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|Response of the ECG to short-term diuresis in patients with heart failure.
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|BACKGROUND: Increase in the amplitude of electrocardiogram (ECG) QRS complexes has been observed in patients treated for heart failure (HF), but the underlying mechanism has not been delineated. Also, correlation of augmentation of the QRS potentials with loss of weight has been noted in patients recovering from anasarca of varying etiology, or after hemodialysis. We assessed the effect of diuresis-based fluid loss in patients treated for HF on the amplitude of ECG QRS complexes. METHODS: This is a cohort study based on ECG and other data from a previously published investigation of patients with HF conducted at a university affiliated hospital, which used new measurements and analysis, performed by a totally blinded investigator based at another institution. Twenty-one patients (10 men) aged 70.5+/-12.7 years, 13 with ischemic, and 8 with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, were admitted to the hospital for management of exacerbated HF and were observed for 48 hours. The patients received diuresis, and had routine laboratory testing, documentation of the net fluid lost, and recording of ECGs prior to the initiation of therapy and at 24 and 48 hours. Percent change (%Delta) over the course of observation in the sums of the amplitude of QRS complexes from 12 leads (SigmaQRS12), 6-limb leads (SigmaQRS6), and leads 1+2 (SigmaQRS2) in mm of standard ECGs were correlated with net fluid loss corrected for admission weight in mL/kg. RESULTS: Fluid loss amounted to 3204.9+/-1399.5 mL in the course of 40+/-23 hours of diuresis. SigmaQRS12 was 160.9+/-42.3 mm before and 170.0+/-50.7 mm after diuresis (P=0. 024). Percent change in SigmaQRS12, SigmaQRS6, and SigmaQRS2 correlated well with the net fluid loss (r=-0.70, -0.82, -0.61, and P=0.002, 0.0005, 0.001) correspondingly. CONCLUSION: Changes in sums of the amplitude of QRS complexes of the standard ECG correlates well with net fluid loss in response to short-term diuresis in patients with HF. Change in the SigmaQRS12, SigmaQRS6, and SigmaQRS2 from ECGs before and after diuresis can be used as an easily obtainable and universally available bedside index of the net fluid loss experienced by bedridden patients with HF undergoing therapy.
|John E Madias; Jessica Song; C Michael White; James S Kalus; Jeffrey Kluger
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How to Care for a Conure
Conures are New World parrots found throughout Mexico and Southern Chile. They're small but make up for it with super-sized personalities! The information provided in this article will apply to the most commonly kept conures: the Aratinga and the Pyrrhura genera.
Ranging from cuddly to talkative, conures can make special pets for those willing to put in the care needed to keep birds in the home environment. This article will explain some basics of caring for these little superstars.
1Select your conure. Make sure that keeping a bird as a pet fits in with your lifestyle and you're willing to put in the regular care required for a caged bird for around 40 years (the lifespan of the conure). Be aware that birds make a mess with their seeds, their water, their feathers and so forth and making noise. Obviously, your own living arrangements come into the decision too – are you renting, owning your house, or do you move about a lot? When choosing a conure, research the many species of conure you can choose from, so you know which one will best suit your preferences. Places to find a conure include bird shows, bird specialty stores, classified ads, and online sites. Be certain of the reputation of the seller, be certain of the bird's health and robustness, and be certain of the bird's age. Younger birds tend to come from breeders, while older birds tend to come from owners who can no longer care for them for one reason or other. When deciding on your conure, consider the following:[1]
- Is the bird active, curious, and moving about?
- Does he have bright eyes?
- Does he have a clean cere?
- Does he have clean legs and vent?
- Are his feathers smooth and clean?
- Is he standing upright in posture, with a full chest, and breathing quietly?
- Does he appear to have a sound appetite?
2Prepare your conure's home before bringing him back home. Get the right size of cage. Conures need big cages and many toys. Intelligent and constantly busy, you'll need a large cage so that he can spread his wings without touching the sides of the cage. His tail should not touch the cage bottom or brush the cage top when standing in it. While a cage measuring around 2 x 2 x 3 feet (60 x 60 x 90cm) is the minimum, bear in mind the basic rules of thumb that "bigger is always better" and "one size larger than the pet store recommends". Choose a cage with some horizontal bars in it, to allow for climbing exercise. Be sure that the cage tray is easy to move in and out, as you will be changing it daily; using a cage apron is also a good idea as it minimizes the mess you have to clean up each day. The base of the cage should have a grille to catch debris such as seeds and feces and keep these away from your bird for good health.
- Inspect cages with coated bars carefully. Any chips or holes in the coating can encourage your conure to nibble at them and cause the finish to deteriorate or might even ingest the materials. Make sure the cage is in excellent condition.
- If the cage is galvanized, wash it down with vinegar and water and scrub with a wire brush to remove any loose parts of galvanized wire, then rinse thoroughly and dry completely before adding the bird. These bits of wire can be ingested by the conure, leaving him sick.
- Do not choose a bamboo or wooden cage. The conure will chew on it until he's out of it!
- Check the cage door to ensure that it opens easily for you but is secure enough to keep the conure inside. Conures can learn to undo doors to their cage, and if this happens, you might need to include a padlock!
- Get a cage cover for nighttime.
3Fill the cage with enrichment opportunities. Conures are inquisitive, intelligent birds and need to be kept entertained, so be sure to add some sturdy toys that your conure cannot rip apart. As well, add wooden or rope perches and some toys that can be ripped apart and disposed of. Mirrored toys are much enjoyed by many conures but be careful as mirror toys can create behavioral problems in some birds; use it in moderation.
- Add essentials such as a feeding bowl (stainless steel), seed guard, water container, etc.
- Rotate toys regularly to introduce novelty and to reduce the chances of boredom.
- Safe toys include ones made from untreated wood and rope toys (just be sure that the rope cannot fray; if it does, remove frayed edges to prevent the nails from catching on it). Avoid any toys that are brittle or easily broken. Anything that can catch on beaks, tongues, or toenails should also be avoided.
- Provide perches at different heights to make it more interesting.
4Place the cage with a solid wall to the back of it. This provides security as it blocks off any possibility of being sneaked up on. Also, place the cage where there is frequent household activity so that your conure is a part of everyday happenings. The only places to keep your bird away from are the kitchen and the bathroom, as these areas can produce chemical fumes dangerous for your conure (Teflon, hairspray, air freshener, etc.).
5Bring your conure home. Realize that there will be an adjustment phase, just as with any pet. During this time, be sure to spend a lot of time talking to your conure and reassuring him. Use his name often and be sure to feed him on time and keep his cage clean. You'll soon notice he is settling in when he is spending equal amounts of time each day playing, feeding, sleeping and defecating.
6Be prepared for the noise. Conures can be very, very loud. Generally the Aratinga Conures (such as the Sun Conure and Jenday Conure) are louder and have more mischievous personalities than the Pyrrhura Conures (such as the Green-cheeked Conure), and have fancier plumage, but Pyrrhura Conures can hold their own, too. Whatever type of conure you choose to own, you'll be dealing with screaming, especially early in the morning and at dusk. Remember to get that cage cover!
7Feed your conure properly. Conures require a diet of fresh seed and sprouted seeds. They can be given specially made parrot pellets. In addition, provide other food such as unsweetened breakfast cereal, cooked beans, cooked rice, cooked pasta, small wholewheat bread cubes, and mung beans. Provide dark green or dark orange vegetables and fruits to ensure that your bird is getting vitamin A; good choices include carrots, dried red peppers, broccoli, and dandelion greens. Canned vegetables are hit and miss in popularity and tend to have too much sodium anyway. For protein, provide small portions of well-cooked meat, water-packed tuna, fully cooked scrambled eggs, unsweetened yogurt, and tiny bits of low-fat cheese. Without lactase in their system, dairy products are hard to digest so keep them to a minimum. Provide access to clean water all the time. Foods your conure should not be eating are listed under "Warnings".
