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From the Departments of Medicine (Drs Manning and Sutherland and Mss Allum and Jones) and Preventive and Social Medicine (Ms Williams), School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Postmenopausal women with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, compared with their nondiabetic counterparts. Combined continuous hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with improvements in serum lipoprotein levels in nondiabetic women; however, the effect in women with diabetes has not been determined. We evaluated the effect of combined continuous HRT on lipoprotein and coagulation factor concentrations and glycemic control in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
In a randomized controlled crossover study, 61 subjects received combined continuous HRT or placebo. Each treatment phase was of 6 months' duration, with an 8-week washout phase between treatment phases.
Total cholesterol concentration decreased by 7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 4%-11%) during HRT. For low-density lipoprotein concentration, the mean decrease with HRT was 12% (95% CI, 6%-17%). Apolipoprotein B levels decreased in keeping with the reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations. There were no significant changes in concentrations of high-density lipoprotein, its subfractions, or triglycerides. Lipoprotein(a) and fibrinogen concentrations were reduced by 21% (95% CI, 10%-31%) and 8% (95% CI, 2%-13%), respectively, with HRT. Fructosamine concentrations declined by 5% (95% CI, 2%-9%) during HRT.
In postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus, combined continuous HRT has beneficial effects on lipoprotein concentrations and improves some markers of coagulation and glycemic control.
CARDIOVASCULAR disease accounts for more than 60% of the deaths among diabetic patients.1 In population studies, female patients with diabetes have 3 times the coronary heart disease mortality rate of age- and sex-matched control subjects.2 Nonfatal cardiovascular events follow a similar pattern. This excess in coronary artery disease is partly explained by abnormalities in lipoprotein metabolism. Typically the diabetic lipid profile consists of hypertriglyceridemia, raised levels of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL).3 In nondiabetic women, menopause has been shown to alter lipoprotein levels significantly, most frequently in the form of an increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations4; however, these changes may simply reflect the effect of aging.5
Extensive and consistent observational evidence exists that estrogen use reduces the risk for coronary heart disease in nondiabetic postmenopausal women by at least 35%.6 However, a recent randomized controlled trial has suggested that this beneficial effect may not be afforded to women with established coronary artery disease.7 Unopposed estrogen decreases LDL levels by approximately 15% and increases HDL levels by a similar amount; however, the effect on HDL may be less pronounced with combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT), depending on the androgenicity of the progestin used.8 The presumed beneficial effect of HRT on the cardiovascular system may also be mediated by nonlipid mechanisms. In addition, estrogen has been shown to improve vessel wall function,9 and oral, but not transdermal, estrogen reduces plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) concentrations in nondiabetic postmenopausal women.10
Although there are numerous studies examining the effect of HRT on the concentrations of lipoproteins in nondiabetic postmenopausal women, there have been few studies on their diabetic counterparts. The studies to date have been of short duration and have used estrogen-only treatment regimens.11,12 The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a 6-month combined, continuous regimen of HRT on lipoprotein variables and markers of fibrinolysis and glycemic control in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.
Female patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus presenting to the diabetes clinic of the Department of Medicine, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand, were eligible for entry into the study if they were postmenopausal (defined as absence of menstrual periods for >2 years) and had no contraindication to HRT (a history of estrogen-dependent cancer, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, uncontrolled hypertension, or severe liver dysfunction). Subjects were excluded if they had poorly controlled diabetes (glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1c] level, >10%), a concomitant significant medical disorder, or a myocardial infarction or unstable angina within the past 3 months, or if they met the New Zealand criteria for the use of statin therapy at the time of recruitment (with no previous coronary artery disease, total cholesterol level of >347 mg/dL [>9 mmol/L]; with established coronary artery disease, total cholesterol level of >270 mg/dL [>7 mmol/L]).
One investigator (P.J.M.) obtained a detailed medical history and performed an examination of each subject. Weight was measured using electronic scales with the subject in light clothing. Blood pressure was measured in the right arm in the seated position. Blood samples were drawn after an overnight fast on 2 successive days for measurement of concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol (including subfraction analysis), LDL cholesterol, total triglycerides, lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]), and apolipoproteins A-I (apoA-I) and B (apoB). The mean of the results for the 2 successive days was used as the value for that time in the study. Blood samples were also drawn for measures of glycemic control (levels of fasting glucose, HbA1c, and fructosamine) and concentrations of PAI-1 and fibrinogen.
Subjects who met the criteria for entry into the study entered an 8-week run-in phase, during which time there was no alteration to their usual diabetes management. Subjects were requested to continue with the dietary instructions they had previously received as part of their care from the diabetes service. At 8 weeks, subjects were randomized in a double-blind fashion to receive HRT or placebo by means of a random number-generating process, and were allocated the appropriate treatment by 1 investigator (S.J.) who did not interact with the subjects at any other time during the study. The HRT preparation consisted of conjugated equine estrogen, 0.625 mg (Premarin; Wyeth-Ayerst, Philadelphia, Pa), and medroxyprogesterone acetate, 2.5 mg (Provera; Upjohn, Kalamazoo, Mich). The estrogen and progestin medications were combined in a single capsule that was identical in appearance to the placebo capsule. To minimize acute adverse effects of HRT, study medication therapy was titrated upward for 4 weeks. At the end of this time, subjects were receiving 1 capsule per day of placebo or HRT.
Subjects were seen every 3 months for measurement of weight and blood pressure, inquiry of adverse events, blood sampling, and analysis of compliance by capsule counting. After 6 months, the study medication was withdrawn, and subjects entered an 8-week washout phase before changing to the other treatment arm. Subjects were then followed up for an additional 6 months until the completion of the study. Patients were withdrawn from the study if an adverse reaction to study medication developed or if they experienced a serious concurrent illness contraindicating HRT or met the current national criteria for commencing therapy to lower lipid levels during the study. The study was approved by our local ethics committee.
Sample size was calculated from the expected baseline lipoprotein concentrations of the study group and the expected change in LDL cholesterol levels seen with HRT in nondiabetic postmenopausal women.8 Because we used a crossover design, a sample of 48 subjects had a 90% power to detect a significant difference at the level of P = .05. To allow for a 20% dropout rate, we increased the sample size to 60.
Venous blood was collected into EDTA-treated or plain tubes. Plasma and serum were immediately separated by means of low-speed centrifugation at 4°C. Plasma VLDL was separated by ultracentrifuging EDTA-treated plasma according to the protocol of the Lipid Research Clinics Program.13 Concentration of HDL cholesterol was measured in the supernatant after precipitating apoB-containing lipoproteins with dextran sulfate sodium and magnesium chloride.14 Concentration of HDL3 cholesterol was measured in the supernatant after precipitation of lipoproteins using polyethylene glycol.15 Cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured in plasma fractions by using commercial enzymatic kits (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany). Plasma LDL cholesterol concentration was calculated by subtracting HDL cholesterol concentration from the cholesterol concentration in the density (d) >1.006 g/mL plasma fraction. Serum apoA-I and apoB levels were measured by means of immunoturbidimetry.16 Plasma Lp(a) level was measured using a 2-site radioimmunoassay kit (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden).
Fibrinogen level was measured using a derived fibrinogen method using a commercially available reagent (Thomborel S; Behring Diagnostics, Kanata, Ontario).17
The PAI-1 antigen assay was performed using a commercially available kit (Thrombonostika PAI-1; Organon Teknika, Boxtel, the Netherlands). Blood glucose level was determined using a commercial glucose oxidase method (Boehringer Mannheim) and HbA1c level was determined using a method based on the turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay for hemolyzed whole blood (Tinaquant; Boehringer Mannheim). Fructosamine level was measured according to the method of Johnson et al.18
The laboratory measurements were logarithm transformed before the data were analyzed. Geometric means and ranges are presented for each subject at the time of randomization. The data collected at the end of each treatment period were used to compare HRT with placebo. They were analyzed as a crossover trial using methods described by Senn19 with a factor for period included in the model. The results are presented as ratios of geometric means with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). There was no evidence of a carryover effect.
