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Analysts Expect Little from Efforts by States to Cut Gas Supplies
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By Thomas C. Hayes N.Y. Times News Service DALLAS _ Campaigns by hundreds of independent drillers to curb bulging supplies of natural gas in the Southwest scored one victory in Oklahoma last week and appear to be headed for others soon in Texas and Louisiana.
Oklahoma Gov. David Walters, a Democrat, signed a bill last week that is expected to reduce annual gas output there by about 5 percent.
The Texas Railroad Commission on Monday scheduled a vote on April 27 on a narrower plan for production cutbacks, and Louisiana is considering a similar measure.
The three states produce nearly half of the nation's natural gas supply, but the production limits approved or under consideration in the three states are weaker than some drillers had sought and will probably have little impact on depressed gas prices.
The Federal Trade Commission has said that blanket restrictions on gas output to raise prices are illegal, but that states can impose some narrower limits. The Oklahoma measure attempts to comply with federal law, but federal agencies are examining it.
At the urging of powerful members of Congress from gas-consuming regions, primarily the Northeast, the Midwest and California, federal regulators are monitoring the states' actions for signs of illegal attempts to rig the gas markets.
But economists and other analysts say supplies are too abundant in areas outside the Southwest for producers here to have any lasting control over prices.
Battered by several years of gluts and depressed prices, the region's gas producers are in turmoil. Gas prices over the last few months have been the lowest of any winter since the 1970s.
Thousands of smaller producers have been driven out of business, many large independent companies are losing money, layoffs have accelerated and drilling has plunged to its lowest level in 50 years.
Giant companies like Mobil, Amoco and Arco, as well as large independents like Oryx Energy and Maxus Energy, have turned more to foreign drilling, where costs are lower and prospects more appealing.
But many of the nation's independent companies, which produce about 60 percent of the domestic gas supply, are too weak financially to consider foreign operations.
Many of them have pressured state officials for help. Regulators in Texas are considering changes, based on historical trends and other factors, in how they calculate monthly production limits for each well.
Drillers in Texas, which produced 27 percent of the nation's gas in 1990, have complained for years that pipeline companies abuse the current system by overestimating how much gas they can sell each month.
Production limits are based on the pipelines' monthly demand forecasts; when forecasts were too high, markets were glutted with gas.
"That process was difficult to follow and was not accurate," Lena Guerrero, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, said in an interview.
Appointed last year by Gov. Ann Richards, a Democrat, to the three-member panel that regulates the state's oil and gas industry, Guerrero will be on the ballot for the first time in November. …


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December 2, 2015
DALLAS (October 24, 2012)---Two teenagers are in custody in a shooting outside a Dallas pub in which a man who was trying to stop a robbery was killed, police said Wednesday.
Justin Gerald Jones, 19, and Tierra Ladarryl Winters, 19, are charged with capital murder.
Investigators believe Jones shot Donald Morrow to death last Thursday in the parking lot of Sherlock's Baker St. Pub & Grill.
Winters is accused of driving the getaway vehicle.
Police say Winters and Jones allegedly robbed several other people in the Dallas area before the killing.
Bond was not immediately set for Jones and Winters.
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Originally posted by DaTroof
This will be the 4th Presidential election now in which I will not vote. People will always vote, so even though your ideal is noble in principle, it's simply impossible without distracting the entire nation, including those volunteering at polling booths.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
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Well, I'm in the middle of reading the Constitution word by word and section by section for my Pol- College class and I sure haven't seen a thing about min. numbers or some form of quorum required. I know Congress has very specific regulations about numbers and % required to do business but I don't think even our Founders considered the possibility that so few would even come to care about things anymore for turnout itself to be a problem.
They went through so much trouble protecting our ability to vote and rights on everything...I just honestly don't believe those men could have conceived that all they fought and died for would reach the day it has now. Less than half even bother to give their opinion by a vote anymore. In that way, we do have the Government we deserve, eh?


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Job: Library technician Borrego Springs Branch, San Diego County Library
She recommends: "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters (Perfection Learning, 2004; 290 pages; $23.45)
Why? Whether or not Spoon River reminds you of your own hometown, you'll recognize some of the characters, because human nature hasn't changed much in the nearly 100 years since this collection was written. The writer has given the dead in town their last chance to explain, celebrate or complain about their lives and deaths. Each character has his say in a page or less of unrhymed verse, and whether deep, sad or funny, each carries the tone of the individual speaker's life. These characters are bound to leave a lingering impression. Hearing so many voices getting in their last words leaves us to ponder how we might explain ourselves from beyond the grave. It seems dead characters can tell what they couldn't when alive. "Spoon River Anthology" has a lot to say on many different levels. It's still good after all these years.
Ann Diener
Job: Owner, The Yellow Book Road
She recommends: "Little Cub " by Olivier Dunrea (Philomel, 2012; 32 pages; $16.99)
Why? A young bear cub, who is all alone in the world, leads a parallel life to Old Bear, who is grumpy and tired of living alone. Old Bear discovers the young cub curled up in a ball fast asleep, and they begin a life worth living together. This picture book is a companion to "Old Bear and His Cub" from the New York Times best-selling creator of the Gossie books. The word that comes to mind to describe this story is "precious," and every young child (and adult) will fall in love with Little Cub.
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Stargazing, RussiaxReader You yawned and sat up in bed to find that there was a stunning lack of Russian beside you. You sighed, rubbed your eyes, and flung the covers from your form before swinging your legs over the side of the bed. You winced slightly at the foreign cold feeling that raced through your bare feet.Stargazing, RussiaxReader3 years ago in Romance More Like This
You knew that Ivan wasn't up to anything horrible, at least that was what you hoped, but that didn't curb your curiosity. He was always up to something interesting. One night, you woke up to find him making beef dumplings in the kitchen because he, quote, "felt like it was a beef dumpling morning."
You smiled at the memory. You may not completely understand everything he does but you thought that all those things added to his charm.
