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Description: This is a comprehensive and practical description of the unique features of the physical examination of children. The small size of the book allows it to fit in the pockets of medical students and residents. Although technically not a subsequent edition, this handbook is a revised version of the Manual of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, last published in 1991.
Purpose: The author attempts to provide a guide to new physicians on the special methods used in the physical examination of children. The book fills a unique niche; there are few, if any, other books entirely devoted to this subject. As the author points out, it is important that physical examination techniques not be forgotten in this era of high technology medicine.
Audience: This book grew out of a series of handouts to second year medical students, and is appropriate for students or residents. The author assumes that the reader has already acquired basic knowledge of the physical examination of adults. He has long been a widely respected and published pediatrician, and it is apparent that he has a wealth of experience.
Features: The book takes the reader through the complete physical examination of the child, arranged by organ system. The author does an excellent job in pointing out the significance of abnormal findings, as well as the differential diagnoses of these findings, frequently highlighted in tabular form. A suggested format for recording the physical examination, and copies of the revised Denver Developmental Screening Test form, growth charts, and Early Language Milestone Scale are included as appendixes. Unfortunately, the quality of the images (forms, pictures, drawings) throughout the book are poor, and some of the legends are inaccurate.
Assessment: This is an adequate reference for the medical student or resident who is learning how to examine children. The book is virtually encyclopedic in describing the possibilities for an abnormal examination finding. It might have been preferable if these differential diagnoses were listed in the order of likelihood; otherwise, the reader gets the notion that virtually every abnormality signifies a rare disease. The book is at its best when the author gives "how-to" tips. The description of the diagnosis of clubbing, for example, is wonderful. Unfortunately, these "pearls" are few and far between. The quality of the figures and photographs is poor, and some of the illustrations border on undecipherable.


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Hi there, any trick on how can I activate the Contact Form? Regards
Hi there,
Please use plugin to do this. I personally used Contact Form 7 (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/) on theme demo website.
Hi Oliver, A request related to design.
For the blog sidebar widget headings (recent posts/recet comments, etc.) AND the footer widget headings, you have the SAME css class = .widget-heading
But that poses a problem. Because most site owners will choose a dark footer background/image, and when we do that, the headings have to be kept white/light colored to be able to read them.
But then, the blog headings ALSO become light! And usually the blog sidebar is kept white/light colored.
Are you getting the problem? Can you separate the 2 headings css wise? Or atleast allow us to override the styling of one of them?
Regards, Amod
Hi Amod,
I've just tried, but this is not happening for me…
I went to Design section of theme admin panel and set up the Footer bg color to black and text and alternative text color to white. It doesn't affect my sidebar widget titles at all. They are still black on the white background.
Did you applied the change with custom CSS? Or what are the color values you've set for your Content and Footer area of your website?
Hmmm, ok, let me check and see if i have any custom css in there…
Hi Oliver,
Is it possible to prevent the flash player from looping ? I am using it for mp3 playback.
Hmmmmmm… That was long time ago when I was using Flash to be honest… I kind of have something in the back of my mind that this is possible, but I really don't know how exactly. I guess Google will tell you much more than I can about this, sorry.
Aaah, my bad – it is HTML5 player. But again, I can't stop it looping my audio portfolio items.
Is it the player the theme uses? Could you log this ticket on http://support.webmandesign.eu ?
Great support and great theme. Thanks.
It has to be simple but I cant find the instruction. How to I structure the code so I can have 3 equally spaced columns with text in each column?
Hi, could you please log this on http://support.webmandesign.eu ? Thanks.
how can i turn off the responsive design part of the theme and just keep it static
Hi, just navigate to Apperance > Theme Options > Layout > Basics and choose preffered option for "Website content" dropdown.
Please note that I provide support via http://support.webmandesign.eu
Visit WebMan Support Forums for all your queries related to the theme: http://support.webmandesign.eu
Hy there, since yesterday (I have changed nothing at all) I can see the project overview site but as soon as i press to get to an single projets it shows an 404 Error! But bevor it worked nicley! Now I updatet to the latest version of the jazzmaster theme and there is still the same error! Somebody an idea??
Hi, I've just replied to your support ticket on http://support.webmandesign.eu
I have 3 questions about the Projects displayed in the portfolio page :
1- How can I modify the excerpt length ?
2- – Is it possible to apply style and short codes?
3- How to leave more space between the projects thumbnails?
Hi, I've replied to you on http://support.webmandesign.eu
Hi, Thinking about purchasing this great theme. I was wondering if you can suggest a way of having subscription/newsletter added to the footer? Cheers Jon
Thank you for interest. I think this is the best plugin you can use: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wysija-newsletters/
thanks Oliver! But how can I create/add a subscribe field to the theme's footer?
Wysija plugin creates a custom widget for this purpose. And as the theme's footer contains of 2 widget areas (2 rows of widgets), you can just drag and drop the Wysija widget into a footer widget area and set the widget options. And that's basically it
Hi Oliver, As usual you fixed my issue (meta title | character) in the new theme update. THANKS A LOT!!!
Can I make another suggestion for the next update?
Can you give an option for the landing page template to be made full width. Meaning the content area…
Right now just the header, excerpt and footer are full width when full-width option is selected in the landing page template.
But anything in the content area is not full width, its boxed.
Is it possible for it to be made full width too? Cause these days, most domestic users have LED's, LCD's above 18-19", so it makes sense to have elements that go the full width…
Regards, Amod
Hi Amod,
I'm not quite getting here what you mean. The content area goes full width too – the same like header, page excerpt and footer…
Could you please provide URL or a screenshot what you mean exactly?
