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Many psychiatrists and researchers of the era, including Harvard psychologist-turned-counterculture-LSD-guru Timothy Leary, ended up getting carried away with the idea of "soaring angelic." Osmond, who studied how LSD could treat alcoholism, wasn't among them. But, questionable research practices and increased recreational use soon tainted psychedelics' reputation and squelched legitimate scientific inquiry on potential therapeutic use. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified LSD and psilocybin — the active compound in magic mushrooms — as substances with a high potential for abuse and no medical benefits.
Now, a small but growing group of researchers have returned to Osmund's approach, testing how psychedelics might be used to treat psychiatric disorders. These scientists are exploring how to harness the drugs' consciousness-expanding effects to promote psychological healing. "Enough time has elapsed since all the turmoil in the '60s," says Charles Grob, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at UCLA and a longtime leading psychedelics researcher. "Those ghosts can be put to rest, and we can take a fresh and objective look at these compounds when administered under optimal conditions."
Existing studies are small and still need to be replicated in larger patient groups to see if findings hold up. But, they have generated interest as promising potential treatments for people who don't get relief from existing therapies — patients who need fast-acting relief from severe symptoms, don't respond to traditional treatments, and/or have notoriously tough-to-treat conditions such as PTSD.
And, whereas current psychiatric drugs have to be taken as maintenance medications, studies have found that psychedelics can continue to relieve symptoms for days, weeks or even months after they are administered. Here's a look at what scientists have found.
LSD And Psilocybin
Both LSD and psilocybin are considered "classical hallucinogens" that interfere with the brain's ability to interpret outside sensory input, often shifting people's focus inward and producing spiritual revelations and a sense of transcendence. Scientists are testing whether they can combine the drugs with short-term therapy and counseling to bring about a new outlook in people with with several hard-to-treat psychiatric conditions.
One such group includes dying people with severe anxiety and depression. In March, researchers in Switzerland published the results of a small study of 12 terminally ill patients — the first controlled trial in 40 years to look at LSD-aided psychotherapy. Investigators randomly assigned participants to receive either a single, high dose of LSD, or a low, subtherapeutic dosage as an active placebo. All went through eight therapy sessions. Two months later, the high-dose group had substantially larger reductions in their anxiety scores compared to the active placebo group.
Other researchers are looking to see whether psilocybin is similarly effective for terminally ill cancer patients. In 2011, Dr. Grob and colleagues published a small, placebo-controlled study showing lasting reductions in stress and anxiety levels after treatment. Researchers at NYU and Johns Hopkins are now conducting similar studies. Though unclear on how psilocybin might change the brain to cause long-term shifts in outlook, the Hopkins team and a few other groups are testing whether taking advantage of this effect could successfully treat addiction.
Treating addiction with a recreational drug such as psilocybin might sound counterintuitive, but the compound has not demonstrated addictive properties itself. Addiction is notoriously hard to treat and overcome, but the people who do succeed often describe having some kind of spiritual or psychology epiphany, or altered life perspective.
Indeed, some case reports and other preliminary studies have suggested that hallucinogens such as psilocybin help treat alcoholism. Encouraged by these findings, researchers at the University of New Mexico are conducting more rigorous trials of psilocybin-assisted therapy for alcohol dependence, while a group at the University of Alabama-Birmingham is starting to test whether psilocybin helps treat cocaine addiction.
And, some of the same Hopkins researchers studying psilocybin as a treatment for end-of-life anxiety are also examining whether they can combine it with a structured smoking-cessation program to help long-term smokers quit. The Hopkins study results are still unpublished, but they show promise, with 80% of the smokers still abstaining six months after finishing the program.
Ketamine, a powerful sedative that also has hallucinogenic properties, was first developed in 1962 and later approved for use as an anesthetic for both human and animal patients. The drug has powerful dissociative effects; it causes users to feel that their minds are disconnected from their bodies. Clubbers began taking ketamine, or "Special K," in the '70s and '80s for these out-of-body sensations. Recently, the drug has surged in popularity, especially in the U.K. and China.
While ketamine rises in popularity as a party drug, a slew of studies have demonstrated its potency as an antidepressant. Antidepressants already on the market take weeks to kick in, but ketamine works within a couple of hours. That fast-acting quality is especially crucial for people who need immediate, emergency relief from severe depression or suicidal thinking. Benefits can persist for up to one or two weeks.
This year, two review studies concluded that the drug, when administered intravenously, provides dramatic, fast-acting treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal thinking. Ketamine also shows promise as a nasal spray, and a pharmaceutical company has begun testing a drug, currently dubbed GLYX-13, that partially blocks the same brain receptors ketamine does. Preliminary evidence suggests that the drug avoids the most dramatic, psychotic-like side effects of taking ketamine, but still relieves depression.
More recently, Columbia researchers have found that low-dose ketamine reduces OCD symptoms for up to a week in some subjects. A companion study looking at whether exposure therapy could extend ketamine's benefits also produced promising results: At least one patient reported continuing relief several months later.
