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PROBLEM IN THE CRESCENT CITY -- THAT COULD IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO FIGHT CRIME. "PROJECT NOLA" SAYS THE LACK OF INTERNET BANDWIDTH IS SLOWING DOWN ITS CRIME CAMERA SYSTEM. WDSU NEWS REPORTER BLAKE HANSON BREAKS DOWN THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM. nats AT PROJECT NOLA'S ELMWOOD HEADQUARTERS A CLUSTER OF SERVERS HELPS TAKE IN IMAGES FROM MORE THAN 800 CAMERAS. we can even see the clouds that move across the windshield BUT ABOUT MONTH AGO -- PROJECT NOLA DIRECTOR BRYAN LAGARDE STARTED TO NOTICE A PROBLEM WITH THE QUALITY. THE LAG TIME BETWEEN FRAMES -- IN VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE -- GOT BIGGER. THE CARS AND PEOPLE SEEMINGLY LURCH FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT. LAGARDE SAYS A LACK OF BANDWIDTH FROM COX IS SLOWING THE SYSTEM DOWN... sometimes its extraordinarily vital, we might have that one frame where the perpetrator lifts his head and you can see the face under his hat to understand bandwidth imagine that the bandwidth is the hole in the bottom of these cups and the internet is sand. nats. you can see the sand or internet moves much quicker in the cup with the bigger bandwidth and lagarde says he wasn't getting the bandwidth he paid for they understood something's not right here, we're not delivering the amount of bandwith that we're supposed to be to this area A COX SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY COULDN'T GIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM -- INSTEAD RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING ""we are working with this customer to provide a solution that will meet his needs going forward". LAGARDE SAYS PROJECT NOLA IS ALSO EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS -- INCLUDING POSSIBLY MOVING THEIR SERVERS OUT OF STATE. no internet, no crime camera system. it's as plain and simple as that if we don't have the amount of internet bandwidth we need, we can't operate LAGARDE SAYS WHILE HE HOPES TO REACH A SOLUTION WITH COX... THEY'LL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO KEEP THE SYSTEM STRONG...AND CONTINUE GOING AFTER CRIME IN THE CRESCENT CITY. IN ELMWOOD, BLAKE HANSON, WDSU NEWS. PROJECT NOLA SAYS IT WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP ADDING NEW CAMERAS, IF THE BANDWIDTH PROBLEM ISN'T SOLVED. A MEETING WITH COX MANAGERS IS SCHEDULED TOMORROW -- TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARD A FIX.
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Alleged DUI driver slams into SLO home, injuries passenger
SLO Police arrest driver who crashed into house at Orcutt and Johnson
POSTED: 12:55 PM PDT Mar 11, 2013 UPDATED: 09:30 PM PST Mar 07, 2013
An accused DUI driver slammed her car into a home at the intersection of Orcutt Road and Johnson Avenue in San Luis Obispo.
Police say Cassandra Cheatham, 23, drove off the road, hitting a curb and small embankment before the car became airborne flying over a car and crashing into a garage.
The homeowners were fortunately in the rear of the house at the time of the accident and were uninjured.
Cheatham and her male passenger sustained minor injuries in the crash. She was arrested and charged with felony DUI.
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Business Barometer: A Monthly Survey of The Polk County Economy
Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:44 p.m.
2012 ended on a relatively high note for the local economy, according to The Ledger's December Business Barometer.
Existing home sales were up about 23 percent in December from the year prior, and total sales for 2012 increased 14 percent from 2011. Last year's sales activity was the highest since 2006.
Single-family home permits had an annual increase of 22 percent in December, and total permitting activity jumped 24 percent in 2012.
Unemployment fell in December and Polk's average jobless rate last year was 9.7 percent, the lowest figure since 2008. Local job growth has still been weak, however.
December tourism revenue (hotel and vacation home sales) inched up 2 percent from the year before. Retail sales showed modest growth.
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The presentation slides for the MAA Grant Writing Workshop are available to view: MAA Section Grant Writing Presentation (February 2009)
The MAA supported Grant Writing Workshops at section meetings in 2000 and 2001. The original presentations were prepared by Tina Straley and Bill Haver. Additional materials were prepared by Elizabeth Teles and Lee Zia at NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, and a further revised presentation was written in May 2003 by Dennis Davenport. The final version was compiled by Tina Straley in February 2009.
For further information about these presentations, or to explore the possibility of hosting a grant writing workshop, contact Linda Braddy, MAA Deputy Executive Director.
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NSF is not the only source of funding for projects in the mathematical sciences. Various other federal agencies (e.g. National Security Agency, Department of Education, Department of Defense) provide at least some funds for mathematics and/or mathematical education, as do a large number of private foundations. Private foundations may limit grants to specific geographical regions, and it is important to find a funding program/institute whose goals are compatible with your project. If your institution has a sponsored programs office, take advantage of the expertise and knowledge there to identify appropriate funding sources.


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Waterfall Detail: The Lepreau River flows southward through the Fundy Coastal region, a heavily forested area and empties into the Bay of Fundy. The headwaters are located mainly in granite bedrock that has low buffering capacity. Also, bogs and wetlands are not uncommon throughout the watershed and these areas tend to be naturally acidic. This condition readily leach iron and other minerals from soil turning the water a caramel colour.
The name is of French origin and is a derivative of, la pereau, for "little rabbit." The contemporary spelling has prevailed since the mid-nineteenth century.
The rapids above the main falls produces a surface of white caps and eddy's which culminates with a fantastic roar over an 8 meter rocky ledge into the Bay of Fundy at its base. This series of waterfalls spans the entire width of the Lepreau river and is truly breathtaking. Appreciate this natural attraction from an observation deck just down river from the falls.
Lepreau Falls is one of New Brunswick's best "drive by" waterfalls. Located within the tiny hamlet of Lepreau, this site is well marked and advertised. Ask locals for directions if required, as the area is well known. Picnic tables, garbage can and walkways along with washroom facilities make it an excellent site for family visit.
Visit Detail: Lepreau was our fourth waterfalls visit of the day and all agreed that we saved the best for last. After parking we walked along the boardwalks and paths checking out vantages at each lookout. The falls and preceding rapids provide a spectacular show. The river cascades over the last drop into the bay. On low tide the falls lands on rocks and then flows here and there into a channel to the bay. On this visit the mighty high tides of the Bay of Fundy were at the base of the fall.
Prior to stopping at the falls we drove out to Little Dipper Harbour and the Mariners Inn for lunch. This was my first time out to this part of New Brunswick and the drive was beautiful as we skirted in and out of the many inlets. At one point we thought we saw whales in the small inlet but after scrutinizing the water for several minutes, determined it was water crashing over hidden shoals.
