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Prostate Cancer Health Center
May 10, 2004 (San Francisco) -- The quality of a man's orgasm often decreases after prostate cancer surgery, according to a new study presented at a meeting of men's health specialists. But the good news is that orgasm quality improves over time.
Although prostate cancer surgery is known to cause sexual function problems, the emphasis has been placed on erection problems, says lead researcher Andrew R. McCullough, MD, at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association in San Francisco. He is director of the Sexual Health and Male Infertility and Microsurgery Programs at New York University School of Medicine in New York.
McCullough says no long-term studies had been done on orgasm quality after prostate cancer surgery, so he and his team performed a study on 228 men. In order to rate orgasm quality, the men, average age of 59, completed questionnaires before prostate cancer surgery and several times during the following 24 months.
Before prostate cancer surgery, 76% of the men described their orgasm quality as either good or very good. But after surgery, some men in the very good category said their orgasm quality had fallen.
There are many factors at play, says McCullough, including the effect of surgery on sexual function and the psychological stress of a cancer diagnosis.
Approximately 15% of men with poor to fair orgasms had an improvement and described their orgasms as good or very good two years after surgery. Younger men, men who were able to get an erection, and men with more sexual desire were all more likely to report an improvement in orgasm quality.
But the good news is that orgasm quality continued to improve in the months after prostate cancer surgery. Treatment with medications to improve erectile function, such as Viagra, also improved orgasm quality, says McCullough. Erectile dysfunction treatments also helped speed return of both erectile function and orgasm quality.
"These findings are consistent with what I see in my practice," Anthony Y. Smith, MD, tells WebMD. "Around the time of surgery, men experience stress and other factors that probably do carry forward for some time, but in a significant percentage of men, orgasmic quality gets better over time, and it gets better with erectile dysfunction treatments." He is a professor of urology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

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fri 21 dec 2007 19:20:00 nachtwacht
bad news gancho
gancho wants to start a business in which he is hired to go deliver bad news. i told him that including the TV series and spinoffs and action figures, he has a billion dollar idea. he has a perfect brand, and looks like a hit man lately too. marina cut his hair and added some colors to his "wings".


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Gift of Clean for Mom
I'm a mom of two, one of which no longer lives at home, yet we some how see her more than we did when she actually lived at home. Whether you have a family of 4 or 14 each member has their messes, making it a never ending task of cleaning. At the end of the day I'm usually so exhausted I just want to lay down, knowing "I can clean {again} tomorrow" lol yay me!
Scotch-Brite recently sent me a bucket full of goodies that can help tidy up all around the house. Want to know how I put it to good use? When my family kept asking what I wanted for Mother's Day…….I handed them the bucket of cleaning supplies and told them I would love nothing better than a GIFT OF CLEAN!
I did not want them to hire someone to come clean our house……..I wanted THEM TO CLEAN the house!
So on Mother's Day, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED…………
Let me tell you…….. it was the BEST Mother's Day gift EVER!! I was able to sit back and relax. They painted my nails, and fixed dinner while I sat and relaxed in my favorite chair and outside with the dogs. Scotch-Brite was there to ensure I had the best Mother's Day ever with the Gift of Clean! Toilets and showers were scrubbed, dishes were done, counters and table wiped down, furniture was dusted, house was vacuumed, trash emptied, they even lint rolled furniture!
I loved how they all rallied together, dug into the supplies and got busy! Scotch-Brite was there to ensure I had the best Mother's Day ever with the Gift of Clean.
I highly recommend that ALL Mom's ask for a "Gift of Clean" at least once a year!
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That was just the cutest video ever! Love the gift of clean!! 🙂
So fun! Love seeing you even thought it's not in person
Awesome!!! What a fun video! Bravo to the family for cleaning and letting you rest!
That was such a cute video! Loved it!
Ha! LOVED that Cheryl…great video. 🙂
What a fun video!!
Such a fun video – yeah for a clean house!
What a great gift. But a house cleaner would be nice someday! Ha-ha
Cutest video ever!
That's awesome, I love it! All I wanted on Mother's day was service, too. It makes a mama's heart happy to see kids want to please you so much!
I'd love that gift!! Looks like you had a great Mother's day!
What a fun video and relaxing Mother's Day. Looks like your family worked hard to make mama happy. Good for you! Love it!
Fantastic! What a fun video. AND you got a clean house all the while you were swinging! 🙂
What a cute video!! Love it!!
Now you just need to convince them to do that for you every week. 😉
Fun video!! Loved it!
I need your entire cleaning crew to head over here, along with all those products!!! Such a great video!!! LOVE!
So adorable! Now, send them over here to do mine!
That's the best video! What a great day that must have been 🙂
I blog in my free time and at night but by day I run my own residential cleaning service. Tell your family they're hired! 🙂
Loved the video Cheryl – what a treat for Mother's Day!
You look so happy, great idea for a gift.
Such an adorable video and a perfect gift!
that is the BEST GIFT EVER!!!!
I would love for someone to clean my windows. My windows are high off the ground and I am terrified to use a ladder to clean the outside of the windows.
i would love someone to clean my bathroom for me!!!
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UFC 145 fight card rumors for March 24, 2012, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
One of the brightest prospects in MMA returns at UFC 142 as Edson Barboza Jr. takes on British fighter Terry Etim in Brazil.
MMAWeekly Radio on Wednesday welcomes in UFC 138 fighter Chris Cariaso as well as Bellator champion Zoila Gurgel and former TUF fighter Kris McCray.
Fight card and rumors for UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem, which takes place on December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las
"Judo" Jim Wallhead took a narrow split decision from UFC veteran Frank Trigg at BAMMA 7 on Saturday, while an overweight Paul Daley bested Jordan
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber Fight Card Date: July 2, 2011 Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena Location: Las Vegas, Nevada gate: $2.3 million attendance: 12,947
Not surprisingly, as the UFC 138 fight card fleshes out, the number of Brits that will see action in Birmingham, England, continues to grow. The
Former 'Ultimate Fighter' finalist Andre Winner has been released from the UFC following his third loss in a row in the Octagon.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the drug test results for UFC 132 with all athletes coming back clean.
Following an action packed night of fights at UFC 132, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has handed down the medical suspensions including potentially lengthy time
Tito Ortiz not only brought his career back online with his win at UFC 132, he also topped the $1.277 million fighter payroll for the
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber opened up with a quartet of preliminary bouts, streamed live on the UFC's Facebook page. All four bouts at the
UFC 132 play-by-play and results on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event features UFC bantamweight
UFC 132 results on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event features UFC bantamweight champion Dominick
Shane Roller (10-3) takes on lightweight contender Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard on Saturday night at UFC 132 in Las Vegas, and believes he can
It seems common place now, but the UFC is once again giving the fans every single fight on the upcoming UFC 132 card, with four
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Murder Charges Revived in '66 Killing
By KEVIN SACK
Published: May 29, 1998
HATTIESBURG, Miss., May 28— Thirty-two years after Molotov cocktails lighted up a frosty Mississippi night, the authorities here arrested three aging Klansmen today and revived charges against them in the 1966 killing of Vernon F. Dahmer Sr., one of this state's most revered civil rights leaders.