This fall, the Columbia team is beginning a study testing the GLYX-13 compound as well as whether intranasal ketamine can provide even more relief of OCD symptoms. "One of the things that's really exciting about ketamine is that it has these rapid effects," says lead researcher Carolyn I. Rodriguez, MD, PhD, a psychiatry professor and OCD expert at Columbia. A ketamine-based nasal spray, she hopes, could help patients when their compulsions paralyze them; it could "rescue them in that moment," she says.
MDMA, which combines stimulant effects of amphetamine with psychedelic effects, was invented back in 1912. It didn't capture public attention until the '80s and '90s, when it gained notoriety as a "love drug" that heightened sexual experiences — and as a club drug that fueled raves. But, before that, some therapists in California were using the compound to get people to open up.
These therapists found the drug to be a potent "empathogen," especially effective at dissolving the fear and distrust that tormented people with PTSD and often prevented them from achieving significant gains in therapy. The federal government, though, was not convinced of the benefits. Recreational use of Ecstasy or Molly — street versions of MDMA that are often adulterated with other drugs — was soaring in the 1980s, and no studies had been conducted to test MDMA's therapeutic effects. In 1985, the DEA classified MDMA as a Schedule 1 substance: an illegal drug with no legitimate medical use.
It took almost a decade before any researchers secured permission to conduct structured MDMA studies on human subjects. Eventually, studies showed that MDMA increases blood levels of the hormone oxytocin, which spurs social bonding, and prolactin, which promotes relaxation and emotional openness — exactly the qualities that many therapists believe facilitate effective psychotherapy for PTSD. More recent studies have shown that one or two sessions of MDMA, combined with therapy, improves the severity of PTSD symptoms by as much as much as two-thirds and seems especially effective for the 40% of people who don't respond to other treatments.
"If there were such a thing as a perfect drug for PTSD, MDMA might be it," says Brad Burge, spokesperson for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, one of a few major groups funding psychedelic research. MAPS is coordinating multiple trials of MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans, firefighters, and others suffering from the disorder in hopes of winning FDA approval by 2021.
Just this spring (20 years after he received the first FDA approval to conduct the first human study of MDMA), Dr. Grob of UCLA got the government go-ahead to conduct the first controlled study testing whether MDMA — which is known to promote openness and bonding — can effectively reduce social anxiety in autistic adults.
When the federal government classified marijuana as a Schedule I drug back in 1970, the drug was included in a category with other psychedelics, though it has both stimulant and depressant effects and doesn't typically cause the same kind of profound hallucinations.
The drug has been studied extensively, but almost no studies have examined whether it works to treat psychological problems. That's surprising, given the rapidly growing list of states that allow medical marijuana, including as a PTSD treatment.
This lack of research, says MAPS spokesman Burge, stems in large part from an obscure federal regulation that adds more red tape for marijuana research — above and beyond the requirements in place for other Schedule I drugs like MDMA. MAPS, along with psychiatrist Sue Sisley, until recently a professor at the University of Arizona, spent three years trying to get permission to purchase research-designated pot from the federal government. And, that was after the FDA had already approved Sisley's study testing marijuana as a treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD.
Sisley is the currently the only researcher in the country with government approval to study marijuana. But, her work is on hold since the University of Arizona abruptly fired her in June — a dismissal Sisley has said was triggered by her political activism in favor of medical marijuana. A huge number of veterans have rallied to her side. But, for now, without a home for the study, this important research remains in limbo.


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There are various methods by which someone can wind up a company, mostly dependent upon the locals laws in the region where the company operates. Winding up a company is also known as liquidating or closing a company. Organizations can either be voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated. Involuntary closure of a company is based upon the entity being bankrupt or otherwise unable to pay debtors. Voluntary closure is a choice that can be made for a variety of reasons—a company founder of a sole proprietorship may decide to retire or the company may have started to lose money, forcing the business look at closing the business before it becomes insolvent (i.e. if company losses start to approach half of its capital).
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RUTLEDGE -- With its calm, quiet waters, Lake Rutledge at Hard Labor Creek State Park is the perfect place to learn how to kayak, said Georgia State Parks Resource Manager Phil Delestrez, and over the coming months, the public will have ample opportunities to do so.
Delestrez will lead several kayak trips each month through the spring, summer and fall at Hard Labor Creek State Park, located in Rutledge, 20 miles east of Covington.
The schedule for April includes: a daytime tour from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 13; a new moon kayak tour from 7 to 9 p.m. on April 13; a twilight paddle from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 19; and full moon kayak tour from 7 to 9 p.m. on April 27.
Delestrez said kayaking on the lake is even easier than navigating a canoe.
"If you lead a canoe trip, most people don't fret about their experience level, but the kayaks are less tippy than the canoes," Delestrez said. "You don't need any experience. They are sit-on-top flat water kayaks. They don't sink. They are very stable on the water."
The trips are designed for ages 3 and up. If parents have small children, ages 4, 5 or 6, the kayaks are big enough for each parent to ride with one child.
Cost is $15 per person for a two-hour trip around the perimeter of the 275-acre lake. The cost includes use of the kayak and a life jacket. A tour accommodates up to 19 people.
Delestrez said that one of the advantages to Hard Labor Creek State Park is its location.