You padded down the long and dark hallway of his house, staring at the multiple pictures along the wall as you went. They were framed pictures someone took of you and Ivan during random intervals of your life. Your favorite was a picture of Ivan wrapp
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Article: Bearing Change to Metal-On-Polyethylene for Ceramic Bearing Fracture In Total Hip Arthroplasty; Does It Work?[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We evaluated the short-term to midterm results of reoperation with bearing change to metal-on-polyethylene (MoP) after ceramic bearing fracture in ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty. Nine third-generation ceramic bearing fractures (6 heads and 3 liners) were treated with bearing change to MoP. Mean age at reoperation was 52.7 years. Mean follow-up was 4.3 years. During follow-up, 2 of 3 liner-fractured hips and 1 of 6 head-fractured hips showed radiologic signs of metallosis and elevated serum chromium levels. Re-reoperation with bearing rechange to a ceramic head was performed for the hips with metallosis. One liner-fractured hip had periprosthetic joint infection. Dislocation occurred in 3 hips. From our experience, bearing change to MoP is not a recommended treatment option for ceramic bearing fracture in total hip arthroplasty.The Journal of arthroplasty 09/2015; DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2015.08.039 · 2.67 Impact Factor
Article: Comparison of three different methods for effective introduction of platelet-rich plasma on PLGA woven mesh[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: For successful tissue regeneration, effective cell delivery to defect site is very important. Various types of polymer biomaterials have been developed and applied for effective cell delivery. PLGA (poly lactic-co-glycolic acid), a synthetic polymer, is a commercially available and FDA approved material. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous growth factor cocktail containing various growth factors including PDGF, TGFβ-1 and BMPs, and has shown positive effects on cell behaviors. We hypothesized that PRP pretreatment on PLGA mesh using different methods would cause different patterns of platelet adhesion and stages which would modulate cell adhesion and proliferation on the PLGA mesh. In this study, we pretreated PRP on PLGA using three different methods including simple dripping (SD), dynamic oscillation (DO) and centrifugation (CE), then observed the amount of adhered platelets and their activation stage distribution. The highest amount of platelets was observed on CE mesh and calcium treated CE mesh. Moreover, calcium addition after PRP coating triggered dramatic activation of platelets which showed large and flat morphologies of platelets with rich fibrin networks. Human chondrocytes (hCs) and human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs) were next cultured on PRP-pretreated PLGA meshes using different preparation methods. CE mesh showed a significant increase in the initial cell adhesion of hCs and proliferation of hBMSCs compared with SD and DO meshes. The results demonstrated that the centrifugation method can be considered as a promising coating method to introduce PRP on PLGA polymeric material which could improve cell-material interaction using a simple method.Biomedical Materials 04/2015; 10(2):025002. DOI:10.1088/1748-6041/10/2/025002 · 3.70 Impact Factor
Article: The Result of Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Metallosis Following a Catastrophic Failure of a Polyethylene Liner[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Wear cannot be completely prevented after total hip arthroplasty. If severe polyethylene (PE) liner wear develops, the so-called catastrophic failure occurs and metallosis develops. We postulated that longevity of the new implant may be affected after revision surgery for metallosis following a catastrophic failure of a PE liner due to the substantial amount of PE wear particles and infiltration of the metal particles in this catastrophic condition. Twenty-three hips of 23 patients were identified because they showed metallosis during revision total hip arthroplasties performed in Seoul National University Hospital between January 1996 and August 2004. They were followed for at least 6.5 years after the index revision total hip arthroplasty. The clinical and radiological results of revision total hip arthroplasties in these patients were evaluated. The median Harris hip score increased from 60 points before revision total hip arthroplasties to 90 points at the final follow-up. Osteolysis was detected at an average of 9.3 years after revision total hip arthroplasties in 13 hips and acetabular cup loosening at average 9.8 years after revision total hip arthroplasties in 9 hips. With radiographic evidence of osteolysis and loosening as the end points, the 15-year survival rates were 28.2% and 56.0%, respectively. The survival rate of revision total hip arthroplasty in patients with metallosis following a catastrophic failure of a PE liner was low.Clinics in orthopedic surgery 03/2015; 7(1):46-53. DOI:10.4055/cios.2015.7.1.46
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ABSTRACT: We designed this study to demonstrate recent trends in the proportion of adult hip research in orthopedics, to identify countries leading the adult hip research, and to evaluate the relationship between the economic power of the countries and their contributions. Studies published in seven select orthopedic journals were retrieved from PubMed. Among them, we determined the number of adult hip studies. The countries-of-origin of adult hip studies, and the economic power of the countries were investigated. A total of 7218 orthopedic publications and 1993 (27.6%) addressed adult hip research were identified. Adult hip studies increased from 313 (23.7%) in 2000 to 555 (27.9%) in 2011. Twenty-five countries accounted for 97.6% of the total number of adult hip studies, and gross domestic product correlated with publication volume (Spearman's rho, 0.723; p=0.000). Researchers from a limited number of developed countries have published their studies in the adult hip discipline.Yonsei Medical Journal 01/2015; 56(1):132-8. DOI:10.3349/ymj.2015.56.1.132 · 1.29 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We analyzed national data collected by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in Korea from 2007 to 2011; 1) to document procedural numbers and procedural rate of bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BH), primary and revision total hip arthroplasties (THAs), 2) to stratify the prevalence of each procedure by age, gender, and hospital type, and quantified, 3) to estimate the revision burden and evaluate whether the burden is changed over time. Our final study population included 60,230 BHs, 40,760 primary THAs, and 10,341 revision THAs. From 2007 to 2011, both the number and the rate of BHs, primary THAs increased steadily, whereas there was no significant change in revision THAs. Over the 5 yr, the rate of BHs and primary THAs per 100,000 persons significantly increased by 33.2% and 21.4%, respectively. The number of revision THAs was consistent over time. The overall annual revision burden for THA decreased from 22.1% in 2007 to 18.9% in 2011. In contrast to western data, there were no changes in the number and rate of revision THAs, and the rates of primary and revision THAs were higher for men than those for women. Although 5 yr is a short time to determine a change in the revision burden, there have been significant decreases in some age groups. Graphical AbstractJournal of Korean Medical Science 06/2014; 29(6):852-8. DOI:10.3346/jkms.2014.29.6.852 · 1.27 Impact Factor
Article: Meniscal repair in vivo using human chondrocyte-seeded PLGA mesh scaffold pretreated with platelet-rich plasma[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) pretreatment on a poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) mesh scaffold enhances the healing capacity of the meniscus with human chondrocyte-seeded scaffolds in vivo, even when the seeded number of cells was reduced from 10 million to one million. A flexible PLGA mesh scaffold was pretreated with PRP using a centrifugal technique. One million human articular chondrocytes were seeded onto the scaffold by dynamic oscillation. After 7 days, scaffolds were placed between human meniscal discs and were implanted subcutaneously in nude mice for 6 weeks (n = 16/group). Fluorescence microscopy demonstrated uniform attachment of the chondrocytes throughout the scaffolds 24 h following seeding. Cell attachment analysis revealed a significantly increased number of chondrocytes on PRP-pretreated than non-treated scaffolds (p < 0.05). Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed chondrocytes attached to the PRP-pretreated scaffolds interconnecting their cellular processes with the fibrin network at 24 h and day 7 of culture. Of the 16 constructs containing PRP-pretreated scaffolds implanted in mice, six menisci healed completely, nine healed incompletely and one did not heal. Histological results from the 16 control constructs containing non-treated scaffolds revealed that none had healed completely, four healed incompletely and 12 did not heal. The histological outcome between the groups was significantly different (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that human articular chondrocytes on PRP-pretreated PLGA mesh scaffolds demonstrate increased cell attachment and enhance the healing capacity of meniscus with a reduced number of seeding cells in a meniscal repair mouse model. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 06/2014; DOI:10.1002/term.1938 · 5.20 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We evaluated the clinical course of subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head (SIFFH) and its characteristic findings with special regard to joint space narrowing (JSN). Thirty-one cases of SIFFH of mean age 68.9 yr initially underwent limited weight-bearing conservative treatment. During the follow-up period, the patients with intractable pain underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA). For radiographic evaluation, lateral center-edge angle, JSN and femoral head collapse (FHC) were documented, and the extent of FHC was classified as mild (<2 mm), moderate (2-4 mm), and severe (>4 mm). The progression or new development of FHC more than 2 mm was evaluated on sequential plain radiographs. The relationship between radiographic parameters and clinical outcomes were evaluated. THAs were performed in 15 cases (48.4%). There was no significant correlation between clinical outcomes and the extent of initial FHC. However, a significantly larger proportion of patients that underwent THA showed JSN and FHC progression compared to the symptom improvement group. The risk factor significantly associated with failed conservative treatment was JSN (P=0.038; OR, 11.8; 95% CI, 1.15-122.26). Clinical results of conservative treatment for SIFFH in elderly patients are relatively poor. The patients with JSN are at higher risk of failed conservative treatment. Graphical AbstractJournal of Korean medical science 04/2014; 29(4):593-8. DOI:10.3346/jkms.2014.29.4.593 · 1.27 Impact Factor