Of the 70 patients undergoing screening for the study, 61 (87%) met the entry criteria and agreed to participate; 9 (13%) had preexisting cardiovascular disease. Subjects were randomized to active treatment (n = 29) or placebo (n = 32) for the first 6 months of the study. Nine subjects withdrew while receiving HRT (intolerant to HRT [n = 4], cardiovascular event [n = 1], personal reasons [n = 2], and commenced therapy to lower lipid levels [n = 2]), and 2 withdrew while receiving placebo (cancer of the bowel [n = 1] and cerebrovascular event [n = 1]). Two subjects were withdrawn during the 8-week washout phase (cardiovascular event [n = 1] and peripheral vascular event [n = 1]), both of whom had received placebo during the first 6-month treatment phase. Forty-eight subjects completed the entire study. All subjects who continued in the study were compliant with study medication (defined as a tablet count of >80%).
The medians and interquartile ranges for baseline data for the study sample are presented in Table 1. The baseline characteristics of those who did not complete the study were compared with those of subjects who did using the Student t test. No statistically significant differences were found.
After 6 months, a significant decrease in total cholesterol level was found during treatment with HRT compared with placebo (Table 2). This reduction in total cholesterol level (ratio of geometric means, 7%) was due to a significant reduction in LDL cholesterol concentrations (12%) with HRT treatment (Figure 1). In keeping with the reduction in LDL cholesterol level, apoB concentrations decreased with HRT treatment. Serum apoA-I concentrations increased significantly, and there was a nonsignificant trend toward an increase in levels of HDL cholesterol and HDL subfractions during treatment with HRT. Total triglyceride, VLDL triglyceride, and total VLDL levels did not change significantly during HRT treatment compared with placebo. Lipoprotein(a) concentrations decreased significantly during treatment with HRT.
Ratio of geometric means and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). LDL indicates low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a); apoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; apoB, apolipoprotein B; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1; and HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin.
Significant reductions were noted in plasma fibrinogen levels with HRT treatment. Although a trend toward a reduction in plasma PAI-1 concentrations was noted, this was not significant.
Fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels were not significantly different between treatment periods; however, fructosamine concentrations were lower during treatment with HRT. There were no significant changes in weight or body mass index (calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by square of height in meters) throughout the study. With HRT, there was a nonsignificant reduction of 2.84 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (95% CI, −3.60 to 9.28 mm Hg) and an increase in diastolic blood pressure of 0.74 mm Hg (95% CI, −3.50 to 2.02 mm Hg). Of the 62 women, 20 had undergone hysterectomies. The effect of treatment was not significantly different for those with and without hysterectomies for all the variables in Table 2.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to describe the effect of combined continuous HRT on lipid and hemostatic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition, to our knowledge, it is the only trial that reports the effect of HRT for a duration of greater than 3 months on cardiovascular risk factors and glycemic control. Our study shows that the daily administration of 0.625 mg of conjugated estrogens in combination with 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate reduces levels of total and LDL cholesterol, Lp(a), fibrinogen, and fructosamine and increases plasma apoA-I levels in postmenopausal diabetic women.
Estrogen has been shown to directly increase hepatic LDL uptake via up-regulation of LDL receptors.20 The 12% reduction in LDL cholesterol levels in the present study is comparable to that seen in other studies in women with diabetes using estrogen-only regimens, indicating that medroxyprogesterone does not attenuate the ability of estrogen to lower LDL levels in postmenopausal diabetic women.11,12 This degree of reduction in LDL cholesterol level is also similar to that seen in nondiabetic women using the same preparation of HRT.8 The reduction in concentration of apoB, a structural protein for LDL, simply reflects the reduction in circulating LDL concentration with HRT.
Unlike studies using estrogen-only regimens, our study did not show an increase in levels of HDL cholesterol or its subfractions, although an increasing trend was evident. This finding probably reflects the addition of medroxyprogesterone to the estrogen therapy. In the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Trial, in which HRT was given to nondiabetic women, the addition of medroxyprogesterone diminished the increase in HDL levels seen with estrogen.8 Progestins increase the activity of hepatic lipases, increasing the metabolism of HDL cholesterol, and the extent of this effect is related to the androgenic properties of the progestin used.20 Cross-sectional studies in nondiabetic women, however, have shown no effect from the addition of a progestin on HDL concentrations.21 The present study was primarily powered to detect a change in LDL cholesterol levels in diabetic women using HRT, and the lack of an increase in HDL levels may simply reflect an inadequate sample size. The increase in apoA-I levels seen in our study supports the belief that HRT has a favorable effect on HDL concentrations. Apolipoprotein A-I is located on the surface of HDL and plays a central role in the transfer of free cholesterol from tissues and other lipoproteins.20 Apolipoprotein A-I also appears to protect lipoproteins from potentially atherogenic oxidative damage.
In nondiabetic women, oral HRT increases plasma triglyceride levels primarily by increasing the production of large VLDL. In diabetic women, however, combined HRT in the present study and estrogen-only therapy in 2 previous studies11,12 did not alter plasma triglyceride concentrations. The mechanism for this lack of effect on triglyceride levels is unclear; however, it may be related to an improvement in insulin sensitivity. This would lead to a reduction in the flux of VLDL to the liver, which is the predominant cause of raised triglyceride levels in diabetic patients. In a cross-sectional study of 694 women with diabetes, of whom 10% were current users of HRT, a trend toward increasing triglyceride concentrations in those women currently receiving estrogen was noted, although this effect was less marked in those using combined estrogen and progestin therapy.22 However, there have been case reports of significant hypertriglyceridemia developing in diabetic patients when HRT was commenced.23 It is therefore reassuring that no significant alteration in plasma triglyceride levels was noted in the present study.
Hemostatic factors have an important role in determining cardiovascular risk. Our results show that combined HRT reduces fibrinogen and Lp(a) concentrations in postmenopausal diabetic women. Fibrinogen, PAI-1, and Lp(a) concentrations have all been shown to be independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 and Lp(a) exert this effect by interfering with the process of fibrinolysis. Lipoprotein(a) also binds to macrophages in the vessel wall, promoting the formation of foam cells. The level of Lp(a) is increased in patients with type 2 diabetes, adding to their increased cardiovascular risk. Hormone replacement therapy decreases Lp(a) levels by 17% to 23% in nondiabetic women, and this effect is not altered by the addition of a progestin.8 Our study demonstrated a 21% lowering of Lp(a) levels when women were receiving HRT. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this effect of HRT on Lp(a) levels in women with type 2 diabetes. Our study revealed a nonsignificant trend in reduction of PAI-1 levels. These levels have been shown to be significantly reduced by estrogen-only or combined HRT in nondiabetic women10 and with estrogen-only HRT in women with diabetes.12 The addition of a progestin may account for the failure to show a significant reduction in PAI-1 levels in our study. The fibrinogen levels increase after menopause, perhaps due to the effects of age, and decline with estrogen use in nondiabetic women. Our results indicate that the same holds true for women with diabetes. This effect in women with diabetes has not previously been described. The changes in hemostatic factor concentrations measured in our study would appear to be favorable and therefore would not explain an increase in cardiovascular events described during the first year of combined HRT in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) trial.