"Hard Labor is far enough away from Atlanta that there is little light pollution," he said.
During new moon trips, he points out constellations, and in April visitors should be able to see the Big Dipper, Orion the Hunter, Taurus and the Seven Sisters, as well as the planet Jupiter. For the full moon trip, put those flashlights away -- the light of the moon is enough to guide paddlers around.
Evening also brings sounds of wildlife such as spring peeper frogs and Southern chorus frogs, as well as owls.
During daytime tours, Delestrez discusses the history of the park and the lake. The Civilian Conservation Corps, a public work relief program for young men that operated for several years during the Great Depression, built the park and the lake in 1936.
Paddlers will see historic buildings constructed by the CCC, such as the recreation center, which is not in use but could become a museum in the future, Delestrez said.
"It's still standing. That's pretty rare, because usually the CCC would pack those buildings up and ship them to another city," he said.
Delestrez said the CCC created the park to provide a place for children, who lived in the city of Atlanta, to experience the outdoors, a vision that remains 77 years later.
"They say the more things change, the more they stay the same," Delestrez said. "That's exactly what we're trying to do, is to get folks outside and be with the family outdoors and experience things that aren't on an LCD screen; we're such a technologically dependent society. The park, and all of the state parks, haven't changed that mission. We're still here so folks can have that firsthand experience with the outdoors."
To learn more about upcoming kayak trips and other events at Hard Labor Creek State Park, visit www.gastateparks.org/hardlaborcreek.
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One of the things that I like about the idea of building a DSL is the idea of users being able to express, in fairly user-friendly terms, the actions they want to take. For example, Daniel Spiewak has a great example of a DSL built in Scala using Scala's parser combinators, and the resulting text, while certainly not English, is a very readable form. But in of itself, it seems it's been a hard sell to the general community, who look at GUIs as a far more intuitive way of doing things. (Note: I disagree with this; I don't think GUIs are more intuitive, I think GUIs are more self-explanatory, once you've learned a few basic principles, like moving the mouse, clicking the button, and recognizing which elements are clickable and which aren't.)
I think I've finally figured out where an English- (or other human spoken language) driven DSL can be far more powerful and intuitive than a GUI.
Voice. Or, specifically the world of telecommunication devices as a user interface device. Not as "putting-a-GUI-on-a-phone"; I think this is a red herring and ultimately unproductive line of research, iPhones notwithstanding. I mean, literally, talking to the computer.
Imagine a field repair agent, coming off of a repair call, calling back to the office to say the repair was done: "Ticket number 451123, status complete, note Mrs Johnson really needs to stop washing her clothes in the dishwasher." Hanging up, he moves on to the next ticket in the list.
Meanwhile, on the other end, voice-analysis software has done the basic job of transforming words into a line of text, which is fed to the DSL for processing.
Or, the field agent texts the message to a company account, which again passes it directly to the DSL for further processing.
I am firmly convinced that this style of user interface--one we use every day--is the way that mobile devices should interact with enterprise systems. Forget trying to do complex GUIs on a device, forget even trying to simplify down the complex GUI into a simple GUI--just use your voice and a well-understood shared protocol (the DSL itself).
It's the ultimate thin client.
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As Amanda notes, I'm riding with 46 other folks (and lots of beer) on a bus from Michigan to devLink in Tennessee, as part of sponsoring the show. (I think she got my language preferences just a teensy bit mixed up, though.)
Which brings up a related point, actually: Amanda (of "the great F# T-shirt" fame from TechEd this year) and I are teaming up to do F# In A Nutshell for O'Reilly. The goal is to have a Rough Cut ready (just the language parts) by the time F# goes CTP this summer or fall, so we're on an accelerated schedule. If you don't see much from me via the blog for a while, now you know why. Once that's done, I'm going dark on a Scala book to follow--details to follow when that contract is nailed down.
Meanwhile.... As she suggests, the bus will likely be filled with lots of lively debate. The nice thing about having a technical debate with drunk geeks on a bus traveling down the highway at speed is that it's actually pretty easy to win the debate, if you really want to:
"You are such an idiot! Object-relashunal mappers are just... *burp* so cool! Why can't you see that?" "Idiot, am I? I demand satisfaction! Step outside, sir!" "Fine, you--" WHOOSH ... THUMP-THUMP.... "Next?"
"You are such an idiot! Object-relashunal mappers are just... *burp* so cool! Why can't you see that?"
"Idiot, am I? I demand satisfaction! Step outside, sir!"
"Fine, you--" WHOOSH ... THUMP-THUMP....
I'm looking forward to this.
Editor's note: (Contact Amanda if you're interested in participating on the devLink bus, not the book. Thanks for the interest, but we aren't soliciting co-authors. We think we have this one pretty well covered, but we're always interested in reviewers--for that, you can contact either of us.)
Editor's note: (Contact Amanda if you're interested in participating on the devLink bus, not the book. Thanks for the interest, but we aren't soliciting co-authors. We think we have this one pretty well covered, but we're always interested in reviewers--for that, you can contact either of us.)
From the "This is a First" Department....
