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Reviewed on 12/12
By Dr. Harrington
Medicines such as as temazepam (Restoril®), zolpidem (Ambien®), eszopiclone (Lunesta®), zaleplon (Sonata®), and ramelteon (Rozerem®) are often used to treat insomnia. They all work on the same set of receptors in the brain to induce sedation. These drugs are helpful for short-term sleep problems caused by jet lag or acute stress. They are often prescribed for some people with chronic insomnia, too. Most sleep medicines are classified as controlled substances because of the potential for abuse, although this risk is thought to be lower with the newer medicines.
Different medicines stay in the body for different amounts of time. Short-acting medicines (such as Sonata® or Rozerem®) are used for people who have trouble falling asleep. For people who can't fall asleep quickly and wake up often, intermediate-acting medicines (such as Ambien®) may be helpful. People who wake up too early may be helped by a long-acting medicine (such as Lunesta® and Ambien CR®). People taking sedating medicines should keep in mind that they cause side effects:
Depression and insomnia are often linked. Indeed, insomnia is a common symptom of depression, often the first to appear.
Many antidepressants have the side effect of drowsiness. Further, those who are depressed may find that these antidepressants improve their mood as well as their sleep. Only doxepin (Silenor®) has received FDA approval for the treatment of sleep maintenance insomnia. No other antidepressants are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of insomnia.
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Poblano Quesadillas
A great quesadilla depends on just the right balance of soothing cheese and other, livelier flavors. In this poblano quesadillas recipe, roasted peppers, tart salsa, and more than one cheese keep things interesting.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
4 poblano chiles
2 cups (8 ounces) grated Mexican manchego cheese
1 cup (4 ounces) grated añejo cheese
6 8-inch flour tortillas
2 tablespoons butter
Hold the chiles over a gas flame (or under a broiler).
Keep turning the chiles so the skin is evenly charred.
Transfer the chiles to a paper or plastic bag.
Tie the bag's top closed and let steam until cool.
Pull off the charred skin by hand.
Dip your fingers in water to remove any blackened bits.
Cut the chiles from top to bottom with a paring knife.
Cut off the stems and remove the veins and seeds that run down the sides.
Leave the flesh intact.
Wipe out any remaining seeds with a damp cloth.
Julienne the chiles.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, mix together the manchego and añejo cheeses.
Place the tortillas on a work surface.
Divide the cheese mixture into 6 equal portions.
Spread over half of each tortilla.
Arrange the chili strips evenly over the cheese.
Fold the tortillas over to enclose the filling.
Melt the butter in a small bowl in the microwave, or in a small saucepan on the stove.
Brush the tops of the folded tortillas with the butter.
Place a dry griddle or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
Place one or two tortillas, buttered-side down, in the pan.
Cook until very light golden, about 1 minute.
Brush the uncoated sides with butter.
Flip the tortillas over and cook the second side.
Transfer to a baking sheet.
Repeat Steps 20 through 24 with the remaining tortillas.
Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, until the cheese begins to ooze.
Serve hot, whole or cut into wedges.

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Despite anything that may happen on the TV screen, the "Downton Abbey" duo of Mary and Matthew clearly live on in the hearts of their fans.
For the second straight week, the British lovebirds narrowly stayed alive in our first TV couples tournament. They edged past Beckett and Castle by just two votes and into the Final 8 phase of the competition. They have now won their two tourney matchups by a total of three votes.
Scully and Mulder of "The X Files" had no such difficulty in their second-round battle. They posted a 74 percent margin of victory -- the largest among all the matchups -- and easily vanquished Brenda and Dylan of "Beverly Hills 90210."
Other big winners included Diane and Sam of "Cheers" and Marge and Homer of "The Simpsons." Both couples finished with a 71 percent margin of victory.
But now it's down to crunchtime as we move into Round 3. Here are the intriguing matchups:
And again, you will decide who wins. Simply use the link at the bottom of this story to vote for your favorite duos. TV couples of the past make up one side of the bracket and present-day couples fill out the other.
By voting -- with a click of the mouse -- you'll help us narrow the field. Of course, we'll want you to come back to vote again when the next phase of the tournament begins. Keep in mind that the polls close for third-round voting at 3 p.m., Friday.
Read Chuck Barney's TV blog at http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/tv and follow him at http://twitter.com/chuckbarney.


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Marijuana plants are seen in Chicago where officers say they discovered two football fields worth of pot plants growing on the city's South Side Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Authorities say more than 1,000 cannabis plants were discovered during a helicopter operation Tuesday. Some were as tall as Christmas Trees. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
The Michigan Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in one of the most significant legal issues since voters approved medical marijuana.
Justices held a hearing Thursday in a case about shops known as dispensaries, where people with medical marijuana cards sell homegrown pot to people who don't grow their own.
The state appeals court last year said there's nothing in the 2008 law that allows it.
The case involves a Mount Pleasant shop that allowed members to sell marijuana to each other.
Isabella County Prosecutor Risa Scully says the medical marijuana act doesn't allow dispensaries where patients can share marijuana with each other.
Dispensary operators lawyer Mary Chartier says the medical marijuana law is silent on dispensaries, so they should be allowed.


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TAHOE, Calif. - Tahoe Mountain Sports and Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will sponsor a free guided snowshoe hike on Saturday, March 2, at Tahoe Meadows. Take your snowshoes, poles and warm winter boots. Snowshoe rentals will be discounted to $10 for anyone participating in the hike.
The hike will start at 11 a.m. at Tahoe Meadows (near Mt. Rose Summit). Participants should meet at Tahoe Mountain Sports, 8331 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, at 10:30 a.m. If you need rental snowshoes, please arrive at 10 a.m. to pick up your gear. The guided hike is free, but all participants are asked to register at www.meetup.com/LakeTahoeOutdoorAdventureGroup. Anyone arriving from Incline Village or Reno, Nev. may meet at the Meadows.
Dr. Will Richardson will lead the hike and discuss natural history issues, namely how various animals and plants cope with the short days, heavy snows and freezing temperatures associated with winter in Tahoe. Will is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS), a member-supported nonprofit organization seeking to advance the natural history, conservation, and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education, and outreach, with a longterm goal of bringing a world-class interpretive nature center and educational facility to the Tahoe area. In the meantime, they engage in multiple science, education, and outreach programs to promote greater appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of the natural resources of the Tahoe region.
"Tahoe Mountain Sports is excited to partner with TINS because they bring a level of education and expertise to their work that is unparalleled in our region," said David Polivy, owner of Tahoe Mountain Sports. "As part of the TMS mission, we actively encourage our customers and friends to learn more about their surroundings in order to be the best stewards they can. Getting out on snowshoes in the winter is a great experience for anybody looking for a safe and non-technical way to enjoy the outdoors during winter."
Dr. Richardson said: "TINS is really excited to partner with TMS for this hike. They have a great staff, really know their stuff, and are great about promoting and sponsoring community events to help folks get out and enjoy Tahoe's natural environment. Also, Dave and his team have been really great to TINS since the beginning, sponsoring a fundraiser for us at the shop in December of 2011 ... We hope this will be the first of many co-sponsored TINS/TMS outings in the future!"
To register, visit www.meetup.com/LakeTahoeOutdoorAdventureGroup and RSVP for the meetup: Guided Snowshoe Hike at Tahoe Meadows; or send an email to email@example.com with "Snowshoe Hike" in the subject line.
Maximum Capacity: 20-30 hikers.
Weather day will be Sunday, March 3, in of too much snow Saturday.