Article: Preparation of a hemiporous hydroxyapatite scaffold and evaluation as a cell-mediated bone substitute[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A hemiporous hydroxyapatite (HAp) scaffold was prepared to support the tissue engineered approach to the restoration of damaged bone. The scaffold comprised a porous cell-seeded part and a non-porous load bearing part. A wet processing technique of HAp suspensions was used to shape the hemiporous body. The structure of the porous part was tailored using a stack of heat treated porogen placed on the plaster. The prepared specimen had approximately 30 layers of connected pores, which could accommodate sufficient human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs). The result of an in vitro test showed that hBMSCs successfully proliferated and produced extracellular matrices even at the pore in the deep portion of the scaffolds. The in vivo test in the distal femur of a rabbit showed the formation of new fibrous tissue and tubular vessels with red blood cells in the hBMSCs-seeded scaffold from the pores at the deepest portion as well as from the pore at the periphery of the scaffold. The result was in distinct contrast with the scaffold without cell loading. The preloading of cell was thus very effective in the migration of cells in spite of the unconfirmed connectivity among pores. The present casting approach had the merits of simplicity and versatility in tailoring the scaffold structure without an elaborate device. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.Ceramics International 03/2014; 40(2):3079-3087. DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.09.138 · 2.61 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study was undertaken to determine incidence, associated risk factors, and clinical outcomes of a diastasis of pubic symphysis. Among 4,151 women, who delivered 4,554 babies at the Department of Obstetrics of Seoul National University Bundang hospital from January 2004 to December 2006, eleven women were diagnosed as having a symptomatic diastasis of pubic symphysis. We estimated the incidence of the diastasis and identified the associated risk factors. To evaluate the pain relief and reduction of diastasis we followed up the 11 diastatic patients. The incidence of the diastasis was 1/385. Primiparity (P = 0.010) and twin gestation (P = 0.016) appeared as risk factors for diastasis by univairable analysis; and twin gestation appeared to be the only risk factor (P = 0.006) by logistic analysis. Two patients were operated due to intractable pain; and the remaining nine patients were treated conservatively. The diastatic gap decreased to less than 1.5 cm by 2 to 6 weeks after the diagnosis and then remained stationary. At a mean follow-up of 22.1 months (range, 12 to 47 months), five of 11 patients had persistent symphysis pubis dysfunction. Diastasis is more frequent than generally acknowledged. Pregnant women with multiple gestations should be informed about the potential risk of pubic symphysis diastasis.Journal of Korean medical science 02/2014; 29(2):281-6. DOI:10.3346/jkms.2014.29.2.281 · 1.27 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Patients with residual poliomyelitis can have advanced degenerative arthritis of the hip in the paralytic limb or the nonparalytic contralateral limb. Although THA is a treatment option for some of these patients, there are few studies regarding THA in this patient population. We therefore reviewed a group of patients with residual poliomyelitis who underwent cementless THA on either their paralytic limb or nonparalytic limb to assess (1) Harris hip scores, (2) radiographic results, including implant loosening, (3) complications, including dislocation, and (4) limb length discrepancy after recovery from surgery. From January 2000 to December 2009, 10 patients with residual poliomyelitis (10 hips, four paralytic limbs and six nonparalytic contralateral limbs) underwent THA using cementless prostheses. Harris hip scores, complications, and leg length discrepancy were determined by chart review, and confirmed by questionnaire and examination; radiographs were reviewed by two observers for this study. Followup was available for all 10 patients at a minimum of 3 years (median, 7 years; range, 3.4-13 years). Surgery was done at the same side of the paralytic limb in four hips and contralateral to the paralytic limb in six. All patients had pain relief and improvement in function; the Harris hip score improved from mean of 68 preoperatively to 92 at last followup (p = 0.043). However, only three patients had complete pain relief. One hip dislocated, which was treated successfully with closed reduction and a hip spica cast for 2 months. There was no loosening or osteolysis in this series. Leg length discrepancy improved after the index operation, but only in the THAs performed in the paralytic limbs. Cementless THA may be suitable for painful hips in adult patients with residual poliomyelitis. Nonetheless, these patients should be informed of the possibility of mild residual pain and persistent leg length discrepancy, particularly patients whose THA is performed on the limb that was not affected by polio (ie, the nonparalytic contralateral limb). Level IV, therapeutic study. See the Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 11/2013; 472(3). DOI:10.1007/s11999-013-3338-3 · 2.77 Impact Factor
Article: Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty for Patients with Crowe Type III or IV Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Two-Stage Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Skeletal Traction after Soft Tissue Release for Irreducible Hips[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) for severe developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a technically demanding procedure for arthroplasty surgeons, and it is often difficult to reduce the hip joint without soft tissue release due to severe flexion contracture. We performed two-stage THAs in irreducible hips with expected lengthening of the affected limb after THA of over 2.5 cm or with flexion contractures of greater than 30 degrees in order to place the acetabular cup in the true acetabulum and to prevent neurologic deficits associated with acute elongation of the limb. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of cementless THA in patients with severe DDH with a special focus on the results of two-stage THA. Retrospective clinical and radiological evaluations were done on 17 patients with Crowe type III or IV developmental DDH treated by THA. There were 14 women and 3 men with a mean age of 52.3 years. Follow-ups averaged 52 months. Six cases were treated with two-stage THA followed by surgical hip liberalization and skeletal traction for 2 weeks. The mean Harris hip score improved from 40.9 to 89.1, and mean leg length discrepancy (LLD) in 13 unilateral cases was reduced from 2.95 to 0.8 cm. In the patients who underwent two-stage surgery, no nerve palsy was observed, and the single one-stage patient with incomplete peroneal nerve palsy recovered fully 4 weeks postoperatively. The short-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of primary cementless THA for patients with Crowe type III or IV DDH were encouraging. Two-stage THA followed by skeletal traction after soft tissue release could provide alternative solutions to the minimization of limb shortenings or LLD without neurologic deficits in highly selected patients.Clinics in orthopedic surgery 09/2013; 5(3):167-73. DOI:10.4055/cios.2013.5.3.167
Article: Femoral Neck Fracture after Removal of the Compression Hip Screw from Healed Intertrochanteric Fractures.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate the incidence of femoral neck fracture (FNF) after removal of a compression hip screw (CHS) without trauma and to determine the risk factors for this type of fracture. DESIGN:: Retrospective study of consecutive patient series SETTING:: University teaching hospital PATIENTS:: Sixty-seven patients with a mean age of 65.3 years (45 women and 22 men). INTERVENTION:: A total of 67 implants were removed in the presence of bony consolidation of the fracture site; most of them were due to hardware pain. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:: The incidence of FNF after a CHS removal, clinical parameters (age, gender, bone mineral density, body mass index, fracture stability), and radiological parameters (the femoral neck-shaft angle, femoral neck width, distance between thread of lag screw and neck cortex). Univariate analysis was performed for those parameters of the fracture group and the non-fracture group. To assess which variables were associated with FNF, a multiple logistic regression was used. RESULTS:: Six (9.0 %) FNFs occurred within 1 month after a CHS removal. The mean anterior and lateral neck widths were significantly smaller, and the mean anterior and inferior thread-to-cortex distances were significantly shorter in the fracture group compared with the non-fracture group. The risk factor significantly associated with FNF was the inferior thread-to-cortex distance (OR 0.462; 95% CI: 0.217; 0.988). CONCLUSIONS:: CHS should not be removed routinely due to the risk of FNF. Furthermore, attention should be paid to at risk patients with a hip screw positioned close to the inferior femoral neck cortex.Journal of orthopaedic trauma 05/2013; 27(12). DOI:10.1097/BOT.0b013e31829906a0 · 1.80 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to analyze the short to midterm results of Bernese periacetabular osteotomy for the patient with hip dysplasia.The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 01/2013; 48(6):433. DOI:10.4055/jkoa.2013.48.6.433
Article: Medial placement of the acetabular component in an alumina-on-alumina total hip arthroplasty: A comparative study with propensity score matching[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Purpose: In an alumina-on-alumina total hip arthroplasty (THA), recommended with a small inclination angle <45°, the acetabular component (cup) may be positioned more medially to be covered almost completely by host bone. The purpose of this study was to identify the correlating factors and to evaluate the outcomes of medial placement of the cup in patients with alumina-on-alumina THAs. Methods: Using the propensity score matching with age, gender, body mass index, initial diagnosis, and the length of follow-up as variables, 38 hips with a medialized cup and 38 hips with a non-medialized one were identified from 389 hips in 347 who patients underwent primary alumina-on-alumina THA and followed up for more than 7 years. Clinical and radiological outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results: Preoperative acetabular medial wall thickness and the cup inclination angle were significantly smaller in the medialization group compared to the non-medialization group. Center edge angle, cup size, and coverage by host bone were not significantly different between the two groups. The hip center of rotation was significantly medialized in the medialization group. The Harris hip scores were not significantly different between the two groups. No component loosening or osteolysis was observed and no revision was required in either groups. Conclusions: Thin acetabular medial wall and a small inclination angle of the cup were the correlating factors of medial placement of the cup in patients who underwent an alumina-on-alumina THA. Medial placement did not lead to differences in the clinical or radiological outcomes.Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 12/2012; 133(3). DOI:10.1007/s00402-012-1661-x · 1.60 Impact Factor
