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2012-05-30 Sleep Apnea Hurts Kids' Brain Function
- Obstructive sleep apnea in children produces chemical changes in brain areas associated with learning, memory, and executive function, a researcher said here.
2012-05-30 Severity of sleep disordered breathing predicts glycemic health
- The severity of sleep disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia independently predict both glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
2012-05-30 UW study: Sleep apnea associated with higher mortality from cancer
- Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), commonly known as sleep apnea, is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, according to a new study.
2012-05-30 Studies examine CPAP treatment and cardiovascular outcomes in adults with obstructive sleep apnea
- Two studies that included adults with obstructive sleep apnea examined the effectiveness of reducing the risk of cardiovascular outcomes, including high blood pressure, by treatment with CPAP.
2012-05-30 Weightloss improves sleep disordered breathing in obese children
- Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.
2012-05-30 Long-term ICS use reduces pleural effusion in patients with CAP
- Prior treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with respiratory disorders who develop community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with a lower incidence and severity of parapneumonic effusion.
2012-05-30 Tiny implanted coil improves lung function in patients with severe emphysema
- A tiny, resilient metal wire designed to gather and compress diseased lung tissue may offer relief to patients with severe heterogeneous emphysema, a subtype of the disease that involves specific, usually isolated areas of the lungs..
2012-05-30 P. aeruginosa bacteria associated with increased hospitalizations in COPD patients
- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who become infected with the bacterium
Pseudomonas aerguinosa
are more likely to have worse clinical outcomes and experience more hospitalizations during the course of their disease than COPD patients who are not infected.
2012-05-30 Treating Recalcitrant Nicotine Addiction: the EBM Way
- Willful blindness of our public health officials on tobacco is still killing hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
2012-05-30 Self-Management Program Flops for COPD
- A clinical trial of self-management in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was stopped early because of excess deaths and without a hoped-for decrease in hospitalizations, researchers reported.
2012-05-30 Effect of donor smoking on survival after lung transplantation
- In the UK, an organ selection policy that uses lungs from donors with positive smoking histories improves overall survival of patients registered for lung transplantation, and should be continued.
2012-05-30 Chemicals in PVC Flooring Can Be Absorbed Into Children's Bodies: Study
- Phthalates have been linked to asthma, allergies and other chronic diseases
2012-05-30 Family Docs Can Oversee Apnea Therapy
- Primary care providers can successfully manage patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, Australian researchers found.
2012-05-23 Treating Apnea May Help BP
- Treating obstructive sleep apnea in patients who have daytime sleepiness as a symptom may have an additional benefit -- a reduction in the risk of hypertension
2012-05-22 Prenatal exposure to pollution especially dangerous for children with asthma
- The link between prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood lung growth and respiratory ailments has been established by several studies in recent years, and now a new study suggests that these prenatal exposures can be especially serious for children with asthma.
2012-05-22 CT Screening for Lung Cancer Still Falls Short
- The debate over lung cancer screening continues, with a new study showing that low-dose CT scanning may not be ready for prime time.
2012-05-22 Coffee Linked to Lower Death Risk
- Java lovers, take heart. A large prospective study suggests that – far from being bad for your health – that steaming cuppa is actually associated with a lower risk of death.
2012-05-22 Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
- For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a new study reports that those health risks persist well beyond childhood, independent of whether or not those individuals end up becoming smokers later in life.
2012-05-22 First, do no harm: Study finds danger in standard treatment for a serious lung disease
- A combination of three drugs used worldwide as the standard of care for a serious lung disease puts patients in danger of death or hospitalization, and should not be used together to treat the disease, called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to the surprising results of a rigorous independent study.
2012-05-22 Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity improve survival in COPD
- Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with COPD, according to a new study
2012-05-22 Comorbidities are common in patients with COPD
- The majority of patients with COPD referred for pulmonary rehabilitation have multiple extra-pulmonary comorbidities, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
2012-05-22 Troublesome dyspnea during sexual activity is common in COPD patients
- Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark.
2012-05-22 Vitamin C improves pulmonary function in newborns of pregnant smoking women
- Vitamin C supplementation in pregnant women who are unable to quit smoking significantly improves pulmonary function in their newborns, according to a new study.
2012-05-22 Risk factors for an exacerbation-prone asthma phenotype
- A number of specific risk factors are associated with an exacerbation-prone phenotype of severe asthma, according to a new study.
2012-05-22 Inflammation a possible cause of higher mortality rates in older asthma patients
- Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway inflammation in elderly patients is relatively resistant to current anti-inflammatory therapies.
2012-05-22 Pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccination produces antibodies against multiple flu strains
- The pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies in vaccinated individuals not only against the H1N1 virus, but also against other influenza virus strains including H5N1 and H3N2. This discovery adds an important new dimension to the finding last year that people infected with pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus produced high levels of antibodies that were broadly cross-reactive against a variety of flu strains.
2012-05-22 Children failing asthma therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization
- New research presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco suggests that a significant proportion of children with asthma failing Step 4 or greater therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization.
2012-05-22 Baseline characteristics of children with mild persistent asthma predict response to ICS
- A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies among children with differing demographic and clinical characteristics.
2012-05-22 Identifying asthma patients who tolerate lower doses of steroids remains problematic
- Common respiratory measurements are not effective in determining which asthma patients are able to significantly decrease their use of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medications without risk of flare-ups or exacerbations, according to a new study.
2012-05-22 Flu shot during pregnancy shows unexpected benefits in large study
- Getting a flu shot during pregnancy provides unanticipated benefits to the baby, according to the authors of a large population-based study examining the issue. Specifically, the study showed that H1N1 vaccination during the pandemic was associated with a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and extremely small babies at birth.
2012-05-22 Inhaled Steroids Lead to Big Drop in Asthma Deaths at Texas Hospital: Study
- Patient education and medication compliance contributed to a 74 percent drop in the number of patients with life-threatening asthma admitted to the intensive care unit.
2012-05-15 Acupuncture appears linked with improvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- According to a small clinical trial reported by investigators from Japan, acupuncture appears to be associated with improvement of dyspnea on exertion in COPD.
2012-05-15 Status asthmaticus in the medical intensive care unit: a 30-year experience.
- At our institution, the frequency of status asthmaticus significantly decreased despite an increase in emergency room visits for asthma.
2012-05-15 Scientists discover new type of cell with a key role in treatment-resistant asthma
- For most people with asthma, a couple of puffs from an inhaler filled with steroids makes breathing easy. But if their lungs become resistant to the calming effect of that medicine, they live in fear of severe asthma attacks that could send them to the hospital – or worse.
2012-05-15 H1N1 discovery paves way for universal flu vaccine: UBC research
- University of British Columbia researchers have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations.
2012-05-07 Asthma an Often Unrecognized Risk for Older People
- Study Shows That Older Adults With Asthma Often Face Serious Health Risks
2012-05-07 Comorbidities increase risk of mortality in COPD patients
- Comorbidities are common among patients with COPD, and a number of these comorbidities are independently associated with an increased mortality risk
2012-05-03 Heart disease risk can indicate long-term COPD fate, UCI researchers say
- A simple test for heart disease risk can go a long way toward determining the long-term prognosis for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
2012-05-03 Novartis Drug for Smoker's Cough Boosts Lung Function in Study
- Novartis' experimental drug for smoker's cough helped patients in a late-stage trial, and was at least as good as a treatment sold by Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH and
Pfizer Inc.