View the event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/210214115785926/
Read the event blog post at http://blog.tahoemountainsports.com/2013/02/13/free-guided-snowshoe-hike-at-tahoe-meadows-with-tms-and-tins/.


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Ballot measure: Proposition 33
Under the measure, drivers who have had continuous insurance coverage with any insurance company over the past five years could switch insurers and keep their "loyalty discounts."
The campaign supporting the measure is now running a 30-second TV ad in major media markets in the state.
What's the claim?: "I'm Brandi, and I'm a recent college graduate from UC San Diego. I'm voting yes on Proposition 33 because it will save me money and allow me and not insurance companies to control my car insurance discount. I'm repaying my student loans and money is tight, but Proposition 33 will make insurance companies compete harder for my business. As a young graduate living at home, Proposition 33 gives me the same discount as my parents. Proposition 33 protects consumers like me. Vote yes on Proposition 33."
Is it true?
The ad is deceptive because it mentions only the benefits consumers would see under Proposition 33 -- but fails to note that many drivers who have let their insurance coverage lapse over the past five years would face steep surcharges.
Consumer Watchdog, which is fighting Proposition 33, was the group behind Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance-reform initiative that, among other things, prohibits such surcharges. Two years ago, Consumer Watchdog was vastly outspent but defeated a similar measure, Proposition 17.
Like Proposition 33, that initiative was also bankrolled by Mercury Insurance CEO George Joseph, who has spent $16.4 million to pass Proposition 33.
The TV commercial also fails to disclose that the young woman featured in the ad, Brandi King, is an employee of Sacramento-based Marketplace Communications, a public relations firm that has been paid $608,000 by the Yes on 33 campaign. Adriana Calderon, featured in a similar ad, is also employed by the PR firm.
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Understanding Power Quality
- Basic Utility System Operations
- The Giant Electric Machine
- Power Quality - Definitions
- Voltage Sags
- Ringing Transients
- Trends in Utilization Equipment
- Increased Sensitivity
- Unconventional Demands
- Harmonics
- All Equipment Not Created Equal
- Wiring and Grounding Practices for Sensitive Loads
- Power Wiring
- Preventing Equipment Interference
- Control Wiring
- Monitoring Equipment
- Mitigation Equipment
- Questions/Open Discussion
Voltage Unbalance
The correct way to calculate percent unbalance is to use phase to phase voltages in the equation below.
Equation 1
For example, phase-to-phase voltages of 470, 479, and 482 average to 477. The maximum deviation from average is the phase with 470 volts. The deviation between 470 and 477 is 7 volts. The percent unbalance is
Equation 2
Sensitive Equipment in today's facilities can increase production losses. Click on the link to see an illustration. This picture shows an area (in grey) where a fault can occur. One piece of equipment can tolerate a 70% sag, while another device shuts down a process when it sees a >90% sag.


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The best way to get involved with SGA is to run for office.
About Elections
The Elections Committee oversees elections of the Student Government Association. This includes the election of the President, Vice-President and Senators.
Elections for the Executive Council are held in spring semester along with elections of the student organization senators, the class senators, and the sophomore, junior, and senior class senators. Elections for the at-large senators and the freshman class senator are held in the fall semester.


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Knitter's Review
March 13, 2008
Last weekend I taught a class about yarn at Halcyon Yarn, a Maine fiber institution a few hours down the coast from me. It's located in a large warehouse that once housed a clothing factory. You're surrounded by yarn, everywhere you look, from floor to ceiling.
As my hostesses introduced themselves and we chatted about this and that, my eyes kept wandering to a gorgeous, fluffy cranberry-colored cardigan in the next room. I finally had to excuse myself, mid-sentence, to find out what it was. And the answer is this week's yarn review.
In the Forum: In Memoriam
Trish was a steady presence in our community (she left us 5,539 posts, to be exact) who had a quick wit, curious mind, and a generous, welcoming spirit that shall be dearly missed. We're sharing our memories of Trish, and giving words of comfort for her husband Bob in this thread.
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"The Hunt With John Walsh" (9 p.m., CNN): In this new series, the victims' rights activist exposes stories of ongoing criminal inquiries tied to fugitives. First up is the case of a Northern California man accused of killing his wife and two daughters.
"Masters of Sex" (10 p.m., Showtime): They say that work and sex aren't supposed to mix, but in Season 2 of this sizzling drama, research pioneers Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) take their mostly academic partnership out of the lab and into the bedroom. Naturally, things heat up in a hurry. Oh, boy. What's going to happen when Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald) finds out?
"The Strain" (10 p.m., FX): This is the latest, and possibly scariest, creep show to hit prime time. Based on the book trilogy by director Guillermo del Toro and author Chuck Hogan, it finds New York plagued by an outbreak of vampirism that, of course, threatens all of humanity.
Also on Sunday:
Contact Chuck Barney at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.ChuckBarney, or Twitter.com/chuckbarney


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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team will open its 2013 home schedule on Thursday morning, taking on the Nevada Wolf Pack in an 11 a.m. match at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The Islanders (1-3) will be hosting a Nevada (3-3) team that is coming off of a close 5-2 loss against the Pac 12's Oregon. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi got on the board with its first win of the year last week in a convincing win over Prairie View A&M on the road.
Peter Nagy will lead the home team at No. 1 singles, with co-captains Andrew Maingot and Matt Westmoreland anchoring the No. 1 doubles position.
Victor Ouvrard and Moez Echargui play the top two singles positions for the Wolf Pack, with Ouvrard sporting a 3-2 mark at No. 1 singles.
Admission to the match is free, and live updates will be available by following the team on Twitter (@IslandersTennis).
Fans can also like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and visit www.GoIslanders.com for all the latest information.


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WSJ Poll: Voters Choose Bill Clinton as Endorser-in-Chief
He's been out of office for more than 13 years, but Bill Clinton is the still the endorser-in-chief.
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found 37% of registered voters more likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by the former president, compared to 22% more likely to favor someone backed by President Barack Obama or 25% by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In fact, endorsements from Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton can hurt more than help. The poll found 42% less likely to vote for a candidate backed by Mr. Obama and 34% less likely to support Mrs. Clinton's pick. Only 27% said they were less likely to vote for someone endorsed by Mr. Clinton.
LIVE Q&A at 1 p.m.: WSJ reporters answer your questions about the poll. Click here to submit questions and RSVP.
Republican pollster Bill McInturff said "the public face of the party" will flip from Mr. Obama to Mr. Clinton. "These numbers would suggest that beyond his behind-the-scenes fundraising, it's hard to imagine the president on the road and hard to imagine where he would campaign," he said.
Mr. Clinton's seal of approval is even a plus among voters in South, who are particularly hostile to Mr. Obama. The president's unpopularity in that region could weigh down a handful of Senate Democrats facing tough re-elections, including Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana, Sen. Mark Pryor in Arkansas and Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina. Mr. Clinton recently campaigned on behalf of the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Kentucky, Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Mr. Clinton is also much more popular than Mr. Obama among independent voters like Chad Eveland, 34, who lives in Cincinnati. "He was a good president," Mr. Eveland said. "The economy was strong during his time in office."
Though not viewed as favorably as her husband, Mrs. Cinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 2016, is viewed more positively (44%) than negatively (34%). She received her highest marks this century in February 2009, at the start of her stint as Secretary of State, when she was viewed favorably by 59% and unfavorably by 22%.