Article: Transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Their Conditioned Medium Prevents Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Nude Mice[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has recently been recognized as a new source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for use in stem cell therapy. We studied the effects of systemic injection of human UCB-MSCs and their conditioned medium (CM) on ovariectomy (OVX)-induced bone loss in nude mice. Ten-week-old female nude mice were divided into six groups: Sham-operated mice treated with vehicle (Sham-Vehicle), OVX mice subjected to UCB-MSCs (OVX-MSC) or human dermal fibroblasts (OVX-DFB) transplantation, OVX mice treated with UCB-MSCs CM (OVX-CM), zoledronate (OVX-Zol), or vehicle (OVX-Vehicle). Although OVX-Vehicle group exhibited significantly less bone mineral density (BMD) gain compared with Sham-Vehicle group, transplantation of hUCB-MSCs (OVX-MSC group) has effectively prevented OVX-induced bone mass attenuation. Notably, OVX-CM group also showed BMD preservation comparable to the OVX-MSC group. In addition, micro-CT analysis demonstrated improved trabecular parameters in both OVX-MSC and OVX-CM groups compared to OVX-Vehicle or OVX-DFB group. Histomorphometric analysis showed increased bone formation parameters, accompanied by increased serum procollagen type-I N-telopeptide levels in OVX-MSC and OVX-CM mice. However, cell trafficking analysis failed to demonstrate engraftment of MSCs in bone tissue 48 hrs after cell infusion. In vitro, hUCB-MSC CM increased alkaline phosphatase activity in human bone marrow-derived MSCs and mRNA expression of collagen type 1, Runx2, osterix, and alkaline phosphatase in C3H10T1/2 cells. Furthermore, hUCB-MSC CM significantly increased survival of osteocyte-like MLO-Y4 cells while it inhibited osteoclastic differentiation. To summarize, transplantation of hUCB-MSCs could effectively prevented OVX-mediated bone loss in nude mice which appears to be mediated by paracrine mechanism rather than direct engraftment of the MSCs.Tissue Engineering Part A 12/2012; 19(5-6). DOI:10.1089/ten.TEA.2012.0047 · 4.64 Impact Factor
Article: Multiplanar Reformation Computed Tomogram is Better than MR Imaging in Decision Making for Apparently Isolated Fractures of the Greater Trochanter.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:: We evaluated isolated fractures of the greater trochanter (IFGT) on plain radiographs with multiplanar reformation computed tomography (MPR CT). DESIGN:: Retrospective review of patients SETTING:: University teaching hospital PATIENTS:: This study included 27 consecutive patients with apparently isolated fractures of the greater trochanter MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS:: The clinical results, X-ray, CT, MRI, bone scintigraphy findings were investigated RESULTS:: Four of 27 cases demonstrated anterior cortical breakage or extensive damage of the trabecular bone in the intertrochanteric area on MPR CT images. Surgical fixation was necessary for these four cases. The other 23 cases, in which no structural damage was detected, were treated conservatively and the results were satisfactory without progression to a complete intertrochanteric fracture.All 9 cases evaluated with MR imaging demonstrated extension into the intertrochanteric area. In 5 cases, the extension crossed the midline on the mid-coronal image. Two of the cases were treated surgically because of anterior cortical breakage and extensive trabecular impaction on MPR CT, respectively. However, the other 3 cases and 4 cases with mild intertrochanteric extension were treated conservatively without problem. CONCLUSIONS:: The evaluation of IFGT with MPR CT was shown to be valuable for determining the optimal treatment method.Journal of orthopaedic trauma 11/2012; 27(8). DOI:10.1097/BOT.0b013e31827d0ad8 · 1.80 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We evaluated the outcomes of 64 consecutive revision total hip arthroplasties with an alumina-on-alumina bearing surface in 61 patients with osteolysis. No implants had been rerevised nor was osteolysis detected at a mean of 9.8 years (range, 7.0-13.1 years) postoperatively. There was 1 case of stem loosening but no cup loosening or alumina bearing fractures. Two surgical procedures were performed for an infection in 1 patient. Three dislocations occurred in 3 hips; all were treated with closed reduction and abduction bracing for 3 months. No further dislocations occurred. With any reoperation or radiographic evidence of osteolysis or loosening as the end point, the 7-year survival rate was 96.9% (95% confidence interval, 90.8%-100%). The alumina-on-alumina bearing surfaces used for revision total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteolysis were found to produce encouraging clinical results and implant survival rates at a minimum of 7 years postoperatively.The Journal of arthroplasty 11/2012; 28(1). DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2012.04.030 · 2.67 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Wet processing of hydroxyapatite is useful in the preparation of a green body with a complex structure such as a porous body. For successful wet processing, a suspension with low viscosity and high solid loading is essential. The optimization of the suspension is typically achieved through the careful control of the parameters such as the amount of dispersant and the pH. The milling time was also presented as a significant parameter for the preparation of the suspension in this work. Excessive milling brought about an increase in viscosity, which subsequently resulted in a green body with reduced density. Due to the loose network of primary particles in the green body, the densification was not successfully achieved. The loose packing in the green body was attributed to the reduction of the absolute zeta potential with the increase in milling time.Current Applied Physics 09/2012; 12:S71–S75. DOI:10.1016/j.cap.2012.02.023 · 2.21 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: THA in patients younger than 30 years presents challenges because of uncertainties regarding the long-term survivorship of prostheses. Alumina-on-alumina bearings, which exhibit little long-term wear, may be a reasonable option but the long-term survivorship is unknown. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We determined (1) the survival rate of alumina-on-alumina bearings in patients younger than 30 years after a 10-year followup, (2) the incidence of audible hip clicking and squeaking, (3) radiographic evidence of osteolysis, and (4) the effects on pregnancy, childbirth, and career choice. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 62 patients who had 75 THAs with alumina-on-alumina bearings followed more than 10 years (average, 11.5; range, 10-13.5 years). Mean patient age at the time of surgery was 24 years (range, 18-30 years). All operations were performed using the same cementless implant at a single center. We determined survival, presence of osteolysis, and function (Harris hip score, WOMAC). RESULTS: The 10-year survival rate of alumina-on-alumina bearings in THAs, with revision for any reason as the end point, was 98.9%. Audible hip clicking and squeaking were identified in 10 hips and two hips, respectively. No osteolysis was detected. None of the 11 patients who became pregnant had been affected by their THA during pregnancy or childbirth. Seven of the 14 patients who were unemployed at the time of index surgery stated that their THA affected their job choice. CONCLUSIONS: We found a high 10-year survival of cementless alumina-on-alumina bearings in THAs in patients younger than 30 years. Lifetime events such as job choice, pregnancy, and childbirth should be considered when choosing THA for patients younger than 30 years. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, therapeutic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 07/2012; 470(12). DOI:10.1007/s11999-012-2493-2 · 2.77 Impact Factor
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It seems like I've been doing a lot of "comparing things" recently. I just posted a long article, as a result of a lengthy (and not always happy) exploration of film scanning, over in hybridphoto.com, with results that surprised me at first and on further thought, educated me about what kind of photographer I am (or at least informed me about the medium I work in.) I suffer from a severe case of G.A.S., and as a result I tend to think of myself as a gearhead. I'm also trained as a scientist, and I think of myself as a technically-oriented photographer. Then Kiron Kid asked me what I thought of a particular lens -- the Vivitar Series 1 28-105 -- and I thought, well, I'll just go out and shoot a bit with it (which I did) and since I had just bought a Nikkor AF35-135 to go with my new (to me) F5, I followed up with a few shots with it as well (both lenses on my D700, so I could see the results quickly and easily.) The results were, well, different. There are things I can say technically about the two lenses -- the Vivitar has enough light falloff that you'd probably call it vignetting, at least at some apertures and focal lengths while the Nikkor has none that I can see. On the other hand, both lenses have distortion at the ends of their focal ranges, barrel at the wide end, pincushion at the long end, at it's actually worse on the Nikkor at both ends. Either that or my brick wall is doing some strange things. The Nikkor's also sharper in the corners wide open (honestly, stopped down, too) and probably a tad sharper overall wide open. It's also more contrasty throughout, but that actually made the one shot I made in macro mode (of a single orange blossom) look better -- less washed out and showing more detail -- with the Vivitar than with the Nikkor. The corner sharpness was irrelevant in this one shot, and the slight vignetting actually worked with this image. It seems to me that I could get a tad closer with the Vivitar, too, but honestly I wasn't making measurements.