2012-05-03 Kids on cow farms may have fewer allergies
- Kids who grow up on farms and have contact with cows and cow milk are less likely to have allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm.
2012-05-03 Ask the Expert: The asthma epidemic
- Researchers wonder why asthma rate has jumped since the 1980s
2012-05-03 Anti-Smoking Drug Decreases Alcohol Consumption in Heavy-Drinking Smokers
- The smoking cessation drug varenicline significantly reduced alcohol consumption in a group of heavy-drinking smokers
2012-05-03 Heart disease risk can indicate long-term COPD fate, UCI researchers say
- A simple test for heart disease risk can go a long way toward determining the long-term prognosis for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
2012-05-02 Seniors Undertreated for Asthma, and Many Skip Inhalers: Study
- Asthma often is misdiagnosed and undertreated in older people, with only 53 percent of those with asthma using prescribed inhalers, a small new study suggests.
2012-05-02 Many Asthmatic Kids Harmed by Secondhand Smoke: Study
- Exposure leads to more doctor visits, disturbed sleep, exercise limitations
2012-05-01 Fruit and veg 'can make hayfever worse'
- The charity Allergy UK has found that food allergies can exacerbate hayfever symptoms, meaning some people suffer all year round.
2012-05-01 Many COPD patients could benefit from osteoporosis screening
- People with COPD should be screened for osteoporosis, even if their lung disease is only moderate in severity, study findings suggest.
2012-05-01 Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant Success
- Vitamin deficiency associated with higher rates of rejection, infection and death, study shows
2012-05-01 Text message reminders may get more parents to vaccinate kids against flu
- Text message reminders to parents about flu vaccinations may help boost the number of children vaccinated.
2012-05-01 Apartment dwellers often subjected to neighbors' tobacco smoke
- Studies have shown that tobacco smoke can seep from one apartment into another. The extent to which this happens, however, is unclear.
2012-05-01 WHO Policy Could Have Big Effect on Smoking Rates
- Without implementation of a World Health Organization policy package called MPOWER, the number of adult smokers around the world will continue to grow over the next two decades, even as prevalence retreats slightly.
2012-05-01 Vitamin D supplements may protect against viral infections during the winter
- New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that the older population could benefit from vitamin D supplementation in autumn and winter to protect against viral infections.
2012-05-01 Secondhand smoke continues to vex children with asthma
- Despite longstanding recommendations for children with asthma to avoid tobacco smoke, many youths are still exposed to secondhand smoke and their health suffers because of it.
2012-05-01 Reduced lung function linked to diabetes risk
- Individuals with reduced lung function are at an increased risk for incident Type 2 diabetes, show study findings.
2012-05-01 Non drowsy obstructive sleep apnea as a potential cause of resistant hypertension: a case report
- OSA and AH are common and often underdiagnosed medical disorders independently imposing excessive cardiovascular risk on a diseased subject.
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The Medical Center's financial condition improved as evidenced by reductions in operating losses, cash deficits, and county subsidies, as shown in the figure below. The Medical Center has experienced operating losses over the past decade. However, the fiscal year 2003 operating loss is 29 percent less than the prior year. The reduced operating loss compared to last year primarily resulted from a 10 percent patient population growth and a 10 percent rate increase for patient services, home health, and attendant care. The Medical Center has been operating with cash deficits over the past decade. However, the fiscal year 2003 cash deficit is 17 percent less than the prior year. For financial statement presentation, the cash deficit is displayed as amounts due to 2003 Year Ended June 30, 2003 Maricopa County Subject Maricopa County issues a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The County is responsible for preparing financial statements, maintaining strong internal controls, and demonstrating accountability for its use of public monies. As the auditors, our job is to determine whether the County has met its responsibilities. Our Conclusion The information in the County's financial statements is fairly stated in all material respects and the financial statements can be relied on. The financial statements include data for the Maricopa County Stadium District. The District, which had over $365 million in assets and $66 million in long-term debt, was audited by a local public accounting firm. Our opinion is based, in part, on the work of those auditors. REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT Medical Center Financial Condition Improves other county funds to represent a temporary loan from the County General Fund. The County has subsidized the Medical Center since fiscal year 1994 through the County General Fund and the Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS). The Medical Center is a component of the MIHS. Fiscal year 2003 county subsidies are 46 percent less than the prior year. During fiscal year 2003, the County authorized $36.0 million in transfers to cover indigent healthcare costs, $19.4 million of these subsidies originated from other MIHS funds and $16.6 million were transferred directly from the County General Fund. Of the total, $19.4 million was due to the Medical Center at fiscal year end. The County's fiscal year 2004 adopted budget includes $31.7 million transfers into the Medical Center Fund. $(56.9) $(41.6) $(29.4) $(47.3) $() $(10) $(20) $(30) $(40) $(50) $(60) Operating loss Cash deficit 2002 2003 (In Millions) $66.2 $36.0 $0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 County subsidy 2002 2003 (In Millions) Medical Center Operating Losses and Cash Deficits Past 2 Years Medical Center County Subsidies Past 2 Years Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Summary of the County's Government-wide Financial Data page2 The County Successfully Implemented a New Reporting Model The information presented in the Maricopa County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended June 30, 2002, followed the new reporting model specified by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. This was the first year the County implemented the new reporting model. The new reporting model's primary objective is to enhance the understandability and usefulness of government financial reports to the citizenry, legislative and oversight bodies, and investors and creditors. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Maricopa County for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended June 30, 2002, as the County had successfully implemented the new reporting requirements. Statement of Net Assets June 30, 2003 Total Governmental and Business-type Activities Current and other assets $ 1,018,842,854 Capital assets 1,867,434,689 Total assets 2,886,277,543 Current and other liabilities 224,706,685 Long-term liabilities 330,836,983 Total liabilities 555,543,668 Net assets Invested in capital assets, net of related debt 1,604,799,544 Restricted net assets 278,281,992 Unrestricted net assets 447,652,339 Total net assets $ 2,330,733,875 The County's government-wide financial statements are designed to provide readers with a broad overview of the County's finances in a manner similar to private-sector businesses. These statements report the financial activities of the overall government, except for fiduciary activities. The tables below present a summarized version of the County's government-wide Statement of Statement of Activities For the Year Ended June 30, 2003 Total Governmental and Business-type Activities Program revenues: Governmental activities $ 484,465,367 Business-type activities 767,824,314 General revenues: Governmental activities 949,684,972 Business-type activities 2,594,524 Total revenues 2,204,569,177 Expenses: Governmental activities 1,130,811,778 Business-type activities 785,179,199 Total expenses 1,915,990,977 Change in net assets 288,578,200 Net assets—beginning 2,042,155,675 Net assets—ending $ 2,330,733,875 Net Assets and Statement of Activities reported in the current year Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The Statement of Net Assets presents information on all county