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The monikers for surgical instruments never ceased to amuse me while I observed/retracted/blended-in-with-the-wall in the OR.
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Graham crackers - nourishing medical students across the country.
Every medical student at some point has relied on graham crackers for sustenance while working in the hospital.
You've heard of the "freshman fifteen" that happens during college? Residents-to-be face the "intern fifteen." Free donuts are strong contenders for likely causes.
'To drive' informally refers to scrolling through serial CT or MRI images pulled up onto the computer. A rookie med student mistake is when the attending asks about a relevant scan, the med student pulls it up, and then awkwardly and semi-blindly scrolls up and down while reciting the radiologist's read. Greater success and recognition can be achieved by pulling it up on the computer, and then handing over the mouse to the attending.
I'm sure
opthalmologists ophthalmologists everywhere will tsk tsk when they read this comic.
The three tenets of ophthalmoscope use:
1. The average med student's ophthalmoscope is rarely used.
2. And when it's used, the retina is rarely seen.
3. And when the retina is seen, it's rarely understood!
During the third year of med school, the student will receive more feedback than he ever could have imagined.
Happy Halloween!
Oliver Twist is to porridge, as the med student is to coffee.
Isn't that the worst?!


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BT pledges broadband improvement in Chipping Barnet (From Times Series)
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BT has promised Chipping Barnet's MP that it is working on bringing faster broadband to the borough.
The telecommunications and media company said it was working on the issue late last year after thousands of homes and businesses complained they were unable to access fibre broadband.
Fifty five new telecoms cabinets have been installed in the constituency as part of work already done, with around 25,000 premises soon to benefit from the upgrade.
The area's Conservative MP Theresa Villiers met senior BT representatives earlier this week.
She said: "This was a useful discussion. We talked through in detail the work BT is doing on upgrading broadband facilities in Chipping Barnet.
"I was told that by the time BT finishes its programme of broadband improvement in London in the spring, it expects 93 per cent of the borough to have access to fast broadband, with many able to access services with download speeds of up to 80Mb.
"While I welcome the work that has been done, I know that some of my constituents still aren't able to get the broadband speeds they want.
"Fast internet access can be crucial for business success. I will continue to press BT to ensure that as many homes and businesses as possible can be connected to fibre broadband in Chipping Barnet."
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Nancy Mayernik's phone is filled with photos of her son Jared. The former Centerville star was the top punt returner in the nation for Carroll College last year. But that's not the only reason Nancy is proud of her son.
"He's doing great at football and he's doing great at school," said Nancy. "It's just developed him into a really neat guy"
Now she's going to have to make room in her phone for even more photos. Jared's younger brother, Jesse, signed his letter of intent to play at MSU-Northern. Nancy is hoping she won't have to choose between wearing the Saints colors or the Lights colors any time soon.
"That's going to be a big transition," said Nancy. "It's going to be hard giving up my Carroll purple. I'm so glad I have one more year to wear my Carroll purple."
She does not want to see her kids play against each other. She's hoping Jesse will redshirt his freshman year, which would be Jared's last season of eligibility. If Jesse redshirts, he'll get the chance to watch Jared on the field from the opposing sidelines.
"I'm very excited," said Jesse. "Even if it's just standing on the sideline on Northern's side watching him play because he's just so fun to watch. It's awesome."
Despite Jared's success, it's not easy to transition from Class C 8-man football to one of the premiere conferences in the NAIA. Jesse will have his Centerville teammate, Kole Chartier, join him at MSUN.
" I like it. I'm not jumping up there all by myself," said Chartier. "I have someone to help me through the adjustment and the changes that I have to go through."
With the name "Mayernik" attached, Jesse feels like he has an expectation to reach. But Jared wants his younger brother to become his own player.
"I know Jesse is someone who's not going to let someone tell him what he needs to be or where he needs to go or what he needs to do," Jared said of his younger brother. "He's going to do what he needs to do and he's going to put all of his effort into it."
Jared will be entering his final season as a Saint but Jesse's collegiate career is just beginning. It means more opportunities for Nancy to use her camera phone. Even if a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes a phone full of photos still isn't enough to describe the love a mom has for her kids.


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by Eren Tataragasi
CORNELIUS – Commissioners voted Monday night, March 19, to do away with its pet tax.
For the last two years, the town has been charging a $20 or $50 licensing fee to residents who have pets in town. A one-year license cost $20 and a three-year license cost $50. For animals that had not been neutered or spayed, the cost was $50 for a one-year license.
While the money brought in revenues to help operate the town's animal shelter, there was no way to enforce the licensing fee so the town only had, at best, a 60 percent collection rate.
Because of this imbalance, the majority of commissioners felt they should do away with the fee.
"None of this feels like the Cornelius way," said Commissioner Jeff Hare during the meeting. "So I motion we cut taxes by cutting the animal licensing fee."
Commissioner Lynette Rinker seconded the motion, but amended it to say it would be effective July 1, and those who had already paid would be pro-rated and reimbursed.
But not every commissioner was on board.
Commissioner Chuck Travis felt canceling the fee was "counterintuitive," because it left the animal shelter to rely on donations and adoption fees for its budget.
But commissioner John Bradford said it had to be done.
"This is fundamentally not fair to the people paying and folks who aren't," Bradford said. "If we can't collect, and we have to treat pets as property, that opens up other issues. We're almost forced to undo it because it's not being fair to all people."
The board voted 4-1 in favor of eliminating the fee.
In other business:
• Commissioners voted to approve a letter to the N.C. Department of Transportation and the Red Line Regional Rail project consultants, outlining items they'd like to see in the revised plans that are currently being drafted.
• Commissioners sent back a letter to Police Chief Bence Hoyle for more review to better stress the importance of the town taking over Lake Patrol before submitting it to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.