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Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2001
The Effect of Exposure to Multiple Lineups
on Face Identification Accuracy
Tiffany Hinz1and Kathy Pezdek1,2
This study examines the conditions under which an intervening lineup affects identi-
fication accuracy on a subsequent lineup. One hundred and sixty adults observed a
photograph of one target individual for 60 s. One week later, they viewed an inter-
vening target-absent lineup and were asked to identify the target individual. Two days
later, participants were shown one of three 6-person lineups that included a different
from the intervening lineup was absent from the test lineup and the false alarm rate
was greater when the target face was absent from the test lineup. The results suggest
that simply being exposed to an innocent suspect in an intervening lineup, whether that
tifying the innocent suspect and decreases the probability of correctly identifying the
true perpetrator in a subsequent test lineup. The implications of these findings both for
police lineup procedures and for the interpretation of lineup results in the courtroom
are discussed.
Consider the following hypothetical situation. A crime occurs and during the police
investigation a suspect is apprehended. The witness is brought in to view a lineup
and asked to make an identification. The suspect is truly innocent and the witness
found. Now the witness is asked back to a second lineup that consists of the innocent
lineup, the witness now chooses the innocent suspect she saw in the first lineup but
failed to identify. The police consider this a correct identification and proceed with
the prosecution of the innocent suspect. This scenario depicts the potential danger
of how intervening lineups may influence identification accuracy.
1Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.
2To whom correspondence should be addressed at Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate Uni-
versity, 123 East Eighth Street, Claremont, California 91711-3955; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The problem of decreased identification accuracy after viewing mugshot pho-
tographs was first noted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Simmons v. United States
(1968). The court maintained that viewing mugshot photographs may have detri-
mental effects on identification accuracy because "the witness...is apt to retain in
his memory the image of the photograph rather than of the person actually seen"
(quoted in Brown, Deffenbacher, & Sturgill, 1977, p. 312). Since this ruling, numer-
ous studies have examined the extent to which intervening mugshot photographs
influence identification accuracy.
In one of the first studies examining the effects of intervening lineups on the
accuracy of subsequent eyewitness identification, Brown et al. (1977) examined
the relationship between viewing previously seen mugshot photographs with either
3, two sets of "criminals" distributed materials to participants on the day of a sched-
class encountered the other set of criminals. Three days after the exam, participants
were asked to identify the "criminals" from a series of 12 pairs of mugshot pho-
tographs. For a given witness, one pair of photographs was composed of the criminal
they encountered in class and a criminal that they did not encounter in class. Four
to five days later, each participant was shown a lineup that consisted of a criminal
with a mugshot, a criminal not seen in the mugshot phase, a foil seen in the mugshot
phase, and an unfamiliar lineup foil. The hit rate for the criminal with a mugshot
was .45, for the criminal without a mugshot it was .24, and for the foil in an earlier
mugshot it was .29. Participants were most accurate recognizing the criminal whose
mugshot was previously seen. However, participants chose the innocent person seen
photograph they did not see.
intervening photographs influence eyewitness identification accuracy. First, partici-
pants watched a videotaped staged crime. Approximately 20 min. later, the experi-
mental group was shown a series of mugshot photographs that did not contain the
participants were asked to identify the criminal from a target-present lineup. The hit
rate was .69 in the control condition and .36 in the experimental condition. Similarly,
the participants in the control condition who did not view the mugshot photographs
correctly identified the target photograph; only 22% of the participants in the exper-
imental condition did so. Furthermore, on the final test lineup 44% of participants
in the experimental condition incorrectly identified the photograph they had chosen
during the intervening phase.
The research on the effect of intervening lineups on subsequent identification
1978; Pezdek, 1977), participants first witness an event. Next, participants in the ex-
perimental condition receive misleading information about the original event; those
in the control condition do not receive misleading information. Finally, participants
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are asked to discriminate between the original event and the misleading informa-
tion. The primary result is that the hit rate to the original target event is lower
and the false alarm rate to the misleading information is higher in the experimen-
tal than the control condition. These results are exactly the same pattern of results
found in the aforementioned studies examining intervening photographs. For ex-
ample, Gorenstein and Ellsworth (1980) and Brigham and Cairns (1988) reported
lower correct identification rates and higher false identification rates in the condi-
tions in which participants viewed the intervening mugshot photographs than in the
conditions in which participants did not view the intervening photographs.
As a result of the similar cognitive processes involved in these two areas of
of the suggestibility effect are trace alteration and source monitoring. According to
the trace alteration interpretation, after viewing suggested information similar to
the target information, the suggested information permanently alters the original
information in memory (Loftus, 1979). Such memory impairments may be a prod-
uct of memory blends where pieces of the original target event and pieces of the
misleading event are blended together to make a new memory (Loftus, 1979; Loftus
ing the original information in memory (Loftus & Loftus, 1980). According to the
trace alteration interpretation, once witnesses are exposed to potentially misleading
information, their memory for the target item will be permanently altered.
On the other hand, according to the source monitoring interpretation, both
the suggested information and the target information remain in memory as distinct
traces. The reason memory errors occur is because of source confusion errors in
which witnesses confuse the suggested information with the original event (Johnson,
pretation rests upon the assumption that the suggested information does not render
the original information are still in memory; the witness simply confuses the source
of each piece of information.
Although these two interpretations are currently being debated in the field
(Belli, Lindsay, Gales, & McCarthy, 1994), the source monitoring interpretation is
generally better supported (Chandler, 1991; Chandler, Gargano, & Holt, 2001). The
results of Chandler et al. (2001) suggest that a witness's report does not become
permanently tainted if he or she views intervening postevent information. However,
it is clear from the research on lineup construction that under some conditions a
witness's report is likely to be affected by this intervening information. Therefore,
exposed to, this is not realistic during police investigations. This experiment extends
Chandler et al.'s conclusions to a real-world problem, namely, examining the effect
of intervening lineups on face identification accuracy, to discover the extent to which
identifying a target face is affected by an intervening lineup.
