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Learn about some of the local resources available to help you and your family make healthy lifestyle choices.
Healthy Food
Physical Activity
Mental & Emotional Well-Being
Tobacco-Free Living
Substance Abuse Prevention
Additional Information
Healthy Food
|Central Coast Ag Network, also known as Central Coast Grown, supports local food production and is a resource to find, purchase, and prepare local food.
|SLO County Dept. of Agriculture provides information about agriculture as well as schedules and locations for local Farmers' Markets.
|HEAL-SLO provides a list of local resources for healthy eating and children's nutrition.
|Horsepower is a virtual farmers' market where local farmers sell their products online directly to consumers. There are no fees for this service.
|SLO County Farmer's Market and the North County Farmer's Market offer several Farmers' Markets various days of the week and locations around the county where consumers can buy fresh, healthy foods direct from the farm.
|Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program is a nutrition program for low-income families that helps pregnant women, new mothers, and young children eat well and stay healthy through education, support, and food vouchers.
|Cooperative Extension of SLO County includes a Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Program focusing on the nutritional and physical needs of children and limited-resource families, as well as food safety programs and many publications and resources. The Agriculture programs provide information and assistance on local crop production. UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (UC CalFresh NEP) provides evidence-based nutrition education to Cal Fresh recipients and other low-income individuals and families in collaboration with local partners. UC Master Gardener Program provides community education on growing healthy foods, as well as personal helpline assistance.
|Senior Nutrition Program of SLO County provides nutritious meals to seniors at various lunch sites throughout the county or may be delivered to home-bound seniors.
|CalFresh (Food Stamps/SNAP) is a benefit program to assist low-income individuals and families buy the food they need for good health. Apply for the program through the County Department of Social Services.
|Food Bank Coalition is a countywide source of nutritious food for people in need and distributes through several local food assistance programs.
|Five Cities Meals on Wheels is a senior nutrition program based out of Pismo Beach providing nutritious meals to seniors. Contact them at 805-773-4803.
|Overeaters Anonymous provides support towards recovery within the Twelve Step process. This site provides a search tool to find local meetings.
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Physical Activity
|Let's Move SLO is a community-wide effort from HEAL-SLO to encourage all of us to commit to a month of increased physical activity and/or healthy eating.
|State Parks of SLO County has lots of activities at various State Parks all over the county. Be sure to check out the Prescription Trails for kids.
|SLO County Parks offers a variety of programs, services, and facilities to help residents get moving, including Ranger-Led Hikes at Lopez Lake and at Santa Margarita Lake.
|City of SLO Parks and Recreation offers a wide variety of recreation programs and facilities, and be sure to check out their latest Activity Guide for a full listing of current programs.
|City of Arroyo Grande Parks and Recreation has several parks, including a Health Fitness Park with jogging trails, exercise stations, and a heart check.
|City of Atascadero Community Services Department includes parks, sports leagues, an aquatics program, and more. Be sure to check out the Magazine & Activity Guide.
|City of Grover Beach Parks and Recreation Department offers a full range of activities, and be sure to check out their Activity Guide.
|City of Morro Bay Recreation and Parks Department offers lots of recreational services, facilities, and parks, including the Junior Lifeguards program.
|City of Paso Robles Recreation Services offers a full range of activities, and be sure to check out their Activity Guide.
|City of Pismo Beach Recreation Department has a wide variety of parks, activities, special events, and programs.
|Point Buchon and Pecho Coast Hiking Trails require reservations and a signed waiver as they are on the property of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
|The Bike Happening is a social on wheels where cyclists come together on the first Thursday of the month for a fun ride through downtown SLO. The group meets at 9:30 PM at Mission Plaza.
|SLO County YMCA offers a variety of fitness activities and programs for every age.
|SLO Bicycle Club promotes safe and legal bicycle riding for recreation and transportation. The group sponsors a variety of weekly rides and special events.
|Cuesta College Community Programs include fitness and recreation activities.
|San Luis Coasta Adult School offers a wide variety of fitness classes, including the Seniors Lifelong Fitness Program.
|Lucia Mar Adult Education offers a wide variety of fitness classes, including a Summer Swim Program.
|Outdoor Fitness Zone at French Hospital features 11 exercise stations and a starting point for a one-mile walking trail around the hospital grounds. Open from sunrise to sunset for all community members and is free of charge.
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Mental & Emotional Well-Being
|SLO County Mental Health Services offering mental health treatment services for county residents. To access services, or for immediate help, please call 1-800-838-1381. This emergency number is available 24/7.
|Transitions Mental Health Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating stigma and promoting recovery and wellness for people with mental illness through work, housing, community and family support services.
|SLO the Stigma is part of a broad effort to decrease stigma and raise public awareness of mental health and treat resources in SLO County. This website includes a comprehensive list of mental health resources, as well as family services, and crisis assistance.
|SLO Hotline 1-800-783-0607 is a 24/7 suicide prevention and mental health crisis line, also available for emotional and mental health support for yourself or someone else. SLO Hotline is a Transitions Mental Health Association program.
|Community Counseling Center is a non-profit, community organization providing short-term psychological counseling services and counseling information to SLO County residents whose circumstances are not appropriate for existing public mental health resources or who cannot afford private services.
|NAMI-SLOCO: National Alliance on Mental Illness - San Luis Obispo County provides services and support groups for individuals as well as families and friends of people with severe mental illnesses.
|Network of Care is a comprehensive online directory to find additional mental health services or information located in SLO County and elsewhere.
|Cal Poly Counseling Services provide individual, couple, and group counseling for currently enrolled students.
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Tobacco-Free Living
|SLO County Tobacco Control Program provides education, prevention, and stop-smoking programs. Call 805-781-5564 to inquire about the many free services to help people who want to quit smoking.
|Smoker's Helpline (1-800-NO-BUTTS) is a free program providing assistance over the telephone to help you quit smoking. The online site also includes a directory of local resources.
|Nicotine Anonymous is a nationwide website with a search tool to find local meetings.
Substance Abuse Prevention
|SLO County Drug and Alcohol Services offers a variety of services and programs, including walk-in clinics, prevention programs, youth and adult programs, court-mandated programs, and links to additional resources.
|Friday Night Live (FNL) is a youth development program providing support and opportunities for young people to develop meaningful skills and to address issues, such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence. FNL clubs are on school campuses throughout SLO County, including Cal Poly.
|Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of members who share their experience with anyone seeking help with a drinking problem providing support towards recovery within in the Twelve Step process.
|Narcotics Anonymous provides support towards recovery within in the Twelve Step process. This site provides a search tool to find local meetings.
|Alano Club provides a safe and sober environment supporting those recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.
|Al-Anon provides help to families and friends of alcoholics. Al-Ateen is part of Al-Anon and is for young people affected by another's drinking.
|Lifestyles Recovery Center provides free group sessions and individual counseling to individuals who are dealing with the problems of drug and alcohol addiction, HIV prevention and anger management.
|North County Connection is a community resource center in Atascadero hosting recovery meetings, providing support, referral services, and more.
|The Cambria Connection is a community resource center hosting meetings in the Cambria area for various recovery programs.
