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The literal definition of osteoporosis is porous bones. It is a disease where the bones of the body become weakened. The primary bones that are affected are separated into long bones and spinal column bones. As people age, their bones become more and more porous.
This holds especially for women at menopause and just beyond. Men do not escape osteoporosis either. As a man ages, his risk for osteoporosis increases as well. In fact, men at the age of 70 are very prone to osteoporosis.
The worst problem with osteoporosis is fracture or broken bones.
Osteoporosis is one of the leading causes of loss of independence. This is due to fractures that are in an elderly population who are particular fragile. Once an independent living elderly person suffers a fracture, it is very unlikely that they will be able to live alone again.
It is important at all ages to insure proper nutrition. This particularly holds true for prevention of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. It is known that calcium and vitamin D play a significant role in preventing osteoporosis and its consequences.
The recommended dose of calcium per day are as follows:
AGES 19 TO 50: 1,000 mg of calcium; 51 to 70: 1,000 mg,; 71 and older: 1,200 mg.
PREGNANT WOMEN: 1,000 mg.
Dairy products are one of the leading sources of calcium. It is known that 8 ounces of milk provide 290 mg of calcium. The same amount of calcium is in one cup of cooked spinach or one cup of fortified calcium orange juice. One ounce of cheddar cheese has approximately 200 mg of calcium while one cup of low fat yogurt has 415 mg of calcium.
Everyone needs vitamin D as well. People with darker skins are less likely to get vitamin D from the sun than those with lighter skin.
It has been estimated that children ages 1 through adulthood require approximately 600 units of vitamin D a day. Adults 70 and older require approximately 800 units of vitamin D a day.
Nutrition plays an essential role in preventing osteoporosis. Exercise plays the same role. The exercise should be weight-bearing, which will add strength to a person's bones.
It is a good idea for anyone who has lost height to see their family doctor for a complete evaluation and their family doctor may recommend testing for osteoporosis.
Dr. Gordon J. Rafool is a specialist in Family Practice and Geriatrics at Gessler Clinic, Winter Haven.
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got this a couple of days before it came out. i like it a lot. you can definitely hear the blending of all the productions styles together. it's a really solid album.
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Surprised no one's talking about this. New sounds are boldly dope. Wasn't feeling the single at first but it's grown on me. Really feeling Bolt Cutter, Little Mercy and String Theory. Looking forward to the crew's return trip to NY along with P.O.S' new record.
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i like this more than the last one.
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Can we get a Sage and Cecil show at the Cat's Cradle sometime?
I'm jealous of all these small tours.
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I like Doomtree a lot. Still need to sit down with this record.
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No Kings: a wonderful gift for the whole family to enjoy.
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I finally had a chance to hear this yesterday and it's really a great showcase of everything Doomtree has to offer. I've enjoyed tracks off each collective False Hopes release, but never the entire album. No Kings is a different story. Every track bangs, and it's as simple as that. Great production, great lyrics, great cohesiveness to the record as a whole.
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So I made it out to the show last night and it was Great!.
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Police also are looking into reports that Dorner stayed at a Manhattan Beach motel after killing a young couple in Irvine on Feb. 3 and that he might have fled to Mexico. But they have not confirmed any of those tips.
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BERKELEY -- So begins college basketball's season of glory and gold, when the hoop becomes a circular dollar sign. It is every cent of that and more for Allen Crabbe.
This NCAA tournament likely represents the final hours of the junior guard's career at Cal, as Crabbe is widely expected to declare his eligibility for the NBA draft.
He should be selected in the first round, though exactly where will be influenced by how Crabbe exits Cal, which opens the NCAAs on Thursday in San Jose as a No. 12 seed against No. 5 UNLV.
One and done? Crabbe likely will slide toward the back of the first round.
A solid performance from Crabbe with the Golden Bears playing at least two games could put him in the middle of the first round.
An extraordinary performance during which he is the central figure leading the Golden Bears into the second weekend could vault Crabbe as high as the lottery.
This is money time, and Crabbe surely realizes the need to create a new and more glorious defining moment.
"I take a lot of the shine, being in the spotlight," he said after the tournament field was announced Sunday. "It just happened to be that way. I'm not saying I was asking for it, or that I asked to be the leader. It just happened.
"I'm ready to do whatever it takes. If it takes me shooting, I'm going to do that. Now it's serious. If we lose, the season is over. If it takes me passing more, because they're helping on me, I'll do that. Whether it's scoring, assisting or rebounding, whatever it is we need."
The NCAAs are where stars go on display, and Crabbe is Cal's leader and top scorer. The 6-foot-6 Los Angeles native, who turns 21 April 4, is the Pac-12 Player of the Year.
And yet it would greatly behoove Crabbe to expand on those accomplishments. For his wallet as well as his image, he must take perceptions beyond that of being the young man who politely absorbed a shove from his coach or the talented player whose best work doesn't show in big games.
"This is where you kind of make or break," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said. "You can really do some things if you can advance through the tournament."
Crabbe never has won an NCAA tournament game. After being relegated to the NIT during his freshman season, the Bears last season were trounced by South Florida in an NCAA first round play-in game.
Nobody was trounced more completely than Crabbe. The Bulls buried Cal with a 36-13 first-half blitz and took a 65-54 victory. Crabbe played 37 minutes, making 3 of 14 shots and scoring 10 points.
In Cal's most recent big game, last Thursday in the Pac-12 Tournament, Crabbe missed 12 of 18 shots and the Bears, expected to compete for the tournament title, fell to lowly Utah.
Crabbe described the loss as "painful" and seeks to vindicate himself and his team.
"I look at (the NCAAs) as a big opportunity, especially for Cal," he said. "We can really make a name for ourselves, put our name back out there, if we can get deep into the tournament. I'm pretty sure everybody is doubting us. I'm pretty sure people are not expecting us to win this game."