The model of recognition memory by Mandler (1980) provides an explanation
for the role of source monitoring in accounting for the effect of postevent informa-
tion on memory. Mandler differentiated between the process of recognition and the
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process of identification. According to Mandler (1980), recognizing that a stimulus
is familiar is a relatively fast process that involves determining whether there is a
match between a stimulus and a representation that exists in memory. In recognition
responses, stimuli that surpass a familiarity threshold are responded to as "old." This
can explain how a familiar nontarget face may be misidentified as "old." However,
identifying a specific stimulus is a relatively slower process that involves recalling
contextual information regarding the circumstances surrounding the initial percep-
tion and encoding of the stimulus. Identification involves determining, for example,
whether a specific face was seen at the scene of the crime or someplace else. The
critical difference between recognition responses and identification responses is the
recall of contextual information in identification responses.
Several issues are addressed in this study. The first concerns the extent to which
the hit rate to the perpetrator's face and the false alarm rate to the innocent sus-
pect's face are influenced by the presence of the innocent suspect in the intervening
lineup and the presence of both the innocent suspect and the true perpetrator in the
test lineup. The second issue concerns how falsely identifying an innocent foil in an
intervening lineup affects subsequent identification accuracy. The third concern is
whether misidentifications that results from intervening lineups occur because wit-
nesses' response criteria have been set too high, or rather because memory for the
observed face has been impaired.
Previous studies examining the effect of intervening photographs on eyewitness
many of these previous studies (e.g., Brigham & Cairns, 1988; Brown et al., 1977;
Gorenstein & Ellsworth, 1980) employed only target-present lineups. In addition, in
some studies the effect of repeating foils was not controlled (e.g., Brigham & Cairns,
1988; Gorenstein & Ellsworth, 1980). Thus, it is not clear whether the accuracy rates
exposure to intervening photographs were controlled by having participants in both
the control and the experimental conditions receive an intervening lineup. Also,
the problem of repeating foils was controlled by having different foil faces in the
intervening phase and the test phase of the experiment. The only foil face that was
repeated from the intervening phase to the test phase of the experiment was called
the repeated distractor face, RDF.
In this study, the effect of intervening lineups on eyewitness identification accu-
racy was examined. The procedure consisted of three phases; a presentation phase
followed by an intervening lineup phase and a test lineup phase. The primary manip-
ulation consisted of whether a specific foil individual in the intervening lineup (the
RDF) was repeated in the final lineup phase. In the presentation phase, all partici-
of two intervening 6-person target-absent lineups was presented. Control subjects
saw a lineup consisting of six foil faces. Experimental subjects saw a similar lineup;
however, one foil face from the control lineup was replaced with the RDF that was
to be repeated in the test phase. To isolate the effects of the RDF from just viewing
an intervening postevent lineup, the control group received an intervening lineup
in which none of the faces were later repeated. In the test phase, participants were
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shown one of three lineups determined by a combination of the target face (present
both target face and RDF were absent.
pretation. First, the hit rate is predicted to be greater in the experimental condition
when the RDF is absent from the test lineup than when it is present. Similarly, the
between the target face and the intervening lineup faces. This confusion is predicted
to result from not accurately remembering whether the source of the familiarity is
the intervening lineup or the originally presented target face. Also, it is predicted
that the hit and the false alarm rates in the control condition will not be affected
by whether the target and RDF are present in the test lineup. That is, in the control
conditions there should be no confusion between the target face and the RDF as the
RDF was not viewed during the intervening phase in the control condition.
One hundred and sixty adults (age: 18–55 years, M=27.82, SD=8.97) partic-
ipated in this experiment. Participants were volunteers from psychology classes at
Caucasian and came from middle-class socioeconomic backgrounds. There were 128
females and 32 males.
The design was a 2×3 mixed factorial design. The two factors, summarized
in Table 1, were the intervening lineup condition (experimental—RDF present;
control—RDF absent) and test lineup condition (target face, RDF, and four foil
faces; target face, and five foil faces; or RDF plus five foil faces). The primary depen-
dent variables were the hit rate to the target face, p("old"/old), and the false alarm
rate to the RDF, p("old"/new).
Table 1. Diagram Illustrating the Design of the Experiment
phase Intervening phaseTest phasea
Target absent lineup
plus RDF
Target, RDF, 4 foils
(Test Lineup 1)
Target, 5 foils
(Test Lineup 2)
RDF, 5 foils
(Test Lineup 3)
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of target face
Target absent lineup
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A Carter focused show that takes place on the Prometheus. Carter wants the ship to stop by a nearby unusual nebulous that doesn't act like any they ever seen. The ship is testing some new equipment and the Captain agrees. When they stop it isn't long till an unknown ship shows up posturing in an aggressive manner and it's a superior ship. The Prometheus flees into the nebulous cloud while taking damage. Carter is knocked unconscious during this, she awakens to find herself alone on the ship. She begins to hallucinate and while she sees visions of what her SG-1 comrades would do the leading vision is of a 10-ish yr old girl who identifies herself as Grace. Sam manages to save the ship and in doing so realizes the aforementioned attacking aliens have also succumbed to a paralyzing situation on the outskirts of the cloud, despite having kidnapped the crew of the Prometheus. In a monologue agreement she tells the aliens how to break free of the clouds influence(which by the way is believed to be a living organism that was treating them as an infection of sorts) if they return her crew. All works out in the end. However we the viewer are left with....so who/what was Grace? Did the Cloud being project her? Did the kidnapping aliens? Was she just one of Sam's hallucinations?
The return of Jonas Quinn, yeah! My first thought was...they better not kill him now. We find out that Quinn's home world has now settled on a joint name(which I can't recall right now) for their planet and the 3 warring nations are in an uneasy truce. It seems the naquadah on the planet is being converted underground into the more powerful if unstable naquadria(the spelling on these is too close imo). Come to find out Quinn's country actually inadvertently started the conversion when they unleashed a weapon meant to halt the other warring nations from attacking. We discover they have a drilling machine that was co-enginered by Jonas' co-worker...who may be more than that to Jonas. We actually find out she is much more altogether. Seems she is a Gou'ald informant working for Ba'al. They are going to use the drilling ship to get to the source of the problem and attempt to stop the conversion. If it continues it will explode and destroy the planet. Jonas is repulsed that is co-worker and kinda girlfriend is a Gou'ald but she agrees to help for a variety of mixed reasons. Primary being it seems the symbiote actually is in love with Jonas. We also see that this young planet still has a lot of growing pains. I suspect Quinns planet is a strong metaphor or our own. Would the nations of our world suddenly be able to drop centuries of uncertainty about one another is Aliens and Power Mad denizens suddenly dropped out of the sky? We'd like to think so....but maybe we'd be just as blind as Quinn's worlds three main countries. Oh, and Quinn doesn't die, yeah!! Kinda thought they might for some reason...just because.
The return of Osiris aka Daniel's old girlfriend Sarah!! You know Gou'ald don't get many appearances if you aren't Anubis, they planning on killing Osiris/Sarah off? I'm on death watch. So Osiris is manipulating Daniels dreams to recall a relic with translations on it that could lead to the Lost City of the Ancients. Also going on is that Sam seems to have been set up by a friend of a friend and romantic sparks have kindled. He's a cop and is fed the cover story about her just being a deep space researcher. He can tell she's lying, he reminds her "I'm a cop, I can tell these things you know". Daniel with the help of Teal'c finds out that these recurring nightly dreams of Sarah may in fact be that Osiris is coming by his house. You know, they never address just how Osiris got to Earth in the first place. I don't recall the last place we saw her, but it wasn't on Earth. Thought it was that big Gou'ald meet up in space. Meanwhile Sam's happiness is beginning to bustle up. While sharing an elevator ride with Jack she is happily humming. Jack inquires "who is he?". Now the curious thing here, outside the Jack/Sam discussion of a boyfriend....is that I'm fairly certain Sam was humming the opening notes of the Stargate intro music? I backed it up a few times, am I right or just imagining it? So Sam's cop boy toy, Pete, does some digging via an FBI friend and yep, Sam is in deep. He knows she is officially not exactly what she says...so he does a stake out on her. Kinda creepy, no?