• Commissioners approved a budget amendment, giving the police department $120,000 from the 911 Rollover fund to pay for the re-banding of the public radio system.
• Commissioners approved the bill that will be sent to the state legislature to extend the term of commissioners, for one time only, from two to three years, to line up with the federal elections, beginning in 2016.
Board gets rid of pet fees
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Are there fissionable isotopes of any element with short-lived radioactive isotopes?
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Right. Similar to gravitational potential energy being negative (0 at infinity) because the force is attractive so matter gains kinetic energy as it is 'caught' in the force field.
Yes, I realize that the binding energy represents the energy required by a nucleon to get over the lip of the binding energy well. So if it is given that amount of kinetic energy it is home free, especially if it is a proton, in which case it gets an electromagnetic propulsive kick as well.
Yes - if the proton can escape - more likely an alpha particle - it gets additional energy
due to the electrostatic repulsion of the alpha and the remaining nucleus.
That is my whole problem here. If I understand what you are saying (and I do not doubt that you are right, it may be just me) that the neutron's capture by the nucleus gives the neutron such enormous kinetic energy that it is enough not only to get about 90 nucleons over the top of their binding energy well, but has enough left over to give the two fission parts kinetic energy that greatly exceeds the energy from proton-proton coulomb repulsion.
There's more to it than just the energy. For example, let's take a target nucleus that
has Z protons and N neutrons. A = Z + N. Let's assume Z is odd and N is even.
Then A will be odd, and the [tex]\delta[/tex] in the expression above is zero. The nucleus will
have a binding energy given by the above.
Now the nucleus captures a neutron. We now have to compute a new binding energy
for the compound nucleus. In this case, the value of A --> A + 1; so the new A is even.
The number of neutrons N --> N+1; which is now odd. When A is even; but both Z and
N are odd; the value of [tex]\delta[/tex] is negative. [The [tex]\delta[/tex] term is called the "pairing term"; and is
due to a quantum mechanical effect.]
So in effect, the compound nucleus "looses" some binding energy. [ This doesn't mean
that any real energy is being destroyed; it just means that the ground state energy for the
compound nucleus is higher than it would have been otherwise.]
So you now have a nucleus that not only has a bunch of energy that the new neutron
brought in - but also its ground state energy has changed. These two effects coupled
together may mean that the new compound nucleus is unstable. The nucleus has to
now find a stable state.
Most likely, a nucleus that absorbs a neutron will be unstable with respect to [tex]\beta-[/tex] decay.
That extra neutron will turn into a proton, an electron, and an anti-neutrino; and the latter
two will be ejected and the nuclide transmutes to one with the next higher atomic number
Z+1 due to the new proton.
Note that the daughter nuclide with atomic number Z+1 will have more electrostatic repulsion
than the parent which had atomic number Z. There will be MORE Coulomb "unbinding energy".
However, the nuclear effects are more important than the Coulomb effect. Since the original
value of Z was odd; the new value Z+1 will be even. The neutron number N will go back to
its original value which is even. So the daughter nucleus will have an even number of protons,
and an even number of neutrons. This is more important for stability of the nucleus than is
the extra Coulomb repulsion. The nucleus is more stable even with the additional Coulomb
"unbinding energy" because the nuclear effects "trump" the Coulomb effects.
So the extra energy the neutron brings in doesn't have to be enough to get out of the
"old" potential well of the target nucleus - it has to be enough to get out of the well of
the "new" nucleus.
You really have to due a quantum mechanical description of the nucleus with all the
shell structure; just like one has to do with electrons in an atom.
Yeah. That can be a problem. I copy a long reply to Notepad and save it, then paste it back in later.
Yes - also discovered that if you make a mistake in a "tex" equation, and you edit it;
the system doesn't re-evaluate the tex expression after you edit it. You have to copy
the entire post to an editor [ I use Emacs instead of Notepad because I'm working in
Unix], delete the faulty post, and post a new reply using the saved text from the editor.
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By the standards of 19th century warfare, the engagement between George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry and Sioux warriors on a remote hillside near the Little Bighorn River was little more than a skirmish. But the battle on June 25, 1876 cost the lives of Custer and more than 200 men of the 7th Cavalry, and Americans were stunned when the news from the Dakota Territory reached the east coast.
Shocking reports about Custer's demise first appeared in the New York Times on July 6, 1876, two days after the nation's centennial celebration, under the headline, "Massacre of Our Troops."
The idea that a unit of the US Army could be wiped out by Indians was unthinkable, and Custer's final battle was elevated to a national symbol. These images related to the Battle of the Little Bighorn give an indication of how the defeat of the 7th Cavalry was portrayed.
Gratitude is extended to the New York Public Library Digital Collections for permission to use images in this gallery.
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Sydney, Dec 10 : Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley is expecting ace tennis player Rafael Nadal to be fit for next year's first Grand Slam, and believes the Spaniard will arrive as a contender.
The world No. 4 last week spoke of his return from a six-month break with knee soreness, but discounted his chances of winning the Open. There is still significant conjecture whether he will be ready at all by January, but Tiley is confident after recently speaking with the 2009 Australian Open champion.
Nadal has not played since Wimbledon, but Tiley said the Spaniard has been practising regularly and would not enter a tournament half-fit. "We expect him to play and he is expecting to play himself. I know a couple of weeks ago I sent him four cases of balls.
I know he''s been practicing," News. com. au quoted Tiley, as saying. "I have been speaking to him and his team. His first planned event is back right after Christmas (a lucrative Abu Dhabi exhibition on December 27), so a lot hinges on where he is at then," he added. "But we have a full expectation he will be ready to play.