Hello Oliver,
First of all great theme. And by updating your theme time by time you beating any other theme around there.
2nd) I registered http://support.webmandesign.eu but whenever i tried to check topics its tell me "you don't have enough permission"
3rd) I saw in theme instead of using "-" it publish "_" eg: I published this web-man" & it shows "web_man"
4th) I have couple of suggestion to improve the theme & wonder if you would like to hear it.
Thank you
Thank you, I'm glad you like the theme.
2) Did you inserted your item purchase code? If so, could you send me your login name and email via the form on http://themeforest.net/user/webmandesign so I can check why you don't have access.
3) I don't know what you mean here. If you mean in slugs, this is unlikely as the theme doesn't manage these. And besides, I'm more of a fan of "-" than "_" Could you explain more?
4) Sure thing, just send it to me via the contact form mentioned above or post it on support forum when I fix your access issue.
Hello, I'm very interested with this theme but i would like to know if there is a "related post format" in this theme. Thanks, Regards
Something like "related post format" doesn't exist, so I presume you mean if the theme displays related posts on single post page. The answer is no, but there are lots of plugins that will add this functionality for you
Yes effectively, that's what I meant, ok i'll see for a plugin like that
Regards, Thierry
i need to remove your seo for some reason it will not work and i need this done immediately. can you help?
Please note that I provide support solely via http://support.webmandesign.eu
You can disable the theme's SEO in Apperance > Theme Options > SEO & Tracking
hello, I am having an issue with the footer on IE8 can you take a look and help me with a quick solution?
hello I created several pages, and I do not know why they all have the potential to leave a comment!! Yet I prohibit comments on pages in the theme options. Is this a bug, how do I fix it. Thank you for your answer
This is normal WordPress behaviour. Please log a ticket on http://support.webmandesign.eu so I can describe the fix in more details.
it's done
Hi, How can I add to my site big image like this: http://themeforest.net/item/jazzmaster-responsive-business-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3258640
When I add image from page settings->slider (static featured image) nothing happens (but only when I added big foto 1920×526 px, small sizes are visible on page)
Sorry, but the link you've provided contains the ThemeForest frame that reverts back to homepage all the time. Please use the actual demo website to get your intended page's URL: http://themes.webmandesign.eu/jazzmaster/
Also, can you please log this as a ticket on http://support.webmandesign.eu as I provide support solely via that forum.
I mean the image which is extended to entire page like this in BLOG FULLWIDTH or MANSORY BLOGhttp://themes.webmandesign.eu/jazzmaster/blog/blog-fullwidth/
look on my site: http://blog.datapoint.pl/ , I've already extended image only in 3/4 width in page, i need to be exacly like in your template.
Please, give me quick answer if you can. Regards
Please note that I provide support solely via http://support.webmandesign.eu so you really should be logging your issues there.
This is actually a slider area, not a background image. To set this you have to set the page's featured image first (the image on the full width blog page is of 1920×526 px dimensions and "Description" field text is set for it). Then in "Page settings" metabox on "Slider" tab set the "Static featured image" slider and check the "Stretch (fit) the image" checkbox.
Thanks for your advice. I've already another question, how can I modify fonts size or footer size? This is write in style.css.php but there aren't any numbers to change… In which file can I edit f.e. heading fonts, or footer size?
Please use http://support.webmandesign.eu to log this ticket and I will be glad to provide you thorough explanation on that.
Ok I found it. Thanks for you previous reply once again, I really apperciate it With regards, Borbis
I apologize if this has been adressed already, but is Jazzmaster 2.3 WordPress Version 3.5.1 ready?
Yes, sure thing
Thanks Oliver! Quick response as always!!
Hi, I have huge problem with login – every signle time when I turn mu browser I can't login into wordpress admin panel, only possibility to login is change a password using "You don't remeber the password". I must notice – when I change password and log in a next log out I can log in again normally but only using the same browser. It's must by something wrong with this template becouse I never had this problem. Please give me a hint or try do smth with it, this is my page www.blog.datapoint.pl Please give me a qucik reply if you can, thanks! Regards, Borbis
Hi Borbis,
This doesn't seem like theme issue to me. Can you try to disable all your plugins first and check again? If the issue still persist, please try to set the default Twenty Twelve theme on your website and check if it is working fine then? If it works, then the issue really could be caused by JazzMaster theme and if this is the case, please log the ticket on http://support.webmandesign.eu .
Hi man,
I think there is a small bug: THEME OPTIONS – LAYOUT – RIGHT HEADER REA TEXT I change this text:
but it doesn't work.
Could you please log this on http://support.webmandesign.eu ?
Thanks and regards,
I am having an IE8 issue with my site, do you have an e—mail that I can send screenshots and URL?
i logged it
i have not heard back from you yet?
You've probably forgot to subscribe to email notices about a forum replies. I've replied to your issue on the forum something like 5 hours ago (your issue is titled "IE8 Display", right?).


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Netanyahu Speaks, but Today's the Day
Activists head to Hill with some partisan rancor
Every fifth-grader knows that the United States Congress holds the power of the purse—which means that whatever Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in his speech later this morning to a special joint meeting, money will be somewhere on his mind. He promised in last night's keynote before a capacity crowd at the AIPAC Policy Conference that he will focus on the "great convulsion" shaking the Middle East and outline his vision for a Israeli-Palestinian peace—but even if he makes no mention of the $3 billion aid package to Israel currently being considered in the Capitol, thousands of AIPAC delegates will be making it their top talking point in scheduled meetings with their representatives later in the day. Also on their list of requests? Cutting off American funding for the Palestinian Authority if the money is going to help Hamas, in the wake of its recent unity deal with the ruling party, Fatah.