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Additional Information
|SLO County Department of Social Services provides many services to assist residents in need. See the Quick Links section for their comprehensive resource lists!
|HEAL-SLO works to prevent childhood obesity and increase healthy eating and regular physical activity among children in SLO County by working at each level of the socio-ecological model, such as through policy, behavioral and environmental changes to promote and support a healthy lifestyle.
|2-1-1 SLO County is a non-emergency telephone number that connects individuals and families with information and community resources. This is a free program provided by United Way of SLO County that is a one-stop way to get timely access to health and human services information and referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The phone line is free, confidential, and provides bilingual assistance. To get help, simply dial 2-1-1 to speak to a call specialist.
|Breastfeeding Support is accessed through French Hospital Medical Center and by clicking on Classes, then Breastfeeding. Support is also available by phone consultation through the Warmline: 805-541-2229.
|Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens - Area Agency on Aging coordinates and monitors a system of services for seniors that provide support, nutrition, and health services to older adults in SLO and Santa Barbara Counties. Publishes the free Senior Information Guide providing information about programs and services available for seniors and caregivers throughout the county. This site includes lots of great information and resources for seniors.
|Action for Healthy Communities 2010 Report is a study performed every two years measuring the quality of life in SLO County by specific key indicators. Highlights about Healthy Living including rates of obesity, eating habits, and physical activity.
|My Heart. My Life. from the American Heart Association is a comprehensive new health, wellness, and fitness platform to empower Americans to get healthier. This site includes lots of tools, such as My Life Check, a customized heart health assessment and plan; Life's Simple 7, with information and strategies to manage your health in seven key areas; a free Walking Path App to help find local walking paths; and many more unique tools to support your healthy lifestyle.
|Health.gov offers online health information for a broad range of health topics.
|Nutrition.gov provides easy, online access to government information on food and nutrition.
|Fitness.gov promotes physical fitness and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
|Healthfinder.gov offers information and tools for better health.
|Network for a Healthy California is from the California Department of Public Health and is a statewide network local, state, and national partners all working toward improving the health status of low-income Californians through healthy lifestyle choices.
|American Diabetes Association offers useful information about food and fitness for everyone, including a wellness program that translates your healthy lifestyle changes into donations for your favorite causes.
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Trip's Tranquill is the second Pokémon on Trip's team.
Tranquill first appeared in BW010:A Rival Battle for Club Champ! where it was the first Pokemon Trip used in his second battle with Ash in the Battle Club. It easily defeated Ash's Tepig and Oshawott with its Super Luck-boosted Aerial Ace before losing to Pikachu.
It appeared again in BW022:A Venipede Stampede! where it saved Ash's Pidove by using Air Cutter to block a Venipede's Sludge Bomb in Castelia City. It then teamed up with Ash's newly-evolved Tranquill, using Aerial Ace to send the other Venipede back to their colony.
Known Moves
|Aerial Ace
|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
|Double Team
|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
|Air Cutter
|A Venipede Stampede!
|Work Up
|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
Voice Actors:
- Japanese: Unshō Ishizuka
- English: Bella Hudson

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text: If her performance at the recent Junior Olympic Track Championships in Wichita, Kan., is any indication, there could be a budding new pole vault star at Del Oro High School. Melissa Maneatis, a recent eighth-grade graduate from Franklin Elementary School and soon-to-be Del Oro freshman, rubbed elbows with the best youth pole vault athletes in the nation and came away with a very impressive third place finish. Competing in the youth age group division for girls ages 13-14, Maneatis cleared 10-6 to grab the third place medal. The winning mark was posted by Megan Gray of Lone Star P.V Club, of Texas, who cleared 11-5 3/4. "She did a great job," said Curt Roth, who coaches Maneatis. "She has all the tools to be a great vaulter if she sticks with it. I'm really proud of her." Maneatis' mark did set a new Pacific Association record as she eclipsed the old record set by former Granite Bay pole vault standout Katie Zingheim who went 9-8. Maneatis trains at the Curt Roth pole vault practice facility in Granite Bay. Zingheim also trained there and will compete at Stanford next season. Former Del Oro vaulter McKenzie Landry also trained at the Roth facility and will compete at Cal next season. ~ Staff report


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If you understand what a stock is (also a good idea to look at the topic on accounting and financial statements), then you're ready to dig in a bit on a company's actual financials. This tutorial does this to help you understand what the price of a company really is.
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Difference between gross profit, operating profit, and net income.
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Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment Part 1, Chapter 6 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Part 1, Chapter 6
- We get a little background information now:
- Raskolnikov first heard about the pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna, sometime near the winter before last, from a student.
- He was able to avoid pawning his things for a good six months, but then took the ring, even though he'd heard about Alyona and thought she was awful.
- After pawning his ring, he stopped in a bar, and focused on the strange new idea forming in his mind.
- Meanwhile, a student was talking to an officer about Alyona, and Raskolnikov thought this an interesting coincidence.
- The student was criticizing the pawnbroker for her meanness, horrible money-lending rates, and the way she treated Lizaveta, who is pregnant.
- Then he says he could kill and rob Alyona, and if he did, the world would be a better place.
- Raskolnikov is upset by this. He's heard this kind of talk before, but what strikes him is that he had "the very same ideas" that Raskolnikov does.
- (End background information.)
- After the market, Raskolnikov goes home and falls asleep.
- Nastasya wakes him about 10am, bringing him some of her tea, again.
- He doesn't respond to her, so she leaves the tea, coming back at two with soup.
- She wakes him again and he tells her to go away, and then he gets up and eats a little.
- Hearing a clock strike, he realizes how late it is, and starts preparing for the night ahead.
- First, he sews a little loop that he attaches to the inside of his coat. That's so the axe can hang in his coat without being noticeable.
- Second, he finds his "pledge," the thing he wants to pawn (remember the cigarette case he mentions in Part I, Chapter One?).
- It's a piece of metal and a piece of wood, stuck together, wrapped in paper, and tied up with an intricately knotted string.
- She'll have trouble untying the knot, and that's when Raskolnikov can kill her, or so his theory goes.
- Raskolnikov knows that Nastasya will be away from the kitchen. He can steal hers.
- He's convinced himself that killing the pawnbroker won't be wrong from a moral perspective.
- In any case, Raskolnikov tries to unconvince himself, but is unsuccessful, as he moves toward the kitchen. Nastasya is in there.
- Raskolnikov can't understand why he thought she'd be out.
- He gets mad, but then thinks of the caretaker, who has an axe.
- Sure enough, the caretaker is out, and Raskolnikov steals his axe, puts it in the axe-holding loop inside his coat, and goes on his way.
- Then he remembers that he never changed his hat for a less conspicuous one.
- It's late though, there's no time for hats…
- Fascinated by everything he sees along the way, Raskolnikov gets to the pawnbroker's building as a clock strikes 7:30pm.
- A cart carrying hay hides him from anyone who might be watching as he hits the stairs.
- Now he's at the fourth floor. He passes a room being painted, but the painters don't notice him.
- The pawnbroker's door faces the stairs. He's worried that he looks creepy and pale.
- She doesn't answer when he rings the bell, but he knows she's in there.
- He can hear her listening on the other side of the door.
- Raskolnikov decides to act casual, to mutter in an irritated fashion, as if he were an ordinary customer.
- Later, he would wonder how he was able to think of doing that.
- But for now, he hears the door being unbolted.
READ THE BOOK: Part 1, Chapter 6
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Yields about 5 cups ragù.
Known as Ragù di Costicine e Salsiccia alla Napoletana in my mother-in-law's native Salerno, this ragù benefits from the addition of sausage, which gives the sauce depth and complexity.
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and heat the oven to 300°F.
Put one can of tomatoes and their juices in a food processor and process until puréed. Using a spatula or the back of a ladle, press the purée through a medium-mesh sieve set over a bowl to remove the seeds. Purée and strain the other can of tomatoes.