Update: It is Saturday afternoon in January and I find myself making my way down along the snow covered rock outcrop to a location that provides and upfront and unobstructed view of the falls. I am here to take a panorama photo of the falls. Panning across the waterfall I take three successive shots with my 10 mm Sigma lenses. I later stitched the photo's together. Hope you enjoy.
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Bill Trewin — September 8, 2008 @ 5:58 am
I visited Lepreau Falls in Oct 2007. With the addition of the Fall colors it was beautiful.
Very impresed with the work you've done. Keep up the good work.
Paul Cogswell — February 18, 2009 @ 8:01 am
I was born and raised in the lot directly across the road from The falls. I lived there for 19 years and still own the land today. It truly is a beautiful spot. As a kid I spent much time at the falls and along the river. It's quite amazing in the spring as well,when the river ice breaks and crashes over the falls.
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wes m — June 2, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
there is another good sized waterfall in charlotte county it's on highway 1 on the kerrs ridge road email me for details
jeremie landry — May 24, 2010 @ 2:12 am
very similar to la riviere d'emeraude in quebec. A bit taller. the second level on top is a nice touch!
Was shocked to make my way down there and not see a soul on a nice sunday afternoon. The Gouvernment tourist initiatives at work! Theres is plenty of parking, picknick tables oberservation deck… Someone built a park and forgot to tell ppl about it?
My only dissapointment with the falls is all the nets they have installed near the falls. It ruins what could be a spectacular shot from the base of the fall.
What are those nets anyway they don't seem to have much practical purposes.
None the less they are a must see fall! As mentinoned before the nearest similar I seen is the fall in Barachois, Quebec. Only about 2 days drive from here
Come to think about it the park and signage to the fall were rundown I had to climb down the cliff due to half the stairs missing… Sight guess these falls are getting forgotten everywhere not only here. Keep up the good fight Nick you are giving us are provincial treasures again.
Wilson King — August 3, 2011 @ 5:45 pm
A majestic falls. So close, so accessable. And so large. A must see. Why do we not tell people? I have lived in New Brunswick 20 years and never heard of them, despite my many trips to New River beach just down the road.
Bill Lawlor — October 14, 2011 @ 8:08 pm
Just a note to advise the GPS coordinates are a bit off on this one. The accurate coordinates are N 45 10 10.20 W 066 27 44.55


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By Danielle E. Gaines McClatchy Newspapers
ATWATER, Calif. — Ethelda Lopez, her husband, teenage daughter and two dogs still live in their four-bedroom, three-bath brown ranch home in Atwater's countryside — but much has changed.
For one, it's freezing; they simply can't afford to run the heat full blast. And the cupboards hold little food. Their meals now consist of potatoes, rice and pasta when fruit, vegetables and organics used to round out their diet.
Often, a single apple rests on the breakfast bar. Christina, 17, has saved it from her school lunch and left it for Ethelda.
About two weeks ago, the 51-year-old retiree stood on the soggy courthouse lawn, watching as her home was put up for auction. Without a single bid, the Josie Street home went back to the bank.
"This was going to be our retirement home," she said later, sitting on an oversized couch in the home's large living room. "We don't have any grandchildren yet, but I saw a future for them here."
Now, she can't find a future anywhere for her family.
"I'm not lying when I say we really don't have a place to go to. We don't. We look, but how do we get that money?" she asked.
It all unraveled so fast.
With no notice, her family's future was fractured in October 2008.
It's the last time the Lopez family received Ethelda's $6,712.50 monthly check from retirement and investments, money earned from working for AT&T for 30 years.
That October also marks one of the last months they comfortably made their mortgage payment on what was supposed to be the family's last home: a 3,186-square-foot, one-story ranch with handsome stone trim built in a subdivision called The Heirloom Collection at Silva Meadows.
The Lopezes were blindsided when the Sacramento accounting firm they'd hired to manage Ethelda's retirement and investment accounts seemed to disappear, taking all their money with it. When the company's phone lines went dead, all the hopes that had been stored in the home's long corridors and manicured lawns started to die as well.
Things began to fall apart for every member of the family as a result of the income loss. They drained the 401(k) her husband had saved for years working two full-time jobs as a pharmacy technician in Santa Clara County. They lived on the cash, and continued paying their $4,653 mortgage payment for a while longer.
Ethelda spent months working at a feverish pace to refinance their home loan — something they'd already planned to do six months after they moved into the house in July 2007.
But they couldn't because they were already upside-down — the house was worth less than the mortgage amount they owed.
The family did all it could to make up the difference between their income and their expenses. They got authorities involved in the embezzlement issue, pulled their daughter out of a private high school in Modesto, and her husband stopped attending UC Merced. They pared down their monthly expenses. Everyone started looking for a job.
Her husband, a former pharmacy technician, was the only one to find work — driving buses with a tourism company. Now he's often away from home for long stretches on chartered trips. That leaves Ethelda plenty of time alone at home with her thoughts and fears.
"I went through what I felt like was depression, anxiety," Ethelda explained. "It takes a toll on you. It takes a toll on your whole life."
After searching endlessly for jobs, Ethelda enrolled in Merced College, hoping to earn a nursing degree and get back into the job market.
Last week, she woke early to stand in the cold and rain for her student financial aid check. Between the mounting bills and her college daughter's textbook needs, the money was nearly spent before the envelope was opened.
Two weeks ago, her lender told Ethelda that she wouldn't be offered "cash for keys." It's a program meant to help banks reclaim foreclosed properties more quickly by offering money to residents who clean out their belongings and vacate by a certain date.
Without that cash, there's nothing for a down payment to put toward a rental. The family could soon become homeless.
"I saw my future here. You envision your life and how things will be," she said, still sitting in the living room. "This is like someone slit my throat. Just think about how people's lives have changed. It's heartbreaking."


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Tanto Practice - Is true Aikido effective for disarming?
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I don't consider myself an expert in the slightest, yet I have not met the typical modern martial arts teacher yet who I could not completely decimate with a knife and I am far from alone or even unusual in that regard.
To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
To inflict great destruction or damage on.
To reduce markedly in amount.
To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.
Potential grammatical usage errors aside, this is a bold statement even by your high standards, Dan.
Can you please clarify?
Are you the one with the knife while decimating or are you the unarmed man? Do other weapons factor into your "decimation"?
When you say "modern martial arts", do you mean Georges St. Pierre, Brock Lesnar, Marc Denny, John Shaw, Gabe Suarez, or your average 45 year old aikidoist who spends 40 hours per week at his desk job?