One defendant rousted from his home early today was Sam H. Bowers, the founder and former Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, an organization that the Federal authorities have linked to 10 killings and hundreds of other violent acts in the civil rights era.
Mr. Bowers, a 73-year-old businessman from nearby Laurel, Miss., served six years in prison after his conviction on Federal charges in a separate set of civil rights slayings, the 1964 deaths of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney in Philadelphia, Miss. But juries deadlocked in each of Mr. Bowers's four trials in the Dahmer case, where he faced charges of ordering, but not participating in, the firebombing that killed Mr. Dahmer.
''This time,'' said the Mississippi Attorney General, Mike Moore, ''is going to be different.''
The Dahmer (pronounced DAY-mer) case marks the second time in this decade that Mississippi prosecutors have used new evidence to resurrect long-dormant charges in a high-profile civil rights slaying. In 1994, prosecutors in Jackson overcame the burdens of stale evidence and constitutional questions to convict Byron De La Beckwith in the 1963 assassination of the N.A.A.C.P. leader Medgar Evers. As in the Dahmer case, all-white juries had deadlocked in Mr. Beckwith's previous trials, leading to mistrials.
Mr. Dahmer's family took hope from that prosecution, and pressured state and county officials to reopen the investigation of his death. They did so in 1991, and today Mr. Dahmer's widow, Ellie J. Dahmer, found some satisfaction as she watched on television as Mr. Bowers was led, handcuffed and expressionless, into the Forrest County Jail.
''At last, they're bringing him into court again, at last,'' said Mrs. Dahmer, who says she still sees the flames and hears the screams of her 10-year-old daughter in her nightmares. ''It's bringing us one step closer. I realize we've got a long way to go, but Mississippians are stepping up and not following the old pattern.''
Mr. Moore also emphasized at a news conference today that a conviction in the Dahmer case would signify how Mississippi had changed.
''These people have kept hope alive all these years,'' the Attorney General said of the Dahmers. ''We're going to try to keep it alive a little bit longer and bring the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan to justice. We think that's going to send a signal to the rest of the country.''
Mr. Bowers and the other men arrested today, Deavours Nix, 72, and Charles R. Noble, 55, all of whom had been previously charged in the case, were led into the county jail this morning, where they were processed in full view of television cameras. Mr. Nix, who is suffering from cancer, said radiation treatments had burned his lungs, leading prosecutors to observe that Mr. Dahmer had died from a similar condition.
While Judge Richard W. McKenzie of Circuit Court released Mr. Nix on his own recognizance because of his medical condition, he ordered Mr. Bowers and Mr. Noble held on $200,000 bond. Both Mr. Bowers and Mr. Noble are charged with murder and arson, while Mr. Nix is charged with arson alone. The judge set Mr. Bowers's trial for Aug. 17.
The last of Mr. Bowers's trials concluded in 1969. Now, nearly three decades later, prosecutors say they have new evidence that they believe will force him to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
They declined today to detail that evidence. But Vernon F. Dahmer Jr., one of Mr. Dahmer's sons, said today that the most important new evidence came from a confidential informant who approached the Dahmers last year. The witness, he said, is a former protege of Mr. Bowers, a teen-ager at the time of the killing, who has said he overheard Mr. Bowers and Mr. Nix discussing the plot to bomb the Dahmers' house.
Prosecutors now also have access to three interviews granted by Mr. Bowers to state archives officials in 1983 and 1984 on the condition that they be sealed until after his death. Despite that agreement, prosecutors subpoenaed the transcripts, and a judge here recently ordered that they be handed over to investigators. It is not known whether Mr. Bowers confessed in the interviews to any role in the Dahmer case.
Prosecutors also viewed files on Mr. Dahmer from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a state agency that used spy tactics and intimidation to thwart desegregation efforts. The commission's files, which were unsealed in March, make it clear that Mr. Dahmer was under extensive surveillance, but there has been no public disclosure of documents from the files that shed new light on his death.
''I can tell you that we do have new evidence,'' said Mr. Moore, who has directed the new investigation with Lindsay Carter, the Forrest County District Attorney. ''We have new light to shed on evidence, maybe new witnesses.''


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Vt. town bracing for high health cost spike
State, federal mandates the cause, says official
Published 3:47 PM EST Nov 30, 2012
Officials in the Vermont town of St. Johnsbury are bracing for a spike in health care costs, expected to be between 20 percent and 24 percent next year.
The increase translates to an increase in health care premiums of between $88,000 and $108,000, although the costs are somewhat offset by employee contributions.
Selectman Jim Rust says the increase is due to state and federal mandates.
Rust tells the Caledonian Record officials are considering other insurance policies, but that would require union support.
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Definition of discordant in English:
1Disagreeing or incongruous: the principle of meritocracy is discordant with claims of inherited worth
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- You might guess that a show selected by six different people would appear discordant, reflecting a clash of outlook and taste.
- It examined the divergent and discordant forces at work in the UK at the time: Scottish, Welsh and English nationalism, as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.
- As a consequence, the complex shows discordant evolutionary patterns at different levels of organization.
different, in disagreement, at variance, at odds, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing;
incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable
1.1Characterized by quarreling and conflict: a study of children in discordant homes
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- Take phenomenological psychologists focusing on the subject and behaviourists focusing on objects: They typically do not just write in different journals, they also disagree with each other in discordant ways.
- In the early years her Cabinet was argumentative and discordant, a consequence not only of disagreements about economic strategy but also of her argumentative and directive style.
- Small businesses are becoming more discordant, with disciplinary procedures becoming formalised at an earlier stage and internal disagreements more likely to lead to legal action.
2(Of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony: bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound
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- Rakael frowned as a harsh, discordant sound echoed in her ears.
- Furthermore, all manner of wind instruments are used to create discordant noises that sound dangerously close to flatulence.
- Its voice grows harsh, and discordant, sounding more like two people talking at once.
inharmonious, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous;
sharp, flat
strike a discordant note
- Appear strange and out of place: the chair's modernity struck a discordant note in a room full of eighteenth-century furnitureMore example sentences
- He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport.
- One bit of political background in the movie struck a discordant note.
- Other than that, however, she has rarely struck a discordant note.
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- These videos are accompanied by independently looping soundscapes that create surprising convergences and discordances through their fragmentation, distortion and repetition.
- The overall effect was quite lush, but as you looked more closely there were little discordances.
- This discordance caused misgivings among many of us.
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- The discordancy of this design suggests that the theory involved is very important, and has many serious adherents who wear turtlenecks and smoke a lot.
- In one case, the author writes that: 'he was traduced, in other words, and his already disputatious, fractious personality was given a further push towards discordancy.'
- If the aggressive discordancies of bebop music as played by musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker shaped the form of the book, its central idea is that of the 'dream deferred.'