While sitting in the Northwest WorldClubs lounge on my way to TechEd2008, I discovered that Sun is discontinuing their Sun Developer Express program (which I find a bummer--I think they should have done the opposite, in fact, and ramped it up even further, creating a preconfigured/prestocked image with all the open-source tools they do, like OpenJDK and Postgres, ready to build/hack inside it) in favor of their OpenSolaris initiative. Officially, SXDE "goes away" in July, and the download links will automatically forward over to OpenSolaris.org.
OK, fine. Go visit that site.
Ugh, bummer: no prebuilt VMWare images anywhere on the site. That, to me, was the golden apogee of the SXDE program, because it meant that with a single download (granted, of 2GB in size) I could have a nearly-complete Java development environment up and running with almost no work on my part. Now I'm going to have to build an image of my own, and put all the tools (Sun Studio, NetBeans, various JDK images, whatever's not part of the OpenSolaris install) into a base image, and possibly do this over and over again as they release new OpenSolaris releases. Crud.
I download the ISO from the OpenSolaris site (kudos to Northwest for fat pipes in their lounge!), and it finishes just as it's time to walk (jog/brisk-walk might be more appropriate--I was cutting a tad bit close) to the gate. I hop on the flight, take my seat. Turns out, we have about ten or fifteen minutes before we're off the ground, so I pop open the MacBook Pro, flip over to VMWare Fusion, create a new VM, and being the operating system install. I just finish with some of the basics when it's time to go, so I close the lid, and once we hit 10,000 feet, I pop it back open again and let the thing whir away at the drive.
And that's when it hits me.
I'm doing an operating system install. On my laptop. In a virtual machine image. Using an ISO I downloaded while at the airport. And I'm writing this blog post as I do it.
I find that incredibly cool.
I don't know about you, but forget mashups and Web 2.0, I think virtualization stands out as the most important technical innovation of the decade.
I've been asked to put together a list of the "best" Java resources that every up-and-coming Java developer should have, and I'd like this list to be as comprehensive as possible and, more importantly, reflect more than just my own opinion. So, either through comments or through email, let me know what you think the best Java resources are in the following categories:
There is, of course, no prize to be won here, and I'd please ask the vendors (commercial or open source) who watch my blog to avoid outright advertisements in comments (though you are free to rattle off the various advantages of your product in an email to me), in order to avoid turning this weblog into a gigantic row of billboards along the freeway. I am interested in peoples' opinions, however, and more importantly, why you think X should be on that list, or even why Y shouldn't. Keep it civil, though, please--I'll delete any comments that get too vindictive or offensive. (That doesn't mean that you have to agree with me--just avoid calling anybody names. Basic 'Netiquette.)
Oh, and if you want to be mentioned in the article (which will be published on an international developer site), please indicate how you'd like to be accredited. Or not. Whatever you prefer.


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Details are still sketchy, but reports have reached Astragal that yesterday featured an extremely momentous event in Mackintosh-obsessed Glasgow. Apparently there was an attempt to gather a record number of Charles Rennie Mackintosh look-alikes in one place at one time. Reports are so sketchy, however, that AJ staffers are still unaware of whether it was successful. In fact, such is the lack of information that there is even uncertainty as to how many Macks one needs. Even in Glasgow, it can't reach more than three figures surely? Any more information would be gratefully revealed by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Here's how RW members rated this race (108 votes).
In short: wet and rainy, but did not stop an enjoyable race.Date of review: February 28, 2010
In short: Wel organised. End was a bit wet (huge uddles and muddy) but it had rained a lot 8-9am. My first 10k and thought it was efficiently organised; we were just unlucky with weather.Date of review: February 28, 2010
In short: quite nice run, pitty about the rain ... felt sorry for those marshals ... hat's off to themDate of review: February 28, 2010
In short: Mainly road/pavements with light traffic. Long downhill at 3km and long uphill at 5km reduces PB potential.In full: Second time of running this race. Course was improved to avoid running on the common for the last 1km (which gets very muddy and waterlogged). Good number of marshals but it would have been nice for organisers to have learned that an open sided gazebo with a plastic sheet covering some of the ground is not sufficient for baggage storage when it's pouring down with rain!Date of review: February 28, 2010
In short: Great race, great organisation. The hill after 5km is a tough surprise!Date of review: February 28, 2010
In full: Not well prepared for bad weather. Only a few gazebos for shelter and nowhere dry to store bags/clothes. Route isn't bad - through suburban streets - but not that stunning either. Killer hill at 5kmDate of review: February 28, 2010
In short: Great run in horrible weatherIn full: Good course and Marshalls were great in the wet weather especially the man at 8km who really spurred the runners on for the last 10mins-thank you!Although looking like a drowned rat I ran a PB, the hill at 5km just needs a bit of digging in and then it's flat till the end!Date of review: February 28, 2010
In full: Well organised in terrible weather conditions. Well done to organisers and volunteersDate of review: February 28, 2010
Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Great race! The course not entirely flat as advertised and therefore not ideal for PB, but a great fun event! !Date of review: November 17, 2009
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Silent Auction, Excitement Building For Lions Club FundraiserSaturday, November 1, 2014
Retail (For) Therapy, a vendor fair and silent auction event, will be offered at Julie Allen Bridals on Wednesday, November 5, from 6:30 to 9 pm. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Sandy Hook Elementary Fund, organized in the wake of 12/14 by Newtown Lions Club to help cover the counseling costs of Sandy Hook School students, their immediate families, SHES faculty, and first responders.
