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Iswar Hariharan
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*American Cancer Society Research Professor
Research Interests
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms that regulate growth at the level of individual cells as well as the entire organism. We are interested in the growth that occurs during development to determine the eventual size and form of an organism. We are also interested in the mechanisms by which damaged tissue is replaced as a result of regenerative growth.
To understand the way that growth is regulated in both of these situations, we conduct genetic studies in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, to identify genes that regulate growth, cell proliferation and cell death. In addition to identifying some of the key regulators of tissue growth in Drosophila, our studies have also helped identify genes that are mutated in human cancers.
Current Projects
1) Regulation of growth in imaginal discs during development
Over the last ten years, we have conducted a genetic screen that has led to the identification of many genes that restrict tissue growth and cell proliferation in vivo. Following mutagenesis, we generated flies with eyes that contain both wild-type tissue (marked red) and mutant tissue (marked white). By comparing the relative representation of the two types of tissue we can identify mutations that allow mutant cells to outgrow their wild type neighbors.
|The mutant eye (right image) shows an increase in the relative representation of mutant tissue (white) when compared to the control (left image).
Once we identify the mutant flies, we map the mutation and characterize the mutated gene at the molecular level. Further studies of the encoded protein usually provide clues as to how this gene functions to regulate tissue growth. Our eventual aim is to understand the cellular circuitry that regulates the growth process.
Genes identified in our screen include the orthologs of the genes mutated in the human disease tuberous sclerosis (Tsc1 and Tsc2), pten, components of the RTK/Ras pathway (e.g. Gap1, argos, capicua ) as well as many genes that function to regulate growth in ways that are still not well understood. One of the genes that we have characterized archipelago, encodes a protein that facilitates the destruction of Cyclin E and Myc. Another set of three genes (salvador, warts and hippo) constitute a novel pathway that restricts tissue growth. For the human orthologs of archipelago and salvador, we identified mutations in cancer cell lines. We and others have identified mutations in the human ortholg of archipelago (hCdc4, FBW7) in primary human tumors.
2) Studies of regeneration in Drosophila
The fundamental question in the study of regeneration is why some animals have a remarkable capacity to regenerate damaged tissues while others do not. For instance, while urodele amphibians (salamanders, newts) are capable of regenerating their limbs after amputation, mammalian limbs have very little regenerative capacity. Similarly, in many species, less regenerative capacity is observed in adults than at earlier stages of development. The long term goal of our research is to understand the genetic pathways that regulate the capacity of a tissue for regenerative growth.
The imaginal discs of Drosophila larvae are capable of regenerating missing portions when implanted into the abdomen of adult females. However, these experiments are technically difficult and not easily incorporated into large-scale genetic screens.
|The traditional way of studying imaginal disc regeneration
|Our system allows the study of imaginal disc regeneration in situ
(Drawings by Melanie Worley)
To take advantage of the powerful tools of fly genetics, we have devised a way of studying tissue regeneration in Drosophila that does not require surgical manipulations. Using a temperature shift, we are able to ablate the portion of the larval wing imaginal disc that gives rise to the wing blade of the adult, and to study the ensuing regenerative growth. We can easily score the extent of regeneration by examining the size of the wings of adult flies. Our laboratory is currently using this method to study the properties of regenerative growth and to conduct genetic screens for genes that regulate tissue regeneration.
We have also addressed the mechanism by which tissue damage in larvae delays pupariation. Our studies indicate that tissue damage activates a developmental checkpoint that delays the production of the peptide hormone PTTH. Since PTTH activates the release of ecdysone by the ring gland and promotes metamorphosis, delaying PTTH production extends the larval stage - a condition that is permissive for regenerative growth. Our results point to a role for retinoids in the mechanism that links tissue damage to delayed PTTH production. This masy provide a tractable model for understanding how individual tissues communicate the presence of damage to the entire organism.
Selected PublicationsTapon, N., Ito, N., Dickson, B. J., Treisman, J. E., and Hariharan, I. K. (2001). The Drosophila tuberous sclerosis complex gene homologs restrict cell growth and cell proliferation. Cell 105 , 345-355.
Moberg, K. H., Bell, D. W., Wahrer, D. C. R., Haber, D. A., and Hariharan, I. K. (2001). Archipelago regulates Cyclin E levels and is mutated in human cancer cell lines. Nature 413 , 311-316.
Tapon, N., Harvey, K. F., Bell, D. W., Wahrer, D. C. R., Schiripo, T. A., Haber, D. A., and Hariharan I. K.(2002) salvador promotes both cell cycle exit and apoptosis in Drosophila and is mutated in human cancer cell lines. Cell 110 , 467-478.
Harvey, K. F., Pfleger, C. M., and Hariharan, I. K. (2003) The Drosophila Mst ortholog, hippo , restricts growth and cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis. Cell 114 , 457-467.
Moberg, K. H., Schelble, S., Burdick, S., and Hariharan I. K. (2005) Mutations in erupted, the Drosophila ortholog of mammalian tumor susceptibility gene 101, elicit non-cell-autonomous overgrowth. Dev. Cell. 9, 699-710.
Hariharan, I. K. and Bilder, D. (2006) Regulation of imaginal disc growth by tumor-suppressor genes in Drosophila. Annu Rev. Genet. 40:335-361.
Tseng, A. S., Tapon, N., Kanda, H., Cigizoglu, S., Edelman, L., Pellock, B., White, K., and Hariharan, I. K. (2007) Capicua regulates cell proliferation downstream of the receptor tyrosine kinase/ras signaling pathway. Current Biology 17:728-33.
Pfleger, C. M., Harvey, K. F., Yan, H., and Hariharan, I. K. (2007) Mutation of the gene encoding the ubiquitin activating enzyme Uba1 causes tissue overgrowth in Drosophila. Fly (Austin) 1:95-105.
Smith-Bolton, R. K., Worley, M. I., Kanda, H., and Hariharan, I. K. (2009) Regenerative growth in Drosophila imaginal discs is regulated by Wingless and Myc. Developmental Cell 16:797-809.
Halme, A. J., Cheng, M., and Hariharan, I. K. (2010) Retinoids regulate a developmental checkpoint for tissue regeneration in Drosophila. Current Biology 20:458-63.
Siegrist, S. E., Haque, N. S., Chen C. H., Hay, B. A., and Hariharan, I. K. (2010) Inactivation of Foxo and reaper promotes long-term adult neurogenesis in Drosophila. Current Biology 20:643-8.
Reis, T., Van Gilst, M. R., and Hariharan, I. K. (2010) A buoyancy-based screen of Drosophila larvae for fat-storage mutants reveals a role for Sir2 in coupling fat storage to nutrient availability. PLoS Genetics 6:e1001206
Gerhold, A. R., Richter, D. J., Yu, A. S., and Hariharan, I. K. (2011) Identification and characterization of genes required for regenerative growth in Drosophila Genetics 189:1309-26.