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- Very dimly he could hear men roaring at each other, the cacophony of their voices jarring discordantly against each other.
- Her laughter rises to meet his, blending discordantly, pitch against pitch until I can't take anymore, but they don't stop.
Late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord).
Words that rhyme with discordantaccordant, concordant, mordant, mordent
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Great Ideas Hide Behind Challenges
I entered the Laurier Launchpad program with a vision of doing for lunch what Tom's has done for shoes; creating a social food venture that operates similar to a "one-for-one" model. This vision came to me after listening to a fellow speaker at Ignite Charity Waterloo, Kelly-Sue Labus, CEO of Nutrition for Learning, speak about the need to address the funding gap being experienced by school nutrition programs in Canada. Their program operates in over a hundred schools, and is supported by over a thousand volunteers, who provide nutrition for over 9000 students.
I believe that the food and security needs of our children should be addressed with a local, financially sustainable, environmentally-friendly, and health-conscious solution. Simply stated, I want to serve great lunches while donating a portion of net-profit to Nutrition for Learning.
As a graduating Laurier student who had just completed the BU311 Entrepreneurship course, I was ready to hit the ground running! But I had a problem; what do you serve as a great lunch? The market is flooded with sandwich shops, pizza vendors, shawarma hubs, etc. My model seemed contingent on serving a great, unknown lunch.
On January 8, 2013 I stepped foot into the Laurier Launchpad flipped classroom with my new venture "Human Food Collective". Instead of conventional lectures, LaunchPad provides me with a wide scope of resources and tools to use throughout the term to validate my business model. The flipped classroom model expects me to identify problems, and then step into the real world to test solutions. This class won't teach you how to build a business; it will push you to create one that works. This course breeds an iterative mentality. At the beginning of each class, students share weekly findings and give constructive feedback to other entrepreneurs building their ventures!
So back to my problem: great idea, no viable solution. After exploring several options of a gourmet salad and sandwich catering company, I felt at a standstill. Experimenting with my idea made me realize the capital, space, equipment and storage capacity for fresh ingredients was daunting and an unrealistic business model. And then, a sudden and unexpected coincidence emerged – a pivot.
Through the process of testing my business model,I was introduced to a local entrepreneur with an idea. This entrepreneur was entering the proof of concept stage with a convenient, healthy, fresh and local weekly meal solution. The product was simple, unique, and popular on social media channels. She even had a small group of family and friends testing different combinations – eager to try more! After meeting with this fellow entrepreneur, we agreed to put our efforts together and collaborate in product development and business model development.
What does this mean? What are the implications? What iterations needed to be made to my previous business model?
Lesson One: Creation isn't about ego; it's about building something great.
Being invited to collaborate on the new product meant joining a team. No longer was this my "Human Food Collective" business model. I was now bringing supportive puzzle pieces and insights to a prototype. The title of 'Founder' became less important than the concept of 'team'. Each of us brings ideas and resources to the product and business model development, each of us are responsible for its creation.
Lesson Two: A great idea goes through big changes.
In the Laurier LaunchPad we learned how small iterations to your value proposition or idea will change other components of your business model. These aren't small changes, and it can seem daunting to adapt the whole model. However, these iterations also mean learning more about your customers and how you can solve their problems and needs. Big Changes = Big Learnings.
Lesson Three: Stick to your values.
"A partnership is a compromise" is a piece of advice that has been passed on, and I agree to an extent. Any relationship will result in multiple perspectives on decision making. The process of joining a team has forced me to be very clear about my underlying values and which of these I want to emphasize through this business.
This is just the beginning. Small changes have big implications, and great ideas hide behind challenges.
4th Year Communications & Business Minor


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Last week brought yet more evidence that the Legislature needs to remind the Public Utilities Commission that it works for the people. The regulatory agency continues to act as PG&E's guardian, keeping taxpayers and ratepayers in the dark while the utility rakes in hundreds of millions of their dollars -- and does who-knows-what with them.
The latest outrage unfolded two days before the PUC's deadline for filing a final brief on PG&E's role in the gas explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. PUC staff lawyers reportedly wanted to throw the book at PG&E. But the PUC hierarchy on Wednesday reassigned the lawyers so the agency could go easy on the utility.
"PG&E couldn't have written a better brief unless it wrote it itself," said San Mateo Sen. Jerry Hill, whose district includes San Bruno. Many local and state officials believe, in effect, that's exactly what happened.
Gov. Jerry Brown is clearly loath to do what needs to be done: fire PUC President Michael Peevey. So it's up to the Legislature to at least demand transparency in the actions of PG&E and the PUC -- including finding out what PG&E is doing with its money before any decision is made on penalties.
PG&E is in effect a monopoly, yet Californians have no idea how it spends its vast revenues. After San Bruno, multiple investigations found that PG&E for decades has used money intended for gas line maintenance and other safety essentials to instead pay executive bonuses and line shareholders' pockets. And we still don't know that it has done the repairs and inspections it claims to have completed since San Bruno. From the public's vantage point, PG&E finances remain largely a black hole.
Hill tried to bring greater transparency to the PUC and PG&E through his bill, SB 611, which would separate the PUC's prosecutorial and judicial functions, and through his call for the state to independently audit PG&E's accounts. But the bill got killed in committee. Hill should try again, and every Bay Area legislator should get on board. Who knows what other communities are in peril from unsafe gas lines?
All of this must have former California Gov. Hiram Johnson spinning in his grave. Johnson was elected governor in 1910 on a platform of reining in the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad, which dominated state politics. Johnson returned power to the people by instituting a regulatory commission with the authority to put the railroads in their rightful place.
The California Railroad Commission was the precursor of today's Public Utilities Commission -- but it has lost its way and now looks out for the utility's interests. The Legislature needs to refresh its memory, even if the governor is comfortable with the status quo.


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This summer was likely as busy for you as it was for me. And sadly, the coming month appears to be just as busy. But don't fret, you can still make some headway in your genealogy project.
First things first: If you cannot work on your genealogy on a regular bases, organization should be your top priority.
Dedicate a table or desk for genealogy. Having a place where your genealogy can "hang out" will enable you to return to your last work session without much effort.
Setup a staging system. Use stackable or hanging file sorters and mark each for different stages of your research.
For example:
- top sorter: In Box (Newly found source documents, family interviews, etc.)
- middle sorter: Research Log (Keep track of what you have found to avoid duplicating research efforts.)
- next sorter: Family Tree Software (Add your source information to the family tree database.)
- bottom sorter: To be filed (Photocopy/scan source documents for research use and file the original for safe keeping.)
To keep your staging system simple & organized:
Date your research notes from each session at the repository or online databases.
Date and paperclip the citations with each document before adding it to the Inbox file. Knowing where you left off is essential to keeping your thoughts in order when returning to your genealogy desk.
An oldie but goodie reference, The Weekend Genealogist by Marcia Yannizze Melnyk, has additional time saving tips to keep your genealogy from being abandoned.