Cut the ribs into 2 or 3 pieces so they fit in a 7- to 8-qt. Dutch oven. Heat 1/4 cup of the oil in the Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the ribs with kosher salt and pepper and add them to the hot oil, fatty side down. Cook until the ribs turn a light golden brown, propping them up as needed against the sides of the Dutch oven to brown them evenly, about 6 minutes. Turn the ribs over and brown them on the other side, about 2 minutes. Transfer the ribs to a large plate, discard the fat, and clean the pan with paper towels.
Heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil in the pan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion just begins to color, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking up the sausage with a wooden spoon until it's lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
Return the ribs to the pan and stir them around with the savory base. Raise the heat to high and add the wine. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the wine is reduced approximately by half, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and the diluted tomato paste. Season with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Stir until the liquid begins to simmer.
Turn off the heat, cover the pan tightly with a lid or heavy-duty aluminum foil, and put it in the oven. Simmer very gently, turning the ribs every half hour, until the sauce has a medium-thick consistency and the meat begins to fall off the bone, about 2-1/2 hours.
Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the ribs and any meat that has fallen off the bone to a cutting board. Use a ladle to skim the fat off the surface of the sauce. When the ribs are cool enough to handle, pull the meat off the ribs. Discard the bones and any fat and connective tissue. Finely chop the meat. Stir the meat back into the sauce and simmer on the stovetop over medium heat, stirring occasionally, to allow the flavors to meld and the sauce to thicken slightly, about 10 minutes. Adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper to taste.
Once you've made your rich ragù, all that's left is to combine it with pasta. To serve four to six people, you'll need 4 cups ragu, 1 Tbs. unsalted butter, 1 lb. dried or fresh pasta (cooked and drained), and 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano.
Heat the ragù (either in the Dutch oven you used to cook it or in a 12-in. skillet, if reheating) over medium-high heat. Add the butter and then pour in the pasta and Parmigiano or pecorino. Toss over medium-high heat until the pasta and sauce are well combined. Serve immediately.
Short, full-bodied dried pastas like rigatoni and orecchiette work great with ragù, because their nooks and ridges capture the sauce. If you want to use fresh pasta, a wide shape like papperdelle can stand up to a hearty sauce. And a ragù is a good excuse to cook gnocci, too.
Look for a youthful, intensely fruity Zinfandel such as the 2004 Bogle "Old Vine" Zinfandel, California, or the 2004 Ravenswood "Zen of Zin" Ainfandel, California.
nutrition information (per serving):
per 1/2 cup serving, Calories
350, Fat
26, Fat Calories
230, Saturated Fat
7, Protein
16, Monounsaturated Fat
15, Carbohydrates
9, Polyunsaturated Fat
2.5, Sodium
530, Cholesterol
50, Fiber
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Evolution of a fractal ~ a ~ to ~ zI was just looking for something to do, and though it might be interesting for some of you see the work flow process I went through for a fractal yesterday. This is not a tutorial. It's just a visual representation of my searching for something that I hoped would be interesting, and if I got lucky, something unique as well. I'm not saying I accomplished either of those goals, but I like where I ended up, and in the process saved many parameters that could be further developed and possibly become worth posting at some point in time.Evolution of a fractal ~ a ~ to ~ z by HalTenny
OUTSTANDING Fractals for May 2013:iconpinklilyplz: We have SO many fantastic artists in :iconxtremefractals: as well as their wonderful pieces of fractal art.....that choosing the best out of the best is a somewhat daunting task:iconpinklilyplz: But, I perservered again and found some of these below to be a great cross-section of ALL the beautiful fractals you can find here :iconpinklilyplz: Also....if you DO like what you see here...consider leaving a comment on this journal...or on the deviation fractal page!:iconpinklilyplz:OUTSTANDING Fractals for May 2013 by XtremeFractals
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Is anyone else getting tired....or even expirencing and error that says something to the effect of "a network error has occured while downloading data" ? I get it almost everytime i try to play now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both java and flash to no avail. Its gotten to the point that i can only finish 1 out of every 8 battles. That is if i can even make it to the lobby.
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May 6, 2016
Mark your calendar for the Riptides soccer tryouts!
The Riptides play challenge level soccer against teams from eastern North Carolina through the Down East Soccer Club. The goal of Riptides Soccer is to promote individual player development within the team concept.
Here is the tryouts schedule:
Under 12 Girls: Tuesday, May 26 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Under 14 Girls: Tuesday, May 26 from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m.
Under 12 Boys: Wednesday, May 27 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Under 14 Boys: Wednesday, May 27 from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m.
Registration begins 15 minutes before each session, and all trying out must have a release form signed by a parent or guardian.
The location for the tryouts is the McConnell Sports Complex in Washington. Players need appropriate footwear, shin guards and socks.
The fall season begins on September 12. The Riptides play as affiliates of the New Bern Area Soccer Association. All players, teams and coaches are registered with the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association. Referees are USSF certified.
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It's Going to Be Hard, Says President Obama
No surprises here, the President cannot let a crisis go to waste: In his boldest terms yet, he vowed to rally the American people around an agenda to limit gun violence and said he still supports increased background checks and bans on assault weapons and high capacity bullet magazines. "It is not enough for us to say, 'This is too hard so we're not going to try,'" Obama said. "So what I intend to do is I will call all the stakeholders together. I will meet with Republicans. I will meet with Democrats. I will talk to anybody. "I think….
No Country for Old People
As Walter Russell Mead notes, visiting one's elderly parents is now required by law. So many things are changing in China, but I cannot help but see the one-child policy as being a leading cause of the situation which the Chinese government seeks to address by passing yet another law. Imagine that you are a girl, the first (and only) child of your parents. They wanted a boy. They tell you all the years you are growing up that you should have been a boy. They wonder how they'll ever make it without a boy. Their line will die off…..
The Dullards Are At It Again
The UK is a very, very safe place. Guns are only available to the military, special law enforcement and those handful of sport shooters willing to jump through all the legal hoops on their way to the gun range or grouse hills. Except it isn't, isn't safe, that is. Solution? Ahh, yes. Ban the long knives: [K]nifepoint robberies rose by 10 percent this year and there are some 60,000 stabbings each year. So the push is on to outlaw long kitchen knives. Once that's done, surely utopia will be at hand. A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase….
Warrants Not Required
Look, we all know what a warrant is. Few of us have ever seen one in person, let alone been served. The point of a warrant is to ensure that law enforcement doesn't just go on a fishing expedition when someone somewhere wants someone else punished (whether there is good basis in the law or not). Warrants, and a strict adherence to their lawful use, is one of the things which separates us from far too many countries around the globe. In short, warrants undergird the rule of law, protecting the innocent and ensuring that we err on the side….
Poor Babies Are Growing Up Instead of Staying Safe
College is a good idea for some people, but the value is not the same for everyone. As Heather McDonald notes, the reality of getting a job in the North Dakota oilfields may be exactly what young people need: Where is a teenager more likely to learn the basic and transferable virtue of showing up every day and on time, not to mention how to get along with a boss and fit into an organization — as a communications and binge-drinking double major at Missoula State University, or as a mechanic fixing broken rig equipment? Too many high-school graduates are….
From Russia . . . With Facts
Stanislaw Mishin, in the post entitled "Americans Never Give Up Your Guns" nails it: The excuse that people will start shooting each other is also plain and silly. So it is our politicians saying that our society is full of incapable adolescents who can never be trusted? Then, please explain how we can trust them or the police, who themselves grew up and came from the same culture? Exactly. Goes back to the understanding that all humans are flawed and need restraints (that is, no one is above the law). Mr. Mishin continues: No it is about power and a….