assets and liabilities, with the difference between the two reported as net assets. The Statement of Activities presents information showing how net assets changed during the most recent fiscal year. page3 The General Fund's fund balance, as reported on the County's fiscal year 2003 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, was $292.7 million at June 30, 2003, an increase of 15 percent from fiscal year 2002 and 102 percent from fiscal year 1999. This increase is shown in the figure below. Property taxes and intergovernmental revenues, consisting of state-shared sales taxes and vehicle license taxes, representing more than 90 percent of General Fund revenues from fiscal years 1999 through 2003 have contributed to the increasing fund balance. Property tax revenues, as reported The County's General Fund Ending Balance Continues to Increase $161.2 $254.1 $292.7 $160.8 $145.0 $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 for fiscal year 2003, increased 49 percent from fiscal year 1999, and intergovernmental revenues, as reported for fiscal year 2003, increased 16 percent from fiscal year 1999, as illustrated in the figure below. Therefore, General Fund revenues increased substantially when comparing fiscal years 2003 and 1999. However, General Fund expenditures including transfers out, as reported for fiscal year 2003, increased only 12 percent from fiscal year 1999. These factors were the primary reasons for the significant increase in the fund balance of the General Fund between fiscal years 1999 and 2003. $686.9 $381.0 $198.9 $440.8 $768.7 $296.3 $0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600 $700 $800 $900 1999 2003 General Fund Property Tax Revenues, Intergovernmental Revenues, and Expenditures/Transfers Out 1999 and 2003 Fiscal Years General Fund Ending Fund Balance Past 5 Years Property Tax Revenues Intergovernmental Revenues Expenditures/ Transfers Out (In Millions) (In Millions) Fiscal Year Maricopa County REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT Year Ended June 30, 2003 TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION page 4 The County continues its construction activities. One way of measuring its activities is to analyze the County's construction in progress at June 30, 2003, totalling $454.4 million. This amount consisted of jail facilities for adult and juvenile detention, transportation infrastructure, flood control infrastructure, Medical Center improvement projects, and various other projects, as shown in the figure below. Jail facilities construction accounted for 79 percent of $359.0 $46.3 $32.7 $16.4 Jail facilities Transportation infrastructure Flood control infrastructure Other (In Millions) construction in progress and is funded by a one-fifth cent sales tax. Transportation infrastructure accounted for 10 percent of construction in progress and is funded by highway user revenue funds. Flood control infrastructure accounted for 7 percent of construction in progress and is funded by property taxes. The Medical Center and other projects accounted for 4 percent of construction in progress and are funded by lease revenue bonds proceeds and General Fund monies. Construction in Progress As of June 30, 2003 The County Continues its Construction Plan A copy of the full report can be obtained by calling the County at (602) 506-3561, or visiting the County Web site at: www.maricopa .gov visit our Web site at: www.auditorgen.state.az.us Contact person for this report is: Dennis Levine (602) 553-0333
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World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Nikita Harris
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Nikita Harris is a catalogue of holiday-entertaining tips, from drinking responsibly to decking the halls for a song. "Make sure your guests have enough to eat. I learned that the hard way. I went out one evening and didn't have an appetite prior to getting to the party so I didn't eat. Then I had a couple of drinks and I was really, really ill the next morning. You have to have something in your stomach to absorb the alcohol," says The VA Housewives host. "Another great tip is, don't slave away in the kitchen all night. Be organized so once the party starts you can enjoy your guests. What makes or breaks a party is the atmosphere, and it's up to the hostess to generate good conversation and have good music. Also, holiday decorations don't have to blow your budget. Poinsettias really brigten up a room, or you can spraypaint branches gold and light a whole bunch of candles. That's all very inexpensive."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Hannah Keeley
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"A lot of people have economic stress are thinking they can't do anything this holiday season," says Hannah "The Five Minute Mom" Keeley. "I tell them to drop the doom and gloom and get a little creative. Take, for example, the tradition of maxing out your credit cards every year while shopping. Instead of that, I recommend people have an envelople system. That's where they take the cash they expect to spend on each family member or friend, and put each amount in a separate envelope," the host of the UAN reality TV series Hannah, Help Me! tells In the Kitchen's Jackie Plant. "That's a physical reminder to stay within your budget. So when the cash is gone, the spending is done. This system often makes you wiser. You make much better choices."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Randy Slovacek
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Tags: Holiday Entertaining Radio World Kitchen holiday decorating on a budget Randy Slovacek Candi Fox
Candi Fox and Randy Slovacek you to save money this holiday season, without skimping on the fun or sacrificing tradition. "If you get a gift in a big box wrapped in really nice paper, you can reuse that same paper to wrap a gift you're giving someone else. You'll also be helping save the environment, and you'll save yourself time," says Randy, co-host of The Candi and Randy Show. "If you go shopping for Christmas cards or decorations that day after Christmas, you can save like 75 percent—for next year. So it takes some planning, but it's worth it. But be sure to remember where you put it," he adds. "Decorations can also be expsensive. But you can get pine cones throughout the year and spraypaint them gold or silver, put them in a clear vase and add some of those pinpoint Christmas tree lights. That's a really cute way of making a room look festive without having to spend hundreds of dollars all around the house."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Laura Frankel
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Laura Frankel, executive chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering in Chicago, explains the importance of the crock pot in traditional Jewish holiday cuisine. "It's a paradox that part of the enjoyment of keeping the Sabbath is eating a hot meal. Yet you cannot turn on your stove and cook a hot meal," she tells The Recipe Box host Barbara Howard. "In the old days in Europe and all throughout the Middle East, people arrived at the same solution, which was a long-cooked meal. So Jews will frequently make what's called the cholent, or Sabbath stew, and put it in a slow cooker. But before the days of slow cookers, they'd take it to the Christian bakerys—which had fires going 24/7—then pick it up on the way home from the synagogues," adds the author of Jewish Cooking for All Seasons. "I personally use my slow cooker every day of the week. It's good to brown your food the night before putting it in the slow cooker. That gives it its rich brown color and hearty caramelized taste."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Mark Izzo
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Mark Izzo and Jennifer Conlin don't see eye-to-eye on their Thanksgiving menus. "I have to have three things: there's gotta be turkey, I have to have mashed potatoes, and there's gotta be stuffing—either in the bird or on the side. And everything must be topped with gravey," says Mark, who, when not planning holiday meals, hosts BTR's JGroove Live Radio. If one of those is missing, I'll make it myself and bring it to the dinner." Co-host Jenn, on the other hand, is less concerned about tradition. "My Thanksgiving staple is sweet potato casserole. I mean, I like turkey but my plate is always one little piece of turkey and all the rest casserole. I love to cook and entertain, so Thanksgiving is the start of my favorite season. This year, maybe I'll even invite you, Mark!"