The skepticism is related less to Cal's one-point loss to UNLV on Dec. 9 than to the Bears' erratic play. They're at times surprisingly good and at other times shockingly bad.
So, too, has been Crabbe, who realizes he and his team have the "soft" rap, as capable of beating any team as losing to it. Yet the Bears earned their way into the tournament.
Which team, and which Crabbe, will show up Thursday at HP Pavilion?
"We deserve to be in the tournament, and we really have to cherish this moment," Crabbe said. "We can't let it go to waste. We just have to go out there and play Cal basketball. I don't want this season to be over with on Thursday."
If Crabbe is on his game, the season could go beyond Thursday, maybe into a second weekend. In which case, he will have recast himself and increased his value.
If he's not on his game, Crabbe could pack up and leave Berkeley as early as Friday, fully and painfully aware that NBA scouts will be scratching their heads.
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Buncombe County man wins $100,000 in lottery
Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 8:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 8:18 a.m.
Robert Rose Sr. of Candler is the third player to win the $100,000 top prize playing the lottery's Diamond 7's game, according to a news release from the N.C. Education Lottery. He purchased his winning ticket, worth $68,001 after taxes were withheld, at BJ's Gas & Food on Smoky Park Highway in Candler.
Since the lottery began through June 30, 2012, Buncombe County education programs received more than $40.5 million in lottery funds. By law, those funds pay for teachers' salaries in grades K-3, school construction, prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, college scholarships and financial aid based on need.
To date, the N.C. Education Lottery has raised more than $2.9 billion for these initiatives statewide.
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Francis K. Achampong will return to Penn State Mont Alto as the campus' new chancellor. Achampong succeeds David Gnage, who announced last fall that he would retire at the end of the 2012-13 academic year following more than 10 years in the position, according to a Penn State news release issued Tuesday. From 2002-10, Achampong was director of academic affairs at Mont Alto, where he also held the rank of tenured professor of business law. He is currently the chancellor at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus, and will begin his new position at Mont Alto Aug. 1. Achampong has served as chancellor at Fayette since November 2010 after being appointed interim chancellor in March of the same year following the unexpected death of Emmanuel Osagie. "It has been an honor to serve Penn State Fayette," Achampong said. "It is a difficult decision to leave this campus and the wonderful students, faculty, staff and local community. We have accomplished many great things here, but I am excited to return to Penn State Mont Alto, where I spent eight years working with so many others to strengthen the campus' academic profile," Achampong said. "Dr. Gnage has set Mont Alto on a great course, and I look forward to leading the campus community through new opportunities and challenges. This is truly a joyous homecoming." His tenures During Achampong's time at Fayette, the campus made significant progress towards its $3.5 million goal in For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, with $3 million raised to date. To tackle enrollment challenges facing western Pennsylvania campuses, Fayette adopted a strategic approach under his leadership by focusing and increasing recruitment efforts, enhancing its web presences, strengthening student support services and partnering with database vendors. In his previous role at Mont Alto, Achampong was the Franklin County campus' chief academic officer, overseeing programming, including planning, development, assessment and accreditation and faculty recruitment, mentoring, evaluation, promotion and tenure. "Dr. Achampong is an outstanding leader with broad knowledge of the university and the commonwealth campuses," said Madlyn Hanes, vice president for commonwealth campuses. "His experience in higher education and strategic planning has been critical in guiding Penn State Fayette during the past several years. He is successful at building external relationships and has been well received by the broader community. His proven leadership and deep familiarity with Penn State Mont Alto make him an excellent choice to oversee the campus and lead it into the future." His background Before his position at Mont Alto, Achampong served as interim dean of the School of Business at Norfolk State University from 2001-02. For three years from 1998 to 2001, he was head of the department of entrepreneurship, finance and marketing at Norfolk State and from 1992 to 2002 was professor of business law and insurance at that institution. Before 1992, he was an associate professor at Norfolk State for seven years. Achampong holds a doctorate in law from the University of London and a master of laws degree from Georgetown University. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1986 and the Virginia Bar in 1988, and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990. He completed Harvard Graduate School of Education's program in Management and Leadership in Education in 2008 and was selected as an American Council on Education Fellow in 2008-09.
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As the Senate gears up to debate an overhaul of the military justice system, the head of the U.S. Army voiced strong opposition to a change pushed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.).
Gen. Ray Odierno, the chief of staff of the Army, said he opposed Ms. Gillibrand's measure which would strip commanders of oversight of sexual assault and other felony prosecutions in the military, giving independent prosecutors the power to make the decision. Such a change would cost the Army millions of dollars and have a "detrimental effect" on the military, he said.
"I am against taking commanders out of the process," Gen. Odierno said in a meeting with a group of reporters. "It is a big mistake."
He said commanders are key to fixing the problem, and changes that take military leaders out of the judicial process could make the problem worse.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last week, Sen. Gillibrand said her measure can build trust back into the military justice system, and until victims have more faith in the system they will not come forward.
The Senate is scheduled to debate the annual Defense authorization bill this week. Sen. Gillibrand's measure was rejected by the Senate Armed Services Committee, but she has won some 47 cosponsors, including conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas).
Still, congressional aides have said the amendment is likely to be filibustered, meaning that the measure will need 60 votes to be included in the Senate bill.
The military has opposed Sen. Gillibrand's measure, but Gen. Odierno's comments are some of the strongest and most direct.
Still, Gen. Odierno praised Sen. Gillibrand's efforts to get the military to do more to prevent sexual assault, which he said remained a serious problem
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The traffic getting to the run was definately pretty bad but overall it was a really fun race and the venue was spectacular. Can't wait to go in two weeks to see the cars race!
This was one of the most poorly organized races I have ever experienced.
The traffic situation was beyond bad. We sat in traffic for 1:15 and missed the start of the race by about 5 minutes.
Traffic could have been significantly improved had the organizers put a policeman at the intersection of TX130 and FM812 to direct traffic and enhance the flow. Instead we all had to suffer at a stop sign coming off the highway.