- You can purchase vitamin-enriched bird seed; ask at a quality pet food retailer.
- Don't feed too much seed; it is fattening in high amounts.
8Give your conure plenty of attention! Take him out of his cage every day, and take him out whenever you plan on doing something for a long period of time, like working on the computer, making something, or watching TV. If you purchase a birdy harness, you can also safely take him outside for errands or trips to the vet.
- Have fun introducing new toys to your conure. Naturally curious, you'll be treated to observing the interest and investigation of the conure as he gets to know his new toys. Occasionally though, it might take a few days for it to be familiar enough – in this case, just leave it near the cage for observation and introduce the new object gradually. Also, be sure to teach your conure how to keep himself entertained to prevent boredom; you can't be with him all day, so he needs to know how to take care of his play needs alone too. If he doesn't learn this, he might start bad habits such as constant screaming or chewing.
- Purchase a play-gym made especially for birds. This can be used with your conure outside of the cage to keep him entertained. This should be placed where people are about so he can be watched and can feel a part of the family.
- Play games with your conure. Try hiding objects underneath a paper cup or similar item and have the bird guess where the hidden item is. You'll be as absorbed as your pet in this game. Knot up a rope and see how it takes him to guess how to unknot the rope. Place a towel over him gently and see how long it takes him to work his way out. Play tug-of-war with him using an empty paper towel roll; you hold one end, he'll hold the other, and... tug!
9Find a good vet, one who can clip wings. You'll need to visit the vet yearly. With these birdy well checks, know how to spot an illness in your conure. A healthy conure will eliminate around 25 to 50 times a day (which is why daily cleaning of the cage tray is essential) and the feces will appear tubular, green in the center, with a white edge. If the amount, color, or texture of the droppings change from what you're used to observing, you'll know that something is wrong with your conure. And, if you notice any change in your conure's behavior ( such as, drooping wings, listlessness, not eating, sleeping constantly, lame, loss of weight, runny eyes, noisy breathing, etc., head off to the vet. Parrots are very good at hiding their illness, and often if you "wait and see if he gets over it," your conure will die. Also, clipping wings and nails is something best done for the first few times by a vet. For those who have issues with the idea of clipping wings, be aware that many conures have died by flying into dangerous areas, such as pots of boiling water, outside, and into ceiling or cooling fans.
- Beware of household dangers. You have a very curious pet in the conure, so he will investigate wherever he can get. Toilet bowls, fish bowls, prescription drugs, cords, trash cans, ovens, dryers, heavy cushions, and so forth, are all potential sources of interest, chewing, falling into, getting stuck under, ingesting, etc. Many household fumes are also dangerous to conures, such as bleach, shoe polish, paints, insecticides, air fresheners, hairspray, overheated Teflon, formaldehyde, pest fumigation, cigarettes, lighter fluid, paint thinner, household cleaners, acetone, etc. For your bird's health sake and your own, switch to greener or healthier alternatives.
- Drafts caused by frequently opened doors or by open windows can make your conure sick. Be sure to keep the cage away from drafts.
10Keep your conure away from other pets. Dogs and cats can kill with just their saliva, and though it might be funny to watch your conure "ride" the dog, a conure is prey and a dog is a predator, and there's no point taking risks with your conure's life.
11Most of all, enjoy! Conures may be messy and noisy, but they'll mess and scream their way into your heart. Learn their different habits, vocalizations, and how they have fun and be sure to return the favor by having fun with them.
- Conures can be trained to do many things. The most important thing is that you're willing to put the time in and to you're observant enough to recognize the bird's cues and your own. Borrow a book on bird or conure training for more details.
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- You can toilet train a conure if you're patient. This can be a very good habit to instill so your bird can be enjoyed by visitors and squeamish members of the household!
- Make sure you have the time to properly care for a bird before purchasing.
- Provide plenty of clean water for bathing, ensure frequent nail clipping, and protect your conure from mites. If your bird does get mites, visit the vet.
- Get a good book on avian health so you know what diseases to keep an eye out for and how to care for different aspects of your bird's health.
- Beware of generalist pet stores! Not only do these places mass-produce and often give poor care to their "inventory," it'll be hard to make a rational decision when faced with seeing the poor birds before you.
- Make sure to always spend time with your bird.
- Learn birdy body language. That way, you'll be able to tell when your conure wants attention and when he wants some time to himself.
- Clean the cage weekly, without fail. The health of your bird depends on this.
- Be prepared for yearly molting. It's usual and it can take a while with pet birds. Expect feathers on the base of the cage, some irritability and a desire to be scratched to relieve that itch! Scratch new feathers with care as they're new.
- Whenever a child handles your conure, be sure to supervise. Even the tamest parrot can bite if scared or provoked, and conures have powerful beaks capable of doing damage.
- Don't add so many toys to the cage that your bird cannot move about with ease.
- Chocolate, iceberg lettuce, avocado and rhubarb are poisonous foods for a conure. Also, do not feed them alcohol, candy, potato chips, pretzels, or the seeds or pits from apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, and plums.
- As with humans, stress has long-term health effects. A stressed bird is noticeable by shaking, diarrhea, rapid breathing, fanning of wings and feathers, poor sleeping, and loss of appetite. Try to source the problem, such as a poorly positioned cage, pets or kids harassing it, a constant smell or noise, many people visiting, etc. Talk to your conure when changes are about to happen so he feels reassured.
- Avoid creating a possessive bird by ensuring that all members of the family spend time with the new bird.
Things You'll Need
- Cage with cage tray and cover
- Bird toys
- Perches of varying sizes
- Bird seed and other appropriate bird food. A conure should absolutely NOT be kept on an all seed diet, they require the nutrition from a pellet diet supplemented with fresh vegetables. Seeds may be used as occasional treats and during training.
- Food and water containers
- Play-gym
- Suitable position for cage
- Check of household hazards and removal of any from near bird
Sources and Citations
- Julie Rach Mancini, Conure, p. 38, (2006), ISBN 978-0-471-74714-7 – research source
- ↑ Julie Rach Mancini, Conure, p. 38, (2006), ISBN 978-0-471-74714-7
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With Brad Mills as the new manager and now Brad Arnsberg as the new pitching coach, it's too bad we couldn't have completed the Trio Of Brads with Ausmus as the new hitting coach – I mean getting hit on coach…
but I digress…
Anyway, Arnsberg was the pitching coach for the Marlins 02-03, then the Blue Jays from 05-09. He wasn't officially fired, but he left when Cito Gaston was NOT fired at the end of the year. Arnsberg is well respected, best I can tell, and worked well with both aces like Halliday and Burnett and with the many young pitchers who came up with Toronto and Florida. In fact, going through some of the Jays blogs, I was surprised to see how well respected he is among the non-mainstreamers.
He certainly appears to be an enormous step up from Dewey Robinson and hopefully, he can be a great help with Mills in working the bullpen properly (unlike Cooper and Dewey who ruined both Geary and Sampson, to name a few.)
Roy-O has been talking about his retirement and hopefully, Arnsberg will re-kindle his enthusiasm.