I think Rafa doesn''t walk into anything unprepared. I think he''s been playing for a while," he said. Nadal''s presence at a grand slam event for the first time since Wimbledon would round out the field as the strongest seen at Melbourne Park. (ANI)
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History 470
Fall 2012
Instructor: Steve Estes
This course investigates the history and culture of the American South. Throughout the semester, we will trace the region's past, from its Native American origins to its antebellum opulence and from the devastation of the Civil War to the development of the modern, multicultural "Sun Belt." At present, there is some question as to whether this new multicultural South is still distinctly "southern." Yet, the dogged devotion of some southerners to the region's history and culture—proudly flying the Confederate battle flag, for instance, despite its association with a defense of slavery—suggests that "old times there are not forgotten." If the South remains distinctive in many ways it also embodies both the promise and problems of the United States, as it has since Virginia slaveholders articulated the young nation's desire for independence in 1776. In other words, if we understand the American South, we can better understand America.
Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello
John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me
Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic
Edward J. Larson, Summer for the Gods
Theda Perdue and Michael Green, The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears
Michael Shaara, Killer Angels
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Regular attendance and participation are mandatory. You are allowed five absences without any excuse. After the fifth absence, your participation grade suffers. Class attendance is important because I do not assign a textbook that gives a course overview. The midterm test and the final exam will be based on information covered in course lectures, discussions, and outside readings. There will also be six short quizzes on the outside readings, which will be factored in with classroom participation. Students will write a four-page book review on one of six outside readings for the course. Finally, students will write a ten-page term paper on a topic of their choice relating to southern history. A one-page proposal is due on October 25, and the full paper is due on November 13.
Assignments, Exams, & Grades:
Term Paper: Each student in the class will write a ten-page term paper to be handed in at the beginning of class on November 13. Your paper should examine an event, person, place, or cultural phenomenon that highlights a watershed in southern history. In terms of events, for example, you could examine the experiences of Southern troops during the Vietnam War or the impact of feminism on southern women during the 1960s and 1970s. In terms of people or places, you could do a biographical study of a civil rights leader or Confederate general. If you are interested in cultural history, you might write about blues music, the Gullah language, Creole cuisine, or NASCAR.
A one-page proposal that outlines the source material and tentative argument for your paper is due on October 25. Whatever you decide to write about, you must come speak with me about your topic during my office hours at least two weeks before the term paper is due.
Papers must be typed double-spaced with 12-point font and normal margins. They must be based on both primary and secondary research. Primary materials are sources produced during the time you are studying. They include published sources such as newspapers, magazines, movies, songs, letters, speeches, diaries, records of organizations, and (for recent topics) oral history interviews. The secondary research should include a survey of the previously published scholarly work on your topic. What have other historians said about your topic? How is your paper adding to the work that has already been done?
Book Review: Each student will do a four-page paper on one of the outside readings assigned to the class. You will choose which book to review on the first day. Papers must be typed double-spaced with 12-point font and normal margins. Essays must answer a broad question that will be given out in class two weeks before papers are due. Students will turn in papers before class on the day we discuss the outside readings.
Quizzes/Discussions: There will be six in-class discussions of the outside readings over the course of the semester. Students should have completed the assigned sections of each book before the discussion and should be prepared to contribute to a conversation about the major themes covered by the author. At the beginning of each in-class discussion, there will be a short quiz of multiple-choice questions about the book. The grades on these quizzes and quality of discussion participation determine students' grades for this portion of the class.
Mid-Term and Final Exam: These exams are broken into two parts. The first section requires students to answer five out of seven short answer questions describing historical figures, organizations, and events covered in lectures or outside readings. The midterm covers material in the first half of the course, while the final exam focuses on the second half.
All assignments will be graded on a 100-point scale. The grading breakdown will be:
Book Review 10%
Term Paper 20%
Midterm 20%
Final Exam 20%
Quizzes/Discussion 30%
Course Schedule
|Introduction: What is the South? Who are Southerners?
Video Clip: Gone With the Wind
|Birth of a (Nicotine) Nation:
Jamestown, the Chesapeake & Tobacco Culture
|Black Majority:
From the Caribbean to the Carolina Low Country
|Colonial Diversity & Cracker Culture:
French, Spaniards and Backcountry Bumpkins
|Colonial Dissonance:
Southern Society Before the Revolution
|Slaves in the Family:
Slavery and the Founders (Discussion)
|Hemingses of Monticello
(Quiz & Paper)
|War on Three Fronts:
The Revolution & Constitutional Crisis
|Go West Young Man:
Settling Cotton Country & Cotton's Coronation
|Southern Herstory:
Women in the Old South
|Research Day (No Class)
|Native Southerners:
A Nation within a Nation (Discussion)
|The Cherokee Nation
(Quiz & Paper)
|The View from the Quarters:
Runaways, Rebels & Survivors
|The Impending Crisis:
Sectional Conflict & Compromise
|Anything But Civil:
The "War Between the States"
|The Blue and the Grey:
Historical Novel or Historical Novelty (Discussion)
|Killer Angels
(Quiz and Paper)
|Midterm Review
|Study Notes & Books
|Midterm Exam
|Study Notes & Books
Section II: From the New South to the Sun Belt
|Broke by the War:
The Triumph of Reconstruction & Tragedy of Redemption
|Farm Debt & Dilemmas:
Sharecropping & the Populist Challenge
|The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The "New South" & the Nadir of Race Relations
|Term Paper Prospectus Due
|Booker T and WEB:
Racial Uplift Strategies
|From Pedestal to Politics:
Southern Women and Progressive Reform
|The Cross and the Chalkboard: (Discussion)
The Scopes Trial
|Summer for the Gods
(Quiz & Paper)
|The Great War and Great Migration
The South in the 1910s-20s
|A New Deal for the South:
The Greater Depression
|Term Paper is Due
|A Cold War in the Sun Belt:
Massive Resistance to Integration and Communism
|Crossing the Color Line: (Discussion)
Journalism and Jim Crow
|Black Like Me
(Quiz & Paper)
|Thanksgiving Break
|No Class
|We Shall Overcome:
The Southern Civil Rights Movement
|Who Stole the Soul of Rock & Roll:
The South & the American Musical Tradition
|South to the Future:
The Republican Revolution & Southern Culture Since the 70s
|Deconstructing Dixie (Discussion) & Final Exam Review
|Confederates in the Attic
(Quiz & Discussion)
|Final Exam (2 – 3:50 p.m.)