Practicing what I preach, I'm off to dive into some much needed research while I have some unexpected free time.
Leaf'n through thick & thin.


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Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt, center, arrives at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Schmidt arrived in the North Korean capital along with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Richardson called the trip to North Korea a private humanitarian visit. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Google's executive chairman is starting a visit to North Korea that has prompted controversy and fascination.
Eric Schmidt of Google arrived Monday in a country considered to have the world's most restrictive Internet policies. He is part of a delegation that includes former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
It is the first trip by an executive from the California-based Internet search provider to North Korea.
Also on the trip is Jared Cohen, director of the Google Ideas think tank. Cohen is a former State Department policy adviser.
Washington has criticized the trip as not "helpful." North Korea has drawn criticism for launching a long-range rocket last month.
Richardson calls the trip a "private humanitarian mission" but it's not clear what the group hopes to accomplish during the visit.


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The landscape of this season's Premier League changed last Thursday evening.
Within minutes of Tony Pulis's departure from Crystal Palace, there was suddenly a new contender for relegation, Fantasy League managers were desperately trying to offload Palace defenders and poor old Martin Kelly, who had signed from Liverpool earlier in the day, was left wondering if he had said something to upset someone.
As it was, we will never know if Pulis might have done better than caretaker Keith Millen did in the 2-1 loss against Arsenal on Saturday evening, though it's worth noting that as a caretaker-manager, Millen is at least a more conservative choice than Palace's previous caretaker double-acts, Attilio Lombardo and Tomas Brolin (March-April 1998) and Ray Lewington and Ron Noades (April-May 1998).
"If Tony wants it [whatever 'it' is], then Steve Parish [Palace chairman] should just give it to him, as he is a guarantee of staying up," was the argument of many fans. I heard from one West Brom fan who wondered if his club should try and hire Pulis even before Alan Irvine had taken charge of one game at the Hawthorns.
Last week's fall-out might have been predicted before he was even appointed: Parish first spoke to Pulis last October after sacking Ian Holloway, but only appointed him on November 23, one month later. It was as though both parties knew the problems that might be coming, but bit the bullet.
How valuable is a good manager?
If anyone summed up the value of an over-achieving side, it was Pulis.
Crystal Palace, Pulis said over the summer, had the lowest budget of every team in the division and ended up 11th, their third best finish. Under Pulis, the team won 41 points from 28 games, which is 1.46 points per game.
Had they averaged that over the whole season, Palace would have jumped two places to ninth, with 55 points. That is why Pulis was named Manager of the Year and why Palace's price to go down has now plummeted.
Can one man really have that much effect on a team's results? In certain cases, yes - as David Moyes showed last season, with (roughly) the same squad that won the 2012 Premier League under Sir Alex Ferguson, his side finished seventh and 25 points worse off. But in most cases, the answer is probably no.
While Louis van Gaal could be expected to improve United's fortunes relative to Moyes, examples of a manager being capable of singlehandedly turning around a team's fortunes are few and far between.
Tony Scally, another chairman with whom Pulis famously fell out when the pair were at Gillingham in the 1990s, said of the side which reached the 1999 Second Division play-off final (losing to Manchester City on penalties, a result which changed the face of English football): "My grandmother could have run that team."
So what does determine success and failure?
Professor Stefan Szymanski might agree with Scally's sentiment. He studied the spending of 40 English clubs between 1978 and 1997, and found that their spending on salaries explained 92 per cent of their variation in league position. His view is that wages, and not managers, determine results.
As Szymanski and co-author Simon Kuper write in Soccernomics: "Perhaps the main service a manager can perform for his club is to avoid spending much money on transfers. After all, transfers usually fail, and they waste funds that could have been spent on boosting the all-determining players' wages."
After Manchester United beat West Ham last season, Sam Allardyce quoted "the statistical fact" that "where you finish in the league depends on the money you've spent". Copies of Soccernomics have been spotted on the desk of many chief executives of elite European clubs (declaration of interest: I have worked for the consultancy firm Soccernomics, set up as an adjunct to the book). But since the book's first publication in 2009, others have taken its figures to task.
In another academic paper, 'The Performance of Football Club Managers: Skill or Luck', Adrian Bell, Chris Brooks and Tom Markham analysed Premier League managerial performance between 2004 and 2009 and found the variance in points was 56 per cent down to salaries (they were also able to identify the optimal time to sack a coach, and the opposite, examples when a firing was particularly harsh).
Dr David Sally and Chris Anderson, writing in The Numbers Game, felt that a more important metric was each team's weakest player: "It is the strength of a football team's weakest link that determines how much success a side will have; it is the manager's job to minimise the potential impact of his worst player, both on the pitch on any given day and over the course of a season." They also ran the same numbers and came up with an 81 per cent variable.
"Leaders matter, they really do. Critics would say that managers are responsible for only 15 per cent of their club's fortunes. Football is a sport of the finest margins and 15 per cent is more than enough to be the difference between victory and defeat."
The only way to know for sure would be take two samples of clubs, give half of them managers (the treatment group) and the other half no managers (the control group) and over time, compare performance. Not easy, then.
Coaches' salaries and succession planning
It's worth noting that the salaries covered in all these analyses include the coach's salary, which in itself may be an influencing factor.
Highly-paid coaches invariably perform better. The Times reported that Pulis and Parish had clashed over the terms of a new contract for the Welshman, and it was that which led to his departure. (Incidentally, a 2007 German study on Bundesliga coaches' salaries concluded that German coaches were underpaid.)
While Premier League coaches are gradually getting used to working under a director of football - Palace appointed Iain Moody to the position last November - there is a new challenge that some of them will face this season.
Two clubs have appointed assistant coaches who are ready-made replacements for the number one: at Aston Villa, Roy Keane is Paul Lambert's assistant while Glenn Hoddle was last week named assistant to Harry Redknapp at QPR.
Moyes and Pulis last season showed the extremes - either under-achieving or over-achieving, of the coach's significance. But for most clubs, the idea that the coach affects results more than the star player, for example, is one that is slowly changing. And we know that at least if there is a change at Villa or QPR, the chief executive won't have far to look for a replacement.
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Inherit the Wind Theme of Competition
In Inherit the Wind, we see one big fancy lawyer duke it out with another big fancy lawyer. As you might imagine, things get a little competitive. So while this play is about who's right and who's wrong (i.e., who's an ideological extremist and who's a rational truth-seeker), it's also about who's the better contender. Both Drummond and Brady use all of the tools available to them in order to prove their points, because they know that their win (or loss) will have effects that reach far beyond the little town of Hillsboro. Yet, when all is said and done, Drummond shows compassion for Brady; we think this play's telling us that competition can bring out the worst in people. Kind of like on Survivor.
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- The big competition in the play is between Brady and Drummond; what other competitions do you observe, and what do they contribute to the overall themes of the play?
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- What do you think the playwrights are trying to teach us about competition in this play? Is competition a necessary part of the judicial system? Why or why not?