This all comes in the context of the ongoing Republican-led fight to cut billions from the overall U.S. budget. So it's worth noting that one of the people who attended a private, bi-partisan meeting with Netanyahu yesterday was casino mogul Sheldon Adelson—one of Bibi's leading backers in Israel, thanks to his financing of the free right-wing daily Israel Hayom, and a key Republican donor who has given millions to former House Speaker, and now presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich. According to Ben Smith, the meeting devolved into charges from the Democrats in the room (like Debbie Wasserman Schulz and Steve Israel, two Jewish representatives that happen also to be the heads of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, respectively) that, in the aftermath of President Obama's twin speeches last week, Republicans are turning support for Israel into a partisan wedge issue. Bibi, wisely, stayed out of it: "The [Republican Jewish Coalition] and [National Jewish Democratic Council] argued between them," Israeli Embassy spokesman Jonathan Peled told Smith. "The Prime Minister stressed bipartisanship … and the importance of keeping Israel a bipartisan issue, as has always been the case."
Bibi Present, Jewish groups Debate Partisanship [Politico]
Full Text of Netanyahu Speech to AIPAC [Algemeiner]
Earlier: The Top Issue for AIPAC? Iran.
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tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:/forums/march-2010-babies/rss Recent Posts on March 2010 Babies forum on What to Expect Recent Posts on March 2010 Babies forum on What to Expect 46 47 general-discussion General Discussion tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/7645873 Does your LO have a "lovey" or blankie? 46 47 general-discussion 7645873 7645873 bryn77 36772065 2015-04-15 04:44:50 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 19 lulu2bAmom 62165056 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/9373776 When do you think you will potty train? 46 47 general-discussion 9373776 9373776 bryn77 36772065 2015-04-15 04:40:34 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 16 lulu2bAmom 62165056 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/6806554 Did you have a boy or a girl? 46 47 general-discussion 6806554 6806554 Emmaliz 32247277 2014-12-29 13:50:15 UTC false false Emmaliz 32247277 20 adr131621 62237640 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/36319905 New to the app. 46 47 general-discussion 36319905 36319905
Hi! I recently gave birth to my newest baby boy and discovered this app while pregnant with him. At the time I was totally unaware that there were other boards to choose from and found this one. My eldest boy is 4, born March 2010 and I'm assuming this would have been the board I would have been signed up on had I started using this app along time ago, thy way that they atomically signed me up for the one I'm in for my youngest right?

Anyways I'm so glad I found out that this is here! I always have questions about my four year old! I kind of thought that questions would have stopped a while ago but alas, I've been proved wrong in mommyhood again.

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My 4 year old will not sleep all night long! I have to lay in bed with her and my 3 year old for them to go to sleep. My 3 year old will sleep through the night if my 4 year old doesn't wake her up crying. But 4 year old is up at least 3 times a night whining for milk! If I don't give her the milk she will lay in the bed and cry until she pukes. This is a nightly thing and I see no end in sight! Help please!
 Lyricgrace 62023413 2014-06-10 11:31:57 UTC false false Lyricgrace 62023413 1 MommaAliie 37763551 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/6663495 How much are you going to spend on LO's first b-day party + presents? 46 47 general-discussion 6663495 6663495 luv_2b_mommy 37661592 2013-12-09 01:45:36 UTC false false luv_2b_mommy 37661592 46 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/3490491 Will you get your baby's ears pierced? 46 47 general-discussion 3490491 3490491 was dead set against it but I have been told by a few parents and nurses that the best time for a child's ears to be pierced is at 3 months (the ear's flesh is softer, and it heals much quicker). Perhaps the reasoning behind it is the same deal as circumcision for boys; waiting till they're older is worse; a baby will forget about it very soon and heal faster... I'm not for or against it, but I am curious as to what everyone else thinks about it. My mom got mine done when I was 4 and I remember being terrified of the noise so I'm not sure if it's better or worse for a 3 month old lol. Anyway, I'm interested to hear your take on piercing your baby's ears - lets be nice about this though! luv_2b_mommy 37661592 2013-12-09 01:38:37 UTC false false luv_2b_mommy 37661592 18 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/4416827 Which brand of diapers do you use? 46 47 general-discussion 4416827 4416827 luv_2b_mommy 37661592 2013-08-30 03:34:36 UTC false false luv_2b_mommy 37661592 20 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/4528934 When you have friends/guests, how late do they stay over? 46 47 general-discussion 4528934 4528934 I wanted to know, now that you are a parent, does that make a difference in how late your guests can visit? Personally I get pissed off when my boyfriends friends are over until 11:30. I like people to be out of the house by 9:30 I guess I am old fashioned. Just thought it'd make for an interesting poll. SgrNSpc56 37346396 2013-08-30 03:33:55 UTC false false SgrNSpc56 37346396 9 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/5446443 How often do you have sex? 46 47 general-discussion 5446443 5446443 I watched Oprah earlier this week and she was asking the audience questions...this was one of them and I was curious what the answers would be like for us mommies! Some of us have LO's that sleep through the night and others don't which makes a huge difference I'm sure! I voted for at least once a week. It's usually 2 to 3 times a week for us. crmskle1012 37177756 2013-08-30 03:29:28 UTC false false crmskle1012 37177756 59 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/9796928 How does your LO go down for a nap? 46 47 general-discussion 9796928 9796928 brianasmommy 25423760 2013-07-13 22:34:01 UTC false false brianasmommy 25423760 11 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/9220891 How did you feel after weaning? 