|Study Notes & Books


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We can measure the sound level of a speaker using this circuit. When the switch is in OFF close position and the microphone on low level sound, the resistance value on microphone high, and voltage output of the divider circuit is high. If the sound level on the microphone is high, the resistance value of microphone is low, and voltage output of the divider output is low. After passed through the IC and bridge diode, the voltage output can be measured using AVO meter. Here is the schematic :
Estimated price : $5
Components list :
Resistor R1 : 10k ohm/0.25W
Resistor R2,R3 : 22k ohm/0.25W
Resistor R4,R5 : 100k ohm/0.25W
C1 : 1 uF/63V
C2 : 100 uF/25V
C3 : 220 uF/25V
Diode D1-D4 : BAT46 100V/150mA
IC op-amp : CA3140
Socket/terminal J1-J2 : CA3140
Switch S1 : Toggle switch on/off
Power supply : 9V
Meter : AVO meter
Microphone : Condenser microphone


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Actually Skip Bayless is a jackass. I didn't say it first, we all know who did but he was right no the money.
Skip Bayless works for ESPN on 1st and 10 I believe and also does radio spots as well. He gets paid to take completley different views on everything in sports and is a shock jock, which therefore doesn't make him a qualified journalist.
I love the setup of 1st and 10 but can't watch it for more than 2 minutes without being driven to insanity with Bayless's stupdity and ignorance. He is Rush Limbaugh, not as ballsy but probably just as ignorant. At least Rush means everything he says, even if most of his viewpoints are about 150 years old.
The latest bomb dropped from Bayless' jackass was that Albert Haynesworth was a better pickup than Nnamdi Asomugha. So for the sack of me needing to get this off my chest, here is my breakdown of this shock jock's latest "brilliant" statement.
First off, I wanted the Eagles to get Albert Haynesoworth. He would of been his old self, reuniting with his mentor and former d-line coach Jim Washburn. It would of been great to see him destory the Skins right in front of the most egotistical coach in football, Mike Shanahan. Of course the Redskins didn't want that to happen, rightfully so, that is why they traded him for peanuts and half of a sandwich to the New England Patriots. Quick note, unless Albert is willing to take less money in a 3-4 defense that he hates, the Pats will have to release him in 2013 as he is set to make over $20 million that year.
Okay, back to the breakdown. First, you look at what each player means to his team both in the locker room and in the community. Nnamdi takes kids that live in the urban area that probably havn't been much further than their inner city and takes them on college tours to some of the best schools nation wide. He pays for the entire trip, arranges the entire trip and takes part in the entire trip. Albert Haynesworth stepped on guys head with his cleates still on while the dude was on his back on the ground. I could take more about Nnamdi's work in the community and all the incredibly self-less things he does for orphans and widows in Nigeria, but I think I have made my point. Oh yeah, fat Albert sexual harrassed a waitress, allegedly, which is set to go to court this month.
Of course, some people don't care about those kind of things as what you do on the football field is all that matters. One player can't divide a locker room and ruin a season can it? Why does the 2005 season all of the sudden ring a bell? Anyways let's compare what each player meant for their team statisically.
Albert Haynesworth had whopping 13 solo tackles, 3 sacks and did the worm once in 2010(something Nnamdi Asomugha has yet to accomplish in his career). Nnamdi Asomugha was targeted just 31 times in 14 games giving up ZERO touchdowns. Quarterbacks have refused to throw to Nnamid's side in the last few seasons.
Nnamdi is already stating that he would like to play the slot and be used similarily to the way the Packers have been using Charles Woodson. There's a scary thought, one play Nnamdi is shutting down your best wide out the next he is coming on a delay blitz that Eli didn't even see coming.
Skip Bayless is allowed to have his opinion as is anyone, but you have to both back your opinion up and be ready for the backlash/rebutal when you say asinine things like that on national radio. Mike Greenberg disagreed with him on Mike in Mike, and Skip's best response was "Is this becuase your a Jet's fan?"


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This is my half-assed attempt at covering the Blackhawks Convention for the 2009/2010 season, providing you with impressions and personal highlights of the BC-'09.
I have received two free passes from a friend of mine who works for the PR department of UC Hospitals and she worked on those medical commercials we saw during home games. According to her, VERSTEEG! is a brain-of-curdled-cheese-Canuck-farmboy idiot and Wiz has "the most perfectly developed legs (she) had ever seen outside of comic books." Yeah, Gail's cool.
I gave my second pass to my brother, Joe, another lifelong 'Hawks fan. My dad raised me on a solid diet of 'Hawks history from the 50's and 60's; Bro Joe supplied me with all there is to know about the 70's and early 80's. I picked up the passes and the psych had begun.
We get down to the hotel and it is not crowded, but there are no directions posted anywhere. There was one map posted in the large main corridor, but no "You Are Here" or too many landmarks laid out. But anybody can find the International Ballroom, so Joe and I make our way up inside. It was half full by this point and SRO, which I found...interesting. I figured, for some odd reason, that there would be benches, maybe even chairs. I don't know why I thought this, but I did. Joe and I geeked out a bit, and he leaves to get a smoke. It turns out that, should you leave for anything besides a serious injury that you cannot return. They don't tell you this as you are leaving the room, of course; why should they? McDollar already has your money. At this point you are allowed to go screw.