I will also mention that Al Pedrique, one of the candidates for manager, has been named bench coach. From the little I can find, this appears to be a Drayton selection as I can't find any evidence that Mills and Pedrique even know each other, and I hope this works out. I would think that a manager who can't even pick his own bench coach must be at a disadvantage – he has GOT to have someone who he can talk to, bouce idea off, NOT a competitor.
Ex-Yankee coach Bobby Meacham has been named as first base coach – at least he and Mills know each other – they worked together in the Rockies minor league system.
I must say that I do think that these coaches appear to be a whole lot better than the ones that were forced upon Cooper the past 2 years. And yeah, Clark is indeed remaining at 3B where he can hold runners who should go and wave runners who shouldn't.


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doing a lot of reading about it and come across this
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RD Burman - Rahul Dev Barman - Hindi Music Composer
Rahul Dev Burman commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham Da or simply Pancham, was one of the great music composers of Bollywood. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera. He is credited with revolutionizing the music in Hindi films, and his style and techniques continue to be followed by the composers of today.
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He started independent music composing for long. Out of his 331 released movies 292 were in Hindi, 31 in Bangla, 3 in Telugu, two each in Tamil & Oriya and one in Marathi. RD also composed for five TV Serials in Hindi and Marathi. He also scored a large number of non-film songs in Bangla (also known as Pooja songs or modern songs), which are available in different albums. He did a song for a small documentary film called Maa Ki Pukaar, in 1975. Burman did playback in eighteen movies he composed. He was famous for unique, grunting bass singing style. He also acted in the film Bhoot Bungla (1965) and Pyar Ka Mausam (1967).
He also used some of the popular western songs to compose his own tunes. One of his hit songs "Mehbooba Mehbooba" is inspired from the song "Say You Love Me" by the Greek singer Demis Roussos
R D Burman started his career as assistant to his father, Sachin Dev Burman. He assisted his father in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), and his first music interlude, in his father composition, was for the song, Jaane Kya Tune Kahi, sung by Geeta Dutt, for film Pyaasa (1957). His first film as a music director was Guru Dutt's Raaz (1959). However the film was shelved after some shooting and recording of few songs.
Filmography of RD Burman
- 1942: A Love Story (1994)
- Aandhi (1975)
- Aap Ki Kasam (1974)
- Agar tum Na hote (1983)
- Amar Prem (1972)
- Apna Desh (1972)
- Betaab (1983)
- Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)
- Caravan (1971)
- Gol Maal (1979)
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972)
- Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977)
- Ijaazat (1987)
- Jawani Diwani (1972)
- Kati Patang (1971)
- Khushboo (1975)
- Love Story (1981)
- Manzil (1979)
- Masoom (1983)
- Mela (1971)
- Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972)
- Padosan (1968)
- Parichay (1972)
- Pyar Ka Mausam (1969)
- Raampur Ka Lakshman (1972)
- Rocky (1981)
- Saagar (1985)
- Sanam Teri kasam (1982)
- Satte Pe Satta ( 1984)
- Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
- Sholay (1975)
- Sitamgar (1985)
- Teesri Manzil (1966)
- Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973)


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Employment: We try not to comment on opinions expressed on our own op-ed page, but Wednesday's On The Left column asserting that small businesses are not major job-creators mustn't go unanswered.
'The myth of small business as the engine of job creation is largely that a myth," Ruth Marcus wrote in support of higher taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. "Small businesses create new jobs when they start and take off; they also lose jobs when they crash and burn."
With all due respect to Marcus, who is syndicated through the Washington Post Writers Group, we're in deeper trouble than we thought if this is what passes for conventional wisdom in our nation's capital.
It's bad enough that President Obama, and even the U.S. Small Business Administration, low-ball the number of new jobs created by small businesses. Both put it at around two-thirds, when the real number, we believe, is around 85%.
Our work and we maintain a huge database on all public companies shows that big businesses created no net new jobs over the last 25 years. Zero. Zip. When big businesses buy other companies, thereby padding their payrolls, they don't create new jobs. In fact, they usually consolidate and lay off people in duplicative positions. Many also downsize over time.
It is smaller businesses, and especially new entrepreneurial businesses, that drive each new business cycle. And the government including the politicians who set tax policy should recognize what these innovative companies do in their first 10 or 15 years.
The SBA defines a small business as one with fewer than 500 people. And yes, when Sam Walton started Wal-Mart and Bill Gates started Microsoft, each had maybe 30 or 40 employees. A year later they had maybe 75, the next year 120, then 320, then 501.
From that point on, they were no longer considered small businesses. But over the next 10 to 15 years, one of them created more than 1 million jobs and the other 500,000.
Yes, many small companies "crash and burn," as Marcus puts it (though we fail to see how raising taxes on them makes that less the case). But those that do succeed turn out to be America's real "engines of job creation."
Creating the conditions that allow them to prosper should be the nation's top domestic priority. Instead, this White House and Congress seem hell-bent on increasing their costs and weighing them down with all sorts of new mandates.
If they and their media accomplices think jobs can be created by helping only those who don't create jobs, we'll never get anywhere.
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|Running Time: 93 mins.
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|Genre: Crime, Documentary, Foreign, Music
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Summary:The film examines the birth and explosive arc of black metal through the eyes of the scene's leaders, who tried to change the world using music and symbolic acts of violence. Three men lead the scene: one is dead, one is in jail for killing him and inciting a wave of church arson, and one continues to release albums in the genre they created. The musicians blur the line between music, art, activism and terror. Part post modern art movement, part terrorist movement, and part rock scene, the film tells a story unlike any other.


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West Seattle Crime Watch: Street holdup; Maxima stolen again…March 2, 2014 at 12:57 pm | In Crime, West Seattle news | 18 Comments
Three reports in West Seattle Crime Watch today, starting with this just in from SPD Blotter – heard snippets on the scanner overnight but now the police have a full report:
On March 2nd at approximately 12:57 a.m. officers responded to the report of an armed robbery of a citizen near California Avenue SW and SW Dakota Street. Preliminary investigation indicates that a man and a woman were walking on California Avenue SW when two black male suspects in their 20′s approached them. One of the suspects brandished a handgun and robbed the victims of their cell phone, money, purse, wallet and ipad.
The suspects then fled the scene running northbound in the alley on the west side of California Avenue SW. A witness saw a black male get into the front passenger seat of a white Lexus sedan. The Lexus was last seen driving eastbound from SW Bradford Street and California Avenue SW. The suspect vehicle is further described as a white Lexus 4-door sedan with gold trim and Washington plates. There are no further suspect descriptions available at this time. The suspects and suspect vehicle remain at large.
Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identities or whereabouts of the suspects or suspect vehicle is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police and refer to this incident. Anonymous tips are welcome.
Speaking of cars – for the second time in two weeks, someone has taken Trevor's car:
I regret to inform you that my Nissan Maxima got stolen again last night. It's been exactly two weeks since the first theft. Last time we were able to find it thanks to the WSB and I was hoping that the blog might help us again. We already filed a report with the police and are currently driving around White Center (where it was found last time) looking for the car.
Here's the report from two weeks ago, which includes a photo of the tan/beige '92 Maxima, license 275USV.
And finally, from Sarajean in the 5900 block of 49th SW:
(Friday) night a neighbor saw two "kids" (teens/20s) goofing off in a QFC shopping cart around 11 pm. (Saturday) morning around 10 am, she came over for a play date and noticed the door to our Subaru was ajar. It was parked in the alley next to our garage. We went out to investigate and found several items missing: two winter hats, $20 in small bills, a bottle of wine that had rolled out of the grocery bag & we'd forgotten to go back for, and a nice pair of binoculars. Overall not much, but still. Nothing was damaged. A police report has been filed.