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The Justice Department on Tuesday beat back criticism of its forfeiture case against properties linked to the imprisoned ex-president of Taiwan, calling allegations of political influence "inflammatory and baseless."
Defense lawyers representing the family of Chen Shui-bian, who is serving a prison sentence in Taiwan on corruption charges, had said the forfeiture complaints smacked of a U.S. effort to curry political favor with the government of Taiwan.
Chen has maintained his innocence, saying the Beijing-friendly Taiwanese government is persecuting him for Chen's pro-independence stance during his two terms as president ending in 2008.
Jonathan Harris and David Deitch, the family's lawyers, said the complaints amounted to "a transparent sideshow to political events in Taiwan," in court papers filed last month.
The Justice Department noted in Tuesday court filings that the investigation of Chen began before he left office, and that Chen's wife and several members of his administration were indicted in 2006 by a prosecutor general whom Chen appointed.
"Since the law does not operate in claimant's favor, claimant attempts to disparage the government's case with hyperbolic allegations and casting it as a political statement of the United States Government in support of a politically-motivated prosecution in Taiwan," Justice Department lawyers wrote in a brief filed in U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York. "These inflammatory and baseless statements should be ignored."
The brief filed in New York was signed by assistant U.S. attorneys Sharon Cohen Levin and Anna Arreola, as well as Linda Samuel, deputy chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section in the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
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Chen is serving a 17 1/2 sentence for bribery and money laundering, but a district court in Taipei acquitted him of the charges that underpin the U.S. government's forfeiture complaints against properties in Manhattan and Keswick, Va., worth more than $2 million, according to local press reports. The court's full opinion has not been released.
In that case, which is on appeal, Taiwanese prosecutors alleged that bankers carted boxes full of cash to the first family's residence to secure favorable treatment in a proposed bank merger. The alleged bribes were laundered through a "labyrinth" of banks and shell companies, according to the U.S. government, and eventually used to purchase the properties in New York and Virginia.
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How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Norton edition.
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Alack, my lord, that fault is none of yours (1.1.3)
Richard pretends to comfort his brother George of Clarence, who's been imprisoned because of the "G" prophecy. This gives us an insight into Richard's notions of justice. Richard suggests that one should not be held responsible or punished for circumstances beyond one's control. In this particular situation, Richard is correct that Clarence's name is just a coincidence; a trick of fate. Moreover, we can read this line from Richard as kind of an absolution for himself: if Richard believes it's unjust for a person to be punished for circumstances beyond his or her control, and he believes his own evil to be a predetermined and natural part of himself, then it makes sense that he would excuse himself, or not dwell on the moral consequences of his actions. If he's fated to be evil, then he doesn't deserve punishment for it.
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How hath your lordship brook'd imprisonment?
With patience, noble lord, as prisoners must;
But I shall live, my lord, to give them thanks
That were the cause of my imprisonment. (1.1.12)
Hastings' notion of justice is predicated upon revenge – the "thanks" he'll give his jailers is a threat to return the favor to them.
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But yet I run before my horse to market. (1.1.16)
Here Richard is saying that he shouldn't get ahead of himself, or put the cart before the horse. But this line is ironic when you consider that Richard will later die in battle because he can't find a horse. The whole play could be seen as him "getting ahead of himself," with his lack of planning catching up with him in the end. He's literally and figuratively without a horse.


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In Taipei, Life in the Slow Lane
It's just past dusk and the crowds are getting bigger at Huashan 1914 Creative Park, a distillery-turned-arts-hub in the heart of Taiwan's capital.
Couples drift out of an exhibition of Pulitzer Prize–winning photography, while families gather at Alleycat's Pizza. In Café Lumière, named after a 2003 film by Hou Hsiao-hsien, students order cappuccinos before heading over to the adjoining art-house cinema.
The compound's spacious lawn is filled with city dwellers enjoying the warm evening with their four-legged friends. "A lot of the times, there are more dogs than people," Lee Chang-Fang, the director of Huashan 1914, told me with a smile.
In most major Asian cities, this scene wouldn't be taking place. A well-connected developer would have snapped up the 7-hectare parcel of land that makes up Huashan, valued at $1 billion, and erected a mall or condominium block.
Welcome to the new Taipei. Other Asian cities might compete on building the flashiest skyscrapers or glitziest shopping center. But the Taiwanese capital, once a typical '80s Asian Tiger boomtown, is forging a different path.
Since the late 1990s, the municipal government has focused on improving the quality of life in this city of 2.6 million. "Taipei is a city known for its friendliness and rapid development of technology," Mayor Hau Lung-pin said in 2010 during the launch of a beautification campaign. "We want to turn it into a beautiful city."
"Everyone knows that Taipei is a city with a good lifestyle, but that's not enough," Lin Chong-jie, the director of Taipei's Urban Redevelopment Office, said. "We want to make Taipei's place in Asia clearer, and one of the ways of doing so is becoming a creative city."
These days, in place of the go-getting attitudes of Beijing, Seoul and Hong Kong is an embrace of a relatively modest lifestyle, where nature, a decent croissant and rare vinyl increasingly trumps having the latest Rolex. Drop by the 24-hour flagship store of Eslite, Taiwan's largest bookstore, and you'll see guidebooks to the city's slower side: tucked-away teahouses and shops selling hand-stitched books.
"Simple" and "slow" are the new marketing buzzwords. At 44 South Village, a former housing estate for military families in the Xinyi District that's been rehabilitated into a public space, a farmer's market called Simple Market is held every Sunday. Last December, lines snaked around Huashan when tickets for Urban Simple Life, the park's biannual music-design-food festival went on sale.
Huashan embodies this new ethos. Its transformation, however, took nearly two decades, and in some ways, reflects Taiwan's maturation as a democracy. Built by Japanese colonialists in 1914, the distillery, one of the island's largest, produced sake and plum wine until its closure in 1987. For a decade, it lay fallow as officials tussled over its fate.
In the late 1990s, an avant-garde theater troupe began staging underground performances at the site. Attempts to evict them by officials were met with resistance by artists and their supporters, leading to a public battle over Huashan's fate. "In Taiwan, things are open to debate—what the government says isn't what necessarily goes," Mr. Lee said. Eventually, the distillery was designated as a cultural district in 1999.
Handed over to the privately run Taiwan Cultural-Creative Development Co., Huashan reopened in 2007 and has been gathering steam since. Further burnishing its credentials, this past November saw the opening of Spot, a NT$90 million cinema run by the government-backed Taiwan Film and Culture Association, where Mr. Hou serves as an honorary chairman.
This isn't the city I grew up with. As a child of Chinese parents living in the U.S., I found visits to Taipei only made America's clean, green streets more appealing. But that has changed. Since moving to Asia nearly 14 years ago, obligatory family visits to a gritty city have turned into voluntary trips to a place where I can count on a relaxing weekend spent browsing bookstores and eating good food.