While it was really fun to run on the F1 track, I was disappointed to find only 1 water station at Mile 1. For $50, I would have expected at least one more water station between miles 2 and 3.
OK, I understand you can't control the fog and traffic. However, there were only 3 volunteers working at RunTex packet pickup on Friday. I use the term 'packet pickup' loosely. It was basically a race bib in a plastic bag. They didn't even have the t-shirts. I am guessing they were counting on the name and the venue to carry the race, stuck a hefty entry fee on it and then sat back and watched. Fool me once......
I've never seen something so poorly put together. I have a feeling this is what we should expect from RunTex going forward...that is until they go out of business. The track is awesome, and the experience was great..but RUNTEX SUCKS
You have plenty of feedback on the traffic so I don't need to comment on traffic. But for $54 I would have expected more from the organizers. No chip timing, ran out of shirt sizes, sparse refreshments post-run. If patrons wait over an hour in traffic, place some port-o-potties in the parking lot. That said, track was beautiful and announcer was good.
Traffic was ridiculous! Followed the recommend route assuming there would be traffic control. There wasn't any. Took 45 min to go 1/2 mile on 130. Got to the race 35 min late. At least the track was pretty!
Not Run Tex's best race. I used to live in Austin and thought Run Tex was great, after moving I have come in for 2 races and both times packet pick up was a mess. Not sure what happened but will not return until they can get it under control again.
Understand the food/drink issue with construction but we paid $100 for packets and ended up with 1 t-shirt at pick up (got the other at the race) and three little cards for businesses. I hope if you do this race next year you have a much better set up or you might not have enough people to run it.
Others covered the traffic, and the organization was really just the snow-balling of the traffic situation. That said, if you didn't get a kick out of starting off up that big hill and cruising around the track, there's something wrong with ya. It was a great course with some challenging hills, and I had a great time!
If the trafic situation experienced for this race is any indication of what people going to a Formula 1 event will face, God help them. Worst experience of any race I have ever gone to. RunTex, really? How can I get my money back! Can Formula Run blame George Bush?
The $50 entrance fee is double what this race was worth. If the organizers were hoping for word of mouth to publicize future events, they should mail a refund or a t-shirt worth more than $3 to everyone that signed up.
For next time
- have more than two computers online (one for A-M, one for N-Z) at packet pickup
- suggest more than one route to the track
- don't issue/require a "spectator pass" that grants entrance to all of a quarter mile of pit row next to the start/finish line
- start the race on time
With little advertisement, limited info on website and knowing the track was not completed, my expectations were not set too high. I signed up just to say I was one of the first people to race on the track. Mission Accomplished!
The race was great! Glad to be able to see the track, however gtting to COTA was a challenge. I don't understand for such a big event why there was a stop sign at 812 and 130 instead of a traffice light, or better yet traffic cotrol. I hope COTA gets their act together by the 16th. I know not everyone will be parking there but you still have the shuttles that need to make it thru the traffic.
This was by far the worst organized race I have ever participated in. The first hint that things were going to be rough was the traffic. I pity anyone going to the actual Formula 1 race. Hint: Leave the day before.
The lack of event staff was also a problem. We had no idea where to head once we got to the track, but finally found our way to the start. Though, it was utter chaos. The event staff was entirely unfriendly, and the hosts/DJ's/whatever they are called were really grouchy. After I finished my race, I wanted to wait for my wife at the start/finish line, but one of the hosts tried to physically move all of us waiting. Seriously dude?
All in all, it was a fun run, in and of itself, just extremely poorly organized. I expected much more from RunTex.
The most pooly executed run I have ever spent money on! I think most folks wanted to see the facility, and to say we had been on the track. We can now say that, but the logistics, race support, lines, lines, lines for everything including a drinks post race, had me fleeing the scene...oh wait, another line to leave! You blew it.
Silly putting ice in the water at the water stops...you can't drink ice, but you sure can choke on it. Disorganized. Poor handling of traffic. Disappointing shirt. Horrible post race refreshments. But it only cost $50! The course itself was nice. In the future this might be a good race...if COTA lets RUNTEX put on the race.
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sink 1
verb (past sank /saNGk/ or sunk /səNGk/; past participle sunk /səNGk/)
1 [no object] Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged: he saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves
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- The rock promptly sank below the surface, submerging the hook and its bait.
- It skipped several times before it sunk down below the surface.
- That part became waterlogged, so it sunk below the surface, but didn't lose its ability to float.
descend, drop, go down/downward
1.1(Of a ship) go to the bottom of the sea or some other body of water because of damage or a collision: the trawler sank with the loss of all six crew members
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- What do you grab onto when the ship is sinking and the waters are closing over your head?
- We kept getting closer and closer to the water as the ship sank.
- The government's response was to distance itself from the tragedy, claiming repeatedly that the boat had sunk in Indonesian waters.
founder, go under, submerge
1.2Disappear and not be seen or heard of again: the film sank virtually without trace
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- Hugh Laurie's intelligence and charm keep this strained romantic comedy from sinking completely.
- As for movies, Blade Runner ran by them, Star Wars failed to shine, and Titanic sank without trace.
- A complex land-swap deal will sink if the city reneges on existing deals.
1.3 [with object] Cause (a ship) to go to the bottom of the sea or other body of water: a freak wave sank their boat near the shore
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- One Carthaginian sea captain sank his ship rather than let his charts fall into Roman hands.
- Submarines were supposed to surface and give crews time to abandon ship before sinking their vessels.
- So, Ford wants to sink the ship rather than allow the flagship of the Russian sub fleet get into enemy hands.
scuttle, send to the bottom;
1.4 [with object] Cause to fail: she apparently wishes to sink the company
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- Nevertheless, although the movie's self-importance causes the project to take on water, it fails to sink it.
- The bid was finally sunk last weekend when the existing course could not stand up to torrential rain.