Q&A Replay: WSJ's Aaron Zitner and Patrick O'Connor on how Bill Clinton remains popular, and where Hillary Clinton stands in the latest WSJ/NBC polls.
WSJ's Patrick O'Connor explains the significance of Obama's approval rating on the midterm elections:
More on the WSJ/NBC News Poll:
Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low
Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
Majority Agree With Obamacare Contraception Rule
Voters Stay Negative on Christie


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Palmetto woman charged in daughter's death
Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11:45 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11:45 a.m.
A Palmetto woman has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 6-month-old daughter last year, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Cherie Matthews, 30, was sleeping about 4:30 p.m. on April 27, 2012, when her boyfriend returned home and found the unresponsive infant in a laundry basket.
Blood tests revealed Matthews had narcotics in her system, according to the sheriff's office.
Matthews, who gave varying accounts, eventually told detectives she fell asleep with her daughter in bed and that "she must have rolled down" into the basket, the report states.
Before the baby's death, Matthews' care of the child was investigated by Child Protective Services. Authorities investigated whether Matthews was abusing drugs and negligent to her child. She was ordered not to sleep with the baby.
Matthews, arrested Wednesday, is being held without bond at the Manatee County jail.
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Defense Documents
Evidence for the Implementation of the Final Solution: Electronic Edition, by Browning, Christopher R.Table of Contents
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A. Documentary Evidence for the emergence of a program to kill the Jews of Europe:
The Nazi program to murder all the Jews of Europe within the German grasp was called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (Endlösung der Judenfrage). While historians who have done extensive archival research on Nazi Jewish policy agree that such a program was implemented by the Nazi regime, they are not unanimous in their conclusions about several important aspects of historical interpretation. In particular, they do not agree as to precisely when the Nazi regime decided upon a policy of systematic and total mass murder, and they do not agree upon Hitler's precise role in this decision-making process. Such disagreements over historical interpretation are, of course, not at all unusual. On the contrary, it is a quite normal occurence. What follows is my interpretation concerning the emergence of the Final Solution; it is not shared in every aspect by other able and learned historians of the Holocaust.
In the wake of the Kristallnacht pogrom, Hitler placed Hermann Göring in charge of coordinating Jewish policy. In turn, Göring delegated jurisdiction over Jewish policy that involved policing and emigration to the SS, and on January 24, 1939, Hermann Göring authorized Reinhard Heydrich to take charge of Jewish emigration from the Third Reich.75 Heydrich's jurisdiction expanded to include the expulsion of Jews, Poles, and Gypsies from the Polish territories incorporated into the Third Reich in the fall of 1939. In the spring of 1941 Heydrich began organizing the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and Security Service, which spearheaded the murderous attack on Soviet Jewry that summer. Then on July 31, 1941, Heydrich expanded his jurisdiction yet further, when he procured an authorization again signed by Göring, entrusting him with the task of making "all necessary preparations" for a "total solution to the Jewish question" (Gesamtlösung der Judenfrage) within the German sphere of influence in Europe. Heydrich was to submit a "comprehensive draft" (Gesamtentwurf) of the preliminary measures for this "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (Endlösung der Judenfrage) promptly.76 This was not an order for the Final Solution, but Heydrich, the man who was currently in charge of the Einsatzgruppen killing campaign on occupied Soviet territory, was now authorized to draw up plans concerning the fate of all other Jews under German control.
No "comprehensive draft" for a Final Solution is among the surviving German documents found after the war. But other documents have survived that indicate a series of changes in Nazi Jewish policy in the fall of 1941 that, taken together, constituted a program for the systematic mass murder of European Jewry. The first was a reversal of Hitler's previous policy that the deportation of German Jews would not take place until after the war. On September 18, 1941, Himmler informed the Gauleiter of the Warthegau, Arthur Greiser: "The Führer wishes that the Old Reich and Protectorate be emptied and freed of Jews from west to east as quickly as possible." Thus Himmler intended, "as a first step" (als erste Stufe), to deport the Jews to the incorporated territories (especially the ghetto of Lodz) "in order to deport them yet further to the east the next spring."77 On October 10, Heydrich in Prague announced that Riga and Minsk would also be destinations for the deportation of German Jews.78 The deportations, first to Lodz, then began on October 15.
The second major change in German policy was the ban on Jewish emigration overseas. In August 1941 a number of Spanish Jews living in Paris had been arrested, which led the Spanish government to suggest the possibility of evacuating all Spanish Jews (some 2,000) to Spanish Morocco--a proposal endorsed by the German Foreign Office as fully in line with previous German policy of emigrating or expelling Jews overseas. On October 17, Heydrich blocked the Spanish proposal for two reasons. First, the Spanish would not effectively guard them in Morocco. Second, "In addition these Jews would also be too much out of the direct reach of the measures for a basic solution to the Jewish question to be enacted after the war."79 On October 23, 1941, the chief of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller, then dispatched a circular to all police agencies announcing Himmler's order that Jewish emigration was to be stopped.80
What did the end of Jewish emigration overseas so that even Spanish Jews would not be "too much out of the direct reach of the measures for a basic solution to the Jewish question to be enacted after the war" mean? What did the deportation of German Jews first to Lodz, Minsk, and Riga and then "yet further east the next spring" mean? Did they mean nothing more than expulsion into eastern Russia or Siberia after the defeat of the Soviet Union still expected by the spring of 1942? A combination of three documents dating from the end of October 1941 suggest otherwise.
Between October 18 and 21, 1941, the Foreign Office expert for Jewish affairs, Franz Rademacher, and Eichmann's second deputy, Friedrich Suhr, visited Belgrade. After the trip Rademacher reported how the adult Jewish men in Serbia had been shot by the German army. Concerning the fate of the Jewish women, children, and elderly, Rademacher reported: "Then as soon as the technical possibility exists within the framework of the total solution to the Jewish question, the Jews will be deported by waterway to the reception camp in the east."81 In short, Jews deported from Europe were not simply going to be expelled into eastern Russia, but rather they were to be interned in a German "reception camp" not yet built. Furthermore, as this reception camp was for women, children, and elderly, it clearly was not a labor camp.
A second relevant document is a short hand-written letter of October 23, 1941, that Franz Rademacher found waiting for him from the foreign editor of Der Stürmer, Paul Wurm, when he returned to Berlin. Wurm wrote:
Dear Party Comrade Rademacher!
On my return trip from Berlin I met an old party comrade, who works in the east on the settlement of the Jewish question. In the near future many of the Jewish vermin will be exterminated through special measures.82
5.1.8What did Wurm mean by "special measures" for the destruction of Jews in the east? On October 25, 1941, Rademacher's counterpart in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, Eberhard Wetzel, met first with Viktor Brack of the Führer Chancellery (where he was involved with the so-called euthanasia program for the killing of mentally- and physically handicapped patients in German hospitals and asylums) and then with Adolf Eichmann (Heydrich's special advisor on Jewish policy). Wetzel then drafted a letter to be sent by his boss, Alfred Rosenberg, to Hinrich Lohse, who was not happy about the imminent deportation of German Jews to Riga. According to Wetzel, Brack declared himself ready to aid in the construction of "gassing apparatuses" ("Vergasungsapparate) on the spot in Riga. Eichmann confirmed to Wetzel that Jewish camps were about to be set up in Riga and Minsk to receive German Jews. Those capable of labor would be sent "to the east" later. Under the circumstances there were no objections "if those Jews who are not fit for work are removed by Brack's device" in the meantime.83
In short, surviving documents show that by late October 1941 the Nazi regime: 1) had ended a longstanding policy of creating a Europe free of Jews through emigration and expulsion overseas; 2) had begun deporting German Jews to the east into ghettos where they awaited deportation further east the following spring; 3) was planning a "reception camp" in the east for non-working Jewish women, children, and elderly; 4) was planning for the destruction of Jews through "special measures"; and 5) was discussing the construction of "gassing apparatuses" in Riga, so that German Jews incapable of work could be "removed" immediately.