46 47 general-discussion 9220891 9220891 Were you more or less tired after weaning? Or did you not notice a difference? I'm thinking of weaning my daughter because she does night wakings to nurse and I'm wondering if she'd sleep better if I stopped nursing her. Also, I'm wondering if the toll of milk production makes people more tired. I'd just like to not be tired all the time, anymore... Emmaliz 32247277 2011-08-11 19:40:48 UTC false false Emmaliz 32247277 7 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/8917528 morning sleeping habits 46 47 general-discussion 8917528 8917528 purslaneprovidence 30842298 2011-06-08 17:16:34 UTC false false purslaneprovidence 30842298 9 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/8502619 Is your LO an adventurous eater? 46 47 general-discussion 8502619 8502619 bryn77 36772065 2011-05-12 20:54:48 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 6 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/8307527 How many naps does your angel take a day? 46 47 general-discussion 8307527 8307527 oblivion_hero 37776733 2011-05-02 13:51:57 UTC false false oblivion_hero 37776733 10 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/7879307 Are you still using baby detergent? 46 47 general-discussion 7879307 7879307 bryn77 36772065 2011-04-01 15:16:13 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 16 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/7890303 Poll: Curious about your cake results... 46 47 general-discussion 7890303 7890303 incrediblyhappy 29596525 2011-03-31 17:34:14 UTC false false incrediblyhappy 29596525 12 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/7580898 When did your period come back? 46 47 general-discussion 7580898 7580898 bryn77 36772065 2011-03-08 22:29:55 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 8 tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/7558386 Nursing 1X per day: Which time did you drop LAST? 46 47 general-discussion 7558386 7558386 bryn77 36772065 2011-03-08 18:51:45 UTC false false bryn77 36772065 2


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What Did You Do in the Loyalty Oath War?
In defense of Mike Leigh and other boycotters
When famed British-Jewish filmmaker Mike Leigh canceled his visit to Israel this weekend in protest of the loyalty oath legislation and other "policies," the consensus among the Jewish state's cultural illuminati was that Leigh was punishing the wrong guys. "The students, teachers, artists and various professionals from these institutions who are waiting to hear you are not the elected government of Israel, nor are they responsible for its policies," wrote the director of the Jerusalem film school where Leigh was supposed to speak. "By this boycott that you are effectively imposing in canceling the visit, you are creating an association between the cultural-artistic genre and the policies of the government and the military."
As I'll go on to explain, all that is debatable. But either way, Leigh is in fact sending exactly the right message to exactly the right audience.
It is hard to argue seriously that precisely such an association between Israel's government and its artists doesn't exist. In fact, the association is particularly strong in the movie industry, where the Israel Film Fund, established in 1979 by the Ministry of Education and Culture, has been a major backer of practically every major Israeli film produced in the last three decades.
Receiving government money doesn't necessarily require or imply adopting the government line; some recent IFF-backed productions, most notably the Academy Award-nominated Ajami, have been openly critical of the Jewish state and its policies. But if the loyalty oath bill—the heinous legislation (heinous in my opinion, anyway; Tablet Magazine Mideast columnist Lee Smith would beg to differ), recently passed by the cabinet, that would require non-Jewish immigrants to pledge allegiance to a Jewish and democratic state—is any indication, Israel is well into the era of the ideological litmus test. Films are an obvious target: After Scandar Copti, Ajami's Israeli-Arab co-director, stated that he did not feel like a representative of the State of Israel, some members of Knesset called on the government to change the criteria for awarding funding to artists. The National Union's Michael Ben Ari captured the spirit most eloquently: "Support for a film should not be granted," he said, "unless the editors, producers, directors, and actors sign a declaration of loyalty to the State of Israel, its symbols, and its Jewish-democratic values." Anyone who thinks this is just empty political talk should again examine the rise of the loyalty oath from fringe idea to soon-to-be law.
Still, if Israel's artists were affiliated with their government merely by merit of receiving public funds, then that would not be enough to indict them. It would be both silly and heartless to expect anyone to always place ideological purity above practical concerns.
However, my main argument against Israel's directors and writers, its musicians and painters, and those patrons who support them, lies elsewhere. As a now-notorious Time cover story noted, the lion's share of Israelis are deeply ensconced in a cocoon of comfort and apathy, going about their daily lives while largely ignoring the political realities thundering about them. Again, none but the most mindlessly dogmatic of demagogues would consider blaming normal people for wanting to lead normal lives. But Israelis—who have repeatedly proven themselves capable of terrific feats of willpower when the spirit moves them—must also learn to seriously contemplate the moral and practical implications of their government's actions. This, of course, includes the artists.
All available evidence suggests that most Israelis are far from accepting this rudimentary civic responsibility. To cite just one baffling example: During August of 2006, 60 percent of Israelis expressed strong support for then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his military campaign against Lebanon; fewer than three weeks later, 68 percent replied that they were deeply unhappy with Olmert, suggesting that Israeli public opinion is unmoored, devoid of convictions, and ready to lend its support to whichever argument happens to sound more convincing at any given moment. The dramatic, and serial, rise-and-fall of powerful political parties over the last two decades—Tzomet, Shinui, the Retired People's Party, and, to an extent, Kadima—speaks to the same sorry state.