Tee Time Approaching For Second Annual Fore Sandy Hook Golf ClassicTuesday, June 17, 2014
DANBURY — The Newtown Lions Club and Western Connecticut State University's Sigma Chi Alumni Association will co-host the second annual Fore Sandy Hook Golf Classic on Monday, June 30, at Richter Park in Danbury. Registration and lunch will begin at noon; tee time is 1:30 pm.
Nutmeg Kart Club Donation Will Keep Lions Club Fund OperatingMonday, December 23, 2013
The family room of Bob Schmidt's home quickly filled with nearly 250 toys on the morning of Saturday, December 7, but the donation had very little to do with Christmas.
Cabaret Night Planned At The Library, Fundraiser For Lions Club 12/14 Recovery FundWednesday, September 25, 2013
Newtown's own Solid Gold Times Two (Bob and Josie Schmidt) will headline a special Cabaret Night at C.H. Booth Library being planned for Friday, October 11. Doors will open at 6 pm, and the show will begin at 7.
Requested donation is $10 per person, payable at the door, with proceeds to benefit Newtown Lions Foundation Sandy Hook Elementary Fund (NLC-SHEF). The fund has already distributed more than $160,000 for counseling services for first responders, and Sandy Hook Elementary School families and staff members.
Time To Start Thinking About The Duck RaceMonday, April 22, 2013
Newtown Lions have begun selling tickets around Newtown for their 13th annual Great Pootatuck Duck Race, which will take place in Sandy Hook Center on Saturday, May 25.
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Widnes Vikings forward Hep Cahill's season is over after he accepted a two-match ban for his high tackle on Warrington Wolves full-back Brett Hodgson.
The former Melbourne and Crusaders RL back rower was sent off just before half-time in last Thursday's Super League derby win at Warrington after catching Hodgson high and late in the face.
Cahill was charged by the Rugby Football League's match-review panel with a grade C reckless tackle and, after submitting an early-guilty plea, will sit out the Vikings' final games of the season against Hull KR and Salford City Reds.
London Broncos forward Matt Cook has admitted punching during his side's 26-12 defeat by Huddersfield Giants. He escapes a ban but will not be eligible to make another early-guilty plea for 12 months.
Huddersfield forwards Ukuma Ta'ai and David Faiumu also submitted early-guilty pleas to grade A punching charges arising from the same incident and avoid suspension.
Leeds Rhinos hooker Paul McShane will miss his side's next game against Catalan Dragons after admitting a grade B offence of a dangerous lift during their defeat by Hull KR and accepting a one-match ban.


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2310hrs. just before the mid-night is when the India-Australia day/night matches will be starting for Aussie cricket fans. 1420hrs it will be for India whereas 0910hrs in the morning for cricket crazy people in Atlanta, USA. 2110hrs it will be in Singapore and Malaysia.
Substract 5 hours for the Day one day internationals.
It should go unmentioned that the Future Cup promises to be tough fought series, but one thing must be mentioned - the broadcasters or the tv channels showing this cricket series around the world. Who are they - read on.
Note: For India in Australia 2008 telecast channels - read this.
Neosports, Doordarshan for India
After winning the BCCI right at hefty price, Neo sports owners - Nimbus never had fruitful conditions to make some money. Well, their time has finally arrived. Althought doordarshan (DD1 - the India's national channel) will also be showing the matches, Neosports will show it in English whereas Neosports plus will broadcast the hindi commentary. Neosports has hitched Aussie commentator - Michael Slater to work with India's spinner Murali Karthik & presenter Radhakrishanan Sreenivasan & they also have made agreements with Asianet with strong cable hold around southern India like Karnataka, Kerala & Punjab.
Tata Sky - the direct to hom service providers have also made deal with Neosports, thus consumers will get to watch the match through this DTH. But Dish TV is yet to pen down the deal for showing Nimbus channel on its platform. Read this for more on Nimbus channel Neosports.
Starhub for Singapore,Malaysia
The Singapore based info communication company has joined neosports to show it on its platform & thus Australia - india series is with them. Neosports is also said to be reaching Japan, Middle East countries (UAE), Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand & Taiwan.
Fox sports 1 for Australia
Aussies hoping for Channel 9 to broadcast India-australia cricket series has to now get Fox sports to the television set to watch the keen contest.
Sky Sports for UK
Skysports are the leaders in showing live cricket in England, & they could have never missed on this series. Skysports 3 will show the first day/night match on 29th september but next 5 ODIs are live on sky sports 1. The last, 7th ODI, will be live on channel skysports 2. see this.
For channel discussion - welcome to forum.itsonlycricket.com.
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|Effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on prevention of peritoneal fibrosis in peritoneal dialysis patients.