As with the second and third reports here, not everything makes SPD Blotter, so if you want to get the news out to your neighbors, after you report to the police, e-mail the info here for Crime Watch, email@example.com.
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That couple must have been terrified by those two gun wielding criminals. I hope that SPD catches the thugs quickly. I guess you take your life in your hands when walking around WS at night — too bad and too sad.
Comment by Seattlite — 2:01 pm March 2, 2014 #
There are ' guys' that are on 42nd have sw. They some times hide in back of the alley way in back of the little music school on dakota. I know they had tried there crap on me, no guns…also on the geneese street,
Qfc area as well. The spd is in the area. There doing a great job.
Comment by Al — 2:15 pm March 2, 2014 #
Thanks for the info WSB & Al. This is a block from my home and we use public transportation (and thus are on foot quite a bit).
Comment by chris w — 6:21 pm March 2, 2014 #
There needs to be undercover cops out on the streets of Seattle. That said, I personally make a habit of being home at !2:57 A.M. And, If I were out walking at that time of the morning, you can be sure I would be armed, which may or may not do me any good, but at least I would have the option.
Comment by phil dirt — 6:51 pm March 2, 2014 #
–Thats just what we need. More crazy people with guns.
Comment by brian — 9:22 pm March 2, 2014 #
how does Phil's excercise of his constitutional rights, and his obvious care for self preservation qualify him as "more crazy people with guns"?
Or did I just get trolled?
Comment by 935 — 10:16 pm March 2, 2014 #
I live a block away from here and I would like to request that the SPD car that is in the Charlestown Café parking lot approximately 3 hours per day every day when absolutely nothing is going on maybe show up in the wee hours of the morning.
Comment by Alphonse — 10:44 pm March 2, 2014 #
brian ……. nobody said you should have one. You'd probably just hurt yourself, anyway.
Comment by phil dirt — 6:43 am March 3, 2014 #
Is there anymore detail on the car? Was it lowered? About 30 minutes ago I saw a car meeting the description (white Lexus, gold trim, 3 or 4 young black male occupants, and lowered) at 35th & Avalon headed South on 35th. I didn't get a plate number…
Comment by Brad — 6:23 pm March 3, 2014 #
Brian – how about we post a sign in your front yard saying that you don't believe in the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution, and are not armed. We could also get a sign you can hang around your neck. That way, the criminals who don't follow the law and have guns will know who to approach.
- Just what we need, more stupid people who have no idea how lucky they are to have our constitution and live in this country.
Comment by Rusty — 7:19 pm March 3, 2014 #
Sorry, that's all we have …
brian, after thinking about your comment directed at me, (Thats just what we need. More crazy people with guns.) it occurs to me that maybe we should insist on Mayor Murray declaring the area near Dakota and California a gun free zone. After that, we will all be able to rest easier while walking near there at 12:57 A.M. What do you think?
Comment by phil dirt — 8:24 am March 5, 2014 #
Based on the SPD Twitter account, there was an armed robbery in the exact same location again last night after 3am. IN THE SAME LOCATION.
Comment by MLJ — 6:42 am March 6, 2014 #
MLJ – take a second look – that's a followup on the earlier case – note that it is dated 3/2: https://twitter.com/SeattlePDW2/status/441474518754664448
…I just checked with SPD to make sure, and the reply: "Someone called in a suspicious circumstances call last night when they saw two people loitering in the area. They thought they might be connected to the earlier robbery on the 2nd." The two people were gone when officers arrived.
Sorry…I noticed that and tried to delete my comment but that apparently didn't work. Apologies!
Comment by MLJ — 10:55 am March 6, 2014 #
I live a block away from where those two were robbed… Not cool, man… Not cool.
Comment by Brenden — 12:43 pm March 7, 2014 #
To the punks that robbed my kids at gunpoint watch your backs and who u run up on cause the old bait and trap trick I will b posted up with IPad and phone clearly visible waiting for y'all
Comment by Bonnie Harris — 7:03 pm March 8, 2014 #
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Grits is a main ingredient for many Southern meals. I've had this recipe for years and never grow tired of it. It's especially good to serve on a lazy weekend, since leftover portions are very tasty served cold.
- 1 pound bulk pork sausage
- 4 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup quick-cooking grits
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- Crumble sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium heat until no longer pink; drain and set aside. In a saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil. Slowly stir in grits. Reduce heat and cook 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot grits into the eggs; return all to the saucepan, stirring constantly. Add the sausage, 1 cup cheese, milk and butter, stirring until the butter is melted.
- Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until the top begins to brown. Yield: 10 servings.
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TOMS RIVER — Hurricane Sandy submerged several downtown area parking lots, flooded homes and left hundreds of residents trapped inside their homes Monday night, fire officials said.
Firefighters at the Company 2 station on West Water Street say they spent the entire night responding to structure fires, exploding transformers, downed trees and power lines, and attempting to rescue distressed residents. It was pretty much a war zone, said Ken Hamilton, a trustee at the Water Street station.
The storm flooded parking lots along Main and Water streets creating bodies of water that sunk the parking meters and a few abandoned vehicles. Hamilton said the tides from the Toms River area also flooded the fire station with about 2 feet of water Monday night. Furniture, electronics, historical documents and other equipment were destroyed.
The waves were actually breaking in and just coming in around the doors, underneath the doors, there was just no way of stopping it, Hamilton said. But we abandoned here and started doing life-saving help for the residents and we are dealing with (the station damage) now.
The high flood levels trapped many residents inside their homes near Magnolia Lane, Flag Point Road and Point O Woods where some of the worst storm damage was reported. Crews were unable to cross the bridge to Pelican Island and Ocean Beach Monday night to rescue residents stuck in their attics because of flooding, Hamilton said. As the bay came up 6, 8, 10 feet, they all became trapped in their houses, he said. And then (residents) started calling us to come rescue them, instead of leaving when they should have.
Loose power lines and trees that collapsed on streets, homes and cars also created danger zones across the township. No deaths or injuries had been reported as of Tuesday evening, said Robert Hoehn, president of the Water Street station. Right now there are still active rescues going on, he said.


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Speaking on CNBC's "Squawk Box," the 79-year-old Weill appeared to shock the show's anchors when he said that consumer banking units should be split from riskier investment banking units. That would mean dismembering Citigroup as well as other big U.S. banks, like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
It's an idea that's traditionally more in line with the banking industry's harshest critics, not its founding fathers. It's an ironic twist coming from an empire-builder who nursed Citigroup into a behemoth. And it's directly opposed to the stance of the industry's current leaders, like JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who have been trying to convince regulators and lawmakers of just the opposite, that big banks do not need to be split.
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Weill said the radical change is necessary if U.S. banks want to rebuild trust and remain on top of the world's financial system. Weill also criticized banks for taking on too much debt and not providing enough disclosure about what's on their balance sheets.
"Our world hates bankers," he said.
Big banks have been villainized in the financial crisis and its aftermath. Critics blame them for risky trading that created a housing bubble and eventually led to global economic upheaval. In some circles, there's still resentment that the government used taxpayer money to give bailout loans to the biggest banks, including Citigroup, because regulators believed that the financial system wouldn't be able to handle their failure.
But standalone investment banks, Weill said, wouldn't take deposits, so they wouldn't be bailed out. Banks that have both investment banking and consumer banking say it's necessary to keep them together because they balance each other, ensuring stability no matter the economy.