These documents suggest that a policy of systematic extermination, including deportation to reception camps and the use of gassing as a method of killing, was taking shape by late October 1941, even if it was not to be implemented until the following spring (after the expected end of the war). The statements of leading Nazis in the following months certainly point to a widening recognition that mass killing, not expulsion, was now the goal of the regime. On November 15, 1941, Himmler had a four-hour discussion with Alfred Rosenberg.84 Three days later Rosenberg gave a "confidential" background report to the German press. The reporters were not yet to print the details of what was happening in the east, but they needed sufficient background so that the press could give its treatment the proper "color" (Farbe), he explained. Among the topics Rosenberg dealt with was the Jewish question.
In the east some six million Jew still live, and this question can only be solved in a biological eradication of the entire Jewry of Europe. The Jewish question is only solved for Germany when the last Jew has left German territory, and for Europe when not a single Jew lives on the European continent up to the Urals. ...for this reason it is necessary to expel them over the Urals or eradicate them in some other way.85
On November 28, 1941, Hitler met with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Hitler stated: "Germany was resolved, step by step, to ask one European nation after the other to solve its Jewish problem, and at the proper time, direct a similar appeal to non-European nations as well." When Germany had defeated the Soviet Union and broken through the Caucasus into the middle east, Germany would have no imperial goals of its own and would support Arab liberation, Hitler assured the Grand Mufti. But he did have one goal: "Germany's objective would then be solely the destruction of the Jewish element residing in the Arab sphere under the protection of British power."86
In December 1941, after the Soviet counter-offensive around Moscow, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the German declaration of war on the United States, there could be no doubt any longer that there would be no end to the war by the following spring. Yet Hitler made clear in a speech to the top echelons of the Nazi party on December 12, 1941, that this did not change the emerging German policy of systematic mass killing.
Concerning the Jewish question, the Führer is determined to make a clean sweep. He prophesied that, if they were once again to cause a world war, the result would be their own destruction. That was no figure of speech. The world war is here, the destruction of the Jews must be the inevitable consequence.87
Hans Frank, who attended this meeting, returned to the General Government and explained what he had learned in Berlin to his district governors and division leaders.Frank did not yet know how unprecedented destruction on this scale could be done, but he assured his audience that "nonetheless we will take some kind of action that will lead to a successful destruction, and indeed in conjunction with the important measures to be discussed in the Reich."88
We must put an end to the Jews, that I want to say quite openly. The Führer once spoke these words: If united Jewry should once more succeed in unleashing a world war, then the peoples who have been incited to this war will not be its only victims, because the Jew in Europe will also have found his end. ...Before I continue to speak I would ask you to agree with me on the following principle: we want to have compassion only for the German people, otherwise for no one in the whole world. Others have had no compassion for us. As an old National Socialist, I must also say: if the Jewish tribe were to survive the war in Europe, while we had sacrificed our best blood for Europe's preservation, then this war would be only a partial success. Thus vis-a-vis the Jews I will in principle proceed only on the assumption that they will disappear. They must go. I have entered into negotiations for the purpose of deporting them to the east. In January a large meeting will be convened in the Reich Security Main Office by SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich. In any case a large migration of Jews will be set in motion.
But what is to happen to the Jews? Do you believe that they will be lodged in settlements in the Ostland? In Berlin we were told: why all this trouble; we cannot use them in the Ostland or the Reichskommissariat either; liquidate them yourselves! Gentlemen, I must ask you, arm yourselves against any thoughts of compassion. We must destroy the Jews, wherever we encounter them and wherever it is possible, in order to preserve the entire structure of the Reich.
What Frank called the "large meeting" in Berlin under the chairmanship of Heydrich, where "important measures" were to be discussed in January, had originally been scheduled for December 8, 1941, but was postponed until January 20, 1942. Known as the Wannsee Conference, it was attended by the State Secretaries of the ministries of the Interior (Stuckart), Justice (Freisler), the General Government (Bühler), and the Occupied Eastern Territories (Meyer and his deputy Leibbrandt), as well as the Office of the Four Year Plan (Neumann) and Party Chancellery (Klopfer), the Undersecretary of the Foreign Office (Luther), and ministerial director of the Reich Chancellery (Kritzinger). The State Secretaries, just beneath the cabinet minister level, were by protocol the highest ranking officials that Heydrich could invite to a meeting over which he--as Himmler's deputy--would preside. Also attending were the heads of the Gestapo (Müller), the Race and Resettlement Main Office (Hofmann), and the Security Police in the General Government (Schöngarth), as well as Heydrich, Eichmann, and Rudolf Lange, commander of Einsatzkommando 2 in Latvia. Heydrich's invitations to the meeting were accompanied by copies of his authorization, signed by Göring on July 31, 1941, to prepare a Final Solution to the Jewish question throughout Germany's sphere of influence in Europe. There is no record of Heydrich having chaired any other meeting with such an illustrious list of leading officials of the Nazi regime in attendance in his entire career.
Heydrich briefly reiterated his authority to prepare a European-wide Final Solution and reviewed the policy of emigration until its prohibition in the fall of 1941. Heydrich then stated: "In place of emigration, the evacuation of the Jews to the east has now emerged, after the appropriate prior approval of the Führer, as a further possible solution. A total of 11 million European Jews, including even those from neutral countries like Ireland, Switzerland, and Sweden, would be involved, according to Heydrich. The evacuations, however, were to be regarded "solely as temporary measures" (lediglich als Ausweichmöglichkeiten), for "practical experiences" (praktischen Erfahrungen) were already being gathered that would be of great significance for the "imminent" (kommende) Final Solution. Heydrich then went on to explain just what he meant by this. The Jews would be utilized for labor in the east.If the protocol indicates that Jews capable of work were to be subjected to such strenuous labor that most would die, and those who did not would be "treated accordingly," it makes no mention of what was to happen to those Jews who were not capable of work to begin with. Bühler understood perfectly well that the Final Solution meant more than working Jews to death, for he urged that it begin in the General Government, because there was no transportation problem there and most of the Jews there were already incapable of work.
Separated by sex, the Jews capable of work will be led into these areas in large labor columns to build roads, whereby a large part will doubtless fall away through natural diminution.
The remnant that finally survives all this, because it is undoubtedly a question of the part with the greatest resistance, will have to be treated accordingly, because this remnant, representing a natural selection, must be regarded as the germ cell of a new Jewish reconstruction if released.
The protocol summarized in detail lengthy discussions about policy toward Jews in mixed marriage and their children without resolution. On one point the protocol was exceptionally brief, however, and that concerned the question Frank had raised in December, namely how were the Jews to be destroyed. Without any explanation as to actual content of the discussion, the protocol merely noted cryptically: "Finally there was a discussion of the various types of possible solutions...."