- Their public revelation of the deal's contents even before the votes were cast looked very much like a bid to sink a free and open election.
informal put the kibosh on, put paid to
informal scupper
archaic bring to naught
1.5 [with object] Conceal, keep in the background, or ignore: they agreed to sink their differences
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- He has appealed to all doctors to sink their differences and come together in the larger interests of the doctors' community.
- Where village welfare is concerned, these fishermen sink their differences and work together for the overall good of everyone.
- The sheikh also hoped that the leaders will try to sink their differences for the best interest of the movement.
2 [no object] Descend; drop: Sam felt the ground sinking beneath his feet you can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks
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- We were nearing one of Italy's most horrid swamps, and the ground beneath us sank freely underneath our feet.
- It is that time of year when the sun sinks lower in the sky and thoughts of the culturally cognizant turn once again to the 17th Annual Vancouver Fringe Festival.
- In the evenings we gathered on the porch as the sun sank low and watched the animals come in.
set, go down/downward
2.1(Of a person) lower oneself or drop gently: she sank back onto her pillow
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- Exhausted, Ben sank into the chair and dropped his head against the bed.
- The attack continued even when the man had sunk to his knees.
- She struggled to get up but failed miserably as she sunk back down.
lower oneself, flop, collapse, fall, drop down, slump
informal plunk oneself
2.2 [with adverbial of direction] Gradually penetrate the surface of something: her feet sank into the thick pile of the carpet
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- Walking was tiresome as his feet sank into the surface by 4 or 5 inches every step.
- As I walked in my feet sank into the thick cream carpet.
- The waves slowly rolled over her feet as they sunk into the wet sand.
2.3 [with object] (sink something into) Cause something sharp to penetrate (a surface): the dog sank its teeth into her arm
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- The dog sinks his teeth into the young man's meatballs.
- There's nothing your native Korean likes better than to sink his teeth into a dog, a reversal of the age-old trend.
- He snaps at her with his sharp teeth and sinks them into her paw.
3 [no object] Gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity: their output sank to a third of the prewar figure the reputation of the mayor sank to a very low level
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- As the Protestant middle classes began to withdraw from Unionist politics, the quality of the candidates sank and the party stagnated.
- Shares in high profile orange juice company Charlie's have sunk 33 percent in value in the past two days.
- Conversely, falling values will see the same line sinking toward the 0 value.
fall, drop, become/get quieter, become/get softer
3.1Lapse or fall into a particular state or condition, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant: he sank into a coma after suffering a brain hemorrhage
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- I lost my independence with my sight and sank into a deep depression for many years.
- Crowds fell and Boothferry Park sank into disrepair.
- Temporarily disoriented and without any immediate answers, on the way toward recovery, she sank into depression.
3.2Approach death: the doctor concluded that Sanders was sinking fast
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- The physicians attending the President have announced that he is sinking fast.
deteriorate, decline, fade, grow weak, flag, waste away;
be at death's door, be on one's deathbed, be slipping away
informal go downhill, be on one's last legs, be giving up the ghost
4 [with object] Insert beneath a surface by digging or hollowing out: rails attached with screws sunk below the surface of the wood
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- Gaining what we presume is the Alexandra Glacier, we rope up and simul-climb for the next three hours, occasionally sinking an ice screw.
- This smooth and more experienced screwdriver had strengths mine did not, and it sunk the remaining loose screws deep into the wood.
- A hammer might sink a screw, but a screwdriver would be more efficient and effective.
embed, insert, drive, plant
4.1Excavate (a well) or bore (a shaft) more or less vertically downward: they planned to sink a gold mine in Oklahoma
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- In May 1884 C.W. Marsh was sinking a trial shaft hoping to find gold but only found indications of fossils.
- Three shafts had been sunk, the deepest more than forty metres.
- The shaft had been sunk an additional 2,518 feet since the start of the project and now had an inclined depth of 6,818 feet.
dig, excavate, bore, drill
4.2Hit (a ball) into a hole in golf or billiards.
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- Your best chance for making birdies is to sink some long putts - and avoid the dreaded three-putt.
- We got to the end of the first hole and Warren sank a putt for par.
- Scott was in the same bunker and got out and sank a good putt for a birdie.
4.3Insert into something: Kelly stood watching, her hands sunk deep into her pockets
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- According to the pole-vaulting textbook, a pole parallel to the ground is used which is then planted into a box sunk below ground level.
- Ignoring her flailing limbs, and ignoring her desperate screams, Bryan sunk his hand into the bucket, which Christie had dropped only a minute earlier.
- She sank her hands into her pockets.
Historically, the past tense of sink has been both sank and sunk ( the boat sank; the boat sunk), and the past participle has been both sunk and sunken ( the boat had already sunk; the boat had already sunken). In modern English, the past is generally sank and the past participle is sunk, with the form sunken now surviving only as an adjective, as in a sunken garden or sunken cheeks.
a (or that) sinking feeling
- An unpleasant feeling caused by the realization that something unpleasant or undesirable has happened or is about to happen.Example sentences
- She took a step toward Glenn, and with a sinking feeling, I realized she was abandoning me.
- With a sinking feeling, Rue realized Claire had locked the door and it hadn't been her imagination when she heard the click.
- With a sinking feeling, I realized that Angel had not yet told Wesley what Cordelia and I had just revealed.
sink or swim
- Fail or succeed entirely by one's own efforts.Example sentences
- The members of this generation will sink or swim by their own efforts.
- The state is optimistic that if people are faced with sink or swim, they will swim.
- It was sink or swim when we bought Lacken House and Breda qualified as a Sommelier a few years after.
Phrasal verbs
sink in
- (Of words or facts) be fully understood or realized: Peter read the letter twice before its meaning sank inMore example sentences
register, be understood, be comprehended, be grasped, get through
- Maura was about to open her mouth to say more, when his words fully began to sink in.
- The words his father spoke sank in and he realized how close he'd come to being murdered.