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Amy Jurist
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Have 2 Cruise's Helen Brahms wants to take a bit of the pressure off holiday entertaining this year, so hosts and hostesses can avoid pulling out their hair. "The number one thing I always tells people is, don't try and do it all yourself. If you have the money, hire a caterer," says Chef Amy Jurist. "That'll give you an opportunity to enjoy your party and your friends, while ensuring the food is fabulous. But if you don't have a budget for a caterer and you want to do the cooking yourself, at least hire a dishwasher/server. That way, you won't have to sit in the kitchen and wash all the glasses afterwards. And the caterer's rule of thumb is one helper for every 10 guests at a party. So if you're trying to do a party for 40 people yourself, even a caterer would never do that."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Ted Allen
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It's called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but most people know it as acid refux, or simply heartburn. And for obvious reasons, it strikes most often during the holiday season. But never fear. Ted Allen, star of Food Network's Food Detectives, is here to help. "Rather than asking your guests if they have GERD, you can modify your cooking to make it less likely that they'll have the problem," he tells Healthy You host Barbara Brody. "Acidic foods like tomatoes and lemon juice, can be avoided, but also alcohol, caffeine and chocolate. On the other hand, you don't want to tell your guests they can't have anything spicy. Plus, one of the most common causes of GERD is simply overeating, or eating foods that are too fatty. What I try to do is make my food a little lighter. So instead of filling the mashed potatoes with butter and cream, I dial that back a bit with chicken stock and low-fat milk."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Carlton Whisonant
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Chef Carlton Whisonant doesn't kid around when it comes to seasoning during the holiday, ah, season. "This time of year, we need to talk about fresh herbs. Because not only will they enhance your Thanksgiving and Christmas dishes, they have strong medicinal properties," says the host of The Healing Chef. "So they'll add excellent aroma and flavor to your cooking, while also making you healthier. A lot of the herbs that we use all the time—cumin, blue violet, bayleaf, alfalfa, garlic, aloe vera, dill, cilantro, coriander—can be found at a regular grocery store. And the herbs you keep in your kitchen cabinet in a shaker are fine for ocassional use. But to get the full medicinal and culinary value, you've got to use fresh herbs."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Marnie Swedberg
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Marnie Swedberg is on a mission to make this Thanksgiving and Christmas a joy for those who do the lion's share of the work. "For women, a lot of the holiday responsibilities fall on our plates to organize and make sure all of this is happening each year. And it's overwhelming because not only are you expected to do everything you always do, you're expected to add 20 to 60 additional hours of preparation time," the author of Marnie's Kitchen Shortcuts: Cut Your Cost, Cut Your Time, Cut the Fat tells The Best People We Know host Deb Scott. "By Christmas Eve, mom is so exhausted she's not enjoying herself, and she's not even fun to be around. Often she says things she later wishes she shouldn't have said, which is tragic because it doesn't have to be that way. So I've put together a Holiday Boot Camp to help us get organized enough to have a peaceful, enjoyable holiday season."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Ernesto Hayes
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Chef Ernesto Hayes may be the hardest working man in the holiday-cooking biz, but he doesn't regret a moment of extra time spent on his confectionary creations. "I did a screamin' cheesecake at work today. It was a vanilla cheesecake but I added a little lemon to it. I needed it to be a little more sweet. Where I normally would add a cup and a quarter of sugar, I added a cup and three quarters of sugar. It was awesome," says the host of D'Vas 2 Radio. "I'll give you the recipe right now: One and a half pounds of cream cheese. When you go to the store and buy the Philadelphia brand, it's usually in an eight-ounce block. So you'll need three of those. Let'm get soft and put them in a mixer, using the paddle attachment. Add one-and-three-quarters cup of sugar and mix it real slow, so there's no extra air in it. That way, when you bake it, it'll rise then fall into a perfect shape, rather than like a souflee. Then add your eggs one at a time. Once that first egg is totally incorporated, stop the mixer and scrape the bowl and make sure it's all smooth. Then add your second egg. And scrape the bowl again. If you don't do it this way, you'll have chunks of cream cheese in your cake."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Michael Feinstein
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You gotta admire Michael Feinstein. Yes, for his prodigious jazz-piano talents and melifulous vocal stylings. But also for his willpower during the holiday season. "To quell my sweet tooth, I'll have certain jams on vegan bread. As pathetic as it sounds, that's a big treat for me this time of year," he tells Laura Theodore, host of the PBS cooking show The Jazzy Vegetarian and its companion BlogTalkRadio series. "With all the temptations that come through the holidays, when I wake up in the morning I think, What am I gonna put in my body?" continues the musical artist, who cites vegan pumpkin pie as his favorite holiday dish. "I visualize how it feels when I eat a certain food. Because we know intuitively what's good for us and what's not. Our body tells us what it wants. So I try and eat very simply, and not to get overwhelmed with all the choices."
World Kitchen Holiday Entertaining Radio: Jill Houk
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Introduction to XML
This section covers the basics of XML. The goal is to give you just enough information to get started so that you understand what XML is all about. (You'll learn more about XML in later sections of the tutorial.) We then outline the major features that make XML great for information storage and interchange, and give you a general idea of how XML can be used.
What Is XML?
XML is a text-based markup language that is fast becoming the standard for data interchange on the web. As with HTML, you identify data using tags (identifiers enclosed in angle brackets:
). Collectively, the tags are known as markup.But unlike HTML, XML tags identify the data rather than specify how to display it. Whereas an HTML tag says something like, "Display this data in bold font" (
), an XML tag acts like a field name in your program. It puts a label on a piece of data that identifies it (for example,<message>...</message>
Note: Because identifying the data gives you some sense of what it means (how to interpret it, what you should do with it), XML is sometimes described as a mechanism for specifying the semantics (meaning) of the data.
In the same way that you define the field names for a data structure, you are free to use any XML tags that make sense for a given application. Naturally, for multiple applications to use the same XML data, they must agree on the tag names they intend to use.
Here is an example of some XML data you might use for a messaging application:
<message> <to>email@example.com</to> <from>email@example.com</from> <subject>XML Is Really Cool</subject> <text> How many ways is XML cool? Let me count the ways... </text> </message>
Note: Throughout this tutorial, we use boldface text to highlight things we want to bring to your attention. XML does not require anything to be in bold!
The tags in this example identify the message as a whole, the destination and sender addresses, the subject, and the text of the message. As in HTML, the
tag has a matching end tag:</to>
. The data between the tag and its matching end tag defines an element of the XML data. Note, too, that the content of the<to>
tag is contained entirely within the scope of the<message>..</message>
tag. It is this ability for one tag to contain others that lets XML represent hierarchical data structures.Again, as with HTML, whitespace is essentially irrelevant, so you can format the data for readability and yet still process it easily with a program. Unlike HTML, however, in XML you can easily search a data set for messages containing, say, "cool" in the subject, because the XML tags identify the content of the data rather than specify its representation.
Tags and Attributes
Tags can also contain attributes--additional information included as part of the tag itself, within the tag's angle brackets. The following example shows an email message structure that uses attributes for the
, andsubject
fields:<message to="firstname.lastname@example.com" from="email@example.com" subject="XML Is Really Cool"> <text> How many ways is XML cool? Let me count the ways... </text> </message>As in HTML, the attribute name is followed by an equal sign and the attribute value, and multiple attributes are separated by spaces. Unlike HTML, however, in XML commas between attributes are not ignored; if present, they generate an error.
Because you can design a data structure such as
equally well using either attributes or tags, it can take a considerable amount of thought to figure out which design is best for your purposes. Designing an XML Data Structure, includes ideas to help you decide when to use attributes and when to use tags.Empty Tags
One big difference between XML and HTML is that an XML document is always constrained to be well formed. There are several rules that determine when a document is well formed, but one of the most important is that every tag has a closing tag. So, in XML, the
tag is not optional. The<to>
element is never terminated by any tag other than</to>
Note: Another important aspect of a well-formed document is that all tags are completely nested. So you can have
, but never<message>..<to>..</message>..</to>
. A complete list of requirements is contained in the list of XML frequently asked questions (FAQ) athttp://www.ucc.ie/xml/#FAQ-VALIDWF
. (This FAQ is on the W3C "Recommended Reading" list athttp://www.w3.org/XML/
Sometimes, though, it makes sense to have a tag that stands by itself. For example, you might want to add a tag that flags the message as important:
.This kind of tag does not enclose any content, so it's known as an empty tag. You create an empty tag by ending it with
instead of>
. For example, the following message contains an empty flag tag:<message to="firstname.lastname@example.com" from="email@example.com" subject="XML Is Really Cool"> <flag/> <text> How many ways is XML cool? Let me count the ways... </text> </message>
Note: Using the empty tag saves you from having to code
in order to have a well-formed document. You can control which tags are allowed to be empty by creating a schema or a document type definition, or DTD. If there is no DTD or schema associated with the document, then it can contain any kinds of tags you want, as long as the document is well formed.