And the Prescription Is . . . .
We've a very sick society, if one can go by the absolute foolishness which passes as news (reported by everyone from Piers Morgan to David Gregory and Geraldo Rivera). Making it even worse, these people think they are in a special class, as noted by Jonah Goldberg: Culturally, one of the things lots of Americans detest about the elite journalistic culture is the idea that reporters are above the law. Usually, this self-regard manifests itself in debates over revealing sources. Many journalists honestly believe they have special rights and privileges not enjoyed by all Americans. As a matter of law and….
Maybe They Won't Come
Once upon a time, there was a historic election in the United States. Everyone wanted to be part of the party (well, if one believes the MSM). Four years later, there was another historic election. Half of the everyones want to be part of the party somewhere else: Some 1.8 million people were at the National Mall for Obama's first inauguration; this time, city officials expect there will be more than a million fewer visitors, the AP reports. Hotels sold out months in advance in 2009 at a daily of $600-plus, but for 2013 some places still have half their rooms available,….
Feinstein's Doing Just Fine, She Thinks
One highly-protected semi-celebrity from the fast-fading state of California is finally going to stop the madness. How? With a spear and magic helmet a variation of what was implemented back in 1994. Supporting this move is the understanding that what doesn't work in Chicago or DC (or other areas with local gun bans) will somehow work when applied nationally. Yes, I am struggling to understand the logic behind that. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be based on logic. I do not know Senator Feinstein. I have never met her–and find it probable that I never shall. With that said,….
Who's Number 4? We Are, Unfortunately
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Moldova Begins Its First Public Gay Pride
Jim Burroway
May 9th, 2008
For the past seven years running, authorities in the former Soviet republic of Moldova's capital city of Chisinau had banned public Gay Pride celebrations. But a new law on public gatherings appears to have cleared the way for the this year's "Rainbow over the Dniester" celebration to go forward.
Barring any unforeseen roadblocks, organizers expect to hold this year's Pride parade on May 11. The parade, organized by GenderDoc-M, will go from the National Library and end at Chisinau's central square. The theme for the parade is "All Different — All Equal."
Moldova's Pride celebrations kicked off yesterday with the laying of flowers to the monument to the victims of repressions, and a symbolic marriage ceremony later that evening. Other events include a concert of Moldovan pop stars, art shows and plays, a commemoration of GenderDoc-M's tenth anniversary, and a tour of Moldovan historical sites. Celebrations will conclude on May 11 with a "Miss Flawless Queen 2008" contest.
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Hillcrest eatery serves upscale food and cocktails, as well as Pabst and bar snacks
Blue Ribbon > Rustic Kitchen
Where: 530 University Ave., Hillcrest
When: Dinner Tuesdays through Sundays
Phone: (619) 501-6795
Online: blueribbonrustickitchen.com
of the week
Chandler's Restaurant and Lounge is serving up a menu of Julia Child favorites through tonight at the Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa. The event marks the late, beloved chef's 101st birthday, WHICH IS TODAY.
Beached on a small block with custard-colored storefronts in Hillcrest, you'll find Blue Ribbon Rustic Kitchen.
There's from-scratch pastas like a springy-creamy agnolotti with peas and prosciutto. Don't pout when you realize the "linguine" in a scant bowl of clams is just ribbony-puny bits of calamari.
The décor feels cultured, a touch underground: Edison bulbs caged in metal, exposed brick, geometric design-accents a la da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.
And its culinary posture is at once upmarket: grass-fed rib eye, pancetta and capers in your fried Brussels sprouts. But still you can treat Blue Ribbon like a bar with snacks: zucchini fries, Caprese salad.
They infuse their own vodkas with fruit and herbs and sell $4 Pabst Blue Ribbon here. The cocktail specialties — like a strawberry basil spritzer — keep it effervescent. That's a nice way of saying it took three cocktails and a pint of Sculpin IPA (or was it Lost Abbey?) to get beyond a buzz.
Blue Ribbon, which opened its doors in late June, is from haute-pizza guy Wade Hageman and his wife, Kristi, owners of Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria and The Craftsman New American Tavern, both popular in Encinitas. Technically, Blue Ribbon is in a highly walkable neighborhood, Hillcrest. The restaurant is really in that one removed Hillcrest region with high turnover for food makers. (The previous occupant was Bayu's, an Ethiopian eatery that looked like a church basement dining room.)
Blue Ribbon is not at all self-conscious about its tucked-away location.
The windows open onto planters at eye-level with passers-by. Inside, banquettes and booths are as tall as the concrete-topped bar. And indie-dance rock plays to a multi-ethnic, multi-gen crowd.
All this to say that the Hagemans made a real investment in the aesthetic — and saved on revolutionizing their menu.
Many plates are reruns or spinoffs from New American Tavern (not all: there's no lamb dish in Hillcrest). Both restaurants rely on chef Marlaw Seraspi for the food stuff, which ranges from albacore crudo, sweet corn soup and free-range chicken to cheese plates and butterscotch pudding. There's merlot-braised short rib at New American Tavern — it's the protein that owner-chef Hageman made a name with at the old Blanca. That short rib gets tucked into ravioli at the pasta-concept Blue Ribbon.
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- Jul 2:
- Nathan MacKinnon eager for ice time after excitement of draft
- Avs' top pick Nathan MacKinnon greets new fans at Pepsi Center
- Patrick Roy calls Nathan MacKinnon a tough matchup
- Jul 1:
- Avalanche top draft pick Nathan MacKinnon meets Denver media
- Coach Patrick Roy says Nathan MacKinnon will center Avs' third line
- Frei: Colorado Avalanche blew it by not selecting Seth Jones with No. 1 pick
- Jun 30:
- DU, Colorado College well represented in NHL draft
Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Greg Sherman, Craig Billington and the team's scouting staff were in meetings together much of the day, mulling final options heading into draft day at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
While the new era of Avs management has been more open to the media than the old one, none of the above was saying anything Saturday about what will happen. Sakic did say earlier in the week he had gotten a few inquiries as to what it might take to pry the No. 1 pick from the Avs, but overall he characterized things as pretty quiet.
There were murmurs Saturday that things got a bit more active, but the Avalanche wouldn't confirm that. What likely will play out until 1 p.m. MDT on Sunday is this: The Avs will continue to listen to offers for the top pick, just because it's the smart thing to do. But the offer would have to be extraordinarily attractive for them to part with that pick.
My two cents: The Avs can't blow this. Which is why, if I were Sakic, I'd keep the pick, draft Nathan MacKinnon and go back to Denver secure in the knowledge that I got the player deemed the best available on the latest list of most NHL scouts.
I still like defenseman Seth Jones if I were picking first, but since the Avs said they won't take him, I've focused on the top forward available and that seems to be MacKinnon. Jonathan Drouin has a ton of skill — probably the most of any player available Sunday — but his size worries me if I'm in charge. It wouldn't worry me if I had the No. 3 or No. 4 pick and he was available, but in the No. 1 slot? I don't know. All those fancy moves of his that worked so easily in junior hockey aren't going to work as well playing in the NHL.
Aleksander Barkov? I'm not sure the Finnish League is the best place to develop for the NHL, and he seems a tad slow. Again, we're talking about him in the perspective of a No. 1 pick.