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|PMID: 20377768 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|AIM: Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) may lead to peritoneal fibrosis and ultrafiltration failure. It had been demonstrated that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a key role in the regulation of peritoneal function in rats on PD. We investigated the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) on long-term PD patients. METHODS: We analyzed data from 66 patients treated with PD therapy at our centre for at least 12 months retrospectively, during which time at least two peritoneal equilibration tests (PET) were performed. Thirty-eight patients were treated with ACE/angiotensin II (AII) inhibitors (ACE/ARB group); the other 28 received none of the above drugs during the entire follow up (control group). The expression of fibronectin, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), Aquaporin1 (AQP1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the overnight effluent were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: The demographic data of the two groups showed no difference during the study. No difference between the groups was found with respect to residual renal function (RRF) at the start for both groups by the end of follow up, decreased in the vast majority of patients from both groups (P = 0.014). After 12 months, a significant difference in ultrafiltration was found between the two groups: in the control group it had decreased, while it had not changed in the ACE/ARB group (P < 0.05). In comparison with the baseline level, expression of fibronectin, TGF-beta1 and VEGF in dialysate effluent were significantly increased except for AQP1 in the control group (P < 0.05), but not in the ACE/ARB group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that ACE/AII inhibitors appeared to have a slower rate of decline in ultrafiltration and RRF, effectively protect against peritoneal fibrosis in long-term peritoneal dialysis. Long-term follow up seems to be required to draw more conclusions.
|Sun Jing; Yu Kezhou; Zhang Hong; Wang Qun; Wang Rong
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|Type: Journal Article
Journal Detail:
|Title: Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) Volume: 15 ISSN: 1440-1797 ISO Abbreviation: Nephrology (Carlton) Publication Date: 2010 Feb
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|Created Date: 2010-04-09 Completed Date: 2010-08-03 Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 9615568 Medline TA: Nephrology (Carlton) Country: Australia
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 27-32 Citation Subset: IM
|Department of Kidney, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / therapeutic use*
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
Middle Aged
Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects*
Peritoneal Fibrosis / etiology*, prevention & control*
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Have you sold your soul and don't even know it? Jim Davis personally told me that Art Pope (the Raleigh multimillionaire) and his family had made only a small contribution of $4000 to his campaign. Davis said he certainly wasn't going to be influenced or controlled by such a small amount of money. According to the Federal Election commission the Pope family members actually contributed $16,000 directly to Davis campaign. What Davis neglected to mention was that Pope actually spent $265,666 on ads attacking Senator John Snow through his tax-exempt, supposedly non-partisan groups like Civitas Action and Real Jobs. Since getting elected Davis has voted consistently for virtually every one of the policies supported by Art Pope. These polices are in favor of wealthy millionaires like Pope himself, and hurt middle class citizens through cuts to public education and public universities. Art Pope must be thinking that his money was well spent.
But what is worse is one of our local newspapers has done virtually nothing to inform our citizens about this travesty of outside influence from special interest groups controlling our elections. When I first came to WNC in 1978 the editor of the Franklin Press was Bob Sloan. He reflected the values of the people living here: honesty, fairness, and independence. There is no doubt in my mind that he would have had articles and editorials about who Art Pope is and how he through his tax-exempt supposedly non-partisan groups that he has formed and funded is buying control of our government right here in WNC. Instead of exposing this power and influence over local elections by the multimillionaire from Raleigh, the Franklin Press is actually running on a regular basis a syndicated column by the John Locke Foundation. Art Pope founded this group and over 80% of the funding comes from Art Pope. So now not only is our elected representative an Art Pope puppet, but even [one of] our local paper[s] is trying to make all of us into puppets for Art Pope. Do you really want to be an Art Pope Puppet?
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -The city of Jacksonville's Animal Care and Protective Services shelter is at max capacity and a group of volunteers are trying to prevent any of these animals from being euthanized.
Volunteers with Friends of Jacksonville Animals, an organization which focuses on the well being of homeless animals, worked alongside with the city's animal control to set up a special pet adoption event this weekend.
The special adoption event helps match homeless animals with loving families. The number of adoption events like this one are becoming more frequent because the shelter receives an average of 50 animals each day.
ACPS Director Scott Trebatoski says 4,000 to 5,000 animals are euthanized each year in Jacksonville and the city is obligated to take in strays. He believes too many pet owners see their animals as disposable and they show up at the city's shelter. He cites this as of one reason the city is falling short of becoming a no-kill shelter.
"Because you are going on vacation, because school is out, or because you are going to have a Christmas party, that is not a good reason to surrender your pet, find a temporary solution to that and keep the pet in your house," he said.
Trebatoski urges people to find their unwanted pets a new home before dropping them off at the shelter. Spaying and neutering animals is important, as well as keeping pets at home so they don't go off and impregnate other animals and reproduce.
Another way to help is by adopting a pet as many did Saturday. The adoption event continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Falkland Islands comprise some 340 islands, located approximately 480km from the nearest point in South America. The two largest islands are East and West Falkland. Stanley, the capital, lies on the eastern shore of East Falkland. The total land area covers approximately 12,000sqkm.