What would account for this ability, as un-expert and far from unusual as it may be?
I really don't understand.
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Grand jury indicts man in death of 8-year-old girl following air show
Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 5:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 5:22 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | A Tuscaloosa County grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing an 8-year-old Chilton County girl after the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show in March.
Danny Ray Smith, 65, faces charges of vehicular homicide, first-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and two misdemeanor assault charges, said Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Tommy Smith.
The grand jury returned the indictments Sept. 27, Tommy Smith said.
Efforts to reach Danny Smith's attorney, Mary Turner, late Wednesday afternoon were unsuccessful.
Danny Smith is accused of striking 8-year-old Haylee Burks, her 3-year-old sister and their 28-year-old mother on March 31 on Fifth Street in Northport.
Haylee and her family were walking on the shoulder of Fifth Street near Kentuck Park after the air show when Danny Smith, driving a black 2008 GMC Sierra pickup, allegedly struck all three of them.
That section of Fifth Street does not have sidewalks.
Authorities said he continued on for about 100 to 200 yards before stopping. He then walked back to the victims but soon returned to his truck, authorities said.
Northport police officers arrived on the scene, stopped Danny Smith and took him into custody.
Authorities have said that Danny Smith was hosting a private party at Dixie Air Services, a fixed-base operator he owns at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, on the day of the accident.
Danny Smith, who also owns Danny Smith Realty and Construction, waived a preliminary hearing in Tuscaloosa County District Court in June.
According to officials within the district attorney's office, it is common for a preliminary hearing to be waived if prosecutors and defense attorneys have already shared information.
Danny Smith, who has been free on $110,000 bail since his arrest, was required by the court to surrender his passport and wear a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet.
While he has been granted permission to travel to Florida to work, he has spent most of his time in Tuscaloosa since he was charged, officials said.
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Raymond Harvey named to position with Peoples Health
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Peoples Health has appointed Raymond Harvey to director of decision support.
Harvey manages projects throughout the organization.
Peoples Health is a Medicare-focused company that serves a 23-parish area.
Harvey holds a bachelor's degree from Cleveland State University and a master's from the Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine.
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|An important Paul Storr sterling silver entree dish and cover hallmarked London 1814. The tureen is decorated with gadrooned borders and shell motif handle and inscribed, 'Presented by the Duchess Del Infantado to Commander Robert Dalton RN', together with coat of arms. Length 31 cm. Width 22.2 cm. Height 13 cm total weight 1736grams
|A rare West Australian sterling silver golfing, presentation cup by Gordon Holdsworth, (1885-1965), working Western Australia c.1908 - 1965, inscribed 'WA Golf Club Anniversary Cup presented, by the Foundation Captain Eustace Cohen Aug. 1929'. The cup is constructed in the Arts & Crafts style with, hammered-beaten decoration to bowl, central, column and lower base, with rope-twist silver wire, decoration, very similar to the JWR Linton style, signed to base 'G. Holdsworth Del et Sculp'. Height 20.5 cm
|Georg Jensen cutlery, Continental design, 97 pieces in total, hallmarked, Georg Jensen, Denmark sterling silver, designed in 1906 by Georg Jensen, the Continental cutlery pattern was the first major cutlery range to emerge from the fledgling silver smithy that was established two years earlier in 1904. In designing Continental, Georg Jensen was inspired by the forms of traditional and centuries old Nordic tools and implements, the lightly hammered surface enhances the design giving it.…
|English sterling silver flatware set mixed dates 18th century various London makers marks i) 2 George III Hanoverian basting spoons by James Jones London 1766, length: 36.3 cm benjamin Cartwright 1761, length: 35 cm ii) 12 table spoons by Thomas Chawner, London 1773, length: 20.5 cm ii) 12 dessert spoons 9 by Thomas Chawner, London 1773, length: 17.2 cm 3 by maker TT, London 1777, length: 16.8 cm iii) 12 tea spoons London, c. 1770 (Af marks rubbed), length:12.…
|A large, fine quality sterling silver butlers tray by Adie Brothers Birmingham 1926, with decorated shell handles, engraved centre '6 Gurkha Rifles, Presented to Capt. W.G.H. Wells, By His Brother Officers, on the Occasion of His Marriage, December 1926'. Tray length 56.5 cm. Width 41.3 cm. Depth2.5 cm. Weight: 4208 grams
|A fine late Victorian sterling silver monteith, by Robert Stocker London, decorated with lion mask head handles, putti masks, above scalloped rim edges, chased gadrooned base, and bowl circumference, engraved with family, armorial motto, Animo et fide 'Courageously and faithfully', matching clear hallmarks, Rs (Robert Stocker), assayed London dated 1894. Height (without stand): 23 cm. Diameter 30 cm
|Sterling silver oval shaped two handled, serving tray, hallmarked London 1899, by William Hutton & Sons, the tray is cast silver and decorated with an engraved, centre, having an inscribed presentation to 'Arthur L, Beart Esq. on His Retirement..' for services in Banking, September 1899, the handles and outside border are decorated with shells, berries and leaf designs. Length 77 cm. Width 49 cm, weight 4kgs (approx). Note: with illuminated presentation pertaining to the tray '..…
|A large and fine quality sterling silver butlers tray by Adie Brothers Birmingham 1926 with decorated shell handles, engraved centre, the ¶6 Gurkha Rifles, Presented to Capt. W.G.H. Wells, by his brother officers, on the Occasion of his Marriage, December 1926.÷ tray length 56.5 cm ; width 41.3 cm. Depth 2.5 cm weight 4208 grams
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|Tias Eckhoff for Georg Jensen Denmark: sterling silver 92pcs Cypress part flatware set, mid 20th century, comprising of 12 dinner knives (stainless blades), 12 12 entree knives (stainless blades), 12 dinner forks, 12 entree forks, 12 table spoons, 12 dessert spoons, 12 tea spoons, 4 serving spoons, 1 ladle, 1 herring fork 1 pickle fork and 1 bottle opener stamped 'Sterling Denmark' and 'Georg Jensen' dotted circle. Total weight 4391grams
|A sterling silver 96 pcs flatware service mid 20th century, by Edward Viner, Sheffield. The set comprises of: 12 dinner knives (stainless blades) 12 dinner forks 12 bread knives (stainless blades) 12 dessert forks 12 dessert spoons 12 soup spoons 12 fish knives (stainless blades) 12 fish forks (stainless prongs) total combined weight 5600grams
|A Wallace 94 piece sterling silver part flatware service with canteen mid 20th century USA, Sir Christopher pattern. The set comprising of: 12 dinner knives (stainless blades) 12 dinner forks (710grams) 12 dessert spoons (484grams) 24 tea spoons (803grams) 12 fish forks (469grams) 9 various serving spoons (626grams) 5 various serving forks (111grams) 6 pate knives (stainless blades) 1 dessert knife (stainless blade) 1 cake server (stainless blade) approx sterling weight 3203grams (without knives)
|A sterling silver monteith, with retailers stamp Hamilton & Co Ld, Calcutta, Delhi & Simla, with London assay and date marks 1923. The monteith is of an earlier Victorian style and decorated with lion mask and dolphin drop handles. Diameter 33 cm. Height 25 cm total weight 2573grams
|A Victorian sterling silver Cellini pattern wine ewer, by Stephen Smith, London 1870. The ewer is decorated with portrait masks, animals, leaves and berries repousse work, with figural maiden handle, with later engraving 'Presented By the Committee South County Dublin S.P.C.A. to Denis Barrett, Esq. Chairman on His Marriage 17th Nov. 1934'. Height 30 cm; weight 830grams
|A rare Viennese sterling silver gilt bowl mid 20th century, by Jarosinki and Vaugoin marked 'Wiener Silberschmiede Handgeschaigen' Austrian handmade silver with assay marks heavy walled silver construction, cast silver rope twist coiled rim and base, gilt bowl diameter 23.5 cm. Height 8.5 cm weight 1290gm
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I have 6 skeins of Mystical Creations wool/silk blend yarn in color Midnight for sale or trade. I wound two balls, but haven't knit with it. I used the same yarn in a different color and just didn't like it. It's a thick and thin yarn.