Investment banking, which offers services like trading stocks and packaging loans into securities, can be spectacularly profitable in the good times and spectacularly unprofitable in the bad. Consumer banking, the plain-vanilla business of making loans and accepting deposits, generally offers a steadier, if slower, way to make profits. Until the late '90s, federal regulations kept them largely separated.


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A proposal to extend Guam and the Northern Marianas' exemption from the national limit on foreign worker visas received congressional committee approval yesterday.
The House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 4296 by unanimous consent, said its author, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Gregorio C. Sablan.
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References in GTA
- The Mafia families are from Italy. They can be heard saying certain phrases in Italian.
- Many characters over the series are from an Italian descent.
- Saint Mark's, Portland, has a large Italian community. (III, LCS)
- There are Italian flags on the Orbit Building in east Belleville Park, Staunton Island. (III, LCS)
- The district of Verona Beach is named after the Italian city of Verona. (SA)
- Gnocchi is an Italian clothing brand. (SA, IV)
- The vehicle manufacturer Grotti, which makes the Stinger, Turismo R, Cheetah, Turismo, Carbonizzare, Stinger GT sports cars and Squalo, Jetmax, Tropic, Blade, and Smuggler boats, comes from Italy. (SA, IV, GTA V)
- The vehicle manufacturer Pegassi, which makes the Infernus, Vacca, Zentorno and Monroe sports cars, Bati 800 and Ruffian motorcycle, and Speeder boat comes from Italy. Pegassi also has many classic vehicles. (IV, V)
- Al Dente's and Viendemorte are Italian restaurants. (IV, V)
- Stronzo is an Italian beer brand. (V)
- An Italian flag can be seen at Los Santos Country Club. (V)
- The neighborhood of Vespucci is named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, the same man America is named after.
- The San Andreas Flight School Update added an Italy Chute Bag in GTA V.
There are a lot of Italian-American gangs or mafia families in the GTA series. These groups have their origins in Italy and likely still have connections back home. In Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes, The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned, there is The Commission, a council-like organisation made up of the five most powerful or influential mafia families in Liberty City. However several of these families still fight with one another and rivalries remain common.
Here is a list of Italian gangs or crime families in the series;
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- Forelli Family
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The annual Children's Holiday Reception at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, will be on Dec. 8. Tickets must be bought in advance and are $5 per person. Seating is limited.
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The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Race Week has become a favorite regatta on Newport, R.I.'s busy summer racing schedule, due to its tough competition on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound, the host venue of NYYC's Harbour Court clubhouse, and a unique format, which allows competitors to choose whether they participate for some or all of seven full racing days.
Bill Sweetser's RUSH, a J-109, competes in IRC 5 at NYYC Race Week presented by Rolex
The eighth biennial edition of Race Week is scheduled for July 14-22 and kicks off the first weekend (July 14-15) with racing for Classics, six metres, Herreshoff S-Boats and 12 Metres and wraps up later in the week (Thursday, July 19-Sunday, July 22) with racing for Handicap and One-Design fleets.
In between the two sessions (Wednesday, July 18), a separately scored 19-mile around the (Conanicut) Island Race allows competitors to enjoy a different perspective on the natural beauty of the area, which includes such recognizable landmarks as Castle Hill, Beavertail, Plum Beach, Dutch Island and Rose Island Lighthouses, the Jamestown Bridge and Newport's Pell Bridge. Post-race activities at NYYC include daily awards, food and music with a dinner on each Saturday night, and a huge mid-week party on Wednesday evening.
'It's a very special occasion with a nice flavor about it,' said Austen Fragomen (New York, N.Y), who will sail his new IRC 52 Interlodge in the Around the Island Race as well as Race Week's second half. (He also will compete in June in the NYYC's 158th Annual Regatta, which is also presented by Rolex.) 'The event is well run, and the fact that there is the Around the Island Race makes it particularly interesting, because it adds another dimension to strategies, and we're able to use reaching jibs and other sails you wouldn't normally use for around-the-buoys racing.'
With his boat having been launched only last December, Fragomen says other regattas leading up to Race Week have been instrumental in 'Making certain we have the proper set-up and have worked out all the kinks that new boats tend to typically have.'
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He referenced up to 200 modern racing machines and sleek classics expected to compete on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound throughout the seven days of Race Week, but he was especially pleased with a large contingent of IRC 52s making their way to the East Coast, including two from Annapolis (Flying Jenny and the Naval Academy's Invictus), one from the Great Lakes (Natalie J), one from San Francisco (Vela Veloce) and one technically from Martha's Vineyard but known for its accomplishments the world over (Vesper).
Fragomen noted that because the 52s are so close in their IRC handicap ratings, the racing might as well be one-design, and he described another assumed competitor, Ron O'Hanley's (Boston, Mass.) canting-keel design Cookson 50 Privateer, as 'only differing by a couple of one thousandths of a point' from Interlodge in its rating. 'It should be exciting,' said Fragomen, further declaring, 'We are beyond our shake-down phase now and ready for a big-time event.'
Patti Young's and Paul Hamilton's (Jamestown, R.I.) Tripp 41 Entropy is not newly built but a recent-enough acquisition for the veteran husband-and-wife sailing duo that it will present its own fresh challenges during Race Week's second half. Young says there has been much to do to prepare their new racer/cruiser for the regatta, including inventorying dozens of sails after the boat was delivered from California only a few weeks ago.
'I'm really excited to campaign it, and the goal ultimately is to do the Newport Bermuda Race, but timing-wise that was not realistic for this year,' said Young, who has completed two Newport Bermuda Races (while her husband has done six) and is acclaimed for her skills as a navigator. 'We are trying to balance the boat between being geared for around-the-buoys racing and for offshore racing,' said Young, mentioning that a water maker and refrigeration were installed for the latter. 'You'd have thought the boat would be more cruising-oriented, but I think it's pretty stripped out.'
Also in the second half of Race Week, Oyster Bay's (N.Y.) Oakcliff Sailing Center, whose mission it is to raise the level of sailors and sailing in the U.S., will be campaigning a Ker 50, with its crew consisting of team sponsor Art Santry and his long-time navigator and America's Cup sailor LG Edgecomb.
'Oakcliff's offshore program is packed this summer,' said Oakcliff's Executive Director Dawn Riley (St. Claire Shores, Mich.), who will be sailing with the team and is a veteran of three America's Cup campaigns and two Around the World races. 'With 'Sapling' and 'Acorn' trainees aboard, we are fielding three teams for the Block Island Race and spread across three boats for the Bermuda Race. For those two races plus the NYYC's Annual Regatta and Race Week we will be sailing as Temptation Oakcliff.'
Race Week's second half also will feature several one-design class championships, including the Swan 42 Nationals, the J/109 North Americans and the Beneteau First 36.7 Northeast Championship. The J/105 and Melges 32 classes will compete on Saturday and Sunday only, with a strong turnout of Melges 32s expected as those competitors prepare for the class's national and world championships that will be held in Newport later in the summer.
Phil Lotz's (Newport, R.I.) ARETHUSA leads the NYYC Swan 42 Class
For sailors with PHRF-rated boats, Race Week is offering Navigator Races on the final Saturday and Sunday, using government marks and courses that emphasize navigational skills over around-the-buoys boathandling skills.
Race Week's first half will be equally exciting, as it is the second leg of the 2012 NYYC Classic Series, and the 12 Metres will compete for the Newport Trophy. At the conclusion of Race Week, Rolex timepieces will be awarded for best overall performances in the IRC class, in the One-Design classes and to the winning skipper in any One-Design classes holding National or North American championships.