Our study showed a significant reduction in fructosamine levels and a trend to a reduction in fasting glucose and HbA1c levels in those women receiving HRT. These results suggest that HRT may have a beneficial effect on glycemic control in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes. Improvements in glucose homeostasis have been documented in women receiving short-term estrogen-only HRT.11,12 Presumably, this effect is mediated by an increase in insulin sensitivity, which has been documented by euglycemic clamp methods.11
Of our original 61 subjects, 13 (21%) did not complete the study. Most of these (n = 9) dropped out while receiving HRT, and the reasons were primarily due to intolerance to medication, which was due to either breast tenderness or nausea. This dropout rate is similar to that noted in other trials using HRT for a prolonged period and was allowed for when estimating sample size before recruitment. This trial was completed before the publication of the HERS trial7 and was not powered to determine the effect on cardiovascular events; however, no excess in cardiovascular events was noted during the HRT phase. Although the analysis of this study was not intention to treat, the baseline characteristics of those who dropped out did not differ from those of the group as a whole. Compliance, as measured by tablet counting, was greater than 80% in those subjects continuing in the study, and blinding was not broken on any subject throughout the study.
Patients with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovascular disease. There is compelling evidence that HRT exerts a beneficial effect on a number of cardiovascular risk factors in nondiabetic women, and this study shows that these beneficial changes also are observed in women with diabetes. However, given the results of the HERS trial,7 there is insufficient evidence at present to suggest that HRT should be used for the prevention of coronary heart disease. This study demonstrates the need for trials of HRT in diabetic women for primary prevention of coronary heart disease using cardiovascular events as the end point.
Accepted for publication January 18, 2001.
This study was supported by grants 96/331 (Dr Manning) and 99/500 (Ms Williams) from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Auckland.
The authors are very grateful to the patients who participated in this study. We also thank J. I. Mann, DSc, for helpful comments in the preparation of this manuscript.
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Saturdays just got a lot better for art enthusiasts.
The Polk Museum of Art announced a new partnership with MidFlorida Credit Union that will enable free admission on Saturdays beginning this weekend.
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This deal will add to the Polk Museum's long-standing previous offer of free admission Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.
"It's a very natural outgrowth of our long-term partnership with MidFlorida," said Sandra Horan, public relations and marketing manager for the Polk Museum of Art.
MidFlorida, based in Lakeland, has been working with the Polk Museum of Art as the sponsor of Mayfaire by-the-Lake since 2009. In addition, MidFlorida will be a sponsor of exhibitions in the Student Art Gallery and events such as Red, White and The Blues; Family Day and the Fall for Art Festival, a new event that will debut in November.
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Henry Hardenbergh captures a Confederate standard at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia – August 16, 1864. Original painting, by military artist Keith Rocco, hangs in Tinley Park, Illinois Village Hall. (Courtesy Keith Rocco)
Major General Benjamin Butler faced Major General P.G.T. Beauregard in the most under-studied and least known campaigns in the American Civil War.
150th Anniversary Event
On Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27, the Chesterfield County Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Committee will present a unique immersion event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign.
This event — unlike any other Civil War reenactment — will demonstrate to visitors what siege warfare and fighting was like in Chesterfield County in May 1864. On Saturday, April 26, Federal troops will awaken before dawn, and wind their way through the woods to confront the Confederate fortifications. As the sun rises, visitors following the path through the woods will hear the battle coming before they can see it: the Cavalry horses stomping and huffing, the Federals cautiously making their way through the thick underbrush, the Confederate preparing themselves for the battle. And then it begins.
Watch from the path in the woods as the Federal and Confederate forces meet in battle. Cannons from the Confederate fortifications on the rise above will challenge the Federal troops as they struggle to cross the rough terrain and continue on to Richmond.
As the fighting subsides, visitors will be able to enter the battle area and talk to the soldiers as they dig earthworks and fortify their positions.
In addition to the battle re-creations and skirmishes, areas interpreting the civilian, slave, medical and U.S. Navy stories will be set up for visitors to explore. Learn about the infantry, cavalry and artillery branches, as well as clothing, equipment, firearms, camp life and entrenchment construction.
This isn't a polite re-enactment on a manicured field. This is war.
Event Details
Date: April 25 – 27, 2014
Location: Chesterfield County, Virginia
Address: 17901 Genito Road, Moseley, VA 23120
Phone: 804-768-7498
Admission Fee: FREE
Website: www.VisitChesterfieldVA.com/bh150
Times: Schedule of Events
Other Important Information: Weather, Food and water, Trails and accessibility
Parking: All general parking will be at Clover Hill High School, 13301 Kelly Green Lane, Midlothian, VA, 23112. Shuttles will be provided beginning at 6:45 a.m. both days.


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Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
Analysis: Steaminess Rating
Exactly how steamy is this story?
There's no sex at all in Dicey's Song, unless you count the conversation Dicey has with Gram as they drive home from shopping, when Gram tries to have The Talk. But to be fair, there are elements of sexuality throughout. For one thing, Dicey's getting breasts, and there's a scene in which she gets her first bra. Mina mentions French-kissing, but Dicey says she doesn't want to talk about it, just like she doesn't want to go on a date with Jeff yet. It's all very tame and wholesome, meaning this book is fun for the whole family, as long as the family doesn't mind reading about boobs.


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Storm closes roads in Cumberland, York counties
Authorities release list of roads closed
UPDATED 12:19 PM EDT Oct 30, 2012
Authorities in Cumberland County released a list of road closures in the area.
- 44 Webb Road, Windham, Restricted Access
- Knight Street, Falmouth
- Town Landing Road, Falmouth
- Foreside Road, Falmouth
- Phillips Road, Falmouth
- Sebago Lake Road, Rt. 114 near Intervale Road, Sebago
- County Road, Gorham, Restricted Access
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- Mitchell Hill Road, Scarborough
- Robinson Hill Road, Sebago
- Chadbourne Road, Standish
- Cousin's Island and Little John Island (Yarmouth) reported down trees and power poles blocking roads
York County closed roads
- Limerick: Range Road E
- Buxton: Simpson Road, Flaggy Meadow Road, Town Farm Road, Route 22 near Standish
- Wells: Skinner Mills Road, Harbor Road
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Case File: Rhiannon vs. Pwyll
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Case description: Rhiannon charges Pwyll with cruelty. He was tricked into betrothing her to a nasty guy named Gwawl, son of Clud, when all she really wanted was handsome Pwyll himself. Pwyll promised to give Gwawl anything he wants—within reason—and the bad boy chose Rhiannon.
Case status: Settled. Pwyll dressed up as a beggar on the first anniversary of Gwawl's request and tricked Gwawl into getting into a human-size bag. In order to get out, Gwawl had to promise to leave Rhiannon alone.


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Congratulations to Western Brown's Devyn Wood, who was voted the Beacon Orthopaedics Primetime Performer of the Week for Aug. 31.
Voting ended Monday at 11:59 p.m., with Wood receiving 49 percent of the vote.
The junior quarterback completed 14 of his 19 passing attempts for 265 yards and four touchdowns on Friday. Wood also ran for another score as he helped lead the Broncos to a 42-21 win over Little Miami.
Final Results:
- 49% - Devyn Wood (Western Brown)
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I received a phone call from my H.R department today stating that they are soon going to contact my current employer for a reference... So I'm left with the predicament of weather or not to hand my notice in before hand?
I do not want it to look bad upon myself if I randomly let the H.R call my employer and ask for my reference with them having no prior knowledge of me leaving in the near future.. But also I am in two minds weather to hand in my notice in case there is some future problem?
So what are your thoughts?Maybe you have been in this situation yourself? If so I would really appreciate your help!
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Garland Thompson, Podcaster and Voice Actor, Joins Voices.com
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
September 19, 2006
A 25-year veteran of the entertainment industry, Garland Thompson's calendar is filled with theatrical roles, podcasting, and voice over work.
Garland Thompson's journey to voice artistry began in the world of theatre.