I'm not the only one who has fallen for Taipei's newfound appeal: Last year, British consulting firm ECA International ranked it sixth among Asia's most livable cities, ahead of Seoul and Kuala Lumpur.
The drive to improve public transportation, clean up the air and increase green space has played an essential role. Rising incomes are also a factor; the city's middle class is deeply entrenched. But they alone don't explain the proliferation of cafes serving single-origin coffee or the indie-minded designers selling their wares at stores such as Good Cho's in 44 South Village and Huashan's 1914 Connections. How did Taipei become Asia's answer to Portland, Oregon?
I posed this question to Kung Shu-Chang, who heads the graduate school of architecture at National Chiao-Tung University. An affable man with salt-and-pepper hair and an idealistic streak, he cited everything from the rearranging of priorities amid a slowing economy to the evolution of a Taiwanese identity.
Opening his laptop, he pulled up an illustration by Monocle magazine of the perfect city block and pointed out how similar it was to a typical Taipei one, with storefronts facing the street and residences and parks tucked inside. The city's concrete jumble is far less pretty than the utopia on his screen, but it has the same village-like feel. "The government wanted to have a beautification campaign, but it's too late for that," said Mr. Kung. "That's not what this city is about."
He and other like-minded architects and urban planners prefer another approach. Under the auspices of the government-sponsored Urban Regeneration Station project, derelict warehouses and factories are being converted into creative hubs for up-and-coming artists and designers. Mr. Kung and I talked in the airy, all-white Museum of Tomorrow cafe of URS 21 Chung Shan Creative Hub, a former tobacco warehouse that now houses a gallery and affordable studios for young fashion designers.
Of course, artists and other creative types aren't the only ones behind Taipei's makeover. Occupying a former factory in Huashan is VVG Thinking, the latest venture by Grace Wang, an interior designer behind a mini-empire of shabby-chic cafes and boutiques. The day I met her, a fashion shoot was taking place downstairs in the restaurant.
"I think there's a desire to create a deeper culture here," Ms. Wang said. After our chat, she led me on a tour of the shop, pointing out the work of young designers as well as veteran artisans. It's a mix of odds and ends—a high-end flea market with books piled on antique-looking tables, retro windup toys and hand-carved wooden kitchen utensils from Japan.
But throughout my trip, I can't help but wonder whether there's a whiff of resignation in this new artsy-craftsy, laid-back Taipei. It's no secret that if you're young, talented and driven, you're better off launching your career in Shanghai or Beijing. A generation selling homemade jams, handcrafted cards and tongue-in-cheek furniture isn't likely to come up with a company to compete with Samsung.
"Taiwan is becoming like a retirement home," said Mr. Kung, repeating a line I had heard others say—sometimes in boast of the island's quality of life, sometimes in derision.
Ms. Wang, however, sees things differently. "Taipei is becoming more and more interesting," she said. "We're still hardworking and we have hope, and as long as there's hope, then we have a future to look forward to."
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Getting There: Dragonair and Cathay Pacific have frequent flights from Hong Kong to Taipei; there are flights from Beijing and Shanghai operated by EVA, Air China, China Eastern and other carriers. Most arrive at Taoyuan International Airport, a 40-minute taxi to downtown Taipei. Expect to pay around NT$1,000 (US$34). In Taipei, the subway is the fastest, cheapest way to get around the city, though taxis are plentiful and affordable. The closest MRT station to Huashan is Shandao Temple.
Staying There: Starwood's W chain brings its brand of slick luxury to the W Taipei, a 405-room hotel in the buzzing Xinyi district (rooms from NT$9,600 a night, wtaipei.com). Upstairs from Grace Wang's VVG Table and VVG Bistro is VVG BB+B, two renovated studios decorated with Chinese and European antiques in an old-school apartment building. Stop into VVG Something, a pocket-sized shop with art, home décor and odds and ends across the street (rooms from NT$9,800 a night, temptingplaces.com).
Hanging Out There: Huashan 1914 Creative Park is packed on the weekends, so it might be a good idea to swing by during the week. Reservations are essential at VVG Thinking (huashan1914.com). Log onto urstaipei.net to see what exhibitions are on at URS 21 (Chung Shan Creative Hub No. 21 Minsheng East Rd., Section 1). Simple Market at 44 South Village is held every Sunday. Make sure to check out the bagel selection at Good Cho's (54 Songqing St., Xinyi District, near Taipei 101). One of Taipei's oldest streets, Dihua Street has fine examples of Japanese architecture. Recently, several restored buildings have been turned into cultural and design venues. Stop by ArtYard's (artyard.tw) two locations to browse ceramics by Japanese and Taiwanese designers and quirky silk-screened fabrics.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Resources
There are two great Harry Potter fan sites out there, the first of which is MuggleNet. Mugglenet hosts forums and news about the all the latest in the world of Harry Potter.
The second huge Harry Potter fan site is The Leaky Cauldron. Definitely worth checking out!
Any questions about what, exactly, a Blast-Ended Skrewt is? Or how Araminta Meliflua is connected to Phineas Nigellus? This site is the place to go: an encyclopedia with useful subject headings to guide your browsing.
Harry Potter Wikipedia, with entries on pretty much everything you can find in the books. Looking for a picture of Gregory the Smarmy? Try here.
The website for Harry Potter's UK publisher, which includes useful FAQs, info on Rowling, details on the myths that inspired some Harry Potter characters, and a fun trivia site which allows you to "Swot up on Potter."
A great site from the American publisher, including a Pronunciation Guide (for those of us who can't figure out how to say "Firenze" properly) and a Trivia Challenge.
Official Harry Potter LEGO sets. You can even buy a LEGO dementor! That's totally crazy and cool.
Movie or TV Productions
This was the first of the Harry Potter films to be directed by David Yates, who has also helmed Half-Blood Prince and both halves of Deathly Hallows.
Basically the go-to source for all direct quotes from J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter's world. It really doesn't get much more comprehensive than this.
Oprah Winfrey interviews J.K. Rowling.
A funny little piece about Daniel Radcliffe's first on-screen kiss in the film December Boys, right before he locked lips with Katie Leung (Cho Chang) in Order of the Phoenix.
Interview with Daniel Radcliffe about the experience of filming the fifth movie.
Interview with Helena Bonham Carter about her first appearance as Bellatrix Lestrange in Order of the Phoenix.
You can definitely see that the movies get darker along with the novels.
A still from the movie, with Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) in the Forbidden Forest.
Imelda Staunton as Professor Umbridge, terrifying in pink.
Ralph Fiennes, not looking his best.
Check out all of those prophecies!
Dobby is much cuter.


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"Chris Rock: Bring the Pain" (1996)
Rock had first appeared on HBO nearly a decade earlier, as a 22-year-old young comedian in the Eddie Murphy-produced "Uptown Comedy Express." After that, he knocked around on "SNL" for a bit, was on "In Living Color" for a while, but was in the danger of becoming, as he put it in a later interview, "a has-been" before he even turned 40. So he spent two years preparing for this special by honing his act and going on a national tour before unleashing one of the all-time great comedy sets, highlighted by the routine about the civil war in the black community that got Michael Scott in so much trouble on "The Office." It was an instant classic that reginited Rock's career and led him to get his own terrific late night talk show on HBO.