The islands have no indigenous population and the current population of approximately 3,000 is predominantly of British descent, some 2,000 of whom live in Stanley, the only town.
The Falkland Islands are a British Oversea Territory and have considerable autonomy including in relation to fiscal matters. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State and is represented by the Governor who presides over the Government of the Falkland Islands and is advised in the exercise of his functions by an Executive Council of three of the eight elected Legislative Councillors and two ex-officio members (the Chief Executive and the Financial Secretary).The democratically elected Legislative Council has legislative powers, but responsibility for defence and foreign affairs rests with the British Government.The local administrative point of contact for the oil exploration industry is the Director of Minerals Resources, a Falkland Islands Government official, based in Stanley.
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The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is seeking an exceptionally qualified candidate for a full-time, tenure track appointment at the assistant professor level in mechanical engineering. All outstanding candidates with a strong background in fundamental science and engineering will be considered. Areas of particular interest to the department include, but are not limited to, mechatronics, controls, alternative power conversion and fuels, and computational simulation at all length scales. Additional information regarding the department may be viewed at http://www.engr.utk.edu/mabe/.
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ELECTION PROFILE: Dwain Morrison: Mayor
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Although frequently the odd vote out in the City Council, Dwain Morrison has striven to be the voice of the people with his strong rhetoric and passion.
"You're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk. You need to listen to what people said and act wisely," he said. "If you'll listen, people usually tell you what's on their mind."
The 62-year-old San Angelo native, who still lives only a couple of miles from his birthplace, has represented the residents of Single Member District 2 for the past 10 years and now hopes to represent the rest of San Angelo.
"It really has been quite an honor," Morrison said. "(Residents) have been very supportive of me. In turn I've tried to be loyal and supportive of them."
As an elected official, he said, his job is to be a voice for those who elected him.
"I speak for those who cannot and will not speak for themselves," he said.
Having been elected and re-elected five times, Morrison has evident support from a large portion of his district's residents. One who strongly advocates open government and prioritizing taxpayers' interests, Morrison is known for his commitment.
"Dwain is an honest person. He doesn't tell you he'll do something and throw it to the side," said Lloyd Cones, who has been friends with Morrison since they worked together in the '70s. "He's an honest and straightforward person. The city needs an honest and straightforward person."
A working man who made a life owning a fencing business for 25 years after he got out of the National Guard, Morrison understands the challenges the average working-class person faces.
After a stint at Roebuck and Co., a subsidiary of Sears, Morrison supported three children and his wife while she attended school. Having retired several years ago, Morrison now enjoys a simple life restoring old cars and spending time with his grandchildren.
During council meetings, Morrison has vehemently voiced his concerns that when the city charges user fees to local businesses, the business will simply offset the cost by charging the customer more, so the taxpayer still will lose out.
"I relate to families in San Angelo that are struggling," Morrison said. "I will have compassion for them. I will represent the working people."
For that reason, Cones said, Morrison will be able to represent the average working person and the majority of San Angeloans.
"Because he's been a common person, he knows what money means. It wasn't given to him on a platter," Cones said. "He knows what people do to make ends meet, so he's going to approach (taxpayer money) carefully and spend it wisely."
An upholder of transparency in city government, Morrison has repeatedly called for an external investigation of the city's Water Utilities department, which has been embroiled in controversy since odd financial and water billing activity surfaced late last year, resulting in a shift in the department's leadership.
"I want honesty, transparency and open government," he said.
Like former Mayor J.W. Lown, Morrison would like to be the public face of the city. While the mayor and council oversee the activity of staff and hold them accountable, Morrison said they should not micromanage.
"We hire a city manager who is knowledgeable, qualified and capable," he said. "It is the city manager's job to run the city, not the mayor's. A mayor needs to be the PR man for the city."
Leaving the nuts and bolts to city staff, Morrison said the mayor should be the one to say hello to incoming businesses and residents.
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After years of dating, Michael Strahan and Nicole Murphy are tying the knot. Murphy has received criticism from the media for being seen with an unidentified man. Now Murphy tells People Magazine that she's ready for the next step with Strahan.
"It's my second time around, and I had the big extravagant wedding when I got married to Eddie. I want to do something really simple. I want the dress to be flowy and elegant, and I'd love all the guests to wear cream, and no shoes on the beach." sai Murphy.
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Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door/Sevastopol swimmer Garrett Sowl won the 500-yard freestyle Thursday during a meet against Pulaski at the Door County YMCA.
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Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door/Sevastopol won nine events and beat Pulaski, 97-76, Thursday night in a high school boys swimming meet in Sturgeon Bay.
Trevor Smith won the 200-yard individual medley (2:17:08) and the 100 breaststroke (1:12.48), and Doug Foss won the 50 freestyle (24.26) and 100 freestyle (56.31) to lead the Clippers.
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In an article titled, "Use of Food Stamps Swells Even as Economy Improves," the Wall Street Journal reports that "The financial crisis is over and the recession ended in 2009. But one of the federal government's biggest social welfare programs, which expanded when the economy convulsed, isn't shrinking back alongside the recovery."