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Eyeing Return, Ex-President in France Has Hurdles
Nicolas Sarkozy's first week as leader of the Union for a Popular Movement Party seemed to prove only that he had determined rivals within the party and was not assured of becoming its presidential candidate.
December 7, 2014, Sunday
In Comeback Stride, Sarkozy Wins French Party Leadership
With a preliminary total of 64.5 percent of the votes, former President Nicolas Sarkozy gained control over the center-right opposition and established a steppingstone in his attempt to run the country again.
November 30, 2014, Sunday
Sarkozy Tries Quick Comeback, but France May Not Go Along
The former French president is campaigning for the leadership of his center-right party, but there is little doubt that his sights are on a return to the Élysée Palace.
November 11, 2014, Tuesday
Alain Juppé, Ex-Premier of France, Seeks Party's Nomination for President
Mr. Juppé, who rebounded in politics after a 2004 graft conviction, said he would compete to be the candidate of France's main conservative party.
August 21, 2014, Thursday
New Bikes for Bordeaux
New bicycles designed by Philippe Starck with the input of residents of Bordeaux are now on the city's streets.
April 1, 2014, Tuesday
Mission Creep in Mali
French leaders initially promised that the maximum number of soldiers would be 2,500. Now the figure is put at 4,000. And while the initial French military action seemed to claim dramatic successes, a resurgence of fighting in Gao on Sunday, followed...
February 11, 2013, Monday
France: Push for Syria Observers
In a sign of increasing frustration with Syria's violations of a cease-fire agreement, France will push to have 300 United Nations cease-fire observers in Syria within two weeks.
April 26, 2012, Thursday
Push in Paris for More Pressure on Syria as Money Ebbs and Cease-Fire Wobbles
Sanctions aimed at the Syrian government have cut its financial reserves in half, and pressure must be maintained on Damascus to stop its bloody crackdown, France's foreign minister said.
April 18, 2012, Wednesday
France: No Abrupt Afghan Pullout
France's troops will not be hastily withdrawn from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Alain Juppé, left, told Parliament on Tuesday.
January 25, 2012, Wednesday
League Warns Syria to Admit Monitors or Risk Sanctions
While the diplomatic wheels turned, violence continued unabated throughout the country, which has appeared in recent weeks to be sliding inexorably into civil war.
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Pre- and post-fight urine samples will be taken from former WBC/IBF junior welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana, who will be tested for "both illegal drugs and steroids" for their welterweight clash on Feb. 25 at the Scottrade Center in Alexander's hometown of St. Louis, Mo.
Tim Lueckenhoff, the excutive director of Missouri Office of Athletics, has mandated that Golden Boy Promotions hire an independant organization to conduct the testing on both fighters in response to insinuations by Maidana's advisor, Sebastian Contursi, that Alexander has been using performance enhancing drugs.
Missouri's commission regularly performs anti-doping testing on all boxing contestants, but the procedures are usually carried out by the state's trained inspectors.
In light of Contursi's assertions, however, Lueckenhoff charged Golden Boy Promotions with hiring and paying for Lab Corp's specialized procedures for Maidana-Alexander.
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From the Departments of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan (Drs Hashimoto and Komai); and Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Drs Futei, Nishikawa, and Amagai).
To examine the frequency of antidesmoglein 1 (Dsg1) and antidesmoglein 3 (Dsg3) IgA autoantibodies in IgA pemphigus.
We developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against recombinant Dsg1 and Dsg3 to detect IgA autoantibodies.
Twenty-two patients with IgA pemphigus were studied. Among them, 10 patients had subcorneal pustular dermatosis type, 9 patients had intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA dermatosis type, and 3 patients had pemphigus foliaceus–like clinical features.
Of the 22 cases of IgA pemphigus, 3 cases were positive for anti-Dsg1 IgA antibodies and only 1 case was positive for anti-Dsg3 IgA antibodies. In those 4 cases, there were no IgA autoantibodies against other components of the keratinocyte cell surfaces because preincubation with the respective recombinant desmogleins removed the immunoreactivity on immunofluorescence. All 10 patients with subcorneal pustular dermatosis type IgA pemphigus were positive against desmocollin 1 expressed on COS-7 cells. No target antigen was detected in the other 8 cases.
Desmogleins were recognized by IgA antibodies of a few patients with IgA pemphigus. Considering that subcorneal pustular dermatosis type IgA pemphigus recognizes desmocollin 1, autoimmune targets of IgA pemphigus are more heterogeneous than previously considered.
DESMOSOMAL cadherins are of 2 types, desmoglein (Dsg) and desmocollin (Dsc), both of which occur as 3 isoforms, Dsg1, Dsg2, and Dsg3 and Dsc1, Dsc2, and Dsc3.1,2 Classic pemphigus showing IgG antikeratinocyte cell surface autoantibodies are divided into pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and pemphigus vulgaris, that react with Dsg1 and Dsg3.2- 7 We have developed a novel enzyme-liked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant proteins of Dsg1 and Dsg3 produced by baculovirus expression.8- 10 This ELISA has been shown to be a highly sensitive and specific assay to detect autoantibodies in the serum samples of patients with PF and pemphigus vulgaris.