If the Avs trade the top pick for a roster player or two and no lower than the No. 4 pick in return, they had better make sure they get quality. No "big name but past their prime" expensive guys such as, say, Ryan Miller from Buffalo. No "project" guys, either — guys who may have a lot of potential but haven't really proven it. The Avs have made too many of those trades (Erik Johnson, Derek Morris, Semyon Varlamov).
If they trade the first pick, the Avs can't come away with anything short of a bona fide roster player or two, plus nothing lower than the No. 3 pick.
Yes, this is a deep draft, one that's said to compare favorably to the 2003 draft, considered one of the best in NHL history. But if the Avs deal the top pick, they essentially will tell the world: "We didn't get the best player available in the draft. We decided to take someone we had pegged a notch or two below MacKinnon and a player or two deemed expendable from another team."
That doesn't sell too well. The optics would be bad. If the Avs are on record as saying MacKinnon is the best player available in the draft, they should take him. He's been compared by some to Sidney Crosby. He's been a winner everywhere he's played. And his wish as a kid was to be drafted by the Avs.
Sometimes the best trade is no trade. That, in this case, applies to the Avalanche.
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Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto
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Every young person should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development, whatever their age, ability or circumstances. To make this a reality, a Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto has been launched. The Manifesto acts as a shared statement of intent for all who see the benefits to young people and want to help bring about this vision of high quality, meaningful learning experiences for all.
All who support the Manifesto's vision are invited to endorse and champion it by becoming a signatory, and to pledge any actions they are planning to take in support of the stated aims. Find out more about pledges and signatories and to see which organisations and individuals have already signed up:
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Posted By Lori Zimmer On June 23, 2011 @ 1:40 pm In Design,Green Furniture,Innovation,Sustainable Materials | No Comments
Stackable chairs usually bring forth images of those old, clunky plastic and metal chairs [1] from grade school. But designer Werner Aisslinger [2] has modernized the concept using sustainable hemp to make a streamlined version with the same convenience. Using a production method borrowed from the automotive [3]industry, the monobloc chair comes in natural or black and is supported by German chemical company BASF.
Each chair [4] is pressed into shape from one continuous fiber sheet. Aisslinger, who is with BASF, created the material, which fuses 70% hemp [5] and kenaf fibers with a water-based acrylic resin called Acrodur. The fusion process is environmentally safe and does not release any of the toxic phenols [6] or formaldehyde from the resin — the only by-product is eco-safe water. Since the chair is made with compression molding — a common process in making automobile parts — the resin is not further activated.
Another benefit to using hemp fibers [7], instead of the reinforced plastic that is traditionally used in stackable chairs [8], is that each chair is incredibly lightweight and easy to move. The Acrodur ensures tactile durability, while still maintaining the fibrous softness of hemp.
Aisslinger designed the chair with the modern consumer in mind. The chair appropriately made its debut at an art [9] exhibition called "Poetry Happens" in Venture Lambrate, where it was accompanied by a taxidermy sheep standing below a hemp "cloud."
Via Toildrop [10]
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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Hengzhao Yang
Hengzhao Yang received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013. He obtained the M.S. degree in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008 and the B.S. degree in Optoelectronics from Chongqing University in 2005.
Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in the Broadband Wireless Networking Lab under the supervision of
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Jack McBrayer on Being the 'Hammiest Voice Actor in the World'
Having grossed $540 million worldwide since its release in July, Universal's animated comedy "Despicable Me" was a surprise blockbuster this past summer. The film, which is currently out on DVD and Blu-ray, stars (the voice of) Steve Carell as Gru, a super-villain who adopts three young orphans to help him with a nefarious plan but ends up being charmed by them.
In addition to Carell, the starry voice cast for "Despicable" includes Jason Segel, Julie Andrews, and "30 Rock" co-star Jack McBrayer. McBrayer recently took time to speak to us about his involvement with the film, before flying off to his home state of Georgia for his month-long holiday hiatus from the sitcom.
The Wall Street Journal: You frequently lend your voice to animated films and TV shows. Why do you like doing it?
I have always liked animation — I just never in a million years would have guessed I'd be involved with this kind of stuff when I was growing up. When I started acting, everyone wanted me to lose my accent — now, that is exactly what I'm getting cast for. I'm not saying I don't want to branch out, but I'm relieved and in a small way, vindicated.
How do you chose what projects you want to do?
A lot of it depends on the script and stuff, and for me, seeing the cast of people involved is quite a draw. For this film, it was exciting to be in the same film as people like Steve Carell, Kristin Wiig and Russell Brand.
Being an animated film, you must have recorded your bit years ago.
It was at least two years ago and during the summer — I remember wearing a short-sleeved shirt. So much time passes, it's always a lovely surprise to see that I still made it into the movie.
And you were on your own in the studio.
Yes, it's pretty strange. It was very intimidating at first because you lay [a voice track] down and you don't know how it's going to end up. I mean, some people are weird even about hearing their voices on their outgoing voice mail, let alone on playback. But I love doing comedies. And I'm very active when I record voices. In fact, I just saw a behind-the-scenes clip of me recording for the movie and I'm acting up a storm. I am the hammiest voice actor in the world.
The one exception to the rule [of being alone in the recording booth] came this past summer, when I got to record a voice for "The Simpsons." Normally it's just you and the mic and the people behind the glass, but with "The Simpsons," I was in the same room as Dan Castellaneta and Yeardley Smith and all of those guys, and it was great seeing their characters' voices come out of their faces. I had to cover my face to keep from laughing out loud.
What do you think of "30 Rock's" new time slot at 10 p.m. on Thursdays.
Well, I was concerned at first but now that [the results show of] "American Idol" is moving to Thursdays at 8, we might have just dodged a huge bullet. I'm kind of excited about seeing three hours of comedy on NBC. I'm hoping that's an experiment that succeeds… It's not like the content changes. I can't imagine any of our cast will be doing full frontal nudity anytime soon. Except from maybe Tracy Morgan.


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Packers will Try to Turn Raymond Webber Into a Tight End
Who the hell is Raymond Webber, you're probably asking yourself. Well, he's the Green Bay Packers newest tight end, but we'll get to that in a second.
The Green Bay Packers love tight ends. They usually carry like 17 of them on the active roster. You really can never have enough tight ends. But the Packers are (probably) about to lose two tight ends in free agency — Jermichael Finley and Andrew Quarless.
That will leave them with just three on the roster! Those three guys are Brandon Bostick, Ryan Taylor and Jake Stoneburner. So Ted Thompson will clearly have to select at least two tight ends in the draft.
Well, maybe only one now. He's really gone and beefed up that tight end position with the signing of Webber.
So where did this guy come from? He was first signed as an undrafted free agent by Tampa Bay out of Arkansas Pine-Bluff in 2011. He spent that entire season on injured reserve.
In 2012, he went to training camp with the Jets, but they waived him before the season. In 2013, he signed with the CFL's Calgary Stampeders and was released during training camp.
So what the hell?
Well, let me tell you, Raymond Webber has huge upside. Five years down the road, he'll probably be able to contribute. Ted told me so.
Seriously, like Bostick, Webber was a receiver in college and now the Packers will try to turn him into a tight end. He's 6-2, 237 (up from 220). That obviously makes him a project.
Apparently, he can catch some balls though. During his senior season, he hauled in 101 of them for 1,429 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Do we have some highlights? You bet your sweet ass we do!
Monty McMahon is one of the founders of Total Packers. He is probably the most famous graduate of UW-Oshkosh next to Jim Gantner.
They'll need to draft one in the first two rounds. Smaller than Tory Humphrey, Webber is just OTA and camp fodder. What's next, Chris Harper to TE?