As a teenager in New York City, Garland worked for his father's theatre company, the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, as a sound designer and engineer.
Following his time at the writers' workshop, Garland worked for a series of professional theatres in NYC as a sound engineer, including The Public Theatre, The Manhattan Theatre Club, the American Place Theatre, and the New Federal Theatre.
Garland discovered his passion for voice acting during his days working in college radio. Garland worked for KUT-FM, the local public radio station on the University of Texas campus. He also worked at the UT Performing Arts Center as a stagehand for a couple of years.
While working at the theatre, a fellow colleague who happened to be a vocal coach inspired him to start taking voice-over lessons, a natural progression considering his experience in broadcast radio. As it turns out, broadcast radio is quite complementary to podcasting, a medium Garland has embraced to the full.
Today, Garland hosts his own podcast called Sunday Go To Meetin', the podcast that's never on Sundayâ€. Garland shares vignettes from his career, explores Podsafe music, comedy, and poetry. His eclectic podcast format also gives him the opportunity to conduct interviews with poets, journalists, actors, and writers, including a wonderful interview with jazz singer Robin Stine. The podcast is available on Blubrry.com.
Garland's voice is fun, experienced, and persuasive. When you are listening to his work, one often forgets that he is selling something, which is an incredible feat for an advertising messenger.
Garland Thompson also is a big fan of voice acting for podcasts, currently starring in a sci-fi podcast entitled, Children of the Gods†recording for two voice character roles, Commander Yelton Marshall and Gunnery Sgt. Sergei Petrov. Garland relates that the podcast is an exciting serial podcast that is created entirely though collaboration with other artists, an endeavor that brings him great satisfaction.
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More Patients Got Radiation Overdoses in CT Scans
Doctors have recently started paying more attention to the risk of cancer associated with the radiation exposure from CT scans, particularly for patients who get many scans over the course of a lifetime. Now, on top of that, there's a growing list of patients who got radiation overdoses because of improperly performed scans.
The FDA said Monday that it had identified an additional 50 patients who received overdoses during CT scans. That's on top of the more than 200 patients already identified.
The initial report earlier this year came from Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Now the agency is investigating reports of overdoses at two other Southern California hospitals, the Associated Press says, and reports of possible overdoses from facilities in other states. Here's a recent L.A. Times story about overdoses at one of the hospitals, Glendale Adventist Medical Center. The overdoses came during brain scans used to diagnose strokes.
The scanners associated with the problem at Cedars-Sinai were made by GE, but reports now include scanners made by multiple manufacturers, the FDA said. GE says there were no malfunctions or defects in its equipment.
So the agency put out this list of recommendations for facilities to reduce the risk of having these sorts of problems. The list is pretty straightforward — review radiation dosing protocols, make sure the protocols are followed, check the CT scanner display panel before conducted each test, etc.
In a statement, Cedars-Sinai said California officials had accepted the hospital's plan to correct the problem. The hospital also said it sent recommendations to the FDA regarding changes to the scanner that might make similar problems less likely in the future.
Bonus Scan: Read our Q&A with a radiologist about how to minimize the risk of radiation associated with medical scans.
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SCOTT CITY - Charles Edward and Amanda Kathleen Klughart Jr. are the parents of their first child, a daughter, born at 12:08 p.m. Jan. 20, 2005, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Olivia Claire Klughart weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21-inches long.
Mrs. Klughart is the former Amanda May, daughter of Jim and Glenda May of Scott City. She is an electronic banking specialist for Montgomery Bank in Sikeston.
Klughart, son of Charles E. Klughart Sr. of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Susan Glueck, is owner of the Klughart Service Company.
EAST PRAIRIE - Jerry Lee and Ettajean Cheryl Brewer Sr. are the parents of their second son, born at 8 a.m. Jan. 20, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Jacob EarlJean Brewer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 1/2-inches long.
Mrs. Brewer is the daughter of Rebecca Ann Spiers.
Brewer, son of Donna Fay Hartwick and Kenneth Ray Hartwick Sr., is employed by Aramark.
ELKHORN, Neb. - Michael and Christy Todd are the parents of their second daughter, born Jan. 20, 2005. Michaela Jean Todd weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 1/4 inches long.
Grandparents are Tom and Sandy Todd of Springfield, Va., Ron Herman of Brady and the late Jean Herman.
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Is it worth it?
Is it worth it?
You might be asking why am I asking that question. If you are a regular reader here, you know that I support the musicians and ministries I like by writing about them here. I wonder if by doing that if it is helpful for them. Do the readers of the post that I do write about them check them out. Have they checked out Compassion and looked into sponsoring a child? Have they check out Shaun's or Ginny's website and thought about and or bought one of their albums? I wonder if it is really worth the time and effort writing about them to help them and their ministries.
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In part two of Banter's discussion over whether libertarians are part of the conservative movement, we sit down with friend of the show Jonah Goldberg. Jonah, as you might suspect, has some thoughts on the matter. He makes the case that libertarians and conservatives share the common goal of furthering liberty. Even if libertarians and conservatives have their disagreements, this commonality binds them together in a common movement. Jonah also shares his thoughts over the future of the conservative movement and CPAC, the large conservative conference held in Washington every year.
Read Jonah's latest work here.
Find out more about the AEI debate.
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Morning Glory Academy, Keller:
Morning Glory Academy (MGA) is a classical, Christian private school in Keller, Texas (part of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex). We provide a part-time, small-group learning environment for children ages 5 - 18 (K-12th) in support of the students' home-centered education. The Grammar School serves students in Kindergarten and Levels A through E (equivalent to 1st - 5th grades). The Upper School serves students in the Logic levels (Middle school, 6th-8th) and Rhetoric levels (high school). Our original Tuesday-Thursday program serves students at all levels. In 2013-14 school year we are opening a Monday-Wednesday program in Levels D and E (4th-5th) and Logic levels 1, 2 and 3 to accommodate our growth.
Language Arts:
Language Arts in the Grammar School includes copywork, grammar, and writing activities. In the Upper School, the students read,discuss and analyze literature, receive writing instruction using Institutes for Excellence in Writing curriculum, and grammar instruction using Analytical Grammar curiculum.
Math in the Grammar School is taught using the SRA program from McGraw-Hill. Upper School uses the Holt math curriculum, and includes 6th grade Arithmetic, 7th grade pre-Algebra, 8th grade pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus.
World History:
We teach World History chronologically. In the Logic levels, it is taught over the three years, beginning with 5000BC in Logic 1 (6th) all the way to U.S. History in Logic 3 (8th). Our World History for the 2009-2010 is the Middle Ages, 500AD – 1600AD. World and U.S. Geography is integrated into the History classes. Consistent with the classical approach, we read great literature that corresponds to the time period studied, and adds richness and depth to the History studies. We use a variety of history texts and resources depending upon the level.
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2013 Triathlete Buyer's Guide: Goggles
- By Triathlete.com
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2. Sable WaterOptics RS 101
$50, Sablewateroptics.com
The draw: Perfect vision
In the world of goggles, Sable is a luxury buy at $50. But if you're looking for the clearest, most fog-free lenses for race day, you can't go wrong spending a little more to get top-notch clarity (just be sure to store them in their case instead of the bottom of your gym bag). Testers didn0't initially find them as comfortable around the nose as some of the one-piece models, but the bridge can be swapped for a precise fit.
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A spacer is a chamber that can be attached to a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). The spacer chamber may have a one-way valve that allows the medicine to be held in the chamber before it is inhaled. This way you can inhale the medicine in one or many breaths, depending on your ability. A spacer:
- Helps prevent getting a yeast infection in your mouth (candidiasis) or making your voice sound hoarse (dysphonia).
- Increases the amount of medicine delivered directly to your airways, even if you have difficulty using your inhaler.