Which brings us back to Mike Leigh. He—like the Pixies and Elvis Costello and numerous others who have recently canceled their visits to Israel—is telling those Israelis most likely to be critical of their government and its ruinous actions that meek protestation is no longer enough. If they want their society to be accepted for its robust democracy and its commitment to liberties, they must help it rid itself of loyalty oaths, a prolonged occupation, and other challenges to dignity and peace. In other words, if they want to be taken seriously, they must get serious.
Of course, Israelis, like people the world over, have the right to choose otherwise, to remain impassive as the Jewish and democratic state they've worked so hard to build betrays its most deeply held Jewish and democratic values. But if they do, they cannot expect to attract Mike Leigh or any other visitor of merit.
Mike Leigh Cancels Visit Over 'Israeli Policies' [JPost]
War of Words After Mike Leigh Cancels Israeli Trip [ArtsBeat]
Related: Under Oath [Tablet Magazine]
Family Matters [Tablet Magazine]
Earlier: 'Declaration of Loyalty'
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Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi
Neuropsychoimmunology research group
The research in our group aims to gain a better understanding of the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, so as to contribute to the elaboration of new and more effective drugs. Severe psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder belong to the few remaining endemic diseases where the pathophysiology is still largely unknown. In the absence of disease biomarkers, diagnoses are primarily based on clinical phenomenology. Treatment is often inadequate and novel treatment strategies, directed towards pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease, are required to address this major unmet medical need. Recent studies provide evidence that immune-activation, as reflected by increased central levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines along with activation of the kynurenine pathway, is an underlying pathophysiological mechanism in psychiatric disorders.
Our projects serve to identify central and/or peripheral biomarkers in psychiatric disorders, or in delineated subgroups with shared phenotype or pathophysiology. The importance of identified biomarkers is validated in animal models where behavioral, biochemistry, electrophysiological and micro-Positron Emission Tomography examinations are performed.
Our multi-disciplinary team is looking for an analytical scientists experienced in mass spectrometry (LC- MS) with a background in neuroscience.
Duties and qualifications
The successful applicant will develop and apply methods to study peripheral and central biomarkers, as well as genetic variations related to immune activation in psychiatric disorders. An interest in multivariate statistical analysis is considered as an additional qualification. The candidates should be delivery focused with good communication and team working skills.
Entry requirements
Scholarships to pursue postdoctoral studies may be awarded to individuals who come from other countries with the intention of remaining in Sweden only while obtaining all or part of their education. The head of the department determines whether their previous training and scholarly qualifications correspond to a Swedish PhD or higher. Having received a salary or other remuneration from Karolinska Institutet during the past two years may be disqualifying.
One requirement for receiving a scholarship for postdoctoral studies is central registration as a postdoc.
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Karolinska Institutet awards scholarships to pursue postdoctoral studies. This educational scholarship, which is paid for a maximum of two years within five years after the receipt of a PhD or the equivalent, is tax-exempt.
The amount is set for a maximum of six months at a time and is paid out on a monthly basis.
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An application must contain the following documents in English:
- Curriculum vitae and qualifications, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio (http://ki.se/meritportfolj )
- A complete list of publications
- A summary of current work (no more than one page)
- Verifications for crediting of illness, military service, work for labour unions or student organisations, parental leave or similar circumstances
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Ok I not for sure how tis is going to work out but yeah.
What I want is some info on your person. Here is mine.
Basic Info
-Name: Lance Ranu
-Allis: Draco, Sparky
-Age (Actual): 500
-Age (Appearance): 19
-Sex: Male
-Occupation: Bounty Hunter Fighter for Hire
-Personality: Lone Wolf, Punk, Dark, and Mysterious
-Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
-Name: Lucifers Angel
-Info: A Lucifers Angel once was a regular angel or a fallen/dark angel that has completely fallen to their rage, this happens by the loss of a love one/someone really close. When they turn their hair, eyes, and wings turn a Blood Red. The can change their eye color, dye their hair, and hide their wings.
-Height: 6
-Weight: 130
-Hair Color: Black
-Eye Color: Ice Blue
-Head: Black Bandana
-Torso: Black short sleeve shirt
-Waist: Studded black belt, belt for katana holster
-Left: Studded wrist band
-Right: Studded wrist band
-Left: Glove
-Right: Glove
-Legs: Black skater jeans (Zero Pants)
-Feet: Adio Eugene Shoes (Black With Pink)
Noticeable Features
-Head: Scar over right eye
-L. Arm: Tattoo (Just a bar that goes around his arm)
-R. Arm: Tattoo (Just a bar that goes around his arm)
-Back: Scar right on his spine
-Chest: Scar vertically across his chest
-Head: Nothing
-L. Arm: Nothing
-R. Arm: Nothing
-Wrist: Goughtlets
-L. Hand: Glove with little spikes on the knuckles
-R. Hand: Glove with little spikes on the knuckles
-Name: Batsuti
-Color: Dual Silver
-Type: Katana
-Description: Lances Sword, Batsuti, is an ordinary katana but it is rusted from all the blood that has been stained on it
-Name: Dragon Buster
-Color: Black with silver blade
-Type: Bladed Spear
-Description: A bamboo spear with a knife type blade
-Fighting Styles: Tai Qwan Do, Tenth degree black belt
-Element: Chaos, Any other Chaos Element Ex: Chaos Fire
- Name: Dragon Fire Twister
-Weapon Used: Batsuti
-Element Used: Chaos Fire
-Description: Lance holds out his katana to the side and starts to spin causing Chaos Fire to surrounds him, them he unleashes it on his foe
- Name: Blood Lust X
-Weapon Used: Batsuti
-Element Used: None
-Description: Lance, in order to use this attack, makes a cut on himself, mainly his arm, and lets the blood drip onto his blade. After this he makes to slashes in the air, in the form of an X, and it attacks the opponent like a sonic blast. This is by-far his most powerful attack
Lances history is shrouded in darkness. He has been traveling the world over and over just to find what he doesnt know. Lance is the only kid in his clan that received the angelic bloodline; he got it from his mom; what was weird because everyone in his bloodline received the demonic bloodline.