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"The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today issued updated recommendations on ways to minimize the risk for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera, Biogen).
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Read this Medication Guide before you start receiving TYSABRI and before you receive each dose. There may be new information. This Medication Guide does not take the place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about TYSABRI?
- TYSABRI increases your chance (risk) of getting a rare
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- There is no known treatment, prevention, or cure for PML.
- Your chance of getting PML may be higher if you are also being treated with other medicines that can weaken your immune system, including other treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Crohn's disease (CD). You should not take certain medicines that weaken your immune system at the same time you are taking TYSABRI. Even if you use TYSABRI alone to treat your MS or CD, you can still get PML.
- Your risk of getting PML is higher if you:
- have received TYSABRI for a long time, especially longer than 2 years
- have received certain medicines that can weaken your immune system before you start receiving TYSABRI
- have been infected by the John Cunningham Virus (JCV).
JCV is a common virus that is harmless in most people but can cause PML in
people who have weakened immune systems, such as people taking TYSABRI. Most
people who are infected by JCV do not know it or do not have any symptoms. This
infection usually happens in childhood. Before you start receiving TYSABRI or
during your treatment, your doctor may do a blood test to check if you have
been infected by JCV.
Your risk of getting PML is greatest if you have all 3 risk factors listed above. There may be other risk factors for getting PML during TYSABRI treatment that we do not know about yet. Your doctor should discuss the risks and benefits of TYSABRI treatment with you before you decide to receive TYSABRI. See "What are the possible side effects of TYSABRI?"
- While you receive TYSABRI, and for 6 months after you
stop receiving TYSABRI, it is important that you call your doctor right away if
you have any new or worsening medical problems that have lasted several days.
These may be new or sudden and include problems with:
- thinking
- eyesight
- strength
- balance
- weakness on 1 side of your body
- using your arms and legs
Tell all your doctors that you are receiving TYSABRI.
- Because of your risk of getting PML while you receive
TYSABRI, TYSABRI is available only through a restricted distribution program
called the TOUCH® Prescribing Program. To receive TYSABRI, you must talk to
your doctor and understand the risks and benefits of TYSABRI and agree to
follow all of the instructions in the TOUCH® Prescribing Program.
- TYSABRI is only:
- prescribed by doctors who are enrolled in the TOUCH® Prescribing Program
- given at an infusion center that is enrolled in the TOUCH® Prescribing Program
- given to people who are enrolled in the TOUCH® Prescribing Program
- Before you receive TYSABRI, your doctor will:
- explain the TOUCH® Prescribing Program to you
- have you sign the TOUCH® Prescriber and Patient Enrollment Form
- TYSABRI is only:
What is TYSABRI?
TYSABRI is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with:
- relapsing forms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). TYSABRI can:
- slow the worsening of symptoms common in people with MS
- decrease the number of flare-ups (relapses)
TYSABRI increases the risk of PML. When starting and continuing treatment with TYSABRI, it is important that you discuss with your doctor whether the expected benefit of TYSABRI is enough to outweigh this risk. See "What is the most important information I should know about TYSABRI?"
- moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD). TYSABRI is used:
- to reduce signs and symptoms of CD
- in people who have not been helped enough by, or cannot use the usual CD medicines and medicines called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors.
- It is not known if people older than 65 years of age respond differently to TYSABRI.
- It is not known if TYSABRI is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.
Who should not receive TYSABRI?
Do not receive TYSABRI if you:
- have PML
- are allergic to natalizumab or any of the ingredients in TYSABRI. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in TYSABRI.
Talk to your doctor before receiving TYSABRI if you have any of these conditions.
What should I tell my doctor before receiving each dose of TYSABRI?
Before you receive TYSABRI, tell your doctor if you:
- have medical conditions that can weaken your immune system, including:
- have any new or worsening medical problems that have
lasted several days. These may be new or sudden and include problems with:
- thinking
- eyesight
- balance
- strength
- weakness on 1 side of your body
- using your arms and legs
- have had hives, itching or trouble breathing during or after receiving a dose of TYSABRI
- have a fever or infection (including shingles or any unusually long lasting infection)
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TYSABRI can harm your unborn baby.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. TYSABRI can pass into your breast milk. It is not known if the TYSABRI that passes into your breast milk can harm your baby. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby while you receive TYSABRI.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements. Especially tell your doctor if you take medicines that can weaken your immune system. Ask your doctor if you are not sure.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
How should I receive TYSABRI?
- TYSABRI is given 1 time every 4 weeks through a needle placed in your vein (IV infusion).
- Before each TYSABRI dose you will be asked questions to make sure TYSABRI is still right for you.
What are the possible side effects of TYSABRI?
- TYSABRI may cause serious side effects, including:
- See "What is the most important information I should know about TYSABRI?"
- Herpes Encephalitis and Meningitis. TYSABRI may increase your risk of getting an infection of the brain or the covering of your brain and spinal cord (encephalitis or meningitis) caused by herpes viruses that may lead to death. Call your doctor right away if you have sudden fever, severe headache, or if you feel confused after receiving TYSABRI.
- Liver damage. Symptoms of liver damage can
- yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice)
- nausea
- vomiting
- unusual darkening of the urine
- feeling tired or weak
Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of liver damage. Your doctor can do blood tests to check for liver damage.
- Allergic reactions, including serious allergic
reactions. Symptoms of an allergic reaction can include:
- hives
- itching
- trouble breathing
- chest pain odizziness
- wheezing
- chills
- rash
- nausea
- flushing of skin
- low blood pressure
Serious allergic reactions usually happen within 2 hours of the start of your infusion, but they can happen at any time after you receive TYSABRI.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any symptom of an allergic reaction, even if it happens after you leave the infusion center. You may need treatment if you are having an allergic reaction.
- Infections. TYSABRI may increase your chance of getting an unusual or serious infection because TYSABRI can weaken your immune system. You have a higher risk of getting infections if you also take other medicines that can weaken your immune system.
The most common side effects of TYSABRI include:
- headache
- feeling tired
- urinary tract infection
- joint pain
- lung infection
- depression
- pain in your arm and legs
- diarrhea
- vaginitis
- rash
- nose and throat infections
- nausea
- stomach area pain
Tell your doctor about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of TYSABRI. Ask your doctor for more information.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
General information about the safe and effective use of TYSABRI.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about TYSABRI. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your pharmacist or doctor for information about TYSABRI that is written for healthcare professionals.
For more information, go to www.TYSABRI.com or call 1-800-456-2255.
What are the ingredients in TYSABRI?