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I don't remember seeing an option to install MS Office 2011 for all users. Since you installed it under your admin account it will only be available to you. You could give all users admin rights but you might not want to do that.
A new iMac running Lion also complicates things somewhat because each user's library folder is hidden by default. And any support files and folders would have to be copied to each users library folder from your user account library folder.
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Blank owns the team and hardly gets anything off anything sold within the GA Dome as it is. The group that owns the stadium does. It is a great decision for him to build his own stadium in order to gain more revenue from it. It will also be a much neater venue for the SEC Title, Bowl games, The Chik Fil A kickoff game, etc.
He is funding the majority of it with his money & that of investors; he is not holding the city hostage to get what he wants. He could have easily moved it out of the Atlanta city limits. This will bring money to the city; this will bring more revenue to him so he can continue to build his team/franchise. Blank also keeps a Fortune 500 company based in Atl, so I believe he bring the city quite a bit of $$$ & does a ton for the city.
I guess you think it's ok for the Govt. to force you to get healthcare when you don't want it/can't afford it; I guess you think the Govt. can tell you what you have to feed your kids; I guess you think it's ok for the Govt. to tell a financial institution how to pay their employees (as was done in the financial reform bill.)?
These are just a few examples that Govt. actually is forcing Americans and businesses to do since Obama and his crew have come into office. 2 of those I mentioned above, directly affect me in my line of work.
Uh, no gas prices are not lower than Bush's last yr. What planet were you on? I was not a big Bush supporter, but come on. Gas was under $2 per gallon Bush's last yr & when Obama came into office. Obama also has issued the least amount of drilling permits, etc that any Pres. in the modern times.
Please show many any true (unaltered stats) that show the economy has improved during his 3 yrs as Pres. He can't run this time on the economy because it has completely failed. The only jobs that have been added are in the govt. sector. His moron supporters in govt., etc can easily alter numbers to make you believe that things have improved. Example, they count people who have been called back from layoffs as job creation when it is not. Another example, if you are no longer looking for work(they call and ask through surveys) or if you are no longer allowed to collect unemployment (which many Americans can't collect any longer), then that lowers the unemployment numbers when in fact, there is a much larger number of unemployed Americans.
If you work in my professional field every single day, then you would definitely see and hear that the economy and jobs have not improved.
Obama's war is the war to divide Americans. It is working. We are the most divided I have ever seen our country. Pretty easy to conquer you, take your freedoms, when we are all divided and fighting amongst ourselves.
Obama and many of the others in Congress & Senate are a threat to American values. Obama is a puppet put in place by some powerful people/groups. I hope many of you are in business or the financial field as I am. You can definitely see through the bs.
I have no problem at all as a taxpayer for picking up the tab and helping those who are mentally or physically handicapped ; what I am opposed to is paying for many of these women/girls to pop out baby after baby who have no way of paying for them, etc. I am also opposed to the many others who fake injuries, etc or any of those who abuse/misuse the social security system to get free money that we all pick up the tab for.
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It was a typo, spellcheck police. You idiot. I know of this coach, Stevenson that is. I could care less about any of the quotes, and I am not referring to any quotes. What lil nic did was wrong to that kid, and if you can't see that, then you have some serious blinders on. Stevenson having zero balls as a HS coach is also wrong. There are many self-serving HS coaches in AL. Quite a few in the State of LA too.
The kid is fine; which is why Arky signed him. Keep digging up excuses for your god, lil saban. Fact is, the big DL out of GA, who decided not to go to GA Tech, decided he wanted to come to bama very recently. He took this kid's scholly.
Clay. You may want to go ask Coach Shoop and the other UAB coaches about some facts about the UAT board. Until the Bahr Jr. is gotten rid of, or unless UAB can somehow have its own board, this will continue to happen.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but I do support Coach Shoop since he is my former coach & lets many of us ex-players know the workings and lack of funding UAB gets from the Bahr Jr, etc.
How do you know he did not eat the deer? I am a hunter and have hunted my entire life. Me and many like me, pass up on shooting deer most of the yr & look for a nice buck. When I shoot the nice buck I have waited on; I also eat it & thank God for providing it. I know there are many others that do the same thing. Maybe this man did as well. If you don't know him or his entire story, it is best to keep one's mouth shut.
Bean, you and the majority of the media in AL are pretty useless & are laughed at outside the State of AL. Scarbo is about the only person in the media worth his medal.
And Rocky, your emails regarding Dyer make about as much sense as you trying to understand the English language. There is a lot to do with Dyer leaving and it has 0 to do with recruiting other RBs. He was leaving for the NFL after next yr anyway moron.
And you know 1 of those yrs bammer was not even the SEC champ, much less Natl. Champ. Oh, I forgot, back in the mid to early 2000's, that bammer marketing grad went i was speaking of went back and retroactively claimed laundry mat national titles that were not recognized sources. Glad you fell for my bait.
Do you actually believe bammer has 13 or are you one of the delusionals as well? Funny thing is my Father, who is the only bammer fan (but AU grad) in our entire family, still has a collectors coke bottle from the 1992 champion season of bammer where it says "Title #6" at that time. Since they have only won 1 title since in 2009, please tell me how they have 13 again. I think many people have been trying to figure this math out since the early to mid 2000's when some bammer marketing grad starting putting 12 on bammer gear. I guess you and that guy believe if you say it enough times, then it must be true.
You probably actually believe that God does love bammer & no one else. Pitiful little 22 yr old UAB student. Why don't you worry about begging The Bahr Jr. if he will build UAB a football stadium & quit showing your ignorance regarding all things Auburn?
Victory, you are the perfect example of an Updyke. Keep it up; you are doing a great job.
It actually would be their 3rd title that they would claim. At least get your facts straight if you are going to flame someone.
Of course, there would be plenty of Updyke activity in these comments. It is many of you that give all of your bammer fan brethren a bad name.
Dyer had a few problems off the field & in the classroom. Nothing that can't be fixed with a good attitude adjustment. If he treats it as a learning experience and learns from it, then he will be back on the team.
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FSU in a week or so is also not a cupcake. Those are pretty dang good teams for the short non-conference season.


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Not sure of your setup but you must be really extending your cymbals upward, or way over from the stand. Either of those could make for an unsteady situation.
IF lookign to save $$ at the same time I think you may be able to find some older cymbal stands, say from the 80's, have the extension you are looking for. I had some Dixons and Pearls once that were way long.