They've got Nelson, Cobb, and Boykin to catch passes.
They've got Bostick to try to be a tight end. TEs in GB don't have to block, they just flank out or hold — so he should be OK.
They've got Rodgers and Lacy.
I'll go apeshit if they go offense in the first 4 picks, let alone a first or second round.
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Did Obama Just Declare Victory in Afghanistan?
Why not? Nothing else has worked.
In October 1966, as the Vietnam War was spiraling out of control, Sen. George Aiken, R-Vt., now-famously suggested that we simply declare victory and bring the troops home. He added, in a less well-known coda, "It may be a far-fetched proposal, but nothing else has worked."
Lyndon Johnson would have done well to take the idea seriously. Now it seems Barack Obama is doing just that in Afghanistan.
That's one way to read Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's remark Wednesday that, "hopefully," all U.S. combat troops will leave Afghanistan by the middle or end of 2013—not a year later, as had previously been announced.
Panetta let loose the news while talking with reporters en route to Brussels, not in a formal announcement. He emphasized that this drawdown would be a transition, not a withdrawal. There will still be U.S. troops in Afghanistan to advise, assist, and train local security forces, at least through 2014, as the NATO members had decided at a conference in Lisbon 15 months ago.
White House and Pentagon spokesmen, apparently caught off-guard by Panetta's comment, waved it away as nothing new. Rather, they said, it simply specified the pace at which the United States would carry out the longstanding plan to draw down forces and transfer combat operations to the Afghans. They hastened to add that Panetta said this timetable would "hopefully" be followed; it could be changed.
What does this all mean? A few inferences can be drawn with fairly high confidence.
First, President Obama really is getting out of there. Last June, he announced that he would withdraw 10,000 troops by the end of the year (which he did) and another 23,000 by the following summer (which—bet a lot of money on this—he will). That will leave 68,000 troops in Afghanistan this fall, and Obama said that the drawdown would continue at a steady pace till 2014.
At some point during this steady exit, there won't be enough American troops to conduct effective combat operations, except perhaps along the Pakistani border, where fighting has tended to be fiercest. So it makes sense that most of the remaining troops would shift to an "advise and assist" role, especially since—in tandem with the U.S. drawdown—Afghanistan's army will be taking more of a lead role in staving off insurgents.
It's unclear whether the Afghan army is ready for this transition. Panetta's remarks no doubt send a message to President Hamid Karzai and his commanders: Get ready; this is happening, and soon.
Second, Obama and Panetta have presented this drawdown (a la George Aiken) as the product of military success. The claim is half true but also a bit disingenuous.
Yes, we have accomplished a good part of the mission: Bin Laden is dead, al-Qaeda is crumbling, the Taliban's momentum has been halted, the Afghan army is improving. One could make the case—and Panetta, Vice President Joe Biden, and national security adviser Tom Donilon have reportedly done so with particular conviction—that U.S. interests in Afghanistan are no longer vital.
However, Obama's pullout—and its recent acceleration—also stems from a conclusion that the U.S. war strategy hasn't succeeded and is extremely unlikely to succeed any time soon. When Obama decided in December 2009 to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, he did so as part of a shift to a new counterinsurgency strategy, as recommended by the top commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal (modeled in part on the strategy employed in Iraq by Gen. David Petraeus, who would later replace McChrystal). The core idea of counterinsurgency (COIN) is not so much to chase after bad guys (though it does involve some of that) but rather to protect the population—to live among the people, in their neighborhoods, and thus earn their trust, which will embolden them to provide intelligence on where the bad guys are, as the challenge in fighting insurgents isn't killing them but finding them. But an equally important element of this strategy is to create a zone of security, so the government (with outside help) can provide basic services to the people and thus bolster their support—which will in turn dry up support for the insurgents.
Some have called this strategy "clear-hold-build"—clear an area of insurgents, hold it (i.e., stay there) so the insurgents don't come back, and meanwhile build legitimacy for the government. One thing about this strategy is that it takes a long time, costs a lot of money, and results in a lot of casualties (at least in the short term, though it's unpredictable how long the "short term" lasts).


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The United States commends Ghana's commitment to a peaceful resolution of the 2012 presidential election dispute through a legal process, which culminated in today's Supreme Court ruling upholding the results announced in December.
We respect Ghana's judicial process and the transparency of the court's proceedings, which were broadcast live and in full on television and radio.
The United States also applauds the political parties for their commitment to nonviolence throughout the legal process, and we compliment civil society organizations and other key stakeholders for their efforts to strengthen democracy and promote peace.
We remain committed to working with the people of Ghana, their government and with leaders of political parties and other civil society organizations to ensure that Ghana remains a model for democratic governance, rule of law, and stability.
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I have been all afternoon trying to find whats wrong, but I have juyst give up...
It doesnt make sense...
I have this format for headers in my CSS File:
h1 {font-family:verdana, mono; font-size:20px; color:#ff8c00; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal;}
h2 {font-family:verdana, mono; font-size:19px; color:#ff8c00; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal;}
h3 {font-family:verdana, mono; font-size:18px; color:#ff8c00; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal;}
h4 {font-family:verdana, mono; font-size:12px; color:#ff0000; background-color:#ffffff;}
h5 {font-family:verdana, mono; font-size:11px; color:#4d4d4d; background-color:#ffffff;}
All Headers appear correctly in Firefox, except for the H4 Format, which I dont understand why...
Can someone with Firefox confirm me that H4 appears in Black?
And WHY is that?
I have been picking screenshots from browsershots, and all Firefox versions give that header in black...
Thanks in advance
Incidentally, you should add a generic font family to your list so the browser knows where to fall back if neither "Verdana" nor "Mono" is installed. Or if that is your intent with "mono," the correct family name is "monospace"� although if the base typeface is Verdana, perhaps it should actually be sans-serif.
I found out what was going wrong, and I must say Firefox is getting me nuts (although its only little details, I am a detail kind of guy).
For what was my inicial problem, I found out that, in all browsers (many versions tested), in all platforms, only in Firefox this does happen!
Firefox makes a diference between:
text here

title here

text here
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title here

text here
GRrrrrrr (OK, I still use FONT tag, my fault)
Regarding the font family, I though that "verdana, arial, mono" gave a 100% coverage, although I dont have arial.
Doesnt it?
I have to write monospace?
I am pretty sure (I guess) that back in the 90's that wold give a 100% coverage
Best regards ;)
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, and h6 are BLOCK level elements. The font element can contain only inline elements, as per the HTML Spec and DTD [w3.org]. Therefore, this:
text here

title here

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Is invalid.
As for font families, verdana and arial fonts are both in the sans-serif family of fonts, NOT in the monospace family. And no, putting just "verdana, arial, mono" would not give 100% coverage. "verdana, arial, sans-serif" would probably be a more ideal grouping. (for more on font families: [w3.org...]


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Peptic Ulcer Disease
Author: Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP
With 10% of Americans contracting ulcers, pharmacists should be familiar with the causes and treatments.
One in 10 Americans will develop a peptic ulcer during their lifetime.
Until the '70s, ulcers were considered a chronic, relapsing "man's disease," erroneously associated with the stress of working hard to support a family and with heavy drinking. Today, however, we know more about the real causes of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and see that men and women are affected approximately equally. Due to heightened awareness, earlier testing, and infection eradication, PUD's prevalence, incidence, and related mortality and morbidity have declined in recent years.