In the SRO ballroom there is a large screen replaying all of the 'Hawks internet stuff and intermission videos; chuckle-worthy, to be sure. All of this is only feeding my Hawk Geek and build my anticipation.
Finally, Edzo makes his appearance as MC and introduces the alumni. There's a great collection this year that spans the greatest eras of our team, and some great players are getting recognition. Lou Angotti, Tony Amonte, Cliff Koroll, Ab McDonald, and my dad's favorite defenseman, Eric Nesterenko, are players I didn't expect to see, but it is great that they are here.
After the alumni comes the part I have been waiting for; it's time to introduce the office. I came here to see the reception given to the Bowmans and John McDollar and I was not disappointed. Where I stood, no one cheered for the Bowmans; no clapping, no fanfare. And when Mc Dollar came out, he was booed. Not just booed, but BOOOOOOOOOOOED!!! Of course, Rocky was cheered like a conquering hero, and was smiling the whole time. What a fun place that front office must be, no?
When the players came out, I was struck that they introduced Jack Skille and Kyle Beach; are these two going to see some ice time this year? I hope so, because Skille is really fast and can score; Beach is fucking HUGE! He looks bigger than Biscuit. After Kopecky and Hossa are introduced, the crowd chants "Detroit Sucks!" for the second time that night, this time for a good twenty seconds. Tazer gives a decent speech; you can tell this kid is being groomed to be a captain for life here.
After the speeches, I get reunited with dear brother and pick up the swag bag. I finally have a schedule and will make plans for Saturday accordingly. The sellers area is pretty good, with some great merch available for my money, but that can wait until tomorrow, I tell myself. When that autographed picture of Tony Amonte and JR is gone tomorrow, I will have no one to blame but myself.
Overall, the first night was pretty good; I hope to check into as many of the conferences as I can today, with more to report later.


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Bronchiolitis is a childhood disease that affects the lungs. It occurs when a virus enters the breathing system. The virus causes the tiny airways in the lungs to become swollen. As a result, a thick fluid called mucus collects in the airways. This makes it hard for air to flow freely in the lungs.
The infection will usually go away after 7-10 days. Some may show very mild symptoms. In others, the disease can be severe. Younger children are more likely to have severe symptoms because they have smaller airways.
Bronchiolitis is caused by a virus. There are several different types of virus that may cause it. The viruses are easily spread from person to person like a common cold. It spreads most often through coughs or sneezes which release droplets of moisture into the air. Breathing in the air can cause the infection in a noninfected person.
Bronchiolitis can affect anyone. Some factors that may increase your risk of infection include:
Symptoms of bronchiolitis occur in two stages:
During the first 2-3 days the child will probably have a:
During the next 2-3 days, the symptoms increase to include:
More serious symptoms may require care from your doctor. Call the doctor if your child:
To diagnose bronchiolitis, your doctor may do one or more of the following:
Your doctor may also order:
There is no medication to cure viral infections. The infection will usually clear on its own after a week to 10 days.
Treatment steps will focus on making your child more comfortable. These steps include:
In severe cases, medical treatment may be needed. The doctor will check for dehydration and pneumonia. The doctor will also make sure the child is getting enough oxygen. Your child may need to be admitted to the hospital.
There is no vaccine to prevent bronchiolitis. There are some medications that may lessen the risk of bronchiolitis by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is a virus which causes more than half of all cases of bronchiolitis. This preventative medication is usually given to high-risk babies. It is given monthly during high risk RSV season.
Proper handwashing habits can help to prevent the spread of illness. Make sure to wash your hands before touching your child. Also wash your hands after being in contact with an infected person.
Bronchiolitis can spread easily from one person to another. Children should be kept home until they are well. Teach your children to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue or upper sleeve when they cough or sneeze.
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Bronchiolitis and your child. American Academy of Family Physicians website. Available at: http://www.familydoctor.org. Updated January 2010. Accessed July 19, 2012.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants and children. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php. Updated April 7, 2012. Accessed July 19, 2012.
Gadomski AM, Bhasale aL: Bronchodilators for bronchiolitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006:CD001266.
Smyth RL, Openshaw PJ. Bronchiolitis. Lancet. 2006;368:312-322.
Steiner RWP. Treating acute bronchiolitis associated with RSV. Am Fam Physician. 2004;69:325-330.
8/10/2007 according to the following study, as cited by http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Corneli HM, Zorc JJ, Majahan P, et al. A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of dexamethasone for bronchiolitis. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:331-339.
2/5/2009 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Panickar J, Lakhanpaul M, Lambert PC, et al. Oral prednisolone for preschool children with acute virus-induced wheezing. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:329-338.
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Robbins, Mandy and Francis, Leslie J.. (2010) The teenage religion and values survey in England and Wales : an overview. British Journal of Religious Education, Vol.32 (No.3). pp. 307-320. ISSN 0141-6200
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The Teenage Religion and Values Survey was conducted throughout the 1990s among young people between the ages of 13 and 15 years. A total of 33,982 young people took part in the survey. As the next phase of this research begins for the twenty-first century this paper looks back at the survey conducted in the 1990s and considers two aspects of the research. First, this paper considers the methodology behind designing such a survey. Second, this paper considers some of the insights generated by the survey under five headings: personality, spiritual health, religious affiliation, belonging without believing, and church leaving.