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The Pacers know tonight's Game 5 in their best-of-seven series with the Atlanta Hawks is a pivotal one. After dropping the last two games, both in Atlanta, the team has the urgency to get back on track and re-establish themselves. Entering this postseason, there were 166 instances when teams were tied 2-2 in a best-of-7 series. The team that won Game 5 ended up taking the series 83 percent of the time (138 times).
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After shootaround, Vogel and Paul George leaned against the scorer's table and had a discussion. "We were just talking about how to best utilize him offensively so he can take advantage of the matchups that are on him," Vogel explained. "When he's got Josh Smith on him, he's got to attack a little differently than when Devin Harris is on him."
Smith went off for a new playoff career-high 29 points in Game 4 and though George finished with a double-double himself, he wasn't happy with his performance. Tonight for him – and the team – it's getting back to what they do best: Defending, attacking and playing sound basketball. They were the league's-best defense in the regular season, but in the playoffs not so much.
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In Games 1 and 2, in which the Hawks lost by an average of 16 points, coach Drew also didn't like his team's body language and how they spent time worrying about about the calls, or lack thereof.
"[We] weren't aggressive and complained about all the calls. "That hurt us a lot. You have to play through all calls. We can't let that be a reason that we don't play well. That's our demise. We have to be a smarter team. We have to play through all calls. We have to come out and play with physicality."
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Police search for man who escaped local work release
HUNTINGTON -- Authorities are searching for a convicted burglar, who escaped late Sunday from the state's Huntington Work Release Center.
Thomas Dunn, 41, was at the facility completing a sentence out of Mercer County, in southern West Virginia. It stemmed from a conviction on three counts daytime burglary and a single count obtaining money by false pretenses, according to a release from the agency.
Dunn was working at a Shoney's restaurant in Huntington. The supervisor contacted Work Release at midnight advising Dunn had not returned from taking out garbage. Dunn was last seen at 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
Dunn is described as 239 pounds and 5-feet, 9-inches in height. He has multiple tattoos including a cross at his right eye, a teardrop at his left eye, the word "Patsy" on his right forearm and "Mickeymouse" with flames on the left forearm.
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Hunting Family Posing With Dead Elephant Picture
OutlineCirculating protest message features an image of a dead elephant, still with food in its mouth, with a family of hunters posing behind the body.
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Brief AnalysisThe photograph appears to be genuine and was taken from a photo gallery on the Frikkie du Toit Safari's website. The service offers hunting packages, which can include elephants. Trophy hunting is not illegal in that jurisdiction. The identity of the people in the hunting group remains unclear. The picture has apparently now been removed from the gallery. A second picture in the gallery shows the older male from the first photograph and another man posing with the same dead elephant.
This very wealthy family paid to kill this 50 year old elephant while it was eating. I say if they want to pose in front of it, then I think we need to share this photo everywhere and make them famous. Please share so we can find out their names and give them the credit they deserve.
I've said it before and I will say it again, in 100 years or so that generation will look back at us and refer to us as the "Most Barbaric Generation ever"
How we rid the planet of bull elephants, rhinos, bangle tigers, certain whales etc.
Can't wait till we get a President that puts just a fraction of our resources where really needed.
This family is disgusting
(Message includes image shown in next example)
I've said it before and I will say it again, in 100 years or so that generation will look back at us and refer to us as the "Most Barbaric Generation ever"
How we rid the planet of bull elephants, rhinos, bangle tigers, certain whales etc.
Can't wait till we get a President that puts just a fraction of our resources where really needed.
This family is disgusting
(Message includes image shown in next example)
This Rich Family Killed an Elephant while it was eating. Let's make them famous. I see 5 animals and 1 elephant!
Detailed Analysis
For several months, an image showing a dead elephant with the hunters who apparently caused its demise posing smugly behind it has been circulating via social media and the blogosphere, causing a good degree of outrage and contempt as it travels.
A caption that comes with the picture suggests that the image depicts "5 animals and one elephant". A newer variant of the message calls the family "disgusting" and asks people to share to give them the "the credit they deserve".
The photograph is genuine and is taken from a photo gallery on the Frikkie du Toit Safari's website. Frikkie du Toit Safari's offers a range of hunting packages which can include the hunting of elephants on request.
Some versions of the message suggest that the hacking group Anonymous is responsible for circulating the photo and are looking to identify the hunters. However, it is only more recent incarnations that have made mention of Anonymous.
Since this article was first published, it appears that the photograph has been removed from the gallery. But, a closer examination of the hunting gallery reveals what appears to be another photograph of the same dead elephant with the older male from the first photograph, along with another hunter, posing behind it.
Many people (including this writer) would find the practice of killing a beautiful and defenseless animal and then gloating gleefully over its remains repugnant to say the least. Nevertheless, despite ongoing opposition, killing elephants and other animals in organized trophy hunting safaris is not illegal. Hunt operators maintain that money raised from trophy hunting can help fund conservation initiatives and build incentives to protect wild habitats and species.
While offering support to organizations that are fighting against trophy hunting might help further the cause, its difficult to see how circulating a picture of one particular group of hunters is going to achieve anything.
Much of the time, people get momentarily angry when confronted with such a picture, hit the share button, and then promptly forget all about it. Some claim - rather vaguely - that circulating such pictures "raises awareness". But, the messages give no details about how people might actually fight against such activities and offer no links to further information. Thus, any "awareness" raised is likely to be fleeting at best.
This sort of toothless social media activism might make the posters feel good about themselves for a short while. But it won't actually DO anything.
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Last updated: August 27, 2014
First published: November 15, 2013
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Ngugi was born in Kenya, where he received his primary school education. He attended Makerere University College in Uganda, which, at the time, was a campus of London University. He then went on to study at the University of Leeds, Britain. Ngugi is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates, and is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received many awards, including the 2001 Nonino International Prize for Literature.
The Kenya of his birth and youth was a British settler colony (1895-1963). As an adolescent, he lived through the Mau Mau War of Independence (1952-1962), the central historical episode in the making of modern Kenya and a major theme in his early works, which include Secret Lives (1969) and Petals of Blood (1977).
Sharply critical of the inequalities and injustices of Kenyan society, in 1977 Ngugi was arrested and imprisoned without charge at Kamiti Maxium Security Prison for work that was considered subversive by the Moi dictatorship. After Amnesty International named him a Prisoner of Conscience, an international campaign secured his release in December of the following year. Following his release, he continued his writing, and during a promotional trip to Britain, he learned that the Moi regime planned to assassinate him when he returned. Ngugi and his wife lived in exile for twenty-two years, but when they returned to Kenya in 2004, they were attacked by four hired gunmen and narrowly escaped with their lives.