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PORTLAND -- It was a special moment at Jeld-Wen Field on July 14 when Thorns goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc stopped international superstar Abby Wambach on a penalty kick in the 84th minute to preserve a 1-1 draw against the Western N.Y. Flash.
LeBlanc earned Player of the week honors in the National Women s Soccer League for the second time in the last four weeks.
Karina s awesome, said Thorns Head Coach Cindy Parlow Cone. I mean, she has been huge for us all season long. I m so happy she s getting the recognition that she deserves, because she has come up huge. Great save on the PK in our last game. She has come up huge in other games as well.
LeBlanc had five saves and the PK save was her second this season
More than 13,000 fans went wild at Jeld-Wen Field, which was the best part of it all for LeBlanc.
The greatest point was the reaction from the fans and my teammates after the PK save, she said. It s going to be hard to top that. When you re a kid, some strikers dream of that big goal and their celebration. And keepers, you dream of that big save and the celebration.
Karina was living out that dream once again, showing so much emotion and getting mobbed by her teammates.
Usually, I m pretty calm after a save, she said. But just the crowd and everything got the best of me.
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Politically motivated or not, the pork barrel controversy should result in the prosecution of those who are liable, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said on Thursday.
Enrile, the most senior among the opposition senators implicated in the P10-billion scam allegedly masterminded by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, also called on the National Bureau of Investigation to confront him if there was any case against him.
"If we're at fault, then let us suffer the consequences," Enrile said in Filipino.
Enrile answered in the negative when asked if the NBI had gotten in touch with him on the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
"I don't know what they have. It's better that we will be confronted with their evidence," Enrile said.
On the Department of Justice reportedly preparing charges against lawmakers implicated in the racket, Enrile said: "It's OK. For me, they can investigate it. Better."
No running away
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, another opposition figure in the middle of the controversy, indicated he wouldn't run away from accountability if charges were filed against him.
"Before, [my father President Joseph Estrada and I] had warrants for our arrest. We didn't go in hiding," Estrada said at the weekly news forum at the Senate.
Estrada also expressed faith in Justice Secretary Leila de Lima's fairness. "I don't think she will just file cases against lawmakers without basis," he said.
Estrada and Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. revealed their children's association with the Napoleses.
Estrada said his daughter was a classmate of a Napoles nephew. "She's an acquaintance. I won't deny that I know her," Estrada said of the alleged scam mastermind.
'Legal and legitimate'
Estrada said he might have signed PDAF endorsements "but I do not know if those particular endorsements belong to her or to bogus nongovernment organizations. I wouldn't have known."
Reacting to a report on the news website Rappler, Revilla said that his son Bryan's business partnership with a Napoles child "was legal and legitimate."
"I was introduced once or twice to Ms Napoles and have seen her occasionally in certain social gatherings. Aside from the customary hi's and hello's, we had no other interaction with each other,"
Revilla said in a statement.
"My son Bryan, on the other hand, and one of her children were schoolmates in high school. I understand that they, with other friends, were in the business of importing and selling rubber shoes. This is the PB & J Corp.," Revilla added.
Spare the children
Revilla said that the business "is being tainted with malice."
"I think that this malicious story is another attempt by some sectors to malign us. If they want to destroy me, let them go after me. Spare my children," Revilla said.
Senators urged the investigation of the departments of agriculture and budget, saying these agencies had the duty to determine the legitimacy of requests for funding of projects under their pork barrel.
In separate interviews, Senators Gregorio Honasan, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Estrada stressed their offices did not have the "mechanism" necessary to check whether requests for financing from their PDAF were legitimate.
The NBI is looking into allegations that funds from the pork barrel of the three, along with those of Enrile and Revilla had been channeled to ghost projects of dummy nongovernment organizations (NGOs) controlled by Napoles.
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Six whistle-blowers, all former employees of Napoles, claimed in affidavits that over the past decade, P10 billion had been fleeced from the PDAF of the five senators and 23 members of the House of Representatives and other state agencies.
Honasan lamented what he described as a "serialized media account" of the NBI inquiry. "We were already warned, we were given information during the campaign that this would happen," he told Inquirer.
Media reports on the alleged scam, Honasan said, were "incomplete, inaccurate and unverified." He said he and his colleagues would not be unjustly vilified had the freedom of information bill he had sponsored in the last Congress have been signed into law.
Honasan said even the Commission on Audit had advised his office "not to react to the media reports" in the meantime that it was verifying the signatures of mayors who requested funding from PDAF and the purportedly dubious NGOs.
A senator's office, he said, "has no capability or checking mechanism" such as that of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to verify the requests.
Since the DBM collects certificates from requesting local government units (LGUs), he said, "all beneficiaries are verifiable at their level while a senator's office can only identify a project based on a request from an LGU."
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Diggins and her WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock are 0-4 this season.
The Tulsa Shock starts every dayum season off fugged up since they moved from Detroit Sandra.
Last year they started like 1-11 and the year before that…they started like 1-14 I think.