Painful Lesions: Description and Causes
PUD is ulceration of an acidic area of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—either the stomach or duodenum. The esophagus is affected rarely. The combination of increased hydrochloric acid and pepsin and lower GI mucosal defenses allows painful lesions to develop. These mucosal erosions are usually 0.5 cm or larger. PUD is not gastritis or simple erosion, and although it is often confused with these states, its deeper penetration and potential for bleeding make it much more serious. The acidic environment makes ulcers extremely painful. Four times as many peptic ulcers develop in the duodenum as in the stomach, where a small number (~4%) are malignant.
Patients who have chronic inflammation of the GI tract secondary to bacterial colonization with
Helicobacter pylori
are at elevated risk; this organism causes up to 70% of PUD.
H pylori
may cause hypergastremia and direct mucosal damage.
It is also a risk factor for gastric cancer, so gastroenterologists take biopsies during endoscopy.
People who have heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease or are frequent users of NSAIDs alone (including low-dose aspirin) or in combination with glucocorticoids are at high risk for PUD.
These drugs cause topical irritation of the gastric epithelial cells and reduce protective prostaglandin synthesis. Risk of perforation and obstruction increases with each year of NSAID use.
Lifestyle factors (possibly heavy alcohol intake, smoking
), severe physiologic stress (burns, sepsis, multiorgan failure), hypersecretory states, and genetic factors have also been identified as risk factors. Increasing age is an important risk factor. Patients with multiple risk factors—especially age and NSAID use or
H Pylori
infection and smoking—are at a greatly increased risk.
Diagnosis and Clinical Presentation
Patients with uncomplicated PUD usually report gnawing or burning sensations after meals, and sometimes bloating or fullness. Many report nocturnal pain. Symptoms vary with the ulcer's location and the patient's age; the very young and very old may not report pain until the ulcer has progressed significantly.
Classic gastric ulcers cause pain shortly after meals, while duodenal ulcers are usually associated with pain afterward. Most patients have vague symptoms, but those who show "red flags" (Table 1) need immediate referral to a gastroenterologist. Red flag patients and patients older than 45 years should be scheduled for endoscopy quickly.
PUD diagnosis starts with a review of the patient's history. If the clinician suspects PUD, radiographic and endoscopic confirmation almost always follow. Upper GI endoscopy allows clinicians to visualize the ulcer, measure its size, determine the presence and degree of active bleeding, and physically intervene to stop bleeding if necessary.
H pylori
infection predisposes patients to PUD, and more than 70% of ulcers can be cured when the bacteria are eradicated, testing for these bacteria is critical.
H pylori
testing includes a urea breath test, a fecal antigen test, and antibody testing.
PUD's major complications include gastric or duodenal perforation, upper GI hemorrhage, stricture at the ulcer site, and rarely, gastric outlet obstruction. Bleeding is the most common and serious PUD complication, and mortality is 5% to 10%.
Etiology and presentation dictate treatment (Table 2); supportive care, acid reduction, and endoscopic hemostasis are the cornerstone of treatment. Most PUD patients can be treated successfully using drugs to eradicate
H pylori
and/or having them avoid NSAIDs. In addition, acid reduction— usually using PPIs—is standard of care.
The optimal PPI dose and route of administration remains controversial, so clinicians use their judgment to select therapy.
Patients who have bleeding that cannot be stopped during endoscopy or perforation need immediate surgery.
Ulcer healing usually takes 6 to 8 weeks. Endoscopy is required to document healing of gastric ulcers and to rule out gastric cancer. The endoscopy is usually performed 6 to 8 weeks after the initial diagnosis of PUD. For patients with complicated
H pylori
–related ulcers, a noninvasive test should be conducted to verify cure.
With 10% of Americans contracting an ulcer in their lifetime, pharmacists should be familiar with PUD's basic causes, red flags, and best treatments. Remember that some drugs may cause peptic ulcers: intra-arterial 5-fluorouracil, potassium chloride tablets, crack cocaine, and bisphosphonates. With appropriate treatment and good patient adherence, most ulcers will be cured.
Ms. Wick is a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and a freelance clinical writer.
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But as the saying goes, the show must go on, and I, as a fan, wanted to honor this fan base, and enjoy the game.
and their "Wall of Fame" that gave you a picture of how many awards (CY Young, MVP, etc) have been won by team players.
Again, I wonder why, WHY can't the Mets have something like this? I mean, wouldn't we love something like this accessible to the public? Something to honor our past, besides a social studies-remembrance of a Rotunda?
I digress. Back to the stadium tour. I was also impressed by the specialty food items and even bars. I'd like to have margarita bars at my stadium, although truth be told, I could see why they don't in New York. The weather isn't that good three out of the six months of baseball season, but...more items than beer should be available. Like the SoCo Halocane (clever) and the Jack Daniels booth in waterfall centerfield area.
The obligatory Carl's Jr in the Angel Stadium Food Court...
But also places like Angelito's and Panda Express (which sprouts up like mini-malls in the suburbs in California, it seems).
Angelito's was in the center field area, where the waterfalls were...
View from the seats:
Here's their version of the Pepsi Porch, the Budweiser Deck.
Their "K" corner is the "CPK Meter" (for California Pizza Kitchen -- of course, shameless promotion, but still cute).
I also liked walking around the concourse prior to the game. They played Train's song "Calling All Angels." I thought it was charming, but nothing can touch my love for hearing the old Meet the Mets song. Nothin'.
But here's the thing. Growing up, the Angels, to me, were the "California Angels." Anaheim Angels was also cool, since I mean, they DO represent the city of Anaheim, which is in and of itself a bustling (sort of) metropolis. Okay, okay, it's Disneyland, but still. I would expect a team in Orlando to call themselves "Orlando fill-in-the-blank" (Orlando Magic, for one). So Anaheim was apparently christened when Disney bought the team in the late 90s.
Their new owner, Arte Moreno, has made the team his own and got approval to name the team "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."
Los Angeles Angels...of Anaheim. WTF? First off -- you're seriously going to call a team the ANGELS ANGELS. Not to mention, Anaheim is not even NEAR Los Angeles. Okay, fine, it is but Los Angeles is called Los Angeles for a reason...uh, it's the friggin county. Anaheim is Orange County. I know the Los Angeles Angels are an homage to the old Pacific Coast League team, but I can see why Dodger fans get pissed off about it. Los Angeles does not = Anaheim.
But I like California. And I like the Angels. So I will continue to honor them by their old name. California Angels.
I'm calling them California from here on out.
It was a beautiful day that day, and you know the old saying. Let's Play Two!
I had an hour-plus drive (about 35 miles) north to Chavez Ravine.
Say a prayer for Nick Adenhart, and call all your Angels.


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Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, under the leadership of Richard A. Smith, president and chief executive officer, has grown from a small operation in College Station, Texas, to being ranked as one of the top five real estate companies in the United States by REAL Trends. Today, says the company, Coldwell Banker United, Realtors has more than 2,400 sales associates working in nearly 80 residential offices in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Mass burial held in Philippine city hit by typhoon
Friday, November 15, 2013
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool.
Scores of unidentified bodies were interred together Thursday in a hillside cemetery without any ritual — the first mass burial in this city shattered by last week's Typhoon Haiyan.
Six days after the disaster, some progress was being made in providing food, water and medical aid to the half-million people displaced in the Philippines. Massive bottlenecks blocking the distribution of international assistance have begun to clear.
Soldiers on trucks gave out rice and water, and chainsaw-wielding teams cut debris from blocked roads to clear the way for relief trucks in Tacloban, the capital of the hardest-hit Leyte province.