Ngugi novels have been translated into over thirty languages. His most recent book, Dreams in a Time of War (2010) is a memoir of his childhood, documenting his experiences during the Kenyan struggle for independence.
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Meerkat Manor Nov. 10, 2006 I take it back. For all those times I accused Meerkat Manor of over-hyping the potential danger facing the Whiskers, I'm sorry. Friday night's bloodshed was brief and off-camera, but you have to wonder how much more heartbreak Mozart can bear. The second season ended much as it began, with […] [Read More]
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Meerkat Manor Nov. 3, 2006 This big change this week is the setting. The Whiskers are still in the Kalahari Desert, but you'd never know it to look at the scenes captured by the cameras scattered across their territory by Oxford University scientists studying the meerkat clan. It's summer, and the familiar dusty plains are […] [Read More]
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Meerkat Manor Oct. 27, 2006 Maybe it's just me, but it didn't seem like much happened during these two back-to-back episodes. Still, we learned something amazing. Flower is six years old, and she's pregnant with her fifteenth litter. So I'm thinking it's sorta understandable if her leadership style tends toward the self-absorbed and autocratic. But […] [Read More]
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WELCOME to the ATAXIA COMMUNITY: This Patient-To-Patient Community is for discussions relating to Ataxia, which occurs when parts of the nervous system that control movement are damaged. People with ataxia experience a failure of muscle control in their arms and legs, resulting in a lack of balance and coordination or a disturbance of gait.
With so few doctors specialized in the treatment of autonomic disorders, many doctors are aiming to diagnose and treat Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome without a comprehensive background in this field. Patients are finding that there is some varience in the diagnostic criterion these doctors are using, and perhaps some confusion about what is and is not part of the diagnosis of POTS. Here we have amassed quotes from publications by top dysautonomia/syncope/POTS specialists to which doctors and patients may refer for clarification as needed. Please note that provided here are brief quotes which should address the gist of diagnostic disputes but in most instances much more extensive information that may be of use is available in the full articles; it is highly recommended that patients/physicians access the full sources if possible for context and further information.
From Dr. Grubb, one of the most published and renowned experts on syncope and related disorders in the United States:
"POTS is currently defined as the presence of symptoms of orthostatic intolerance associated with a heart rate increase of 30 bpm (or rate that exceeds 120 bpm) that occurs within the first 10 minutes of standing or upright tilt, not associated with other chronic debilitating conditions such as prolonged bed rest or the use of medications known to diminish vascular or autonomic tone. ... It should be noted that many patients with orthostatic intolerance due to POTS will not demonstrate orthostatic hypotension (defined as fall of >20/10 mm Hg on standing). Instead, they may display no change, a small decline, or even a modest increase in blood pressure." [Emphasis added.]
-Grubb, Blair P. Postural Tachycardia Syndrome. Circulation 2008;117;2814-2817 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.761643 Downloaded from circ.ahajournals.org by on April 2, 2009
**This article includes discussion of specific symptoms associated with the orthostatic intolerance of POTS as well as the severity of disability that can accompany POTS and can be particularly useful for doctors not well-versed in the syndrome.**
Medical textbooks by, or including chapters by, Dr. Blair Grubb (not an exhaustive list):
Syncope: Mechanisms and Management
PanVascular Medicine (Chapter on Neurovegetation Regulation of the Vascular System)
The Fainting Phenomenon: Understanding Why People Faint and What to do about It (Suitable for Laymen)
Syncope and Transient Loss of Consciousness: Multidisciplinary Management (Chapter on The impact of syncope and TLOC on quality of life)
From Dr. Mathias, an autonomic expert from the UK who is published and renowned both at home and in the US:
"Orthostatic intolerance with posturally induced tachycardia
Orthostatic intolerance may occur without orthostatic hypotension. In some there is a substantial rise in heart rate, of over 30 beats per minute, favouring the "postural tachycardia syndrome" (PoTS) or "neuropathic postural tachycardia syndrome" (NPTS). It predominantly affects women below the age of 50 years. Symptoms include pronounced dizziness on postural change or with modest exertion, usually without syncope. Their lives often are disrupted disproportionately."
-Mathias, Christopher J. Autonomic diseases: clinical features and laboratory evaluation. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 2003;74;iii31-iii41 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.suppl_3.iii31 Downloaded from jnnp.bmj.com on 7 September 2009
-Adapted from Mathias CJ. Autonomic disorders and their recognition. N Engl J Med 1997;336:721–4.
**This article discusses many different types of autonomic disorders, rather than just OI syndromes or POTS specifically.**
Medical textbooks by, or including chapters by, Dr. Christopher Mathias (not an exhaustive list):
Autonomic Failure: A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System
Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook (Chapter on Autonomic Dysfunction)
Syncope and Transient Loss of Consciousness: Multidisciplinary Management (Chapter on Intolerance to upright posture in autonomic failure and the postural tachycardia syndrome: assessment and treatment strategies)
Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System (Chapter on Autonomic Disturbances in Spinal Cord Injuries)
From the Mayo Clinic, including world-renowned autonomic specialist, Dr. Phillip A. Low
"When autonomic failure is incomplete, compensatory autonomic overreaction occurs, resulting in symptoms such as palpitations, tremulousness, vasomotor symptoms (eg, coldness, acrocyanosis), and nausea. Thus almost paradoxically, patients with partial dysautonomia may be more clinically symptomatic than those with more complete autonomic dysfunction.
Patients with the postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) [2] are characterized by excessive orthostatic tachycardia without hypotension associated with lightheadedness, palpitations, tremulousness, and nausea. Other symptoms that occur while in the upright position and which resolve themselves while supine include tunnel vision, weakness, fatigue, difficulty breathing, and pains (chest, acral). The intensity and frequency of symptoms is often variable and in some instances may occur even when the patient is supine." [Emphasis added.]
-Low, Phillip A., Ronald Schondorf, & Teresa A. Rummans. Why Do Patients Have Orthostatic Symptoms in POTS? Clinical Autonomic Research 2001, 11:223-224 DOI: 10.1007/BF02298952 Downloaded from www.springerlink.com on 7 September 2009
"Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is defined as the development of orthostatic symptoms associated with a heart rate (HR) increment of 30 or more beats per minute (bpm). We chose these practical and reasonable criteria rather than requiring an increment that relates to our normative data by age and gender. Considering the age range of most patients with POTS (15 to 40 years), an increment of 30 bpm exceeds the 99th percentile of 271 Mayo control subjects from 10 to 83 years old, but is more stringent in terms of the absolute orthostatic HR. The more florid cases have a standing HR of 120 bpm or more (59,87). Caution is recommended with teens for whom these criteria may be too lax. ... Most patients with orthostatic intolerance do not have florid autonomic failure and do not have orthostatic hypotension. ... Orthostatic symptoms consist of symptoms of reduced cerebral perfusion together with those of sympathetic activation." [Emphasis added.]