- Reduces the amount of medicine swallowed, which minimizes side effects.
A spacer may be used with an inhaler, especially one that contains corticosteroids. Spacers also may be used by children who have difficulty using a metered-dose inhaler correctly. Do not use a dry powder inhaler (DPI) with a spacer.
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|AICW- Cruising
|US Army Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers Inland Electronic Navigation Charts
|Canadian Boating
|"Cruising Canada"
Online cruising guide to all of Cananda.
|Rideau Canal Information
The most extensive website on the Internet for anything you wanted to know about the Rideau. A personally managed website with all things related to the Rideau including excellent maps.
|Cruising Aids
ActiveCaptain is an online marina database with some unique capabilities based around content, communications, and community. It's all about sharing knowledge among the community of marinas and boaters. The database has free access for anyone.
Worldwide Online Cruising Guides, Blogs and Sailing Wiki. View thousands of Marinas, Anchorages and port services.
|Claiborne Young's
The Salty Southeast Cruiser's Net
|Daily Lake Okeechobee Waterway Depth
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Lake Okeechobee and Navigation Depth Report
Interactive mapping feature to preview your destination port and marina before you arrive. View inlets, bridges and locks you will be negotiating on your cruise.
|Waterway Guide
Waterway Guide is an indispensable cruising resource for boaters, with four annually updated guides covering the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Bahamas, Great Lakes and Great Loop Cruise; Waterway Guide Magazine that spotlights what to do ashore; and Web site that provides critical navigational updates and waterway news.
|Great Loop
|America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association
Boating organization for those who are cruising or dream of cruising the Great Loop, the circumnavigation of Eastern North America.
|Cruising The Great Loop
Good Link for MTOA members considering doing the Great Loop
|Great Circle Navigation Notes
Great Circle/Great Loop "Navigation Notes" - Highly detailed mile by mile cruising guide to the entire Great Loop.
|Great Loop Book-When the Water Calls... We Follow
Loopers sharing their perspectives about their Great Loop Trip- a valuable tool for those either considering this trip or just curious about it. Not a book on itineraries, facts or figures but why people left the comforts of home to tackle a trip like this, and what they ultimately gained in return. (Jim & Lisa Favors, 202 pg, many BW Photos)
|New York State Canal System Website
Official Site of the New York State Canal System
|Trailer Trawler Life
Jim & Lisa Favors write about their adventures on their Ranger Tug R27, Kismet, and about camping out in their boat while traveling to cruising destinations. The blog focuses on the inherent benefits and issues of trailerable trawling along with highlighting favorite cruising locations and ideas for getting the most out of trailerable cruising.
|Hurricane Information
|American Red Cross Website
|Department of Homeland Security
|Federal Emergency Mgmt Agency (FEMA)
|Gulf Coast News
|NOAA National Hurricane Prediction Center
|U.S. Coast Guard Homepage
|White House Focus on Hurricane Relief
|Boat Diesel.com
General information on the marine diesel engine
|Drivetrain Information
General information on marine transmissions
|Waterway Systems
Waterway Systems is a marine window and door manufacturer that has been in business furnishing replacement windows for Marine Traders, Grand Banks, and many other vessels over the last 30 years.
|Yacht Survey Information
Short, informative articles by Marine Surveyors
|Member Blogs
|A Whale's Tale
This is the web site of FLUKE, a Krogen Whaleback. Owned by MTOA members Carol and Wayne Thomas and Eddie.
Cruising full time onboard the MT50 ALLEZ! with Capt Helen & Chief Engr Bob.
|Cruising Adventures Aboard Mosey
This Blog describes the cruising adventures of the Chumleys aboard Mosey. "She" is a 70 foot, steel hulled, long-range trawler that has the capabilities of crossing any ocean. Even though she is still under construction, it is time to take advantage of some of the hard work and start exploring as we complete the interior.
|Cruising Blog of Kindrerd Spirit
Bill and Laura Bender MTOA members #3416. We have lived aboard our Grand Banks trawler as full-time cruisers since 2008. Sold the house, cars, kids, and we're now Sea Urchins and lovin' it!!! Life is so simple!
|Cruising The ICW With DIAMOND GIRL
This blog is about our dream. We started boating 33 years ago and have been avid mariners since. What is in this blog is all of our newsletters and some photos of our dream so far. It all starts in 2006.
|Cruising with Aloha Friday - Nancy & Ted McCarley
Summer 2008 to Summer 2010 Our cruising blog picks up where our old one left off as we are headed north for the first time to start The Great Loop. You can circumnavigate the eastern half of the United States by water. Follow along as we embark upon a new adventure.
|Cruising with Jim & Cathy Fisher
Our cruising blog we use to update family and friends.
|Cruising with Joan and Ben aboard Francesca
Member # 1234 Joan and Ben Schuetz 1979 MT 44' Classic Caribbean cruising and many downloadable maint/provisioning files.
|Cruising With Miss Cameron
Cruising With Miss Cameron Capt Dennis & Joann Schmidt
|Favors Great Loop Blog
We have just become members of MTOA and would like to have our blog added to the Member Blogs section. It is quite an extensive account of our travels with a lot of photography. Thank you, Jim & Lisa Favors
|GoCoastCruising.com - Gene & Katie Hamilton
GoCoastalCruising.com is a Web site about cruising the coastal waters of the eastern half of the U. S. and Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
|Golden's Voyages
Daily cruising logs of MTOA members Paige & Mike Caldwell aboard their 38' Tradewinds "Golden". Cruising the ICW, St. Lawrence River, Erie Canal, Rideau Canal, and Richelieu River.
|Life In The Slow Lane
The Cruising Adventures of Stan & Susie Marshall aboard their 1983 Monk 36.
|Life on Life's2Short
A very informative blog with tons of information on the Exumas, the East Coast from The Keys to the Chesapeake, Gulf cruising from The Keys to Mobile, and 8 trips up and down the Tennessee & Tenn-Tom River systems. Anchorages and mile markers are all noted.
|M/V Adventures
Articles and blogs about life aboard a DeFever 49
|M/V Iffin
Blog of MTOA members Barry & Barbara Kipnis aboard Iffin
|M/V Liquid Therapy
Cruising with Brooke & Susan Smith on their 36ft 1979 Albin DC from Deltaville, Va to the Bahamas
|M/V Southern Cross
Cruising the US East Coast with 2 kids and 3 cats! MTOA members Bob & Betsey Fehn
Cruising with Jenny and Jerry Reves
MERCY AFLOAT is the adventures and explorations of the 37' Nordic Tug MERCY as she wanders off the beaten path and into some out of the way places. You are more apt to find me "on the hook" somewhere than at a marina, though I do visit some occasionally! Linda Vanaman, MTOA 4155
|Osprey takes flight
This blog follows our journey on The Great Loop in our 37 foot trawler, Osprey. We began in Lake St. Clair on June 21, 2009.
|Part 7 of Bill & Mary's Great Loop Trip
This is the blog of Bill & Mary Russell on Harbour Reach a 1975 Pacific Trawler. We have just completed our 7th year of "doin the Loop". This blog covers from Nashville, TN to FL. We started in Deale, MD and took 6 years to complete the northern portions. We just started blogging this year, so there is presently no blog of the northern portions.
|Part 7b of Bill & Mary's Great Loop Trip
This is the blog of Bill & Mary Russell on Harbour Reach a 1975 Pacific Trawler. We have just completed our 7th year of "doin the Loop". This blog covers from FL back to AL plus our stay as volunteers in a FL state park. We started in Deale, MD and took 6 years to complete the northern portions.
|SAILS - 1990 45 Florida Bay Coaster
SAILS is unique. SAILS is a Florida Bay Coaster, designed by Jay Benford and built in steel. SAILS was the first Coaster built for an owner, and remained with that same owner for 17 years until May 2007 when we purchased SAILS.