- However, reality quickly sinks in as you realize that seconds wasted cost lives.
sink something into
- Put money or energy into (something); invest something in: many investors sank their life savings into the companyMore example sentences
invest, venture, risk
- Apparently the Asians have 'straps' so it's better to sink your money in an Uzi.
- Ultimately he argues investors will sink their money into the US economy.
- The pensioners will be lured to sink their savings into investments.
sinkable adjective
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- And, contrary to popular belief the Titanic is just as sinkable as any ship out there.
- The sand piles are soft and sinkable.
- When nobody's at home, the empty sinkable house collapses on its hydraulic ram, disappearing from sight into the ground.
- Example sentences
- It is unlikely that rise or sinkage of the island is a major factor.
- No simple explanation can be given to the depths of my domestic sinkage in the last two weeks alone, as exemplified in the following words, spoken last night, to my beloved.
- The defective constructions fail in no time because the water overflowing the wall carries the sand from underneath the wall while receding causing the sinkage of the whole structure.
Words that rhyme with sinkbethink, blink, brink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, ink, interlink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, wink, zinc
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sink 2
1A fixed basin with a water supply and a drain.
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- A utility room off the kitchen has its own sink unit along with built-in worktops and storage cupboards.
- Caulk small cracks along baseboards, walls, cupboards, and around pipes, sinks, and bathtub fixtures.
- The kitchen has a small sink and some storage units, but needs to be renovated.
basin, wash basin
dated lavabo
2A pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.
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- Once again, however, rumours of caves higher on the hillside and far off river sinks abound.
2.1 technical A body or process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a particular component from a system: a heat sink the oceans can act as a sink for CO2 The opposite of source.
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- We had a bloom a couple of years ago in Jervis Bay, NSW so we know that they can be very abundant and in the oceans they're actually the major sink for carbon dioxide.
- The newly formed sprout may function as a sink for the low molecular weight products of starch degradation.
- The marine environment provides a sink for many natural and anthropogenically derived chemicals.
3 short for sinkhole.
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- A sinkhole, also known as a sink, shake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline or cenote, is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography
4A place of vice or corruption: moralizers complain that the Net is simply a festering sink of iniquity
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- Sweden is a sink of depravity by almost anyone's standards.
- When Bolton turns up as the location for a television show it is almost invariably portrayed as a sink of industrial decay and urban alienation.
Middle English: from sink1.
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The ordeal of Sgt. Paul Spina, of Frankfort, and his company during World War II is told in a new book and Spina's brother wants to make sure the book is available to local residents.
Frank Spina, a retired Frankfort-Schuyler High School history teacher, presented a copy of the 416-page book, "Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II" by Mitchell Zuckoff, to the Frankfort Free Library Wednesday afternoon. He pointed out Saturday, Nov. 9, marked 71 years to the day since his brother and his crew crash landed on the Greenland Ice Cap.
Spina was aboard a B-17 which was attempting to locate a U.S. cargo plane that had slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap a few days earlier. Caught in a storm, the B-17 crashed on Nov. 9, 1942. Spina was ejected and broke two bones in his right arm.
The book tells the story of the men's struggle to survive through five months of Arctic winter and their eventual rescue in April 1943. Five men lost their lives in earlier rescue attempts.
Frank Spina noted the author contacted his niece in Utica while researching the book.
Frankfort Town Supervisor Joseph Kinney, who was on hand for the presentation at the library, commented he was struck by the repeated attempts to rescue the crew.
"They persisted in trying to bring their comrades home, yet people lost their lives," he said. "It's an example of the true spirit of brotherhood."
The author, Mitchell Zuckoff, a professor of journalism at Boston University, is the author of six books, including the best seller, "Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II."
The Herkimer County Historical Society featured an article by Molly Miller about Spina's experiences in a Legacy article that was included as part of a recent newsletter. The article states Paul Spina's mother, Jennie Spina, never lost hope he would be rescued and continued to send him letters, which were delivered along with food and supplies via parachute drops. After his term in the service, Paul Spina moved to the Utica area in 1945. He worked at Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company for 25 years and lived with his wife, Mildred Viggiano, until his death in 1978.
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While you were eating turkey Thursday, the price of a bitcoin continued to skyrocket.
Bitcoin hit a new record Friday of $1,242, after topping $1,000 for the first time ever Wednesday, according to Mt. Gox, one of the primary exchanges tracking trading in the cybercurrency.
The pre/post Thanksgiving price jump: 24% jump.
Of course, as the WSJ reported earted earlier this week, the price of one bitcoin can vary from one exchange to another. On Wednesday, for example, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox showed a price of $1,061, Slovenia-based Bitstamp showed a price of $965 and The CoinDesk index had a price of roughly $950.
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Back in September in a presentation at the Value Investing Conference in New York, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who are working on a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, called bitcoin "gold 2.0," compared the currency to gold explaining that it retains its value in the face of potential inflation.
Back then many thought the bitcoin bubble had popped. At the time of their presentation, one bitcoin traded at $140 down from a high of $266 earlier in the year. The Winklevii, as they are popularly known, were mocked for saying that the coins could hit $10,000.
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A man in Kansas City was arrested yesterday afternoon for sexually assaulting a woman on the sidewalk in the middle of the day. When the cops discovered him with his pants unbuckled trying to run away, he told them, "I thought that lady was dead." Oh man.
Apparently the victim was walking down the street and felt lightheaded so she sat down on the sidewalk and then passed out. This is when Melvin L. Jackson removed her underwear and sexually assaulted her. She came to when someone was yelling for the perp to get off of her. He did and a nearby police officer found him trying to fasten his pants and Jackson explained he touched "a lady's leg."
"I thought that lady was dead. Did that lady say I did something to her? I have the right to remain silent," he went on to say. There are so many disturbing things about this story, I don't even know where to start. The real lesson here is to just stay out of Kansas City, because there are roving mobs of necrophiliacs everywhere.