-Low, Phillip A. Clinical Autonomic Disorders. Philidelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. pp. 515-16.
-See below for link to text on Amazon.com
**This chapter on POTS, like the aforementioned article by Grubb, is very comprehensive in its coverage of the associated symptoms as well as the mechanisms involved. It might not be an understatement to say this would be indispensible reading material for an inexperienced physician trying to treat a POTS patient. On the other hand, it is not so technical as to be inaccessible to the layman.**
Medical textbooks by, or including chapters by, Dr. Phillip Low (not an exhaustive list):
Clinical Autonomic Disorders: Evaluation and Management (Different enough from aforementioned later publication to warrant separate mention; compare Tables of Contents in "Look Inside" feature on Amazon to see the differences)
Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System (Many chapters, too numerous to list individually here)
From Dr. Shamil Yusuf, a British Heart Foundation Research Fellow in Cardiology:
"Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is an abnormal sinus tachycardia which is triggered by orthostasis and relieved by recumbency.7 There is no significant hypotension during upright posture and neither an underlying cause nor clinical signs of autonomic neuropathy should be present.7, 8" [Emphasis added: the portion in bold re: exclusionary criterion for the diagnosis is disputed. Please see note below.]
-Yusuf, Shamil & A. John Camm. Deciphering the Sinus Tachycardias. Clin. Cardiol. 28, 267–276 (2005)
*Note, the footnotes to his statement re: no signs of autonomic neuropathy being present point to an article by Dr. Low from 1995 and Low's book (see above) CAD: Evaluation and Management from 1997.
Dr. Low's 2008 book (CAD, see above) states that "About 59% of patients with POTS have an autonomic neuropathy (86,87,104)." (p.516) His footnotes point to two articles that he coauthored dating back all the way to 1993 as well as a Mayo Clinic Proceedings publication from 2007. If you can follow my logic here, if Low is pointing back to his own work in 1993 as evidence FOR autonomic neuropathy being comorbid with POTS and he was obviously still espousing this view in 2007 and 2008, I believe that Dr. Yusuf may have misinterpreted Dr. Low's publications from 1995 and 1997 in concluding that they supported using the presence of autonomic neuropathy as an exclusionary criteria when diagnosing POTS.
In fact, one of the two Low publications that Yusuf cites in favor of stating "nor [should] clinical signs of autonomic neuropathy ... be present" in POTS, says quite clearly in the midst of the very pages Yusuf lists in his footnote ("681-697"): "About half the patients with POTS have an autonomic neuropathy" (Low 1997, CAD: E&M, p. 682).
From the highly published and respected Dr. Satish R. Raj at Vanderbilt:
"Patients met criteria for POTS11 in that they developed symptoms of orthostatic intolerance accompanied by a heart rate rise 30 bpm (or a rate that exceeded 120 bpm) within the first 10 minutes of standing or head-up tilt in the absence of orthostatic hypotension (a fall in blood pressure of >20/10 mm Hg) and with an elevated standing norepinephrine value (>2.81 nmol/L [475 pg/mL])." [Emphasis added. Note that this differs from the criteria presented by other specialists, which may possibly be in part reflective of the fact that it is not yet standard practice to even test standing norepinephrine levels, making it impractical to put that into current practice as a diagnostic standard. Or it may represent a difference of opinion between specialists/clinics.]
-Raj, Satish R., Bonnie K. Black, Italo Biaggioni, Paul A. Harris, & David Robertson. Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition Improves Tachycardia in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome. Circulation. 2005;111:2734-2740. Published online before print May 23, 2005, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.497594 Downloaded from circ.ahajournals.org by on September 7, 2009
"in POTS, blood pressure is typically maintained on standing or may even increase. Heart rate rises more than 30 bpm and symptoms reminiscent of impaired cerebral perfusion may develop. ... POTS is defined (Table 1) as the presence of symptoms of orthostatic intolerance for at least 6 months accompanied by a heart rate increase of at least 30 beats/min within 5-30 minutes of assuming an upright posture. This should occur in the absence of orthostatic hypotension (a fall in blood pressure >20/10 mmHg). The syndrome must occur in the absence of prolonged bed rest, medications that impair autonomic regulation (such as vasodilators, diuretics, antidepressants or anxiolytic agents), or any other chronic debilitating disorders that might cause tachycardia (such as dehydration, anemia or hyperthyroidism). It is important to recognize that this syndrome is typically disabling. Hence, the mere observation of orthostatic tachycardia is not, by itself, sufficient to make the diagnosis of POTS. ... While pre-syncope is common in these patients, only a minority (~30%) actually pass out." [Emphasis added. Here we see a stipulation of symptoms present for at least six months, where other experts typically specify a minimum three month duration if they specify at all. This six month value seems to be unique to Vanderbilt publications. This description also includes an estimation of syncope comorbidity, which may be helpful for some patients.]
-Raj, Satish R. The Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis & Management. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol. J. 2006;6(2):84-99. Downloaded from www.ipej.org on August 5, 2009


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2011-12: Junior Season
Evan Corona-Saunders posted an overall singles record of 2-1 and an overall doubles record of 3-1.
2010-2011: Sophomore Season
Corona-Saunders played one match in the spring season in singles at the number five position. He was awarded the Arthur Ashe Collegiate Scholar award.
2009-2010: Freshman Season
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Prior to UNM
He is a 2009 graduate of Texas Tech High School in Houston, Texas. He was ranked 228th nationally in U.S. Juniors.
He is the son of Nathan Saunders and Christina Corona and has one younger sister Alegria. He will major in Pharmacy. His hobbies are listening to music and hanging out with friends. His favorite athlete is Roger Federer.
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You might be one of the thousands in North Georgia affected by the flu this year.
Seems like more people are getting the flu and staying sick longer than in years past, and if you think that, you're right.
Dave Palmer, District II Public Health spokesman says the flu is now widespread in 29 states and one of those states is Georgia.
"We're seeing more flu activity this time of year than we have in years past," Palmer said. "So it is a heightened flu season. However, we do have plenty of flu vaccine available."
This year's flu season in Georgia and across the U.S. this year started earlier and is stronger than flu seasons over the past ten years, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
And many people, who got a flu shot, are still getting sick.
Palmer said it appears this year's flu virus is stronger than the vaccine.
"Most of the flu that people are getting is the flu that's in the vaccine, and it was a good match between the vaccine and what people are getting, but it seems this strain is a little stronger than what people are getting in the vaccine," Palmer said.
Palmer said no vaccine is 100% effective, but it will help most people avoid getting sick.