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|Astley, J. (2005). The science and religion interface within young people's attitudes and beliefs. In L. J., Francis, J. Astley, & M. Robbins (Eds.), Religion, Education and Adolescence: International empirical perspectives (pp. 39-54). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G. (1991). Manual of the Eysenck Personality Scales, London: Hodder and Stoughton. Fisher, J. W. (2001). Comparing levels of spiritual well-being in State, Catholic and Independent schools in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Beliefs and Values 22, 99-105. Fisher, J. W. (2004). Feeling good, living life: A spiritual health measure for young children. Journal of Beliefs and Values 25, 307-315. Francis, L. J. (1982). Youth in Transit: A profile of 16-25 year olds. Aldershot: Gower. Francis, L. J. (1984). Teenagers and the Church: A profile of church-going youth in the 1980s. London: Collins Liturgical Publications. Francis, L. J. (1996). The development of an abbreviated form of the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQR-A) among 13-15 year olds. Personality and Individual Differences 21, 835-844. Francis, L. J. (2000a). Who reads the bible? A study among 13-15 year olds. British Journal of Religious Education. 22, 165-172. Francis, L. J. (2000b). The relationship between bible reading and purpose in life among 13-15 year olds. Mental Health, Religion and Culture 3, 27-36. Francis, L. J. (2001a). The Values Debate: A voice from the pupils. London: Woburn Press. Francis, L. J. (2001b). Religion and values: A quantitative perspective. In L. J. Francis, J. Astley, & M. Robbins (Eds.), The Fourth R for the Third Millennium: education in religion and values for the global future (pp. 47-78). Dublin: Lindisfarne Books. Francis, L. J. (2001c). The social significance of religious affiliation among adolescents in England and Wales. In H.-G. Ziebertz (Ed.), Religious Individualisation and Christian Religious Semantics (pp. 115-138). Münster: Lit Verlag. Francis, L. J. (2001d). God images, personal wellbeing and moral values: A survey among 13-15 year olds in England and Wales. In H.-G. Ziebertz (Ed.), Imagining God: Empirical explorations from an international perspective (pp. 125-144). Munster: Lit Verlag. Francis, L. J. (2002a). Catholic schools and Catholic values: A study of moral and religious values among 13-15 year old pupils attending non-denominational and Catholic schools in England and Wales. International Journal of Education and Religion 3, 69-84. Francis, L. J. (2002b). The relationship between bible reading and attitude toward substance use among 13-15 year olds. Religious Education 97, 44-60. Francis, L. J. (2004). Empirical theology and hermeneutical religious education: A case study concerning adolescent attitudes toward abortion. In H. Lombaerts, & D. Pollefeyt, (Eds.), Hermeneutics and Religious Education (pp. 355-373). Leuven: Peeters. Francis, L. J. (2005a). Independent Christians schools and pupil values: An empirical investigation among 13- to 15-year-old boys. British Journal of Religious Education 27, 127-141. Francis, L. J. (2005b). Prayer, personality and purpose in life among churchgoing and non-churchgoing adolescents. In L. J. Francis, M. Robbins, & J. Astley (Eds.), Religion, education and adolescence: International empirical perspectives (pp. 15-38). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. Francis, L. J. (2008a). Family, denomination and the adolescent worldview: An empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old females in England and Wales. Marriage and Family Review 43, 185-204. Francis, L. J. (2008b). Self-assigned religious affiliation: A study among adolescents in England and Wales. In B. Spalek, & A. Imtoual. (Eds.), Religion Spirituality and the Social Sciences: Challenging marginalisation (pp. 149-161). 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Bangor: University of Wales. Kay, W. K., & Francis, L. J. (2001). Religious education and school assembly in England and Wales: What do religious minorities think? In H.-G. Heimbrock, C. Th. Scheilke, & Schreiner, P. (Eds.), Towards Religious Competence: Diversity as a challenge for education in Europe (pp. 117-128). Munster: Lit Verlag, Kay, W. K., & Francis, L. J. (2006). Suicidal ideation among young people in the UK: Churchgoing as an inhibitory influence? Mental Health, Religion and Culture 9, 127-140. Lankshear, D. W. (2005). The influence of Anglican secondary schools on personal, moral and religious values. In L. J Francis, M. Robbins, & J. Astley (Eds.), Religion, Education and Adolescence: International empirical perspectives (pp. 55-69). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. Likert, R. (1932). A technique for the measurement of attitudes. Archives of Psychology 140, 1-55. Robbins, M. (2000). Leaving before adolescence: Profiling the child no longer in the church. In L.J. 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A range of media formats have been deployed for this campaign and it includes, hoardings, unipoles, mall media, LED signages etc.
The campaign has successfully managed to build tempo and momentum for this much awaited Awards event.
Commenting on the campaign, Rakesh Bhatia, general manager, Broadview Mediacom, said, "The idea behind the OOH campaign was to create huge buzz for the 11th Teacher's Achievement Awards."
"The high profile campaign has been executed across the country, the plan was to provide the best possible visibility and impact for the event amongst the relevant TG through strategic and premium sites across the target cities", Bhatia added.
Teacher's Achievement Awards are a salutation to extraordinary people who have excelled in their chosen fields. Instituted in 2001, the awards recognise and reward individual excellence and exemplary achievement in the field of sports, entertainment, communication, business and lifetime achievement.
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Add Eminem to the latest list of co-signs West Coast rap newcomers Odd Future have received as Slim Shady calls the collective boundary pushers.
While Em feels he still needs to hear more Odd tracks before making a full judgement, from what he has already heard, their future is looking pretty bright.
"I think that from the stuff that I've heard -- I haven't heard a lot from them, I still have to go check out everything that they're doing -- but I've heard enough to know that it feels like they're pushing boundaries and buttons, and that's definitely one of the things that I'm familiar with, especially when I first came out -- I love it, I love the fact that they're doing that. And the dudes can rhyme." (MTV)
In April, Slaughterhouse's Crooked I hit up SOHH to share his assessment on Odd Future and other West Coast newcomers.