Entry deadline is Friday, July 6. For a full list of entries and additional information, including registration, please visit the Race Week event page on New York Yacht Club's website or contact Brad Dellenbaugh, New York Yacht Club Sailing Office, Harbour Court, 5 Halidon Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island 02840, 401 845-9633, Email: email@example.com.


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So far, incentive program for "meaningful use" of electronic health records has not required any mobile component, nor may it ever, but mobility is fast becoming a de facto necessity for achieving meaningful use in many clinical settings.
"I'm not sure how [physicians] do that without having access to [EHRs] wherever they are," Robert Oscar, CEO of RxEOB, a Richmond, Va., company that makes Web-based and mobile applications mostly to help consumers understand the pharmacy benefits of their health insurance, says in an interview with MobiHealthNews.
Doctors will use their mobile devices to view and update the EHRs in their practices as well as connect to the hospitals they practice at and admit patients to. "They're going to need mobile apps," Oscar says. "The concept that they're going to carry around a laptop or sit at a desk all the time just doesn't seem feasible to me."
As insurers and patients increasingly demand higher-quality care at lower cost, physicians will need data no matter where they are. Oscar says that it will be "critical" for practice management systems – not just EHRs – to be mobile, too.
"Smartphones and tablets are becoming the prevailing form of communication technology," Oscar says. Avoiding this trend is "just lunacy," he believes.
"I think hospitals will need this because it makes it easier for physicians." But a lot of work remains.
After a failed experiment viewing EHR data through the iPad's Web browser at Seattle Children's Hospital last year, Cerner released a native iPad app to facilitate read-only access to its clinical system. Without having any specific insider knowledge, Oscar believes this is an interim step for the later goal of allowing doctors to view and modify patient records on multimedia tablets.
Oscar notes that physicians are going to want to do everything on a single device no matter where they are, not carry different smart phones and tablets for different facilities. In other words, bring-your-own-device is here to stay. But BYOD really necessitates thin clients so data does not have to reside on mobile devices because healthcare organizations simply cannot afford to have breaches of patient-specific data.
Software design is going to have to change, though. Oscar says Web designers are taught to put the most important elements for the top and left of the screen because that's where people's eyes tend to gravitate toward when they're viewing a page on a traditional PC. Smartphone users, on the other hand, enter data with their thumbs, and people who are right-handed often will train their eyes on the right side of the screen, according to Oscar.
Also, because many people tend to have what Oscar calls "fat fingers," it's important to have adequate spacing between icons and other items on a touch-screen phone or tablet. "It's a very different environment than building portals," Oscar says.
But will physicians be able to tailor their mobile workflows to personal preferences? Oscar thinks so. "The technology will allow and enable different kinds of workflows that may be more convenient to physicians," he says. For example, tablets and smartphones can easily capture video and dictation, if doctors prefer those methods of documentation. However, data entry, because there is no mouse and keyboard, likely will include more drop-down menus than free-text fields.
Being the CEO of a company that offers consumer-facing products – though they're typically sold through health plans and pharmacy benefit managers – Oscar also is interested in how physicians connect to patients. He specifically mentioned telemedicine service and technology provider American Well as a good example. "Going forward, solutions like theirs will be part of the mix," he says.
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Memory America, OWC launch 32GB, 64GB RAM kits for Mac Pros
updated 11:25 pm EST, Mon December 21, 2009
64GB and 32GB RAM upgrades
Memory America has launched 1066MHz DDR3 RAM expansion kits in 32GB and 64GB capacities for Apple's Mac Pro. The 64GB kit is arranged using eight individual 8GB modules geared for 64-bit operation, with support for data rates of up to 8.5GB/s. The components are RoHS certified and claimed to be compatible with all Mac Pro specifications.
Keeping in line with hardware upgrades, OWC is offering 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory upgrade kits, ranging from 12GB to 32GB, for the latest Mac Pro Quad-Core and 8-Core models. Customers can choose from a wide range of module configurations such as 3 x 8GB, 4 x 8GB, 6 x 4GB and 8 x 4GB, among others.
OWC provides a guide that helps match the supported memory with each Mac Pro variant, as well as a do-it-yourself video to help with installation.
Both of Memory America's kits can be found on their online site and are priced at $3,100.00 for the 64GB package and $1,600.00 for the 32GB bundle. The OWC memory upgrade kits range from 12GB to 32GB and vary in cost, starting as low as $470 and going as high as $2,100.00.


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The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuary in the world, especially renown for the migration of animals. Every year more than a million wildebeest and zebras travel through the park. A Serengeti Safari is a must for visitors of Tanzania… more info
Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park is recognized for its incredible beauty. Wildlife at Lake Manyara is not restricted to birdlife only. You can see many game animals such as Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Impala, hippo… more info
It is the vast number of baobabs that first capture the eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them…more info
The Park on the foot of Mount Meru contains a diverse resident population of herbivores, primates and predators. It is not too spectacular, but It is just nearby Arusha, so you can visit the park on a day trip… more info
Mount Kilimanjaro is the crown of Tanzania. With an altitude of 5895m (19 340ft), it is the highest peak in Africa, the highest freestanding mountain in the world, and one of the largest volcanoes. more info
Ruaha is visually a treat, with wild landscapes of miombo forest and rolling woodlands, hills, rivers and plains. Due to its accessibility it is hardly visited. The center of the reserve is the Great Ruaha River, with its deep pools and gorges, swirling rapids and excellent fishing… more info
This relatively small (3230 sq km) National Park lies 300 km west of Dar-es-Salaam and is the closest park to the capital. Although less spectacular regarding Flora and Fauna, the Mikumi national park obtains a good impression of the African animal world and is suitable for a short visit… more info
Tanzanias last established park contains the greatest altitudinal range of forests in East Africa – unbroken forest cover from lowland forest communities at below 250m above sea level to mountain communities at over 2,800m. Udzungwa National Park has one of the highest numbers of species endemism worldwide. ..more info
Tanzanias 10th park major animal attraction is the abundance of sitatunga, an aquatic antelope that cannot be found in any other Park in Tanzania. Rubondo Island was declared Tanzania's 10th National Park in 1977.. A protector to introduced mammal species, rare orchids and fish breeding grounds Rubondo is also more than just a watery wonderland. Deserted sandy beaches nestle against a cloak of virgin forest which is host to a rich abundance of mammals, reptiles, plant life and birds…. more info
Saadani National Park was only gazetted in 2003 and is the only park in Tanzania with ocean frontage. The park itself is unique to the rest of east Africa combining a variety of ecosystems including bush, beach and river.Some of the animals do come down to the beach and you can occasionally see some in the surf.. ..more info
Remote and rarely visited, the Katavi national park is a pearl among the national parks in Tanzania. Tanzania third biggest national park lies in the remote southwest of the country, and it has a higher density of mammals than any other Tanzanian National Park. Rivers groan with hippopotamus and crocodiles, and schattered over the plains are great herds of buffaloes, with up to 1000 animals in one group... ..more info
Protected Areas of Tanzania
Also called the eights wonder of the world, this heritage center shelters the most beautiful wildlife haven on earth. Ngorongoro has over 20,000 large animals including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhino, protected within its rim… more info
The Selous is the most remote and unexplored game protected area in Africa with 54,600 square km. There are only few tourists….. the Selous is not yet discovered by the mainstream of visitors to Tanzania, also because he is difficult to access… more info
Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve
Gombe Stream is Tanzanias smallest park (52 sq km) and is home of the world famous chimp reserve. It is located 16 km north of Kigoma on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania…more info
Other places of interest
It has been dubbed the "Galapagos" of the plant world. This incredibly beautiful and lush area is a welcome retreat from Tanzania's Game Parks and cities. The mountain region is ideal for hiking…more info
Tourists hardly know this wild, still nearly unexplored landscape, and you will be particularly impressed of it. One of the most original landscapes in East Africa is the area around the soda Lake : home of the Maasai, which live here still in traditional way and are hardly influenced of the modern culture…..more info
Close to the Ngorongoro Crater there are two more craters, less famous and less visited, but very interesting for a Walking Safaris off the beaten track. Both craters offers you the rare sense of pure solitude and peace, found only in remote, pristine places…. more info
Olduvai Gorge is a canyon carved by water through the southern part of the Serengeti Plain. The gorge is about 50 km long and in some places 90 metres deep. It drains the slopes of the nearby mountains plus the Serengeti Plain. Its chief claim to fame is the rich treasure-trove of human and animal fossils that it has yielded…. more info
The Pare Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, an isolated range of ancient massifs that stretch form the Taita Hills in souteastern Kenya into Tanzania, where the range includes the Pare Mountains, East and West Usambara and the Ulugurus near Morogoro and the Udzungwa Mountains. They all offer a range of affordable activities based around guided walks in the mountains and their forests, and encounters with the rural culture of th Pare tribe, who have been living in the mountains for the last six hundred years….. more info
Sinya Private Wildlife Conservancy
To the west of Mount Kilimanjaro opposite Kenya's Amboseli National Park, lies an almost unexplored wilderness which the Maasai call Insinya, commonly known as Sinya Private Wildlife Conservancy… more info


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How to download and install Firefox on Windows
This article describes how to download and install Firefox on Windows.