The report continues, "Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as the modern-day food-stamp benefit is known, has soared 70% since 2008 to a record 47.8 million as of December 2012. Congressional budget analysts think participation will rise again this year and dip only slightly in coming years."
The biggest factor behind the upward march of food stamps is a sluggish job market and a rising poverty rate. At the same time, many states have pushed to get more people to apply for SNAP, a program where the federal government picks up the tab.
But there is another driver, which has its origins in President Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare overhaul. In recent years, the law has enabled states to ease asset and income tests for would-be participants, with the encouragement of the Obama administration, allowing into the program people with relatively higher incomes as well as savings.
The new rules were designed to encourage people to take advantage of the program before they became destitute. By expanding the pool of potential applicants, they are redrawing the landscape of government assistance. It is one reason why SNAP appears to have evolved from a program that rose and fell with the unemployment rate to a more permanent feature of the landscape.


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By: Gordon Bishop
ObamaCare's dirty little Secret: What millions upon millions of unsuspecting
Americans didn't know--until now:
Your house, bank accounts, retirement fund can be seized and liquidated by
the I. R.S. (Internal Revenue Service) and the proceeds used to pay for health care for
illegal aliens.
Yes, this is America today.
It's Obama's "America" -- NOT the People's Republic of America.
This one unAmerican man is destroying America because he hates this freedom
loving country.
Because he is a Communist -- not a free market capitalist.
Obama already told "Joe the Plumber" when he was running for President
that he is a Marxist. Marxists believe that retribution of wealth is acceptable in this
Only socialists, Marxists and Communists believe in spreading the wealth.
Real American citizens oppose Retribution of Wealth.
We, the people, are not Communists, or Socialists, or Marxists.
We believe in freedom, liberty and less government is the best government.
As the Great One, Ronald Reagan said: "GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM."
Obama is no Ronald Reagan.
He is a British citizen who fooled the voters and taxpayers by pretending he was
born in Hawaii and, therefore, a legitimate citizen who could run for President.
The Truth is that Obama was raised in Indonesia (a socialist nation) by his
American born mother from Kansas.
He settled in the South Side of Chicago, the most corrupt city in America and
became a radical organizer spreading his Communist ideology.
The liberal Democrat Party decided to destroy itself by nominating him for
The dumb, Marxist Democrat Party never vetted Obama to find out his past
radicalism. They didn't do their homework, one of the reasons Obama is sitting in
the White House killing this once great nation.
You know what Dictator Obama is ding right now: He's
laughing in the face of American citizens, snickering out loud while he quietly
retors, "What a bunch of suckers" under his breath--so says The Tea Party.
The Tea Party is the fastest growing political party in the United States.
Eventually it will wipe out the Democrat Party, and perhaps even the Republican Party,
which seems to be slipping into ObamaMania!
The utter buffoonery of the Obama regime has made a laughing stock out of the
American people. Its socialist poison even seeped in the minds of the U.S. Supreme
Court, tainting their judgmenet by approving ObamaCare.
That will certainly collapse the American economy-- and our society.
Obama has given the green light and an unlimited budget to the IRS--the tax
collecting arm of ObamaCare- the right to grab:
Your home
Your life savings
Your business assets
Your family heirlooms
Your children's college money
Your unprotected retirement savings
Your asserts will be liquidated and the proceeds used to pay for health care
illegal aliens.
How does The Tea Party know this?
Because the illegal alien clause was NEVER TAKEN OUT of the Patient Protection
and affordable Care Act (PPAC)--also known as ObamaCare.
OBAMACARE is the destruction of this, the world's greatest nation --the USA!
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Wow, a newbie blogger!! Just here to spread the word about Arc Kandiyohi County and all that it does to make the lives of people with disabilities within Kandiyohi County as good as they can be. Our non-profit is a chapter of a Minnesota and National Arc organizations. We receive support from them but exist through grants, fundraisers and donations from the communities we serve. Our services are designed to support legislation for the people we serve which will allow them to live a life as independently and successfully as they are able to do. We also work to integrate our people into the community as much as possible, removing as many barriers to integration as we can.
My journey to this point has been an interesting one. I would have never believed that someday I would be an executive director of a non-profit agency. I have been able to learn many life lessons throughout this process. One of my earliest lesson was learned as a very young speech pathologist accepting a position at Willmar State Hospital as they were beginning The Glacial Ridge Training Center for children and adults moving in from other state hospitals in Minnesota. When I began my job, new residents arrived daily from other state hospitals, and these residents had come from places that had treated them well and from those institutions who hadn't. I worked with these people, some of who had been institutionalized their whole lives and had all sorts of personalities and behaviors I had never met or seen. I learned that although they may have been aggressive or passive, low functioning or high functioning, old or young, somewhere inside of them there was someone to relate to, treat with respect and honor. I saw the humanity in all of them and I think that's what hooked me on this career. I only stayed in this position for 18 months but it still has an effect on me every day of my life.
Through this blog I want to continue getting the word out about Arc Kandiyohi County, our mission, and information we need you to know to make this a world that works for all people. I hope to get our blogs out by Friday morning each week so people will expect to see something new each week. Join me in my journey.