However, patients with vesiculopustular skin lesions that have anti–cell surface antibodies of the IgA class exclusively have been identified in patients and are commonly called "IgA pemphigus."11,12 IgA pemphigus is also divided into 2 major subtypes, the intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA dermatosis (IEN)13,14 and the subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SPD).15,16 The results of previous studies of the target antigens for IgA pemphigus were controversial.11,12 Standard immunoblotting showed no convincing reactivity with any known epidermal component proteins, probably because the epitopes for IgA pemphigus are conformation dependent and cannot be detected by immunoblotting. In addition, conventional immunoprecipitation cannot be used to detect antigens for IgA antibodies. Therefore, in a previous study,17 we developed a novel assay using complementary DNA transfection to COS-7 cells to identify conformation-dependent epitopes for IgA antibodies. Using the assay, we showed that the antigen for the SPD type IgA pemphigus is Dsc1,17 although the antigen for the IEN type IgA pemphigus was not identified.
Our aim in this study was to examine whether IgA antibodies in IgA pemphigus serum samples react with Dsg1 and Dsg3, ie, classic pemphigus antigens. To achieve this we modified the previously established ELISA of Dsg1 and Dsg3 baculoproteins to develop a new ELISA for detecting IgA antibodies to Dsg1 and Dsg3. Using this modified assay, we found that Dsg1 and Dsg3 were recognized by IgA antibodies of a few patients with IgA pemphigus.
We collected serum samples from 22 patients with confirmed IgA pemphigus showing antikeratinocyte cell surface antibodies of the IgA class exclusively. Ten and 9 patients showed typical clinical and histopathologic features of the SPD type and the IEN type, respectively. Three patients had clinical and pathologic features resembling PF and were diagnosed as PF-like IgA pemphigus or IgA herpetiform pemphigus, although no IgG anti–cell surface antibodies were detected. Some of the cases tested in this study have been reported as a single case report.13- 16,18- 20 Serum samples obtained from 50 normal volunteers were used as controls. Immunofluorescence of normal human skin sections was performed using a standard method.21 Preparation of mammalian cell expression constructs of human Dsc1, 2, and 3, transfection into COS-7 cells, and the detection of IgA antibodies to desmocollins were described previously.17
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect IgA antibodies against Dsg1 and Dsg3 was developed by modifying the established ELISA for IgG antibodies.8,9 Briefly, secreted forms of recombinant Dsg1 and Dsg3 were produced in High Five (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif) cells by infecting recombinant baculoviruses, purified on TALON-affinity metal resin (CLONTECH Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif), and 10 µg/mL of the recombinant protein was coated on 96-well microtiter plates, as described previously.9 All serum samples were diluted 200-fold and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature on the Dsg-coated plates. After washing 3 times with a phosphate-buffered saline solution with 0.13% polysorbate (Tween) 20, pH 7.3, the plates were then incubated with horseradish peroxidase–conjugated mouse monoclonal antihuman IgA antibody (Medical and Biological Laboratories, Nagoya, Japan) for 1 hour at room temperature. After color development, the absorbance was measured at 450 nm using a microtiter plate reader (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, Calif). To set a cutoff value for the ELISA, we calculated a mean (SD) using normal control serum samples. For the IgA ELISA, the mean (SD) of 50 normal serum samples was 0.027 (0.006). If we set a cutoff value at mean + 3 SDs, it would be 0.045. However, considering a definite positive reactivity, we set the cutoff value in this study at 0.15 for the ELISA for IgA antibodies.
The ELISA was performed in duplicate for all serum samples, which always produced similar results; the mean value of the 2 results was used in this study. In some patients with IgA pemphigus, the ELISA was performed twice on different days and produced almost the same results, confirming the specificity and reproducibility of this assay.
Immunoadsorption assay was performed using a previously described method22,23 with some modifications. Patients' serum samples were serially diluted at 1:10, 1:40, and 1:160 with insect cell culture supernatant containing recombinant Dsg1 or Dsg3. After incubation at 4°C overnight, the diluted serum samples were used for indirect immunofluorescence using normal human skin sections as a substrate. Those serum samples were also incubated with the same dilutions of uninfected cell supernatants as controls for positive immunofluorescence staining.
Indirect immunofluorescence of normal human skin sections revealed IgA anti–cell surface antibodies at a titer of 10 to 320 in the serum samples of all patients with IgA pemphigus, except for 1 patient who had IEN type IgA pemphigus, which showed typical clinical and histopathologic features but no clear immunofluorescence staining (data not shown). No IgG anti–cell surface antibodies were detected in any serum samples. As we previously reported, all serum samples from the 10 patients with SPD IgA pemphigus reacted with the cell surface in the uppermost epidermis, while the serum samples from patients with other types of IgA pemphigus showed variable reactivity either with the entire epidermis or the lower epidermis.17
As previously reported,17 complementary DNA transfection assay for IgA antibodies with Dsc1, 2, and 3 showed that all of the serum samples from the 10 patients with SPD type IgA pemphigus reacted clearly with Dsc1-expressing COS-7 cells, while none of the serum samples from patients with other types of IgA pemphigus reacted with any of the 3 Dscs (data not shown).
Of 9 cases of IEN type IgA pemphigus, one case reacted with Dsg1 and another case reacted relatively weakly with Dsg3 (Figure 1). None of the serum samples from the 10 patients with SPD type IgA pemphigus reacted with either Dsg1 or Dsg3. Interestingly, 2 of the 3 cases diagnosed as PF-like IgA pemphigus showed IgA antibodies against Dsg1. None of the 22 IgA pemphigus serum samples showed IgG antibodies with either Dsg1 or Dsg3 using the established ELISA for IgG antibodies.
The results of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for IgA and IgG autoantibodies against desmoglein 1 (A) and desmoglein 3 (B) in various types of IgA pemphigus, which were subdivided into intraepidermal neurotrophilic dermatosis IgA (IEN) type, subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SPD) type, pemphigus foliaeus–like (PF-like), and normal control subjects. The dashed line is the cutoff value (optical density 450 nm = 0.15).
We further performed the immunoadsorption assay with the 4 serum samples containing anti-Dsg1 or anti-Dsg3 IgA autoantibodies (Table 1 and Figure 2). The immunoreactivity against cell surfaces in all 3 cases with IgA antibodies to Dsg1 was removed by preincubation with recombinant Dsg1, but not with recombinant Dsg3. The reactivity in the case with anti-Dsg3 antibodies was absorbed with recombinant Dsg3, but not with Dsg1. These results indicate that these serum samples did not contain IgA autoantibodies against other components of keratinocyte cell membranes.