- If you are upgrading from a previous version of Firefox, see Update Firefox to the latest version.
Before installing Firefox, make sure that your computer meets the System Requirements.
Do not install Firefox using a limited Windows XP account. For more information, see Microsoft's support article How to determine your user account type in Windows.
For advanced users: The Firefox download page automatically chooses the best available version of Firefox for your computer and provides an online (stub) installer. If you need a full, offline installer or if you want to have a choice of the language and operating system for your Firefox installation, please visit the Systems & Languages download page instead.
- Visit this Firefox download page in any browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Click on the Alternatively, use this download link for the latest English (U.S.) Firefox version.
- If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, a notification bar will appear at the bottom of the page with the options to run the installer or save the file to your computer. Click to start the process.
button to download the Firefox installer. The page will automatically recommend the best version of Firefox for you.
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No More Mr. Kors: Zac Posen To Judge On Project Runway
Zac Posen recently tweeted, "So excited to be the new judge on @ProjectRunway Season 11!! Joining @heidiklum @ninagarcia and @TimGunn." The young and extremely qualified designer has, in fact, served as a guest judge in seasons prior, during which he obviously charmed the fancy pants off Klum and the gang.
Kors cited scheduling conflicts as the primary reason for his departure, which is generally a synonym for "I'm bored of this," but we can't imagine there are any hard feelings involved. He'll also be making an appearance during the season finale to (hopefully) give viewers a season's worth of his
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|Fetuses subsequently born premature are smaller than gestational age-matched fetuses not born premature.
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|PMID: 12693619 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: To determine whether singleton fetuses in pregnancies that subsequently deliver prematurely are smaller than singleton fetuses of the same gestational age who are not born premature. METHODS: Our study population consisted of singleton pregnancies meeting the following criteria: at least 1 first-trimester sonogram (to ensure accurate dating), at least 1 sonogram after 24 weeks' gestation, and a known delivery date. Controlling for gestational age at sonography using analysis of covariance, we compared very premature fetuses (delivery at 24-29.9 weeks; n = 26) and moderately premature fetuses (delivery at 30-36.9 weeks; n = 306) with nonpremature fetuses (n = 1,838) with respect to the following sonographic parameters: abdominal diameter, femur length, biparietal diameter, and estimated fetal weight. RESULTS: On 24- to 29.9-week sonograms, fetuses who were subsequently born very premature had significantly smaller fetal measurements than did fetuses who were not born premature (P < .05 for all parameters). Even after excluding 9 very premature fetuses with a risk factor for uteroplacental insufficiency (e.g., toxemia or hypertension), the remaining 17 fetuses had significantly smaller abdominal diameters, femur lengths, and estimated fetal weights than nonpremature fetuses (P < .05). Sonographic parameters in moderately premature fetuses were smaller than in nonpremature fetuses on 30- to 36.9-week sonograms (P < .05 for all parameters), but the only parameters that differed significantly between these 2 groups on 24- to 29.9-week sonograms were abdominal diameter and femur length. CONCLUSIONS. Singleton fetuses subsequently born premature are smaller than gestational age-matched fetuses not born premature, even in the absence of an identifiable cause of growth restriction. The lag in growth appears to occur in the last few weeks before delivery.
|Peter M Doubilet; Carol B Benson; Louise Wilkins-Haug; Steven Ringer
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|Title: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Volume: 22 ISSN: 0278-4297 ISO Abbreviation: J Ultrasound Med Publication Date: 2003 Apr
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|Created Date: 2003-04-15 Completed Date: 2003-07-03 Revised Date: 2004-11-17
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8211547 Medline TA: J Ultrasound Med Country: United States
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Meadowdale girls lose to Stanwood; face Shorewood Friday night
Stanwood defeated Meadowdale 71-66 in the first round of the 3A District 1 girls basketball tournament Tuesday night at Stanwood High School. Meadowdale will play Shorewood in a loser-out game Friday night, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. at Shorewood.
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|The role of the family in intervention of infants at high risk of cerebral palsy: a systematic analysis.
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|PMID: 21950397 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|During the past two decades, awareness of the role of the family in the child's life has increased and the term 'family-centred services' (FCS) has been introduced to facilitate care for children with special needs and their families. It is, however, unclear how various early intervention programmes incorporate family involvement in service delivery. The present study systematically analyses the nature of family involvement in six frequently used early intervention programmes for infants at high risk of developmental disorders: neurodevelopmental treatment, treatment according to Vojta, Conductive Education, Infant Health and Development Program, Infant Behaviour Assessment and Intervention Program, and Coping with and Caring for infants with special needs - a family-centred programme (COPCA). The analysis shows that the role of the family is diverse: it varies from parent training to be a therapist without attention to family function (in Vojta) to the autonomous family that receives coaching (COPCA). The data suggest two trends over time: (1) from child-focused to family-focused orientation; and (2) from professionally directed guidance to coaching based on equal partnership.
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Department of Pediatric Medicine, Hematology-Oncology
Texas Children's Hospital
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Co-Director, Long Term Survivor Program - Texas Children's HospitalAssociate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
University of California at Davis School of Medici, Doctor of Medicine, 1982
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics, 1985
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, 1988
Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer is a Co-Director of the Long Term Survivor Program where she acts as Clinical Leader of the Long Term Survivor Clinic at Texas Children's Cancer Center. Over 1,000 childhood cancer survivors are evaluated every one to two years for delayed effects of their prior cancer therapy. Survivors are patients who are more than five years from their diagnosis and off therapy at least two years. There is no upper age limit for survivors followed in the clinic. Survivors are now invited to become participants in a novel program, the Passport for Care® Application.
Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer is a member of the Leukemia Program and the Long Term Survivor Program.