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Beat the Heat Don't let it Beat You : Heat Illness Prevention
By Nathan Swift, California Athletic Trainers Association (http://www.cata-usa.org/)
Each year athletes take to the outdoors during the sweltering summer months and each summer a few of these athletes suffer from heat related illness.
Heat illness is a serious condition that can be prevented if you pay attention to the warning signs. Most common during the middle of the summer but not limited to this time, heat illness can affect anyone who over exerts themselves under the sun, but the people most at risk include; overweight or large athletes, the elderly, children, and those who are poorly acclimated to the high temperatures.
Particular attention should also be paid to those athletes that require additional padding or helmets, like football players (specific safety guidelines for these athletes can be found by visiting the National Athletic Trainers' Association www.nata.org/statements/consensus/heatillness.pdf).
So what is heat illness and how can it be prevented?
Simply put, heat illness is the body's inability to cool itself. While our bodies are generally hot to begin with, maintaining a constant temperature of around 98.6 degrees farenheight, there are internal and external factors that combined together, can produce a potentially lethal reaction.
We create our own internal body heat through the process of metabolism - the process by which our bodies convert nutrients to energy. This process, called basal metabolism, is the base amount of nutrient conversion the body needs to sustain life.
Another form of heat production occurs from muscular activity or through exercise. The blood rushing into the muscles during exercise raises the body's core temperature and causes heat to be produced in the extremities.
The body's natural reaction to the rise in temperature is to sweat - perspiration is the body's natural way of cooling itself - but after a certain point the body loses its ability to naturally cool itself and begins to suffer from heat related illness.
There are three stages of heat related illness, each with very distinct characteristics. By learning to recognize the symptoms you can prevent the problem from escalating into a potentially life threatening incident.
Heat Cramps: Characterized by involuntary muscle spasms, profuse sweating, normal pulse and respirations, possible dizziness.
_Treatment_: sit in a cool place, massage cramps with ice, stretch, drink water and diluted electrolyte drinks.
Heat Exhaustion: Skin becomes cool and clammy, profuse sweating, dizzy or disoriented, breathing becomes rapid and shallow, and the pulse is weak.
_Treatment_: Remove wet clothing and equipment, cool rapidly (ice water on skin or submerge in ice bath), use fan if possible, may need IV fluids.
Heat Stroke: Increased irritability followed by apathy, very disoriented and unsteady, pulse is strong and rapid, skin is hot and dry, blood pressure will drop convulsions, and possibly coma.
_Treatment_: Activate 911 response immediately - this is a medical emergency and can lead to death. Cool rapidly with ice or submerge in ice bath, treat for shock, and transfer to trauma center as soon as possible.
All three types of heat related illness should be treated without delay because progression from one stage to the next can happen suddenly and without warning.
To avoid heat related illness one should:
Stay hydrated properly with water and diluted electrolyte drinks. When the body becomes dehydrated it loses its ability to properly cool itself.
Make sure you acclimatize to your environment; if you spend all day indoors in a controlled environment you are more likely to suffer from heat related illness when you exercise outdoors in the heat.
Remember to rehydrate after daily exercise; keep a weight chart that is measured both pre and post exercise so you know how much water you need to replace, 8 oz. of water for every pound of body weight lost.
Wear loose comfortable clothing; synthetics are best for wicking water from the skin.
If you have a pre-existing health problem, ask your doctors advice before jumping into outdoor activities.
Always remember -- stay hydrated, keep cool and you will enjoy the hot summer months.


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The Department of Internal Medicine provides an exceptional educational experience to residents and fellows. Nine subspecialty training programs as well as the residency training program meet or exceed all accreditation standards of the American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Committee (RRC). This year, ninety-six percent of our graduates passed the Internal Medicine Board Examinations.
The Department continues to evolve training to achieve ACGME-mandated competencies in medical communication, professionalism, systems-based practice, and practice-based learning and improvement. Wake Forest has been selected as a site for assessing the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Practice Improvement Module in the Care of the Vulnerable Elderly. Chief residents collaborate with program directors in teaching evidence-based medicine. All residents are taught basic principles of health care systems and the systems perspective is integrated into conferences such as Morning Report and Morbidity and Mortality Review. The internship includes workshops and seminars in advanced communication skills and professionalism.
Greater emphasis is being placed on preparing the researchers of tomorrow.
In 2007, the Department established the Tinsley R. Harrison Research Program, identifying faculty researchers in each section to mentor residents.The first resident and fellow research day was held in May 2007. These and other efforts have increased resident research productivity.
Wake Forest School of Medicine has again been recognized by U.S.News & World Report for its high-quality medical education, training and research programs.
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Constant quantizer / constant quality encoding (selects fixed quantizer mode). A lower value means better quality but larger files (default: −1). In case of snow codec, value 0 means lossless encoding. Since the other codecs do not support this, vqscale=0 will have an undefined effect. 1 is not recommended (see vqmin for details).
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1 Not recommended (much larger file, little quality difference and weird side effects: msmpeg4, h263 will be very low quality, ratecontrol will be confused resulting in lower quality and some decoders will not be able to decode it).
2 Recommended for normal mpeg4/mpeg1video encoding (default).
maximum interval between keyframes in frames (default: 250 or one keyframe every ten seconds in a 25fps movie. This is the recommended default for MPEG-4). Most codecs require regular keyframes in order to limit the accumulation of mismatch error. Keyframes are also needed for seeking, as seeking is only possible to a keyframe − but keyframes need more space than other frames, so larger numbers here mean slightly smaller files but less precise seeking. 0 is equivalent to 1, which makes every frame a keyframe. Values >300 are not recommended as the quality might be bad depending upon decoder, encoder and luck. It is common for MPEG-1/2 to use values <=30.