|Sea Angel Adventures
Peter & Nancy Colket's travels aboard their Jefferson 42.
|Sojourner's Sea Stories
"Sojourner's Sea Stories" chronicles the cruising adventures of Sojourner, a 2004 Selene 36, and her owners Susan Scollay and Carolyn Bratt.
|Sterling Lady III
Sterling Kennedy's boat logs & pictures aboard Sterling Lady III - homeport Key Largo Fl
|The Adventures Of Irish Rover
The Adventures of Irish Rover with Jack & Carole Driscoll
|The cruising log of Dick & Elle Lassman
Cruising along on our Heritage East 36 'Summer Wind'
|The Trawler Beach House
Making the switch from sail to trawler, Chuck and Susan detail improvements and upgrades to their Marine Trader 34, as well as their perspective on living aboard and cruising.
|Trawler Punches
ICW cruising blog from MTOA Member Joe Urban
|Misc. Boating
|Boat Owners Association of the U.S. (BOAT US)
BoatUS has been providing savings, service and representation to millions of boat owners nationwide since 1966. Today BoatUS is the nation's most powerful advocate for advancing the interests of boaters and the single source to meet all boaters needs.
BOATMASTER, a PC based simulator teaches the principles of boat handling at the dock in varying conditions of wind and current.
|Center for Disease Control - Traveler's Health Alerts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the Federal government for protecting the health and safety of all Amer
|Cruise Email - Internet service via SSB from your boat
CruiseEmail provides the solution for SSB radio communications for email service to boaters private and commercial with worldwide coverage. An amateur radio license is NOT required. Interesting product.
|Dinghy to Grocery Stores West FL
A list of grocery stores on west coast of FL that you can get to by dinghy.
|Documented Vessel Owner Info
Find out who owns a documented vessel using the USCG searchable database. Search by vessel name or official number.
|Electronic Charts
Charts online, available for print out... free
|Medical Kit for Cruising
Interesting information written by an M.D. on dealing with underway medical issues.
|Motion Sickness Guru
I'm sea sickness sufferer, and I recently pulled all my research and information together to create a resource for other sufferers: www.motion-sickness-guru.com
|Port Credi Marine Surveys
Many articles on how buy a boat, how to choose surveyors, Electrolytic Corrosion, Moisture Meter Myths, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Whats A HIN, Safety on The Water, a 38 page article with photos and sketches entitled "Primer For First Timers Heading South" and many more on a variety of boating topics related to owning and cruising.
|PSIX Vessel Search Page
The U.S. Coast Guard "Port State Information Exchange" Vessel Search Page allows you to search for an Coast Guard documented vessel by using one or more search criteria.
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The effort is at its puppy stage, but there is the beginning of an effort to establish a public dog park in Montesano.
Kamma Maldonado is among a group at Grays Harbor Veterinary clinic — located just inside Montesano's eastern city limits — hoping to launch a grassroots effort to build a multi-acre dog park that she believes is needed and could even attract travelers to pay the city a visit.
Maldonado made a "very preliminary" presentation to the city's Parks Board earlier this month and is hoping to rally any supporters of the idea to the next meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 4, at Montesano City Hall, in order to form a working coalition of interested dog lovers.
"We hope to put together a committee of people who have either knowledge or experience in making something like this happen," Maldonado said. "We are trying to get a conversation going in the community and to get a group of people together to have this vision realized, to kind of get the ball rolling."
Ideally, according to Maldonado, the facility would be two to three acres, fully secured by 6-foot fencing, with at least two entrances/exits. There would be benches for seating, separate areas to run for large or small dogs, watering stations, shady areas and waste-disposal stations. She's hoping that in-kind donations and plenty of volunteer labor can keep costs down.
Maldonado believes the dog park could become a needed attraction, saying it would definitely attract dog-owning travelers passing through on their way too or from the beaches and, for locals, it would be a fun place for dog owners to gather, while also relieving pressure from city parks that aren't designed as dog runs.
"It would be a place for recreation and socialization for dogs and it would help some of the areas that are being used now as dog runs, which is not the intended use of a ball field. It should help."
Montesano Mayor Ken Estes said he's heard of the idea, but understands it's early in the discussion process and is not sure what the city role could be.
"Personally, I like the idea," Estes said. "I feel it could be a good idea to get rid of some of the dog poo in our other parks. That's been one of the big complaints about the ball fields."
The veterinary clinic — owned by veterinary doctors Timothy and Sonnya Crawford — has a parcel of adjacent land that would be suitable, but some sort of lease — like for $1 — would have to be worked out with the city as the owners do not want to simply donate the land to the city, and Maldonado is not sure if that sort of arrangement is possible.
Estes said he's heard that organizers are hoping the city will pay for the fencing and other infrastructure, but he's not sure that's possible.
"It requires chain-link fencing that right now the city doesn't have the funds for," the mayor added.
Asked if such a park would pose any liability concerns for the city, Estes said he wasn't certain.
"It has not been researched because there hasn't been any sort of proposal; it's just a discussion at this point," Estes noted.
Maldonado said part of the effort would be to identify and study potential sites.
Grays Harbor County does not currently have any dedicated dog parks. Wesport Winery, a dog-friendly business, advertises that it has a "dog park," but it is nothing on the scale being discussed here. It amounts to about a 20-foot-by-40-foot grassy area with a bench, sanitary station and a 3-foot-tall fence surrounding the small enclosure.
Maldonado said anybody interested in joining the effort can contact her at the veterinary office (360) 249-4840 or through the Grays Harbor Veterinary Clinic facebook page.


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National Review Blasts Gingrich, Pans Perry, Bachmann and Paul
Add to the establishment GOP pile-on against Newt Gingrich a stern warning to Republicans from the influential National Review.
In their latest issue, the editors of the New York-based magazine all but beg fellow Republicans to steer clear of the former House speaker, whose standing in the polls has soared since last month. Their argument closely mirrors the attacks leveled in recent days by rival presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
Behind the smoke of battle wafting from the Republican nomination fight, the magazine argues, lurks a conservative consensus on most of the big issues of the day: taxes, foreign policy, the need to reshape government entitlements. "Just as heartening, the White House seems winnable next year, and with it a majority in both houses of Congress, so that much of this conservative consensus could actually become law," the magazine states.
The one thing now standing in the way of that dream? Mr. Gingrich.
"We fear that to nominate former Speaker Newt Gingrich, the frontrunner in the polls, would be to blow this opportunity," the review's editors argue. Their case: that Mr. Gingrich's "impulsiveness, his grandiosity, his weakness for half-baked (and not especially conservative) ideas" were bad for Republicans when he was speaker, and will be even worse for Republicans were he to become the nominee.
The magazine then goes on to pan Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul, arguing that all have suffered various stumbles, held positions, or exposed weaknesses that have rendered them too weak to go up against President Barack Obama.
But three candidates, the National Review states, continue to deserve serious consideration: Mr. Romney, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum.
The conservative magazine, founded in 1955 by the late William Buckley Jr., calls itself the "most widely read and influential magazine" for conservatives. The magazine endorsed Mr. Romney in 2008.


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214 PM EDT Sun Jul 27 2014
Near Term [Through Tonight]...
Expect a quiet evening and overnight across the region. Skies will gradually clear after sunset as the heating of the day is lost. The last couple of nights has featured areas of fog or stratus developing two or three hours before sunrise. Expect that this will occur again on Monday morning, primarily across the southeastern part of the region. Should be another muggy night with lows in the mid to upper 70s.
Short Term [Monday Through Tuesday Night]...
This period will be characterized by strongly amplifying meridional flow with a deepening upper trough over the eastern half of the country and strong ridge across the west.