Thirty copies of the protocol of the Wannsee Conference were made, and the only surviving copy is the one that was sent by Heydrich to the Foreign Office on January 26, 1942.89 Apparently the Reich Interior Ministry received a copy at the same time, for already at another meeting on January 29, 1942, its Jewish expert, Bernhard Lösener, made reference to the conference of January 20.90
One notable Nazi leader had not sent a representative to the Wannsee Conference, namely Heydrich and Himmler's disliked rival, Josef Goebbels of the Propaganda Ministry. It would appear that Goebbels received an expurgated version of the protocol only much later. He noted in his diary entry of March 7, 1942, concerning a report "from the SD and police regarding the final solution of the Jewish question." He noted the Wannsee Conference figure of 11 million Jews in Europe and then wrote: "They will have to be concentrated later, to begin with, in the East; possibly an island, such as Madagascar can be assigned to them after the war."91 In reality, of course, the Jews were neither going to be concentrated "later," nor sent to Madagascar after the war. The Jews of the Warthegau were already being gassed at this moment, and the gassing of Serbian Jews in the Semlin camp outside Belgrade was imminent. Moreover, the "concentration" of the Jews of Poland in the three tiny villages of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka was about to begin.
75. Nürnberg Document NG-2586-A: Göring to Reich Interior Ministry, 24.1.39 (copy in Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II 177).
76. Nürnberg Document PS-710: Göring to Heydrich, 31.7.41, printed in IMT, vol.. 26, pp. 266-67.
77. Himmler to Greiser, 18.9.41, in National Archives, T-175/54/2568695. (Der Führer wünscht, dass möglichst bald das Altreich und das Protekorat vom Westen nach Osten von Juden geleert und befreit werden. ...um sie im nächsten Frühjahr noch weiter nach dem Osten abzuschieben)
78. Notes on conference chaired by Heydrich in Prague, 10.10.41, printed in: H.G. Adler, Theresienstadt 1941-1945 (Tübingen, 1960, 2nd edition), pp.720-722 (Document 46b).
79. Luther memoranda, 13 and 17.10.41, in: Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Pol. Abt.. III 246. (Darüber hinaus wären diese Juden aber auch bei den nach Kriegsende zu ergreifended Massnahmen zur grundsätzlichen Lösung der Judenfrage unmittelbaren Zugriff allzusehr entzogen)
80. Müller Runderlass, 23,10.41 (Eichmann trial document T/1209).
81. Rademacher report, 25.10.41, in Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II 194, printed in: Akten zur Deutschen Aussenpolitik, D, XIII, Part 2, pp. 570-72. (Sobald dann im Rahmen der Gesamtlösung der Judenfrage die technische Möglichkeit besteht, werden die Juden auf dem wasserwege in die Auffanglager im Osten abgeschoben.)
82. Wurm to Rademacher, 23.10.41, in: Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II A/B 59/3. (Auf meine Rückreises aus Berlin traf ich einen alten Parteigenossen, der im Osten an der Regelung der Judenfrage arbeitet. In nächster Zeit wird von dem jüdishen Ungezeifer durch besondere Massnahmen manches vernichtet werden.)
83. Nürnberg Document NO-365: draft letter, Rosenberg to lohse, initialed by Wetzel, 25.110.41. (wenn diejenigen Juden die nicht arbeitsfähig sind, mit den Brackschen Hilfsmitteln beseitigt werden) According to Langenscheidts dictionary, "beseitigen" has the literal meaning of "remove" and two of its figurative uses are "dispose of" in the context of garbage and "do away with," "liquidate" and "purge" in the context of killing. Here is a case where an English translation cannot capture the simultaneous, multiple meanings of the word in the German original. A second version of Wetzel's draft, in Wetzel's handwriting, is NO-996 and NO-997. In this version the letter writer stated that he had no objection to proposals concerning the Jewish question contained in a report from Lohse of October 4. However, he was sending Lohse the record of Wetzel's conversations with Brack and Eichmann; he asked Lohse "to infer the particulars concerning the state of the matter."(das Nähere über den Stand der Angelegenheit zu entnehmen)
84. Nürnberg Document NO-5329: Himmler file note on conversation with Rosenberg, 15.11.41; Himmler Terminkalendar, entry of 15.11.41, in Moscow Special Archives, 1372-5-23.
85. Rosenberg speech, 18.11.41, in Political Archives of the Foreign Office, Pol. XIII, VAA Berichte. (Im Osten leben noch etwa sechs-Millionen Juden, und diese Frage nur gelöst werden in eine biologischen Ausmerzung des gesamten Judentums in Europe. Die Judenfrage ist für Deutschland erst gelöst, wenn der letzte Jude das deutsche Territoriums verlassen hat, und für Europa wenn kein Jude mehr bis zum Ural auf dem europäischen Kontinent steht. ...dazu ist es nötig, sie über den Ural zu drängen oder sonst irgendwie zur Ausmerzung zu bringen.)
86. Documents on German Foreign Policy, D, XIII, No. 515, pp. 882-84.
87. Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels, Teil II, Bd. 2, pp. 498-99 (entry of 13.12.41). (Bezüglich der Judenfrage ist der Führer entschlossen, reinen Tisch zu machen. Er hat den Juden prophezeit, dass, wenn sie noch einmal einen Weltkrieg herbeiführen würden, sie dabei ihre Vernichtung erleben würden. Das ist keine Phrase gewesen. Der Weltkrieg ist da, die Vernichtung der Judentums muss die notwendige Folge sein).
88. Frank speech at Regierungssitzung of 16.12.41, printed in Das Diensttagebuch des deutschen Generalgouverneurs in Polen 1929-1945 (Stuttgart, 1975), pp. 457-8. (Mit den Juden--dass will ich Ihnen auch ganz offen sagen--must so oder so Schluss gemacht werden. Der Führer sprach einmal das Wort aus: wenn es der vereinigten Judenschaft wieder gelingen wird, einen Weltkrieg zu entfesseln, dann werden die Blutopfer nicht nur von den in den Krieg gehetzten Völkern gebracht werden, sondern dann wird der Jude in Europa sein Ende gefunden haben. ...Ich möchte Sie bitten: einigen Sie sich mit mir zunächst, bevor ich jetzt weiterspreche, auf die Formel: Mitleid wollen wir grundsätzlich nur mit dem deutschen Volke haben, sonst mit niemandem auf der Welt. Die anderen haben auch kein Mitleid mit uns gehabt. Ich muss auch als alter Nationalsozialist sagen: wenn die Judensippschaft in Europa den Krieg überleben würde, wir aber unser bestes Blut für die Erhaltung Europas geopfert hätten, dann würde dieser Krieg doch nur einen Teilerfolg darstellen. Ich werde daher den Juden gegenüber grundsatzlich nur von der Erwartung ausgehen, dass sie verschwinden. Sie müssen weg. Ich habe Verhandlungen zu dem Zwecke angeknüpft, sie nach dem Osten abzuschieben. Im Januar findet über diese Frage eine grosse Besprechung in Berlin statt, zu der ich Herrn Staatssekretär Dr. Bühler entsenden werde. Diese Besprechung soll im Reichssicherheitshauptamt bei SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich gehalten werden. Jedenfalls wird eine grosse jüdische Wanderung einsetzen.
Aber was soll mit den Juden geschehen? Glauben Sie, man wird sie im Ostland in Siedlungsdörfen unterbringen? Man hat uns in Berlin gesagt: weshalb macht man diese Scherereien; wir können im Ostland oder im Reichskommissariat auch nichts mit ihnen anfangen, liquidiert sie selber! Meine Herren ich muss Sie bitten, sich gegen alle Mitleidserwägungnen zu wappnen. Wir müssen die Juden vernichten, wo immer wir sie treffen und wo es irgend möglich ist, um das Gesamtgefüge des Reiches hier aufrecht zu erhalten.