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Sissi. Selección de Novelas Gráficas #140, 1962
Pedro Martínez Henares is a Catalan artist, mainly known for the action comics he made for Bruguera in Barcelona. Since 1962, he was present in Pulgarcito and El Capitán Trueno Extra as one of the artists for 'El Inspector Dan'. He also contributed to series like 'Suspense en la Realidad' in El Campéon de las Historietas. In 1972 he was one of the artists of 'Johnny Galaxia' in Cómics. He did agency work for Selecciones Ilustradas, drawing war stories for the French publisher Impéria, the SF series 'Super John' for Aventures et Voyages and the UK comics 'Buck John', 'Tex Tone', 'Secret Agent X-13' and 'Z-33'. He was additionally present in Battle Picture Library and Eagle.


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Syfy has renewed Being Human for a fourth season, star Sam Huntington announced at the cable network's Upfronts presentation Wednesday.
Fall TV Schedule: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?
The adaptation of the recently concluded British original will return with 13 new episodes. Starring Huntington, Meaghan Rath and Samuel Witwer, the third season of Being Human averaged 1.8 million viewers.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's and women's cross country teams will make the trip to Lake Charles, La., for the Southland Conference Championships on Friday.
The event has not been hosted by McNeese State since 1994, which was prior to the Islanders joining the Southland Conference. This will also mark the first time since 2005 that the event has been held outside of Texas.
"We've prepared all season for this event, and I think we are really ready for it and tomorrow we will go out and do battle," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "The battleground has changed with the extreme amount of rain that has fallen here, so we have to go out and practice on this course tonight and maybe make a few adjustments on the plans, but overall the general plan is the same.
"We're going to go out and run as well as we possibly can tomorrow and hopefully we will prevail."
The Islanders come into the conference meet with the women winning four of their last six meets, while the men have won two meets during that time. Cecilia Jones is also back for her senior year to compete in the championships after placing 10th in the meet last year, earning a spot on the all-conference team. Both teams earned a fourth place finish in last year's competition.
If A&M – Corpus Christi wants to come out on top this year, it will have to get past some stiff competition. The Southland boasts five men's teams ranked in the South Central Region, while the women have four teams in the rankings. However, the Islanders men and women check into the rankings at No. 9 and No. 13, respectively.
Host McNeese comes into the race as defending champion on the men's side after dethroning Lamar, who had won the previous six meets. Stephen F. Austin will come into the meet as the defending champion for the women's race.
The meet will take place at the Ward 3 Rec Complex, with the women's 6k race set to start at 8:30 a.m., while the 50th running of the men's competition will begin at 9:30.
Updates will be provided throughout the race on Twitter, while live results can be found here.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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The Never-Ending Legal Battle Over the Redskins Trademark
The debate over whether the Washington Redskins should change their name has gained national attention this year, but a legal battle over the team's trademark has been playing out for more than two decades.
Under federal law, the U.S. government may refuse to register a trademark that disparages a "substantial composite" of a group. And for that very reason, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused to register a number of trademarks containing the word "Redskins". The patent office, for example in 2011, shot down an application for "Redskins" computer software.
But the trademark office had a different view of things in the 1960s when the Redskins first trademarked their name.
The effort to cancel Redskins trademarks began in 1992 — months after the team won their last Superbowl — when a group of Native Americans led by Native American activist Suzan Harjo filed a petition with the trademark office.
In 1999, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the name was disparaging and should be changed, but the Redskins were able to overturn the decision in federal court. A U.S. district judge in 2003 found that the trademark office hadn't explained why the Redskins mark was disparaging. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2009 also sided with the Redskins, but for procedural reasons, concluding that the challengers had waited too long to make their complaint.
The trademark office is now considering the petition of a group of younger challengers, who weren't alive when the Redskins first trademarked their name. The current petitioners are five Native Americans from different tribes who say they are offended by the team's name. A decision by the trademark appeal board could come any day.
The Redskins says the term isn't disparaging in the context of professional football.
"The record here is replete with factual evidence that Native Americans, including tribal chiefs and recognized leaders, react positively to 'Redskins' as used to denote the NFL's professional football team from Washington, D.C.," said Robert L. Raskopf, an attorney representing the Redskins, in a brief filed with the trademark office. Mr. Raskopf wasn't immediately available for comment.
Under federal trademark law, what matters is how a term was perceived at the time of registration, notes law professor Barton Beebe, a trademark scholar at New York University. So the Redskins say it's not enough for the challengers to show that the term is disparaging to people in 2013, but say they would have to show that it was widely seen as an offensive term decades ago.
A ruling by the patent board could still be appealed. If the trademark were cancelled, the Redskins would lose certain rights that come with a federal registration, such as a presumption of validity that makes it easier to pursue infringement challenges and the ability to stop goods bearing an infringed mark from crossing the border.
The Washington Redskins could still use the mark though. A trademark doesn't have to be federally registered to be recognized. The team's owners could still claim common-law rights to it.
That could set up an unusual court fight in state or federal court. An unregistered trademark may not have common-law protection if it goes against public policy. A deceptive trademark may be voided, for example.
Courts, historically, have denied such protection to offensive marks, according to Georgetown University law professor Rebecca Tushnet, a trademark expert who has followed the Redskins case. "But that hasn't been tested for decades," she said.


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In Washerwomen in a garden, Hubert Robert depicts a garden similar to those he created.
Appointed as designer of the King's gardens, he worked in particular at Versailles and Rambouillet. He was also sought after by aristocrats and wealthy financiers to design many famous gardens around Paris such as those at Méréville (now destroyed) where he created terraces, galleries, ponds, fountains, statues, staircases and avenues with a variety of vistas, following his fancy and imagination.
Hubert Robert plays here on the contrast between the magnificent and majestic garden and the mundanity of the familiar scene taking place there as the ornamental pond is transformed into a washhouse. In this harmonious setting, there reigns an exquisite atmosphere, the charm of a contented life which Hubert Robert creates with all the finest qualities of his art: a fluid approach, light colours, silvery hues, the art of glazing and superimposed shades, the interplay of light and a lively, witty touch.


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Prom wishes granted at Beehive Friday
Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:32 p.m.