This will push an unusually strong summer cold front across the forecast area late Monday through Tuesday.
The front will be poised just to our north across south central AL and GA late Monday afternoon, and will move to a position from around Albany to Destin after midnight.
Tuesday morning the front will extend from Valdosta to Apalachicola and will exit the Big Bend area by midday Tuesday.
The upper flow is so amplified the front is likely to make it as far south as Key West by late in the week.
Ahead of the front, a very hot and humid airmass will be in place, with temperatures rising into the upper 90s Monday afternoon.
With dewpoints in the mid 70s, we will still see heat indices exceed 105 degrees over a large portion of the area, with values as high as 108 degrees possible in our Florida counties, so another heat advisory may be needed for Monday afternoon.
As the front approaches southern AL and southern GA tomorrow afternoon and evening, there will be broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms moving across the area. Cape values will approach 4000 J/Kg Monday afternoon and evening ahead of the front with nearly unidirectional deep west-northwest flow aloft and drying at mid levels.
This scenario will result in some damaging straight-line winds as the main threat. There could be some hail reports due to very strong updraft values, but with the airmass being so warm it may be difficult to get large hail at the surface.
Expect the threat of severe storms from early afternoon until around 9pm-10pm.
A much drier airmass will push in behind the front on Tuesday and Tuesday night, with dewpoints dropping well into the 60s.
Temperatures will be cooler as well, as 500mb heights drop a good 60 meters through this period.
Highs will range from the upper 80s along the northern border, to lower to mid 90s along the coast and across the Big Bend.
Long Term [Wednesday Through Sunday]...
The full latitude eastern CONUS trough will continue to amplify through the period.
The front which will move across the area early in the week will usher in much drier and cooler air through Thursday, with the possibility of reaching some record morning lows.
Expect generally dry and relatively cool conditions for Wednesday and Thursday with very low PoPs.
Thursday and Friday morning lows, July 31st and Aug 1st, will range from 65-70.
By late Thursday, moisture will begin to increase once again across the forecast area as another upper disturbance within the main upper trough moves into the forecast area.
For Friday through the weekend expect a return to scattered showers and thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.
The increased convection for the end of the week and weekend will keep high temperatures in the 85 to 90 range across the area.
VFR conditions will prevail through the evening and early overnight hours.
Between 08z and 10z expect an area of MVFR-IFR cigs to develop between ECP-TLH-VLD.
These restrictions should last through about 14z before VFR conditions return.
TSRA are expected after 18z Monday, particularly at DHN/ABY.
The pressure gradient between the subtropical ridge to the south and the approaching cold front to the north will tighten tonight through Tuesday with westerly winds reaching exercise caution levels at times.
Winds will gradually diminish and become offshore Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Fire Weather...
Red flag conditions are not expected for the next couple of days.
Drier conditions will move in on Tuesday and continue through Thursday.
Relative humidity values may approach critical levels on Wednesday in North Florida.
The Shoal River at Mossy Head has reached bank full stage but continues to fall.
All other area rivers are below bank full stage.
Thunderstorms could bring locally heavy rainfall on Monday but widespread impacts are not expected.
Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Tallahassee 78 96 73 95 67 / 10 50 50 20 10
Panama City 80 91 77 91 73 / 10 40 40 20 10
Dothan 76 96 70 91 67 / 10 50 50 10 0
Albany 77 96 70 91 66 / 10 50 50 10 0
Valdosta 77 96 71 93 65 / 10 50 50 20 10
Cross City 78 94 76 93 69 / 10 30 30 40 10
Apalachicola 80 91 77 92 73 / 10 30 30 20 10
TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ this evening for Calhoun-Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Taylor-Coastal Wakulla-Gadsden-Holmes-Inland Bay-Inland Franklin-Inland Gulf-Inland
Jefferson-Inland Taylor-Inland Wakulla-Inland Walton-Jackson-Lafayette-Leon-Liberty-Madison-South Walton-Washington.
High Rip Current Risk until 11 PM CDT this evening for Coastal Bay.
Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for Baker-Ben Hill-Berrien-Brooks-Calhoun-Clay-Colquitt-Cook-Decatur-Dougherty-Early-Grady-Irwin-Lanier-Lee-Lowndes-Miller-Mitchell-Quitman-Randolph-Seminole-Terrell-Thomas-Tift-Turner-Worth.
Heat Advisory until 6 PM CDT this evening for Coffee-Dale-Geneva-Henry-Houston.


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Relief pitcher for SEMO is honored
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State baseball player Shae Simmons has received his second major honor in the past few weeks.
Simmons, a Scott City native, was among 12 relief pitchers named to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team Wednesday.
That came on the heels of Simmons being named the Ohio Valley Conference freshman of the year last month.
Simmons, the all-OVC first-team reliever, went 3-3 with five saves and a 3.20 ERA this year. He had 43 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings spanning 25 appearances.


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Denver Zoo visitors will now notice a couple of new, young maned wolves in the Wolf Pack Woods exhibit. The two youngsters are now exploring the yard for the first time this weekend after arriving from other zoos. The energetic, red-haired pair is made up of male, Inigo, and female, Adrianna. Visitors can see them bounding about their area now, weather permitting.
Inigo comes from Texas' Abilene Zoo, where he was born in December 2011. Adrianna comes from Springfield, Missouri's Dickerson Park Zoo, but was born at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, near Glen Rose, Texas in February 2012. They both arrived at Denver Zoo this September and spent the last couple months behind-the-scenes clearing a mandatory quarantine period, getting to know their new home and each other. The pair came to Denver Zoo as part of a Species Survival Plan (SSP) recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), which ensures healthy populations and genetic diversity among zoo animals. So far zookeepers say they get along very well.
Maned wolves resemble red foxes with long legs. Despite their reddish coloring and general appearance they are not related to foxes and despite their name, they are not members of the wolf family. The maned wolf is the largest wild dog of South America. Standing about three feet tall at the shoulder, their long legs enable them to see above the tall grass – an adaptation that helps them hunt for food and avoid predators.
The dogs have a variety of ways to communicate. They will raise the long, darker fur on their shoulders and neck when they sense danger. The erect mane gives the impression of greater size to intimidate any predator. They don't howl, but rather bark, growl or whine depending on the situation. What guests may notice first, though is their aroma. The maned wolf's urine has a strong, distinctive smell, similar to skunk spray. Like many animals, they use urine to mark the boundaries of their territory. Zoo visitors often smell the strong odor before they can see a maned wolf.
Maned wolves live in the South American grasslands and scrub forests of Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia and southeastern Peru. With a wild population estimated at less than 23,600 individuals, maned wolves are classified as "near threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Primary threats to their survival come from habitat loss for agriculture and ranching. Poultry farmers kill the wolves because they sometimes prey on chickens. Humans will also sometimes hunt maned wolves for food and for their body parts, which are believed to have magical powers.


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Pammie planning to do some theatre
"I have a lot of things planned with dancing and with some theatre, different things that I'm doing," The Mirror quoted her as saying. "I guess [the show] kind of inspired me, it felt good to use my body in a productive way," she added.
Anderson, who is a fitness freak, reveals that she really doesn"t enjoy working out that much. "I don't really like to work out. I love dancing - obviously - and being in the ocean. I had a good paddle this morning," she said.


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During your visit to Lancaster County, if you want to learn more about the life and culture of the Amish, there's plenty of entertaining and informative ways to learn about our plain neighbors. One of the best ways to get a well-rounded view of the Amish culture is a classic Lancaster County destination, The Amish Farm and House.
The Amish Farm and House has been educating visitors since 1955. With a wide variety of activities on site (A one-room schoolhouse, scooter run, farm animals, and a woodcarver to name a few!) in addition to their classic tour of a historic 1805 farmhouse, you'll leave their property with a great overview of our living heritage!