...wir den aber doch Eingriffe vornehmen, die irgendwie zu einem Vernichtungserfolg führen, und zwar im Zusammenhang mit den von Reich her zu besprechenden grossen Massnahme.)
Aber was soll mit den Juden geschehen? Glauben Sie, man wird sie im Ostland in Siedlungsdörfen unterbringen? Man hat uns in Berlin gesagt: weshalb macht man diese Scherereien; wir können im Ostland oder im Reichskommissariat auch nichts mit ihnen anfangen, liquidiert sie selber! Meine Herren ich muss Sie bitten, sich gegen alle Mitleidserwägungnen zu wappnen. Wir müssen die Juden vernichten, wo immer wir sie treffen und wo es irgend möglich ist, um das Gesamtgefüge des Reiches hier aufrecht zu erhalten.
...wir den aber doch Eingriffe vornehmen, die irgendwie zu einem Vernichtungserfolg führen, und zwar im Zusammenhang mit den von Reich her zu besprechenden grossen Massnahme.)
89. Protocol of the Wannsee Conference and Heydrich cover letter to Luther, 26.1.42, in Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II 177.
(An Stelle der Auswanderung ist nunmehr als weitere Lösungsmöglichkeit nach entsprechender voheriger Genehmigung durch den Führer die Evakuierung der Juden nach dem Osten. ...Der allfällig verbleibende Restbestand wird, da es sich bei diesen zweifellos um den widerstandsfähigsten Teil handelt, entsprechend behandelt müssen, da dieser, eine natürliche Auslese darstellend, bei Freislassung als Keimzelle eines neuen jüdische Aufbaues anzusprechen ist. (In grossen Arbeitskolonnen, unter Trennung der Geschlechter, werden die arbeitsfähigen Juden strassenbauend in diese Gebiete geführt, wobei zweifellos ein Grossteil durch natürliche Verminderung ausfallen wird.
...Abschliessend wurden die verschiedenen Arten dere Lösungsmöglichkeiten besprochen...) )
(An Stelle der Auswanderung ist nunmehr als weitere Lösungsmöglichkeit nach entsprechender voheriger Genehmigung durch den Führer die Evakuierung der Juden nach dem Osten. ...Der allfällig verbleibende Restbestand wird, da es sich bei diesen zweifellos um den widerstandsfähigsten Teil handelt, entsprechend behandelt müssen, da dieser, eine natürliche Auslese darstellend, bei Freislassung als Keimzelle eines neuen jüdische Aufbaues anzusprechen ist. (In grossen Arbeitskolonnen, unter Trennung der Geschlechter, werden die arbeitsfähigen Juden strassenbauend in diese Gebiete geführt, wobei zweifellos ein Grossteil durch natürliche Verminderung ausfallen wird.
...Abschliessend wurden die verschiedenen Arten dere Lösungsmöglichkeiten besprochen...) )
90. Protocol of Ostministerium conference, 29.1.42, in: Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II 179.
91. Louis Lochner, ed., The Goebbels Diaries (New York, 1948), pp. 147-48.
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The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Tests may include:
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) and Creatinine —to see whether your kidneys are working properly. If they are not filtering the blood properly, the blood will contain excess amounts of creatinine and urea. Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle function, while urea is a waste product of protein metabolism.
Other Commonly Ordered Blood Tests —including complete blood count; calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone; blood electrolytes; and potassium levels
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) —a measurement of how well the kidneys are processing wastes. Your doctor can calculate the GFR based on gender, age, body size, and blood creatinine level.
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Urine Tests —You may be asked to collect urine in a special container over a 24-hour period. This test will also show how well your kidneys are clearing creatinine. The amount of urine you produce is also significant. If your kidneys are failing—or starting to fail—you may produce little or no urine.
Renal Imaging —the use of ultrasound , MRI scan , or CT scan to take pictures of the kidneys. These pictures will show whether urine flow is blocked or whether there is a change in the size of the kidneys.
Kidney Biopsy —A small piece of kidney may be surgically removed and sent to a laboratory in order to determine the cause of kidney failure.
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End-stage renal disease. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases website. Available at: http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/ScientificAreas/Kidney/KEB.htm. Updated September 15, 2010. Accessed July 2, 2013.
Johnson CA, Levey AS, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease in adults: Part II. Glomerular filtration rate, proteinuria and other markers. Am Fam Phys. 2004;70:1091-1097.
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Biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D) continues to thrive. This week, we examined some of the ways that medicines in development have opened new doors for patients and what we can do to maintain a bright and promising future.
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The Ring of the Nibelung - Siegfried
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
The second day
A scenic festival in three days and one eve; First performed on 16th August, 1876 in Bayreuth; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 24th March, 1985
In German with German surtitles
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|Donald Runnicles (10.01.2014)
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|Peter Sykora
|Lance Ryan
|Burkhard Ulrich
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|Ewa Wolak
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"The "Time Tunnel" also served as the architectural base in SIEGFRIED. But it would appear that the audience was quite relieved about not having to see the tunnel displayed so prominently right from the first scenes of the SIEGFRIED acts, down to the end of the 2nd scene, as had been the case with DAS RHEINGOLD and DIE WALKÜRE. Our notion was that Mime had built a children's world for Siegfried in the tunnel. Peter Sykora created it, emulating the patchwork in the children's room of our son Johannes. The smithy was half built on the lower stage, a dramaturgic reminiscence of Nibelheim. The forest in Act Two was fashioned by military camouflage nets that initially also concealed the dragon before he crashed into the open as a fire-spouting monster. The dying Fafner was revealed looking like a tank brigade commander who, drenched in blood, opens the pulpit in order to predict the future path for Siegfried. The forest bird was to be the first incarnation of the feminine that Siegfried experiences. This is why the bird sang in the open, in the flight machinery. The forest of camouflage nets disappeared at the end of Act Two, when Siegfried seeks a passage to the woman on the rock in the tunnel of time. Sykora surrounded Erda who surfaced from the lower stage with information technology totems. The Wanderer who stands on a platform above her, banishes her together to the underworld with her knowledge. Siegfried comes upon the Wanderer in front of a wall. You can see that there is a fire glowing behind the doors. The Wanderer pushes open one of these, offering Siegfried a path to either destruction or survival. Together with his broken spear the old God wends his way backstage looking like a burnt-out actor from a bygone era. From the rear, out of the tunnel vault Siegfried approaches Brünnhilde in the final scene. He awakens her to a new but ultimately painful life as a human being." [Götz Friedrich, 1990]
"The fairy tale motives that played so central a role in Chéreau´s interpretation of the work have been largely sacrificed to metaphor and a symbolicist approach. Out of these elements Götz Friedrich has created a stringent interpretation of the drama of emphatically convincing single scenes, (with the exception of the final duet) especially in Mime´s murder fantasy and death at the end of Act Two. A fact that is dramaturgically a major improvement, - Siegfried´s questions and Mime´s reluctant explanations in Act One are no longer a tedious recapitulation of the story so far. Siegfried's distaste of Mime's grovelling quest for love along with his dreams of his Mother feed upon each other and at the end the image of the Siegfried as a killer devoid of feelings is finally thrown overboard. Mime, too, is not just a calculating poisoner who has been waiting for a very long time. Götz Friedrich sees him as a sick man right from the Act One. When Mime alternates between failing to control his own thoughts and garrulously confiding the evil that lurks within him he appears to be auto-destructing in his final and deeply disturbing scene. Siegfried killing Mime is no longer the long overdue and subsequently justifiable elimination of a detestable character; it has now become a kind of necessary accident that puts an end to the protracted illness." [Norbert Miller, Süddeutsche Zeitung].