Thousands of people continued to swarm Tacloban's damaged airport, desperate to leave or to get treatment at a makeshift medical center.
"We know the gravity of our countrymen's suffering, and we know that, now more than ever, all of us are called on to do whatever we can to help alleviate our countrymen's suffering," President Benigno S. Aquino III said in a statement.
Authorities say 2,357 people have been confirmed dead, a figure that is expected to rise, perhaps significantly, when information is collected from other areas of the disaster zone.
With sweat rolling down their faces, John Cajipe, 31, and three teenage boys who work at the Tacloban cemetery placed the first body in the grave's right-hand corner.
The second body followed two minutes later, carefully placed alongside the first. And so on, until scores of coffins filled the 6-foot deep grave. A ritual to sprinkle holy water on the site is expected to be held Friday, one week after the typhoon struck.
A portion of the femur was removed from each corpse by the National Bureau of Investigation. Technicians will extract DNA from each bit of bone to try to identify the dead, said Joseph David, crime photographer for the bureau.
"I hope this is the last time I see something like this," said Mayor Alfred Romualdez. "When I look at this, it just reminds me of what has happened from the day the storm hit until today."
The massive flow of international aid was bolstered by Thursday's arrival of the USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea near the Gulf of Leyte. The aircraft carrier will set up a position off the coast of Samar Island to assess the damage and provide medical and water supplies, the 7th Fleet said in a statement.
The carrier and its strike group together bring 21 helicopters to the area, which can help reach the most inaccessible parts of the disaster zone.
The United Kingdom also is sending an aircraft carrier, the HMS Illustrious, with seven helicopters and facilities to produce fresh water, Britain's Ministry of Defense said. It said the ship is expected to reach the area around Nov. 25.
The U.S. already has a half-dozen other ships — including a destroyer and two huge supply vessels — in the area, along with two P-3 aircraft that are being used to survey the damage so that planners can assess where aid is most needed, the 7th Fleet said.
"We are operating 24-7," said Capt. Cassandra Gesecki, a spokeswoman for the Marines, who have set up an operations hub near Manila's international airport. "We are inundated with flights."
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TCL > October 2012 Issue > Denver Law Latino Alumni Raise Funds for Scholarship
About the Author
Lucia Padilla is an attorney at Sawaya & Miller, specializing in employment law. She is a member of the Denver Bar Association Board of Trustees and a Denver Law alumna.
The first reunion of Latino alumni from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Denver Law) was held June 22–23, 2012. The primary purpose of the event was to raise funds for the Yegge Hispanic Scholarship Fund. The scholarship honors Dean Emeritus Robert B. Yegge, who served as Dean of Denver Law from 1965 to 1977 and who passed away in 2006.
Formation of the Yegge Scholarship Fund
In 1967, Dean Yegge made a commitment to increase the number of Hispanic lawyers in the Southwest through a unique minority scholarship program at Denver Law. At that time, there were only fourteen Hispanic lawyers licensed to practice law in Colorado. In 1968, Dean Yegge helped create the American Bar Association's National Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) and established a national scholarship program to increase minority lawyers in the United States.
The first students admitted through Dean Yegge's program started the Mexican American Law Student Association, which exists today as the Latino Law Student Association. When these students graduated, they went on to form the Chicano Bar Association in 1977, which is now the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA).
Originally established by the Denver Law Alumni Council and later supplemented by the CHBA, the Yegge Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to Denver Latino law students or those who show dedication to serving the Hispanic community. Before he passed away in December 2006, Dean Yegge ensured that much of his estate was donated to the fund.
The sidebar lists the alumni who served on the founding committee of the Yegge Scholarship Fund. Twelve of the founding members are pictured below with Denver Law Dean Martin J. Katz.
Yegge Scholarship Fund Founding Committee
Past Successes Meeting Future Challenges
Dean Yegge's commitment to the Hispanic community has had a positive impact on Colorado's legal profession. More than 640 Latino men and women have graduated from Denver Law in the forty-five years since Dean Yegge started the program. In the last ten years, more than thirty Hispanic law students have received financial assistance from the Yegge Scholarship.
Notwithstanding the many favorable outcomes of the scholarship, there still is work to be done. Although the number of Hispanic students at Denver Law has increased, Hispanics constitute only 4.5% of the 14,330 living Denver Law alumni. Only 3% of all lawyers in the United States are Hispanic, and female Hispanic lawyers make up only 1.3% of all lawyers in the United States. Hispanics are the fastest growing population in Colorado and the country, and the need for Latino lawyers continues to rise.
A Collegial Gathering With a Purpose
The Latino Alumni Committee was established in 2010 to raise funds for the Yegge Scholarship Fund. Committee members conceived of hosting the first reunion of Denver Law Latino Alumni as a way to raise funds, as well as to acknowledge and meld the past, present, and future presence of Latino students at Denver Law. With the help of Denver Law's Alumni Office, approximately twenty alumni and students planned and organized the event. A photo of this year's Committee members with twelve of the founding members appears below. The Committee members are listed in the accompanying sidebar.
The reunion kicked off on Friday evening with a cocktail reception. On Saturday, there was a full-day CLE program that included presentations by judges and attorneys, including Chief Justice Michael Bender and Justice Monica Márquez of the Colorado Supreme Court, along with former Chief Justice Patricio Serna of the New Mexico Supreme Court. A dinner on Saturday evening, followed by dancing, was the capstone of the event.
The fundraiser was a huge success. Nearly $100,000 was raised for the Yegge Scholarship Fund. Half of this amount comprised donations from sponsors and alumni who attended the event; the University of Denver generously donated the other half. The Latino Alumni Committee extends a huge thank-you to Denver Law for its donation to the Yegge Scholarship Fund, and is extremely grateful for the support and assistance it received from the staff of the Alumni Office.
A Gathering of the Past, Present,
and Future of Our Profession
The event brought together old friends and former classmates. As an alumna of Denver Law and the daughter of one of the founding members of the Yegge Scholarship Fund, I was honored to be part of this event and to have the opportunity to meet my predecessors who were among the first attorneys to participate in Dean Yegge's program.
Times certainly were different when the program started; it was eye-opening and inspiring to hear stories from the more experienced attorneys about barriers that existed for them early on, as well as to hear about the numerous accomplishments they have gone on to achieve. An enormous sense of collective respect and pride resonated among all of the alumni who attended the event—toward Denver Law, Dean Yegge, and one another. The newest crop of law students represents the future of the legal profession. If the tremendous support they received from the alumni who attended this event is any indication of things to come, they truly stand to soar!
2012 Latino Alumni Committee
Dolores Atencio (JD '80)
Baltazar Baca (JD '72)
Tomee Crespin (JD '00)
Mark Fidel (JD '02)
Marixa Frias (JD '06)
Amanda Gonzales (JD '11)
Aurora Ruiz Hernández (JD '76)
Arnulfo Hernández (JD '05, LLM '07)
Diego Hunt (JD '97)
Liz Espinosa Krupa (JD '94)
Cynthia Mares (JD '89)
Michelle Martínez (JD '05)
Lucia Padilla (JD '03)
Alfredo Peña (JD '75)
Celeste Quiñones (JD '83)
Clara Romero Madrid (JD '93)
Ralph Torres (JD '70)
Angelica Tovar-Hastings (JD '10, LLM '11)
Law Students
Marc Bivens
Gaby Corica
Quinn Girrens
Alexis Kirkman
Erik Lacayo
Dion Martínez
Ashley Muñoz
James Snyder