You want me to be your sports writer/fact checker. Well I can only help on basketball…
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Love my samsung tv and phones
She prolly gotta fight them hoes off her in the locker room to get em to understand she don't like ….. yet
Like Diamond and Ronni in Players Club
@ Smonae its their ultrasound pic…u know they're having a girl. So thats Ye's face and Sahara's lovely locks with a pretty pink bow from the Bryant's
Love my samsung tv
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I blame Mickey Wright. He does one. Then he does the other…and then they do each OTHER?
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@Miany…the one I got in my room is b/c I gave the one I had in there to my niece when she got her first spot. Had the old trusty Samsung in the way back of an outside storage closet. Blew the dust out that joka… and was like Imma use this one til it go. THAT was 2-3 years ago. Heck yeah they dont make stuff like they use to
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Was talking with @Pryn TODAY about Samsung. She wants a Samsung new Google Chrome laptop. Told her I got an old Samsung TUBE TV that will NOT fuggin DIE. In my room. 15 years STRONG. And it wont new when I GOT IT. Ex dude got it from a pawn shop back in the day!
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Yep the only tv's that I buy and my phone has been washed and dried several times because I always leave it in my pants pocket and the youngin doesnt check when she washes. Its still kicking
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We've always wanted to go camping. The time we went to the La Mesa Ecopark we were determined to camp out there. But they have this policy of having a minimum10 paying campers to a group to hold one. There are only three members in my family - myself, my husband and my daughter - and we could hardly find 3 other persons to go camping with us. Also, our car is only a sedan and could accomodate only 2 more persons aside from the family because when going camping we'd need to bring our own stuff. In other words, disappointingly, we were not able to camp in La Mesa - yet. But the choice of a place to camp was only one of the factors that were being considered. The determination to go through the activity weighed heavier than all other factors. So, we did camp. Not in La Mesa, though, but in the picnic area of the Laiya Coco Grove.
I found the website of Coco Grove while searching for a campsite. Desperate to find a place to pitch our tent and do some barbecue, I called several resorts to try to check if they could accomodate us.
All smiles after the long journey
Coco grove was the only one available and I had to grab the opportunity. So, ater two days, we were on our way to our camp out.
The trip was tiresome. We left the house at 9 am and reached the place at 2:30 pm on April 22, 2006. This travel time was a surprise to us since we knew that Laiya is just in Batangas and that it said that the travel time was 2.5 hrs plus in their website. It turned out that the plus meant 2.5 hours more. hehehe To their credit though, the road to the resort is very good having passed two highways (the South Luzon Expressway and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road). Except for a mere 1 km of rough road, the Batangas stretch is well paved and properly maintained.
Coco Grove is divided into 3 sections - the main resort, the picnic area and the white beach. Although all three places had beachfronts, the white beach had the best shoreline. It was disappointing at first because I thought that if we checked in at the white beach, we'd have access to all three. It was when we got there that I
Ah... this is life.
learned that only when you check in at the main resort would you be able to go to the other beaches. But this would cost us 2,100 pesos each and we didn't expect to spend that much. Besides, we were set to camp out and not to stay there in luxury. Although I had a reservation for the white beach, we settled for the picnic area which incidentally is the cheapest - only cost us 330 per person while it costs 650 pesos to stay in the white beach. The Picnic area served our purpose. It had some trees along the coast which had a shady area beneath it where we pitched our tent. We didn't want to spend so much so we opted to use the tent we brought. There's an additional 330 pesos to rent a tent. Besides, that's part of the thrill of the experience anyway.
Getting there was the first challenge. The next was our stomachs. We were all starving as we did not get any lunch along the way. There was a buffet in the main resort but it costs 300 pesos per person. There were five of us (my mother in law and
Dada, put on some sunblock!
cousin in law were with us) and that would make an additional 1,500 pesos to our expense on just one meal! Luckily and with some charm, I managed to ask from the staff where to get food. So another discovery was made - there is a small marketplace by the beach about 5 minutes away from the resort and there's even an water refilling station and a convenience store just about 50 meters outside the gate. So, off we went to get some chow while my daughter, Nanay and Me An stayed behind to have the tent pitched. It was funny at first when were trying to figure out how to get the food. Ikee volunteered to stay and pitch it and was boasting that she really knew how. Of course, I did not want her to stay. Hey, what can I say? I'm her mother! I wanted her by my side all the time. hehehe
We found several things to eat at the marketplace (it's called "talipapa"). there were some stalls where raw seafood, meat and vegetables were sold. There were also some stores that sold cooked food. While choosing cooked food from one store, Boyet noticed a
Walking on water?
vendor selling some ginataan hipon (shrimp in coconut milk) and other food cooked with coconut milk (ginataan). We bought some of those too and amazingly spent only 165 pesos for our first main meal which consisted of ginataan hipon, ginataan isda (fish), laing (yam leaves in coco milk), chicken afritada and 5 servings of rice. We also had some raw mangoes for appetizer and some ambrosia salad for dessert. Not bad for an overdue lunch eh? We "devoured" our meal like hungry lions! Perhaps piranhas would be a better comparison.
