably will be in the future. However, foldable screens are still 18 months away at least. In the interim, mega bulls on the Samsung stock are going to be hoping for a) market share gains versus Apple at the high end; and b) better margin structure than our estimates on the mid-to-low-end portfolio. • We can say with confidence that Samsung's H1 2013 results will be robust given the S4 release and subsequent sell-in to the market. However, we think that – as with Apple – investors will quickly start to look beyond H1 2013. Hence any near-term strength in the stock for us is an opportunity to sell down positions.
Ahmad thinks Nokia and BlackBerry are squeezed in the middle between Apple and Samsung and the cheapest phones:
So the high-end players are going to seek opportunities at the mid-and-low ends and on the flip side, low-end vendors are trying to climb up the ASP and margin ladder. HTC, Nokia, MMI, Sony Mobile, LG Electronics and Blackberry (RIMM) are all, in our opinion sandwiched in the middle, battling for relevance. That shows in their Q4 2012 smartphone volumes: HTC, 7.5m (our estimate for the quarter); Nokia, 6.6m excluding Asha, 16m including Asha; Sony, 8m-9m; MMI, 5m (our estimate); RIMM, 7m; and LGE, 7m. These compare to Samsung (60m+), Apple (48m), Huawei (18m), ZTE (8m-9m) and Lenovo (7m).
Apple shares today are down $2.42, or 0.6%, at $428.72, giving up some of yesterday's 2.6% gain.


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O'Keefe has been leading NASA since President George W. Bush appointed him to the post in December 2001. Previously, he had been deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and deputy assistant to the president.
Before joining the Bush administration, O'Keefe was the Louis Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. He also served as director of National Security Studies, a partnership of Syracuse and Johns Hopkins University for providing advanced education for senior military and civilian Department of Defense managers. He previously had been a professor of business administration and dean of the graduate school at Pennsylvania State University.
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If you bet Southwest, YOU WIN!
Southwest Airlines has won the battle for Milwaukee.
With Monday's announcement that Frontier Airlines has cut back their flights even more, it is startling clear that Southwest's move into Milwaukee made them the market leader, at the expense of the competition.
Don't get me wrong, from a capitalistic point of view, it worked wonders. You had a company that saw an opportunity, has a viable business model, beat the competition, and now rules the roost. The American dream!
But the cost of airline tickets was the collateral damage. Or was it?
Competition is good. From the time that Midwest Airlines was fighting off the hostile takeover from AirTran, through some point when I wasn't paying attention last fall, the consumer was the victor. As I've mentioned in past blogs, when Southwest entered the Milwaukee market, they (and their competition) had such low introductory fares that I couldn't help but buy a round trip ticket to Las Vegas for $138. In 2010, my wife and I went to New York City for about $160 round trip. A trip to Reno for a couple hundred bucks... I gotta tell you, it was a golden age.
But the first tip that something was amiss was in early-March of this year. I was asked to make a business trip to Knoxville (which is one of the most expensive airports in the country), and though I had 21 days to get the airline ticket, the best I could do was $650 round trip on US Air through Charlotte. $650... I used every trick I knew, from looking for promo codes and consulting multiple search engines and consolidators. Nothing worked, so I spent my potential Christmas bonus on one plane ticket.
Shortly after, the Poker Buddies started planning our fall trip to Las Vegas and we were stunned. The same airline that trained us to get low fares (and we are looking at you, Southwest) had failed us. For three years, we've flown on Friday and returned on Monday. Flights on those days for all of the weeeknd days were close to $378 round trip. Yikes! Using the same tricks that failed me on my trip to Knoxville worked this time, and we did book for $246 round trip on - wait for it - Frontier, with the caveat that this year's trip is a Saturday through Tuesday (Side note; now we just have to make sure that Frontier lasts that long).
Sure, I am griping about the high cost of airline tickets (Side note; a fair case can be made that the high fuel costs aren't helping) but air travel really is discretionary.
Did I NEED to go to Knoxville? I did not. Management could have had me teleconference, I could have driven for a lot less, or (and is usually the case) it was a waste of time and the money didn't need to be spent.
Do I NEED to go to Las Vegas? Though I may think that I do (addictions are rough, you know) My-Sugar-Na will disagree.
However, if the market can bear the fares, then this is actually a good thing. Frontier may be transferring and furloughing workers, but Southwest has actually added to their staff to handle the Milwaukee routes (Side note; are you aware that Southwest also now owns AirTran?) As long as planes - regardless of airline - fly into and out of Mitchell International, then the parking lots will be full, the restaurants and shops at the airport will be busy, and everybody will be making money.