"The CDC did say for people who had the flu shot and are still getting sick, their symptoms seem to be less severe than those who have not had the flu shot," Palmer said.
Palmer said everyone should be vaccinated against the flu particularly the elderly, small children and pregnant women and those with depressed immune systems.
And you can avoid getting the flu by eating right, getting plenty of rest, covering your mouth when you cough, and washing your hands frequently.


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Let's talk about brining chicken. I've said it before and I'll say it again... I love chicken. Fried, roasted or grilled, hot or cold, it's always good. And it's pretty easy to cook and get good results.
But what if you're looking for great results? Well, brining chicken is a good start.
Brining is a cooking technique that can actually make a huge difference in the quality of the meal you end up with. And it's actually really simple: you just need to soak your chicken in a brine (salted water)! There are ways to dress it up a little, but that's basically it.
It actually took me a while to start brining chicken. I knew about brining, but I kept telling myself that it probably wouldn't make that much of a difference, and that it was just too much of a bother.
Boy, was I wrong. Even just trying it out for the first time, the results were amazing. Not only is it surprisingly easy to do, but the chicken I roasted was hands down the best tasting roast chicken I ever made or had.
If you haven't tried brining chicken yet, read on. It's absolutely worth a try!
In this article, I'll tell you all about brining chicken. First, I'll go over exactly how brining improves your chicken — the reasons why you want to use a chicken brine! Next, I'll talk about how it works: the science behind the brine. Finally, I'll go over how to actually do it in a easy to follow guide on brining chicken.
Here we go!
Why Brine Chicken?
First things first: the motivation. There has to be some reason to add an extra step to making dinner, right? Well, there are a few good reasons to brine chicken:
Of course, there is one disadvantage. All the extra water that ends up in the chicken can make it harder to get a crispy skin. Luckily, that's easy to fix.
If you're going for crispy skin, just let the chicken air dry in the refrigerator for an hour or so. I'll go over that in a bit more detail in the last section of this article, how to brine chicken.
Now, a word of warning. Personally, I find brining chicken makes a huge difference in the taste. But everyone is different, and not everyone tastes things the same way.
For example, papaya tastes like nothing to me. I'll be sitting there with my family as they rave about how delicious it is, and I'll try a piece and... nothing. It's strange, but there it is.
Most people like the taste of brined chicken, but there's always a chance that's it's just not right for you.
So here's my advice. Try brining chicken a few times. But if you don't taste the difference, or don't care for it, then don't bother! Cooking is all about enjoying the meal, and that should be your goal.
How Brining Works
Brining is a neat little bit of science at work. In this section, I'll talk about what goes on when you brine chicken. If you understand what's going on, it's easier to modify the technique a little bit to suit your taste, or apply it to a new situation.
There are two major processes at work during brining:
It's all about keeping things in balance!
On top of diffusion and osmosis, there's another neat thing that happens when you brine chicken. When the salt gets inside the chicken flesh, it makes some of the proteins molecules unravel. Then, when you cook the meat, the unraveled proteins interact and create a kind of shield that holds the moisture in.
You can also add some other seasonings to your chicken brine, and they'll work the same way and diffuse into the chicken.
But salt is the most important ingredient when brining chicken. Not only does it help keep the moisture in the chicken, but salt is special. It doesn't just add saltiness — it enhances the chicken's natural flavor.
How To Brine Chicken
Brining chicken is really easy. Here's what you need:
Now that you have all your ingredients and equipment for making your chicken brine, it's time to put it all together. I'll go over two ways of making the brine: a cold brine and a boiled brine.
Cold Brine
This is the method to use if you're planning on brining chicken using only cold water, salt, and sugar. Here's what you do:
Boiled Brine
If you're planning on using extra seasonings in your chicken brine, you're going to need to boil it. Otherwise, the flavors just won't penetrate the chicken.
Why? Well, imagine that you're making tea. If you're making it with hot water, the tea comes out beautifully. As soon as you add the water, the flavor from the tea leaves goes into the water. If you try making it with cold water, well... not a whole lot happens. You need the heat to leech the flavor out of your seasonings.
So, if you have extra seasonings to add to your chicken brine, here's how you do it:
A Few Final Notes
Well, that's all about brining chicken. It may seem like a lot, but it's one of those things that's much easier to do than to write about! You can make your chicken brine in less time than it took you to read this page.
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What cookie would you have taken to the SE exchange?
A while back, I began searching for *that* chocolate chip cookie. You know the one. Chewy, gold kissed edges and studded with chocolate chips. I tried quite a few "classic" recipes, my mom's, my mother in law's, SK, CI, Niemann Marcus, and 4 or 5 from SE. The winner for me was a SE cookie from a swap, found here: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/12/thick-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe.html
I have tweaked it a little more and experimented with several permutations. My favorite so far is the straight up chocolate chip cookie with maldon sea salt. The second is the one I probably would take: oatmeal with white chocolate chips, cherries and pistachios.
What about you?
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⢠3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
⢠1 ¼ cups rolled oats
⢠1 teaspoon salt
⢠1 teaspoon baking soda
⢠3 cubes(24 tablespoons) melted butter (warm, not hot)
⢠2 cups brown sugar
⢠1 cup granulated sugar
⢠2 large eggs plus 2 yolks
⢠4 teaspoons vanilla extract
⢠½ teaspoon almond extract
⢠1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
⢠1 cup pistachios
⢠1 cup dried cherries
Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl. After melting the butter, mix with sugars until thoroughly blended. Mix in egg, yolk, vanilla and almond extract. Add dry ingredients; mix until just combined. Stir in chips, cherries and pistachios.
Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl. Mix butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Mix in egg, yolk, vanilla and almond extract. Add
Divide dough in half and distribute between two sheets of wax paper. Roll into a log that extends the length of the wax paper. Transfer both rolls to the fridge until they are firm, at least 30min, preferably longer.
Preheat oven to 325ËF. Remove dough from the fridge and cut into ~1/4 cup chunks. Round it into a cylinder, higher than it is wide, this keeps them from spreading out too much during cooking. Place on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
Bake until the cookies surface begins to crack, but before it is light golden brown (about 12min). They will look like they arenât done. Transfer to a cooling rack while still on the wax paper. Wait until they cool all the way before trying to move them around much, or theyâll get squished up. I keep mine in the fridge. Theyâre awesome.
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Who will we tax?
Doug Hoffer says "data shows that participation rates for older people have grown considerably as many keep working" to attempt to invalidate the recent report of over spending and aging populations in Vermont (Vermont Guardian, Dec. 29). In other words, he's counting on people not being able to retire in order to continue funding all these social programs and over taxing us. Thanks a lot.