Immunoadsorption assay revealed that IgA immunoreactivity against keratinocyte cell surfaces in an IgA pemphigus serum sample (1:40 dilution) was removed by preincubation with culture supernatant containing recombinant desmoglein 1 (B), while it was not removed by preincubation with uninfected culture supernatant (A).
Although there are a few single case reports of IEN type IgA pemphigus reactive with either Dsg3 or Dsg1,20,24,25 findings from our previous immunoblotting studies for a series of IgA pemphigus serum samples did not show any reactivity with either Dsg. Our previous study using a complementary DNA transfection assay indicated that IgA antibodies in the serum samples of SPD type IgA pemphigus react exclusively with conformation-dependent epitopes on human Dsc1. Therefore, it is conceivable that IgA pemphigus may contain IgA antibodies reactive with such conformation-dependent epitopes on Dsg1 and Dsg3, the autoantigens for classic IgG type pemphigus. In this study, to detect antigens for IgA antibodies, we modified the ELISA of Dsg1 and Dsg3 baculoproteins, which is a highly sensitive and specific assay for IgG autoantibodies.8,9
Using this new ELISA for IgA antibodies, we found that 4 serum samples from 22 patients with IgA pemphigus reacted with either Dsg1 or Dsg3. Interestingly, 2 of 3 patients who were diagnosed as having PF-like IgA pemphigus had IgA antibodies to Dsg1. One of the 2 Dsg1-positive cases of PF-like IgA pemphigus has previously been reported as IgA pemphigus foliaceus.18 This may indicate that this group is a distinct subtype of IgA pemphigus, although it is necessary to define the cases of PF-like IgA pemphigus (or IgA PF) by accumulating more cases.
Furthermore, one serum sample from each of the 9 patients with IEN type IgA pemphigus reacted with Dsg1 and Dsg3, respectively. This may support the results of scattered case reports describing the presence of IgA antibodies to Dsg1 or Dsg3 in IgA pemphigus.24,25 These results also suggest that IEN type IgA pemphigus is heterogeneous in terms of its antigen molecules. As suggested previously by ultrastructural localization,26 the antigen reacted by IEN type IgA pemphigus seems to be different from desmosomal proteins. Further studies should reveal this autoantigen.
In contrast, none of the serum samples from the 10 patients with SPD type IgA pemphigus had IgA antibodies to either Dsg1 or Dsg3. This is consistent with the results that, in indirect immunofluorescence, IgA antibodies in SPD type IgA pemphigus react exclusively with the cell surface in the uppermost epidermis, which is different from the distribution of either Dsg1 (the whole epidermis, being stronger in the upper epidermis) or Dsg3 (the lower epidermis).11,17
Although found in very few cases, the presence of IgA antibodies against Dsg1 and Dsg3 indicated in this study made the understanding of commonly called IgA pemphigus more complicated. Future studies of more cases should clarify the clinical and immunopathologic characteristics of this interesting condition.
Accepted for publication January 16, 2001.
This study was supported in part by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research grants 09557065 (Dr Hashimoto) and 11470186 (Dr Hashimoto) from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan, Tokyo, and a grant from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan, Tokyo.
We are grateful to all of the dermatologists who generously sent us the serum samples of IgA pemphigus.
Corresponding author: Takashi Hashimoto, MD, Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
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Jefferson Parish standoff ends peacefullyUPDATED 11:57 AM CDT Jun 11, 2014
A standoff in Jefferson Parish ended peacefully Tuesday night with the suspect's surrender and arrest.Video Transcript
-- THAT WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST NIGHT AT TEN. AFTER FOUR HOURS OF NEGOTIATIONS ... THAT STANDOFF ENDED PEACEFULLY. THIS ALL STARTED AROUND 8 OCLOCK LAST NIGHT IN OLD JEFFERSON -- WHEN DEPUTIES WERE CALLED OUT TO THE 100 BLOCK OF DODGE AVENUE-- AFTER GETTING REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS. A WOMAN TOLD POLICE THAT HER SISTER-IN-LAW -- 44-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY SHEPPARD SHOT AT HER OUTSIDE SHEPPARD'S HOME OVER A VECHILE DISPUTE. THEN SHEPPARD BARRICADED HERSELF INSIDE HER HOME..UNTIL NEGOTIATORS WERE ABLE TO TALK HER OUT OF THE HOUSE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.. Col. Johnny Fortunato/JPSO:this was a very successful operation and it is the type of operation that we would like to see this type of ending. no one had to use force she peacefully surrendered. And that is the type of way we want these incidents to end in a peaceful resolve. SHEPPARD WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFFERSON PARISH DETENTION CENTER ON ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING A WEAPON. TWO MEN ARE IN THE HOSPITAL THIS
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Meteorologists are counting on a wet, windy day with some lightning in the Rogue Valley today, followed by two days of sun before circling back to wet weather Friday.
A storm moving through the area this morning was the second of the day, moving from the northwest to the southeast. Scattered showers and several lightning strikes were reported near Rogue River and northern Central Point near Blackwell Hill, with additional reports of 20 mph winds and 32 mph gusts.
"It's weakening a bit," National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Weygand said around 11:15 a.m. "This is really the main event that's coming through right now. We could have some more."
The first bout of rain moved through between 4 and 7 a.m. today, with about 25 lightning strikes confined to Jackson County's southeast corner near Ashland. Oregon Department of Forestry officials are tracking down reports of smoke on Copco Road and Chinquapin Mountain, both likely originating from lightning strikes.
Friday's storm cell is expected to bring one-tenth of an inch of rain to Jackson County. The upper level low will originate off the coast, dropping moderate to heavy rain on the coast, but depleting in strength as it moves inland.
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It took him 61 years but a Roger Bacon graduate and veteran received his diploma Friday.
Charles Michel was 1.5 credits shy of graduating in 1953.
But instead of finishing during the summer, he joined the U.S. Air Force.
Michel took courses along the way but never picked up his diploma.
He finally received his diploma, along with the class of 2014, during graduation ceremonies Friday night.
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Body found near Kim, believed to be man missing since April
POSTED: 04:58 PM MST Nov 20, 2012 UPDATED: 05:38 PM MST Nov 20, 2012
The Las Animas County Sheriff's Office tells KRDO NewsChannel 13 that a body was found near Kim on Tuesday.