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e-Therapeutics to raise £40m
12.02.2013 - AIM-listed cancer drug discovery specialist e-Therapeutics plc is set to
raise £40m to push its drug development.
The Oxford-based drug discovery and development company said it will issue new ordinary shares to institutional investors. The shares will be priced at 32p, a premium of 4%, to the closing mid-market price on share value of 8th February. The move was backed by the company's shareholders in advance of its general meeting.
With the proposed issue, e-Therapeutics wants to fill its pockets – pro-forma net cash and liquid resources will total approximately £48m after the capital increase. The company announced this will be enough money to support all of the company's current R&D activities until 2017 by which the company expects to licence its lead compound, ETS2101.
Up to then £25m will be required to push the synthetic cannabinoid dexanabinol (ETS2101) from the current Phase I dose-escalation studies to proof-of concept in glioma and four to six additional solid cancer indications. Other investments will be made into new drug discovery efforts using the company's network pharmacology platform. The funds to be raised through the new issue will include a substantial fund by existing investor Invesco Asset Management Limited, whose shareholding will increase from 45.92% to 49.90% after completion.
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Just to bring everyone up to speed on this and past downtime issues:
In the last couple of months, the A Song of Ice and Fire forum has boomed, becoming the #1 spot on the web to discuss the series, and we thought that was the major part of the issues. We've worked hard to address many issues, and have succeeded to some degree. But ... we just discovered another part: the Wiki of Ice and Fire. We never realized just how used the wiki is (as an aside—hats off to our various wiki editors who've made it such a fantastic resource! Anyone who's a member of the forum can join in editing it, BTW), until we put in Google Analytics a couple of days ago….
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More info when we have it .. and please, keep an eye out for our annual summer fundraiser, a way to pay back Sparks for the work she's done and to make sure the forum and wiki can keep on going!
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Not too long ago, the ever reliable @evleaks tweeted some mysterious code names for the upcoming Nokia devices. They further elaborated that out of those names, Goldfinger and Moneypenny are going to be the first Windows Phone 8.1 (Blue) devices.
If you're thinking that @evleaks, the notorious leaker will stop here, you're mistaken. The near-to-accurate leaker has now revealed some more information about two more mysterious Nokia devices.
evleaks added that one of the upcoming Nokia handsets is going to be a flagship imaging device, we're assuming he's referring to the successor of Nokia Lumia 1020 that comes with an impressive 41MP camera with optical image stabilization. Moreover, there's another device which will feature a Siri-like voice assistant. Both of these devices will come with Windows Phone 8.1.
He has not revealed the names of these two devices, and left it for the guessing game for the rumor mill. But, we're pretty sure that we'll get more detals soon from @evleaks.
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Hi Guys
Often when working on a project it is useful to have more than one view of the drawing. More than one 'Viewport' can be set up in QCAD 3 either for the current drawing you are working on or indeed as the default set-up which will apply to all new drawings.
Also it is useful to return to a particular view when you need to - without panning or zooming in or out to 'get back' to that particular view. We can add a particular view to the 'view list' in QCAD 3 quite easily.
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Aug 24, 2012
CORPUS CHRISTI – Throughout the summer and into the early fall semester, GoIslanders.com will talk with members of the Islanders men's basketball team to give you more insight into the ins and outs of the basketball program. Today, we visit with junior William Nelson.
Nelson joins the Islanders after a strong career at the junior college level, as he played at Hutchinson CC and Baton Rouge CC. In his season at Hutchinson, he was named Second Team All-Jayhawk Conference after averaging 14.7 points and 7.6 rebounds.
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R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in that activity.
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R for teh win. A very effective statistics program. Not the most userfriendly, but immensly powerful.
It installs just fine using Darwinports and probably Fink. What additional software seems to be required?
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The Islanders men's basketball team returns to action after a week's respite with a matchup against Houston on Stripes Court at the American Bank Center on Sunday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m. The game will be televised by Comcast Sports Net - Houston with Tom Dore and Tom Penders on the call.
• The Islanders have one of the youngest teams in Division I, with an average age of 20 years, four months heading into today's matchup.
• A&M - Corpus Christi put forth a strong comeback effort at Utah State, trimming a 22-point second-half deficit to seven before falling 77-68.
• Will Nelson scored all 17 of his points in the second half against USU, going 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
• The Islanders had 17 assists to just six turnovers against USU, the second lowest turnover total in Willis Wilson's tenure.
• Four players scored in double figures for the Islanders against the Aggies and the team had a season-best 10 three-pointers.
• The Houston game will be the second of just three home games before Christmas.
For the third consecutive contest, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will take on a foe that it saw last season, as Houston comes to the American Bank Center. A season ago, the Islanders fell to the Cougars 87-66 at Hofheinz Pavilion.
Jonathon Simmons had 22 points and Leon Gibson added 16 for UH, which shot 46.7 percent and added a 23-of-28 effort at the line in the win. Hameed Ali had a career-high 15 points to lead the Islanders.
A&M - Corpus Christi and Houston will do battle for the seventh time since the Islanders reformed as a Division I program, with the Cougars holding a 5-1 edge in the series. The Islanders lone win was an 81-78 overtime victory on Dec. 18, 2010, on Stripes Court.
The Islanders put on quite a show from the outside against Utah State, burying their first three attempts from distance and finishing the night 10-for-21. The triple served as the main weapon for the Islanders' frenetic comeback attempt, as A&M - Corpus Christi hit 7-of-12 in the second half.
Five different players buried triples, but the main catalyst was Will Nelson, who scored all 17 of his points in the second half. Nelson went 4-for-6 from beyond the arc, while fellow junior Joy Williamson added a 3-for-4 performance. Kennon Dvorak, James King and Brandon Pye each found the basket on a single three.
Though his first five halves of Division I basketball were slightly disappointing, junior college transfer Will Nelson showed just what he was capable of in the second half against Utah State. Nelson scored 17 points in the half, nailing four threes, to spearhead the Islanders' comeback attempt.
Nelson was victimized by early foul trouble, as he was whistled for two touch fouls and a charge in the first half, limiting him to five minutes and 0-for-1 shooting. But after the break, he went 5-for-10 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line to notch a career-best 17 points.
The junior college transfer is averaging 14.0 points and 5.7 rebounds for the Islanders, both marks leading the team. He has hit 6-of-13 from beyond the arc for a 46.2 shooting percentage from downtown to find himself among the conference leaders.
Nelson is attending his fifth different school in the last five years, and the UIW game marked his first competitive contest in nearly two seasons. He took last season off of basketball to focus on his academics at Dodge City Community College. Prior to that, he played a year each at Hutchinson CC and Baton Rouge CC after playing for Port Allen (La.) High School.
As the youngest member of last year's freshman class, Hameed Ali showed flashes of being a strong player for the Islanders, hitting game-winning shots against Utah State and Sam Houston State in addition to having the ball in his hands with the chance at a win against South Alabama.
But Ali, who turned 19 in August, has shown significant growth in his maturity, particularly as a vocal leader for the Islanders. Formerly one of the most shy members of the team, Ali has become a constant voice in practice – whether he is on the court or on the sidelines.