Dr. ZoAnn Dreyer's additional clinical interests include acute lymphoid leukemia in infants younger than one year old. She was the principal investigator for an innovative, nationwide treatment protocol for these infants that have resulted in dramatically improved survival rates. She is currently principal investigator of a new pilot study using intensified asparaginase in patients with high risk ALL.
Dr. Dreyer earned her bachelor's degree and medical degree from the University of California, Davis, Calif. She served her internship, residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, one of the nation's leading medical schools.
Dreyer ZoAnne, Kadota R, Stewart C, Friedman H, Mahoney D, Kun L, McCluggage CW, Burger P, Kepner J, Heideman R: A phase 2 study of idarubicin in pediatric brain tumors. Pediatric Oncology Group study POG 9237. Neuro-Oncology 5(4):261-267, 2003. PMID: 14565163.
Zebrack B, Gurney JG, Oeffinger K, Whitton J, Packer RJ, Mertens A, Turk N, Castleberry R, Dreyer Z, Robison LL, Zeltzer K: Psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood brain cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 22(6):999-1006, 2004. PMID: 15020603.
Perkins JL, Liu Y, Mitby PA, Neglia JP, Hammond S, Stovall M, Meadows AT, Hutchinson R, Dreyer ZE, Robison LL, Mertens AC: Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). Journal of Clinical Oncology 23(16):3733-3741, 2005. (BCM) PMID: 15923570.
Lee TC, Dreyer ZE, Brandt ML. Conservative surgical treatment of a profoundly immunosuppressed pediatric patient with Boerhaave Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 27:616-617, 2005. PMID: 16282895.
Hilden JM, Dinndorf PA, Meerbaum SO, Sather H, Villaluna D, Heerema NA, McGlennen R, Smith FO, Woods WG, Salzer WL, Johnstone HS, Dreyer Z, Reaman GH. COG 1953: Analysis of prognostic factors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in infants: report on CCG 1953 from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood 108:441-451, 2006. PMID: 16556894.
Hilden JM, Dinndorf PA, Meerbaum SO, Sather H, Villaluna D, Heerema NA, McGlennen R, Smith FO, Woods WG, Salzer WL, Johnstone HS, Dreyer Z, Reaman GH. COG 1953: Analysis of prognostic factors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in infants: report on CCG 1953 from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood 108:441-451, 2006. PMID: 16556894.
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Femtocells: Is There Room For Them On Your Network?
Businesses are mobilizing an increasing number of applications, including e-mail and CRM. In a recent reader poll, 70% of respondents said they use mobile/wireless applications to access organizational data; communications mechanisms were fairly evenly split among Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Pervasive mobile coverage is clearly important, and femtocells are one way to ensure good inside cellular connectivity for customers and employees, even in locations where that's a challenge.
Much of the value and ROI of application mobility projects depends on pervasive connectivity. And without good cellular coverage, mobile applications are used less, which translates into a lower average revenue per user for carriers. In-building wireless systems, like newly conceived femtocells, can fill in coverage gaps, driving increased ROI for enterprises and average revenue per user for carriers.
There are many ways of boosting mobile coverage, including the use of passive repeaters, distributed antenna systems, and fixed- mobile convergence. Femtocells promise to let users roam onto an in-building network without a pricey dual-mode phone. A number of niche vendors have stepped forward with these products, and some big manufacturers are surveying the field. At an average cost of $150 to $200, a single femtocell could support four to eight users within a range of roughly 300 feet, depending on the power output of the femtocell and the physical characteristics of the site. Traffic can be backhauled over standard IP connections, like DSL or cable modems, yet let cellular phones obtain cellular access for both voice and 3G data.
The big disadvantage of current femtocells is their low capacity; picocells, which are more expensive but allow for greater per-cell call capacity, are useful both for providing indoor coverage for buildings with high user density as well as for boosting outdoor call capacity in a macro cellular network. And there's competition from Wi-Fi vendors. The progress being made toward fixed-mobile convergence within the enterprise means femtocells may have a tough time making inroads in this market.
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|Silicon vendor PicoChip Designs releases reference design for an HSDPA femtocell
|Ericsson launches a GSM femtocell
|Samsung announces a CDMA femtocell called Ubicell
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Monday, August 2, 2010
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ALBANY -- One of the state's longest-serving county officials is in fair condition at a local hospital following surgery.
Gil Barrett, who served on the Dougherty County Commission from 1959 to 1998 and who spent the last 20 of those years as chairman, is in the surgical intensive care unit at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
According to county officials, Barrett fell ill about two weeks ago and symptoms became increasingly worse, prompting doctors to try a surgery on the 87-year-old last week.
During Monday's County Commission meeting, current Chairman Jeff Sinyard included Barrett in an invocation.
In May, when the county and Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany christened a landmark landfill-to-gas partnership between local government and the U.S. Navy, Sinyard presented Barrett with the key to the county in acknowledgment of his years of service.
During his tenure as chairman, Barrett served as president of the National Association of Counties and helped shaped the role of counties in U.S. policy.
Barrett was even called to the White House on occasion to consult with then-President Ford.
According to documents from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Barrett, as a representative of the commission and NaCo, met with Ford at the White House on Jan. 18, 1975, to discuss citizens' efforts to fight inflation.
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A full hour before launch, many of the boats are in the water and making their way to the bank or out into the cove depending on their launch number.
A full hour before launch, many of the boats are in the water and making their way to the bank or out into the cove depending on their launch number.
Co-Angler Steve Strawn gathers his gear and makes his way to the water to join up with his pro angler for the day.
The Umphrey's Pavilion, where the launch and weigh-in will be held, is lit up like a light house on a hill early on Day One.
Danny Owens straps down his rods in preparation for the Day One launch of the second stop of the Central Opens.
Bassmaster Elite pro Kurt Dove readies his gear as he waits for time to launch.
Pro Jeff Jordan adjusts a stock trade from his phone prior to the Day One launch. His co-angler for the day is Cody Reed.
Pro Chris Burnham looks up the hill for his co-angler as he makes his way to the dock.
A co-angler's tools of the trade lay resting upon a small tree as other competitors make final adjustments prior to launch.
Many of the pros launched elsewhere on the lake to avoid traffic and then boated to the launch site.
The cove at Umphrey's Pavilion start to fill as both banks and most of the cove is littered with boats.
Boats jockey for position in the cove as the time for launch grows closer.
Pro Danny Owens and his co-angler Richard Earle are the first boat to leave the cove as Day One gets underway.
Boat numbers are assigned to each pro when they leave the dock. They must return them before their weigh-in time to avoid hefty penalties.
Keeping with long-standing BASS tradition, the National Anthem is played as all those gathered honor the flag of the United States of America.
Promptly at 6:45 a.m., the first boat is away from the dock and the official Day One launch is underway. There are 193 boats registered for the second BASS Central Open tournament on Sam Rayburn.
Flight two makes its way to the inspection dock as other boats in the background get in numerical launch order.
Tournament Director Chris Bowes calls out pros and gets them in their proper places before allowing them to pass through the inspection line.
Fans crowd the dock as 193 boats parade through the inspection line and out onto Sam Rayburn Reservoir.


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and how you do!
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and how you do!
:cheers::tank::munching::bsing:afternoon all.
Andy and I have the week off
GUY TIME:pop::cheers::bsing::munching::tank:
Wow, a week off.
I can't remember the last time.
I think I was changing flight schools!
Hope you and Andy and Mama have a great week Bret
hi monkeywrench!!!!!!!!!!
FRANKIE!!!!!!!!!!!! How goes it?
good monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a goos job and 5 daughters!