Last week, ranchers in the area found a car belonging to a man who has been missing since April. The man was driving from Sunrise, AZ to Denver to visit his son but never arrived. He has not been identified.
The skeletal remains were found about 300 feet from the car. Authorities say they believe the remains are that of the missing man but a positive identification has not been made.
No foul play is suspected at this time.
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Definition of long tail in English:
long tail
(In retail and marketing) used to refer to the large number of products that sell in small quantities, as contrasted with the small number of best-selling products.
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Definition of butterfly effect in English:
butterfly effect
(With reference to chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
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- In all cases, the butterfly effect curved off the scale.
- Generated from model results, the top of Fig.4 shows the manifestation of the butterfly effect; the shape of the diffusion front curves as flow proceeds downstream.
1980s: from the notion in chaos theory that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.
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Ellis Warren Jr.
Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 9:34 a.m.
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Ellis "Junnie Box" Hollis Warren Jr., 56, a native of Tylertown, Miss., and resident of Houma, died Sunday, July 11, 2010.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Community Funeral Home in Houma. Dismissal services will be Saturday at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Tylertown, Miss., with burial in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Swing Warren; four sons, Sean Warren and wife Dionne, Markee Celestin, Ellis III and Tevin Warren; five daughters, Qiana Nixon and husband, Lamont, Anshericka Barker and husband, Tracey, Latika Morgan, Ciera and Emma Warren; one brother, Larry Warren; two sisters, ZeTella W. Ruffin and Janice Calloway; and 11 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ellis H. Warren Sr. and Emma Bell Carson Warren; one son, Christopher D. Warren; one sister, Jeanette E. Simmons; and his grandparents, William Warren and Mammie Castle Warren, Jake Carson and Mattie Bradley Carson, and Elrena Carson.
He was Baptist and he enjoyed landscaping.
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Candy Corn Cookies!
Allison and I made these fun cookies last fall! We found the super easy "recipe" in Country Living Magazine. We will be making them again sometime next week.
- Refrigerator Sugar Cookie Dough
- Orange Food Coloring
- Bakers Bittersweet Chocolate
- Bakers White Chocolate
- Take refrigerated cookie dough (I used 2 rolls and got about 30 cookies) add orange food coloring
- Knead the dough until orange.
- Roll dough and cut cookies with candy corn cookie cutter (or you can use a triangle cookie cutter).
- Bake for 10 mins. Let cool.
- Dip bottom of cooled cookie in melted Baker's chocolate, and dip top end in melted white Baker's Chocolate. Freeze for 5 mins. to set.
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Do you remember being bored as a kid? Remember driving with your parents, sitting in the back seat (without a car seat) staring out the window in a state of stillness? Or tuning out at a restaurant or dinner party while adult conversation went on around you? It was such a private, quiet thing, to be alone with your thoughts while the world swirled.
Staring out the car window is how I discovered what I called molecules but what were really just particles of dust floating in the sun. It's how I started to become a writer, silently creating stories in my head about a young girl with divorced parents. My friend Hilary made up a game she now calls her "childhood racial profiling game," where she would try to guess the race of a driver by the look of their car before passing. According to her 8-year-old mind, there were Chinese cars, white cars, black cars and Mexican cars. It might seem racist now, but it was her process for trying to make sense of the world. It was her brain at work.
Recently, Maggie came home from a field trip delighted that she and her friends got to watch part of a movie in the car on the way back to school. Another friend of mine recently spent four hours in a car with a four-year boy and his parents in which they did not stop talking to him or plying him with snacks for more than 90 seconds the entire time. When he got bored, and refused snacks, they gave him headphones and a DVD player.
When they are bored at restaurants or dinner parties, my kids clamor for the iPhone.
I am not a Puritan. My kids watch TV on occasion and I don't begrudge adults just trying to find the easiest way to get some quiet time during a meal. I have passed over the iPhone in many a restaurant.
But I know in my heart that kids need to spend a fair amount of time bored out of their skulls. They need to learn how to be alone and quiet because that's when the brain really revs up. If videos and snack food are not filling your time, your imagination kicks in.
And what happens to a child who has a screen put in front of him every time the world is not a perfectly functioning entertainment center geared to his age group? How does he learn patience? How does he learn stillness? How does he learn that world is not supposed to be a giant entertainment center geared especially toward him?
So, what about it? How do you handle your child's boredom?


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New London Community and Campus Coalition will hold a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the New London Senior Center parking lot, 120 Broad St.
Participants may drop off old and unused prescription drugs in a secure box. A uniformed police offer and a coalition staff member will assist individuals in dropping drugs in the box. The prescriptions will be disposed of properly.
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I really like the question "What if?" I've always found it a
lot of fun to imagine what would have happened if one little thing had changed.
What if the plot to kill Hitler had worked? (World War II would have ended much
earlier. America would not have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. There would
have been no Cold War.) What if the first photon torpedo had destroyed the
Death Star? (Luke never would have become a Jedi Knight, and the Rebellion
would ultimately have lost.) What if Transformers had not been made into a movie?
(My life would be terrible.)
Well, with that in mind, I'd like to propose a game. Take
the title of a book, then delete, move and/or change one letter, and give me the new plot. Example:
The Hanger Games
24 children are chosen to enter an arena
where they must duel each other with wooden coat hangers.
Hurry Potter
Harry Potter has to run really fast all the
time for no reason.
Bella moves to Forks, WA where she encounters a
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Prostate Cancer Health Center
Diet, Lifestyle May Affect Prostate Cancer Risk
The researchers found that when men received more of their energy from carbohydrates rather than protein or fat, their risk of prostate cancer declined. High fiber intake also appeared to reduce prostate cancer risk.
Additionally, they found that foods like simple carbohydrates that cause blood sugar to spike appear to increase prostate cancer risk in black men.
That finding, along with the results of the metabolic syndrome study, seem to indicate there could be an as-yet-unknown connection between blood sugar levels and male hormones like testosterone that increase prostate cancer risk, Vidal said.
In the second study, doctors reviewed the consumption of dairy products among nearly 3,000 people, including almost 1,900 men with either localized or advanced prostate cancer.
The investigators found that drinking milk was associated with advanced prostate cancer. However, total dairy consumption was not related to prostate cancer risk, nor were consumption of yogurt, ice cream and cheese.
The analysis also found that men with low overall calcium intake were at greater risk of prostate cancer when they ate more dairy products, compared with men with average or high levels of calcium in their diet.
The findings suggest that although calcium intake likely contributes to an increased risk of prostate cancer, "additional components in dairy may contribute to prostate cancer development," the authors concluded.