Active ingredient: natalizumab
Inactive Ingredients: sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, monobasic, monohydrate; sodium phosphate, dibasic, heptahydrate; polysorbate 80, and water for injection
Last reviewed on RxList: 6/1/2016
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
Tysabri FDA Prescribing Information
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"Santa Fe's objectives are distinctly American, and by making opera more compelling and more relevant, it has changed the map of musical America..."
Phillip Huscher The Santa Fe Opera
An American Pioneer
ORDER TICKETS for newly added performance on August 19, 2013
General Director Charles MacKay announced today that an additional performance of Rossini's La Donna del Lago has been added on Monday, August 19 at 8 PM. "There has been such a demand for tickets and all six performances were sold out before opening night." he reported. "I am pleased that we are able to offer more of our patrons a chance to hear this rarely performed Rossini opera with such an outstanding cast."
Headed by the brilliant and captivating Joyce DiDonato in the title role, the cast also includes Marianna Pizzolato, Lawrence Brownlee, Rene Barbera and Wayne Tigges. The conductor is Stephen Lord. Paul Curran is director, scenic and costume designs are by Kevin Knight, Duane Schuler is lighting designer. This marks the first time in the Opera's 57 year history that an extra performance has been added.
The regular patron amenities will be offered; shuttles from Santa Fe and Albuquerque, preview buffet beginning at 5:30, opera talks at 6:00 and 7:00 in Stieren Hall, Opera Shop and food and beverage service.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the Opera Box Office, by telephone: 505 986 5900; toll free 800 280 4654 and online.
July 15, 2013
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The 6th annual JanSport Battle of the Bands is coming to a close on February 19th. That means that you have just under a week to visit jansport.sonicbids.com to check out 100 awesome up-and-coming artists and vote for your favorite. PLUS, you can vote once each day.
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Custer Cruisin' wraps for the year
Carrie Moore
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2012
In the last regular meeting of the year Sept. 28, the Custer Cruisin' committee talked more about this year's Cruisin' event and what to work on for next year.
The topic of advertising was brought up and Robin Bagley, office manager at the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce, suggested hanging a banner or sign with the Custer Cruisin' logo for visitors to take pictures with.
"It's a great way to remember the trip and Custer," she said.
Bagley also suggested the committee run an ad in a regional magazine or publication to get the word out about the event.
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Cancer Now Top Cause of Death for U.S. Hispanics
Sept. 17, 2012 -- Cancer has passed heart disease as the top killer of U.S. Hispanics, according to the American Cancer Society.
"More Hispanics are suffering and dying from cancer than from heart disease," says researcher Rebecca Siegel, MPH, an epidemiologist with the society.
That is true, she says, even though death from cancer and new cancer cases have been declining in U.S. Hispanics over the past decade.
Siegel is a researcher on the new report, "Cancer Statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2012.'' It is published online in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
The gap between heart disease deaths and cancer deaths in Hispanics is small, she says.
In 2009, the most recent year for which data are available, 29,935 Hispanics in the U.S. died of cancer and 29,611 died of heart disease.
"It's a good news, bad news story," Siegel says.
Cancer in Hispanics: More Information
Every three years since 2000, the American Cancer Society has produced the report.
Hispanics and Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing major demographic group in the U.S. In 2010, they made up more than 16% of the population.
For the report, Hispanic refers to those with origins in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, South or Central America, or other Spanish areas.
In 2012, the researchers estimated, about 112,800 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed among U.S. Hispanics. More than 33,000 cancer deaths are expected.
From 2000 to 2009, the incidence for all cancers combined dropped by an average of:
- 1.7% a year among Hispanic men
- 0.3% a year among Hispanic women
In comparison, the incidence dropped 1% a year in non-Hispanic white men and 0.2% in non-Hispanic white women.
The death rate for all combined cancers among Hispanics decreased, too, by an average of:
- 2.3% a year in men
- 1.4% a year in women
That, too, is better than among non-Hispanic whites, which declined 1.5% a year in men and and 1.3% a year in women during the same period.
Hispanic men are most likely to get cancers of the prostate, colon and rectum, and lung and bronchus.
For Hispanic women, cancers of the breast, colon and rectum, and thyroid are most common.
The report says it is important to realize that the U.S. Hispanic population is constantly changing because of new immigrants. The trends reflect the risks of established Hispanic residents and incoming Hispanic immigrants.
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We started out with a Charcuterie plate, which you should do. I'm going to plug our server right here in the front of this review. She was the best server I've had in Utah. We went all omakase on her and she did not disappoint. Her name is Angie and she WILL improve your dining experience - so go there, ask for her and tip well.
Angie picked out a few items for us to try out and we ended up with a nicely balanced plate. Gran Biscotto, Grotte Caputo and a mixed-milk brie that I am not remembering the name of. They were all good although I saw an Iberico on the menu that I would have tried out if I were to do it over.
Next we ordered a pork belly appetizer. Pork bellys are probably my favorite food, but this was the only course I really have to critique. The meat was cooked really well - I am not sure how they did it but it was dry and crispy on the outside and really tender on the inside. Almost looked fried but I don't know. The dish was served over Brussels sprouts and parsnips, both of which were cooked perfectly. The killer was the sauce - they doused the whole dish in way too much of a fruit glaze (tasted like it was a cherry base?). The sauce complemented the salty dish, but they just used way too much. I can't give a dish too much credit if I'm scraping off sauce so that I can taste the food.
The arugula salad came next and was an arugula salad. It was pretty straightforward - good (not great) arugula with a Parmesan, black pepper and vinegar dressing. So far the meal was going well and would be outstanding but for the pork belly sauce overload.
Our entrees arrived next. My wife went totally rogue and ordered the cast-iron seared chicken. I thought this was a crazy bad choice and I wanted to plead with her to order something worth talking about. When they delivered her entree - I felt even worse. The presentation wasn't bad, it just looked like some chicken on a bed of spaetzle, asparagus and butternut squash. My entree was the griddled moulard duck breast served with spaghetti squash, a portobello mushroom and some spring greens with pumpkin seeds. Here's the thing though: the chicken was a winner. Even my photo of the dish looks janky, but it was delicious. Don't get me wrong, the duck was really nicely done (thanks again to Angie for directing me towards this), but the chicken was so unexpectedly perfect that we were both blown away. So glad that the foodie gave the chuck wagon a chance.
Speaking of the chuck wagon, we had strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert, and it was great. It felt like the slice of pie you get at a diner in Sweetwater, Texas - big and delicous... no presumption of trying to put a snarky spin on the classic.
Last point was that we took advantage of the BYOB policy and drank the 2008 Vistalba Corte B. Anyone who hangs around me long knows that I'm partial to Argentine wines, and since we didn't know what we were getting we went for a vino de corte (this was a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec). This is one of my favorites, dollar for dollar, and has been since I spent some time with the guys who produce it in Mendoza.
We also ordered a bottle of Vichy Catalan water - really interesting sparkling water with a slight salty flavor. This is the only restaurant in Utah to order it with your meal (you can snag it at Caputo's as well). I'm usually not a sparkling water fan but this was a cool addition to the dinner.