He also argues that future Vermonters will be willing to pay higher taxes. Who? I don't want to see higher taxes on me or on my children or grandchildren. Stop spending the money of future generations to fund today's entitlement programs.
Walter Jeffries
West Topsham
To impeach or not?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, and Rep. John Conyers, D-MI, have declared impeachment dead in the water. The water has a foul stench that has permeated the consciousness of a vast majority of citizens in our country and a whole host of people around the world. What, one might ask, is the political payback for this compliant concession?
On the last day of the 109th Congress, Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-GA, had the guts to introduce a resolution charging the president, vice president, and Condoleezza Rice with high crimes and/or misdemeanors against the United States. A summary of her points follows:
• Manipulation of intelligence and lying to justify war.
• Failure to take responsibility for, investigate, or discipline those responsible for an ongoing pattern of negligence, incompetence, and malfeasance, to the detriment of the people of the United States.
• Failure to ensure that laws are faithfully executed, in their zeal to conduct electronic surveillance of citizens of the United States on U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, thereby subverting Congress by circumventing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Writers documenting the actions of the administration have showered us with these appropriate words: lying, incompetence, intimidation, secrecy, rendition, torture. Are we expected to overlook the obvious and establish a norm that accommodates all of these characteristics for this administration and all subsequent administrations?
If there were people in your family like those in the current administration who could be described as liars, incompetent, intimidators, and advocates of torture, rendition, and secrecy and, on top of that, they have chosen to ignore laws and instigated fights in which thousands have been slain and physically or mentally mutilated, would you ignore these family members and put their actions out of your consciousness? Or would you take action to punish them for the misery caused by their inhumane actions? Would you ignore the reprehensible outcomes that have the potential of stimulating others to consider such actions acceptable and damage our country in a similar way in the future?
Clearly, our recent history and the continued threat of arbitrary government erode our Constitution, putting democracy at great risk. Is it not time to express our displeasure with the current administration and request that our congressional representatives institute proceedings in Congress that will impeach them for high crimes and misdemeanors?
Karl Novak
Got consequences?
The spectrum of consequences for student misconduct ranges from the guiding hand of a teachable moment to expulsion and criminal prosecution. A fundamental concept of our society states that misconduct begets consequences. Repeated or multiple instances of misconduct generate consequences that increase in severity until the intended lesson is learned. Whether at work, at home, or at public places of transit, commerce, worship, or recreation, the concept is constant: misconduct begets consequences.
Most supervisory unions and schools throughout the state continue to ignore compliance with Act 91 some 30 months after the anti-harassment in education law went into effect on July 1, 2004. Parents who have attempted to hold their schools accountable for compliance find themselves and their children all too often vilified by school personnel and victims of administrative retaliation. Students susceptible to a high risk of harassment include girls, the developmentally disabled, those with physical disabilities, practitioners of non-Christian faiths, as well as ethnic, racial, and linguistic minorities and gay/lesbian students.
Parents are inadequately informed about their rights and responsibilities under Vermont's education statutes, particularly the various avenues of appeal. School administrators tend to either be ignorant themselves of the appeal procedures or they intentionally withhold such information from parents. Parents with the courage, tenacity, and presence of mind tend to exhaust all local and district administrative options to make their schools Act 91 compliant. Rarely, however, are such efforts successful. Frustrated, they logically take their compliance concerns to the education commissioner and the Vermont State Board of Education. Therein lies the root cause to be addressed.
However unacceptable the Act 91 compliance situation is, noncompliance is regrettably understandable. At the Dec. 19 meeting of the State Board of Education in Swanton, the board's chairman and the education commissioner reiterated that they have "limited statutory mandates" to compel schools to comply with Act 91.
Their actions have been limited to issuing periodic memoranda reminding the 60 supervisory unions/districts, 330 public schools, and 150 independent schools that they should be Act 91 compliant, and of the availability of co-sponsored training with the Vermont Human Rights Commission.
They reported that 30 months after the law went into effect, 138 individuals have received this training; top educators further stated that even if the appropriate statutory mandates to enforce the law existed, they would hesitate to use them. In plain speak this has resulted in failure to penalize or issue consequences to noncompliant schools and districts.
Under 16 V.S.A. § 212(5) the education commissioner shall "supervise and direct the execution of the laws relating to the public schools and see that they are complied with," and 16 V.S.A. § 164 moreover states that "the state board shall have supervision over, and management of the department of education and the public school system."
The Vermont Legislature must address the Act 91 enforcement question to adequately deliver what every Vermont student deserves: educational facilities, staff, and resources free of harassment, bigotry, and bullying.
Given the demonstrated laissez-faire approach of the state's top educators, Act 91 compliance enforcement should be conferred to a commission independent of the State Board of Education and the Department of Education. Because as long as there are no consequences for misconduct, compliance misconduct becomes the standard bearer for acceptable behavior. Behavior undeserved for those for whom the law was designed to protect.
Curtiss Reed, Jr.
Curtiss Reed, Jr., is the executive director of the ALANA Community Organization.
In the war on poverty, give peace a chance
Rep. Robert Dostis, D-Waterbury, wrote that there is a hunger problem growing in Vermont (Vermont Guardian, Jan. 5). In it, he penned two thoughts that were not linked together on paper, but should have been. Together they are enlightening.
Dostis notes in one paragraph, "Vermont has a long record of leadership addressing hunger," citing 30 years of government programs we've funded to support his case. But, in another paragraph he reveals, "Here in Vermont, the percentage of families facing the most severe form of hunger has doubled since 1999 — the largest increase in the nation." If this is true, Vermonters need to ask why 30 years of "leadership" (and a lot of tax dollars) gets us the worst record of accomplishment in the country.
A new report, "How to Win the War on Poverty," by Mathew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute, takes an extensive look at poverty across the United States. His findings do much to explain why the phenomenon Dostis stumbled upon is victimizing Vermonters. It turns out that — as some will argue the "war on terror" just creates more terrorists — the "war on poverty" is, in fact, just creating more poor people, and it's time to cut and run. Cut taxes that is.
Ladner discovered, "During [the 90s], the average state saw childhood poverty decline by 8.4 percent, but in the 10 highest-spending states, childhood poverty increased by 4.5 percent." The reason: The states that spent less money taxed their citizens and businesses less, which led to more high-wage, private sector jobs. A job, after all, and as this study illustrates, is the best, most effective anti-poverty program going.
Vermont earned a lackluster C-minus for our poverty reduction results in general and a below average C for the job we're doing on behalf of our children. Not bad grades by New England standards. Every other state in the high-taxing, high-spending Northeast got an F, but still, don't Vermonters care enough to demand the best for our kids?