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The Stones, HAIM, Arctic Monkeys, and…Sir Bruce Forsyth?!
Album Reviews
Upcoming Festival Appearances
The Top 20 Highlights of Glastonbury 2013
Hurricane & Southside Festivals reveal 2013 lineup
Portishead, The National, QOSTA, Sigur Rós, and loads more.
Festival Review: CoS at Made in America 2012
Surprise, surprise: Hova can throw a party.
Festival Recap: CoS at Pukkelpop 2012
Backstage Rider reports back from Belgium!
Jay-Z's Made in America festival adds Drake, Chris Cornell, Run-DMC and more
Jill Scott, DJ Shadow, and The Hives also added to the fold.
Album Review: The Hives – Lex Hives
A pretty fun romp.
Coldplay, Kanye West headline Splendour in the Grass 2011
Jane's Addiction, Pulp, The Mar Volta, The Hives and more!
Album Review: The Hives Tarred and Feathered EP
Polished, tame covers make for a fine, if not forgettable, set of songs…
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock to feature The Rolling Stones, Muse
You wanna rock?! Play this game, silly.
Preview Kristin Wiig tune from MacGruber
All together now with your air-mics: MACGRUBER!
Don't let Paste go to waste!
And so it's come to this: Indie music mag Paste is soliciting donations via its website as a means of remaining financially solvent. Damn you global recession!
But of course, being the awesome magazine that is, Paste is offering an …
2007's Top 50 Albums: #43 – The Black and White Album
#43 – The Hives – The Black and White Album
After their release of the somewhat disappointing Tyrannosaurus Hives (commercially, selling a below than expected 550,000 total albums and musically, a bit flat) in 2005, The Hives were looking for …


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The Black Heralds
by César Vallejo
Water Imagery
Symbol Analysis
Water in this poem is very closely linked to suffering. It starts off as a sea of pain and ends up a little puddle of guilt. Since the poem has a lot of Christian religious imagery, it's important to think about how water usually means rebirth and baptism in that tradition, so this linking it to suffering is kind of subversive.
- Lines 3-4: Here "everything suffered" is compared to a strong, violent sea in a metaphor, with an "undertow" that finally "wells up" in the soul. The violent tide of suffering ends up in the soul of individual human beings.
- Line 16: Here that same tide of everything that the man has experienced "wells up" again, but this time it forms a little pool of guilt in his eye. Now this metaphor has a tear standing in for all of the guilt and suffering of the man's life. Bad times.


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The stock market has closed out a horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance as more investors took chances on stocks turned into bargains by waves of intense selling.
The Dow Jones industrials rose 141 points to the 9,322 level, but ended the month down 14.1 percent. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 16.9 percent during October as the stock market fell victim to investors' anguish over frozen credit markets and what looked like an inevitable recession.
Friday's session gave the market its first back-to-back advances in more than a month. Investors who have become used to bad economic news dealt calmly with data showing a drop in consumer spending.
Another reason for the advance: Funds that dumped stocks furiously as the end of their fiscal year approached were finished with their selling.


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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Identity Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations for the text follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph); for art and illustrations: (Chapter.Illustration)
Quote #4
"You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope."
I was starting to understand. He was a math teacher. I had to add my hope to somebody else's hope. I had to multiply my hope.
"Where is hope?" I asked. "Who has hope?"
"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation." (5.163-5.168)
Mr. P comes to visit Arnold during his suspension for throwing the geometry book. Instead of fussing at Arnold, though, Mr. P characterizes Arnold as a "fighter" – as someone who has faced adversity and who, unlike others on the reservation, won't give up.
Why do you think Arnold is so resilient, so hopeful? What does this say about who Arnold really is? Mr. P encourages Arnold to nurture his "hope" by leaving the reservation. Arnold decides to transfer to the Reardan school twenty-two miles away. What would you have done?
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They stared at me, the Indian boy with the black eye and swollen nose, my going-away gifts from Rowdy. Those white kids couldn't believe their eyes. They stared at me like I was Bigfoot or a UFO. What was I doing at Reardan, whose mascot was an Indian, thereby making me the only other Indian in town? (8.27)
On his first day at the new school, Arnold sees himself not only through his own eyes, but through the eyes of the other students as well. He realizes that, to them, he's not Junior the weirdo Indian, but he is something foreign and alien – more like "Bigfoot" or a "UFO" than an actual person. (The only other Indian at the Reardan school is, after all, the stinking mascot.)
In this sense, Arnold starts seeing himself two ways at once: the way he sees himself and the way the white kids see him. It's almost as if he is looking through bifocal glasses. In his writing on African Americans, writer W.E.B. Du Bois has called this way of seeing oneself a "double consciousness."
Quote #6
And then I felt smaller because the teacher was taking roll and he called out my name name.
"Arnold Spirit," the teacher said.
No, he yelled it.
He was so big and muscular that his whisper was probably a scream.
"Here," I said as quietly as possible. My whisper was only a whisper.
"Speak up," the teacher said.
"Here," I said.
"My name is Mr. Grant," he said.
"I'm here, Mr. Grant." (8.60-8.68)
Ah, the eternal question: "What's in a name?" After eight chapters, we finally learn the full name of, Junior, our lovable narrator. He is (drum roll, please) Arnold Spirit, Jr. Yet why does the novel so long to tell us Arnold's full name? Did he have to leave the reservation first before we could find this out? Why? How does leaving home change how Arnold sees himself? Why does Arnold feel so "small" when the teacher calls out his "name name"?


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Terex Cone Module Increases Production Capabilities
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Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) displayed its new MC1300 Cone Module at Hillhead. The MC1300 Cone Module was launched in response to customer feedback, increasing the application and production capabilities of its existing modular product range.
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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules).
Combining with a signal and transmitting the signal to the transcriptional machinery by interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific DNA sequence in order to modulate transcription by RNA polymerase II.
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with DNA of a specific nucleotide composition, e.g. GC-rich DNA binding, or with a specific sequence motif or type of DNA e.g. promotor binding or rDNA binding.
Combining with a steroid hormone and transmitting the signal within the cell to initiate a change in cell activity or function.
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with zinc (Zn) ions.
Development of a photoreceptor, a sensory cell in the eye that reacts to the presence of light. They usually contain a pigment that undergoes a chemical change when light is absorbed, thus stimulating a nerve.
Any series of molecular signals initiated by a ligand binding to an receptor located within a cell.
Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the rate or extent of cell proliferation.
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of transcription from an RNA polymerase II promoter.
The sequence of reactions within a cell required to convert absorbed photons into a molecular signal.
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of rhodopsin gene expression.
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of transcription from an RNA polymerase II promoter.
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the retina over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The retina is the innermost layer or coating at the back of the eyeball, which is sensitive to light and in which the optic nerve terminates.
The cellular process in which a signal is conveyed to trigger a change in the activity or state of a cell. Signal transduction begins with reception of a signal (e.g. a ligand binding to a receptor or receptor activation by a stimulus such as light), or for signal transduction in the absence of ligand, signal-withdrawal or the activity of a constitutively active receptor. Signal transduction ends with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. regulation of transcription or regulation of a metabolic process. Signal transduction covers signaling from receptors located on the surface of the cell and signaling via molecules located within the cell. For signaling between cells, signal transduction is restricted to events at and within the receiving cell.
A series of molecular signals mediated by a steroid hormone binding to a receptor.
The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template by RNA polymerase II, originating at an RNA polymerase II promoter. Includes transcription of messenger RNA (mRNA) and certain small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs).
The series of events required for an organism to receive a visual stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Visual stimuli are detected in the form of photons and are processed to form an image.