Another way to look at this is to compare it to the grocery stores in Milwaukee over the past 25 years or so...
Kohl's Food Stores were king (beating out Red Owl and A&P), Pick'n Save's lower prices drove them (and other competitors like Jewel) away. Now Pick'n Save got fat and happy, decided on a business model (nicer stores with a little higher prices) and now are worried that WalMart, Target and Woodman's all have lower prices, and Sendik's has better stores (they're so civilized) and are known for higher quality. Pick'n Save is in the middle of a squeeze.
If Southwest/AirTran lets that happen to them, the next growing airline (Jet Blue? Spirit? One that doesn't yet exist?) will find a way in and drive Southwest away.
Just like its supposed to work. Capitalism. The American way. I love it.
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The Borscht Ultimatum
How I almost paid dearly for a bowl of borscht, and how to make it right
By Ari LeVaux
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Late at night on a train in Siberia, I had a run-in with the Russian mob over a bowl of borscht.
I should have listened to the little voice in my gut when I entered the dining car at the back of the train. Something was wrong. This wasn't like the other dining cars scattered along the half-mile iron serpent winding its way north from Ulan Bator, Mongolia, to Irkutsk, Siberia. The back half of this dining car was stacked high with boxes. Two heavily made-up babes played poker and smoked cigarettes at a table while electronic trance music thumped relentlessly, masking the pounding of the train.
Borscht wears the "peasant food" banner with dignity and grace, proof that a culinary masterpiece can be made from the most humble ingredients.
Intrigued yet nervous, I sat down and ordered borscht. A large woman smiled sympathetically as she took my order. I never saw her again. A stone-faced man brought a bowl of faintly purple water, in which pieces of sliced hot dog floated among stray shards of cabbage. While it was easily the lamest excuse for borscht ever, the sight of the chef standing in the galley door fondling his machete-sized knife inspired enough appetite for me to finish my bowl. Then came the bill: $50.
I protested, using gestures and pointing at the menu to communicate the accounting error; the borscht was advertised at $3 a bowl. The server kept his arms folded, and then employed gestures of his own, picking up various pieces of tableware to explain that I also had to pay for the use of the silverware, plates, salt, pepper and napkins. After further protest on my part, he made another gesture, moving his hand across his thigh in a slicing motion.
"Mafia," he said.
The babes kept playing poker. The chef double-checked the sharpness of his knife in the galley door. I paid and got out of there.
Later that night, in a train station on some windswept plain, the dining car at the end of the train was removed.
While that overpriced meal certainly left a bad taste in my mouth, I suppose it it did qualify as borscht—if only because borscht is such a general term for a wide category of Eastern European soups. The name comes from the Russian borshch, which means "cow parsnip." (The plant is widely distributed in the U.S. as well, where it goes by the common name hogweed.) While often considered to be synonymous with "beet soup," borscht can be made with cabbage, tomato or sorrel, to name just a few of the common main ingredients. In The Gold Cook Book, Chef Louis P. De Gouy describes a Polish borscht (bortsch Polonaise) made from (among other things) duck, leeks, beets, egg whites and crushed egg shells.
Borscht is oftentimes served with a dollop of sour cream—or a dollop of mayo if you're in Russia, where mayo has achieved a standing on par with vodka. When a container of either is opened for the first time, the cap is thrown away.
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Whatever it's made of or served with, at the end of the day, borscht remains cold-weather comfort food. Like ratatouille, polenta, sausage and coq au vin, borscht wears the "peasant food" banner with dignity and grace, proof that a culinary masterpiece can be made from the most humble ingredients.
Even though my dear mother makes a fantastic cabbage borscht, my favorite borscht is a variation I've developed based on the beet borscht recipe in The Joy of Cooking.
Trim 1 pound of beets, cut them into quarters, place them in a baking dish, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 degrees until they're soft, then remove and let them cool. If you're afraid of skins, pull them off. (Though the skins won't hurt you—they'll add vitamins and a nice earthy quality to the borscht.) Slice the cooked beets.
Cut 1 pound of red meat, like beef or venison, into cubes. Brown the meat in oil in the bottom of a soup pot or Dutch oven. After the meat has browned, add 1 quart of stock (I like chicken stock; if not homemade then try Better Than Bouillon brand), 1 quart of water, and 4 or 5 medium tomatoes, chopped (or a 28-ounce can, drained and chopped). Simmer.
When the meat is tender, add: 2 to 4 cups shredded cabbage, 2 chopped medium onions, 2 sliced carrots, 3 sliced celery stalks (or a sliced medium-size celeriac), and the roasted beets. Add enough water to cover everything and simmer. As it simmers, you can adjust the water to maintain your desired proportion of broth to chunks. After 30 minutes, add the juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons cider vinegar, 4 cloves chopped garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Adjust water content a final time, and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with a garnish of dill or chervil.