The final study focused on the effects of metabolic syndrome on a man's chances of prostate cancer, with researchers reviewing data gathered for almost 6,500 men in an unrelated clinical trial.
Researchers found that men with multiple metabolic syndrome risk factors had a progressively increased risk of prostate cancer.
"The more metabolic syndrome components, the more risk for high-grade prostate cancer," Vidal said.
The findings are in keeping with previous studies linking one of those risk factors, obesity, to a higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer, Brooks said.
"The question is whether because of their obesity these men are less likely to have their cancer identified and biopsied at an earlier stage," he said. "These researchers feel there's more than just delayed diagnosis, that there's something about these risk factors that contributes to prostate cancer."
Findings from these studies were scheduled for presentation Tuesday at the American Urological Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Results from studies presented at meetings are generally considered preliminary until they've been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) didn't just design a house. He saw each building as a fully integrated whole and painstakingly designed stained glass windows, furniture, carpeting, and even lighting fixtures to reflect his concept. This exhibit employs high-quality reproductions of Wright's drawings of interiors, furnishings, and household objects.
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If you're a fan of fast, light hiking; trail running or just like to keep weight to a minimum when you set off on an adventure then these innovative fabrics will be right up your street. They offer the very best when it comes to weather protection and breathability, and are extremely compressible, allowing convenient transportation in a pack or pocket.
Active Shell is a super lightweight, super breathable, weatherproof fabric designed for highly aerobic activities. It incorporates a lighter, thinner Gore-Tex membrane into a 3-layer construction, bonding it to the outer and liner fabrics to prevent movement between the layers and keep bulk to a minimum. It allows athletes to enjoy durable protection from the elements, coupled with advanced moisture management and next-to-skin comfort .
Omni-Freeze Zero is a fantastic piece of innovation courtesy of the boffins at Columbia. The blue rings contain a cooling agent, which is activated by your sweat to increase wicking and lower the temperature of the fabric, keeping you cool so you can push yourself harder for longer.
3. Polartec NeoShell
Polartec® Neoshell is one of the most advanced fabrics to grace the outdoor scene for a number of years. Combining the comfort of a softshell with the durable weather protection of a hardshell, this supple, flexible fabric gives you the performance you need without holding you back. The fabric's ground breaking membrane provides incredible breathability, creating constant airflow that allows moisture to escape efficiently without reducing wind resistance. It is ideal for a wide range of high exertion activities from climbing to cycling and allows you to work hard, without steaming up.
4. Compression
Although not a specific fabric, we still thought that compression garments deserved a mention. Compression garments help to boost your performance and aid your recovery. Breathable, moisture wicking and quick drying, they support your muscles, improving blood flow and reducing the effect of the vibrations caused by impact. Brands like Salomon, Skinz and Odlo have been working with compression at the highest level to allow athletes to challenge themselves, while eliminating the discomfort that can pull their focus.
Check out the video below to see how Skins explain compression technology.
5. Salomon ClimaWIND/ ClimaWIND Pro+
ClimaWind fabrics provide the ideal balance of breathability and windproofing making them ideal for aerobic activity. They are utilised throughout the brand's high performance S-Lab range, to create feather-light outer layers that bring an end to the 'boil in the bag' effect and can pack into the palm of your hand. Have a look at the video below to see just how involved the development process gets.


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Drink Your Own Garden (Batsford, 2013) offers more than 140 delicious recipes that make the most of your garden produce. Author Judith Glover encourages readers to experiment with a variety of fresh produce, from plums to melons, to make your own fruit wines, as well as meads and beers. This following Rosehip Wine recipe is excerpted from the chapter "Berry and Bush Wines."
You can purchase this book from the Mother Earth Living store: Drink Your Own Garden.
Hips, or heps, are the fruit of the rose and are traditionally gathered after the first frost of November. This is a most beneficial wine to make, as the ripened hips are rich in vitamin C.
• 3 1/4 pounds ripe rosehips
• 3 pounds sugar
• 1 lemon
• 1 Camden tablet (a handy form of sulfur dioxide for disinfecting and sterilizing)
• 1 teaspoon pectin enzyme
• 1 gallon water
• Wine yeast
• Yeast nutrient
2. Cover with 1 gallon of cold water, stir in the crushed Camden tablet and pectin enzyme and leave to steep for 24 hours.
3. Draw off 2 pints of the liquid, heat just to boiling point and dissolve the sugar in it.
4. Return this syrup when cooled to the rosehip pulp, together with the yeast, nutrient and juice of the lemon.
5. Cover the vessel and leave in a warm place to ferment for 5 days, stirring twice daily.
6. Strain the liquid off the pulp, pressing well to extract all the juice, and transfer to a fermenting jar. Fit bung and air-lock and leave to ferment on, racking when the wine is starting to clear.
7. When all fermentation has ended and the wine is quite clear, bottle and store in a cool dark place to mature for at least 6 months, preferably a little longer.
More recipes from Drink Your Own Garden
• Blackberry Wine recipe
• Orange Wine recipe
• Peach Wine recipe
Reprinted with permission from Drink Your Own Garden: A Homebrew Guide Using Your Garden Ingredients by Judith Glover and published by Batsford, 2013. Buy this book from our store: Drink Your Own Garden.
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Tri-City changes finance reporting practices
Health agency no longer compares itself against budgeted profits
The Tri-City Healthcare District missed the profit projections in its budget several times over the past seven months — in April, May, June, August and September.
In October, the agency took a different approach — no longer reporting how it's doing against its budget.
According to the minutes from the district's Nov. 20 meeting, Tri-City Finance Director Alex Yu discussed changing the format of the financial reports and "making it more concise and taking out pages of the (report) that may not be as beneficial to the Board."
"This month the statement of revenue and expenses shows a comparison of October 2012 to October 2011 instead of doing a comparison to the budget," the district said. "This gives a clearer vision of the District actual progress from one year to the next."
Revenue in October grew 5 percent year over year, as did its expenses, according to the revised report. In 2011, the hospital netted $3.4 million in profit in October, after accounting for depreciation of assets, compared to $2.7 million this October.
Tri-City has not responded to emails from The Watchdog requesting to know what the district's budget projections were for October.
Tri-City's reporting change has not taken hold in other health care districts, such as Palomar Health in Escondido, which still holds its numbers up against budget projections.
Palomar reported a $22.5 million loss during the first four months of its fiscal year, after accounting for depreciation of assets. It had forecast a $9.2 million loss, because of high expenses and lower patient numbers associated with the opening of its $965 million hospital. In October 2011, the agency made $11.4 million in profit.