"Odd Future has a crazy cult following, big shows, high-energy sh*t when they're on stage," Crooked I told SOHH. "It's a good thing. I look at people like that, groups like that, groups like Pav Div, Dom Kennedy, Blu, Kendrick Lamar, Horseshoe Gang. I look at all the emerging acts on the West Coast right now and I see how it's going to form and I see who the new kings of the West Coast are going to be and who the new guys are that are going to represent and take it to another level. It's a good thing because for a minute there, we was trapped in some f*cking Chevy and Chuck Taylors. That's not no disrespect, but that ain't the West Coast right now. We was trapped in that time warp and couldn't get out of that sh*t. The public wouldn't even let us out but now I'm seeing these new acts coming out and things are working out like they're supposed to. It's a great representation of 2011 West Coast sh*t out there right now." (SOHH)
Odd Future's Tyler the Creator recently expressed his mission to explode onto the mainstream.
"I'm hungry for greatness," Tyler said in an interview. "I want to be great, I want to be an icon. I want when I die, I want people to cry -- I'm hungry for VMA's and Grammy's, that's what I'm hungry for. You know? F*ck this underground bullsh*t...Greatness is a different definition to different people...Greatness if the f*cking song that I wrote last week, somebody might not find that great but it's great to me. And that's all that matters, what the f*ck I think in my head -- Greatness to me is finally getting my video played on MTV. It's on there now and I'm f*cking, I'm happy. I finally got my sh*t on f*cking MTV and some people may think that's selling out or whatever but I don't really give a f*ck. That's f*cking great to me. I'm proud of myself. I've been wanting that since I was seven years old and I finally got that sh*t. Hard works pays the f*ck off." (The Drone)
According to Soulja Boy Tell Em, he has plans to link up with Odd Future.
"Shouts out to Tyler, the Creator, he's chill," Soulja Boy said in an interview. "Shouts out to Taco. I chill with Taco in L.A. Shouts out to the whole Odd Future. The Super 3 from Odd Future, they produced a couple tracks from my last mixtape [1UP]. They doin' they thang and they doin' it originally from the ground up without the label, so salute...They already reached out for me to do a verse on a song. I just gotta do it -- They mess with [West Coast rapper] Lil B. I mess with Lil B. I'd do a song with them." (Rap-Up)
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I am starting to think that the vikes should trade off of #7 even if AP is there because they might get a lot of offers for AP.
I think that would be great.
With one of the 2nd round pics, they should get Aaron Ross because he is a great CB and he is a really good KR too.
That would fill two needs in one shot.
I like his attitude too.
He seems like a winner and a hard worker to me.
The other picks get Patrick Willis and a WR like A. Gonzalez, S. Smith, or Jarrett.
I hope i am wrong though because AP will be a all pro for sure.
I really want them to get him but the way the vikes are, i really think they want to trade down.
1.trade up and get c.j. we have to sacrifice picks that could address other needs but he could solve a whole lota problems on offense with his presense alone.
2. trade down and get more picks to address everything.
wr, de, secondary, right side of the ol.
there might be takers if a.p. or quinn does fall, and maybe even some for guys like okoye or landry.
3. stay put and draft a.p.
if quinn is there, i dont want him, i've said it before, i'll say it again.
t-jack is the man to go with. landry is not a need and okoye isn't so much either but we could get some nice early picks from teams moving into the top 10 if they want. but if not and the vikes don't wanna pass up getting a.p. how can anyone complain unless he blows out a knee like kijana carter.
bite your tongue
anything else happens, i'm probably a bit sad until i see where everything lands.
especially getting AP.
i think the vikes would take Quinn if he is there though
i know but miami inevitably getting trent green kinda baffles me.
cuz they have to give up a pick for him, and will have to give up a pick to us if not more to get quinn so i'm not really sure.
after them though is there anyone who would wanna move up to take quinn?
i can't think of any off the top of my head.
so his value on draft day is not gonna be as good as petersens cuz you have teams like buffalo, tennesse,the texans, green bay, denver possibly that would want petersen.
but that's the hard part, weighing what you get as opposed to what you could have in petersen.
yeah that is tru quinn value isnt is good as petersons but if we traded down with maimi and maybe got p.willis and got like there 2 or third or w/e they gave us could help us a lot more than taking quinn becuase we have t jack and we need to give him a chance
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Dow hits highest level since October 2007
Stocks drifted higher Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a fresh five-year high ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address later this evening.
With the Dow's move higher, the blue-chip average is now less than 1 percent from its all-time record close of 14,164.53 hit on Oct. 9, 2007. The Dow is up more than 7 percent so far in 2013.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the psychologically-important 14,000 level, led by Bank of America, after finishing in the red in lackluster trading in the previous session.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaqalso climbed into positive territory after fluctuating in a narrow range for most of the morning. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, dipped below 13.
Among key S&P sectors, financialsclimbed to a fresh four-year high, while techsheld small losses. S&P financial stocks at new multi-year highs include T.Rowe Price, American Express and AIG.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver his annual address at 9 pm ET, and will outline policy goals for his second term. He is expected to focus on the "sequester" of automatic spending cuts that will kick in after March 1 if Congress takes no action to stop them.
"Everyone's expecting a campaign speech from Obama," said Brian Battle, vice president of trading at Performance Trust Capital Partners. "It will be interesting to see the specifics of how big of an agenda he has an his time frame—that will set the tone for the sequestration spending talks that will happen in the next two weeks."
Read More:State of the Union May Well Set Tone for Budget Talks
Apple dipped into negative territory as CEO Tim Cook said he will "thoroughly consider" hedge fund manager David Einhorn's cash-return proposal.
"Apple makes bold and ambitious bets on product, and we're conservative financially...To add to that fact, we're returning $45 billion to shareholders through a combination of dividends and buybacks," said Cook, speaking at Goldman Sachs' Technology and Internet conference. "Last quarter alone, the cash flow from operations was over $23 billion. It's an incredible privilege where we can seriously consider returning additional cash to our shareholders. The management team and the board are in very-active discussions. That's what our shareholders want." (Read More:Cook: Apple Doesn't Have 'Depression' Mentality)
Among earnings, Coca-Cola declined to lead the Dow laggards after the beverage giant posted revenue that was slightly below expectations, hurt by weakness in Europe.