Daniel goes along with things cause he to, want's to know where the Lost City is, an elaborate trap is set for Osiris and SG-1 does it's own stake out at Daniel's place...where Pete has also tailed Sam to. Battle with Osiris happens and she is captured, Pete is injured and all go back to Cheyenne Mountain. The symbiote is removed from Sarah, Pete is on the mend and Sam is allowed to tell him a certain level of truth.
Soooooo....no one dies, love is in bloom at the SGC. Can we expect Daniel and Sarah to get back together? Will Pete and Sam continue? I like the Sarah character so I hope so. Pete I'm indifferent to after the one episode.
7x16-Death Knell:
So Death is in the title...who dies? Maybe I was right to be on guard. So the new Alpha site that houses the Tarrae, Jaffa, Tok'ra alliance is AGAIN found out, this time by Anubis. He sends a few of his new drone clones out fully equipped with their energy absorbing armor to destroy the place. Sam and her dad Jacob are both there studying the results of their latest test. Seems the Alpha site has been working up a way around this new energy absorbing armor, Anubis knows this and wishes to shut it down. Jacob is injured in the attack, Sam moreso but she is able to flee with the device. A number of all 3 cooperating divisions lose men, none moreso than the Tarrae. While there is some excitement in the chase of the Clone Warrior stalking a limping Sam(who seems to go McGuyver on us with the weapon) that's not really the important part of this episode. This incident actually manages to break apart the Union of the Tarrae, Jaffa and Tok'ra. Now, I think they will still help each other out as situations arise but the Alliance of mutual exchange of information(since that wasn't really working anyway) is now over. The Tok'ra also feel that due to their more proactive Alliance they are losing more members which they can't easily replace. So what dies? The Alliance. A metaphorical death, I can deal with that as they will surely work together still as it's called for.
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Scientific American quotes Adler '00 research on negative emotions and well-being
Under the headline "Negative Emotions are Key to Well-Being," Scientific American writer Tori Rodriguez cites research by Jonathan Adler '00 pointing out that both unpleasant and enjoyable feelings play a big role in helping us make sense of life's ups and downs.
"Remember, one of the primary reasons we have emotions in the first place is to help us evaluate our experiences," says Adler, an assistant professor of psychology at Olin College.
Rodriguez describes how Adler and a colleague investigated the link between mixed emotional experience and psychological welfare in a group of people undergoing 12 sessions of psychotherapy.
Participants who said they felt cheerful and dejected at the same time (for example, by expressing the notion that "I feel sad at times because of everything I've been through, but I'm also happy and hopeful because I'm working through my issues") preceded improvements in their sense of well-being.
"Taking the good and the bad together may detoxify the bad experiences, allowing you to make meaning out of them in a way that supports psychological well-being," the researchers found.
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All of our 11 en suite bedrooms have views of either the sea or the countryside and some have views of both. We have single, double, twin and super king bedrooms as well as a family bedroom, each with their own individual character. The Inn has an oak beamed bar and a lounge with an open fire which is perfect for relaxing in front of. We have a large patio at the front of the building where you can enjoy a glass of chilled wine whilst enjoying the breathtaking views of the surrounding fields and the distant mountains.
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Paprika Potatoes
Smoked paprika is an indispensable ingredient in any spice pantry, and the authors of Fresh & Fermented agree! Check out their delicious recipe below!
"Smoked paprika, also known as pimentón, has finally reached mainstream status in the spice world, and not a minute too soon. Made from pimento peppers that have been dried or smoked over a fire, this spice imparts a robust smoky flavor. As a hearty side, this dish pairs well with your favorite sausages, pork loin, or any grilled meat. Leftovers are delicious with eggs in a breakfast burrito or scrambled into a breakfast hash."
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, butter, or coconut oil
- 1 large or 2 small yellow onions, diced (about 2 cups)
- 6 medium unpeeled red potatoes, cut into medium dice (about 3 cups)
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika (pimentón)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 cups stemmed, thinly sliced kale (about ½ pound)
- 1 cup caraway Kraut
- Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onions and sauté until translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the potatoes and sauté, stirring every few minutes, until they're tender, another 15 to 18 minutes. Add the paprika, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. Sauté until the spices are fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the kale and sauté until it's just wilted but still vibrantly green, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the potato mixture to a large serving bowl.
- Take the kraut out of the jar with a clean fork, letting any extra brine drain back into it. Roughly chop the kraut and add it to the potatoes, tossing thoroughly to incorporate.
- Serve immediately, while the potatoes are still warm.
- Note: Try soaking cubed potatoes in a bowl of water for an hour to help release the starches, which will help prevent sticking. Drain and lightly dry the potatoes with a towel before cooking.
*(c)2014 By Julie O'Brien and Richard Climenhage. All rights reserved. Excerpted from Fresh & Fermented: 85 Delicious Ways to Make Fermented Carrots, Kraut, and Kimchi Part of Every Meal by permission of Sasquatch Books. Photography by Charity Burggraaf
Piment d'Espelette
It's here! This season's crop of Piment d'Espelette arrived at our doorstep this week, ready to transform our dishes with its mild heat and fruity, almost tomatoey flavor. Piment d'Espelette's mild flavor is the cornerstone of the traditional Basque stews, and in keeping with Basque tradition we consume our Piment d'Espelette seasonally, making way for each new crop when it comes in.
The seasonal rotation isn't the only thing traditional about the pepper of Espelette. Piment d'Espelette bears the distinction of being the only spice with an official AOC designation. Being recognized by the AOC, or Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, guarantees that the product which bears its seal will be produced in traditional manners, and originate only from their traditional region. In such illustrious company as true french Champagne, only the superior pepper grown in the ten, tiny approved Basque villages may be labeled as Piment d'Espelette.
Piment d'Espelette originates in the area that joins the southwestern-most corner of France with northeastern Spain, historically known as Basque country. In the region, late summer and early fall are marked by festoons of peppers drying against white stucco houses, just as they have for centuries. Each October, the end of the harvest is marked by a vibrant festival, complete with parade, where peppers are sold fresh, pickled, or dried and ground, as we carry it.
The Basque have another tradition worth imitating- that of the txoko, or gastronomical society. Generations of Basques have gotten together to cook, sing, and experiment with food in thousands of private clubs. While it might not have centuries of tradition, we've got a kind-of txoko of our own, the World Spice Cookbook Club, that meets up to try out recipes from a new cookbook each month. Singing is purely optional.
So come pick up some of the freshest and most flavorful flakes of Piment d'Espelette available in the United States by the ounce or by the jar, and if you're feeling adventurous drop us a line and come out to the next meeting of our Cookbook Club for a little gastronomical bonding. On egin!
Advieh Fig Preserves
Figs are such a versatile fruit, conjuring both exotic images of relief under shade trees in a desert oasis and the comfort of a fireside holiday treat. We've whipped up a spiced fig preserve that lives up to that reputation. Rich with wine, balsamic vinegar, orange, spices and honey, this spread is worthy of the finest table yet easy to make. Here's the recipe, just in time for holiday entertaining.
- 4 pounds black mission figs
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup red wine
- zest from 1/2 of a small orange
- 4 teaspoons ground Advieh, divided
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Rinse the figs, remove the stem and chop into halves.
- Combine the figs, water, balsamic vinegar, red wine, orange zest, and 2 teaspoons of Advieh in a large pot. Simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is soft and the mixture thickens to a jam consistency. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Using an immersion blender, pulse the mixture to your desired consistency. We make ours quite chunky---just blending enough to beak down any large pieces of fig.
- Return the pan to the stove over low heat and add the honey and 2 remaining teaspoons of Advieh. Stir to combine.
- If the preserves thinned after blending, then simmer again to your desired consistency.