Ikee and Boyet managed to spend some time in the water. But I didn't. It was time to rest. We spread our mat on the sand and laid down by the shore. Ah... what a life. The a warm breeze caressing your skin, the sound of the waves on your ear, the smell of... naaah... it was time to cook dinner! We didn't have a lamp so we could only rely on the sunlight and our trusty flashlights. We were not that prepared for a camp out because that was technically our first. The first time we tried, it had rained and we had to sleep in the lobby
of the multi-purpose hall of th ayala greenfield subdivision. So, armed with just some charcoal, handy grill bar, newspaper and a match that I had bought from the talipapa, I started to cook dinner. I had built a 3-burner cooking stove, mind you, with the rocks I found around. Talk about being a girl scout. Ikee tried to help so I let her. She fanned the charcoal till the ember spread out. It was a grilled lambchops and chicken dinner for us along with some charbroiled mussels and some broiled sweet peppers and tomatoes - sand flavored! Some pieces had fallen off the grill and I just rinsed them a bit and put them right back on to the grill. That's part of the thrill, isn't it? hehehe
Of course, we can't do away with dessert. Boyet and Ikee went on an errand to fetch some drinking water. they were giggling when they came back. I knew right there that they had bought some ice cream. Ikee was surprised at how I knew. I merely shrugged my shoulders and laughed.
After dinner, Boyet and Ikee started the bonfire while I went with nanay and Me an who were
assigned to do the dishes. We had been hearing other guests at the karaoke and I had asked both Me an and Ikee to go with me so we could belt out some tunes. Ikee was willing to go on the condition that she would not be asked to sing because she had some allergic cough and might lose her voice. When we got there however, we were told that they had rented the machine for the whole day! which explains why they had been there forever. Soon after, it was time to call it a night. And the Sandman cometh.
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wow! travelling all over the philippines.....kakainggit. ganda ganda. next time, sama ako!!!!
16th June 2006
Allen E. Staley (Laiya Coco Grove)
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Re: Your camping article
I enjoyed your camping article, it's nice to know that you enjoyed the Picnic Area. As to your long travel time of 5 hours+. Well it was a summer weekend. If you leave Makati area by 9AM, it's not surprising. After hundreds of summer season trips to Laiya over the years the trick is to go early, get to the exit tollgate before 6AM and still expect a 10-15 minutes delay. But you will make it in 3 hours. Return trip should be early afternoon or late evening to avoid expressway traffic and it's the same 3 hours to Makati. Having said that I've also had 6 hour trips due to traffic. The main consideration is that you had a good time. Can you imagine doing what you did and didn't enjoy the holiday. Comparatively speaking, Laiya is probably the best beach area accessible from Manila. It has a fairly broad range of alternatives to suit the tastes and budgets of the domestic market. The area does not compare with Anilao for scuba diving and cannot compare with Boracay particularly the beach scene/night life. As you observed the Laiya Coco Grove Resort has 3 operating venues the Picnic Area, White Beach and Main Resort. Pricing varies as you noted. You were apparently disappointed that guests paying nominal fees could not avail of all the facilities. Besides economic considerations, one should be able to appreciate that crowd control for security reasons is a paramount concern. Thank you for considering Laiya Coco Grove ALLEN E. STALEY
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The atma is the embodiment of joy, yet how many of us can say we are always joyful and happy? If we are not, where does the fault lie? It lies with us, said M.K. Srinivasan, in a discourse.
One reason for our sorrow is our wrong notion that the atma is independent. The second reason is our assumption that the atma and the body are not different.
The third is our tendency to do our karmas selfishly, and not as service to the Lord. While it is important that we do our prescribed karmas, we should not do so with the narrow goal of obtaining some good for ourselves or our families. We should do every karma as something to be submitted at the feet of Lord Narayana.
We should not spend our time in trivial pursuits. We should give up that which the Vedas are opposed to. While sacrifices like Aswamedha or Rajasuya are spoken of in the Vedas, these too are trivial, in the sense that they only confer temporal benefits on people.
A man may become king, if he performs these sacrifices, but of what use is being king? A king's life is not necessarily a happy one. A king is bound by many rules, and in any case, no one rules for eternity. Even heaven (svarga) is not to be desired, because our stay in heaven is not permanent. It is a sojourn that will last as long as our punyas last. The moment they have been used up, we will back on this Earth.
We should not seek that which comes to us through our senses. These give temporary pleasure. We should seek God through bhakti or surrender. Our thoughts, words and deeds must synchronise.
Four Purusharthas are spoken of — Artha, Kama, Dharma and Moksha. Of these, the first three should not be thought of as important. While we need to earn money for our living and while the desire to have progeny is also understandable, we must seek these in a dharmic way, keeping our desires focused on attainment of moksha. We should think of ourselves as the servants of the Supreme One.
To be His servant is something to be proud of and to be happy about. If one had this knowledge, happiness will automatically accrue to one.
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Ben Milne, the founder and CEO of Dwolla today announced that his online payments company was now offering paycheck alternatives. Dwolla
The UpTake: Anyone who receives online payments should be familiar with Ben Milne's thoughts on net neutrality, even if they disagree.
You can read the full text of the letter here.
In April the chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, characterized much of the information online about net neutrality as "misinformation" and wrote that "behavior harmful to consumers or competition by limiting the openness of the Internet will not be permitted."
Dwolla is an Internet-based payment processor that lets users send and receive payments less than $10 for free and for 25 cents for amounts higher than $10. The company has 500,000 individual users and 30,000 businesses, enterprise companies, and governments as members of the network.
Milne's letter is part of a larger dialogue about net neutrality kicked off when the FCC opened up a 60-day discussion with the public ending July 15.
Michael del Castillo is the technology and innovation reporter at Upstart Business Journal, a member of American City Business Journals. A graduate of Columbia University, his work has appeared in the New Yorker. He is also the cofounder of Literary Manhattan, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting Manhattan's literary community and creating new ways to appreciate literature.
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