Michael Kors soared after the specialty retailer blew past earnings expectations and topped revenue estimates, as same-store sales surged and the company added new stores.
Fossil climbed after the fashion accessories retailer edged past earnings and revenue forecasts, thanks to strong revenue growth in North America and Asia.
Avon Products jumped to lead the S&P 500 gainers after the beauty and personal products company posted better-than-expected earnings.
Cliffs Natural Resources, Buffalo Wild Wings and Clearwire are among notable companies slated to post earnings after the closing bell.
On the tech front, Facebook declined after Bernstein downgraded the social-networking giant to "market perform" from "outperform." And Qualcomm slid after JPMorgan cut its rating on the semiconductor company to "neutral" from "overweight."
On the economic front, small business sentiment edged up in January to 88.9 last month, according to the optimism index from the National Federation of Independent Business, as owners anticipated better business conditions in the next six months, despite higher taxes and looming government spending cuts.
Treasury prices held their losses after the government auctioned $32 billion in 3-year notes at a high yield of 0.411 percent. The bid-to-cover ratio was 3.59.
The Treasury Department's monthly budget for January will be issued at 2pm ET.
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They call their music "future soul." They have a name that is deceptively simple, yet makes you second guess your pronunciation because of its spelling. They have a lead vocalist whose voice could make the most resolute non-believer suddenly believe in whatever she wants you to. They're another band to add to the growing list of definitive soul music acts coming out of an isolated part of the world. They are Melbourne, Australia based four piece Hiatus Kaiyote.
After the bounce
Hiatus Kaiyote ride that fine line between the electronic sound of Little Dragon and the adventurous hip-hop soul spirit of Erykah Badu, maintaing a jazz sensibility while pushing the boundaries of music with jilted beats, funky bass lines, intricate harmonies and interesting rhythms. Add to this that they are eccentric, not only in appearance but, for a nice change in these Gaga times, in the actual music. Their songs take you on a ride; they have supreme highs, delicate lows and can be downright dirty and dramatic at times, which just makes you love them that little bit more.
At the helm of this futuristic joyride into rarely chartered territories of abundant musical pleasure, is intriguing vocalist Nai Palm, whose richly smoky tones are perfectly complimented by the textures and patterns weaved by her bandmates Perrin Moss, Paul Bender and Simon Mavin. Although they've only been together for a year, there is no sense of rushing or any sense of a hastily put together project in their debut EP which has recently been released, and for this our ears are thankful. Tawk Tomahawk is available through the band's Bandcamp page. Have a listen to the first single "Lace Skull" below, this track personifies the dramatic, complex soul energy I alluded to earlier. While you're at it, check out this live video of them performing an unreleased track, "Building a Ladder," in their hometown recently.


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The Monroe/Sky Valley YMCA will be closed August 11-17 for our Annual Facility Shutdown. During this time, our YMCA facility will be receiving some updates and improvements, including painting and cleaning. We will reopen at 4:30 am on Monday, August 18 for normal business hours. YMCA members are welcome to use any of the other YMCA of Snohomish County locations during Shutdown Week.
Donate an hour or more of your time. We need your help to improve our facility during our Annual Shutdown Week! Tasks vary from painting to cleaning and/or organizing. All skill sets needed. Stop by Member Services to sign up. Help is needed between 8 am and 4:30 pm.
We're having a fashion show and you're invited! The Monroe YMCA has partnered with Grow with Me Boutique in Monroe to bring you awesome styles for the return of fall.
Fashion Show Highlights include: girls and boys (back to school and fall sports), maternity, mom's (accessories, shoes, purses and more!)
This event is free and open to all!
Summer Swim Lesson registration is going on now! We have four two-week session available and one session all summer! Session schedules available online.
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MADISON (WKOW)-- Friday afternoon Madison Police Chief Noble Wray announced the department is conducting three separate investigations regarding officer Stephen Heimsness. Heimsness is currently on administrative leave after shooting and killing an unarmed suspect during a November burglary call.
All three of the complaints that lead to these investigations came from within the police department itself. Even though Chief Wray says none of these incidents involved excessive force, friends and neighbors are still concerned. All three happened before the night Paul Heenan was shot and killed.
Of the three prior incidents involving officer Heimsness, Chief Wray says he was only aware of one before the night Heenan was shot and killed. At that time he says there wasn't enough information to take Heimsness off patrol, but now with two more incidents coming to his attention that thought has changed."The reasonable and prudent thing to do at this particular time is to place him on administrative leave," Chief Wray says during Friday afternoon's news conference.It's a startling development for those close to Paul Heenan."I really can't fathom why an officer like Heimsness was allowed to patrol the streets armed," says Nathan Royko-Maurer, a friend of Paul Heenan.Royko-Maurer says police should have done a better job looking into Heimsness's background. Taking him off patrol far sooner than they did."I certainly hope that it would result in some soul searching by the department to maybe say you know, we need to take care of this stuff in a more expeditious fashion," Royko-Maurer says. Madison Alder Marsha Rummel says many people she represents already have trust issues with police. Many are afraid to call for help in an emergency. She says this recent information makes things much worse."I think that's going to cause a lot of alarm. Obviously they knew this was happening and they weren't telling. That's probably their job to do a fair job internally but at some point it's like, what else is going to come out?" Rummel asks.Chief Wray wouldn't get into the details of these three incidents or a timeline of when they happened, only that they did not involve excessive force, but he still calls them troubling.
Two of the investigations are pretty far along according to Chief Wray. The third one is still in the early stages.
They were all put on hold during the investigation for the Heenan case. No word yet on when results from those investigations will be released.


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