Comments in XML Files
XML comments look just like HTML comments:
<message to="email@example.com" from="email@example.com" subject="XML Is Really Cool">  <text> How many ways is XML cool? Let me count the ways... </text> </message>The XML Prolog
To complete this basic introduction to XML, note that an XML file always starts with a prolog. The minimal prolog contains a declaration that identifies the document as an XML document:
The declaration may also contain additional information:
The XML declaration is essentially the same as the HTML header,
, except that it uses<?..?>
and it may contain the following attributes:
: Identifies the version of the XML markup language used in the data. This attribute is not optional.encoding
: Identifies the character set used to encode the data.ISO-8859-1
, the Western European and English language character set. (The default is 8-bit Unicode:UTF-8
: Tells whether or not this document references an external entity or an external data type specification. If there are no external references, then "yes" is appropriate.The prolog can also contain definitions of entities (items that are inserted when you reference them from within the document) and specifications that tell which tags are valid in the document. Both declared in a document type definition (DTD) that can be defined directly within the prolog, as well as with pointers to external specification files. But those are the subject of later tutorials. For more information on these and many other aspects of XML, see the Recommended Reading list on the W3C XML page at
Note: The declaration is actually optional, but it's a good idea to include it whenever you create an XML file. The declaration should have the version number, at a minimum, and ideally the encoding as well. That standard simplifies things if the XML standard is extended in the future and if the data ever needs to be localized for different geographical regions.
Everything that comes after the XML prolog constitutes the document's content.
Processing Instructions
An XML file can also contain processing instructions that give commands or information to an application that is processing the XML data. Processing instructions have the following format:
is the name of the application that is expected to do the processing, andinstructions
is a string of characters that embodies the information or commands for the application to process.Because the instructions are application-specific, an XML file can have multiple processing instructions that tell different applications to do similar things, although in different ways. The XML file for a slide show, for example, might have processing instructions that let the speaker specify a technical- or executive-level version of the presentation. If multiple presentation programs were used, the program might need multiple versions of the processing instructions (although it would be nicer if such applications recognized standard instructions).
Note: The target name "xml" (in any combination of upper- or lowercase letters) is reserved for XML standards. In one sense, the declaration is a processing instruction that fits that standard. (However, when you're working with the parser later, you'll see that the method for handling processing instructions never sees the declaration.)
Why Is XML Important?
There are a number of reasons for XML's surging acceptance. This section lists a few of the most prominent.
Plain Text
Because XML is not a binary format, you can create and edit files using anything from a standard text editor to a visual development environment. That makes it easy to debug your programs, and it makes XML useful for storing small amounts of data. At the other end of the spectrum, an XML front end to a database makes it possible to efficiently store large amounts of XML data as well. So XML provides scalability for anything from small configuration files to a company wide data repository.
Data Identification
XML tells you what kind of data you have, not how to display it. Because the markup tags identify the information and break the data into parts, an email program can process it, a search program can look for messages sent to particular people, and an address book can extract the address information from the rest of the message. In short, because the different parts of the information have been identified, they can be used in different ways by different applications.
When display is important, the stylesheet standard, XSL, lets you dictate how to portray the data. For example, consider this XML:
The stylesheet for this data can say
This set of instructions produces:
Of course, you could have done the same thing in HTML, but you wouldn't be able to process the data with search programs and address-extraction programs and the like. More importantly, because XML is inherently style-free, you can use a completely different stylesheet to produce output in Postscript, TEX, PDF, or some new format that hasn't even been invented. That flexibility amounts to what one author described as "future proofing" your information. The XML documents you author today can be used in future document-delivery systems that haven't even been imagined.
Inline Reusability
One of the nicer aspects of XML documents is that they can be composed from separate entities. You can do that with HTML, but only by linking to other documents. Unlike HTML, XML entities can be included "inline" in a document. The included sections look like a normal part of the document: you can search the whole document at one time or download it in one piece. That lets you modularize your documents without resorting to links. You can single-source a section so that an edit to it is reflected everywhere the section is used, and yet a document composed from such pieces looks for all the world like a one-piece document.
Thanks to HTML, the ability to define links between documents is now regarded as a necessity. Appendix B discusses the link-specification initiative. This initiative lets you define two-way links, multiple-target links, expanding links (where clicking a link causes the targeted information to appear inline), and links between two existing documents that are defined in a third.
Easily Processed
As mentioned earlier, regular and consistent notation makes it easier to build a program to process XML data. For example, in HTML a
tag can be delimited by

, another

, or

. That makes for some difficult programming. But in XML, the

tag must always have a

terminator, or it must be an empty tag such as

. That restriction is a critical part of the constraints that make an XML document well formed. (Otherwise, the XML parser won't be able to read the data.) And because XML is a vendor-neutral standard, you can choose among several XML parsers, any one of which takes the work out of processing XML data.Hierarchical
Finally, XML documents benefit from their hierarchical structure. Hierarchical document structures are, in general, faster to access because you can drill down to the part you need, as if you were stepping through a table of contents. They are also easier to rearrange, because each piece is delimited. In a document, for example, you could move a heading to a new location and drag everything under it along with the heading, instead of having to page down to make a selection, cut, and then paste the selection into a new location.
How Can You Use XML?
There are several basic ways to use XML:
- Traditional data processing, where XML encodes the data for a program to process
- Document-driven programming, where XML documents are containers that build interfaces and applications from existing components
- Archiving--the foundation for document-driven programming--where the customized version of a component is saved (archived) so that it can be used later
- Binding, where the DTD or schema that defines an XML data structure is used to automatically generate a significant portion of the application that will eventually process that data
Traditional Data Processing
XML is fast becoming the data representation of choice for the web. It's terrific when used in conjunction with network-centric Java platform programs that send and retrieve information. So a client-server application, for example, could transmit XML-encoded data back and forth between the client and the server.
In the future, XML is potentially the answer for data interchange in all sorts of transactions, as long as both sides agree on the markup to use. (For example, should an email program expect to see tags named
, or<FIRSTNAME>
?) The need for common standards will generate a lot of industry-specific standardization efforts in the years ahead. In the meantime, mechanisms that let you "translate" the tags in an XML document will be important. Such mechanisms include projects such as the Resource Description Framework initiative (RDF), which defines meta tags, and the Extensible Stylesheet Language specification (XSL), which lets you translate XML tags into other XML tags.Document-Driven Programming
The newest approach to using XML is to construct a document that describes what an application page should look like. The document, rather than simply being displayed, consists of references to user interface components and business-logic components that are "hooked together" to create an application on-the-fly.