- Use a pressure or water bath canner to preserve.
You can make preserves in a water bath or pressure canner, but rest assured they won't last. We've gobbled up three jars in the first week and are hoping we have enough left for our Thanksgiving guests. Paired with Dukkah encrusted goat cheese and crostini they make a delicious snack. We plan to serve them alongside roast meats, too, for a sublime and unexpected combination.
For this rainy day canning session we had help with the canning AND photography from our good friend Leah Manzari. Thanks, Leah!
Mulling Spiced Wine and Cider
Few things say "winter" better than a steamy cup of spiced cider or mulled wine. Mulling Spice takes many forms, but ours is heavy on the cassia cinnamon and with a hint of orange peel for the power to banish those grey-day blues.
It's important to choose the right wine to mull, and through much "research" we've settled on Pinot Noir as the optimum choice. It's fairly robust, so stands up to the spices, but the less expensive varieties are not so nuanced so as to make covering their intricacies with spice criminal. Look for one whose shelf-talker boasts a larger body and hints at black or red cherry flavors that will complement the star anise in the Mulling Spice.
A good-quality, unfiltered apple cider is all that's required for heavenly spiced cider. As the apple capital of the world, Washington state farmers markets are chock full of cider choices, and we've yet to find one that disappoints. A few even pair other local fruits with apple- try apple-cranberry, apple-cherry, or apple-blackberry. Simply substitute a quart of apple cider for the wine in the recipe below and perhaps omit the sugar, depending on the variety of cider that you choose.
- 1 bottle Pinot Noir or other larger-bodied, semi-sweet red wine
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup filtered water
- 2 tablespoons freshly crushed Mulling Spice
- Whisk half of the sugar in to the wine until it's dissolved.
- Add the water and Mulling Spices, and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and steep for fifteen to twenty minutes, tasting at five-minute intervals to check the intensity level of the spice flavors. The longer you steep, the more pronounced the spice!
- When desired flavor is reached, remove from heat, and whisk in more sugar, a tablespoon at a time to taste. Strain, and serve.
It's also possible to combine wine and cider. Winter Sangria, anyone? Add one bottle of wine to four cups of apple cider, along with 1/4 cup of honey or brown sugar, and 1/3 cup of freshly crushed Mulling Spice. Steep for twenty minutes before straining and serving, and don't forget the cassia stick stirrers!
Superhero Shawarma – Just Ask the Avengers!
"Do you have shawarma spice?" – It's a request we hear often, and if you've tasted it, you know why! If you're yet unfamiliar, shawarma is an Arabic and Middle Eastern street food traditionally prepared on a rotating spit over an open fire. The open flame cooks the meat to juicy perfection on the inside, with a crisp crust on the outside. Slivers are sliced off the spit all day long, and stuffed in to pitas overflowing with tomatoes, cucumber, tahini, or hummus. It's a "four napkin" sandwich – meat juices running together with creamy sauce, punctuated by crisp vegetables and fresh herbs. It's even the official food of superheroes, if you believe 2012's Avengers movie… and we do!
Spice merchants are curious merchants, so with the first inquiry, we were pouring over cookbooks to find exactly what would be in a Shawarma blend. We turned to Yotam Ottolenghi's Jerusalem for our initial inspiration and reveled in the heavy use of spices, including, cloves, cardamom, fenugreek, cinammon, nutmeg, fennel, cumin, star anise, sumac, and coriander just to name a few. Our test kitchen is without the traditional rotisserie setup, so we grilled our marinated shawarma instead. Tucked in to warm pitas with all the traditional accompaniments, we're confident that our version will earn Iron Man's seal of approval… and yours, too.
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon ground fennel seeds
- 2 teaspoons ground Tellicherry black pepper
- 1 star anise
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon Hungarian paprika
- 1 teaspoon tumeric
- 1 teaspoon Indonesian cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Indian cayenne
- 1 tablespoon garlic granules
- 1 tablespoon sumac
- 2 1/2 teaspoons Murray River flake salt
- 1/2 cup cilantro, fresh
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 1 16 ounce container Greek yogurt
- 2 pounds lamb shoulder, cut into strips
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- In a bowl, whisk together everything but the lamb and the oil. Pour this marinade over the lamb and marinate for at least two hours but preferably overnight.
- Prepare your grill- charcoal, preferably- to medium-high heat and remove lamb from marinade, shaking off excess marinade to avoid burning.
- Grill the strips of meat directly over the flame. Once the pieces have some color, rotate them 180 degrees to get good, crosshatched grill marks and that toasty flavor- about five minutes. Repeat on the other side, brushing with the oil, until the desired internal temperature has been reached.
- Serve with salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, and parsley, yogurt and warmed pitas.
Saffron Penne With Sausage and Arugula
Thanks to its luxurious ingredients, this pasta is fancy and decadent enough for special occasions, but is simple enough to be thrown together quickly. Rather than an elaborate sauce, the pasta is dressed with cream flavored by all of the dishes' components. This makes for a rich-tasting effect that feels far lighter than a traditional cream sauce. It's worth noting that this is one of the few recipes in which I advocate not toasting the pine nuts, because it is my experience that the toasted flavor doesn't complement the saffron, and actually competes with it. You can use any shape of pasta, of course, but I find that penne rigate- the penne with the little ridges- holds the perfect amount of sauce. Each element in this pasta represents one of the tastes detectable by your palate, so the result is a beautifully balanced, crave-worthy dish.
- 1.5 pounds penne rigatè pasta
- 3 cups light cream
- ¾ teaspoon saffron
- ¾ cup dried currants
- ¾ cup pine nuts, untoasted
- zest of 1 lemon
- 6 oz. fresh baby arugula
- 1 lb. medium-spicy Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
- 1-2 large shallot(s), medium diced
- Salt and freshly ground Lampong black pepper to taste
- Shaved parmesan to garnish
- Boil the pasta 'al dente,' according to the package instructions. Reserve one cup of the cooking liquid in case it is needed to "loosen" the sauce at the end. Drain the remainder, and set the cooked pasta aside.
- Pour about ¼ cup of boiling water over the saffron, to allow it to steep and release its flavor. Pour about ½ cup of boiling water over the currants to allow them to rehydrate. Set both aside.
- In a large skillet (one that will accommodate the entirety of the dish- a large, enameled cast-iron Dutch oven or brazier works wonderfully), heat one tablespoon of oil over medium heat and cook the sausage, breaking up in to bite-sized pieces with a wooden spoon.
- When the sausage is nearly cooked through, add the shallot, cooking in the rendered fat from the sausage until softened, but not browned. Add the pine nuts and fennel seeds, and cook for one minute. Pour in cream, and reduce heat to low.
- Add in saffron - water, threads, and all. Drain the water from the currants, and add them to the cream mixture. Keep the sauce at the barest simmer for five to ten minutes, to allow all the flavors to meld. Taste, and add lemon zest, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Add cooked pasta, tossing to coat with the cream mixture. Cover, and allow the pasta to absorb some of the cream over very low heat for three to five minutes. Turn off the heat, and add in the arugula, allowing the heat from the cream and pasta to wilt it. If at this point the pasta appears dry, add in some of the reserved pasta cooking liquid, a tablespoon or two at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.
- Garnish with shaved parmesan - the best you can get - and serve with a hearty Tuscan bread.


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I am going though a full tank of gas in 2 days driveing 40-50 miles a day and I have to put a curt of oil in ever 2 -3 days it is not leaking out anywhere ans one I had my oil changed they said the had no ideah what was wrong with it it also is blowing out black smoke sometimes it is a 2000 olds mobile intrigue with a v6 ingen
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The black smoke indicates the engine is running rich and this would mean increased fuel consumption.
The oil loss could be oil being burnt in the cylinders and the black smoke is covering it up.
The oil loss could be oil being burnt in the cylinders and the black smoke is covering it up.
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