Now open a jar of mayo (or sour cream) and throw the cap over your shoulder. Add a dollop to your bowl, but don't mix it in. Rather, allow it to float like an iceberg in your bowl, with soft corners occasionally breaking off and drifting onto your spoon. The broth is tart with lemon, vinegar and tomato, and rich with vegetal flavor. It gives a tasty counterbalance to the meat and beet chunks, while the mayo unifies the constituents under a layer of creaminess.
The soup is a majestically earthy tapestry, something those mafia guys would have been more justified in charging $50 for. Indeed, lesser food is regularly priced higher in big-city restaurants, though they don't threaten to break your legs if you complain.
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A congenital pigmented or melanocytic nevus is a dark-colored, often hairy patch of skin. A congenital nevus is present at birth or appears in the first year of life.
A giant congenital nevus is smaller in infants and children, but it usually continues to grow as the child grows. A giant pigmented nevus is larger than 8 inches once it stops growing.
Congenital giant pigmented nevus; Giant hairy nevus; Giant pigmented nevus; Bathing trunk nevus; Congenital melanocytic nevus - large
These marks are thought to be caused by problems that develop as a baby grows in the womb. In some families bathing trunk nevi may be inherited.
The condition may occur with:
Smaller congenital pigmented or melanocytic nevi are common in children and do not cause problems most of the time. Larger or giant nevi are rare.
A nevus will appear as dark-colored patch with any of the following:
Nevi are commonly found on the upper or lower parts of the back or the abdomen. They may also be found on the:
You should have all birthmarks looked at by a health care provider. A skin biopsy may needed to check for cancer cells.
An MRI of the brain might be done if the nevus is over the spine. A giant nevus on the spine may be linked to brain problems.
Your doctor will measure the dark skin area every year and take pictures to check if the spot is getting larger.
You will need to have regular exams to check for skin cancers.
Surgery to remove the nevus is be done if possible. Skin grafting is also done when needed. Larger nevi may need to be removed in several stages.
Lasers and dermabrasion can also be used to improve the appearance. These treatments may not remove the whole birthmark, so it may be harder to for the doctors to detect skin cancer (melanoma). Talk to your doctor about the pros and cons of surgery in your case.
Treatment may be helpful if the birthmark causes emotional problems because of how it looks.
Skin cancer may develop in about 1 in 6 people with large or giant nevi. The cancer risk is higher for nevi located on the back or abdomen.
This condition is usually diagnosed at birth. Talk to your child's doctor if your child has a large pigmented area anywhere on the skin.
Congenital melanocytic nevi. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:pp 850-851.Melanocytic Nevi and Neoplasms. In: James WD, Berger TG, Elston DM, eds. Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 30.
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Forehead lifts are most commonly done for people in their 40s to 60s to slow the visible effects of aging.
In younger people, a forehead lift can raise congenitally low eyebrows that give the face a sad expression. In people whose brows are so low that they interfere with the upper field of vision, the forehead lift can be performed as a reconstructive procedure.
A good forehead lift candidate is someone who has one or more of these facial characteristics: sagging brows, tissue that hangs down at the outer part of the eyelids, horizontal wrinkling on the forehead, or a dysfunctional nose. Deep furrows between the eyes also can be reduced through a forehead lift.
Many surgeons used local infiltration anesthesia combined with a sedative, so the patient is awake but sleepy and insensitive to pain. Some patients request a general anesthesia, so they will sleep through the operation.
Sections of hair will be held away from the operative area. Hair immediately in front of the incision line may need to be trimmed but the head will not need to be shaved.
The incision is made at the level of the ears and continues across the top of the forehead at the hairline. This avoids making the forehead appear too high. If the patient is bald or balding, the surgeon may utilize a mid-scalp incision, eliminating a visible scar.
The forehead skin is elevated and measured for removal of excess tissue, skin, and muscle. The incision is closed with stitches or staples.
The operative area is wrapped with a sterile padding and an elastic bandage to inhibit bleeding and edema. There will likely be numbness and temporary discomfort around the surgical site. These symptoms are easily controlled with medication.
The head should be elevated for two to three days after surgery to inhibit swelling. Bruising and swelling is inevitable around the eyes and cheeks, but this begins to disappear in about a week.
As the nerves regenerate, numbness of the forehead and scalp will soon be replaced with itching. It may take up to six months for these sensations to fully disappear. The bandages will be removed a day or two after surgery. Within 10 to 14 days, the stitches or clips will be removed.
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