Of course, it makes sense to use the Java platform for such components. To construct such applications, you can use JavaBeans components for interfaces and Enterprise JavaBeans components for the business logic. Although none of the efforts undertaken so far is ready for commercial use, much preliminary work has been done.
Note: The Java programming language is also excellent for writing XML-processing tools that are as portable as XML. Several visual XML editors have been written for the Java platform. For a listing of editors, see
. For processing tools and other XML resources, see Robin Cover's SGML/XML web page athttp://xml.coverpages.org/software.html
After you have defined the structure of XML data using either a DTD or one of the schema standards, a large part of the processing you need to do has already been defined. For example, if the schema says that the text data in a
element must follow one of the recognized date formats, then one aspect of the validation criteria for the data has been defined; it only remains to write the code. Although a DTD specification cannot go the same level of detail, a DTD (like a schema) provides a grammar that tells which data structures can occur and in what sequences. That specification tells you how to write the high-level code that processes the data elements.But when the data structure (and possibly format) is fully specified, the code you need to process it can just as easily be generated automatically. That process is known as binding--creating classes that recognize and process different data elements by processing the specification that defines those elements. As time goes on, you should find that you are using the data specification to generate significant chunks of code, and you can focus on the programming that is unique to your application.
The Holy Grail of programming is the construction of reusable, modular components. Ideally, you'd like to take them off the shelf, customize them, and plug them together to construct an application, with a bare minimum of additional coding and additional compilation.
The basic mechanism for saving information is called archiving. You archive a component by writing it to an output stream in a form that you can reuse later. You can then read it and instantiate it using its saved parameters. (For example, if you saved a table component, its parameters might be the number of rows and columns to display.) Archived components can also be shuffled around the web and used in a variety of ways.
When components are archived in binary form, however, there are some limitations on the kinds of changes you can make to the underlying classes if you want to retain compatibility with previously saved versions. If you could modify the archived version to reflect the change, that would solve the problem. But that's hard to do with a binary object. Such considerations have prompted a number of investigations into using XML for archiving. But if an object's state were archived in text form using XML, then anything and everything in it could be changed as easily as you can say, "Search and replace."
XML's text-based format could also make it easier to transfer objects between applications written in different languages. For all these reasons, there is a lot of interest in XML-based archiving.
XML is pretty simple and very flexible. It has many uses yet to be discovered, and we are only beginning to scratch the surface of its potential. It is the foundation for a great many standards yet to come, providing a common language that different computer systems can use to exchange data with one another. As each industry group comes up with standards for what it wants to say, computers will begin to link to each other in ways previously unimaginable.


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Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger
UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
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Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues
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27. Special attention was given by the Committee to the dangers threatening the World Heritage sites during armed conflict. The Secretariat informed the Committee of the situation of the historical City of Dubrovnik. It also announced the decision of the Director-General to launch an international campaign for the restoration of Dubrovnik.
28. Aware of the fact that it represents 123 States, including Yugoslavia, which are signatories of the Convention, the Committee expressed deep concern about the armed conflict, devastating a region that comprises several sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, in particular the Old City of Dubrovnik. It decided to urge the parties in conflict to do their best so that a ceasefire which allows as soon as possible for the repair of the damage already caused in the fighting area, in particular in Dubrovnik, in response to the appeal by the Director-General of UNESCO for international solidarity.
29. Recalling that the repeated requests of UNESCO to observe the obligations of the Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage have so far not been heeded, and noting the state of exceptional emergency caused by the armed conflict, the Committee decided, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph 4 of the Convention, to inscribe Dubrovnik on the List of World Heritage in Danger and to publicize this entry immediately.
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Noting the state of exceptional emergency caused by the armed conflict, the Committee decided to inscribe the Old City of Dubrovnik on the List of World Heritage in Danger, in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 4 of the Convention.
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Noting the state of exceptional emergency caused by the armed conflict, the Committee decided to inscribe the Old City of Dubrovnik on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger ("ascertained danger") or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property's Outstanding Universal Value ("potential danger").
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After college up north, Anderson worked in rural North Carolina as an assistant home demonstration agent, scarfing good country cooking seven days a week: crispy "battered" chicken, salt-rising bread, wild persimmon pudding, Jerusalem artichoke pickles, Japanese fruitcake. Later, as a New York City magazine editor, then a freelancer, Anderson covered the South, interviewing cooks and chefs, sampling local specialties, and scribbling notebooks full of recipes.
Now, at long last, Anderson shares her lifelong exploration of the South's culinary heritage and not only introduces the characters she met en route but also those men and women who helped shape America's most distinctive regional cuisine--people like Thomas Jefferson, Mary Randolph, George Washington Carver, Eugenia Duke, and Colonel Harlan Sanders.
Anderson gives us the backstories on such beloved Southern brands as Pepsi-Cola, Jack Daniel's, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, MoonPies, Maxwell House coffee, White Lily flour, and Tabasco sauce. She builds a time line of important southern food firsts--from Ponce de Le?n's reconnaissance in the "Island of Florida" (1513) to the reactivation of George Washington's still at Mount Vernon (2007). For those who don't know a Chincoteague from a chinquapin, she adds a glossary of southern food terms and in a handy address book lists the best sources for stone-ground grits, country ham, sweet sorghum, boiled peanuts, and other hard-to-find southern foods.
Recipes? There are two hundred classic and contemporary, plain and fancy, familiar and unfamiliar, many appearing here for the first time. Each recipe carries a headnote--to introduce the cook whence it came, occasionally to share snippets of lore or back-stairs gossip, and often to explain such colorful recipe names as Pine Bark Stew, Chicken Bog, and Surry County Sonker.
Add them all up and what have you got? One lip-smackin' southern feast!
A Love Affair with Southern Cooking is the winner of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Book Award, in the Americana category.
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Wow! First Alice Virginia, then Jane Cecilia. Those were my top two girl combos a few years ago. :) Jane Cecilia is indeed lovely. I need to start thinking about Jane more again.
My updated PNL is rateable (Top 25 for each gender): http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/52996/85726
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Qiraji Guardling
Looks around and flutters about.
Wing flutter (constant); vocalizations (on-click)
This wild pet can be found at The Scarab Wall and The Scarab Dais in the southwest area of Silithus. The guardling can spawn on either side of the wall, and all the way up to the portal entrance of either instance.
The Qiraji Guardling will begin spawning on the first day of summer, June 21, and corresponds with the Northern Hemisphere's solstice.
10/5/13, No Guardlings spotted in the spawn area. Looks like they might be gone till next summer!
They disappeared after the equinox.
Catched today sept 21st at 14:00 in France, not yet gone (they were a lot, and had a rare one) :D
Sept 20th, which I would consider to be fall, and theyre still there :)
Ummm. Sept 10th is still summer. Equinox doesn't occur until later in the month.
Found them today september 10, so it's definitely not only summer pet.
I'd encourage anyone to go out and try now. My experience late last evening was that there were many of these around their area. They respawned as I battled and there was a nice ratio of blues among them.
I hadn't visited yet, but finally dropped by today (Sunday) about 5:00 server/PST. There were tons of the little guys all over and no one catching any. I went through several, but came out with a rare S/S, a grey P/P and a grey H/H. I stoned the P/P to a rare so now I just need to decide which to level and use!
found a rare at 59.2, 8.0
I got pretty lucky with this one this morning. Logged on this morning to quest in Silithus, and there were a ton of them flying around and not a single other person in the zone to compete with. My second battle had a rare and I managed to snag it. If you were waiting for the rush to die down a little before trying for one, now seems like a good time!