So, who and what policies did get the best results? The answers are Colorado and the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
Throughout the 90s, Colorado reduced the number of children living in poverty by a whopping 26.9 percent. Not coincidentally, it was in 1992 that Colorado instituted the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, strictly capping state spending growth at a maximum rate of inflation plus population growth and returning — by law — all excess revenue to the people who paid the taxes. As a result, Ladner writes, "Colorado's economy has been exceptionally strong. Between 1995 and 2000, Colorado ranked first among all states in gross state product growth and second in personal income growth." These conditions — not big government programs — reduce poverty for real.
If we really care about helping people escape poverty, especially our children, Vermont has an opportunity in the upcoming legislative biennium to enact a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights. If we really care about solving the problems like the one Rep. Dostis calls to our attention, our first order of business should be to eliminate the biggest poverty inducing conditions that exist in Vermont today: One of the highest tax burdens in the nation, and a business climate ranked 46th worst.
In 2007, caring Vermonters should send a clear message to our Legislature: In the war on poverty, give peace a chance. And, give all Vermonters the benefit of a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights.
Rob Roper
Rob Roper is the state director for FreedomWorks-Vermont. For more information, go to www.freedomworks.org/vermont/.
Call physician-assisted suicide what it is
In considering the 2007 legislative agenda, the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare believes a priority should be placed on access to and funding for good palliative/end-of-life care for all Vermonters with chronic and terminal illnesses.
Our legislators could assist in this goal by publicly completing written advance directives, giving their preferences for goals and scope of treatment should they become critically ill, and then registering them on the new online system they authorized last year so their wishes will be immediately available to all health care professionals when questions arise.
In thinking about the question of whether a Vermont physician should be legally allowed to write a lethal prescription for a patient (a question that has been brought up repeatedly for the past several years, but has not been approved by the Legislature), a fundamental question is whether it should be called "physician-assisted suicide" or "death with dignity." It seems self-evident that when a physician assists a patient in bringing about his or her death, it is physician-assisted suicide.
In commenting on this question of terminology, Derek Humphry, founder of the assisted-suicide/euthanasia movement, said on his blog on Nov.11, "I think the DHS [Oregon's Department of Human Services] should stick with 'physician-assisted suicide' — describing an action precisely. To wrap up our support for physician-assisted suicide in fancy language invites our critics to say we are trying to change the law covertly and that we are ashamed of being frank about what we really want." Well said. I agree.
Robert D. Orr, MD
South Burlington
Robert D. Orr is president of the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare. For more information, visit www.vaeh.org.


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Second New Mexico Suit Filed Over Body Cavity Searches, with Update
A second lawsuit was filed Friday against southern New Mexico authorities accused of illegally subjecting drug suspects to invasive body cavity searches. And the attorney who filed the cases says she has been getting calls from others saying they were detained after the uncertified drug-sniffing dog at the heart of both cases raised suspicions.
Albuquerque civil rights attorney Shannon Kennedy filed the new lawsuit against the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office on behalf of Timothy Young, who says he was strip-searched in a gas station parking lot, then taken to the hospital for a cavity search. The lawsuit claims the searches were unreasonable, and that the body cavity search was in violation of the search warrant issued. Kennedy says the warrant was issued to search his body but not body cavities.
The sheriff of the border county could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kennedy has also filed suit against the sheriff's office and police in Deming on behalf of a southern New Mexico man who was taken to two hospitals and forced to have anal probes, three enemas, two body X-rays and a colonoscopy following a traffic stop.
The lawsuits have raised questions about drug searches along the border. In addition to the two cases filed by Kennedy, the American Civil Liberties Union says it is preparing to sue U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of a woman who was crossing into El Paso in December and subjected to invasive searches after a drug dog alerted agents.
Attorney Laura Schauer Ives says the woman was strip-searched, vaginally probed then taken to the hospital for more invasive tests, a forced bowel movement, X-rays and scans. No drugs were found, the ACLU said. Schauer Ives said the woman's medical records refer to her being brought in both by Border Patrol and customs agents. The group has had a Freedom of Information Request pending since April to identify the officers and which departments of CBP were involved.
Read the rest here: Second New Mexico Suit Filed Over Body Cavity Searches (Update) - Las Cruces Sun-News
Every immigration reform proposal offered by anyone includes measures for increased border security. Mexicans are not the only victims of 'border security', although they are more frequently fatal victims, and more frequently abused than US citizens.


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Uni band follow path of legends
Posted: September 21, 2012|
A newly-formed Bath band are following in the footsteps of music legends The Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin by recording their first album in rock star Ronnie Lane's mobile studio.
Peyote, who met while studying music at Bath Spa University, describe themselves as a bluesy alternative rock band, and have performed across the UK.
Their debut album is being recorded in the Ronnie Lane mobile studio, originally owned by the bass guitarist and member of English rock and roll band The Faces, in Oldfield Park.
Members Joe Little, 20, George Wilse, 20, Tom O'Reilly, 21, and Andrew Squance, 19, will be using the same equipment that the Stones used for their Black And Blue album, The Who use for Quadrophenia, and Led Zeppelin for Physical Graffiti.
Singer Joe Little, who like the rest of the group is still a student at Bath Spa, said: "It has been fantastic using the studio, the history is just incredible.
"We were really excited when we were told that we would be using it but it was also a bit daunting.
"Some really epic albums have been recorded on this equipment.
"It is four days of intense work for us, and we hope to have the album out by Christmas."
Peyote have been together since December, but already have a big following and have performed in venues across the country.
It was on one of these gigs that they attracted the attention of producer Henry Padovani, who was one of the founder members of The Police. He offered to produce the band's first album.
Lane bought the studio, housed in a caravan, in 1972, and it was one of the first mobile recording studios.
When he left The Faces in 1973 he based the studio on his farm in Wales, and used it to record his first solo album Any More for Any More.
In addition to using the studio himself, he leased it to other artists for their own recordings.
Since his death in 1997, the studio has been available for bands to hire.
For more information on the band visit www. peyoteband.com.


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August 5, 2015
It has been a solemn day for Aggies. Today marks the 13 anniversary of the Aggie Bonfire Collapse of 1999. At 2:42 AM, the bonfire collapsed killing 12 Aggies and injured 27 others.
A memorial service for the fallen Aggies began early this morning. Hundreds of students gathered together at 2:42 AM to honor students who tragically died over a decade ago. People continued to pay their respects all day at the Aggie Bonfire Memorial. Fresh roses and candles were placed in the center in honor of the Aggies lost in the tragedy.
Kevin and Kelly Kampe along with their daughters experienced the essence of Bonfire Memorial together for the first time today. The class of '94 former students have been to previous Aggie Bonfires while they were students at A&M.
Many other families walked through the memorial in honor the Aggies' lives lost in the tradition 13 years ago.
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