In between racks and racks of clothes women would wear in their everyday lives were special racks rolled out by workers at Beehive Friday afternoon.
The racks were filled with long, flowing and colorful gowns covered in sparkles and sequins with no price tags attached. The dresses were free.
Beehive, Miller's Dry Cleaning and Summit Marketing Group teamed up for the sixth consecutive year for "Grant Her Wish," putting smiles on dozens of high schoolers' faces for prom. Girls lined up in the streets with their moms, sisters and friends to come into the store and flip through racks of dresses, with dreams of a magical prom night.
The dresses were all donated to Miller's Dry Cleaning, which cleaned them and dropped them off at Beehive, a resale shop. On Friday, Beehive had 600 dresses for the girls to choose from.
"If you can't find a dress today, you're the pickiest girls in the world," Beehive owner Chrissy Filka joked before they walked into the store.
Once inside, a world of shopping was at the girls' fingertips. The difference is that these dresses were all free, allowing every girl to attend prom no matter their family's income.
Even more important for the moms was that alterations were also done free of charge. Girls tried on the dresses in the store and determined whether or not alterations were needed.
"It's really helpful," Melissa Bailes said, adding that the real pleasure of the experience is "the fun of all being together."
Her daughter, Charlotte, is a senior at East Henderson High. The senior was there with her best friend since sixth grade, Montana McPherson. The excitement for them wasn't the free dress. It was more about the shopping.
"We love to thrift shop," Charlotte Bailes said.
But they're not remiss of the opportunity the businesses were providing.
"I actually really like it," McPherson said. "It's a great opportunity for a teenager."
Jeff Miller, owner of Miller's Dry Cleaning, was shunned as the event began. There were no men allowed in the store, but he had to see the faces of the girls as they walked in. Their excitement is why his company is involved. His wife, Tam, handled things on the inside and Miller gave credit where credit was due — to his wife and Filka.
"They do all the work, really," Miller said. "The time and energy they put into it — that's what matters."
The last opportunity to get a dress is today from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Beehive. The store is located at 449 North Main St., Hendersonville. Girls have to have a Henderson County school ID card to shop for a prom dress.
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Guests at the Washington County Democratic Women's Club meeting March 31 will be William LaVelle, Democratic committeeman of District 10; Mrs. LaVelle and Julia Scott, a representative for Democratic presidential nominee Albert Gore. The meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Betsey Mills Club.
The future of food distribution for area food pantries is unclear as federal supplies of surplus food dwindle.
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The Taiwanese government engages in regulatory science in a move to boost its pharmaceutical sector.
"The setting up of a center for pharmaceutical regulatory science in Taiwan's NCKU, perhaps the first such center in Asia Pacific, mirrors the increasing importance that regulatory science is gaining among the regulatory agencies globally," says William Lee, senior director and head of regulatory strategy of the strategic drug development Asia unit at Quintiles.
Kao adds, "Its establishment is significant because it paves a clearer direction for Taiwan's pharmaceutical and healthcare industry as a whole. Overall, western and local industry players are positive in regard to this new center and believe that NCKU is taking a first step toward improving the pharmaceutical and healthcare landscape in Taiwan. The center, through its project base case studies with school professors, industry physicians, and related experts, aims to open up the communication between regulators and consumers. By its goal for transparent pharmaceutical management, the quality standard in the industry and the accessibility of information would positively improve."
According to Geeta Dhanoa, Frost and Sullivan's associate director of healthcare practice for Asia Pacific, "the preparation of the whitepaper on food and drug policy and nonprescription medicines management policy is the priority for the center, which will serve as a national platform for the government, the academia, and the industry to integrate the resources and talents." However, these initiatives are in the initial stage and the effect will be seen after the formalization of the new drug-pricing policy and reimbursement scheme. Hopefully, they would receive positive response from industry players to eliminate the regulatory hurdles so that drug registration can be improved, and to provide a conducive environment for the market participants to grow, says Dhanoa.


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There were 46 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,461 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Weapons arrests: Officers heard several gunshots and witnessed a man jump into a parked vehicle near South El Dorado and Fifth streets about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, then flee the area. They stopped the vehicle and found a handgun, resulting in the arrests of Angelo Mendez, 21; Carl Picarro, 22; and Esteban Nelson, 18, all on suspicion of weapons charges.
The California Highway Patrol did not provide an incident report covering the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 101 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday, including five vehicle accidents, 76 medical calls and four structure fires.
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May UK search market share: Small gain for Google
Google's dominance of the UK search market continues, as webmasters focus on mobile and the public search for Election and Eurovision results.Read more »
Google's dominance of the UK search market continues, as webmasters focus on mobile and the public search for Election and Eurovision results.Read more »
Bing's mini-revival in the UK search market appears to have stalled, with data from StatCounter Global Stats showing a second consecutive monthly loss.Read more »
Over the past week, Bing has implemented two changes. One appears to be directly influenced by Google, while the other demonstrates independent thinking and creativity.Read more »
Google's UK search market share rose for the first time in five months during March. Elsewhere, Google announced some key developments and lots of us searched for Jeremy Clarkson news.Read more »
Firefox users who have manually set Google as their default search engine are now confronted with the following message: "Yahoo is the preferred search engine for Firefox. Switch now."Read more »
At SMX Munich, a Google representative said that the upcoming "mobile-friendliness" algorithm will have a bigger impact on search results than the Panda or Penguin updates.Read more »
Google is taking aim at websites using large, well-established doorway campaigns to rank highly in search results by altering its search engine algorithm.Read more »
Google has introduced the Blocked Resources Report for webmasters, which allows them to see the resources on their websites that are blocked from crawling.Read more »
Facebook has announced "topic data", a new set of information for marketers to help them understand what their audience is talking about.Read more »
The AdWords app allows users to monitor their campaigns through stats and figures, and also enables adjustments to budgets and bids. It is currently only available to Android users.Read more »
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