When I captured mine some days ago, I was happy to see there were so many of them flying around. This certainly made it easier to find either an [uncommon] or [rare] one. I got lucky when I found a [rare] one after maybe 3 [common], I just didn´t fight them and put them down to make them respawn hopefully as a better quality. Good luck hunting! This one is really worth it <3
It seems to me the crowds have died down a little bit from last week. I signed on yesterday on Bladefist at about 2pm and there were 6 or 7 of these guys. Only one other player was there besides me. I grabbed an uncommon. I'm good with that!
Just flew down to Silithis at 1:30am on the off chance I might see one, first one I battle is a rare and I manage the catch it. There were about 6 or 7 that i saw spawned at one time, but some horde flew down and snatched them up. I am so happy I finally got it, good luck to everyone who is still looking!
Flew down there the first day but was chaos visited again last night and got my rare outside the wall !! Yeah
So thankful that they fixed the spawn rate as I was growing grey hairs!
Picked up a Green, and then I got one of those fabulous stones, and made it a blue!
Glad I didn't try for it much before they fixed the spawn rate. I logged in on my Brazilian server character and saw three. I was so excited! Nabbed one, then read about the spawn rate fix. Oh well, lol. Got it!
what would be the best breed as we can have any now?
After reading about this pet I high tailed it to Silithus, and there was a lot of these little guys to pick from on my realm. So I caught one, it was Poor, so I caught another it was Common. I'm fine with that. I will buy a stone or three an get one to Rare.
Now for the pesky Unborn Valk!
After they fixed spawn rate, easy to get. Go Zookeeper! Thanks Blizz.
I was able to nab this sweet little guy yesterday morning after farming for several days. So thankful that Blizz upped the spawn rate on these guys, it was getting nasty down there!
It was only common, but thankfully I had stashed a battle stone away for this special occasion! Happy hunting!


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Posted about 2 years ago i graduated nursing in philippines couple years ago. i applied for nclex rn.after sending their requirements, my file got evaluated and unfortunately they found it uneligible. they said that my theories are not concurrent on my clinicals. so they advised me to 1.challenge to take it from other state.(coz california is really a strict one.) 2. take lvn exam. so now i decided to challenge the NCLEX-LPN. im just wondering if anyone had this kind of case. and did board of vocational nursing counted you as eligible?what are the requirements? please help me!!!!!!! thank you... |
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| Posted about 2 years ago Your file go evaluated in the Philiipines? I've never heard of such a thing... Even in California..what is that all about.. I certainly have no expierence in this, but I'm sure there are members that will comment here..Best of luck to you and God Bless you...Please keep me posted..Teresa |
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| Posted about 2 years ago hello there well my brother and i recently ran into the same problem. we recieved letter from the board about a month ago saying we needed to take med surg and obstetrics to meet the requirements. so right now we are trying to decide what to do whether to challenge the lvn board, or go back to school, or even maybe go back to the phil and take the nclex there if that is even a option. anyways we still have a lot of questions that were unanswered by the CBON like what exactly is wrong or will challenging the lvn board even work since we are apparently lacking those 2 classes. anyways if u have any updates we will also keep you updated with any progress because it looks like we will be needing all the help we can get. good luck |
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| Posted about 2 years ago Contact the nursing board- LPN education is generally one year, with a certain number of hours required. Perhaps you have enough to take the test for that but not for the RN. Don't think that there is much varience between states these days since the NCLEX is national and the accrediting bodies such as NLN are national. Your post is not too clear about what you are asking but contact your board for an application. Here in my state LPN and RN start out together in many schools and go through the first year together, then RNs continue on and LPNs do some specialty requirements and then graduate at the end of the year. |
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| Posted about 2 years ago Wow, this has become quite an issue. I don't pretend to know the problems here.. I just hope, that things turn out for the best. You can say your determination is a awesome stong point.. Best of luck and please keep us posted..Teresa |


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FORT WORTH -- This is a holy roller of a different order.
In Late Nite Catechism -- Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice!, the one-nun show that opened a six-performance run at McDavid Studio on Wednesday, the sister in charge does not suffer fools gladly.
And she doesn't suffer Lutherans at all.
Just ask poor Stephen, an unfortunate non-Catholic who paid a dear price for not being affiliated with the correct church. Sister, played by Nonie Newton-Breen, was on his sorry, Protestant case throughout the performance. But he should not have fallen in with the gum-chewers and talkers on his side of the room. Sister does not brook such behavior.
And don't even get her started on cell phones. Sister knows that the Satan of today speaks in ringtones, and she treats those devices like the bobbles of Beelzebub they are. The show was not 20 minutes old before she condemned one half of the audience to hell for failing to rat out the owner of a ringing phone in their midst.
Holding forth in all her black and white glory, Sister was a wimpled wizard of wisecracks as she tried to keep her adult catechism class in order and take care of some other business: the planning of a fund-raising, Vegas night at her church.
To set the atmosphere, Sister, who is a member of the Sorrowful Sisters of the Weeping Nuns, did some card and magic tricks, and even dressed up a member of the audience like a showgirl. She also gave away some valuable prizes, such as a glow-in-the-dark statue of the Virgin Mary.
This show, which is a sequel to the cornerstone of the franchise, Late Nite Catechism, makes heavy use of improvised comedy and audience participation to achieve its ends. Sister's barbs, delivered in a flat, distinctly Midwestern accent, are sharply shot but never stinging.
Newton-Breen, who has been doing this show for 12 years, came out of Chicago's Second City troupe, and that baptism-by-fire shines through in her performance. She is extremely quick on her feet in her interactions with the patrons and never misses when delivering one of her scripted one-liners, such as when she reminds the audience that "God invented bingo."
The show bogged down a little when some of the audience participation bits went on longer than needed, and during a fairly serious Q&A session in the second act.
The Catholics in the attendance seemed to enjoy the festivities even more than those of us who have no idea what a catechism class is. But most of the near-capacity crowd of about 200 at Wednesday's performance was totally engaged in the concept, and seemed to love having Sister play them like a fiddle.
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This obviously has a lot of moving parts to it. A slowdown here should threaten industrial stocks and also threaten foreign countries that sell a lot of stuff to the US. Here I am thinking Japan and most of the southeast Asian countries.
There are some themes that could be compromised but, I believe, not ended. The first one that comes to mind is energy. Regardless of the velocity, demand for oil is growing at a faster rate than supply. An economic slow down could hit the price of crude by some amount and also hit energy stocks. I think the prevailing theme will be demand in China, India, Pakistan and Vietnam (perhaps we should include Turkey). All of the countries will have booms and busts but we are a long way from demand peaking.
I also believe that some foreign markets are living in their own worlds (a phrase I have used before) and so are much less susceptible to the US, here Turkey (not that it does have plenty of issues) and Vietnam come to mind.
My thoughts about other sectors are not very revolutionary. Things like staples, health, utilities and telecom usually do well and I don't think this time will be different but I have exposure to every sector so I don't have much riding on being wrong.
On CNBC Asia they devoted a lot of air time to water, as in there is not enough clean water. This is a theme I have been interested in (and writing about) for a while. Economic cycles won't alter demand for water, it could of course hurt the stocks somewhat.