His game has seen a similar progression. After averaging 4.3 points per game a year ago, the native of Hayward, Calif., has seen significant improvement on both ends of the court. He became the go-to player at Denver, hitting 6-of-15 shots to match his career high with 15 points. He followed that up with 10 points and a career-best seven assists without a turnover at Utah State. He is third on the team with an 11.3 point per game average.
He's only a sophomore, but Houston native Johnathan Jordan has been thrust into the role of leader on the young Islanders squad. Jordan led the Southland in assists per game in 2011-12 and despite his newbie status, was also among the leaders in minutes per game. With 26 starts, he entered the year with nearly as many Division I starts as the rest of his teammates combined (34).
Jordan was outstanding as a distributor a season ago, but his growth as a scorer has been notable. After averaging 6.5 points a season ago, the point guard has contributed 12.0 points per game, largely on his ability to drive the lane. Despite his 5-foot-10 frame, he leads the Islanders with 26 points in the paint and has gone 14-for-29 from inside the arc this season.
The diminutive Jordan is also one of the most athletic Islanders, having twice won the slam-dunk contest at Islanders Invasion, thanks much to his 48-inch running vertical leap. His 138 assists last season were a new school record.
While the Islanders' outside shooting was obviously a key component of their comeback effort at Utah State, the efficiency of the offense was also crucial. A&M - Corpus Christi had 17 assists to just six turnovers in the contest, and posted just three turnovers over the final 35:59 of the game.
The six turnovers were the second fewest in school history, just one off the mark set by last year's team against Texas Tech. Even more impressive, only four of the turnovers were conventional, as one came on a shot-clock violation and one was on an offensive foul by Will Nelson. Hameed Ali had seven assists without a turnover, while Johnathan Jordan posted six assists with just one giveaway.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi filled its one open scholarship for next year with a strong recruit out of Houston. Clear Springs High School's Jeff Beverly signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Islanders on Wednesday evening during the early signing period.
Beverly is a 6-foot-7, 235 pound forward who was an offensive force last season. He was named the Offensive MVP of District 24-5A and has been recognized as the seventh-best senior in Houston and the 12th-best player overall in the city. He has scored 20 points or more 11 times over the last two years.
The Islanders have one of the youngest teams in Division I, with an average age of just 20 years, 4 months, and are one of just a handful of teams that have no seniors on their roster. In a fact that will make most reading this feel old, only one player – Will Nelson – was born in the 1980s. Less than half of the Islanders roster is over 20 years old.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is also one of just eight teams that entered the season with an average of less than one year of experience per player. The Islanders have 14 years of college playing experience among their 15 players, though only nine of those years are at the Division I level. Navy, with its 13 years of experience among 17 players, is the least experienced team in the nation on average, while Rice's eight total years of experience is the lowest overall total.
Overall, the Islanders started this season having played a total of 2,933 minutes at the Division I level, which comes out to an average of just under 196 minutes per player. Taking Johnathan Jordan out of the mix – as he finished in the conference's top 10 in minutes per game – and the remaining 14 players had averaged just 142 minutes – just over 3 1/2 games – in their careers.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has averaged 24.7 points in the paint in its two games this season – half of the team's points from the floor. Point guard Johnathan Jordan has been the leader, driving his way to 26 points in the paint through the first two games.
More amazing was the start of the game at DU, when the Islanders did most of their damage inside. Twenty-two of the team's first 25 points came from the paint, as the team trailed Denver by six. After that point, it had just three baskets in the paint.
The Islanders are now just five wins away from reaching the 200-win plateau as a program. In their 13th year as a Division I program, the Islanders have an all-time mark of 195-187. Since the reforming of the intercollegiate athletics program in 1999-2000, A&M - Corpus Christi has had eight seasons of .500 or better.
Head Coach Willis Wilson is also approaching a personal milestone. The 18th-year bench boss is coaching in his 499th career game today and will reach the 500-game plateau on Wednesday night at Toledo.


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OAKLAND -- Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Joe Rudi and several other Swingin' A's will return to the Coliseum this weekend for a celebration of the 1973 World Series champs.
The current A's would be happy enough to turn back the clock to a year ago, those halcyon days when their rotation was reliably dominant.
Jarrod Parker became the latest in the stumbling parade of A's starters Thursday night as the Baltimore Orioles triumphed 10-2, pounding Parker for six runs in 51/3 innings. Every Orioles batter had at least one hit, and everyone except Ryan Flaherty either scored a run or drove someone home.
Parker's ERA now sits at 8.10 -- more than double what it was a year ago when his 3.47 mark was the lowest among rookies with at least 130 innings.
The right-hander is hardly alone in his missing mojo: The team that rode an emerging young rotation to the 2012 American League West title is rarely getting a quality outing: A's starters are 5-8 with a 6.12 ERA over the past 16 games, and batters are pounding them at a .306 clip.
Remove Barolo Colon from the occasion, and A's starters are 3-8 with a 7.44 ERA.
And if that isn't enough to put Curt Young in a sour mood, the A's pitching coach was ejected in the third inning by first-base umpire Jim Reynolds. Young was apparently upset at a no-call on a check swing by Orioles designated hitter Nolan Reimold.
Young, a big-league pitching coach since 2004, said he believes it was his first career ejection.
It was part of a frustrating night for the A's, who have lost six of seven games. They are 11-2 against the A.L. West -- and 2-8 against everybody else.
"We had a stinker tonight," manager Bob Melvin said.
Tougher to explain are the troubles of Parker (0-4), who took a big step back after a strong outing in his previous start. This time, he was around the plate (62 of his 98 pitches were strikes) but too often in the middle of it. He allowed eight hits, including Chris Davis' eighth home run.
It was the fifth home run given up by Parker this season in just 231/3 innings. He surrendered only 11 home runs all of last season (1811/3 innings).
Parker said his confidence in his stuff remains high but added: "Obviously, I have to figure some things out."
Melvin said there were times Thursday "when it looked like (Parker) got a little out of sync,'' especially when an inning started to go haywire. Parker said he was embarrassed that the A's took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second, only to have it unravel in the next half inning when the Orioles scored three.
While the A's starting pitching is a mystery, Melvin hopes the offense will get a lift with the looming return of outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
Cespedes, on the disabled list since April 13, will return Sunday if all goes smoothly with his rehabilitation games for Triple-A Sacramento. In his first rehab game Thursday night, Cespedes went 1 for 4 with an RBI and two strikeouts as the River Cats designated hitter.
The A's are 5-8 since Cespedes sustained a strained muscle in his left hand. They are 8-2 when he starts.
"There's no doubt. He's a force in our lineup," Melvin said. "Even when he's not swinging well, he still has an impact because everybody around him knows they don't have to be 'the guy.' They can relax."
today's Game
Baltimore (Wei-Yin Chen 1-2) at A's (Tommy Milone 3-1), 7:05 p.m. CSNCA


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Firefighters Battling Blaze at Recycling Plant
Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 7:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 7:32 a.m.
TAMPA | Firefighters are dealing with a large early-morning fire at a metal recycling plant in Tampa.
The fire is burning at One Steel Recycling on Port Sutton Road just off U.S. 41.
The original call came in at 4:15 a.m. of a large pile of steel burning. Large flames have been reported shooting 30 feet in the air. Fire officials said a bulldozer is being brought in to break up the pile of burning steel and help firefighters extinguish the fire.
Multiple units, including two ladder trucks are pouring water on the intense flames and smoke.
Crews also applied foam to a diesel tank on the property near the fire.
Officials said two workers at the plant safely escaped the flames.
There is no word on what started the fire.
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