The reader expressed a belief that iShares Material is a good bet in here. Materials, as it ties in with my thoughts on energy, makes sense and I agree with what I think the reader is saying. I would offer some caution about IYM though (and XLB while we're at it). The materials ETFs are heavy in DuPont and Dow Chemical (client holding) and are more of a bet on chemicals than anything else. If one of these ETFs is your only materials sector exposure you may not get the results you are looking for. Exposure to commodities is very thin and the ETFs, I think, miss out on the copper/nickel/zinc/iron ore mania that is going on.
I continue to favor (in no particular order) Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Vietnam and probably a couple of other that don't come to mind just now. These are all countries I have favored for a while. Turkey I think has a chance of being a much more important country, economically, than it is today. There are several big obstacles in the way of this so don't get too excited just yet.
It will also make sense (this should be obvious but bears mentioning anyway) to have more allocated to cash than normal. Five percent for short term money is not bad and also the currency ETFs (for me anyway) also make sense with the prospect of having more cash than normal. The way markets usually work, most of the growth comes from a couple of great years in a decade. I don't bet too much on my ability to guess when a great year will but lagging by 3-4% when the market is up 30% because you had a little too much cash is far from a death blow.
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- Anonymous said...
Appreciate your response to my question. IYM is my proxy for an internaltional small cap foreign fund, iscax; the two look highly correlated. This may be a tradeable low in the making, or it may be the pause before a bigger shoe falls. I'ld be interested in knowing more about etf currency selections. Thanks, wp
- George said...
What is the sector NOBODY is talking about?
Scate to where the puck WILL BE.
g - 7:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
What is the sector nobody is talking about? Can't find one. Stocks that haven't done so well like tech and pharma get "is the bottom in?" stories. Stocks that have done well like energy, commods, EM get "is the top in?" stories. Homebuilders still get talked about a lot. Consumer stuff gets talked about lately as a safe haven.
- Anonymous said...
What is the sector nobody is talking about?
CDs at your local credit union. One of my best performing U.S. assets this year.
Fred - 11:24 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
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LSU places pair on All-Louisiana volleyball team
Northwestern State garnered two of the major awards on the All-Louisiana volleyball team as Caiti O'Connell won Freshman of the Year and the tandem of Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman won Coach of the Year.
The team was based on nominations by the state's volleyball-playing schools. Under Louisiana Sports Writers Association guidelines, no voter could vote for athletes from their own schools and each school nominating had to submit a final ballot for their nominees to be eligible for the team.
Southeastern Louisiana middle blocker Courtney Donald secured Player of the Year, while Meghan Mannari came away with the Libero of the Year for the second consecutive year. Dillard's Carolyn Baker was named Newcomer of the Year.
Donald, a senior middle blocker, powered home 3.65 kills per set on a .330 hitting percentage en route to All-Southland Conference first-team honors. The .330 hitting clip established a Southeastern single-season record. Her 3.65 per set average was third in the SLC. Her 409 kills are sixth-best in school history.
Mannari anchored LSU's back row defense. She amassed 4.88 digs per set, good enough for second place in the Southeastern Conference rankings. She also became the 12th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career digs during her senior season campaign. She racked up a career-best 40 digs at Auburn, which was the second-most in program history for a single match.
O'Connell contributed 337 kills, second best on the team. She notched 3.04 kills per set, seventh best in the SLC.
Baker emerged as one of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference's top offense threats. She claimed All-GCAC first-team accolades for Dillard. She headlined the league with a blistering 4.40 kills per set, eighth best in the NAIA.
The Hernesmans guided Northwestern State to a 20-13 mark, a 10-win improvement from last season and the program's first winning season since 1987. The 20 victories also were the most recorded by the Lady Demons as a Division I member. Northwestern posted 12 Southland Conference wins and finished tied for third place.
Joining Donald and Mannari on the first team are Stacey DiFrancesco of Northwestern State, Desiree Elliott and Madie Jones of LSU, Mandi Gandi of Louisiana-Lafayette and Taylor Reuther of Xavier. It marks the second straight year that DiFrancesco, Elliott and Jones were named to the first team.
All-Louisiana volleyball
First Team
Stacey DiFrancesco, Northwestern State
Courtney Donald, Southeastern Louisiana
Desiree Elliott, LSU
Mandi Gandi, Louisiana-Lafayette
Madie Jones, LSU
Taylor Reuther, Xavier
Libero: Meghan Mannari, LSU
Second Team
Carolyn Baker, Dillard
Courtni Bauer, McNeese State
Helen Boyle, LSU
Blair Claypoole, Louisiana-Lafayette
Cori Martone, Tulane
Emily Sweet, Northwestern State
Libero: Keelie Arneson, Northwestern State
Honorable Mention
Caitlyn Auxillen, Louisiana-Lafayette; Maria Coelho, Louisiana Tech; Caiti O'Connell, Northwestern State; Lavinia Tataran, Louisiana-Lafayette.
Player of the Year: Courtney Donald, Southeastern Louisiana
Libero of the year: Meghan Mannari, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Caiti O'Connell, Northwestern State
Newcomer of the Year: Carolyn Baker, Dillard
Coach of the Year: Hugh & Stephanie Hernesman, Northwestern State


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is the latest state to be granted a waiver by the U.S. Department of Education that relieves schools from federal rules associated with the No Child Left Behind Act introduced more than a decade ago.
That means the state will now use its own unique accountability system to identify struggling schools. West Virginia's system will focus more on individual student academic growth and offer more local control, as well as move forward with more challenging standards to ensure career and college readiness for students, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said at a press conference Monday.
"This means the federally mandated, one-size-fits-all approach to academic success will no longer hinder our schools' performance," Tomblin said. "Teachers will decrease their time invested in federally required paperwork and instead invest their time and efforts in what they do best ... to provide the best education for our kids."
Former state Superintendent Jorea Marple requested the waiver from the federal government last year. West Virginia is now one of 37 states that has been approved for the waiver, which shifts the focus from students performing at grade-level for math and reading -- the cornerstone of the Bush-era law -- to making sure students are ready for college or a career. Only three states have not requested to be exempt from the No Child Left Behind regulations.
The Obama administration first allowed the flexibility waiver option to states in 2011.
School board President Wade Linger said Monday the state's new system "will be envied by the entire country, if not the world."
The state's focus will no longer be on whether schools have or have not met Adequate Yearly Progress -- how the Department of Education measures student achievement based on standardized test results -- but instead, schools will be monitored by a new, more targeted system called the West Virginia Accountability Index.
The WVAI identifies schools as one of five statuses: priority, support, focus, transition and success. The state Department of Education will also now provide an annual performance report "that provides a more complete and comprehensive picture" of schools' progress.
Education officials have already flagged 32 schools across the state as "priority schools," meaning they have persistently low test scores and will receive "extra resources and funds to improve," according to state Superintendent Jim Phares. That list of schools will be released later this week.
Schools will be labeled as "focus schools" if they exhibit major achievement gaps between students. "Support schools" are those that may exhibit progress, but have a majority of subgroups not on target.
"Students, teachers, parents and administrators will understand this rating system better. This waiver was established through a series of stakeholders' meetings, which included teachers and principals ... It's our system rather than someone else's," Phares said. "It fits West Virginia and isn't necessarily a model that's reflected by other states that may not be unique to us."